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Mississippi: Buttahatchee River
Adding Best Management Practices Reduces Bacteria in River
Waterbody ImprovedNonpoint sources of fecal coliform (FC) bacteria, including animal waste from livestock and wildlife, as well as failing septic systems, caused the Buttahatchee River to violate the state's FC bacteria water quality standards. As a result, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) placed a 29-mile segment of the Buttahatchee River on the state's Clean Water Act (CWA) section 303(d) list of impaired waters in 1998 for not supporting its secondary contact recreation designated use because of FC bacteria. Using CWA section 319 and matching funds from partnering agencies, project partners installed 59 best management practices (BMPs) on 4,702 acres within the watershed. Bacteria levels declined and now meet water quality standards, prompting MDEQ to remove this segment from the state's list of impaired waters in 2012.
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The Buttahatchee River is a major waterbody in the Tombigbee River Basin. From its headwaters in Winston and Marion counties in Alabama, the river flows southwesterly approximately 59 miles to the Mississippi state line. It then continues another 35 miles to its confluence with the Tombigbee River at the boundary of Lowndes and Clay counties in Mississippi (Figure 1). The Buttahatchee River watershed covers approximately 77,581 acres and is composed of approximately 7 percent cropland, 14 percent pastureland and 79 percent timberland.
In the mid-1990s, monitoring data showed exceedances of the state's bacteria water quality standard. The seasonally adjusted standard requires that from May to October, when water contact recreation activities are expected to occur, the maximum allowable level of FC bacteria concentration may not exceed a geometric mean of 200 colony forming units (CFU) per 100 milliliters (mL) of water; plus, no more than 10 percent of the samples examined during any month may exceed 400 CFU/100 mL. From November to April, when water contact recreation activities are not expected to occur, the maximum allowable level of FC bacteria concentration may not exceed a geometric mean of 2,000 CFU/100 mL, and no more than 10 percent of the samples examined during any month may exceed 4,000 CFU/100 mL. Because 1990s data showed water quality exceedances, MDEQ added a 29-mile-long segment (MS 019M) of the Buttahatchee River to Mississippi's 1998 CWA section 303(d) list of impaired waters as only partially supporting its secondary contact recreation designated use due to impairment caused by FC bacteria.
In 1999 MDEQ's Water Quality Division developed a total maximum daily load (TMDL) to bring Buttahatchee River segment MS 019M into compliance with state bacteria water quality standards. Using low-altitude photography, the state identified failing septic tanks and animals in the streams as likely sources of FC bacteria loading into the Buttahatchee River. On the basis of this information, the TMDL established goals of reducing FC bacteria loading from failing septic tanks and cattle in streams by 50 percent and 85 percent, respectively.
Project Highlights
In 2004 project partners finalized the Buttahatchee River Watershed Implementation Plan, which provided a framework to guide restoration efforts. Between 2004 and 2006, the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) generated a map of failing septic systems in the watershed and worked with MDEQ to distribute educational pamphlets on septic system maintenance/repair to the local community throughout the watershed. These efforts encouraged landowners to address failing septic systems, thereby reducing FC bacteria loadings to the Buttahatchee River.
From 2005 to 2007, project partners installed 59 agricultural BMPs at participating sites throughout the Buttahatchee watershed, covering approximately 4,702 acres. The BMPs included pasture and hay land planting on 1,266 acres; heavy-use area protection (stabilization of areas frequently and intensively used by people, animals or vehicles to control runoff) on 224 acres; prescribed grazing on 1,198 acres; nutrient management practices on 1,932 acres; installation of 24,449 feet of livestock exclusion fencing (Figure 2); and installation of three tanks/troughs for livestock watering on 28 acres.
Several partners played key roles in the BMP implementation efforts. MDEQ distributed CWA section 319 funding for BMP implementation in targeted areas throughout the watershed and managed those projects. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provided the BMP standards and helped with final inspections of BMPs. The Lowndes and Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation Districts worked with landowners to implement BMPs.
Watershed restoration efforts reduced the FC bacteria loads entering the Buttahatchee River. Based on post-BMP implementation water quality monitoring data (collected between 2007 and 2010), bacteria levels now meet Mississippi's water quality standards (Figure 3). In addition, EPA pollutant reduction models run after 2007 indicated that installed BMPs had reduced sediment loading into Buttahatchee River segment MS 019M by 19,462 tons. On the basis of these data, MDEQ has determined that segment MS 019M now meets water quality standards to support the secondary contact recreation designated use and therefore has removed the 29-mile segment from the state's list of impaired waters (in 2012).
Partners and Funding
Support for this project came from $178,077 in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CWA section 319 funds and $122,784 in matching funds from the partnering agencies. Partners include MDEQ, Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission, NRCS, and the Lowndes and Monroe County Soil and Water Conservation Districts.


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Toyota Sienna Has More Power, Tech Features Than Honda OdysseyBy emarketing | Posted in Toyota Sienna, vehicle comparisons on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
2013 Toyota Sienna vs. 2013 Honda Odyssey
You can try to fight it. You can hold your breath and stomp your feet, like your kids do. Or you can just relax and accept the fact that it's time to buy a minivan. If you can find solace in anything, you can feel better in knowing that today's crop of minivans are more powerful, more fuel-efficient and have a wider range of options than the oversized cargo haulers we were herded into as children. Now that you have reached the final stage of grief, acceptance, you can start looking at minivan options. Today we are going to compare the 2013 Toyota Sienna vs. the 2013 Honda Odyssey.
Both vehicles are powered by a 3.5-liter, V-6 engine. However, where the Toyota Sienna minivan, currently available at Toyota of Naperville starts to score points in the 2013 Toyota Sienna vs. the 2013 Honda Odyssey battle is in the arena of horsepower. The Sienna is rated for 266-horsepower to the Odyssey's 248-hp. All Toyota Siennas come with a six-speed automatic transmission that will get the minivan an Environmental Protection Agency fuel-estimated 18 miles per gallon in the city and 25 miles per gallon on the highway with the front-wheel drive powertrain. The all-wheel drive option for the Sienna drops two miles per gallon on both sides of the equation.
The Honda Odyssey does not have an all-wheel drive option but does have a pair of transmission options; a five-speed automatic that gets 18 mpg (city) and 27 mpg (highway) and a six-speed version that gets 19 mpg/28 mpg. A difference of two or three miles per gallon is a veritable wash in the comparison of the 2013 Toyota Sienna vs. the 2013 Honda Odyssey.
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(The future of Team Red Bull will have a major impact on the 2012 Sprint Cup Series driver lineup)
NASCAR's playoff system is unique in that as the battle for the championship rages on for 12 drivers over the course of the final 10 races of the season, there are 31 others still in competition.
The Chase for the Sprint Cup opener Monday at Chicagoland Speedway saw eight of the title contenders finish inside the Top 10 with only a pair of interlopers – Clint Bowyer and Mark Martin – breaking into the front of the field.
It's interesting to note that duo enjoyed relative success in the Chase opener, since neither driver has announced where they'll be racing next season.
Both Bowyer and Martin find themselves in the unenviable position of ending this year's schedule without any guarantee of what lies ahead in 2012 and beyond.
Bowyer's career at Richard Childress Racing is all but finished when the final checkered flag of the year waves in Homestead come November. Although team owner Childress has repeatedly said there were no hard feelings between the two, the lack of sponsorship for the No. 33 entry has added up to Bowyer simply not having a ride as his contract expires.
Unfortunately for Bowyer, being a free agent in this uncertain economic time isn't a good thing as the list of potential suitors for his services are few and far between. It's not that Bowyer isn't considered a talented driver or valuable commodity, but with most teams struggling to keep their heads above water on the sponsor front, adding someone to the mix without the necessary corporate backing is an impossibility.
Bowyer does appear to have some funding attached to him with 5-Hour Energy reportedly bringing about $10-12 million to the table. The company has adorned Steven Wallace's Nationwide Series car for the last couple of years and has indicated a desire to move up to NASCAR's top series.
However as odd as it may sound, $10-12 million bucks doesn't pay for an entire Sprint Cup season with a competitive team and whoever takes on Bowyer will need to augment that investment with a partner.
Although it appears Michael Waltrip Racing is willing and able to do that, no official announcement is close at hand. Waltrip acknowledged his organization is in discussions to bring Bowyer on board to pair with incumbents Martin Truex Jr. and David Reutimann in a three-car effort, but additional funding still needs to be found.
MWR has paved the way for a third full-time entry by ending its affiliation with JTG Daugherty Racing, which had housed its No. 47 entry at the team's headquarters as part of its alliance. Team owner Brad Daugherty plans to keep his organization on track next season but is currently looking at options to align with another team, with speculation of a partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports.
Daugherty's affinity to and admiration of Petty has even included the former college basketball and NBA star wearing the No. 43 throughout his career. An association as NASCAR business partners would further that connection. RPM was close to launching a third team with Bowyer before contract talks with the driver broke down, so the desire to expand is evident.
While there has been much conversation about Bowyer's new direction, not much has been said regarding Martin.
The veteran driver will leave Hendrick Motorsports at season's end to give way to Kasey Kahne taking the wheel of the No. 5 Chevrolet beginning next year.
Martin has indicated he plans to stay active in 2012 but perhaps in a more limited role.
Tony Stewart has stated his aspiration to bring Martin on as a mentor to Danica Patrick next season as she makes a full-time NASCAR move that will include a complete Nationwide Series effort for JR Motorsports and 8-10 Cup starts for Stewart-Haas Racing. Martin would be the perfect complement to Patrick, serving as both adviser to Patrick as well as taking the wheel for the balance of the schedule.
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Martin would certainly fit the bill as the veteran presence to team with a younger driver in a two-car effort, but as of now there are questions about the team being able to survive to its next evolution.
Open wheel star Jacques Villeneuve's name has recently been attached as a potential investor, but with 2012 coming faster every day, time is of the essence to make the operation a viable competitor next year.
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Prerequisites for a course exist because the School of Business Administration faculty have determined that the knowledge, skills, and/or exposure students receive through the prerequisites is critical to their success in the course and their ability to contribute to their fellow students' learning experience. In addition, taking your core courses and concentration or elective courses in a prescribed sequence prepares you to integrate the knowledge and skills you are acquiring properly. Students bear the responsibility for verifying that they have the appropriate prerequisites for their courses. Students who enroll in a course without completing the prerequisites risk being dropped from the class at any time during the semester should their lack of prerequisites come to light. In addition, students who enroll without the prerequisites and as a result find themselves at a disadvantage in meeting course objectives will have no redress with the instructor.
Theoretical foundations and action strategies of organizational theory and development with emphasis on organizational analysis. Role of the general manager, problems and challenges of corporate managers in complex organizations, strategies in a turbulent environment.
Richard L. Daft, Organization Theory and Design, 11th ed ed., Thompson, ISBN 9781111221294(Required)
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The policy for this course is that no late submissions will be accepted. Therefore, I strongly urge you to stay ahead of your work. Once the deadline has passed, the automatic grade for that assignment is a grade of zero.
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Teaching and learning is a partnership between faculty and students. I will fulfill my partnership obligations by serving as advisor, consultant, mentor and purveyor of general comments and clarifications of difficult or confusing concepts. To this end, I will respond to questions within 72 hours. You will fulfill your partnership obligations by being a fully participative, responsive, helping, and working team member of the class. You should check your UHV email frequently and respond to faculty in a timely fashion. Good business and professional etiquette is expected. No derogatory comments should be made. You may certainly disagree with others in class discussions, and you may state your disagreement (if you choose to); however, please do so in a polite manner.
Homework, take-home exams, case assignments and bulletin board participation all play an important role in your education in this course. They are an essential part of the learning process in that they require the synthesis and extension of concepts. They also help both the student and the instructor to evaluate one's progress in mastering the material. Past experience indicates that generally the course material cannot be adequately mastered without active involvement on your part.
Discussion of homework assignments with others who are also struggling with them can be highly beneficial and is encouraged. Most real-life problems are solved through team efforts, and it is important to learn how to solve problems cooperatively. The interaction with others working on the same problem often reveals different approaches to common difficulties.
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SALEM, Ore. – Federal sequestration cuts continue to hit Americans, including military members looking to go to college.
The Department of Defense has suspended tuition assistance, leaving hundreds of Oregon National Guard soldiers without a way to pay part of their college bills.
"I've got kids that are in school, my wife is working," says Capt. Van Zallee. "We're trying right now to make sure that we've got enough to cover those bills."
For Zallee, tuition assistance is the difference-maker in his goal of obtaining an MBA.
"Take that away from me right now means that's not an option. I can't go to school right now because that's not an option," he says.
A business consultant in his day job, Zallee served in Iraq as a guard member and says he needs more education to be promoted to Major in the next few years.
Without help though, he and hundreds of other soldiers may come up short when the bill comes due.
"It's an incentive program. It's not a guarantee; it's not a part of peoples' contracts," says Capt. Stephen Bomar, Oregon National Guard's director of public affairs.
The suspension instantly cut off 350 Oregon Army National Guard soldiers from the financial aid. Forty-seven soldiers enrolled prior to the cutoff, but their benefits may not last past the spring term if the sequestration cuts remain in effect.
Bomar said the feeling throughout the National Guard is the same.
"It's very disappointing," he says.
Oregon soldiers received more than $2 million in tuition assistance in the last fiscal year spread out among schools such as Portland Community College, Portland State University and the Art Institute of Portland.
"It paid for a good part of my master's degree program, and I truly appreciate it," Bomar says. "And I probably wouldn't have pursued that as far had I not had that opportunity."
But now students and prospective students like Zallee can only hope for Congress to find a way to help the military pay for education.
"In this job market right now a bachelor's degree is almost about what it would have been being an associate's degree five or ten years ago," Zallee says. "To be competitive, you almost have to have your master's now."
The suspension of tuition assistance caught many without a plan to pay for their schooling. The guard is working to direct soldiers toward scholarships and soldiers already benefiting from the GI Bill are not impacted by the sequester.


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9 comments:
- Pine Tree Home said...
SPRING! Love it. Believe it or not carnations make me smile.
- February 24, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- jenjen said...
I love tulips. I got some for Valentines and it make me so happy. I love the white ones. BEautiful vignette!
- February 24, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Adrianna said...
Omgee, with such pretty home accessories how can you be sad?! I love the tulips but even more I love your home decor! Including the little lamp :o)
- February 24, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Fifi Flowers said...
Oooh how I adore tulips!!!
- February 24, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Delightful Dwelling said...
What gorgeous flowers. I love fresh flowers, especially in winter when it is so cold and dreary outside.
- February 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Your Frugal Friend, Niki said...
Love them! Hubby bought me some red ones for V-day and they are bringing joy to my heart every time I see them.
Your white ones look simply divine in that table vignette.
- February 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Bethany said...
Love the flowers, love TJ's and I love that little bird oo that table that I have it at home too!
- February 25, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- Wenderina said...
Tulips are my ultimate favorite - the scent is Spring Spring Spring. If I had to pick a second favorite it would be gardenias.
- March 1, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Miss Gracie's House said...
So beautiful and spring-y!
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I was privileged to see Bay Buchanan, one of the great minds of the Republican Party, on CNN, discussing Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush administration.
The book reports that Colin Powell, being fired by President Bush after the 2004 election, suggested that Don Rumsfeld should also go. Buchanan stated smugly that "Rumsfeld won that fight."
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Former Pella Christian boys Head Basketball Coach and current Central College women's Head Coach Jerry Nikkel will be inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame later this week – as an official. Nikkel already has a place in the Hall of Fame as a coach and will join a pair of wrestling greats on a very short list of those who have been selected to the Hall as both a coach and official.
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Pig & A Jelly Jar in Salt Lake will specialize in breakfast
The owners of Meditrina, a popular small plates and tapas bar, are planning a second Salt Lake City restaurant that will feature made-from-scratch breakfasts.
When Pig & A Jelly Jar opens sometime in early May, it will offer a menu that includes house-made waffles, sauasages and jams. The restaurant also will serve lunch and offer a special three-course "Sunday Supper," said co-owner Jennifer Gilroy who will be the executive chef over both restaurants.
Prices at the Pig & Jelly Jar will range from $8 to $12, she said.
The restaurant will be located at 401 E. 900 South, in the remodeled building that was once occupied by Your Boss Catering. It is an up-and-coming food area in Salt Lake City with Elizabeth's Bakery, the British Pantry as well as the new Tea Grotto situated nearby.


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OC Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls Postponed Until Next Summer
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"The decision to postpone was collective," says Volunteer Coordinator Candace Hansen. "Our enrollment opened in June and as we have learned, most parents have planned their kids summer by spring. Since none of us are parents ourselves this was definitely a learning experience!" Taking from that lesson, applicants will be solicited and accepted much earlier next year since the interest is definitely there, even if the availability wasn't this time around.
Hansen's own interest was sparked as a college student in a Women's Studies class researching and writing about sexism in the music industry when she came across the original camp in Portland. "My professor urged me to go to the program so I went the following summer and had a life changing experience," she recalls. "I have volunteered at the Portland camp for the last two years and feel like this is a vital program for girls in every community and want to bring it to girls in Orange County."
In that effort, there has been monthly fundraising shows for the OC camp at Ibiza Bar & Nightclub in Huntington Beach. The performers have all been what future women musicians can aspire to with female fronted bands such as ¡Aparato!, Del Carmen, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts taking the stage. Though the camp is postponed, the show goes on with the next benefit set for July 25 at the same venue.
Even with the original programming open to young girls ages 8-17 postponed, Hansen and crew are looking to do a weekend session for women 18 and older sometime in October on their behalf. "Ladies Rock Camp is a condensed version of the girls camp that raises funds to aid scholarships for the girls summer program," Hansen says. "Women attend, form a band, learn to play an instrument, play a show and participate in workshops similar to the girls program but geared towards women."
"Next year, we are planning on offering lots of financial aid and scholarships," she adds, already looking to the future. "We want to make the program available to every girl who wants to go!"
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Old English sihð, gesiht, gesihð "thing seen; faculty of sight; aspect; vision; apparition," from Proto-Germanic *sekh(w)- (cf. Danish sigte, Swedish sigt, Middle Dutch sicht, Dutch zicht, Old High German siht, German Sicht, Gesicht), stem that also yielded Old English seon (see see (v.)), with noun suffix -th (2), later -t.
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City of Iowa City administrative offices at City Hall and other facilities will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 and 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Other closures or adjustments to schedules for the holiday are as follows:
AIRPORT: The administration office will be closed Thursday and Friday. Jet Air will be available via callout number 319/248-1200 on Thursday and will be open regular hours on Friday. Self-service jet-a and avgas fueling will be available around the clock.
ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER: Closed both days. ...


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WQEX-TV is gasping for air time
If it means putting up with more pledge breaks, then it's hard to muster much enthusiasm for resuscitating Pittsburgh's poor little stepchild of public broadcasting.
Pittsburgh Educational Television last week mounted its latest offensive for the continued existence of WQEX-TV. The community group unveiled a business plan for operating Channel 16 should it successfully wrest control of its federal license from WQEX's parent, WQED-TV.
WQEX has operated more as a concept than a station since 1997, when WQED began simulcasting its own programming on the channel. WQED is attempting to get WQEX's license changed from educational to commercial, so its stepchild can be sold for $20 million to Texas broadcaster and Pittsburgh native Diane Sutter.
PET estimates reactivating WQEX would cost $2 million, with another $1.2 million needed to operate it during the first year. The organization thinks the $3.2 million could be raised through donations, a position I frankly find unrealistic.
But according to international standards first established at a Geneva summit in 1969, metro columnists must include tangible elements of objectivity or fairness at least once every seventh column.
Gosh darn it, I haven't done that in the past six columns. And since those standards recently were reaffirmed at a columnist conference in Malta, we will now hear from someone who believes a resurrected WQEX could be financially viable.
"Nobody said it would be easy, but it's not impossible. It's been done before in other cities," asserted Robert Bellamy, a Duquesne University communications professor.
He suggested the money to revive WQEX could come from a variety of sources, including the federal and state governments, private foundations and even independent filmmakers. But WQEX would be competing with WQED for much of this money.
And, of course, WQED would have the edge when it comes to pledge breaks - the annoying programming interruptions in which viewers who lack the ambition to change the channel are relentlessly bombarded with donation requests.
WQED can barter such souvenirs as Mr. Rogers slipper deodorizers or Sesame Street Elmo electrolysis kits for significant donations. Lacking these items from the PBS marquee players, WQEX pledge breaks likely would come up lacking.
("Learned people, without your financial support, we wouldn't be able to air this riveting documentary you've been watching on the language challenges facing migrant farm workers. Without your assistance, programs such as "Lingo de Gringos" would not find the audience they so richly deserve.
"That's why we're asking you to contribute, and that's why we're making it worth your while if you do. For a pledge of just $100, you'll receive this nifty Falun Gong coffee mug. Make it $200 and we'll include this special comic book commemorating the history of the California labor movement. You'll be the envy of your friends with this baby.")
With hundreds of viewing options in today's cable and satellite universe, it seems unwise to try to raise millions for a channel that couldn't offer much more than what is already available.
Except for more of those interminable pledge breaks.
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Some folks visit regularly....others not since Christmas....
Man I remember the old days when we actually got together and rode and wrenched and all 'dem 'der things
Some folks visit regularly....others not since Christmas....
Man I remember the old days when we actually got together and rode and wrenched and all 'dem 'der things
I'm not going gray, I'm going chrome
Heading to Maryland this next week for 10 days or so for work assignment. Definitely want to plan a get-together soon. Maybe we could do a M&G with our western NC bretheren before you go to Bully's? What say you Bruce, Ken, and Rob?
I been busy with everything EXCEPT riding my bike (motorcycle type). However, since the weather has gotten better it's time to get the wheels rolling.
Am I the only one the rode there scooter to work?
My Saturdays are pretty much shot with the kids playing soccer right now. I coach my sons team and right now it looks like we'll be going pretty far into the tournaments, (hopefully all the way this season). The regular season ends April 14th, tournament should be the rest of that weekend and then the next, so by the last weekend of April or the first weekend of May I should be free to start riding.
I now have my air filter covers custom cut by http://duckscovers.com/, I got the flame ones in chrome, got them used from another 109 rider that had a yellow bike so they have the edges of the cut painted yellow, I'm either going to paint them a brighter yellow, a bright orange, or get the orange, reflective pin striping that I had on the Sabre tank.
I also have a used set of Cobra dragsters, a set of kuryakyn iso grips, titanium peg feelers, walmart driving lights, to put on, and a Power Commander USB III in the mail on it's way.
Anybody see all the 1300R stuff that just popped up on lejeune yardsales? A guy in Emerald Isle just did a trike conversion, some good deals if anybody's looking for extra OEM stuff, complete rear fender lights and all for $150. I just sent him a message there and suggested posting it on the forum.
Pretty much always up for a get together and I rode 4 out of 5 days this week.
Hey guys been doing a bit of riding myself until i got a radiator fluid leak between the jugs. Been trying to find the source tightening clamps and check other things. Think i got it narrowed down to a bad radiator cap i hope . Going to get new water pump and cap and thermostat this week .
Bike now has a official 84000 miles on it. And going to check valves again also. Two new tires and oil change and all fresh fluids should be ready to go for summer .
Hope to ride with you guys soon.
When I am home I am down for a good ride, I am at school most of the time though, I will be home all summer though. I have been riding quite a bit here at school though, I just added some iso grips, chrome switch housings, and chrome levers. Trying to get er all pertied for the summer!
2002 1800c Supertrapp Mean mothers, Kuryakyn Procharger intake, dynojet programmer, 21" front wheel, 6* trees, fat drag bars, NX nitrous and much more.
Ride fast or get passed!
Myrtle and OBX are coming up earlier than the ECG so plenty of events soon.
Otherwise you guys are always welcome in the garage to do stuff you need to the bikes.


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|I was taking a walk on the battlefield at Monocacy with my sister in July. We were on one of the park's walking trails. There had been very heavy rains, and flooding, just two weeks earlier. Well, we found several bones--we were on the trail--not purposely "relic hunting". We put them in a pail to soak in water back at her apartment in Frederick. The next day I went back to Monocacy (without the bones) but I told one of the park rangers about finding the bones. I was going to get the bones to show them if they wanted to see them. The ranger seemed uninterested and said "they must be animal bones". I recently matched them up to a human skeleton in our local high school science classroom. They match arm, leg, and shoulder bones exactly. In fact, one bone is cut, like an amputation. I'm wondering what to do with them now. I travel to historic sites frequently and spend many weekends and holidays placing flowers on Revolutionary War and Civil War soldiers' graves and monuments in many cemeteries and battlefields. Anyway, any suggestions about what I should do about these bones?


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News from the Bow of Blackwattle. BW Media If you've been following the 'Sunny and Sailboat Saga' in this magazine – that's the one where some dimwitted(my word) individuals had to be saved for a second time when they tried to recover their rowing boat from which they'd just been rescued by setting off on a seriously bad forecast in a yacht without a liferaft and other essentials – this week, in good faith, we publish 'their' side of the story. Can you pick the holes?
Teens are in the news. Californian sixteen year old Zac Sunderland is leaving in less than 10 days to 'have a great adventure' and be the youngest sailor to complete a solo circumnavigation of the globe.
Another teen has just made headlines by inventing a technology that will make the plastic that is polluting the world's oceans degrade in no more than three months. Read about him while reading about the North Pacific Gyre – that miserable island caused by the world's propensity for the use of plastic.
The biggest breakthrough in the fight against piracy came this week when the United Nations agreed - for a period of six months - to allow the navies of concerned nations to cross into territorial waters to pursue those suspected of piracy. This means there's at least some hope by next February, when the next big flock of sailing boats start transiting the 'pirate zone', that the waters may be safer.
When planning your summer sailing, it's prudent to keep in mind that forecasters say there will be an above average number of tropical storms in the next sailing season in both hemispheres. Of course, that depends on your 'faith' in forecasters.
Finally, a 'Converted Landlubber' tells us charmingly about her seven point plan for loving those long range passages. Do you know someone who needs this advice?
...and so much more news and information from home and around the world
So read on, enjoy, and....
Sail Safe!Nancy Knudsen, Cruising Editor The Sunny & Sailabout Saga: Rescue no 2 described Stuart Pryke, The whole series of events has attracted a certain amount of comment among sailors and other members of the 'marine community' here in Hong Kong - not all of it favourable. Received opinion is that the rescue services and associated personnel are to be complimented and congratulated, but a certain amount of censure has been directed at Stuart Pryke himself. Here is Pryke's story, in his own words:... [more]UN Finally Acts on Piracy in Gulf of Aden Earth Times/Sail-World Cruising, It may be just the first step, and nobody thinks they were thinking of the cruising sailor, but it was ground breaking stuff when the UN Security Council finally unanimously voted Monday to authorize states to enter Somalia's territorial waters to fight piracy, which it said has become a threat to international and regional peace and security.... [more]Thugs of the Caribbean Make 'Ghost Anchorages' Nancy Knudsen, 'Give us your money or we will kill you,' is what the armed thugs said, boarding a yacht in Chateaubelair on the gorgeous island of St Vincent in the Caribbean.... [more]Teen to Solo Sail a Circumnavigation Alex Chadwick/npr.com, Californian teenager Zac Sunderland sets off next month on a big adventure. The 16-year-old hopes to set a record as the youngest person to sail alone around the globe... [more]Pacific Ocean Trash Patch - Solutions in Sight? Nancy Knudsen, We scuffed through deep trash on uninhabited Red Sea beaches and wept. We sailed Indian Ocean garbage patches, counting the left and right thongs to stop ourselves from weeping. We didn't even see the worst example - the North Pacific Gyre, but Ian Kiernan sailed through it, and researcher Charles Moore has been studying it for 10 years. Now a Canadian teenager has found a potential solution... [more]Learn your favourite marine skills this summer BW Media, Want to be able to maintain your own boat but need to be more skilled? Want to be able to build one? Especially, want to build a wooden one? The International Yacht Restoration School(IYRS) in Newport Rhode Island may have the answer.... [more]Two Cows- Go Boating Assorted contributors, Some times, in the middle of winter, when the low pressure systems form off the coast and the ports are closed, its time to think of other things. Here is the Old Old Two Cows story...... [more]Important Safety Warning on Seago United Kingdom Sail-World Cruising, We have become aware that some Seago 150 and 175 Newton Lifejackets including Junior Lifejackets may have a defect which could result in serious injury.... [more]Why am I here?- Converted Landlubber's Confessions Penny Kerr, Coastal Cruising Club, The waves are large, the swell is lumpy, the wind strong, I feel slightly scared and quite sick, and even though I know I should eat and drink I cannot make the effort to prepare anything. The Captain seems no more inclined to go below than I do and we have finished all the 'easy' food.... [more]Overboard Sailor Refuses Copter-'Send boat please' Teletext, An elderly British man who fell overboard from his yacht turned down a coastguard helicopter rescue and told the crew that a boat would be sufficient.... [more]New high performance yacht, Bristolian Southern Spars Media, Bristolian is a 120ft Briand designed performance cruiser. Constructed of composite materials, has a moderate beam and a draft of 5.25m which can be reduced to 3.25m with her lifting keel. The 5 spreader rig is made from high modulus carbon and the rigging is EC6 carbon rigging discontinuous, meaning it runs from spreader to spreader with tip-cups at the end of the spreaders.... [more]'Arthur' Weakening, but Many Hurricanes Forecast Dan Shapely/Sail-World, The Hurricane Season only started yesterday, and already there's a named Tropical Storm, and sailors whould be aware that a heavy hurricane season is forecast. 'Arthur' has weakened to a tropical depression yesterday (Sunday) after soaking the Yucatan Peninsula, but still threatens to cause dangerous flooding and mudslides in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.... [more]Pirates Desert Malacca Straits for African Waters Sail-World Cruising/Omoh Gabriel, Vanguard Nigeria, It's not just in Somalian waters where long range cruisers must be concerned about piracy. Piracy has now become so rampant in Nigerian waters on the western coast of Africa that fishermen are not game to go fishing, and many have given up, saying that it is too dangerous to set out.... [more]Tempus 2000 - For Medical Emergencies at Sea BW Media, If you've got everything else on board your yacht, then there's one more gizmo that could save a life. It's called Tempus 2000, and it can remotely detect the condition of a crew member or passenger who has suffered either an accident or a serious medical condition. It then transmits this information remotely to medical professionals - AND it can be operated by anyone with a little training.... [more]Search Suspended for Missing Sailor off Bahamas Sun-Sentinel.com/Sail-World, US Coast Guard search and rescue coordinators at Sector Miami have suspended week long search efforts for Peer Steenburg, the master of the 36-foot sailing vessel Holo Ki Ki, missing since Sunday from his empty sailboat off the Bahamas.... 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Women's Tennis Headline
GatorZone.com Senior Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- On one court is the top-ranked women's player in all of college tennis. Junior Allie Will has lost just one of 22 matches over the course of the 2011-12 fall and spring, including a 9-1 mark in Southeastern Conference regular-season play.
On another court is Lauren Embree, also a junior. All Embree did was roll to an unbeaten record in 10 conference singles matches, plus a perfect mark in 11 doubles matches on her way to being SEC Player of the Year for the second time in her career, just the second player in league history to win the individual honor twice.
So who's the real No. 1 on the defending NCAA championship squad?
"Both of them," Coach Roland Thornqvist said.
Thornqvist alternated his pair of standouts at the top of his team lineup throughout the season -- Will at No. 1 one week, Embree the next -- with each of playing at the top spot 10 times.
"It's not a big deal at all," Embree said of the back and forth.
"We handle it great," added Will.
Only one can play first singles for the upcoming NCAA Tournament (more on that later). Neither player, though, is concerned about being on the No. 1 court as much as being on the No. 1 team when the season wraps in two weeks.
"They get it," Thornqvist said. "They're already the two most competitive players I have ever coached, so their focus is not to become tougher and more competitive. If I wanted that, I'd throw them into a competitive cauldron. Right now, they're focus is to improve skills, become better ball-strikers, work through mistakes, those kinds of things."
The things that help teams win championships.
In a sport that lends itself to individualism, Will and Embree deserve credit for embracing the notion that the good of the many outweigh the good of the one. Like Thornqvist said, both players are worthy of competing at the top of the lineup; giving them each an equal opportunity was the right thing to do.
And they've handled it the right way.
"When you're on a really good team like this, you're bound to get a bunch of very competitive girls, but the way they've approached the whole thing, it really hasn't been an issue at all," sophomore Olivia Janowicz said of the Will-Embree relationship. "All of us are such good friends. We basically do everything together, and there are not a lot of teams that have what we have in terms of chemistry."
She paused.
"We hear stories about other places."
This is, after all, tennis. Most players from a very young age are groomed to play for themselves. So in the collegiate forum, when introduced to the team transition, egos and jealousies are part of the deal.
Thornqvist nipped any controversy in January when he sat both girls down and laid out his plan for the season. Even when Will dropped a pair of matches in February, Thornqvist did not deviate.
He flipped. Then he flopped.
"I wanted them to feel like I trusted them both," Thornqvist said. "They bought in immediately and it's really helped them both get better. They can support each other without worrying and saying, 'She won, I didn't, now what?' I think it's worked to our benefit. They can relax and go play."
The second-ranked Gators (21-1) haven't played a match in a long time. By the time they take the Linder Stadium courts Friday at 2 p.m. against South Carolina State (19-0) it will have been 19 days since UF last competed against another team. By then, Florida's players will figure it was worth the wait considering it will mark the first round of the NCAA Tournament and the start of a national championship defense from a squad that returns every player from a year ago.
UF, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, will face the Bulldogs, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, in opening-round action for the third straight year. The winner gets either 36th-ranked Florida State (13-10) or 31st-ranked Washington State (18-5) in Saturday's second round at 3 p.m.
If the Gators survive, they'll head to Athens, Ga., next week for the NCAA team, singles and doubles championships.
Florida has won five national championships in its team history (1992, '96, '98, '02, '11), but never two in a row. Thornqvist, who has overseen the last two runs to the big trophy, has the talent and chemistry to achieve that elusive back-to-back milestone.
And since winning their third straight SEC title April 29, the focus of the Gators during this stretch of dead time has been working hard to come to life at the right time.
"I'm hoping to unleash all that energy we've built up," Thornqvist said.
As always, it'll start at the top. No matter who is there.
This time, it's Will's turn at No. 1, Embree's at No. 2. And per team tournament rules, players have to stick to their singles slot as long as they advance.
"The competition is going to be so high, it's not going to make a difference what number we're playing," Will said. "Since this began, we've gone about it all with an open mind."
Embree put it a somewhat different way.
"We're really good at doing what we're told," she said. "And we really like to win."
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Archive for Thursday, June 12, 2008
Medicalodges, Lions Club to recognize veterans
June 12, 2008
Medicalodges, Eudora and the Lions Club will have a community potluck street dance and recognition of area servicemen and women from 4 to 7 p.m. June 14 in front of the facility on 1415 Maple St.
The two organizations will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, paperware and drinks. Members of the community are asked to bring an item that depends on their last name.
Last names beginning with A through D are asked to bring potato salad; E though G are asked to bring hamburger buns; H through J are asked to bring desserts; K through L are asked to bring baked beans; M through P are asked to bring hot dog buns; Q though T are asked to bring potato chips; and U through Z brings canned sodas.
Barbecue grills also are needed.
There also will be an ice cream truck from which those in attendance can purchase desserts.
A band will play for three hours throughout the event and dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
"A lot is going to depend on the feedback that I get from families that have servicemen and women that want to be recognized," Medicalodges, Eudora administrator Tami Klinedinst said. "If we get a lot of feedback, it will be a go. If not, we'll just have a street dance."
At about 2 p.m., Maple and Acorn Streets will be closed between 14th and 15th streets.
Parking will be at the football field parking lot, as parking will not be allowed on the side streets by order of the Eudora Police Department.
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Former AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg
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Well, that was almost world-class ingratitude for you.
Seems insurance giant AIG was considering suing the U.S. government for the mindbogglingly huge bailout that saved AIG's carcass from ruin in the financial meltdown of 2008, for the terms of said mindboggingly huge bailout.
The company decided not to make the move after Superstorm Sandy-like waves of outrage pounded them once a New York Times story revealed they were considering such a suit. Launching that litigation would have been way beyond biting the hand that fed them. It would have been like chomping off the arm that was connected to the hand, too, seeing as how the Fed threw the group a $182 billion lifeline when they were about to drown. Investors, led by former AIG chairman and CEO Hank Greenberg, wanted the company's board to join Mr. Greenberg's current company in a suit against the government over what they believed were unfair concessions they were forced to make in the circumstances of their perilous position.
Well, poor, poor, pitiful them. At least they got a lifeline.
What made the behind-the-scenes ponderings additionally grotesque was that they were happening at the same time the company was running a PR campaign whose theme was "Thank You, America."
Bigwigs decided to get the public and private in synch by bowing out of the suit, as AIG's current Chairman Steve Miller said, per NPR, "America invested in 62,000 AIG employees, and we kept our promise to rebuild this great company, repay every dollar America invested in us, and deliver a profit to those who put their trust in us. To date, AIG has returned $205 billion to America, including a profit of $22.7 billion. We continue to thank America for its support."
Um, forgive us if we're a little skeptical.