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Green Destiny
Capitol Project
Congratulations to Ken on the selection of
Green Destiny as the January Miata of the Month!
The Capitol Project
December 7th 2001 was the day I got hitched to my Miata. Winter in the northeast that year was very mild. This let me and my, then nameless, Miata get out quite a bit considering I had no snow tires. Even so, I was starting to itch for longer drives on more " interesting" roads.
On a rainy night in February 2002 I was driving back to Vermont from the Big Apple hoping to make it before the rain turning to snow. I was really enjoying the ride, still pretty new to me. What a machine, more like a body extension. Think and it happens.
I was tooling along Interstate 87 wondering how to come up with more reasons to get out and enjoy my 2001 Special Edition. It turns out to be a comfortable long distance driver so more would be better. Just putting on a few thousand miles a year, babying it as so many do, was not going to cut it. I was hooked and needed more, lots more. On snowy days when I couldn't take it out - I could swear it was calling me from the garage.
I've known folks with interesting life goals like climbing the high point in each state, or driving the entire interstate system. Even though I was getting good road time driving for work, I needed a goal. Just then I passed a sign for Albany, the New York State capital. I had my digital camera with me and thought, "Wouldn't it be fun to visit each state capital and get a picture of my wheels in front of each state house?". Better yet, I could also be in each picture. I had a tripod - I could do this starting right now. Hawaii might present a problem, but I'd worry about that when it was the last state.
So it began. To date Green Destiny and I have visited 33 state capitols, the most recent being Topeka, Kansas. Although the capitols themselves are interesting photographic subjects, it's the road trips themselves that have become the exciting part. It's a blast exploring interstate alternates and visiting increasingly exotic locations on the way to the next capitol. The most recent and longest road trip was to the Mazda National event in Las Vegas.
Next summer . . . Juneau, Alaska.
All 33 Capitol Project pictures are posted at http://www.forolog.net/Capitalproject/
The Road Trips
Green Destiny and I have had five significant (>1000 miles) road trips to date. We've managed to rack up over 50,000 miles in just 22 months.
Chicago – This was just a basic work trip and first reasonably long road trip. I picked up the mid west capitols of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
Clearwater,Florida – This was a late February trip to a Laser sailboat regatta. I had just gotten a hitch for my now named Green Destiny and was towing my laser. I timed it perfectly to coincide with the snow storm of 2003 that dumped lots of snow on Mid Atlantic states. I was prepared with snow tires and managed to pick up most eastern seaboard state capitols. Plus enjoy a ride through Georgia in what I guess is their spring. I managed to check out a bit of Sky Line Drive and scope things out for a future trip to Deals Gap.
Big Bend National Park, Texas – This was a trip that had stops in Cincinnati, and Saint Louis with lots of sight seeing opportunities plus the spring flowers in Big Bend National Park, the ultimate destination. It was great to escape the last gasps of winter in Vermont, but I left the snow tires on just in case.
Deals Gap – This was the trip I took to get my Deuce Roll bar installed and check out the infamous Tail of the Dragon. I took Sky Line Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway and had just a great trip. Wonderful roads, great scenery, plus I bagged a couple more capitols.
Vegas, Nevada – The trip to the Mazda National meet took Green Destiny
and I through some of the most amazing scenic areas of the country we've
seen so far. We had a great time exploring Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New
Mexico. We barely saw much of Utah or Nevada so we'll have to get back
there. I was able to rack up eight more capitols for the Capitol Project. This
trip got me really psyched for next year's excursion to Alaska. All Green
Destiny road trips pictures are posted at http://www.fotolog.net/greendestiny/
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Over the course of three days, testers skied over 80 skis from 20 different brands that will be available next fall. The results of the test will appear in the November issue of Skiing Magazine. There are plenty of skis to get excited about next season. The following brands participated. You might recognize a few of them, but some brands are a bit more under the radar.
Bluehouse, DPS, Faction, Fat-ypus, Folsom Custom Skis, G3, Goode, Grace Skis, H2O Outdoor Gear, Hart, Icelantic, KLINT, Lib Tech, Liberty, Meier Skis, Moment, Movement, Rocky Mountain Underground, Ski Logik, Wagner Custom Skis

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October 12, 2011, 8:46 pm TWN
HANOI, Vietnam--German Chancellor Angela Merkel said eurozone countries have the "political will" to overcome the debt crisis threatening Europe's shaky banking sector.
Merkel spoke to reporters Tuesday in Hanoi after meeting with her Vietnamese counterpart, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, as part of a two-day visit to boost trade ties with the communist country.
"Eurozone countries have the political will to overcome this public debt crisis. The root of the problem is problems with the banks," Merkel told reporters in remarks translated live from German to Vietnamese.
Compared with Vietnam and other countries with young populations, Merkel added, European countries will face greater challenges as they try to reduce their public debts.
Slovakia's parliament is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to expand a bailout fund designed to rescue heavily indebted European nations. The vote has global implications because Slovakia and the 16 other nations that use the euro must all approve the package of measures agreed by eurozone leaders in July.
Sixteen of the nations, including Germany and France, have already given approval.
On Sunday in Berlin, Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised to finalize a comprehensive response to Europe's debt crisis by the end of the month. But in Hanoi on Tuesday, Merkel offered no details on what that response may look like.
Merkel and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed a "strategic partnership" agreement similar to ones Vietnam has signed with seven other countries including China, Russia, Japan and South Korea.
Speaking at a joint press conference, Dung said there is room for the two countries to expand their trade, which stood at US$5 billion last year.
Germany is Vietnam's largest European trading partner. Vietnam's bilateral trade with China and the United States, respectively, stands at more than US$30 billion and more than US$20 billion.
But the U.S. and the European Union often criticize Vietnam for imprisoning bloggers and activists who challenge the single-party government's authority.
"Developing human rights as well as religious freedom and freedom of the press is very important," Merkel said.
Accompanied by a German business delegation, Merkel will also visit Ho Chi Minh City where she will attend a business forum.
She is scheduled to depart Vietnam later today and travel to Mongolia.
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Hey boomers ...you might just consider snowboarding too. Sure it's a little hard to learn but in the end it is safer and easier on the old body. I also suggest the shortest and lightest shape skis you can afford. The less the load on those old moving parts the better . Enjoy it while you can ,wear warmer gloves cause your circulation isn't what it used to be either.


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Sequella Inc. licensed its B-SMART™ technology to Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp) to allow LabCorp to develop a new laboratory-based antibiotic susceptibility assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and to commercially use the assay in the United States. The assays that LabCorp will develop using B-SMART™ technology will combine nucleic acid testing with phage-based technology to accurately and quickly identify any resistance of M. tuberculosis clinical isolates to antitubercular antibiotics, regardless of whether the resistance genotype is known. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Sequella retains all rights to commercialize B-SMART™ technology worldwide for indications other than tuberculosis, and for territories other than the United States for tuberculosis.
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After a disillusioning loss to the Oakland Raiders the Denver Broncos are now facing the Cincinnati Bengals in a game that could be the defining game for the rest of the season.
A loss to the Bengals will not only fuel the QB controversy it will also raise huge question marks about the front offices ability to successfully rebuild the Broncos. Unless the plan from the beginning was to "suck for Luck."
The front office had to clear goals of improvement this season. One—the ability to stop the run on defense and two—to establish a running game that defenses would have to respect. The game against the Raiders made it clear those two goals are far and away from being realized.
The Broncos have been severely hampered by injuries in their run defense, and with injuries to both Dumerville and Bailey, the defense is now also with out its two best players.
The injury to Moreno won't have the same significant impact on the offense as the injuries will have on the defense. But there will have to be some serious praying going on for Brandon Lloyds hamstring to hold up, because Lloyd will have to be the key to beating the Bengals.


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A Church of the English? The Church of England and ethnic and fraternal associations in Upper Canada, 1830-1860
06 February 2013, 17:15 - 19:15
Event Type: Seminar
Joe Hardwick (Northumbria)
Venue: Room 102 (Senate House, first floor)
Senate House
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"Pride, Dignity, & Loyalty For The People Of Fulton County."
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Sheriff Theodore Jackson
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Visitors video conferencing system that will provide a central area where visitors can see inmates on a video screen. Video telephones will be used as part of this service. The inmate housing areas will have similar units allowing them to interface with visitors. Visitation information will not be provided over the telephone or by email. The inmate must inform all visitors of the date and time scheduled for visitation. You must present a valid picture ID to visit. A valid ID is a state approved driver's license, passport, or state issued identification card. arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled visit. Fulton County Jail inmates are required to list persons they wish to see. Visitors will need to register on the Sheriff's Office website in advance. Individuals who do not have internet access will be allowed to register at the visitation center.
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Boehner visit sparks protest at campaign event for Chris Gibson
Art Zaczkiewicz, introduced as a social worker and community organizer, said, "Consider that two thirds of U.S. corporations pay zero federal taxes, U.S corporations are sitting on $1.8 trillion in reserve cash yet congress refuses to raise the marginal tax rates for those companies, which would stimulate the economy, and create jobs. Instead, they are targeting programs like Head Start and Food Stamps, and that's wrong."
The Woodstock Connection
Now hosting the fundraiser for a Republican, in the past, Alan Gerry has been the target of Republican ire. Before the presidential election in 2008, Senator Chuck Schumer and then-Senator Hillary Clinton inserted a $1 million earmark into a bill to help pay for the creation of the Museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.
At the time, Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, who was running for president, said "Woodstock Museum is a shining example of what's wrong with Washington on pork-barrel, out-of-control spending,"
The other Republican senator from Arizona, John Kyl, said, "It seems to me that we do have to ask questions like whether it's the will of this body to fund an earmark for a museum celebrating a weekend-long party that occurred 38 years ago."
The senate voted 52 to 42 to kill the earmark, but the museum opened as scheduled regardless.
Syndicated columnist Kevin McDonough, who lives in Narrowsburg, wrote about the subject in a piece on the Huffington Post, https://tinyurl.com/kydrybv.


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Chipmunk's new goal in life is to be a famous writer/illustrator. He's very inspired by the Diary of Wimpy Kid, Timmy Failure and Big Nate book series. His interest in writing is pretty great considering a year ago we were concerned about his struggles with writing. It turns out he only struggles when he's not interested. So that should make the next zillion years of school a lot of fun.
Tonight he said he wrote a bedtime story for his brother. He brought it over to me to preview it.
It reminded me of a Shinzi Katoh print. Aww! I immediately thought about how I want a tattoo of one of his doodles, and I grinned. Would it be this optimistic, surprisingly sweet seal?
"Flip it over," he said.
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Less than a week after the area's public broadcasting station killed its analog signal, the station's general manger said commercial broadcasters can learn from the path they have blazed.
"We visit with them regularly," Linda Pitner said. "They have learned from us in terms of the calls received and problems seen."
KACV turned off its analog transmitter Friday but began transmitting in digital five years ago. Pitner said the station still receives phone calls from customers who have trouble receiving the digital signal on older televisions.
Full-power television stations are required to end analog transmissions and broadcast exclusively in digital by June 12.
Digital signals provide clearer pictures and sound and frees airwaves for future services.
KVII Station Manager Marc Gilmour said an estimated 8.7 percent of their viewing area - mostly in outlying towns - is unprepared for the switch.
"It's unfortunate we had a station be a guinea pig," Gilmour said. "But KACV has handled the transition very well."
He estimates the percentage of unprepared viewers will drop below 5 percent in the next month.
People can call a number of resources if they have problems receiving digital broadcasts, including their favorite station.
"Our engineering staff has worked very hard with anyone who has any questions," Pitner said.
Many people just have to rescan their convertor boxes to pick up all available stations. Others may need a more powerful antenna.
"Most people are ready," Pitner said. "They just need a converter box."
Ken Haney of Amarillo bought a $50 convertor box last month to view digital signals on his 10-year-old TV.
"When we had the analog signal, there were some stations it didn't matter what you did with the rabbit ears. The stations never come in clear," said Haney, a chaplain at Tyson Foods. "With the digital, it's been crystal clear."
"It's almost like having cable, but you don't have to pay for it."
Many area stations are transmitting digital and analog signals simultaneously, including NBC affiliate KAMR-TV, Fox affiliate KCIT, CBS affiliate KFDA-TV and ABC affiliate KVII-TV.
KFDA Chief Engineer Tim Winn said his station would jump to digital by the government-mandated June date. NBC-affiliate KAMR did not respond to questions of when it will make the switch.
KVII, which broadcasts digitally at less than full power, will broadcast exclusively in digital June 12.
"We get a lot of questions," Gilmour said. "It just takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to explain what's going on."
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The Association has produced, "Survey of the States: Motorcycle Safety Programs," which details the alarming increase in motorcycle rider deaths. Factors causing this deadly trend include: the explosion in motorcycle sales, training shortfalls, licensing issues and the decline in helmet use. Detailed information is available for every state, Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico.
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Packaging Helps UN
Fight Food Waste
by Greg Kishbaugh
t has long been established that packaging serves a multitude
of functions, from the strictly utilitarian purposes of product
transport to the ever-evolving role it plays in advertising, pro-
moting and informing consumers on the packaging's contents.
Recent advances in high-end printing, including flexo, have
turned packaging into an effective retail salesforce, influencing
consumer decisions right up to the moment of purchase.
But amid all the high-tech advances that have been made
over the past few years in the production of high-end packag-
ing, the packaging industry must never lose sight of one of its
important fundamental roles: shipping and protecting food.
Last week, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organi-
zation (FAO) released a new study revealing that one third of
the food produced around the world for human consumption
approximately 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted.
Alarmingly, a recent report from the UK's In-
stitute of Mechanical Engineers put the figure
even higher, saying that as much as half of the
food produced in the world is wasted each year.) And while
there are many factors in this travesty outside the purview of
packaging, there is still a massive amount of waste that con-
verting and retail experts could help eliminate.
Somewhat surprisingly, food loss and waste is roughly the
same for both industrialized and developing countries, roughly
US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion
in developing countries.
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Mark Andy Goes To School...............pg. 3
FINAT Plans For 2013.........................pg. 4
Mepco Relocates.................................pg. 6
Technicote Expands.........................pg. 10
ICE USA 2013 Adds
New Exhibitors
More than 100 new exhibitors will
be joining the over 200 returning ex-
hibitors at ICE USA 2013, taking
place April 9-11, in Orlando, Florida.
Many of the new exhibitors have
also reserved larger exhibit space to
display the running machinery they
will be bringing to the Show.
Some of the companies who will
be exhibiting at the biennial show
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M&A Forum
Looks At Converting
The 2013 AWA Mergers & Acquisi-
tions Executive Forum, convened by
market research group Alexander
Watson Associates, will be held on
March 18 at the University Club of
Over the next 12 to 18 months, it
is expected that there will be numer-
ous M&A opportunities for both
strategic and financial buyers to
grow their companies and improve
their financial performance across
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In a world of seven billion people, set to
grow to nine billion by 2050, wasting food
makes no sense —
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Jennifer Love Hewitt Rocks A Sexy Red Dress For 'Client List' Promo Shoot
Jennifer Love Hewitt could wear a garbage bag and still look beautiful. We spotted the star at a photoshoot for "The Client List" in Los Angeles over the weekend wearing a red frock with her wavy brown hair tumbling down her back.
The actress tweeted on Friday, "5 am hair and make- up + city streets + red dress + sexy heels + 100 guys! Can only mean one thing...season 2 promos. Oh my!"
Earlier in the week she wrote, "Season two billboard shoot.... I think you guys will love it!"
In April, Hewitt made headlines after Lifetime digitally reduced her breasts in a promo shot for the show. At the time she told Los Angeles' KROQ 106.7 radio station, "Somebody sent me a copy of the photograph, and I was like, 'Um, what happened?' I'm not quite sure what's going on, but apparently somebody wanted me to have a boob reduction."
It appears that Lifetime didn't take any chances this time around and elected to cover up Hewitt's cleavage. But she still looks great. In "The Client List," she plays a desperate masseuse who performs extra services for cash.
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June 9, 1983 - Wins re-election in a landslide and gains a parliamentary majority with just over 42 percent of the vote.
1984 - Escapes an IRA terrorist bombing in Brighton at her hotel at the annual Conservative Party conference.
June 11, 1987 - The Conservative Party wins its third general election.
1989 - Thatcher introduces the poll tax, a charge levied on community residents rather than property. The unpopular tax leads to rioting in the streets and Thatcher's ouster by Conservative Party politicians worried that the tax and Thatcher's unpopularity would bring down the party.
November 1990 - Is forced to resign as prime minister after a leadership struggle within her own party.
March 7, 1991 - Receives the U.S. Medal of Freedom from President George Bush.
June 5, 1992 - Is named a life peer on the Queen's honor list. Thatcher's title is Baroness.
June 30, 1992 - Swearing-in ceremony at the House of Lords, where Thatcher formerly becomes the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
July 1, 1993-June 30, 2000 - Is chancellor of the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Va.
Feb. 4, 1994 - Formal investiture as chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
1995 - Autobiography, "The Path to Power" is published. Excerpts had appeared in the Daily Mirror and The Sunday Times of London in 1993.
March 22, 2002 - Retires from public life after suffering a series of small strokes.
June 11, 2004 - Attends Ronald Reagan's funeral services.
August 25, 2004 - South African police arrest Thatcher's son, Mark, on allegations he was involved in a plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.
January 13, 2005 - Mark pleads guilty to unwittingly helping bankroll the coup plot. In exchange he receives a fine, a suspended jail sentence, and the right to join his family in the United States.
September 2005 - The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom is established.
Feb. 21, 2007 - Thatcher unveils a 7-foot-4 inch silicon bronze statue of herself at the Houses of Parliament.
August 2008 - Daughter Carol confirms Thatcher is suffering from dementia, first noticed in 2000.
December 30, 2009 - The British National Archives releases the 1979 state papers from Thatcher's early months as prime minister.
Nov. 1, 2010 - Returns home from the hospital after being admitted on Oct. 19 with the flu.
Dec. 20, 2012 - Is admitted to the hospital "to remove a growth in her bladder."


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CEO Interviews
Rockwell Collins' New CEO: Building on Disciplined Diversity Approach
11/20/2013 10:09 am
Kelly Ortberg plans to use D&I to achieve his three business goals at Rockwell Collins: global expansion, focus on core values and innovation.
Hilton Worldwide President & CEO: Resource Groups, Customer Service Keys to Our Success
11/06/2013 11:37 am
Christopher J. Nassetta talks to DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti about ramping up Hilton's diversity-management program.
Novartis' David Epstein: A Diverse Team Can 'Accomplish Feats Nobody Thought Possible'
01/30/2013 3:01 pm
Having had great success through cultural transformation, this executive is now taking on a bigger challenge as Division Head of Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Eli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter: 'Engage People Like Never Before'
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CEO John Lechleiter, Eli Lilly and Company, discusses how diversity impacts employee engagement, innovation and business goals.
How Talent Development Helped This Woman Became CEO of a Major Bank
Talent development helped KeyCorp's first woman CEO move up. Here's her 3 big tips on what to do. Read more ››
Talent Development: From Migrant Workers' Son to CEO
Talent development helped Forest T. Harper leave his humble beginnings to become a corporate leader of INROADS. Now he's paving the way for other aspiring low-income students. Read more ››
Diversity Management: Training Exposes Execs' Hidden Biases
The diversity-management lesson you won't forget: A hard-hitting interview with the CEO of Toyota Financial Services on diversity management. Read more ››
Talent Development Takes Wells Fargo Leader From Teller to $100M in Revenue
Talent development helped Michelle Lee rise to a regional vice-president position at Wells Fargo. What can your company learn from her extraordinary story? Read more ››
What Does It Take for a Woman to Become CEO?
Against the odds, Beth Mooney became the first female CEO of a top 20 U.S. bank and is carrying on the culture of inclusion at KeyCorp. Read more ››
How Ameren CEO Tom Voss Improves Workplace Diversity
Diversity and inclusion shaped this CEO's worldview. Here's how he turned action into innovation at Ameren. Read more ››
KPMG's CEO Reveals How to Be a Strong Diversity Leader
KPMG CEO and Chairman John Veihmeyer asserts that his strict commitment and daily, personal communication with mid-level managers is the best way to generate buy-in. Read more ››
Railroad CEO's Personal Passion Creates Real Diversity Results
How did the railroad CSX become our Top Company for Diversity Management Progress? CEO Michael Ward tells you how accountability—and deep personal commitment—deliver. Read more ››
Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Sustainable Business & Accountability
DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti sits down with the bank's leader to explore deep commitment to diversity as a driver of business. Read more ››
CEO Conversation: Sodexo's George Chavel's Childhood in Detroit Shaped His Diversity Journey
Sodexo has been a leader in implementing, measuring and assessing diversity initiatives. At our learning event in Washington, D.C., Sodexo's CEO and President George Chavel talked to DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti about his deep, personal commitment to diversity. Read more ››
Restoring Trust in Public Companies Through Diversity
Luis Aguilar is one of the most influential Latino attorneys in the country and served as an executive in major U.S. companies. He talked to DiversityInc CEO Luke Visconti about his commitment to diversity at the SEC and in the governance of the country's public companies. Read more ››
Sodexo's Employee Engagement = Gender Equity & Fighting World Hunger
Sodexo Global CEO Michel Landel's unwavering leadership commitment to equality is what led Sodexo to the top of the DiversityInc Top 50 list. Listen as he shares how gender-equity initiatives and fighting world hunger play big roles in Sodexo's approach to employee engagement. Read more ››
Sodexo's Global CEO Leverages Diversity
Sodexo Global CEO Michel Landel's unwavering leadership commitment to equality is what led Sodexo to the top of the DiversityInc Top 50 and what has helped to attract other great leaders to the company. Read more about how we can all learn from this remarkable man. Read more ››
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Takes On National Tragedy
AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson sat down with Luke Visconti, CEO of DiversityInc, at our March event. Watch our new videos where he talks about his personal connection to diversity and what AT&T is doing to combat one of the nation's greatest long-term challenges—the high-school dropout crisis. Read more ››


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What WMATA is really suggesting
Metrorail is nearing its capacity, with heavy load in many key points throughout the system. At last week's WMATA board meeting, staff presented recommendations for capital improvements to increase capacity at the bottlenecks.
Press outlets covered the topic, but often with confusion on details. WTOP covered the Georgetown/M Street proposal but wrote that the new line would run "through the top of the District," adding, "It's not known if the new line would be a tunnel or an aerial structure." The ridiculousness of an elevated trackway up Wisconsin Avenue led to this incredulous story on DCist, generating more meta-discussion.
What is WMATA really proposing? Based on this presentation, here's a handy map of what Metro could look like in 2030 if WMATA gets its way:
Below, a detailed list of the improvements in the WMATA presentation and this map.
Silver and Purple Lines built as proposed by Virginia and Maryland.
Separate Blue Line. This new line through downtown, originally proposed in 2001, would split off from the Orange Line at Rosslyn, cross the Potomac in a new tunnel to Georgetown, then run east along M Street to Mount Vernon Square and then Union Station.
The WMATA presentation's map shows the line heading down Massachusetts Ave from Thomas Circle to Union Station, but my map shows it continuing along M Street to facilitate a better transfer at Mount Vernon Square (since the station is actually on M rather than at the square itself).
Reports are vague on what the line would do east of Union Station; the old Post map showed it going to Stadium-Armory, but it would make more sense for it to run straight down H Street and cross the river with the Orange Line, letting riders connect between the two at a new infill station between River Terrace and the soon-to-be-closed Pepco plant.
Update: I've modified the map to show the Blue Line running to a separate Rosslyn station one block west of the current one, connected by an underground walkway, to better match WMATA's best thinking on the physical reality. The previous map is here.
The "Blue Line split". Not to be confused with the M Street subway, this is a short-term proposal by WMATA to send some trains from Franconia-Springfield up the Yellow Line and then to Greenbelt. WMATA's map is horribly confusing; as I've argued before, it makes much more sense to simply call those trains Yellow Line trains.
Pedestrian walkways. Farragut North and Farragut West were originally supposed to be one station with a transfer, according to The Great Society Subway, but the National Park Service blocked that plan. A walkway would allow transfers from Red to Orange without riding an extra three stops down to Metro Center and back.
Likewise, Metro Center and Gallery Place are actually very close together, but many people ride the Red Line one stop when going to or from one of those stations. And people transferring from Yellow/Green to Orange/Blue have to use the Red Line or ride five extra stops down to L'Enfant Plaza and back.
Track connections. The presentation recommends adding connectors between lines so WMATA can route trains around problems or add extra service in high-traffic spots. They're proposing connectors between Court House and the Blue Line toward Arlington Cemetery; between the Blue Line on the other side of Arlington Cemetery and the Yellow Line bridge over the Potomac; between the Red Line north of Farragut and the Orange Line at McPherson; and between the potential M Street line around Thomas Circle and the Yellow/Green at Gallery Place.
The one useful connection missing from the WMATA presentation is one between the Yellow Line bridge and Waterfront. Being able to run trains from Virginia directly to the new ballpark would give Virginians an easy Metro route to baseball games and relieve a lot of congestion at L'Enfant Plaza. Coupled with the Orange-Blue and Blue-Yellow connectors also proposed, they could even run Orange or Silver Line trains from Fairfax or Leesburg/Dulles/Tysons all the way around to the ballpark without having to pass through downtown DC.
Infill stations. Alexandria has proposed new infill stations at Potomac Yards and Eisenhower Valley. An Oklahoma Avenue station between Stadium-Armory and the Anacostia River has also been kicking around for years (in fact, it was planned for the original Metro system and then canceled). This stations aren't mentioned in the WMATA presentation.
The Purple Line should be appealing to a UMD employee who lives in Silver Spring, or a student who works part-time in Bethesda. Those people won't want to walk/bus to the Purple Line, ride it to UMD, and then have to take a shuttle to get to their part of campus.
Plus, the Purple Line should reduce the need for the shuttle buses between the College Park Metro station and the rest of campus. One stop would only do that for the portion of UMD students and employees who are located right near the stop.
by David Alpert on Apr 28, 2008 8:35 am • link • report
If you're on an Orange/Blue train heading towards Vienna or Franconia, you can see the tunnel on the right hand side of the train. Right after you leave the McPherson station, you hit a crossover, and right after that, the tunnel wall magically starts drifting away. It's just a single track tunnel, nothing too fancy. I believe it connects up to the Red line just prior to entering the Farragut North station, where there's another crossover switch.
One thing I'm just noticing with the proposed Blue line and the new connectors is that you could do a loop service - not that it would be that useful, since it would bypass the Pentagon, making the only stops in VA be Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery - but you could do it.
The three UMD stops are most definitely necessary. The distance between the proposed East Campus and West Campus is several miles, and the large student body at UMD makes College Park the 5th most populous city in Maryland.
Metro needs to decide whether to use slashes or hyphens. I prefer slashes. But better yet would be be mandate shorter names for all stations - so they fit better on a map and on electronic signs, and are easier to describe in a consistent manner.
As for the pedestrian walkway, I included that in my original transit vision map. It's not on here, though, because WMATA isn't proposing it (and it would be fairly long and probably expensive).
Michael: I came up with that name, trying to emulate WMATA's hyphen-slash behavior as well as the long names. In the February map people suggested various names for it, and so I decided to do what WMATA does and satisfy them all. DC called it Starburst Plaza on their streetcar diagrams; H Street is a well-known name that should be part of it; and Trinidad, as the nearest neighborhood, was something several commenters wanted included.
by David Alpert on Apr 28, 2008 3:34 pm • link • report
I know that's certainly possible with the SmarTrip card, as it already does that for rail to bus transfers.
In fact, even with the pedestrian tunnels proposed, I seem to recall reading somewhere that the plan was to keep all the fare controls in place, and have that be a free transfer - even though you leave the gates and then re-enter. I think they might be able to make that work with the paper farecards as well.
We should be moving to either a subscription system, or simply doling out all-date passes at a cheaper rate, to entirely replace fares. Trying to manage all the details of what system goes where gets geometrically more difficult/confusing as you add infill stations and lines. MoCo's Ride-On bus system gets loads more passengers because it offers free rides to Montgomery College students and other groups. That's partly the general cost, but also partly the convenience of not having to pay a marginal cost for extra travel.
Imagine how many cars a $100/month Metro(train, streetcar, light rail, and bus) subscription could pull off the road.
by Will Sommer on Apr 30, 2008 2:02 am • link • report
Why not just connect Farragut West and North to be one station and call it Farragut Square.
Where would the blueline connect to union station at;it would have to dodge the redline and amtrak plus the tunnels from the post office to union station and it would most likely have to go under buildings like the GPO. The only way I see that even remotely working is if they tear up everything infront of Union Station and that would make even more problems for traffic and metro because they would have to reroute all there buses that go around there.
Maybe when there done with this they could remodel the original 6 stations, Rhode Island Ave & Farragut North could use some big time remolding.
Also how do yall think traffic would be affected in georgetown and downtown dc for residents and workers a new line down there would be hell on traffic
The reason to send the Blue Line over the new route is that the Silver and Orange already have to merge at East Falls Church. It's easier to keep them together and keep the Blue separate. Otherwise, if Silver goes in the new route, then there could be delays if a Blue and Orange train arrive around the same time, followed by a big gap, and so on. It's best for service reliability to minimize merges.
Farragut West and North were originally supposed to be one station, but the National Park Service wouldn't let WMATA build it under the park. They could rename both of them Farragut Square, but since the walkway will be about a block long, it might be easier for people to know that if they want the Red Line it'd be better to go down the escalator north of the square versus west. Not a big deal though.
Nowadays most subway construction is done with tunnel boring machines that gradually dig the tunnel from one end to the other. That prevents having to tear up the streets, though it's also more expensive. If the Blue Line went down H Street it'd actually end up running behind Union Station, not in front.
by David Alpert on Apr 30, 2008 5:03 pm • link • report
Good Point I was just going by if the line was going the route that is depicted on the map above which would have it most likely going straight down Mass. Ave.
and even with the boring Machines they would still run in to some difficulty especially at Union station. If they went straight down H street they would either have to extend Union Station outside further north otherwise it would be more dificult to have the trains run down h street make a right go to union station and then make a left an then another left or u turn and go back north so that they could end up at 7th & H NE.
Or by going straight down Mass. Ave and then having the blue line platform under, beside or somehow above the redline and then go straight then making a slight 20degree turn left would be awhole lot easier than digging under h street and then under the 1st street and under all the amtrak platforms to make a platform and a walkway long enough to connect to the red line that platform would have to be atleast 2 or 3 stories under ground from where the redline platform is; from an engineering standpoint having the trains going down Mass. Ave and then some how meeting directly under the circle would be the easiest in terms of trying to connect the platforms without a long walkway in between them since the blueline would have to go back north to hit 7&H streets anyway
by David Alpert on Apr 30, 2008 6:31 pm • link • report
* This map includes Purple Line light rail but excludes the sections which are being built right now -- H Street/Minnesota Avenue and the line in Anacostia. Was that intentional or an oversight?
* Is the stop on 7th and H, NE something that you came up with or was it part of a Metro proposal?
Actually, I guess you could probably get by with a passing siding at EACH station, but you have to figure the cost of additional track would get amortized pretty quickly.
As for 7th and H, Metro hasn't given any real idea of what the line would do east of Union Station. Some maps show it running to Stadium-Armory, but a line on H Street would make much more sense than a line on Massachusetts Ave through Capitol Hill (since there's no real room for new development there while H Street is one of DC's top potential growth areas). That's why I made those stations italicized.
by David Alpert on May 1, 2008 4:06 pm • link • report
My only question, why 2030 - I prefer 2000-now. Let's get this party started (well, like Brendan says, once we move the Ukranian embassy and get the trains to pop out of the embankments! If some could splash into the river (I mean lt. blue line now and again) all the better! ;)
Thanks. glad i found you (via dc'ist)
What would also be nice would be if VDOT and the other local authorities would also spend more money towards the Metro. Why does everything have to wait on the Federal government? VDOT spends a lot of state money on state maintained roads like the VA28 interchanges or 7100, why not more on Metro?
I understand the appeal of Blue Line to Woodbridge, especially considering how crowded I-95 is, but as pointed out, there is already the VRE. Sure, there's limited service, but why not increase VRE service instead of building Metro track? The SEHSR project is going to upgrade the rail lines anyway, once the Environmental Impact Studies get finished.
If we're talking fantasy, extending the Orange Line west along I-66 through Fair Oaks Mall, the Stringfellow Road park and ride, and the Lee Highway/VA28 intersection would be nice. Then throw in light rail basically along VA28 from Manassas to Dulles Airport if you really want to get into fantasy.
I agree that a three track design would be nice, but to elevate it through all of DC would be a disaster and I am sure a nonstarter. It would be ugly and destroy many people's property values.
There is a proposal to add a third HOV lane (as a high occupancy toll lane) - instead I would just use that "extra" space for the structure columns. Stops could be added just south of the Pentagon, Shirlington, Glebe Road, the Mark Center area, Landmark/Linconia, Springfield, ending with a large commuter facility at I-95 and the Fairfax Co. Parkway in the Newington area ("Newington Station"). The large garages at the present Franconia-Springfield stn could be removed allowing a mixed use development (commuters could park further south) to be constructed.
This also allows Metro to better serve the new Nats ballparg and the growing M St., SE business corridor near the USDOT HQ.
All of this would have to be underground. Supposedly, laws on the books don't allow power lines in the old city, which includes the east-of-Union Station portion of H St. I hope that would apply to power lines for trains in the air, as well.
So... when is the groundbreaking ceremony?!! (I can dream, can't I?)
As far as their current Brown line. That is aburd to think they would give a new color to a temporary service. people will be looking for it then have to read to find the service hours. let the regular commuters at the extremities of the lines do the reading, your ideas to use a faded yellow at Springfield Franconia are dead-on.
by bob previdi on Nov 20, 2008 4:24 pm • link • report
The Red Line's congestion problems really relate to its acting as a shuttle between the Yellow/Green and Union Station and Farragut North and Dupont. So to insure capacity growth on the Red you need to make the new line manage the flow from those.
you could run up to Dupont and down Mass to TC then down M. and that would make Dupont even more attractive.
Come to think of it - it could use a little jolt of excitement.
by bob previdi on Dec 9, 2008 6:05 pm • link • report
If the main goal of the line is to get people from Virginia into jobs in DC and relieve capacity constraints at Rosslyn, then running it down M is best.
On the other hand, there's not going to be new development there that this line would stimulate. You're right that it's best to run a line where it can drive new development. I'm not sure that Logan Circle is it, though; Logan is so close to downtown that it's desirable already, and they've already built, or are building, density there. And most of the rest of the buildings are historically protected.
A stop at K and New Jersey, as I propose, would definitely create some development opportunities. If the line ran up Rhode Island, crossed Yellow and Green at Shaw, and then had another stop along New Jersey Ave around P, then we're getting to even more development opportunities, but that might be too far out of the way.
by David Alpert on Dec 11, 2008 9:26 am • link • report
If the main goal of the line is to get people from Virginia into jobs in DC and relieve capacity constraints at Rosslyn, then running it down M is best.Keep in mind that non-residents don't pay income tax to DC therefore the District government has little incentive to cater to their needs. If DC has a say in where a new tunnel alignment goes, I suspect DC would rather do something to promote development in the District rather than make it easier for NOVA residents to get into and out of DC faster.
But the reason for it is to give the Orange Line more breathing room. Now being from the MTA in NYC I don't think the crowding is as bad as it can be, but with the new Silve Line it could get bad.
Since the new Blue Line will only be able to move 13 trains an hour across the Potomic, (because sharing track with the Yellow limits it) it seems that it might be more logical to have the Silver Line share its 13 trains per hour with the Blue. This would give the Orange 26 unshared trains per peak hour.
I have heard of the old express idea down 66 but is there any talk about the 50% spare capacity that this new Blue line would have and how that capacity would be used. It seems silly to repeat the mistake of the Yellow line by using only 50% of the capacity of a new very costly tunnel.
by bob previdi on Dec 14, 2008 3:05 pm • link • report
by David Alpert on Dec 14, 2008 3:10 pm • link • report
I do think DC has learned their lesson about not having switches in the right places. I also would have built Farragut North and Farragut West as three track stations to manage dwell better.
by bob previdi on Dec 14, 2008 3:19 pm • link • report
In addition, Mt. Vernon needs a north entrance to tie into the coming 0 Street Market redevelopment.
My 2¢.
As was mentioned earlier in the conversation, DC doesn't receive taxes from VA & MD. Therefore, shouldn't plans to enlarge the system help as much of DC before going out to the burbs?
by d.broussard on Jan 21, 2014 7:15 pm • link • report
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With nine seasons of Project Runway behind us, America is clearly ready for a new kind of fashion reality show. Enter Fashion Star. Hosted by Elle Macpherson, Fashion Star give 14 designers the chance to win a multimillion dollar prize to help launch their collection. The twist is that designers pitch their designs to buyers from Macys, Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M each week. If the buyers like the designs they can bid
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Fashion Star premiered on March 13th with 4.55 million people tuning in. Interestingly, both Saks Fifth Avenue and H&M saw bumps in daily reach on both the day of the premiere and the day after. Macy's, however did not see the same lift in daily reach.
Saks and H&M also saw lifts in daily reach on March 20th, the day the second episode aired while Macy's remained relatively flat. It wouldn't be too surprising to see traffic remain flat if a retailer didn't purchase any designs during the episode, but all three designers bid on designs both weeks!
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My Random Mariners Ruminations…
You know how I'm always moving and taking on new jobs?
Well, that's what I've been doing….again.
I'm not moving across the country or anything like that, it's definitely a local move but still a significant amount of packing and planning has been required.
I can't express how depressing my new apartment looks right now due to the lack of furniture or wall decorations. Not only that but I don't even have couches or dining tables or even a bed. I had to haul my best friend's boyfriend's futon and slept on it rather comfortably last night.
There really wasn't a good reason for me to write my blogs anyway, considering my boys got swept by the big bad Texas Rangers a few days back. It was SO depressing.
First of all, Rob Johnson isn't aware of his job description. Oh, I don't know, I'm pretty sure it's self explanatory but you are a catcher, Johnson. We don't even expect you to hit; we just need you to catch. And you cannot do that. Thanks to you not being able to catch, we were swept. Seriously. Practice more. And no, don't give me crap about being mean to Johnson because I used to be a catcher in college softball and I wasn't even that bad. So hush.
Second, POOR Doug Fister. He has been nothing but AMAZING, a lot more consistent and impressive than anyone else in the team and he cannot get a deserving win to save his life. Our relief pitchers cannot help him out. We have a lead, Fister gets tired, whoever-relief-pitcher comes in, ties or blows the lead and Aardsma blows the game. Ok fine, that's a little too harsh on Aardsma since he's only had 2 blown saves so far but STILL. Fister DESERVES a WIN, people, let's HELP HIM OUT A LITTLE!!!!
Thirdly, I am VERY impressed with most of our newbies. Cliff Lee obviously just came off of the DL but did a splendid job last week, Chone Figgins is just amazing (Thank you, Angels!) and he hits and hustles like a maniac giving Ichiro a run for his money, Milton Bradley is actually pretty good (surprise!), Brandon League is pretty good so far (I KNEW he was Asian! I did some research and found out he's Japanese-American Yonsei from Hawaii!) and the only person that disappointed was Eric Byrnes…and he's not even with us anymore. Shocker. He has so many opportune moments where he completely failed. PLUS apparently no one taught him how to successfully operate a SQUEEZE…which lost us a game.
Sorry about the non-picture entry today but I really have to get going to work now. Can I just say I'm SUPER excited for the Rays to be in town right now? Starting tonight, the Mariners will face the Rays. It's the only time the Rays will be in town which makes me really depressed since I can't be there……and (warning: girl comment) Evan Longoria is on my exclusive list of potential boyfriend/husband material and I won't be able to see him.
The Rays will be facing Jason Vargas, Ryan Rowland-Smith and Cliff Lee.
Yes, they get to face Cliff Lee. Yikes!
Ok well until next time….
So clearly I missed posting this yesterday and the Mariners have lost again the Rays.
….plus it was against Cliff Lee…..
……do you know how painful it is to be a Mariners fan right about now?
Probably not.
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Moving is always a pain. I try not to do it too often.
I know how depressing it is when your team is not doing that well. My team just wants to get to .500 to start with. But our Andre Ethier is the triple crown champ right now so there are good things happening.
How is your Mom doing??
I MISS FIGGY! Can we PUHLEASE have him back?! Please!
our teams are at it this weekend and i'm so excited because i get to see Figgy! What a great matchup to start it off huh? Weaver and King Felix (man i'm such a big fan of his!). I'll warn you now the Angels aren't looking good AT all! ugghhh!!! can we please get at least one win off of y'all?
Yeah Doug Fisher is having a heckuva year. His situation reminds me of Greinke's situation. He's 0-3 with a 2.27 era…😦
I'm really kind of surprised to see the Mariners having such a poor start. I thought they made several good moves in the offseason. Hopefully things will start to come together for them. Hang in there!
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I don't know what is up with your M's. The series with you guys never really seemed that scary. Lee was pedestrian, in my opinion. YOu guys are supposed to be much, much better than this. I am sure something will click soon, but don't wait too long!
I don't know what is up with your M's. The series with you guys never really seemed that scary. Lee was pedestrian, in my opinion. YOu guys are supposed to be much, much better than this. I am sure something will click soon, but don't wait too long!
Looks like the pitching/defense focus wasn't working out as well as we thought! The Red Sox tried it to and they're in fourth place now. Listen, I hope everything works out with your move and everything. I'm sure it will be ok!
Hope you are doing well. I miss you!!! How is your Mom?? I thought you would be posting especially since your team beat the Padres so resoundingly!! Keep in touch.
Thanks for giving me an update. I love your blog and miss it. I know you are busy. Say hi to your Mom.


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The world's largest Victoria's Secret store has opened just in time for Black Friday, and while its size won't easily be matched, its look shares many similarities to the chain's Easton Town Center store — and is a hint of things to come.
The redesigned and expanded flagship store in New York's Herald Square covers more than 25,000 square feet on three floors. The average Victoria's Secret in the U.S. is about 6,000 square feet." If you saw (Herald Square), you'll see Bond Street (in London) and you see Easton in Columbus — they're sisters," said Leslie H. Wexner, chairman and CEO of Columbus-based Limited Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret.
"A lot of the things that are in (the Herald Square store) were things that we were experimenting with, in-store design in the domestic markets and at other stores," he said during a recent investors' conference.
While the store is gigantic, exacting details such as black-cherry hardwood floors and custom ribbon chandeliers adorned with backlit Swarovski crystals weren't overlooked.
Such touches aren't just for show, said Marcie Merriman, founder of retail and brand strategy consultancy PrimalGrowth and a former Victoria's Secret executive. The challenge in building a mega-store, she said, is "keeping an intimate feel within such a big space. She (the consumer) wants the 'wow' factor when going into the store, but it needs to take a more intimate feel as she explores the store."
Features of the new store that bring a personal touch include a salon in which specialists offer complementary bra fittings; plush fitting rooms — 54 of them — that feature call buttons for immediate assistance; and a beauty room that offers interactive videos to help customers combine their favorite fragrances with wardrobe selections.
The store also includes a 14-foot-tall wall showing Victoria's Secret Angels images, while integration of categories includes the company's first-ever perfumery that, at 2,500 square feet, is as big as many suburban homes.
Why so much space devoted to smell? "The fragrance business is very, very important to our beauty business," said Sharen J. Turney, CEO of Victoria's Secret. "It truly is the foundation of what Victoria's Secret does."
While the Herald Square store is multistory, the Easton store's one-floor layout will help in applying lessons learned from the new mega-location to the rest of the chain.
"Most shopping center stores won't have six pairs of escalators," Wexner said. "But when you walk through that store, you look at fixturing, the decorative treatments on the walls, flooring and flooring materials, fitting rooms, wall coverings. You'll see many of those exact same things in stores that we're building in the United States."
While the new store features design trends coming to every Victoria's Secret, the company is likely to avoid opening too many that look exactly alike.
"They could do more in other major cities, maybe three, max, in the United States," Merriman said, "but it would lose its excitement and relevance beyond that."


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The Not-So Mythical Dragon of Oriental
He emerges from his lair one day a year to wreak havoc on the tiny fishing village of Oriental, North Carolina. Anyone within a mile of the waterfront can probably hear the raucous crowd that follows his every move. Its no wonder he comes out so rarely-- beating pots and pans, noise makers, firecrackers and anything else that will create a racket the cacophony reaches a crescendo that drives him back into hiding. THE Dragon will not show himself for another year.
Legend has
it that the Dragon was
first sighted back in 1962.
That was when the old Tumble Inn was
still standing on the waterfront and was also known as the Windborne house. Professor Joe
Cox's imagination saw the Dragon in a pile of white cardboard he had brought to the
Windborne's and it took form with the help of some old blankets and tin cans. The
made his debut by marching around the streets and bothering dogs while delighting
and then made an appearance at the Rotary Club's New Years Eve Dance.
The dragon returned every year for the next ten years when suddenly he was reported missing. Once again Joe Cox stepped in and "found" a new dragon with the help of Betsy Cox and Charlie Kahn. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes the new Dragon took to the streets without missing a beat. He has been content to limit his forays to New Years Eve when he makes two brief appearances. He comes out for a run at 8:00 PM and then again at 11:00 PM. He once marched in the Fourth of July parade but it was rumored that he didn't enjoy sharing a parade and hasn't done it since.
"The thing I love best is seeing the children grow up under the dragon" says Grace Evans. "Many of their parents were under that dragon once upon a time," she adds. Grace has become the caretaker of the Dragon. She makes sure that he is properly spruced up and looking smart for the annual appearance.
Since the first dragon made his appearance a new smaller dragon has shown up year round on the duck pond. It is suspected that the two are related but this has not been confirmed. Apparently the youthful dragon has not developed the reclusive habits of its older brethren and baths in view of anyone interested in looking.
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JMU Engineering Students Unveil Latest Electric Powered Motorcycle
Pictured from left to right: Sam Osterhout ('13), Richard Arena ('13), Brandon Cash ('13), Dr. Rob Prins (JMU Department of Engineering), Grant Haskins ('13), John Lowitz (Outlier Electric Vehicles), Matt Muller ('13), Travis Knight ('13)
Not pictured: Evan Bowen ('13), John Edinger ('13)
A group of eight juniors from the Department of Engineering at James Madison University have converted a motorcycle to electric power. With support from Rob Prins, assistant professor of engineering, and funding from client John Lowitz of Outlier EV, students installed batteries, motor, and controller on a 2002 Honda Goldwing chassis. The project goal, geared towards the touring market, is to develop an electric motorcycle that can travel at 70MPH for 150 miles between charges.
The project started as an independent study in which students used road load equations to predict vehicle performance and appropriately select drivetrain components. During the summer, four engineering students began the conversion process at the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Lab (AFV); their efforts accelerated this fall when eight engineering students adopted the study as their Capstone Design project. On September 24th, client John Lowitz successfully piloted the bike down the Maxton, North Carolina course. At 92 MPH, he set a track record for "naked" electric motorcycles.
Over the course of the weekend students collected data from several runs that will be used to validate their performance model. Next steps include incorporating a 12v system to make the motorcycle street legal and a return to Maxton to test the new configuration.
"I think electric vehicle projects make excellent learning tools, and giving students an opportunity to present their work in a public venue provides great experience," said Prins.
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Using treats to help fearful puppies
I attended a training session at the humane society on Monday so now I'm allowed to take the shelter dogs for walks (yay!). During the training session my mentor and I worked with two extremely shy dogs, and it was very rewarding to see the dogs become slightly more comfortable with us over 45 minutes or so.
The dogs are six-month old siblings that were transferred from a shelter in Mississippi along with about 13 other dogs. They are labeled as "Basset hound/Lab mixes" which looks about right only they have longer hair than both breeds. I don't know anything else about them, but I can imagine they might've grown up in a shelter environment. Who knows. Whatever the case, they are now very shy dogs and spend the majority of their time huddled together in the back of their kennel. When someone approaches their cage, they do not come out.
I liked the attitude of my mentor, because she seemed to share my opinion on the situation. The dogs would have to get used to people. They would have to go for walks. We can't feel sorry for them.
So, armed with lots and lots of small jerky treats, we sat in the cage with the dogs. Their cage is about 12 feet long and 6 feet wide (just guessing), and they have a plastic kennel in the back filled with blankets. The dogs stared at us for a bit as we tossed them jerky, and then the braver one of the two came out. Her brother followed.
We continued to feed them treats as we clipped their leashes and harnesses on, but once we tried to lead them out they flattened and refused to move. So, we lifted them and carried them past the other kennels with barking dogs. Once out in the grass, they were willing to follow a trail of treats to the fenced yard.
There, we let them loose, and they were happy to run and sniff in the grass – totally different dogs. You could almost see some of their stress float away. They rolled in the grass, followed their little basset noses, chased toys and asked for treats.
When we led them back to their cage, although jumpy, they were willing to do all the walking themselves.
A little progress. A good day for the puppies.
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That sounds very rewarding! I like that you guys were able to get it done without feeling sorry for the dogs and babying them. Is that black puppy pictured one of them? Basset/lab mix sounds too cute! I met a woman at the vet who had this massive, lab-sized dog on stumpy legs with a yellow lab head and splotchy basset markings. He was so wonderful and I have to admit I've never wanted to steel someone's dog more in my life!
Amazing how far a little patience and lot of treats will go!
One thing that surprised me at first coming from owning big dogs is that little dogs or younger pups can expect you to pick them up or not mind being carried to somewhere less overwhelming, once you've gotten past the shy intro/leash/harness/handle part.
I wouldn't have known that lift & carry is easier on some scared or shy dogs that having them walk with you until I saw it for myself.
That's fantastic! I really should get back into volunteering. I think I'd be very good at helping shy dogs.
Yay, so happy you're able to help the pups learn how to have fun and be less shy, great job!
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Emails, memos reveal White House tried to hide secret deal with drugmakers
The story, from BusinessWeek:
Drugmakers led by Pfizer (PFE) (PFE) Inc. agreed to run a "very significant public campaign" bankrolling political support for the 2010 health-care law, including TV ads, while the Obama administration promised to block provisions opposed by drugmakers, documents released by Republicans show.
The internal memos and e-mails for the first time unveil the industry's plan to finance positive TV ads and supportive groups, along with providing $80 billion in discounts and taxes that were included in the law. The administration has previously denied the existence of a deal involving political support.
"The administration has previously denied the existence of a deal involving political support."
If this were a Republican administration, wouldn't the media be calling this a "coverup" by now? (And no, we conservatives/libertarians/Republicans don't have a persecution complex about media bias. If you are unable to see the double standard, might I suggest either an eye specialist, or an ear specialist, or both?)
Denying the existence of a deal does become trying to hide the deal once it is revealed that the deal existed, right? What else would one call it? "Hope and change," perhaps?
"After promising transparency, the White House turned around and cut a secret deal with pharmaceutical companies," Pitts said today in a statement. "Today's revelation about the $80 billion deal shows an administration that cared more about victory than reform."
Yes, we remember—the most transparent administration in history. Except it hasn't been. Not even close.
The Obama administration decided it was going to pass health care "reform," come hell or high water. With a massive majority in the House and a sufficient one in the Senate, with control of the White House, and with a presidential election that saw the first Democratic president win with a majority of the popular vote . . . they needed to make back-room deals and twist arms, and they STILL only passed Obamacare by a razor-thin margin. What does that tell you?
More information from the Office of Speaker John Boehner:
Oversight by Energy & Commerce Republicans Reveals Contents of Secret Deal Cut by President Obama
Today the Majority Staff on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released a memorandum on its year-long investigation into the manner in which the President's health care law was constructed and whether "deals" were made that exchanged specific policy outcomes for public support of the law. Drawing from hundreds of pages of private emails – obtained without White House cooperation – the memo outlines the specific policies the administration accepted to win the support of the pharmaceutical industry, the tactics employed to strike a deal, and the astonishing extent to which the White House said one thing in public and did another behind closed doors. As the report explains:
"Documents obtained through the investigation confirm the existence of a deal between the White House and PhRMA. The deal included explicit policy commitments, affirmed in a closed-door meeting at the White House on July 7, 2009…And in its review of the tactics used by the White House, the investigation identified a potent combination of policy threats and private reassurances that industry would be protected against policies it disliked in exchange for support of the legislation and acceptance of other policies. Taken together, these findings help illuminate a previously opaque series of agreements that resulted in a fundamental reshaping of our nation's health care system."
Emails obtained by the Committee demonstrate a close working relationship between senior White House officials – Rahm Emanuel, Nancy-Ann DeParle, and Jim Messina – and lobbyists from PhRMA. In fact, the investigation shows the White House promised "a direct line of communication, separate and apart from any other coalition" for PhRMA – a "special interest" group that candidate Obama promised to fight against in Washington. Yet, despite his tough words in public, PhRMA lobbyists were given reassurances the President was supportive of the private deal-making.
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The Committee report details the major policy concessions the White House made to PhRMA – not only what changes the industry would accept, but also the extent to which the White House would protect PhRMA – promising to "kill" measures proposed by congressional Democrats but opposed by industry. In one email, White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle told PhRMA's top lobbyist that the President would reverse his position and oppose a particular drug policy "based on how constructive you guys have been." In the end, emails show that PhRMA believed it "got a good deal." In return for that good deal, the White House secured PhRMA's support of the legislation – support that came not just in the form of public statements, but financial commitments for advertising campaigns to sway public opinion. As today's memo concludes:
"In its summary of the agreement, PhRMA outlined a series of advertising campaigns it would undertake in support of health care reform legislation – a topic the committee intends to examine in greater detail."


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History, like English and literature and math and physics, was just another requirement completed, therefore gone.
Not surprising then that the 39 seniors at Pettus High School here June 1 would not know — or probably care — that they were following the footsteps of 79 previous classes to don maroon and gold robes in the school's Works Progress Administration gymnasium built during the Great Depression.
According to school records, the first senior class was graduated in 1932.
While some family members took pictures of their senior students standing before the gym — which resembles the shape of the Alamo — Precinct 2 Deputy Constable Robert Bridge took it all in stride. He took off his coat, leaned against a cool wall, and started cleaning his fingernails.
"I've been on a tractor baling hay all day in the hot sun," the 1974 graduate said. "I can remember when this gym wasn't air conditioned."
Of this year's class, 17 boys; 22 girls.
Sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs, they entered the gym's northeast doors with a mixture of anticipation and relief, their robes over their shoulders.
"I used to know every one of these youngsters," Bridge said. "I can remember talking to some of them when they were in the first grade. I don't know that many of them anymore."
Teacher Laura Warnix, one of the ceremony's staff sergeants, was particularly worried about flowers. It might be cool in the gym, but the ceremony was outside in the stadium.
"There are two large vases of tulips," she told an associate. "I want them brought in last."
Wilting tulips wasn't the only worry.
"I can't tie this tie," a youngster announced.
Coach Steve Marbach was the man for the job.
"It's not the first one I've done," he smiled. In a few minutes, he would have to tie another. "I do a half-Windsor, I think."
Marbach, the fashion assistant, then reverted back to his coaching skills.
"Seniors," he ordered in a loud, commanding voice, "if you have to go potty, do it now."
Warnix shifted her attention from tulips to tassels.
"Edward, where are the extras?"
Admiring her leadership skills was another sergeant, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Cesar Araujo, in full dress uniform complete with numerous service medals — which spoke in colorful language of his numerous deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Araujo had recruited three seniors. Chris Metting, Chase Carr and Austin Wessels would get their diplomas and then head for boot camp in San Diego on June 11.
"How many pull-ups did I do?" one of the recruits asked.
"Two and a wiggle," Araujo answered.
"It's important to be here," Araujo said. "It's a special day."
"Let's go, come on, let's go," Marbach ordered.
"We're minus Taylor," a teacher noted.
"He's trying to tie his tie," his buddy in line answered.
"Now listen up," Marbach ordered. "Turn your cell phones off. Not on silence, off!"
A cacophony of female yells interrupted the proceeding.
"Son, we don't need to see what you're wearing," a teacher tells a tall graduate. "Keep your skirt closed."
The seniors sit themselves on the bleachers for a group photograph.
"Is anyone serious here?" a teacher asks.
"Hold it. On three…"
Among the 39, valedictorian Chloe Garza would soon would speak for the entire class as she gave the audience outside "a great big thanks to all of our families for all the time, effort, money, patience, love and encouragement" during the last dozen years.
Salutatorian Shay Monson, in her address, covered all the bases, summing up "12 very long, crazy short years of school" for "moms, dads, grandpas, grandmas, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends."
"What will be remembered," she noted, "is waking up every morning to hear your parents tell you, 'You are going to school today!'" She then thanked the teachers for "pushing and pushing and pushing for us to do our best."
Finally, moments before they were to march side by side from the gym to the stadium,beneath a stunning sunset, Marbach reminded them:
"There is a trash can by the door. Put your gum in it."
Of such circumstances is pomp made.
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at email@example.com.


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The mother began to lay her eggs in the sand, and she leaves her eggs and she goes into the ocean. All three hundred turtles come out, and the last one was named Bucky. The turtles color and shapes are black, brown, and red. They have hearted shaped shells, and have claws. It looks like tie die and its name is Hawks Bill because for its bird like beak.
They were all running to the ocean because they did not want to get eaten by a seagull. Bucky got caught by a seagull and the seagull by accident the seagull by accident dropped Bucky in to this mysterious land. It looks scary because there are owls, mud, flies, trees, and vines. He is very scared because he is afraid that a person will get him and make him out of combs and eyeglasses.
He searches and searches and does not find not one reptile like him, and he says ''my life is over,', and then he goes to sleep for three hours and three hours later he wakes up, and needs to eat and he eats mollusk and fish.
Then he starts looking for help and then he trips over a rock and falls down a big hill that is rocky and big. Then he stops and looks up and sees a lot of big, black, old rocks coming down right at him. He dives headfirst to safety and sees a five headed turtle each head has a name. It looks ugly, gross, and weird and their names are Richie, Danny, Greg, Jon, and Peter.
Bucky is scared but he wants to go home were he lives in the deep dark ocean were the sponges and corals live.
Bucky asks, "Do you know were the sea is?"
Now Greg and Peter explains that one of us is telling the truth and Bucky takes Dannys way and he was wrong he ends up where seagulls were every. One seagull picks him up and then drops him in to the sea and hes are finally home.
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- Anderson, P., Meerschaert, M., Zhang, K. (2013) Forecasting with prediction intervals for periodic autoregressive moving average models, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 34, 187-193.
- Tesfaye, Y.G., Anderson, P.L., Meerschaert, M.M. (2011) Asymptotic Results for Fourier-Parma Time Series, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 32, 157-174.
- Anderson, P., Kavalieris, L., Meerschaert, M. (2008) Innovations algorithm asymptotics for periodically stationary time series with heavy tails, Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 99, 94-116.
- Anderson, P., Tesfaye, Y.G., Meerschaert, M. (2007) Fourier-PARMA Models and Their Application to Modeling of River Flows, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 5, 462-472.
- Tesfaye, Y.G., Meerschaert, M.M., Anderson, P.L. (2006) Identification of PARMA Models and Their Application to the Modeling of River Flows, Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, 11 pages.
- Anderson, P., Meerschaert, M., (2005) Parameter Estimation for Periodically Stationary Time Series, Journal of Time Series Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 4, 489-518.
- Anderson, P., Meerschaert, M., and Vecchia, A. (1999) Innovations Algorithm for Periodically Stationary Time Series. Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Vol. 83, No. 1, 149-169.
- Anderson, P. and Meerschaert, M. (1998) Modeling River Flows with Heavy Tails. Water Resources Research, 34 2271-2280.
- Anderson, P. and Meerschaert, M. (1997) Periodic Moving Averages of Random Variables with Regularly Varying Tails, The Annals of Statistics, 25 771-785.
- Anderson, P.L. and Vecchia, A.V. (1993) Asymptotic results for periodic autoregressive moving-average processes, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 14, 1-18.
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Patient Question:
Sore Feet and Calves
The bottoms of my feet and my calves get extremely sore and achy if I am on my feet for any period of time. I wear shoes with good support and I'm sure that they help but, at times, the pain is unbearable and makes it difficult to walk. I've been told that I have flat feet. Could this be the cause of this tired and achy feeling? I'm thinking of seeing a doctor for this.
Dr. Johnny L. Lin:
There are many causes of sore and achy feet. It could either be caused by compressed or irritated nerves in the feet. The nerve irritation can even be coming from as high as your spine. Another general cause of achy feet is poor circulation.
Treatment Options:
I recommend seeing a doctor if this problem is getting worse or if the symptoms are interfering with your normal daily activities. Your flat feet may be contributing to the symptoms, but a full orthopaedic evaluation would help in determining the exact cause of these somewhat vague symptoms.
For more information about Dr. Lin and the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush orthopedic physicians that specialize in patient care, education and research, call 877 MD BONES (877.632.6637) or schedule an appointment.
This information is not intended as a substitute for the professional advice of your physician, nor to be a complete description of every aspect of a condition, nor a complete list of possible side effects of any medication. Decisions concerning your treatment should be based on your own health care provider's evaluation of your personal health history and current condition. Consult your physician before following any of the suggestions on this website. All articles on this website represent the personal opinions of the individual authors and should not be construed as official policy of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush.


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Uruguay's two representatives in the Copa Libertadores, Penarol and Nacional, have both moved to the top of their second-round groups.
Uruguay's two representatives in the Copa Libertadores, Penarol and Nacional, have both moved to the top of their second-round groups.
Penarol went three points clear at the top of Group 4 with a 1-0 win over Ecuador's Emelec, while Nacional had to come from behind twice to claim a 3-2 victory away to Toluca, leap-frogging the Mexican club in the process to lead Group 1.
Penarol overcame Emelec thanks to Juan Manuel Olivera's 68th-minute goal in Montevideo.
After a powerful run into the box from one of his team-mates, Penarol's Fabian Estoyanoff collected the loose ball, before smashing it across the face of goal.
Olivera was the fastest to react, poking the ball past Emelec's goalkeeper Esteban Dreer and extending Penarol's winning streak to six games across all competitions.
Veteran forward Vicente Sanchez was the match-winner for Nacional, scoring both equalising goals as the Uruguayan club recovered two deficits before Ivan Alonso scored the winner in the 57th minute.
Toluca took the lead in the 22nd minute thanks to a crisp Luis Tejada header, with the Panamanian striker finishing from Marvin Cabrera's cross.
Nacional equalised two minutes after half-time when a left-wing cross was parried to the feet of Sanchez and the 33-year-old striker smashed the ball into the roof of the net.
In a frantic start to the second half, Toluca were in front again in the 52nd minute when Brazilian winger Lucas Silva slipped the ball to Edgar Benitez in behind Nacional's defence and the Paraguayan substitute finished calmly under on-rushing goalkeeper Jorge Bava.
Benitez's goal was followed three minutes later by Sanchez's second as he reacted quickest to Juan Albin's partially blocked free-kick to score.
Just two minutes later and Nacional scored the decisive goal with Albin teeing up Alonso, who slotted the ball across Toluca goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera and into the far corner from just inside the penalty area.
The win takes Nacional to four points in Group 1, one ahead of Toluca, who slip to second position.
In other results, Paraguayan club Olimpia smashed Universidad de Chile 3-0, while Tijuana defeated Millonarios 1-0 in Colombia.