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I�m disappointed (a kind word) at the intransigence of our congressional and executive branches to do their jobs. But it�s led me to a personal examination to discover the root of the problem.
I came away from that introspection with the opinion that the root problem we face is directly related to gerrymandering. Every 10 years, the Census allows the majority party of state legislatures (in most states) to reconfigure congressional districts based on census data. The natural tendency is for the party in power to reconfigure the districts to guarantee election of their party candidate. Consequently, most districts are �safe� for the incumbent allowing him/her to speak in an �echo chamber� of like-minded constituents.
Interestingly, this is a bipartisan observation as the Democrats are as guilty as the Republicans.
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I�m more and more convinced that this system is flawed and will continue to contribute to the gridlock in Washington. Unless we fix gerrymandering laws, we will continue to be frustrated by the apparent incompetence of our elected officials at the federal level.
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Star Drew gives a big smile before participating in his first Ride for Kids event.
Motorcyclists in two states did their part to combat childhood brain tumors by bringing $142,161 in donations to the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation's Ride for Kids events on Aug. 25.
Sixteen young brain tumor survivors attended the rides on mild, clear mornings in Asheville, N.C. and Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Good on you man, that's indeed a great tutorial. Your initiative will definitely help.
The only thing you should probably do though is add on the front page the name/ nickname of author and yours, as a translator.
I'd like to spread this tuto over a french RPG community but giving credits to the right persons is something important to me.
Do you think you can do that?
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Modern passenger flights fly at high altitudes and despite the fact that they are pressurised; it is not possible to maintain sea level pressure during the flight. Most aircraft maintain a pressure equivalent to 6000-8000 feet above sea level. Reduction of pressure causes gases to expand, with about 20% increase in volume from sea level to 8000 feet.
The human body contains fairly large amounts of gas (including mostly air as well as gases formed in the stomach and intestines during digestion). Expansion of stomach or intestinal gas can lead to discomfort, hence it is better to avoid consuming "gas-generating" food such as beans, cabbage, carbonated drinks and beer before your flight.
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(Washington) - United States Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) today commended Romania for adopting an emergency ordinance reducing the amount of prison time individuals may serve for certain speech violations under Romania's penal code.
"Romania's May 23 ordinance is clearly a step in the right direction," said Smith. "But even with reduced criminal penalties for insult and defamation, the possibility remains that individuals could be sent to prison in Romania today simply for expressing their views."
The May 23 ordinance reduces the penalty for insult under article 205 of the penal code from a maximum of two years in prison to a fine; the penalty for defamation under article 206 is reduced from a maximum of three years in prison to two years imprisonment; and the penalty for insult or defamation of civil servants under article 239 is reduced from a maximum of seven years (under special circumstances) to four years.
The Helsinki Commission on May 24th issued an analysis of free speech issues in Romania. The article, including updated material since its release, is entitled Criminal Defamation and "Insult" Laws: A Summary of Free Speech Developments in Romania.
"More than12 years after the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu, it is unthinkable that Romanians could be sentenced to prison for expressing their opinions about government officials," Smith said. "The May 23 ordinance falls short of bringing Romania's penal code into compliance with freely undertaken international commitments. These changes are not enough. Defamation charges, adequately covered by civil codes, do not belong as part of a penal code. Similarly, prohibitions against 'insults' should not be in a civil or penal code at all."
"The Romanian Government has the opportunity to further improve the May 23 ordinance before asking the parliament to pass legislation codifying these reforms. I hope they would seek an across-the-board repeal of criminal penalties for free speech, consistent with OSCE norms."
Recent events have seriously undermined confidence in the Romanian Government's commitment to free speech. Recent remarks by Defense Minister Ion Mircea Pascu were widely perceived as threats to journalists. Romania's Government acknowledged the existence of a plan to counter criticisms of Romania in the free press. Both houses of Romania's parliament passed a bill to require that print media give rights of reply to anyone "offended" by a news article.
The United States Helsinki Commission, an independent federal agency, by law monitors and encourages progress in implementing provisions of the Helsinki Accords. The Commission, created in 1976, is composed of nine Senators, nine Representatives and one official each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
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A lawsuit related to the scams of a financier who claimed to have ties to the Vatican while looting insurance companies is winding down after more than a decade of legal wrangling.
Attorneys for Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney filed a motion Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., that seeks to voluntarily dismiss the last three defendants, including an elderly priest and a charitable foundation.
The lawsuit originally was filed in 2001 by Cheney's predecessor, George Dale, after notorious financier Martin Frankel bilked insurers in five states during the 1990s.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - October 25, 2011 -
The names of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial have been made public for the first time since they acquitted the Florida mother on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.
The "cooling off" period a Florida judge cited in delaying the
release for three months ended Tuesday, when the names of 12 jurors and three alternates were released.
Judge Belvin Perry says jurors had been threatened since the
verdict in July and he wanted some time to pass before their names
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Anthony currently is serving a year's probation at an
undisclosed location in Florida for an unrelated check fraud case.
The jurors are Joan Meier, Raymond Screen, Linda Bills, Harriet White, Brian Berling, Kimberly Kimball, Kathleen Nighland, James Kearns, Ronald Robertson, David Angelo, Mary Fuhr and Jennifer Ford.
Alternate jurors whose names were not previously released are Elizabeth Jones and Heather Feuerhake.
Alternate jurors Dean Edward Eckstadt and Russell William Huekler already voluntarily revealed their identities publicly.


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Southern Miss coach Ellis Johnson opted for a two-point conversion attempt, but Arsenio Favor's pass was intercepted by Demarcus Kizzie in the end zone.
UTEP quarterback Blaire Sullivan finished with 155 yards on 9-of-15 passing and rushed for 98 yards and a score.
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"Blue Lift 1999" was designed by Tulsa artist Linda Allen. Created on the north wall adjacent to the ground-level, south elevator, the mosaic is made up of tesserea, a blue, Italian glass tile. Allen received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in art from the University of Tulsa, and she began her career in ceramics and clay in 1981. Allen, who was assisted by her daughter-in-law, Katheryn Allen, also created mosaics for the Mayo Demonstration School, Woodland Hills Mall, Tulsa Community College – West Campus, Utica Plaza Building, the Tulsa Zoo, and the Littlefield Office Building.
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- For stability in use, always work wood with a maximum moisture content of 8 percent.
- Feed straight-grained wood into planer knives at a 90� angle. To avoid tearing, feed wood with figured or twisted grain at a slight angle (about 15�), and take shallow cuts of about 1/32".
- For clean cuts, rip with a ip-profile blade that has 24-32 teeth. Smooth cross-cutting requires at least a 40-tooth blade.
- Avoid drilling with twist drills. They tend to wander and cause breakout. Use a backing board under the workpiece.
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Schaeffler Group USA, an automotive and industrial component supplier, today announced that it will expand its existing operations in Chesterfield County.
The $40 million investment is expected to generate 190 new jobs.
"Schaeffler Group USA is proud to continue our long standing partnership with the Town of Cheraw, Chesterfield County and the state of South Carolina. We have a skilled team capable of manufacturing high-quality bearings and engine components for our automotive and industrial customers," said Bruce Warmbold, president and CEO of Schaeffler Group North America.
Schaeffler has been manufacturing bearings for more than 40 years in Cheraw and has two plants in Chesterfield County. Both facilities will be expanded to produce bearings and engine components for new automotive applications. The expansions will be completed by 2013 and this is the second major expansion of the Chesterfield facilities in the past two years.
Gov. Nikki Haley and Commerce officials met with the Schaeffler Group in Germany in 2011 following the Paris Air Show.
"Having a long-time South Carolina manufacturer like Schaeffler Group USA choose to make another substantial new capital investment into its Chesterfield County operations is more excellent news for South Carolina's economy," Governor Nikki Haley said.
"Today's announcement once again shows South Carolina's strength in the automotive club. Schaeffler Group USA's decision to expand in Chesterfield County also provides another boost to our state's manufacturing renaissance," said Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt.
Since January 2011, South Carolina has recruited more than $4.4 billion in capital investment and more than 6,800 jobs in the automotive-related sector.
The company has multiple plant locations in South Carolina, including Fort Mill and Spartanburg, employing more than 2,300, and making it one of the largest German-based manufacturers in the state.
readySC, a division of the S.C. Technical College System, will offer pre-employment training designed specifically for the Cheraw operations. Training in this project will be in the areas of technical skills, advanced automation, safety practices and leadership skills.
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02/23/2007, Caicos Ship Yard
If you've read any of our passage logs you know that Hideko and I don't often leave as early as we'd like to on a long run. We have an SOP that dictates getting things prepped two days in advance so that the day before we can relax. Well this time we're actually doing just that. We spent all of today, putting the boat away and getting things set for departure early Tuesday morning.
We needed diesel (first time since Bimini) and we also filled up our 5 gallon gas can for the dink. The five gallon can was no problem but it took several minutes to pump over 200 gallons into the big tanks. If you get bummed when you fill up the tank of your Prius in LA you don't even want to see this fuel bill. Ma ma.
We had to move down the dock because a 120 foot live aboard dive boat was coming in. I saw them come to the harbor entrance and then just stop. For like an hour. I checked the tides and it was a rising tide with two hours to go to high. Smart skipper. He had hit bottom and lifted off on the tide three times until finally plowing his way into the channel. It was 5 feet out there at low tide when we came in. Somebody needs to rent a crane with a bucket.
I made a final check on all of the diesels after their 250 hour service. Everything was good but I did have to add some water to the reservoir on the genset. We packed up all of the lockers and washed down the boat and got the inside organized.
We're going to take off right when our 7 days runs out. When you clear in to the TCI you can stay 7 days for a small fee ($20 I think it was). If you want to stay longer they issue you a normal cruising permit which is quite a bit more.
We have our route planned all the way over to Puerto Rico via the Dominican Republic and a few of the Turks and Caicos islands on the way down. We're really looking forward to the next batch of sailing and we can fish again since we ate the last of the Mahi Mahi last night!
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02/22/2007, Provo
About a year ago when I was heavily researching boats and cruising in general, I spent time on a forum called cruisersforum (cruisersforum.com). Like most social networks there is a lot of static there but there are also many folks with valuable insight and unique experiences. I struck up a conversation with a guy named Byron who loved diving and catamarans just as I did. He told me he lived in Turks and Caicos and we agreed to meet up when Hideko and I made it out there.
So here we all are. What an amazing couple!! Bryon and Polly, along with Polly's son Trevor, came by the marina in the morning today and we spent the entire day together. They took us all over the island. Provo is really spread out, there is no real center of activity. We would have never found all of the cool places they took us to on our own.
We had lunch at the Conch Shack, which is a must. We watched the guys clean live Conch out on a table on the beach and had fresh Conch fritters and Conch Curry. We also stopped by Turtle Cove Marina which is the only real commercial marina. The shipyard is a shipyard and the Leeward Marina is mostly a base for all of the charter operators with one dock. Turtle Cove is quaint and has shops and restaurants.
We went shopping at the Graceway IGA grocery store and bought an entire grocery cart full of stuff. Trevor helped me pick out the top shelf peanut butter and jelly sandwich supplies. This is the best grocery store Hideko and I have seen since Florida and we went nuts. It was not cheap though, a full cart with UHT milk on the bottom rack was about $800!
We picked up a few things at the ships store as well. Most of the chandleries south of Florida have had primarily power boat stuff. It was no different here but they had the essentials. Like Mic says, maybe not what you want but certainly what you need.
We had a great dinner at the Caicos cafe. This place is run by a French gentleman and the food is fantastic, as you would expect. Hideko (native Japanese mind you) personally thanked the owner for the best Carpaccio she had ever had.
Byron has more dives than I'll ever have and told intriguing stories as we enjoyed dinner. Polly is a technology consultant and has the luxury of working from wherever she likes. They are looking into cruising cats and we are hoping they join us for some sailing in the months/years ahead.
At the end of the day Byron and Polly dropped us back off at the boat. Who would drive strangers around an island all day long, hanging out for exciting activities like buying groceries? Byron and Polly.
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We so enjoyed spending the day with you both and admire your enthusiasm and willingness to embark on this adventure. We look forward to following your travels and meeting up with you again some day in some other exotic location!!
Keep in touch and safe travels!
Polly and Byron
We hear over at the Spot your still having a ball - Buy a toy heli yet?
Did that Sim ever arrive.
02/21/2007, Caicos Boatyard
As best I can tell the North American arm of Saint Francis overlooked the initial break in service and 250 hour service on all three diesels after sailing her up from South Africa. The stock oil and fuel filters painted gun metal grey to match the engines were the first clues. I also haven't been able to get specific fluid types for the engine oil, gear oil or coolant in the boat as delivered, which requires me to change them out completely. If you have 15W-40 in the engine it is probably ok to put some other 15W-40 in there, but I'd rather use the exact same stuff if possible. Gear oil wise, Quick Silver High Performance is the best stuff for a sail drive but you shouldn't mix it with 80 or 90 weight. You definitely don't want to mix dissimilar coolants, because that creates glue more or less. So we were on a track to kill several gallons of Rotella 15W-40, Quicksilver High Performance and Shell Dex-Cool Extended Life.
The ship yard is on the south side of Provo and is the only real marina on the south side. The cruising guides all refer to Cooper Jack and various other marinas destined to open in 2003 or 2004 or 2005, but none of them exist just yet and as far as I can tell they're not all that close to opening either. The whole south side of Provo is reef close in with the exception of Sapadillo Bay. Getting into the ship yard is dicey to say the least.
The yard is really more like a remote full service marina than a ship yard but they do have a medium sized lift and storage facilities, as well as a few workshops. I didn't get any work done in the Bahamas but from what I have seen this is the best place, infrastructure wise, this side of Florida. Nassau might be better but there's just something about Nassau that makes me not want to be stuck there. Here it's quiet at night, everyone is friendly and it is not crowded.
The typical diesel 250 hour service consists of an engine oil change, sail drive gear oil change, coolant change, fuel filter (Racor and engine) change, oil filter change, exhaust water mixer elbow inspection, raw water impeller inspection, belt tensioning and some other odds and ends. Times two Yanmars and a Westerbeke. It was my first time actually doing diesel maintenance so I wanted to get a certified mechanic to work on the job with me, not only so that I could learn the finer points, but also to ensure that we could finish up by Wednesday. Hideko and I wanted to make a Saturday crossing window to Luperon.
Donovan runs the Caicos Marine mechanic shop at the yard and he has lots of experience. He has several young guys working for him. The junior guys are good workers but you definitely want Donovan's know how supervising things closely along the way.
The SF50 really has great engine access with the entire coverings above the motors lifting out. You could see the dread on the mechanics face when the boss tells him he has to work on a sailboat diesel. They were all very surprised and happy when they saw how easy things were to get to.
Once we got the boat opened up the Paul, the mechanic, took the Starboard side and I took the Port. As the Paul would start something on the Starboard side, I would watch and then run over to the Port side and get the same process completed. I have a hand oil pump which works ok but the electrical pump the shop had was much faster, so some of the work got serialized.
Things didn't wrap up until around 8PM after two days of hard work. Most of it was running around looking for the right hose or fitting to make something happen rather than actually getting it done. I think I could do all three motors in a long day now with all of the right tools. My take away is that, while I have every standard tool you might need, there are a few critical things I should order. The most important is a hose connector for the saildrive pump out. Without this part (which we didn't have) it is a lot harder to make a seal on the pump out port and actually get all of the oil pumped out (it's 90 weight for heaven's sake).
We ran into only three real problems. First, the raw water sea cock in the port saildrive was seized. We couldn't close it to check the impeller. We had to kink the hose to keep from getting flooded as we opened the raw water pump. This is certainly going to have to get fixed. It should have been exercised at least at break in and at 250 but I'm thinking it has been open since installation. We bent the tee trying to close it. The other side was tough to close but finally relented.
The second issue was the Westerbeke raw water impeller. As you can see from the photo it had lost a few teeth. The old impeller is on the left and the new one is on the right. As you can see from the bubbled paint on the cover plate it looks like someone ran the pump with the sea cock closed causing it to overheat. My third concern was that the zinc in the Westerbeke was almost completely dissolved.
While I suspect that none of these items would have cropped up if service had been done at break in and the first 250, I will certainly be staying up on them going forward. It was a great experience to work through all of this once with smart experienced mechanics. I am also very happy to now know exactly what fluids are in the boat so that I can top things up without concern. I selected the high end of the factory recommendations for each class of fluid. Now I just need to restock all of my spares and fluids! If I hadn't had all of the parts and fluids on board things might have taken a whole lot longer to get done. I wouldn't want to wait on parts shipment here.
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My St Francis didn't have any raw water filter and they REALLY need one. I didn't see it mentioned in your log of maintanence and was wondering if they skipped it with yours as well.
Because of that we had overheating issues, water hoses being blown off and the muffler melted. We finally took off the raw water heat exchange and found plastic bags, bits of old impeller, etc all preventing water flow. Did they make sure they grabbed the pieces of impeller that were sucked int
We have sail drives, so the intake is at the bottom of the leg with a screen but no strainer per se. Works well though because the intake is so low, no problems yet. The genset does have a raw water strainer on our boat and it sure does get gunky sometimes.
02/20/2007, Turtle Cove Marina
We ran across Mike and Jeri on Aphrodite, Saint Francis 50 hull #1, in Turtle Cove Marina. It was great to chat with another SF owner. I'm sure that all boaters experience this. Mike and I could have gone on for hours about things that we liked, things we wanted to change, things we had each tried on the boats. They were unfortunatly on the way back to the states so it was likely the last time we would see each other. I am working on a Saint Francis owners group on Google so perhaps the comraderie will go on online.
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02/19/2007, South Side of Provo
We moved from Sapodilla Bay to the only Marina on the south side of Provo today so that we could make short order of our 250 hour diesel service (x3). It was a slow 5 knot motor over to the marina past Five Cays and along the South fringe reef just off of Provo.
We had to clear in and I wanted to check the marina out before we tried it so we didn't leave the anchorage until late in the day. As luck would have it this put us right at the entrance at low tide. The entrance to the marina is shallower than the banks leading in! I saw five feet of water at the shallowest spot (we draw 4'8"). Yikes.
The Shipyard is, well, a shipyard. Everything is a drive from here and it is not fancy. That said it is a great yard as yards in the islands go. It's quiet (if you can believe that), there's free Wifi and it is very well protected with absolutely no swell.
We will start our mega maintenance tomorrow, but now it is time for dinner and a movie with the AirCon cranking!
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02/18/2007, Sapodilla Bay
Sunday was a little cloudy. It was a perfect day to make cookies. So we did. Caramel chocolate chip. One more day of quarantine before we can clear in.
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Honey disconnect the skype I'm back in the U.S.S.R
You don't know how lucky you are boy
when you got Cookies, Milk, Tea, I'm Back in the U.S.S.R.
02/17/2007, Provo, TCI
Sapodilla Bay has a low bluff around most of the west side providing a little break from NW winds. There is a beach where you can land a dinghy and access the road in the north corner and the east side of the harbor has a working dock used by a few dive boats and the like. Just around the east point is South Dock, the main shipping facility in Provo, where you will find customs.
We were quarantined on the boat until we could clear in on Monday morning so we spent most of the day cleaning up the boat and relaxing. JeanLuc and Emmanuelle, the crew of the French flagged steel cutter Chogolisa, stopped by for a visit. We had a great chat. They are both experienced cruisers and divers. When we asked them about fishing they told us that after running out of lures they tried an idea a friend of theirs passed on to them. A hook and a Twix wrapper! The aluminum Twix wrapper has a shiny inside with a red and brown outside and they say it works as good as anything they've tried.
JeanLuc and I talked boats while Emmanuelle and Hideko talked food. We are adding them to our list of potential catamaran converts.
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Between March 13 and March 17, 15 suspects allegedly solicited a parent or child online. The suspects also allegedly traveled to the home for sexual activity with children between the ages of 13 and 14. As the suspects arrived, they were taken into custody, the release detailed.
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Given the proliferation of "The X Threads", I've made a thread committed to music... but only soundtracks! Which ones have caught your interest lately? Why?
I remembered Musically Inspired discussing how he felt the original Batman theme was stronger than the new Batman theme of the Nolan trilogy. While I disagreed, I did agree about one thing... the Danny Elfman soundtrack is amazing.
It's awesome Hollywood music at its best. Bold, big, brassy. "Waltz to the Death" is a creepy track that just invokes the image of Joker dancing along at the top of the cathedral.
The actual Batman theme itself is interwoven into many of the action sequences, and the spirit of this 80s Batman just pops to mind. That raw fighter, cruising along through the skies, forming the Batman silhouette upon the moon. Awesome.


text: Got milk? Confused by all the different types of milk at the supermarket? It's no longer simply a matter of reaching for full cream, light or skim milk; nowadays you have to navigate labels claiming everything from high calcium to low saturated fat, and from added omega-3 to A2 proteins – not to mention the growing organic milk market. They all cost more than the generic brands of regular or low-fat milk, but are they worth the extra money? Looking for our unbiased, expert comparisons? Try our milk alternative reviews. While investigating major supermarkets in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, CHOICE found more than 80 different brands and types of milk – an amazing number considering that milk production is dominated by just two big multinationals, Parmalat (owned by French company Lactalis) and National Foods/Dairy Farmers (a subsidiary of Lion, owned by Japanese brewing giant Kiri). That doesn't include products such as flavoured milk, goat's milk or soy milk. These days the dairy industry is overflowing with marketing spiel, but what does it all mean? Is there any credibility to their claims? Dominant dairy The main types of milk are: full cream – makes up nearly half of all fresh milk sales. To qualify it needs to contain at least 3.2% fat, as specified by the Food Standards Code. Most brands contain about 3.4% fat and 3.3% protein. light/low-fat – the second-biggest category. To qualify for the description, milk should contain no more than 1.5% fat, with most brands containing 1.3% to 1.4%. This milk often has skim milk powder added to it, which makes it taste creamier and also boosts the calcium content. skim – can be labelled "fat-free" if it contains less than 0.15% fat, and most brands of skim contain about 0.1%. Again, most brands contain extra skim milk powder which makes the milk taste creamier and gives it extra protein and calcium. What else do I need to know about choosing the right milk? Some of the most common assumptions about milk in all its forms are clouded by unanswered questions, often thanks to excessive marketing spin. Of course there are plenty of valid claims as well, so it's important to know which statements are sweet and which are sour. Calcium, vitamin D and bones We all know that calcium is important for building and maintaining healthy bones, and there's no doubt that milk's an important source. According to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, a claim that a product is a good source of calcium can be made if it contains no less than 25% of the recommended dietary intake (RDI) in a specified quantity – for milk, that's the equivalent of 100mg of calcium or more per 100mL. And most dairy milks fit the bill. Regular full-cream milk contains around 115mg per 100mL. Skim or low-fat milks often contain even more. But only some milk products have a calcium claim on the label – and they're not necessarily the ones with the most calcium. Some boast the added benefit of dietary vitamin D, but for most people it's an unnecessary extra, as you can get enough through exposure to sunlight (it's produced by the action of sunlight on skin). As you get older, you need more vitamin D (and calcium) for healthy bones. But it's estimated that even then, exposure of just your face, hands and forearms to sunlight for 15-30 minutes, two to three times a week, will provide enough. It's primarily people who have very restricted sun exposure – older people in residential care, dark-skinned people and women who wear veils, for example – who may need to boost their vitamin D levels through diet. If you're trying to get more calcium (a higher intake is recommended for adolescents and older people, particularly postmenopausal women, for example), don't be influenced by the words on the label. Check the nutrition information panel – any more calcium than 100mg per 100mL is a bonus. But unless you're at risk of vitamin D deficiency, there's really no need to buy milk just because its label mentions bone health, especially if it costs more. Heart and cholesterol Omega-3s are derived either from plants (mainly ALA omega-3s) or from fish (mainly EPA and DHA). ALA may help to prevent heart disease, but the evidence for omega-3s from fish is far better. Some milks have omega-3s added, while others simply make 'source of omega-3s' claims, but the amount they contain varies hugely, so check the label to see what contribution they make to your diet. The suggested dietary target for omega-3s is 610 mg/day for men and 430 mg/day for women. A serve of fish is a much better source of omega-3 – there's more than 340mg in 40g of tinned tuna, for example, and even more in salmon or sardines. But if you're not keen on seafood, milk that's claimed to be good for your heart could make a real contribution to your daily needs. Digestion Lactose is the major sugar in milk. If you don't have enough of the enzyme lactase – which breaks down lactose so that it can be absorbed by your body – you might experience symptoms like stomach cramps, bloating, wind and diarrhoea when you drink milk. Brands that claim to offer easier digestion may have had the lactose removed, which benefits those who are lactose intolerance. Goat's milk still contains lactose, but the major difference between it and cow's milk is that the fat globules in goat's milk are much smaller, and it lacks the substance called agglutinin, which causes the globules to cluster together in cow's milk (if it's not homogenised). It's been said that this may be why some people find goat's milk easier to digest than regular cow's milk, but the only evidence we could find for this was anecdotal. If you have trouble digesting milk, you could be lactose-intolerant, and lactose-free milk might help (although you should see a doctor for advice). If lactose isn't your problem, you could try goat's milk, but you'll need to get used to the taste. A2 milk The A2 milk debate has been rumbling along since the late 1990s. Back then, it was hypothesised that the A1 beta-casein protein found in the milk of some cows was a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease and possibly also schizophrenia and autism. The A2 beta-casein protein, produced by other cattle breeds, wasn't thought to be associated with these diseases. Milk produced in Australia and New Zealand is normally a mix of both. So the A2 Milk Company (previously A2 Corporation) was set up to produce milk from cows that mainly produce A2 beta-casein proteins. The science behind this claim is that beta-casein, the protein that makes up about 80% of the protein in milk, has two forms, A1 and A2, and milk normally contains a mixture of the two forms, which is true. And the peptide BCM7 can be released from A1 protein during digestion or food processing, also true. But what of suggestions that A2 milk provides levels of protection from autism in children, as well as schizophrenia, diabetes and heart disease? In 2009, the European Food Safety Authority reviewed the science and found no justification for claims about the health risks from BCM7. Food Standards Australia New Zealand is similarly sceptical about the evidence for the claims for A2 milk. With no substantial evidence to suggest that A2 milk is better for health than regular milk, you're better off basing your buying on taste and price. Permeate paranoia You may have noticed a "permeate free" claim showing up on your carton of milk. So what is permeate, and should you be avoiding it? The composition of milk can vary throughout the year as a result of regional and seasonal factors and breed of cow. According to the industry, most dairy manufacturers standardise the fat and protein levels of the milk collected to meet consumers' expectations of a product with consistent composition and taste all year round. One way of doing this is to add or remove fat. Another is to add permeate, which also makes milk less costly to produce. Permeate is derived through ultra-filtration, a process used by many manufacturers to separate various components of milk – protein, lactose, vitamins and minerals. Permeate is the technical term for the lactose, vitamin and mineral components, and is sometimes regarded as waste as it is discarded in the production of cheese. The Food Standards Code allows manufacturers to add or withdraw "milk components" to or from milk as long as the total fat level remains at least 3.2% (for full-cream milk) and the protein at least 3% (for any milk). Manufacturers aren't required to list permeate on the ingredients list. Permeate-free labelling appears to be a marketing move in response to concerns from some consumers about its use in milk, but there's no evidence to suggest you should avoid it for nutritional or safety reasons. Organic milk Organic milk is almost always more expensive than its non-organic equivalent, but in this case it, like other organic foods, costs more because production costs are greater. It's produced without the use of pesticides and with higher standards of animal welfare than conventionally produced milk. Many brands are produced by smaller independent dairies with only local distribution, so the milk is less likely to have been transported across vast distances. Milk production in Australia The coffee myth Some baristas would have you believe that cheaper milks – like the supermarket brand products – will give you a poorer quality coffee as the milk doesn't froth as well. They say the lower fat content of supermarket brand milks is responsible. But our analysis says otherwise. To confirm our findings, we asked our resident coffee expert and coffee machine tester for his opinion. He said there is some variability in milk according to season, but regardless of whether it's home brand or premium you should be able to get a good foam – so rest assured, your morning cappuccino is safe. He steamed the supermarket brand variety for us and we couldn't tell the difference. Industry issues Cream skimming Manufacturers often strip milk of some of its cream, yet still sell it as full-cream. Most full-cream milk we found contained only 3.3%–3.4% fat, whereas milk straight from the cow contains about 4%. Manufacturers use the cream they've extracted to make other dairy products, such as dairy desserts and butter. You can still find milk with fat above 4%, but it's more expensive and is often organic. You can also find milk that hasn't been homogenised, but these brands are produced by smaller dairy companies with limited distribution and may not be available in your area. Animal welfare: benefits for the bovines Milk production is now much more efficient and mechanised. The number of dairy farms has more than halved in the past 25 years and the average herd size has gone up from 85 cows in 1980 to 215 in 2008. In the same period, the average amount of milk produced per cow per year has gone up from 2848L to 5231L, while the most recent report shows an increase to 5525L in 2013. This increased productivity has been achieved by selective breeding and supplementing the cows' feed. But according to the RSPCA and other animal welfare organisations, the huge scale of milk production has given rise to some animal welfare issues. To produce milk, a cow must have a calf every year and most of these bobby calves are slaughtered. Current regulations allow for them to be transported on trucks for 18 hours straight, and there's no requirement for them to be fed for 30 hours. Calves that are kept have their horns or the horn buds removed without anaesthetic or pain relief. Although on the decrease, some farmers still routinely dock the tails of their dairy cows, again without anaesthetic or pain relief. Lameness can be a painful condition for many dairy cows that stand for long periods on the concrete floors of milking sheds. Jargon buster Use this quick reference to decipher words you might see on milk container labels. 'Milk drink', 'milk beverage': Only specified vitamins and minerals can be added to milk under the Food Standards Code, and for some of these there's a maximum permitted quantity. Milks with more than this, or with other additional vitamins and minerals, are labelled 'milk drink' or 'milk beverage' in order to comply with the code. Homogenised: Practically all milk in Australia shops has undergone homogenisation, a process where the milk fat globules are physically reduced in size, so they remain suspended throughout the milk for long periods of time. The process prevents the cream from separating out and gives the milk a more uniform colour. Unhomogenised milk will have a creamy layer on top where the fat globules have come together. Pasteurised milk has been heat-treated to kill bugs and prevent spoilage. It's particularly important that milk produced on an industrial scale is pasteurised. Collecting and pooling milk from many different farms increases the risk that a given batch will be contaminated, and the plumbing and machinery needed for the various stages of processing also increase opportunities for contamination. Long-life milk has been pasteurised using the ultra-high temperature (UHT) method. If packaged under strictly sterile conditions, it can be stored for months without refrigeration. Organic milk comes from organically farmed animals fed a variety of foods natural to their diet, and allowed free movement and natural light and ventilation while inside. Biodynamic: You'll see this on the label of milks sourced from farms that use the biodynamic farming method. Biodynamic farming shares principles with organic farming (such as not using chemical fertilisers) but has additional requirements for enhancing the soil's structure and nutrient cycles.


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World Health day is coming up in early April, and it seems like a good time to shine a light on health workers of the world, the unsung heroes who run toward disasters when everyone else is running away.
These are the people who deliver babies, comfort the dying, treat the sick, and put themselves in harm's way.
Health workers risk their lives when they treat people with drug-resistant TB, Ebola, Marburg, and injured people in war zones. They refuse to give up even when it looks like all hope is lost.
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Born on Nov. 17, 1944 in Neptune, NJ, DeVito was raised in nearby Asbury Park by his mother, Julia, and father, Daniel, a small business owner who at various times ran a dry cleaning store, a dairy outlet, a luncheonette and a pool hall. After attending Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grammar School, he went to the Oratory Prep School, where he received his first taste of acting by performing the leading roles in stage productions of "St. Francis of Assisi" and "Billion Dollar Saint." Following his graduation in 1962, DeVito began working as a hairdresser at his sister Angela's New Jersey salon. But he soon realized that he could make a better living learning cosmetics, which led to him applying fo... Continue Bio >>
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Robert Godhigh rushed for two touchdowns and caught a third, and Georgia Tech held off North Carolina 68-50 on Saturday in the highest-scoring game in Atlantic Coast Conference history.
Jamal Golden returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score, and backup quarterback Vad Lee rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns and threw for a third.
That helped the Yellow Jackets (5-5, 4-3) continue their push toward bowl eligibility and remain alive in the murky Coastal Division race.
The teams combined for 1,085 yards, 118 points -- and just five punts -- in surpassing the previous ACC record of 110 points set in Virginia's 63-47 victory over Tulane in 1968.
Georgia Tech outgained the Tar Heels 588-497 and set a school record for points in an ACC game, eclipsing its 63 against Wake Forest in 1998.
Bryn Renner threw two touchdown passes for the Tar Heels (6-4, 3-3).
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- Bodine is the Reigning Truck Series Champion after earning his 2nd title in 2010
- Bodine is Third Driver in Truck Series History to Win Multiple Titles, and Clinch Early
- Bodine Owns 21 Truck Series wins with Germain Racing and 36 NASCAR career wins
- He clinched the 2010 title in November at Phoenix International Raceway
- He has 1 Win, 3 Top-fives and 4 top-tens in Trucks at Phoenix
February 23, 2011 (Mooresville, N.C.) - NASCAR Camping World Truck Series fans may feel a bit of déjà vu on Friday night when SPEED broadcasts race number two of the 2011 season at Phoenix International Raceway. The Arizona one-mile circuit last hosted the Truck Series in November as the second-to-last race in 2010. Todd Bodine returns with the No. 30 Germain.com Tundra. He and the Germain Racing crew have a new game plan for racing at this desert venue.
"We are going to Phoenix with a little bit different plan. We tested at Disney World in the off season. The track isn't close enough that we learned anything specifically for Phoenix International Raceway, but we learned some things that should help us in general," explained Bodine. "We've run well at Phoenix in the past. We have one win there. Over the last couple years, we haven't run really well. We've kind of gone away from our setup and we aren't sure what's happened. This time, we're going there with a different philosophy and our best Germain.com Tundra hoping to see if we can make that work."
Mike Hillman Jr. had the No. 30 Germain Racing team prepare chassis TRD-131 for Phoenix. The Tundra debuted last year and earned wins at Texas, Kentucky and Nashville. The chassis has finished 5th or better in all of its appearances.
"Phoenix has been a track that's frustrated us for a few seasons. Once you win at a track, you definitely want to keep winning there. But, we have had a hard time putting ourselves in position to win at Phoenix. We're sending our best truck with a fresh new setup and we have very high expectations for the Germain.com Tundra," said Hillman.
Bodine says the one quality that he and the No. 30 team are looking for from the Germain.com Tundra this week sounds very simple.
"Balance. We haven't found a good balance there in two years, so we are really looking for balance out of our setup for the Germain.com Tundra," said Bodine.
Bodine has raced seven Truck Series races at Phoenix International Raceway. All have been behind the wheel of the No. 30 with Germain Racing and the pairing has produced one win, three top-five and four top-ten finishes. This Friday night, he'll compete in his 167th Truck Series race when he fires up the Germain.com Tundra for the 2nd race of the 2011 season. Bodine has 729 NASCAR career starts to date.
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Mr. Chairman, I would underscore the leadership role the Helsinki Commission has provided and continues to provide on the issues before us this morning. Indeed, we have convened nearly a dozen hearing on various aspects of intolerance in the OSCE region. In addition to the longstanding concerns over anti-Semitism and related violence you have described, The Commission has paid increasing attention to the scourge of racism prevalent in many OSCE countries today, a phenomenon to which I can personally attest. With great frequency we received reports of violence against individuals based on their color be they of African or Asian descent or counted among the Roma, the single largest minority in Europe. As the decade of Roma inclusion (2005-2015) approaches its midpoint, many Rom feel anything but included.
Earlier this year, The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) issued a joint call on governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society to intensify efforts in addressing racism and xenophobia. Among their specific recommendations was a call for political leaders and other public figures to speak out against all forms of violence motivated by racial hatred or xenophobia; an encouragement for governments to provide specific training to law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and the judiciary in order to enhance their effectiveness in dealing with racist, xenophobic and other hate crimes; a call for governments to cooperate closely with civil society in the monitoring of racist, xenophobic and other hate crimes, and intensify their efforts to collect data and statistics on such crimes and incidents; and a call for governments to ensure that victims of discrimination and hate crime have access to effective remedies to address grievances.
While these steps are important, for too many victims they come too late or have fallen on deaf ears. Recall the case of the horrific murder of Marwa el-Sherbini, a 32-year old pregnant Muslim woman from Egypt living in Germany who was stabbed to death in a Dresden courtroom in July. Her attacker was in court for insulting her in 2008, apparently because she was wearing the Muslim headscarf. Members of a neo-Nazi gang in St. Petersburg, Russia are on trial for a series of murders, including the slaying of an expert who was assisting authorities in investigations of attacks by similar groups. Among those targeted were foreigners from at least five countries. Members of a racist gang in Moscow were jailed last year for killing 18 foreigners over the course of a little more than a year.
Then there is the case of two-year old Natálka Sivkova who suffered burns on 80 percent of her body when an extremist group targeting Roma firebombed her home in the Czech Republic. In Hungary, five-year-old Rom, Robert Csorba and his father were riddled with bullets to prevent them from escaping their fire-bombed home.
Mr. Chairman, racist attacks such as these have become all too commonplace in the OSCE region, underscoring the need to redouble efforts to aggressively prosecute those responsible for such crimes even as we seek to promote tolerance and understanding. I look forward to hearing from the personal representatives on their contributions to these efforts.
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A study conducted by psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas reveals intellectual engagement that involves actively learning new things is the key to maintaining brain health. The study is published in the January issue of Psychological Science.
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Dr. Francisco Fernandez, inaugural dean of UTRGV medical school, was introduced to the South Texas community during a press conference on Feb. 26.
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For the first time, scientists from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have grown human lungs in a lab.
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University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., announced during a news conference Jan. 10 that he is stepping down to return to medicine full time after a five-year tenure at The University of Texas System.
"I am embarking on a new and exciting adventure and that is that I've accepted the position as head of pediatric transplant surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio beginning upon the appointment of my successor by Chairman Paul Foster and the Board of Regents," Chancellor Cigarroa said.
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The University of Texas System Board of Regents today approved the posthumous appointment of Charles A. Sorber, Ph.D., as president emeritus of UT Permian Basin. Sorber served as the fourth president of UT Permian Basin from 1993 to 2001. He passed away on October 18, 2013.
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Patricia Hurn, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research and innovation at The University of Texas System, today introduced to the UT System Board of Regents Technology Transfer and Research Committee a proposed Innovation Framework for 2014 designed to strengthen and advance industry and commercialization paths for emerging research within UT System universities and academic health centers.
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Beth Levine, M.D., a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and director of the Center for Autophagy Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has received the 2014 Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award from the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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The Mulva Family Foundation has made a $60 million multiyear pledge to The University of Texas at Austin to support the McCombs School of Business and the Cockrell School of Engineering, one of the largest gifts in the school's history.
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The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School has named S. Claiborne "Clay" Johnston, M.D., Ph.D., as the inaugural dean. He will lead the school in developing new approaches for teaching, patient care and research that build on a vision to transform both medical education and health care delivery.
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President Barack Obama has named UT Austin College of Natural Sciences chemist Allen Bard a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the government's oldest and most prestigious awards for scientific achievement.
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Asheville, NC (ACT) -- An Asheville native and prominent anti-death penalty lawyer who has managed to get life sentences for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber, has joined the defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction during the April 15 marathon. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when two bombs exploded near the finish line.
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A judge on Monday approved the appointment of death penalty expert Judy Clarke, who grew up in Asheville, to defend 19-year-old Tsarnaev. But judge Marianne Bowler denied, at least for now, a request from Tsarnaev's public defender, Miriam Conrad, to appoint a second death penalty lawyer - David Bruck, a professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
Tsarnaev's lawyers could renew their motion to appoint another death penalty expert if he is indicted, the judge said.
Clarke, a 1970 graduate of Roberson High School, has defended the likes of Eric Robert Rudolph, "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski and Jared Loughner, who was convicted of shooting U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people outside an Arizona grocery store. All three received life sentences.
Clarke first gained notoriety in 1995 as part of the team defending Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman who drowned her two young sons. A staunch opponent of the death penalty, Clarke was named one of the top 50 women lawyers in the country by the National Law Journal.
Clarke's intelligence and drive strongly impressed Tommy Koontz, who was principal at Roberson when she went to school there.
"Judy was one of those individuals you knew was going to go far in life, and she has," Koontz said when Clarke was appointed to represent Loughner in January 2011. "She was always interested in the rights of people. I'm very proud of her."
Koontz said Clarke served as student body president and played varsity basketball. "She was really an exceptional young lady," he said. "I am glad I had the opportunity to know her. I remember her as a young lady who was interested in things being done right."
Clarke is the daughter of the late Harry W. Clarke, a civic leader in Asheville and president of Western Carolina Industries. Her mother, Patsy, was a longtime actress with Asheville Community Theatre and former UNC Asheville speech teacher. Her sister, Candy, taught biology at Roberson before she retired.
In 2010 Clarke, who is in private practice in San Diego, was named one of seven "Graduates of Distinction" at Roberson.
Tony Baldwin, superintendent of Buncombe County Schools, went to school with Clarke and was friends with the family.
"I just recall Judy being a highly intelligent individual," he said. "She was a strong leader there at T.C. Roberson."
Clarke went to Furman University and received her law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1977.
Clarke, a former federal public defender who has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, also represented Rudolph. The former Western North Carolina man avoided death in a plea deal and was sentenced to five consecutive life terms in 2005.
Rudolph killed two people and injured at least 150 at the 1996 Olympics and at a gay bar in Atlanta, and at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala. He was caught by a Murphy police officer in 2003 after hiding out in Nantahala National Forest for years.
Clarke has rarely spoken publicly about her work and did not return a call seeking comment Monday. However, at a speech Friday at a legal conference in Los Angeles, she talked about how she had been "sucked into the black hole, the vortex" of death penalty cases 18 years ago when she represented Smith.
"I got a dose of understanding human behavior, and I learned what the death penalty does to us," she said. "I don't think it's a secret that I oppose the death penalty."
Bruck has directed Washington and Lee's death penalty defense clinic, the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, since 2004.
Clarke's clients have included the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski; Susan Smith, a woman who famously drowned her two children; Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph; and most recently Jared Loughner, who shot former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head. All received life sentences instead of the death penalty.
Clarke has rarely spoken publicly about her work and did not return a call seeking comment Monday. However, at a speech Friday at a legal conference in Los Angeles, she talked about how she had been "sucked into the black hole, the vortex" of death penalty cases 18 years ago when she represented Smith.
In other developments in the Boston case:
- FBI agents visited the home of the in-laws of the suspect's brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and carried away several bags. The brother was killed in a gun battle with police.
CNN reported at least one bag was labeled DNA samples.
FBI spokesman Jason Pack confirmed agents went to the North Kingstown home of Katherine Russell's parents Monday. Russell is Tsarnaev's widow and has been staying there.
Russell didn't speak as she left her attorneys' office in Providence. Attorney Amato DeLuca says she's doing everything she can to assist with the investigation.
- President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed terrorism coordination Monday in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. Obama expressed his "appreciation" for Russia's close cooperation after the attack.
The suspected bombers are Russian natives who immigrated to the Boston area. Russian authorities told U.S. officials before the bombings they had concerns about the family, but only revealed details of wiretapped conversations since the attack.
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The United States has been fortunate so far this year to avoid any significant effects from a tropical storm or hurricane. And, without any major damage in our country, it kind of feels like there hasn't been any activity in the tropics this year! In the DC Metro area, the only storm that really impacted us was Tropical Storm Andrea, all the way back in early June. The storm that brought record rainfall to our area last Friday was somewhat influenced by the remnants of Tropical Storm Karen, but it was in fact a separate system, and not tropical in origin.
At the beginning of the season, NOAA predicted a 2013 tropical season with 13-19 named storms, with 6-9 of those storms becoming hurricanes. NOAA also predicted that 3-5 of those hurricanes would be major, reaching a status of Category 3 or higher (Cat 3 storms have wind speeds of at least 115mph). With about six weeks left in the tropical season, we have had eleven systems in the Atlantic that reached Tropical Storm status, and only two hurricanes. We haven't had a major hurricane at all in the Atlantic Ocean this year. So, it appears that NOAA's forecast for the number of storms could end up being on-target, since there's still plenty of time for two or more tropical storms to develop. But the forecast for the number of intense storms looks to be way too high. The quiet season can largely be explained by one factor-- dry air!
Hurricanes develop differently than any other type of storm. A classic hurricane is very symmetrical and almost circular in shape. Compare that to a classic winter storm, which tends to have a comma-like shape.
Symmetry and consistency are very important for hurricanes. If you look at a hurricane's vertical structure, you would see a cylindrical column of warm, moisture-laden air, with the temperature and wind speeds very similar throughout. By contrast, winter storms, Nor'Easters, and any other land-based cyclone have changing temperatures, changing wind speeds, and changing levels of humidity throughout horizontal and vertical cross-sections of the system. The reason for these big differences is because hurricanes get their energy from very warm water, whereas the other types of storms get their energy from differences in temperature, wind, and humidity. So, when a developing hurricane encounters a changing environment, such as strong winds at the jet stream level or an intrusion of dry air, these disruptions tend to kill the system.
In 2013, that's exactly what happened. Both wind shear (stronger winds aloft than at the surface) and dry air (winds blowing into the Atlantic from the Sahara Desert) are making for a barren environment for tropical development. And, the storms that are developing aren't getting any traction because of the aforementioned elements fighting against them. I think this is the main reason why we have had a fair number of storms this year, but only a couple hurricanes and no major storms at all. By the way, I am not ignoring the impact of Hurricane Ingrid on eastern Mexico. The storm, with its flooding rains, was devastating and deadly. But with peak winds of 85mph, the storm was a Category 1 hurricane and never reached major (Cat 3 or higher) status.
There is little reason to believe that the tropical season will give us a late-season punch. The peak of hurricane season, early September, has long passed. (Not coincidentally, the season's peak is the only time we had any hurricanes at all. Both Humberto and Ingrid formed and fizzled during the month of September.) The current picture is looking pretty bleak for hurricane lovers, as well:
The NHC has an area outlined in yellow with a 0% chance of tropical cyclone formation within the next 48 hours. Certainly nothing to get excited about there! Though it's certainly not unprecedented to get a late-season hurricane-- for instance, we just had one last year with Sandy's late-October formation-- hurricanes do become much more unlikely once the season is past its peak.


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Sacramento area traffic incidents, slowing, flooding | News
SACRAMENTO AREA - The third and biggest blast of rain and wind battered Northern California Sunday morning, bringing down trees, creating slick roadways, and making for dangerous driving conditions.
As of 9 a.m., the California Highway Patrol was working more than 50 problems in the Sacramento region alone.
Following are a list of road closures, traffic incidents and slowing on Sunday:
Flooding, closures reported:
- Blue Ravine Rd. at Folsom Blvd. closed to 8 Sunday night
- Sibley St closed btwn Levy and Blue Ravine Rds in Folsom
- EB CCF at Fulton 10 mph 9:30am
- EB CCF at Fulton 10 mph 9:30am
- WB CCF at Marconi 10 mph
- Garden Highway at I-5
- Highway 70 at 65 closed, 3 feet of water
- Highway 99 at 50 connector
- CCF at 51st water reported
- EB 50 at Hazel
- Madison at College Oak
- Hway 102 at East Gibson
- Hurey at Fulton
- Cherry Ave at Granite
- Golden State Freeway at Highway 49
Trees down reported:
- Greenback at Chestnut
- Auburn at Watt
- Highway 49 at Lime- Kiln closed, tree down, CHP reports hit by several cars
- Highway 16 at Rumsey Canyon closed due to mudslides
Accidents include:
- I-5 South at Laguna
- SB Highway 99 at Florin
- EB CCF at El Camino
- WB CCF near Arden
High winds reported throughout the area. Sacramento Regional Transit reports power lines are down on the light rail tracks in Folsom near Blue Ravine.
The CHP and Caltrans report it's wet but no chains required in the Sierra this morning on Interstate 80 or Highway 50.
It was a wet mess in Folsom for the CIM.
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Apparently, the new Vortex Razor HD 18-48x65 and 11-33x50 spotting scopes were at the SHOT show. Has anyone seen them yet or seen an early review?
From the Vortex website and others, here are the specs on the 18-48x65 compared to the 20-60x85:
Objective Lens Diameter:65 mm
Linear Field of View:138-75 feet/1000 yards (vs. 115-70)
Angular Field Of View:2.7-1.4 degrees (vs. 2.2-1.1)
Close Focus:11.5 feet (vs. 16.5)
Eye Relief:18-20 mm (same as the 85)
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I haven't seen anything comparing the brightness of the 65 to the 85 or saying if there are other improvements this year. I assume the 85 is brighter, but I'm not sure by how much.
It appears that the 11-33x50 does not have a removable eyepiece, so you can't put a fixed 30x eyepiece on it. That's too bad; I would prefer the fixed.
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Former NBA star Mookie Blaylock is reportedly
in critical condition following a car accident in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday that Blaylock was one of two
people critically injured in a head-on collision in Clayton County.
Jonesboro police Chief Franklin Allen told the paper that Blaylock was driving
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crossed over the median and into oncoming traffic.
Blaylock's vehicle struck another vehicle head-on, injuring two people in that
car, including a female passenger who is said to have suffered internal
All three were transported to Atlanta Medical Center, where Blaylock was on
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critical condition.
Blaylock has been under treatment for seizures, a family member told police.
The 46-year-old Blaylock, a point guard, played for the Atlanta Hawks from
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Blaylock, also played for the Nets (1989-1992) and Warriors (1999-2002),
averaging 13.5 points and 6.7 assists per game over the course of his career.
Address records show Blaylock, whose real name is Daron, lives in Zebulon in
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