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Julie Iodice had no connection to myeloma. She came across the IMF Ribbon of Hope campaign while surfing the Web for a school assignment. She was so moved by the personal stories of myeloma patients and the mission of the IMF that she decided to get involved. With the support of the Sharon H.S. student council and school, the 1st annual March Madness Basketball Tournament was organized to raise awareness of myeloma and raise funds towards a cure. Close to
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Five reasons to expect hope and change in 2014
The tide is starting to turn, and we can be hopeful that 2014 will truly be a Year of Action for democratic and progressive victories. Here are five reasons why.
Mitt, you take personal responsibility!
Few could have missed what are likely the most contemptible words ever uttered by a candidate for the presidency of the United States - words that show just how unqualified he is to aspire to that office.
"Levitated Mass": Art or environmental crime?
The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,
Ron Paul emerges as an opponent of liberty
While he claims to support personal liberty, many of his policy positions would do little to help the liberty of ethnic or sexual minorities.
America's 10 greediest - the runners-up
Last year, a year that began so brilliantly - for our top one percent - ended in angst.
Obama in Osawatomie
The President's speech in Osawatomie was the true "pivot" towards jobs and away from the austerity debates of last summer for which workers, occupy protesters and tens of millions more have been waiting.
Reader voices: 9/11, 10 years later
Ten years ago, our nation faced what is arguably the greatest test to which our people have faced since the Civil War on our own soil.
My 9/11: The smoke that preceded tragedy
Perhaps most poignant are the perspectives of those for whom that era was a vital period in their growth: the youth of that decade.
The lessons of September 11
A good lesson was the way many bereaved families joined hands to proclaim a message of peace and social justice, under the banner of Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.
Is Rand Paul a racist?
Is Rand Paul, a: prejudiced, b: a chauvinist, c: a racist?

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Don't miss Peter Yarrow at the Claremont Opera house Friday, April 5, 8pm. Yarrow's talents as a creative artist – both with Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer – are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs Peter, Paul, & Mary have recorded, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon, " "Day Is Done," "Light One Candle," and "The Great Mandala." Tickets are available at 58 Opera House Square, City Hall Complex, by phone at 603-542-4433 or online at www.claremontoperahouse.org.
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New high-quality Galaxy Alpha photos give the best look at Samsung's metal-clad iPhone 6 adversary
0. phoneArena 04 Aug 2014, 05:04 posted on
Today, we present you with the best photos of the handset to have emerged so far. Supposedly, they depict a production unit that's ready to go into consumers' hands. Either way, they leave nothing to the imagination...
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1. BLUEBLASTER (Posts: 337; Member since: 23 Feb 2014)
Note 4 anyone?
17. DEATHSTROKE9 (Posts: 399; Member since: 09 Nov 2013)
Only on the sides guys. Only on the sides. And this looks a lot like a galaxy s2.
43. techjunk (Posts: 5; Member since: 18 Dec 2013)
Agreed..its only on the sides...
I tested this phone at a market research office and the only difference is it 'feels more solid'. As far as specs go (besides the processor - if rumors of true about an octa core) they aren't as good as the S5.
Samsung, like all companies, want to make profit. So they up the premium feel and down the internals to keep price down and profit high.
I'm keeping my S5.
46. DEATHSTROKE9 (Posts: 399; Member since: 09 Nov 2013)
So are you telling me that you have seen this phone in person? And that you have had some hands on time with it? Lucky you!
50. techjunk (Posts: 5; Member since: 18 Dec 2013)
Yup. It wasn't as polished as the pics tho. And the black color variant. The back cover was still a perforated fake leather.
51. nohatenofanboy (banned) (Posts: 515; Member since: 15 Jul 2014)
what about screen ? is it good ?
59. Krjal (Posts: 230; Member since: 19 Dec 2013)
The sides look great, yes, but that dotty kid's wallpaper pattern on the front kills it for me. I really hope it's not there on the black one as they did with the s5.
63. JohnZimmerman (Posts: 15; Member since: 17 Sep 2012)
You do know that you can put any wallpaper you want on your phone, right?
2. karamelakimo (Posts: 109; Member since: 26 May 2014)
Seems not bad as plastic
It will be a great move for sam although I don't like it
36. LikeMyself (Posts: 438; Member since: 23 Sep 2013)
Looks like my S2! Samsung can't stop copying, even itself! Apple needs to kill this one, seriously looks like iPhone especially the sides! When will Samsung ever create a beautiful phone on its own? Except the gorgeous Note 3 and S2, Sammy never created something aspiring! The HTC One M8 is so comfortable to hold and sexy to look!
With this Samsung wants to start war with Apple! Same 4.7" screen, but with lower quality screen, identical sides! What's wrong with Samsung! Broke my hopes! I can almost guarantee that this is fake! It looks too much like an iPhone/iCr@p!
40. engineer-1701d (unregistered)
its all rumors could be 1080 with 3gb ram 32 internal i would buy that now and resing contract
3. sriuslywtf (Posts: 297; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Not bad.. But, not ground breaking..I mean the specs are not to be proud since other than the built quality, its a downgraded S5.
If they offer this for a lesser pricepoint than S5 then i'm sold..
I think its a slap to apples Iphone since they both have almost the same spec but in lesser price.
21. HansGoneInsane (unregistered)
I don't think this phone will even convince a single iPhone user to switch to Samsung. The design does not look elegant at all (the hughe camera module on the back for example). Samsung design is cold and without love. It looks like as a machine designs another machine.
4. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
Samsung could make this out of gold and it would still look like cheap plastic. Incredible how bad their designs are.
33. diehardnokian (Posts: 145; Member since: 27 Apr 2014)
exactly! looks just like a blown up galaxy ace
5. aries.phills (Posts: 140; Member since: 17 May 2011)
Wow! This is lovely. OMG!
Why have they waited so long to pull this through. I mean, this is clearly a winning formula.
34. cezarepc (Posts: 714; Member since: 23 Nov 2012)
You mean, "OMG! Samsung haven't learned a thing with their Billion Dollar Lawsuit!" smh
38. pulkit1 (Posts: 354; Member since: 03 Jul 2014)
i am pretty sure you are being sarcastic . But i am still confused .lol
6. lukasound (Posts: 152; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
Best looking Galaxy phone? That may be, but it's still the ugliest phone compared to every other phone on the market. Ever.
So, their strategy to fight the iPhone is to underspec the phone? Let's make it as lame as iPhone if that's what people want. Let's see how that works for them...
20. sriuslywtf (Posts: 297; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Sir, I respect your opinion.. But haven't you seen the Kyocera Brigadier?
I mean the ugliest? really? Im not saying I have style but I take this better than Kyocera or Vertu.. IMHO
31. wildfiregt (Posts: 167; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
There's only phone arena who says that this phone is meant to compete the iphone
well it's not even Samsung's flagship
35. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Apart from scree, how is it under spec'ed?
45. pulkit1 (Posts: 354; Member since: 03 Jul 2014)
but that lame iPhone is doing pretty well.
7. skyline88 (Posts: 458; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
sorry to say, Note 3 and S4 looks better than this even though different materials used.
this is almost as ugly as S5 and those crappy iJunks.
64. JohnZimmerman (Posts: 15; Member since: 17 Sep 2012)
Agreed. But I don't think any phone on the market really stands out appearance-wise. I would love to design a phone, putting emphasis on symmetry, innovative notification lighting (maybe surrounding the sides), laser-cut titanium buttons, etc...
I think S5, iPhone 5s, One M8, etc., all need a makeover.
But I don't buy phones for appearance. This "Alpha" phone may turn out to be a good buy for mid-range phone shoppers.
8. adecvat (Posts: 266; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)
Dat bezels and bulky.
9. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
that looks a lot like the s2
10. Cicero (Posts: 870; Member since: 22 Jan 2014)
It's a good looking one. Especially on the sides. And for people which are complaining about specs I think this one will be marketed for mass. The only downgrade it is the 720p screen, but don't forget it is a 4.8 inch screen. And if this one will be from the new generation of samoled will be a gorgeous one. A smart move from Samsung. For tech one's Note 4 is coming and for sure will be changed one.
11. Japultra (Posts: 114; Member since: 16 May 2014)
So ugly.....
12. dickwyn (Posts: 621; Member since: 07 May 2012)
waiting to see PA's iPhone 6 vs Galaxy Alpha comparison...
39. luis.d (Posts: 329; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
Hehe, we are waiting too!
13. nohatenofanboy (banned) (Posts: 515; Member since: 15 Jul 2014)
lol like it bcuze its looking like my s2 ( exactly same ). I always want s2 with hd screen , my dream comes to true
14. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Doesn't look that bad. The design reminds me of the Galaxy S2, which was my all time favorite Galaxy device. But I don't like the look of the heartbeat sensor on the back, it looks like they tried to put a dual LED flash on it and the second one fell off.
15. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
It looks like a mini Coolpad 9976a...
58. PorkyBurger (Posts: 585; Member since: 18 May 2013)
lol, what is it with you and your Coolpad.
Everything looks like your 9976a.
62. Pancholo (Posts: 380; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
...Or maybe your Coolpad looks like a Samsung phone.
16. vipervoid123 (Posts: 163; Member since: 27 Aug 2013)
I see no change in design ~.~
18. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2275; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
The Samsung Galaxy S2S?
19. Iodine (Posts: 1338; Member since: 19 Jun 2014)
No it's the SAMUNG GALAXY S2 ADVANCED LITE PLUS with HD AMOLED.
Or if we get rid of that outdated S2 just SAMSUNG GALAXY ALPHA.
22. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
23. nebsif (Posts: 37; Member since: 27 Jul 2014)
more bezel and less ppi pls, would recommend 10/10. :/
24. wando77 (Posts: 844; Member since: 23 Aug 2012)
Top and bottom bezel = massive. Love my note 3 but try again with this samsung.
Please. Sorry. Note 3 with metal frame would be super nice as I like the front and back but chrome effect chips off too easily
26. lpratas (Posts: 316; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
Exynos 5433 it is a 64 bit chipset and the graphics aren't Mali T628 but yes Mali T760 of unknown configuration and frequency.
27. Iodine (Posts: 1338; Member since: 19 Jun 2014)
Or it's just an exynos 5422 which uses mali 628.
28. givemespecs (unregistered)
29. givemespecs (unregistered)
Samsung needs to poach some designers from HTC, because their designers are stuck in a time warp.
30. billgates (banned) (Posts: 555; Member since: 29 May 2014)
Oh my! That doesn't look as good as I was hoping. SS really needs to get a grip on their designs. I know they sell very well and all but damn that's a bad design
32. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2186; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
I really like the chamfered metal edges on that iPhone...err, Galaxy.
37. Honestcritic (Posts: 15; Member since: 14 Nov 2013)
The bezels are too big! On both this phone and S5, that's taking a step back..
41. TechDork (Posts: 292; Member since: 10 May 2010)
Android phones just come out too fast. They don't even let a model sink in before announcing a newer one & they're all starting to look the same. Flip phones had more design than Androids nowadays.
60. tg1088 (Posts: 4; Member since: 01 Apr 2014)
The Galaxy and Note series are released about 6-8 months apart from each other, with Samsung's low-midgrade devices being released somewhere in between as well. It makes it appear that Samsung is always releasing a new device. I agree though, we're virtually stuck with the same phone for 2 years under contract, it would seem to make perfect sense to ease up a bit and focus on better design, build quality and overall performance.
42. CALL-151 (Posts: 11; Member since: 15 May 2014)
The slightly recessed metal sides are a good touch. It improves the tactile feedback while handling the phone.
44. Scorpion (Posts: 103; Member since: 28 Apr 2012)
I have to agree it's a GSII sort of thing, here Apple would be right to claim it was made to look like an Iphone.
47. iGeek (Posts: 171; Member since: 15 Mar 2013)
Really now? This thing would NEVER sell in the States cause Apple won't let this happen whatsoever. I'm really surprised that some people can dare to say this doesn't look like an iPhone. They even copied the effing antenna bars and then will do antennagate after this phone I guess. WTF Samsung just WTF
49. neonix (Posts: 65; Member since: 04 Aug 2014)
It looks exactly like an S5, but with a metal border. So you're saying Apple owns metal borders?
48. thedoctorguy (Posts: 4; Member since: 26 Oct 2013)
shut up and take my money......
52. farzad_funny (Posts: 53; Member since: 26 Feb 2014)
Kinda weird but I saw this device in a Samsung shop in Tehran Iran. They told me it's probably specific to Non LTE countries and sort of a test. To see the response
Honestly, it felt like S2 mixed with S5.
It ain't new it's just...only metal frame.
Az far as thickness goes...basically normal. Nothing special.
The screen was good though
Better than my S3 which I had with me
To me it seems this is a device suited for only midrangers who like metal frame
But overall, it's good. It's what S3 could have been in terms of design
I also hear there's a test device im UAE.
53. whichwirelessforme.com (Posts: 6; Member since: 10 Apr 2014)
I'm bored already.
54. PorkyBurger (Posts: 585; Member since: 18 May 2013)
I love it. Looks like candy to me. YUM. :D
Waiting for it impatiently!!!


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Walmart Shareholders line up for this week's big eventUPDATED 7:40 AM CDT Jun 06, 2014
40/29's Ben Wagner tells us what's in store for this year's Shareholders meeting.Video Transcript
The walmart annual shareholders meeting kicks off this morning at bud walton arena. 40/29's Ben Wagner is there with a look at what's ahead today. HEY THERE WE ARE HERE FOR SHAREHOLDERS THIS MORNING. IT STARTS AT 7 O CLOCK AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OTHER SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE STARTING TO WALK IN TO BUD WALTON ARENA ALREADY. THE LINE HAS BEEN OUT HERE ALL MORNING AND FINALLY THEY ARE STARTING TO LET SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SUPPORT STAFF THERE CHECKING SOME OF THOSE BAGS. ONE THING TO NOTE TO SHAREHOLDERS, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING LARGE BACKPACKS INSIDE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. OF COURSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS, WHO IS GOING TO HEADLINE THIS YEAR'S BIG EVENT? HUGH JACKMAN HOSTED LAST YEAR AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. AND THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE NO DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF HIGH PROFILE GUESTS. AND OF COURSE, WALMART NOT TELLING US WHO IS GOING TO HOST BEFORE HAND. I TALKED WITH A WALMART WHO SAYS EVEN HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO HOST THIS YEAR THOUGH. THAT'S WHAT HE SAYS THAT MANY EXECUTIVES DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHO IS GOING TO HOST AND WHO IS GOING TO PLAY AT THIS YEAR'S SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING. WE'RE IN FAYETTEVILLE THIS MORNING, I'M BEN WAGNER REPORTING. 4029 NEWS. Shareholders from all over the
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Despite rumors that she's getting ready to go under the knife for a second round of breast implants, Jersey Shore star Jenni "JWOWW" Farley says it's not what you think.
During an appearance on The View Tuesday, she was asked if she was planning to get even bigger implants, as has been reported.
"No," she said, but added that she would be willing to replace the ones she has.
"I got the implants when I was younger; at a certain age you can only get saline not silicone," she explained. "That's the only thing I would consider ... Switching them."
JWOWW and her Jersey Shore costars are set to "escape the cold Northeast and find themselves in a new destination" for a second season of their reality hit, MTV recently announced. --Charlotte TriggsSeth Browarnik/Startraks
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The Final Four: Beer Cheese NachosOle & Shaina Olmanson
The Final Four begins April 1st, with the semifinal games being played tonight with Louisville vs. Kentucky and Ohio State vs. Kansas. If you're a basketball fan or just a beer fan, listen up. You need treats for the game, like beer cheese nachos. They are essential to your basketball watching. The beer-spiked queso will have you double dribbling all through both games tonight and well into tomorrow.
Mario Lopez and Betty Crocker have teamed up to bring you snackable college basketball treats for the Final Four games and your March Madness with beer straight from the Betty Crocker Kitchens. This recipe was voted the second favorite party food recipe from the second annual Betty Bracket, coming in behind only the beer-battered grilled cheese. If you haven't seen that yet, check it out!
Beer Cheese Nachos
8 cups tortilla chips
1/2 cup lager beer, such as a Boston lager
2 cups shredded American cheese
1 cup shredded mild Cheddar cheese
1 can (4.5 oz) chopped green chiles, drained
1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained, rinsed
1/2 cup Old El Paso® Thick n Chunky salsa
1 medium avocado, pitted, peeled and chopped
1 medium tomato, seeded, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper. Arrange tortilla chips on cookie sheet. Bake 5 minutes to warm chips.
2. Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat beer over medium heat until just starting to simmer. Slowly add the cheeses in small amounts, stirring constantly with whisk, until melted. Stir in chiles.
3. In medium bowl, mix beans and salsa. Microwave uncovered on High 2 to 3 minutes or until hot.
4. To serve, pour half of the cheese sauce over warm chips; top with half of the bean mixture. Top with remaining cheese mixture and remaining bean mixture. Sprinkle with remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.
Photo and recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker.
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Gary Allan on new songs, vocal surgery
When I talked to Gary Allan earlier this week, we covered more ground than was able to fit in the full feature that appears here on Tap Milwaukee. Here is more of the conversation we shared as he waited to make a Monday night appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." (Click here to watch his spot on the show.)
As Allan prepares to visit The Rave tonight, he discussed why he thought "Tough Goodbye," the lead song (co-written by Cedarburg native Josh Thompson) from his Billboard chart-topping new album, "Set You Free," would be the first single. He also talked about how a vocal cord operation that he underwent just before recording the album has made him feel like a whole new singer, and his approach to Nashville after spending his early years (starting at 12 years old) playing honky tonks and clubs in California's Bakersfield-inspired country music scene. »Read Full Blog Post
Time Warner-Journal Broadcast standoff is epicenter of national battle
Once upon a time, turning to one of Milwaukee's four network affiliates for news and information was as reflexive as setting your watch by the Allen-Bradley clock.
That time has passed, and the number of channels available today is dwarfed only by the number of challenges facing viewers and broadcasters. »Read Full Article(89)
Ridley's '12 Years a Slave' wins audience prize at Toronto film festival
"12 Years a Slave," the historical drama written by Mequon native John Ridley, won the top audience prize at the Toronto International Film Festival Sunday, Variety reports.
Directed by Steve McQueen and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" is being talked about as an Oscar front-runner. The movie is based on the true story of a black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 19th-century America. »Read Full Article
Soulstice Theatre stays true to Pinter's 'Betrayal'
Dazzled with visions of starting fresh, lovers beginning an affair always think their story will be different. But what almost invariably results is another iteration of the same tired prose, inscribed by people who repeat the life they sought to escape rather than making a new one.
That's easiest to see in retrospect, which is how we view the affair featured in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," composed of nine scenes that gradually move us back nine years, from 1977 to 1968. »Read Full Article
Eddie Martini's dinner will feature Silver Oak Cabs spanning years
Vintages going back to 1978 will be poured at a Silver Oak vineyards dinner at Eddie Martini's, 8612 W. Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa on Sept. 27.
Wines include the 1978 Alexander Valley, 2000 Napa Valley, 2000 Alexander Valley and 2008 Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignons, said restaurant owner Chris Murphy. (Murphy bought Eddie Martini's from Joe DeRosa late last year.) »Read Full Blog Post
Report: Man Booker prize to include American entrants
According to a report in The Sunday Times of London, organizers of the Man Booker prize plan, for the first time, to allow American writers in the competition.
The Booker is probably the most discussed prize given annually for fiction written in English. The prize is designed to honor the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. It is sponsored by Man Group, an investment management business. The winner receives £50,000 and a significant attention kick. »Read Full Blog Post
Peter Mulvey taking his bicycle tour to Schauer Center
Milwaukee recently finished a major motorcycle party--the Harley-Davidson 110th Anniversary Celebration to be exact. Now its time to pay tribute to the old fashioned bicycle.
Milwaukee-based musician Peter Mulvey is traveling around Wisconsin and Michigan on his bicycle, and rolling into the Schauer Arts & Activities Center in Hartford Oct. 4 as part of his seventh annual bicycle tour. The singer-songwriter is expected to play originals and cover jazz and bluegrass tunes. »Read Full Article


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- I would like to purchase a quantity of Aiptasia for my Berghia Nudibranch. If you have some available, please respond. firstname.lastname@example.com
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Get some laughs with this seriously funny care sheet on the Aiptasia Glass Anemones!
Often called flowers of the sea, they are quite varied and beautiful, but are actually animals!
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Setting up a Saltwater Aquarium. Guide to marine supplies, putting the aquarium together, cycling the aquarium water and adding fish!
Aiptasia grow like weeds, take over the reef tank, and are very hard to control! A variety of approaches include chemical controls to using sea anemone predators.
Aiptaisa means beautiful, and they can be... but they can be also reek havoc on reef tanks! Meet the Aiptasia sea anemone species and discover the pros and cons of Aiptasia in captivity
Sea anemone facts about the 10 types of anemones that host clownfish, the ones that are hardy aquarium anemones, and a buy sea anemone checklist!
Urticina means nettle, a stinging plant. Like all sea anemones they do have a sting, but the Urticina cold water sea anemones have much more... being very beautiful they are known as flowers of the sea!
Sea anemone facts about tube dwelling anemones, a different animal than the true anemones!
The Tube Anemone Cerianthus membranaceus, like all tube dwelling anemones, has some very unique traits. It has a long, soft, cylindrical body with a pointed foot on one end and topped with a crown of tentacles on the other. It uses its pointed foot to burrow deep into a sandy or muddy substrate, leaving only the oral disc and tentacles exposed on the surface. Once in the substrate it constructs a hard tube to live in.
The name ' tube dwelling anemone' is derived from their ability to build a tube to live in. It was previously believed that they created their tube by releasing a mucus, which then become covered with sand. Today however, it is known that they create the tube by releasing threads of a special type of nematocyst called a 'ptychocyst'. The result is a woven fibrous structure of stinging cells that help protect it from attack. Though its tentacles are non-retractable, if it is frightened or disturbed it can instantly withdraw its whole body into the tube and become hidden.
This anemone is also known as the Colored Tube Anemone because it comes in many different fluorescent hues and combinations of colors. Unlike some of the true anemones, the Tube Anemone is rarely artificially dyed or colored. Its gorgeous coloration is all natural.
Tube Anemones are colorful and hardy, making them prized for aquarium displays. These durable animals can tolerate a fairly wide temperature range, subdued lighting, and moderate filtration. They do require a good sized aquarium however, due to their burrowing behavior and ability to expand quite wide. They can reach 8" (20 cm) across and their tentacles can reach up to 12" (30.5 cm) or more. They can also produce quite a bit of waste from the excretion of tube slime.
Be sure to provide plenty of room for tank mates to keep them out of reach of these anemones stinging tentacles. In the wild, some species of burrowing sea anemones have been known to live commensally with a variety of crustaceans and worms, but in the aquarium compatibility is limited. Several Tube Anemone specimens can be kept in a large aquarium, but they are not compatible with other anemone species. Also triggerfish and large angelfish, as well as large crabs, lobsters, and snails should not be kept with them.
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Out of all the tube anemones, some of which are best kept in the ocean, this Tube Anemone is better suited to aquarium life. That being said, the Cerianthus membranaceus needs a deep sand bed and a long enough tank to accommodate it's ultimate size. Keep them out of reach of other corals. Tentacle colors can be fluorescent in hue and include purples, violets, oranges, blues, greens, pinks, yellows, white, brown, and various other shades of these colors. Sometimes the long tentacles are banded or striped. They luminesce to keep fish away from them at night.
Habitat: Distribution / Background
Sea Anemone Facts: The Tube Anemone or Tube Dwelling Anemone Cerianthus membranaceus was described by Spallanzani in 1784. The Cerianthus genus is a member of the the Cerianthidae family. Some other common names it is known for are the Colored Tube Anemone, Cerianthus Anemone, Giant Cerianthus of the Sand, Large Mediterranean Tube Anemone, Tube Sea Anemone, Burrowing Anemone, and Burrowing Sea Anemone. The Cerianthus membranaceus is not on the IUCN Red List for endangered species.
Where are Sea Anemones Found: The Cerianthus membranaceus is found in various locations including the Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay north of Spain, then off the coast of Liberia in Africa, and Papua New Guinea.
Sea Anemone Habitat: They are found most populated in waters where the plankton is very dense. Phytoplankton blooms, zooplankton, and excess detritus also result in a population increases of certain species.
Appearance of a Sea Anemone: The Colored Tube Anemone differs from sea anemones both internally and externally. External differences are apparent. Unlike true anemones, they have 2 different sets of tentacles on their oral disc and they lack a pedal disc foot used to attach to surfaces. They also differ from many true anemones in that they lack zooxanthellae.
The C. membranaceus has a long and cylindrical, somewhat cone-like body that does not have a foot, but a blunt point. They deflate and condense their body to drive into sand or mud. Once in the substrate they construct a very long tube. This structure is fibrous, with woven threads of stinging cells to help protect it from attack.They do not form a "ball" like other anemones do to hide, rather they retract into their "tube." Disturbances that can cause it to retract are sudden illumination, a strong touch, and excessive feeding.
The Tube Anemone has an oral disc with a crown of more than 200 tapering, non retractable tentacles, and a mouth in the center. The tentacles are of two different types. One type is the long feeding tentacles arranged in several rows around the margin of the oral disc. The other type are shorter labial tentacles over the mouth that are used to manipulate foods. These 2 sets of tentacles can be contrasting or similar in color. The C. membranaceus takes food in, and expels waste through its central cavity, or mouth.
Tentacle colors can be fluorescent in hue and include purples, violets, oranges, blues, greens, pinks, yellows, white, brown, and various other shades of these colors. Sometimes the long tentacles are banded or striped. Testing the potency of the toxins in these tube anemones has shown that they have little effect on test subjects, unlike true anemones, which have lethal effects. Tube Anemones use these bioluminescent tentacles to startle fish, thus keeping fish from nibbling on them.
Sea Anemones Life Cycles: Cerianthus membranaceus can reach 8" (20 cm) across and the tentacles can reach up to 12" (30.5 cm) or more. It is unknown how long they live, but Tube Anemones introduced into the aquarium at Naples at its inception are now over 100 years old.
Sea Anemone Care: Tube Dwelling Anemones can be moderate to care for because they do have specific needs. They require a lot of space and must be in a large enough aquarium to satisfy their burrowing behavior and ultimate size.
When choosing a C. membranaceus, make sure the color is good, the mouth is not gaping open, and there are no tears. When being removed from another aquarium, a healthy specimen should immediately retract, ejecting the water from its mouth.
Check that the tube is intact and in good condition. If the tube is missing, that can create challenges. Although they can regrow the tube, it takes a lot of energy that sometimes will deplete the animal into a weakened condition. If they have difficulty creating a tube, you can provide a section of acrylic tubing for it to live in. Place the tubing at an angle in the sand, but be certain that both ends are unobstructed and there are no sharp edges.
What Do Sea Anemones Eat: The Burrowing Anemone is a carnivore. Feed your Tube Anemone finely minced krill, fish, shrimp and/or frozen or live brine or mysis shrimp. Feed nightly unless you have a lot of copepods, amphipods and other small prey, then feed twice a week. Be careful not to feed with large pieces of food because it can damage the delicate tentacles.
Water changes of 10% bi-monthly or 20% a month are typical. Monitor your water quality for your particular situation and adjust your water changes accordingly. Purigen and Poly-fiber are great products to help in maintaining water quality. Purigen is a synthetic polymer that removes soluble and insoluble impurities from water at an exceptionally high rate and capacity, helping to control ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Additions of Iodine and and trace elements are suggested.
The typical reef environment with a sand substrate is what is needed for your Giant Cerianthus of the Sand. They must have a very deep fine sand substrate, with enough depth to accommodate their total length. Hitting a bare bottom, as well as trying to burrow through course gravel (rice sized or larger), will prevent the C. membranaceus from finding a spot to burrow and settle. This can cause them to stress and die.
The sand needs to be quite deep, just a couple inches of sand is not enough. A trick when you don't have a deep enough substrate is to use a PVC tube that is 1.5 times longer than the animal. Place the animal's tube into the pipe about 4/5's of the way, pour fine sand around the animal, and fill to the top. Gluing a solid base at the bottom end will prevent the sand from coming out if you have to move it. Some aquarists also suggest pots, or built up areas on one side of the aquarium. Be sure their delicate tentacles are not within reach of power heads.
The Tube Anemone is semi-aggressive, yet as far as "anemone" type corals go, they do not have as powerful of a sting as true anemones. Several Tube Anemone specimens can be kept in an aquarium, but they are not compatible with other anemone species. Though they do coexist with their own kind, they do not get along with their "cold" water siblings. Care should be taken to provide other corals with plenty of room. Make sure when this anemone comes out at night, its tentacles do not come in contact with delicate corals.
In the wild they have a commensal relationship with a variety of crustaceans and worm species, with these species living within their tubes. In the aquarium, you can include small hermit crabs, small shrimps, and most worms. Triggerfish and large angelfish, as well as large crabs, lobsters, and snails should not be kept with them. They do not host clownfish.
The C. membranaceus are hermaphrodites, meaning each specimen develops as both male and female. At a smaller size it is a male. After crossing over to a larger size/age, it will turn into a female.
These anemones reproduce sexually with the female being larger than the male. Unlike the true anemones, they do not reproduce through asexual means such as fission, where the anemone is divided or split into parts to create a new anemone. Tube Anemones are hermaphrodites, meaning they are both male and female. Although each animal can produce both eggs and sperm, they do not produce them at the same time, so it takes two specimens to produce a zygote. The Zygote is a fertilized egg, the beginnings of a new tube anemone. There is no information yet on breeding these anemones in captivity.
In the wild, reproduction takes place form January to July. First sperm is released, followed by eggs and then cross fertilization takes place in the water column. It is believed the larvae live in plankton for a quite a long time, and then settle into the sand and construct a tube. How they provide brood care is not fully known, though some species have a tentacled larval stage that extends into the planktonic phase.
Problems for the Tube Anemone or Tube Dwelling Anemone are pretty minimal if they are provided with an adequate environment and fed regularly. There is not a lot known about potential ailments, these anemones seem to be either alive and very well, or dead.
Buy A Sea Anemone: The C. membranaceus is easy to find in stores and online. The cost online is around $34.00 or more depending on color and size.


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quote: Without matching or beating the mpgs of the Prius how can they compete with Toyota!
quote: Do you really think they have tried their best? Without matching or beating the mpgs of the Prius how can they compete with Toyota!
quote: These numbers convert directly into dollars. If you spent $670 over the summer fueling your SUV, you would have spent $400 driving a sedan, $240 with a Civic hybrid, and $200 with a Prius.


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VQ VTO ARF, anyone know anything about it?
I saw one of these hanging in a local Hobby People once and it looked so COOL!
Not knowing anything about it, I didn't want to spend the $89.99 asking price. Now they have it on sale for $49.99 and it is very tempting.
I'm curious, does anyone know anything about this model? I have a Delta Rocket model from this company and the quality is quite good.
I'm curious how they say it is "vertical take off" because I do know know how that is possible w/out hand launching it...
The one I saw at HP had landing gear on it which is very appealling to me as I've built and flow UFO's, but hate messing them up on asphalt landings.
Thanks in advance for any info you have on this model!
VTO(L) basically means the plane can takeoff from a vertical position, and land in the vertical position. Most 3D aircraft nowadays can do this with stunning ease.
And since VQ seems to be putting out some good stuff, I'd say go for it, and put a monster powerhouse in that thing, to make VTO as easy as powerful
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Joined Sep 2004
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Hmmmm....so I guess you just set it pointing straight up, on it's control surfaces?! That's what is confusing me as I've never seen that...
It is hella cool though!
So I got mine built and set up, but I am waiting for decent weather.
The kit is fairly complete, no push rod connectors, It does include a pilot figure, so that equals the cost. It was very well packed , and the parts all seem to very high quality. This was actually built by someone and is not a bunch of laser cut parts glued together. I have #72. There is a down side to it being hand built by a non pilot, it was built heavy. And it has that huge rudder hanging off the back so a bit of weight in the nose would have been nice. Mine came in at 1.55lbs.
The servo slots are nearly perfect for an HXT-500 (within 0.2mm) I had to open one of the slots just a touch. The wires are neatly hidden by a set of holes in the top of the wing that allow the wires to pass through. This is not in the directions. The recommended power system seems to be an -08 motor, 18A esc, 3s900 lipo and an APC 7x5e. I used a TP 2410-08 motor, 8x6 ARC prop, turnigy 18A esc(soft timing), and an Electrifly 3s640 20c battery for my initial set up. You will have to decide how you want to mount the motor. I ended up using the provided stick mount, and using an aluminum amount hung the entire motor outside the fusealage.
It still took 4.75 ozs in the nose to balance the plane. The initial power set up only produced 46w. Not enough to fly. I now have a TP 2408-21 spinning a GWS Hyper Drive 10x6 with the turnigy esc set on hard timing and an Evo-lite 3s1345mah 30+C battery, I am now producing 165W max.
It also needs taller wheels.
If the plane flies like I think it will, kind of floaty at low speeds, it may be an ideal arial photog plane. The keel, for the lack of a better term, could be left off and a camera set up attached there.
I have a lote of time on the Lightflight Bug which is a similar design, so I expect nice slow handling and a robust fast flight aerobatic ability.
I have more pics if anyone is interested.
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I'm interested in hearing about your first flights. I have one of these beautys waiting to be built one of these days...
Too bad about having to add lead to balance, I HATE doing that. When I do build mine, I'd like to minimize any weight needed to balance.
Spicy, with that huge rudder I did everything I could think of to move the weight forward. I just assumed that it would be tail heavy. Not really clear is the way I hung the motor. It's outside the fuse on the end of the stick mount. I would like to run a cg program on it, but since it's a delta-ish wing I am unsure whether my regular CG program will work.
It should fly like a Bug from Lightflite http://www.lightflite.com/ I have around 700 flights on the bug. I'm hoping the VTO will have a better glide ratio.
I will try to video the maiden of the VTO. I won it in a lotto, a pick which lotto and the guy that threw the lotto took one look and added it with my name on it. After I won and after I picked it, built it and put the recommended gear on to determine that it would not work. He then mentioned that he didn't see how it could fly. Quite the compliment I think. Anyway video was requested early on and I will do so.
From standing the plane on it's tail, it leans a lot to the side. I will try a regular rog at first. I added a couple of layers of CF on the bottom of the stab. I am also hoping to find a set of taller wheels.
It is built heavy, but I was suprised at how much of a true stick build this is. For example the cross bracing is installed so that it gives support to both the open frame but the firewalls(?) as well. The covering is good and tight, and everything lined up perfectly.
OK, I have run the plane through 2 different cg calculators and both indicate that the give cg is way to nose heavy. The one I am leaning towards using is designed for delta wings. This is technically a delta. There is one more cg finder that is manual that I will try. No matter what I do I cannot reproduce the given CG The closest I can get is by adding a static margin of 0 and the CG is still aft of the given mark.
Quick hit, the cg from the delta calculator hits a spar. And the visuals from the manual. I wonder if this is an oops in the manual production, scaling-wise.
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Collection accounts on your credit report are highly damaging. In fact, the only items more damaging to your credit score are major incidents such as foreclosures and bankruptcy. Fortunately, collection accounts on your credit report are much easier to remove than those major delinquencies.
If the collection account giving you trouble falls into one of the following three categories, you should be able to get the entry removed from your credit report without too much trouble. Just follow these tips to clean up your credit and improve your credit scores by getting those collections off of your credit report.
Collection Accounts on Credit Report: Statute of Limitations
The Problem:
The easiest collection accounts to remove from your credit report are those that shouldn't be there due to the statute of limitations on reporting. This one is usually pretty easy to spot: the collection agency will generally send you a notice about a debt that is many years old. When you don't pay, they increase their collection activities, including putting a notation on your credit report.
Later, when you look at your credit report, you'll see the debt listed in collections with a much more recent delinquency date. Occasionally, the date will be accurate but the collection will still be added, even though the statute of limitations for reporting the debt has passed.
What You Need to Know:
Re-aging the debt to make it appear as though it is more recent is against the law and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, but debt collectors hope that you won't realize that your rights are being violated. If the debt is more than seven years old, it can't be reported on your credit report, period.
The only exceptions to this are items such as judgments and bankruptcies, which can stay on your report for up to 10 years. This does not include credit card accounts, or loans, even if they were a part of a bankruptcy settlement.
What You Can Do:
In this instance, filing a dispute with the credit bureaus should be enough. You may need to have documentation that proves that the debt is older than is being reported, but in many cases you may not.
Collection agencies know that they are taking a risk in reporting debt that is legally too old to appear on your credit report, so most debt collectors will remove the item from your credit report as soon as you file the complaint.
Collection Agency Complaints on the Rise
Collection Accounts on Credit Report: Inaccurate Information
The Problem:
Another common issue with collection accounts on your credit report may be the accuracy of the entry. When charged off accounts are bought and sold, it's not uncommon for pertinent account details to get lost in the shuffle. It's also not uncommon for collection agencies and debt collectors to attempt to attach an extra "fee" or surcharges to the original debt.
When you check your credit report, you may notice higher balances than the original debt. You may also notice a difference in the balances from one collection agency to another as the debt is shuffled around.
What You Should Know:
Legally, the collection agency cannot add additional charges to your original debt, unless the agreement you signed with the original creditor explicitly states that such charges may be added when an account goes into collections.
What You Can Do:
This is another instance where you should be able to dispute the debt and have it removed from your credit report. However, be prepared to have documentation to back up the original debt amount. For credit card charge-offs in particular, sometimes the interest charges and penalty fees continue to accrue for months after your initial delinquency.
Another option is to request verification of the debt. In some instances, the various changes in the amount you owe may be due to poor bookkeeping. In that instance, if the collection agency is unable to verify the debt, they will have to stop all collection activity regardless of whether or not you actually owe the debt.
If you have documents showing the final amount of the bill before it went into collections, you'll want to include a copy in your dispute. Make sure that the collection agency isn't adding their own "processing fee" or "convenience fee" to the outstanding amount by comparing their information to your records.
Collection Accounts on Credit Report: Settling the Debt
The Problem:
In those situations where the debt is both accurate and recent, you may have no other choice than to settle the debt. However, you should first make sure that the collection agency is the one who has possession of your debt.
When a collection account has been bought and sold multiple times, it can be difficult to follow the paper trail and find out who actually owns the debt. Also, you may find that the original creditor will still accept payment if they are using the debt collection agency for their own in-house collection services, rather than selling the charge off account.
What You Should Know:
You may not have to pay the entire amount of the past-due bill. Often, collection agencies will take less than the original amount due. However, they are also much less likely to remove the collection from your credit report if it is not paid in full.
Professional credit repair companies can be helpful in this situation, as they can often speak with the collection agency on your behalf to work out a solution that you can stick with.
What You Can Do:
Make sure you have all the relevant information about your debt and the collection agency. Be prepared to negotiate and don't promise to pay more than you can afford. If possible, get the collection agency to agree to remove the collection account from your credit report once the payment clears.
While there are no quick answers for getting collection accounts on your credit report removed, patience and persistence does pay off. If you regularly dispute the inaccurate information on your report, you can increase your credit scores and qualify for the level of credit that you know you deserve.


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JACKSON, MI – Besides serving as Michigan Center High School's student body president in 1999, Jackson Mayor Jason Smith had very little political experience prior to his election win in November.
Now, with four months of a 24-month term under his belt, Smith says he's found his footing.
"There's always that 'getting to know you' period whenever you take on a new job, meet new people and so on, but we've come along nicely," said Smith, 31. "At this point I've found a solid footing."
Smith ousted incumbent mayor Martin Griffin in the November 2013 election despite Griffin's sizable advantage in political experience. Griffin served as mayor of Jackson from 1995-2006 before serving a four-year stint as a state representative. He then served another two-year term as Jackson mayor.
Smith tallied 43 percent of the city's vote to Griffin's 34 percent.
"The people have spoken, and we're taking back City Hall," he said the night of the election. "The people want their voice back, and I plan on doing that for them. Time to get to work."
Some on Jackson City Council, though, question how much Smith has actually achieved since taking his seat in December.
"The mayor doesn't communicate with council or attempt to build any sort of coalitions," Andrew Frounfelker, 5th Ward, said. "I have never had any discussion with him regarding what he hopes to achieve in his term. I unfortunately also don't know of any legislation or significant undertaking that he has been working on."
Councilwoman Laura Dwyer Schlecte, 4th Ward, said she found it "inappropriate" to comment on the performance of a fellow councilperson.
"Jason is a colleague whose performance is not for me to judge," she said. "Newly elected officials are faced with a steep learning curve that is not easy for anyone."
Smith said he's worked over that learning curve, and can now focus on some of his campaign promises, like repealing the city's rental registry fee – which he called "a pointless money grab" – and restoring leaf pickup for city residents.
But the first order of business, Smith said of his campaign promises, is passing a non-discrimination ordinance.
"I kind of jumped into the non-discrimination ordinance discussion very early on in my term," he said. "I can't take credit for the idea, but I think with input from the Human Relations Commission, local organizations and Vice Mayor Derek Dobies (6th Ward), we are closer than we ever have been. Now is the time to make this happen."
Smith said he hopes to see leaf pickup restored for city residents within his first budget, set for review in the coming months.
"There are some residents who are circulating petitions as well to place the issue on the ballot," Smith said. "I would like to see (that) happen if we cannot find a way to fund it. Let the people decide if they want those services back."
Smith said eliminating the city's rental registry will take time, if it happens at all.
"I continue to have dialogue with City Manager (Patrick Burtch) about ways to improve the process and eliminate the cost," Smith said. "These discussions continue, and likely will for some time."
Other campaign promises Smith made on his trek toward the 14th floor of City Hall included providing 3,000 new jobs in the city, putting a moratorium on new home construction and placing a moratorium on home demolitions following tax sales.
Smith said he continues to work to provide new jobs in Jackson and curb post tax-sale demolitions in the city, but said his opinion has changed on disallowing new home construction.
"I don't think that there are too many new homes being built in the city limits at the moment, so the moratorium ended up being unnecessary," he said.
All Jackson City Council members said it's too early to judge Smith, pointing to his first four months in office as a time to learn the ropes and develop coalitions on council.
"He should be given every opportunity to prove himself," Councilman Dan Greer, 3rd Ward, said. "As someone who has never held an elected office, let alone the mayor's seat, he has a lot to learn."
Councilwoman Arlene Robinson, 1st Ward, said she believes Smith has done well in his "short time" on council.
Dobies said Smith was left with "some pretty big shoes to fill" after Griffin was ousted from his mayoral seat.
"I would suspect the bulk of his time has been spent learning the ropes and the internal operations of City Hall," he said. "We all do that when we first get here, and we all know the circumstances look a lot different when you're on the inside."
Contact Will Forgrave at firstname.lastname@example.com or 517-262-7554. Follow him on Twitter at @WillForgrave.


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Is there a right or wrong way to drive a bus with the hatch open? Open to the front, open to the rear or straight up. Or not at all while driving? We have a lot of problems with leaking or breakage.
In recent years, three North American manufacturers have focused on slimmer designs of roof hatches for the school bus market in response to concerns that high-profile hatches are more likely to be damaged.
Drivers may have trouble pulling into garages when hatches are too tall. "There are many older garages in the industry with 10-foot doors, and as buses have gotten a little taller in about 15 to 20 percent of the market, it's difficult actually getting the buses through some of the garage doors," says Mark McAlpine, director of sales and marketing for Transpec Worldwide in Sterling Heights, Mich.
Another common scenario is a tree branch getting caught on a high-profile hatch. "When the bus goes through a place with low-lying tree limbs, the hatch gets damaged and operators are constantly having to replace either the whole hatch itself, or at least the dome of it," explains Paul Baczewski, school product group manager for Webasto Thermosystems in Lapeer, Mich.
While hearing the cry for lower-profile roof hatches, manufacturers are careful not to compromise the quality and stability of the hatch, as well as its primary functionality as an easily operable emergency exit.
Here's a look at some of the latest roof hatches available for the school bus market.
Specialty Mfg.
Specialty Mfg. in Pineville, N.C., offers five emergency escape roof hatches for the school bus market. Its newest innovation is the ProLo (Model 9245), a streamlined hatch that boasts a mere 0.75-inch height from the roof of the bus. "The OEMs came to us and said they needed a hatch that was easier to install and wouldn't leak," said Dana Spurgeon, national sales manager for Specialty. Specialty's answer was the ProLo, a vacuum-formed, contoured hatch that blends with the existing line of the bus and promotes water run-off. The hatch lid has a single sealing surface with only one gasket for superior leak resistance. The hatch is easy to install from inside the bus and does not require outside mounting holes, screws, adhesives or fasteners. The ProLo can be ordered on any new school bus.
The other four offerings from Specialty are the Standard Roof Hatch (Model 8945), the Value Hatch (Model 8645) made from ABS material, the Static Vent Roof Hatch (Model 8915) and the Fan Hatch (Model 8910).
All of Specialty's hatches are created from a specially developed, UV-stable, high-impact material. They feature a multi-position ventilator with simple one-handed emergency exit operation. The exit opening is an unobstructed 510 square inches, and the hatches meet all federal regulations. There are models available to fit all bus roof configurations, and none of the hatches require special maintenance. Hatch options include key lock, mouthing gasket, alarm, reflective tape and bilingual decals.
Transpec Worldwide
Transpec Worldwide has been manufacturing safety vents for more than two decades. Transpec's "firsts" include the first emergency exit hatch made for ventilation, the first roof hatch with a built-in static vent and the first hatch with an exhaust fan for greater air circulation.
All Transpec vents are virtually jam-proof, are large enough for adults, comply with government regulations and have a flow-through ventilation system.
"We are working now on designs with even lower profiles but which also maintain Transpec's high standards for material quality and product strength," says McAlpine. Model 1925 is Transpec's Low Profile Econo Vent, which the company has been manufacturing for about four years. It has the same hardware and operating mechanisms as all Transpec vents, but a lower cost.
The Model 1100 Triple Value Safety Vent includes a static exhaust vent that provides constant ventilation even when the hatch is in the closed position.
Another of Transpec's more popular vents is the Model 1600 Power Safety Vent, which features a static exhaust vent, a five-position ventilator and a power fan. The electrically operated exhaust fan circulates 650 cubic feet per minute, for increased ventilation in a single unit.
Webasto Thermosystems
Webasto Thermosystems is a newcomer to the North American school bus hatch market, though the company has 50 years of experience manufacturing roof hatch systems globally. The company came up with the concept for the Advantage Hatch toward the end of last year after getting much feedback from the industry.
"The main complaint we heard from OEMs and body builders was that their customers didn't like hatches sticking up over a certain number of inches," says Baczewski. In response, Webasto's Advantage Hatch was built almost one inch lower than most available standard roof hatch models. The outer emergency exit handle is also flush-mounted to protect from damage caused by structures and debris. The hatch uses an injection-molded independent four-hinge system for durability in all three open positions.
"Many drivers and state directors told us the biggest problem with roof hatches is that they are difficult to re-latch," adds Baczewski. So Webasto designed an easy re-latch mechanism for its hatch - simply place the hinges in position and turn the exit handle to the lock position.
Notable safety features include a microswitch alarm that sounds when the hatch is open and reflective tape available in multiple colors to meet federal, state and local regulations. The Advantage Hatch meets FMVSS 217 and 302.
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Domagk1 first pointed out some of the physical properties of zephiran chloride. It is a colorless, almost
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While it may not be the World Series that Indians fans have been looking for since 1948, a team with their namesake and future players did win it's league championship last night and that team was the Arizona League Indians. The team plays at the MLB Indians Spring Training site in Goodyear, Arizona and while winning the game over the Giants on Monday night made it official, there was never any doubting that this team was something special.
The AZL Indians earned their trip to the postseason with a 37-16 regular season (and 20-5 in the second half), garnering them a bye through the first round of the play-offs. They took on the AZL Rangers in their first single game play-off on Sunday night and won 7-3 behind a solid pitching outing from Thomas Pannone (5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 K's, pictured at right) and a huge offensive performance from catcher Li-Jen Chu, who hit two doubles and knocked in two in the sixth to put the game away. Ping-Hsueh Chen shut down the Rangers in the ninth with one strike out and one walk allowed to gain entrance into the AZL Championship game, which would also be played at their home stadium.
Against the Giants, Shao-Ching Chiang was dominant as a starter, throwing a shut out to match the Giants starter Matt Gage through five innings. Gage finally allowed a run in the bottom of the fifth, but was pulled anyway leading to an onslaught unmatched by any team anywhere this year. In the sixth inning, the AZL Indians put 12 more runs on the board. With two outs, ten straight Indians reached base to end the inning. Yu-Cheng Chang smashed his second home run in as many games in the seventh to push the score to 14. Justus Sheffield, Jared
Robinson, Argenis Angulo and Yoiber Marquina shut out the Giants for the final four innings to complete the 14-0 victory and name the Indians the Arizona Rookie League Champions.
While success (and utter dominance) at the lowest American level of the Indians minor league system may not excite many Clevelanders, it should, as it shows a marked improvement in areas that will eventually help out the Major League team. Since the creation of the Indians Spring Training based rookie league team in Winter Haven in 2006, the team has never won more than 31 games, so the dominance this season is certainly something new. Since the team is largely made of that year's high school draft picks, the record of the team is a better judge than any grading system of each team's draft. The best player on the team for the season, MVP and Triple Crown winner Bobby Bradley, was the Indians third round pick (fourth by the Indians) while Justus Sheffield, the Indians second first round pick has also impressed. In addition to those, Alexis Pantoja (9th round), Bobby Ison (21) and Jodd Carter (24) were all productive starters for the offense while Angula (19th round) has been great out of the bullpen. While there is still a long way to go to make it to the Majors, or even the upper minors for these players, this group is off to a much better start than any other in the past nine years.
The second part of the Indians success may be even more exciting. In the history of the Cleveland Indians, they have been left in the dust as far as international scouting and signing has been concerned. While teams like the Mariners, Red Sox and Orioles have taken advantage of the emerging Asian market for players, the Indians top signed player from an Asian nation to this point has been Kazuhito Tadano (54.1 IP, 4.47 ERA). That may be changing as well, but these new additions are not from Japan. Shao-Ching Chiang (pictured below left), Yu-Cheng Chang, Li-Jen Chu (below right) and Ping-Hsueh Chen (direct
right) are all from Taiwan, a country that has produced just one Major Leaguer with Cleveland, current reliever C.C. Lee. While the two play-off games played in Arizona were great team efforts all around, these four really stood out. In the two games, Chiang and Chen combined to throw six innings, striking out six with just five base runners allowed while the offensive pair, Chang and Chu, were even better, going 9/15 with seven runs scored, five RBI, two home runs, three doubles and four walks. Chen appears to call a good game behind the plate while Chang, along with Alexis Pantoja, provided incredibly solid defense on the left side of the infield, especially considering the general poor nature of defense in this league.
The Arizona Rookie League is a glimpse into the Indians future. Even if just one or two players from this team ever make it to Cleveland, the success of the most recent draft picks and international free agents shows an improvement in the front office. For the team to be this dominant, especially after the recent draft picks were added for the second half, the talent evaluators have to have done an incredible job. Look out for most of the players in Lake County and Mahoning Valley next season and for now, just congratulate the Indians for an amazing championship season.


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The Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley has rescheduled the "Stars of Tomorrow" talent show and competition due to scheduling conflicts.
The new dates for auditions are 6:30 p.m. April 26 and 10 a.m. April 28 at the Carson Valley United Methodist Church.
Rehearsal is 6:30 p.m. May 12 at the CVIC Hall in Minden. The show and competition is 5 p.m. May 13 at the CVIC Hall in Minden.
Local high school students will entertain the public while competing for scholarships. The competition is open to Douglas students in grades 9-12.


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Carefully split cake into three layers. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in 1 cup of the whipped topping. Crush berries, reserving 6 small berries for garnish.
Fold crushed berries into cream cheese mixture. Reserve 2/3 cup of this mixture.
Beat remaining mixture in bowl until smooth, then spread on each of the first two layers. Top with final cake layer.
Combine reserved 2/3 cup strawberry/cream cheese mixture with remaining 1 cup whipped topping. Beat until smooth. Frost top and sides of the cake with this mixture. Chill.
Garnish with halved strawberries.
Serves 10–12
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