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1970 Plymouth Barracuda Grill Repair - Gettin' GrilledWritten by on November 1, 2000 Plastic Repair Is Sometimes A Necessity
With new aftermarket repops, a large part of the semi-serious resto game is handled fairly painlessly. On the other hand, new NOS and premium used stuff can only get thinner every year. While there's still a steady stream of salvaged used items on the market, the rarest and most desirable items, especially those that are not being reproduced, are commanding ever higher prices-if you can find a cherry piece at all. Take a 'Cuda grille for instance. This complex chunk of molded plastic isn't being reproduced, and likely never will. Need one? Would you pay $250 for a battered center grille, sans all the trim? How about $800 for a reasonably clean complete used piece? Want the best? Close to $2000 for a mint NOS three piece set with new trim in the original boxes. We all want the best for our cars, but the reality of affording that luxury is often another matter.
The nose of my own '70 'Cuda was looking pretty shabby. Back in 1988, the missing original grille was replaced with a sweet junkyard find from a '70 Gran Coupe. Looking back at the cost of $45, it's laughable today. Now, all would have been well if I hadn't loaned the car to a well-intentioned brother-in-law while I took an extended job overseas. When the abandoned car was recovered from his ex-girlfriend's garage years later, the nose was smashed, windshield cracked, convertible top slashed, and engine fried. The slashed top, cracked screen and cooked mill were really no problem; but that grille..damn.
The 'Cuda temporarily landed in the hands of a friend who got the abused Mopar running and sent it in to a local body shop for repairs to the damaged nose. The body shop in question slapped some bondo over the cracked grille, hosed it with some Krylon spray-can silver, and called it good enough. Needless to say, things were ugly up front, but what to do? The days of the dream finds are basically long gone; there would be no $45 mint 'Cuda grilles for the picking. Weighed against the costs of finding a suitable replacement, the path was clear-fix it.
Right off, let's be clear: Taking a busted-up piece of anything, be it a fender, door, or grille, and making it presentable isn't easy. Making it look as nice as new is even tougher. Use the wrong materials and techniques, and it's impossible. Personally, I don't fix grilles every day, but I've done my own body and paint for over twenty years. Attempting these kinds of repairs takes skill and, more importantly, patience, neither of which we can provide in this story. What we can do is pass on the methods and materials that we've found successful over the years. Add in your own skill and time, and the results can be outstanding. The repairs to this grille required twenty hours of working time, start to sweet finish, of which only a sampling is covered here. Sure, it takes a while, but the finished product is nothing short of as-new beautiful.
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R/T Specialties has the hard to find bushings/screws/clips in a kit-get it. The front bumper usually has to come off for the center grille to clear it on its way out.The shop that last fixed this grille figured that spray bomb silver was a good match to the factory Argent finish-it isn't. The gluggy paint was stripped by sandblasting. If you have to strip the grille, use extra-fine sand, a large nozzle on a suction feed blaster, and some distance between the gun and the plastic. The sand will strip the surface and bounce off the plastic. The resultant texture is fine for a rough Argent finish, and perfect for repair adhesion. Work slow, and don't use too much pressure or you'll kill the grille.First the basics: a crack. The crack in this bezel was non-structural, since it didn't go clear over to an edge.First the crack is "V-ed" out to about 2/3-3/4 of the way through the thickness of the plastic. We used the same carbide cutter used to port heads, mounted in an air die grinder. The "V" increases the surface area for the repair material to adhere to, making for a much stronger repair.Plastic in a tube; SEM Weld Ridged Repair Material is a professional product used for repairing plastic parts and can be purchased at body shop supply houses which carry the SEM line.Mix equal parts of the repair material and resin. The SEM Weld is troweled into the groove, both filling and bonding the flaw. Working time until it begins to cure is very short, so mix only a little, and then slap it on. A small piece cut from a larger plastic bondo squeegee is the tool to use.The SEM weld can be sanded like Bondo, but it takes more effort. Make sure to over-fill the repair slightly, so that it can be sanded down flush; #80 grit paper cuts it well. If the edges peel, the SEM Weld hasn't had enough cure time or the repair area isn't clean or roughened adequately.The repair profile should be made nearly perfect with the SEM Weld; if it isn't, apply another layer of the compound until it's right.The SEM Weld feather edges fairly well, but not fine enough for a invisible repair. We used fine polyester finishing glaze, a body repair product, for the final surface finish. It mixes like Bondo (which it basically is, only finer) and is spread in a very thin layer. Extend the glaze past the area previously sanded. The glaze fills any pinholes, gives an invisible feather edge, and fills the relatively rough #80 grit sanding scratches from the previous step.The glaze should only be used as a surface finish, since it isn't structural like the repair compound. #220 grit sandpaper works well to cut back the glaze, with a final sanding using #320. After sanding, it should be so thin you can see through it.
With a light dusting of primer sealer, the repair is invisible. The back side of this bezel, as with all the repairs on this grille, was also filled (don't "V" groove both sides) and finished for a perfect fix.On our center grille we had this break which is structural because it goes all the way through and ties the upper to the face portion of the grille.Though the SEM Weld is good, in highly stressed areas no glue will hold over the long term like the original plastic. The solution is to add a metal splint, which we cut from .010-inch-thick sheetmetal. After the break area and splint are roughened, the splint is bonded across the back of the break with the SEM Weld.Once cured, the edges of the bonded-in splint are sanded flush, and the metal is fully encapsulated in another application of the SEM Weld.Once sanded, finished glazed, and resanded, the repair is undetectable, and extremely strong due to the steel splint.One of the ugliest parts of this grille was the center nose, which was cracked, busted, and improperly body shop repaired. First the Bondo was picked out of the broken area. Adhesion was poor, and the Argent paint underneath showed that the filler was just slapped on. Note that two of the trim mounting lugs are also busted off (Arrows).
To back up the hole for filling, tape it over from the backside. Otherwise, the filler will just drop out.Getting the shape right up front requires finesse. Make sure to work the repair to near perfection with the SEM Weld rather than trying to cheat with the easier-working glaze or bondo-it won't hold.The glaze again is paper thin, just to fill surface imperfections and provide an invisible feather edge.All fixed, the nose of this grille looks factory perfect. Notice that the grille sprouted the two missing trim lugs in this photo-more on how those got there later.By far the toughest part of fixing this grille was the two missing fins in the upper left lattice. Since the broken-out bits were long gone, new ones would have to be made. First the broken area is ground square, and "V-ed" back. Don't "V" the edges of the remaining grillework right off their support!We used Lexan sheet (in the proper thickness) for the stock material to make the broken fins. It's easy to get, heat workable, and won't propagate a crack like Plexiglas. The fins have a bend in the middle, which we replicated by bending the Lexan in a crude brake made from steel bar and angle iron, using an oxy-acetelene torch for heat. It was tricky. A good glass or sign shop could probably do the bend with ease.
Here the next fin is bonded in. The fin above it (Arrow) has been sanded, glazed, and finish sanded.A cardboard template was made by copying one of the remaining legs of the tab, and then the template was transferred to sheet metal, the tab folded using a vice, vice grips, and some hammerwork, and then it was bonded in. Notice that the replacement tab has a wide flanged foot all around, giving the surface area a strong bond.As for the missing two small trim lugs in the center of the grille which we sprouted in photo 22, they were carved out of billet aluminum with a hacksaw and some files. The grille was roughed, and then the replacement lugs bonded on with the SEM Weld.Speaking of trim, the delicate stainless grille surround trim on this 'Cuda had no less than 17 dings. These were all bumped until perfect, using a variety of hand shaped tools, and then sanded smooth.The trim was then polished using stainless compound on a Dixco buff wheel turning at high speed in a drillpress.The hard work done, now the glory and glam-paint. Forget the hardware store spray bombs; the only way to a lasting finish is real paint through a gun. We used PPG acrylic enamel. Although this is probably the opposite of the factory sequence, the center black was shot first. Mix the black with flattening base to get the required semi-gloss. Notice no masking is used at this point.
Next the black was masked, and the PPG Jobber-mixed Argent acrylic enamel was sprayed on. To achieve the high texture of the factory Argent, use a much faster evaporating reducer than what the ambient temperature would call for, in twice the label recommended proportion (we reduce 50/50). Use a slightly higher than normal air pressure, and hold the gun slightly farther away than usual. Fog the paint in using multiple light dry coats.We again tapped R/T Specialties for the jewelry to finish our project, in the form of these Ben Snobar-manufactured reproduction 'Cuda grille bars. The original emblem was refinished, and we laid out the nice reproduction grille installation hardware kit from R/T Specialties.


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Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will host Stacy Hawking and Jillian Turner in student recitals March 7. Both recitals will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center's McBeth Recital Hall and are free and open to the public.
Jillian Turner
Turner, a music and vocal performance major from Fort Worth, Texas, will present her junior voice recital at 11 a.m. She has earned a first place award in OBU's Virginia Queen Piano Competition, a second place finish in the regional National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions and the Inner and Outer Beauty Award in the Miss Ouachita Baptist University Pageant. She also appeared as Adele in OBU Opera Theatre's production of "Die Fledermaus/The Revenge of the Bat" by Johann Strauss.
Turner's recital will include the following selections: "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" from Cantata No. 51 by J.S. Bach, "La Zingara (The Gypsy Maid)" by Gaetano Donizetti, "The Singer" by Michael Head, Stephen Sondheim's "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" from Sweeney Todd, "Ah! Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod and "Sous le dome épais" from Lakmé by Léo Delibes. She will be accompanied by OBU Staff Accompanist Phyllis Walker.
Stacy Hawking
Hawking, a musical theatre major from Sherwood, Ark., will present her sophomore musical theatre recital at 2 p.m. She has been a member of Ouachita's Concert Choir and Ouachita Sounds and has served as choreographer for Ouachita productions including A Festival of Christmas, Ouachita Sounds in Concert, A Year with Frog and Toad and Hello, Dolly! She also has performed in three mainstage productions at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and participated in its Summer Musical Theatre Intensive program for aspiring young artists.
Hawking's recital will include the following selections: Andrew Lloyd Webber's "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard, a scene from Robert Coles' "Cute Boys in Their Underpants Make It Big (in Show Business)", Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano" from Stop! Look! Listen! and Alan Menken's "I Wanna Be a Rockette" from Kicks: The Showgirl Musical.
For more information, contact Ouachita's School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.
Ouachita Baptist University will host opera and musical theatre director Dr. Mark Ross Clark in a musical theatre workshop on Friday, March 7. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 3-5 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center.
The first half of the workshop will include movement exercises to help prepare participants for singing and performing. Clark will then work with four students in a master class, critiquing their performances of musical theatre selections for the benefit of all workshop participants.
Mark Ross Clark
"I hope that students will gain tools they can use for preparing their vocal repertoire," said Dr. Maggie Garrett, assistant professor of music.
Garrett was a student of Clark's in the Indiana University opera workshop while pursuing her Master of Music degree and explained that Clark previously conducted an opera workshop at Ouachita in 2010.
"Dr. Clark requested to come to OBU because he was impressed with the high caliber of our students when he was here to present a workshop in 2010," Garrett noted.
She added that the workshop seeks to provide dual outcomes, giving students the opportunity "to try out physical exercises they can take home and apply to their singing." Additionally, she said, "During the master class portion, attendees will see how a professional stage director works to bring the vocal and theatrical improvements he desires out of the performers with whom he is working. It is the hope that they will learn things they can apply to their own performances."
Clark currently serves as artistic director of the Louisiana Lyric Opera and director of opera and musical theatre at the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He also is a respected author and is in the process of publishing a new book on musical theatre repertoire that includes analysis of 100 Broadway songs for voice students and their teachers. His books Singing, Acting and Movement in Opera and The Guide to Aria Repertoire are widely used by singing actors and instructors.
Clark previously served as director of the Indiana University Opera Theatre, and his students have gone on to sing at such renowned opera theatres as The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, The New York City Opera and The Chicago Lyric Opera. He has directed opera productions throughout the U.S. as well as in the United Kingdom and Brazil; his production of Susannah at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro won national recognition by the National Opera Association in 2005.
The Ouachita students who will perform in the master class are Chad Burris, Timothy Drennan, Caitlin Secrest and Garrett Whitehead. Staff pianists Susan Monroe and Phyllis Walker will accompany the singers. All participants should come dressed appropriately for the movement portion of the workshop.
For more information, contact Dr. Maggie Garrett at firstname.lastname@example.com or (870) 245-5271.
Ouachita Baptist University will host world-renowned flutist Dr. Tadeu Coelho as guest artist and speaker for a flute seminar on Ouachita's campus Saturday, March 8. As part of the all-day event, co-sponsored by the Hot Springs Flute Ensemble, Coelho will perform in a recital as well as lead a discussion and masterclass for seminar participants.
"Dr. Coelho is inspiring in his performances and his outlook on life and teaching," said event organizer Kristin Grant, assistant professor of music at OBU. "He has a beautiful flute sound, brilliant technique and the ability to capture and share expression in music."
Grant also serves as conductor of the Hot Springs Flute Ensemble. This is the second time she has brought Coelho to campus for this event following his successful visit five years ago.
The public is invited to attend two performances Saturday afternoon. The seminar flute choir will perform at 1 p.m. in Hammons Gallery outside the McBeth Recital Hall, followed by a concert by Coehlo at 1:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. He will be accompanied on the piano by Dr. Adam Haas, OBU lecturer in music. These events are free and open to the public.
Musicians may also register to participate in the full seminar, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday with a flute choir rehearsal for registered attendees. Following the rehearsal, Coelho will lead a discussion on "Flute as Inspiration and Praise" at 11 a.m. Finishing up the day, flutists will then have the opportunity to play for Coelho and receive critique as part of a masterclass from 3-5 p.m.
Coelho, a native of Brazil, has performed in music halls across the world and recorded multiple solo CDs. He currently teaches at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He previously served as associate professor of flute at the University of Iowa and the University of New Mexico as well as visiting professor at the Ino Mirkovich Music Academy in Croatia. Coelho earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music and now works to train the next generation of flutists.
For more information about Coelho's visit or registration information for the seminar, contact Kristin Grant at firstname.lastname@example.com or (870) 245-5518.
Ouachita Baptist University's Department of Theatre Arts will host the 13th annual 10-Minute Play Festival March 6-8. Auditions for the shows will be Thursday, March 6, rehearsals will begin Friday, March 7, and shows will be performed Saturday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre. The Saturday performance is free and open to the public.
"I hope the festival is a fun weekend of theatre," said Jordan Miller, a senior musical theatre major from Rockwall, Texas. Once shows are cast after the Thursday auditions, participants rehearse throughout the night Friday to prepare for their Saturday performance.
Students of all majors and experience are encouraged to audition and participate. "I want it to be a chance for theatre students to leave the school aspect of performance and just play, " Miller explained. "But I also want the non-departmental participants to have a fun time in an arena they don't always get to be in."
Miller is directing the festival along with Blaine Surber, a senior musical theatre major from Sulpher Springs, Texas, and Shelby Spears, a sophomore English major from El Dorado, Ark. This year's festival is hosted by Ouachita's chapter of Theta Alpha Phi national honor fraternity for theatre arts.
For more information, contact Jordan Miller at firstname.lastname@example.com or Mary Handiboe, OBU associate professor of theatre arts, at email@example.com or (870) 245-4157.
Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will host Meredith Martin and Carli Sasser in their senior voice recital Friday, March 14. The recital will be held in Mabee Fine Arts Center's McBeth Recital Hall at 11 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
"I am really excited about this performance that I've been working toward for four years," Sasser said. "It's involved lots of hours of practice and hard work and I am so ready for it to be here."
"Carli and I have been really good friends since we came to OBU," Martin explained. "Our moms knew each other and even sang together, so this is a special experience for the two of us."
Martin is a senior choral music education major from Garland, Texas. She won 3rd place in the 2014 Shambarger Competition, is a National Association of Teachers of Singing finalist, serves as vice president of Ouachita Singers and also is in the Ouachita Concert Choir. Martin is a student of Dr. Margaret Garrett, assistant professor of music.
Martin's solo performances will include "Alleluia" from Antonio Vivaldi's O Qui Coeli Terraeque Serenitas, "Ah! non credea mirarti" from Vincenzo Bellini's La Sonnambula, "Verschwiegene Liebe" and "Elfenlied" by Hugo Wolf, "Cacile" by Richard Strauss, "The Year's at the Spring" and "Ah! Love But a Day" by H.H.A. Beach and "I Shall Not Live in Vain" by Jake Heggie.
Sasser is a senior choral music education from Hamburg, Ark. She was a 2013 Tiger Tunes hostess, first runner-up on the 2013 Ouachita Homecoming Court, served on the Miss OBU court of honor in 2013 and 2014 and is currently the president of Ouachita Singers. Sasser is also a student of Dr. Margaret Garrett.
Sasser's solo performances will include "If Music Be the Food of Love" by Henry Purcell, "Suleika I" by Franz Schubert, "Ruhe, meine Seele!" by Richard Strauss, "Donde Lieta" from Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, "By the River" from Maury Yeston's December Songs and "Late Last Night" and "Heart, We Will Forget Him" by Ricky Ian Gordon.
Martin and Sasser will end the recital together with the duets "Puisqu'ici-bas Toute Ame" and "Tarentelle" by Gabriel Fauré. Phyllis Walker will be the accompanist for the recital.
For more information, contact OBU's School of Fine Arts at (870) 245-5129.

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"It is inherently wrong to allow private businesses to make a profit off
the incarceration of others," said Brickner in an ACLU press release. "Our state's
prison system is bloated, and private corporations have a vested financial
interest to ensure our prisons remain full. If state officials have any hope of
shrinking our prison population, we must implement transformative criminal
justice reform policies and reject interests that grow our prison system."
Brickner suggests that concerned citizens contact their elected representatives to express their opposition to privatizing prisons. Read the ACLU's full report on privatizing prisons here.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich yesterday delivered his second "State of the State" speech, a reportedly hilarious mockery of political tradition that ranged from harmlessly wacky to straight-up sexist, while making a pit stop in the "Parkinson's disease is funny" category.
Kasich's apparent intention was to announce a new broadband plan, introduce an award honoring courageous Ohioans and try to say that his plans for shale drilling in the Northeastern part of the state are totally going to respect the environment.
But the 90-minute speech in a Steubenville elementary school auditorium included far more Kasich bloopers than usual. The Enquirer included in the first paragraph of its recap Kasich's references to "non-bluetongue cows going to Turkey" and "a dream about Jerry Seinfeld in the back seat of a car." The AP described the speech as "peppered with Kasich's usual array of off-the-cuff, sometimes puzzling remarks."
Those familiar with Kasich's governing style will find these descriptions to be only slightly surprising. Remember last January when he called a police officer an "idiot" in a speech for giving him a speeding ticket? Or when he mocked Ohio's drivers license for being pink (PINK IS SO GAY!)? Or that time he told a group of business owners that he wanted to make Ohio cool because the executives at LexisNexis said all their employees would rather live on the coasts instead of sucky-ass Ohio?
Headline: "Stadium tax rebate favors wealthy." Analysis: "No shit." Owners of the county's most-expensive homes reportedly receive more savings from the property tax rollback than they pay in the sales tax increase that was supposed to pay for the sports stadiums. An Enquirer analysis of last year's property tax payout found that the half-cent sales tax increase amounts to a maximum of $192 annually, while some high-value homeowners received tax rebates of $1,175 or more.
• Million-dollar homes account for less than 1 percent of households, yet they received nearly 5 percent of the total rebates — or one out of every $20 paid out.
• One out of four homeowners - those with a home worth $200,000 or more - got $8.8 million in rebates - more than half the total rollback.
• The median Hamilton County homeowner with a property worth $106,700 is eligible to get a $50.15 rebate under the rollback.
• The 132 Hamilton County homeowners with houses worth $2.5 million or more get at least $1,175 apiece.
• Property owners with homes worth $150,000 or less account for nearly six out of 10 households, but collectively they received less than 23 percent of the benefits.
County commissioners have four days to tell the auditor to go ahead and tax homeowners at the previous rate, but Chris Monzel and Todd Portune are up for reelection this year and won't dare change take it away from the powerful rich people.
[Correction: Monzel is not up for reelection.]
Said former commissioner David Pepper:"At its core, the property tax rollback creates a reverse-Robin Hood scheme, where middle-class homeowners and renters are not only the ones paying for the stadium, but also footing the bill for a tax break for high-value property owners. Those high-end property owners are not paying for the stadium at all."
Happy Election Day! It looks like SB 5 is headed for a big defeat even though Gov. Kasich last night told a bunch of East Side Tea Partiers how cool it would be if Issue 2 passed, while a union representative told opponents of the bill that it was about to get "shoved down the throats of John Kasich and the Republicans."
The Hamilton County Administrator yesterday said "sorry homeowners, but our stadium deficit will not allow us to offer the tax credit Republicans said would make up for your part of the stadium sales tax." Commissioners Todd Portune and Chris Monzel today said they're going to include the credit even though they don't know how yet. Hopefully they can figure it out soon so they can work on adding public housing to the suburbs before the county gets sued by the Feds.
Approximately 50 Occupy Cincinnati protesters attended yesterday's City Council meeting to testify against Piatt Park's 10 p.m. closing time. Negotiations between the city and protesters is ongoing, according to reports, but no agreement was made yesterday after protesters turned down an offer of a new place to stay overnight and the city declined to let the group stay in the park under new restrictions.
Councilman Chris Bortz and Councilwoman Leslie Ghiz, both of whom have connections to property along the park, have brought up the possibility that if protesters aren't removed that someday the city will have to let the Ku Klux Klan camp out. Ghiz yesterday was criticized by protesters for posting on Facebook the private information of two people who wrote emails criticizing her (more on that here). CityBeat reflected on the situation again here.
Opponents of Ohio's new restrictive election law have gotten it postponed until next year at the earliest, with a potential repeal of House Bill 194 in November ending it before it begins.
Ohio's new concealed-carry law will take effect tomorrow, allowing Second Amendment lovers the opportunity to reach into their pocket and feel the cold, smooth feel of safety while enjoying a non-alcoholic beverage at a bar or restaurant in Ohio. Seriously, y'all better not be drinking or the liberals will tell on you before you can get buzzed enough to go outside and fire a couple of funny shots up into the air.
Fresh from a successful effort at stopping a budget amendment to block the replacement of a deteriorating Cincinnati bridge, State Rep. Denise Driehaus (D-31st District) will hold a town hall meeting to discuss the Ohio budget with constituents.
Driehaus marshaled forces in the Ohio House this week after she noticed an amendment that affected the $66.5 million project had quietly been added to the state budget bill by State Rep. Bob Peterson (R-85thDistrict).


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Blueberry Cheese Pockets
From Kraft Foods
1 pkg. (8 oz.) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup blueberries, divided
PREHEAT oven to 375ºF. Unroll dough into four rectangles; firmly press perforations together to seal.
COMBINE Neufchatel cheese and sugar; spread onto dough rectangles to within 1/2 inch of edges. Top evenly with blueberries. Bring opposite corners of rectangles together; press together to seal. Place on ungreased baking sheet.
BAKE 11 to 13 min. or until golden brown.
A little something sweet to go with a hearty breakfast casserole and some fresh fruit for breakfast or brunch. You can also exchange the blueberries for raspberries or blackberries.
This is from a recent Kraft food magazine. Check it out on-line at one of my favorite sites, www.KraftFoods.com!


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AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): One of the team's top swimmers in the distance freestyle and butterfly events...posted the Bulldogs' second-fastest time in the 100 fly with a 1:09.28 and the third-fastest mark in the 200 fly at 2:24.41...her 19.52.77 in the 1,650 was the second-best time on the squad...also swam to the third-best marks in the 200 free (2:06.75), 500 free (5:40.91) and 1,000 free (12:05.13)...swam the second leg for the 800 freestyle relay team that set one of the school's top-five times with a 8:11.52. AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07): The Bulldogs' top distance swimmer...notched team-best marks in the 1,000 free (11:24.98) while earning a top-10 finish in the Horizon League Championship...her mark was the ninth-fastest time in school history...scored a season-best mark in the 1,650 free (19:56.16)...also posted the second-fastest time in the 500 free (5:31.31) and third-fastest in the 200 free (2:03.20)...tallied the fourth-best showings in the butterfly events, swimming to a 1:08.40 in the 100 fly and a 2:40.90 in the 200 fly. AT CONCORD COMMUNITY HIGH: All-conference honorable mention recipient...team co-captain...hree-year letterwinner under head coach Jane Coudret...member of the National Honors Society from 2004-06.
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Harrison, NJ (Sports Network) - A backup goalkeeper and a rookie took down the
mighty New York Red Bulls on Thursday night.
And Thierry Henry just stood and watched as the season ended for New York.
Joe Willis came off the bench after starting goalie Bill Hamid was sent off to
save a penalty and rookie Nick DeLeon scored in the 88th minute as D.C. United
edged New York, 1-0, to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
United and New York tied, 1-1, in the first game at RFK Stadium, and a victory
in he return match at Red Bull Arena - postponed one day by a snowstorm - gave
D.C. a 2-1 aggregate win in the series.
D.C. will visit the Houston Dynamo on Sunday in the first match in the Eastern
Conference finals. The second leg will be Nov. 18 at United.
After blizzard-like conditions forced the postponement of the match Wednesday,
14,035 fans returned to RBA for what turned out to be an epic second leg.
After a scoreless first half that saw New York enjoy more scoring chances, the
Red Bulls continued to be the better side early in the second half.
Hamid was busy for D.C., and made his biggest saved in the 65th minute when he
denied Dax McCarty from close range with a save with his left arm.
Four minutes later, a wild final 20-plus minutes started with Hamid getting a
red card from referee Mark Geiger for a challenge on Kenny Cooper on the edge
of the penalty area.
Hamid protested the call and, after a lengthy delay, Cooper stepped up to take
a penalty against backup Willis. Cooper buried the first shot, but the attempt
was called back by Geiger because New York players entered the area too early.
Willis guessed correctly on the second try from Cooper, a perfect 10-for-10 in
his career from the spot, and dove to his left to save the penalty in the 74th
New York only enjoyed its man advantage for about one more minute.
Rafa Marquez earned his second yellow card of the game for a poor challenge on
Chris Pontius in the 75th minute, leaving both sides with 10 men.
United followed with the winner during a frantic finish, as right back Robbie
Russell found DeLeon in the right side of the area, and the rookie turned and
fired a first-time, right-footed shot to beat Luis Robles at the near post.
New York had one last-gasp chance off a free kick from just outside the area,
but with Henry and Roy Miller both over the ball, Miller launched the chance
well high as Henry - one of the greatest strikers in the world - just stood a
few feet to his side and watched.
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could be the best in the entire league. Paul tallied 20 points and 15 assists,
many of which went to Griffin for a plethora of highlight-reel dunks, in the
West's 143-138 win over the East in the 62nd edition of the NBA All-Star Game.
Paul, who became the first Clipper to win the game's MVP, became the third
player in All-Star Game history to record at least 20 points and 15 assists in
the contest. Isiah Thomas did it in 1984, while Magic Johnson accomplished the
feat in 1985. Griffin finished with 19 points on nine field goals -- all dunks
--, for the West, which won its third straight All-Star Game and fourth in the
past five seasons. Kevin Durant picked up right where he left off in Los
Angeles and Orlando, tallying 30 points and becoming the first player to net
at least 30 in three consecutive years. Carmelo Anthony led the East with 26
points and 12 rebounds, while LeBron James ended with 19 points, but on just
7-of-18 shooting, after becoming the first player in NBA history to score at
least 30 points on 60-plus percent shooting in six straight tilts.
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One Critical Question for Every Man and Every Father
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Back in Kansas City…
Some news and notes to get us ready for the longest homestand of the season…
Chat with Meche: He tossed seven shutout innings to lead the Royals to a 2-0 win over The Tribe on Sunday. On Tuesday, Gil Meche logs on to chat with you about the big victory, pitching for Kansas City and his thoughts on the season thus far. The right-hander is the next participant in the Royals Relay Chat Series, chatting at 2:30 p.m. (CST) on May 6 prior to our 7:10 p.m. game against the Angels. To chat online with Meche, you need to register here on royals.com.
News from Mexico City: Closer Joakim Soria, who worked a scoreless ninth inning Sunday to pick up his eighth save of the year, is getting some news coverage from back home. Monday morning, a devoted Royals fan living and working in Mexico City sent us the link to a story that ran in Monday's sports page of the Mexico City-based newspaper, Reforma. As many of you know, Soria is a native and resident of Monclova, Mexico. Here's the story if you want to check it out…and can read Spanish:
All-Star Ballots: The 2008 All-Star Game is just around the corner! Okay, not really just around the corner since the game is not until July 15 at Yankee Stadium, but filling out your ballot is! Online voting on royals.com began a week ago and, starting with Monday's game, ballots will be distributed at The K during the third inning of every home game until June 24. Therefore, you can fill out a ballot every time you are at the stadium (up to 25 games), plus up to 25 times online per email address. That's means each of you could conceivably cast 50 votes (or more) for Alex Gordon and Billy Butler and David DeJesus and the six other Royals on this year's ballot. So, the question is, who do you think should be our Royals All-Star this season?
Garth Brooks Goes Pink: We mentioned this before, but as a reminder…starting Thursday,
when you are out at the ballpark from May 8-11, you'll have the chance to purchase Garth Brooks' "Pink Edition" of The Ultimate Hits album for $16 with a portion of every CD sold benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. If you can't make it out to Kauffman Stadium during that time, you can still help out the cause and purchase a CD by visiting http://ww3.komen.org/garth/.
Kauffman Stadium Promotions: Great promotions this weekend…
Friday, May 9: Fireworks Friday after the game (weather permitting)!
Saturday, May 10: Royals Golf Umbrella to the first 15,000 fans age 21 and older – it's presented by Budweiser.
Sunday, May 11: In honor of mom on Mother's Day…Royals Pink T-Shirt to first 10,000.
Pitching Probables: Here are the pitching probables for the three-game set against the Angels to open the homestand:
- Monday at 7:10 p.m.: RHP Brett Tomko (1-3 and 6.26 ERA) vs. RHP Ervin Santana (5-0 and 2.47 ERA).
- Tuesday at 7:10 p.m.: RHP Brian Bannister (3-3 and 4.04 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Adenhart (0-0 and 22.50 ERA).
- Wednesday at 7:10 p.m.: RHP Zack Greinke (3-1 and 1.47 ERA) vs. RHP Jered Weaver (2-4, 4.36 ERA).
Hope you can all make it out to The K this week to welcome your Royals back to town!


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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 of 16 crew members early Monday morning off the coast of North Carolina.
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Later, at about 6:20 p.m., the Coast Guard announced the recovery of one of the missing, 42-year-old Claudene Christian. They said she was unresponsive, and that they took her to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, where she was pronounced dead.
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The captain of the Bounty, Robin Walbridge, is from St. Petersburg and CBC News quotes his wife, Claudia McCann, as saying her husband is among the missing. The Coast Guard also confirmed at 6:20 p.m. that Walbridge is in fact missing.
Friends gathered at the couple's St. Petersburg home Monday, but a woman at the door declined to speak to 10 News.
Fred Harriman doesn't know any of the current crew, but as a former crew member, his heart hurts just the same. "I was one, they are one, we're all one-I hope they find the other two," he says, tearing up with emotion.
See Also: Former crewman's thoughts on HMS Bounty sinking
Harriman worked aboard the Bounty during the mid-1980's when it made St. Petersburg its winter home. And like many of its visitors, Harriman has fond memories. "There was something special about being on board a tall ship and riding along and spending the night aboard a tall ship," he says.
The Bounty was on its way from Connecticut to St. Petersburg when it sank. The ship was scheduled to give tours at the St. Petersburg Pier the weekend of November 10. Pier managers say such visits by the Bounty were always welcome.
"Absolutely, the sight, I mean she was beautiful and of course the history, being in the movies," says Pier G.M. Carol Everson.
The Bounty was built for the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando and the ship was also featured in several other films.
Now it will be remembered for its final ill-fated voyage when it tried to outrun a hurricane and lost.
Like so many others, Harriman can't help but wonder, "I don't know why, why is it out there? It's out there now."
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The presentation of a VMI class ring, and the formal dance known as Ring Figure that marks the occasion, takes place in November of the Second Class (Junior) year. The event represents an important milestone in the life of a cadet, second only to graduation in importance. Each class is responsible for designing a unique ring, which incorporates symbols significant to the group. The elaborate Ring Figure tradition known to today's cadets dates to the 1920's; prior to that time, rings were received in a much more informal setting. Although VMI opened in 1839 and the first cadets graduated in 1842, the earliest cadets did not receive VMI rings. The first ring was designed by members of the Class of 1848 and was presented to graduates during Finals celebrations. Class members paid five dollars for the ring, a large sum in the mid-nineteenth century. More about this topic


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I've configured an external Fedora Directory Server to use for authentication, and went to the Authentication Configuration Wizard to configure for external LDAP. I've entered search base, filter, and bind DN, and the Test at the end of the wizard succeeds.
But, when I go to log in as the same user that I used for the test, login fails. Also, should the internal admin still be able to login. If not, how is the administrator determined? The internal admin cannot login in either when external authentication is enabled.
Here is what an entry in my external LDAP directory looks like:
dn: uid=user,ou=People, dc=company,dc=com
mail: email@example.com
uid: user
And an ldap search with this:
ldapsearch -b "dc=company,dc=com" -D "directory manager" -w password "uid=user"
returns the user entry.
Here are the entries used for external authentication:
LDAP Url: ldap://ldap.company.com:389/
LDAP Filter: (uid=%u) or (mail=%n)
LDAP Base Search: ou=People,dc=company,dc=com
Bind DN: cn=directory manager
Bind DN Password: password
which give successful test results.
If it matters, Zimbra is running on FC4 x86.
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Finding the Hero Within.
by Vicki Larson
When I'm feeling morbid, as I have been lately given my numerous visits to see my ailing elderly father, I sometimes imagine how my obituary will read: "Longtime journalist and mother of two …"
I'm grateful the poor sap writing my obit will likely list the journalist part first. But since I haven't kicked the bucket yet, I'm often asked what my biggest accomplishment has been so far. This is a no-brainer — my two wonderful kids.
It's true; no matter what fame and fortune I've received in my professional life (granted, it's been pretty miniscule on both ends, but still), I'm proudest of the fine young men my two boys have become.
Of course, they've had a fantastic mom to guide them along.
We all know what mothers are about, right? A mom "remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer. She remembers to make playdates, her children's clothes fit, she does art projects with them and enjoys all their games," or so writes Ayelet Waldman in her latest book "Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace."
Oh, OK, those are the "good" mommies. But even the good-enough mommies and "bad" mommies tend to put their kids first, before their own desires and goals.
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|Texting and driving is an epidemic
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Of the many dangers on the road, text messaging while driving is one that is entirely preventable. Putting down the phone when driving can prevent thousands of injuries and even death.
According to Students Against Destructive Decisions and Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, instant messaging and texting while driving tops the list of driver distractions. Evidence gathered by these organizations has suggested that more than 3,000 vehicle fatalities and about 300,000 collisions a year can be attributed to texting conversations while the vehicle is in motion.
The website Distraction.gov notes that, in 2010, 3,092 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver and an additional 416,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. Some people are now saying that texting while driving is equally as dangerous as driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs in terms of interfering with individuals' driving abilities.
Texting creates a crash risk 23 times greater than driving while not distracted, according to the United States Department of Transportation. Although it may seem like a driver's eyes are off the road for only a nominal amount of time, texting generally requires about four seconds, which is four seconds drivers are not looking at the road. At average driving speeds, that can mean driving about 360 feet, or the length of a football field, without looking.
But messaging while driving is not the only danger associated with phones and operating a motor vehicle. A study from Carnegie Mellon University found that using a cell phone while driving reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by almost 40 percent. Therefore, texting or simply speaking on a phone while driving involves a manual distraction, a visual distraction and a cognitive distraction. All of those distractions add up to trouble.
Many areas have banned the use of cell phones while driving. But such laws are difficult to enforce. A 2009 Pew Research study on teens and distracted driving found that nearly half of all people between the ages 12 to 17 have at one time ridden in a vehicle where the driver was engaged in texting. Fifty-two percent of phone-owning teens ages 16 to 17 said they have talked on a cell phone while driving.
In response to the rise of texting-while-driving accidents, some organizations have taken an eye-opening approach to educating drivers about the dangers of texting. In 2010, AAA of the Carolinas started airing an evening public service announcement showing graphic images of a teen driver texting then getting involved in a three-car accident. The ending slogan stated, "You drive, you text, you die." Other campaigns focus on the positives instead of the negatives, with Facebook groups promoting people who choose not to text and drive.
Any activity that takes a driver's attention away from the road can lead to accidents. This includes eating, changing radio stations or addressing unruly children in the back seat. Making an effort to reduce distractions—especially putting down the phone while in the car—can considerably reduce accident rates.
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The 4 Piston Ultra Caliper incorporates a unique two piece piston design developed by Wilwood Engineering for Formula One cars. Each piston is comprised of two separate pieces, with a special ceramic insert encapsulated by the piston halves. The ceramic piston design eliminates heat shields, which in extreme conditions proved to warp and cause brake drag if not periodically replaced. Besides eliminating the heat shields, the ceramic inserts prevented the boiling of brake fluid when the rotors exceeded red hot and became white hot. The Ultra Caliper incorporates a bore size of 1.750" for optimal feel and superior braking.
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I searched all over the forums, and I'm certain the answer is obvious and I've overlooked it - but would appreciate some help.
I have a file on my computer called "Outlook.zdb" which as far as I been able to tell is some sort of mail archive.
I running OSX and have the Zimbra Desktop client, Zimbra Web Interface and (Mac) "Mail" at my disposal, yet I can't seem to find any way to import or otherwise open this file.
I thought I would be able to import it directly into Zimbra but I get an error when I attempt to do so:
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The ball head is a Manfrotto 498RC2. I am also playing with Manfrotto 460MG head. I like how I can loosen one axis at a time with the 460MG. The 460MG clears the SkyTracker with the polar scope attached. Would be better with a small 1/4 inch thread pan head on the top of it. My camera, 400mm lens and mount head are just under 6 pounds so it is with load limits of the SkyTracker.
I had a blast light night just playing with the Sky Tracker and Canon 6D. I was controlling it via wifi using an iPad. Made focusing and framing very easy. I had the mount and camera plugged into a 35 amp-hour 12 volt battery so I didn't care about battery life on the camera. I have a lot of trees on my property. I would pick up and move the mount, camera and battery in one trip. Only takes about a minute to polar align via the SkyTracker alignment scope. It would make it easy to find a clear view for the part of the sky I wanted to shoot. I had to stick to the 400mm f/5.6 lens because of the bright moon. I can't wait until next weekend to take some wider field shots before the moon rise.
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I added a Rigel Quick Finder to the Canon 6D for easy camera pointing.
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the info on what you're doing with the Sky Tracker. I picked one up at WSP this year and think they're great. As you noted, the one drawback was the azimuth adjustment, so I was interested to see your low-cost solution. Nice!
Regarding the Rigel finder, how did you adapt it to fit the hot shoe on the camera? That would be a very welcome addition to the setup as well. Guessing where the camera is pointing just doesn't cut it.
I also like the looks of the Manfrotto 460MG head. That's sweet! At present I was just planning on using a 50mm f/1.4 lense, but the mount can obviously hold more than that.
Well done!
Posted 25 February 2013 - 01:07 PM
X2 on asking about adapting a hot shoe to hold a finder. Adorama sells a shoe to 1/4-20 adapter, to which a ScopeStuff #RDPQ - Orion/Synta Type Finder Mounting Shoe might be mountable (don't know haven't tried it yet).
Nice pictures, I'm jealous. Last night was also the first clear night with my new Ioptron Smart EQ Pro - but I wasn't able to sort out how the thing worked to get to sample shots. Maybe simpler would have been the better solution.
Posted 25 February 2013 - 01:43 PM
I had a hot shoe adapter and screwed to the Rigel base to it. I had a Rigel Quick Finder laying around since I mostly use Telrads. It was about a 5 minute modification. I pointed the camera to the moon using live view and centered the moon in the frame. I then adjusted the knobs on the Quick Finder to match.
I just went on Amazon and searched for Canon hot shoe adapter. The HDE version is $2.25 + $2.99 shipped. It has a 1/4-20 bolt at the top that could be secured to the Rigel base with a nut and lock washer.
My only complaint regarding the Sky Tracker are the two lock knobs holding the 3/8 inch post adapter to the Sky Tracker. They can come a little loose and the camera can slip and rotate downward. Only happens if I don't crank them down hard. Only an issue with a heavy 6 pound camera and lens load. I would have preferred hex set screws. I may look at Lowes and see if I can find some set screws that match the knob threads.
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Posted 26 February 2013 - 11:55 PM
I have an AT65EDQ scope with a 420 mm focal length that I use on my AP900GTO. I bought the Sky Tracker to image mostly at shorter focal lengths. However it is nice to know that the mount can track well unguided with my longest lens. The complete rig is small enough that I can bring it along for nights that are mostly going focused on observing. I can also fit it in on long car camping trips in the dark southwest.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 10:37 AM
I agree that the small screws could be replaced with something that you could get a small wrench or screwdriver on to, to lock the mount down, especially with a heavier load. I've just been using a Nikon 60mm f/2.8 but am thinking about the Nikon 180mm f/2.8 prime that has been around a while and seems to be used by a number of astrophotographers for its excellent ED glass and light weight.
For an alternative to a finder, I got one of the "advanced" red dot finders which came with a mounting apparatus including a hot shoe mount. It is pretty light weight and lets me frame the shot pretty easily, sitting atop my D90.
I found it at gadget dot brando dot com, a Tactical Four Reticle Sight.
Posted 27 March 2013 - 07:18 PM
Think I could make the switch?
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:23 PM
Fun hobby!


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Fort Myers, FL (Sports Network) - Kyle Hudson had the go-ahead RBI single as
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training win over the Minnesota Twins.
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Access and Benefit Sharing - negotiations to be continued
In its intervention during the plenary session of the negotiations on the international regime to regulate access to genetic resources and the distribution of the benefits derived from their use, IUCN urged delegates to include the link between Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in the Protocol. …
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IUCN Oceania celebrated this year's World Water Day with its partners in Fiji and Samoa. Samoa launched its national campaign with the theme 'Clean Water for a Healthy Samoa' aimed to address challenges and solutions to achieving clean water and enhancing awareness on the linkages between the quality of water resources and drinking water. …
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AAR reports mixed volume results for week ending April 30
May 06, 2011
As has been the case in recent weeks, rail traffic for the week ending April 30 was mixed, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
Carload volume—at 295,347—was flat on an annual basis and ahead of the week ending April 23, which hit 292,706 and slightly behind the week ending April 16 at 295,426. It was also behind the week ending April 2, which hit 305,905 carloads, marking the highest weekly carload tally since the end of 2008.
Carload volume was down 2.4 percent in the East and up 1.7 percent out West. Carloads on a year-to-date basis are at 4,951,226 for a 3.8 percent year-over-year increase.
Intermodal volumes for the week ending April 30 at 229,677 trailers and containers were up 7.8 percent year-over-year. This outpaced the week ending April 23 at 225,668 trailers and containers, and was behind the week ending April 16 at 230,460 trailers and containers. Trailers and containers through the first 17 weeks of 2011 are at 3,770,745 for an 8.8 percent increase.
Despite the sequential decrease in intermodal volumes, intermodal continues to gain market share and increased interest from shippers that are dealing with increasing fuel costs for over-the-road transportation. That was made clear at last week's NASSTRAC Logistics Conference and Expo, with several truckload carriers telling LM that their intermodal businesses are on the rise, due to shippers seeking cost relief from rising diesel prices in exchange for an extra day or two of transit times.
Of the 20 commodity groups tracked by the AAR, 9 were up annually. Metallic ores were up 22.1 percent, and grain loadings were up 7.4 percent. Coal was down 1.9 percent, and farm products excluding grain were down 6.0 percent.
Estimated ton-miles for the week were 32.7 billion for a 0.9 percent annual decrease, and on a year-to-date basis, the 555.7 billion ton-miles recorded are up 5.0 percent.
With Class I rail carriers reporting first quarter earnings in recent weeks, the overall takeaway was that rail service and intermodal providers are above the curve when it comes to pricing power and service during what is clearly becoming an industrial-led economic recovery rather than a consumer-led one.
"The freight rail industry handled the toughest winter on record fairly well, all in all, for the most part in batter shape then entering it as it prepares for what should be a strong 2011 as we move past 'recovery' to modest economic growth," wrote Tony Hatch, principal of ABH Consulting, in a research note. "In such a scenario, the rails are poised to gain market share, grow revenues and earnings above S&P500 levels, and demonstrate higher levels of share, service, productivity and incremental margin growth than even a fairly bullish Wall Street expects."
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I want to know, what other organisations use as client to ZCS. Whether they use Web Client, or Zimbra Desktop or anything else. I think, if we use any other mail client (without any connectors), it might not serve all features of ZCS.
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If English is not your native language, you'll have to show proof of English proficiency by submitting a TOEFL or IELTS test score. Official test scores are required and should be sent directly from the testing agency to UAB. The score you submit should not be more than two years old. Minimum score requirements are:
- a TOEFL score of 77; or
- an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with at least a 5.5 on each section of the examination.
UAB's code number is 1856.
International students who have completed at least two years of high school in the U.S. or have completed at least 24 semester hours of transferable credit at a U.S. college or university don't have to submit proof of English proficiency.
Contingent Admission
Applicants who meet the university's academic requirements but do not meet the minimum English proficiency score required for admission may be considered for Contingent Admission. Once all required transcripts are received and reviewed, an admission decision will be rendered as soon as possible.
Applicants offered Contingent Admission must submit an Intensive English Program (IEP) online application and application fee. Students in this category will be required to attend the IEP until they complete Level 5 of the program or achieve the minimum test score requirement for IELTS or TOEFL. Students will not be permitted to begin academic undergraduate coursework until they complete the English language proficiency requirements.
Secondary/High School Transcripts
If you have never attended college and are currently attending a secondary school (high school) outside the U.S., you will apply as a first-time freshman. Applicants from China, Ghana and Nigeria please see additional requirements below.
- Official transcripts sent directly, by your counselor, to UAB via Naviance eDocs, Docufied by Parchment, postal mail or express courier.
- All documents must be in English.
- Country specific requirements.
- China: Send an original academic transcript issued by the school in English directly to UAB. And, you MUST arrange for a verification report of your General Graduation Examination (Huikao) or High School Academic Proficiency Test (APT) with the China Academic Degree and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC). The report must be mailed directly to Undergraduate Admissions by the CDGDC, rather than by you or any third party. Any verification not mailed by the CDGDC will not be considered. www.cdgdc.edu.cn
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If you've attended classes for less than one year as a full-time student, or if you've earned fewer than 24 semester hours of credit, you'll need to have both official college and secondary school documents sent to the credentials service. You'll need to request a document-by-document evaluation of your secondary-school coursework and a course-by-course evaluation of your college- or university-level coursework.
The following services can evaluate your secondary-school and university documents. Request that a completed copy of the evaluation be sent directly to the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Automatic Data Processing Inc. continues to solidify its position as one of the largest providers of human resources software and services in the world with its proposed acquisition this week of the RightThing, a leading recruitment process outsourcing provider.
It's the second acquisition in two months for the ADP, which has been snapping up companies in recent years in an effort to establish itself as more than a provider of payroll services. The company is best known for processing payroll checks.
"We are looking to continue to establish our credibility in the human capital management space," said Terrence McCrossan, division vice president of strategy for ADP. "We think that adding the RPO capability of the RightThing will set us up to be a key player in providing a broad range of solutions from a single provider which we see as highly desirable to our clients."
Details of the deal were not disclosed.
The Right Thing is privately owned company based in Findlay, Ohio, and parent company of AIRS, a recruitment Internet training provider.
In September, ADP bought Asparity Decision Solutions, a privately held company that develops decision support software for employee benefits management, and in March, ADP entered the health care information technology market with the purchase of AdvancedMD, which provides practice management and electronic medical record products.
"ADP has a proud heritage in the payroll arena but in last five to 10 years we've tried to develop a broader portfolio," McCrossan said.
On Oct. 3, the company unveiled a new product dubbed ADP Vantage HCM. ADP officials portray the launch as a "big bet" designed to move the company from its traditional back-office role to center stage in the hotly contested human capital management market.
In addition to payroll services, ADP provides human resource outsourcing, tax and compliance services, benefits administration and integrated computing solutions for car dealers.
"With the addition of the RightThing's industry-leading RPO services, technology and management team, ADP will not only expand into a strategic adjacent market, but will also immediately become a principal player in the RPO industry," said Regina Lee, president of ADP's National Account Services, Major Account Services, GlobalView and ADP Canada business units. "Expansion into complementary markets—such as RPO—will be of great benefit to our clients and is a critical element in our plan to grow our business.
"This acquisition underscores ADP's commitment to help our clients drive business success by helping them better manage talent, make quality hires and control costs associated with the recruitment process."


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(WUSA) -- Friday morning, there were multiple car crashes reported on the Dulles Toll Road.
Reports started coming in between 6:30 and 7 a.m., say Dulles International Airport Police. Most of the problems were near mile marker 7.
So far, there have been no serious injuries.
Two earlier accidents have been cleared. Police say there may be disabled vehicles as well.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- An Asiana Airlines flight from Seoul crashed on landing at San Francisco's airport Saturday, killing two passengers, injuring more than 180 and and forcing dozens of frightened passengers and crew to scamper from the aircraft before it was engulfed in smoke and flames.
There were 307 on board, including 16 crew. Officials said 123 escaped without injury and 181 were hospitalized or treated for injuries. Among the injured, 49 are in serious condition and five at San Francisco General Hospital remain critical. Among the 47 others at San Francisco General, several were treated for minor injuries, including fractures and abrasions, and were released Saturday night.
"It was all over in 10 seconds," says Vedpa Singh, who suffered a fractured collarbone. "We heard a big bang, and it was over."
The cause of the crash has not been determined, but the FBI has has ruled out terrorism. The Boeing 777 appeared to have touched down tail-first and short of the runway. A sheered off tail section rested several hundred feet from the main body of the aircraft, and debris from the plane littered the runway. Passenger Janghyung Lee told USA Today that the aircraft rattled wildly before landing.
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Images from the scene showed smoke billowing from the plane and emergency exits open from the plane's fuselage. Gaping holes could be seen along the top of the fuselage, blackened by fire.
The flight, which originated in Shanghai China before stopping in Seoul enroute to San Francisco, was carrying 61 U.S. citizens, 77 South Koreans and 141 Chinese. "We're lucky we have this many survivors,'' said San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee.
The two known dead were female passengers, according to the San Mateo County coroner, NBC News reported.
The National Transportation Safety Board was dispatching crash investigators. NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman declined comment on whether pilot error caused the crash. "We have not determined what the focus of this investigation is yet,'' she said before leaving Washington, D.C, with a team of investigators. "We will be looking at everything. Everything is on the table at this point.''
Hersman said the investigative team would look at all possible crash causes. "Obviously we have a lot of work to do,'' Hersman said before departing Washington for the crash scene.
The investigators will work with the FAA, the aircraft's manufacturer Boeing and Korea's Air and Accident Investigation Board, Hersman said. Analysts in Washington, D.C., will examine air-traffic control records, weather and aircraft maintenance issues, she said. Investigators on site will examine the aircraft, the cockpit data recorders and the scene.
San Francisco International Airport was closed for several hours, with incoming flights diverted to other airports, before reopening two of four runways.
STORY: DOT works on safety rules after previous crashes
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an e-mail that she had been scheduled to take the flight, but switched to a United flight to cash in air miles for family members. "We are OK. My friend on that flight is OK, too,'' Sandberg told USA TODAY.
Samsung executive David Eun, who was aboard the aircraft, was among the first to tweet photos and word of passengers. "Fire and rescue people all over the place. They're evacuating the injured. Haven't felt this way since 9/11.''
Asiana Airlines said on its Twitter account, "Our thoughts and prayers are with all the passengers, and flight crew on the flight. We hope to provide you with further info asap... We are currently investigating and will update with news as soon as possible.''
Boeing said in a tweet from its corporate account: "Our thoughts are with everyone affected by today's incident at SFO. We stand ready to assist the NTSB.''
Saturday's mishap was the first fatal accident involving a major commercial carrier in the U.S. since November 2001, when a American Airlines flight to the Dominican Republic crashed on takeoff in Queens, N.Y., killing all 260 people on board. The last fatal accident involving a commercial flight in the U.S. was Colgan Air Flight 3407, which crashed near Buffalo, killing 50 in February 2009.
In another crash of a Boeing 777-200ER, British Airways flight 38 crashed just short of the runway at London's Heathrow on Jan. 17, 2008. That crash had no fatalities, but dozens were injured. That crash was blamed on ice crystals clogging the fuel line on a long flight from Beijing.
Asiana Airlines is based in Seoul. Its website says its Boeing 777 can carry from 246 to 300 passengers. Asiana flies 12 B777-200ER twin-engine jets produced by Boeing. The long-haul jet can fly 14 hours non-stop. The airline operates 79 aircraft and flies 91 international routes to 71 cities in 23 countries.
The FAA investigated two accidents involving Asiana within weeks of one another in November 1998.
In the first incident, on Nov. 11, 1998, an Asiana plane with 220 passengers and 18 crew aboard skidded into a parked plane after landing at Anchorage International Airport in Alaska. Federal investigators blamed the pilot for excessive taxi speed and inadequate maneuvering to avoid the parked plane.
On Nov. 30, 1998, an Asiana cargo plane struck and toppled a crane in the safety zone next to the taxiway after it landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The FAA faulted the co-pilot for misjudging the wing's clearance.
Welch reported from Los Angeles and Swartz from San Francisco International Airport; Contributing: Donna Leinwand Leger, Bart Jansen, Nancy Trejos and Nancy Blair, USA TODAY; Associated Press


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|Radar signs installed in school zone on Interocean
|Written by Chris Lee
Most drivers in Holyoke are aware of the flashing yellow lights in the school zone along South Interocean Avenue/Highway 385. These lights operate in the morning and afternoon when children are going to and from a day of learning, notifying drivers to slow down.
Over the last week, drivers may have seen something else flashing at them. Two new radar signs have been placed along the same stretch of road.
Two new radar speed signs were installed and turned on last week, notifying drivers of their speed. The devices flash the phrase "slow down" if drivers are traveling too fast.
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Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) employees put the finishing touches on two radar speed signs in Holyoke last week. The two signs notify drivers of their speed and warn them to slow down if they are driving too fast.
Holyoke city supt. Mark Brown said he worked with traffic engineer Larry Haas of CDOT Region 4 to get the signs installed. The City will have no control over the signs. All controlling will be done by CDOT, according to Brown.
Holyoke City Council approved the purchase of one sign during the Oct. 18, 2011 regular meeting. Under the agreement, the city would purchase one sign, while the state purchased the other.
The signs became a topic of consideration after concerned citizens questioned speeds through the school zones.
At first, the state said they wouldn't put signs up and also wouldn't let City of Holyoke place signs along the stretch of highway. After consideration, the signs were installed last week.
The southbound sign is located in the 600 block of South Interocean Avenue, while the northbound sign is located just south of East Johnson Street, across the street from the Regent Park/Carriage House parking lot.
Holyoke Police Department regularly patrols the school zones when students are going to or from school. Council members hope the new signs will only increase the awareness of drivers through the school zone.
Both signs will only be operating when the yellow lights are flashing before and after school. When flashing, the speed limit drops from 30 mph to 20 mph and fines are doubled.
Holyoke Enterprise February 23, 2012