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The Ryder Cup - Understanding Leadership & Loss
The U.S. Ryder Cup players were not a team. In general, with few exceptions, our players looked and acted more like a committee led by CEO Davis Love. Whether a group calls itself a team or not, it's their behavior that defines them as such.
After the 2012 Ryder Cup was over, one of the Golf Channel commentators offered a very enlightened observation of the U.S. defeat. He referenced the last two U.S. Ryder Cup teams and said that, on paper, the American players were better than their European counterparts. Then he went on to say that when these very talented U.S. players lose two competitions in a row, you have to look beyond the players and look at leadership at the top.
I couldn't agree more. I wasn't in Chicago; I watched the matches on TV. I write mostly about women's golf and am just a good female bogey golfer. So you can take everything I'm about to say with a grain of salt.
But I do know a thing or two about leadership and what makes a successful team.
Here's my favorite definition of a team from the 1993 book, "The Wisdom of Teams," by Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith: "A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable."
It's those last two words "mutually accountable" that are the key. When I read the headline "Dreams of Deciding the Match but Not This Way" by Karen Crouse on page D7 on Monday's New York Times, I was saddened to see the photo of a dejected Jim Furyk missing his putt on the 17th hole.
But I was more saddened to read in Crouse's article the statement by Furyk before the competition began in which he said that every player dreams of being the one to decide the Ryder Cup.
"No," Mr. Furyk, it is not "one" player that should make the difference. You should dream instead of standing with your team when everyone has decided the outcome of the Ryder Cup; where every one of your teammates is mutually accountable for the team's success and failures.
In this Ryder Cup, every single American player was mutually accountable for failure. The loss this year isn't Furyk's fault; just keep just one-twelfth of it on your shoulders.
Something was amiss in the board room of the U.S. Ryder Cup players. Captain Love may call it a "team room" but, in my opinion, it must not have been.
In this Ryder Cup the Europeans understood what makes a team, as they've proven in winning 10 of the past 14 biennial competitions. And it may be because they had that 13th person on their team and were all mutually accountable to the legacy of the late Seve Ballesteros. And it may be that Europe's Jose Maria Olazabal just was the better team captain.
I hope that Meg Mallon, captain of the U.S. 2013 Solheim Cup team is listening. The 2013 Solheim Cup will be played August 13-18 at the Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colo., just outside Denver. (For more details, visit http://www.lpga.com/golf/solheim-cup/2013-solheim-cup-team-usa.aspx.)
Maybe Mallon should forget all the analysis of playing orders and just concentrate on building a team. The U.S. Solheim Cup team has a legacy to play for also - the United States of America. Show us how teamwork works. Our country needs more of that.
Nancy Berkley, President of Berkley Golf Consulting, is an expert on women's golf and junior-girls golf. She is a frequent contributor to www.cybergolf.com/womensgolf. Her book, "Women Welcome Here! A Guide to Growing Women's Golf," published by the National Golf Foundation, is an industry reference on marketing golf to women and spotting trends within the industry. She offers information and advice about the golf industry on www.berkleygolfconsulting.com and is often quoted in national publications. She was a contributing editor of "Golf for Women" magazine and a founding advisor of "Golfer Girl Magazine." Her interviews with women in the golf industry now appear on www.golfergirlcareers.com. Nancy lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Harvard University and Rutgers Law School. After a business and legal career, she decided to write about the game she learned and loved as a teenager. She describes herself as a good bogey golfer with permanent potential.
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SALEM - Utilities Commission Chairman Geoff Goll again voiced his intention to not seek bids for the Phase I waste water treatment plant improvements until the state moves on phosphorous local limits and a long-pending consent decree against the city.
Goll said it will be two years this month since they were told a consent decree was on someone's desk and "we have yet to see a draft."
He made the comments during a recent Utilities Commission meeting where the members were updated on the status of the Phase I project. Representatives from Burgess and Niple Inc., the engineers on the project, were meeting this past week with representatives of the Utilities Department to go over the design.
It was expected that the final design would be forwarded to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for review, any changes the agency requests would be made and then the permit to install would be issued, allowing the project to advertise for bids possibly in February.
"We could have a proposed bid package submitted to us, but I will not agree to put out for bid without knowing what our costs will be," Goll said.
Assistant Utilities Superintendent Matt Hoopes said he spoke with someone from the OEPA and they also heard a draft of the consent decree was completed. Everything was depending on the Ohio Attorney General's office.
Goll said he's going to ask their attorney to talk with the Ohio Attorney General's office.
"This is becoming very frustrating," he said.
Last month, he commented that it made no sense to put the project out to bid
if the local limits for phosphorous levels weren't approved yet. The local limit justification had been sent by the city to the OEPA in March 2010 to set the level of phosphorous permitted to come into the system for treatment. The OEPA has yet to approve that level.
The issue began when the OEPA issued a renewal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to the city in 2002 that put a limit on the level of phosphorous the city could discharge into the Middle Fork of Beaver Creek. The city appealed to the Environmental Review Appeals Commission, but ERAC upheld the decision of the OEPA. The ruling was appealed again, sent back to ERAC, and ended up in court again.
According to Utilities Superintendent Don Weingart, there's a long history regarding phosphorous limits. The city used to remove phosphorous and had a phosphorous limit, but it was determined the level wasn't that high and then there was no limit set. Then the city was told a phosphorous limit had to be set.
Goll said the city would have had no need to update the plant but for the phosphorous issue, noting there was no issue with the plant's capacity.
Since the city might be subject to fines in the consent decree for permit violations, he's indicated previously that he wants the waste water treatment plant upgrade cost credited against any fines.
The cost of the Phase I improvement is estimated to cost $2.8 million.

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Starbucks has made a move to take on the giants of the energy drinks market following the announcement it will release a trio of energy drink flavours known as Starbucks Refreshers.
The three natural sparkling energy drinks each contain green coffee extract mixed with a variety of fruit flavours and contain just 60 calories per serving, giving the drinks added appeal to those who are looking to reduce their calorie consumption.
This move follows over a year of testing in the US, as Starbucks began a pilot of the Refreshers energy drinks in a select group of outlets in 2010.
Annie Young-Scrivner, Global Chief Marketing Officer for Starbucks said: "The launch of Starbucks Refreshers beverages continues to support our growth strategy to innovate with new products, enter new categories, and expand into new channels of distribution.
"The launch of new products such as Starbucks VIA Ready Brew, Starbucks Blonde Roast Coffees and customizable Frappuccino are great examples of how we continue to leverage our coffee expertise.
"If anyone was going to innovate in coffee while delivering on an untapped energy and refreshment need state, it would be Starbucks."
The new Starbucks Refreshers energy drinks are said to harness the caffeine content of coffee for energy but do not carry over the coffee flavour so that the fruit juices carry through for a refreshing taste.
Starbucks Refreshers will initially be available in a choice of flavours – Orange Melon, Raspberry Pomegranate and Strawberry Lemonade. It is expected that they will hit the bulk of Starbucks outlets in April this year.


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Power companies in the Lehigh Valley and northwestern New Jersey say 79 to 100 percent of customers lost power as Superstorm Sandy churned through the region.
Most remain without service, and electric utilities are warning customers to prepare for a few days in the dark.
"We are going at it as hard as we can with everything we have as safely and quickly as we can," PPL Electric Utilities spokesman Joe Nixon said. "We are asking for their patience and understanding."
Nixon said via email the company is estimating it will be the weekend, likely Sunday, before the last of the outages in our service territory are restored.
"It is the most severe storm we've dealt with," said Chris Eck, spokesman for Jersey Central Power & Light.
JCP&L, a FirstEnergy Corp. company, has 930,000 customers without power throughout New Jersey. Locally, 92 percent of its 50,598 Warren County customers and 88 percent of Hunterdon County's 60,967 customers experienced outages today. The outage map is continually updated and it can be seen here.
PPL predicts Hurricane Sandy will end up ranking in the top three of its all-time worst storms, Nixon said. About 117,000 customers have had their power restored, but 307,000 customers remained without lights as of this afternoon. See PPL's outage map here.
In Lehigh County, 73 percent of PPL's 154,000 customers lost electricity while in Northampton County 79 percent of PPL's 71,265 customers remained in the dark.
Metropolitan Edison reported 84 percent of its 64,577 Northampton County customers without power while 100 percent of its 4,056 customers in Lehigh County were out today, said Scott Surgeoner, spokesman with FirstEnergy, also Met-Ed's corporate owner.
"We're still looking at multi-day outages that could be up to a week," Nixon said, adding that PPL's goal is to have the storm restoration cleaned up by Sunday night.
PPL asked customers for patience as they respond to more than 3,000 problem areas around its 29-county service territory; repairs could be lengthy.
"It's a huge logistical effort," Nixon said.
PPL's worst disaster on its book was Hurricane Isabel in 2003 that resulted in more than 495,000 outages. Tropical Storm Irene caused 428,503 outages, and the Halloween 2011 snowstorm resulted in 388,318 outages, Nixon said.
Sandy's high winds felled trees, power lines and created accessibility issues, Nixon said.
"Trees are still the primary culprit right now," Nixon said.
PPL has brought in 2,000 utility workers from other states, including Kentucky, Florida, Missouri and Arkansas, and has a total of 4,300 people working on restoration, he said.
JCP&L has more than 2,800 workers trying to restore power. As winds allow, JCP&L crews will head to the air in helicopters to assess transmission line damage, Eck said. The company expects some transmission lines will have to be rebuilt.
"Today's really about assessing how much damage we have," Eck said this afternoon.
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Met-Ed warned prior to Sandy that outages could last up to 10 days, which Surgeoner said still stands.
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You can feel the living history running across the banks of the River Cam, while you're biking through this gorgeous famous city. Home of Pink Floyd, Charles Darwin and thousands of students, Cambridge and its 31 colleges have shaped the world we're living in.
The cobbled courts, the impressive chapels, the historical bridges and the fabulous gardens combine to make Cambridge a destination for those tourists eager to have a bite from one of the best medieval romantic, yet up to date cities near London.
Not just a University, but a city with magnificent architecture, Cambridge is situated amid the rural countryside of Cambridgeshire in east of England.
With over 20,000 students going to Cambridge Colleges, the city is buzzing with cafes, antiquities and book shops, pubs and markets. Hundreds of colourful posters promoting a variety of events – concerts, theatre plays, movies, hand craft fairs, sport activities, etc- rest on the fences surrounding the colleges. There's always so much going on in Cambridge, that the list of entertainment and cultural events seems endless.
But what catches one's eye are the everywhere bikes, in different shapes, colours, accessorized or customized, the bikes are the main way of transport in Cambridge.
However, if you want to know a tourist's quintessentially delights of Cambridge, we can recommend you at least five of them.
1. Enjoy the city from the river! It might be extremely touristy, but go with the clichés this time. There's nothing more relaxing than being punted along The Backs in a chauffeured punt, with a guide – usually a student – who will amuse you with juicy stories and tell you anything you want to know about the city's history.
During the 45 minutes tour, you'll come across some of the most famous landmarks of the city: King's College Chapel ( founded by Henry VI in 1441), The Wren Library of Trinity College, the Bridge of Sighs (designed by Henry Hutchinson in 1831), the Mathematical Bridge of Queens' College (the wooden footbridge, first built in 1902), superb green landscapes, and some of the latest constructions built in accordance with the city's architecture.
Alternatively, you can self-hire a traditional Cambridge Punt and enjoy 60 minutes being your own chauffeur. In any case, go punting and enjoy the city from the river.
2. Visit the historic market square in the city centre where stalls have been trading since Middle Ages. The bustling market hosts flourishing local food, arts and crafts fairs, clothes, bags, books, second hand bikes. You can also buy fresh fish, fruit and vegetable and organic products from local farmers.
3. We can't ignore the thousands of proud students wandering the streets of Cambridge. For a best student wise experience, visit King's College; it is a truly inspirational experience, being the most spectacular of the college chapels in Cambridge.
Although most of the student campuses are not open to visitors, you'll definitely find some which will let you in just to take a peek at their interior gardens and the old impressive buildings that accommodate the students of Cambridge. Honestly, it feels like stepping into a movie while entering the big, somehow scary gates, of these campuses.
4. If you like to spend some time in museums, then pay a visit to Fitzwilliam Museum, which is one of Britain's earliest public museums. It hosts various collections of Western European paintings from the 14th century to the present day. But you can also find Egyptian, Asiatic, Green and Roman antiquities, rare private books and manuscripts.
Moreover, you can visit the North and South Poles at the Scott Polar Institute, or even better take a look at the original specimens that Darwin collected on his famous trip on The Beagle.
5. Last but not least, wander the streets of Cambridge with no definite target. Just walk and enjoy. Have a coffee break at one of the cafes alongside the River Cam, picnic under the trees along The Backs, admire the landscapes, see how time is eaten by the 24-carat gold Grasshopper Clock facing onto King's Parade; cross the bridges, mingle with students, hire a bike and explore the small, but precious city of Cambridge.
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Houston Texans
New faces: S Ed Reed, WR DeAndre Hopkins, P Shane Lechler, FB Greg Jones, CB Alan Ball.
Saying goodbye: LB Connor Barwin, S Glover Quin, WR Kevin Walter, RB Justin Forsett, K Shayne Graham.
Youth movement: The Texans let Barwin go in free agency and plan on replacing him with second-year man Whitney Mercilus, who had six sacks as a rookie.
Best young player: DE J.J. Watt, left.
Pressure's on: QB Matt Schaub. The "elite" debate for quarterbacks can be tiresome, but it's worth having when it comes to Schaub. He's produced decent numbers (three 4,000 yard seasons in the last four years), but needs to take the next step by taking his team deep into the postseason.
Indianapolis Colts
New faces: RB Ahmad Bradshaw, LB Kelvin Sheppard, DL Ricky Jean Francois, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, S LaRon Landry.
Saying goodbye: DE Dwight Freeney, WR Austin Collie, DE Jerry Hughes, CB Jerraud Powers, OT Winston Justice.
Youth movement: The Colts let the 33-year-old Freeney go and replaced him with former Packers outside linebacker Erik Walden.
Best young player: QB Andrew Luck. He was sacked 41 times as a rookie, so the Colts set about this offseason rebuilding their offensive line to protect him. Good idea.
Pressure's on: WR Darrius Heyward-Bey. He's escaped after four forgettable years in Oakland. With a promising young quarterback, Heyward-Bey will now have to prove he belongs in the NFL.
Tennessee Titans
New faces: LG Andy Levitre, QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, S George Wilson, TE Delanie Walker, RB Shonn Greene.
Saying goodbye: TE Jared Cook, QB Matt Hasselbeck, G Steve Hutchinson, DT Sen'Derrick Williams, S Jordan Babineaux.
Youth movement: Not many. The Titans shelled out big money in free agency in an effort to get back to the playoffs. Replacing Hutchinson with the ex-Bill Levitre qualifies.
Best young player: DE Derrick Morgan. The fourth-year pro had 59 tackles and 6.5 sacks last season, including four in the past four games.
Pressure's on: QB Jake Locker. The Titans rebuilt the offensive line, have solid receiving options and got Locker a safety valve in Walker. The pieces are in place, Locker just needs to be more consistent.
Jacksonville Jaguars
New faces: RB Justin Forsett, WR Mohamed Massaquoi, DT Sen'Derrick Marks, LB Geno Hayes, CB Marcus Trufant,
Saying goodbye: RB Rashad Jennings, WR Laurent Robinson, DT Terrance Knighton, LB Daryl Smith, CB Derek Cox.
Youth movement: The Jaguars are young at receiver. Second-year man Justin Blackmon is the penciled-in No. 1, but he's out for the first four games because of a suspension. Jacksonville also has rookies Ace Sanders and Denard Robinson in the fold.
Best young player: WR Cecil Shorts. The third-year pro registered 55 catches for 979 yards and seven TDs last season – great numbers on a terrible offense.
Pressure's on: QB Blaine Gabbert: He threw for just nine touchdowns and six interceptions and finished 25th in passer rating last year. He's down to his final chance to stick with the team. - J.S.


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I worked on a construction job as a Crane operator after my 2nd heart attack. Yes. It was a sitting down job but I was working 10 to 12 hours a day 6 to 7 days a week for over 5 years, AFTER that 2nd heart attack. On one job for 2 months I was on over 500 MILLIgrams of iodine, a day, taking 200 MICROgrams of selenomethionine 4 times a day with 125 MILLIgrams of Iodine a day. (A total of 500 mg's) I did this routine for two months and it did cure my bleeding ulcers. I felt energetic the whole time. I was never late for work and I made a lot of money. (The government did too, from the taxes I paid)
Blood work showed that my TSH eased down to 1.27 from the normal 1.37 it stays when I am on my maintenance dose of 100 MILLIigrams a day. So does one lose a lot of Iodine through their Urine? I did. The outdoor jiffy johnny's (disgusting port-a-potties) were painted grey so every time I would pee in one I would paint the gallon sized urinal an almost solid white. (iodine salt) I would deliberately use different jiffy johnnys' each day to see if I would exact my salt masterpieces on them and sure enough, all the urinals in over thirty different urinals displayed iodine Christmas snow that year. Actually it was November and December when I was on this particular job. It just proves that I was displacing a lot of iodine salt every 3 hours that I urinated. It doesn't prove the exact amount. In all fairness to people with a normal heart, I don't know what 500 MILLIgrams of elemental iodine, a day, for two months would do with the "selenomethionine" regimen. I was taking 800 MICROgrams of "it". 200 to 400 MICROgrams is a safe limit for most folks.
I have had a lot of misfortune with heart doctors. I went to a 2nd and 3rd heart doctors, each, affiliated with their own large hospitals in Atlanta. (for a 2nd and third opinion) They were both in agreement with what the first doctors' did. ( I did finally go to a fourth heart doctor and he was in wonderment why the other heart doctor waited almost 24 hours to go into my veins to unplaque me) My third stent, a medicated stent was placed in my LAD artery almost 24 hours after my heart attack. Why am I mentioning the fact regarding the 24 hour period. Because STUDIES have shown that after a patients has stabilized that (meds in place of the stents) are just as effective. So the good doctors put a Taxus Stent in me and put me on Plavix, one of several other drugs, as well with bad side effects. Coumadin would be added several months later, after the very large clot formed in my heart.
Defying Conventional Wisdom, Boston Scientific Admits Taxus Stent Causes Blood Clots but not Heart Attacks or Strokes
Posted on September 8, 2006 by newsinferno
Safety concerns over drug-coated stents used for angioplasty procedures began are nothing new. Fear of blood clots and other complications associated with these stents began to surface shortly after the new devices came to market. However, two recent developments have doctors and patients contemplating if the devices should be used at all. Data presented at a recent European cardiology meeting has convinced some researchers that drug-coated stents do increase the risk of blood clots. And just yesterday, Boston Scientific admitted that their <"http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/boston_scientific_taxus_stent">Taxus drug-coated stent increases the risk of blood clots, but denied these clots increased the risk of heart attack or stroke. Admitting that Taxus stents cause blood clots, but not heart attacks or strokes has left many medical professionals quite confused, since it is widely known that blood clots can cause both of these life threatening conditions.
Perhaps Boston Scientific is worried about what life would look like if drug-coated stents were no longer used. It is estimated that Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson generated over $5 billion in drug-coated stent sales last year alone. Losing a vital revenue stream could be devastating for Boston Scientific. Wall Street is still wary about the company acquisition of Guidant, who is facing numerous lawsuits from patients who received faulty defibrillators and pacemakers. Boston Scientific also faces new competition in the stent market from Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic and Conor Medsystems.
Johnson & Johnson brought the first drug-coated stent,
<"http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/johnson_johnson_cypher_stent">Cypher, to market over three years ago. Drug-coated stents were introduced to combat restinosis, re-clogging of the arteries, that was common with plain metal stents. Restinosis often required the need for secondary angioplasty. Drug-coated stents, like Taxus and Cypher, use a drug and polymer coating to prevent Restinosis, making the need for secondary angioplasty less frequent.
Due to growing concern about blood clots, many doctors prescribe blood thinners for long periods of time after a drug-coated stent is used. However, the use of blood thinners also comes with risk.
<"http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/plavix">Plavix, a drug commonly prescribed to angioplasty patients, has been linked with serious ulcers. Other popular blood thinners, including Heparin and Lovenox, also come with a long list of potential side effects. The longer the blood thinners are prescribed, the greater the risk of experiencing their side effects.
[url=http://www.newsinferno.com/legal-news/defying-conventional-wisdom-boston-scientific-admits-taxus-stent-causes-blood-clots-but-not-heart-attacks-or-strokes/1233]Defying Conventional Wisdom, Boston Scientific Admits Taxus Stent Causes Blood Clots but not Heart Attacks or Strokes | NewsInferno[/url]
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So the FDA warned Wyeth about the dangers of Amiodarone in 2004 and they released the info 9 months later. Before I was started on it and Plavix. (an ulcer causing drug) I was told the pylori bacteria caused mine. Strangely from what I have read everybody has some pylori floating around. Again I was put on Coumadin several months later after my heart clot formed.
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My heart Doctors seemed to do all the wrong things.
So my whole point is; see a doctor because you have to get certain tests done routinely, to make a determination as to which course of action you want for yourself and or your doctor to take. Whether it be iodine supplement, surgery's, etc... So read, read, read, and don't ever totally believe as I did that most Doctors have your health in mind, instead of your wallet.


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Out of those two I would get the Dualsky since it can turn a bigger prop (lower kv).
However, I feel there must be something odd in you setup. The smaller Dualsky should be able to pull the plane vertically. Have you checked these:
- ESC throttle range setting (what ESC?)
- battery condition (fully charged, not too old)
- propeller mounting and balance
Do you have means to measure current, voltage and rpm? That would be a great help in troubleshooting.
IMO, that motor should be able to turn the 7 x 3.5 GWS at some 8800 rpm or more if the battery voltage is 7.4V. That would give some 175 g of thrust and your plane cannot even be close to that. Current draw should be around 4 A at that point, maybe a bit more.
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Yeah Finn I'm confused as well on it. The esc is a dualsky 6a.
http://www.dualsky.com/pro_list_for....nid=127&id=288. I'll have to snag a meter and bring it home today from work to measure current draw. I figured it wouldn't be blazing performance but should have been enough to at least hold the plane up. Lol.
Pretty sure I plugged in the fully charged battery I'll have to double check that.
I think I am going to order the other dualsky since it comes out $20 cheaper once I factor in shipping and the like. I'll fiddle around with the one I have maybe I have something goofy.
The Hacker A10-15S has a great reputation in the F3P competition scene, is a very dependable and powerful motor. I even use them on many of my lighter freestyle planes.
They weigh about 14g, and can be taped on with the provided mounts, which saves a few more grams.
Mine have taken a beating, and keep on going. They will cost about $6 more, but are well worth the extra cost.
Here is where I get mine,: http://www.aero-model.com/Hacker-Brushless-A10-15S.aspx
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Well maiden plus a couple flights in tonight. Still working on cg placement. May actuallybtry a slightly heavier battery because it seems I need a bit more nose weight. Flied the beat it seemed with my 240mah hyperions right up against the firewall. I have some 2s 450s that are a bit heavier that i may try and it might balance better. Flies level at about half throttle really nicely (trimmed in some up elevqtor though) and inverted with a bit more down elevator than i would expect. Roll to KE and it wants to pull around towards the canopy. Doesn't roll out of KE which is nice. And it does make it easy to fly KE in a circle. Hahaha. Need to get that sorted out.
How tight do I want to try and make my pull pulls on the elevator and rudder?
Definetly a different kind of feel flying this compared to what I am used to. Different in a good way. Once I can get it trimmed and balanced exactly the way I want it then it'll be very enjoyable to fly. Just need to get used to it not really floating at all but flying exactly where I point it. It is very precise.
Almost destroyed it on the third flight. Was a bit scary. Was inverted and elevator glitches or something because it was headed for the ground. Lol. Luckily rolled quick enough and pulled out enough to justpop the prop off and have a little scrape under the nose. Nothing really broke. Lol.
So if anyone has any trimming tips or balancing tips for dialing in a F3p plane that would be awesome. Can't wait to run a few more packs thru it tomorrow.
Most local guys prefer an F3P plane that needs some elevator to fly level, right side up and inverted. If you had to push more than expected when inverted, you might want to dial the CG back a bit. This is also a personal preference of course and the plane is not super sensitive to CG placement so you can experiment.
Which motor did you end up running? Did you find the reason for missing thrust?
The pull-pulls are somewhat tricky with depron since the airframe expands under warm conditions and shrinks if it is cool. That's why we here make the pull-pull strings easily adjustable. I'm using a system with adjustment screws in the servo horns. Works extremely well and does not change trims. I can put up some pictures later if needed. Basically they don't have to be super tight but when the surface is centered, there should be no slop.
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Cool I just have the lines not real tight but not slopping around. So I think I'm good there.
I did not find the reason for the missing thrust. Ordered the larger dualsky and it does the job perfectly. So that I am happy with.
I'll move the cg back some later and give that a try. When I was balancing it seemed to be pretty tail heavy when I moved it back at the recommended cg. I'm no expert so maybe it was just me. Hahaha.
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Still working on it but a video nonetheless
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Well mine is ready to install equpiment , weight so fare is 47 gr, this is without the canaliser and the smal pieces taht are going over the servoes.
Those I glue in when model is ready 47 gr will with the smal Dualsky and a 180mAh lipo get it just over 105 gr I hope...so now the snow can start falling so we can get inside the gyms
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Some photos of my RT Sirius Eleven.
Tiger Motor AT2204 (19 gram) on adjustable motormount, GWS 8040 prop (for the moment), aileron servo Hitec HS-5045HB (8,5 gram), elevator and rudder servos Hitec HS-5035HD (4.5 gram each), Futaba R6004FF receiver (~3 gram), DesirePower V8 300 mAh 35C 2S LiPo (~15 gram inkl cable and connector).
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When I first walked down the steps into the Charles Stuttig Locksmith shop on Greenwich Avenue, I smiled, thinking that this had to be the smallest shop on the Avenue. Then I realized the shop was not only the smallest, but was one of the oldest on the Avenue. Charlie Stuttig's father, Charles Stuttig Jr., started his locksmith shop in 1958 above the old Monte Carlo's Tailor shop, which his grandparents owned. As his business increased, Charles moved the shop to East Elm, right behind Da Vince's restaurant (which we still miss). Then in 1972, the building on the upper part of the Avenue was for sale, and Charles Jr. decided to buy it, locating the locksmith shop in the basement.
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While duplicating keys remains a primary part of the business, a common service is what is called a rekey service. A family or business might want to keep the same doorknobs or locks but have given away so many keys that they are uncertain who has access to the place. So all the doors are rekeyed to accept a new key and security is reestablished.
Of course, a locksmith is the first person one calls when locked out of a car or a house. Before we knew about Stuttig's, my husband and I were locked out of our house late one night. We had been dropped off from the airport and couldn't get in. We walked to a neighbor's (before cellphones) and called a 1-800 number. A guy came with an impressive truck but knew nothing about the lock business. At last I told him to take the hinges off the door. He worked on the hinges but couldn't succeed with that either, so we told him to leave. The minute he drove off, the door fell off its hinges and we were able to retrieve our key.
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We have read a great deal lately about Shingles, Rocky Mountain Spotted Tick Fever, West Nile Virus, Ebola and other horrible diseases.
But Oklahoma is facing a disease far more pernicious—Transparency Deficiency Disease.
It is caused by government officials at all levels who believe the people are subject to their will rather than being servants of the citizens.
There are far too many of them, starting with Gov. Mary Fallin. Her record on vigorous compliance with the Oklahoma Open Meeting and Open Records acts has been miserable.
It isn't just her office (which has twice won the Black Hole Award from a transparency advocacy group for thumbing its nose at citizens and journalists and public spirited commissioners), it is her boards and commissions—most recently the Pardon and Parole Board, which narrowly escaped prosecution, and the new Workers Compensation Commission, which had a criminal investigation dropped only after the assistant attorney general who advised them acknowledged he had given them had given incorrect advice.
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She awarded legal fees and costs of $41,324.25 to lawyers who had sued the City of Claremore because it refused to release dash cam video of a drunk driving arrest.
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That will be an expensive lesson for policy makers. What benefits could Claremore have provided its citizens without having to pay out that $41,324.25?
And how will taxpayers feel when they find out they are paying a judgment caused because their public officials decided their government should be able to operate behind the "Cone of Silence" ridiculed in the TV and movie hit Get Smart.
In Oologah, where field tapes are routinely available, we've seen a huge drop in the number of complaints against police when we say, "Sure, let's go over to the PD and look at the tape." Government needs to learn that in most case, transparency has value to everyone involved.
Dr. Joey Senat, probably the most knowledgeable advocate for Freedom of Information in the state, was very pleased with Friday's decision and predicts that transparency under the Open Meeting and Open Records acts will be a big factor in the November elections.
"The public should be angry with the (Claremore) officials who wouldn't provide the records and forced the lawsuit," said Senat, associate professor at the OSU School of Media and Strategic Communications and a major force in the statewide organization FOI Oklahoma, which supports the transparency laws and the First Amendment. "Unfortunately, the money comes out of taxpayers' pockets, not that of the government officials. If the officials had to pay out of their own pockets, perhaps they would be less pigheaded about denying access to public records.
"Public bodies should take note that plaintiffs who sue over Open Meeting Act violations now can recover their reasonable attorney fees. Taxpayers should be angry if money comes out of their pockets because of blatant disregard for the Open Meeting Act by elected and appointed officials.
"Voters should hold those officials accountable."
Transparency will likely to be an issue in many races this year, from Governor (Fallin's record has been abysmal while challenger Joe Dorman has promised to let the sunshine in), to District Attorney.
Claremore City Attorney Matt Ballard, the Republican DA candidate, has drawn two years of criticism for anti-transparency stands.
He is widely seen as anti-transparency in favor of closed-door, closed document government and as being responsible for the huge cost of the fruitless anti-citizen dash cam litigation.
When FOI Oklahoma issues its annual transparency pledge for candidates we hope he'll sign it—and if he does, we promise to publish it in full. A change in views would be welcome and we would call it a wise recognition of a growing problem, not a flip-flop.
Watch closely—events so far are just the tip of a Titanic-killer iceberg. The pandemic of Transparency Deficiency Disease just keep spreading. All of us need to understand how important this issue is to our future.
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WordPress in 2013 – Stats and InfoMolly Thornberg
WordPress – if you are a blogger, chances are you know this platform – and there is a strong chance that you use it! This platform has exploded in popularity, in fact- according to a a survey done by WP Engine, it was found that 29% of people know what WordPress is.
Elegant Themes recently attended Wordcamp San Francisco and put together a inforgraphic with fabulous information from Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress – "State of the Word". This graphic is full of interesting stats that compare WP in 2013 to previous years.
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"to look at" Italian translation
to look at {verb}
to look at {vb} (also: to refer to, to see)
If someone wants to look at the register, they have to travel abroad.
I have drawn up a report and invite all my fellow Members to have a look at it on the Internet.
If you look at the Report of Proceedings, you will see that what I said was that the subject was not on the Agenda.
Could you please have a look at the World Bank report from around two years ago, which analysed these costs.
I suggest that you look at the Rules.
to look at {v.t.}
to look at sb squarely
We need to get out of this blame game and start looking at this more as a team.
Can we have your assurance that your senior team is going to be open-minded and looking at these new solutions?
Synonyms (English) for "look at":
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Commissioner, could you please look at this in order that people are protected.
It is vitally important, when we look at emissions, to see where they take place.
And you look at Lenny and he's suffering. But not in a way that you want to stop.
Looking at the record, and I know the Commission has that in mind all the time.
This becomes clear when one looks at the past year and a half of its activities.
Let us not confine ourselves to looking at these two areas of budgetary policy.
(Laughter) And when you look at emotional engagement, it was completely different.
Yes, I believe we must look at the situation regarding the standards for GMOs.
So given a dozen news stories, we will preferentially look at the negative news.
I would ask the Commission to have a serious look at this problem of gold-plating.
The Commission must take a hard look at itself and think about who we represent.
If you look at the good projects, a lot of sanitation and water projects came in.
And I start with Galileo who used the world's first telescope to look at the Moon.
It's very easy to look at metal artifacts that we can show inside of the body.
We're going to look at the mid-ocean ridge, a 40,000-mile long mountain range.
She has earned it and to look at her she needs it, and she is not the only one.
Others will have to look at the legal aspects because I am not an expert on that.
I will look firstly at the reference to the Council of Europe's recommendation.
Therefore, we need corporate approach looking at alternative sources of energy.
We - the people looking at you - are the European Union's elected representatives.
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Daily Archive: August 20, 2004
Jenba /12-19 August 2004
Update on Operation Dove from Jenba, August 12-19, 2004
August 12. Meeting with local population. Gathered the following information: in 1966 in Jenba there were about 1000 people (25,000 in Yatta). In 1985-86 there were 40 houses, a mosque, an ancient (still visible) swimming pool, and 500 olive and fig trees and vines. In that year everything was destroyed by the army


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Providence Crowder, Kira Davis, Kevin Jackson, Jennifer Burke, and Alfonzo Rachel explain why they are Republican.
"Why I'm a Black Republican"
Veterans 4 Trump's POWERFUL Video that Will Chill You to the Bone!
WATCH: Hillary Clinton was for calling it a 'bombing' moments before she was against it #ChelseaNYC
Trump Calls Bernie Sanders 'Weak' For Letting 'Black Lives Matter' Interrupt His Speech
Krauthammer Believes Hillary Clinton Pneumonia Story and that Leaked Emails are 'Third Hand'
China Ready To Foreclose After Zillow Releases White House Real Estate Value
"All White People Owe Reparations. If You Don't Give It, We Coming To Take It."
NFL Bans Pro-Gun, Pro-Veteran Super Bowl Ad from Daniel Defense
American Fascists
Can Almighty God make a Rock He Can't Move? Alfonzo Rachel Answers
Baptist Preacher Yells At Congregation During What Some Are Calling A 'Hissy Fit' Sermon
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The Rock Has a Song For Hillary Clinton [Video]
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D.I.X.Y. stands for Double. I (one in roman numarals) and XY a modern man. so it is Double plus 1 = triple XY so XXXY which is an extra femine male
omg man he is such a Dixy
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Refers to women who have large areolas. The circumference of the top of a dixie cup would be comparable to the size of the areola.
LOVE Those Dixie's !!! "
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to watch out for a member of authority while a friend is doing something illegal or stupid. when they shout dixies it means you have to stop the illegal activity and run away.
bryan was rolling a fatty so i had to keep dixies.
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» Sign Up For Breaking News Alerts» Like Us On Facebook» Follow Us On TwitterSgt. Gary Stein, 26, was administratively separated from the Marine Corps with an "other than honorable" discharge, according to Brig. Gen. Daniel Yoo, who reviewed the findings of a separation board and agreed with them.Stein, who later qualified the statement, saying he would not follow any illegal orders from the president, went to federal court to try to get a preliminary injunction to prevent his discharge. But U.S. District Judge Marilyn Huff denied the request.Stein's lawyers said the Administrative Separation Board was unfair, because it refused to allow testimony from three experts in military law who would have testified on Stein's behalf.Huff said the military has a "process" to take care of such matters, saying the federal court would not get involved.Stein was put on notice of a possible violation of the Uniform Code of Justice last month after he wrote on Facebook that he would not follow certain orders from the president. He later clarified the comments, saying he would not follow any unlawful orders from the commander-in-chief. He further said he believed his online activity was protected under the First Amendment.Huff said she was troubled by Stein's posting, which read in part, "Screw Obama. I will not follow all orders from him."The judge told one of Stein's attorneys, "You understand it's a pretty sensitive comment that he made," adding, "He can't do that."Stein said his comment was made amid a heated political debate.The nine-year Marine said he was never told that anything he wrote was in violation of military policy."I followed everything I've been told," Stein said outside court.Looking back, he said he shouldn't have made the statements.Stein attracted national attention when he started the Armed Forces Tea Party Facebook page in 2010.In a lawsuit filed in federal court in San Diego, Stein alleged that during the 17-month period from November 2010 through March 1, neither his commanding officer nor any other officer tried to restrict his Facebook activities.He also argued that he was not told that his Facebook activities prejudiced order and discipline. The lawsuit claimed Stein's free speech rights were violated.


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You may have put lots of effort into preparing for a call with a customer but what can you do to ensure the execution goes well? I'd suggest by focusing on being present, your ability to execute a call is greatly improved.
In "The Power of Now," Eckhart Tolle talks about focusing on how being present can serve both you and the people around you. His ideas are best presented in his own words:
"Be present as the watcher of your mind – of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations. Be at least as interested in your reactions as in the situation or person that causes you to react. Notice also how often your attention is in the past or future. Don't judge or analyze what you observe. Watch the thought, feel the emotion, observe the reaction. Don't make a personal problem out of them. You will then feel something more powerful than any of those things that you observe: the still, observing presence itself behind the content of your mind, the silent watcher."
There may be many things going on at work for you: pressure to close the numbers for the quarter, dealing with a service issue at a critical customer or rumors that compensation plans are changing.
These all can cloud your interaction with your customer. When you walk into a customer meeting there is only one thing that matters in that next 60 minutes – your customer. The only thing you can have any influence on in that time is your customer – so BE there. Put yourself 100% into the NOW with your customer.
If during the interaction with your customer your emotions start kicking in (perhaps you are being challenged on your company's capabilities), don't let them take over your interaction. As Tolle says, "Watch the thought, feel the emotion, observe the reaction" and then move on.
By being in the present, your customer will notice the difference and you will have a much better meeting. You will capture more information, you can deal more effectively with objections and concerns and you have a better chance of creating rapport.
Getting into the "now" is a habit or even a skill. As such, it is something you can practice and get good at. Tolle comments how easy this can be when he says, "Through self-observation, more presence comes into your life automatically. The moment you realize you are not present, you are present."
Here are some specific steps I suggest for your consideration on your next sales call:
- Just before the sales call consciously bring yourself to the present. One way to do this is to take five deep breaths, drawing your attention to each one. Another is to acknowledge, but not dwell on, what is going on in your mind.
- During your meeting with your customer, pause and check in with yourself by asking "Am I present or did I drift to the past or future?" Find a cue to ask yourself this question a couple times during you meeting, such as writing a note in your notebook ahead of time.
As Tolle says, "Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have." Put some conscious effort into being present with your customer and see what results it brings you.
Do you have other ways to be present with your customer you could suggest?
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Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Ovarian Oncogenesis
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Charles Birse, Ph.D., lung biomarker group leader at Celera, reported that the currently available selection of lung cancer biomarkers is inadequate, represented by carcinoembryonic antigen, cytokeratin fragment 19, and neuron specific enolase. Not one of these markers provides the sensitivity and specificity required of a truly accurate diagnostic tool. This shortage has spurred the company's search for better serum markers. The huge range of concentrations of different proteins in serum makes the search difficult and requires that the 97% most concentrated proteins such as albumin and immunoglobulin be removed prior to evaluation. But albumin is notorious for binding to other proteins, and its elimination may inadvertently remove possible biomarkers. So Celera has an extensive program of discovery and validation, screening for shed proteins as well as cell-surface proteins in tissue specimens, cell lines, and serum samples. Using mass spec as a screening method, Celera researchers have identified over 500 possible disease-associated proteins. These investigations narrowed down the candidates that are expressed in the serum of patients, and finally yielded 27 targets as promising lung cancer biomarkers. The Celera researchers are also examining tissues, and Dr. Birse cautions that serum may not be appropriate for the validation of all biomarkers.
Pancreatic cancer results in 30,000 deaths per year in the U.S., almost equal to the number of new cases. The five year survival rate is less than 5%, reported Ru Chen, Ph.D., a research scientist in the department of medicine at the University of Washington. Early detection could significantly improve the prognosis of this deadly disease. When pancreatic cancer is detected in the early stage (when the tumor is smaller than 2 cm), the five-year survival rate is about 46%. Dr. Chen's screening program is similar to many other cancer biomarker searches described in this article, including evaluation of pancreatic tissue, pancreatic secretions, and serum profiles from patients and matched controls. Proteins from normal and cancerous tissue are differentially labeled, broken into peptides, and affinity separated. This allows protein classification according to whether they are increased, decreased, or remain at the same level in the normal as compared to the malignant tissue. Dr. Chen and her colleagues identified 500 pancreatic proteins that were unchanged, 95 that were upregulated, and 61 that were downregulated. They then designed a microarray platform in which paraffin specimens from a variety of normal and diseased tissue were mounted on an assembly that scanned them, using standard pathology staining, immunofluorescence staining, and immunohistochemistry.
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Entering a New Market: Building Versus Buying
Feb 6, 2012|
Victoria's Custom House provided a key component for Western Union to enter a new market.
When a big business decides to enter a new market, a question inevitably pops up: Should it build a new operation, or buy an existing one and convert it to a division of the parent company?
The Problem
In 2008 the storied telegraph company, Western Union, based in Colorado, was at the top of its game. It had built a multi-billion-dollar business ($5.2 billion in revenue in 2010) by providing money-transfer services, largely to consumers and some small and medium-sized businesses in small towns throughout the U.S. But it couldn't supply services demanded by increasingly global businesses. To access the $24-billion international B2B market, it had to create a system that could lead the company to being an international payments company.
The Solution
Western Union was big in America's small towns, but had little presence internationally. When it came to international payments, most small businesses were forced to use the traditional banking system. Western Union saw an opportunity for a payment processor that could set up a dominant global system.
When Western Union decided to move into this market, it faced the classic buy-or-build decision: Should it build its own business in the Western Union style, or should it simply buy an existing business with international B2B money transfer services?
Both options had problems. Building would involve creating a division that was foreign to a company culture that was based on consumer money transfers. Buying was difficult because no existing companies did exactly what Western Union wanted.
However, in Victoria, B.C., Custom House Currency Exchange was familiar with the territory. It had grown an international foreign-exchange business by providing fast and cost-effective money transfer services throughout the world. While it wasn't exactly what Western Union was looking for, it could provide a base from which to create a powerful international B2B payments platform.
In 2009, Western Union paid US$370 million for Custom House, which instantly gave it access to a growing international payments system that included a foreign exchange component. From Custom House, it created a Business Solutions division, adding to it with the subsequent acquisitions of some smaller European payments companies, and the payments system unit from a British company called Travelex.
Today, the Victoria operation has been turned into Western Union's product management and technology centre, which employs about 100 people in Vancouver and Victoria. The centre focuses on product innovation, something Custom House excelled at when it was bought.
With the Travelex Unit's B2B payments system added to the former Customs House platform, Western Union is poised to dominate the international small business B2B payments market. It now operates in 18 countries and claims to be the world's leading non-bank provider of cross-border business payments. In 2012, it plans to continue expanding globally.
• Know what you do well.
Western Union's expertise was in money transfer, so it was an obvious step to do that for businesses internationally.
• Building isn't always the right option.
Buying a company can ramp up a new service much faster.
• Assemble the right parts.
After it acquired Custom House as a base, Western Union added other components that helped it build a dominant cross-border business payments system.


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Randal C. Picker : Courses and Seminars
Secured Transactions
This course deals with the many legal issues that come into play when there are collateralized loans for which the collateral is personal property. Students focus on Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code, and other related laws. This form of lending is central to our economy, and the applicable legal doctrines are ones that every corporate and commercial lawyer should firmly grasp. The course is a useful, though not absolutely essential, preparation for Bankruptcy and Reorganization: The Federal Bankruptcy Code (LAWS 73601). The student's grade is based on a proctored final examination.
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Antitrust Law
This course provides an introduction to the law of antitrust. The course focuses on the practices by which competing firms eliminate, or are alleged to eliminate, competition among themselves. The practices considered include formal cartels, price-fixing conspiracies, conscious parallelism, trade association activities, resale price maintenance, and mergers to monopoly and other types of horizontal merger. The course also looks at the practices by which firms, either singly or in combination, exclude actual or potential competitors from their markets, by means of practices such as boycotts, predatory pricing, tying arrangements, vertical integration, and price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Act. Both price and non-price vertical restrictions are considered. The grade is based on a final in-class examination.
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Technology Policy
This seminar will look at a mixture of old and new materials on technology and the law, with a special focus on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property. We typically read 2-5 recent books. Students write blog posts on the readings which will be posted on the class blog. Students will also comment on posts by other students. The blog postings do not fulfill one of the substantial writing requirements. By default, this seminar is 2 credits, but you can earn a third credit if you choose to write a meaningful additional independent study paper for 1 credit. The syllabus for the seminar is at http://picker.uchicago.edu/seminar/syllabus.htm and the class blog is at http://picker.typepad.com/picker_seminar/. The student's grade is based on class and blog participation.
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Coding HTML for email can be tough. If you've missed even just a closing tag when coding, your entire email can be sabotaged. If you've included video, Flash, rollovers, JavaScript or even a simple picture or text, chances are it won't show up the way you wanted it to—that is, if it even shows up at all.
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Firefighters were responding to calls for a forest fire off Fishing Creek Valley Road in Middle Paxton Township Tuesday afternoon.
The fire was called into Dauphin County dispatchers at 3:45 p.m. for 73 Fishing Creek Valley Road, also known as Route 443, according to dispatchers.
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