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Hi Ladies! Thanks so much for the encouragement and all the advice. I seriously had no idea how much I didn't know about breastfeeding until I started attempting to do it.
I don't know if I have OALD/forceful letdown. How can you tell? Someone asked me if I could feel my milk letting down and I don't feel anything except her movements at the nipple. Is this normal?
Jane has been much better the last couple of days. Must have been a growth spurt or something. And then last night we got up around midnight to feed and my left breast was totally engorged and painful. I had her nurse on that side and it fixed the problem, but that was weird.
Today has definitely been a day of hanging out in my PJ's all day! I think I'll take a shower when DH gets home.
I haven't tried nursing in public yet. I do have a cover and may be using that at the wedding we are going to tomorrow. I have gotten comfortable with nurisng in front of family/friends at home (ours or theirs), so at least that's progress.
I think I will try to find a LLL meeting around here. I am also thinking of joing a mommy and me program at a local cloth diaper/natural parenting store. Some type of comraderie would be helpful right now I think.
I'm also hoping that I get the all clear to start running again at my 6 week appointment on Monday. That hour or so has always helped de-stress my mind and return my natural balance. Of course I'm worried about supply issues with exercising again, so look for another post from me about that in a week or two! :-)
Thanks again so much for all of your advice, suggestions and encouragement. Even when I am not enjoying BF'ing, I always enjoy the milk breath blowing against my cheek when we're done.


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ST. ALBANS Miss Dianne Alyce Berry, age 78, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at Fletcher Allen Healthcare. She was born in Hartford, CT, June 17, 1934, daughter of the late Harold M. and Alyce (Finn) Berry.
All of her working life, she spent helping others. She was an elementary school teacher, junior high school teacher and special education consultant from 1956 until her retirement in 1996.
She had made her home in St. Albans since her retirement.
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Hi all,
The past few days I've had some pretty stressful situations out of my control. My 7 week old seems pretty fussy at the breast, and acts like she is starving. I can't help but feel my milk supply has dwindled. Does severe stress affect milk supply? Can anyone offer any suggestions. Does it rebound? I can't help but think I should give her some formula. I've been trying to exclusively breastfeed for the next 2 weeks to see how her weight gain is just on breastmilk alone...but I don't know if I'll make it now with the supply. Can anyone offer and advice? Has this happened to anyone else?


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Jeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, center, answers questions following a ceremony announcing funding for the reconstruction of the Waterbury office complex on Thursday. Flanking Fugate are Secretary of Administration Jeb Spaulding, left, and Gov. Peter Shumlin.
WATERBURY Federal assistance and insurance money will cover about half of the $225 million price tag on the rebuilding and renovation of government offices washed out two years ago by Tropical Storm Irene.
At an hour long press conference Thursday outside the empty brick buildings of the Waterbury office complex, federal, state and local officials, including Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Craig Fugate, announced the final piece in a funding puzzle two years in the making.
The federal government will contribute slightly more than $30 million for a greener, cleaner state office facility located on the same Waterbury parcel inundated by the Winooski River in 2011. Combined with about $18 million in insurance money, the state will get about $50 million of the $125 million it will cost to rebuild in Waterbury.
The outcome of this will be not only better service, more efficiency, better energy savings, but also huge savings for Vermonters, Gov. Peter Shumlin said.
The assistance announced Thursday comes on top of the $30 million already secured in FEMA and insurance money for the construction of the new Vermont State Hospital in Berlin, as well as an additional $36 million in assistance to cover costs associated with temporary relocation, moving costs and cleanup.
All told, Vermont will spend about $225 million to recreate improved versions of the government functions destroyed in Irene; insurance and FEMA will provide about $113 million in funding. The final figure includes the $9 million Vermont spent to retrofit the National Life building in Montpelier as the new home of the Agency of Natural Resources.
We know that its been a long wait There were times when we were banging our heads against the wall collectively trying to figure out how we were going to get here, Shumlin said. But the result is that were going to end up in this state solving problems that have evaded governors for many years.
Enduring that long wait, state and federal officials said, was worth it in the end, as legislation passed by Congress in the wake of Superstorm Sandy would improve the states standing considerably. FEMA was formerly authorized to disburse money only to efforts geared at returning destroyed or damaged buildings to their pre-disaster conditions.
Provisions in the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, according to Fugate, gave the federal agency latitude to award funds to build back better.
We got the legislation that allows FEMA to be a better partner so that we can support governors, support local communities, and build back not just what was, but build back better, Fugate said. We shouldnt be penalizing a state that says we want to build back differently They need to build back for the future, and we have a responsibility to support that.
Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said that without the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, Vermont likely would have missed out on $25 million, much of which will now go toward the new construction of an 86,000 square-foot office complex.
Spaulding said all work on the office complex necessarily ground to a halt over the summer construction season as the state awaited the outcome of the congressional debate over Sandy legislation.
The advice we were getting is, Youre better off waiting. The new Sandy rules will only apply where theres a declared disaster and construction hasnt started, Spaulding said. That patience has paid off.
Funding secured, Vermont will now begin demolishing 22 structures on the Waterbury parcel a process that got under way ceremonially Thursday when a bulldozer peeled a layer of brick from the exterior of one of the buildings. Thirteen historic brick buildings in the core of the campus will be refurbished and become part of the new office space.
Spaulding and Shumlin said lawmakers have already appropriated nearly all the $112 million for which the state is on the hook, mainly via a two-year capital bill passed in 2012. Spaulding said the state wont need the $9.8 million that hasnt yet been allocated until fiscal year 2016, and that there will be plenty of room in the capital bill by that time to cover the costs.
We can do all of this easily with the existing (bonding) process, not raising taxes, Spaulding said. The funding is in place to allow all of these projects to move forward.
The announcement brings long-term economic stability to the small Waterbury downtown that has hosted the state government offices for decades.
Shumlins rhetoric in late 2011 and early 2012 had town leaders here on edge, as the Democratic governor considered the merits of rebuilding in another location in central Vermont. Waterbury even hired a prominent Montpelier lobbying firm a move for which Shumlin chastised the municipal leaders to advocate on its behalf in Montpelier.
The ribbon-cutting on the new complex wont come until late 2015. About 1,350 state employees worked out of the Waterbury complex before Irene. When the new facility is complete, about 1,200 will return, including the 300 workers from the Department of Public Safety who never left.
While the new offices will be located on the same piece of land that the Winooski River overtook in 2011, site work and structural features will, according to Fugate, spare the complex damage in the next 100-year flood.
Fugate said allowing FEMA funding to be used for those kinds of resiliency projects will yield returns in the future.
Theres still people debating climate change. Were not debating it anymore, weve really got to start talking differently, Fugate said, paraphrasing President Barack Obamas disaster-relief strategy. People can talk about change, weve got to talk about adaptation. We cant just build back to what was, we have to build for our future.
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Hey Everybody! My name is Kevin Hallagan. I am a cinema student but my goal is to become a documentary filmmaker. Do you know of any Independent documentary filmmakers who are looking for an assistant this summer or wouldn't mind having a shadow? I have earned a lot academically and I am a videographer for my university, but I am looking for some in-field experience this summer because I know I haven't learned a lot of things I'll need to know if I'm going to dive into filmmaking right out of college.
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*getting coser to the top of the mountain*
We're almost there now
sakkuren: so what are we going to do up there?
Ride down the mountain using our snowboards
*sakkuren: isn't that dangerous?
Going up to the mountain on the ski lift is more dangerous than riding down the mountain
sakkuren : it doesn't look dangerous it's to calm to be dangerous
*walks around in the snow..humming*
*starts humming also, although you can't see me because I'm using and invisibility cloak*
*looks around to see who's there but doesn't see anyone so I shrugs and keep humming*^_^
*enters the park and looks around
goes sitting and relaxes*
enters park has a look around starts to walk around
*walks into the park to the bridge grabs my iPod&phone and chucks into the unfrozen part of the river then turns,sits down,pulls my knees to my chest,buries my face into them,and let's out a muffled scream...*
*sits down under a tree and watches the snow swifly fall down*
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*sits down under a tree and watches the snow swifly fall down*
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*jumps and sees it's Keisuke* you scared me
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*jumps and sees it's Keisuke* you scared me
I was going for that
please don't do that again *sighs*
How come?
i get scared easily so please don't
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October 27, 2011 —
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — High school sports create many lifelong memories. This past week authored the latest series of salient memories for a number of area individual athletes and the teams they represent. Cross-country runners entered the spotlight at the Division IV and V championships held in Liberty and Eldred respectively.
At Liberty, Sullivan West's Dani Myers (19:36) won her third consecutive Division IV title, leading the Lady Westies to their seventh division title, taking advantage of Tri-Valley's relocation to Division V. The Lady Bulldogs narrowly edged out James I. O'Neill 26-29. (In cross-country, the team with the lowest combined score from its first five runners is the victor.) Eighth grade phenom Courtney Meyerer (19:48) finished second, just a week after leading her fellow harriers to a team win at the 12th Annual Ben Boice Invitational in Millbrook against a daunting field of schools including Onteora, FDR, Spackenkill, Red Hook, Highland, Marlboro and others. Kelsey Dutton (20:03) took fourth in the division race, and with Corinne Van Wagner (21:38) and Rosa Martinez (21:55) finishing ahead of O'Neill's fifth runner, the title was secured.
In the boys race, O'Neill sophomore Zach Snel (16:33) outdistanced Sullivan West's Reed Scott to help the Raiders to the team title. Scott's meteoric rise continued. In 2009, he was ninth in 18:44. Last year, he finished fourth in 17:22, a prelim to this year's second place in 16:40. Scott is looking to secure a place in the state meet this year for the first time. Myers and Dutton are state meet veterans. Myers won a medal last year as she finished 20th.
Coming up this week is the OCIAA league meet at Bear Mountain, a tune up for the sectionals on November 4, which serves as a state qualifier. Tri-Valley took its winning ways to the Division V circuit, as the boys and girls won again as they had in Division IV. This was the T-V girls' 12th straight division championship. They were led by Autumn Bender's first-place finish in 22:31 on the 3.1-mile course. Eldred's Christine Donnelly (23:21) was second. T-V's Olivia Rehm (23:48) was third and Danielle Graham (24:11) was fifth. T-V outscored Eldred 22-43.
In the boys race, it was Eldred's Hunter Proscia (18:32) in first, with T-V's Jim Bernstein (18:37) and Omar Lopez (19:01) in second and third. Eldred's Alex Campanella (19:31) was fourth. The quartet of fine runners looks to return to states. This year's meet will be held at Vernon-Verona Sherill Central School on November 12. Eldred runs in Class D and Tri-Valley competes in Class C.
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Following a mistake ridden 1-5 start to their season, Tri-Valley returns to the football playoffs via league wins over Fallsburg (41-14) and Millbrook (31-20). The latter came on the Bears' Homecoming on October 21. The victory gave T-V a 2-1-league record and punched a ticket back to the Class C semifinals. They will play James I. O'Neill at Dietz Stadium in Kingston on October 28 at 4 p.m.
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In late January, we found that McCormack's top 10 positions at the end of September returned 19% since then. The large positions in McMormack's portfolio continue similarly decent performance this year. Since the beginning of 2012, the top 10 positions at the end of December returned 18%, vs. 11% for the S&P 500 index in the same period.
The top three positions in McCormack's portfolio were Kraft(KFT) , Dollar General (DG) and McKesson(MCK) . Dollar General returned 13% and McKesson delivered an 18% return since the beginning of this year. Kraft is the third-worst-performing position in our list, gaining only 4%.
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The best performing among the stocks in McMormack's portfolio is Priceline.com(PCLN) . The stock is up 53% since the beginning of this year, beating the market by 42 percentage points. McCormack increased his Priceline stakes by 16% during the fourth quarter of 2011 -- a rather well-timed bet by the looks of it.
At the end of last year, Tiger Consumer reported to own $58 million worth of Priceline shares. Many other Tiger Cubs were bullish about Priceline. Stephen Mandel , Chase Coleman, Andreas Halvorsen and John Griffin were all among the top five hedge fund managers most bullish about Priceline. Coleman had $570 million invested in this position .
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Fusion Garage's joojoo resuscitated, now targeting vertical markets
Will wonders never cease? The joojoo, a 12-inch Linux-based tablet that was supposedly tied to a tree just last week, will in fact not be put out to pasture as had been reported last week. Instead, Fusion Garage has enlisted the help of reseller partner ASTExC to give the tablet a makeover. Osaka Japan-based ASTEC will up the device's internal storage to 16GB and then further "customize joojoo for business applications." Fusion Garage is even on the hunt for more partners to, "utilize alternative operating systems such as Linux and Microsoft Windows in joojoo." A Windows-powered joojoo? Consider our interest piqued.
Fusion Garage did confirm that the joojoo tablet would no longer be available direct to consumers, however, stating that the option to purchase the device would be removed from the joojoo website on November 19th. The company also confirmed that it is working on new tablets based on a custom Android build, and it is targeting the first half of 2011 for launches. "We are very pleased by the rapidly increasing vertical market interest in joojoo," Fusion Garage founder and CEO, Chandra Rathakrishnan said in a statement. "Companies such as ASTEC are able to do some very innovative customization of the product and enable joojoo to be used in business applications that go beyond our consumer focus. At the same time, this marks the end of joojoo as a product and a brand for Fusion Garage. We have learned a lot and will carry forward insight gained from joojoo to our new generation of products that we will introduce in the first half of 2011."
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"Nobody knows of the work it makes To keep the home together. Nobody knows of the steps it takes, Nobody knows-but Mother." --Anonymous
"Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me? --Nancy Thayer
"Making the decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." --Elizabeth Stone
"Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family." --Clare Boothe Luce
"There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness... The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way." --Andrew Jackson
"All I am or can be I owe to my angel Mother." --Abraham Lincoln
"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground." --Zora Neale Hurston
"Who ran to help m e when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My Mother." --Ann Taylor
"That best academy, a mother's knee." --James Russell Lowell
"In all my efforts to learn to read, my mother shared fully my ambition and sympathized with me and aided me in every way she could. If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother." --Booker T. Washington
"Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to me. I love her dearly...yes, she is also a good friend, someone I can talk openly with if I want to." --Sophia Loren
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." --Jewish Proverb
"Only mothers can think of the future -- because they give birth to it in their children." --Maxim Gorky
"Making the decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. " --Elizabeth Stone
"Long were you a dream in your mother's sleep, and then she woke to give you birth." --Kahlil Gibran
"My mother was an authority on pigsties. 'This is the worst-looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life and I want it cleaned up right now'." --Bill Cosby
"Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease." --Lisa Alther
"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers." --Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." --Lin Yutang
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." --Honore de Balzac
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." --George Washington
"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class." --Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom." --Henry Ward Beecher
"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." --Oliver Wendell Holmes
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." --Abraham Lincoln


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An Interview with Nathan Spoor about Suggestivism
On September 1st, 2016 Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco will present a new exhibition, Suggestivism: Resonance, curated by Nathan Spoor. With over 40 artists from around the world participating in the exhibition, each piece brings a unique perspective and development to what it means to be a Suggestivist. Rendered in a variety of media, each artist has a distinct approach and style while maintaining commonality through painstaking details and phantasmagoric scenes.August 25, 2016


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July 9, 2012
DOE alleged in a Notice of Proposed Civil Penalty that International Refrigeration Products failed to certify a various room air conditioners as compliant with the applicable energy conservation standards. DOE regulations require a manufacturer (which includes importers) to submit reports certifying that its products have been tested and meet the applicable energy conservation standards. This civil penalty notice advises the company of the potential penalties and DOE's administrative process, including the company's right to a hearing.


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He graduated from Southern Methodist University earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology and followed with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from The University of Texas College of Pharmacy.
Joe worked for 46 years as a pharmacist retiring from Midland Memorial Hospital after 31 years of service.
He is married to Carol, a former registered nurse at Midland Memorial Hospital, and they have six children and nine grandchildren. Joe is a member of the Pastoral Council at St. Stephen's Church.
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The line waited, growing impatient.
ŌĆ£Hold it like a gun,ŌĆØ whispered Bob Grytten, the leader of the group, to an inexperienced member. The young man switched his grip until Grytten was satisfied. ŌĆ£You always must be ready to shoot.ŌĆØ
Finally, the target lifted his head above the grass.
ŌĆ£ThatŌĆÖs your shot,ŌĆØ he said.
The line began to fire, shooting in rapid succession.
The elk turned toward the group for a moment then began to lumber west toward the edge of the woods. The click-click-clicks from the cameras increased in frequency as the elk walked.
ŌĆ£Take a lot of shots to get on photo when his knees are bent,ŌĆØ offered Grytten. ŌĆ£That will give the appearance of movement. It changes the whole feel.ŌĆØ
Then the elk lowered his head and began eating more grass. The line of photographers became impatient again; their prime shooting opportunity had ended for the moment.
Cataloochee Valley, home of the Great Smoky Mountains elk herd, is one of GryttenŌĆÖs favorite sites for on-location photo outings. As a photography instructor based in nearby Waynesville, Cataloochee frequently plays a starring role in his line-up of field outings and workshops, and how could it not? The idyllic high-elevation valley sports not only stately elk but historic farm houses, misty meadows and mountain peaks.
Grytten is a guru of light, and consequently it is the biggest take-away for any photographer who comes up through the ranks of his field outings.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs all about light; nothing about the subject,ŌĆØ he said. Grytten went on to explain the reasoning behind a morning shoot as opposed to a midday one: the colors are warmer and the yellows and reds are more brilliant. He called it the sweet light. By midday, the sun illuminates the water particles in the air, and the world becomes bluer.
Also in the morning, there are features like mist in the air that make a photograph appear more natural.
Grytten pointed out that there are distinctive advantages to shooting photographs in the Appalachian Mountains as opposed to Florida, for example, where he lived for 30 years prior to moving here. The topography of the mountains extend the morning and the evening time, and even in midday, itŌĆÖs possible to steal a good shot because there are more options of either shade or the sun.
ŌĆ£When the sun comes up in Florida, there arenŌĆÖt many options at all,ŌĆØ Grytten said.
Grytten has traveled all around the world taking pictures, and when he mentions any of them, he remembers what the light was like there.
In southern France the light paints the world in pastels; in Utah, the rocks and the world are red; and in Cataloochee Valley when the sun strikes just right, it turns the mist to gold.
Although Grytten is a professional with several of his photographs published, most of the members attracted to his outings are accomplished and knowledgeable photographers themselves. Several sign up for GryttenŌĆÖs sessions and workshops season after season, enjoying the camaraderie of the other photographers almost as much as the instruction.
One woman, Debbie Rotolante, who was out with Grytten for the first time that day, admitted to having more than 50,000 pictures saved on her computer. She has a house in Maggie Valley and sells school uniforms for a living, but photography is her passion.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve never sold a picture,ŌĆØ she said. ŌĆ£But then it would be work.ŌĆØ
Once, on a two-week trip to Costa Rica, she snapped more than 4,000 photographs. By the time she returned to the United States, she had neck pains from tilting back and pointing the camera at birds, monkeys and other critters in the canopy.
She takes photography classes and trips as a chance to learn and meet other people interested in the same pursuit.
The small group of participants on the outing that day scattered up and down the road that winds through Cataloochee Valley, each pursuing their own particular shot. Grytten chased down each of them, offering advice and wisdom.
ŌĆ£The more you look; the more you see; the more you shoot,ŌĆØ he said.
To another, he explained why it was important to take pictures of objects in odd numbers ŌĆö threes and fives ŌĆö so as not to confuse the eye.
He instructed another to take a picture of the light as it was just peaking over the mountaintops.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs smashing,ŌĆØ he exclaimed.
Several decades of photography have given Grytten an inexhaustible wealth of knowledge.
In 1987, Grytten was looking for a career path. To guide him in his choice, he took an aptitude test. The result indicated he would be fit for a job in the sciences or photography. Not wanting to return to school, he chose photography and became a photo-illustrator.
Three months later, he published his first work.
During the years, he developed his own style as well. After photographing an inch worm, Grytten became fond of nature macro photography ŌĆö zoomed in pictures of bugs, frogs and whatever else he encountered. He snapped a majority of his photos with a 300 millimeter fixed focal length lens.
He explained his philosophy on photography was to get close to show people the detail they wouldnŌĆÖt ordinarily see.
ŌĆ£A picture of a birdŌĆÖs foot instead of a picture of the bird,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£It takes it to a different dimension.ŌĆØ
After settling in Western North Carolina 12 years ago, Grytten began teaching photography to supplement his career.
One of the photographers on the Cataloochee outing last weekend, Duke Miller, has been going on field shoots and workshop with Grytten on and off for five years.
Miller had studied photojournalism in college but didnŌĆÖt get enthusiastic again about photography until the digital age. Now, heŌĆÖs retired and enjoys the outings and classes put on by Grytten. Grytten calls the group of photographers who take his classes the Lens Luggers, a club of sorts since some return more than once for his programs.
One reason some sign up for GryttenŌĆÖs Lens Luggers workshops time and again: it motivates you to get out there and shoot, especially when it comes to that coveted predawn camera work. Knowing a van full of other photographers are expecting you at the appointed rendezvous spot helps keep you accountable to your craft.
On any given excursion, a group of five people in the same area will each come away with unique pictures.
ŌĆ£The good thing about Lens Luggers is everyone has different skills and interests than yourself, and you learn from them,ŌĆØ Miller said.
The Lens Luggers outings are followed up by critiquing sessions of each otherŌĆÖs pictures after they have been edited by computer software and touched up. But, as Grytten explained, no editing software can make up for not getting good shots in the field.
ŌĆ£Garbage in ŌĆö garbage out,ŌĆØ Grytten said. ŌĆ£When you catch a moment in time, thatŌĆÖs the difference between the voice in an image and just a documentary shot.
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The Cayman Islands is a very unique place, a British Overseas Territory, it's a safe, stable environment and a Duty Free island which means it attracts a visitor with a defined taste and palette. They enjoy the good things in life like stunning surroundings, comfortable accommodations, enjoyable amenities, beautiful beaches, interesting restaurants, great food, and spa services on hand when you need them! They like the laid back approach to life and embrace the opportunity to shake of their everyday life and exchange it for something more compelling... a beachside tropical island escape.
Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands in 1503. He named the islands Las Tortugas because of the abundance of turtles that inhabited the nearby waters. By 1530, the islands were being called the 'Caymanas,' which derived from a Carib Indian name for crocodiles, who were known to be abundant here at the time.
In 1794, one of the most famous local legends occurred. This was 'The Wreck of the Ten Sails'. As the story goes, a group of convoy merchant ships who were traveling from Jamaica to Britain ran aground on the reef at East End. The people of Cayman showed great courage in rescuing the shipwrecked passengers, as no lives were lost. One of passengers on the ship was Prince William of England who would go on to become King William IV. For this, as the legend goes, the Cayman Islands were granted freedom from taxation.
Although The Cayman islands were commonly regarded as a dependency of Jamaica, a need for self-government became critical, which leads to another important date in Caymanian history. In 1831, the people of the Cayman Islands, together with eight magistrates from Jamaica, formed a legislative assembly at Pedro's Castle (commonly called 'the birthplace of democracy') to allow the people to have a voice in the direction of the island.
The people of Cayman and the sea have gone together since the first settlements back in the 1700's. For many years, the main sources of income were turtle fishing or working on commercial ships. This is where Caymanians earned their reputation as some of the best seamen in the world.
After Jamaican independence in 1960, the Cayman Islands chose to remain as a British crown colony. In the years since, Cayman has become one of the world's leading financial sectors, as well as a top tourism destination in the Caribbean.
Residents of The Caymans enjoy the highest standard of living in the Caribbean. Instead of casinos, fevered nightlife, and crime, Caymanians live in a stable community where education is highly valued and readily available. Generations of Caymanians have passed down music, folklore, rich customs and even a lilting 'sing-song' dialect that survives today.
The Cayman Islands consists of three islands. The largest and most developed is Grand Cayman, and its two Sister Islands are Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which lie approximately 89 miles east-northeast of Grand Cayman and are separated from each other by a channel about seven miles wide.
approximately 22 miles long and 8 miles at its widest point, Grand Cayman reaches a maximum elevation of 60 feet at East End and occupies 76 square miles.
Covering 14 square miles, Cayman Brac is twelve miles long and just over a mile wide and has the most dramatic topography of the trio. Its majestic Bluff rises west to east along the length of the island to 140 feet at the eastern tip, ending in a sheer cliff. There are many mysterious caves carved throughout this awe-inspiring natural attraction.
Only 10 miles long and a mile wide, (10 square miles), Little Cayman is the flattest of the three Islands, reaching a maximum elevation of 40 feet. Its famous Bloody Bay Wall Marine Park has been called one of the world's best dive sites. Inland, the 203 - acre Booby Pond Nature Reserve is a RAMSAR site and nesting ground for the Caribbean's largest population of Red Footed Boobies.
The Reef's East End location puts you in one of The Caymans' most laid-back locales. This sparsely populated area is home to the town of Savannah, where you'll find a castle that is the island's oldest structure. Rumor has it that pirates built this fortress over two centuries ago. Nearby George Town offers premiere shopping with boutiques featuring Gucci, Fendi and other exclusive labels.
Please take note below of public holidays observed in the Cayman Islands. Caymanians love their traditions, so on these days you may experience certain festivities in the islands, such as parades, cook outs or exhibitions. For detailed information please view the event calendar on http://www.caymanislands.ky.
You will also find that most businesses and offices, such as banks, close for holidays, although supermarkets usually offer limited opening hours (closed on Sundays), and most shops located in George Town will be open, depending on the cruise ship schedule. Public busses run on a limited schedule.


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July 28, 2005: Amidst the glitter of billions of stars in the majestic spiral galaxy called the Whirlpool (M51), a massive star abruptly ends its life in a brilliant flash of light. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped images of the exploding star, called supernova (SN) 2005cs, 12 days after its discovery. Astronomers then compared those photos with Hubble images of the same region before the supernova blast to pinpoint the progenitor star (the star that exploded).See the rest:
Two types of stars generate supernovae. The first type, called a type Ia supernova is produced by a star's burned- out core. This stellar relic, called a white dwarf, siphons hydrogen from a companion star, thereby making it 1.4 times more massive than our Sun [called the Chandrasekhar limit]. This excess bulk leads to explosive burning of carbon and other chemical elements that make up the white dwarf, thereby producing a supernova explosion.
A star that is more than eight times as massive as our Sun generates the second type, called type II. When the star runs out of nuclear fuel, the core collapses, but when it reaches enormous densities, the collapse is halted, as if hitting a brick wall. The shock wave that ensues propagates through the outer layers and rips them apart, ejecting these layers at speeds of ten thousand miles per second.
A red supergiant is an old, bright star, much larger and cooler than the Sun. Red supergiants are about eight to 15 times more massive than the Sun. These massive stars live just a few hundred million years. The Sun's lifespan is 10 billion years.
Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the constellation Orion, is a red supergiant star. It is about 10,000 times brighter than the Sun.


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Maui County fire officials say there was one drowning and two near drownings in Maui waters on Monday.
The first incident happened at Kapalua Bay at around noon. Crews gave first aid to a 60-year-old Japanese woman on arrival. Bystanders pulled the woman out of the water. Fire officials say she was snorkeling with her husband and son at the bay. She was hospitalized in critical condition.
At around 2:30 p.m., crews responded to Pilale Bay off Kulike Road in Haiku for a report of a missing fisherman. The 30-year-old local man, who was with two other friends, was reported missing at noon. At around 3 p.m.,the man was found face-down in the water about 100 yards offshore. He was brought to shore and pronounced dead by responding medics. Fire officials say the tide was high and the surf was reported at around 10-feet-high.
Maui police identified the man who drowned as Harold Mangantulao of Kahului. He was fishing with two friends at Pilale Bay and went to pick opihis by himself at around 10 a.m. At around 12:30 p.m., Mangantulao's friends went to look for him. As they approached the point of the bay, they noticed the waves were too large to pass. They hiked to the top of the bay to report he was missing. Foul play is not suspected at this time.
At around 2:47 p.m., crews responded to the beachfront near the Ka'anapali Villas for a report of an unconscious woman who was pulled from the water. Crews arrived to find CPR in progress on a 55-year-old woman from Canada. She was hospitalized in critical condition.


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Money for nothing and chicks for free. That's what Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler famously implied about the work habits of rock stars, on the only song he's recorded that probably still earns him plenty of both.
You have to be at least 35 to understand that joke, and even then, it's a long shot. What I'm getting at is this: to a lot of people, what the athletes, actors, musicians, and various other entertainers of the world do for money doesn't look much like work. When you're spending your days laboring over an assembly line or sandwich artist-ing office workers' "healthy" lunches, it's hard to imagine that the song and dance sector ever sees anything in the way of job stress.
Awful work stories are the topic of discussion on this week's Unpopular Opinion podcast ...
... where I'm joined by comics Dave Waite (new album Hotdoggin' in stores now) and Cat Rhinehart (My Stupid Overactive Imagination on YouTube).
As for this column, let's talk about a few of those "jobs that aren't really jobs" that almost everyone assumes they can do. Up first ...
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A lot of people in this world call themselves "photographers," and about 90 percent of them have a lot of goddamn nerve for doing so. Contrary to what countless Instagram users believe, taking pictures people (should) pay money for does not involve owning an iPhone and having a keen eye for filters. Sure, you might snap some cool pictures with that kind of setup, but that's because sometimes there's cool shit happening that you happen to be on hand to see. Whatever it was, it looked exactly as interesting to the naked eye as it does in your phone.
You know what doesn't look awesome in real life? A wedding. Never. Not once.
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They're almost always held in one of a handful of locations (church, park, VFW), with receptions afterward at equally standard spots (hotel ballroom, someone's back yard, VFW), and everyone is dressed exactly the same, for the most part. When you factor in how every single person there wishes they were anywhere else, it becomes remarkably difficult to put together a series of photos that make the event seem like a memory worth cherishing.
Nevertheless, countless brides have trusted "the friend from work who has a really good camera" with the important job of documenting their special day. It's very likely that those people aren't friends anymore. For one thing, "a really good camera" probably doesn't mean the kind of rig that professional photographers haul to work. As you'll see in this list of the best cameras for wedding photography, the low-end prices are somewhere in the $2,000 neighborhood, with some models closer to the $6,000 - $7,000 range.
You should be able to drive this thing.
Chances are the digital camera your friend's mom bought her from Target for Christmas last year isn't any of those, and even if it was, that's just the camera. Potential wedding picture pros might be further disheartened by this list of "essential gear" for wedding photographers, which reminds you that you'll also need things like extra batteries, stands, lighting, diffusers, and (of course) a second expensive-as-all-hell camera to act as a backup in case your main unit fails.
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You could buy a house (in Detroit) with the money you'll spend!
That's a hefty investment, especially if you have no formal training or instruction in how to use the various lenses and gadgets that the job requires. Someone is going to have to teach you all of that, and they aren't going to do it for free.
Have you done all of those things? If not, make no mistake, you are not a photographer -- you're just a person who owns a camera. People might pay you to take pictures with that camera, but it's only because they don't realize they shouldn't.
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If you watch sports with any degree of fervor, chances are I'm talking about you in this entry. I'm definitely talking about me, if nothing else. I watch a shit ton of football, and not a game goes by where I don't somehow manage to convince myself that I should give this comedy stuff up for good and pursue my real passion and talent in life, which is calling false starts and holding penalties in National Football League games. It's something I mentioned on my podcast once, to which the lovely and talented Breandan Carter (of Cracked.com fame) replied, "which of the seven positions would you pick?"
Here's the thing: I didn't even know there were seven different positions. I don't know shit about shit as it pertains to officiating a football game, except for the part where I can totally see a 300-pound offensive lineman jump before the ball is snapped, provided I'm watching on a pristine HD screen from the comfort of my own home. Even the chaos of a bar or just a room with other people in it is enough to put me off my game, to such a degree that I have to wait for replays to confirm the validity of any alleged penalties.
Nevertheless, talk to me during a game and try to convince me I couldn't do just as good of a job officiating as those clowns on the field. In that moment, I know this to be true.
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Also, we'd all be best friends.
I don't think I'm the only fan who feels this way, no matter what sport we're talking about. I can't confirm this, unfortunately, mostly because I take watching football so seriously that I refuse to do it with more than one or two people at a time. That makes my sample size way too low for science.
Still, I can't be alone. Or at least I better not be, given the way we scream and curse at the professionals who officiate our sporting contests. Once you're losing your voice as a result of questioning the choices someone makes on the job, you damn well better be able to do that job as well as that person. If not, rightfully, we should just shut the fuck up. For example, it's a massive bummer that all of those Space Shuttles exploded back in the day, but nothing about those tragedies would have prompted me to stand on the sidelines of the next launch waiting for another disaster to happen so I could shout insults at the "rocket scientists" who kept messing up.
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"Come on! How do you not see that microscopic crack in the foam insulation?"
That analogy doesn't make a bit of goddamn sense, but neither does the fact that we pretend as if professional sports officials aren't complete and total marvels of science. Well, NBA and NFL officials, anyway. They do more running during one game than most of us do all year long. If hockey even has referees, they're gliding around on ice like a bunch of Nancy Kerrigan's, and the only things that move less than the umpires at an MLB game are the players and the scoreboard.
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And time.
If we're being totally honest, though, the brave men and and like one or two women who officiate this nation's NFL and NBA games deserve a massive amount of respect for being able to keep up with athletes who are sometimes half their age. Case in point, remember Mike Carey?
If you watch the NFL you certainly do. You probably hated the guy, even if his over-dramatic first down calls were the "Let's get ready to rumble!" of football. Anyway, see that video above, where he legitimately seems to physically intimidate a Philadelphia Eagles linebacker into settling the hell down? He's 62 in that video, and he's not some kind of freak exception. That's Ed Hochuli you're thinking of.
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The only steroid problem in the NFL is finding enough steroids to feed this guy.
Whatever the case, actual game footage is hard to come by, on account of copyright law and all, but watch almost any football or basketball game and at some point you're going to see an elderly dude running step for step with a professional athlete. Study up on the laws and bylines of the game all you want, but unless you're willing to commit to staying in "playing" shape well into your golden years, your chances of lasting as a pro sports official are slim to none.


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Membership invitations will go out in the mail over the next several weeks. Associate member funding allows the Sheriffs' Association of Texas to provide critical training, technical resources and legislative support on key criminal justice issues to law enforcement officers across the state.
In addition, dues will be used to support crime prevention and awareness programs, promote public safety, fight drug abuse, provide additional training for sheriffs and their deputies, and provide scholarships for children of law enforcement officers.
Contributions to the Sheriffs' Association of Texas are tax-deductible.
"The Associate Membership Drive helps provide the funding which is vital to our mission of making our communities safer places to live, work and play," said Carrizales.
The Associate Membership Program was created to provide citizens with an opportunity to lend their support to more effective law enforcement and to better help local sheriffs protect the lives and property of citizens.
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Home List of Titles Further limitations of phylogenetic group-specific probes used for detection of bacteria in environmental samples
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- Further limitations of phylogenetic group-specific probes used for detection of bacteria in environmental samples
- Author(s)
- Barr, Jeremy J.; Blackall, Linda L.; Bond, Philip
- Abstract
- Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with fluorochrome-labelled oligonucleotides targeting rRNA is a powerful tool for the identification and quantification of micro-organisms that are important in environmental and industrial processes. Phylogenetic group-specific (PGS) oligonucleotide probes, targeting rRNA of many different taxa, are commonly used to screen environmental samples. The use of broad-spectrum PGS FISH probes is quite limited because they might detect micro-organisms outside the PGS group containing the target sequence (false positives), and they frequently miss micro-organisms within the group lacking the target sequence (false negatives). The removal of unwanted nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, is crucial in maintaining our waterways and preventing eutrophication. The enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) process is a highly applied and globally important biological process for the removal of phosphorus and treatment of wastewater. FISH has been regularly used to assess the bacteria present in EBPR-activated sludge biomass, and to link EBPR process performance with resident microbial communities. This assessment has substantial implications for EBPR, specifically relating to the identification of two critical, relatively abundant and competing bacterial populations of 'Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis' (henceforth Accumulibacter) and 'Candidatus Competibacter phosphatis' (henceforth Competibacter), members of the Betaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria, respectively. Accumulibacter is responsible for the majority of phosphorus removal in EBPR wastewater treatment processes, as Competibacter is detrimental for this vital nutrient removal process, through competition for carbon while not removing phosphorus.
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- ISME Journal, Vol. 4, no. 8 (Aug 2010), pp. 959-961
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 05 Environmental Sciences; 06 Biological Sciences; 10 Technology
- Keyword(s)
- Bacterial DNA; Commentary; Environmental Microbiology; Isolation and purification; Microbiology; Oligonucleotide probes; Phylogeny; RNA Ribosomal 16S; Species specificity
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- Nature Publishing Group
- 1751-7362
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- Supported by the Environmental Biotechnology Cooperative Research Centre (EBCRC), which was established and funded by the Australian Government together with industry and university partners.
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Post 33 looks at making another run
STEUBENVILLE – Post 33 will be gunning for its 10th state championship when the 2013 Ohio American Legion Baseball Tournament opens Monday in Lancaster.
Steubenville earned its first Ohio title in 1964 and its latest in 2007. Other crowns came in 1978, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1995 and 1998.
Donnie Young's club punched its ticket to the new-look state event by going 4-0 in Region 7 play. Post 33 topped Kingsville, Wayne County (twice) and Alliance to earn its Lancaster trip.
Since the number of American Legion baseball teams is down statewide (there now are fewer than 60), the double-elimination tournament will include eight clubs. Other competitors include:
Napoleon Post 300 (Region 1), Piqua Post 184 (Region 2), Sandusky Post 83 (Region 3), Ashley-Mount Vernon Posts 518/136 (Region 4), Circleville Post 134 (Region 5), defending state champion Pickerington Post 283 (Region 6) and Cambridge Post 84 (Region 8).
First round games will be played Monday at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Beavers Field in Lancaster. Pairings will be determined this evening during the tournament banquet. The Ohio champion will advance to the Great Lakes Regional in Terre Haute, Ind., playing its first game on Aug. 8.
"The strongest teams from each region are going to be there," Young said as his team went through a pre-tournament practice recently at Vacarro Field. "We heard of no real surprises, no upsets. It's going to be a real strong field."
Young noted with the reduction in the field, the draw "really isn't as important as it used to be."
"In previous years, if you played the early game on the first day, you probably were going to play later that same day," he pointed out. "With 12 teams, if you fell into the loser's bracket, you could easily run out of pitching.
"Now with eight teams, you're going to see top pitchers throughout the tournament."
Post 33 qualified for the 2012 tournament (an 11-team affair) by capturing the District 10 title. Steubenville started with a 5-1 win over Pickerington before falling to Lima 7-5 and Sandusky 11-10. Pickerington rebounded from its loss to Post 33 to claim the championship.
"We had some tough games down there last year,' the Post 33 skipper added. "The schedule was a tough one and it's probably going to be the same this year. We were close last year, but only grab one victory."
Steubenville, which will take a 29-10 record to Lancaster, locked horns with Sandusky (a win) and Pickerington (a loss) earlier this season during the annual Chillicothe tournament. It also split a twin bill with Cambridge.
"The three teams we played were all pretty strong," Young stated. "We beat two of the three and they were all good games.
"If we play solid, we can play with anybody. We hit a little road bump after coming back from Chillicothe but we managed to get over that. We were still not able to play every day like we prefer but we did come on strong in our regional tournament."
Through 39 games, Post 33 is hitting .325 as a team with a .434 on base percentage and a slugging percentage of .423.
Brenton Colabella has the highest batting average (.413) among Post 33 regulars. The Catholic Central senior-to-be shares the team RBI lead (32) with Big Red graduate Pat Pizzoferrato, who is hitting .388 and has a team-leading 11 doubles. In 126 official at bats, Colabella has struck out just once.
Pizzoferrato and fellow Big Red graduate John Linn both have three home runs to lead the team. Linn has drove home 31 runs.
Indian Creek product Alex Young is batting .389 with a team-high three triples. Bryan Pierro, the Big Red senior-to-be, hits .377 and tops Post 33 regulars with an on-base percentage of .520. He has scored a team-high 38 runs.
Catcher Kai McClurg, who Young refers to as the "heart and soul" of his club, has reached base 23 times via the hit by a pitch route.
"I think we've been doing a good job at the plate," Young noted. "Our goal is to be strong in all three phases, pitching, offense and defense. When we play solid in all three, we are a pretty good team."
Catholic Central graduate and West Liberty University sophomore-to-be Jimmy Panella tops the Post 33 pitching staff with an 8-1 mark. He went the distance in the regional title game against Wayne County. Chris Murphy, who will be a junior at CCHS, is 5-1 while Justin Corsi, who is entering his senior year at Big Red, is next at 5-3. Lefty Anthony Zorne, a sophomore-to-be at Big Red, is 2-0. A. Young has three saves in as many opportunities.
"Pitching wise, we're in good shape," Young said. "We have confidence in all of our guys."
Of the 18 players making the trip to Lancaster, just three (Panella, A. Young and Steve Mihalyo) are not eligible to return in 2014.
This year's tournament will mark the 87th anniversary of American Legion baseball in Ohio. Springfield claimed the first state title back in 1926.


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Rules are subject to change, check for official updates, stay informed, it's your responsibility! To be eligible for Championship Trophies, Jackets and Prize awards, you must first meet the following requirements and follow series rules as set forth.
1. Auto Club Speedway, Cal-Speed Kart Track, SKUSA, IKF, and any posted rules apply. It is your responsibility to have the current year IKF rulebook with you. We will provide free copies of the IKF rule book with your paid series membership until supplies last. It is up to the driver and crew to stay informed and abide by these rules. Hierarchy of rules: Race day bulletins, Supplemental rules, LAKC written rules, and IKF rules. SKUSA rules are for Post tech.
2. Series: The championship series will be 9 races, taking place on Sunday. Schedule posted at www.lakc.org Season Championship points are based on the best 8 of 9 series races, allowing for one drop. Drivers must notify the series of errors in the published points prior to the next race.
3. Membership/ Licensing: LAKC reserves the right to retain racing numbers for those past and current members. No duplicate numbers allowed. No letters with numbers allowed unless it is the letter designation issued by SKUSA.
4.Location Rules: AutoClub Speedway, Cal Speed Kart Track and LAKC do not permit any type of vehicle including, but not limited to, skateboards, bicycles, skates, golf carts, or quads. LAKC officials, Karting Ventures, the Auto Club Speedways employees, and handicapped guests with credentials are exempt. It is a privilege to be at the Auto Club Speedway, please do not do anything to jeopardize the home of LAKC and it members, including yourself!
5.Registration: We will only allow online pre-registration, no walk ups will be allowed. Your pre-registration packet will be waiting for you Saturday and Sunday of race weekend. Everyone must have signed the Auto Club Speedway release form prior to entering the paddock, pits, and or kart track area. Only those drivers who registered and paid an entry fee can race.
6. There will be a $50.00 service fee for any Returned checks. Failure to pay any due monies or repeated request to collect will result in loss of points and or suspension from any further racing at LAKC.
7. Wristbands: Drivers are responsible for obtaining required insurance wristband pit passes for those who enter the pit area. Driver will assume all responsibilities for its crew and guests. Anyone in the pit area without an insured wristband can expect to be asked to leave or purchase a pit pass, in addition the Auto Club Speedway release must be signed by all who enter the facility. Broken bands will be replaced at no charge if the original band it returned. Only legal guardians are allowed to sign for any minor at the track for any reasons. Step parents, Grandparents, best friends and or neighbors that are not the legal guardian may not sign for any minor child. If you are going to bring a minor to the event and you are not the legal guardian you must provide a notarized waiver release. They are available under our forms tab at www.lakc.org.
8. All drivers must register: Anyone under the age of 18 must have a properly completed and signed minors release form on file. Only a parent or Guardian may sign for a minor. If the parent or guardian is unable to attend the event, a release must be notarized in advance of the event and approved by LAKC staff.
9. Pit Spots: Reserved Pit spaces are exclusively for those who have purchased and paid for them. They are ONLY for Saturday and Sunday during an LAKC race event weekend. They are non-transferable and cannot be loaned, rented or reassigned to anyone other than the original person it was issued to. A pit spot map will be available at registration. Free pit spots will be available on a first come first choice basis.
10. Camping: Overnight Camping and Saturday trailer drop off are free to those members who purchased reserved pit spots. Otherwise camping and trailer drop off prices are per our registration processes.
11. Drivers Meeting: Drivers and required representatives must attend the Driver's Meeting on race day, roll call will be taken. Anyone absent from roll call at the meeting may be required to start the main event at the back of their class per race director's decision. All Kids Kart drivers may have a separate drivers meeting immediately following the regular meeting. You are required to drive the entire qualifier, heat and main event races or you may be disqualified unless approved by the race director. This rule is to prevent someone from sitting out to save their tires.
12. Pre-tech: A self-pre-tech form will be given during onsite check-in. It is the driver's responsibility to completely fill out and turn in the pre-tech form. No kart / driver may enter the race track without a pre-tech sticker. Pre-tech stickers will be placed on the kart by the grid steward upon receiving the completed form. Helmets and neck collars will also be checked. No cutting or altering of neck collars is allowed. Weights must be painted white, bolted and fastened with double Nylock nuts, drilled bolts with safety wired nuts and drilled bolts with safety wired Nylock nuts. Fasteners must be safety wired as per IKF regulations. All pre-tech items are subject to also passing any post tech inspection.
13. Safety Equipment: All required safety equipment must be worn when driving. All potentially exposed hair must be tucked in at all times when on the race track. Helmets must be full face type and designed for competitive motorsports and must comply with one of the following: As of January 2015, all helmets must meet one of the following standards: Snell Foundation Specifications (Legal Until): 2005 SA and M 12/20/2016, 2005 K 12/20/2016, CMS 2007 (youth helmet) 12/20/2016, CMR 2007 (youth helmet) 12/20/2016, M 2010 12/20/2021, SA 2010 12/20/2021. Note: Snell SA 2000 and M 2000 Helmets are no longer legal; SFI Specifications (Legal Until): 24.1 (youth helmet) 12/20/2016, 31.2a 12/20/2016, 41.2a 12/20/2016, 24.1/2005 (youth Helmet) 12/20/2016, 31.1/2005 12/20/2016, 41.1/2005 12/20/201, 24.1/2010 (youth helmet) 12/20/2021, 31.1/2010 12/20/2021, 41.1/2010 12/20/2021. Although the youth helmet standard does not specify a precise age range, the helmets are 1-7-15 10 intended for children; adult drivers should select a helmet meeting one of the other standards. A proper fit is essential especially for young drivers. Neck collars are mandatory and no modification is allowed to Neck collars. ALL Kid Kart and Cadet Drivers must wear a chest protector per IKF rules. More helmet regulation apply per IKF rule #105.1.6. Helmets and all head gear such as balaclavas must be removed prior to entering scales.
14. Points: A driver needs to take a green flag during warm up, practice, qualifying, heat race or main event to receive points. If you and your kart are on the track for any reason there will be no refund of any kind. If for any reason you have pre-registered to race and are unable to attend you may use a credit toward your next race but there will not be any cash refunds. Point structure is posted on website under the Results Tab "Points Tabulation Table" we use the IKF soring system.
15. Transponders are mandatory: If you own your own, make sure to provide your transponder number at registration. Transponder location per IKF (min. of 12 inches rearward from centerline of the top of the left king pin to the leading edge of the transponder. All SKUSA classes per SKUSA rules. Transponders must be on your kart for the warm up session.
16. New Drivers: Beginners may be asked to display an X on the rear number plate, and the back of their helmet. For safety reasons, the race director has the power to keep a racer longer at "X" status if they deem them not safely up to speed. First time racers must meet with the Race Director at the end of the driver's meeting.
17. Combining classes: Some classes might be combined with other classes to keep the schedule on time.
18. Schedule: Know when your class is scheduled and on which grid you're on. The event will not be held up waiting for any entrant. Race day schedules will be available at registration, and are subject to change. So please stay informed. Changes, updates, and information may be broadcast over the P.A. system and FM radio transmission.
19.The Race Director is in charge of the event and may make changes necessary in scheduling of the race day.
20. Questions: Any questions regarding the race should be directed to the on track officials. Most concerns may not be handled until the end of the race day. Tech issues should be addressed to the tech officials.
21. Track Entry: No one is allowed on the track at any time for any reason without permission from an official. Any parent, crew or member of any team that disobeys this rule without prior consent from an official and continues on track under any circumstances may be asked to leave, and penalties applied to the offender and or their driver. This rule is designed to protect you, your driver and all competitors.
22. Protest: Protest Forms will be located at the scale table. They need to be turned in to the scale personnel. Protest must be in writing per IKF rules within the time limits set by the IKF rules. No protest will be considered without a completed protest form with all information provided referencing specific rules [Rev.Feb.11,2015] from the rule book. If a protest form was not filled out and turned in correctly the LAKC race officials and or Board of Directors will not even consider the issue.
23. Post tech: the only people allowed in the post-tech area are the driver and one mechanic. You must comply with the requests from the tech officials regarding the item inspected. The post tech director has the final decision on any tech DISQUALIFICATION issues. You must bring your own tools. Tech officials and staff are not required to loan out tool. Please do not ask to barrow tools from the tech official. You may not waive tech for any reason without the post tech officials consent.
24. Win Stickers: Unique series win stickers will be given out after the main event when the trophy is handed out. It is the racers responsibility to request their win sticker on race day. We will not hold win stickers after the conclusion of the event.
25. Disqualifications (DQs): Any Flagrant DQs (whether on the track, off the track or post tech) for the first offense will result in last place or as severe as zero points and cannot be dropped in the championship series. Flagrant DQ's for the second and all future offenses will result in zero points and they also cannot be dropped in the championship series. The Race Directors recommendation will be reviewed and decided by the Board of Directors. LAKC Board of Directors will determine if a DQ is flagrant or not and post tech DQs and are subject to rule 31. All decisions by the Board of Directors are final and are not subject to appeal. LAKC Board of Directors will not consider a competitors race day protest/appeal without the proper protest forms on file and the appeal will only be reviewed in writing. No one will be allowed to appeal in person. Flagrant is defined as "so obviously inconsistent with what is right or proper as to appear to be flouting of the rules.
26. Fuel: Official fuel choices are clearly stated in the class structure sheet. LAKC reserves the right to prosecute, to the full extent of the law; any competitor found to be using EPA listed known cancer causing agents as an attempt to enhance fuel performance at any LAKC event.
27. Post Tech: The burden of proof as to the legality of all parts or products will be the responsibility of the user. We will try to resolve any tech issues on the day of the race. Any decisions made by LAKC Board of Directors are final, cannot be protested, and cannot be appealed to any other organization whatsoever. The LAKC Board of Directors will not overrule any race post tech or directors call without compelling information of wrong doing. The Board of Directors will review the race results at our board meeting, correct any scoring errors, and determine any flagrant DQ's. The Board of Directors are also responsible for correcting any malicious actions by our race day staff and/or officials.
28. Conduct: Drivers are responsible for the conduct of their pit crew members and guests. Unacceptable actions will subject the driver to immediate ejection from the event, and possible suspension. Actions will be evaluated by the Board of Directors and the Race Director. Unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of any driver or their respective crew and guests will not be tolerated, and are subject to immediate ejection and suspension. Physical assault or contact will not be tolerated and are subject to immediate ejection, suspension, and arrest at the discretion of law enforcement officers. Verbal abuse of any kind, especially a minor, to anybody will not be tolerated and will be dealt with by the official or the Board of Directors. This will also subject the offender to immediate ejection, suspension, and/or disqualification. A Disqualification may affect the points even if the race is concluded. The Race Director and Board of Directors will determine any penalty collectively by vote.
29. Alcohol and Drugs: No intoxicating beverages, illegal or legal drugs / Narcotics, firearms (without proper legal permission) or open fires are permitted at the event or surrounding areas. NO driver may ever race under the influence of any of the above mentioned. After the track is closed to racing track/facility rules and local laws governing use shall apply. We will allow for open flames only in a designated tire scrapping area as long as two fire extinguishers are present and accessible at all times and all rubber is cleaned up after scrapping is completed.
30. Photos and Video: All photographs and videos appearing on the LAKC web site and LAKC Facebook page are the property of LAKC or their hired photographer and videographer. Permission must be granted by the owners for additional use.
31. Cheating: If you are caught blatantly cheating with performance enhancing modifications of any kind you may be put on probation or suspended for one year. During the probationary period your motor may be torn down to the crank at any time, for any reason. The LAKC Board of Directors and Post tech official will determine blatant cheating.
32. Engine Revving: The practice of running engines at high rpm's for extended periods is not allowed in the pit, pre-grid or grid areas. When in the pre-grid area no running is allowed. We realize that it is sometimes necessary to run engines after maintenance. This will only be permitted at modest RPM levels for limited periods of time. Extended running at RPMs above clutch stall speeds to preheat motors prior to racing is no permitted. Failure to adhere to these revised regulations may result in disqualification. Water cooled engines: The above is true for water cooled motors. They should be warmed up in your pit area. When in grid area the engines may only be run on the ground not on stands.
33. Scales: You must pass over the scales and provide your weight each and every time to take the track. If you do not scale your kart you will receive a D.Q. for that session. This includes karts that did not finish the race for any reason.
34. Social Media: Differences of opinion may arise regarding LAKC BOD, staff, race officials, rules and regulations. However, communication and discussion of these differences must be handled directly between concerned party and LAKC. Airing of these differences on Blogs, forums, social media sites (such as Facebook or Twitter) may result in disciplinary action including loss of ability to participate in LAKC events.
35. Partnerships regarding disciplinary actions: In an attempt to unify disciplinary actions of participants, LAKC and SKUSA have agreed to accept disciplinary actions by competitors who are suspended or on probation. If you are suspended from a SKUSA event you will also be suspended from any LAKC event and Vice versa.
Los Angeles Karting Championship Series Rules Rules are subject to change. It is your responsibility to stay informed.


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