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November 12, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Maths in a minute - combinatorics
And while we're on the topic of probability, let's answer one of those important mathematical question: how likely are you to win the lottery?
In the UK lottery you have to choose 6 numbers out of 49, and for a chance at the jackpot you need all of your 6 numbers to come up in the main draw. So the question is really how many possible combinations of 6 numbers can be drawn out of 49? There are 49 possibilities for the first number, 48 for the second, and so on to 44 possibilities for the sixth number, so there are 49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44 = 10068347520 ways of choosing those six numbers... in that order. But we don't care which order our numbers are picked, and the number of different ways of picking 6 numbers are 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 6! = 720. Therefore our six numbers are one of 49 x 48 x 47 x 46 x 45 x 44 / 6! = 13983816 so we have about a one in 14 million chance of hitting the jackpot. Hmmm...
But on a brighter note, we have just discovered a very useful mathematical fact: the number of combinations of size k (sets of objects in which order doesn't matter) from a larger set of size n is n! / (n-k)! / k!.
This sort of argument lies at the heart of combinatorics, the mathematics of counting. It might not help you win lotto, but it might keep you healthy. It is used to understand how viruses such as influenza reproduce and mutate, by assessing the chances of creating viable viruses from random recombination of genetic segments.
You can read more on combinatorics, including money (lotto), love (well kissing frogs) and fun (juggling and rubiks cubes) on Plus.
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November 6, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Maths Inspiration event in Cambridge — November 24th
There are still places left at the Maths Inspiration morning event in Cambridge on 24th November, organised by Rob Eastaway. All Maths Inspiration events are aimed at sixth formers and more able Year 11 students.
The Cambridge events will be held in West Road Concert Hall on 24th November 2009, 9.45am - 12.30, repeated 1pm - 3.45pm. Speakers include Claire Ellis, Professor Chris Budd, Dr Hugh Hunt and Professor David Spiegelhalter, with talks including What have mathematicians ever done for us?, The Maths of breakfast, and The subtle science of uncertainty.
Tickets are £6 per attendee at all events with one teacher entitled to free entry for every ten students.
For full details of all events and to book tickets, please see the Maths Inspiration website, or contact email@example.com.
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November 2, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
What would you like to know about your Universe — The last online poll
This poll is now closed. The most popular question was: "How long is a day?" We will publish the answer in an article on Plus shortly. Thank you for taking part!
This is the last online poll in our series to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Choose your favourite question from the list on the right, and we'll put the one that proves most popular to world-leading astronomers and cosmologists. The poll will remain open for a month and the answer will be published in a Plus article and possibly a podcast soon after.
The winning questions in our previous polls have been
The answer to the last question will be published on Plus shortly.
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October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Cancer is one of the major causes of death in the world (particularly the developed world), with around 11 million people diagnosed and around 7 million people dying each year. The World Health Organisation predicts that current trends show around 9 million will die in 2015, with the number rising to 11.5 million in 2030.
Cancer is the focus of much medical research, but perhaps surprisingly, mathematical research is also playing its part. Mathematician Mark Chaplain and an interdisciplinary team at the University of Dundee, have been awarded 1.7 million euros to develop a virtual model of cancer growth and spread.
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October 23, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Maths student poster competition just launched!
If you're a maths student and feel like enthusing the next generation with your favourite bit of maths, then why not take part in the Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) and Rolls–Royce plc third national poster competition.
Undergraduate or PGCE mathematics students are invited to design a poster, individually or as a group, which conveys the essence of a mathematical topic that has been covered at university by the designer(s). The poster should be targeted at school and college students studying AS or A level mathematics. Two winners will be chosen and receive £100 each, and their designs will be printed and sent out to over 2000 schools and colleges. The closing date is the 31st of March 2010. See the FMSP website for previous winners.
If this sounds interesting, then here are the rules. The poster should be mathematically accurate, attractively laid out, capable of enriching a course in AS or A level mathematics, and likely to attract school/college students to take mathematics (or mathematics-related subjects) at university. You can design your poster in any readily available software. Ideally, the page layout should be set to 59.4cm × 42.0cm, using either landscape or portrait format. The university's logo should appear in the top left corner and there should be a space 7cm high x 5cm wide in the top right corner for the FMSP logo. The bottom 2cm of the poster should be left blank. All images should be at least 300dpi.
Entries, as well as any questions about the competition, should be emailed to Richard Browne at email@example.com. The email must include the name(s) and full contact details of the designer(s). The poster design should be attached to the e-mail, in the form of an editable file. The FMSP reserves the right to edit the winning designs before printing.
Happy designing!
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October 22, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Michael Green replaces Stephen Hawking in Lucasian chair
Congratulations to Michael Green who has been elected the 18th holder of the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, one of the most prestigious academic positions in the mathematical sciences.
Isaac Newton was the second person to hold it in the 17th century, and he has been succeeded by mathematical giants including Charles Babbage, father of computer science, the theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, and of course Stephen Hawking, who has been holding the chair since 1979. Hawking stepped down from the professorship in the year of his 67th birthday, as university statutes require.
Michael Green is one of the founders of string theory, which he pioneered from the early seventies onwards. Apart from original research in the area, his contributions include the a textbook co-authored with Edward Witten and John Schwarz, which for many years remained the only string theory text book around.
Peter Haynes, Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, said: "Michael Green has played a leading role in theoretical physics research in the department since 1993. He is internationally known as a pioneer in string theory which over the last 20 years has become one of the most important and active areas of the field. In the department he continues to make important advances in this topic and at the same time to support and inspire young researchers. His appointment as Lucasian Professor continues the very distinguished tradition of that post."
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Sept. 8, 2007
The men's soccer team played 110 minutes of soccer on Friday night and came away with a 0-0 tie in the Western Kentucky Tournament in Bowling Green, Ky, and with Friday's result, the Bulldogs season record now stands at 2-0-1
Butler and host Western Kentucky were nearly tied in shot and saves as WKU outshot the Bulldogs 12-9 in regulation but the Bulldogs recorded four saves to the Hilltoppers three.
And even though Western Kentucky continued to add to its shot total in the two overtime periods, Fabian Knopfler continued to pick up saves for the Bulldogs to preserve the 0-0 deadlock.
The Hilltoppers outshot Butler 5-2 in the two overtime periods but the Bulldog defense held strong and came away from the match with the tie.
Six different Butler strikers recorded shots in the contest but only one, Boris Gatzky, had more than one shot with his three attempts to break the tie.
The Bulldogs finish the Western Kentucky Tournament on Sunday when they matchup against Appalachian State at noon.


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Roger Federer has revealed he isn't enjoying playing second fiddle on the ATP Tour these days.
The Swiss maestro told the media at his pre-tourney presser in Shanghai this weekend,
When they (court announcers) say 'This is the world No. 2' it just doesn't sound right to me because either I'm No. 1 or I'm a grand slam champion.Fed's Masters Cup campaign, however, was derailed today when he was stunned by streaking Frenchie Gilles Simon 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
I'm not world No. 2. I just don't like the ring of it when I'm introduced on court. It just sounds awkward to me because I've been up there for so, so long it just sounds unfamiliar. But, at the same time, it is a challenge to get back where I was and I think next year will be a good chance.
I will be doing everything, starting here.
Newsflash Fed: you ARE world No.2 and you haven't been playing like the top baller for a while now so put the sour grapes away. Seriously, just check the results of the guy right above you.
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Offense/Defense All-American Game (December 30th, 7:00 PST, Comcast Sports, Direct TV Channel 696, Telecast time TBD)
The O-D Bowl will take place at Reliant Stadium in Houston, and while there isn't a ton of West Coast flavor to it, there are still a handful of prospects from the region playing in it.
And it's an even split, four players on offense, four players on defense.
Leading the way offensively for the West is San Diego (Calif.) Madison running back Pierre Cormier, a commit to Arizona.
Cormier helped lead Madison to the CIF State D-III championship earlier this month, and he'll look to end his career with another win.
Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.) Los Osos receiver Victor Bolden is headed to Oregon State, and his future team is playing the night before in the same state (in the Alamo Bowl), so Bolden is hoping for a nice week for himself in the Lone Star State.
Two Colorado natives are on the roster, both on offense.
Ralston Valley (Colo.) offensive tackle Dan Skipper has been committed to Tennessee, but with Derek Dooley's firing, is taking official visits to other schools.
Parker (Colo.) Chaparral tight end Mitch Parsons was a longtime commit to Colorado who opened things up and is now looking at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt pretty closely.
Two Scout 300 prospects from the West are on the roster, both from California.
Tulare (Calif.) Mission Oak four-star middle linebacker Kevin Palma, a commit to Stanford, will anchor the defense.
He'll be joined by Westlake (Calif.) four-star cornerback Dashon Hunt, who's focused on three schools, Oregon State, Boise State and Nebraska.
Also in the secondary is another Arizona verbal, Devin Holiday, a cornerback from San Marcos (Calif.) Mission Hills.
And Los Angeles (Calif.) Crenshaw athlete Mossi Johnson, a commit to UCLA, is also on the squad to play cornerback, one of the number of positions he can play.
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I should mention here, apart from the CPC925, I have an Orion EON 72mm refractor, that I piggyback in rings on the CPC for guiding and imaging. For starters, until I decide on an additional scope to throw into the mix, I wanted to get a grab-and-go mount to use with the EON. I thought I was heading in the Vixen Porta-Mount route, but it was suggested at one of the local telescope shops (we're lucky here in southern California) that I check out the Explore Scientific Twilight II mount. I could see right away online it was a nice beefy looking mount, capable of holding some heavy scopes (like my CPC925 if it wasn't fork mounted). And when I say some heavy scopes, I mean, more than one scope at a time, with a duel dovetail t-bar. I was curious that the scope had no slow motion controls, but was told "use your pinkie finger, it's as smooth as butter." So I ordered one, and picked it up at the shop a few days later.
So yesterday afternoon I open the two boxes. It arrived in perfect, shape, well packaged, with NO instructions, not even a brochure so I can drool at their big APO. Fortunately, it wasn't too complicated, and I had already read another Twilight owners thread here (thank you!) about greasing up the plastic washer as you assemble the mount head. Even after greasing, the Azimuth felt way stiff, but I packed up my gear, and headed...for work...in lovely light polluted Burbank, CA with a lovely view of the neighboring, well illuminated, airport.
My friend and coworker has been itching to get a scope, and I was itching to try my new mount, so about 1AM we got to set up outside in the courtyard. Setup took, well, maybe two minutes. And Jupiter was centered up in a Meade UWA 18mm shortly after. It was very crisp, and we didn't have to chase it much at all with the mount with this magnification (25x). I put in a Meade UWA 6.7mm eyepiece (65x), and then had a bit of a struggle re-centering as the Azimuth was still quite stiff, but this gets much, much better later. The alt was already very smooth, but by the end of the evening, we were using our pinkie fingers to track AltAz. The Azimuth became smooth as butter, as promised, after about two hours of slewing and tracking.
We then put a 2x barlow on the 6.7mm, at 130x giving the most pleasing view of the planet for the evening. Multiple bands were clearly visible, and I believe we watched Io's shadow work it's way across the planet. Even at 130x power, we had to track rather minimally to keep up with Jupiter. Then I got cocky and threw the 5x Teleview on, and couldn't find Jupiter again. ;-)
We then did some Lunar observing, finding Mare Crisium with some pleasing relief around it's borders. The only time we had to truly "real-time" track, was on the moon with a ridiculous 5x Teleview on the 6.7mm UWA, giving 325x power. You know, Mare Crisium held up quite well, filling a good portion of the field, but it was visibly moving, and required a bit of track ahead and view, track ahead and view. Still, very cool, and satisfying.
We also viewed M45 Pleiades Cluster, and M42 Orion Nebula , which we got a nice pop with when I threw on a Lumicon UHC filter. At this point in the evening, the Azimuth was so smooth, we didn't even realize it. All of a sudden we we tracking targets without much thought to it. At this time another coworker came by and we retraced our path from Jupiter to the Moon to the Orion Nebula. I don't believe he'd seen any of this through a telescope before, and was truly in awe. "There's lines running through Jupiter! Are those it's moons?" It's always exciting to show these wonders to someone new.
I have to say so far I am thrilled with the Twilight II mount. I've yet to put a real load on it, with my setup weighing maybe 10-12 pounds. But I've been thinking of a 120mm APO or possibly a 150 MAK. In any case, I'm looking forward to getting a side-by-side scope set-up going. And Once I pick up a simple guide scope for the CPC925, I'm looking forward to many nights viewing the skies, while my imaging setup records them.
I'm not a big review writer, so I'm sure there are many unanswered questions. Please feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to answer. And if I get a chance this weekend, I'll try and add some pictures of the setup.
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C team volleyball girls faced tough competition in Wray Saturday, Sept. 14, falling to the Lady Eagles in two sets.
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The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted yesterday to support a resolution honoring America's freight railroad industry and its employees.
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Man finds skeleton in tent in Ocala
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A skeleton was found in a tent on Ocala's outskirts Sunday, according to the Ocala Police Department.
A man called the Marion County Sheriff's Office saying he had found the remains in a tent by railroad tracks on Northeast 35th Street. Deputies later determined the man was found within Ocala's city limits and OPD took over the investigation.
"There's no indication of any foul play," said Lt. Scott Fosler. "But, it's a skeleton. Who knows?"
Fosler said he believes the remains may have been in the tent between six months and a year. He said inside the tent he could see a skull and what he believed to be neck bones and other bones scattered about the camp site.
He also said the remains were covered up with a blanket.
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Ole Miss HC Hugh Freeze said sophomore WR Laquon Treadwell added 15 lbs of muscle during the offseason.
Baylor four-star 2016 T J.P. Urquidez will not enroll in classes on Monday.
Speaking at the Middle Tennessee Sports Awards in Nashville, former Tennessee stalwart Peyton Manning denied rumors that he would be taking a quarterback coaching job with the Volunteers.
ESPN's Gerry Hamilton hears that Baylor four-star 2016 T Patrick Hudson will not enroll in classes on Monday.
Baylor four-star 2017 WR Hezekiah Jones decommitted.
Baylor redshirt senior QB Seth Russell wrote on Instagram that "[a]lthough I was in a different hemisphere, the heartache was still immensely present [after HC Art Briles' firing]."
Lawyers for both sides in the Title IX lawsuit filed against Tennessee said that they would be tentatively ready for trial by May 15, 2018.
ESPN's Max Olson reports that Baylor four-star 2016 RB Kameron Martin has asked for a release from his letter of intent.
Baylor junior WR K.D. Cannon wrote that he will remain with the program.
Three-star 2017 QB Jay Urich committed to South Carolina.
A proposed Big 12 rule change could restore the year of eligibility Oklahoma senior QB Baker Mayfield lost when he transferred from Texas Tech.
CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd reports that Baylor, embroiled in a sexual assault scandal, hired a powerful law firm "in part as a hedge against a repeat of the NCAA's controversial penalties applied to Penn State."


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tridents speared the earth. Rain and wind lashed against the tent fly. Thunder
rocked the ground.
had arrived at the Butte View Campground outside Bowman, North Dakota, seeking
a restful night. Instead, I became an involuntary witness to natural warfare on
a titanic scale.
dawn, I parted the tent flaps to assess the new day.
BMW R1100RS lay on its side. Struck by lightning? No. Hasty inspection revealed
that the cursed narrow-footed sidestand had sunk into the soft ground.
Fortunately, mud had cushioned the fall, and no permanent damage was done.
was I welcomed to North Dakota, land of meteorological extremes. Over the next
several days, I would observe dramatic shifts in the weather, culminating
during a slashing rain and hail storm when I looked back to see a sunlit
rainbow sparkling against black shreds of angry clouds.
blizzards and 80 below in winter to 100 degrees and drought in summer, nearly
all of Mother Nature's excesses seem to be inflicted upon this stretch of the
Great Plains, discouraging the riffraff from settling here. So it is that the
state's population has remained steady at three-quarters of a million, mostly
descendants of Scandinavian immigrants, for decades. That means North Dakota
still has plenty of open spaces to explore on a motorcycle—as long as you ride
well prepared.
Bowman, an Indian archer's silhouette points the way down Main Street with his
bow and arrow. The image is not as appropriate as it might seem, though, since
the town was named for a prominent territorial legislator, not a native
American warrior.
the truth-in-advertising quotient was considerably higher at the little
restaurant where I stopped for breakfast. The food was good, the prices
reasonable and the waitress hospitable in spite of the mud-spattered appearance
of both myself and the Beemer. I left town well-fed, if not well-rested, and
headed north to explore North Dakota's hinterlands.
half-hour later, I slowed upon entering Amidon after noticing a police car
parked alongside the road. As I passed, I could have sworn that the trooper
inside was sound asleep. When I remarked on the local constable's apparent lack
of watchfulness at the only gas station in town, I was greeted by a round of
laughter from the cashier and a few customers.
she ever wakes up," one man noted, "that'll be news!" It turns out that the
town's police department, in lieu of a stop sign or light to slow down passing
traffic, decided years ago to dress a female mannequin in full uniform and
station her in an old squad car at the edge of town.
gas stop was informative in other ways, too. I commented on the weathered-wood
front of the building, which looked like it belonged in the Dodge City of
Marshal Dillon. Surely, I said, the building must date from the late 19th
young lady behind the counter said that the wood for the building was indeed
over 100 years old, but the structure itself was much newer. The wood, she
explained, was originally part of an old silo. On the treeless plains of North
Dakota, it's common to recycle salvaged lumber from abandoned structures into
new buildings.
Route 21 took me generally east from Amidon through several small towns and
many isolated miles in between. The road softly undulates with the open
terrain, drawing you toward an endless horizon that seems almost
reachable—perhaps by your next gas stop, perhaps even before you have to put a
foot down at a stop sign.
it seems that the only witnesses to a motorcycle passing through this landscape
are the silver silos that cast long shadows across the land. The silos you can
see are filled with grain. Others, hidden below ground, store a more ominous
product: North Dakota holds three-fourths of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
the town of Mott, I cruised the main street, looking for a suitable diner for
lunch. The Pheasant Cafe fit the bill, serving up fleishkuecle, a German dish
popular in these parts. Fleishkuecle is deep-fried dough filled with spiced
meat. Some claim it's the forerunner to the hamburger.
was just beginning to devour this delicacy when the sheriff walked in, sat down
beside me and started to talk about bikes. He told me he owned a Harley FXRP
that was "all hopped up." While he chatted, I pictured him, with his pro
wrestler build and his Fu Manchu mustache, donning engineer boots, jeans and a
cutoff denim jacket for a weekend jaunt on his scoot. The bike fit him.
Dakota's capricious rain began anew for the 95-mile run to Mandan and Bismarck,
sister cities cleaved by the Missouri River. Between the two lies a
geographical seam that demarcates the Midwest from the West, a boundary shift
that startles the unsuspecting traveler. John Steinbeck noted it in his 1962
memoir, "Travels with Charlie":
came on it in amazement. Here is where the map should fold. . .On the Bismarck
side it is Eastern landscape. . .Across the Missouri on the Mandan side it is
pure West. . .The two sides of the river might well be a thousand miles apart."
observed this abrupt transition from the Fort Abraham Lincoln infantry post
four miles south of Mandan. Here, several re-created blockhouses rise on a
breezy bluff, affording views of Bismarck's high-rise art deco capitol building
across the river.
the grounds of Fort Lincoln you'll find Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer's
house. Custer was the fort's first commandant, but he didn't enjoy the position
for long. He and the 7th Cavalry departed from here in May 1876 for the Little
Big Horn and destiny.
road numbers on each side of the Missouri are reminiscent of an earlier chapter
in the area's history. On the east side of the river, you travel on state Route
1804, named for the year in which Meriwether Lewis and William Clark journeyed
up the Missouri on their historic Western expedition. On the west side is Route
1806, signifying the year of their return.
I rounded a bend in the river, I watched the sidewheeler riverboat Lewis and
Clark float like an apparition out of history. Boats like these, plying the
wide, lazy Missouri, were once the lifeline connecting this territory to
civilization back East. To Lewis and Clark, Custer, Sakakawea, John Jacob
Astor, James Bridger, Sitting Bull, Theodore Roosevelt and thousands of others,
this was the first North Dakota expressway.
of Bismarck, Route 1804 becomes an elevated, ambling route with vistas of the
Missouri bottom lands and gambrel-roofed barns. You'd swear you're looking down
on a scene out of the 1920s, with a few jarring exceptions.
of those exceptions is located outside the town of Underwood, where a huge boom
crane dredges up enormous mouthfuls of lignite—a soft coal that can be
processed into synthetic natural gas. A little way farther north, you can cross
massive Garrison Dam, one of North America's largest earth-backed water control
modern images just heighten your appreciation for historic sites like Knife
River Indian Village, several miles south of the dam. This Mandan tribal
village is one of the oldest inhabited sites in North America, and it was here
that Lewis and Clark met the teenage Shoshone girl, Sakakawea, who led the
explorers on their search for a water route to the Pacific.
River is well worth a stop, but you can skip Fort Clark, another historic site
nearby. This fort, named for explorer William Clark, was established in 1831 as
a major fur trading post. Nothing remains today but markers and a caretaker
who'll tell you there's nothing there. According to his records, some 5,000
visitors hear that message from him each year.
turned west on North Dakota Route 200, which ripples over glacier-scoured land,
occasionally dipping into a prairie hollow. The road follows every contour of
the rugged landscape, a refreshing change from modern interstates that tame all
but the most stubborn geographical features.
one of the hollows, I came upon the town of Zap, its crude but charming
billboard declaring: "Zap—A little town with a big heart." I'm not sure about
the town itself, but there's a farmer just west of Zap who has a big sense of
humor, and maybe a heart to match.
North Dakota, I had seen rows of enormous round hay bales amidst farm fields.
And I was constantly on the lookout for a perfect hay bale photo, the one
defining image that would instantly recall North Dakota in my mind.
I crested a hill outside of Zap, I slammed on the brakes and pulled off the
road. Before me stood immense hay bale statues—a couple and their child,
wearing smile-button faces and waving. It wasn't exactly the image I had
expected to sum up North Dakota, but it was too good to pass up. As I pulled
out my camera, the sun even obliged me, peeking through the clouds to light up
the hay bale forms.
there, I dropped south to Dickinson, self-proclaimed Queen City of the
Prairies, and then turned west to Medora, headquarters for Theodore Roosevelt
National Park.
was founded in 1883 by a wealthy French nobleman, the Marquis de Mores, who
named the town for his young bride. Soon, greenhorn Teddy Roosevelt arrived
from New York on a hunting trip. He ended up staying and establishing a cattle
marquis was quite the dandy, entertaining Roosevelt in a villa full of servants
who filled crystal glasses with Bordeaux and Ming china with tea. Both men, who
came from more cultured backgrounds, apparently found renewal in the limitless
spaces of North Dakota. Later in life, Roosevelt said: "If it had not been for
what I learned during those years in North Dakota, I would never in the world
have been president of the United States."
the Marquis de Mores and Roosevelt both became victims, financially at least,
of the land they loved. Blizzards during the winter of 1886-'87 all but
destroyed the Dakota cattle industry, including Roosevelt's enterprise. And the
failure of the cattle ranchers led to the collapse of the marquis'
meat-processing venture.
the legacy of each lives on. In Medora, you can visit the preserved Chateau
Marquis de Mores, with its original furnishings still in place, including empty
wine bottles lining a pantry shelf. The marquis' meat-packing plant hasn't aged
as well, but you can still see the chimney and foundation of the building.
Teddy Roosevelt left behind his Maltese Cross cabin, named for the brand he put
on his cattle. That building is just one attraction of the Theodore Roosevelt
National Park, which is divided into two units, one located along Interstate 94
at Medora and the other some 50 miles north on U.S. Route 85.
South Unit features the striking landscape of the Dakota Badlands—tortured
ground that has been shaped by wind, water and fire. Over the centuries, those
forces have transformed the clay, shale and sandstone earth into a red,
brick-like rock known as scoria. And the late afternoon sun paints it with
unearthly colors.
the sun angled," John Steinbeck said of this land, "the buttes and coulees, the
cliffs and sculpted hills and ravines lost their burned and dreadful look and
glowed with yellow and rich browns and a hundred variations of red and silver
gray, all picked out by streaks of coal black."
great rim of badlands outcroppings frames the town of Medora, making it look
just like a set for a Western movie. Adding authenticity are the town's
reconstructed false fronts and wooden sidewalks. St. Mary's Church, built by
the marquis, still perseveres, but Medora's big attraction is the Burning Hills
Amphitheater, built into a natural bowl of the badlands. Each year, the Medora
musical revue recruits regional talent for a Broadway-style extravaganza that
honors Teddy Roosevelt and Western heritage, with a couple of Vegas lounge acts
thrown in for variety.
of town, off I-94, adventurous riders on dual-sport machines can tackle the
scoria road winding up Sentinel Butte, North Dakota's second highest point. I
headed north on state Route 16, another undulating byway paralleling the Little
Missouri National Grassland. Distances between homes are measured in miles on
this high, lonesome plain, and at some crossroads, signposts point the way not
toward the nearest towns, but to individual families.
passed solitary one-room schoolhouses and a few steepled Lutheran churches. As
I stopped to examine one, all the cows in the pasture across the road lined up
to watch. Even the cattle, it seems, are curious about travelers passing by their
remote pastures.
the town of Alexander, I dismounted at the only cafe and sat down to a
double-thick hamburger with a plateful of fries. There was no traffic in sight,
yet I was joined minutes later by a local BMW R80 rider who pulled in to chat, drawn
by the new R1100RS I had parked out front. It was the first he'd seen and he
was full of questions.
lunch, I continued north, crossed the Missouri River near Williston and again
picked up Route 1804, which I followed west to the confluence of the Missouri
and the Yellowstone rivers, practically at the North Dakota-Montana border. In
the morning, I would head west, leaving North Dakota, but that left me one last
night in the state.
found a patch of grass along the river and set up my tent. Appropriately
enough, dark clouds were already building on the horizon as sunset approached.
By dark, the first spears of lightning appeared, and soon, the patter of rain
on nylon lulled me to intermittent slumber. North Dakota was making sure I
wouldn't leave without one more chance to appreciate its varied climate.
maybe it was a plot to keep me from leaving at all. In the morning, I
discovered that the rich river bottom land where I had pitched my tent had
turned into a quagmire of slick gumbo. After I succeeded in walking, sliding
and pushing the BMW onto a nearby gravel road, I pulled out a screwdriver and
scraped the worst of the muck from around the wheels. In spite of my best efforts,
I could hear clods of mud slinging off the tire for the first several miles of
my day's ride.
was that noise, and the pattering rhythm of light rain against my helmet, that
ushered me out of North Dakota, three days after a violent thunderstorm had
welcomed me to the state. But I really didn't mind. It seems North Dakota has
always tested her visitors this way. Those who can see past that stern face are
well rewarded.


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1967 Barracuda Wiper Seal Replacement - Don't Get Your Feet Wet UpgradeWritten by on June 1, 2009 Replacing Leaky Wiper Seals
If you're like us, you spend countless hours getting your car ready to head to the track or local car show on the weekends and the last thing you want is for your ride to be rained on. Many a Mopar has stayed garaged on a cloudy day while the owner checks the forecast and watches the sky, hoping for the sun to peek out so he or she can enjoy the car. Eventually, however, we all take a chance and drive our cars when the weather is questionable, and, more often than not, getting caught in the rain means redetailing the car, or worse yet, dealing with water leaks and wet feet.
Water leaks aren't just frustrating and uncomfortable; they're bad for the car. Automotive carpeting can quickly become saturated with water, and if it's not dried immediately the dye can run or it can stain, mildew, and deteriorate. Worse yet, once the carpet and underlying insulation become waterlogged, water will stand on the car's floor causing rust issues to both the car's floor and the seat tracks. Since it's nearly impossible to completely towel dry or vacuum water from soaked carpeting and insulation, the best way we've found to ensure your car won't be water damaged is to fix the source of the leaks.
While some water leaks can be blamed on old weatherstripping, faulty windshield gaskets, or windows simply being left open, there is a major cause of water leaks in Mopars that is often overlooked or simply not thought of. The windshield wipers in most of our cars have seals that seal the pivot arm to the inside of the cowl, and after thirty or forty years these seals deteriorate, dry rot, and break, allowing water to find its way through the seal, along the pivot arm shaft, and into the car's floor. Wiper seal leaks are commonly misdiagnosed as damaged windshield gaskets or bad weather-stripping, so before you pull the windshield or purchase new window rubbers, you should consider replacing the wiper seals.
The good news about wiper seal leaks is that they are pretty easy to fix. Other than the discomfort of lying on your back on the car's floor to remove the pivot arms, installing the seals is pretty straight forward and requires no special tools. We purchased the seals for our '67 Barracuda from Year One and we were impressed with how inexpensive the kit was. While we're installing seals on an A-body, most Mopar body styles have similar wiper seals so don't be afraid to attempt this on your B- or E-body. Although this repair isn't technically complicated, you should give yourself the better part of a day to accomplish it, especially if you haven't changed wiper seals before. Since we are in the process of putting our car back together for paint, our pivot arms were exposed, making the job somewhat easier. If you're attempting the repair in your driver, removing the front seats and heater box will make it easier.
So follow along as we show you how easy it is to replace windshield wiper seals. And soon you'll enjoy cruising your car without having to duck into the nearest bank drive-thru or car wash when it starts raining!
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There is a special tool to remove the wiper arms, but we don't have one. While the tool is certainly the best way to remove wiper arms, using a large flat-blade screwdriver with a shop rag or tape to protect the paint does work as long as you're very careful.You may not be able to get an electric impact to the nuts holding the pivot arms on if the dash is in the car. Luckily for us, we haven't installed the dash yet so access is easy. If the dash is in your car, you can still remove the pivot arms with a wrench while lying on the front floorboard.Once removed, we discovered one of our pivot arms was locked up due to corrosion. Finding another one in better shape was an option, but we decided to attempt a repair first.After spraying the wiper pivot with penetrating oil and placing it in a vice, we used channel locks to work the pivot back and forth until it broke free.Further oiling eventually had the pivot working smoothly and saved us from purchasing a replacement.The wiper seal kit from YearOne actually contains several components including the seals, gaskets, and strips of calking to seal the pivots to the inner cowl. Additionally, our kit came with grease fittings and instructions to install the fittings in the pivot arms so they can be lubricated with grease.To properly locate the grease fittings in the pivots, we temporarily reinstalled the pivot arms and used a Sharpie to mark a place for the grease fittings that wouldn't interfere with the wiper pivots when the wipers are functioning.
Greasing the wiper pivot not only lubricates it for smooth operation, the grease acts as a water barrier as well.We're now ready to install our wiper seals, but first must install the felt gaskets as the gaskets won't fit over the seals.The seals themselves are a tight fit, so we lubricate the pivot assembly with dish detergent to make things a little easier.Instead of trying to force the wiper seal over the splined pivot shaft, we discovered it's easier to first put the seal on a 3/8-inch socket extension.With the pivot assembly in a vise, use the socket extension as a guide to install the wiper seal. The big end of the extension will expand the seal so it slides over the pivot assembly easily.After the seal is on the pivot, it can be worked into position onto the smallest diameter of the pivot shaft by hand.With the seals in place, the strip-calk is now placed on the circumference of the pivot shaft inside the felt gasket. While the seal keeps water from entering the cowl area from the outside, the strip-calk and felt gasket keep water that gets into the cowl air-box from draining through the lower cowl and onto the car's floor.With seals, gaskets, grease fittings, and calk installed, the pivot arm assemblies can be snaked back into position and reinstalled.
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Latest Mortage Mod Scam Is an Audit to Nowhere
A raft of con artists have cropped up over the last two years offering "forensic loan audits." They promise to review your mortgage documents, looking for errors and legal flaws that they say they'll use to expedite a loan modification deal. All they usually end up doing is taking more money from already stressed homeowners.


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David McConnell, Ruth Byrne and Paul O'Grady discuss 'Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything' by Philip Ball(Bodley Head)
Patsy McGarry, Enda McDonagh and Finola Kennedy discuss 'Quo Vadis- Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law' by Mary McAleese.
Off The Shelf, presented by Andy O'Mahony is RTÉ Radio 1's book programme in which Andy and guests discuss a wide books on all kinds of topics, from literature and the arts to science, history and economics.
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Sourcebooks Fire: $9.99 paper, ages 13 and up
Two sisters are different in every way, but when beautiful, sporty Kristina is diagnosed with cancer, everyone turns to brainy Tess, who finds herself bearing responsibilities she's never had before.
Look what I found when I opened the special SUMMER BOOKS pull-out section from today's Sunday LA TIMES!
There are only 14 books--pb to novel-- on the list, and Janet Gurtler's I'M NOT HER is on the list!
AND, to top things off, Janet's IF I TELL is already available for pre-order, pubbing Oct, 2011.


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Oklahoma update
Oklahoma's House Bill 2107 was passed by the House by a vote of 77-10 on March 2, 2006. On March 15, it was referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and then on March 21 to the Appropriations subcommittee on education, where it remains. The bill findins that "existing law does not expressly protect the right of teachers identified by the United States Supreme Court in Edwards v.
Louisiana Academy of Sciences statement on "intelligent design"
The Louisiana Academy of Sciences adopted a resolution on "intelligent design" at its March 10, 2006, annual business meeting. The resolution [Link broken] (PDF) reads:
Whereas the stated goal of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences is to encourage research in the sciences and disseminate scientific knowledge, and
"The missing link"
Jason R. Wiles's article "The missing link" -- detailing the ways in which evolution education is neglected in his home state of Arkansas -- appeared as the cover story in the weekly Arkansas Times (March 23, 2006).
"Intelligent design" legislation in New York reborn
Assembly Bill 8036 is back. Originally introduced on May 3, 2005, the bill would have required that "all pupils in grades kindergarten through twelve in all public schools in the state ... receive instruction in both theories of intelligent design and evolution." It also charged New York's commissioner of education to assist in developing curricula and local boards of education to provide "appropriate training and curriculum materials ...
Archbishop of Canterbury opposes creationism
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told the Guardian (March 21, 2006) that creationism should not be taught in science classrooms. "I think creationism is ... a kind of category mistake, as if the Bible were a theory like other theories ... if creationism is presented as a stark alternative theory alongside other theories I think there's just been a jarring of categories ...
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2008 Goodguys Lone Star Nationals - Goodguys 16th Lone Star NatsWritten by on May 1, 2009 Another Big Weekend At Texas Motor Speedway
As school kids, the end of summer was almost as bad as having to visit the dentist (though there are those who didn't enjoy the extended break quite as much as others, suffice it to say). As the years passed, roles reversed, and unless you became a school teacher, chances are you look forward to September more than ever. In this profession, the time once spent frolicking at the beach is now no time for vacation--but it does mean travelling, and plenty of it. And as the month of September is about to peel off the calendar and put yet another grueling summer behind us, there's still one last blast to cap off our outdoor event season: The Goodguys Lone Star Nationals.
I, for one, particularly look forward to this show, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with it being on the tail end of our summer schedule--OK, well, it sort of does, a little. As much as I love California, I usually can't wait to leave it! (Sorry, Arnold.) And of all the places I'd most often rather be, the Dallas/Fort Worth area is right there at the top. I've had a hankering to move to Texas for some time now, so any chance to visit is highly anticipated. The fact that the Lone Star Nats is and has been a fantastic event--consistently big turnout, good-sized swap meet, and perfect venue--is the Cool Whip atop warm peach cobbler. On top of that, it's not too often you find actual NASCAR Cup cars speeding around a track such as the Texas Motor Speedway at an event, let alone ones you can ride and drive in! For even the casual fan of auto racing, that's a huge bonus attraction. If you've never experienced doing over 160 mph around a 1 1/2-mile oval with 24-degree banked turns, well, you need to.
To be very honest, even without the intermittent buzz of SB2 engines, the Lone Star Nats is well worth the price of admission, regardless if you're a participant, spectator, or potential parts scrounger. And whether it's the state of Texas or the people who occupy its vast boundaries that contribute more to the allure and success of this show is a matter of opinion, I guess--but it doesn't really matter now, does it? The 2009 17th Lone Star Nats will be upon us before you know it (October 2-4). Give the kids a belated back-to-school treat this year and take the whole family for a day or even the whole weekend at the speedway!
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Don't know about your particular municipality, but if I even back out of my driveway, let alone hit the interstate, "packin" like New Mexican Dennis Silva is with his familiar-lookin' Chevy, well, let's just say I'd have a lot of splainin' to do! But not in Texas!Whether you're a FoMoCo fan or not, it's pretty hard denying the fact that they did a pretty fine job with the '40-41 light-duty models, right? Tony Ozment knows this, but he also knows it's hard to beat Hemi--so he shoehorned one under the hood of his '41 bronze beauty from Oklahoma.Chevrolet wasn't messing around in the early `40s, either! And Dick Stevens proves that with his updated and hot-rodded interpretation of their first Art Deco series offering.If you've ever been to Bonneville, then you know there's nothing quite like it. But how many have hit the salt (as a race entrant, no less) AND toured the country--in the same vehicle, to top it all off! Charlie and Corene Burns can and do in their de-stroked '57 Ford!Wrapping up not only the event's Finest Five, but the entire 2008 program for CLASSIC TRUCKS, is yet another third-gen F-100. But while Tom Lazear's '60 might look as if it has spent some time on the Utah salt, it's what we like to call a well-weathered driver!Moving a bit up the year model ladder, Lone Star native Hunter Young proudly showed off his first project--a '72 Cheyenne, resplendent in modern garb (18-20-inch Billet Specialties and a full custom interior, for starters)--and went home with Finest Five honors for his efforts.
Jim Smith's '31 Ford RPU was so fresh outta the oven you could smell the blue suede icing! And as far as traditional hot rods go, this one gets high marks in all categories: style, execution, and cool factor!The Lone Star Nats just wouldn't be complete without a few laps around Texas Motor Speedway! Thanks to Goodguys and, maybe more importantly, a crew of talented drivers, all in attendance can take advantage of this--that is, if they're up for 160-plus-mph laps!In stark contrast to the perennial "chocolate vs. vanilla," we have lime vs. orange sherbet, except instead of a difference in taste, it's a combination of color! And for those who may have thought the two go together like water and oil, think again--here's a sample for you to savor!Last year we caught Michael Taylor in a sweet copper suede Task Force Stepside--this year he not only changed up his color palette quite a few hues, he moved up to the C-10 class. His big-block-equipped '68 Fleetside was equally as nice as his previous effort, needless to say.Dennis Ireland headed down south to Texas via Oskaloosa, IA, behind the reins of his five-spoke-clad '53 F-100.If I let someone borrow my El Camino, you wouldn't catch me throwin' a quick detail on it--while they were still borrowing it! But that's Vintage Air's Rick Love for you--as his last name might suggest, he is one nice feller!This '40 Chevy spiked curious interest for many reasons, but more than anything, the shape of the cab--apparently it's been enlarged into what owner Lowen Johnson describes as an "X-Cab"... at least we think?!For whatever reason, some don't find the quad-lighted TF trucks as attractive as the tri-year models--at least not in the frontal area. But then there are those who prefer a sleeker, streamlined hindquarters, something a curvaceous Stepside can't offer!
Doesn't require much more than a drop and a new set of sneakers to make '55-56 Chevys even cooler than they already are, which Hiram Miller obviously knows. He went a step further with his '55 3100 and dropped an LT1 in it.


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SEC's Final Whistleblowing Regulations Cause Concern
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If you're involved with compliance, you must know that the SEC issued its final rules on whisleblowing. The original proposal was hugely contentious, with serious concern that employees will bypass companies' internal reporting channels established as part of comprehensive compliance programs instituted and enhanced over recent years, and instead run directly to the SEC for a lottery-size payday.
FSA Manager Outlines Sound Practices at OpRisk Europe
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OpRisk Europe 2011 – now in its 13th year, commenced today at the historic Waldorf Hotel in the West End of London. Somewhat ironic that the risk management conference is taking place in the stylish hotel whose interior is said to have inspired the designers of the "unsinkable" Titanic – a classic case study on risk management.
In one breakout session, Andrew Sheen of the FSA's risk frameworks and governance team discussed recent developments from the BIS and their impact on operational risk. Citing updates to the "Sound Practices for the Management of Operational Risk" paper recently updated by the BIS Committee, Sheen emphasized several key considerations for the board of directors and senior management team. In particular, he emphasized the need for the board to set the tone at the top in order to promote a strong risk management culture and that banks should "develop, implement and maintain an operational risk management framework that is fully integrated into the banks overall risk management processes." He also provided guidance for senior management. In particular, he noted that senior management should:
There's been a lot of great content in Day One of OpRisk Europe, looking forward to tomorrow's panel discussion on "The Impact of New Regulation on Operational Risk Management."


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new VIXEN SXP STARBOOK TEN mount
Posted 08 November 2011 - 09:38 AM
Just a heads-up on a new mount from Vixen:
Vixen SXP
Posted 08 November 2011 - 11:00 AM
Also, apparently the SB Ten has the option of displaying external video - it would be a rather interesting option for video astronomy for a elegant, albeit it pricey setup - and I don't doubt Vixen has something lined up.
fwiw, weight of mount head:
SXW 6.8kg 15lb
SXD 8.8kg 19.4lb
SXP 11kg 24.3lb
And gleaned from Vixen Japan's site, the payload capacity and moment arm (payload is a weight placed 25cm/9.8" from RA axis, at least that's the way I interpret it):
SXW 300kg.cm 12kg 27lb
SXD 370kg.cm 15kg 33lb
SXP 400kg.cm 16kg 35lb
Posted 08 November 2011 - 11:16 AM
Price is a bit rich for my blood. Especially with the history of the starbook software for the Sphinx, and that the new software is a complete unknown. The page also mentions that auto guiding will be an add-on later. Whoops.
Posted 08 November 2011 - 11:19 AM
Posted 08 November 2011 - 12:34 PM
Hi all,
Just a heads-up on a new mount from Vixen:
Vixen SXP
For 3K, I MIGHT be interested. For the money they want for this? Nope. Not given the history of the previous Sphinxes/Starbooks.
I am guessing my Atlas will still be better...and if we ever see the SynScan Tour Controller in the U.S., better still.
Posted 08 November 2011 - 05:15 PM
I hope they've learned their Starbook lesson well enough.
I don't know about Vixen, but I sure learned my lesson well. After my experience with their New Atlux/Starbook, I would be seriously skeptical of any of their mounts, old or new.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:18 AM
Atlux has a clean, beautiful design and very robust and precise mechanics. Starbook was not a match for this beauty but there are ways to overcome its shortcomings. I will be glad if I can be of any help to you Eric.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 12:51 AM
Thanks for the offer, but I traded my Atlux back to the vendor just prior to the NexAtlux board becoming available. It had more than GoTo problems, it suffered from the infamous "dec jump", making astrophotography next to impossible. The fact that a separate company is making a replacement board is testimony to the poor design of the electronics of the Atlux, and other Vixen mounts. It shouldn't be necessary to spend another $500 on a $5,500 mount to make it work properly. Vixen Optics was of no help, I was assured by them that the problems were my own fault, and the mount was "was working as designed". I spent considerable money sending the mount back to Vixen twice, and had to pay for their time to test the mount (even though it was still under warranty). Not only did I have to send the EQ head, I had to ship the tripod and weights, because they didn't have a tripod to test it on. Based on my experience, I would caution prospective buyers to test these new products before buying.
Posted 09 November 2011 - 07:21 AM
I have gone through a similar period of stress. Besides, it was a big disappointment for me to find out the mount was only rated for 45lbs, contrary to what was stated on Vixen Optics website, 75lbs.
I spent 6 months to understand the goto problems, exchanged lots of emails with Vixen. Finally, just when I was about to throw the mount away, I found a solution on my own and used the mount happily with starbook after that. Starbook was missing a lot of Celestron's functionality but an iPhone + Sky Safari sorted out the majority of these problems. I never had this "DEC jump" issue. I was believing that this had more to do with the SX series until I read your message this morning. Please have a look at my photos all taken with the New Atlux ( I am still a noob on the post processing front)
I switched to NexAtlux last April and this proved to be a very wise move. The only thing I am missing now is the network connectivity of SB.
The support for Vixen products really sucks as we experienced, at least in the States.
However, I still love my mount. I am keeping my Starbook and the Vixen control card as spares just in case I might need them again. NexAtlux board cost me like 179 Euros fyi. The replacement was a straightforward task which took something like 1 hour.
Enjoy your new mount!
Posted 09 November 2011 - 05:00 PM
mmmm... I guess they after the Tak EM200.
I own a SXD+NexSXD and I am very happy, but I bought the mount second hand at a very good price.
Another issue with Sphinx mounts is the lack of a good full feature ASCOM driver...
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Rosai-Dorfman disease
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[1] It is a benign disease which is characterized by over-production and accumulation of a specific type of white blood cell (histiocyte) in the lymph nodes of the body, most often those of the neck (cervical).[2] Other lymph node groups may also be involved and, in some cases, abnormal accumulation of histiocytes may occur in other areas of the body (extranodal).[1][2] The cause of this condition remains unknown, although altered immune responses and infectious agents may play a role. SHML is a self-limited and seldom life-threatening disease which commonly does not require therapy.[1][3]Rosai-Dorfman disease was first described by Rosai and Dorfman in 1969.
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- Gomes Pinto DC, de Aguiar Vidigal T, de Castro B, dos Dantos BH, de Sousa NJA. Rosai-Dorfman disease in the differential diagnosis of cervical lymphadenopathy. Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol. 2008; http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72992008000400025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en. Accessed 7/22/2013.
- Rosai J. Rosai-Dorfman Disease. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2011; http://www.rarediseases.org/rare-disease-information/rare-diseases/byID/1122/viewAbstract. Accessed 7/22/2013.
- Tebbi CK, Arceci RJ, Loew TW. Histiocytosis. Medscape Reference. April 2012; http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/958026-overview. Accessed 7/22/2013.
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East Cobbers have mixed reactions to county chairman candidate Bill Byrne's suggestion that they form their own city.
This week, Byrne suggested the Cobb Legislative Delegation could draw up boundary lines in the unincorporated eastern part of the county and then turn it over to voters who live in the district to decide whether to become Cobb's seventh city.
Republican activist Donna Rowe of east Cobb said she would want to see what the tax structure looked like before giving it her blessing.
"For example, the city of Marietta, the city of Smyrna, the city of Roswell all have additional tax on top of the county tax, so I'd like to see what the tax structure would be," Rowe said.
Under the proposal, the county government would continue to provide water, sewer, police and fire services to the new city for a nominal fee of one dollar per year.
"If that's part of the proposal and that's what passes, I'm sure that would be amiable to the people of east Cobb," Rowe said. "You know, everyone says, 'I'm an east Cobber.' … They don't identify themselves per se with being in Marietta. I know Cynthia Rozzo with the East Cobber (Magazine) has tried to do east Cobb events like the parade and all that other stuff, but there's really no center unless you want to call Merchant's Walk a center.
"It's an interesting proposal that's worth investigating. … Bill usually has very innovative ideas that citizens like, and I'm sure he would go with the will of the people."
State Rep. Sharon Cooper (R-east Cobb) said one of the first steps required on the way to becoming a city would be to have the Carl Vinson Institute of Government study the costs involved.
"It is government closer to the people, but it is another layer of government," Cooper said. "If citizens in my district want to explore the possibility, I'm certainly willing to help them with that and tell them all of the complicated processes that creating a city entails."
State Sen. Judson Hill (R-east Cobb) pointed out that neither the state legislature nor the county commission creates cities. Cities are created through referendums determined by the people in that community.
Hill said he's never heard anyone suggest creating a new city in Cobb in the seven years he's represented most of east Cobb and a portion of Sandy Springs.
"North Fulton has created a number of new cities in the last seven or eight years, and during that time period I've never had anybody from east Cobb suggest that Cobb County should follow North Fulton's lead," Hill said.
Hill said Byrne's proposal is worthy of consideration and should be investigated by those with experience in county and city governments.
"It is very important to understand the financial pros and cons before creating another layer of government," he said.
Jill Flamm, president of the East Cobb Civic Association, which represents about 10,000 homeowners, said she'd have to study the proposal in depth.
"I'm an engineer by trade," Flamm said. "If I hear an idea, I want to go research it. I don't have a knee-jerk reaction as far as 'no' or 'yes.' I try not to."
At the same time, "It's always good to look at different things," she said.
Karen Hallacy, an active east Cobb community member, called Byrne's proposal an intriguing idea that warrants study.
"There are tax and infrastructure implications along with administrative costs and many other considerations that need to be fully understood before proceeding," Hallacy said.
J.D. Van Brink, chairman of the Marietta-based Georgia Tea Party, said his initial reaction to creating a city of east Cobb is favorable.
"The government that's closest to the people is the best government — you know, more responsive to the citizens," he said. "I'm not going to say 'yes' or 'no.' I think I need to think about it more. I probably need to talk with Bill Byrne about it and get some more information. My initial reaction, though, is pretty favorable. My understanding is that Sandy Spring has been doing pretty well, right? This is self-government, that's what it's all about. If this is what the people choose, then I don't see any problem with it."
The two county commissioners who represent portions of east Cobb, JoAnn Birrell and Bob Ott, say they are willing to listen.
"First of all, we need to wait and see what happens (in the runoff election between Byrne and incumbent Tim Lee) and then go from there, but I wouldn't shut the door on it," Birrell said. "I want to hear from the constituents and see what their thoughts are. I mean, it's fine for people in Atlanta or other parts of the county to comment, but it's not really affecting them like the impact it would have on my constituents and Bob's constituents."
Retired Lockheed chief Bob Ormsby of east Cobb said he'd like to learn more about the proposal as well.
"Let's take some time to sort this out in an intelligent way," Ormsby said.
Others, like Attorney General Sam Olens and Georgia GOP Chair Sue Everhart, say they oppose the idea.
"I don't want east Cobb to become a city," Everhart said. "We are served well by Cobb County government, and I see no reason to change as long as it's going well. I've never had a problem in east Cobb. East Cobb pays more taxes than anybody else, but that's OK too."
Larry Savage, who lost in the Republican primary race for chairman and who has now endorsed Byrne, isn't excited about Byrne's idea either.
"It strikes me as a solution in search of a problem," Savage said.
That doesn't mean it's not worthwhile to have a community conversation about it, though, he said.
"If we were to determine that we needed more local control, I think there might be some options that we would consider before going to the ultimate option of creating a city," Savage said. "There are other places that have levels of government that are somewhat local, but not to the scale of a full-blown city. I'm thinking something in the realm of a township or a village where you can have some local management in a formal setting, but you don't necessarily have the ability to completely uproot everything that your county government has done."
The proposed city would be governed by an elected mayor and five City Council members, with wards drawn by the Cobb Delegation.
Byrne said the county government could provide $1 million from its capital improvements budget for the design and construction of a city hall and provide temporary meeting locations until construction is complete. The design, construction and location of the new city hall would be determined by the new mayor and city council.
"It's a concept to begin the discussion, not to end it, and obviously the two district commissioners — Bob Ott and JoAnn Birrell — would have to buy into it or it doesn't fly, and the Delegation would have to buy into it or they won't create it," Byrne said Wednesday.
(Reprinted from the Marietta Daily Journal, August 10, 2012. Written by Jon Gillooly. Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal – East Cobbers voice mixed reactions to idea about forming city)


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For many who watch his videos, Kevin Wu, better known as KevJumba, is known as a funny man. With original and comedic videos like "Nice Guys" and an appearance on CBS' The Amazing Race with his father, Kevin has gained a substantial and loyal following (4+ million subscribers strong). Recently, on The Huffington Post, Kevin describes how his audience helped him help those in need, on a continent on the other side of the globe.
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