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The Pine River-Backus School Board held a special public meeting Tuesday, Aug. 13, to discuss options for this year's operating levy.
Under the 2013 Omnibus Tax Bill, the Pine River-Backus School Board was granted the legal authority to increase its operating levy from $1.02 per student up to as much as $300 per pupil unit without voter approval.
PR-B Business Manager Jolene Bengtson, school board member Chris Cunningham and school board chair Sandy Poferl attended a training meeting July 23 in Bemidji to learn more about these changes.
Bengtson also received a report estimating the cost of a full increase in the operating levy. The report was given to the school board, and information from the report was presented at the Aug. 13 meeting.
Currently, PR-B has approximately 1,000 pupil units. According to the report, if the board approves increasing the levy to the full $300 per pupil unit, the school could raise an additional $303,080 in revenue. Of that increase, 43 percent would be in state aid, while 57 percent would come from property taxes.
For a typical $150,000 market value property, yearly property taxes would increase by $47. For a $200,000 market value property, that amount would be $62 per year.
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Liquor store burglarized
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Police say the Idaho Liquor Store on First Street in Idaho Falls was broken into early Tuesday morning.
Officers arrived at the store around 12:40 a.m. due to a burglary alarm. They found the east window shattered. Officers found no one inside, but 11 bottles of liquor were stolen.
Surveillance footage obtained by Local News 8 shows three people in hoodies hurling rocks through the window, then entering the store.
The stolen and damaged booze is estimated to be worth $150, while the broken window will cost $800 to replace.
Police are continuing to investigate this. If you have any information, call police at (208) 529-1200 or Crimestoppers at 522-1983.

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"8mm"? "Starter gun"?
It's obvious that you know very little about pistols and pistol shooting.
I strongly suggest that, before you even attempt to buy a pistol, much less carry one, you take a class in which you will be taught the fundamentals of pistol safety, handling, and shooting.
You might ask about such a class at any nearby gun shop or shooting range. The concealed-pistol-licensing agency in your county might also be able to help.
There are gun shops and shooting ranges where pistols are rented by the hour. You might try as many of these as you can afford to rent and for which you have the funds to buy ammunition.
Look for comfort in your hand, and how well you can reach the gun's controls. Accuracy is not an issue because self-defense is not a high-accuracy application, and because you are a beginner who cannot be expected to place bullets well yet.
Do not be suckered-in by neat-looking little pistols in pretty colors. Small handguns are very difficult to shoot effectively and well. The smaller the gun, the more it's going to hurt your hand.
Beginners should start with full-size, full-weight pistols because the size and weight absorbs enough of the gun's recoil to make the shooting experience pleasant, and not a turn-off.
The 9mm "Luger" cartridge is the most popular nowadays, but I prefer to start students off with the .45 ACP instead. A full-size, all-steel, .45 ACP pistol is the easiest of all beginners' guns to control.
Another possible choice is a revolver in .38 Special, but it, too, should be all-steel and it should have at least a 4"-long barrel (and 5" is better). The revolver should also have a hand-filling grip (handle), maybe even made of rubber. (However, I suggest against the Taurus and Rossi brands, since their quality control is not consistent.)
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Re: st: ci question
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got it, thanks Nick
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Use -ssc- to install -ciplot-.
Chris Witte
Thanks Nick and David. I've been requested to plot the sem's, so I'll
have to collapse, generate sem's, and overlay plots like David
suggested. I'll definitely check out eclplot and ciplot though for
possible future use.
my search in Stata found eclplot fine, but didn't find ciplot. I found
ciplot.ado on the IDEAS website, but how do I get that into Stata?
Nick Cox
Also note -ciplot- from SSC.
David gave a very interesting reference new to me. Thanks for that. In
W.S. Cleveland. 1994. The elements of graphing data. Summit, NJ: Hobart
is good on graphing error bars.
David Airey
also see ecloplot for an estimate and confidence limits plot for an
findit eclplot finds it for you inside stata...
also see a recent paper on different error bars that might be used...
The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol. 177, No. 1, April 9, 2007 7-11
Email me if you don't have access to the paper.
If you really want the means and standard errors you can collapse the
data set to to means, sd, and counts, derive the sems, and then plot
means and sems with a scatter and rcap plot combined in a twoway graph.
On Apr 10, 2008, at 2:04 PM, Chris Witte wrote:
> I would like to know how to take the means and standard errors
> calculated from the "ci" command, and plot the means with brackets
> placed at plus/minus the standard error.
> 1) So, I first need to know how to get these estimates into a
> dataset for use.
> 2) I found the "serrbar" command, which will do a basic plotting,
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> Is this possible?
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Hi Alex(g8fcq) the name is Allan NOT Andy (no worries) yes enjoyed the contest last week even though i didn't do much and having oil in my ears didn't help but they're cleaned out now .Will try harder next time.
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Hi re monthly meet some decent propagation today on 144 ssb Good sigs ftom Kent Kent beacon 144.430 s5 - S8 Missed sporedic E ad alerted to by Matt G7OBR on 50mhz earlierSome good propagation on 144
does was lovely to see so many members turn out for the talk thankyou to you all
great talk last night was very interesting to hear about all other awards the WAB
Many tks to all who attended the 144 ssb event. Duncan and Andy introduced to thecwinderful world of vhf contesting. Also Pete M1GAS and the two Mikes FPU and ATR who finished off the 6 hour event as G5UM and polished off a few as G2AA in back packers. Just need to sort out the big amp and I found the remote keyboard dongle when I got home!
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Also many tks to Sandra and Dave the U tube streaming is fab idea.. Great to see Mike plus Nathan and Andy our budding and super keen new M6,s Roll on CQ 144 Sunday
it was great to see you last mike looking so good and on the mend thanks to all those who came to the film night next weeks talk should be great worked all britain
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A quilt is a blanket of love. Sharon
I love all of them but August is my very favorite. Thanks for sharing with us.
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The strong and sometimes overwhelming tendency to be(come) attracted to young girls, both with males and females. This can relate to the desire to love a girl physically, sexually, or in a more Platonic sense, through reading or writing poetry etc.
Girllove is a not very accepted phenomenon in contemporay Western society. This is evidenced by the fact that some libraries in the US banned the book "Lolita" from the author Nabokov (a classic on the subject) from their shelves, claiming it promoted perverse behaviour...
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Calves' needs go up during winter
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Mid-Maryland Dairy Veterinarians is a seven-man practice located at Hagerstown, Md.
Each winter, we start to receive this call, "Hey Doc, I have 10- to 14-day-old calves that are dying and nothing I treat them with works."
When we visit the farm, we see thin, weak calves that are scouring, depressed, and about to die. When we ask what has changed, we usually hear, "Nothing. We are feeding them the same way we always have."
Why is this happening? Calves are born with only 3 to 4 percent body fat . . . much less than most other species. This means they are not very well insulated, and they have very little energy stored. Calves were meant to be able to eat small meals as often as they want in order to provide the energy they need to keep warm and grow.
Instead, we give them only two meals a day, and then we limit the amount of milk so we can get them on grain as soon as possible.
The standard milk replacer diet (8 ounces of 20:20 milk replacer in 2 quarts of water twice a day) provides only enough energy to meet the calf's maintenance needs plus 0.5 pound of gain per day at 68°F. However, at 15°F, that same calf requires 12.5 ounces of milk replacer twice daily just to survive.
The amount of milk that we got by with during warmer times doesn't even meet the calf's basic needs below 50°. As a result, the calf loses weight from day one. In a starvation mode, the body quickly uses up the fat stores and begins using muscle for energy. All systems are shut down to preserve energy, and one of the first to go is the immune system.
Fortunately, the cure for starving calves is easy . . . just feed them more milk! Mix two 8-ounce cups of milk replacer in 4 quarts of water, and feed them 1 gallon twice a day. If you feed whole milk, give them 3 quarts twice daily. Most calves will drink a gallon from day one.
It also is important to feed calves as close to every 12 hours as possible. Allowing a longer interval between feedings at night makes it harder for them to keep their body temperature up. This diet provides enough protein and energy to meet maintenance all the way down to -20°F. At 15°F, it meets maintenance plus provides for 1 pound of gain per day.
Buckets are the easiest way to feed this, and calves perform just as well on buckets as they do on bottles. Start calves with 1 gallon of colostrum at birth; then wait 24 hours for the next feeding. Most will drink a gallon of milk replacer from the bucket on the first feeding.
Here are some frequently asked questions about stepped-up feeding:
How about feeding more powder in 2 quarts of water like the label says? Boosting the concentration of the milk replacer works if the calf drinks plenty of extra water. But that can be difficult to provide in the winter. Problems occur if the milk is too cool when it is fed or if the calf can't get enough water.
Won't too much milk make calves scour? Diarrhea is a healthy body's natural defense against intestinal pathogens. Calves live in a contaminated world so scours are normal. With plenty of energy available, the calf's body can defend itself easily and keep eating and growing.
Won't more milk keep calves from eating grain? During the first three weeks, these calves don't eat much grain. However, they are growing much faster than your regular calves. By 4 to 5 weeks of age, they are eating enough grain to begin weaning.
Here are some additional incentives to feed more milk. Calves that get the energy and protein they need are not just heavier; they are taller at 2 months of age. Bigger, stronger heifers wean better, have less treatment costs, and breed sooner.
At least seven different studies (see table) have shown that calves on a higher plane of nutrition for the first 60 days of life gave about 2,000 pounds more milk in their first lactation.
Using a milk replacer that is higher in protein will add to the benefits by more closely meeting the calf's requirements. Feeding more milk is not just a cold-weather survival tactic . . . it's a way to lower costs and end up with a better milk cow.


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Letterman blackmailed into admitting sex with staffers; Update: Suspect identified?
posted at 10:23 pm on October 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
According to a press release sent by Letterman's PR reps, the host first received a package three weeks ago from someone who claimed to have information about alleged sexual relations he has had with female employees of the "Late Show."…
"This morning, I did something I've never done in my life," Letterman said on Thursday's edition of CBS' "Late Show." "I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury."
As part of the testimony, Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.
"My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would," Letterman said. "I feel like I need to protect these people — I need to certainly protect my family."
Follow the link for a reminder that this isn't the first extortion bid he's been subject to. Yeah, he's a leftist water-carrier and a sporadically nasty crank, but even so, my heart breaks for the guy for having his privacy violated so egregiously. Why acknowledge the extortion on the show, though? Even if the news broke in the papers, a studious silence would have led at least some people to believe that the accusations against him were bogus.
Update: Radar says it knows who the accused extortionist is.
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Definately NOT to be confused with someone who is Asocial. AsPD is a Personality Disorder characterised by behaviour which is deemed anti-social such as wreckless driving, superficial charm, pathological lying, criminal versatility, sexual promiscuity and much more.
AsPD is the most difficult personality disorder to treat as it effects people on both a psychological and genetic level.
AsPD is the most difficult personality disorder to treat as it effects people on both a psychological and genetic level.
Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and Charles Manson had varying forms of Anti-Social Personality Disorder.
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Otherwise known as AsPD or more commonly, Sociopathy. Sociopaths, on contrary to common belief, are, in most cases, not criminals or murderers. Only severe sociopathy may result in crime. Sociopaths are people who disregard or violate rules of society, lacks guilt and empathy, and despite being impulsive, they are probably intelligent and charismatic.
One of my close friends has Antisocial Personality Disorder. She excels in Maths and psychology, though she constantly gets into hot water by her impulse. She values ratiocination and logical reasoning but do not understand how others feel.
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April 17, 2013—Branson. Branson City Hall, City Council Chambers, 110 Maddux Street. A PSC staff public information/question and answer session starts at 6:00 p.m. with the taking of sworn testimony to follow.
This local public hearing will be held in a facility that meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any person needing additional accommodations to participate in the hearing should call the Public Service Commission's Hotline at 1-800-392-4211 or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearing.
On July 16, 2012, Emerald Pointe Utility Company filed water and sewer rate cases with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The utility company sought to increase annual sewer operating revenues by approximately $186,000 and annual water operating revenues by approximately $13,000.
Under the small rate case process, the PSC Staff audits the books and records of the company. After the audit, the PSC Staff presents its findings as well as its initial recommendation for resolution of the rate requests to the Office of the Public Counsel and the company. Based upon discussions between the company, the Office of the Public Counsel and the PSC Staff, the PSC Staff and Emerald Pointe Utility Company have reached a partial resolution of the rate cases. The Office of the Public Counsel has not joined in the partial agreement.
Under the partial agreement, annual sewer operating revenues would increase by approximately $226,577 and annual water operating revenues would decrease by approximately $51,928. There remain unresolved issues in the rate cases which could have an impact on the final numbers. The Commission is scheduled to hear those unresolved issues during formal evidentiary hearings in Jefferson City on May 9-10, 2013.
For a residential customer using approximately 5,500 gallons of water a month, the partial agreement would reduce the monthly water bill from $18.77 to $12.01. Under the partial agreement, sewer bills would increase from $13.63 a month to $54.55 a month.
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Ten European destinations with interesting food, architecture and history were chosen by the travel publisher's writers and editors to encourage travelers to explore someplace new on the continent. Picks include island settings, picturesque villages in the countryside and an excellent beer town.
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The funniest Twitter accounts we can't get enough of lately.
Twitter is all about the one-liners, and these nine people have it down to a science. Here's our list of the funniest Twitter accounts we just can't get enough of lately.
Jenny Mollen - @JennyAndTeets
Followers: 85,114
Why: Not only is she a looker, Jenny's insight on life is hilarious and candid and she has no problem with cutting the shit when it comes to pleasantries. (Read her #AskPlayboy column here)
Spin class: for people who like having orgasms in a group setting
— Jenny Mollen (@jennyandteets) December 14, 2012
Sarah Silverman - @SarahKSilverman
Followers: 3,813,578
Why: Whether she's tweeting about controversial topics or farts, Sarah has a charm that's unlike any other.
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— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) December 23, 2012
Jenny Johnson - @JennyJohnsonHi5
Why: The girl who got Chris Brown to delete his Twitter account. Everyone speaks their mind on Twitter, but Jenny says everything you wish you had the balls to say about today's celebrities.
I can't sleep. I'm afraid Tilda Swinton is in my bedroom and I can't see her. I'm scared.
— Jenny Johnson (@JennyJohnsonHi5) January 4, 2013
Moshe Kasher - @moshekasher
Why: We interviewed Moshe late last year about his book Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 and have been fans ever since.
I got the Transformers logo tattoo like right when I met your Grandmother at the burlesque show she was dancing at. - You as a grandfather
— Moshe Kasher (@moshekasher) January 4, 2013
Patton Oswalt - @PattonOswalt
Followers: 1,087,938
Why: He had some of the best tweets throughout the 2012 elections, always has a witty historical reference up his sleeve and has a knack for live-tweeting the most curious events like the Lifetime drama Liz & Dick starring our cover girl Lindsay Lohan.
Prudes Don't Like Quaaludes & Other Song-Sketches #RejectedShelSilversteinPoems
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 19, 2012
Jose Canseco - @JoseCanseco
Followers: 486,427
Why: Did you know that Jose Canseco held a business meeting with himself this week on Twitter? Did you know that one of Jose Canseco's New Year's resolutions was to fight Shaq in an MMA cage match? These are two solid reasons why you need to be following him.
Hey @danecook thanks for the follow you are the 1988 Jose Canseco of comedy and i was you now then
— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) January 3, 2013
Not Sports Center - @NOTSportsCenter
Followers: 88,979
Why: It's like The Onion for sports, only better.
REPORT: Andy Reid is out as #Eagles coach. Sources are also projecting the sun to both rise and set tomorrow as well.
— NOT SportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) December 30, 2012
Humblebrag - @Humblebrag
Followers: 262,173
Why: While this account is purely retweets, the humblebrags they find are hilarious. Run by the guys at Grantland, they round up the best brags of the month and have even gotten a book deal out of it.
Best (re)Tweet:
Don't kick me out for wearing a cardigan RT @hughhefner Playboy's Midsummer Night's Dream Party tonight-- hottest Mansion party of the year.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) August 5, 2012
Modern Day Seinfeld - @SeinfeldToday
Followers: 307,457
Why: The only thing we've had that was even close to Seinfeld coming back was that one stint on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Some of the guys from Buzzfeed tweet new developments in the lives of our favorite characters.
Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend (Malin Akerman) because she live-tweets everything. "You're eating a bagel! I don't care! No one CARES!"
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A desire to keep an even workload across the Fast5 Ferns squad has seen skipper Casey Williams scratched from this weekend's tournament.
Williams tweaked her ankle in last week's final Quad Series game against Australia in Hamilton, with Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit named to replace her.
Coach Wai Taumaunu said while it will give Williams time to rest up her leg injury, the main focus is the ankle.
"Completely different and not major but just enough that we would have had to have continued to manage her and with just 10 players, that creates a workload for the other defenders that I felt was not going to be tenable during Fast5.''
Taumaunu said while Williams has had some bad luck in recent times with injuries, there's no need to be worried long term.
"She was really keen, she wanted to lead her team in Fast5 for the first time in New Zealand. (I've just) thought that's not a tenable option for the whole team so I don't think we need to be worried. She's an athlete, she's getting older, but we look after her all the time and we'll continue to do so.''
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Ok, I don't have a walking foot yet, so before I go out and buy one this week what do you think about them pros and cons.
I'll be useing for straight line quilting.
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Ok, I don't have a walking foot yet, so before I go out and buy one this week what do you think about them pros and cons.
I'll be useing for straight line quilting.
Fantastic-it is made to go over the thick quilt sandwich-the feel dogs and walking foot working together so the fabric won't pull. It is great for SID and gentle curves-not for FMQ. If you plan to do much machine quilting, it is a must!
I just used mine for the first time last week and I love it.
This is my first time at machine quilting and it made the fabric smooth and it looked more professional. I did straight line stitching, also.
Get one....you'll be happy you did!
I hated mine. Threw it out. The thing wouldn't work for anything on my White. Called all over and then the one arm fell off. I will never use one again, there's not enough money in the world to pay me to.
Jennifer, maybe you didn't get the right one for your machine-or it wasn't put on right. The first time I used it, for some reason it thought you had to put the feed dogs down (must have gotten FMQ confused or something)-but after reading the directions that came with the foot, it worked like a charm. Maybe you should give it another chance-but make sure it is the right one for your machine and it is set on right.
I have two. One for my Janome and one for my Bernina930, thanks to Tomilu. I love them. I use them to put binding on and stid or anything (except fm quilting) that I do on a sandwiched quilt. I think you'll love it. Good luck.patti
I have yet to ever use one, lol...
Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! And I always use it when sewing the binding on!Quote:
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I also have a walking foot I am having trouble with. It is difficult to attach. It is the correct foot, I took my machine in to the shop for a cleaning and we put the foot on there. The sales staff is very knowlegable and helpful. But after I got home realized there are no instructions to help me learn how to use it. No helpful hints, nothing. Augh!!!!
I always use my walking foot. It makes sewing layers so much easier. I'm all for anything that makes sewing a little easier and funner. I think it would hard to sew WITHOUT using one.


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Here is a my BHO 7.62x39 unconverted.
Ok question, are the BHO's for rifles different from shotguns? Mine is am 7.62x39 unconverted.
Interesting, but a moot point for Me.
When I release the BHO, I'm pulling the bolt all the way back and then releasing it, anyway. I want to be sure it has enough momentum to strip a round and fully lock up.
Here's my thoughts,
The BHO does not have a release where one could push it down and chamber a round.
All my Saigas in caliber or guages will not strip and chamber a round from the BHO holding position.
The BHO is for safety when benched.
The BHO allows for easy insertion of a short 10 round magazine because there is less leverage available.
The BHO on the shotguns allow room for the nose of the shell so insertion of the magazine is easier.
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Very interesting (done in my best Artie Johnson voice). Zulu, your BHO contact point with the bolt carrier is much further forward in the receiver than the one I have. The BHO contacts the bolt carrier just forward of the selector cutout area in mine. On the BHO in mine I had to cut out an area in the BHO 'tail' such that the selector can be removed/installed w/o BHO removal. Somewhere along the production line it appears that Saiga changed their BHO design.
Edit; here's a much better photo of the BHO. Again, the only mod I did was cut out the half-elipse area directly below the contact point with the bolt carrier in order to install/remove the selector with the BHO still in place.
BTW - Paperwork indicates my Saiga was had post production inspection on June 7, 2008 so it's a new production model.
Did I do that?
Inspection on mine June 15, 2006, I'm startimg not to like the MOFO BHO!
Pookie did you check yours for the BHO or are you building a new piece for it?
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At this point, it seems, absolutely no one is disputing that Scott Brown was, at first, totally cool with being sworn in to the US Senate on February 11. So what changed?
The letter sent yesterday by Dan Winslow, Brown's attorney, says Brown decided to hustle after learning about "a number of votes scheduled prior to that date." That's the same explanation cited by Matt Viser in today's Globe.
There are, however, a few other intriguing possibilities. Maybe Brown is rushing to Washington specifically to vote against National Labor Relations Board nominee Craig Becker, a theory advanced over at Blue Mass. Group. Or maybe--as the AP's Glenn Johnson speculated last night--Brown decided to hurry up following pointed criticism of his protracted victory celebration. Case in point: the Herald's Howie Carr snickered yesterday at Brown's "three-week victory lap" and mocked Brown's fondness for "liveshots," a term Carr sually reserves for John Kerry. (Carr's colleague Lauren Beckham Falcone had some similarly harsh words for Brown's protracted celebration.)
And here's a third theory: maybe, when Brown picked a far-off date, he was already planning to delight conservatives by changing his mind and demanding that the Massachusetts Democratic establishment seat him as soon as possible! As a Blue Mass. Group commentator puts it:
Sen-elect Brown comes up with an artificial date to be sworn in.
Then he can "move up" the day he is sworn in so he is even more of a
(Growing the legend of Sen Scott Brown.) This is all a PR plan, set forth weeks ago.
Whatever the intentions of Brown and his handlers, his rapid-onset Potomac Fever seems certain to help his political brand. As Johnson notes, when the aforementioned letter from Winslow was posted on the Drudge Report, it generated so much traffic that readers couldn't open it.


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Original post made by Alice Smith, Green Acres, on Mar 25, 2007
The pandemic flu epidemic could also spread rapidly and will equally be deadly in its impact. Predictions are that 2-3% of the population will die and 40% will protract the flu in waves over 1-2 year cycles. The question posed by the experts is not if, but when this will happen. Again, by being prepared, you will have a better chance of surviving and helping your family to survive. Act now. Don't wait. Our local Palo Alto Area Red Cross, inter alia, has great materials on its website for making plans for earthquake and pandemic readiness.
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on Mar 31, 2007 at 1:10 pm
I believe the new reservoir and the command center in the new police station will facilitate disaster response. Fiber optic might help. Tasers for the cops might eliminate the need to shoot looters.
5 days food and water supplies and a manual can opener. Battery or hand crank radio. Active Boy and Girl Scouts, police reserve, triage station operators, Ham station locations and protocol, locator service. Cash on hand to tide you over until the ATMs are back up. Pet food. NRA sticker for your front window. 5 days clean underwear.
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"Getting Earthquake Ready" is a seminar given by MV Fire Dept on April 22nd at 2 pm, 801 California St, Mountain View, CA, 94041. The 1 hour seminar will be followed by 1/2 hour of preparedness activities. Spanish translation will be available.
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Hi all. Just wanted to introduce myself. Fairly new to firearms, and excited to learn as much as I can. I have posted a couple of threads and grateful for all the helpful responses. I am currently still waiting on my FID and pistol purchasing cards. Been 7 weeks. Gotta love the bureaucracy of NJ. Anyway, glad to be here.
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Welcome to you from the birthplace of American liberty... Virginia. You having to obtain an FID and then a purchase permit is so foreign to us Virginians. If I were of a mind to go to one of my local gun shops this morning and buy a handgun, there are four shops within 10 miles of my house, It would take all of maybe 15-20 minutes for the instant check and closing the sale and I would drive home with my new firearm. And I have done just that quite a few times when searching for stuff on the net and running across a gun that I had not considered before. My last purchase was like this a few days before Christmas. Saw something by accident that caught my eye. Did a little research, then figured what the heck. Drove to one of my local shops, my preferred one, and bought one. The instant check took a little longer (35 minutes) because this was December 21 and that shop was slammed from both the election and the incident at Sandy Hook, not to mention Christmas.
And while in there and making my purchase, my primary sidearm EDC was openly carried.
Southernboy, your world is much different than mine, and for no good reason. Purchasing is a pain too. Once you have your FID you need a pistol purchasing card to purchase a pistol. I applied for a few of those when i applied for the FID. so they should come together when they finally call me. If i did not apply for the pistol purchasing card it would take at least another 30 days for that. When i finally have all of that i can go to the shop, which by the way is a great one, and fill out more paperwork for the fed check. That takes another 3-4 days to complete. Then i can take my purchase home.
Fortunately for me i was able to do lots of research and check out the guns i was interested in during this time. Lucky for me the local shop had the one that i wanted. Beretta 92fs M9a1. So it is sitting there waiting for me to pick up.
I can only imagine what it is like to go into a shop, see something you like, and buy it within a half an hour, instead of felling like you are some criminal that needs to be fingerprinted, checked, background checked, mental health checked, and other nonsense before i can feel free to express my 2nd Amendment right as an American!
By the way, thanks for the warm welcome.
Slippery Pete!!!! Welcome from fellow South Jerseyian!!! I feel your pain!!
Sucks doesn't it? I see they cashed my check, but still nothing. Hoping it is at the end of the process and not the beginning. Where abouts in SJ are you?
Well look at it this way. You folks from New Jersey still have it better than those who live in New York. The really draconian law that was pushed by gov. Cuomo is so repressive. For those who have 10-round magazines, they are now required to carry no more than seven rounds from what I understand. That's going to really help if they are attacked by multiple BG's. The idiots who dream this stuff up should have to live by the same laws they pass for citizens to abide by. Perhaps then they might understand how really ignorant they are.
No, I doubt it. They'll continue to enjoy the privilege, power, and authority allowed them by their constituents while expecting the citizens to do as they say, not as they do. Typical statist elites.
Very true Southernboy. I just hope none of that garbage legislation finds its way to the garden state. There have been a bunch of crap pieces of legislation proposed in NJ just like NY. Instead of focusing on the real issues, they come up with crap to make law abiding citizens feel like criminals.
Thanks Beretta9mm.
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@harley craig -
Thanks for the anti fogging soap tip, I will have to give that a try. My coworker loved it too.
I watched the video and your setup looked awesome. But being that I'm so new to this, what was the need for the machine? Are you washing the comb? Treating it? Prepping it for long term storage?
Oh and don't worry about education, my coworker that is a mechanical engineer talked with me about how his education was focus on metals while 95% of what we do deals with plastics so he said he uses a small portion of his college education. A lot of creating products or machine like you've done is all about trial and error and then figuring out how to improve it. I love your approach though.
Oh and it was 99 here today, I'll take the cold any day (from New Hampshire).
Yeah the grass might be greener. I definitely think it would be incredibly tough / lots of hard work to make a living in agriculture. The big pit fall to what I do is that I've worked on a number of products the last few years a if I'm lucky 1 or 2 will become real products, due to a variety of reasons. I still get paid, but the personal satisfaction in knowing my work and effort paid off isn't there.
The intelligence comments are interesting. It's hard to find a person that has the ability to learn from books and the hands on approach. But I'm a fan of being hands on since you get a feel from the true application. But since I'm new to beekeeping I can say I've had my head in a book the past few months quite a bit.
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The Hope Summer Repertory Theatre announces a production change in their 41st season that will be full of sentimentality, laughter, life lessons, and great music. The season will now include An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley which will replace of God of Carnage. Season 41 will also include Chaps!, Pride and Prejudice, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, An Inspector Calls, Songs for a New World, Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly and Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells Batman Smells.
Be sure to fit HSRT's productions into your summer calendar! The season begins on June 15th and runs through August 11th at four locations: DeWitt Theatre, Knickerbocker Theatre, Holland Area Arts Council, and our Studio Theatre.
Opening the season on June 15th is
Chaps! at downtown Holland's Knickerbocker Theatre. Come see what happens when the worlds of BBC radio and cowboy music collide. It's London in 1944 and the BBC is preparing for a special troupe of America's singing cowboys. When they fail to show up, the prim and proper Brits have to "take the reigns" and put on the show for the troops in their place. Comedy, craziness and chaos ensue as the "new" singing cowboys take on classics like, Cowboy's Sweetheart, Tumblin' Tumbleweeds, Ride, Cowboy, Ride, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Cool Water and many more. Be a part of our new BBC "live" radio audience in this hilarious musical which had it's world premiere right here at HSRT in 1995! Book written by Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner with vocal arrangement by Malcolm Hillgartner and Chip Duford, Chaps. Performances are at 8:00 p.m. on June 15, 16, 21, 27, 30, July 6, 31, August 2, 6, and 10.
Opening June 22 is Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice. Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan, this new adaptation for the stage breathes fresh life into Jane Austen's classic romance filled with desperate spinsters, determined bachelors, nosy neighbors, embarrassing relatives and a smarmy cad or two. Darcy, Bingley, Elizabeth and Jane overcome both their pride and prejudices to find love in the midst of Austin's 19th century classic comic characters. You'll meet your own neighbors, relatives and friends in this charming evening with one of the world greatest storytellers. Performances are on June 22, 23, 29, July 7, 11, 12, 18, 24, 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the DeWitt Theatre.
Get out your dictionaries and prepare for a H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S night at the theatre.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is sure to warm your heart, challenge your spelling skills and have you humming all the way home! This Tony award-winning musical captures the quirky competition of a county spelling bee with all the usual suspects: from the reigning spelling champion, to the overachiever with a lisp, the big kid with a host of health problems and the second alternate who never expected to compete, all unite through their love of spelling and their hope to succeed at the Bee and at life. Book written by Rachel Sheinkin and music and Lyrics by William Finn, "Spelling Bee" performances are at 8:00 p.m. on July 14, 17, 19, 23, 25, August 1, 4, 8, and 11 in the DeWitt Theatre.
The season continues on July 20th with
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley. When the mysterious Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling residence, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young working-class woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences. An Inspector Calls performances are at 8:00 p.m. on July 20, 21, 27, 30, August 3, 7, and 9 in the DeWitt Theatre.
Opening on July 26th is
Songs for A New World -- Join us for unforgettable evening of music that connects the craving for hope and a brighter tomorrow with the reality of having to make choices even when the outlook may be challenging. B.Y.O.B. and we'll give you the glasses and the ice! Songs for A New World will have a limited run at 8:00 p.m. on July 26, 27, 30, August 3, 7, and 9.
Look for our upcoming Children's Performance Troupe shows opening on June 18th. CPT will be performing
Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly by Joan Cushing is at 10:30 a.m. on June 18, 20, 25, 27, 29 July 30 August 3, 8 and at 1:30 p.m. on August 1, 6, and 10. Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! by Allison Gregory and adapted for stage from the book series by Barbara Park opens on July 9th. Performances will be held at 10:30 a.m. on July 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25 August 1, 6, and 10 and at 1:30 p.m. on July 30 August 3, and 8. Both performances are in the Studio Theatre in the DeWitt Center.
Take advantage of Hope Summer Repertory Theatre's best ticket offer and purchase a season ticket coupon. Season ticket coupons save patrons up to 27% off individual ticket prices and guarantees a terrific seat for every performance! With Free exchanges, purchasing a season ticket coupon is the best way to support HSRT. Season ticket coupons go on sale May 7th at the DeWitt and DeVos Fieldhouse ticket offices.
The Season Pass Coupon includes Mezzanine seating for four main stage performances and our bonus show for only $87 for adults and $82 for seniors. The Best Buy Coupon includes admission to the four main stage productions for $67 for adults and $62 for seniors. The Super-Saver Coupon includes seating limited to the balcony and orchestra for our four main stage productions for $50 for adults and seniors. The Children's Pass Coupon is great for children under 12 and includes tickets to both Children's Performance Troupe's performances and one ticket to a main stage musical for $25. Please note that all service fees are including in the coupon ticket rate.
Individual tickets go on sale on May 7th at the DeWitt and DeVos Fieldhouse ticket offices. Prices range from $12-$28 for musicals, and $10-$21 for plays. Please note that all service fees are including in the ticket rates.
HSRT's ticket office is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Beginning June 13th the ticket office is open on Saturday's at noon. On performance dates, the DeWitt Ticket Office will be open through intermission. The ticket office is located in DeWitt Cultural Center at 12th Street and Columbia Avenue. For tickets call the ticket office at 616-395-7890. The DeWitt Theatre is located at 141 East 12th street. The Knickerbocker Theatre and the Holland Area Arts Council is located in Holland's downtown on 8th street.
For more information visit the HSRT website at www.hope.edu/hsrt or www.facebook.com/


text: Gil Brandt and Adam Scein are live at Cowboys Camp today. Terence Newman on right now. Real humble guy. They asked him to comment on Parcells saying that "He's the best player we have right now" and T-New just said he's going to keep working because he's not close to being as good as he wants to be. This guy will be in Hawaii in February.


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Playboy Morning show Interviews GTA V Stars!

It's one of the most hotly awaited and now bestselling games ever, setting six Guinness World Records since its release. Kevin Klein and Andrea Lowell of the Playboy Morning Show sat down with the stars of Grand Theft Auto V, Shawn "Solo" Fonteno (Franklin), Ned Luke (Michael) and Steven Ogg (Trevor).
Klein: Congratulations on being the most successful game in the world; you guys essentially said, "Fuck you, Tetris!"
Fonteno: Fuck it!
Klein: Have you been a part of all of them? Is this the first one?
Luke: No, this is the first one we've done; they tend to go with different guys for each franchise. There were some that blend over, though.
Fonteno: I was a voice in San Andreas—different voice, just a background character—so I'm stepping out to the big leagues!
Klein: So how do you find out, is it as corporate as you having agents and auditions or is it more loose, like someone sees or hears you?
Ogg: Same thing as any acting gig, you just go.
Luke: Solo was in L.A., so it was a little different for him than it was for Steven and I, but we had what they call an act-off, which was kind of wild. It was us two and two other guys—
Ogg: Better than just the tip, it was balls deep in the act-off!
Luke: And we mixed and matched. So I went into the booth with another Trevor and he went into a booth with another Michael and then together last. And as soon as I walked in the room with this guy, I knew that it was done because it was just crazy, the connection was awesome. And then we met Solo on set. [laughs]
Fonteno: My situation was totally different; I had to go up with a bunch of well-known rappers, a lot of street thugs that came into the auditions with guns; me being from the streets myself I blended right in and ended up landing the gig.
Lowell: They picked you over [big-]name rappers; what was it about you that they just fell in love with?
Fonteno: I guess it was what they were looking for, because Franklin, his story was pretty much my story too. So I don't know if they did research and found me, but it worked out cool for me.
Klein: Are you guys getting recognized now? Because I see people all the time and think, "That guy looks like fucking Mario from Mario Bros." but I know it's not him, but in your case it might be.
Ogg: If I was here last week you would've thought the same, I had the mustache!
Fontena: Yeah, everywhere we go. I get ran up from people all the time. I don't know if I can say names, but TMZ and other people are coming at me when I'm coming or going to clubs, so they recognize me big-time.
Ogg: I don't get recognized as much; these guys get more recognition, but I'm getting these e-mails now from women, so it's interesting to see what kind of women would be interested in this kind of guy.
Luke: Yeah, because he's used to getting them from guys!
Ogg: But I had last week this big mustache and one of the more flattering fan things last week was, "I want a mustache ride," which I don't even know what that is.
Klein: Andrea, what's a mustache ride?
Lowell: It's when someone jumps on your face!
Klein: So let me ask you this: you find out the game makes a billion dollars. What does that mean for you personally?
Luke: Pride!
Klein: What's pride worth these days? So it doesn't do anything for you?
Luke: It's pride, man, you're part of the biggest thing in history. This is the biggest thing in entertainment history! Who cares about what money is or anything like that, that's our business…
Ogg: We're true artists; we don't care about the money.
Klein: I've heard that some of you have never actually played the game yet; is that true?
Luke: Ogg doesn't play video games.
Klein: So you wouldn't even know what to do? You'd be the guy that backs over themselves in traffic?
Ogg: Correct. In the beginning of the three years of shooting this, the director basically said, "Do you have any idea what this is? These video games?" And I said no, I'm a Pac-Man guy in my head. So we went in the back room and played one of the GTA games and it was incredible but I was just bumping into the wall. I was just like, fuck this; I wanted to break the console, Hulky smashy! So I basically left the thing. Three years later we tried the thing. "All right, Steve, three years later! Let's try the thing." Same thing: bump into the wall, bump into the wall.
Luke: Yeah, but you play with yourself so you don't even really need to play with the games.
Ogg: Yeah, with my own little joystick.
Fonteno: But me, man, I'm playing it and I love my character, I love everybody's character, and I've been playing it nonstop. I'm close to the ending.
Klein: What's the best thing that's happened in the game for you?
Fontena: Man, the success in the game that a guy like my character Franklin comes from nothing and becomes a whole lot of something, so that is the best thing for me is to see the progress of the guy. To leave the hood and then come to living looking over the water. He's balling now!
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That's the thing about beekeeping isn't it? It's what makes these forums so interesting & so frustrating.... 100 or 1000 miles away, it's completely different.
I have one further question, tagging along with what Oldtimer asked:
How would you run Warre hives in a very short, but very heavy, nectar flow?
Another question I've asked before, and I'll ask again, because this is apparently very important in the locale that I'll be beekeeping:
How do you deal with very-granulating honey in the method of leaving hives enough winter stores? (Where I'll be is the Canadian prairies, where fall flow- predominantly canola- is prone to immediate granulation- which means bees will starve or poop like crazy).
This is my (and I realize only mine) predominant concern with the Warre/natural system.


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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury hotel near Victoria Harbour waterfront
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Just 109 yards (100 meters) from Harbour City, Hong Kong's massive shopping arcade, this luxury hotel is 218 yards (200 meters) from the Victoria Harbour waterfront.
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The Victorian design hotel includes a Mediterranean rooftop pool, a health club, four restaurants, two bars, conference rooms, and a 24-hour business center.
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Guestrooms include private bathrooms, complimentary wireless Internet access, cable TV channels, direct-dial phones, desks, minibars, and complimentary bottled water.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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The Langham, Hong Kong, is located in Tsimshatsui, Kowloon's busiest commercial and entertainment district. Celebrating an expansive refurbishment, this elegant hotel's European décor provides a luxurious retreat with signature services and guest experience managers available to accommodate guests' needs. Amenities include a Mediterranean-style rooftop pool, a health club, a variety of restaurants, a deli, 2 bars, conference rooms, and a 24-hour business center with free WiFi. Valet parking is available for a daily fee.
Children under the age of 12 are welcome to use The Langham Club until 8 PM and enjoy breakfast at the lounge under the supervision of parents or guardians.
- 24-hour front desk
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- Number of floors - 16
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Tang Court - Three Michelin-starred restaurant reflects the classic timelessness of China's golden age. Amid lavish furnishings, dine on authentic Cantonese cuisine.
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Main St. Deli - This authentic New York-style deli offers New York deli favourites, such as Reuben sandwiches, pastrami on rye, hot corned beef, brisket, knishes, bagels, salads and chicken soup with matzoh balls. This cozy meeting place is wonderful for discussing business or simply taking a break from the excitement of Tsimshatsui.
Palm Court - Palm Court serves breakfast from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM daily. Gilt screens with rich fabrics divide Palm Court into smaller discrete private spaces. Live strings and jazz in the afternoon and evening enhance the elegant atmosphere. Palm Court serves The Langham Afternoon Tea Monday to Friday.
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- Number of treatment rooms 2
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for HKD 990 per night.
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Children under the age of 12 are welcome to use The Langham Club until 8 PM and enjoy breakfast at the lounge under the supervision of parents or guardians.
Guests with children booking a Bed and Breakfast rate plan should know that an extra cost will apply for child breakfast. For those booking a Club/Suite rate plan an extra cost will apply for accessing the children's club. Please contact the office using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
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She's got pipes…what would I buy first? First time Ive seen here live and now I get what everyone's talking about. What to buy first — for a novice like me?
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Rhonda says:
answer to your question, buy them all then you would understand where she has been and where she is now!
Rhonda says:
Mary J. really put on an awesome performance tonight! I really believe that she was honestly singing that song to her husband sitting in the audience. With a woman like her who would in their right mind would want to screw around! He must be nuts!
Jennifer says:
i would start from the beginning to see her growth. But my fave is Mary and My life.
BuffaloChoicer says:
Definitely start with Share My World, then My Life, then What's the 411, then Mary, No More Drama, Love & Life, The Breakthrough, Growing Pains and Stronger with Each Tear. Seeing her Live is the absolute best though!
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Who: El Dorado County, Calif., DOT
Total Area: 1,788 square miles
Roadway Miles: 1,100 miles
Traditionally, the concept of building information modeling (BIM) has been applied to buildings. But it can be applied to all things built, horizontal and vertical.
In highway engineering, the model acts as a repository and source of project information. Planners, engineers, contractors, and owners use it throughout an asset's entire lifecycle — from conceptual design, detailed design, and construction to operations, maintenance, and asset management — to access coordinated, consistent data that can be continuously improved in quality and detail. Information isn't translated or watered down; it's simply created, updated, and used to improve downstream data quality.
Because they can visualize a project at any stage in the design process, transportation engineers minimize change orders by identifying problems far earlier, when they can be corrected much more easily and less expensively. Using a realistic model means engineers can run multiple design scenarios and quickly see the impact of each on project costs and timelines.
To understand how the modeling concept applies to highway engineering, it's important to identify what functions create, update, or pass data to other functions. This defines the overall hierarchy and helps identify techniques to streamline processes.
Take the example of a task performed in conceptual design: selecting a corridor that minimizes environmental impacts to agricultural land.
If we break down the activity, a number of problems are immediately apparent. First, the data needed to make sound engineering decisions is segregated by the way it's stored, by the way it's used, by the organizations that own it, and by the technology that can use it.
Information modeling integrates the relationship between parcels of land and the roadway geometry so that when one piece of data, such as the proposed centerline of the roadway, is modified a related piece of data — land area — is likewise affected. The modeling process uses data holistically to investigate and evaluate design alternatives and determine the need for things such as Agricultural Impact Statements in conceptual design.
The process enables stakeholders to streamline functions performed in other phases of the transportation engineering lifecycle as well. For example, data created, used, or updated in design is used and updated in construction. This as-built data is invaluable for operations and maintenance, inventory management systems, and asset management systems. To complete the lifecycle, this same data is used again in the next cycle, which begins with conceptual design, to assess impacts and eliminate the need to 'recollect' or recreate data.
El Dorado County recently experienced the process for the first time.
Bordered by Sacramento County to the west and Nevada to the east, the county lies in east-central California. It's highly diverse, comprising a variety of towns and cities such as South Lake Tahoe and Placerville, the expanding Sacramento suburbs, parklands, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
One area, Cameron Park, was once a rural town but is rapidly evolving into a more suburban center. As growth continues, the county works to ensure roads keep up with the demands placed on them by increased capacity.
One intersection in particular presented a unique design challenge. To accommodate adjacent commercial and residential development, an increasingly busy roadway was scheduled to be widened and signalized.
The deadline for meeting the construction season was quickly approaching when it was deemed necessary to incorporate additional grading, utility, and structural work into the intersection project. The original bid set plans existed only in hard copy, so evaluating the feasibility of incorporating the revisions would take weeks, even months.
To avoid losing an entire construction season, engineers used the challenge to break in their newly acquired 3D design and analysis software, Autodesk's AutoCAD Civil 3D.
They built a 3D model of the roadway corridor that replicated what was represented in the original, two-dimensional design. Using the model they were able to see the impact of proposed modifications to right-of-way boundaries, trees, and existing utilities and adjust horizontal and vertical alignments to meet specifications.
Because the model is dynamic, modifications to the alignment or profile instantly updated the corridor and its associated daylight lines. As a result, the impacts of the changes were readily apparent, allowing the team to use as much of the available right of way as possible, avoid environmental issues, and clear existing utilities.
For example, to evaluate different utility configurations it was first necessary to determine the impacts of the grading each configuration would require.
"The analysis turned weeks of work into three or four hours to analyze the impacts of three different grading alternatives and utility alignments," says Principal Engineering Technician Steven McVey. "It was just a matter of dragging the alignment and profile until the design was optimized."
The feasibility study was finished and the project poised to go out for bid when a local utility requested a study of where additional electrical poles should be placed around the intersection — one of those last-minute requests that throw projects completely off schedule. In addition to the study itself, the utility work had to be completed before the county could begin construction on the intersection.
McVey's team needed to locate the poles and guy anchors as far as possible from the road modifications while also avoiding adjacent privately owned property. The poles also needed to be placed at an ultimate grade, which would require excavating approximately 25 vertical feet of the adjacent hillside. To visualize the potential impact to the surrounding area and right of way, the horizontal and vertical locations of the poles and guy anchors were critical. At one point, the department shared CAD files with the utility.
Using the same model that was created during the design phase, the team placed "virtual poles" at different grades in various locations to determine where the necessary clearance from the surrounding hillside could be achieved.
"The modifications were delineated by utilizing the automated labeling features," says McVey. "By selecting the desired label style and setting the design alignment current, the stations and offsets of key points were labeled with a click. All of the plan and profile labeling styles are dynamic and annotative, allowing them to automatically adjust to the rotation and scale of the sheets. This ability expedited the drafting of the plans tremendously."
The additional modifications were incorporated into the plans and the intersection improvements were sent out to bid on time, keeping the project and adjacent development on schedule while giving El Dorado's engineers their first complete "transportation systems" perspective.
— Weiss (email@example.com) is market readiness manager, transportation engineering for Autodesk Inc. Special thanks to Steven McVey of the El Dorado DOT for his contributions to this article.


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Arbor A-Frame
It has been my dream board since I saw it on Arbor web-site. I finally rode it yesterday.
It wasn't a typical powder day...quite a few powder hounds in line for the first chair. I was nervous riding my brand new Arbor while in line....
Once on top I was a bit intimidated by the new setup, mostly worried about the new board, a bit longer and advanced that my trusty "Ride Control 155" I manage to scratch my base over a small rock almost immediaterly out of the lift, on the wind battered top of Chair 6.."there you go" first scratch done...good to go.
The board feels WAY lighter than my old one. let's see how it performs...Conditions were 3 feet of powder, 12F, sunny. (First day of the season)
The first thing I notice is how the board easies you into a turn, must be the beautiful sidecut that initiates the turn just when you want it to and keeps it, until you push out with your back foot, never turning out of your carve (A thing I noticed on my brother's Ride Prophecy last winter, where the board would keep turning like on a rail, on its own) stable yet very quick from edge to edge, the board rides like a dream. Serpentine is very fast, hig speed carving is powerful and dramatic, flat runs are fast and stable, never had the feeling I had to worry yabout my edges...
Its a great powder board, with the original set back. VERY surfy if you go even further back. Responsive, floaty and with a great accelleration.
It felt obviously light years ahead of my previous stick. So much easier to ride , faster, more precise. No feeling at all to "catch an edge", the board does what you want, until you respect her. I found myself riding tired at the end of the day, a bit too casually maybe, you can't do that on a board like this, like a motorbike or a sport car, it demands attention and direction, otherwise you will find yourself face down on the snow.
On slashed pow the board went really well...cutting trough bumps and absorbing most of the terrain features easily, later in the day, with just 12deg the snow hardened up as soon as the shade hit the mountain side. Very good edge control and direction, the board falls down the most logic line and keeps it until you input a new direction. Very docile yet very decise once pointed down. Very good "pop" if I am using the term right....coming out of turns the boards propels you back up, after your compression and if that happens to be over a bump, it will "pop" you up in the middle of a turn, to land and grab the snowpack a second later...keeping the same line...depending on your legs stamina.
I didn't notice particular speed improvement over my old one, I was expacting it to just slid off from under my feet and speed up, it didn't happen, but I have the feeling that she needed a new wax job over the original one she got when I bought the board in August. i left the wax on until 3 days ago to protect the base, but it's ok, yesterday I weasn't looking for speed...yet.
Carving will take a different meaning for me on this board, especially with the stiff boots I got too. It looks fantastic and feels as easy to drive as say an "Audi-S4" but at the same time it demands the same attention...and it will give you the same reward...
Carving with your body completely extended, (Opposed to a knee bent posture) flexing your ankles and using a lot of compression and extension before and after the turns was a great way to appreciate the elegance of how this board rides. I felt like I was exaggerating my compression and extensions, but that actually made for a very solid ride. You need to push on this board with decision, if you want some G's it's also a bit longer (158) than my 155, and I could feel that.
All in all a fantastic board.
Rode it one hole set setback, on one foot plus of wind blown powder...amazing. the A-Frame floats easily and feels like a really mellow forgiving ride, always ready to take your input but never unpredictable, little back leg fatigue and really fun to carve in less deep snow.
Later in the day the temp went up, and the snow got heavy, the board still floated or cut trough it with little change, besides speed. Always precise, and docile IF you are paying attention. A board to ride determined always, but that still hasn't given even a hint of edge catch, even at the end of the day under my wobbly legs. I feel I am improving and connecting with it more at every run.
Fantastic, fast, precise, and beautiful.
Update at day 19 of the season.
Mono-rail 6G carves are so much fun with this stick...it just stays there until you extend and dive in another turn. Unbelievably stable. Holds an edge with rage.
FAST. I have to check speed sometimes...the board keeps accellerating...Amazing base. Very fast...
Beautiful...When 2 people out of 3 feel the need to say something about your board at every chair....
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According to Cavaliers beat writer Jason Lloyd, "No one on the team has really seen or heard from [Dion] Waiters since Wednesday's game."
Zaza Pachulia (heel) went through a full practice on Thursday.
According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, "most everyone associated with the Bulls" believes that Dwyane Wade will pick up his player option.
Danny Ainge said that Lonzo Ball told the Celtics that he will not work out for them prior to the draft.
Kentucky G Hamidou Diallo has withdrawn from the NBA Draft.
Jaylen Brown (right hip pointer) is questionable for Game 5 on Thursday.
Jae Crowder strained his left thigh in Tuesday's Game 4 loss to the Cavaliers, but he said after the game that he's "fine."
LeBron James bounced back with 34 points on 15-of-27 shooting in Tuesday's Game 4 win over Boston, adding six assists, five rebounds, one steal, one block and one triple in 38 minutes.
Kyrie Irving went off for a playoff career-high 42 points in Tuesday's 112-99 Game 4 win, giving his team a 3-1 series lead.
Kelly Olynyk will start Game 4 vs. the Cavaliers on Tuesday.
Amir Johnson (right shoulder) will not suit up for Game 4 against the Cavs on Tuesday, according to sources of Michael Eaves of ESPN.
Manu Ginobili scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting with seven assists, one rebound, three steals and one 3-pointer in Monday's 129-115 Game 4 loss as the Spurs were eliminated from the postseason.