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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) --- Americans are living on average up to 78 years old, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That means people are living eight years longer than the average person in 1970.
While people are living longer lives, the quality of life, however, may be challenged as people age.
One non-profit organization is dedicated to caring for the elderly by providing a safe and fun environment.
The Downtown Cluster's Geriatric Day Care Center serves District residents 60 years old and older.
"It's like a family," said Ivril Grant, 71, a senior at Downtown Cluster's.
The non-profit geriatric day care center developed from the need of a safe environment for seniors to go and be active rather than face isolation.
"Seniors were literally being stripped of their identification left on the streets and in hospitals because the burden of caring was too great," said Thomye Cave, Executive Director of Downtown Cluster's.
Participants must be free from any communicable diseases in order to attend. Enrollment is free.
"Most of the people here do not have enough. Two out of three have incomes that are below the poverty level," Cave said.
Grant, an immigrant from Jamaica, joined Downtown Cluster's about two years ago through the recommendation of her doctor. She enjoys the serene atmosphere as well as being a participant in a game called Pig in a Poke.
"We enjoy ourselves together and it make you feel like you're alive and not sit there looking at the wall," said Grant.
The non-profit organization provides District seniors with an array of activities. They engage in physical therapy, occupational therapy, art therapy and workshops for those with Alzheimer's disease.
"We give seniors a new lease on life and attitude and action. We give them hope and we give them a place where they can feel safe and stimulated," said Cave.
Charles Thomas, 70, joined Downtown Cluster's as a way to cope with his eldest brother's death.
"It helps me a lot to go through some of the tough times. It brightens my spirit up," said Thomas.
The peacetime Army veteran looks forward to coming to Downtown Cluster's Monday through Friday. He actively partakes in the men's workshop in art therapy and physical therapy.
"We are a voice for those who are functionally impaired and we want to send a resounding message that they matter too," Cave said.
NOTE: Gannett Foundation has given a grant to the Downtown Cluster's Geriatric Day Care Center.
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Erin Green: Going For The Goal
Senior midfielder Erin Green entered the 2013 season with just one goal in each of the past three seasons with the Cyclones and having developed a reputation as an unselfish playmaker when it came to scoring opportunities for her teammates.
With the support from her coaches and a change in her mentality, the St. Paul, Minn. native has become a scoring threat, hitting the back of the net two times already in four games played this season.
"It's my senior year so I came out with more fire and I really wanted to get things done," said Green.
Altering her playing style was a big change for Green, who preferred to find an open teammate near the goal as opposed to taking the shot herself. From 2010-2012, Green had three goals and three assists in three seasons. She has nearly doubled her career goal total this season with goals against South Dakota and Western Illinois to bring her career total to five.
"It's always been like that for me," Green said. "I always try to set other people up, but I know it's my last chance to really do anything and I'm trying to be more greedy in front of the net."
It was this past offseason that head coach Wendy Dillinger pushed Green to take more chances and attempt to score instead of passing it away.
"She's a great playmaker, she's always been very good at that," Dillinger said. "She has the ability to score, so we really encouraged her to pull the trigger more often."
As a player who generates a lot of the offense's attacks with her speed and footwork, Green worked in the offseason to improve that aspect of her skillset.
"We worked a lot on attacking when we get the ball and just going right to the net and trying to create opportunities and finish on those," Green said.
In fact, Green's speed and footwork are the key attributes that she brings to the team and has thoroughly impressed Dillinger with her skills.
"She is an incredibly talented player with the ball at her feet," Dillinger said. "She has got some of the fastest feet I've ever seen in the game on the ball."
Green's quick play will be needed this Friday as the Cyclones travel to Iowa City to take on the undefeated Hawkeyes in another installment of the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

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Ever wonder why you can spend a whole evening drinking wine and wake up feeling fine, or drink just a glass or two and wake up with a pounding headache? The anti-hangover rallying cry is typically "avoid cheap wine," but when your next-day happiness is in question, it's good to have an arsenal of more specific tactics. So we turned to Jordan Kivelstadt (winemaker at Qualia Wines and founder of Silvertap Wines), Keith Emerson (winemaker at Vineyard 29), Ignacio Delgadillo (winemaker at Delgadillo Cellars), Kale Anderson (winemaker at Cliff Lede Vineyards) and Kent Jarman (winemaker at Joseph Kent Wines) to get some answers. We found that while wine hangovers are not an exact science, the level of pain in the morning is directly related to these things: Alcohol level, yeasts, oak flavor, tannins, additives, congeners and sulfites.


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ELKHART — A strong line of thunderstorms will be spreading across much of Indiana this afternoon, Thursday, April 18, and the National Weather Service expects minor flooding on the St. Joseph River over the next few days.
The weather service issued a tornado watch for Elkhart County and most of Indiana until 5 p.m. today, but it was cancelled at 12:15 p.m. for northern Indiana.
The NWS also issued a flood warning for much of northern Indiana, including Elkhart County, from Friday evening through Tuesday night.
Elkhart County falls within the area that is expected to see heavy rain, widespread, damaging winds and a chance of a tornadoes. Today's rains will add to recent ones to flood the St. Joseph River, according to the weather service.
The National Weather Service expects the St. Joseph River to reach flood stage Saturday morning and crest by Sunday morning before receeding out of flood stage Monday.
The Elkhart River should crest just shy of flood stage, according to the National Weather Service's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service.
In addition to the weather warnings issued by the National Weather Service, The Indiana Department of Homeland Security also issued a warning, saying much of Indiana faces a moderate chance of severe weather that could include damaging winds, hail, lightning, and heavy rains that could produce flash flooding.
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I just took mine out for it's first run today. Can't wait to put the side folder on it.
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HANCOCK, MI -The Sons of Norway (SON) Ulseth Lodge will present two screenings of the Norwegian film, "Max Manus: Man of War" this Thursday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., at the Finlandia University Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock.
Both showings of the film are free and open to the public.
Following the 6:00 p.m. film, homemade Norwegian sweets and beverages will be served.
Members of the SON Ulseth Lodge will lead a discussion about the film and share information about the local Norwegian community.
Released in 2008, "Max Manus" is biographic war film based on the life of Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus (1914-96). The story follows Manus from Finland's Winter War against the Soviet Union, through the outbreak of World War II and the German Nazi occupation of Norway, until peacetime in 1945.
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You can easily extend your Windows desktop across more than one monitor by plugging two or more monitors into a desktop computer or one or more monitors into a laptop. Most laptops allow you to connect one external monitor. A desktop that spans two or more monitors significantly increases your desktop area so that you can drag windows, program icons, and other items to any location on the extended desktop.
By default, when you connect an external monitor to a laptop, the same image (mirror image) of your desktop appears on the external monitor. Before you can drag a window from your laptop screen to the external screen, you must extend your display by changing your display settings. By contrast, when you connect another monitor to a desktop PC, the display is set to "extended" by default, and you should be able to drag a window from one screen to the other without changing any settings.
Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution.
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Fort "Werk aan 't Spoel" is a national monument dating from 1794. Part of the New Dutch Waterline – a military defense line making use of intentional flooding – it served to protect one of the inundation locks. The municipality of Culemborg and Foundation Werk aan 't Spoel would like to see the derelict fort become a public attraction.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Public hearings are scheduled at several locations in Virginia this month on proposed stormwater regulations related to construction activities.
The hearings are being conducted by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board. They are intended to address changes to the general permit for discharges of stormwater from construction activities to surface water. Commonly known as the construction general permit, it is issued every five years under the federal Clean Water Act and the Virginia Stormwater Management Act.
The current permit became effective July 1, 2009, and expires June 30, 2014.
The public meetings will be held in Richmond, Fredericksburg and Roanoke starting May 13.
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I was wondering this as well ... The esata connection is simple given a converter... It's a pricy solution but I agree that a little extra $ for a lot of extra convienience goes a LONG way!
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Nominated for 2014: Best late-night snacking. Mac's Speed Shop opened its doors in 2005 and quickly became one of the most well-loved barbecue joints in Charlotte. We treat our guests to an entirely new barbecue experience. we serve up 300 appealing cold beer options that go great with our BBQ. We've also expanded on the typical old-school side selection by adding comfort foods like mac 'n' cheese, baked beans, collard greens, green bean casserole, red beans and rice, cheddar grits and creamed corn.


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Piranha 3DD (2012)
Piranha 3DD SynopsisAfter the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summers best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) reprises his role as the eccentric piranha expert with survivor Paul Scheer (The League) and a partially devoured Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) back for more fish frenzy. David Hasselhoff trades in the sandy beaches of Baywatch to be a celebrity lifeguard at the racy water park. Prepare for double the terror, double the action and double the Ds in this sequel also starring Gary Busey (Lethal Weapon), Katrina Bowden (30 Rock), Danielle Panabaker (The Crazies), Matt Bush (Adventureland), Chris Zylka (The Amazing Spider-Man) and David Koechner (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy).
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In our old email system, before zimbra, I had a couple clients that who we gave custom mail server names. For example, the actual mail server was mail.alternateimage.com. For one client, we setup mail.daytonabeachcvb.org and just pointed it in the DNS to the real server, mail.alternateimage.com.
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The location of Bellamy Park in Vlissingen is unique, certainly in the Netherlands and because of its relation to the Western Scheldt and the sea. The Bellamy Park, the de Ruyterplein and the Beursplein in Vlissingen form an ensemble of spaces in the context of a changing maritime town. The image of the big ships in town has disappeared. The maritime character presents itself much more refined. The town centre has enlarged itself psychologically, with the developments around the Arsenaal and the fishing harbour, and recently with redeveloped squares and streets.
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- Carol said...
Another great photo! Thanks for sharing it.
- November 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Kristin said...
She looks ready to tackle anything. How are you finding posting everyday?
- November 12, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Jasia said...
I know I say this all the time but you truly do have the best old pics!
- November 12, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Cynthia Shenette said...
Carol - Thank you for your comment!
Kristin- I enjoy posting every day, BUT my problem is (as always) a lack of time. Luckily writing is easy for me, and I have a lot of photos to choose from, but I'm finding that other things like social media are going by the wayside.
Jasia - Thank you for your comment! I do feel lucky to have all the photos I do. This exercise has been interesting for figuring out what photos I have lots of and where there are gaps in my photo history.
- November 12, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Yvette Porter Moore said...
I Love this photo! Excellent shot into history.
- November 13, 2011 at 1:52 PM
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Yvette - Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for your comment!
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Hi bax, Ooh, very nice! I've known of Sampsa's maps for some time. The Pelargir model is news to me though. That's fantastic!
We're doing something similar. You can check out the ME-DEM Project's landscape model also based on ICE's maps on here:
I've often looked at the ICE maps and always wanted to get down to that level of detail, but I've always got something or other I need to improve on the terrain model.


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Bondurant's School of High Performance Driving - The Art Of ControlWritten by on July 1, 2010 Sharpen Your Driving Skills At Bondurant's School Of High Performance Driving.
As guys who spend a lot of time around cars, talking cars, studying car theory, and driving hot rodded muscle cars, we occasionally feel like we've got all the bases covered on car control. We've read books, we know the terminology, we know what theoretically needs to be done in certain situations, and we're no stranger to a track. In other words, we figured attending a high-performance driving school would be a breeze. Nevertheless, it took actually getting on the track under the eye of a seasoned instructor to realize that we weren't translating that knowledge effectively into proper technique. There simply is no replacement for seat time-and lots of it.
But we'll go one step further and say that there's no point in spending lots of time and money practicing incorrect techniques. We had spent a great deal of time (years, really) ingraining bad habits because we'd never taken the time to get professional help. Actually, we had assumed it was just something we could learn by doing. The reality is that no one is born knowing how to handle a car, and only a rare few figure out how to on their own. Sure, some people are just luckily endowed with better reflexes, faster reactions, and a tendency to take to extreme driving with ease, but everyone has a learning curve and everyone will be better after proper instruction. Even pros who earn big bucks to drive multimillion-dollar cars in the world's greatest races take classes. Why? Because there's no such thing as a perfect driver, and it's difficult to see your own shortcomings, but a seasoned instructor can easily observe and pinpoint ways to fine-tune techniques for different tracks.
Of course we're far from pro drivers; responsibilities limit us to a handful of track days a year at best. And rather than driving a purpose-built track machine funded by sponsors, we have a worked-over street car with a few upgrades paid for with our own hard-earned money. But the rationale is the same; what good are thousands of dollars worth of the best engineered chassis, suspension, steering, and other performance parts if you're not capable of putting them to use effectively? Whether you've got aspirations of impressive lap times at Laguna Seca, or never plan to tackle anything more aggressive than a curvy road, attending a high-performance driving school will absolutely help you enjoy your car more. Bob Bondurant's School of High Performance Driving certainly gave us a wake-up call; we discovered we needed much more work than we had ever thought. Our braking technique was incorrect, our heel-toe downshift was sloppy, and our corner entry was working against us. And the instructors said we were well above average.
That actually wasn't to our advantage though; the best thing you can do is leave everything you think you know in your hotel room and enter Bondurant's classroom with an open mind ready to listen. All those previous misconceptions will actually just impede your progress. Of the several schools available, our choice was the package often referred to as the signature Bondurant course, the four-day Grand Prix Road Racing School. This course offers the most instruction and track time for students to really hone their abilities, plus it fulfills the requirements for an SCCA regional competition license. That's a good thing too; we've got plans to put our projects to use.
We'll do our best to recap our adventure, and provide a good primer of the lessons we took away that you can apply to your own driving styles, but there really is no substitute for being there first hand. We'd honestly rate attending the Bondurant School as one of the most transformative things we've done. It caused us to reevaluate our driving in every aspect, and not only made us feel more capable behind the wheel, but more confident-and that benefits everything right down to our daily commute dodging Gomers on the freeway. Plus, we actually get more enjoyment out of our joy rides than ever before. There's truly no better investment for a car guy than learning how to really drive.
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Each corner has three main sections: the turn-in point, apex, and exit. Connecting them together correctly produces the racing line. Of course, every curve is different, and the location of the three points will vary. Below are representations of the five major types of curves present on every track and the appropriate line to follow through them.
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After more classroom time and lunch, we met number 31, our toy for the next couple days. All of Bondurant's C6 Vettes are mechanically stock Z51 coupes with Performance Friction brake pads and Castrol brake fluid. Even the hard and heavy Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar run-flats remain; though they only last a couple of weeks at best.Inside, the cars are nearly stock as well, with only Corbeau sport seats and a mount bar for the Safe Craft five-point harnesses.Back to the concept of breaking bad habits: The first order of business was to illustrate proper seating position-something we're not often in while cruising. To illustrate, the seat needs to be forward enough so that all pedals can be fully depressed easily, and the arms should have a slight bend at the elbow when at 3 and 9 o'clock on the wheel-all while keeping your full back against the seat. The driving gloves aren't necessary, but are useful for better grip.Our first exercise in the C6s was heel-toe downshift practice. After accelerating to 55 mph in Third gear, apply the brake, clutch in, roll the right foot over to blip the throttle to raise the rpm to match the Second gear while maintaining brake pressure, then releasing the clutch. The concept here is matching the engine speed to the transmission speed to prevent momentarily locking the rear wheels, which can result in sudden tail swing and loss of control.
Here's what's actually happening in the floorboard along with lines to show when each step needs to happen when entering a corner. Note that we want to delay braking as much as possible, but everything needs to happen before turn-in while the car is in a straight line. Needless to say, shoe choice is a major factor here, and the only real gear consideration needed before attending the school.Our weapon of choice: a well-worn set of Converse All-Stars. Smirk if you like, but we're not the only driving enthusiasts who swear by a well-worn set of Chucks and their almost sock-like sensitivity.Owning a pair of driving shoes may sound a bit snobby, but there is a logical reason behind it; they're designed to emphasize performance driving just like there are different shoes designed for different sports. Standard athletic or walking shoes will likely hinder your progress since they're designed to isolate your foot from impact, not promote feel and maneuverability on the pedals. Don't even consider boots of any kind, or sandals.Day one also saw the first of several exercises involving threshold braking without activating the ABS, as well as learning to use the ABS to your advantage.The braking exercises are meant to increase driver confidence and decrease reaction time in accident or obstacle avoidance situations-something extremely useful on the track and on the street. Here we're about to enter three lanes of cones at 60 mph, a traffic light will flash to signal which lane we must swerve into to avoid a "collision."After a morning's worth of introduction to the car and basic vehicle control, we were headed to the Maricopa oval after lunch. Instructor Tim Rose gave a primer on the correct way to lap this basic oval track and what to expect. This was also our first practical introduction to the racing line, and the importance of looking ahead and proper trail braking.For our first day sessions, Tim instructed us to keep it in Third gear and focus on our braking, and finding the line. Sounds simple enough, but it does require reprogramming yourself to not dive into a turn too quickly, and to remember to be light on the pedal and control braking. Simple enough at low speed, but as the velocity carried into the corner increases, slip angles come into play.The Maricopa oval has a constant radius corner as well as a slightly more challenging increasing radius, but the first focus was learning the basic constant radius. Here's the line we're looking to follow, as well as the highlighted area which represents the zone for trail braking. It's not just for shaving speed; we're transferring weight to the front end where we need traction for the turn. Prior to that is our initial braking and downshift zone; it ends at the apex of the curve, after which we ideally want to be back on the throttle.
Classroom time is minimal, and after the first day we rarely saw it. After a brief introduction to the concept of the skid cars, we were behind the wheels. The hydraulics lift and unload the front or rear of the car to simulate extreme understeer and oversteer, respectively. Here the Caddy is in full understeer and pushing toward the outside of the skidpad. The correct reaction is to lift off the throttle to transfer weight to the front and lightly apply brakes if necessary to increase traction. The key is to avoid adding steering until traction returns to avoid a snap.Conversely, with the rear lifted, the car gets tail happy and into full oversteer when rounding the skidpad. Note instructor Tim pointing to illustrate that the driver's eye line should always remain on the exit point as he steers into the skid and adds a small amount of throttle to transfer weight to the rear. Control is part of the lesson, but just as important is the concept that you always need to look where you want the car to go-a critical lesson for following the racing line on track.
The training wheels start to come off on Day 2, so we donned a head sock and helmet. Bring your own if you have one; we borrowed one of Bondurant's.Afterward, we picked up our Vettes and headed back to the Maricopa oval to apply all the previous day's lessons, meaning we were heel-toe downshifting when appropriate. Naturally, speeds increased and the lessons learned in the skid car helped greatly with our car control confidence, as the higher speeds resulted in greater rotation, or yaw, through the turn. We were much more precise today having lost a few bad habits.After lunch, we spent a little time with Tim in the classroom getting a briefing on our next challenge; the lake loop combined with the carousel. Here, we'd find examples of every major type of curve as well as a long straightaway.Note the tire marks; we weren't really using them on the oval, but the lake curves both ways so the racing line involves using the curbs as part of the track. The reliefs in the outer curb are there to let drivers know how close they are to the edge before dropping a tire off the track.In some cases, it's not just corners where the curb is the ideal line; on this section of the lake loop we follow the curb all the way to the last cone before turning into the next corner.There are plenty of places for newbies to get themselves in trouble on this track, so lapping begins with a lead-follow behind the instructor Caddy to illustrate the correct line. We did several laps with ever increasing speed. Tim then spaced us out and left us to try what we'd learned.While the importance of proper braking and turning to stay on the correct line was apparent on the oval, it became much more critical when the turns went both ways. Here we're coming though a small chicane that leads directly into a mild increasing radius turn at the end of the lake loop. Notice the racing line goes over the curb and will continue across the curb on the upcoming turn to set us up for our exit point. We got progressively faster and more precise throughout the day.Day three opened with the skid Caddys again, but this time we were taking skid control to a new level. Rather than just correcting oversteer, the goal was to control it and practice an infamous rally maneuver known as the Scandinavian flick to drift a figure eight around the skidpad. Part of the challenge was that our exit points for each curve were on the opposite side of the figure necessitating a big head turn. We'll be perfectly honest; we've never had more fun behind the wheel.
Cars are always separated out for practice laps, but that's not necessarily how it will be on track days. As an intro to the race start, students grid behind the GTO Pace Car and follow. After he pulls away, we watch for the drop of the flag and drag race down the back straightaway. It's all over by the braking cone of the first corner, however, and it's back to single file with no passing through the turns.The back straightway of the west track is a fast one; here we're at about 110 mph in Fourth gear getting ready to break and downshift for a sharp 120-degree turn. It's easy to take an off-track excursion if braking and turn-in aren't proper.We got a little heavy footed early on, and missed our apex a few times on a couple of tight turns, which caused us to push toward the outside of the track and get slapped on the wrist by the Vette's nanny systems-all of which created a messy line and slowed down our laps.No worries, Tim hopped in with each student to diagnose their respective issues, and then took a turn behind the wheel to illustrate the correction. Here he's showing us the correct way to enter the "S" curve just before pit lane.The biggest difference we had to adjust to wasn't the dramatically stickier tires, but the much more responsive and less forgiving handling characteristics. Properly wielded, the Mazdas could yield exceptionally fast laps times, but there was little room for error and no nanny system to reign in bad decisions. Heel-toe shifting was also dramatically easier, thanks to the closely spaced pedals.Everything we had learned in the previous three days was leading up to the fourth and final day. Rather than Vettes, we started out in Bondurant's rotary-powered Formula Mazdas on the Maricopa oval.That same increasing-radius turn that initially gave us problems in the Vette on day one reared its ugly head again, and caught us unprepared in the Mazda. Our error here was improper trail braking combined with a too quick turn-in. We learned to use the lessons learned from the skid cars to correct ourselves after getting used to the Mazda's handling characteristics.After lunch, we headed over to the lake loop. After an introduction ride with Tim in the Caddy, we did a familiarization lead/follow on the lake loop and carousel. The line is the same as before, but the transitions feel very different in the Mazdas.Once he felt we were ready to handle it, Tim opened up the Maricopa oval so we had the full track. This created a much more technical course that introduced not only two slight elevation changes, but also higher speeds through the corner, making proper braking and corner entry critical. We'll admit it; we did do a slow 180 once in the tight transition from the lake loop to the carousel.
There's always risk when learning to push your limits, but it looks worse than it actually is. Just like their big brothers in F1, these Formula cars are designed to sacrifice their extremities to absorb energy from the impact rather than channel it to the driver. The driver of this car walked away without injury and stepped into another Mazda to complete his sessions. Luckily, he'd purchased the optional insurance.


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Jagger supports England but that team was knocked out by Uruguay. He said Italy would defeat Uruguay, but that was incorrect. He predicted Portugal would win it all.


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LOL! Today I was out dog hunting some prime coyote areas around here. Found lots of tracks today but just couldnt connect or get them to come out and play to calling today. On my way out I saw one off to my right down in the woods playing at something. I hit the brakes and grabbed the AR as I flew from the front seat. I came around the back of the truck safety clicked off, coming up ready. The coyote saw that look in my eyes from my front seat and he was already done playing with his pal and headed for the next county. He drew short 120 yards out and gave that classic coyote broadside peek to see if I was going to shoot him or not.
Of coarse I didn't disappoint him, and with a smooth compression of the trigger, a 72grain Barns TSX was headed his way. He did a backflip from the gun shot and was gone. Just missed him, with peep sites and off hand the shot had landed just under his feet.
I immediately put my attention to the fur ball the coyote was playing with, or dancing back so fast from. It was a BADGER!! Nice! He hadnt run from the gun shot and was now happy to have been left alone to mind his own agenda. He was about 34 yards out and going in and out of a hollowed out log. I ranged him again to confirm, and now the hunt was back on. He poked his head out and looked around, then went trudging along. With one more trigger compression and another bullet was on its way. This one found the mark and put this badger down where it lay. I headed down the hill to get it, and noticed it was not yet gone. I waited and not liking watching it, I sent another round its way.
A friend of mine who works with fur took the hide, I got to keep the skull!! Its going to make a fun little mount!


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Natural SciencesThe Animal Care Facility in Nott Hall houses the laboratory animals used at the University. The facility is supported primarily by the College of Arts and Sciences, but it also serves other colleges on campus that have teaching or research needs for laboratory animals. The facility also acts as a liaison with external groups responsible for accreditation and compliance with humane and legal requirements related to the experimental use of animals. The facility is fully accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care. The Center for Land Information Analysis and Mapping, instituted in 1988, coordinates the research and service activities of several established units within the Department of Geography. Located in Farrah Hall, the center integrates personnel and resources of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory, the Remote Sensing Laboratory, the University Map Library, and the Cartographic Laboratory. The Cartographic Laboratory produces maps, graphs, and charts in electronic file formats. Although the lab is designed to serve University faculty, students, and administrators, it increasingly provides work for local, state, and federal agencies. The Map Library maintains large holdings of U.S. and foreign maps and serves as a depository for the U.S. Geological Survey and the Defense Mapping Agency. In addition, an extensive land use map and energy map collection is being developed. The library also has aerial photograph coverage of most Alabama counties going back to the 1940s. The Geographic Information Systems Laboratory is a fully equipped computer graphics facility providing research and production services in computer cartography and digital photogrammetry. The Remote Sensing Laboratory serves remote sensing research activities of the Department of Geography faculty and the University community. The Department of Biological Sciences is located in four buildings: the Biology Building, Nott Hall, Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, and Tom Bevill Energy, Mineral, and Materials Science Research Building. In addition, several faculty members are stationed at the Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory. Specialized facilities for research and teaching are housed in these buildings, including the Center for Optical Analysis, the Molecular Biology Research Support Facility, the Freshwater Biological Facilities Center, the Molecular Phylogenetics Laboratory, the Geographical Information System and Photogrammetry Laboratory, and the Experimental Mesocosm Facility. Among a range of museum collections are the University of Alabama Herbarium, Icthyological Collection, Entomological Collection, and Marine Invertebrate Collection. The University of Alabama Arboretum, a 60-acre outdoor classroom and natural area, includes a native woodland, ornamental areas, the Alma Bishop Williams Greenhouse, the Duncan Greenhouse, and wildflower, herb, bog, and experimental gardens. The recently completed TreeTopology platform makes canopy-level research available. The J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station is a family homestead, Tanglewood, plus 480 surrounding acres in Hale County, Alabama. This inland biological station is used to further undergraduate and graduate research in biodiversity and environmental processes. The facilities of the Department of Chemistry, located in Lloyd Hall, include 60 teaching and research laboratories. Special research laboratories include multinuclear NMR, EPR, GC-mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, and molecular modeling instrumentation. Other instruments available include EPR and NMR spectrometers, ultraviolet-visible spectrometers, mass spectrometers, gas chromatographs, high-performance liquid chromatographs, infrared spectrometers, and atomic absorption spectrometers. The department also maintains modern glassblowing, electronics, and machine shops for rapid maintenance of laboratory equipment and creation of custom-designed apparatus. In addition to the use of the University's Seebeck Computer Center, the department has several dedicated computers for use in magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry research that accommodate special data handling and simulation work. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is located in Gallalee Hall, with additional research and office space in the Tom Bevill Energy, Mineral, and Materials Science Research Building. The department's facilities include teaching and research laboratories, a machine shop, and an electronics repair and design shop. The department maintains specialized research laboratories for magnetic materials, laser research, and high-energy experimental physics. Specialized research equipment includes ultrahigh vacuum thin-film deposition equipment, magnetometers, X-ray and electron diffraction systems, a scanning tunneling microscope, a ferromagnetic resonance spectrometer, an electron beam processor, state-of-the-art equipment for particle detector research and development, and an electronic instrumentation laboratory with CAD/CAM capability for high-energy research and development. A large number of state-of-the-art computer workstations are available for simulations and data analysis in astronomy, high-energy physics, and condensed-matter physics. A networked computer laboratory with access to the Internet, the University's mainframe computer, and the state's Cray supercomputer is available for general student use. The Astronomy Observatory, also located in Gallalee Hall, is devoted primarily to teaching and public service. Its main instruments are a 10-inch refracting telescope and an eight-inch Schmidt camera. A 16-inch computerized telescope is housed at nearby Moundville Archaeological Park. Several other small telescopes, cameras, a micrometer for double-star measurements, and equipment for solar observations are also available. The Tom Bevill Energy, Mineral, and Materials Science Research Building houses the Department of Geological Sciences and the Freshwater Studies Program. The building includes shared analytical instrumentation in the Central Analytical Facility and laboratories that are dedicated to individual programs. The Department of Geological Sciences has well-equipped laboratories for modern quantitative research. These facilities include sample preparation laboratories for aqueous and solid samples; a wet chemical analytical laboratory, containing an inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer, an inductively-coupled plasma emission spectrometer, a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer, and an ion chromatograph; a gas source mass spectroscopy laboratory for stable isotope analyses; an X-ray analysis laboratory, containing automated diffraction and fluorescence equipment; an electron beam analysis laboratory, containing scanning Auger and electron microprobes as well as scanning transmission and scanning electron microscopes; a computer workstation-based hydrogeological modeling laboratory; geophysical equipment that includes 36-channel seismic recorder and geodetic quality GPS receivers; and a subsurface mapping laboratory with Sun and Silicon Graphics UNIX workstations and interactive seismic processing software. The Eric and Sarah Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering serves faculty and students in science and engineering. It contains extensive collections of scientific monographs and periodicals, group study areas, computer workstations, and a fully equipped electronic classroom.
Social SciencesThe Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) is an interdisciplinary organization of the College of Arts and Sciences whose mission is to promote and conduct social science research. It includes the Center for Social and Policy Studies, the Capstone Poll, and the Research and Consulting Laboratory. The Center for Social and Policy Studies conducts academic and applied social science research in such areas as social science theory and methodology, and it emphasizes research on public policy issues. Recent projects include a study of social services provided for pregnant women in poverty; investigation of the demographics and needs of homeless individuals and families; analysis of coordination and communication among services for special populations such as youth and the elderly; and the development of projects for specific areas of transition in Alabama. The Capstone Poll is the University's public-opinion research center, tracking public opinion, beliefs, and attitudes on a range of issues since 1980. The professional staff of the Capstone Poll offers services at any stage of survey research, from proposal and development of ideas to report of survey findings. Clients include public- and private-sector organizations as well as University researchers. Research facilities include 20 interviewing booths, where data is collected by trained interviewers using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) capabilities. The Research and Consulting Laboratory provides consultation and instruction on research methods. Lab consultants assist individuals with problems of research design, statistical techniques, and the use of computer hardware and software. Formal instruction is occasionally provided through group workshops on research methodology and technology. The lab also offers access to the University's mainframe computer, microcomputers, and national data archives, and serves as a research facility for social scientists conducting their own projects. The Institute for Social Science Research sponsors a monograph series that is externally refereed and copyrighted. The monographs consist of book-length works based on social science research. Publication lists are available on request. The Psychology Clinic gives primary instruction and training to graduate students in clinical psychology and offers mental-health services to the West Alabama area and to University students, staff, and faculty. The Brewer-Porch Children's Center is an interdisciplinary program designed to develop model service programs for children and adolescents who are experiencing significant adjustments in their homes, schools, or communities. The services provided include diagnostic and evaluation services, treatment for behaviorally disturbed children and adolescents, residential programs, and consultation with other agencies and University-affiliated training and research programs. The Speech and Hearing Center in the Department of Communicative Disorders offers a wide variety of services to anyone suspected of having a speech, language, or hearing disorder. The center, located in Rowand-Johnson Hall, has the threefold purpose of public service, professional education, and research. Speech, language, and hearing evaluations are available by request and by referral. Close working relationships are maintained with city and county public schools, the Children's Rehabilitation Service, the Capstone Medical Center, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bryce Hospital, and the DCH Regional Medical Center. Therapy may be scheduled year-round in group or individual sessions. Therapy is provided for speech and language disorders associated with hearing loss, stuttering, laryngectomy, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, aphasia, and other conditions. Services include the dispensing of hearing aids. Students experiencing difficulties with their speech or hearing may qualify for sponsorship by the Alabama Vocational Rehabilitation Service and receive services through the Speech and Hearing Center at no cost. Otherwise, they may be seen as private clients by paying a nominal fee.
Humanities and the Fine ArtsPerhaps more than any other campus building, Woods Hall symbolizes the soul and spirit of the College of Arts and Sciences and The University of Alabama. Named for the University's first president, Alva Woods, Woods Hall was the first structure to be built after the campus was destroyed by federal troops during the Civil War. This 300-foot-long, four-story, neo-Gothic building has at various times housed most of the University's components, including administration, the library, dormitories, classrooms, the post office, and the bookstore. Today, the building contains faculty offices, studios, and classrooms for the Department of Art. Nearby Garland Hall, Manly Hall, and Clark Hall, all constructed in the late 1800s, complete a quadrangle of historic buildings with a central courtyard long known as Woods Quad. The University of Alabama Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is located in Garland Hall. The gallery offers a program of exhibitions, lectures, and films. Works of contemporary artists, faculty and graduate students, and items from the permanent collection of paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, ceramics, and drawings are periodically exhibited. Garland Hall also contains the offices for the Department of Art and art classrooms. The Language Resource Center, located in 252 B. B. Comer Hall, serves the Department of Modern Languages and Classics. The facility provides multimedia computer stations, linked through a central control system by which an instructor may monitor and assist students individually or in groups. B. B. Comer Hall also houses administrative offices and classrooms for the Critical Languages Center and the Department of Modern Languages and Classics. Morgan Hall houses the Department of English, including the freshman English and creative writing programs. Morgan Auditorium is the site of fiction and poetry readings and of performances of the College of Arts and Sciences dance program. The Writing Center, also located in Morgan Hall, provides a free writing tutorial service for students in all fields and at all levels of study. The Writing Center helps students develop their writing skills as they work through specific writing assignments or projects. The English Computer Lab (ECL), the oldest and largest of the College of Arts and Sciences computer facilities, is also in Morgan Hall. The ECL, which is networked to all other A&S computer labs, provides two computer classrooms for online classes as well as general computer access for all English faculty and students. It also coordinates the computer-based writing instruction that has been required of freshman composition students since 1986. Manly Hall houses The Black Warrior Review, the administrative and faculty offices of the Department of Religious Studies, and the Women's Studies Program. The Strode House, a gift of Hudson and Therese Strode, is located on 23 acres in a residential area of Tuscaloosa. It currently houses the director of the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies. The German House, Russian House, and Spanish House provide students with living accommodations convenient to campus. The houses are open to students interested in intensive exposure to these languages and cultures. Residents of each house speak the language of that house and participate in weekly cultural programs. Each language house student must register for the language course numbered 205 or 206 and is expected to be enrolled in one other course in the language. The Department of Theatre and Dance is located in Rowand-Johnson Hall. This building houses the Marian Gallaway Theatre, a 338-seat proscenium theatre in which four to six mainstage productions are presented each year. The Allen Bales Theatre, a thrust-stage, 170-seat facility used for studio productions, is also located in the building. The College of Arts and Sciences theatre program involves creative activities and public service. The primary objectives include providing training and theatrical experience; fostering the development of individual talent; imparting knowledge of the great works of dramatic literature; developing new works of theatre art with new techniques, styles, and perspectives; and searching for new relationships among the theatre arts, other arts, and the environments in which they function. Dance facilities are provided in a 3,400-square-foot studio on the third floor of historic Clark Hall. The studio has maple flooring, ample mirrors and barres, and soaring Gothic windows. It is used both for dance instruction and rehearsal. Morgan Auditorium is the primary performance site for the dance program. The Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is located on the first floor of Clark Hall. The School of Music offers an extensive series of concerts in the Frank Moody Music Building. The 1,000-seat concert hall, which houses a mechanical-action Holtkamp organ (86 ranks, 4 manuals), is the regular venue for performances by faculty, visiting artists, and University ensembles. Student recitals are presented in the 140-seat Huey Recital Hall. The building also contains music classrooms, practice rooms, a comprehensive electronic music studio, rehearsal spaces for all University ensembles, and the studios and offices of School of Music faculty. The Archive of American Minority Cultures, located in the Special Collections Building, serves students, faculty, community members, and other researchers interested in ethnic, folk, minority, and women's interdisciplinary cultural studies, particularly through the techniques of folklore and oral history. The archive initiates and supports both academic research and public programs. It functions as a regional resource center for primary multimedia materials; a clearinghouse for information on state and regional research and programs; a support service for field research, media documentation, presentations, and related activities; and a sponsor of public outreach programs. The archive also houses the holdings of the Women's Studies Program's Preservation Project for Southern Women's Culture and the minority and folklore collections of the Department of American Studies.


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This week Casey Anthony's year long probation will end, but when she will be officially released is being kept secret.
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The Orlando mother was acquitted last year of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, in a trial that captivated the nation. Anthony had been sentenced to four years in prison for lying to police, but was freed due to credit for time served and good behavior.
She had lied to police about knowing the whereabouts of her daughter. This past legislative session lawmakers here at the Capitol voted in a law unofficially called 'Caylee's Law'. The law now makes it a felony to for a parent or guardian to fail to report a missing child, in cases where the parent knew, or should have known that the child was possibly in danger.


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Are Falls Held or Breaking Strength More Important In a Rope?
Which is more important, the number of UIAA/CE falls a rope can hold, or how many kiloNewtons it can hold? —climbboy via rockandice.com
Choosing between those two is like choosing between good looks and personality. They each have benefits, but ideally you get both.
While falls held and tensile strength are important and sound sexy, they are just two of the many bits of data you should factor into your rope-choosing decision. Consider that ropes don't break; they wear out and can also be cut (for a cold dose of reality, read the Accident Report on page 22). The number of falls held and breaking strength don't necessarily make a rope more durable or tougher, or even mean that it will hold more real-life falls, which are never close to the CE drop test, a savage ordeal that if you were somehow able to replicate in the field, you'd see Jesus.
Consider that unless your rope sustains a core shot you'll climb on it until it reaches a fuzzy cattail-like state that has you rightly questioning its reliability, and you'll retire it then. The number of falls the rope has held … well, who can even remember?
The more important number on a rope hang tag is "maximum-impact force." This is the maximum number of kiloNewtons a rope transmits onto the top piece of pro in a fall.The more important number on a rope hang tag is "maximum-impact force." This is the maximum number of kiloNewtons a rope transmits onto the top piece of pro in a fall. Lower numbers are, of course, preferred to higher numbers, especially if you like to climb above teeny nuts.
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wish me kuck, im headed out tonight and tomorrow looking for the big bad wolf.
I went out yesterday myself and had no luck. I was using a predator call and hoping for either wolf or a coyote, but never saw either one. Still had a lot of fun and did find a group of elk over 120 in number with several young 5 point type bulls in the bunch. Pretty neat to watch them!!
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ha, i meant next week..... wife wasnt to happy with my plan just prior to christmas..........
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There is a wolf hunting derby up in the Salmon area just north of you December 28 and 29 unless the anti wolf folks have there way. It makes me upset hearing folks getting their lives threatened over wolves. I was up in the Salmon area this past fall. We heard a wolf in the evening and saw some tracks up high in the snow but never saw them. I hope you get one ivorytip!
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Greensboro-based Honda Aircraft Co. employs 800 at PTI, where it designs and builds its line of light jets. It's putting the final touches on a $20 million customer-service center, and future expansions are expected to add about 400 jobs. Greensboro-based TIMCO Aviation Services Inc., which has 1,500 employees repairing and maintaining civilian and military aircraft, plans to invest $30 million and add 400 jobs. Other places in the Midwest and South are competing to land those hangars.
One reason the airport is a good place to make and repair airplanes is its lack of passenger traffic, which allows customers to get in and out without hassles. Not surprisingly, Triad boosters do all they can to keep these employers — with their good-paying jobs — happy. PTI has obtained nearly $8 million of federal grants for runways and taxiways that enhance Honda's operations. And state and local officials are dangling more than $5 million in incentives to convince TIMCO that PTI is the place to expand.
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BriefsGREENSBORO — Lorillard acquired SKYCIG for about $49 million and could pay more in 2016 if the United Kingdom-based electronic-cigarette-maker reaches certain financial goals. The nation's third-largest cigarette-maker acquired Charlotte-based blu ecigs for $135 million last year (cover story, March).
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WHITSETT — Ascension Insurance purchased Transure Services, a transportation- and trucking-insurance broker, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will triple the revenue of the Walnut Creek, Calif.-based company, which has been expanding eastward in recent years.
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