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SUMMIT — Girls of all ages will enjoy another night on the town when Summit Downtown, Inc. hosts a Girls' Night Out event on Thursday, Sept. 30, from 5-9:30 p.m.
Summit has hosted two Girls' Night Out events, both of which were huge successes with participants and merchants alike, according to an SDI spokesperson. Admission is free and participants will enjoy a variety of discounts and special promotions from all of the participating retailers, restaurants and other downtown businesses.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the event online so that they are eligible to win the Grand Prize as well as other prizes. Registration can be found at summitdowntown.org and will be open from Sept. 1-28.
Attendees will begin the evening by checking in at one of three welcome booths, where
they will receive a free goodie bag (while supplies last) and guide to the evening's events. The welcome tables will serve both pre-registered and walk-up participants and will be located at the Beechwood Promenade at Beechwood Road and Bank Street, the Summit Promenade on Springfield Avenue, and in front of 335 Springfield Ave. at Cove Carpet.
Once checked in, women will hit the downtown with friends to visit their favorite Summit shops for fabulous finds and deals before grabbing a bite at one of Summit's great dining establishments. Women of all ages and townships are welcome to attend.
A variety of musicians will be around the downtown to add to the ambiance of the evening. A caricaturist will again be part of the entertainment offerings.
"This event will offer residents and other area women the experience of our unique shopping opportunities and quality service available in Summit," said Nanette Kryston, chairperson of Summit Downtown Inc.
"Now more than ever, our decisions to shop locally can make the difference in the survival of small businesses. We hope women will come out for a fun evening to support their favorite businesses, discover new favorites, and share what Summit has to offer with their friends."
Further details on the event, including a list of participating businesses, will be continuously updated on the SDI website at summitdowntown.org or made available by calling their office at 908-277-6100.

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A 31-year-old Phillipsburg woman and a 46-year-old Trenton man were jailed Monday after Nazareth police saw them sell drugs in a sting, according to court papers.
Tasha Lynn Hornbaker, of the first block of Heckman Street, and Terrence L. Horton, of the 500 block of Brunswick Avenue, were in a gray Pontiac sedan about 5 p.m. in the 100 block of Easton Road when they were approached by a man as police watched, court papers say.
The man, who police did not identify, spoke with Hornbaker about buying drugs and gave Horton, who was in the front seat, recorded money in exchange for heroin, court papers say.
Hornbaker, Horton and two other people were taken into custody, police said. A 2-year-old was in a car seat behind Horton, court papers say. Police did not say if the other two people were charged.
A Nazareth officer recovered $280 of the $300 in recorded bills from the Pontiac, and Hornbaker and Horton were each holding more of the bills as they were arrested, court papers say. Horton had $597 in additional cash in his wallet, according to court papers.
Police report having recovered 20 packets of heroin from the buyer's pocket. Horton allegedly had 45 packets of heroin and seven bags of marijuana.
Hornbaker and Horton are charged with possession with intent to sell heroin, conspiracy counts related to drug possession, intent to deliver and possession of paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a child.
Both were arraigned early this morning before District Judge John Capobianco in Nazareth and sent to Northampton County Prison. Horton's bail was set at $25,000, while Hornbaker's was set at 10 percent of $10,000. Both remained jailed this afternoon.
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Residents of Kochville Township and those who still want to stay and live in our rural county atmosphere, I would like to refer to a Sept. 28 article in The Saginaw News about developer John Leuenberger's effort to convince Saginaw Valley State University students to change their home address to a Kochville address in order to be able to gain votes to defeat the zoning referendums in this township as well as other articles on student vote impacts.
The concern I have, as do many other taxpaying fellow permanent residents is not that young voters should not exercise their right to vote. No, it falls rather into the knowledge and responsibility of a long-term impact of what their vote can bring on local issues.
I ask that consideration and good conscience in their behalf should be exercised as to what and how we as permanent residents will have to live and pay with after the votes are counted. Remembering that after the votes are cast, their decisions on how and what to vote will stand after their two- to four-year temporary and short stay is completed here. What needs to be considered as they vote is the long-term and negative side effects those votes could cause, not a legacy to be proud of.
Student voting for the sake of promoting rezoning and candidates who support irresponsible development will devastate our most restricted zoned areas. Developers of course, as The News article mentioned, continue to target students' registration at a local level.
Their goal, as I see it, is to gain additional votes that will help in defeating zoning referendums and to elect officials who will deliver their development agenda.
We all have the right to petition, the right to referendum and the right to recall. These are all constitutional rights that no one should take lightly and must be available in this community without deliberate obstacles thrown in front of them. Be assured that this type of political undermining is a reality, and the results of this type of activity by those involved will cost everyone dearly in the form of higher taxes.
Yes, not only by decimation of the quality of life we enjoy, but also by these tactics of undermining our constitutional rights.
As for The Saginaw News, I agree that young voters should be registered for the national and state elections. However, your pretentious articles in the paper do recognize and contribute to the rise of those obstacles that will skew the elections, leaving a negative impact at our community level.
Your articles seem to exclusively target student voters to do just that. In doing that you are contributing to the difference of a local election result that may be irresponsible and unjust to this community, my family and neighbors -- the real stakeholders of Kochville.
Yes, the students could very well change the landscape of this township, but do you really feel that's right and that is what we really want? How community responsible do you feel your recent articles are to our small township? We have enough problems protecting the community from the sinister activities of some developers.
If you don't believe me, then you should ask residents who pay the taxes in Kochville if they want SVSU students to have the final say for what we, the permanent residents, want and don't want. While you are doing that, ask them why the majority continue to show up at the Kochville Township Hall to vote in support of those items that secure our rural peaceful community and quality of life.
As I was finishing this letter I had a knock at my door. It was four SVSU students trying to hand out campaign door hangers promoting Supervisor Bourdow for write-in candidate. Their job was to cover all Kochville Township. So much for democracy.
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New mobile maps put the geology of three of Oregon's volcanic areas into the hands of hikers bound for Mount Hood, the Three Sisters and Crater Lake.
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries is offering its geologic guide and recreation map series as mobile maps through the PDF Maps app for Apple and Android. The series offers trailside geology along with distance, elevation and amenities. The maps were made using lidar technology.
The mobile maps get a boost with features like being able to track location on the map, measure distance, add geo-tagged photos and drop placemarks at points of interest. Maps are downloaded to the mobile device, making multiple maps easy to access.
The series features new-generation maps created with lidar technology for the ultimate in outdoor exploration. The Mount Hood and Three Sisters maps include distances and elevations for 70-plus trails, including the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. The Crater Lake map shows distances and elevations for all park trails, including the PCT. Maps also include highways, service roads, wilderness areas and recreation spots.
To get the maps, download the free PDF Maps app from Apple or Android app stores, then search the in-app Map Store for DOGAMI (Oregon geology department). Two map sides are available for each destination; each side is 99 cents.
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KILLINGTON Two people are scheduled to be arraigned today on drug charges following a traffic stop Saturday night.
Johanna M. Dorsey, 23, of Sudbury, is facing a felony possession charge after a search of her vehicle revealed 21 bags of heroin, police said. According to police, Dorseys passenger, Saiquan W. Robinson, 37, of Brooklyn, N.Y., fled on foot after police found him in possession of Ecstasy.
State police and officers from Killington and Rutland City, who used a police dog, tracked down Robinson and took him into custody.
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Reser's Fine Foods has expanded its recall of prepared salads and other ready-to-eat items over fears they're contaminated with listeria.
The expanded recall covers everything from pasta and potato salad to chicken, fish and other items. All of the recalled products were produced at Reser's plant in Topeka, Kansas. The company is based in Beaverton.
The company asked consumer's to check expiration dates of any Reser's product to make sure it's not being pulled. Consumers can check a list of recalled items on its website. The recalled salads, which include hundreds of items, were distributed nationwide and to Canada.
It's not clear why the company has expanded the recall, which was announced last week. It follows an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration after Canadian health authorities discovered the listeria contamination through microbiological testing. FDA inspectors, who visited the Kansas plant, found the possibility for cross contamination.
Reser's president, Mark Reser, said the company was trying to correct the problem. "Our greatest concern is food safety; therefore, we are acting with speed and focusing on plant sanitation, increased testing and food handling practices while we continue to investigate," Reser said in a statement.
The company said there were no confirmed illnesses associated with the recall. Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people or those with compromised immune systems. It can also cause stillbirths and miscarriages.
For more information, contact the company's hot line at 888-257-7913. Consumers should discard the recalled items. The company is offering a full refund.
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FLINT, MI – The Supreme Court gave people at this year's annual "Pride in the Park" event at Riverbank Park in downtown Flint, Saturday, June 29, an extra reason to celebrate.
Co-organizer Rev. Edwin Yates of Metropolitan Community Church of Flint planned to wed three couples in a symbolic ceremony that gay rights supporters how one day will become law.
"It's a symbol of saying we are recognized as good people,"
said Yates.
The Supreme Court's this week ruled that it is unconstitutional for states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed under the laws of other states and that federal marriage benefits should be granted to same-sex couples.
"It's going to give us a little more positive feelings," he said, hoping the Supreme Court's decision might influence a statewide gay marriage nitiative in Michigan in the future.
The Pride in the Park event featured various vendors offering colorful T-shirts and LGBT-themed artwork, entertainers dressed in drag, a retro pin up contest and an inter-gender beauty pageant and free HIV testing from Wellness AIDS Services of Flint. Pure Pro Wrestling also held a pair of "Fight for Your Rights" wrestling matches.
"There's more to LGBT pride than drag or dance," Yates said, citing social activities, activism and outreach as important factors. "Not everybody in the LGBT community is part of Dykes on Bikes, drag queens ... we'll have truckers, teachers, doctors, lawyers ... you'll have people of all walks of life. It doesn't mean they're gay or lesbian, bi or trans, but it means they're supportive of the community."
Kevin Pastor viewed the outing as an outlet to celebrate his pride.
Raised in Miami, he had moved to Lansing when he was 29 to attend Michigan State University and to be with his partner. Pastor is gay.
"I started my own life," Pastor, 34, said. "I love it."
Though Pastor viewed the recent DOMA ruling as a victory, he said the battle was won but the war continues toward equality for same-sex couples.
"It starts with gender equality," he said. "Males are still superior to females. That's the main structure that divides us, and it's so powerful."
Dar Moore had traveled from Detroit as part of Dykes On Bikes, a motorcycle club for lesbian women. She looked forward to "communing with our community."
"We're here to represent and support our pride," Moore, 50, said.
Rev. Stephanie Sorensen of The Life Enrichment Center in Flint had stationed a booth in Riverbank Park. She had taken a break to walk across Saginaw Street where other festivities had been taking place.
"We're all about love," Sorensen said in response to why her organization had engaged in the event. "Love doesn't have a gender."
Yates shared a personal notion behind his celebration of "Pride in the Park."
"That's what part of these events are trying to do -- is let the world know 'You don't want us in your bedroom, so why do you want to be in ours?' " he said.
The event was sponsored by Wellness AIDS Services, Genesee County Healthy Sexuality Coalition, PFLAG of Genesee County and other organizations. A complete schedule of events can be found at the Wellness AIDS Services booth in front of the UM-Flint pavilion.
"These types of events are really important to affirm the LGBT community and acknowledge that we're here and part of the Flint community," said Stevi Atkins, chief executive officer of Wellness AIDS Services. "This year we're celebrating the Supreme Court ruling and we're excited to have everyone out today."
The event continues until 7 p.m.


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Mountain View a lot of course for the price
COURSE INFO (Blue-Red)
Address: 3200 Mountain View Dr., Graysville
Phone: 205-674-8362
Web site: NA
Par: 35-36-71
Yardage: 4,789 to 6,195 yards
USGA course rating: 67.3 to 69.4
Slope rating: 108 to 120
Greens: Bermuda
Green fee: $30 Monday-Friday/$36 Saturday-Sunday
Date played: Oct. 10, 2008
With three nine-hole layouts - Red, White and Blue - Mountain View is a lot of course. We played the Blue nine, followed by the Red nine. The layouts aren't very long - the Red side is longest at 3,162 yards from the tips. That doesn't mean the course can be overpowered, though. Several holes leave you little choice but to play it safe. For example, the 410-yard fifth hole on the Red side is probably the shortest par-5 I've ever played. But the hole plays up a sizable hill, meaning the average golfer will face a 200-yard uphill approach to the green. The Blue nine starts off with a tricky downhill par-3 (118 to 170 yards). That is followed by three par-4s that require accuracy off the tee. Tee shots to the wrong side of the fairway leave you no shot to the green. The second (322 to 423 yards) plays downhill over two small ponds, one sitting in front of the tee and a second in front of the green. The seventh is another short par-5 that almost has to be played as a three-shot hole. The card says the hole is 503 yards from the back tees, but there's no way that's right. A good drive will leave you 170 yards or less to the green, but a creek and a row of trees make it nearly impossible for the average golfer to attack the green. On the Red side, the par-4 third (266 to 431 yards) is my favorite. From the elevated tee, the view is beautiful - made slightly less attractive by now being able to see Corridor X. It plays downhill with a steep slope on the left that occasionally helps errant tee shots find the fairway.
Score: 6 (out of 10)
While Mountain View has 27 holes to offer, one thing it doesn't have is a driving range. There are two nets you can hit irons into if you want to warm up a little. The practice green is plenty big and a good representation of what you'll find on the course. The pro shop doesn't have a whole lot to offer - a few shirts, hats and other items. The grill, when up and running, offers burgers, hot dogs and other sandwiches, as well as a good variety of snack foods.
Score: 3 (out of 5)
You won't get a whole lot of attention at Mountain View, but everyone was engaging and offered a smile, at least making you feel like they were glad to have you at their course. The service at the grill was thorough. You're not likely to see a beverage cart on the course, but a handful of water coolers will help keep your thirst quenched. We also didn't see a ranger on the course, but the pace of play didn't really warrant one.
Score: 3 (out of 5)
This is where Mountain View comes through big. The 18-hole rates of $30 on a weekday and $36 on the weekend is pretty good. But the fall weekday rate of $1 more for the other nine holes is a bargain. Plus, they seem to have a lot more course than they do players, so getting on is rarely a problem. The course was in decent shape - the greens were better than expected, while the fairways seemed to be in need of a little water - so you're getting a good return for your money. It doesn't rank on my ''must play'' list like FarmLinks or Limestone Springs, but it's well worth a look.
Score: 9 (out of 10)
Final score: 21 (out of 30)
Kent Kasey is a member of The Birmingham News' sports staff. Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Atlas reader Ed F. expressed his outrage to Urban Outfiitters for this brutal, bloody Jew hating tee shirt. They responded but this is not the first time Urban Outfitters engaged in the promotion of cultural jihad. This has happened many times (see links below). Clearly, they have Islamists and Jihad lovers on their buying staff ........... why haven't they been fired? This is no accident. My kids are banned from the store. BASTA! This is a campaign to demonize Jews mainstreaming antisemitsm by making it part of cultural lore.
From: Tracey Strober [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:10 PM
To: Edward F
Subject: RE: Fresh Jive Victimized Tee Shirt
Thank you for contacting us. We apologize for offending you with our t-shirt selection.
Please understand that we do not buy items to provoke controversy or to intentionally offend. We have pulled this item in all of our locations and will no longer be selling it online either.
We appreciate your concerns and our customer's opinions are always welcomed and greatly appreciated.
Thank you for taking the time to express your opinion in this matter and I hope that you will continue to shop with us in the future
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From: Edward F
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:04 PM
To: Richard A. Hayne Cc: Tedford G. Marlow; Scott A. Belair; Joel S. Lawson; Freeman M. Zausner
Subject: Fresh Jive Victimized Tee Shirt
Dear Mr. Hayne:
It has come to my attention that Urban Outfitters may now be selling a product called the "Fresh Jive Victimized Tee". A picture of the shirts is pasted below. This is an openly anti-Israel shirt which glorifies Palestinian terrorism and child abuse. Please allow me to express my disgust. It is appalling.
Ed F
New York
Check out previous Urban Outfitter propaganda:
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Is recruiting heating up for Nick Saban and his program over the next few days?
Two coveted recruits with a lot of love for UA -- Corey Grant and Brian Vogler -- are slated to make their announcements shortly.
Vogler, a touted tight end prospect from Georgia's Brookstone School, has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at noon at his school. Grant, an Opelika High star and two-time Class 6A 100-meter champ, will announce at noon Thursday at the school.
Might want to pay attention...
Our own reporter Doug Segrest visited the 5-foot-10, 190-pound Grant recently, and the result was this article in today's News. While one may think it's tough to pull a guy like Grant out of Auburn's backyard, this guy seems to be pretty open about Alabama, Auburn, and Florida.
"I just want to get everything out of the way so I can focus on school," Grant told Segrest Monday. "It will be somewhere I'm most comfortable."
Grant, a four-star prospect by both services, is one of the country's top 30 backs. What does his coach think of him?
"He's always been fast," Opelika coach Brian Blackmon said. "He's gotten a lot stronger. He put on 10 pounds to get to 190, then ran a faster time (at the state track meet)."
BamaOnLine.com and TideSports.com provide some info on Vogler, a four-star tight end who recently visited UA.
The 6-foot-7, 240-pounder will choose between Alabama and Oklahoma. Reports indicate UA may be the leader.
"Alabama is only three hours away," Vogler said. "And that's a good thing because I could easily have my parents there for every game."
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ABB, a leading power and automation technology
group, and Baldor Electric Co., a North
American leader in industrial motors, have agreed that ABB will acquire Baldor
in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including $1.1
billion of net debt. The deal is subject to regulatory and shareholder
approval, but the combined company would become an even larger market leader in
industrial motion control.
"The value in this acquisition is mainly in
the fit between the two companies. The product lines are highly complementary
and there is almost no overlap," says Bob Fesmire, media relations manager for
Baldor is a leading manufacturer of electric
motors that fall under the NEMA specifications for the North American market,
and ABB offers motors with the IEC standard that basically serves Europe and
the rest of the world. "ABB is a major supplier of drives and motor
controllers, so we see a lot of synergy between marrying ABB drives with Baldor
motors," says Fesmire.
"Geographically, Baldor has a large footprint
in the U.S. market while ABB has a stronger market presence in other parts of
the world. The acquisition is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval,
but we're looking at the first quarter of next year to close the deal," he
The acquisition is expected to create growth,
enabling ABB to penetrate the North American
industrial market by using Baldor's strong
North American market access and allow Baldor to expand globally by using ABB's
distribution network abroad.
Approximately 30 percent of Baldor's revenue
comes from mechanical power transmission products such as gears and bearings. That
is a business where ABB has not been involved historically, but it offers a
major growth opportunity in the future.
Energy efficiency is another a key area for
the two companies with new U.S. standards implemented on December 19, 2010 that
will require motors sold after that date to meet the new standards. Baldor has
already been selling NEMA motors under the new standard, and have a robust
product line-up of energy efficient motors in an area that is expected to grow
10 to 15 percent in 2011. Similar regulations are expected in Canada, Mexico
and in the European Union beginning in 2011.
"Baldor is a great company with an extremely
strong brand in the world's largest industrial market," says Joe Hogan, ABB's
CEO. "Baldor's product range and regional scope are highly complementary to
ours and give both companies significant opportunities to deliver greater value
to our customers."
John McFarland, Chairman of the Board and CEO
of Baldor, comments: "Our Board of Directors believes this transaction is in
the best interest of our shareholders, our employees and our customers. We are
very pleased that ABB will locate its motor and generator business headquarters
for North America in Fort Smith and we are confident that the combined global
platform will be well positioned to capitalize on meaningful growth
opportunities in the future." It's been announced that McFarland will stay with
the combined business to support a successful integration.
Ron Tucker, Baldor's current president
and COO, and CEO designate will run Baldor including the mechanical power
transmission products business, and ABB's motor and generator business in North
America after the transaction is completed.


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FLINT, MI -- When Rich Wallen crossed the finish line three minutes before 4 p.m. on Monday, tears flowed from his eyes.
The 74-year-old Flushing man, running his 100th marathon on April 21, had run the Boston Marathon 14 times before. But this one, a year after terrorists planted bombs that killed three and injured hundreds more, was special.
"Everyone was in such good spirits," said Wallen, who finished in 4:48:11. He was one of 19 Genesee County runners to start the race after 25 qualified. "There were people everywhere.
"When we were attacked by evil, they did everything they could to knock us down. But what we learned today is that America is strong. Boston is strong and handled the race with class."
Wallen said security, as expected, was tight, with heavy police presence, no backpacks allowed, blocked-off spectator areas and a long walk for participants to the starting corrals, but it didn't seem to dampen spirits.
"The police were totally in control and it was a comfortable experience," Wallen said. "They really did a good job."
Paul Zieske, 53 of Linden, was with Wallen and his group after the race. An Ironman race regular -- he's done seven of them now -- he called the crowd "Nothing like I'd ever seen in my life." As many as a million people were expected to turn out to celebrate the marathon
The town of Wellesley, Mass., home to the all-girls Wellesley College and the official halfway point of the race, is known for its "scream tunnel," creating noise aimed to help keep runners' adrenaline going.
"Once we got passed that, it seemed like we were in Wellesley the rest of the way," said Ziekse, who finished in 3:24:27. "People were stacked three and four deep up against the barrier. It was quite a day."
Zieske said bags, as expected, were nowhere to be seen and police used a wand on entrants to detect for any metal or explosives. An extra emphasis was placed on those participating -- "If you're running around with a race number, you better have credentials" -- but things, he said, went off without a hitch.
"It really wasn't a problem at all," Zieske said. "It did nothing to dampen the experience."
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Who's next for Jets owner Woody Johnson and GM Mike Tannenbaum, now that they've rubbed out "Sopranos" star Eric Mangini? It's anybody's guess. These are the Jets, after all.
Try these names on for size: Former Giants coach Jim Fassel, ex-49ers/Lions coach Steve Mariucci and Marty Schottenheimer, most recently of the Chargers.
Stay with us here. After making a few phone calls to NFL executives around the league, it seems unlikely that an all-powerful wannabe ex-coach such as Bill Cowher would ever come aboard as long as Tannenbaum runs the show. And Johnson made it clear this morning he believes in a clear separation of powers between his head coach and top football czar.
Since Mangini was a young, first-time head coach who was obscure to most not connected to the patriots at the time, the thinking is that Tannenbaum won't want to go the untested route again. He can't afford to strike out twice on a young gun.
Bringing us to Fassel, Mariucci and Schottenheimer, all mentioned by at least one of the NFL voices we talked to this afternoon.
The Jets are hoping 39-year-old QB Brett Favre will opt to come back. Why, we don't really understand, other than Woody is starstruck. So Fassel and Mariucci would be excellent choices because of the expertise with QBs. Don't forget, either, that Mariucci used to be Favre's QB coach in Green Bay and they remain incredibly tight.
Schottenheimer still has a bad taste in his mouth from his firing in San Diego after the 2006 season. His son, Brian, is the Jets' offensive coordinator, so the Jets wouldn't have to change their offense. That would be a huge plus in Favre's eyes, if he truly intends to reload for a 19th season.
The downside? Good luck getting an old-time coach to accept all the "Favre Rules." Brett calls the shots when it comes to attending off-season conditioning programs, minicamps and anything else that can be perceived as "voluntary."
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Boys basketball: Short-handed Wolves lose to Meridian
Missing three of its top six players, the Coupeville High School boys basketball team was no match for Meridian in its 76-23 loss on the Trojans' floor Saturday, Dec. 4.
Among the missing for the Wolves was all-league post Hunter Hammer, starting guard Tyler King and sixth man Dalton Engle.
Meridian, which finished second in the state last year and with expectations of an equally strong season this winter, took advantage of the short-handed Wolves in the season opener for both teams.
Hunter could be out for a month with back problems, Coupeville coach Randy King said. Engle, fighting knee tendonitis, hopes to be back soon.
Tyler King, who missed the Meridian game because he was on a college recruiting trip, will be on hand when Coupeville plays next, this Friday, Dec. 10, in the league opener at Archbishop Thomas Murphy.
Coach King said, "That will give us one more bullet for our gun."
The short-handed Wolves failed to score in double figures in any quarter and trailed 25-6 at the end of the first period and 44-15 at the break.
Ben Hayes provided most of the offense with 14 points. Mitch Pelroy had four, Ian Smith three and Nevin Miranda two.
Coach King said two freshmen, Ben Etzell and Gavin O'Keefe, were forced into duty and saw significant playing time.
The Wolves shot just 25 percent from the field and hit just five of 16 free throws. They also committed 19 turnovers to the Trojans' 11 and were out rebounded 34-17.
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The council voted unanimously to revoke the club's business license.
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A Taipei City councilor demanded cancer warnings be placed on Coca-Cola products warning that they contain a coloring ingredient containing a possible carcinogen. The company however said that the product is safe.
Councilor Kao Chia-yu noted 4-methylimadazole (4-MEI) in the ingredient, which gives Coca-Cola the caramel color, has been listed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer among its possibly carcinogenic Group 2B compounds.
Kao said that as cancer has been the top killer in Taiwan over the past 30 years, the nation must be cautious about any possible carcinogenic substances.
She told a press conference that Coca-Cola Taiwan has no plans to change the formulation of the drink, and the Department of Health (DOH) must take action.
The Coca-Cola Company altered the coloring formulation for California earlier this year to avoid putting cancer warning labels on its drinks after the U.S. state listed the chemical as a probable carcinogen.
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If the booms are causing the wag via turbulence, I doubt that any fin size would help much.
It would possibly help... but only a small percentage improvement. Because length is still not going to get them out of the turbulence anyway - the real issue would be no nice flow to even have a fin gain 'linearity' from.
eg Imagine a nice flow of air, as per a normal fin would have... but in this case there is turbulence and 'void' either side of the fin(s) anyway, so the fin will never have 'solid' air to guide it straight anyway. A bigger fin would gain a BIT from its area, but still never has a solid flow either side.
It is very hard to measure, but I am guessing it does NOT even get better with speed. Though it LOOKS better.
Because it is moving much faster, the yaw amount becomes a smaller percentage of forwards travel distance anyway - thus looks less. The greater turbulence effect at higher speed, versus a bit more 'laminar' direction flow to the fins (also thanks to higher speed) might swing the dominant factor a bit one way or the other - and by visual, maybe that bit less look in yawing.
When I had it go a bit psycho on landing correction with aileron, that aileron use probably caused a bit of yaw too, which then brought the boom's effect more into play (they wouldn't really care about roll change), creating turbulence, which then causes more yaw (which way?).... and then a form of see-sawing yaw and roll motion unfolded.
Luckily it was a reducing pattern, not an escalating one!! But I am sure that if there was a resultant that escalated, a LOT more people would have found out by now! (crash!). LOL
Maybe it is linked to those boom front ends being AHEAD of CofG... thus a rightwards yaw at the tail, is a leftwards yaw of that 'up front fin' of the boom... totalling to the bit of weirdness we see. (yawing/wagging).
And the real one not doing it, because the root cause is at the boom thickness of the Durafly, which the real ones don't have and thus this issue never even gets 'started' in the real one. Or they may have other flow factors added that already account for it, if it had ever happened in their testings.
And maybe it was why there weren't many twin boom high-tail jets really.....
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You can fit about 50mm wide and 44mm high... length is less critical - 136mm is fine.. probably to 150mm region, but depending on your RX etc in there too.
BUT you might not be able to place a particular weight battery well enough to balance correct CofG.
If you break off the rear end vertical plate in the battery area then you can go a bit more rearwards into the plane (for heavier batteries).
But note my use of VELCRO on the floor and under batteries!! To assure they cannot move laterally or longitudally.
You can use this 6S as a size and weight reference of something that can sit to the rear end of the tray, and easily fit, plus balance out well.
This 4S 3300mAH should be close to the same sort of thing:
This 4S 4000mAH would probably get away with it really (much like the 3300mAH 6S can)
Note the 4S 4500mAH 45C Nano is CHEAPER! But a bit larger (still fit) and heavier too.
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Hopefully my Hatcam videos turn out ok. Boy was it waggling around today.
And right into touchdown too.
Had a close call with using an already flown battery by mistake, oops!
Got full power take-off and circuit back to me and then 'Brrrrrrrrr' LVC........
Luckily that occurred just as it passed overhead at about 20ft and I heard it clearly, plus instantly went into "emergency landing mode" with no "thinking time" to guess what might be wrong.... because that was the one chance to immediately do a short base run to come around for landing right away!
One boo-boo was choosing to belly land!! In hindsight I could have got the gear down but I think in the very short time frame to rapidly assess the path and wind etc, I didn't think the main gear (Lander's that run SLOW) would get down in time - but really, in the time frame that unfolded (20secs or so?) I am sure it would have.
It is very slick underneath, so it skated WAY across the oval - from mid oval touchdown to right off the other end of the field - plus because of the high speed that immediate turn to land had.
It skated through the boundary line water pipe fence 'gap'!! Phew!! It if had hit a vertical pole it would not have been happy! (or me)
So it lived for another day... and a few more flights, with charged batteries!
But I did walk away, after the next two flights, thinking I wish I had not bought one and would not recommend it to anyone - it is just a bad flying plane. (versus my other 30+ as references)
If you weer tossing up over Vixen or Vampire... VAMPIRE wins hands down!
Even though the Vixen is just a bit larger, up market plane really..... very nice to look at....
Sorry to hear that Peter mine is a joy to fly. I have a Free Wing B17 that everyone raves is a fantastic flier .. Smooth graceful .....PHOOEY I hate it, it wags all over the place even with a stabilizer ...Always drops it's nose in the turns ... And the retracts are bad.
Yeah. Mine doesn't wag on landing, or calm wind for that matter, just gusty wind.
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I tried into the wind, down wind, across wind (quite light wind this morning).... it occurs in all directions. I guess I would say cross wind is worse - banking cross wind is clearly worst. It is a huge amount... like 20deg peak to peak at times! It almost seems to escalate to a harmonic, if you have not done something different to shake it out of it. (eg end of that bank to level flight)
As long as you use any roll (bank) it wags more... but even in a straight line it is wagging, just less. So I would say that the standard 'bank and yank' yaw result you get, triggers its start and makes it worse.
The slower you go the more it does it.... at least in visual terms you see it more. Even at high speed passes it is wagging some amount still.
It also falls out of turns very notably. More than a typical jet - even more than F-16, F-22 etc which have even less wing/lift per bank angle. Possibly having waggle, as it banks even more, makes the lift even lower than it otherwise would have been. Maybe the 'centre of waggle' is not aligned to flight path, but leans towards the turning direction a bit (??)... thus making falling out of turns that extra amount worse.
With its quite large wing area I would have thought it would fall out of turns LESS not more.
It is not sensitive to control at all, so maybe I can go more rearwards in CofG to test what that changes. I had to use High Rates for elevator, which is something towards 45deg angles at max! And need to use that at times.
Inverted I don't need much down elevator, so the CofG is probably in a good spot really. Plus it rolls very axially.
Also the elevator trim is dead level to tailplane for level flight - it seems a quite narrow range of pitch error per airspeed too. No ballooning.... no 'WOT cheater suckdown' etc. at all.
I am balanced at the very front edge of the main gear wheel bay - pretty much right where the curved edge of the bay finally is 'flat' wing (4mm ahead of the bay vertical wall?). But with larger batteries it is up to 10mm ahead of that.
All positions (the various batteries) still fly the same as far as I can tell - anything that falls in that 10mm range I have used.
But the waggle is the only bad point about the plane really... all other aspects are passable enough, or even very good.... and it is a bad enough aspect on its own to totally destroy it being anything like a clean flying scale jet. BAH.
So a gyro on Rudder (only) better cure it!
7 flights now, landing on grass, and the LG legs are still all perfectly straight! The Vampire, which uses the same legs, does not last as long before some re-bending is required. The Vixen is from 1.78Kg to 1.88Kg AUW (battery dependent). The Vampire typically flown at 1.6Kg or so (1.65Kg?)
I'll head out again this evening, otherwise in the morning again....
I have 10 batteries suited for it.... but I didn't even want to fly it again after the 2.5 flights..... it is no fun at all really - being non-linear flight, and looking "weird", ruins the view/atmosphere really. For now it is just testing interest.... and if I can work out the waggle (fix), then GREAT. Or maybe it would have to be a "Dead calm day ONLY flier".... or.... the first plane I ever actually SELL.
Very strange Peter my Vixen has none of those bad traits . In fact everyone at the two clubs I fly at comment on what a smooth flyer it is. And how nice it banks . Maybe a stupid question do you think changing the outlet sizes on the exhaust could make it fly bad I.E one nozzle has more flow than the other????? Or maybe the changes to the splitter area of the outlet ducts is causing some sort of abnormal flow ???? Its weird mine really flies like a pussy cat.
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I guess that would be nice if it was something like that (exhaust thrust-line).... fixable then!
But exhaust sanding 'errors' mainly give a bit of mis-directed thrust (eg up thrust, down thrust, side thrust... a bit of two...) and that doesn't typically create a waggle... BUT, with the booms and their portions ahead on this, maybe it is a special case(?).
Also, pretty well everyone else has waggle in the Vixen anyway - of X amount, at varied times. Whilst most other aircraft never have any at all..... I think it is typically a twin fin issue. eg Even the Radjet800 flying wing (with twin fins) does it. Mind you even that little screamer only does it a small amount, and a mere fraction of my Vixen's.
Oh..... I have dead neutral RUDDERS to fly straight..... so I expect that means there is no side-thrust error.
The Elevator also dead level for level flight..... so no detrimental (even if it is different to stock) up/down thrust result either.
Ailerons... also dead level trims.
It is extremely clean and 'perfect' as per how it was moulded.
Though I do have a few coats of WBPU and it is very glass-like and thus very slippery. But I don't see how that would bother it tracking fine. (more drag in all directions means another same plane would 'drag' more and resist going off alignment, for a same given speed)
And any building error (which it has nothing askew here anyway) should also just cause a 'direction error' like a yaw, or roll... which you then would trim out via surfaces - but mine must be dead true in every axis, to have trimmed dead level roll, pitch and yaw surfaces.
So all in all, I can't see ANY possible construction, or special-case, situation in mine. I would say it would have to be as close to a perfect Durafly Sea Vixen as any could be.
Given that most of our unmodded Sea Vixens don't have these vices (at least to this extent), it must be something that was introduced afterwards.
Is there any slop(even sub mm) in your rudder linkages?
Is it possible that the rudder servo and wires protrude and create drag on one side thus creating a side force on the tail?
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It is from the plane - Me and my Friend have it on our flying field. Mine has rudders mod - his is 100% stock with motor and so. Both had tail wag - especially at slower speed - tail goes left right . This is on a very calm day with no wind at all. We tried also in wind - same thing.
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I think it happens when the plane encounters turbulent air.
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Former Devils winger Steve Thomas could be on his way back to the NHL as a coach some day, but right now he is happy as an assistant coach with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL).
The Crunch, an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, are second in the AHL's Eastern Conference and Thomas fits in well alongside head coach Jon Cooper.
"I'm a positive guy behind the bench," Thomas said. "Guys have questions for me and I know the system pretty well. I can critique them or give them a pat on the back when they come off the ice. More than anything, I think I'm just more of a positive influence back there."
During his 20-year NHL career, Thomas scored 421 goals while playing for six teams – the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Islanders, Devils, Anaheim Ducks and Detroit Red Wings.
"I coached bantam minor midget when I retired," Thomas said. "I coached my son's team and I took a bit of a shine to it. I was coaching my own son and that gave me an opportunity to spend some time with him, whereas I didn't have that opportunity when I was playing.
"That was a good thing for me and that kind of got my feet wet and maybe got me interested in pursuing this. But I didn't think I'd be on the bench as quickly as I was at the American League level. You get a little bit lucky every now and then."
He became an assistant for Norfolk late last season, staying on as the Admirals won the Calder Cup.
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When the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped Norfolk (now affiliated with the Anaheim Ducks) after winning the AHL title, Thomas and the coaching staff wound up in Syracuse.
Thomas, who was in the 1986 movie "Youngblood" with Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe and Keanue Reeves, joked of coaching in the minors: "I didn't get a casting call for another movie opportunity."
He is, in fact, still in the same league as son, Christian, who was the Rangers' second-round pick (40th overall) in the 2010 entry draft and is playing for Connecticut Whale. Thomas said the level of competition in the AHL has risen significantly with the influx of NHL players during the lockout. That will help Christian Thomas.
"He's playing in a league that is quite possibly the best in hockey right now," Thomas said. "For my own son to be playing with and against such talented players, it will only help his development. It's really good hockey."
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A raft of Argentine provinces and municipalities suffered credit rating downgrades this week after one of their number, Chaco, in the north of the country, ran out of hard currency on the eve of a bond payment. Instead it paid creditors $260,000 in pesos. Now Chaco wants creditors to swap $30 million in dollar debt for peso bonds because it still cannot get its hands on any hard currency.
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JP Morgan has an interesting take on the stupendous recent rally in the credit default swaps (CDS) of countries such as Poland and Hungary which are considered emerging markets, yet are members of the European Union. Analysts at the bank link the moves to the EU's upcoming ban on "naked" sovereign CDS trades — trade in CDS by investors who don't have ownership of the underlying government debt. The ban which comes into effect on Nov. 1, was brought in during 2010 after EU politicians alleged that hedge funds short-selling Greek CDS had exacerbated the crisis.
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What's the damage from being a member of the euro? German credit default swaps, used to insure risk, have spiralled to record highs over 130 basis points, three times the level of a year ago amid the escalating brouhaha over Spain's banks and Greek elections. U.S. CDS meanwhile remain around 45 bps. That means it costs 45,000 to insure $10 million worth of U.S. investments for five years, compared to $135,000 for Germany. (click the graphics to enlarge)
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India's first-quarter GDP growth report was a shocker this morning at +5.3 percent. Much as Western countries would dream of a print that good, it's akin to a hard landing for a country only recently aspiring to double-digit expansions and, with little hope of any strong reform impetus from the current government, things might get worse if investment flows dry up. The rupee is at a new record low having fallen 7 percent in May alone against the dollar — bad news for companies with hard currency debt maturing this year (See here). So investors are likely to find themselves paying more and more to hedge exposure to India.
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MOBILE, Alabama – The man who fled to Georgia after the brutal slaying of his girlfriend, only to be caught by authorities during a high-speed chase, was not sentenced on Thursday, as was previously scheduled.
Mario Davis, 24, pleaded guilty last month to murder for the shooting death of 25-year-old Christy Golston – the mother of his son and daughter – in July 2012. He was scheduled for sentencing in Circuit Court Judge Joseph "Rusty" Johnston's court, but that has been put off to another date, still to be determined.
Davis faces up to life in prison for killing Golston at her apartment at Park Place Townhomes on Dandale Drive in west Mobile. She was reportedly shot several times. Although the children did live with their mother at the time of her death, they were not present, having gone to stay with relatives, according to prosecutors.
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wright said she will recommend Johnston pronounce a sentence of at least 25 years. On Feb. 24, Davis entered a blind guilty plea, which means no deals were made with prosecutors for leniency.
According to a previous report, Davis and Golston were in a relationship for more than seven years, and she had only days before petitioned a judge for court-ordered protection from abuse against Davis. He also had a pending domestic violence charge against him in Mobile Municipal Court, it said.
The same day of Golston's death, on July 17, Davis fled to Georgia, where he was apprehended by U.S. marshals and state police after a high-speed chase on Interstate 85 in Troup County during which speeds exceeded 100 miles per hour. He continued to fight his captors after wrecking the vehicle, according to investigators.


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My wife and I have a little dog who will be 13 today. What a joy she is to two old folks whose children are all out in various parts of the country pursuing their lives.
She's old enough that she has her own developed patterns of life in our home. In that sense she keeps us on our toes. She's just a little 18-pound lap dog, and she certainly enjoys sitting in our laps. She is a half-breed Poodle and Bichon. While the Bichons are all white, she apparently gets her color from her poodle mother as she is solid buff colored with a bit of white in her belly, feet and face markings. I bought her for my wife as a birthday present 13 years ago; and we both agree she is the best birthday present ever. At the time she weighed just three pounds. My wife named her Chew Choo. I'll spare you the details of what that is supposed to mean. I call her Choochie.
Choochie is not a yapper as some small dogs can be. While I've owned dogs all my life, I've never been so aware of how her nose dictates her life. One thing I've always wondered about dogs is that while they are supposed to have such a highly developed sense of smell, why do they find it so compelling to put their noses so close to some foul smelling pile to understand just what it is? When we go out for a walk she starts out putting her nose in the air as to see who or what is in the wind. Then she seldom lifts her head off the ground. She has to smell everything. Sometimes she will stop in the middle of the road on bare pavement, and sniff and study some bare spot, seemingly enchanted by the odors she detects until I in impatience pull her off. "What are you doing" I ask her, "Preparing to write a thesis for your doctorate on that patch of pavement?" When we come back to the house, if my wife is not in her customary easy chair, Choochie will run about the house at full tilt until she finds her mistress.
Her senses are unbelievable. Her most amazing feat that I cannot explain happened a few years ago. Our house is in the woods, with a driveway about 100 yards long. One cold night with all the windows shut, I had just dished up the last of the ice cream from a half gallon container. I tossed the empty container on the kitchen floor for her to enjoy. Choochie was in the kitchen with her entire face in this container eagerly getting what she could. Suddenly she jumped up, started to bark and came running into the living room, jumped up on the back of the sofa where she could look out the window into the front yard and continued to bark. I wondered what had gotten in to her; so I got up and turned on the floodlight for the front yard. There on the bird feeder was a large coon who was eating the bird food. Now even if she wasn't preoccupied with the ice cream in that container covering her head, how on earth could she have detected that coon who was a bit away from the house, making no sound we were aware of, and with all the windows closed?
I confess, she sleeps with us in our beds. If I sleep beyond a time she feels is proper she will start poking at me to let me know it is time to get up. I assume that has more to do with her natural urges than any discipline she wishes to put me through. Her untiring devotion and attachment to my wife and myself adds immensely to bring smiles and chuckles to our lives every day.
Choochie is expert at maintaining the ties that bind. To an old couple who are fast losing their sense of importance to the rest of the world, it very comforting to have even just a small puppy that depends so much on one for her safety, comfort and very survival in a life as she knows it .What a joy she is indeed.
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ICBA Bancard Pilots V.me by Visa Service with Members
Las Vegas, Nev. (March 13, 2013)—ICBA Bancard, the payment-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA), launched a pilot program today during the 2013 ICBA National Convention and Techworld® at the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore with several community bank clients in support of the new digital wallet service, V.me by Visa. The service is a commerce platform that extends the ease, reliability and security of payments for card holders, allowing them to authorize purchases using a single username and password at participating merchants.
"Community banks are always looking for new ways to expand upon their unparalleled customer service and vast offerings," said Noah Wilcox, ICBA Bancard chairman and president and CEO of Grand Rapids State Bank in Grand Rapids, Minn. "Community banks that participate in this new program will benefit from heightened brand visibility, while also gaining valuable insights that will help them better serve their local customers in this important space."
ICBA Bancard is expected to open the service up to all its debit and credit issuing clients in the second quarter. ICBA Bancard will oversee the upload of the issuer's card art (per Visa's requirements) and offer reduced monthly pricing for participating community banks.
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A Web-based hospital residency management system founded by an Ann Arbor company just signed a deal to deploy its product throughout the Cleveland Clinic hospital system.
The contract is the latest deal for MedHub Inc., which designed the technology for teaching programs to provide information to accrediting bodies and help hospitals avoid errors that can result in lost Medicare reimbursements.
The latest contract – one of the largest and most complex installations of its system to date – will include nearly 5,000 users across 115 residency and fellowship programs that will interact with the MedHub system daily.
"It's a pretty big deal." - Tom May, chief technology officer
This has been a three-year project, said Orr, with MedHub first convincing hospital administrators and physicians that it could coordinate with nearly 100 different programs and departments.
The software tracks residents' schedules, work hours, medical procedures performed, conferences attended, test scores, education and other information that can be accessed by hospital financial departments, scheduling departments, graduate medical education offices and others.
It also manages and documents daily resident and fellow activity required to drive millions of dollars in Medicare reimbursement and affiliated institutional billing.
Competitors typically target only departments in teaching hospitals, Orr said, while MedHub focuses on the entire insitution. That adds complexity on all levels, he said.
That's what makes it difficult to sell. We sell for the entire institution only," said Orr. "A job like the Cleveland Clinic involves three years of work, so being selected is huge on a number of levels for us."
MedHub is a private company with no outside investors, said Orr and while he declined to release revenue figures, he did say the company is profitable. Orr is looking to pump up the current staff of three-and-a-half by an additional two to help with the extra workload, he said.
The company has contracts with The University of Michigan Health System, Carolinas Healthcare System, Stanford University, Rush University Medical Center and other teaching healthcare institutions.
MedHub's first client was U-M Hospital, which is about as large as Cleveland Clinic. It signed a three year contract renewal in 2007, Orr said.
"It really decreases redundant effort and increases efficiency and improves the ability to document things," said Orr. "(U-M) had 86 programs and were doing things 86 ways and this has brought in standardization for many parts off that, especially for (billing), but it also has flexibility in the way the (teaching) programs are administered."
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