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On a desolate stretch of high desert in the northwestern United States, a fortresslike building stands alone, windowless, its massive concrete walls seemingly guarding a secret. But its secret was revealed long ago. What took place here affected the world like no other technology before it.
Building 105-B, better known as B Reactor, was the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor. It produced not electric power but plutonium, an invaluable atomic-bomb ingredient when the reactor first went into operation at the height of World War II. It was B Reactor that produced the plutonium used in the first man-made nuclear explosion, the Trinity test in the desert north of Alamogordo, N.M., on 16 July 1945. It also produced the plutonium used in the bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945.
Built in less than a year during World War II, B Reactor was once surrounded by a vast and sprawling industrial compound. Support facilities included a water treatment plant, pump houses, an electric power station, and a number of office and service buildings. Today, only the main reactor building and a 61-meter-tall exhaust stack remain.
The reactor is part of the Hanford Site, a 1500-square-kilometer plutonium-production complex in the state of Washington. It was established by the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government's secret program that produced the world's first nuclear weapons during World War II.
B Reactor was one of three reactors built during the war, and one of nine eventually constructed at Hanford. They all sit along a 50-kilometer-long crook of the Columbia River. Together, they produced 67.4 metric tons of plutonium, or nearly two-thirds of the total created by the United States before the country ended production in the mid-1990s.
Despite its enormous historical significance, however, the reactor - permanently shut down since February 1968 - now faces an uncertain future.
The U.S. Department of Energy has been laboring for years to clean up the radioactive and chemical contamination at Hanford. The site's several decades of operation resulted in the accumulation of about 500 million curies of radioactivity in the form of atomic wastes dumped into the soil and other nuclear products stored at aging facilities. (For comparison, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs produced a total of less than 5 million curies of radioactivity.) Getting rid of all that mess is expected to cost some US $50 billion and last until 2035.
This year the DOE is starting yet another cleanup initiative at the site. The work, distributed over a long stretch of the Columbia River, includes cocooning four of Hanford's reactors, which basically means demolishing all the reactors' structures but their cores and then sealing and roofing them. The B unit is on the list.
Before sending the wreckers in, however, the DOE will wait for the outcome of a study that will assess the possibility of converting some of the Manhattan Project's historic sites into parks and museums. In arguing for the U.S. Senate version of the bill proposing the study, Senator Maria Cantwell (D.-Wash.) called B Reactor "a stunning feat of engineering" and exhorted her colleagues to "preserve the reactor for future generations, which must learn about the Manhattan Project and its impact on world history."
Although the cost of turning the facility into a museum has not been calculated, Bechtel Hanford, the main contractor at the site, estimates that a full decontamination of B Reactor, plus necessary structural repairs, could cost US $30 million. Several rooms have already been cleaned up, but hazards still exist, including lingering radiation, toxic chemicals, asbestos, heavy metals, and also some sneaky bats and snakes. For many years, occasional visitors were allowed into the decontaminated rooms, where no type of protection is required, though for security reasons access was significantly restricted after September 11, 2001.


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Three University of St. Thomas students performed in the Greater Houston Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of singing finalist recital last Saturday, which was hosted by Houston Baptist University.
The singing competition of GHNATS is held every spring and the winners are invited to sing a special recital in the fall.
The winners in the GHNATS competition last spring were three UST singers who won the first place. Alexandra Summerour won first in the sophomore women's division, Christian Mondragon won first in the senior men's division and Kaci Timmons won first place in the graduate division.
"Our student performers were excellent, prepared and represented UST very well," said Dr. Brady Knapp, professor of music at University of St. Thomas. "The GHNATS competition includes universities competing from all over the Houston area and as far away as Lamar in Beaumont and Sam Houston State in Huntsville.
The National Association of Teachers of Singing is one of the largest professional singing organizations in the country and its members teach voice in dozens of local universities.
The recital is held in conjunction with an annual National Association of Teachers of Singing college vocal fair to recruit local high school students who are interested in becoming music majors in college.
Singing teachers and music professionals from major universities were in the audience.
"There were universities from all over Texas, as far as Dallas and Waco; also schools from Oklahoma and Louisiana were present," Knapp said.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- IT'S FUNNY. We follow spring practice and preseason camp in August and project who will do this and that and from which position.
By the autumn solstice, the script already has unraveled. By November, you might not recognize your favorite team, for better or worse.
At Marshall, a new character seems to emerge every week by now, thanks to injuries major and minor. Recent appearances have been made by Deon Meadows at linebacker, and the Glades Central (Fla.) duo of Demetrius Evans and Davonte Allen at the marquee "X" wide receiver position. And you can throw in Devon Johnson, the former linebacker who caught a touchdown pass out of his fullback spot.
Given his first start in Marshall's 38-28 win over Memphis, Meadows got in on 10 tackles and received credit for 11/2 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery. It's a shame he fumbled on his attempt for a defensive touchdown on the last play of the first half, but stuff happens. It fit the game's general weirdness.
Meadows is playing in place of the injured Devin Arrington, and his effectiveness can be questioned. After all, he's playing on one of Conference USA's shakiest defenses.
(Accuse me of optimism if you will, but I must point this out: The Herd defense turned in one of its best halves of the season, yielding seven points and 113 total yards in the first 30 minutes. Add in a three-and-out to start the third quarter, and that effort allowed the Herd to compile a 31-7 lead. ... OK, so the wheels nearly fell off afterward, but still ...)
On the other side of the ball, I am reminded of coach Doc Holliday on multiple occasions saying he really wanted to see Evans, or saying he wanted to see what Allen could do.
In the Memphis game, we saw both after Aaron Dobson went down on the very first play from scrimmage. Both came up big.
We had seen quite a bit of Evans, enough to leave fans wondering why Dobson took so many snaps off, even important downs. But that experience paid off when Evans caught his second touchdown pass of the season, a 25-yarder that gave the Thundering Herd a 24-7 lead early in the third quarter.
Allen has been an "X" factor at "X" for some time. He redshirted as a freshman last year, and injuries pretty much wiped out his spring and preseason camp. He said muscle pulls brought him down - a quadriceps in the spring, a hamstring in August.
For the longest time, those following the team on a day-to-day basis jokingly knew him as "the man in the red jersey," referring to the non-contact designation. He got enough work in to be used in the season opener against West Virginia, catching two passes for 18 yards. He had two more for 16 against Purdue, an 11-yard catch at Southern Mississippi and a 3-yard catch against Central Florida, stuff you would expect from a bit player.
But Allen's role was jacked up considerably when Dobson went out Saturday. Evans had more catches (seven, for 50 yards), but all five passes thrown Allen's way resulted in first downs.
There was a 20-yard catch on third-and-7 to the Memphis 5-yard line. On another drive, he made two first downs - 31 yards on a third-and-8 and 8 yards on a second-and-7. He drew a pass interference on a third-and-6, giving the Herd the ball on the Memphis 31.
All those came on scoring drives, and so did his final - and finest - catch.
When Marshall's lead dwindled to 31-28 and the home fans were anguished, Allen had his finest moment. From the Memphis 31, he streaked down the left sideline, jostled with a defender and finally got open for a perfect pass from Rakeem Cato.
The catch itself was no issue, but two officials had thrown their hats to mark where Allen went out of bounds during his route. They ruled that Allen was bumped out, allowing him to return immediately.
Evans thought something special was going to happen: "Once the play was called, I knew what the play was, I saw what coverage they were in, I just knew it was one of those great moments a great player has to make. He made the play."
Allen just wanted that TD to stand. "I just tried to hurry up and get off the field so we can kick [the extra point]," he said.
I'm not sure if Johnson, one of the more physically mature true freshmen you'll see, will stay at fullback after 2012. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound native of Richlands, Va., could still have a future back across the line of scrimmage.
Nonetheless, he's having fun playing a little special teams and lining up in two-back sets. The 9-yard touchdown, which gave Marshall its 31-7 lead, was a nice reward.
Johnson returned the favor after Cortez Carter ended Memphis' offensive day by clobbering quarterback Jacob Karam on fourth down. With 21/2 minutes still remaining, he and Steward Butler were sent out with one order: Run for a first down or two.
Butler pounded out 8 yards on third-and-7, and then gained 18 more. Take two knees, game over, drive home safely.
"That was fun," Johnson said. "Stew looked at me and said, 'Let's go. Make a hole.' I was like, 'I got you.' I just hit the hole and hit 45 [Anthony Brown] a couple of times, and Stew broke free."
Considering the pronounced depression of the fan base after the 54-17 rout by UCF, I thought MU was fortunate to have 18,000 in the stands for the Memphis game. (22,041? Uh, no.) This coming Saturday, I will be reminded why I've quit getting bent of shape over an empty patch of metal.
Next up for the Herd is the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which in this space will not be referred to on first reference as UAB (another rant, another day). As in 2006, 2008 and 2010, the game will not take place on the school's attractive, modern campus.
It will take place at the razor-wire-ringed Legion Field, 10-15 minutes west in a not-so-modern neighborhood. Repeated reports say hot water in the locker rooms at the 85-year-old stadium has gone the way of the Auburn-Alabama game.
This month marks the 1-year anniversary of the University of Alabama Board of Trustees essentially telling UAB supporters: "No stadium for you. Learn to love Legion Field. It's your home forever." The backlash lives on at freeuab.com.
As for Saturday's game, everything points to the crowd being the lowest in my four visits. The Blazers are 2-7, the 3:30 p.m. Central kick time means darkness (and falling temps) by halftime, basketball season has started at UAB and, like their counterparts at MU and West Virginia, the student body has no doubt bailed.
And that other pesky detail: Top-ranked Alabama plays No. 15 Texas A&M an hour earlier.
Much like the Rice game in September, Herd players will have to create their own energy.
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Patch Panel Repair On Project Nova - Cutting Out The Cancer!Written by Johnny Hunkins on February 1, 2012 We show you how to fix rust permanently with an easy patch panel repair.
Like death and taxes, rust is inevitable in a classic car. The inexorable march of oxidation will take its toll somewhere, and you're going to have to deal with it. If you've got paint bubbling up with rust under it, don't just slather on some body filler and slap on a quickie coat of paint. That move is for scumbag car dealers. If you are tempted to go that route for the sake of expedience, you aren't fixing anything, you're just hiding the real problem.
The real solution is to cut out the cancer and replace the damaged area with real metal. If you love your ride and plan on keeping it, the investment in time, tools, and materials will be well worth the effort to do it right. Our '68 Nova project car has dealt us several surprises during its time at Outlaw Motorsports in Riverside, California, where our step-by-step restoration is proceeding nicely. Over the past few months, we've encountered damage in nearly every part of the body, and we've been documenting a variety of those repair procedures along the way. We've had to replace some of the sheetmetal, but other areas are salvageable. In the case of the rust in the lower portion of the left quarter-panel, Outlaw operator Ron Aschtgen suggested we save the panel rather than replace it, since it's easier to save what's there than replace the entire quarter-panel. (Unfortunately, the right side panel needs replacement and we'll have the entire story for you next month.)
…don't just slather on some body filler and slap on a quickie coat of paint. That move is for scumbag car dealers.
We discovered that repairing rust properly with a patch panel is pretty doggone easy, provided you've got the right tools on hand. In the case of this quarter-panel patch, we were surprised that the repair only took about three hours, not including stripping and painting. Obviously, a job like this is best done in coordination with a full paintjob or a restoration—which Outlaw Motorsports specializes in. If you don't have a shop like Outlaw near you, don't sweat it. This repair is about a "4" on a scale of 1 to 10, so don't be afraid to dig right in.
…we were surprised that the repair only took about three hours, not including stripping and painting.
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This shot shows the extent of our original damage after stripping the paint off the '68 Nova, and it also shows the repair stock we'll be using: a section of the scrapped right-side quarter-panel! It's perfect because it matches the left-side quarter-panel perfectly (approximately 22 to 24 gauge).Now it's time to cut out the cancerous area with a cutoff wheel. Note how the patch area stops short of the fender lip, leaving the pinch area intact for some all-important reinforcement.With the rust cut out, clean the area out with some high-pressure air, and use a screwdriver to pry out any crud that has collected. Most patch panels will be in lower extremities where water and other junk collects.Define the area to be removed with a T square and a Sharpie marker—the idea being you'll be able to lay your replacement patch over this to check the shape. A square or rectangle with right angles will make the job of creating a matching panel much easier. This patch will be an easy 3 by 3 inches.Here's where a little prevention goes a very long way, so skip this step at your own risk! Thoroughly coat the interior of the patch area with some Eastwood Rust Converter (PN 51483Z, $19.99). This stuff will freeze rust in its tracks by encapsulating it and stopping the oxidation process.While the Rust Converter dries, you can start fine-tuning the fit of your patch panel. A 40-grit sanding disc works great. Getting the shape and curve right is an iterative process and it pays to be patient in getting a snug, gapless fit.After some grinding and a few trial fitments, Ron Aschtgen got the patch panel amazingly close to the size of the hole.The body hammer from Eastwood comes in handy here too. As the tack welds proceed, you'll want to fine-tune the shape of the patch panel as some slight warping will necessarily occur.With the shape now perfect, it's time to mimic the slight curvature of the quarter-panel. If you don't have a hammer and dolly set already, you'll need one for any body repair work. Eastwood has a really affordable seven-piece hammer and dolly set (PN 11979) for $159.99. Here, Aschtgen works the corner of the patch to fit the quarter-panel.
Note that it's important to space out your tack welds over time and distance, returning to fill in the spaces after cooling has occurred. Eventually, you'll have a continuous weld without any warpage. Once you've finished your tack welds, grind them flat with a 40-grit disc on a high-speed grinder.If you're going to do minor bodywork, repairs, or fabrication, you'll need a flexible hobby MIG welder. The Millermatic 211 ($1,279) is perfect for guys like us; dual voltage means it hooks up anywhere, and the "Auto-Set" feature means setting the wire speed and voltage is as simple as setting the material thickness on the dial. It's pretty much foolproof. For sheetmetal work, you want a thin .023-inch welding wire.Heat buildup during the tack welding and grinding process can be easily controlled with a damp cloth in-between welds or grinding sessions. This will minimize warpage and make subsequent paint prep work easier.Here's our left-side quarter-panel, good as new and ready for paint. Rust won't be an issue here for another, oh, 40 years or so!Before welding, fix the patch panel in place with some neodymium magnets—the stronger, the better. These will hold the patch panel level with the quarter-panel while you weld. An important tip here is to make the tack welds quickly, spacing them out and leaving plenty of time in between to allow cooling.


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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Khalif Wyatt scored 18 points to lead the
Temple Owls to an 80-75 win over the Delaware Blue Hens at the Liacouras
Wyatt was 6-of-12 from the floor and dished out a game-high seven assists in
the Owls' (3-0) victory. Scootie Randall also scored 18 points and pulled down
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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - David Ferrer was among the second-round
winners Friday at Wimbledon.
The fourth-seeded Ferrer overcame Roberto Bautista Agut, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4),
7-5 on Court 1 in just the 10th all-Spanish bout at the All England Club and
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The second round was scheduled to conclude on Thursday, but rain postponed or
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Ferrer, the French Open runner-up earlier this month, will next face 26th-
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Taipei, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5, 28th-seeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy battled past German
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Clemson, SC (Sports Network) - Tajh Boyd threw for 397 yards and two
touchdowns, adding 63 yards and a rushing score, as the 15th-ranked Clemson
Tigers turned up the heat with a 47-31 decision over the Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets in an ACC shootout at Memorial Stadium.
DeAndre Hopkins totaled 173 yards and a pair of TDs on seven catches for the
Tigers (5-1, 2-1 ACC), who have won two in a row and have two weeks to
enjoy the victory before returning to action on Oct. 20 against Virginia Tech.
Roderick McDowell posted two rushing scores, while Andre Ellington ended with
82 yards on 24 carries for Clemson.
Tevin Washington passed for 144 yards and one score, adding 104 yards and two
rushing touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets (2-4, 1-3), who have dropped three
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Orwin Smith rolled up 117 yards and two end-zone entries on just seven totes
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Greene and Lenoir counties will see some change up on the local level that has nothing to do with elections this year.
After nearly 35 years in local government, Greene County's manager, Don Davenport, will be stepping into a new role in the new year. He told WITN he is just not entirely sure what that new role will be.
"After 34, 35 years, it was just time," said Davenport of his Monday night resignation. "I had talked to each of the commissioners individually before the resignation," said Davenport, adding he is not certain what the next step, beyond stepping down, will be in his career. No word yet from Greene County on a replacement or interim. Davenport's last day will be December 31st, 2012.
Another new job posting in local government as of Tuesday morning: Kinston City Planner. Amanda Engesether announced she would be moving to her home state of Wisconsin by the end of November. The City of Kinston said her last day is scheduled as November 21st of this year. Current Kinston Community Development Planner, Adam Short, has been named the interim City Planner until a candidate is hired.


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Split by Interstate 40 in Forsyth County, Winston-Salem is a mid-size city born from many personalities. The Moravians first settled here in 1753 at a site called Wachovia within the forks of the Muddy Creek. The villages of Bethabara and Bethania soon followed, and with the burgeoning population, the town of Salem bore its first buildings in 1766. So what about Winston? Founded in 1849, this small town and Salem were joined together by the U.S. Post Office in 1889, then officially became Winston-Salem in 1913.
The big Ts of the South, tobacco and textiles, fueled the city's growth. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and the J. Wesley Hanes's Shamrock Hosiery Mills (later Hanesbrands) employed 60 percent of the area's workers. Other businesses filled in the gaps, Wachovia Bank and Trust, Texas Pete, Quality Oil, Piedmont Airlines and Krispy Kreme led the once-rural towns of Winston and Salem into the urban landscape.
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A visit to Old Salem (www.oldsalem.org) should be on everyone's list. Located in downtown Winston-Salem, the 2- to 3-hour walking tour highlights Moravian life in the 18th and 19th centuries. This living-history site offers craftwork demonstrations with a gunsmith, silversmith, cabinetmakers, cobblers, carpenters, potters and bakers, as well as outside events. The silversmith noted that he can create 150 silver spoons in three hours, but it then takes one hour per spoon for the finished product.
Most craftsmen are located in the Single Brothers House and workshop. At this stop, visitors learn Moravians lived by the choir system, where members are separated into "choirs" by gender, age and marital status. The Single Sisters House is now a part of Salem College.
The smell of baked bread draws you to the Winkler Bakery, where trays full of dough are stacked on shelves awaiting a turn in the wood-heated dome bake oven. Bread and Moravian cookies are available for purchase at the bakery store.
At the Salem Tavern, visitors walk the floors where George Washington once stayed during his presidential tour of the southern states. The Salem Tavern welcomed non-Moravian visitors. The tavern tour includes the various rooms for rent (several rooms held multiple beds for strangers to bunk together, which shocked a few kids on the tour), the kitchen where a period-costumed interpreter demonstrates the various spices used in the meals, the tavern manager's office and the storage cellar.
One building that stands out from others is St. Philips Heritage Center, a complex featuring the African Moravian Log Church, St. Philips African Moravian Church and the African American & Strangers' Graveyard. The original log church, built in 1823, houses a mixed media exhibit detailing many of the worshippers' lives of the Salem slaves who worshipped within its walls. The ceiling holds a historic diorama of the African-Americans' journey to Salem on one side, and the Moravians' journey on the other, with the two histories converging at the apex.
The final stop should be the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), which showcases 18th and 19th century furniture, ceramics, textiles and toys. The younger set may not appreciate this stop as much as the adults.
The local historic Moravian villages of Bethabara (www.bethabarapark.org) and Bethania (www.townofbethania.org) are also open to the public for tours, with Bethania offering the Black Walnut Bottoms nature trail just beyond the visitor center.
Other places of interest showcase the impact R.J. Reynolds had on the region.
The Winston Cup Museum (www.winstoncupmuseum.com) pays tribute to the company's 33-year NASCAR sponsorship, and features race cars from the various eras of racing, including those driven by Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon.
The Reynolda House (www.reynoldahouse.org) is world-renowned for its fine arts collection that spans three centuries. The museum and gardens are located on the restored 1917 mansion estate of R.J. and Katherine Reynolds, the founder of the tobacco company.
Downtown districts
Winston-Salem is known as the "City of the Arts," after establishing the first arts council in the U.S. in 1949. In addition to the Reynolda House, the Hanes family donated the former estate of James G. Hanes to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). The Downtown Arts District (www.dadaws.org) features dozens of arts & crafts galleries, studios and theatres.
Downtown boasts four distinct districts (www.downtownwinston-salem.org): the Arts District; Western District, which houses the BB&T Baseball Park; Fourth Street District, with theatre, financial and government buildings and the Piedmont Research Park; and South District, featuring Old Salem, Salem College and the Children's Museum. Each district features parks, local restaurants, bars, entertainment and businesses.
At the northern edge of downtown off Highway 52, is SciWorks (www.sciworks.org), the science and education center of Forsyth County. This is a great place for children to burn off lots of energy and have fun learning too. The 25,000-square-foot center features more than 15 hands-on exhibit areas covering physics, sound, biology, ecology, arts and medicine, as well as a 5-acre outdoor environmental park and a planetarium.
Outside the city
When gazing north of Winston-Salem, Pilot Mountain State Park is constantly in the view. Less than 30 minutes away from downtown on Highway 52, this remnant of the ancient Sauratown Moutains rises 1,400 feet above the Piedmont (2,420 feet above sea level). For a nice break from the city, the park features 13 trails ranging from easy to strenuous with the longest a 6.6-mile bridle and hiking trail. Vehicles are allowed to a top parking lot, where everyone can enjoy the Little Pinnacle Overlook, an easy 0.1-mile path to a valley view from the parking lot. Camping and picnic sites are available, as well as park access to the Yadkin River. Don't be surprised if you see climbers making their way up this bald quartzite monadnock rock.
More than 70 wineries are located in the Piedmont region alone. Just outside of Winston-Salem, many are less than 30 minutes away between the city and Pilot Mountain. One such winery is RagApple Lassie Vineyards (www.ragapplelassie.com) in Boonville, worth a stopover for a little taste of the grape and to learn more about how growing grapes has again made local family farms prosper.
More to do
"There's an APP for that!" A mobile app for Winston-Salem is available: Treks in the City offers the TreksWS app, which showcases events, attractions, parks, restaurants, shopping, regional wineries and other points of interest, complete with reviews and GPS directions. Also available is the N.C. State Parks PocketRanger app, with information on all the state's parks, including Pilot Mountain. And finally, N.C. Travel and Tourism's app NC Travel features the state's official statewide travel guide.
For more information, visit the Winston-Salem CVB at www.visitwinstonsalem.com or call toll-free (866) 728-4200.


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Valuation required...LBS has the top Whyte Plastic 29er....
Ok, my LBS have my ideal bike, realistically I need to sell one to let one in and this is possibly the most valuable bike assuming I keep one 'bouncer' how much money could I recoup on this bike:
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Realistically what does that actually sell for £900? It would break my heart to sell it for that :/
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What Luke said.
Unfortunately, it's only worth what someone else is prepared to pay for it and, these days, 2nd hand values are struggling as folk hold on to their hard-earned.
07-05-12, 08:02 #4
Current sale bike watch it and see. The guy has had it on twice before at similiar start price but with no takers.
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Cheers DM
I have to say mine is considerably pimpier than that ;-)
that's almost exactly the spec it comes out of the shop with.
(But then again mine has been raced and riden quote hard for 2 years and does look a little sorry for itself here and there tiny chips to the carbon lacquer etc)
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Maybe best split then as Luke said.
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I think I'm just struggling with breaking up my bike considering the amount of time and love I put into building what was my first plastic mountain bike...
Maybe I'll get a credit card instead :-/
07-05-12, 09:26 #8
Store cheque spread = new bike.
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What is that then? you write 10 £250 cheques which they cash? surely that's pretty risky for them, I though post dated cheques were decidedly dodgy?
I've got a nice discount if I can pay upfront, I sort of have the cash floating around but some of it is earmarked for a couple of new macs and some software.
I may get rid of some bikes, I suppose I *really* only need 5 :-/
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I sort of have the cash floating around but some of it is earmarked for a couple of new macs and some software.
Get a cheaper PC instead and then the software is 'free' .....
07-05-12, 21:12 #12
Re. Plastic, hardtail, 29er - fcuk that!
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Steel suspension bike? sounds like something that comes from Tescos.
08-05-12, 15:08 #14
The argument for making the rocket in steel was fairly interesting. If an alu bike is going to weight about the same as a steel one, why not make it out of steel and so stronger in certain aspects.
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It's a fair point, but then again I'm all about the old school steel...perhaps that's why I detest my On-One...it doesn't have anything in common with one of the nicest bikes I ever owned the 1993 Kona Explosif.
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WEIRTON - When the Beallsville basketball team needed a little something special inside the Dube Dome Tuesday night, it went to Jarrett. Teryn Jarrett, that is.
The 6-foot-2 senior guard knocked down 28 points and joined his Blue Devil mates in putting on a free-throw shooting clinic as Casey Tolzda's club clipped Madonna, 64-54.
With its third straight victory, Beallsville improves to 5-5. The Blue Dons, meanwhile, fall to 2-5.
''He's a four-year starter for us and he's going to be a 1,000-point scorer,'' Tolzda said of Jarrett. ''He's averaging 20 a game and he has to control the game in order for us to win. We expect that out of him. If we don't have that, honestly we are in trouble.''
In compiling his game-high point total, Jarrett swished five 3-pointers and made good on 7 of 8 attempts from the line. As a team, the Blue Devils nailed 21 of 26 tries from the stripe, hitting their first 16. Madonna, on the other hand, attempted 24 free tosses, but canned 10.
Two Dalton Secrest free throws gave the visitors an 18-15 lead after the first period. A couple of Jarrett triples and three buckets in the paint by hard-working Kyle Groves accounted for 12 of the Beallsville points.
The Blue Dons battled back and grabbed a 29-28 advantage late in the second thanks to Levi Shreve's 3-pointer and a Will Bowser free throw. Jarrett then went on a tear, scoring seven straight to give the Blue Devils a 35-29 advantage at the break.
''We go up one, then we have a couple of defensive breakdowns and they hit a couple of shots,'' said Madonna's Mike Haag, filling in for George Vargo, who was with his ill wife. "We went in down six and just couldn't seem to recover."
Beallsville was a perfect 10-for-10 from the line during the opening 16 minutes.
One of Jarrett's long-range treys sparked a 9-0, third-quarter run by the Blue Devils, giving them a 51-40 lead heading into the final quarter.
Groves and Secrest both scored 12 points for the Blue Devils while Mercer finished with eight. Groves recorded a double-double by hauling down 11 of his team's 22 rebounds.
Junior Nate Guio recorded a double-double for Madonna, scoring 17 points and snaring 10 rebounds. Sophomore James Carnes added 11 and Bowser nine.


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Whatever your opinion is... red light cameras are posted up at six intersections in Tallahassee...
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Citizens have mixed views on red light cameras. Slightly more citizens favor them and believe they serve a socially responsible function than believe they serve only a revenue generating function.
Some people say the red light cameras installed by the City of Tallahassee are essential for preventing accidents, injuries, and deaths to our citizens. Some people say the red light cameras are just another method for City government to make money to support City programs & services, pay retirement benefits for City employees, pay for increases in the City budget that outstrip population growth, pay building costs and maintenance, vehicle purchases and maintenance, etc.


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Considering a Cadlights 70g Artisan II tank...would end up with a Radion or two SOL's. Issue is tank placement, it will be on a side wall between the couch and TV. While sitting on the couch we would be below the fixture, possibly being blinded by it.
Anyone seen, or thought of, some sort of an angled shield that wont interfere with light spread, but will save eyeballs?


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Frequently Asked Questions on Career-Life Balance
No-cost extensions, processed in accordance with NSF-approved procedures (see NSF Award and Administration Guide Chapter I.D.3c), may be used when the extended absence of a PI or co-PI is necessary. For certain larger projects where a predetermined level of participation of Key Personnel is required, a substitute may need to be approved. In these cases, the NSF Program Officer should be advised well in advance if possible.
Notification of an absence or change in level of effort must be sent to NSF in accordance with the applicable grant general condition and/or terms of the specific agreement.
Yes. NSF awards may be used to pay the salaries of project support personnel that replace individuals who take a leave of absence due to dependent-care responsibilities.
Costs incurred by the awardee organization under employee morale and welfare for dependent-care expenses (daycare facilities or other child/elder care arrangements) may be allowed, provided these types of expenses are charged through the application of fringe benefits or indirect costs (also known as Facilities & Administrative Costs). Any such charges must be made in accordance with established awardee institutional policy as approved by the cognizant agency and consistently applied to both Federal and non-Federal sponsors.
Costs incurred by the awardee organization for paid time off (e.g., sick leave, vacation, or time off related to family-friendly institutional leave policies) to address dependent-care responsibilities may be allowed provided these types of expenses are charged through the application of fringe benefits or indirect costs. Any such charges must be made in accordance with established awardee institutional policy as approved by the cognizant agency and consistently applied to both Federal and non-Federal sponsors.
Direct charges to NSF awards for such costs are generally not appropriate unless specifically approved by the cognizant federal agency in the negotiated rate agreement. In addition, in order to be allocable to a given NSF award, direct charges should be limited in proportion to the amount of time or effort the employee actually devoted to and/or accrued (or would have accrued) while working on the NSF grant-supported project.
NSF award funds may not be used for domestic travel costs or associated dependent-care expenses for individuals traveling on NSF award funds. Travel costs associated with dependents may be allowable for International travel in accordance with Award and Administration Guide Chapter V.B.4, which contains several stipulations, including that travel must be continuous for a period of six months or more.
NSF award funds may not be used to pay for travel costs or expenses related to onsite care (e.g., daycare) for dependents of participants at NSF-sponsored conferences and workshops. NSF-sponsored conferences and workshops are encouraged to consider child-care services to ease the burden on attendees, but the costs of such services are the responsibility of those that choose to utilize the accommodations.
Yes. NSF issued Dear Colleague Letter: Career-Life Balance (CLB) Initiative to announce the opportunity to submit supplemental funding requests to support additional personnel to sustain research when the PI is on family leave. Special instructions for use by principal investigators and sponsored projects offices in preparation and submission of CAREER Career-Life Balance supplemental funding requests are available at http://www.nsf.gov/career-life-balance/suppfunds.jsp
Yes. CAREER awardees may request up to 3 months of salary to support additional personnel (e.g., research technicians or equivalent) to sustain research when the PI is on family leave. In accordance with the Dear Colleague Letter on the Career-Life Balance Initiative, a maximum of $12,000 in salary compensation may be requested for this purpose. The fringe benefits and associated indirect costs would be in addition to the salary payment and therefore, the total supplement request could amount to more than $12,000.


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The United Auto Workers negotiated a landmark local labor agreement with General Motors Co. that should allow the automaker for the first time to produce a subcompact car profitably in the United States.
The agreement calls for just 60 percent of all hourly workers at GM's assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan—where the Chevrolet Aveo will go into production next year—to receive traditional production wages of $28 an hour with full benefits, said Mike Dunn, shop chairman for UAW Local 5960.
The other 40 percent will receive a so-called Tier 2 wage equal to roughly half that of so-called legacy workers.
Effectively, that means about 900 of the 1,200 to 1,500 laid-off workers at the plant will be able to return at full wages and benefits, Dunn said. The remaining laid-off workers will have the option of coming back with Tier 2 wages and full benefits or seeking a transfer to another GM plant, he said.
GM built midsize cars at the Orion plant until last fall when it was idled to retool for the Aveo.
The wage agreement is expected to reduce GM's labor costs enough that the automaker can make a profit on the small car, Dunn said.
"It's an integral part of the plan," he said.
GM and UAW officials reached a final agreement late last week, and plant workers were briefed on the plan Oct. 3.
GM spokeswoman Kimberly Carpenter confirmed on Oct. 4 that an agreement is in place but would not talk about the details.
"GM has worked closely with the UAW to create new and innovative contractual language that will allow this facility to be flexible and lean—essential elements in this highly competitive small-car market segment," Carpenter said in a written statement.
Detroit's automakers have had limited success hiring Tier 2 workers at U.S. plants, even though UAW contracts negotiated in 2007 and again in 2009 gave them the right to do so. Under those recent pacts, up to 20 percent of an automaker's hourly workforce could be subject to the lower-cost Tier 2 wage scale.
But because of the sharp decline in industry sales along with numerous plant closings, Detroit automakers have been unable to hire new workers at lower wages. At the same time, many longtime UAW workers have been reluctant to retire or accept voluntary buyouts to create additional openings.
But the Orion plant has been a special case. The UAW's 2009 amended contract with GM just before bankruptcy called for "innovative labor agreement provisions" that would allow GM to make a small car profitably in the United States.
Workers at Orion Township will not have an opportunity to ratify the new agreement, Dunn said. They effectively agreed to the terms when the majority of UAW-represented workers agreed to the 2009 GM contract that contained the general language related to a small car, he said.
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May 25, 2016
Vice President Dick Cheney will be coming to Bay County Monday, so you can expect some traffic delays during his arrival and departure.
A misleading sign at the foot of the Hathaway Bridge has many motorists believing the bridge will be closed for four hours between the hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
However, Bay County sheriff's deputies say there will be delays during those hours. They say the bridge will only be closed while the Vice President is actually crossing it.
Cheney is arriving at the Bay County International Airport and will then cross the bridge to attend a fundraiser at the Bay Point Marriott. Secret Service will be assisted by police throughout the visit.
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Our Zimbra server was running on a physical server which I had no input when it was set up at all. Anyway, to cut the long story short two drives failed in a raid5 array and at this point it looks like the array is unrecoverable.
I have a nightly backup of both the Zimbra mysql database and the /opt/zimbra folder. Will this be enough to recover the Zimbra instance? If so, can anyone point me to relevant procedures to do this recovery?


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Chuck Jaffe is a senior columnist with MarketWatch. Through syndication in newspapers, his Your Funds column is the most widely read feature on mutual fund investing in America. Chuck has authored three personal financial books, including "Getting Started in Finding a Financial Advisor" (John Wiley & Sons, 2010).
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Chuck Jaffe is senior columnist for MarketWatch. His three weekly columns are syndicated nationally to a weekly audience of more than 20 million readers; his "Your Funds" column is the most widely read feature on mutual fund investing in America. His "Stupid Investment of the Week" column highlights the conditions and characteristics that make a security less than ideal for average investors. His stories, and the investments he has attacked, represent a rogues' gallery of dreadful issues and bad ideas.
Throughout his career, Chuck has won a number of awards for business journalism. In 2009, Chuck was named to MutualFundWire's list of the 40 Most Influential People in Fund Distribution, the only journalist to make the list.
Chuck has been the host of two different radio shows, and currently hosts two weekly podcasts for MarketWatch. In addition, Chuck has been a frequent guest on CNBC, Nightly Business Report, Fox Business News, National Public Radio and more.
Prior to joining MarketWatch, Chuck spent nine years as personal finance and mutual funds columnist at The Boston Globe. He moved to Boston after six years as business editor and columnist at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. His business journalism career includes Florida stops at the St. Petersburg Times and the Bradenton Herald.
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|Written by Rhonda Osborne, LPC
For the past fifty years or so a rumor has been floating around that "shrinks" and therapists tend to be nuts. It tends to be the student body joke within psychology departments and unfortunately, a fair number of professors in the field walk ridiculously close to the cliff of both creepy and clinically insane.
Graduate psych students are easily identified by the passenger lab rats riding on their right shoulders to class, the dorky shirts with the screen-printed brain on the front, and who all show up at the Halloween parties costumed as Sigmund Freud. We are a weird bunch.
Then take the subcategory of mental health professionals: we are not only weird, but the far majority of us having a long list of trauma and unfinished business that too often interferes with good clinical work. And after all of that, we are still offended when the science world questions the validity of our research and the public is leery of engaging in counseling.
It is unfortunate that Psychobabble speaks so poorly about its own kind. Simultaneously, how is the world to learn that some professionals within the field acknowledge that there are a lot of kooks out there that make the job even more difficult for the ones committed to the science of the emotional brain. "Professionals" in this field cannot be lumped together; just like the fact all Middle Easterners cannot be considered terrorists. A broad spectrum of quality exists in this field, much like it does in all professional fields.
I was reminded of this recently when I attended an equine-assisted psychotherapy training in Washington. For those in mental health work, it is fairly accepted that incorporating animals into therapy improves clinical outcomes for those suffering from depression, anxiety, boundary and assertiveness issues, confidence and communication problems. The research in the area of equine-assisted treatment is just beginning and at this time the results look promising.
However, one must keep in mind the owners of such research. Most of them are therapists themselves. If you are uncertain why this would matter, please begin reading this article again. Second, the method to which we measure outcome is somewhat ambiguous. Pre- and post-measures are often done with the "procedure" in-between being abstract, with few controlled variables. Whether the horse is the reason post-test measures are improved continues to remain the mystery.
Back to Washington: this seminar leader was a licensed clinical social worker who had trained horses for years. She had a background in community mental health and was trained in both EGALA and EPONA (organizations that use horses in therapy).
All seemed legitimate, and to tell you the truth she was a heck of a nice lady. She shared the results of a five-participant study of female trauma victims who agreed to participate in a study regarding the benefits of equine-assisted psychotherapy. According to her results, all five participants vastly improved after 12 weeks of therapy, far more than the improvement of most evidence-based modalities. When questioned about her procedures and variable controls however, interesting responses emerged.
Pre- and post-test measurements were self-determined, so improvements were based on whether the client reported feeling better, regardless of whether changes in their life had occurred. There was no random assignment to the study group, meaning these five women had already decided equine therapy would be helpful to them before participation in the study was even offered—thus, they were not exactly unbiased participants.
There were no control groups for comparisons, such as a group of individuals who received another form of 12-week therapy in the same environment (which happened to be a majestic country side with a view of the mountains), or a group who received no therapy at all.
When the question of a placebo effect arose, the leaders seemed offended. One of them even said "Oh, I assure you, this was not a placebo effect. This stuff works." And I'm sitting there thinking, after six years of research standards being hammered into my head, "Well, that's good enough for me. Let's go with it."
Even the realistic comment from a participant (i.e. Rhonda Osborne) implying that people will find what they go looking for and that in itself will skew the study results, was frowned upon.
The point is the mental health world is full of nutty people, and I'm not talking about the clients. It must be acknowledged, it must be confronted, and the consumer must be wise in their selection of both provider and educator.
But along with the bad, there is some good. Much like the study just discussed, with all its limitations, there were still valuable learning points. One must sift through the material to determine what part, no matter how small, is legitimatly meaningful—but it's in there. I am hopeful that you remain skeptical while also opening yourself to the possibility of finding a gem in a pile of plain old gravel.


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After tallying provisional and military ballots for several hours, challenger Eric Levett edged out longtime, incumbent Rockdale County Sheriff Jeff Wigington.
"I knew it would be a tight race. But I don't think anyone imagined it would be this close," Sheriff Wigington said as the votes were being counted.
Sheriff Wigington began the evening with a razor-thin, 18-vote lead. But as the night wore on, Wigington saw his lead diminished before being overtaken by Levett.
Levett, who has more than two decades of law enforcement experience, managed to unseat the incumbent sheriff as Democrats countywide saw large gains.


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Basel, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Hot Argentine star Juan Martin
del Potro was a come-from-behind quarterfinal winner Friday at the Swiss
Indoors tennis event.
Fresh off his title in Vienna last week, the second-seeded del Potro continued
his winning ways by overcoming South Africa's Kevin Anderson 3-6, 7-6 (7-3),
6-2 on the indoor hardcourts at St. Jakobshalle. Anderson out-aced del Potro
by a lopsided 20-2 margin, but the South African also misfired for six double
faults and recorded only one service break, compared to two for the winner.
The formidable del Potro will face third-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet in
Saturday's semifinals. Gasquet got past sixth-seeded Russian veteran Mikhail
Youzhny 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) on Day 5.
The 2012 winner of this $1.84 million event will earn $440,000.
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After the weekend retreat, the House Republicans decided not to try to push the country over another fiscal cliff, and proposed that the debt-ceiling deadline be postponed until May. The bill they passed also stated that members of Congress would not be paid if they didn't pass a budget plan for the coming year. That isn't much of a threat to most members of the Senate, who are independently wealthy and don't live off a periodic paycheck, but it sounds good anyway.
So is the 2012 election officially over? Not in the minds of some politicians. A handful of state Republican leaders are pushing for a change in the way the Electoral College works. As things stand now, the candidate who wins a state's popular vote gets all of that state's electoral votes. The disgruntled party leaders want the vote broken down by congressional districts, so the final vote would no longer be winner-take-all. If that formula had been the law in November, Mitt Romney would have been elected president.
This latest attempt to destroy the Electoral College has the blessings of the Republican Party national chairman and quite a few members of Congress. Not every Republican celebrity is going along with the plot, however. Former GOP Chairman Haley Barbour has called the effort a "cheap stunt" that reflects poorly on the party. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called his party the "dumb party" because, he said, it is "constantly doing and saying the wrong thing."
But facts are facts. Thankfully, elections in America are run honestly and by the rules. Whoever tries to subvert the American way of electing presidents is a cheater, plain and simple.
Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? email@example.com.
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