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CTM® Leather Cross Body Messenger Bag
January 14, 2014
I will give this a try. I have not used yet; changing purses is always a big undertaking for me. Getting familiar with the new design, where to put things... It looks expensive and it looks exactly as in the photo.
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December 2, 2013
The quality looked great. Just something that was not what I wanted. Return and exchange was very easy and quick.
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Great product ... I've bought this item for myself, friends, and as a gift probably 10 times. Great buy and very useful and well made.
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December 26, 2012
I have been carrying cross body bags for some time now and when I found this one, I wasn't sure if I would like it. I took the chance and I love it. It fits every thing you need and more. It's adjustable strap is a great feature and all the pockets are nice. I would recommend this Messenger bag to any one who is looking for something with room and at a very good price. (In the past I have spent upward of $50 for my Messenger bags because there weren't a lot to choose from.) This is a keeper!
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November 6, 2012
I took this bag on a trip overseas. I needed to keep my money and passport safe and close to me. This bag was great! Sturdy and large enough to carry some extras.
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Hawaiian Girl
December 10, 2011
I was impressed by how much this crossbody could hold! The compartments and pockets gives you so many options as to what you could/should carry. Also, the cross-strap lays very flat on your body which gives you a very slimming effect, especially for us women. Finally, I appreciate the slide adjustable strap versus the buckle type as it allows you to get a more precise adjustment. I am going to purchase another bag as my spare.
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March 23, 2011
I wasn't sure I even wanted to have a shoulder bag, but at the time I ordered this one I was on crutches, and one of the first things you figure out when you're on crutches is that you can't carry anything in your hands. While I mainly ordered the thing because of its price, it's so versatile that in retrospect I would have paid several times what the price was to get the versatility. It carries everything I need carried and there are usually a couple of pockets empty. It's a great bag - I'm delighted with it.
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January 21, 2011
Excellent product. Plenty of room for everything and more!
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We finally got back home after 25hrs (we never flew on the 3 flights we were originally ticketed for). I had plenty of time to reflect on some of the beautiful images we were treated to just the night before at the DLWS participant slideshow. I went back to my files to see if I had a couple that I was moved by in the show. There was a really cool image of this cabin in the show, much better than what I got. I was too tight and missed some important little details that really make the image better.
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The Mikhailovsky Ballet from St Petersburg is returned to the Coliseum this week with Giselle as its initial offering. The staging was made in 2007 by Nikita Dolgushin, a celebrated and "intellectual" (as a stellar Giselle described him to me) Albrecht. It follows the hallowed traditions of the Mariinsky text, replete with innocent machinist's tricks in the second act – Giselle appearing high in a tree, splendid evolutions for the night-dancing wilis – and it is set by Vyacheslav Okunev with a sure sense of Romantic style, notably in the forest scene.
There are no surprises, no clever ideas – save respect for a great ballet – and honourable dancing. The score is lovingly played by the Mikhailovsky's orchestra under Valery Ovsyanikov, and as a tiny bonus there is a woman's variation in the "peasant" pas de deux that I have heard only in Russia and is, I hazard, a musical interpolation from the 1890s, a Fabergé trinket, entirely out of place and entirely delicious.
The ensembles were done with clear, devoted style by the troupe, but the key to this performance was, inevitably, the presence of Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in the leading roles. Hung about with our expectations of virtuosity, these artists yet compel us to see them as notable interpreters.
Vasiliev's Albrecht is grandly scaled in step, but he is haunted by his own actions, the character lit by lightning flashes of emotional as well as of danced ardour. Osipova, from the first, seems a creature of sweetest feelings – how charming her initial meeting with the supposed Loys, how ravishingly buoyant her dance – and her mad-scene is bold in scale as she races from the terrible reality that must break her heart. Her wili in the forest scene holds the choreography in the air, soaring in protective love for Albrecht, the beautiful action and the exquisite placing of a step or a phrase as it opens on to the night profoundly revealing. And, for all the intervening years and their attritions on the text, and for all the depredations of producers, dancers and those other enemies of a period masterpiece, Giselle is there for us.
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I called Texaco Express Lube and was immediately transferred to the shops manager Chris. He informed me what I was describing was impossible as the shops policy was to do back pressure test prior to releasing any vehicle and his employee had informed him it had been done as per policy. Chris requested my father check under my vehicle to be certain the oil plug was in place. After having been told it was, he requested the address I was located at and would come immediately. He instructed me to start my engine, heard the noise and signaled me to turn it off.
He had brought 4 quarts of SAE 5W-30 Havoline motor oil and an additive. After less than a minute following, he instructed me to restart my engine. The engine knocked loudly for several minutes and the noise subsided. Chris apologized several times, gave me two unsigned, un-dated Texaco Express Lube gift certificates and informed me his Manager, Jeff Deon, would be calling me Monday morning, 12/06/05, which did not happen.
To date, I have had made many unsuccessful attempts to come to a reasonable conclusion to this matter I am well aware mistakes by employees happen, however do feel it is the responsibility of the business owner to accept liability for employees errors. I also feel it is important for everyone to be aware of my position. I have a 9 year old son who commutes with me daily. I have a full time job, which requires me to be dependable and prompt. Granted.
My Pathfinder has high mileage. However, my vehicle's engine was in excellent condition, thanks to your Havoline High Mileage Protection Motor Oil. My vehicle was a testament to the quality of your product prior to your Texaco Express Lubes employee neglecting to replace the oil after draining it, during my full service lube and oil change.
I have also attempted to contact, whom I can only assume, is the owner of this branch, Ken McCallistar,425-388-4677, who has not even been considerate enough to respond to my concerns nor complaints, For your Manager, Jeff Deon to say my vehicle has high mileage, too bad, see you in court, and that I should consider my self lucky it is running at all, is more than a bit hypocritical.
The fact of the matter is, My engine has sustained needless additional wear and tear due to the neglect of your employee. I feel I am being reasonable in requesting one of three options to correct this mistake made by your company.
Your company can 1. replace my motor 2. have my motor rebuilt 3. replace my vehicle. I have also to date incurred considerable additional expenses due to this matter, rental car fees, ferry fee's, gasoline, time required away, from my job, and long distance telephone calls. My vehicle has been parked and not driven since this incident occured. The engine is currently leaking fluid which now has stained my driveway.
Coupeville, Washington
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Governor releases three 22nd District Agricultural Association board members
By Joe Tash
One day before the 2011 San Diego County Fair opened for business, three veteran members of the board of directors that governs fairgrounds operations got the news: Gov. Jerry Brown no longer required their services.
Little explanation was given before or after for the phone calls, which came on Thursday, June 9, on the eve of the Friday opening of this year's run of the county fair. Fair board president Barry Nussbaum and members Vivian Hardage and Kelly Burt were told their dismissals took effect immediately.
"These were three individuals who served at the pleasure of the governor. When new appointments are made, they will be announced," said Evan Westrup, Brown's spokesman, on Monday.
Nussbaum, Hardage and Burt were members of the 22nd District Agricultural Association board of directors, which oversees operations at the state-owned Del Mar fairgrounds. Members of the volunteer, nine-member board are appointed by the sitting governor to four-year terms.
The terms of seven board members, including the three dismissed last week, are currently expired; the terms of the remaining two board members expire in January.
"By next year, Governor Brown will be able to reconstitute the board entirely," said Nussbaum, who lives in the unincorporated area east of Del Mar, and had served on the fair board for 13 years. Nussbaum is CEO and founder of BNC Real Estate, a real estate investment firm.
The potential for sweeping change on the fair board comes at a pivotal time for the 406-acre coastal property, which includes the fairgrounds and the Del Mar Racetrack. A proposal remains on the table for the city of Del Mar to purchase the property from the state for $120 million, while the fair board is moving forward with a controversial master plan calling for upgrades and additions to the property.
Fair board members didn't question Brown's prerogative to remake the panel with his own appointees, but the method of carrying out the decision and its timing have left some scratching their heads. The announcement came on the eve of the biggest annual event at the fair, when the board is on hiatus, with no meetings planned until August.
Hardage, a Fairbanks Ranch resident who has served on the board for six years and is battling cancer, said she was receiving an infusion at her doctor's office when a message about the dismissal was left on her cell phone by an aide to the governor.
"I actually was kind of stunned they would step outside the bounds of normal courtesy and leave a message on my cell phone," said Hardage. "It did come as a surprise, especially the manner in which it was handled.
"I'd just be curious to know what the thinking was, why it was so important to do it at the beginning of the fair. Especially when there are no meetings until August," said Hardage, who co-founded, along with her husband, Samuel, the Vision of Children Foundation, which raises funds to seek a cure for hereditary childhood blindness.
"It was an honor to serve on the 22nd District Agricultural Association board. It's a terrific, dedicated group of people who serve on that board," Hardage said.
Nussbaum said serving on the fair board was one of the great joys of his life, and he plans to re-apply to serve on the board in the future.
"It was a thrill for me every day to go to the fairgrounds. It's been an honor to have the job," Nussbaum said.
"I'm sure that the governor's office is focused on the budget as they should be … and my understanding is the governor is working seven days a week on that project," Nussbaum said. "My hope is when he pulls off a miracle and fixes or stabilizes our financial crisis, he'll have time to look at things like fair board appointments and I hope mine will be considered favorably at that time."
Fair board member Russ Penniman praised his departing board colleagues, and said he hopes the governor will move quickly to fill the seats, because a quorum of five members is needed to conduct business.
"They're all well-meaning and hard-working and had the best interests of the facility and staff and people of San Diego in mind. We've had a good team," Penniman said. "I'm hopeful we will have some new members in place so we can continue to function effectively."
Although the board may be short-handed until Brown fills the vacant positions, the remaining board members and the 22nd DAA staff will continue to manage and operate the fairgrounds without interruption, said Adam Day, who was vice president of the board until the dismissals, and is now president.
"The three individuals (Nussbaum, Hardage and Burt) are dedicated volunteers who have worked hard for the people of San Diego," said Day. "I look forward to working with the new members whoever they are. Turnover on a board like this is part of the process."
Day has served on the fair board for three years, and his term is set to expire in January. He said he doesn't see changes on the board having an impact on either the implementation of the master plan or the potential fairgrounds sale.
"Opposition to the sale is far and wide. It's bad public policy and it's bad for our economy," Day said. "It's such bad policy, it's essentially dying on the vine in Sacramento."
The potential sale of the fairgrounds was negotiated between Del Mar officials and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown indicated in February that now is not the best time to sell real estate. However, he has not made a final decision on whether to sell the fairgrounds.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for state Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, said Kehoe's bill authorizing the sale has been put on hold until next year.
As for Brown's decision on the three fair board dismissals, she said in an email statement, "The members of the Del Mar Fair Board had served a number of years and their terms had expired. It looks like the governor wanted to make a change."
Del Mar and Solana Beach officials, who have in the past locked horns with the fair board and fairgrounds management over such issues as land use, traffic and noise, favorably greeted the governor's decision on the three board members.
"I am pleased that Governor Brown is paying attention to the performance of the 22nd DAA board, and that he favors local control. I look forward to the announcement of the three new appointees to the board," said Del Mar Mayor Don Mosier.
"There are seven expired seats on the fair board so I hope the governor doesn't stop at just three! I'd like to see him fill this board with individuals who are accountable and responsive to the concerns of the surrounding communities, respectful of the sensitive wetlands in this area and the traditional activities and agricultural goals of the 22nd DAA," said Solana Beach Mayor Lesa Heebner.
— Reporter Marlena Medford contributed to this report.


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Dot-Complicated: Measuring Traffic on the Web
Does Facebook have more friends than Yahoo YHOO -0.65 % ?
The social-networking site passed the Web portal in a prominent measure of Web traffic for the first time last month, according to data released this week by Web-traffic monitor Compete. But comScore SCOR 7.93 % and Nielsen, two rivals to Compete, both say that Yahoo retains a comfortable edge and the No. 2 spot, behind Google.
Web-traffic measurement, despite recent advances, remains fraught with conflicting numbers. The Internet's inherent accountability, stemming from the digital trace left by every Web site visit, has spawned a multitude of measures, but little clarity.
"The state of interactive measurement needs work," says Sherrill Mane, senior vice president of industry services for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, a trade group for companies that sell online advertising. "There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace."
For big sites such as Facebook and Yahoo, the differing numbers might matter chiefly for bragging rights. Smaller sites, though, say that mismeasurement of their traffic could cost them when advertisers seeking a broad reach dismiss them because of their seemingly paltry audience sizes.
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"If they're trying to get reach, or reach within a certain demographic, there are advertisers who won't buy sites below a million" unique visitors, says Patrick Spain, chief executive of news-aggregation site Newser. His site often has fallen below that threshold according to third-party measurements such as comScore and Nielsen, but is well above it based on the site's own records.
Bob Bowman, chief executive of MLB Advanced Media, the Major League Baseball digital arm, goes further. "Our numbers are wildly different from what comScore and Nielsen are showing, to a point where it's materially damaging to our business."
ComScore and Nielsen say such criticisms reflect a misreading by Web sites of their own user base, which is reflected most often as a tally of monthly unique visitors. Online publishers typically can gauge their own traffic through logs on their Web servers recording every request for the site, or by assigning unique tags, known as cookies, to each Web browser that visits the site.
Both of these techniques, though, tend to overestimate visitors, for several reasons. For instance, the same person might visit from home, from work and from a mobile device, and be counted as a different user each time. (A computer also might be shared by several people, which could lead to an undercount.)
Additionally, some people delete their cookies regularly, so they would be counted repeatedly each month. Automated, nonhuman browsers known as bots, such as those sent scurrying around the Web by search engines, also inflate the count. And comScore and Nielsen typically report U.S. visitors, but sites' own totals reflect an international audience unless a special effort has been made to break these out.
The potential for these counts to overstate audience size was highlighted in a report this past week from Scout Analytics. The company, which helps small subscription sites monitor their customers' usage, reported that the average user accessed a site from two to four different machines in a given month.
While Matthew Shanahan, Scout's vice president of strategy, cautioned that this ratio might not apply to popular consumer sites, the qualitative lesson was clear: Counting machines isn't the same as counting people.
For years, comScore and Nielsen have cited these problems with sites' internal numbers in explaining why they disregarded them. Instead, both companies followed the model of Nielsen's television ratings by enlisting a panel of volunteers willing to have their Web usage monitored and then extrapolating those data to the overall online audience. But critics say this method doesn't fully capture at-work Web browsing, because companies are reluctant to allow such Internet monitoring.
Last summer, comScore took a new tack, rolling out what it calls a unified approach. Clients that add a comScore cookie to their site are now having their audiences counted using both comScore's panel and their own direct traffic counts. ComScore starts by scrubbing the cookies of bots and international visitors. Then it uses its own panel data to attempt to correct for cookie deletion and repeat visitors.
Many sites with big at-work audiences have noticed a traffic bump from this approach. Gawker Media, publisher of sites such as Gawker and Gizmodo, saw traffic more than double in December from a month earlier. Newser's nearly doubled.
But this has led to some grumbling, because the new system is only being applied to some Web sites. Annika Alford, who runs Yahoo's data and insights services, cautions that sites that have switched to the new system shouldn't be compared directly with those that haven't.
Andrew Lipsman, comScore's director of industry analysis, says that its methods don't necessarily lead to big increases. ComScore is offering to measure nonclients' traffic in the same way as clients, for a fee of $5,000 over six months. Some sites have complained that this amounts to charging for a traffic increase. Gian Fulgoni, chairman of comScore, says the fee helps defray comScore's added costs.
Some sites might never agree to adding a comScore cookie, raising the prospect that sites will be compared using different barometers. Mr. Lipsman says it hopes to compensate for the data gaps through other analysis tools. "Over time, we may be able to use the server data we do collect to provide even better estimates where we do not have publisher participation," he says.
Nielsen, comScore's main rival, hasn't yet incorporated cookies into its count. "Done improperly, or rushed, a hybrid estimate can be worse than a pure cookie count and in the worst case, misleading," says Dave Osborn, senior vice president of product leadership for Nielsen's online division.
Other trackers take a variety of approaches. Like comScore, Quantcast tries to scrub cookie data of duplicates, using a mathematical model instead of a panel. Compete combines a panel with logs from Internet-service providers. And individual sites have their own ideas. David Coletti, ESPN's senior director of digital media research, likes the measure of average people on a site at a given moment.
The multitude of numbers "is creating some confusion, but that's inevitable," says Mr. Coletti. In the long run, "we'll be in a better place as an industry."
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2007 Jaguar XKR
Despite the turmoil surrounding the future of the brand, the XKR reminds us of what we loved about Jaguar from the beginning
Looking purely at Jaguar's most recent vehicles, it would be easy to say that the brand is on a roll. Especially if you focus in on the lithe, luxurious XJ sedans and the new XK coupes and convertibles, Jaguars are, by a long shot, better than they've been in decades and arguably, the best ever. They're well built, with striking designs, and engineered as well as anything from Germany. But despite the wonderful products coming from the brand, with Ford's financial woes, and the reputation of Jaguar in recent years as a loss leader, there are rumblings that the brand faces an uncertain future. Despite that, they're doing everything but hanging on in quiet desperation.
Earlier this year, Jaguar introduced its all-new XK coupe and convertible. With a completely new chassis, including a lighter, stiffer, all-aluminum body, beautifully designed inside and out, with a uniquely British style, the new XK is a revelation among grand touring coupes
While the new XK, thanks to its lighter weight, is already about as fast as the former XKR, it's been no secret all along that an even higher-performance, supercharged XKR version was on the way.


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Miami University standout Riley Barber netted two goals in the Redhawks 6-2 victory over the University of Alaska this week. Barber's two goals in the game helped secure his spot as the second-highest point scorer for the Redhawks. He currently has 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) and sits two points behind the leading point scorer, Austin Czarnik, who has played two more games than Barber. This weekend Barber and the third nationally ranked Redhawks will face-off against Western Michigan University (6th) and fellow Capitals prospect Garrett Haar on Feb. 8 and 9.
Thomas Di Pauli contributed a goal in the Fighting Irish's close contest against the Ohio State University Buckeyes. Di Pauli's goal came with 6.7 seconds left in the first period and tied up the score at 1-1. Both teams went on to score another goal to end regulation 2-2. Di Pauli and his teammates skated away victorious after a shootout put them up 3-2. Notre Dame will play against the University of Michigan this weekend on Feb. 8 and 9.
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Nelson-class battleship
HMS Nelson before the war.
|Class overview
|Nelson class
|Royal Navy
|Preceded by:
|Succeeded by:
|King George V class
|In service:
|General characteristics (1942)
|33,950 tons standard, 41,250 tons full load
|660 ft (201.2 m) p/p, 710 ft (216.4 m) o/a
|106 ft (32.3 m)
|28.5 ft (8.7 m), 31.5 ft (9.6 m) full load
|8 × Yarrow boilers (250 psi (1,700 kPa)), Brown-Curtis single-reduction geared steam turbines, 45,000 shp (33,600 kW) on 2 shafts
|23 knots (43 km/h)
|Aircraft carried:
|1 (Nelson) / 2 (Rodney) from 1934
|Aviation facilities:
|catapult on "B" turret (Rodney only)
|Information as per Lenton[1]
The Nelson class was a class of two battleships (Nelson and Rodney) of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. They were the only British battleships built between the Revenge class (ordered in 1913) and the King George V class, ordered in 1936.
The ships were named after famous British admirals: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar.
To comply with the limitations of the Washington Treaty, these ships were of an unusual design with many novel features. They are often referred to as the first treaty battleships. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns. The most unusual feature however, and one that is immediately noticeable, is that these were all carried forward of the bridge.
Commissioned in 1927–29, the Nelsons served extensively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian oceans during World War II. Rodney was made famous by her role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. At the climax of the battle Rodney, in conjunction with King George V, closed on Bismarck to bombard her at short range. Rodney's main guns were credited with an estimated 100 to 130 hits, contributing greatly to her final destruction.
Nelson and Rodney participated in the bombardment of targets in northern France during and after D-Day. In particular, during the Caen campaign Nelson was credited with destroying a group of five Tiger tanks which ventured into a red zone (within 40 km (25 mi) of the coast) deemed by the German command to be in range of Allied battleships.
The two ships of the class survived the war, but were scrapped in 1948–49 along with all other British battleships except the King George V-class battleships and Vanguard.
History and design[edit]
The Battle of Jutland had shown the value of firepower and protection over speed and manoeuvrability.[2]
The next generation of British warships incorporated this lesson. After the First World War, the Admiralty drew up plans for massive, heavily armoured battlecruisers and battleships, far larger and stronger than all previous vessels. The G3-class battlecruisers would carry 16-inch (406 mm) guns, and the proposed N3-class battleships would carry nine 18-inch (457 mm) guns, and would be the most powerful vessels afloat. The Royal Navy was planning to hold its superiority in the burgeoning arms race, despite the large warships planned in Japan and the United States.[3]
Development was abruptly curtailed by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, which brought the arms race to a halt. The four battlecruisers that had been ordered were cancelled. Some of the material acquired would later be used in Nelson and Rodney. The Treaty limited all nations' battleships to 35,000 tons and 16-inch guns. The British had successfully ensured that the definition of maximum displacement – the standard displacement – excluded both fuel and boiler feed water. They had argued that having to protect the widespread British Empire meant their ships had to carry more of both and they should not be penalised compared to nations, such as Japan, France and Italy, that operated normally much closer to their home bases. As a result, water-filled internal anti-torpedo bulges could be incorporated, which did not contribute to the "dry" (standard) weights and therefore did not exceed the treaty displacement limits.[3]
The limits of the treaty inevitably led to compromises in the design of two new ships, and the resulting Nelson class sacrificed installed power (and hence speed) in order that they be well-armed and defended. They were often referred to as the "Cherry Tree" class, because they had been "cut down by Washington".[3] The need to limit displacement resulted in a radical new warship design, drawn from the "G3" and "N3" designs of Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Director of Naval Construction from 1912 to 1924. To reduce the weight of armour, the main gun turrets were all mounted forward to shorten the armoured citadel. The "G3" and "N3" had two turrets forward of the bridge with the third between the bridge and the funnels/aft superstructure. However, in the Nelsons, this was taken further and all three were in front of the bridge; "B" mount superfiring over "A", with "X" turret on the fo'c'sle deck behind "B", and therefore unable to fire directly forward or aft. "X" turret is sometimes referred to as "C" turret and one alternative design, designated "O3", had it superfiring over both "A" and "B" turrets.[4] The secondary guns were placed in totally enclosed director-controlled twin turrets at the upper deck level and were grouped aft – another innovative element taken from the G3 and N3 design.[3][5]
The machinery was of necessity limited in weight, size and installed power, and there were only two shafts with quite large screws. All previous British battleships since HMS Dreadnought of 1906 had four screws as did all British battleship classes after Nelson. In order that flue gasses be kept clear of the superstructure, the boiler rooms were moved behind the engine rooms, exhausting into a single funnel. This orientation also reduced the overall length of the armoured citadel. As a countermeasure to the limited power, the hull was of a very efficient hydrodynamic form, to attain the best possible speed.[5]
Armour weight was also reduced by using an internal, inclined armour belt sloped outward at 72 degrees vertically, 14 in (360 mm) thick over the main magazines and control positions to 13 in (330 mm) over the machinery and 6-inch gun magazines. The slope increased the relative thickness of the belt to a plunging projectile. Water-filled compartments, surrounded by air-filled ones, formed internal torpedo bulges which were fitted between the armour and the external hull of the ship, which was not armoured. The outer hull plating was meant to initiate detonation of shells which would then explode outside the armour. This innovation dispensed with external torpedo bulges which would otherwise have reduced the speed of the ships due to drag. The armour scheme was of the "all or nothing" principle; areas were either well protected, from the front of "A" barbette rearwards to the after 6-inch turrets, or were not protected at all, disposing of the multiple intermediate thickness of armour seen in older designs. For the first time a British battleship had a single, 6.25 in (159 mm) thick armoured deck to protect against plunging shells and aircraft-launched bombs, with 4.25 in (108 mm) armour over the stern, both on top of the 0.5 in (12.7 mm) deck plating. The main turrets had 16 in (410 mm) Non-cemented (NC) armour on the faces, 11 in (280 mm) on the sides, 7.25 in (184 mm) on the roof and 9 in (230 mm) on the rear with 15 in (380 mm) around the barbettes. The secondary turrets, however, had only 1 in (25 mm) NC all round over 0.5 in (12.7 mm) structural steel plates.[4][5]
The large superstructure which was octagonal in plan, was known to its crew as the "Octopoidal"[6] and was sometimes referred to as "Queen Anne's Mansions"[4] due to its similarity to a 14-storey brick residential development named Queen Anne's Mansions opposite London's St. James's Park tube station. The superstructure provided spacious, weatherproof working spaces for the navigating officers and any flag officers embarked. This innovative bridge design was subsequently copied by the French in the Dunkerque class battleships, as was the all-forward main armament orientation, features which were both repeated in the Richelieu class designs.[7] Except for the emergency conning tower at its base, and the trunking for the main gun directors mounted on top, the superstructure was lightly armoured against splinters only, to save weight. Additional weight-saving design measures included the use of light materials such as aluminium for fittings, and fir instead of teak for deck planking, although subsequently, teak decks were fitted in the late 1920s, following concerns that the ships could not fire a full broadside without causing structural damage to the decks.[4]
The Nelson class was a revolutionary but compromised design, and unsurprisingly there were shortcomings. The location of the superstructure towards the stern caused manoeuvrability problems in high winds, especially when steaming at low speeds, where the superstructure acted somewhat like a mizzen sail permanently set, causing the ships to "weathervane" but according to Captain Hugh Binney, who commanded Nelson in the late twenties, "if this is kept in mind, no real difficulties should be encountered in any circumstances".[4] This was potentially a problem in crowded harbours, and made the ships somewhat difficult to dock and embark although this issue never led to a major incident. Binney also stated "In the early stages of the ship's first commission, there was a general misconception that the Nelson class were unhandy and difficult to manoeuvre. Both my predecessor and myself, however, very soon discovered that this opinion was entirely fallacious! In calm weather, the ship's manoeuvring capabilities are in no way inferior, and in many ways superior to those of Queen Elizabeth or Revenge."[4] They could also be awkward to manoeuvre when moving astern. This was attributed to the ships having a single, central rudder which was out of the propeller race of the twin screws. At sea, however, they were reported to handle well, with a comparatively small Tactical Diameter (turning circle) particularly when turning into the wind, according to Lt.Cmdr. Galfrey Gatacre RAN (later Rear Admiral), who served in 1941-2 as the Navigator for both the Nelson and subsequently the Rodney. He reported no difficulty in navigating either ship through the boom gates at Scapa Flow. The Nelson and the Rodney were the only battleships never to have bumped the boom gate vessel as they passed through Hoxa Sound.[8]
Their main armament of nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns were mounted in triple turrets, the only RN battleships designed in this manner. The guns themselves deviated from standard British designs. Where previous RN weapons fired heavy shells at a moderate velocity, the Nelson's weapons followed the German practice of a lighter shell at a higher velocity. This change in Director of Naval Ordnance policy was due to British testing of surrendered German equipment after World War I, although much later, subsequent testing proved contradictory. Two different rifling rates were tried, and for sometime there was a mixture of barrel types in different turrets, even sometimes within the same turret. The guns suffered considerable barrel wear and had a fairly large dispersion pattern, due mainly to the different riflings that each barrel had as they were refurbished over their lifespan. To compensate for barrel wear, muzzle velocities were reduced and a heavier (longer) shell was tried to offset this; but the cost of producing new shells, modifying shell handling and storage equipment came at a time when RN funding had been heavily reduced. Nevertheless these weapons were not generally considered by the RN to be as successful as the previous BL 15 inch Mark I, although they were considered more successful than the BL 14-inch Mark VII fitted to the subsequent King George V class battleships. The need to reduce displacement led to the use of triple mount turrets, which had early problems with the ammunition handling and loading machinery. The heavier weight of the triple in comparison to a twin turret meant increased stresses on the roller bearings when training the turrets. This was solved by the incorporation of spring-loaded vertical as well as conventional horizontal roller bearings. The triple mount turret proved itself when, in October 1929, a turret crew with two years' experience loaded and fired 33 consecutive rounds without mishap.[4] The incorporation of many safety features, achieved with lighter materials, meant that the complex and relatively fragile equipment had to be serviced regularly over the ships' lifetime. These ships were fitted with the HACS AA fire control system and the Admiralty Fire Control Table Mk I for surface fire control of the main armament.
The blast of the guns disrupted some officers on the bridge to such an extent that the guns of "X" turret were usually prohibited from firing abaft of the beam at high elevations of 40 degrees during peacetime practice firing. Fitting tempered glass in the bridge windows was tried, but gun blast shattered some of them and filled the bridge with flying debris. A great deal of effort was expended in correcting this problem, and fitting of protective ledges below the bridge windows proved successful.[4] Blast was also a problem elsewhere; D.K. Brown tells of a test firing that was suspended when DNC observer H.S. Pengelly, who was beneath the foredeck, reported a bright red flash after firing all guns in "A" turret. This was later discovered to be caused by concussion of the observers' eyeballs.[5]
In the final phase of the action against Bismarck, Rodney fired two 24.5-inch (622 mm) torpedoes from her port-side tube and claimed one hit.[9][10][11][12] According to Ludovic Kennedy, "if true, [this is] the only instance in history of one battleship torpedoing another".[13] Earlier in this same action the starboard side tube had its sluice door jammed as the result of a near miss from one of Bismarck's early salvos. On 27 September 1941, Nelson's port torpedo station almost proved to be a liability when an Italian air-launched 18-inch torpedo holed the compartment behind the torpedo body room, allowing 3,750 tons of water to enter the ship. Following this Nelson's torpedo tubes may have been removed[14] although another source suggests the torpedo tubes were retained in both ships into 1945.[15]
Because of their unusual silhouette, HMS Nelson and her sister Rodney were sarcastically nicknamed Nelsol and Rodnol by the Royal Navy ratings who never served in these ships – their manoeuvrability issues and single-funnelled silhouettes reminded Navy men of oil tankers, and a series of fleet oilers that had been built during the First World War bearing names ending in "ol".[3]
There was a longstanding rumour that the ships could not fire a full broadside without risk of structural damage.[4] This was disproved during the action against the German battleship Bismarck, where Rodney was able to fire upwards of 40 broadsides (380 shells) without major structural damage except to deck planking and upper deck fittings,[8] although damage to sickbay fittings, partition bulkheads, toilet bowls and plumbing in the forecastle was extensive. Virtually every light bulb in the forward section was shattered also.[6] Despite the derisive criticism directed at this class of battleship by some of the media and some sailors upon their debut, naval historian Antony Preston considered that "they were soundly conceived ships reflecting all the hard-won experience of World War One" and that "they proved to be very well-protected and well-designed ships".[3]
By the end of the war, Rodney had seen hard use without any significant refit or repair and was worn out, especially her machinery.[6] Nelson had been refitted in the United States at the end of 1944 and was in sufficiently good condition to serve in the postwar fleet including a short spell as flagship of the Home Fleet at the end of 1945. Rodney was scrapped in 1948 at Inverkeithing, not long after the Revenge-class battleships and Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, and Nelson in 1949 following its use as a target for bombing trials. "According to Winston Churchill's memoirs, a major modernisation was discussed to enable Nelson to serve for several years in the postwar fleet, but no other details have survived. In any case Nelson was too slow for the modern fleet which had no front-line role for battleships any more". [16]
|Laid down
|Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
|Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company, Walker
|11 December 1922
|28 December 1922
|3 September 1925
|15 August 1927
|Sold for scrap 19 March 1948,
arrived Inverkeithing 15 March 1949 for breaking
|Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
|Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead
|17 December 1925
|7 December 1927
|Sold for scrap 19 March 1948,
arrived Inverkeithing 26 March 1948 for breaking
See also[edit]
- ^ Lenton, H. T. British and Empire Warships of the Second World War. Greenhill Books. ISBN 1 85367 277 7.
- ^ British Battleships 1939–45 (II), Angus Konstam, Osprey Publishing.
- ^ a b c d e f Preston, Antony. Battleships. London: Bison Books. ISBN 0861242599.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i British Battleships 1919–1945, R.A. Burt, Seaforth Publishing, ISBN 978 1 84832 130 4
- ^ a b c d The Grand Fleet-Warship Design and Development 1906–1922, D.K. Brown, Seaforth Publishing, ISBN 978 1 84832 085 7
- ^ a b c HMS Rodney, Iain Ballantyne, Pen & Sword Books, ISBN 978 1 84415 406 7
- ^ French Battleships 1922-1956, John Jordan & Robert Dumas, Seaforth Publishing, ISBN 978 1 84832 034 5
- ^ a b Reports of Proceedings 1921–1964, G.G.O. Gatacre, ISBN 0 949756 02 4
- ^ Reports of Proceedings 1921-1964, G.G.O. Gatacre, Nautical Press & Publications, Sydney, 1982, ISBN 0 949756 02 4, pg.140
- ^ On His Majesty's Service, 1940-41, Joseph H. Wellings, http://www.ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/D/D7/1002wellings_onhismajestysservice.pdf
- ^ HMS Rodney, Iain Ballantyne, Pen & Sword Books, Yorkshire, ISBN 978 1 84415 406 7, pg.142
- ^ Killing the Bismarck, Iain Ballantyne, Pen & Sword Books, Yorkshire, ISBN 978 1 84415 983 3, pg.258-60.
- ^ Pursuit: The Sinking of the Bismarck, Ludovic Kennedy, William Collins, sons & Co., ISBN 0 00 211739 8
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 (First American Edition). New York City: Mayflower Books Inc. 1980. p. 14,. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
- ^ British Battleships 1919-1945 (Revised Edition), R.A. Burt, Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley UK, 2012, ISBN 978 1 84832 130 4, pg.377
- ^ Conway's Battleships, Ian Sturnton, Conway Maritime Press, London, 2008, ISBN 978 1 844860 685, p.135
- Siegfried Breyer, Battleships and Battlecruisers 1905–1970 (Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York, 1973) (originally published in German as Schlachtschiffe und Schlachtkreuzer 1905–1970, J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, Munchen, 1970). Contains various line drawings of the ships in various configurations.
- R.A. Burt, British Battleships 1919–1945 (Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK, 1993 & 2012) ISBN 978 1 84832 130 4
- Robert Gardiner, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922 – 1946. London: Conway Maritime Press.
- David Miller, The Illustrated Directory of Warships From 1860 to the Present Day (Salamander Books Ltd, Greenwich Editions, 3rd Ed, London, 2004 pp 156–157) ISBN 0 86288 677 5
- Rear Admiral G.G.O Gatacre, Reports of Proceedings 1921–1964 (Nautical Press & Publications, Manly, NSW, Australia, 1982) ISBN 0 949756 02 4
- Antony Preston and George Paloczi-Horvath, The World's Worst Warships: : The Failures and Repercussions of Naval Design and Construction, 1860 to the present day (Conway Maritime Press, London, UK, 2000) ISBN 0 85177 754 6
- David K. Brown, The Grand Fleet (Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK, 2010) ISBN 978 1 84832 085 7
- David K. Brown, Nelson to Vanguard (Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK, 2000) ISBN 978 1 84832 149 6
- Tony DiGiulian, British 16"/45 (40.6cm) MarkI
External links[edit]
- "Sallying Ship Helps Float Pride of British Navy" Popular Mechanics, October 1934 pg.524 article left-bottom
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nelson class battleship.


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How To Install Cork Floor Tiles
What You Need
Cork tiles (we used Capri Cork)
Cork adhesive (check with the cork manufacturer to see what they recommend)
Chalk line
Skinny, low nap rollers
Paint tray
Roller extension rod (for applying the glue to the floor)
Soft blow rubber mallet
Utility knife
Straight edge
Cutting mat
100 lb roller (we rented ours for $20)
Small hand roller
Knee pads (recommended)
1. Prep the floor. (Cork can be applied over different subfloors, but the surface must be level and flat or the imperfections will telegraph through. We used a self-leveling compound to fill any crevices and divots in our plywood subfloor.)
2. Determine where you will start and snap two perpendicular chalk lines to mark where the first tile will go. (Make sure your lines are parallel to the walls.)
3. The adhesive acts like contact cement. Apply a thin coat to both the floor and back of tiles.(We found that rolling the glue on the diagonal kept the roller from slipping off and getting glue on the edges.) When the glue is transparent but still tacky, it's ready to go.
4. Place the first tile and set in place with a rubber mallet.
5. Install the next tile by setting it in at a slight angle next to the first tile to ensure a tight fit.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5. Every hour or so, use the 100 LB. roller to press the tiles firmly to the floor.
7. At the edges of the room, use a utility knife and straight edge to cut tiles to fit.
8. For edges and hard to reach areas, use a hand roller instead of the 100 LB. roller to ensure the tiles are fully adhered.
9. Celebrate, you're done!
Additional notes: Our tiles came unfinished (we had a wax finish put on later), but they are commonly sold with a water-based polyurethane finish.
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When admiring the historic buildings of Newport you may stop and wonder who built some of this beautiful architecture and parks we see today? You would be surprised to hear that a lot of the early production in Newport was engineered by Irish immigrants long before Newport's infamous "blue bloods" transformed the city into their lavish summertime resorts. During the Gilded Age, Irish immigrants arrived to our quaint Island of Aquidneck to work the coal mines in the nearby town of Portsmouth and more specifically, the Emerald Isle immigrants began to settle in what is now known as the Fifth Ward. With many Celtic sights of interest including Fort Adams, St. Mary's Church, and St. Josephs cemetery, we honor our past and present Irish with a month of fun activities for all. Come and enjoy what will be a wonderful experience for you and your loved ones with a great get away at the Ivy Lodge Bed and Breakfast.
Schedule of events include:
March 15th:
Saint Patrick's Day Parade
The 58th Annual Newport Saint Patrick's Day Parade will be held, rain, snow, or shine, on Saturday, March 15th 2014. It will begin at 11:00am from Newport City Hall and will proceed to Carroll Avenue at Saint Augustin's Church in the heart of the Fifth Ward. The parade this year is estimated to last 2 hours and will include Pipe Bands, Marching Bands, Fife & Drum Corps, Clown Units, reenactment units, and a host of local, state, and regional organizations including police and fire units, social/fraternal organizations, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Schools, and non-profits.
8th Annual Saint Patrick's Day Family Celebration March 15, 2014
1:00pm to 4:00pm at the "Hut", Golden Hill Street, Newport, RI 02840 (Behind the Newport Public Library)
This event is a non- alcohol event. There will be entertainment with; Bag Pipers, Irish step dancers, Tony the Dancing Cop, pirates, and more. There will be a "How Green IS I" contest with cash prize and a $100 cash door prize! There will also be giveaways. Entry is free!
Enjoy a classic good time at no cost and a chance to win prizes and money!
Celebrating the Irish at the La Forge
La Forge Restaurant located at 186 Bellevue Avenue; enjoy great food including Corned Beef & Irish beverages. The fun filled night will include live music and sing along with artist David O'Manuel. Event starts immediately following the parade until 5:00 pm; Returning at 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm
SUNDAY - 16th
Mass in Honor of St. Patrick
St. Mary's Church, Spring Street & Memorial Boulevard, Newport. 11:00am.
The Mass is in memory of deceased AOH and Lady AOH members and the victims of the great Famine.
The principal celebrant will be Fr. Francis O'Loughlin.
Church built 1848 - 1852 by Irish-American Architect Patrick Keeley and dedicated to Mary, 'Our Lady of the Isle'.
Museum of Newport Irish History Interpretive Center
Learn about Irish immigration to Newport County from the 1600s to the present.
Open Noon - 4:00 p.m.
648 Thames Street, Newport. (401) 848-0661
Members free; others by donation.
MONDAY - 17th St. Patrick's Day
Mass in honor of St. Patrick
St. Augustin's Church, Carroll Avenue, Newport
Celebrant: Father John McNulty
FRIDAY - 21st
Celtic Music in the Mansion with Robbie O'Connell.
Robbie is an Irish folk singer who began his career by performing with his uncles, the Clancy Brothers
Linden Place Museum.
500 Hope Street Bristol.
401 253-0390
7:30 pm. [Note: There are no tolls on the Mount Hope Bridge on Friday evenings!]
Tickets: $20/$16 for Linden Place members
Advance reservations recommended.
For more information:www.lindenplace.org
Join us at the Ivy Lodge this March for a celebration of Irish heritage in Newport. From events including Irish step Dancing on Forty Steps, to a traditional meal of corn beef and cabbage dinner, and to the largely anticipated 58th annual St Patrick's Day parade, all month long will be a tribute to all things Irish here in Newport.
For more scheduled Events for Irish Hertage Month please visit: http://www.aohnewport.org/
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A number of states, including Louisiana, are opting out of the GED in favor of new exams.Video Transcript
IN FOR A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVILANCY EXAM... THE FIRST CHANGE IN MORE THAN A DECADE. MEANWHILE SOME STATES ... INCLUDING LOUISIANA... ARE DITCHING THE G-E-D ENTIRELY... OPTING FOR ONE OF TWO NEW ALTERNATIVES ENTERING THE MARKET NEXT YEAR. WDSU REPORTER CASEY FERRAND EXPLAINS WHY. SINCE 1942... THE G-E-D, OR GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT DIPLOMA... HAS BEEN THE ONLY TEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUTS LOOKING TO EARN A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DEGREE. IN JANUARY THE EXAM WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT, MORE EXPENSIVE AND MOVE TO A COMPUTER-BASED ONLY FORMAT. NOW A NUMBER OF STATES OR OPTING OUT OF THE G-E-D... IN FAVOR OF ENIRELY DIFFERENT EXAMS. We're going with ETS, which is education testing service, they're the same vendor that produces the GRE and many advanced placement tests and they've produced a high school equivalency exam called the HiSET. MORE THAN 650-THOUSAND ADULTS IN LOUISIANA ARE WITHOUT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SERVES ABOUT 22-HUNDRED A YEAR IN ITS ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM. COORDINATOR ERIN LANDRY SAYS THE STATE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE G-E-D TO KEEP THE PRICE POINT AFFORDABLE FOR STUDENTS. IN 2014... THE G-E-D INCREASES FROM 90 DOLLARS TO 120. 14:25:10 so with HiSET it'll stay $90. It's a non-profit organization . So the cost is a lot less of a burden for students. 09 NEXT YEAR'S G-E-D WILL ALSO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE COUNTRY'S COMMON CORE STANDARDS. LANDRY SAYS THE DIFICULTY LEVEL IT'S EXPECTED TO INCREASE DRASTICALLY. The company will work with our state to get progressively more difficult and move toward those common core standards THE HiSET WILL ALSO OFFER A COMPUTER BASED OR WRITTEN TEST... UNLIKE THE G-E-D. STUDENTS LIKE KAYLYN POLETO ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT TAKING AN ENTIRELY NEW EXAM. 04:29:29 I definitely would be worried about it. Even though I would be confident that I would be able to pass I would still have a little bit of issue worrying in the back of my mind. 09 FOR STUDENTS WHO'VE ALREADY PASSED PORTIONS OF THE CURRENT G-E-D... LANDRY SUGGESTS TRYING TO PASS THE REST BEFORE THE SWITCH... BECAUSE COME DECEMBER 31 OLD GED SCORES WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED. ON YOUR SIDE CASEY FERRAND WDSU NEWS. THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGNS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ENCOURAGING ADULTS TO FINISH THE GED TEST BEFORE THE CHANGE. SOME CENTERS ARE EXPANDING HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE DEMAND.
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Check it out - Rohan has word that the FCC has cleared the Adam Android tablet, and will be posting that clearance today or Monday. This they say means they'll be able to start printing (labels?) Monday and start shipping on Wednesday. If you'd like to search for the tablet in the FCC you can search with NI3421A01 as the Product Code, Guarantee Code: Y2G and 0020356499 as FNR.
There's a bit of a story behind the code that I'll just reproduce here because Rohan says it better:
There is a small story behind the product code (assigned by Notion Ink). It reads NI3421A01. NI stands for Notion Ink and A01 is Adam 1 series. 3421 are consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci series. We can trace the number down to NI0000A01 (later ones being 0100, 0102, 0302, 0503, 0805, 1308, 2113 and 3421). This would mean that the final Adam you will receive is the 9th iteration! Behind every version and number there is either a very beautiful or sad story. For examples the 1308 version was in May last year when the investor issue started.
Rohan also notes that they're definitely working with some sort of "BIG Media group" that'll allow them to get "LOTS of content for you" including music, videos, books, and magazines (along with Comics with LBX). -- Does this mean this stuff will be free on the device? That'd be weird.
He goes on to say that the 2nd pre-order has no started because they're waiting for deliveries in the USA and Europe.
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a1 Food and Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
a2 Life Science Institute, Yamaha Motor Company Limited, Shizuoka 437-0061, Japan
Phospholipid hydroperoxides (PLOOH) accumulate abnormally in the erythrocytes of dementia patients, and dietary xanthophylls (polar carotenoids such as astaxanthin) are hypothesised to prevent the accumulation. In the present study, we conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial to assess the efficacy of 12-week astaxanthin supplementation (6 or 12 mg/d) on both astaxanthin and PLOOH levels in the erythrocytes of thirty middle-aged and senior subjects. After 12 weeks of treatment, erythrocyte astaxanthin concentrations were higher in both the 6 and 12 mg astaxanthin groups than in the placebo group. In contrast, erythrocyte PLOOH concentrations were lower in the astaxanthin groups than in the placebo group. In the plasma, somewhat lower PLOOH levels were found after astaxanthin treatment. These results suggest that astaxanthin supplementation results in improved erythrocyte antioxidant status and decreased PLOOH levels, which may contribute to the prevention of dementia.
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News 12 First at Five / Wednesday, July 31, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Augusta leaders are just finishing up negotiations on a new ambulance contract. It could be back to the drawing board if some have their way.
"We're going to be waiting an extended period of time for an ambulance. There will be none available," said Augusta Professional Firefighters Association President Charles Masters.
"To say six ambulances are not enough is like looking in a crystal ball and knowing what will happen in the future," said City Administrator Fred Russell.
The problems for Masters and at least one commissioner center around the trucks. The old contract had no minimum number Gold Cross had to supply. The new one will have 10 ambulances on call from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Click here to read the key terms for the renegotiated Gold Cross contract (PDF).
Gold Cross EMS will have six during overnight hours. The contract says at least 60 percent of those will be equipped with Advanced Life Support.
"Will it keep Augusta safe? No. You got the fox writing the contract for the hens," Masters said.
"It's better than the current deal when we had no number at all. You've got to look at the odds, even if you're dealing with people's lives," Russell said.
Emergency officials in Columbia County say they have five ambulances 24 hours a day with an extra one available during the busiest time of day. All of their ambulances are Advanced Life Support ready.
"I got to reach out to City Administrator Fred Russell since he's over the contract. I would hope changes are coming," said Commissioner Wayne Guilfoyle.
"What happens when the six run out? They will run out after 8 p.m.," Masters said.
It will take six votes to give Gold Cross the three-year contract. Some emergency responders are hoping it will be enough to keep everyone in the county safe.


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I am porting a 3d animation application from IRIX to Linux (gnome
desktop). It was written in C using openGL and motif. My question is,
for the gui should I stay with motif or translate my widgets to gtk?
What are the pros and cons of each toolkit? I am especially interested
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Gong, W; Wang, LC; Lin, AW; Zhang, M (2012). Evaluating the monthly and interannual variation of net primary production in response to climate in Wuhan during 2001 to 2010. GEOSCIENCES JOURNAL, 16(3), 347-355.
AbstractAs the difference between photosynthesis, or gross primary productivity (GPP), and autotrophic respiration (RA), net primary productivity (NPP) is a key component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. The temporal and spatial response of NPP to climate change is thus one of the most important aspects in the study of climate-vegetation relationship. In this study, we developed a new method to estimate NPP accurately by finding a linear relationship between solar radiation and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and improving maximum light use efficiency (LUE) of vegetation, which could be adopted and used in other regions of the world. We utilize normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) datasets of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from 2001 to 2010 and geographic information system (GIS) techniques to reveal the monthly and interannual change of NPP in Wuhan, China. We also applied the lagged cross-correlation analysis method to study the delayed and continuous effects on monthly and interannual variations of NPP to climatic factors (air temperature, precipitation, total radiation and sunshine percentage). The result showed that precipitation and total radiation were the major climatic factors influencing monthly variation of NPP, and sunshine percentage mostly determined the interannual variation of NPP for different vegetation. Monthly NPP showed significant positive correlation with total radiation of that month, and the effect could persist for one month; significant positive one month lagged correlation was also observed between monthly variation of NPP and precipitation, and the influences of changing climate on NPP would last for two months.
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KCC closing mauka course, renovating makai course
Kona Country Club — a public golf course featuring 36 holes in Keauhou — is shuttering operations of its mauka course while it continues renovating the facility's makai course and driving range.
Human Resources Manager Michelle Abe confirmed Wednesday the June 7 closure of the mountain course, which features 18 holes. Kona Country Club has already shut down and begun renovating its 18-hole ocean golf course and driving range. It will continue those efforts.
Abe declined to provide further information or a name or contact information for the golf club's management. West Hawaii Today did provide Kona Country Club with contact information should a statement become available from the higher management.
The news, which an employee said was handed down Friday, left West Hawaii's golf community abuzz with many wondering just what affect the closure will have on the public's ability to golf in Kona.
"We've lost the lower course to renovation," said Dick Skarnes, who's been playing golf in Kona for the past 30 years. "Now, they are closing the top up. What's next?"
Dawn Clark, a local real estate agent who plays golf at the Keauhou course, expressed concern about the potential impact and has already sent an email to Mayor Billy Kenoi asking what his intentions are for the golf course.
"A municipal golf course would be a great opportunity for the county to run a basic simple golf course," she said. "It's just crazy to let it shut down."
Clark also added that tourism may be affected because the Keauhou-area golf course is a selling point.
"Kona is known as a resort town and this is just another kick in the pants for us," she said.
"It's how people advertise their vacation rentals."
The County of Hawaii operates one municipal golf course on Hawaii Island, the Hilo Municipal Golf Course in East Hawaii, said Department of Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Bob Fitzgerald, who added he was aware of the impending closure of the Kona Country Club.
The county stopped, as of the 2012 budget, providing subsidies to West Hawaii golf courses providing residents with low green fees.
Mayor Billy Kenoi said Tuesday he's tasked the Department of Parks and Recreation to look into the situation and county budget to find a solution. He said that entails taking another look at the county operating a public golf course in West Hawaii.
"The goal is for fairness and equity," he said. "We want to provide services islandwide."
Word of the closure also fueled rumors that Makalei Country Club, a public golf course located off Mamalahoa Highway in North Kona, was stopping operations. General Manager Lee Kagawa said while the golf course has been for sale for at least two years, it has no plans to close.
"Makalei is not closing," Kagawa said Wednesday. "We are still open for business."
The Kona Country Club, owned by Yukio Takahashi who also owned the former Kona Surf Hotel, consists of two 18-hole courses: a par-72 makai course built in 1966 and par-72 mauka course completed in 1991.


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