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Snow surveying, a 78-year tradition, nears the end
They've been measuring snow up at Anthony Lakes for almost as long as they've been skiing on it.
Not constantly, of course.
But still this is a considerable span.
For perspective, when the first snow survey was undertaken beneath the imposing granitic prow of Gunsight Mountain, pretty much nobody outside the U.S. Navy had heard of Pearl Harbor.
Hitler wasn't exactly a household name, either.
Unless your household was in, say, Berlin or Munich.
I'm referring to 1936, to be specific.
That's the first year, so far as the available records show, that employees from the federal agency then known as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) trudged to a meadow just east of Anthony Lake and thrust a hollow pole into the snow.
The SCS was just a tot then, having been formed the previous year by order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1994, under the auspices of another Democratic president, Bill Clinton, the agency was renamed the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the handle by which it goes by today.
This was something of a belated change.
Despite being charged with conserving soil, the agency had long been interested in more than dirt.
Snow, for instance. Or, rather, its liquid byproduct.
It's significant, I think, that within a year of its creation the SCS was dispatching people into the mountains to see how much water would flow into streams come spring and summer.
(Not that people in that Dust Bowl era didn't recognize how vital water is to agriculture.)
Getting to Anthony was no small matter in 1936. There was no paved road, for one thing. No four-wheel drive SUVs, either.
Yet starting that year, and ever winter since, a survey crew made from three to five trips into the Elkhorns to have a look at the snowpack. Not even World War II interrupted this annual effort.
But this winter, the 78th, might be the last.
At least it will be the final winter in which the NRCS handles the chore.
Kevin Shaw, who works at the agency's Baker City office, told me this week that officials have decided not to continue assigning employees to do local snow surveys after 2014.
This decision affects not only the Anthony Lake measuring site, but also five other survey courses in Baker County.
One of those — Dooley Mountain, just west of the highway summit — has been on the NRCS snow survey route almost as long as Anthony Lake, since 1939.
This saddens me.
It's no tragedy, of course.
But since I started at the Herald more than 21 years ago I've written dozens of stories about snow surveys, and I've gone with the surveyors a few times.
(The only instances, alas, when I've been paid to go snowshoeing.)
Snow surveying intrigues me in part because it has to do with the weather, long a fascination of mine, and partly because it is that rare endeavor which has changed little in more than three quarters of a century.
The task is as it has always been — plunge a hollow tube into the snow, measure the depth and then weigh the snow, which makes it possible, by a simple calculation, to determine the water content.
(Not simple for me, a mathematical simpleton, but simple for most people.)
In addition to being a venerable tradition, snow surveying in Baker County has created a valuable, and voluminous, larder of climate statistics.
It's not valuable to everyone, of course.
But I appreciate being able to compare the current winter with one that predates the Korean War.
The NRCS decision to curtail snow surveys doesn't mean Baker County will be left without snowpack data.
The agency's network of Snotels — automated devices that measure snow and send the information daily by radio signals — will remain.
But although Snotels are well-distributed about the region, the oldest dates only to about 1980, so their historical value is considerably less than the records from Anthony Lakes, Dooley Mountain and other "manual" snow survey sites.
Shaw said NRCS won't be scrapping its snow-measuring tubes, hanging scales and other equipment.
In fact, he said the agency would train volunteers who are willing to carry on the tradition.
"It is kind of sad," Shaw said. "I really hope someone will step up and take over."
I'm inclined to do so myself.
Trouble is I couldn't say, as I used to, that I was working on a story.
And I doubt I could connive my employer to pick up the tab while I'm out playing in the snow.
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Jim Smith knows what the biologists say about wolves in California.
But he's not buying the official story.
The absence of wolves in our neighboring state to the south got into the news in a big way two years ago when a wolf from Oregon crossed the border.
The wolf, known as OR-7, has divided his time between the two states ever since.
According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, OR-7 was the first wolf to enter the state since 1924.
Smith, who moved to Baker County in 1998, contends that's not true.
It was the spring of 1943.
Smith was 14, and living with his parents on a 680-acre ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Arnold, Calif., about 20 miles north of Sonora.
He was riding his bicycle along Highway 4 toward Arnold when he saw two gray wolves run onto the road.
Smith, who had grown up in the rural area where wildlife was plentiful, was convinced the animals were wolves rather than coyotes or dogs.
He said the two animals stood near the center of the highway for about 20 seconds, looking at him, before loping away, climbing the cutbank above the road and continuing into a patch of brush.
Smith told me his story recently.
He also brought a handwritten account in his journal in which he wrote that "many nights we could hear wolves howling in the area around the ranch."
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WASHINGTON A shrinking trade gap means the economy almost surely grew in the October-December quarter – an improvement from the government's estimate last week that it shrank in the final months of 2012. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December because exports rose while oil imports fell.
The trade deficit fell nearly 21 percent in December from November to $38.6 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday. That's the smallest in nearly three years.
Exports rose 2.1 percent to $186.4 billion. Exports of oil and other petroleum products rose to the highest level on record. Overseas shipments of agricultural goods and aircraft also increased.
Imports shrank 2.7 percent to $224.9 billion. Oil imports plunged to 223 billion barrels, the fewest since February 1997.
"All this is encouraging and … it now looks like exports will continue to strengthen as the year goes on," said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics. A survey of U.S. manufacturers showed export orders grew in January.
A narrower trade gap boosts growth because it means U.S. companies earned more from overseas sales while consumers and businesses spent less on foreign products.
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Here's my top two sets from today. This was after a 17 hour fast. Body weight was 200 lbs.
Here's my top two sets from today. This was after a 17 hour fast. Body weight was 200 lbs.
That was after a fast? Impressive!
Awesome. Tripl bw
Best raw meet lifts
Squat:765 with wraps. / 705 raw with out wraps
Bench: 525
Deadlift: 755
Total: Raw with wraps: 2000. with out wraps: 1925
Best lifts Equipped
1050, 840, 715. Total: 2605
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Awesome lift! Looks like the guy in the back is trying to add up the weight.
5'9" 195lbs.
2014 Goals: 365 raw bench; Triple bodyweight deadlift; 1500 meet total @ 198
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Thanks guys. I laughed pretty hard the first time watching the vid when I saw the guy in the background.
Great lift.
Bench: 350
Squat: 475
Dead: 500
"All people dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous ones, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible."
Damn dude! Your grip must be insane, you're not even using a mixed grip!
Take a look at my journal, keep me on the right path: http://www.wannabebig.com/forums/sho...-5-3-1-Journal
I completely missed the strap! Either way, strong as balls!
Take a look at my journal, keep me on the right path: http://www.wannabebig.com/forums/sho...-5-3-1-Journal
Progress has been insane
2000 or bust
Well done.
Supplements I currently take: Nitrean , BCAA , Creatine 500 , Multi-Plus , Fish Oil
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Way to grind out that last one, that's a huge PR in that short of a stretch!
Best Meet Lifts(Raw w/wraps):
@165- 435 SQ 270 BE 560 DL.....1255 total
@181- 535 SQ 300 BE 570 DL.....1400 total
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@165- 680 SQ 380 BE 540 DL.....1555 total
@181- 700 SQ 375 BE 535 DL.....1605 total
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nice lift... the guy behind you is a total laugh
What the hell was he doing before he came over to eyeball the weight?
"Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness" - Edward Stanley


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I've found when you do a 99 Lottery shot... more often than not you'll end up with at least 1 four star. That's 990 Gran.
Your other options are to save gran from your weekly payouts and daily MM to get the 2100 to get a box (can take a few weeks but far less than 40 point cards). If you get 50 a week from payouts and 70 a week from MM it would take about 17 weeks. But that's just a bad estimate. Just from payouts of 100 a week (50 winning games give or take since unless you can do a 50 game streak it'll take more than just 50 games) it would take you 12 weeks give or take.
Granted that's a lot of time invested but you will get some point cards in the meantime.
Also Enter CotF and AtC. You stand the potential of getting grand/point cards there. Speaking from experience your deck doesn't have to be amazing to win. If you can make it work AND win that's 10 extra point cards.


text: JERUSALEM, NOV. 30, 2012 (Zenit.org).-The Spiritual Renewal Course for Priests, begun in 2005, is held twice a year – at the end of January and the end of July – in Jerusalem. It was launched by the Sacerdos Institute, an international organization dedicated to the ongoing formation of Catholic priests. Participants of the program experience firsthand the spiritual and historical importance of the Christian Holy Places, walking, as it were, in the footsteps of Christ traced by the Gospels.


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U.K. Debates Internet Freedoms
Here are two conflicting opinions about Internet censorship. Can you guess which government said which? You can chose from the following: China, the U.S., and the U.K.
First: "Democratic governments must resist the calls to censor a wide range of content just because they or others find it offensive or objectionable."
Second: "Put simply, there needs to be a list of terms—a blacklist—which offer up no direct search returns."
It is a trick question. The U.K. government said both. The first was by Foreign Secretary William Hague, speaking at the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace in October 2012. The second was by Prime Minister David Cameron in July 2013 at a U.K. children's charity event. Mr. Cameron was referring to U.K. government plans to block Internet search terms related to child pornography. In the same wide-ranging speech he outlined a voluntary agreement with Internet Service Providers to implement opt-out net filtering for U.K. homes, but with a threat of regulation if they don't toe the line.
The U.K. has backed London as a tech center, has changed its fiscal policy to promote tech investment, and has built an award-winning digital team to transform government services. But at the same time, it has flirted with domestic policies that conflict with its aims to promote a free and open Internet.
Dominique Lazanski is head of digital policy for the Taxpayers' Alliance, a group campaigning for lower taxes. Earlier this year, in a paper for the Adam Smith Institute, a free-market think tank, she wrote: "The biggest problem with any suggestion of website blocking is that it puts the U.K. in the same place as Russia, China and other authoritarian sites. In July last year, the Russian parliament passed a law that allows for the blacklisting of websites for 'child protection.' This would empower the Russian government to block websites of political dissidents, but there is little different between the content of that proposed law and what the [U.K.] Department for Education is consulting on currently."
It is in the name of child protection that Mr. Cameron hailed the filtering plans. "This is, quite simply, about how we protect our children," he said. He ended his speech saying: "I will do whatever it takes to keep our children safe."
This isn't the first time that domestic policies and international aims have conflicted. During the 2011 London riots, Mr. Cameron told Parliament the government was investigating stopping people using social media in times of unrest, a move that was welcomed by the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China. The plans were quickly dropped.
More recently the government tabled legislation that would have dramatically extended the data collected on Internet users. The Draft Communications Data Bill would have required ISPs and telecoms companies to retain data about customers' online activity for up to 12 months. The Liberal Democrat coalition partners withdrew their support for it.
"It would set a sort of dangerous precedent and might then be followed by much less liberal and law-abiding regimes," Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said earlier this year.
Ms. Lazanski said the contradictory positions the government was adopting was a symptom of a divided government. "There are serious conflicts in beliefs across government," she said. "They cannot agree on domestic versus international policy. This is very frustrating for the Foreign Office. It is driven by the family groups and organizations."
According to Paul Goodman, executive editor of Conservative Home, a website that covers the party, the move is electoral calculus to stem a lack of support. "This unpopularity runs especially deep among mothers and women," he wrote. "His [Mr. Cameron's] anti-porn push should therefore be seen as part of the drive that includes [Home Secretary] Theresa May's funding of rape crisis centres and William Hague's campaigning with Angelina Jolie against rape as a weapon of war."
Mr. Cameron distanced himself from accusations of censorship in his speech. "This has never been a debate about companies or government censoring the Internet, but about filters to protect children at the home network level."
But others disagree. According to Padraig Reidy from Index on Censorship, an organization that campaigns for free expression, it is the default-on requirement that turns the government's plans into a form of censorship. "What you are doing [with opt-out] filters is setting up an accepted fact that there will be a level of censorship. It makes the default Internet the filtered Internet."
Already one small U.K. ISP, Andrews & Arnold Ltd, has said it would refuse to comply. The company wrote on its website: "Sorry, for a censored Internet you will have to pick a different ISP or move to North Korea. Our services are all unfiltered."
To distance itself further from the actual filtering the government has specified neither how ISPs should implement their filters nor what content is deemed unacceptable. A Downing Street spokesman said it would be up to the individual ISPs to police their own networks.
In his speech, Mr. Cameron hailed a filtering program already implemented by TalkTalk Group PLC. In doing so he gave his critics an easy political goal. The system uses a blacklist of unsuitable sites. According to a TalkTalk spokesman, that list is jointly maintained by it and the Shenzhen-based Huawei Technology Co. Ltd., a company that a U.S. congressional report said represented a risk to national security. There is no suggestion that either Huawei or TalkTalk is doing anything wrong, but as that old political aphorism goes, "In politics, perception is reality."
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A letter from Emily and Jonathan Seitz in Taiwan
October 2010
We are closing on the middle of the semester, and everyone is a little tired. This week a student emailed me ostensibly about an assignment but also to remind me of how busy students are and how they would like a little mercy on their homework this month. After mentioning the assignment, she devoted several sentences to how stressed out everyone is: "At this time, everyone in class is in the midst of serving churches and all sorts of other activities …" She refers to an upcoming gathering of three seminaries that students have to plan. The student goes on to add, "Pastor's wife's [i.e., Emily's] delivery date for the twins is approaching — we know it's very difficult. Take care of yourself." The student, one of the more mature ones in the class, even adds a benediction: "May God protect us. May God show tenderness to each of us and to our families."
The truth is, I feel a fair amount of sympathy for our theology students. Students typically take five to seven classes. They are required to attend chapel three days a week and a Bible study on a fourth day. Many participate in elective activities (an indigenous students' group; a mission fellowship). Students also develop their own groups for prayer and fasting. They are required to participate in many other activities: worship leadership, mission trips, field trips, multiple retreats, events at other schools, lectures, fund-raising preaching, class activities, campus clean-up days … And then on top of this, there are several milestones that are especially challenging. The seniors are working on their graduation sermons, which must be preached in their mother language (usually Taiwanese) even if they have grown up speaking primarily Mandarin. After they preach, they are asked questions and often are criticized, based on the content, delivery or language level of the sermon. It's a long process to write the sermon, and students are often nervous about being evaluated by their classmates and the entire faculty. Some students are even writing senior theses, which take most of the year to research and prepare.
A major difference from U.S. seminaries is that students are required to work at churches for all three years of their program. There's often no choice of placement, and the workload is largely determined by the local congregation's pastor and elders. There's no exact definition of responsibilities or hours, and students have to feel out what is expected. Because the society rewards tight community life and deference to those more senior, many students spend 20 or more hours each week on their field ministry. They often commute to the site Friday through Sunday, sometimes staying overnight at the church. They run Bible studies, lead youth, participate in worship, visit the sick and work with church leaders. They value this time a lot, but it doesn't leave much time for Sabbath or rest. Some of them are also planning major life events — at least two couples getting married in the spring.
For teaching, this level of busyness creates other tensions. How much is too much work? How do we balance students' eagerness for hands-on work with the reality that they have only these few years of study to prepare them for decades of service? What does it mean to be a pastor in Taiwan, and how can we help students prepare for future ministry?
Most of you reading this know that these are familiar challenges for all of us engaged in ministry. Seminary life is often the nursery in which students begin working out how to balance the demands of ministry and life. Pray for our students as they write sermons, visit the sick, care for family members, complete homework (!), lead in worship and look after each other. And may God also protect you and your families.
Jonathan, Emily and Sam
The 2010 Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study, p. 146
Yes, what DOES it mean to be a pastor in Taiwan? From the sounds of it, it's a heavy cross to bear! Congratulations on the twins... they are beautiful!!


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P.E. Central Lesson Plan: Forehand Ground Stroke Peer Assessment Sheet
Purpose of Activity:To see if students can identify if their peers are using the correct cues when performing the forehand ground stroke in tennis.
Suggested Grade Level:9-12
Materials Needed:The following task sheet (will need several of these); a partner to observe hitting a forehand ground stroke; a person to toss balls to the hitter; tennis racket; and tennis balls; something to write on and with; Also will need an area where the hitter can hit balls using the forehand stroke; Time Needed to Complete: To be completed during PE class;
Lesson Plan:Description of Idea
Have students get in groups of 3. One person will be the observer (he/she will have the assessment sheet), one will be the tosser, and one will be the hitter of the forehand stroke. The hitter will hit several (this is up to the teacher as you may want to just have them do no more than 10 trials) forehand ground strokes from underhand tosses made by the tosser. The observer is to record what he/she sees based on the assessment sheet that is provided. Switch places when done.
NOTE: It may be wise to just have the observer watch for just one or two of the sections listed on this sheet as opposed to trying to do it all at once.
It is very important that you have discussed with your students proper etiquette and sportsmanship for this activity. They need to be encouraging of each other especially if a student is struggling with the task.
Forehand Ground Stroke Peer Assessment Sheet
Author:Bob Wright in Holland , PA . Posted on PEC: 5/30/2000.
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Three TOR Developers Leaving BioWare
BioWare, specifically their Star Wars: The Old Republic team, seems to be bleeding critical personnel as of late. Last week it was announced that after a 12-year stint that saw him create Mass Effect's lore and 3 of the tie-in novels, then move over as head writer for The Old Republic, Drew Karpyshyn is leaving BioWare. Now it seems 3 other employees are following his lead. Developers Arnie Jorgensen, Alex Thomas and John Watson, who have worked on TOR for nearly 5 years, have decided to leave in order to pursue their own project, an indie game called "The Banner Saga."
And it sounds incredible. Described on the official site as "role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped into an adventure mini-series about vikings," it's also meant to evoke an animation style reminiscent of classic animated films like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, or The Last Unicorn. "Travel through stunning landscapes straight out of an animated film," they say, "as your party escapes what could be the end of everything. Battle painstakingly hand-animated foes in strategic, turn-based combat. Make decisions with real consequences in conversations with people you'll actually care about. Most importantly, "The Banner Saga is a mature game aimed at gamers who appreciate art, story and strategy." Here's a larger taste of the art:
Not gonna lie: this kind of sounds awesome. But of course, it doesn't answer any lingering questions we might have about, yes, the timing. This is the second (or, 2,3 and 4th) high profile departure from BioWare and TOR in less than a week. Yes, it's almost certainly a coincidence. Karpyshyn has been with the company forever and no doubt wants to try something new. And these guys will have an easier time getting their dream game made without Electronic Arts' 'assistance'. Still, one can't help but wonder if there's something else going on behind the scenes. So, GameFronters, why not wonder away. Speculate on the drama in comments.
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I'm currently working on my own campaign setting/player's handbook. As a friend and I are the main writers, I've been looking for help on creating the world map and Cartographers Guild has been a huge help. So thanks for the info and tutorials.
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Conrad Murray knows he has nothing more to lose.
Released from prison three weeks ago, after serving only two years of his four-year sentence, the 60-year-old former cardiologist and personal physician to late pop star Michael Jackson gives an exclusive interview that lasts more than five hours to the Daily Mail; where the claims he makes about his relationship with the star would surely cause Jackson himself to shriek from embarrassment. Heck, we'd even go so far as to say that Michael, who was always so concerned with his image, and how people perceived him, is probably turning over in his grave right now.
In the interview, Murray's incredulous disclosures may cause jaws to drop, but the saddest part of the matter is, the only person able to challenge his story is, well … unavailable.
In what is described as a "faceless hotel room in Southern California," Murray talks about Michael's perilous physical, mental and financial state and the singer's secret addiction to prescription drugs. And while he still contends he gave Michael "nothing that would have killed him," and tells the Daily Mail that instead he believes the entertainer "woke up, got hold of his own stash of Propofol and injected himself." Adding that he, "… did it too quickly and went into cardiac arrest," Murray insists, apparently with a straight face, on rehashing how good he was to his famous patient – the man who trusted him with his life.
As if we don't recall how that worked out.
"You want to know how close Michael and I were? I held his penis every night. I had to put a condom catheter on him because Michael dripped urine. He had a loss of sensation and was incontinent.
"Michael didn't know how to put a condom on, so I had to do it for him."


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I did it backwards, first I was hit by a car, then I bought the helment. That's life, some people learn just by being told and others need to get slammed by a Buick in order to get the point. I remember lying on the ground thinking, I can't move my legs, and then thinking, maybe I can get a sympathy date out of this...
how and where do we vote?
Maybe I should move to Florida ?
When I first started full-time bicycle commuting years ago, I was casual about helmets.
Then, a full-time no-car bicyclist friend of mine was in a car-bike accident. He told me that the helmet saved his life or at least his brain.
He made me promise to always wear a helmet. Because we are good friends and because I could feel his sincerity, I have kept my promise to always wear a helmet - even when just going around the block.
Hi Pete!
Great site, thanks for the link. That article shows how suddenly things can go wrong even to the best of riders - reason enough to wear a helmet.
I originally started wearing a helmet for safety reasons, now I find that I also appreciate the bold fashion statement that it makes...
Yes, I ALWAYS wear my helmet when I ride. Of course, I just started riding in December, but much as I hate helmet hair, I always ride with my helmet on. When I was a kid, I didn't have one. Back then, it wasn't required, and we were lucky to share that one bike amongst the five of us (little bro had the infamous Big Wheel)! I also wear a helmet when I scooter, too.
Hey, thanks,Pete, that was a really informative link. It scared the bejeezus out of me, though. Well, you know, I'm such a scaredy cat anyway...
"Hard work often pays off after time, but craziness pays off now."
Absolutely i like my brains on the inside.!!!!
Here in Australia helmets are mandatory, although I don't often see that law enforced. Personally I will always wear a helmet as I have way too much cool stuff inside my head to want to take any unnecessary risks with it.
"I am never going to flirt with idleness again" - Roy Keane
"We invite everyone to question the entire culture we take for granted." - Manic Street Preachers.
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Always wear my helmet. Besides, where else would I put the pansies that I've been wearing since early March when I got sick of winter?
I'm a big helmet advocate! I have to admit, though, that helmet hair doesn't plague me.
As a kid, I never would have thought to wear a helmet. I don't think I had ever heard of bike helmets back in the 70s. Sometime in the 80s, that all changed.
I wear a helmet for three reasons:
1) Gary Busey. OKAY, so he had a moto get-off, but he was travelling at a bicycle-like 20 mph, and split his head open on the concrete kerb. He was an idiot before that accident, and now he's a slightly-mentally-deficient idiot. I am not an idiot. (I'd wear my moto helmet when bicycling, if it wasn't so heavy.)
2) Professionalism. I believe that a helmeted cyclist, dressed in cycle-appropriate clothing, travelling on the correct side of the roadway, presents an image to motorists that he knows what he is doing. Police tend to agree, and (usually) leave me alone.
3) Vanity. A helmet covers my bald little head. Add a visor and a pair of Uvex wrap around sunglasses, and I can pass for a much younger man. (Until the sun highlights my shiny scalp through the vents...)
I have to admit, until recently I only wore my helmet when mountain biking or commuting (on a highway), but around town I never wore it. The past year or two I have had people ask me if I wear a helmet when I bike and I would usually answer yes (with guilt).
My mom is a speech therapist and deals with some head injury children, so she has always preached the benefits of helmets.
Now that I am older and more mature (28), I have decided to wear my helmet full-time (except when not on my bike). Maybe I am just paying closer attention, but it seems like more people are wearing helmets than did a few years ago.
I liked the story in the link the Pete posted about the cyclist who got the stick caught in his front wheel.
I was reminded (in a very unpleasant way) just a few weeks ago of how the unexpected can happen. I was riding a century and after about 65 miles developed a cramp in the leg that I put down when I stop. I massaged the leg as I was riding hoping the cramp would go away. Well, you know things never work out the way you'd like them to. After another mile the cramp got really bad and I had to stop -NOW-. I guess the pain from the cramp screwed up my brain functions for a few seconds. I thought I was unclipped, but... Well you know the rest.
This was not the first time I was glad I was wearing my helmet and I'm sure it won't be the last. There will always be wet leaves, gravel, potholes, cars, pedestrians, and the list goes on and on.
Yes, I always wear a helmet!!!
My wife makes me wear a helmet. Reason enough.
Maybe the most convincing argument for my wearing a helmet is not the risk of dying, but of living brain-damaged.Originally posted by Steele-Bike
My mom is a speech therapist and deals with some head injury children, so she has always preached the benefits of helmets.
Anyone that has seen the results of getting a head bashed in is a serious helmet user.
Don't leave home without it!
But you can also enjoy it, by getting a really cool helmet, and one that fits well with sufficient venting.
Recumbents rock!
Well, a helmet saved me from getting additional brain-damage when I was "egged" recently. Although I'm not totally sure this was what the designers had in mind.
"I am never going to flirt with idleness again" - Roy Keane
"We invite everyone to question the entire culture we take for granted." - Manic Street Preachers.
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Always, always, always... Wonder if that's why I get strange looks in Church????
Given The Choice of Left, Right or Up, Choose Up!
I can't believe I'm the only one who feels: 1) the risk, for an adult who is a careful rider, is SO minimal; 2)if I fall off my bike, I'm not going to land on my head; 3) in a collision with a car, that hunk of styrofoam isn't going to help; 4)here in AZ, a helmet is the difference between a ride being miserable and a ride being fun; 5) it's a form of protest against bike clubs that attempt to impose their political beliefs (re. helmets) on others; 6) a helmet reduces your perifrial vision; 7) it acts as a folcrum and actually increases your chances of a serious neck or spinal cord injury; 8) somebody is making tons of money off this paranoia (eg. little old ladies w/slick, streamlined racing helmets); 9) last but not least, they look GOOFY AS HELL. So please, don't hassle me about not wearing a helmet ( I have legitimate reasons) and I won't laugh at you for wearing one.
True, they look goofy, but I prefer to be safe rather than sorry.Originally posted by mwmw
they look GOOFY AS HELL.
I respect your opinion here, I suppose it's kinda like the seatbelt vs no seatbelt issue. Some states (USA) require a helmet, some don't. One has to be really careful when evaluating the statistics, since there are so many varied cycling situations. And I think alot of the injuries and fatalities are inexperienced users. Still the most important thing for all of us is to make an U]informed[/U] decision. Which addressing the topic in a form like this is a good method of ensuring an informed choice.
Recumbents rock!
Thanks for being open-minded, AlphaGeek, and at least considering another point of view.
While I would NEVER support legislation requiring the use of bicycle helmets (former polictically active motorcyclist) I always wear one when street riding now. I ride in the early morning and evening hours and just feel like it's another thing I can do to prevent serious injury IF some idiot in a car hits me or forces me to complete an evasive action that causes an unplanned get off.
I admit it felt pretty wierd at first and I'm still a little self conscious about it and...get it off as soon as I'm off the bike. When I was a kid only the wimpy kids with way overprotective parents and wierdos wore helmets on bicycles.
Having survived long enough to learn that most people's opinions are basically worthless (forum members excluded, of course), I don't really care if I look goofy or not. I certainly agree that helmets contribute to that kind of look.
But after serious thought I decided that for me it was irrational not to wear a helmet, and now I won't ride without one; it was the kind of irrevocable decision I made when I quit drinking: there is simply no turning back.
That doesn't mean I like wearing a helmet--far from it. It's just one of those things I don't like but have to do anyway.
As a kid, I rode a lot without a helmet. In fact, there was no such thing as far as I knew. So I would have really looked geeky in a football helmet.
I thank goodness I never spilled my brains.
When I see a cyclist without a helmet now, my immediate reaction is, "that sure is a fragile helmet they're wearing."


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May 6, 2016
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, June Atkinson, said in Greenville Wednesday that she is concerned about some of the proposed cuts in the N.C. Senate budget.
Atkinson was at the NC Council of Economic Education banquet honoring students from across Eastern Carolina for achievements in money management. Ironically, the state is trying to manage a $2.4 billion dollar shortfall with education dollars.
The latest budget proposal from the senate committee shows there could still be deep cuts to education. With 60 percent of the state budget set aside for education, state senators have laid out a plan that is not as steep as the house budget, but could impact those much younger students--the three to four-year-olds. Atkinson says dissolving the NC Partnership for Children could cripple the future of our state.
Atkinson did say she's pleased there's funding for 1,124 new teachers .
The senate's budget proposal heads to the house for a vote next week.
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Far Cry 3 Walkthrough
Table of Contents
Secure the Outpost
- Enter the passenger seat of the truck and ride to the outpost with Dennis, then exit the vehicle when you come to a stop and follow the road leading uphill to search the first few huts for supplies.
- Move around behind the buildings on the left and crouch down to sneak up on the next enemy ahead, then press the indicated button to stab him and move back out into the open.
- Fire upon the next enemy you see to get Dennis and his partner involved in the battle, then join them back at the front of the town and continue shooting the surrounding pirates.
- Make your way around behind the pirates that are focused on shooting at Dennis and take them out with a knife strike, then eliminate the last enemy to secure the area and activate a short cut scene.
- Afterwards, head towards the next objective marker that appears to move through the indicated red door and activate another cut scene to complete this mission.


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Ted Talks
Why Sen. Ted Cruz gets rewarded for saying a lot of things that no one would take seriously anywhere else.
If it achieves nothing else, the Senate Republicans' filibuster of Chuck Hagel inaugurated the age of Ted Cruz. The day after the vote, the New York Times, Politico, and the Washington Post ran versions of the same Cruz profile. By accusing Chuck Hagel of lying on his disclosure forms and building consensus for a one-week delay—just a few more documents, please—Cruz had made enemies out of everyone on the conservative blacklist. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Cruz had acted "out of bounds." Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, viewed by the right as an accidental senator who rigged the Republican primary to make sure she'd face Todd Akin, compared Cruz to Joe McCarthy.
That was exactly what Cruz wanted. All of it. Portraying his opponents as traitors-in-training has been Cruz's shtick since he started running for Senate three years ago. On Friday, Jane Mayer dug into her 2010 notebooks and found Cruz telling an Americans for Prosperity crowd that Harvard Law School, in the early 1990s, employed 12 professors "who would say they were Marxists who believed in the Communists overthrowing the United States government." Cruz's old professors, reached by Mayer, had no earthly idea what he was talking about. The Huffington Post borg repackaged this story with the headline "TED MCCARTHY," and the resultant comment thread outpaced the one beneath "LOOK: What Women Really Look Like Naked."
Cruz pulled this off with less than two months of experience in elected office. Before winning the Senate seat in Texas, he'd worked on the legal team for George W. Bush's presidential campaign, and there his political resume ended. Cruz's reputation, and his campaign pitch, grew out of his years as Texas's solicitor general. Cruz argued nine cases in front of the Supreme Court, starting with Frew v. Hawkins, when he was just 34 years old.
In transcripts from those cases, Cruz sounds just like the senator who's making life agony for Chuck Hagel. The difference is that he's usually losing. There are no doddering ex-senators waiting patiently for their turns to talk, or journalists raring to write another "Great Republican Hope?" piece. In their place: justices who want to shred his argument.
Frew v. Hawkins, for example, was a disaster for Cruz. The state had given him a weak case: It was arguing that federal requirements for improving health care didn't apply to Texas, because of state sovereignty guaranteed by the 11th Amendment. Cruz's own arguments foreshadowed some of the theories that would become conservative gospel in the Obama years. In 2004, they were met with a wall of laughter.
"I will point out if signing a consent decree is a waiver of 11th Amendment immunity or sovereign immunity, then plaintiffs' argument proves too much," said Cruz. "It means every consent decree is utterly immune from Ex Parte Young. It means once a consent decree is there, the requirements of Federal law don't matter."
"Only with the state attorney general," joked Antonin Scalia.
Texas lost 9-0. His first notable, partial win came with Latin American Citizens v. Perry, the suit brought against the state for a mid-decade gerrymander. By a 5-4 margin, the court's liberals upheld the mid-decade gerrymander, but struck down a district along the Rio Grande—the 23rd district—that had apparently been drawn to minimize the Latino vote. Anthony Kennedy, siding with the liberals, wrote the decision. He also gave Cruz hell about the map.
"Do you want this court to say that it's constitutionally permissible to take away a number of minority voters from the district, but leave just enough so that it looks like a minority?" Kennedy asked. "Is that a permissible use of race? It seems to me that's an affront and an insult."
"Except the district court found as a factual matter that what happened in district 23 was wholly political," said Cruz. "It was not racial, so that the voters were not removed because of race. They were removed because of politics."
"But the additional finding is that 50 percent were kept to make it look good," said Kennedy. "As this court has said, the legislature will always be aware of the racial composition of a district."
In 2013, away from the bench, Cruz doesn't have to be so cagey about race and politics. "Democrats and the media are afraid of Marco Rubio because he is a smart, intelligent, conservative Hispanic," he told reporters in Texas this week. At other times, he's accused President Obama of wanting immigration to fail, so Democrats can hold onto the issue and call Republicans racist.


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Recently, I wrote an article explaining how to change Most Visited Sites on New Tab in Chrome to help those people who are not happy with the thumbnails of the most visited sites being automatically displayed in the new Tab of Google Chrome browser. Users want the power to customize these thumbnails, since many of them are not comfortable with the thumbnails for certain sites being displayed automatically whenever you open a new Tab in Chrome. In the above-mentioned article, I described in detail as to how you can change the most visited sites in the new tab of Chrome; however, that method was not meant for every user since novice users would find it very difficult to make those changes. Luckily, there is good news for such novice users. In this article, I describe a Chrome browser extension which can do exactly that, i.e., allow you to customize the most visited sites being displayed in the new Tab of Chrome in a very easy manner that even a novice user would be able to do. In fact, if you so desire, you can have no thumbnails at all (for most visited sites) in the new tab page or you can as many thumbnails as you want (instead of a fixed number of 8 thumbnails). Moreover, as a bonus, you also get several other features through this free extension which is called Speed Dial 2. [Also see: Really an Awesome New Tab Page for Chrome for regular sites]
The Speed Dial 2 extension can, in fact, completely change the face of the new Tab in Chrome browser. Here, the thumbnail for each most visited site is called a dial. It is like a visual bookmarks of your favorite websites. So, in the remaining part of this article, I may inter-changeably refer to thumbnail as a dial. Thus, speed dial basically means speedily visiting a site through its thumbnail.
Speed Dial allows you to keep as many dials (i.e., thumbnails) of the most visited sites, as you want. You're also given the freedom to organize them into different groups of sites.
The default behavior of a new Tab in Chrome is that a most visited website is automatically shown by the browser depending on how many times you've visited it. You don't have any control over it (though in the above-mentioned article: how to change Most Visited Sites on New Tab in Chrome, I have described a detailed manual method of controlling it). However, Speed Dial 2 extension changes it completely. It gives you full freedom to create new dials / thumbnails of the websites of your own choice by providing their URLs or web address. These sites can be picked up by you on random basis as you're your own choice, and they need not actually be the most visited websites in your Chrome browser. So, you can easily create a new thumbnail / dial by just manually entering the URL of that site.
How to create a new thumbnail for a most visited website in new Tab of Chrome?
Well, it is very simple. After you install the Speed Dial 2 extension, it gives you 3 different methods to create a thumbnail or dial of a new most visited website (of your own choice) in the new tab of Chrome. These 3 methods are (you can select any method):
(1) Open a new tab in Chrome. There is a plus button on it (see below):
Just click this plus button, and then fill the dialog box, which appears on the screen, with information about the most visited website that you want to add to the new tab.
(2) Open a new tab in Chrome. Now, right-click anywhere on empty space in the new tab, then select Add dial from the context menu to create a new thumbnail for a site.
(3) You can also directly add the web page that is currently displayed in Chrome as a thumbnail as one of the most visited websites. To do so, display the website or web page in Chrome that you want added as a most visited websites. Now, right-click anywhere on the page and select Speed dial 2 from the context menu, and then select Add current page from the sub-context menu.
After you create a new thumbnail / dial by specify the URL address, you can customize it with one of predefined logos or with a custom image from the internet. Alternatively, don't provide any image for the thumbnail, and just visit the website for the first time in Chrome, and Chrome will automatically create a thumbnail for this most visited website that you just added to the new tab page.
How to edit details of thumbnail of a most visited website in new tab of Chrome?
Speed Dial 2 extension also makes it easy to edit details of the thumbnail (dial) of a most visited website in new tab page by following these steps:
(1) Right-click on the thumbnail, and then select Edit from the context menu.
(2) You can now modify title of the dial or thumbnail, its logo and URL address, or you can place it in a different group.
How to remove thumbnail of a most visited website in new tab of Chrome?
You can remove a dial or thumbnail easily by right-click on the thumbnail of the most visited website that you want to be deleted, and then select Remove from the context menu.
How to further customize the most visited websites on new tab of Chrome?
Speed Dial 2 provides several options to further customize the new tab page in Chrome. Click Options in the drop-down menu after clicking on its icon in the Chrome toolbar. You get several options to customize, some of which are mentioned below:
(1) Change how many thumbnails to show in a row on new tab page. Default is 5 thumbnails.
(2) Change spacing between two thumbnails in new tab page. Default is 24 px.
(3) You can decide how to order the thumbnails or dials. They can be ordered automatically by number of visits to the most visited websites or by your own manual order. If you decide to order most visited websites' thumbnails manually, you can drag them to change their position (as per your choice) on the new tab page in Chrome.
(4) You can change the way the thumbnails of the most visited sites refresh. Available options are: No refresh; or refresh after 2, 5 or 10 visits to that website.
(5) Whether or not to show number of visits made to the most visited websites.
(6) Whether or not to show the title of the site in the thumbnail.
Sidebar of recently closed tabs and installed applications:
In addition to showing customized thumbnails of the most visited websites in new tab of Chrome, Speed Dial 2 extension also gives you option to display a right sidebar that provides you with access to your Recently closed tabs, list of installed applications from Chrome Web Store, and your Chrome bookmarks. You can turn specific sidebar features on and off in the options for the extension. This right sidebar is hidden by default and it will be shown only when you hover your mouse near right edge of browser screen. Have a look at the following picture that shows this sidebar:
Overall, the Speed Dial 2 offers several ways to easily customize the most visited websites on the new tab page in Google Chrome browser, with several advanced options, that Chrome itself does not provide. Being a free extension, you can try it to fully customize the new tab page in your Chrome browser as per your own liking.
Download and install: Visit this page on Chrome Web Store, and then click Add to Chrome button to download and install the Speed Dial 2 extension.


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May 2, 2016
Wednesday April 15, 2009
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Craig MacTavish is out as coach of theEdmonton Oilers after they failed to make the playoffs for the third straight year.
General manager Steve Tambellini said Wednesday he and MacTavish agreed it was time for a change behind the bench. MacTavish this week noted his inability to get the most from a team he predicted would be a contender.
The Oilers finished 11th in the Western Conference with a record of 38-35-9 for 85 points. This was the fifth time in seven seasons they have not reached the playoffs. In 2006, however, the Oilers made it to the Stanley Cup finals, losing in seven games to Carolina.
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And now for something completely different.
Here is Richard Ingrams (former Editor of the Eye) writing in The Oldie (of which he is the present Editor):
The Catholic Church has traditionally warned the faithful to have nothing to do with spiritualism, séances, Ouija boards and the like. The church argues, quite rightly, that there are malevolent forces at work which are known to have caused a great deal of trouble to a great many people over the years.
I hold much the same opinion about the internet which, for all its many advantages is, like the spiritualist world, the haunt of all kinds of crazed voices full of hatred, madness and cruelty.
It is, in the words of Mr Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of the search engine Google, "the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experience in anarchy we've ever had".
And it is certainly anarchy that we have seen during the past few days. So if I had to attempt an answer to all the cries of "why oh why?" echoing from all four corners of the media, my instinct would be to blame the internet for giving an outlet and a platform to all kinds of dangerous nutters and extremists who, until the internet was invented, had no means of spreading their particular brands of hatred and poison.
Perhaps it is time for Pope Benedict to declare it to be an invention of the devil.
Remind you of anybody here?
'I see
In many an eye that measures me
The mortal sickness of a mind
Too unhappy to be kind.
Undone with misery, all they can
Is to hate their fellow man;
And till they drop they needs must still
Look at you and wish you ill'


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We're proud of our Owls
If they were a sports team there would be a parade, no doubt about it.
When some entity from a small rural county in the Panhandle, ends up fifth in the entire state of Florida in anything positive, it is big news.
And even more so when you consider we are talking about high-achieving children in a small local public school.
As the Great Recession continues with no leadership from Washington D.C. and a state government that seems bent on punishing its own residents, economic growth for Gadsden County will only happen through local leadership, commitment and perseverance.
The pursuit of economic development and growth in this current climate is not for the meek or anyone easily discouraged. It will also require an energetic unity, goods lines of communications and wearing one's community pride like a badge.
Soon, members of the class of 2011 will step into the world amid optimistic speeches and witty greeting cards. Some will step seamlessly into their next phase in life, be it continuing education or gaining employment. For many, however, the state of the economy and corresponding high unemployment rate will stand as a barrier in efforts to engage society.
It's critical those clutching their new diplomas understand that, by graduating, they have proven something to their family, friends and the world: They are achievers.
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Dr. Carolyn E. Poole, Director
Congrats, Chattahoochee, there's a triple treat in store for you. Three special authors are coming to town next week.
March 10, 2011
To: America
From: Dick (Cowboy) Locke
Reference: Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, Florida
I put off my spring flower planting. It wasn't easy either.
I didn't make the same mistake this year as I did last year. I didn't let the weather fool me with the few warm days we have experienced in the past weeks. Not that I wasn't tempted to go to garden shops and bring home a truck filled with tender flowers just waiting for me to put in the ground. Just like babies, they look so cute when they're little.
THE ISSUE: Back-scratching on the taxpayer tab.
OUR OPINION: Not acceptable.
It was a small rally, but the speakers made some pretty strong points.
After all, the crowd had come out to rally against "racial discrimination." Racial discrimination in Florida's only black majority county in 2011. Just the idea seems strangely out of date and out of touch with what we like to think of as modern America. Even the advance flyers for the event sounded like they could have been printed for the last century.
But now we have a high profile lawsuit, or several hanging on that very serious allegation.
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The Alchemist ft. KiD CuDi, Evidence & Blu - Therapy
To whet fans' appetites for his sophomore album, Chemical Warfare, set to be released on February 10, veteran producer The Alchemist has dropped a preview EP entitled The Alchemist's Cookbook. Hoping to once again turn hard rock into gold, Alc has prepared some Therapy for new-school artists who still love the old school. Cleveland's KiD CuDi handles the baritone hook as Dilated Peoples frontman Evidence and his fellow West Coaster Blu each dig deep into their souls for a few low-level verses. Over guitar/brass production from the man in the chef hat, all three guest artists show that a little Therapy can go a long way toward ending that "hip-hop is dead" chitchat.
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- Appearance
- Calystegia sepium is a perennial vine that can grow up to 10 ft. (3 m) long, often climbing over other herbaceous plants and shrubs.
- Foliage
- The stems are light green or red, with the leaves occurring sparsely. The leaves are about 4-5 in. (10-13 cm) and 2-3 in. (5-7.6 cm) across, usually with an arrowhead shape, which is deeply incised at the base.
- Flowers
- Flowers are funnel-shaped, white to lavender in color, and are about 2.5-3 in. (6.4-7.6 cm) across. The flowers open during the morning, and bloom during summer.
- Fruit
- Fruit is an egg-shaped capsule containing 2-4 dark brown to black seeds that are 0.2 in. (5 mm) long.
- Ecological Threat
- Calystegia sepium prefers disturbed areas including, cropland, pastures, abandoned fields, and areas along roadsides and railroads. It is native to Eurasia. This weed can be mistaken for Field Bindweed. However, field bindweed leaves are smaller, with a more rounded apex, and bases that are pointed or rounded, but not cut off squarely across the top as in Calystegia sepium.
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EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Invasive List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
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|No Data for this state
|Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops
Invasive Listing Sources
Taxonomic Rank
|Kingdom: Plantae
|Phylum: Magnoliophyta
|Class: Magnoliopsida
|Subclass: Asteridae
|Order: Solanales
|Family: Convolvulaceae
|Genus: Calystegia
Other System LinksPlants: CASE13
Bayer: CAGSE
NPDN Pest: PBGAHBB
NPDN Host: 36508
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
hedge false bindweed, bearbind, devil's guts, hedge bindweed, hedgebell, large bindweed, old man's night cap, wild morning glory
CategoriesCategory: Vines
Category: Shrub or Subshrub
|Common Name Reference:
| Weed Science Society of America Common Names List
|Scientific Name Reference:
|USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.


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Hi gang.
Stumbled across this site while trying to research a nice find...lots of cool stuff going on here, I'm definately going to come back to ogle all these nice bikes and maybe learn something.
I'm 35 years old and am mostly into vintage BMX (which is the bicycle site is usually frequent). I ran across this classy little BSA in a garbage pile and took it home and cleaned it up. I was figuring I'd sell it for a few bucks on eBay, but I fell in love with it. It looks really mint and it functions every bit as good as they day it was made, I imagine.
Just out of curiousity, I wonder what ya'll can tell me about this specimen. I'm really wondering when it was produced, specifically. Any information would be appreciated.
The frame has the #2797595 stamped on the toptube gusset near the seatclamp. The chrome on the wheels is in terrific condition. The hoops have *STURMEY ARCHER ENGLAND EA23026x1 3/8*, and the rear 3speed hub is SA as well, with "AA -1 5" stamped under the logo. The only things that are not original are the rear innertube and the bar-clamping nut/bolt in the stem. The stem has an impression on it that looks like a guy with a clover for a hand and a shield in front of him, the shield has an "R" and an "I" overlapping on the front of it.
Any questions you have about it I'll answer as best as I can.
The most coincidental thing is, that I found a BSA just like this about six months ago. It's headtube badge had been removed and the whole thing had been spraybombed black...it was really beat and I had no idea what it even was, but it had plenty of salvageable parts, so I'm lucky I've been too lazy to chunk it. I picked it up mainly for a nice bolt-on cablestop I was going to use on a BMX bike. It is only slightly different than this one that I've noticed (I haven't really studied the differences, though). The frame is the same, but has chrome-plated chaingaurd mounts, different routing for the 3speed cable, and so on.
I'll supply you with some pic-hosting links so you can see full-size. The image will fit to screen, but if you save and re-open image you can see at optimum resolution. Anyway, here are some pics of it:
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With sharp eyes, endless patience and vivid imagination, McGuirk seeks and finds rocks in the shapes of alphabet letters and items representing those letters.
Using these finds and some inventive photography, she has created a most unusual alphabet book. The opening spread lays out all the amazingly accurate stone letters (some uppercase, some lowercase) on a background of soft, natural, earthy beige. Each letter is given its own page, and some have a double-page spread. The letter-shaped rock names the shape—as in "e is for elephant"—and the remarkable rock shapes either stand alone or are given props. The "ghost" rocks float eerily on a black background, while "K is for kick" aims a foot-shaped rock at a bright-orange ball. The seahorse floats among seaweed, and a rock mitten is paired with one made of wool. Some of the more conceptual references stretch the imagination a bit, and little ones may need some explanation. For "U is for up," two animal-shaped rocks play on a seesaw; too bad there was no umbrella or unicorn rock to be found. The ever-difficult "x" is the only disappointment; "x is for xoxo" depicts a pudgy figure that kind of resembles two people kissing, but this may be a stretch for children. An author's note provides additional information about McGuirk's dedicated collection process.
Begs to be pored over again and again.ÃÂ (Alphabet book. 3-10)Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
McGuirk has assembled a collection of 26 rocks shaped like every letter of the alphabet, plus many more shaped like objects for each letter. "A is for Addition," McGuirk starts, with a chalkboard slate on the right photographed with rocks shaped like a one, eight, an equal sign, and a nine (a magnet stands in for the plus sign). For "D," there's a dog-shaped rock with a collar, and "G is for Ghost" shows 16 amorphous stones with wailing mouths and empty eyes. It's an unusual labor of love that may have kids checking the ground for familiar shapes. All ages. (May)[Page ]. Copyright 2010 PWxyz LLC
PreS-Gr 1--This unique alphabet book features photos of ocean-sculpted rocks lovingly collected over the course of a decade by the author. McGuirk amassed a complete alphabet of letter-shaped rocks, which she pairs with other humorously representational geologic findings. She puts the emphasis on the rocks themselves, employing simple text, solid backgrounds, and spare, yet engaging layouts to showcase her finds. Additional whimsical embellishments are occasionally used to complete the imaginative leap for the book's audience, though there is no need to rely on such additions for the letters all are easily recognizable. The collection ranges from a dog-shaped rock chained to a tiny wooden doghouse ("D is for dog") and a boot-shaped stone kicking an orange ball ("K is for kick") to an array of pale faces set against a dark backdrop ("G is for ghosts") and a pair of fish-shaped rocks with perfect smiling faces ("J is for joy"). Each image invites discovery and, once recognized by readers, will evoke amazement, laughter, or sighs of satisfaction. While reminiscent of Saxton Freymann's vegetable creations, McGuirk's stones stand alone for the sheer "wow" factor that nature can create. This concept book will be at home in storytimes and classroom read-aloud sessions, though children may wish to take it home and give each stone a closer look. Sure to spark imaginative rock-finding hunts and found-object art projects, this quirky title will earn its place in any picture-book collection.--Jayne Damron, Farmington Community Library, MI[Page 83]. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Odo Bulu: Wonderful highland forest area to hunt. Can get cold, windy, and rainy, however we had clear weather and warm days. You may walk from camp, use horses, or drive from camp as they have recently made new roads to reach more distant parts of the mountains. We mostly drove, then hiked 10 to 30 minutes to areas to glass for nyala. Saw nyala every day. Saw giant forest hog every day. Saw 20+ Menelik bushbuck every day. Just had amazing luck in Odo Bulu! World record giant forest hog on day 1. Magnificent old mountain nyala on day 6, SCI #3 Abyssinian Bohor Reedbuck in the Sinana Open Area that afternoon, and a Menelik Bushbuck that may make it into the top 10 on the morning of day 7. Camp is made with large tents under bamboo structures on concrete foundations. Very comfortable.
Alutu: 5 hour drive from Odo Bulu to the Roussos' bungalow on the shore of Lake Langano. Meals are eaten at the café at the complex or at a nearby resort. 30 minute drive to hunt Alutu for Abyssinian Greater Kudu. Hunted 3 1/2 days and saw multiple mature bulls every day in the 44" to 47" range. Hiking in these small mountains between Lake Langano and Lake Ziway is possibly the most beautiful place in Africa to hunt Greater Kudu! Took a fine older bull.
Omo: Legendary area, and despite some development in the area, I saw lots of game. The plains area has the Grants, Gerenuk, Guenther's Dik-Dik which we shot. Also saw Tiang. The mountain portion of the area is fantastic to hunt, glassing for lesser kudu and Abyssinian bushbuck. Saw 30+ lesser kudu in 6 days, but just never got a shot at a trophy as we mostly saw females and young males. We also contended with unusual thunderstorms, lightning, and flash flood rivers that prevented us for getting to parts of the area we wanted to hunt for lesser kudu. Great success on the rare Abyssinian bushbuck, shooting an old male with wonderfully broomed horns. Hot, often over 100, but few flies. Substantial permanent camp.
Sala: Only spent 2 nights, but saw nile buffalo, which we were not hunting, as well as lots of Neumann's Hartebeest and Oribi, both of which we took. Remote, wild area...could hear lions roaring at night. Visited the Mursi tribe to see the women with the lip plates. Hotter than Omo and some flies. Tented camp.


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Athol Fugard: Falls the Shadow
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Afghanistan has received a financial boost from the International Cricket Council after the cricket governing body decided to allocate USD 422,000 to develop the National Cricket Academy in Kabul. Afghanistan Cricket Board chief executive Noor Mohammad Murad said the board has requested a total of USD 1 million in assistance and ICC will decide whether or not to approve the rest of the money after its delegation visits the country in two or three weeks. "The ICC has approved USD 422,000 for now. They will send a delegation to visit Afghanistan's Cricket Board in two or three weeks, and they will decide whether or not to approve the rest of the money," Murad told AFP. Cricket has gained popularity as a sport in Afghanistan since it was first introduced by the returning refugees, who learnt about the game in the refugee camps in Pakistan following the Soviet invasion in 1979. Afghanistan became an affiliate member of the ICC in 2001 and in 2009, it attained ODI status. The main ambition of the country now is to qualify for the 2015 World Cup which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. Last September, Afghanistan's quest for associate ICC membership received a formal support in the form of the Asian Cricket Council due to its rapid progress in cricket. Afghanistan also recently won the Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup by defeating Nepal by 7 wickets. The ICC will decide at its annual meeting in June whether to grant the country associate membership. The world body currently has 10 full members, 36 associates and 60 affiliate members.
ICC gives cash boost to Afghanistan
Bangalore, Last updated on Friday, 19 April, 2013, 06:46 PM
Afghan captain Nawroz Mangal plays a shot during the ICC Twenty20 World Cup match against England in Colombo on September 21, 2012. Afghanistan has received a financial boost from the world cricket governing body to develop the sport in the war-ravaged nation © Cricbuzz
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This is a very special old Italian dish that warms your stomach, as well as your heart. It is a labour of love, but worth every bite! For a different taste, you can use a combination of beef and pork mince.
This is an unusal dish, not your normal cannelloni, but it tastes delish. I have made this for my hubby and our friends and everyone cleared their plates! It can be fiddly though, but it's definitely worth the while!
Cannelloni, or literally 'big tubes', are filled with a mixture of veggies, herbs and cheese.
A super-delicious, baked Italian pasta dish. Cannelloni tubes are stuffed with a mixture of sausagemeat, mozzarella and cream cheese, then topped with bolognese sauce and baked to perfection. Serve with a side salad or garlic bread, if desired.
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Things to see and do - Hanoi
Leaving for Vietnam
Nearby hotels
Golden Sun Suites Hotel from50 $Book
Golden Sun Palace Hotel from35 $Book
Hang My Hotel (My Moon Hotel) from17 $Book
Things to do nearby
Halong Bay Overnight Junk Boat Cruise
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La Dolce Vita Hanoi Hotel
Address : 53 Hang Bo Street VN - Hanoi
from : 41.25 USDBook
La Dolce Vita Hotel is located in the heart of Hanoi, enjoying easy access to dining, shopping and nightlife areas. It has a restaurant and provides free internet throughout the hotel. Featuring wooden furniture and modern artwork, La Dolce Vita's rooms have a seating area and cable/satellite TV. A safety deposit box, minibar and tea or coffee making facilities are also provided. The bathroom is fitted with a bathtub and a hairdryer. Guests can enjoy a relaxing massage at the hotel. Both the front desk and business centre are open 24 hours a day for guests' convenience. The staff can help with ticket bookings, tour arrangements and car rental. La Dolce Vita Restaurant serves Vietnamese and Western dishes, including vegetarian options. Light meals and drinks are available at the Lobby Bar and Café. Dolce Vita Hotel is a 3-minute walk from Hoan Kiem Lake. It is 40 minutes' drive from Noi Bai International Airport.
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Man U's Man-Child
The rise and fall of Wayne Rooney.
The biggest star on the world's biggest soccer team has the eyes of a mercenary and the face of a little boy. Athletes who become famous at an early age always seem younger than they are, and Wayne Rooney—who burst onto the world stage at 16, signed with Manchester United at 18, and now, at 25, is comfortably the second-most-recognizable English soccer player on earth—has to all appearances become lodged in semi-adolescence, as if time tried to swallow him and couldn't get him all the way down.
When Rooney smiles, which is seldom, he has a big, wobbly grin that's disarmingly innocent for a married father with a bank account the size of the Titanic. When he scowls, which is most of the time, it's with an air of smoldering petulance, as if his parents—the entire English public—just don't understand. Even his scandals, which have been many, look like the work of a middle-schooler acting out an idea of grown-up badness. There are the cigarettes, the liquor, the prostitutes, the unsavory friends. Wayne Rooney is the national problem child, England's naughty boy.
At his best, Rooney is a spectacular soccer player, the kind who makes jaded sportswriters gasp and start gushing about forces of nature. Lately, though, it's the naughty Rooney who's been dominating the headlines, while the striker who sweeps along the grass like a righteous wind—see, I can't help myself—has been in short supply. A series of controversies both on and off the pitch and a stunning loss of playing form (he's scored just twice since March) have sullied Rooney's public image. And this time, there are signs that the doting fans who've always forgiven his missteps may finally be fed up with their no-longer-juvenile delinquent.
Rooney's career has always resembled a teenage melodrama. He scored his first goal for his boyhood club, Everton, five days before his 17th birthday with a shot that ended Arsenal's 30-game unbeaten run. (Too young to sign a professional contract, he was still living in his parents' council flat and making 80 pounds a week.) The next year he made his debut for England—the youngest player ever to do so—and proposed to his girlfriend Coleen in the forecourt of a BP gas station. The year after that, Manchester United paid 25.6 million pounds to buy him from Everton. He scored a hat trick in his first game.
In those days, Rooney was a happy terror on the pitch, a striker with a midfielder's eye for passing angles and a defender's tenacity. His talents didn't conform to any single position, and his managers never knew quite what to do with him. Sometimes he played as a center forward, sometimes as a withdrawn striker, and sometimes on the left wing, where Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson stuck him to make room for Cristiano Ronaldo. This maneuvering often didn't matter. At a certain point, Rooney would switch off his positional instructions and try to blow up the Death Star on his own instincts, chasing the ball halfway down the pitch or attacking the goalmouth with impulsive fury.
Last year, with Ronaldo off in Spain, Rooney adapted to the role of lone striker and turned in the best season of his career, scoring 34 times. But he hurt his ankle in late March—the latest in a long series of foot injuries—and when he came back, the goals were gone. He spent the World Cup, where he was moved to center forward in England's 4-4-2, standing around looking uncertain. His only real accomplishment was to make commentators speculate about whether his hot temper would land him in trouble. "I'd love to see him act like a baby," the American pundit Alexi Lalas enthused. When some England fans booed after their team creaked to a 0-0 draw against Algeria, Rooney stalked over to the cameras and spat out, "Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's loyal supporters, for fuck's sake."
Rooney apologized for the outburst, but his bruised ego and listless performance brought down a maelstrom of negative press. Being raked through the headlines is nothing new for Rooney. His career has survived paying for sex, drinking too much, smoking while on a $150,000-a-week athletics contract, stomping on opposing players, urinating in public, fighting in bars, and crashing multiple cars, among other exploits. The World Cup flare-up quickly gave way to another prostitution scandal, this one involving a call girl Rooney reportedly slept with while Coleen was—shock, horror—pregnant with his child. Without brilliant performances on the pitch to distract from what would've otherwise been the distraction, the story dragged on and on, with the media dredging through what one writer called his "immaturity as a man."
But the prostitutes were mere preamble. Last month, Rooney found himself in the midst of a new kind of scandal, one that threatened to blacken his name like nothing ever before: a contract dispute. When negotiations over a new United deal broke down, Rooney let it be known that he wanted to leave the club. He further let it be intimated that he planned to move to United's despised crosstown rival, the sheikh-owned, cash-flush Manchester City.
For many fans, this—not the fighting or the sex scandals—was going too far. Although Rooney left Everton to join United in the first place, his public image has always depended on a feeling that, if nothing else, he's at least intensely loyal. His most iconic portrait depicts him bellowing defiance while body-painted as an English flag; just two seasons before, he'd famously kissed the United badge on his jersey after being jeered by Everton supporters. If he was thinking about joining City now, everything the fans loved about him must have been a lie. A sign that appeared in the stands at a recent United match—"Who's the Whore Now, Wayne?"—neatly conveyed the conflict.
The hostilities quickly turned chilling. In the midst of a crossfire of press conferences, about 40 United fans, many wearing hoods and balaclavas, assembled outside the striker's mansion, where they unfurled a banner reading "If you join City you're dead." Another death threat was spray-painted onto a billboard outside, of all places, Manchester's Nike store. We're lucky Jim Gray didn't show up with a stool. Cavaliers fans burned some jerseys; Manchester might have needed the Royal Marines.


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Legendary's panel at Comic Con yesterday confirmed that Michael Mann's new thriller previously titled "Cyber" has scored a new name - "Blackhat". The Chris Hemsworth-led film is scheduled for a mid-January release but will score a limited theatrical run in late December to potentially qualify for awards consideration.
Footage was screened showcasing a globe-hopping thriller, but in the same grainy style of Mann's films like "Collateral" and "Miami Vice". Hemsworth plays a convict who is released to team up with a group of Americans and Chinese in a hunt for a high-level cybercrime network operating around the world. The action runs from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino popped up at the San Diego Comic Con this year to talk about his graphic novel "Django Meets Zorro". While there though, he dealt with the question everyone wants to know - will he go forward with his western "The Hateful Eight" as his next feature? "Yeah.... We're going to be doing The Hateful Eight" the filmmaker confirmed. [Source: Deadline]
Family Guy: The Movie
The Comic-Con presentation for the new season of "Family Guy" revealed a number of storylines for its upcoming season, from Peter trying to kick Liam Neeson's ass to Stewie being impregnated with Brian's baby. There's also loose plans for a "Star Trek" parody on the way, and a five minute clip from the crossover episode with "The Simpsons" can be seen at EW.
On the flip side, director and producer Peter Shin confirmed that the proposed feature film based on the series is currently on hold while creator Seth MacFarlane directs "Ted 2". Shin says: "We started some work on one a while ago, but it's been put on hold. It might move forward in the future."
Sons of Anarchy
Appearing for the Comic Con panel for the show's upcoming final season this Fall, "Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter says that serious conversations are underway about a possible prequel to the show.
If it does go ahead he says he doesn't know if it will be a full on-series or a mini-series, but it would likely focus on the 'First 9' who founded SAMCRO. Meanwhile, he did confirm that there will be no spin-offs continuing the story: "There'll be no spinoffs. I think spinoffs work well on procedural dramas, which this clearly is not."


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- 30% performance during 3 weeks at Elmhurst
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- 10% Mentor Evaluation
- 10% Oral Exam
- 5% Shelf Exam
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PAULETTE MARIE WACHNIAK February 19, 1944 - June 4, 2011 Peacefully, with her family by her side, Paulette passed away on June 4, 2011 at St. Boniface Hospital at the age of 67 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Paulette leaves to mourn her husband Al; daughter Christine (Kelly) Itterman; grandson Eric Itterman; mother Sophie Wachniak; her brothers and sister, Don (Anne) Wachniak, Darlene (Bob) Wright and Brian Nicholas. As well as her nieces and nephews, Kristyn, Trevor, Hillary and Michael. She was predeceased by her father Nick. The family would like to express a special thank you to Dr. Meer Janjua, the St. Boniface Hospital Palliative Care Unit staff and CancerCare Manitoba for all their kindness and support. A celebration of Paulette's life will be held on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Cropo Funeral Chapel, 1442 Main Street. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Paulette's memory to CancerCare Manitoba. CROPO FUNERAL CHAPEL 586-8044
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Red Wing Fall/Winter 2013
18 Sep. 2013
Red Wing To Open In MunichRed Wing will open a new store in Munich on October 10, 2013. This will be the fourth German location for the brand after Frankfurt, Berlin and Hamburg.
Located at Fraunhoferstraße in Munich's Glockenbachviertel, the store will present over 70 styles on a total space of 60sqm. In addition to the latest collections, customers will be offered a special service which includes a new top-capping with the brand's characteristic white Traction Tread sole. Other highlights of the assortment include the offer of Red Wing Boots from the 30s and 50s that are part of store owner, Kay Knipschild's private collection. Knipschild also operates the Red Wing stores in Berlin and Hamburg.
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