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Next step: compacting the new RCC to the same thickness as the previously placed material. Four passes with a 10-ton Ingersoll Rand DD-90; two with vibration, two without. Prairie Material uses ASTMs D1557 modified Proctor test on both mix design and materials to determine optimum moisture and density.
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Prairie Material of Bridgeview, Ill., delivers the mix 400 pounds of cement and 125 pounds of fly ash with BASF Construction Chemicals Delvo hydration stabilizer to a Blaw-Knox asphalt paver. The mixture reaches 6,000 to 10,000 psi at 28 days. Materials producers are getting better and better at producing a mix that wont fail, says Public Works Director Matt Mann. The reason: Theyre using a new type of equipment ribbon mixers -- instead of pug mills.
Tim Dunne from materials consulting firm Rubino Engineering Inc. of Elgin, Ill., uses a Troxler 3430 surface moisture density gauge to test the pavement. He says theyve been getting better than the required 98% density.
Feathered edges create a weak joint, so a wheel loader cuts a straight edge between one stretch of RCC and the next, ensures concrete on both sides of the joint is full thickness and properly compacted.
A public works crew uses asphalt paving equipment to rebuild residential streets using roller-compacted concrete (RCC), a process theyve perfected over the last five years.
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A crew member sprays a mixture of water and BASFs Confilm along the edge to keep it moist until the adjacent lane can be placed.
Placement begins. The mixture is spread along the straight edge that was prepared earlier. Note that the RCC is placed about 2 inches thicker than the material from yesterday so that it can be compacted that amount to end up at the same elevation.
After testing RCC in a heavy equipment parking area, the Illinois public works department now rebuilds at least one residential street a year using 6 inches of RCC topped with 2 inches of asphalt.
Paving with roller compacted concrete
RCC topped with asphalt quickly provides a durable street
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Popular with contractors and public works crews, roller-compacted concrete is simple and cost-effective
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Bridgeview, Ill.-based Prairie Material educates municipalities about roller-compacted concrete to create new markets.
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In January, Illinois became the latest state DOT to adopt a paving specification for roller-compacted concrete (RCC), a very dry concrete mix with ¾-inch aggregate that's delivered by dump trucks, placed with an asphalt paver, and compacted with a vibratory roller. Because of its high density and low water content, the material achieves high strength more quickly than conventional concrete pavement mixes.
RCC is often topped with a thin layer of asphalt. The result is a pavement that's more durable than full-depth asphalt with a stone base course and easier for self-performing municipalities to finish and repair than conventional concrete pavement.
By approving RCC "for constructing pavement, shoulder, base course, and base course widening" as part of its Experimental Feature Program, the Illinois DOT (IDOT) was able to add RCC to its sanctioned paving practices relatively quickly.
Cities and counties can begin building roads with RCC on any project they like without having to wait for IDOT to conduct a full test project to evaluate material costs, pavement performance, and other data. More importantly, they can receive state motor fuel tax funds for projects. However those that do must provide documentation that will allow the state to track parameters, including materials, curing methods, and joint layout. They will also be required to report on their project's long-term performance.
"It's not a particularly fast way of getting things done, but it allows contractors and specifiers to get some experience and helps prevent the blind adoption of the latest fads or trends in road construction," says Randell Riley, P.E., executive director of the Illinois Chapter of the American Concrete Pavement Association and contributor to the IDOT specification. The association also plans to release an RCC guide specification this summer for use by public agencies and specifiers.
Wayne Adaska, another contributor and director of pavements for the Portland Cement Association, was impressed with the speed at which IDOT reviewed and approved the new provision, a process that took only a few months. He credits the support of the concrete industry and IDOT's diligence and cooperative spirit for helping expedite the process.
Adaska has worked with many federal, state, and local agencies in developing specifications for RCC. He is aware of at least 14 states and municipalities that have implemented specifications within the past decade. "More and more states are stepping up to the plate in providing RCC as another pavement option for their cities and counties," he says. (For an interactive map of RCC projects in the U.S., see the RCC Explorer map at http://rcc.acpa.org.)
In Illinois, the floodgates seem to have opened since IDOT published its specification. In June 2014, IDOT plans to accept bids on a project for RCC shoulders, topped with asphalt, in the Chicago suburb of Lemont. The Illinois Tollway has also adopted an RCC specification and will be soliciting bids for truck parking areas in four oasis projects.
Four Chicago suburbs—Berwyn, Des Plaines, Franklin Park, and Summit—are considering alley and residential street applications. The third IDOT specification author, Theron Tobolski, is an adviser on these projects and, as a marketing product specialist for Bridgeview, Ill.-based concrete producer Prairie Material, has been educating public works agencies, engineers, and contractors since 2010.
"As we continue to see successful projects, the comfort level of the engineers and owners grows as they are more willing to use roller compacted concrete," he says. Tobolski was instrumental in promoting RCC at the state level by inviting IDOT officials to visit jobsites of one of Prairie Material's most progressive customers: the Village of Streamwood, Ill.
In the midst of Chicago's coldest winter in 30 years—and almost 80 inches of snow—Matt Mann juggled snowplow schedules, monitored the salt supply, and dreaded frozen water mains. One thing that didn't keep the public works director up at night in January was wondering if village streets could withstand the weather.
For the last four years, Streamwood has invested in rebuilding its neighborhood streets with RCC, topped with asphalt. After reading about RCC in Concrete Construction magazine, Mann and former public works director, John White, proposed the paving method to city council as a cost-saving measure. "We needed another tool in our toolbox, and we knew other states had used it successfully," says Mann.
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With the council's approval, the department tapped into Streamwood's roadway maintenance funds to put the idea to the test. "About 20 years ago, our roads were so bad that the village appropriated a percentage of telecom tax to devote to maintaining our 100 miles of streets," says Mann. Local funds allowed public works to use the $1.5 million generated to try out RCC in the absence of a state specification.
The first step, finding a concrete producer, proved to be the most challenging. Rather than following the usual bid process, Mann contacted local producers directly. "It took a few years, but Prairie Material ended up being the only one who could supply us with RCC," Mann says.
RCC was relatively new to Prairie Material at the time, so the producer and public works department worked together to develop the ideal mix: 525 pounds of cementitious materials, ¾-inch maximum size aggregate, and BASF Construction Chemicals' Delvo hydration stabilizer.
Prairie began producing the mix with a central batch plant, mixing 5 cubic yards every 90 seconds. To meet the schedule of Streamwood's larger projects, the producer later bought two horizontal shaft spiral blade mixers, or ribbon mixers, from Dallas-based Vince Hagan Co. to produce more consistent material at a rate of eight cubic yards in 30 seconds.
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Zend/Filter/Digits.php is not available in the multibyte languages. The line 74 is written follow now.
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Perhaps you or someone else could contribute tests for {{Zend_Filter_DigitsTest}} ({{tests/Zend/Filter/DigitsTest.php}}) that would cover the proposed functionality? Though I attempted such a test with SVN r6765, I'm having some difficulty adding multibyte characters to the unit tests with my system.
Lowering priority to minor since an easy workaround (extend the class) is present.
Sorry, My Description is harmful for in Zend_Validate_Ccnum. The component depends on Zend_Filter_Digits.
I want to cansel this Issue and SVN r6765.
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I make test pattern for Zend_Filter_DigitsTest.php . I hope this will be useful.
What is the status of this issue? Do we have a fix? Is it checked in? Satoru, if you have a fix, I can assign this to you and you can close it.
I offered a solution in the file attachments, but it does not be discussed or applied as same as ZF-2107 and ZF-2108. Yes I have an idea to fix. But how to edit Zend/Filter/Digits.php and Zend/Filter/DigitsTest.php?
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How does human history fit in with the Torah's timeline?
Not even worrying about why the universe and Earth look so old, there is extensive evidence of a human population and human civilizations from well before 4000 BCE (i.e. 6000 years ago, there were more than two humans). Human fossils (that is to say Homo sapiens as opposed to other hominids that existed around and well before this time) and artifacts dating back as far as 200,000 years have been found in Africa, Eurasia, and Australia, and more recent artifacts and fossils (still tens of thousands of years old) have been found in the Americas. Egyptian pyramids (and proto-pyramids) were built both before and after the time of the Mabul (Noah's flood) (confirmed by carbon dating) as well as other Mesopotamian and Indus writing forms that are found to be both from before and after the time of the Mabul, as well as proto-Chinese characters that pose evidence of a single evolving culture that spans pre-Creation, pre-Flood, post-Flood, and modern day China. These are just some examples I've found when attempting to research early human history. I can edit this question with sources detailing as much evidence of this as is requested, or I can reference you to Google to find encyclopedia articles and scholarly journals or the Smithsonian's Human Origins Program or something, or we can proceed with the assumption that this is in fact almost universally accepted as confirmed and consistant records of human history.
Anyway, I'm having a hard time reconciling this account of human civilization that extends well before Creation and continues steadily even through the Mabul, which should have wiped out civilization, with the Torah. Here are the possibilities I can personally think of or that have been suggested to me with varying levels of support from authoritative sources, but none of them so far work for me:
Archeologists and anthropologists (as well as geologists, physicists, cosmologists, biologists, geneticists, and any other line of empirical scientific knowledge that separately and consistently supports it) are part of a massive anti-religious conspiracy. However I think such a massive conspiracy theory is untenable and would be difficult to demonstrate.
Archeologists and anthropologists are all a victim of misinformation as during and before the Mabul, life on Earth was so different as to systematically confuse all methods of dating. However this also doesn't make sense to me, as it implies that while life on Earth really is fully recent, that the rest of the universe must actually be really old since we can see objects from billions of light years away, and the Mabul couldn't impact the speed of light. And what's more, if you can only rely on dating from post-Mabul organic matter, then it raises questions about various inconsistencies. If the pyramids, for example, were of a post-Mabul society (as they are known to be), you should not find C14 dating of organic matter found in or with the pyramids to point to anything before the flood. One way or another the pyramids are from before the flood (and civilization there and around the world continues like normal).
Hashem wanted to make everything look completely natural so he made Earth with a history. However the known significant human population from well before Adam would mean he was not the first man, and it would go so far as to imply that one should never ever expect any kind of evidence for anything in the Torah which has its own problems. Worse, it would be hard to answer this without painting Hashem as deceitful unless it can be clearly demonstrated from the intended meaning of Talmudic or similar sources that Adam wasn't the first man and that the Mabul didn't wipe out any civilizations. (Actually, I have heard reference to 974 worlds or generations before ours, but when I tried to dig deeper all I found was a Beraisa in Chagigah 14a about them being generations that were not created, but instead that their souls are the wicked among actual generations. And I have also seen reference to Zevachim 113 to say that there is precedent to say the flood was not completely global, but all it brings is a single opinion that makes the exception only for Eretz Yisrael and even then says that everyone there died. That is to say, all cultures, and most evidence of most of the world, would still have been destroyed in the flood.)
As referenced in part of my objection to #3 above, this Earth had hundreds of "worlds" living on it before hand and Hashem destroyed them all in preparation of this world. However, while I have heard this claim, I couldn't find anything to back up that such worlds were literally created in a sequential natural form that mirrors the observed natural formation of the solar system and life. The best I found (which is not to say it is good) is an article from Aish that takes the words of Rav Abahu and allows for a vague inference that they did exist on a previous version of this planet that was destroyed to the point it was formless yet still maintains a coherent line of archaeological evidence of human civilization. Or perhaps Aish meant that in some early period of the sixth day there were (somehow and for some reason? I couldn't really follow what they were trying to say) precursors to humans without souls. (I'm also incredulous to the possibility that Hashem would in this way need to make so many living beings and people only to kill them in the process of making Earth, especially when only to recreate everything in six days anyway.) In any event it only could explain the difference between the first six days of creation with human history older than 6,000 years ago without addressing the events that followed like the Mabul.
A suggestion by Dr. Gerald Schroeder, who says time, from the point of view of Earth, slowed down dramatically from the point of view of Hashem (who is assumed to have the same time perspective as background radiation), and it is in some particular way calculated that the first day of creation was exactly 8 billion years, the second day 4 billion, and so on. And that this supports an old age of the universe and the formation of the solar system and life over long periods of time. However as far as I can tell, from a perspective of physics, Schroeder is alone in this understanding, and as far as I can tell the same can be said of the Torah perspective. And it would go against the suggestion that the Torah is written in the language of men. And it contradicts the more recent improvements to the estimate of the age of the universe since Schroeder made his calculation around the turn of the century. His calculation also contradicts the order and time that various aspects of the universe, solar system, and life developed. And as is the case with suggestion #4, this only addresses human history before 6,000 years ago.
So as you can see I'm having trouble figuring this out. What are some better, or what is the proper, explanation(s) to deal with human history as stated in the Torah and human history as implied by the physical evidence?
NOTE: For answers stating that the Torah does not in fact literally mean a global flood or that human history started 6000 years ago: Please cite specific people that say this, preferably older answers based on messorah and not answers that were forced to bend around a context of archeological evidence. If you reference people like Schroeder or Slifkin who bend Torah around science, go further and quote the relevant things they've said along with the older sources they're basing themselves on that allow for such bending. Furthermore, please indicate why this is not taught mainstream (at least in my personal experience, learning about Berashis from various people and sources, I was never taught that human history was before 4000 BCE or that the flood could have left most of Earth undisturbed). If this is the proper understanding, it should be taught as such, I think, rather than cause people to be led astray after finding the literal interpretation to be seemingly incorrect.


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I'm looking for some advice. I am a solo fingerstyle guitar player. Up until now, I've been playing open mics and gigs for tips. I may be able to play for a professional party, for 1 to 2 hours. I was asked how much I should charge. I don't have a clue as to what is reasonable. Suggestions?
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Is is a "home concert" atmosphere, where you are "on stage," or are you providing background music? Home concerts encourage CD sales and collect "donations."
Are you bringing and setting up equipment?
Both of these need to be factored in. Private gigs should START at $100 or more, if this is not a "friend's party."
Norman, do not UNDERCUT yourself for a COMMERCIAL gig, as they will expect that price moving forward. Commercial gigs should be charged even more than "private parties," since the money is coming from an "event budget," not coming out of anyone's personal stash. $100 MINIMUM is more than reasonable, and probably too cheap. Hourly rates don't make any sense, since they just undercut your set up time, driving time, and gas expenses.
By the way, my day job is corporate event management, and I have no problem paying a piano player $200-$300 for a background gig, when as a musician myself, I know he haggles to get $100 from his lounge gigs. That's just the nature of the business.
P.S. If you are neither a singer nor a comedian, "shut up and play your guitar," as Zappa said.
I agree that you should not undercut yourself on this. The price you charge should be based on what will fly in your market and that is different everywhere, but I would start by calling up any musician in your area that does wedding receptions and finding out what they charge for two hours work. In almost any market, I don't think anyone would expect to pay less than $300 for entertainment, and oftentimes much more.
If you think about low-balling it, remember all the money you've spent on instruments, strings, lessons, music books, etc.; and all the time you've spent learning and practicing. How much is all that investment of time and money worth? Factor in your transportation, set up time, etc. Don't do yourself, and everyone else in your market who has spent similar time and money, a disservice by charging too low. If you're not being asked to negotiate down, you might have asked for too little.
I'm in the UK and I agree it can sometimes be a tricky conversation about fees. Some well known guys and girls will have a "set" fee for different types of gigs - clubs, festivals, corporate, etc. I, on the other hand, tend to be more "flexible". My first response is to ask what they normally expect to pay and work the conversation around that. Bottom line is that I'm unlikely to turn down many gigs on the basis of the fee offered if I'm satisfied that the booker is not trying to be cheap in order to maximise his / her own gain.
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Racing Community Profiles - Past Board Leaders Kayla Thomason and Carol Kauder?
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Two of our past board members, Carol Kauder and Kayla Thomason, give us a little insight into what makes them, and women's racing, tick. The work done by these two exceptional women over the years has helped get us where we are today. Current board members Susan Adamkovics, Rachel Scott and Sue Lloyd are building upon the foundation that was built over the last decade.
Thanks Carol and Kayla, and thanks Amanda for getting these ladies to sit down long enough for an interview!
Amanda: When did you both get into competitive cycling?
Carol: I started bike racing five years ago, a newbie at age 39. I never saw myself bike racing and was not super competitive in other sports. I joined the Title Nine Women's Cycling Club to find other women to ride with. After a couple of years of loving T9's Tuesday night "Fast and Fun" race rides, I let myself be talked into trying a crit. I got lapped and stewed on it all winter. The next season, I tried another race and won. I've been hooked ever since. Now I head the women's part of the Boulder Running Company Cycling and Multisport Team.
Kayla: I started racing in 1985 as a junior. I raced through high school and college. After college I moved to Summit County and quit racing though I did still follow the sport. I did not start racing again until 2001 when I moved back to Denver from San Francisco. I was riding with my Dad pretty frequently (he was still racing) and he offered to upgrade my bike if I started to race again. I was still riding my 1986 Italian bike in my reentry to racing at Boulder Roubaix.
Amanda: What were the women's fields like at that time?
Carol: Typically our field sizes were between 10 and 20 women. If we had more than 30, that was a really big day. It was a huge drag to show up with a field smaller than 5, because that meant even if you raced, you wouldn't get upgrade points. This year it seems like every SW4 has more than 30, and sometimes more than 50. It's great to see.
Kayla: In the 80's and 90's we typically only had one women's field. Occasionally there would be a jr. women's race and even less frequently a women's 4 race. At that time Colorado was the center for all the elite women's teams. Every local race would be like lining up for the Coor's Classic. I would get lapped at least twice in almost every race. Even then field sizes were rarely over 20-30,
Amanda: What inspired you to tackle the beast that is equal race times for women's cycling?
Carol: There was a crit in Louisville that didn't offer a race for me to sign up for. I think they only had women Pro/1/2/3 – no SW4 and no SW35+. I wasn't about to drop in on the men's Cat 4. It was shocking to me that someone would put on a race and not be more inclusive. I wrote a long e-mail to ACA director Jon Tarkington. I re-read it and never hit "send." I decided if I really wanted to see things change, I should run for the ACA board, which I did five months later.
Kayla: I guess it was out of self-interest. I would meet women that were newbies to the sport and then see them disappear after a year or two. Several upgraded and then disappeared. Starting cyclocross probably motivated me more as there were even less women racing that crazy, fun discipline. I joined the board to give back to the sport that I had been involved in for most of my life. I wanted to see positive change for the sport as a whole as I had observed decrease in numbers of racers from the early years, especially the 16-30 age groups in men and women's racing. The incredibly small number of jr. women was really upsetting. While there were only 8 of us consistently racing back in the day, it was still more than what we have now. There was no 10-12 age group then and most of those girls quit when they reach puberty.
Amanda: How did you go about getting the change wheel moving? Burning bras? Marches? Oreos and wine?
Carol: The change wheel was well in motion when I joined the board. Several women had started women-only clubs, like Jilayne Lovejoy had with Title Nine and Megan Hotman with The Cyclist Lawyer. Beth Fisk had a number of women participating in the SW4 mentoring program. As a board member, I grew more sympathetic to the financial conundrum race directors faced: setting aside a crit time slot for a smaller women's field likely meant sacrificing profits that could be generated by larger men's fields. I have a new appreciation for promoters who demonstrate that they are committed to the cause.
For me, it wasn't about being confrontational and demanding change. It was about demonstrating how change could ultimately benefit everyone. I'm a market research and branding consultant, so I ran a brand strategy session with the board to help delineate the goals of the ACA, and identify the best opportunities for growth. The men's categories offer little room for growth –they are already filling up. But, if we could increase the number of women in the allocated time slots, the promoters could make more money. It's fine and dandy for everyone to nod and say "we support women's cycling," but when you can show how it makes sense from a business perspective, it helps bump it up a few notches on the list of priorities.
And then there was (and is) the larger hurdle of bringing new women into a male-dominated sport. When I started racing, I was keenly aware of how few women there were on site. I wasn't interested in forcing my way in; I wanted to know "Do you want me here?" When I joined the board I looked for ways to cue to women that, yes, we want you to come out and race. I think the SW4 Mentoring Program is great for that. It's an official acknowledgement of an organizational interest in women's cycling. So I helped coordinate and promote that program while I was on the board.
Kayla: I give credit to Carol for that. I did not do much but back her up in the meetings.
Amanda: Where do you see the biggest difference now?
Carol: It's great to see women's racing as a top agenda item for BRAC. I'm not on the board any more, but I love seeing so many races listed as mentoring races, and it was so great to see a SW4 clinic finally come together.
Racing this spring, the women's SW4 and SW3 field sizes are noticeably bigger. It's impossible to count all the factors that could be contributing to this, but I want to believe it's more than a passing phase.
Kayla: I agree, I am amazed at the numbers we are seeing in the cat 4 races. It is also nice to see more cat 3 races offered the last couple of years. The number of women racing cross has also more than doubled in all categories. When I started cross a large women's field, all categories, would be 15-20. We now typically have fields over 15 just in the 35+. I am hoping this is an upward trend and not a phase. I have been around too long to not be a little cynical.
Amanda: What are you most excited for in this years season?
Carol: The track to open in Erie! I can't wait. I hope that having a regulation-sized track in Boulder County will bring a lot of newcomers to the sport.
I'm also excited to be racing in the above-mentioned bigger field sizes this year. The reality is my motivations for trying to grow women's cycling are very selfish. I'm a sprinter. I do better in a pack. We need more women racers … so I can spend more time sitting in.
Kayla: Yes, it would be nice to be able to sit in instead of the race always feeling like a break. I have greatly reduced my road racing due to training schedule and the increase of entry fees. I tried a full season of cross and road for 2 years and it does not work. I am looking forward to cross season and Nationals being in Boulder. While I can not seem to hold my fitness to January it will be fun to race at home instead of travelling. I don't expect great results but it will still be fun.
Amanda: You are stranded on an island with 1 pro cyclist. Who would it be and why?
Carol: Alison Powers or Cari Higgins. I have learned so much from both of them. If I were stranded on an island with either of them, I would work on bike skills the entire time. By the time the rescue boat came, I would be super fit and ready to race.
Kayla: Zdnek Stybar. My cross skills would be phenomenal which would allow me to turn off that little voice that says "you can't ride that". Plus he seems to have a sense of humor and drinks beer, unlike Sven Nys.
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"This year it seems like
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
"This year it seems like every SW4 has more than 30, and sometimes more than 50. It's great to see."
Last 3 races
16 7
27 2
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As a marketing person, what is the difference between reality and what you are selling?
Points: 3
not that far off
Submitted by TG (not verified) on
People will always complain about something.. But their numbers are not that off the mark.
Louisville crit had 47 Cat 4s - which is a huge field for a womens race
Superior morgul RR had 33 and the crit had 26- both good numbers IMO.
Points: 20
There numbers weren't that
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
There numbers weren't that far off.
10% error
46% error
83% error
77% error
93% error
You're right, not that far off.
I gave you a fact; not a complaint.
Points: 7
100% of the time these types
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
100% of the time these types of comment makes me want to become violent and scream "you are missing the bigger picture here".
110% of the time I want to shake commenters, not babies.
120% of the time I am surprised the growth of the sport isn't hindered by these comments
I give you facts.
Points: -5
Your 3rd point is an opinion,
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Your 3rd point is an opinion, not a fact.
So what is the bigger picture here, I say that with all sincerity.
Points: 10
Dear Know.It.All, why don't
Submitted by TG (not verified) on
Dear Know.It.All, why don't you tell us what the article was trying to say? You're so smart and all, i'm sure I'd never get the big picture right anyway. I mean after all, I can't even do percentages.
so have at it, you tell us what the big picture is.
Points: 14
I think that the big picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I think that the big picture was that the original article contained a lot of false information.
Points: 8
15% is the reality.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Women have always made up about 15% +/- of bike racers. Been about the same for years and years.
Points: 9
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Points: 18
Geez, Louise.
Submitted by Crankymommys (not verified) on
So what was the goal of pointing all that out, my fine number seeking friend? That women's racing is a waste of promoter time just because there aren't as many? Should we just not HAVE them race at all? I know! We should have about 27 more 35 + Men's categories based on eye color, hair color and height. There's such high numbers there. We should break those categories down more!
I just hope Mr. Numbers doesn't have daughters. Crimany.
Nice interview, Amanda. And thank you ladies, for paving the way.
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Phlebotomy Certification Schools in Oakland CA
f you are starting to look for Phlebotomy Training in Oakland CA then I think you will find the article below has some useful suggestions. Choosing the correct Phlebotomy Training can be a really tricky decision, but it is good to be prepared, so you can be certain you have chosen the best Phlebotomy Training available in Oakland CA.
Phlebotomy is a relatively new field in the medical field, in which one is supposed to collect blood from the vein by making an incision. This doesn't mean that it never existed; the only difference now is that earlier the job was done by the doctors themselves. But with the advancements in the medical field, doctors have more important jobs to perform, which requires a lot more time and experience. This has led to the origin of Phlebotomy and it is one of the fastest growing segments in Oakland CA.
A Phlebotomist supports nurses, medical assistants and doctors. His or her job is to collect blood from veins of a patient and on blood drives for testing, transfusion or research. They are also responsible for the verification of the patient's identity, labeling and storing the blood in appropriate manner. They can also take vital signs and conduct interviews with patients.
But one has to undergo proper training in order to be prepared for such a responsible job. During the training period students are taught various subjects which include human anatomy, various blood drawing techniques, taking care of patients during and after drawing of blood, their rights and confidentiality and first aid. They are taught to communicate with the patients and staff members effectively.
They are also taught about the proper needle technique, creating patient's report and keeping their record. I addition to all the above, they are also trained on various medical equipments which also includes handling containers for collecting biohazardous waste and dermal puncture devices, syringes, bandages blood culture bottles etc.
They are also taught proper bedside manner which is a very critical issue. At this point they have to show the right combination of their skill and sympathy. A phlebotomist must be able to work under pressure and be able to comfort the patients to collect blood samples more easily.
Phlebotomy Training in Oakland CA can last from eighteen to twenty four months depending on the program or the state. However, the longer programs are more valuable and can give a good start the reason behind it is that, it the trainee is more exposed to field and has more experience. Some institutes also provides online training, that means it can be attained from anywhere but the drawback is that only theory part is covered online for the practical training one has be present physically in the institute. After the training is completed one has to go through the exam, to be called a trained Phlebotomist.
The salary of a Phlebotomist in Oakland CA can be any where between $28,000 to $35,000 per annum depending on the experience. Unlike other medical fields it has an advantage that one need not be called always in case of emergency, means one can say that it's a fixed time job.
Phlebotomy training is essential to gain a certificate to be a certified Phlebotomist. If you are interested in medical field, then make sure you do due diligence on the phlebotomy training schools in Oakland CA.
Phlebotomy Training – How To Not Get Ripped Off
With the economy continuing to decline and the vast network of schools popping up across the nation and in Oakland CA, it's hard not to be tempted into going back to school.
However, with every new school that is formed comes 100′s of horror stories of people who feel they were ripped off on their education.
Preparing yourself for the onslaught of sales pitches that hound you via the internet, telephone, and in person will help you prepare in making an educated and well informed decision on how to advance your education.
Why Phlebotomy Is The Best Choice For You
Have you ever jumped into something and later regretted your decision? This pattern is repeated more times than you can imagine everyday because most people move on impulse and fail to do their due diligence through research.
The health field is one of the few fields left in the world that is actually growing. Entering the heath field can be a gratifying and fulfilling experience.
Becoming A Phlebotomist – Trial and Error
Phlebotomy is a cheaper alternative for entering the health field.
Great entry-level opportunity to test if you can handle working in a healthcare environment.
Room to grow – teaches essential skills that won't be wasted like many of the classes in education today.
Networking – inexpensive way to find mentors that can guide you in making the right choices
Distinguishing The Good Schools From The Bad
Unfortunately in these times you have to be extremely careful in picking your phlebotomy school in Oakland CA. There are many schools that are not accredited or respected by local hospitals and doctors offices.
How To Protect Yourself
Make a list of schools in Oakland CA that you are interested in and find out about price, accreditation, and job placement.
Thoroughly interview each school asking specifics of how long they have existed, their graduation rate, and the percentage of graduates that found work in the 1st year.
(Be Careful – Their statistics may not give you the whole truth. They may say 90% of their graduates find work within the 1st year, however, that work could have nothing to do with phlebotomy and still make that statement factual).
Contact graduates of that school and ask them questions on how they feel about their education from that particular school.
Contact the HR of local hospitals and doctors offices and find out if they hire applicants from your school choices.
Compare prices and time-frames. You may be missing out on a good education if you choose a school you can finish within a few months.
Validate that you will be receiving your phlebotomy certification in Oakland CA after completion of your school and the exam.
Have A Plan B – All the research in the world can't prepare you for being in the actual situation. If something goes wrong before, during, or after school, have some backup plans on how you will handle it. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6491197
Did you get any useful ideas from the article? If you did, please feel free to share the article with your family and friends who live in Oakland CA. You just never know when they might be looking for Phlebotomy Training in Oakland CA.


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Enterprise Java applications are often deployed on many physical systems in the traditional data center. In production environments, there is very rarely one "central instance" of an application, but rather a cluster of servers supporting that application. Managing these dispersed physical application replicas can be time consuming and challenging. Virtualizing these applications means managing fewer physical systems while maintaining the performance and increasing the reliability of the applications.
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Ode to a Diva
For folks who don't know already, a Diva Cup is just one of the many types of menstrual cups available in today's marketplace. Instead of absorbing your flow like a tampon or catching it after it (achingly) trickles out of you à la a pad, a Diva Cup is worn internally and collects your blood in a soft, rubbery cup that can be emptied every 12 hours.
One of the biggest factors motivating my initial switch from tampons to menstrual cups was the simple fact that the Diva Cup does not pose any health risks--unlike tampons. While some menstrual cups are made of rubber or other materials, the Diva Cup is made of medical-grade silicone and is completely safe for regular use. It is free of pthalates, latex, plastic and other chemicals. A short soak in boiling water leaves the Diva Cup perfectly sterilized, unlike pads and tampons which are—contrary to popular belief—not sterilized before they are packaged and sent to shelves. Unlike a tampon, the Diva Cup does not absorb the good along with the bad (though I have trouble thinking of menstrual blood as "bad," but I'll get to that in a bit) and it does not introduce any unnecessary chemicals into the flora and fauna of the vagina. Although seldom discussed, tampons contain dangerous chemicals that can be absorbed by the sensitive tissue of the vaginal walls, including dioxins as well as residue from chlorine bleach, pesticides and other chemicals involved in the growing and treating of cotton used in manufacturing tampons.
According to the World Health Organization, we are exposed to dioxins throughout our lives through the food we eat (particularly meat, dairy, and fish), herbicides, pesticides, and emissions from waste incinerators. Women, however, are exposed to dioxin at even greater rates because of tampon usage. Repeated exposure to the chemical—say, during the 38 years the average woman menstruates during her lifetime—inflicts the greatest risk to women's health.
In The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation, Karen Houppert explains that in 1992,
several FDA scientists... discovered trace levels of dioxin, a potentially harmful by-product of the chlorine-bleaching process at paper and wood-pulp mills, in some commercially produced tampons. (Most tampons today contain rayon, a wood-pulp derivative.) Citing studies that indicated dioxin was unsafe at any level—not only potentially carcinogenic, but toxic to the immune system and a cause of birth defects—subcommittee chair Ted Weiss, a Democrat from New York, accused the FDA of purposely downplaying the dangers to women by ignoring one of its own scientist's warnings.Since that time, no significant changes have been made to reduce the amount of dioxin found in tampons. Tampon manufacturers continue to argue that dioxin levels in their products are negligible at best and therefore harmless, but Houppert begs to differ.
"Drawing on the results of scientific research around the world—from sources as diverse as a U.S. Air Force study that documented decreased testis size in men exposed to dioxin and a University of South Florida study that saw a connection between dioxin exposure and endometriosis in monkeys—it's clear that tests are showing something even more important than the potential carcinogenic link: dioxin, in levels once thought acceptably low, affects the reproductive and immune systems. There is evidence that dioxin may be linked to lower sperm counts in men, a higher probability of endometriosis in women, and a depressed immune system in both. ... Among females, hormonal changes associated with dioxin have been linked to decreased fertility, an inability to maintain pregnancy, and ovarian dysfunction.
If all of that doesn't scare you, then get a load of this: According to Laurie Garett, author of The Coming Plague, "over the years manufacturers have mixed a variety of fibres with cotton to improve absorbency and maintain the tampon's shape inside the body. These include polyester, collagen, acetyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyurethane—and even asbestos."
Another reason I love my Diva Cup: it's reusable! No more frantically asking friends if they have a spare tampon or desperately banging on those rusty old pad dispensers in public restrooms. No more running to the store in the middle of the night to buy new supplies. And best of all, no more contributing to the enormous amount of waste women create by disposing of menstrual products each and every cycle. Each year the average woman sends 250 to 350 tampons or pads to rot in landfills across the country. That's roughly 9,500 to 13,500 tampons or pads in a lifetime or, to put it another way, 250 to 300 pounds of waste from the time of menarche to menopause for a single woman. Considering how many women populate the United States alone, it's easy to see how the usage of disposable menstrual products can be framed as a significant environmental problem.
Only using one menstrual product to deal with your period for up to ten years (it's true!) is great for the environment, but it's also great for your wallet. I bought my Diva Cup for about $24 dollars three years ago, which means that I've saved roughly $178 so far. That's $178 I chose not to invest in major corporations like Tampax or Playtex who do not seem to have the consumer's interests in preserving their health and the environment in mind.
More than anything, though, I love my Diva Cup because it has helped highlight the cultural stigma surrounding menstruation while simultaneously bringing me closer to my own body.
Don't get me wrong, I love my period and have since it first appeared on my 12th birthday. As one of those few lucky women whose period usually arrives unaccompanied by cramps, migraines, and general discomfort, I've always had neutral to positive feelings about my period. But ever since I switched to using a Diva Cup, I feel a rush of genuine excitement every time I get my period. Using a Diva Cup allows me to observe just how much I bleed each day of my cycle, how the color and consistency changes, and much more. The simple act of inserting and removing the Diva Cup every twelve or so hours has literally forced me to get comfortable touching my own body and my own blood. I feel like I know my body better now and I think that is a beautiful thing.
So many women I've talked to about the Diva Cup (because yes, I am something akin to a walking Diva Cup advertisement in real life) have expressed discomfort or disgust at the prospect of having to—gasp!—touch themselves "down there" and potentially risk touching their own blood in order to use a menstrual cup. And I'm not just talking about young women—I've encountered this reaction in grown women who have been menstruating for over half of their lives! I really wish more women could see that our periods and our bodies don't have to be something we're grossed out by, or bothered by (in the absence of cramps, extra sensitivity and whatnot).
Despite the awesome power our female bodies possess, our culture has a way of devaluing women's bodies when considered outside of a sexual context. Our breasts are only for titillating, not for breastfeeding. Our vaginas are for providing pleasure, not for birthing. Sadly, if our bodies aren't being used for sex, they're all too often seen as dirty, shameful and gross. This goes double for our vaginas and triple for our periods. How else do you explain the way our periods are used in gross-out jokes in popular culture, like in 2007's Superbad? To quote our friend and fellow classmate Nasser, periods "should be something celebrated--not treated like Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter as something we don't speak of!" Even advertisements for pads and tampons have typically skirted around actually admitting that their products are used for catching the blood that comes out of our vaginas every month.
Recently, our Women in Pop Culture class, taught by Feminist Fatale's Melanie Klein, watched Diana Fabianova's documentary Red Moon: Menstruation, Culture, and the Politics of Gender. While the film had some weak spots, I still think it does a great job of highlighting the cultural taboo of menstruation. Check out the trailer here:
In short, from the time we are very young, we hear our periods referred to as a "curse" and a nightmare. In polite company we are instructed from the onset of puberty to never ever mention our monthly cycles, especially if there are men present. Young women absorb these messages about the taboo of menstruation and all too often hold onto these negative attitudes until late in life. The cultural silence surrounding one of the most natural bodily processes women deal with in their lives speaks volumes about the way women and women's bodies are valued in our society.
I'd like to change all of that, and one way I think we can achieve that goal is to encourage women to use a Diva Cup or other type of menstrual cup.
My period is a beautiful thing that reminds me each month that (hooray!) I am not yet pregnant and (double hooray!) my healthy body is capable of creating a living, breathing human being. Did you know that scientists today are closing in on the ability to use stem cells from menstrual blood to repair hearts and other organs? Menstrual stem cells have even been described as potentially "more potent than bone marrow" and as "one of the most promising, renewable, non-invasive sources of stem cells." So not only do our monthly periods remind us of our awe-inspiring ability to create life but also our ability to aid in the healing of our own bodies and the bodies of others.
I'm not saying all women should start throwing menarche parties for the young women in their lives or painting with their period blood, although I'm personally down with both of those things. Women don't have to be crunchy hippie-types to embrace their periods or use reusable menstrual cups or cloth pads. I just hope we can all do our part to challenge the cultural taboo surrounding menstruation.
Want to read more on the subject? These are some excellent sources related to menstruation:
- Karen Houppert's The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation
- Elissa Stein's Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
- Rachel Kauder Nalebuff's My Little Red Book
- Chris Bobel's New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation
- Thomas Buckley's Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation. [Definitely an older book than the rest (published in 1988) but a great resource if you're looking to learn about how periods are treated in various cultures around the world.]
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SURPRISE GIVEAWAY: Beau-coup
Winner Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to everyone that entered! And the random winner is: Commenter # 290 – Annie – who said "I'm the maid-of-honor in 2 weddings and a bridesmaid in another, all in a row (July/August/Sept) and would LOVE some of the adorable wedding shower favors to make each shower personal." Congrats, Annie – and good luck with all the wedding showers!
We've got a fun new Surprise Giveaway for you today with PARTY written all over it!
Beau-coup is a fabulous website that carries tons of stylish favors, decorations, and gifts for weddings, bridal/baby showers, birthdays, and beyond. This week, they're offering up a $100 Shopping Spree towards anything on their site (and trust me, there's a LOT!) to a lucky HWTM reader!
You'll find everything from unique party favors & favor packaging to bridal party gifts, placecard holders, wedding decorations, and more at Beau-coup, and if you or a loved one has a party or wedding coming up – this shopping spree could be a nice boost for your budget!
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Pictured below: a few examples of Beau-coup's Wedding Decorations and Wedding Supplies:
(More examples & details for HOW TO ENTER after the jump…)
Custom fortune cookies always make for great party favors. Beau-coup has several different designs available…
There are even some great groomsmen gift ideas for the guys!
• Post a comment here telling us which item(s) from the Beau-coup website you'd love to get if you win!
• Giveaway ends Monday, February 16th at midnight PST. Winner will be chosen randomly and announced on Tuesday, February 17th. Good luck, everyone!!
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I would love to win the Mini Monogrammed Brownie Pops! I am going to make them myself if I have to, but it would be sooo fantastic to not have one more thing to worry about!
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Its nearly impossible to pick a favorite, but I have been eying the glass spice jars for a while. They would make excellent favors filled with lemon drops for my wedding in May.
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I am doing the SATC themed party (found on HWTM of course) for my best friend's bachelorette party/bridal shower weekend extraordinaire in San Diego!! I absolutely adore ALL of the favors for bridal showers on beaucoup but LOVE the lipstick pen and notepad sets as well as the "its a shoe thing" bottle openers- they are so chic and darling and would be great for our theme!
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They have so many beautiful things, it's hard to choose! I think I would go for the personalized chocolate heart lollipops for my daughter's "lollipop" birthday coming up!
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I love the mini gumball machines!
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They are all just fabulous! I recommend my clients to use them for party favors for their events. Myself, I love the Mini Gumball machines!
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I'd love to have the custom designer self-inking stamps and a swarovski crystal bracelet with monogram charm!


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Mayor Williams and City of Wilmington Congratulate MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival
Posted on 03/11/2013 3:08 pm
The MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival was a four-day extravaganza where guests could enjoy lunches, dinners, tastings, and parties at 44 events in various venues across Delaware. One venue in particular, Rodney Square, served as the Festival Village area.
Serving as the Festival's main site, Rodney Square was home to the festival stage where exciting demonstrations and panel discussions from chefs, winemakers, brewers, and local experts took place. Rodney Square also hosted entertainment and performances during the Wine + Food Festival.
Mayor Williams attended the MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival and said, "The festival allowed residents and guests of the city to experience culture, wine, and fun entertainment. It was important for the City of Wilmington to support this endeavor by relaxing the restrictions of alcohol distribution in Rodney Square, and allowing the square to serve as the Festival Village. The Wine + Food Festival provided a great opportunity to promote Wilmington and stimulate growth in the downtown community."


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The holiday season will kick off in La Junta Saturday with the annual Parade of Lights. This year's theme is "A Hometown Christmas."
The parade will begin at 6 p.m. People are encouraged to lineup at Second Street and Santa Fe Avenue around 5:15 p.m. Lineup is a first-come first-serve basis. There are no entry fees and no prizes.
The parade route will be as follows: south on Santa Fe to Fifth Street, east on Fifth Street to Colorado Avenue, north on Colorado Avenue to Second Street, Second Street west to Santa Fe (starting spot).
Santa will be in the parade and will be dropped off at Thyme Square where he will announce the first Lucky Horseshoe Clue.
Parents are encouraged to bring the kids for pictures with Santa after the parade.
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The Sheriff's Department of Reentry and Diversion's mission is to provide services to detainees in the custody of the Sheriff and assist in aftercare of this population once they are released. The department also assists at risk communities by providing preventive education programs.
Working to establish this goal, The Department of Reentry and Diversion consists of the following units: Boot Camp, Community Outreach Religious Volunteers, Sheriff's Garden Program, Day Reporting, Virtual High School, Jail Diversion & Crime Prevention Programs, The Pre-Release Center, Program Services, Senior Services, and Youth Services. Please use the links at left to learn more about each program.


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Director of Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Fred Harvey announced the schedule for the 2014 track and field season on Saturday.
The No. 1 women's team in the country won the NCAA West Regional on Friday in Sacramento, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
The men's and No. 1 women's cross country teams will compete in the NCAA West Regionals on Friday in Sacramento, Calif.
The NCAA Today's Top 10 Award recognizes student-athletes for their successes on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the community. Former Wildcat Brigetta Barrett received the honor.
As the University of Arizona cross country team is competing, the track and field team is preparing for their upcoming season with their fall training.
The No. 1 women's team in the nation won the first conference title in program history on Saturday.
Senior Elvin Kibet was selected by the Pac-12 Conference as the 2013 Pac-12 Cross Count Scholar Athlete of the Year.
The men's and No. 1 women's cross country teams will compete in the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday in Boulder, Colo.
In the latest USTFCCCA national poll, the UA women are ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history.
Arizona distance runner Maria Larsson lived in Sweden her entire life
The No. 3 women's cross country team earned a first-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational on Saturday.
The men's and No. 3 women's cross country teams will compete in the Wisconsin adidas Invitational on Saturday.


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I've tried many Kit Kats in my candy blogging days, but none of them have been from the "Senses" line. The physical structure of the Kit Kat Senses differs from the many other strangely flavored varieties which have become commonly available all over the world. Now I don't know about you, but for me, Kit Kats are all about the four, long, wafer filled bars. The Senses line adds more to the equation by creating one large single finger like a Kit Kat Chunky with five creme filled cavities on the top. Sounds interesting, doesn't it?
This specific Kit Kat Senses had hazelnut creme filled cavities; an interesting twist on the format that Kinder Bueno uses, really, now that I look at it. In fact, it just seems to be a Nestle took that idea right off of Kinder and just re-named it as Kit Kat. Interesting.
The bar smells extremely hazelnutty, as if I just opened up a jar of Nutella.
The flavor is awesome. It's a similar to a Manner Biscuit but with more chocolate. It tastes intensely of hazelnut, cream, cocoa and sweetness. In fact, I find that those flavors practically overpower the chocolate and I find myself missing it a little. It's an amazing flavor overall though and an immensely satisfying.
The texture is great, as it takes the best part of Kit Kat and adds a contrasting element. You get the crispy wafers and then the thick, creamy texture of the hazelnut creme. Mmmmm.
I'm impressed with Kit Kat Senses! I thought perhaps it'd be too much of a good thing or mucking with perfection, but I stand corrected. They're addicting. I highly recommend trying one if you ever see them.
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Amusement parks in Aragon
The Dinópolis dinosaur park in Teruel
The region of Aragon in northeast Spain, comprising the provinces of Teruel, Zaragoza and Huesca, has everything to guarantee fun for visitors of all ages. And that's because it has seven amusement parks with a range of varied themes to suit all tastes. Many of them are located in attractive natural settings. Come and pay a visit to your favourites:
Parks in Teruel: - Dinópolis: this is a genuine dinosaur-themed paleontological park where you'll find original fossils and spectacular reproductions of these creatures, go on a journey through time accompanied by the voice of a narrator, and watch films in 3-D. The park's centre is in the city of Teruel, and it also includes another five museums located in Peñarroya de Tastavins, Galve, Albarracín, Castellote and Rubielos de Mora.
-- Escucha mining museum: you'll be able to see the inside of a genuine restored mine and the real machinery used to work there until recently. On the tour, which lasts about an hour and a half, you'll get kitted out like an authentic miner in a hat with a lamp, food pouch and self-rescue kit, and go down in the mine cart to a depth of about 200 metres. You'll find the village of Escucha about 60 km from the city of Teruel.
Parks in Zaragoza: - Zaragoza amusement park: just a few minutes from the city centre, this is the ideal place to spend a fun day making the most of over 30 state-of-the-art attractions.
- Monasterio de Piedra : this nature reserve has waterfalls, grottoes and lakes to explore, a flight display by birds of prey, and an exhibition on the history of chocolate. To get there, head for the village of Nuévalos, a little over 100 km from the city of Zaragoza.
Parks in Huesca: -Pirenarium : this leisure park contains a model of over 100 metres long and a park-garden set in an area of three hectares featuring representations of monumental and natural sites including valleys, lakes and gorges. Don't miss the themed cinema showing images of the Pyrenees, and the interactive tours. It is located in the town of Sabiñánigo, about 50 km from the city of Huesca.
-Lacuniacha : this biopark in Piedrafita de Jaca, about 70 kilometres from the city of Huesca, is set in 30 hectares in the Pyrenean mountains (in the Tena valley) and offers the chance to glimpse wild animals roaming freely, including mountain goats, European bison, northern lynx, reindeer and wolves, as well as over 20 botanical species. The park can be explored on foot in between two and three hours.
-San Juan de la Peña: a chance to explore the outstanding historic and artistic heritage of this village located about 90 kilometres from the city of Huesca. Highlights include the old monastery of San Juan de la Peña, a veritable treasure of the medieval age. Two visitor centres offer information on the valuable cultural heritage of this destination.
To check opening times, prices or any other information of interest, visit the official webpage of Amusement Parks in Aragon. Things to remember All these centres are located at a maximum distance of 300 km, and many are very close together if you feel like visiting more than one.
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Start sharpening your knives because Executive Chef Nathan Powers is stepping out from behind the scenes at Bambara, a Kimpton restaurant in downtown SLC and joining 15 other Kimpton chefs in a brand new series called "Cut."
Salt Lake magazine Dining Award winner, Chef Powers will be hosting "Mastering the Cut," a knife techniques demonstration and lunch on Sept. 29 from 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
Chef Powers has a unique menu lined up for the class that will demonstrate important knife skills and proper techniques:
- Iced Oysters with Champagne Shallot Mignonette (the brunoise)
- Watermelon Gazpacho with Basil and Mint (the chiffonade and medium dice)
- Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Zucchini and Goat Cheese Risotto (butchered, grilled whole and carved)
This is a rare opportunity to unlock the secrets about knives and cooking from the best of the best, and as Powers says, "The culinary appeal of each dish lies directly in the knife skills."
Participants will be able to take written recipes home. Cost to attend is $35 and $10 for optional wine pairings. Call 801-363-5454 or visit facebook.com/BambaraSLC to make required reservations.


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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (Jan. 9, 2006) -- The ETSU men's basketball team will attempt to keep its current four-game win streak alive as the Buccaneers travel to face Atlantic Sun Conference rival Gardner-Webb Monday at 7 p.m.
ETSU (5-6, 2-2 A-Sun) is coming off an impressive 110-96 win over Campbell University on Saturday, scoring a season-high 65 points in the first half and holding off the Fighting Camels' rally for the win. GWU is fresh off an upset loss to Kennesaw State, but remains one game ahead of the Bucs in the A-Sun standings.
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The ideal auction process would enable you to sel lyour fleet assets individually as they become surplus, regardless of the time of day or year. The ideal venue would display your vehicles with similar items rather than placing your worn-out pickup truck next to a shiny Cadillac. The ideal audience would be focused buyers interested in the assortment of specialized equipment you have to sell.
These are just some of the benefits an online auction service provides. Perhaps the biggest advantages to selling online are that sellers can reach beyond local clientele and buyers can view a larger market.
To use these online services, the seller provides a photo, a description, and a minimum acceptable bid, known as the reserve price. The auction site does not disclose the reserve price to buyers, so the bidding often begins at a lower level. If the reserve price is not met by the end of the specified auction period, the seller is not obligated to complete a sale. The sales commission, typically between 6% and10%, can be passed along as a buyer's fee.
Auction pages organize sale items by category. Each listing includes the photo of the vehicle and keeps track of the current high bid, number of bids received, bidding time left, and whether or not the reserve price has been met.
The buyer is responsible for sending an authorized carrier or driver to pick up the vehicle. The seller should not release the vehicle until payment has cleared.
Some considerations for selecting an auction Web site include the following:
Several auction Web sites specialize in selling assets from government agencies.Opening the sales floor to a targeted, coast to-coast audience makes it possible to realize greater proceeds for big-ticket items.
For example, the city of Lynchburg,Va., has received more than $30,000 a piece for side-loading refuse trucks that typically sell for about $7000 locally. It also sells to a larger audience: Lynchburg recently sold a truck that went to Oregon and an ambulanceto a California buyer.
The price differential may be less for smaller assets. Many agencies have success selling these items on their own sites, sending e-mail promotions to their local databases and receiving sealed bids. Tapping online auction services for high-priced items helps optimize your revenue stream and streamline inventory management.
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Inside the Clubhouse: Episode Nine
May 2, 2013
Throughout the 2013 baseball season, UICFlames.com reporter Jenny Cklamovski will be testing the knowledge of the UIC baseball players on how well they know their Flames' teammates. Players will compete in pairs and must correctly answer questions about one another to earn points. A weekly leaderboard will keep track of the duos and at the end of the season one set of teammates will be crowned the Clubhouse Champion. The ninth episode features pitchers Mike McKinley and Ryan Hinchley.


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about 10am local 7 brand new automobiles, expensive cars, suv and pu went north on the county road at about 70mph.
now this road is a one lane dirt road that is generally limited to sane people driving along at a max speed of around 30-40mph on a good day.
never mind the foot deep chug holes and tree limbs and snags that fall in it.
well about 10 min ago 8 more brand new cars went north on the county road at about 80mph --cars , vans and suv and a couple of brand new pu trucks.
don't know if there is another meth lab bust or somebody got shot , or there was some kind of mass GTA --
i haven't seen any blue lights yet but surely their coming-
this place ain't all that far from where DHLS is looking for that 'pilot" for unknown reasons--
i just hope the BS don't slop over on my bit of dirt.


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CO2 is carbon dioxide. This article discusses the laboratory test to measures the amount of carbon dioxide in the liquid part of your blood, called the serum.
In the body, most of the CO2 is in the form of a substance called bicarbonate (HCO3-). Therefore, the CO2 blood test is really a measure of your blood bicarbonate level.
Bicarbonate test; HCO3-; Carbon dioxide test; TCO2; Total CO2; CO2 test - serum
A blood sample is needed. Most of the time blood is typically drawn from a vein located on the inside of the elbow or the back of the hand.
Many medicines can interfere with blood test results.
You may feel slight pain or a sting when the needle is inserted. You may also feel some throbbing at the site after the blood is drawn.
The CO2 test is most often done as part of an electrolyte or basic metabolic panel. Changes in your CO2 level may suggest that you are losing or retaining fluid. This may cause an imbalance in your body's electrolytes.
CO2 levels in the blood are affected by kidney and lung function. The kidneys help maintain the normal bicarbonate levels.
The normal range is 23-29 mEq/L (milliequivalents per liter).
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
The example above shows the common measurement range of results for these tests. Some laboratories use different measurements or may test different specimens.
Abnormal levels may be due to the following problems:
Lower-than-normal levels
Higher-than-normal levels
The following conditions may also alter bicarbonate levels:
Seifter JL. Acid-base disorders. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 120.
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