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Could Marc-Andre Fleury be traded?
CKNW in Vancouver is reporting that the Pittsburgh Penguins may be looking to trade Marc-Andre Fleury. His poor performance at camp and during the preseason (excepting Saturday's loss) has made Jocelyn Thibault the possible number one goalie.
CKNW reported that Ray Shero was looking to trade Fleury to a Western Conference team.
However CDKA Pittsburgh is reporting that Fleury will start in net against Philadelphia on Thursday.http://kdka.com/sports/local_story_275121505.html
Pittsburgh goalies Thibault and Sabourin would have to clear waivers, but Fleury wouldn't have to. This may be part of Shero's thinking as he probably doesn't want to lose Thibault or Sabourin to waivers.
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Lets jump right into it. When you are involved in and intimate situation with your man, its time to play ball. This is your Gym. Relationships are built on trust, affection, and nurturing. Similar to trees we must grow. Think of having sex like a dance. After so much dancing you dance without a beat. You dance without everything being perfect. Get into the motion and don't stop dancing until the fat lady sings. Do you know what I mean when I say get into the motion? If not stay tuned.
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PizzaGarage,Your pizza looked so good that yesterday, right after your first couple of posts on that pizza, I put the link to the thread in the list at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php?topic=16422.msg160335#msg160335.Peter
When I saw those pictures I had to try this crust. This is exactly what I was looking for in a crust and my whole family loved it, thank you PizzaGarage!!! I also loved how easy this crust is to work with, I finally had my first perfect launches. I used the dough calculator for six 9oz crust, and at a tad over 1000 grams of flour, it almost burnt up my 5qt Kitchen Aid mixer, I will scale it down to three crust next time. I may still experiment with other crust recipes but this is going to be my go to crust from now on. Thanks again for sharing this PizzaGarage!
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Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was released from jail after posting a $750 bond. He will appear in court on Dec. 18. / Riverside, MO Dept of Public Safety
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe is facing charges of possession of marijuana and speeding after being arrested in suburban Kansas City on Sunday night.
Police in Riverside, Mo., said the officer who pulled over Bowe for driving 13 mph over the 35-mph speed limit smelled marijuana in Bowe's 2011 Audi. Police found 14.6 grams of marijuana in the vehicle, and Bowe and a passenger were arrested. The passenger, who also was in possession of two rolled marijuana cigarettes, told police that 4.2 grams of the drug discovered in a backpack belonged to him and not Bowe.
Bowe was released from jail after posting a $750 bond. He will appear in court Dec. 18. The passenger, George A. Thompson, was released on $500 bond.
Bowe was arrested on the final day of the Chiefs' bye week and participated in practice with his teammates Monday in preparation for Sunday's game at the Denver Broncos. The Chiefs were aware of Bowe's arrest but made no further comment.
Bowe's arrest is perhaps the first significant blip for the undefeated Chiefs, who have won nine games under new coach Andy Reid. New Kansas City general manager John Dorsey and Reid re-signed Bowe to a $56 million contract in March.
Bowe has 33 catches for 369 yards and two touchdowns this season.
He served a four-game suspension in 2009 for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Arrests on charges for recreational drugs fall under the league's substance abuse policy.
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Rep Lisa Brown caused outrage and the creation of two trending topics on Twitter today after indulging in behaviour deemed so "shocking" that the speaker had no option but to silence her from any further participation in debate on the House floor in the Michigan State House chamber.
The Michigan Rep gave a passionate speech regarding a proposed abortion ban on Wednesday.
"I have not asked you to adopt and adhere to my religious beliefs. Why are you asking me to adopt yours?" she said. In her final statement, she commented: "And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.'"
Barb Byrum, another member, was ruled out of order after she protested at being silenced in proposing an amendment, which would have required proof of a medical emergency or that a man's life was in danger before a doctor could perform a vasectomy.
Ari Adler, spokesman for Speaker of the House Jase Bolger said both women "will not be recognised to speak on the House floor today after being gaveled down for their comments and actions yesterday that failed to maintain the decorum of the House of Representatives."
"House Republicans often go beyond simply allowing debate by welcoming open and passionate discussion," he added. "The only way we can continue doing so, however, is to ensure that the proper level of maturity and civility are maintained on the House floor."
In the debate about the further regulating of abortion laws which many already find worrying, there were many representatives apparently so horrified that the speaker Jase Bolger, clearly in an effort to prevent her talking about her vagina again, silenced her from further participation.
The fact that Rep Lisa Brown used the word in an effort to highlight the further legislative moves to prevent women gaining access to safe abortion, meant that she referenced correctly, but inconveniently personalised an issue which many would prefer remained as abstract as the religious beliefs underpinning much of the opposition to a woman choosing whether she wants to become a mother.
Hashtags on Twitter are great when it comes to women making their point about oppressive practices, and nothing really demonstrates oppression more than forcing any woman to become a mother against her will.
It speaks of course to the religious right and the sanctity of life demonstrated by the #keepyourrosarysoffmyovaries hashtag developed as moves in the UK to narrow access to safe legal abortion were attempted recently. As we saw from the dismal spectacle of 40 days for life waving their hysterical placards outside abortion clinics and videoing women in an effort to shame them into rethinking their right to choose, the methods chosen by some Christian groups are far more offensive than any contraception or planned parenting.
Brown commented "There have been many occasions of inappropriate behavior by men on the floor, and they haven't lost their voice…I was speaking to the bill at hand, I didn't use any curse words and I was using anatomically correct language."
So the overreaction to Rep Lisa Brown and member Barb Byrum's intelligent and articulate attempts to offer amendments and voice freely their objections to the state interference in women's rights, drew a disappointing yet predictable response. The were silenced.Tagged in: #keepyourrosarysoffmyovaries, #stopsilencingwomen, #VaginaMovieLines, abortion, Ari Adler, Barb Byrum, Contraception, House Jase Bolger, planned parenting, Rep Lisa Brown, vagina
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Hi Shane! It took a friend to point out to me yesterday that I had missed your point COMPLETELY! So I wanted to come here and apologize and say that I agree with you now that I have reread it. I don't know how I missed it but I read it quickly and missed a few important things apparently. I thought you were attacking those of us who were upset that every episode was NOT as good as it once was and that we were throwing the tantrum LOL. Lots of folks have come out and blasted those of us who dislike the recent eps because they think it's all about Cuddy but for me it's not. Yeah I think her being gone really negatively impacts the show but they could still write a good show without her and they haven't done it yet. I have read posts by people who believe every episode this season has been great and I have to shake my head in wonder. The last time I "salivated" over a season was probably Season 5. By that I mean I could NOT wait to tune in to the next episode. Season 6 I really enjoyed aside from the Lucas thing which made no sense to me (Cuddy with Lucas? Seriously) and Season 7 had me tuning in because I'd been a fan of the House-Cuddy duo (even before their romantic relationship) and hoped it would still be full of angst, arguments, banter, and fireworks just like in the old days. In S7 I'd hoped they would have approached the relationship intelligently and made it part of the story's background. But no, it was made the focus of nearly every episode and after all those years of buildup it was simply used as a device to blow the relationship sky high and as Yaitanes calls it, KABOOM! Seriously? What were they smoking that day? I really do apologize for not reading your comment more carefully, you are exactly on spot with your remarks! Jess
With all due respect Shane, I don't think anyone is having a tantrum. Maybe we're spoiled because TPTB made us that way! We've had such greatness for so long, it just seems weird NOT to have it. No need to resort to labeling or putting us in groups here. We do all have something in common....we LOVE the show. It's just that well...put it this way, we've seen better. We aren't the ones who set the bar high....TPTB did that by giving us an amazing show with amazing characters and stories. Given what we've seen them do in the past why should we expect any less now?
Arrggh this episode was so frustrating. I felt nothing watching this episode. I like Vincent Spano but the POTW case did nothing for me. I did laugh three times in this episode. Once when Park was getting picked on in the beginning, then again with Wilson getting caught in House's net, then with House being locked in his bathroom. Usually the POTW story and House's personal subplot seem to mirror but I found absolutely zero connection this episode which seemed odd. The whole discussion of paranoia and guns in the cafeteria with Wilson and House was fine but then the whole "You have a gun" - "No I don't" seemed out of place and forced in there as a plot device to bring about the final scene with House in his closet. It's really annoying that nothing seems to be building on anything else this season, everything seems to be "stand alone" there's no growth or character development here. I know Lisa gave several possibilities of what the sword could mean but honestly, from the look on House's face, it almost seems to be that the sword and gun brought back feelings of regret for House. Regret for what? His father? Cuddy? Both? How about things never said, never done. (We never realize until it's too late what we really have do we?) House may very well feel regret for the relationship he never had with his dad. It's possible House had some great moments with his dad sporadically in his childhood and he feels conflicted as he gets older. It could be the older he gets and the closer he seems to get to his own mortality, he needs to feel the connection he never had with his dad and it pains him that he can't. He may damn well love his dad and hate him at the same time. There could also be some anger and resentment perhaps related to a feeling of being cheated out of having a real father and not really knowing his biological father. House is a man who likes puzzles, he wants to know how and why things happen. And the one puzzle he really hasn't solved is his OWN puzzle. He's never really figured out WHO he really is and WHY. Also, House may have regrets (given their 20+ year relationship, it would be impossible for him NOT to have regrets) for the what he never said/shared/did with Cuddy.(I bring up Cuddy because it was the sword he used with Cuddy in "Now What?" and may have been the last time he's even touched it which could trigger memories of one of the happiest weekends in his life). House may regret that his screwed up upbringing (including daddy issues) led to his inability to get close to Cuddy and really communicate his feelings to her (essentially letting her "in") caused him to ruin his one chance happiness. Remember he feels HE screwed it up as evidenced by telling her "it wasn't your fault" in "Moving On". The problem is folks, we are playing a guessing game here because really we don't know WHAT House is feeling because we're getting very little real insight into his character. I learned more about Gregory House in the first few eps of Season 1 than I have learned about him so far this season. I will say this in closing, the lyrics to the song "Waking Life" used at the end were really appropriate for House. Sad and appropriate and it (plus his facial expressions) at least gives us some hint that House is hurting. Part of it goes: "There's an anchor that's pulling on my heart
And it's deep int he water but it can't take me down.
Tracin' faces with fingers and we're just the same as we were,
Just our eyes never found what I see now,
That my feet are on the ground. Cause I'm not lost, just looking for footprints.
I'm taking it, one step at a time and I'm getting by. By the way,
It's you on my mind,
It's you on my mind.
And here comes the night pulling puppet strings on my heart again,
Shows me all of this time I've been blind to this waking life.
Now I see it everywhere." I found those lyrics so perfect for House. Hugh conveys with facial expressions what House can never convey in words. His eyes, his face, say a million things his character can never speak. It's one of the reasons I just love this man, he's just amazing. All in all, I'm really disappointed in this lack of development from TPTB. They can do better. Why they won't is beyond me. It's their responsibility to give us the "what" and the actors give us the "how". Hugh never lacks in the latter but TPTB's "what" just sucks. :(


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Using patient reported outcome measures in health services: A qualitative study on including people with low literacy skills and learning disabilities
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BMC Health Services Research 2012, 12:431 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-431Published: 26 November 2012
Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are self-report measures of health status increasingly promoted for use in healthcare quality improvement. However people with low literacy skills or learning disabilities may find PROMs hard to complete. Our study investigated stakeholder views on the accessibility and use of PROMs to develop suggestions for more inclusive practice.
Taking PROMs recommended for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as an example, we conducted 8 interviews with people with low literacy skills and/or learning disabilities, and 4 focus groups with 20 health professionals and people with COPD. Discussions covered the format and delivery of PROMs using the EQ-5D and St George Respiratory Questionnaire as prompts. Thematic framework analysis focused on three main themes: Accessibility, Ease of Use, and Contextual factors.
Accessibility included issues concerning the questionnaire format, and suggestions for improvement included larger font sizes and more white space. Ease of Use included discussion about PROMs' administration. While health professionals suggested PROMs could be completed in waiting rooms, patients preferred settings with more privacy and where they could access help from people they know. Contextual Factors included other challenges and wider issues associated with completing PROMs. While health professionals highlighted difficulties created by the system in managing patients with low literacy/learning disabilities, patient participants stressed that understanding the purpose of PROMs was important to reduce intimidation.
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A touchstone of my investing philosophy is the importance of investors tuning out what is unimportant. Lose the News is the counter-intuitive way I first expressed this idea back in 2005. However, since then, I have repeated several variations on this theme: Whether its The Price of Paying Attention or advising people to Avoid the Noise or simply counseling investors to focus on What They Can Control, these overall themes have been very consistent.
The signal to noise ratio as of late has been nearly overwhelming — all noise, no signal — which, in no particular order, includes: Syria as the potential flashpoint, then the Summers/Yellen horse race, followed by more European Bank problems, then the US political situation, yet another dust up between Greece and Germany, then the Tea Party war on ObamaCare, no wait government shutdown, no wait the debt ceiling, grabbing center stage.
While the market's up/down, back and forth make it appear over the short term that these things are oh so important, the simple reality is they are utterly meaningless. There is ALWAYS going to be some crisis, some news event, some MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, and always has. I am here to tell you that all of these "earth shattering events" each end up being tears in the rain — a momentary emotional blip of little consequence, mostly international back fence gossip, with next to no significance to the overall global economy. They are all noise, no signal, at least in terms of what matters to the intelligent investor's perspective. As an example, consider the simple truth that despite this immense distraction, we are spitting distance from all times highs on S&P500.
So much for trading the macro news flow.
This theme was repeated by lots of very smart and insightful people at our conference this week. Regulars on FinTV admit how unimportant most of what goes on air actually is (I call it useless filler); our flawed cognitive views leads us to putting way too much emphasis on these unimportant issues,, especially when they are more recent. The charming and delightful Art Cashin even told the lesson he learned early in his career as to why a reports of a nuclear attack offered the smart trader a buying opportunity.
Thus, while I am not suggesting we are past whatever idiocy the jackals in Washington DC have dreampt up — and there always exists the possibility it all comes tumbling down in a disastrous Mad Max canned food and bottled water dystopia — I doubt thats the likely outcome. Indeed, investing history has taught those who pay attention to such things, however counter-intuitive it may seem, that tuning out the noise, and staying with the higher probability, most likely outcome is the way to go. I suggest you consider doing the same.
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News from ILEETA 2011: Winning in a Lakewood-type battle
Don Gulla — a 27-year veteran of the King County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office — demonstrated numerous drills and exercises that can be used at roll call to help officers defend against an ambush or assassination attempt
When I arrived in the meeting room in Wheeling at around 0745 hours this morning for my ILEETA session with Don Gulla, the PoliceOne video about the Lakewood Four was playing in a continuous loop on the big screen. Gulla — a 27-year veteran of the King County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office — nodded his recognition of my entry into the room, gestured with his eyes to the screen, and smiled. We visited together for a few moments and briefly discussed the efforts of Dave Smith and the rest of the folks on the PoliceOne Video team in creating that masterful piece of video. Quick side note: Gulla offered an interesting idea about a follow-up to that video. Stay tuned on that, because although it's decidedly not my AOR to make the call on such things, I can — and will — advocate strongly for it.
When the class began a few moments later, Gulla started with the segment from that video in which Officer Ben Kelly is being interviewed about his contact with Maurice Clemmons. "Watch this," Gulla said, "and pay attention to what Officer Kelly says."
Kelly, in the video, described shooting his service pistol at Clemmons three times but because of Clemmons' continued movement away from him, not believing he'd even hit him. As you will likely recall, Clemmons fled around a hedge after being shot by Kelly.
Center Mass vs. Head Shots
Then Gulla asked, "Where was Clemmons shot?"
He let that one hang in the air... then, he answered.
"Center mass. The bad guys are shooting at the head and neck, and we're shooting center mass."
Gulla then showed a picture of himself with a blue v-neck shirt over a red undershirt. He said that the image roughly represents the target area that bad guys are aiming at, and I immediately though of the "triangle of death."
Learning Objectives & Performance Objectives
SIRT Training Pistols
We took a quick break for everyone who was carrying to secure their weapons, and conducted a self-check / buddy-check. We then did a safety-officer check to confirm that we were all good to go. We were issued our SIRT pistols and holsters, cleared the room of all the tables (except for six set up as if in a restaurant), and began our drills.
One scenario had us seated in a group of four, responding to a single gunman approaching our "coffee break." Another scenario had us in just a pair at the table, responding to two armed assailants. Then three attackers against three seated officers.
We practiced movement at the table to ensure that we would not have a blue-on-blue situation. We talked about the need for officers — when just making themselves seated at any such table — to agree in advance, "OK, I'm going to go here to my left," or "I'm going to go this way or that."
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Close-Quarters Combat
Recall that Sgt. Mark Renninger and Officer Tina Griswold were executed — again, remember, with head shots — within one or two seconds of one another. It's believed that because Officer Ronald Owens was grappling with Clemmons, Officer Greg Richards may have felt he had no shot that would end the threat and at the same time not endanger Owens' life. There is no way to be absolutely certain of this conclusion, but it's a good jumping-off point for a discussion about training that can bridge what Gulla calls the chasm between "the two kingdoms" of DT and Firearms training.
So, there we were, in groups of three, one in the role of bad guy going for one officer's gun with the other officer delivering that stopping fire in close quarters battle.
Shrinking the Target
As the session was wrapping up, we incorporated the use of tennis balls and a shock-knife, which could also be easily be used at roll call or in-service training.
We put the conference room back the way we found it, shook hands all around, and took a group photo. I left confident that the type of exercises Gulla gave those police trainers can have a significant and positive impact on the likelihood that an assassination attempt on an officer will end in a dead assailant, not a dead cop.
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HARRISBURG — The House Republican leader on Tuesday introduced Gov. Tom Corbett's full-scale liquor privatization plan and plans to push for a vote in two weeks.
Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Bradford Woods, sponsored Corbett's plan to relieve the state of its liquor business. Turzai's spokesman, Stephen Miskin, said House Bill 790 is "the bill proposed by Gov. Corbett, word for word."
Turzai told reporters it's headed for a vote in the House Liquor Committee on March 18 and a final House floor vote March 21 or April 8, though he expects lawmakers to make changes.
House Minority Leader Frank Dermody, D-Oakmont, criticized Turzai for pushing the bill without adequate public input.
"The more complicated his plan becomes, the faster he wants to vote on it with no committee hearings," Dermody said. "That should be a big flashing sign that something is wrong. ... Leader Turzai is pushing for a vote on his liquor bill before almost any discussion takes place."
Pennsylvania and Utah are the only states controlling wholesale and retail sales of liquor and wine. Corbett, a Shaler Republican, would get rid of 619 state stores and allow wine and beer sales in grocery stores, pharmacies and big box stores. Beer distributors buying "enhanced" licenses could sell liquor and wine.
Corbett contends his plan would garner $1 billion over four years, which would go to school districts as block grants. The plan addresses "consumer choice and convenience," the governor says.
Turzai held three public hearings last year on a privatization bill he proposed. That bill was "dramatically different" from Corbett's proposal or a modified plan that some Republicans are considering, said Wendell W. Young IV, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, which represents state store clerks and opposes privatization.
Closing state stores and the fate of about 3,500 clerks hindered attempts to privatize Pennsylvania's system of selling wine and spirits, adopted when Prohibition ended in 1933. GOP governors Tom Ridge and Dick Thornburgh could not win legislative support for privatization.
Corbett's spokesman Kevin Harley called the union "one of the most powerful special interest groups" in the state.
House Liquor Committee Chairman John Taylor, R-Philadelphia, has circulated a potential alternative to Corbett's bill, though he hasn't formally introduced a bill or amendment. His hybrid plan would keep state stores open. Grocery stores could sell beer and wine, and beer distributors would have a shot at getting licenses to sell liquor and wine.
Matthew Brouillette, president of the Commonwealth Foundation, which supports Corbett's plan, said Taylor's proposal "falls short in providing what the citizens of Pennsylvania demand: convenience, choices, and limiting the (Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board) to its proper role as regulator."
Privately run "mom and pop" stores would be forced to compete with taxpayer-funded, government-run stores, Brouillette said. The plan maintains the state's wholesale monopoly, he said.
Taylor has said he is trying to develop a plan that could win House approval.
"What I make of it is, Republicans are not all on the same side of the issue," Young said.
"This is not an easy task, by any stretch of the imagination," Harley said.
Turzai said he expects lawmakers to alter Corbett's plan, noting that it's commonplace for either chamber of the General Assembly to do so. He stopped short of saying he would oppose privatization legislation that keeps state stores open.
If state stores remained under a privatization plan, Turzai said private retailers eventually would put them out of business.
Any bill that emerges from the House would have an uncertain fate in the Senate. President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson County, has given privatization a cool reception and spoken in favor of "modernization" of state stores to increase revenue.
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September 17, 2004
Manono Campus, Building 388, Room 101
Lou Zitnik (Chair), Charleen Marlow (Vice-Chair), Barbara Arthurs, Marilyn Bader, Annie Brown, John Cole, Bob Duley, Kaipo Frias, Mary Goya, Ka'iana Haili, Pam Hudson, Donnalyn Kalei, Pualani Kanahele, Kent Killam, Gwen Kimura, Michael Larish, Bernhard Laurich, Gordon Lee, Annie Maeda, John Marlow, Julia Moore, Violet Murakami, Trina Nahm-Mijo, Pate Pieron, Joel Peralto, Daniel Petersen, Noelie Rodriguez, Beth Sanders, lJill Savage, Jane Sherwood, Harry Takiue, Francis-Dean Uchima, and Mai Wong
1. A quorum was established and the Chair called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m.
2. Chancellor Freitas was introduced as a guest speaker. Highlights of his presentation included:
· Presented the view that assessment and accreditation should be a faculty driven process and called upon all present to actively participate.
· The new OCET Director should be announced within the next week. Other finalists deserve to be notified before public announcement of the new director is made.
Search is progressing for CAO. Announcements will be made in
· Concerning Administrative Reorganization: these changes were not mandated. Reorganization is not happening at other community colleges in the system, and any possible changes will not be visited until other HawCC administrators are on board.
· Concerning establishment of a new campus: Drawings of the propose campus and its 120 acre setting where briefly shown. The Komohana Campus is ranked 7th on the CIP priority list and this information is being presented in public. We have requested 7million for the 1st year of the next biennium. The 7million is not part of this year`s budget, although the request has gone in this year, it is for the 1st year of the next biennium. If we are successful we will receive the funds July 1st of '05. Chancellor Frietas stated that he is actively pushing for private/public partnerships and federal funding for particular buildings. He plans to meet with the members of the Governors cabinet on the weekend of September 18 and 19. Faculty input, especially Education Specification for inside areas, is needed. He welcomed all to come by and look closer at the project, encouraged all to speak to elected officials, and stated that he was willing to return to the Senate as often as wanted.
3. A motion to accept the April 30, 2004 Academic Senate Meeting minutes with a minor correction passed unanimously (Sherwood, Pieron).
4. Chair's Report
· Chair has met with Chancellor Freitas twice. He feels the Chancellor's focus is on building a new campus and that his intent is to bring other administrators on board to handle other aspects of the college.
· The ACCFSC is in the process of organizing its committee structure, and there are a number of committees on the system level still in the process of setting up. The Chair will keep the Faculty Senate updated on progress.
· The Executive Committee has set up dates for Senate meetings based on BOR meetings dates (Calendar distributed as handout). The Chair also announced that he has met with Standing Committees Chairs, Barbara Arthurs and Donnalyn Kalei to establish lines of communication and charges.
5. Vice Chair's Report
· Senator Padilla has agreed to be the Archivist and web-site publisher for the Faculty Senate.
· Faculty Senate communications will run from both the web site and via the e-mail list server. The url for the Senate website is: http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/senate/
· Today's election of the Education Policy Committee Chair was announced.
6. Standing Committee Reports
a. Curriculum Review Committee Report (Senator Kalei)
· Deadline for curriculum proposals is on September 24, 2004. The forms are on-line, and she is willing to help anyone with the process if asked.
· Chair Kalei plans to send out a list of proposals received by the committee to all faculty to review before the next Senate meeting.
· Question 10 was added to Form 2: "Does this course meet a general education area requirement for an area (Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences) other than that of the purposed course?"
· It was pointed out that the Chair does not have the authority to change Form 2. Discussions followed. Chair Kalei informed everyone that she had discussed these changes with Interim Dean Noreen Yamane before making them.
· A motion was made to accept changes to Form 2 (question # 10) on a temporary basis until final approval or disapproval by the full Senate was made. Discussions followed.
· A motion to call to the question passed unanimously (Arthurs, Duley).
· The original motion passed unanimously (Savage, Sherwood).
b. Education Policy Committee Report—No report at this time.
c. Faculty Policy Committee Report (Senator Arthurs)
· Chair Arthurs announced that there was a GSSS unit vacancy on the Faculty Policy Committee.
· The letter outlining charges from Chair Zitnik was distributed and reviewed. This included one charge of a review of "professional standards and ethics" and another charge of a review of "document guidelines and processes (concerning contract renewal, tenure, and promotion)."
7. Unfinished Business
a. The charge to the Ed Policy Committee concerning the "review of the curriculum review process" was reviewed.
8. New Business
a. Election of Education Policy Committee Chair (Senator C. Marlow)
· Vice-Chair Marlow announced the Executive Committee's nomination of Senator Lee for the Education Policy Committee Chair. She then opened the election process for further nomination from the floor. None came forth. Senator Lee was elected unanimously by voice vote.
· Chair Lee thanked the Senators for their support and expressed her intended commitment to this leadership task.
b. Establishing priorities for the coming year (items are not ranked in order of importance)
b.1. New Campus (Lou Zitnik)
· Chair Zitnik requested that Senate appoint an ad hoc committee to provide input into the new campus.
· Discussions followed.
· A motion to form an ad hoc committee, including the establishing of co-chairs, to provide input and support for the new Komohana Campus passed. m/s/p (C. Marlow, Savage) yes 27, no 0, abstain 1.
b.2. Unified Curriculum Development (C. Marlow)
· Vice-Chair Marlow presented the need to unify curriculum for the good of the college and for assessment and accreditation reasons. She expressed the view that this should be the focus of discussions within the Senate throughout year.
b.3. Tenure Process (Petri Pieron)
· Senator Pieron presented the view that mentoring and support should be an intrinsic part of the tenure process, but sometimes it is not.
· Discussions followed including statements from the floor. They included: Officially there is no such thing as junior or senior faculty, only faculty. There is a huge disparity between requirements in the tenure process here and elsewhere in the system. HawCC is much more demanding. There needs to be support from senior faculty on the process of tenure. All faculty need more information about the process. What is the real purpose of this process? Are negative experiences justified?
· It was pointed out that this topic is one of the reasons that the Faculty Policy Committee was charged with the review of "document guidelines and processes" and that the role of mentoring should be a part of this review.
b.4. Assessment/Accreditation (Trina Nahm-Mijo)
· Senator Nahm-Mijo stated that it is time to "gear up" for the two-year process of self-study and the self-study report.
· She discussed the difference between assessment and accreditation. Assessment is an ongoing, continuous process and should be institutionalized; accreditation is a six-year mile stone of that process.
· She outlined the pressing need for volunteers to serve as Steering Committee Chairs
· She announced that Marilyn Bader has agreed to be the editor for the Self-Study Report.
· Senator Nahm-Mijo also said that she will ask the administration for reassigned time for Steering Committee Chairs during the Self-Study writing year which will begin in Spring 2006.
9. Process for obtaining volunteers for Student Related Committees
Annie Brown
Kaipo Frias
Kekui Frias
Charleen Marlow
Jennie Padilla
Beth Sanders
Jill Savage
Mai Wong
Lou Zitnik
as possibilities to choose from for the Student Academic Grievance Committee, passed unanimously.
10. For the good of the order.
It was announced that HawCC was presented with a $794,976 Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian Institutional Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The three-year grant was given to the college to partner its resources with community programs in the predominantly Native Hawaiian district of Kea`au. These funds will be used to partner with the Bay Clinic to help renovate the Keaau Youth Business Center. Special thanks to Donnalyn Kalei, Trina Nahm-Mijo, and Eric Kapono for their efforts in this process.
11. Meeting adjourned at 2:10 pm


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Luanda - A foreign exchange law in Angola has halved the amount of dollars auctioned by the central bank since June as the country considers letting its currency trade on international markets, a central bank official said.
The Banco de Nacional de Angola said the amount sold at auctions has fallen to $200 million a week from $400 million in June, before oil companies were required to pay some suppliers in kwanzas, the local currency, Antonio Andre Lopes, a vice-governor of the bank, said in an August 21 interview in his offices in Luanda, the capital.
The kwanza traded at 95.8900 per dollar as of 8:38 a.m. in Luanda.
Angola, Africa's second-biggest oil producer after Nigeria, passed a law last year that may funnel $25 billion annually through the $116 billion economy by requiring foreign-owned oil companies including Chevron Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay taxes in Kwanza's from May this year and domestic suppliers in the currency from July 1.
The measure has boosted the supply of kwanzas in Angola's market, Lopes said.
"There's a high supply of foreign currency with the oil companies obligated to pay in kwanzas after exchanging dollars at the banks," Lopes said.
"We're in a process of de-dollarization of the economy."
While a date has yet to be selected, the law is a step toward allowing free trade in the kwanza, the central bank official said.
"There is some pressure to make the kwanza a traded currency," he said.
"We need to think about the impact this will have on stability."
Not Stable
The kwanza is being used informally in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, generating some demand for international trading, Lopes said.
The value of the kwanza, backed by the oil law, will lead to a "fully tradeable" currency as soon as central bank Governor Jose de Lima Massano "sees the market is ready and the kwanza is respected," Pedro Coelho, chief executive of the Angolan unit of South Africa's Standard Bank Group said in an Aug. 20 interview in Luanda.
"Things are not stabilised," Joao Fonseca, executive director of Banco Angolano de Investimentos SA, said by e-mail on August 23.
"Banks now have excess of dollars due to the new phase of the foreign exchange oil law."
Exercising monetary policy by selling Treasury Bills, regulating the supply of foreign currency in the market and adjusting reserve ratios at banks has helped stabilise the exchange rate, Lopes said.
The kwanza is little changed against the dollar this year.
Declining Inflation
The bank has kept its benchmark interest rate at 10 percent since January, while commercial bank rates are about 5-6 percent higher, Lopes said.
"The tendency will be for both to decrease," he said, declining to be more specific.
The inflation rate has declined to 9 percent, meeting the government's target and may fall to 7 percent in the next three to four years, he said.
Angola pumped 1.76 million barrels of oil a day in July almost entirely from fields offshore the southwest African country.
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text: SellArtSmart Newsletter from art-exchange.com Featured art consultant- Mike McGill We met Mike a few years ago in connection with one of our listed artists. Mike has a background in putting together important packages and this one was no exception, having a very high public profile and a large budget. Mike recently joined forces with art-exchange to target major collectors with our message and present our artists' work to them. He is developing and executing radio, direct mail, and email campaigns designed to build relationships with collectors across America. Mike McGill- one of the top art consultants working for you at art-exchange. One way we get your art in front of art buyers is the BuyArtSmart Newsletter at http://126.96.36.199:81/CT00002401NjM1MDUw====.HTML newsletter. Commissioned works- you never have to say "no" again! We hope you seldom have to say no, but inevitably during an artist's lifetime there are occasions when you should say no because the project is outside your scope. If and when that happens, think of art-exchange as your resource. Here's how our process works: - check our database for works similar to the work the project calls for to discover qualified artists - contact us to help you put the proposal together - you remain as involved or as uninvolved as you choose, working with the buyer to close the deal - you earn money selling art because we can pay you an agency fee. So if you know about art needs you can not meet, let us know because there is no project we can't handle. To discuss this in more detail call Beth at (800) 647-6336 ext. 117. List your art with us Follow these instructions at http://220.127.116.11:81/CT00002402NjM1MDUw====.HTML or call Chelsea at (800) 647-6336 ext. 119 to sign up today. Tip of the month Interior designers influence billions of dollars of art purchases. One way to get in front of them is to contact your local chapter of American Society of Interior Designers. You might offer to give a talk at one of their meetings. You have knowledge that can be helpful to them- such as framing and matting possibilities, or something you have a lot of experience with. It might also help (if you're listed with us) to mention your affiliation with art-exchange. Our industry partnership and regular communications to them have set you up with "instant cred". For more tips visit www.artmarketing.com to see what Constance Smith has to say. New product announcement We have just come up with another new way for you to keep your art in front of people. It's as simple as a screensaver. In fact it IS a screensaver. Here's how it works: - we develop a screensaver featuring your art exclusively - we make it available to the public from our home page for a week - we make it available to the public from our "screensaver" page for a year - you get an unlimited license to distribute it as you wish for as long as you want! Download our current screensaver from http://184.108.40.206:81/CT00002403NjM1MDUw====.HTML. Call Debby at (800) 647-6336 ext. 107 to find out more. Exhibitions 2005 seeking alternative media for 4th quarter show Spring Special- submit a work in alternative media and receive 2 permanent listings free. Call Anita at (800) 647-6336 ext. 121 to take advantage of this offer. Valid for existing customers OR with purchase of any new listing package. Exhibitions 2006 Exhibitions 2005 has been so valuable to our artist friends that we plan to keep the Exhibitions coming into 2006. Once again, the first Exhibition of the year, scheduled to open January 1, 2006, will be open to all media. Sign up online here - http://22.214.171.124:81/CT00002404NjM1MDUw====.HTML. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUTS & BOLTS for existing customers Where are you? Too often we have to frustrate buyers who select a work of art from our database only to discover that we can't obtain the work. The artist has moved, changed phone numbers, or is just plain out of touch. Remember, since YOU have the art, if we can't reach you we can't sell your art. So remember to - tell us when you move - tell us when your phone number changes - check your messages and return your calls! Look at you! Be sure to check out your virtual gallery on our site occasionally and let us know if there are changes needed- call (800) 647-6336 ext. 100 or email us at customerservice_(_at_)_art-exchange_(_dot_)_com_(_dot_)_ Featured product For a limited time (through April 30), existing artist subscribers who submit an impressionist work for the 2005 Exhibition get to list an additional work in our database, FREE! Contact Anita at (800) 647-6336 ext. 121. Your privacy is important to art-exchange.com, inc., and we are committed to respecting your privacy at all times. If you feel that you have received this newsletter in error and wish to be removed from our mailing list: Unsubscribe Here http://188.8.131.52:81/UC000024NjM1MDUw====.HTML


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ENB - Region 9 Notices 2/25/2009
Negative Declaration
Chautauqua County - The Dunkirk City School District, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Dunkirk City School District EXCEL Capital Project will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the proposed capital project at Schools 3, 4, 5, and 7, the Middle School, and the High School to consist of various reconstruction and expansion items, replacement, repair, renovation and building upgrade work, asbestos abatement, and site work including bus drop-off lanes, parking and athletic facilities' improvements. Most items qualify as EXCEL improvements (health/safety, accessibility, energy, physical expansion, education technology).
New classrooms will be added with small additions at all schools except the Middle School and School 7. Classrooms, cafeterias, and bathrooms will replace auditoriums at Schools 3, 4, 5. Improvements at the High School will include a health classroom; renovated/expanded gym with new flooring, bleachers, partition; new auxiliary gym; new and renovated locker rooms; storage; and an entry. A maintenance/athletic storage building also will be constructed at the High School. Replacement/upgrade work at the schools will include plumbing, electrical, mechanical / HVAC upgrades and replacement/repairs to windows, doors, roofs, masonry (including preservation work at School 7), ceilings, lighting, and flooring. The project also includes technology, media, security, emergency power, lighting, alarms, communication systems and accessibility (lift, elevator, entries, casework) improvements. Site work upgrades include reconstruction of parking areas at several schools, extended parking area at the High School, construction of bus drop-off lanes, and playground and athletic facilities' improvements (synthetic turf field, drainage system, upgrades to field lighting, resurfaced track, new softball field with fill, dugouts, fencing, scoreboard).
The projects are located at the following:
Elementary School 3
742 Lamphere Street
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Elementary School 4
752 Central Avenue
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Elementary School 5
117 Brigham Road
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Elementary School 7
348 Lake Shore Drive East
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Dunkirk Middle School
75 West 6th Street
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Dunkirk Senior High School
525 Eagle Street
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Maintenance/Athletic Storage Building
(High School site)
525 Eagle Street
Dunkirk, NY 14048
Contact: Gary J. Cerne, Dunkirk City Schools, 620 Marauder Drive, Dunkirk, NY 14048, Phone: (716) 366-9300, E-mail: email@example.com.
Positive Declaration and Public Scoping
Chautauqua County - The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Ripley Interstate Site Development Project may have a significant adverse impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared. A public scoping session will be held on February 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Town of Ripley Town Hall, 1 Park Avenue, Ripley, NY 14775. The action involves acquiring several individually owned parcels of land encompassing approximately 170 acres and obtaining of all necessary approvals to develop land for a warehouse distribution center or light manufacturing/assembly facility; and granting of certain financial assistance including potential exemptions from sales taxes, real property transfer taxes, mortgage recording taxes and real estate taxes. The project is located in the vicinity of the intersection of Route 5 and Shortman Road in the Town of Ripley, New York.
Contact: William Daly, County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, 200 Harrison Street, Jamestown, NY 14701, Phone: (716) 661-8900.


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South African Winelands
South African Winelands Travel Guide
For many, Cape Town has long been a focal point for South African travel, and it's easy to get caught up in its myriad of vibrant attractions, But a glance north opens up a whole other world of sightseeing opportunities. Thanks to its dry, mountainous climate, the area is home to more than 300 vineyards and is one of the World's largest wine producers. South African Winelands travel attracts oenophiles with vintages that range from Sauvignon blanc to its famed red Pinotage. Unsurprisingly, the region is a hotbed of first-class restaurants as well. Whether you plan on spending a day or a week exploring this wealth of culinary riches, Travel + Leisure's South African Winelands travel guide can help.
Things Not to Miss in the South African Winelands
• Taking a guided bike tour between the area's standout estates, then pairing local wines with local cuisine at one of its top-flight restaurants
• Exploring the area's untamed beauty at the Paarl Mountain Natural Reserve
• Learning more about the region's multicultural heritage at exhibits at the Afrikaans Language Museum and more
• Stroll through historic towns like Stellenbosch and Franschhoek along streets of quaint boutiques, eateries and more
When to Go to the South African Winelands
Autumn harvest in the Southern hemisphere is the ideal time to visit the South African Winelands. Between March and May, the weather is warm and sunny, and there is minimal wind. Summer (November through January) also attracts a lot of visitors with warm sun and late sunsets. If you're traveling in the winter, be prepared for cool, wet weather and temperature drops once the sun goes down.


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Losing weight means cutting back on calories. We have to balance our food intake with our activity so that we use up more calories than we consume. Simple as this formula may seem, anyone who has tried weight losswith dieting knows that cutting calories is harder than it looks. For one thing, when you reduce calories your body notices and makes you feel hungry so you will catch up on the calories it is missing.
Is it possible to reduce calories without making significant changes in your lifestyle and battling the discomfort of constant hunger?
Here are a few changes that can add up to a significant reduction in calories without actually reducing the amount of food you eat.
- Cut the fat. Fat has more calories than either protein or carbohydrates. Simply buying lean cuts of meat, cutting off visible fat and removing skin from chicken will reduce calories in your meat servings.
- Cut out sugar filled drinks. Learn to enjoy water or zero-calorie water flavoring. Some studies show Americans get 25% of daily calories from soda and sugary drinks.
- Swap your Milk. Replace whole milk with reduced fat or skim milk.
- Cut out seconds. Make it a habit to never have seconds. It goes without saying you shouldn't increase the first helping to compensate though.
- Cut sugar from your coffee or tea. One cube equals one and a half teaspoons of sugar which has 25 calories in it.
- Cut down on alcohol. Energy rich and nutritionally empty, alcohol provides a lot more calories than most of us need. As an added incentive, we tend to eat more when we drink alcohol.
- Make it yourself. If you can find the time, making your own food will almost always mean you eat fewer calories than you will with commercially prepared food.


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It's a place to taunt, a place to fret and a place to just be snarky.
While the 49ers and Ravens bashed bodies during Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, fans tangled with each other online Sunday. Social media -- and, in particular, Twitter -- is a real-time global water cooler. The game may be one of the biggest sports telecasts of the year -- an estimated 179.1 million people are expected to tune in -- but it's also one of the nation's biggest social media events. During last year's game, Twitter noted more than 13 million tweets.
Fans become instant online announcers and worrywarts -- Daisy Barringer, @daisy, tweeted, "I am shaking I'm so nervous."
And they are trash-talkers.
About an hour before the game, Moïse Le Pharaon, @dashinggame, tweeted: "#BaltimoreRavens takin it home today. #49ers gonna learn today!!!"
Countered Francisco P, @_YoBoyFrisco: "I love seeing all these #49ers haters, All it's doing is making me more proud of my team."
As the 49ers sputtered in the second quarter, a fan who goes by the name of "Birgit" signed virtually on this newspaper's Super Bowl blog: "That hurts so badly."
About the same time, though, Chuckie300, @GoIdSkin, was cheered on Twitter: "Ok keep it up #Ravens."
Silicon Valley futurist Paul Saffo calls this the era of "personal media."
It wasn't that long ago that sports fans suffered -- and rejoiced -- alone in front of their TVs. The only others who heard their moans or shouts of joy were patient spouses or friends huddled together for four hours of football. Now as fans gather in front of their big screens with their chips and beer, they make sure their laptops and iPhones are nearby so they can yelp, cry and laugh across the Internet.
"In the mass media age, you sat and watched. At most, you shouted at the screen," Saffo said. "In the personal media age, participation is an essential part of the experience. It's the power of immediacy and the power of immersion."
Many athletes take to Twitter and Facebook, too, though the NFL forbids players from tweeting or updating social-networking profiles 90 minutes before a game and after postgame media interviews are completed.
"It's good for their business as players," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of the Webby Awards. "The more they talk, the more people follow them. It can help them out with endorsement deals and sponsorships. They can promote stuff."
Indeed, former Niners players such as Jerry Rice used the run-up to the Super Bowl to cheer on his former team -- and the products he is pitching.
"Brunch today with the folks from @lenovo! Getting ready for the game," Rice tweeted before the game.
Through social media on Sunday, observers across the country could learn such facts as the cost of beer at the Super Dome -- $15 s cup -- and trivia such as President Ronald Reagan was first president to participate in the Super Bowl coin toss in 1985. The 49ers lost the toss, but beat the Miami Dolphins, 38-16.
On Twitter, Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe seemed more interested with what was occurring between plays -- the commercials -- than the play on the field. "That Audi commercial just had a kid tongue-raping someone....Way to not objectify women and play into stereotypes," he tweeted.
Comcast SportsNet reporter Kate Longworth had perhaps the most pressing question for those gathered in living rooms round the Bay Area: "Viewers-do you take your bathroom breaks etc. during the game or commercials?"
Contact John Boudreau at 408-278-3496; follow him at Twitter.com/svwriter.


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Cube in-a-Box® overall mission is to design, manufacture and sell user friendly cubicles; easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to work with! All Cube in-a-Box products are shipped in a single box, all parts and pieces included, direct to your office or home. You can be Ready-to-Work™ in less than an hour!
Our goal is to allow you, as a company, business organization or home based office, to nicely and completely furnish your workplace with professional, ergonomic, trendy and well-designed office cubicles.
We stand alone in our quest to become the easiest, fastest and most affordable way to buy and install friendly office cubicles. No other industry leaders have been able to propose such a convenient concept and solution for businesses who struggle to find a quality and reliable product at a good price.
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27 Feb 2014 - 02 Mar 2014
International Hunting and Fishing Expo 2014 hosted @ IFEMA Madrid, Spain.
This year's Hunting's & Fishing Expo will take place at the Juan Carlos I IFEMA Convention Center located in the vibrant city of Madrid, Spain. Come visit Eurodetection at this year's show which is running from Thursday February 27th – Sunday March 2nd, 2014 for the biggest event of the year!
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Legendary Vol Peyton Manning and his wife, Ashley, announced on Saturday they're donating $500,000 to the Pat Summitt Foundation.
The Pat Summitt Foundation said the current Denver Broncos quarterback's donation is the largest it has received since it was founded in November 2011.
The foundation is dedicated to fighting Alzheimer's disease through grant-making for research, care and support.
Manning serves on the foundation's advisory board as honorary co-chair alongside Pilot Corporation founder Jim Haslam II and WNBA All-Star Kara Lawson.
Pat Summitt was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in August 2011 when she was 58 years old.


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Trans TV is a private television channel which broadcasts to Indonesia and surrounding areas . In this channel there are many excellent programs that are very interesting , and also can cheer the hearts of its loyal viewers .
By carrying out a diamond -shaped logo which signifies eternity and also the beauty of each program will be broadcast event . The event program includes categories that aired Trans consisting of D ( Adult ) , SU ( All Ages ) and PG ( Parental Guidance ) .
The television channel is one of the best private tv channel in Indonesia and ASEAN . It can take a look of what is on display in the show program , which which has the best quality and behave according to the cultural morals that can be received by many partners .
Trans TV also has an important role in contributing to improving the welfare of the Indonesian people . And even television channels also provide intelligence for every Indonesian people who witnessed it .
For the realization of the idea of a container and also the aspirations of the people , which is summarized in a dynamic and on show at the broadcast time was adjusted Trans TV . So to further facilitate its loyal viewers in watching any program , can now be seen via the Trans TV Online Live Streaming


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Own a pyro pro that I have used for kiting, but am now getting into scuba as well. Has anyone had any experience with converting the drysuit for use in scuba by adding inflate/deflate valves?
Is this even feasible? Is there anything about the pyro pro that would make it unusable or not suitable for scuba?
If you dive a surface water sport dry-suit past about 20 feet, you'll be squeezed by reduced air volume (within your suit). The deeper you go, the more uncomfortable it becomes. Past 30' you start to get bruises from the pressure.
To deal with this problem, dive specific dry-suit's are fitted with inflate and exhaust valve's. Inflate goes to a LP port on you tank, while the exhaust is a push/auto activated unit located on your arm.
As you dive deeper, use the inflate to put air in your suit, this reduces the squeeze. As you go up, the air in your suit will expand, so you must exhaust the air from the exhaust valve, or you'll rocket to the surface (which can cause embolism/bends/death depending on how deep you've been diving).
So, the answer to your question is yes, however you would require professionally installed mods to your suit. You must also take a course in using a dry-suit for diving as the buoyancy control is critical, (uncontrolled accents if you don't exhaust air our of you suit on the way up )
I can sell you my old proper drysuit at the cheapest price you'll ever find, name me a price if you want it… I don't know what it's worth… if you find something to show me an example with online I'll do it for a third of whatever that is
it's for someone who's 5 8" - 5'11, size 8-10 feet


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For Wednesday, September 22, 2010
POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Sep 22, 2010
LAST UPDATED: 2:20 a.m. HST, Sep 22, 2010
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based recycling company, has acquired the assets of SOS Metals Island Recycling of Maui.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
"This transaction continues our strategy of expanding our metals recycling business in order to better serve our customers throughout the world," said Tamara Lundgren, Schnitzer's chief executive officer.
"We will continue to be a household name for recycling in Maui," said Sandy Shadrow, president of SOS Metals Island Recycling.
SOS Metals Island Recycling has been collecting, processing and recycling scrap metal on Maui for nearly five years.
More than 300 meetings industry executives and exhibitors will descend on the Big Island this week for the 13th annual Pacific Rim Incentives & Meetings Exchange (PRIME).
The event, Thursday and Friday at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, will showcase Hawaii's potential to host business and incentive groups. After PRIME, members will spend three days touring prospective meeting sites throughout the isles.
"We have an excellent group of planners coming to PRIME from outside the state who have great influence over the scheduling of corporate events and business meetings in 2011 and years to come," said Priscilla Texeira, who founded PRIME and serves as managing director for the conference. "Hawaii's sales professionals do a superb job of marketing our islands, and I'm confident that PRIME's format of hosting individual meetings, group events and FAM (familiarization) tours will lead to many new bookings for the state."
On the Net:» Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.
» SOS Metals Island Recycling of Maui
» Pacific Rim Incentives & Meetings Exchange
» Foodland Super Market
» Keahole Solar Power LLC
Foodland Super Market has reached an agreement with Kalama Beach Corp. to take over the Lahaina Farms operations on Maui. The store will reopen today as Foodland Farms Lahaina.
This is the third Foodland Farms store to open in Hawaii, and the first store on Maui.
Keahole Solar Power LLC, a Hawaii-based solar-thermal project developer, has signed an agreement with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to lease land in Kalaeloa on Oahu to build a solar-energy plant.
The 5-megawatt generator will begin construction toward the end of the year and is scheduled to reach completion by the third quarter of 2011, the company said. The proposed plant will be Hawaii's largest solar thermal power facility to date, Keahole said. The company installed a 2-megawatt power plant in the Kona area in 2009 at a cost of $10 million.
Clarisse Kobashigawa has returned to Galiher DeRobertis Ono as an associate. She will be responsible for personal injury litigation. Kobashigawa was previously an associate at the Johnson Law Office in Minnesota as well as an intern for Galiher DeRobertis Ono each summer while attending law school.
RevoluSun has hired Ben Coffman as project developer. He will be responsible for working with and educating commercial and residential customers to achieve energy independence by finding the best solar systems that will meet their needs.
Aqua Hotels & Resorts has promoted the following:
» KeAlii Alexander to director of operations for Aqua's AOAO properties from area general manager.
» Albert Roque is director of operations as well as overseeing the housekeeping and maintenance function throughout the company.
» Kahealani Doss to general manager of Aqua Bamboo & Spa from hotel manager for Aqua Palms & Spa.
» Scott Pauli to area general manager as well as overseeing Aqua Waikiki Beachside and Continental Surf Hotel.
» Joy Alder to hotel manager of Aqua Waikiki Wave from guest services manager at Aqua Bamboo & Spa.


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Western School
Public School | Grades K-4 | Naugatuck School District
Naugatuck, CT 06770
(203) 720-5244
About This School
Western School is located in Naugatuck, CT and is one of 9 elementary schools in Naugatuck School District. It is a public school that serves 277 students in grades K-4. See Western School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2011, Western School had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Connecticut average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
In 2011, Western School had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Connecticut average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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$14,668per student
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Scientists Discover Children's Cells Living in Mothers' Brains
Remember all those times your mom said she could read your mind? A group of scientists studying Alzheimers have found that the cells of children "are not only found circulating in the blood, they are also embedded in the brain" of their mothers. In particular, "this study revealed that these cells were less common in the brains of women who had Alzheimer's disease, suggesting they may be related to the health of the brain."


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Who: Mary-Kate Olsen
What: Starbucks
The economy may take care of this problem for us, since Starbucks is no longer on every street corner in America, but assuming it sticks around for a while, Mary-Kate Olsen should probably cut back on her coffee intake. You know it's a problem when Zooey Deschanel impersonates you on "Saturday Night Live" and her only prop is a Starbucks cup. Just take a break, MK. We think it's stunting your growth. After all, you are a full inch shorter than Ashley.
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