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The manufacturing sector in the US is rebounding. Factors that could impact reshoring decisions include labor, materials, transportation/energy costs, market demand, the availability of talent and capital, tax rates, and currency fluctuations.
The manufacturing sector in the US is rebounding. Is this a cyclical recovery or could it be an indication of a more sustained one? PwC looks at possible structural changes in seven key areas that could lead to a sustained recovery and help reverse the offshoring of R&D and production in the manufacturing sector.
The key factors that could impact reshoring decisions include labor, materials, transportation/energy costs, market demand, the availability of talent and capital, tax rates, and currency fluctuations.
Click on the images below to explore US manufacturing attractiveness and a comparative view of US manufacturing.
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Currency fluctuations: The US dollar depreciated during the last decade, helping to make the US a potentially lower cost location for exports to other countries. This is contributing to strong growth in the exports of goods since the end of the recession.
Transportation and energy costs: The bull market in energy commodities over the last decade has raised transportation costs for manufacturers with global supply chains, making local production attractive. Technical improvements in natural gas extraction from shale in the US have also created new investment opportunities for manufacturers across several industries and greater downstream demand from increased drilling.
Labor costs: Higher labor costs in emerging economies, especially China, are challenging profitability for some industrial manufacturers. However, the cost premium, based upon the difference in absolute wages between the US and China has continued to expand, making it likely that labor arbitrage involving China and other low labor cost emerging markets will persist.
US market demand: While China and other emerging markets are forecast to grow GDP faster than the US, the disparity in wealth as measured by real GDP per capita is expected to persist, with the US dwarfing China and other emerging markets. This difference in the relative standard of living and the size of the US market supports investment in new domestic production of goods targeted for US consumption.
Talent: The gap in the level of higher education and training between the US and China has narrowed, though the US still holds a significant advantage. The US workforce will likely remain competitive for the foreseeable future owing to institutional advantages in education and experience.
Availability of capital: Commercial and industrial lending demand has recovered and credit standards have re-adjusted from extreme levels reached during the financial crisis. Evidence also exists that borrowing in China has become more difficult due to increased capital requirements for banks and tighter lending rules for exporters.
Tax and regulatory environment: China and the rest of the world appear to have grown more competitive from a tax standpoint.


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EH-Net is pleased to announce the complimentary webcast, "Network Reconstructive Surgery," Part III of the Pen Testing Perfect Storm webcast trilogy – featuring the return of SANS Pen Testing swashbucklers Ed Skoudis, Josh Wright and Kevin Johnson. The third and final installment of this popular webcast trilogy will focus on assessing the outside-in attack process, leveraging a seemingly innocuous website bug for full-scale control over the target network infrastructure. You'll learn how to take advantage of powerful tools including Ratproxy, the soon-to-be-released Yokoso! project and a recent browser exploit, as well as how a pentester can manipulate the not-so-helpful features in enterprise wireless networking systems. Combining concepts from web app, network, wireless and social-engineering attack techniques, this webcast will present practical tips for succeeding in a penetration test in ways that exceed that of independent analysis steps. In this finale webcast, you'll also gain insight into predictions by the pentest luminary team on the future of combined penetration tests, including the concept of "no holes barred" pentesting and the effect it will have on the future of enterprise security.
The third and final webcast in this series will take place Tues March 24, 2009 @ 1:00 PM EST. Following the webcast, attendees are invited to keep the conversation going with Kevin, Josh and Ed from InGuardians during discussions hosted by The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net), a free online magazine for security professionals. For at least one week after each webcast, the crew will make themselves available to answer your questions directly and candidly in EH-Net's Community Forums. All discussions will remain freely available on EH-Net for your continued reference.

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For Immediate Release: Contact: Ron Harris November 10, 1998 Sharon Snyder Ian Stirton Kelly Huff
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission will conduct a hearing on November 18 to receive additional public input on proposed rules relating to receipt and use of prohibited and excessive contributions, also known as "soft money," by national, state, and local party committees.
Testifying before the 6-member Commission will be:
9 a.m.: Craig M. Engle, General Counsel, National Republican Senatorial Committee; Bobby R. Burchfield or Michael A. Dawson, Covington & Burling, on behalf of National Republican Senatorial Committee
10 a.m.: Robert Weinberg, Christine Varney, or Pauline Schneider on behalf of American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Election Law
11 a.m.: James Bopp, Jr., James Madison Center for Free Speech
12 p.m.: Paul Sullivan, Americans Back in Charge Foundation, Inc.
2 p.m.: Hon. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Hon. Martin Meehan (D-MA) (tentative)
Glenn Moramarco, Brennan Center for Justice
3 p.m.: Don Simon, General Counsel, Common Cause; Roger Witten, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, on behalf of Common Cause
4 p.m.: Bradley A. Smith, Associate Professor, Capital University Law School
The proposed "soft money" rulemaking emanated from separate petitions filed in 1997 by the President of the United States and five Members of Congress, the former urging the Commission to ban soft money and the latter asking the FEC to "modify its rules to help end or at least significantly lessen the influence of soft money."
Contributions permissible under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) are termed "hard money" contributions. Contributions that are not permissible individual contributions in excess of the statutory dollar limits, all corporate and labor organization contributions, and contributions from federal contractors are referred to as soft money. These funds are to be used exclusively for state and local campaign activity or other party committee activities that do not influence federal elections.
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was printed in the Federal Register on July 13, 1998, inviting comments on options for regulating soft money, including whether the new rules are necessary, whether the Commission has the authority to promulgate rules in this area, and whether the proposed rules contained in the notice are within the scope of that authority. Comment period closed October 2, after being extended from September 11. A previous hearing date of September 23 was rescheduled for November 18.
Option one in the FEC proposal would be to make no changes to current rules. National parties would continue to be prohibited from receiving and using soft money in connection with federal elections, but soft money for non-federal election purposes would be permitted. Non-federal accounts would be permitted for these non-federal election purposes, along with the building fund accounts specifically authorized by the FECA.
The second option is to make revisions to the current rules, consisting of a core proposal and three variations on that. The core proposal would prohibit the receipt and use of soft money by the national party committees, and would eliminate all national party non-federal accounts except building fund accounts.
Variations to the core proposal include:
Modify the core proposal to allow national party committees to raise soft money for the limited purpose of making direct or earmarked contributions to state and local candidates.
Modify the core proposal to ensure that hard money transferred from a national to a state or local party committee is spent using the rules applicable to the national party committees, rather than the state or local party committees more favorable allocation ratios (a mix of hard and soft money).
Modify the core proposal to require state and local party committees to finance their mixed activities entirely with hard dollars.
The proposed rulemaking states, "The objective of the proposed rules is to ensure that soft money is not used to influence elections. In order to achieve this result, the core proposal virtually eliminates the soft money available to the national party committees to subsidize activities that influence federal elections. Both the first and second options recognize the limited scope of the FECA, and acknowledge that national party committees have other purposes besides the election of federal candidates.
"The major difference between the two options is whether most national party committees federal and non-federal activities are inextricably intertwined, or, as the current rules suggest, can be separated in a way that will ensure that soft money is not used to influence federal elections," the proposal continues.
The public hearing on November 18 begins at 9 a.m. in the Commissions 9th floor meeting room, 999 E St. NW, Washington, DC.
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Clinical Psychology Training Consortium
The Brown Clinical Psychology Training Program began in 1975 as a joint effort through Butler Hospital and the Providence VA Medical Center. The training program functions as a consortium and is composed of eight training sites including Butler Hospital, the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E.P. Bradley Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown's Center for Alcohol & Addiction Studies, and Women & Infants Hospital. Each of these training sites is administratively independent, but each site contributes faculty, financial support, and other resources to the Training Program. Each site has at least two appropriately trained and experienced psychologists who have input into the governance and policies of the training program.
The Consortium is centrally controlled through a Training Committee that is within the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (DPHB). The Training Committee, through the Director of Training, is responsible to the Director of the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Chairman of the DPHB. Representatives from each of the eight institutions are appointed to the Training Committee by the Director of the Training Program. In addition, representatives of the clinical psychology residents and postdoctoral fellows are appointed to the Training Committee.
The Training Committee, under the leadership of Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD, ABPP, Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, is the central coordinating body of the Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program and Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program's policies and goals. Admission principles and procedures, awarding of stipends, assignment of trainees for training and supervision, quality control of the training experience, and evaluation of trainees' performance are uniform at all sites and administered by the Training Committee.
In addition to the Training Committee and Director of the Clinical Psychology Training, the Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program has two Associate Directors. The Associate Director of Admissions (Greta Francis, PhD, ABPP) coordinates the internship admissions process and the Associate Director of Didactics (Elissa Jelalian, PhD) oversees all of the didactic programming in the Consortium. The Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program has three Associate Directors for Postdoctoral Training that assist in the coordination of the Postdoctoral Program's policies and goals. The Associate Director of APA Postdoctoral Training (Barbara Tylenda, PhD, ABPP) has overall responsibility for the APA postdoctoral fellows; the Associate Director of the Investigator-Funded Postdoctoral Training (Geoffrey Tremont, PhD, ABPP-CN) has overall responsibility for the Investigator-Funded postdoctoral fellows; and the Associate Director of NIH-funded Postdoctoral Training (Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD, ABPP) has overall responsibility for postdoctoral training of the fellows in the NIH training programs. Regular meetings are held between the postdoctoral fellows and the appropriate Associate Directors throughout the training year.
The Director of Clinical Psychology Training (Elizabeth McQuaid, PhD, ABPP) is responsible for the clinical psychology residents' and postdoctoral fellows' overall training experience.
Click Administrative Structure to view an organization chart of the Training Committee and to identify faculty in charge of the various training components.
Click the Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies for details on training programs in:
- Alcohol Intervention/Treatment Outcome Research
- Substance Abuse Intervention Outcome Research
The Training Program is a member of the Internship and Postdoctoral Programs in Professional Psychology (APPIC) and the Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (APCS).
The Clinical Psychology Internship Training Program and clinically-focused fellowships are accredited by:
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Hature (n): the super violent, metal-tastic parts of nature, like an eagle throwing a goat off a cliff, an octopus devouring a shark, or a no-holds-barred dinosaur fight.
"Dude, I'm sick of butterflies and flowers. I'm going on a hature walk to see some grizzly bears eat a dolphin!"
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Beth Bachelor is a legend in local art circles. A cofounder of the Alamo Danville Artists' Society (ADAS) in 1977 and the Contra Costa Academy of Fine Art in 2001, she still keeps an active teaching schedule in her spacious Alamo studio, where she has been turning out new generations of artists since 1970. Beth focuses primarily on portraiture. (She rendered the illustration of me that accompanies this column in spring 2009.)
On the cool, breezy night of July 30, Beth, friends, colleagues, and students celebrated her "39th" birthday at her Alamo home.
A pickup band consisting of two middle-aged guitarists and a 15-year-old drummer whose brother is a student of Beth's supplied live music. Between sets, recorded big-band music pervaded the patio and an impromptu dance party erupted. In the midst of all this, a violinist joined the band for a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday."
A splendid time was had by all, and I look forward to Beth's "49th" next year, at which time I hope to have overcome my occasional tendency to transpose digits.
John A. Barry is a writer and avocational artist. To share anything art-related, call him at 314-9528 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Great to hear that Beth had such a fun birthday party. She is such a great artist and always so generous with her time. 49 sounds like a great number for the next party.


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How is everyone anyway, looking forward to seeing Dallas and the Skins kill one another i trust!?
The game was boring!
BITE YOUR TONGUE!!!!

Anytime we beat the crows and score 30 and get a couple picks, including a pick 6, it's not boring.

you should have seen us when we were awesome in the mid to late 80's. all defense, all running plays and we'd score 12 points!
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I'm not a newbee. Entering my 14th year. I do cutouts, trapouts, and build my own equipment and have Langstroth, TopBar, and will probably build some Warre this year.
This last year was really crazy. With the warm winter last year, I picked up my first swarm in March, and was slammed with calls for swarms and cutouts. Did maybe 5 successful trapouts, can't remember how many swarms and others. I really didn't expect most of these to make it through the winter. When you take hives out of a building in July/August, you pretty much destroy most of their comb (if you try to put it into a new box, they tend to abscond). So, they get their eggs and larva to tie them to the box, and the honey is processed or fed back (yeah, I know about the potential disease vectors, but all my hives are feral, and I always check the brood of the cutout for disease and trash anything that has ever had pesticide)
Anyway, the spring swarms grew enormously fast. Filled 2 deeps and 2 mediums on 2 of them, then they collapsed during the dearth because I believe the numbers were too high to be sustainable. The hives that were cutouts collapsed during the dearth because they had no stores. - yes, my lesson here is one of just being too busy to think about it - If you take out a hive in the middle of summer in a dearth, you're going to have to feed them until the fall, not just a few weeks..
I came into winter with several hives with good stores. Then in January, maybe about the 15th, it had been so warm that the Forsythia was in full bloom, and other trees started to bud out. So, my queens started laying. Yesterday, I opened a hive that was still doing well, and there was capped brood in a 5" diameter circle. My guess is on the other hives - since the other 2 at that location had capped honey which was being actively robbed out by one of my hives and the one in the tree 50 feet away, that the queens started laying, and the bees got in a situation where they were stuck keeping that larva warm, and the week of weather below 20 degrees caused them to get stuck and unable to reach out and grab honey in the neighboring frames.
So, I start the season (is it the start? - usually I don't start til after Feb 15) with 1/4 the number of hives I had at the peak of summer. I don't consider this Colony Collapse, or anything else. Poor management on my part. I should have fed the cutouts more than I did, should have put my entrance reducers on and maybe used an insulated cover early, and left even more honey on the hives.
Any other feedback? Anyone want to kick me when I'm down? I'm not taking chances for next year. Insulating covers, maybe some wraps, feeding my cutouts, putting my hives closer to each other for mutual warmth, leaving a little more honey on, and creating fall nucs in double nuc boxes.


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did you mean the Fed make up the difference? If so, I mean if we cut taxes we're already there.
I disagree that we haven't seen economic traction, we're in a better place than '09-'12.
the unemployment issue is structural due to our current education system.
there is one idea I'd like you to think of: What is the escape velocity for inflation.
The Fed knows this, which is why their communication has been more hawkish recently (another stint of Open Mouth Operations) which has worked in terms of raising rates.
the Fed will start tapering off their purchases early next year and possibly hike rates in an intermediate future past that as inflation will likely start picking up next year
quote:OTOH, Fed officials did just take up the "wealth gap" mantra. Certain members lament that the 1% seem somehow to benefit from climbing markets more than the 47% do. Geaux figure! Apparently the concept that re-inflating stocks thru monetary policy could contribute to an "uneven recovery" comes as something of a epiphany to those members.
There is nothing in the OP story which predicts an imminent rate increase.
In any case, if Chairman Bernanke is to be believed there won't be any significant rate increase until unemployment drops to 6.5%.
The gap between the wealthy and the rest of America is a hot-button issue in Washington-especially in the White House and Congress. And especially during battles over taxes.
But recently, the Federal Reserve has also taken a greater interest in the topic. And some analysts are asking whether financial inequality in the U.S. might soon become part of the Fed's decision-making process.
Well it depends on what you mean
I'd say, on balance, looking forward for the next 3 or 4 decades, things look to be in much worse shape now than they were at the beginning of 2010.
I completely disagree. What the data is telling us now is related to demographics, welfare, and business regulation, not education.
What the data is telling us now is related to demographics, welfare, and business regulation, not education.
The Japan situation is worrying to me for the very reason that it is a ZIRP scenario where the government can't seem to ever reach the necessary escape velocity
I see ZIRP in the U.S. causing a sharp rise in stock and home prices, and I see that this is not accompanied with consumer price inflation.
--if you're not going to get your escape velocity for inflation in either case--to raise rates and reduce those asset rises.
I look and see a macroeconomic economic environment that is so extraordinarily bad that it should be immune from deflationary price spirals
This is not a situation like 2008 & 2009 where we had to worry about a vicious deflationary trap as corporations around the world shed millions of jobs and shut down production. We no longer have to worry about a residential real estate sector getting flooded with an oversupply of homes on the market. Supply is historically low right now.
So I just don't see the plight of managers as a pressing concern right now. If there is no consumer price bubble that is about to be popped, then I really don't care if rate hikes "at these tight levels it would make '94 seem like a rosy day in the park for managers." Tough break.
gives me hope, but I wonder how much of this new hawkish attitude is based on the recent ebullience of asset prices.
If rate hikes cause these prices to drop 10%, is the Fed just going to go running back to the training wheels of ZIRP?
If so, will it then be capable of engineering a monetary policy that will in fact produce the requisite escape velocity for consumer price inflation?
Or, once asset prices inevitably cool, will the Fed then use low inflation as an excuse to stay in ZIRP indefinitely?
Near-zero interest rates, however, are structurally damaging to the functioning of the economy, and thus are a big deal.
OTOH, Fed officials did just take up the "wealth gap" mantra. Certain members lament that the 1% seem somehow to benefit from climbing markets more than the 47% do. Geaux figure! Apparently the concept that re-inflating stocks thru monetary policy could contribute to an "uneven recovery" comes as something of a epiphany to those members.
Seems like, if rate escalation was not extreme, and as fixed income money migrated, stocks ought to climb.
At this point, can we revisit another poster's page one question:
"When interest rates rise . . . where should one put their money?"
Would a move from intermediate term funds into a TIPS fund be prudent?
#1. The coming demographic storm is going to be much worse than people think it will be. It will likely bring forth neo-fascist governments in Europe, and degraded living standards in the USA. I think the techno-progressive "look at all these cool gadgets and low crime statistics we have!" crowd is going to be in for a huge wakeup call when all the SHTF starting about 25-30 years from now.
I also don't buy the "American doesn't have the advantages and resources it used to have" argument either. If you have cheap labor, then you can grow faster, but this is relative to the rest of the world. I think U.S. standards of living were already top notch by the end of the 19th century, and yet sustaining robust growth was somehow not a problem until the rise of the entitlement era and high domestic government spending in the late 1960s. Is this simply a political impossibility because affluent electorates are inherently spoiled? I think the Swiss example would say "no."
I think the public K-12 education system in America was damaged very badly in the 1970s, and hit a low point around the early 1980s. Things started to improve quite a bit in the 1990s, but there will still pockets of disaster zone school districts that were left behind. With NCLB and the charter and reform movement, things seem to be improving dramatically, and I think the momentum is clearly building for continued improvement here. The USA will have a much improved K-12 system by the end of the decade, which for a country of ~320 million, will be quite a feat given just how good many elite public schools (Thomas Jefferson in VA; Stuyvesent in NYC; etc.) already are.
Higher education is another matter entirely. I think a shitstorm is brewing here, and the U.S. advantage in university education is about to fall off remarkably. There are just so many bad trends going on here it's hard to talk about them all at once, but in many ways there IS a bubble in higher education.
I don't think this will matter all that much for economic growth potential anyway. I'm in direct opposition to people who spout the talking point so popular among business leaders that we need to do more to ensure that our education system prepares students to enter the workforce armed with the skills need to make an immediate impact. This is completely wrongheaded thinking, in my opinion, and gets everything totally backwards.
The entire system where we have elite universities acting as gatekeepers to prestigious careers is itself totally ludicrous and abominable. There needs to be a greater emphasis on standardized tests and competitions at the university level, I think, and a whole lot of bull shite needs to be cut out so that the demand for formal university education programs is dramatically decreased.
In a way, it's the business world's own fault for not having in place its own education programs. On the flip side, however, it's really not the business world's fault at all, because firms are just responding to government discrimination regulations, university subsidies, and a labor law system that requires an ungodly amount of over-investment in new hires. I say "ungodly" compared to the obviously preferable alternative of having firms hiring a lot more people on a trial basis and simply weeding most of them out at low cost. That's how things are SUPPOSED to work.
The problem with all this ZIRP/QE theory spouted by Bernanke and others is that, just like with Keynesian multiplier theory supporting the 2009 stimulus, it is completely unable to be proven. You can say that about all economics, I know, but here it just gets sort of ridiculous: "Well, yes, we haven't been able to generate significant consumer price pressure since 2008, and we don't expect to be able to for another few years, but this just proves how bad things would have been otherwise!" No, it doesn't.
To me it just shows that ZIRP/QE has minimal ability to generate inflation, all while building up problem areas in the macroeconomy that will make generating inflation in the future even more difficult! It is in this sense that I claim the paradoxical result holds whereby ZIRP/QE is actually contractionary rather than expansionary.
This is what the Japanese case shows us.
I support ZIRP/QE as an ICU measure to prevent a deflationary collapse, as it was used in 2008 through 2010. I do not support ZIRP/QE as a remedy to produce inflationary pressure where it doesn't exist, which is what Japan has tried since 1996, and what Bernanke has tried since 2010.
Right now, we are using #3 to prevent #4, all while promoting #2. I don't think it's going to work.
Disagree here if you're talking about K-12, although I agree that we shouldn't teach kids to be cogs in machines rather than thinking individually. That is where the American innovation advantage comes from, kids being little shits but in the process of being little shits they come up with some pretty good ideas.
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I put the insulation (foam) on top of the outer cover so the bees don't get at it. The insulation makes the ceiling surface warmer than the walls of the hive so the walls will reach the dew point temperature before the ceiling does. Then the condensate only runs down the walls. If you think about it, it would be the same as a feral hive having solid wood above the bees and thinner wall in a tree. The idea of a blanket / insulation on top of the hive is a good one. The idea of venting the moisture through the wood chips is not.
If you used a solid inner cover with a notch facing down to vent you could then fill a box with any insulating material including chopped up newsprint and you would be good.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Using a quilt box (box with a layer chopped leaves, sawdust, etc completely covering a screen on bottom that holds the material) allows water vapor to migrate through the material, which is warm on the bottom (side toward bees) and cold on the top.
The moisture condenses on the top of the layer, which will get a little damp as the leaves on top absorb it.
If the space above the leaves is vented to the outside, cold dry air will get in above the insulating layer of material, and the moisture on top of the layer will be absorbed by it and carried it outside as that air vents out.
This way it stays much dryer in the hive space. Some moisture might condense on the walls, but a lot less...and a little is good as it gives the bees something to drink (they'll lick the dew off the walls when it is warm enough to break cluster but too cold to fly).
When I open the hive on first inspection in early spring, and put my hand into the layer, I can feel a great difference in temperature btw the top of it and the bottom. The very top might seem soggy, but the bottom is dry.
Hope I've explained this well enough to make the "why it works" clear.
Let me know if you have questions. If it is hard to visualize, I'll post some pics.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
The point of my reply to this thread in the first place was simple:
To let Rio know that with a simple alteration (not making vent holes in his insulating layer) he can resolve the issue of having a wet underside on his top cover in winter.
All beekeeping advice ought to be considered with regard to locality. I am very familiar with the climate on east side of the Cascade mountains. I've lived in Spokane, and done much travel in the vicinity of Baker, OR in all seasons when I drove truck. It's a LOT dryer that it is here in upstate NY. Otherwise, winters are similar, with Baker a bit colder.
Theory is valuable. Experience is valuable. With regard to use of a quilt box, I'll repeat:
Regardless of whether theory says it should or not, it works.
The context of that statement is as a protection against very cold conditions.
It's a nice day.
Let's go see if there is enough population to make a split. Increase has value.
Proving I'm right doesn't.
Hello Johnc, We had the same problem here in South Ga. We went to SBB to help with
Ventalation. We are also originally from Attleboro, Mass and was born at sturdy Hospital
and Lived on South Main St, in Hebronville until I was Married in 1958.
I think that is not always true , depending on where you live , in my area , the wettest time of the year is middle of winter , snow at night turning to rain in the days.
I have a terrible moisture problem in my two hives , even though they are well ventilated , I just cleaned about 2000 dead wet bees off of the bottom board of one yesterday , water actually drips out the entrance and on to my deck some days , I am afraid to open the top anymore than it is already becaus it will get really cold at night and they may freeze.
I was considering using one of these in a shallow super above screened in: http://drizair.com/products.html
It uses calcium chloride as a dessicant , I know it wouldn't be feasible for a large ammount of hives , but for a small time beek like me , it could work.
I would check/empty it once a week.
As long as it is screened in so the bees cant get into it , it should be safe , it gives off no VOC's.
Any thoughts or cautions?
Like I said , it is EXTREMELY wet here , and I have tried everything else.
If you want to use this, no reason to order a relatively heavy item for delivery. Just look for bulk ice-melting salt at a local store.Dri-Z-Air is calcium chloride, which is a salt product. When the liquid comes in contact with metal for a prolonged period, the metal will corrode. If it comes in contact with leather, it will dry out and become damaged.
But, in my opinion, putting salt in your hive is not the best choice. Why not use sugar to absorb moisture? If you really have loads of moisture that ventilation and insulation won't deal with, suck it up with sugar. You can swap out the sugar once saturated, if necessary, and later feed it back to them as syrup.
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
My neighbor winters his hives in BC and after having problems with the rain soaking all the hive equipment he now tarps his pallets to keep the moisture off the hives. He seemed happy with the results.
This won't help now but may be something to think about for next winter.
Two things to consider here:
First, you need a good solid waterproof wooden telescoping top cover. This will keep rain and dew out of the hive. Make one that overlaps more than the standard ones to keep the inner cover dry. If you have plastic telescoping covers, replace them just as soon as you possibly can with metal covered wood, those plastic covers drip horribly. Killed on of my brother's hives, soaking wet all the time, winter or summer.
Second, you really need a condenser -- a shallow with screen on the bottom filled to the top with coarse sawdust or planer shavings (not sawdust from a table saw!). This will absorb water plus retain a large amount of heat in the hive, both of which will cut down the condensation problem. Sawmill sawdust is good too, since it's quite coarse. It may get damp on top, but should stay quite warm and dry on the bottom. Use #8 hardware cloth (the stuff used on screened bottom boards). Put your inner cover on top of this, telescoping cover over that.
Make sure the sawdust is loosely piled -- lots of air space so that air can slowly move through. Prop up the telescoping cover a bit, and use an upper entrance 3/8" by an inch or two, making sure it's completely covered by the telescoping outer cover, which should be pushed forward to leave the upper entrance open. The bees can't use it, but you need airflow under the cover.
I would also use a solid bottom board to keep damp air out if you are not.
Hope this helps, water running out the the entrance is bad.
A condenser???? A condenser is a cool coil or surface that is colder then the ambient temperature so it condenses water out of air because the temperature is below the dew point. All you need to do is make the wall of the hive colder than the cover. Insulate the cover. Foam insulation on top of the cover works great. Bees can handle rain. It rains here all the time and here they are use to flying in it. They cannot handle water dripping on the cluster in winter.
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Hey justin if u read this I just wanted to say that I love I know everthing aboutu and would love to meet u I listen to ur new song as long as you love me all day everyday cuz I got biber fever lol I love u to selena and wanna meet u also know everything about u and I know u and justin belong together 4 ever I'm 13 My bday is 7 10 1999 and I'm an amazing singer and would love to sing 4 both of ya in person don't listen to the haters I'm here 4 both of allways and love hope I meet ya soon love love allways biggest fan xoxo
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I think bullying should stoP I've been made fun of in school
Also Justin I am trying to follow my dreams and becOme a singer there Is no way but hey never say never if u can then I can and if you ever read this please reply I ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ you so much and I have been living the same life as u before u were famous and my mom writes a lot of books and hopefully she'll turn one into a documentary but I have watched your documentry and Katy's documenty it's based on a true a good story I think all of you HATERZ need to bak off if u don't like a certain singer then do not comment and don't hate cuz they have not done anything to u they haven't beaten you up hate is a STRONG word it's your opinion if u don't like there music or what they do but it's not ok and right for you to search them on YouTube and write hurtful comments like what in the world thre is no reason for that stay of there things if u don't like them
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Yeah you are so right. I know how you feel. Bullying is not good it does hurt people and that is how people these days get hurt…………. AND people that keep saying that justin and selena should break up no they shount it is not your choice and anyways you are never gong to proble not geta chance with them anyway sorry to say that but it is true and you dont run there relationship
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Who says who says your not perfect who says your not worth it who says your the Only one that hurting trust me that's the price of beauty who says your not pretty who says your not beautiful who says
Basically what she is saying everyone is beautiful in there own way I have been bullied and have been trying to stop it
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Which certification is worthy for your Ethical Hacking Career? CPTE is offering and governed by Mile2 and CEH by ECcouncil. Which on should choose and why? i was very keen to learn hacking and to make my career in ethical hacking filed, but i got confused when i search out and found two competitive vendors offering the same certifications with different names.
There is huge controversy about both certifications. Anyhow, after i put some efforts found few facts from reliable sources and selected CPTE over CEH.
Here are the facts: CEH vs CPTE (formerly CPTS)
Little Known History. Mile2 was largely responsible for the early adoption and success of EC-Council's Certified Ethical Hacker Course within the USA and several other countries. At the time, mile2 was the world's largest provider of Penetration Testing training and initially chose the basic CEH training course as our flagship for Penetration Testing training events. For a long time, mile2 delivered more CEH classes within the USA than any other training provider and possibly globally.
Mile2's almost perfect student evaluations of its Certified Ethical Hacker events were due largely to the proprietary enhancements Mile2 made to the basic CEH curriculum. New threats arose daily and Mile2 developed enhancements to keep CEH current as materials printed in large quantities and shipped in from Asia tended to have a short shelf life. In contrast, CPTS (now CPTEngineer) materials were printed the week before class to accommodate constant security changes.
Eventually mile2 chose to supercede CEH with a series of classes with a focus on "Professional Penetration Testing" rather than simply teaching "Hacking Techniques". The result was the release of our CPT line of classes. We, and many of our graduates (experienced with both CEH and m2 products), believe and strongly recommend to future students that our classes are now the best courses available globally. CPTE CBT courses are also avaiable at our E-store.
A few key differences.
• CPTE was developed by Mile2 and its security partners as an upgrade from the CEH classes previously offered to address the training needs of IT professionals required in executing the responsibilities of penetrating, analyzing and auditing the security of a network, effectively filling the gap for a course that goes beyond basic hacking techniques
CPTE places emphasis is on methodology, practices, and techniques in assessing and verifying security vulnerabilities in networks, connectivity, applications, databases etc.
CPTE courses are designed with a realization that overloading students with tools and slides does not necessarily make more effectively security practitioners.
Mile2 employs instructors who eat, sleep and drink security. They practice what they teach, they perform penetration tests and work in the hands on arena of security. In contrast, a CEH delivered by non-Mile2 partners are likely to have an instructor that can only teach what is in the book because they are required to maintain "general" training skills in order to teach a myriad of other topics between each CEH class which may only be once every two or three months. An important point to remember is that the additional materials developed by Mile2 when it was EC-Council's largest customer are no longer included in the CEH course materials.


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I have friends who have lost their homes. I have never seen such devastation.Jun 21, 2013 at 12:29 pm #1998721
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Sorry to hear that. I hope they made it out of that mess safely.Jun 21, 2013 at 3:20 pm #1998744
Thanks Ian, some more amazing pics and video here:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/20/pictures-and-videos-of-massive-flooding-in-canmore-and-southern-alberta/Jun 21, 2013 at 3:45 pm #1998748
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Wow. Mother Nature is really powerful when she wants to be. Wishing the best for your friends as well.
There's been a lot of serious flooding all over this year – I don't remember a time when it's been this bad before.Jun 21, 2013 at 3:52 pm #1998755
Strange year, thus far.
The melt is coming from the tall peaks in Banff. Right now about 120KM of road through the park is completely submerged.Jun 21, 2013 at 10:27 pm #1998826
Greg FBPL Member
@gregfLocale: Canadian Rockies
Its been rain that has caused most of it. Basically the entire catchment for the bow river, elbow river, sheep river and highwood river had 3 days of heavy rain. All of dowtown Calgary is flooded, the hockey arenas firs 10 rows are filled with water. Its nuts. Most of the bridges in the area were closed today and are just re opening this evening. 100,000 people evacuated from homes. Some via Combine.
I am lucky in that my house is on high ground and we have nothing to worry about but the devistation is amazing. Highest recorded flow rates in all of our rivers. Google Canmore or Calgary flood pics if you want to see.Jun 21, 2013 at 11:19 pm #1998831
Rain at higher altitudes melting the snow pack. I have a house on Mackenzie Lake and the lake is up 10 to 12 inches. It certainly wasn't just the volume from the rain. Not even close. This is why over 100 km on highway 93 is under water and why the Bow overflowed.Jun 27, 2013 at 2:47 pm #2000337
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Interesting that this is happening at the heartland of climate change denial. Hopefully a few people wake up. Sad to see lots of regular folks being hurt by it.Jun 27, 2013 at 6:06 pm #2000374
IanBPL Member
The Museum of Natural History in Victoria, BC had an interesting exhibit on climate change the last time I was there a few years ago. They showed that the planet naturally cycles through periods of cooling and heating and that this has been going on long before the industrial revolution. Anecdotal without knowing the research behind that claim but I thought it was interesting nonetheless.
Anywho… Last year I was in Banff with my family. It was coming down in buckets in BC/Alberta when we left to come home. Less than a week later the Columbia was the highest I've ever seen it in Eastern Washington. We live in an area dependent on irrigation and ironically the surplus of water was a problem for us and knocked out some irrigation pumps. Losing some corn crops is a trivial complaint compared to having your neighborhood flattened by flood waters but I thought it was interesting to see both the cause and the effect a few hundred miles apart.
I mentioned it before but I'm sorry to see this happen to your community and I hope you and yours make it through this ok.Jun 28, 2013 at 4:41 am #2000452
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The climate certainly fluctuates naturally and has been quite hot (and cold) before. The trouble right now isn't so much the absolute temperature, but rather the rate at which its changing. Natural systems can adapt to gradual changes over time and stay healthy, but under rapid change there is no chance to adapt and we wind up with desertification, loss of biodiversity and other detrimental changes that hurt us and the environment. Plus the absolute change that has accumulated thus far is giving us increased severe weather events such as this.Jul 11, 2013 at 1:00 pm #2004862
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It seems like there are more forest fires than there used to be
Last year I couldn't hike around Three Sisters because of fire
The year before I just barely got around Mt Hood before closed from fire
Mt Hood was closed a couple years ago by another fire
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Original post made by Lisa Steinback, Greenmeadow, on Jun 1, 2006
I'm passionate about neighborhood schools. I believe, among other things, that the purpose of a public school is to provide a diverse environment for students. Whenever I visit my son's school I marvel at how well the kids of all backgrounds and nationalities get along, play together and collaborate on projects. This is what I dreamed of for my kids. I found myself explaining this to my mom the other day... "Mom, the world of today is just like Tiger Woods!" I exclaimed. That's what it's like in the world and our school provides a microcosm of what our kids will see when they enter the working world. Our neighborhood schools provide an exposure to many different cultures and traditions. Students learn, from a very young age, to celebrate and appreciate this diversity. As an example, our neighborhood school has a Chinese New Years celebration complete with a huge dragon made by kindergarteners. We also celebrate Cinco de Mayo, complete with hand-made tortillas. Most importantly, the friendships students make result in many opportunities to participate in other families' cultures and traditions. Not only have my kids learned from other families about their cultural backgrounds and traditions, but our family has been able to educate many of my son's friends about our culture and traditions. As adults, they will be collaborating on projects across the globe and this understanding will be a real asset.
Thomas Friedman, in his best-seller The World Is Flat states, "The more you have a culture that naturally...absorbs foreign ideas and best practices and melds those with its own tradition – the greater advantage you will have in a flat world."
That is why I feel strongly that adding another language immerson program to our district is the wrong direction. Adding a specialized language academy is the opposite of what we need to be doing. We need to preserve neighborhood schools and the diversity they foster instead of having specialized language academies which focus primarily on a target language and culture. The understanding our kids demonstrate in the microcosm of their school playground will go a long way toward producing adults that see diversity as the true asset that it is.
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on Jun 1, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I have to agree with you about the richness that students and families bring to the schools in sharing their cultures. There is nothing greater than to be able to share our backgrounds in an environment that is respectful and welcomes diversity.
However, I do believe that by singling out a foreign language over other languages for an immersion program in the schools is wrong. The school district is a microcosm of families who represent various foreign tongues; such as French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tagalog, Farsi, etc. In hindsight, since a Spanish immersion program has already been implemented, we have essentially opened the door for other languages to be considered.


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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by DORISPULASKI, Sep 7, 2012.
People talking about I-K could use this music for FD
Oh God, I hope not. The Ghost movie soundtrack would be ok.
S&S Flamenco Bolero sounds amazing!
Is the program Akiko Suzuki skated to at 2012 Carnival on Ice her new SP ?
Her new short "KIll Bill"
wow, i ever epexcted something like that.
sounds funnywise like 'normal' figure skating music, wow
I hope they can do this piece of music justice because all versions I can remember were pretty terrible.
Khokhlova and Novitski used that version of Bolero at the 2006 Olympics.
Hmmm, is this then what Aliona was referring to when she was quoted in GSD "...loud Jodel ..." thread: "Everything has to grow and now we are ready to interpret this music."
I love Aliona and Robin, and Ingo, but the flamenco flavor doesn't necessarily enhance the music or disguise the rhythm: Dun dun dun dunna dunna dun dun dun done before ...
But it is a bit different than the original version. And in this case I really agree with "it doesn't matter so much what one does, as how one does it". If, for instance, Sui/Han or someone else announced that they were doing this, I'd be , but I think that Savchenko/Szolkowy (+ Steuer) are exactly the pair that can make something interesting with this. Because the music itself calls for something interesting, but most skaters are just not able to do it justice.
^^ Okay, lauravvv, thanks for the pep talk. You are right that S/S/S are genius at what they create together on the ice. Maybe when I see their fp, I will hear the music with different ears.
I'm a bit at hearing that I/K are skating to Ghost the Musical. I hope I am pleasantly surprised, but after listening to some selections......
I really really hope it's a translation of some Russian soundtrack that's also called "the ghost."
Nice, I love it
^^ Is this the version perhaps:
Is this meant for the GP Assignments discussion thread?
ummmmm, yeah
I thought it would be the soundtrack to the 2010 Roman Polanski film - I think it was called The Ghost Writer in the US, but was released as The Ghost in the UK and Ireland. The score is by Alexandre Desplat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hkR4KUfy_E
Thank you !
This might be the worst music cut, ever ! lol
Oh, please, please, please! Alexandre Desplat is fantastic.The Ghost musical...Not so fantastic.
I/K need to confirm what music they're usinng for FD. I've now heard third different story about their music
Yeah, Desplat is amazing and that would be an unusually fascinating choice from the Morosov clan.
Interviewer: Why did you choose "The Gost" soundtrack for Ilinykh/Katsalapov?
Morozov: I felt a great affinity with the character played by Whoopy Goldberg.
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So I'm thinking the FD may be 2/3rds "Unchained Melody" Still a nice original choice IMO.
" Ghost " I was thinking something from the Demi Moore movie
I hope not, that Ave Maria was dreadful enough
He is.
he did such a GREAT job for Harry Potter's last movie as well. listen at 01:49!
Why no skater uses this or other parts from HP? I'll be waiting till someone does it!
I've been dreaming forever about someone skating to the Harry Potter soundtrack. What you posted is beautiful and I love some pieces from Half-Blood prince too. For some reason I was always thinking that Akiko might try it.
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|Predictive Biomarkers of Conversion to Tourette Syndrome in Children With New-Onset Tics
- DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of a chronic tic disorder at 12 months [ Time Frame: 1 year after the onset of tics (6-12 months after the first study visit) ]Research diagnosis of a chronic tic disorder at 12 months (cases), versus those whose tics are absent at 12 months (controls), will define two groups who will be compared on their baseline status (almost a year earlier) on a quantitative measure of functional connectivity maturity, pre-tic BOLD signal, caudate nucleus volume, and several clinical and neuropsychological measures.
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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Recent-onset tics that will persist
Children between 5 to 17 years of age with recent-onset tics (first tic occurred within the past 6 months) who, when reassessed at 1 year after the first tic began (i.e. 6-12 months after study enrollment) will turn out to meet criteria for a chronic tic disorder (including Tourette syndrome).
Recent-onset tics that will remit
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Up to 30% of all children will have a tic at some point. However, tics that last a whole year (or more) occur in only 3% of the population. Thus tic persistence may be more unusual than tic onset, yet almost no data exist on which people with recent-onset tics go on to be diagnosable with Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder, versus those whose tics are only transient.
The overall goal of this research is to identify, prospectively, what imaging, clinical or neuropsychological features of children who just recently started ticcing will go on to develop a chronic tic disorder (including Tourette syndrome). Hypotheses are derived primarily from studies of patients with established tic disorders.
Aim 1: Apply functional connectivity analysis, fMRI, structural MRI, clinical, and neuropsychological methods in the first-ever pathophysiological study of the "pre-Tourette" population. The goal is to address whether markers previously associated with chronic TS will predict in advance which children with recent-onset tics will progress to Tourette syndrome.
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Follow-up at 3 and 12 months will enable a preliminary comparison of children whose tics remit compared to those whose do not. Clinical and neuropsychological variables may predict poor long-term outcomes in children with tics. Additionally we will collect DNA samples from all subjects for future genetic analysis once we have a large enough sample; prior studies have examined subjects with an established tic disorder, i.e. both tic onset and tic persistence, whereas we will have an opportunity in this data set to examine genetic predictors specifically of tic persistence vs. disappearance.
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- Current use of certain medications,
- Lack of proficiency in the English language that will affect the informed consent process or the psychological testing.
- Additionally, children will be excluded from MRI if they have contraindications to MRI, a positive pregnancy test (females after menarche), or current use of certain medications.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01177774
|Contact: Emily C Bihun, M.Ed.
|Contact: Samantha Ranck, MSW
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University School of Medicine, Movement Disorder Clinic
|St,. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Contact: Emily C. Bihun, M.Ed. 314-362-2083 email@example.com
|Contact: Samantha Ranck, MSW 314-362-6514 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Kevin J. Black, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Kevin J. Black, MD
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Principal Investigator:
|Bradley L Schlaggar, MD PhD
|Washington University School of Medicine
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Kevin J. Black, MD, Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01177774 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
K24MH087913 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number )
|Study First Received:
|August 5, 2010
|Last Updated:
|December 8, 2014
Keywords provided by Washington University School of Medicine:
functional connectivity MRI
brain volumetry
negative reinforcement
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tourette Syndrome
Tic Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Movement Disorders
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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Chatham students have the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in the major of their choice along with a master's degree in as little as five years. Qualified students may pursue a graduate program at Chatham University or through the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. The Integrated Degree Program requires a demanding undergraduate load for three years, followed by full-time graduate studies. Incoming students should contact Admissions or consult their advisors as early as possible in their undergraduate studies for guidance in developing an appropriate undergraduate course of study.
Self-designed Majors/Minors
At Chatham University, each undergraduate can pursue a personalized curriculum by self-designing a major or minor in consultation with faculty advisors. The major or minor may be built around a single topic, possibly in disciplines not usually considered related.
The self-designed major must be approved by a committee of three full-time faculty members from the disciplines most closely related to the proposed major. One faculty member on the committee serves as the student's academic advisor. The proposal for a self-designed major that must include, but is not limited to, a statement of educational goals and a detailed plan of study including all courses that would apply to the major. The plan of study must adhere to the following guidelines: (1) the major consists of no fewer than 12 courses, including the two courses of tutorial; (2) no more than one independent study and one internship can be applied toward the major; (3) seven of the 12 courses must be at the 200-level or above. When the proposal has been approved, copies of the student's proposal, signed by the members of her committee, is submitted to the Registrar's office. Any changes to the plan must be approved by the committee.
The self-designed minor consists of a minimum of five courses in an area of study for which a program minor does not exist. The student prepares a proposal for her minor that includes a title, a statement of her educational goals, and a list of courses that will be included in the minor. The proposal must be submitted to a faculty member associated with the discipline most closely related to the proposed minor. When the proposal has been approved, a copy of the student's proposal, signed by the advisor, is submitted to the Registrar's office. Any changes to the plan must be approved by the advisor. No more than two courses may be double counted toward a self-designed minor and a major.


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Hi all,
I am completely new to this type of modelling, but have been looking through the forums and have decided to embark on making a Jango suit for my 6 year old son. I have been messing about with some Pepakura files to see how easy they are and what alternatives are out there (just finishing the jet pack initial card build). After reading the forums I have now ordered a few A3 sheets of Foamex (seems to be the UK variant of Sintra), and am going to see how easy this is to work with.
Whilst looking around for ideas and build techniques, the main problem I seem to have encountered is around the templates and scaling. Does anyone know if A4 templates are available and the maths will work to scale for a kid, or am I better using the pep files adjusted to act as templates ?
Is there a way to convert the letter to A4 ?
May see how this progresses as my mate is also interested in SW and his 8 year old is a big Boba fan. Could see two builds for both the lads to act as pilots for the adults.
Overall the idea is to build a pretty accurate version, without getting tied up on trying to source accurate details, spend a fortune on something he wont fit in 12 months ! :lol


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This 2009 paper offers an explanation of the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA), which evaluates core educational outcomes in public colleges and universities.
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This 2009 article, from Trusteeship magazine, explains how accrediting bodies are increasingly seeking evidence of student learning and how higher education administrators will need to take assessment more seriously in the future.
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In 2006, the nation turned its attention to accountability in higher education. As a leader in educational research and measurement, ETS joined the dialogue by examining the general topic of student learning outcomes. This examination resulted in a series of three Culture of Evidence reports in which ETS researchers identified the key issues of accountability and surveyed current practices in assessing student learning.
- A Culture of Evidence: An Evidence-Centered Approach to Accountability for Student Learning Outcomes
With higher education under increased pressure to prove accountability, ETS researchers developed a framework to improve, revise and introduce comprehensive systems for the collection and dissemination of information on student learning outcomes. This report presents a practical approach to help the educational community meet the call for accountability while respecting the diverse attributes of students, faculty and the institutions themselves. (Catherine M. Millett, David G. Payne, Carol A. Dwyer, Leslie M. Stickler and Jon J. Alexiou, 2008.)
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We know it takes two to tango, so do fashion labels. It has been more than a decade after Karl Lagerfeld's H&M debut, the official start of high-low partnerships for fashion designers and retailers. But it takes more than that to make collaborations dope. Designers began to think out of the box and join hands with lifestyle products which they find common ground with. Here are some of the best cross-sector collaborations that mesh fashion world and separate markets together.Read More


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A pretty, fit, sexy chic of a girl who often flirts with any guy she can get her hands on and has a strange, unbelievably dirty mind. However, this does not drive men away. They enjoy her sick and wrong ways as she drives them to the limit with her sex comments and attractive statements.
Dude, look over there, it's Fleur Anderson. She's so fit and sexy. Her dirty mind attracts me and her sex comments are to die for.
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Originally Posted by Redeyejedi
Please get Carmelo and Felton back on the floor
For real man. Kidd is just useless out there
Originally Posted by kNicksGiants
felton or pablo needs to be on the court at all times. why doesn't woody understand this? jr and kidd as the backcourt? smh
i want a felton, shump, cope, melo, kmart lineup after this commercial.
It seems like something so simple to understand but he doesnt get it. Jason Kidd is useless
Please get you starters back in the game Woodsen your season is on the line
Rebounds 16 to 5 wow
WTF is he waiting for why are they still on the bench does he want to be down 10
Woodson get a PG on the floor WTF are u doing
Woodsen is an idiot Amare and Carmelo do not work together
Somebody REBOUND.. Getting killed on the glass... DAMIT!!!
Im going to smash my fing TV. Someone nail JR Smith to the bench WTF is he doing
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With continuing weather predictions of heavy snow today some University of Colorado Boulder some events are cancelled and some facilities are adjusting operations.
The 2 p.m. Spring Swing concert at Macky Auditorium has been cancelled.
The 2 p.m. performance of As You Like It will take place as scheduled.
The CU women's basketball game against the University of Washington will be played as scheduled, but as snow continues to fall heavily, the CU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the University leadership advise fans to travel safely to and from the game and not to take unnecessary chances.
Please check the Events Calendar at http://www.colorado.edu/events and event websites for further information.
On the weekend, individual facility closure decisions are made by the facility managers. Please check individual websites for further information.
The University Memorial Center will be closed Sunday for public access.
The Libraries will be open for regular hours today as of this time.
The CU-Boulder campus closure policy is available at http://www.colorado.edu/policies/campus-closing-procedures-during-emergencies


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Deep Portage offers summer programs
Deep Portage Learning Center in Hackensack offers the following programs June 25-Aug. 7 that are open to families and individuals. All programs begin at 1 p.m. and run approximately one to two hours.
• Climbing Wall: June 25 and July 3, 19 and 24
The wall is for ages 8 and older. It is 35 feet tall and designed to challenge a wide variety of climbing abilities.
• Tower Hike: June 26 and July 3, 19 and 24
It's a 20-minute hike to the 55-foot observation tower, the highest point at Deep Portage, where on a clear day it is possible to see 15 miles.
• Family Archery: July 2, July 16 and Aug. 7
Instruction and equipment are provided, including compound and recurve bows. This program is suitable for ages 8 and older.
• Family Canoe Trip: July 15
Travel up the Little Boy River for a fun, safe afternoon on the rivers and lakes of Deep Portage.
Regular program fees are $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and under, and $3 for seniors and Deep Portage members. The Climbing Wall program is $10 per person.
For program descriptions, visit www.deep-portage.org, call 218-682-2325 or email email@example.com. Pre-register by phone or email for all programs.
Deep Portage is located 10 miles east of Hackensack, off Cass County Road 46.