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25 May 2017 23:02
THE North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner has vowed to reverse a dramatic decline in the number of young officers in the force.
Figures obtained by BBC Radio 4 under the Freedom of Information Act revealed a near 50 per cent fall in the number of officers aged under 26 across Wales and England.
In Wales and England there were 9,088 officers aged under 26 in 2009-10, but that declined to 4,758 in 2011-12.
Overall police numbers hit a nine-year low in 2012.
Winston Roddick says the economic downturn hit recruitment, but hopes budget talks lead to more young officers.
He said: "The current economic downturn has undoubtedly affected the recruiting of new police officers.
"However, during my campaign to be elected commissioner, I identified increasing the number of officers on the streets as one of my five priorities.
"I believe this will reduce crime and allay public concern for safety on the streets."
Mr Roddick said he would be discussing with the chief constable, Mark Polin, "ways and means of achieving this".
He will also discuss the draft of his first budget with the police and crime panel this week, he added.
"If the budget is confirmed then we shall see an increase in the recruiting of young officers and the figures will rise substantially," he said.
"The relevant measure of whether a police force is efficient or not is the number of crimes committed in the force area and more particularly, whether the number of crimes is on the increase or the decrease.
"By these criteria, North Wales Police is a very effective police force because there has been a substantial reduction in the number of crimes committed during the past year as compared with other years.
"One reason for this is the response times and in North Wales these are generally acknowledged to be excellent."
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What we need in North Wales is a real Police presence on the streets, not PCSO's with no powers of arrest, who walk around with their heads on the floor, no interest in what's going on. I would have to argue about the PCC's comment about the substantial reduction in the number of crimes, that reduction would be in crimes reported, not crimes committed.
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Like the Wicked Witch of the West, another danger can be melted away, only this time it's with a bucket of fingernail polish remover. Soil found on old gunnery ranges and military wastewater lagoons is often contaminated with the explosive TNT. In some instances, the common composting method to clean the soil leaves small particles of the potentially carcinogenic substance. Researchers have found that by adding acetone -- the main component of nail polish remover -- to this composting method, they can safely dissolve away the chunks and biologically degrade the TNT.
Modifying a standard composting recipe, researchers at the Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory successfully dissolved and degraded chunks of TNT from INEEL soil. They also found the microbial populations at work degrading the explosive lived quite happily under the modified conditions. The report by INEEL microbiologists Corey Radtke, Richard M. Lehman and Francisco F. Roberto will be appearing in this week's quarterly issue of Bioremediation Journal.
By the end of the process, the TNT is completely degraded and the acetone evaporates. "The beauty of this method is that when the experiment is done," said INEEL microbiologist Radtke, "the treated soil can go into INEEL's landfill and we never have to worry about it again."
Part of the land on which the INEEL sits was a World War II era Naval gunnery range. As a result of military activities, particles of TNT ranging in size from about 56 grams to less than a hundredth of a gram contaminate about a thousand cubic yards of soil. Although the TNT left to its own merits is unlikely to pose an explosion hazard, the Environmental Protection Agency denotes TNT as a possible human carcinogen under the agency's Integrated Risk Information System. As a part of its overall environmental mission and to safeguard the health of its workers, the INEEL is trying to clean up the TNT legacy.
Soil contaminated with TNT is not unique to the INEEL, however. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, soil at more than 30 munitions test areas across the U.S. are contaminated with TNT. For example, a World War II Naval range on the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe is the site of the largest funded Unexploded Ordnance Remediation Project. Last November, Radtke and colleagues traveled to a conference in Maui to make the remediation managers aware of their promising technique.
Although TNT is considered a carcinogenic compound, microbes normally found in the soil will eat it with great relish. That is, if the relish consists of old sawdust, hay, mashed sugar beets and a sampling of manures in the form of compost. Digging up soil and composting off the TNT is a tried and true method. It also provides a safe alternative to incinerating contaminated soil to burn off the explosive substance.
Unfortunately, chunk TNT isn't broken down as easily by the microbes and therefore remains in the soil at the end of the composting period. Workers need to treat the chunks of TNT to make the explosive more accessible to the microbes.
In their research, the microbiologists took advantage of earlier studies that showed acetone could be used as a solvent to extract the TNT from the dirt. Unfortunately -- or fortunately -- they couldn't find a way to safely recover the acetone containing dissolved TNT from the soil. They decided to try composting the contaminated soil without first removing the acetone.
The chunk size variation interfered with the researchers' ability to draw conclusions about how well the method worked. To reduce the variation, they sifted the soil with a mesh that removed TNT chunks over 2.4 millimeters (a little bigger than a ballpoint pen point). The researchers used the sifted soil in two-liter compost reactors. In these, they tested how much acetone was needed, if the presence of acetone would slow down the composting degradation, and what effect the acetone had on the microbial communities responsible for the TNT degradation.
After determining the optimal concentration of acetone to use, the team sampled the composting reactions to see how fast the microbes were breaking down the TNT. Without the acetone, the compost reactions still had an average of 2000 parts per million after 20 days. The addition of acetone allowed the microbes to degrade the TNT to less than 500 parts per million within one day. The concentration of TNT was down to safe levels within a week.
Treating the soil with acetone alone did not degrade the TNT as fast as with the addition of composting, but how the compost speeds up the contaminant degradation is not known. The researchers point out that the acetone may be dissolving the TNT, thus making it available to the microbial communities in the compost. Alternatively, since microorganisms can use acetone as a food source, the solvent may enable the microbes to metabolize the TNT chunks in a way that isn't yet clear. The researchers note that the compost doesn't heat up as fast when acetone is added, but that the temperature -- usually an indication of microbes working in high gear -- does not seem to be important for TNT degradation. They suggest that perhaps the acetone creates such a feast for the microorganisms that they don't have to work as hard to degrade the explosive substance.
To understand the effect acetone had on the microbial communities, Lehman tested whether the acetone substantially changed the communities. He used a method that categorizes bacterial communities based on what they eat -- similar to comparing a fast-food-eating community (the U.S.) to a rich-cream-sauce-and-pasta-eating community (the French).
Using a panel of 95 different bacterial foodstuffs, the INEEL team found that compost reactors with and without acetone had different microbial communities at work. However, the acetone-containing compost degraded the TNT without the researchers having to tailor the compost to TNT-containing soil.
"We're pretty sure there are at least three distinct communities doing the same thing," said Radtke. "The fact that there are so many gives us flexibility in the field. It makes the composting problem an engineering one and not one where we have to worry about the science behind it." For example, instead of having to grow certain bacterial strains in the laboratory to eat TNT, users of this method will only need to assure their soil conditions and recipes are consistent. The team has already scaled up its experiments to 30-gallon batches of soil at a time. Due to INEEL's strict safety and documentation requirements, however, they don't know how much money this method could save the national lab. The INEEL has about a thousand cubic yards of TNT-contaminated soil, about 40 garbage truckfuls.
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Negotiating with suppliers and with customers is a key part of supply chain management. However, with recent technological advances, the mechanisms available to carry out such activities have become increasingly sophisticated, and the environment in which these activities take place has become highly dynamic. As a consequence, the overall planning of these complex trades, and the coordination of the various component activities, need to be carefully considered. In this setting, it is crucial that the intended behaviour, and through that, the desired outcomes, of these composite trading activities be expressed in a suitably precise manner. Using an approach based on the generation of negotiation plans, this paper describes (i) an approach to the specification of such complex activities, and (ii) a corresponding execution model. The proposal is illustrated and validated by means of a scenario taken from a recent trading agent competition.
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their hands, and the sooner the better. Given that, we might say it's more important to hit goal number one--looking up items and in-store location.
If we can agree on that priority of goals, we can then agree on a feature priority that looks something like this:
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That's a bit better. But let's say urgency is high here, and as a business person you'd like this problem in your stores addressed as soon as possible. After some discussion and elaboration, those Must Have product features have estimates that seem way too high.
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To develop the software, it's helpful to break the work down into small, developable pieces. Finishing small pieces helps us better track progress towards done. However, when you decompose a "Must Have" scope item, it's safe to assume that all possible scope items inside it aren't Must Have.
Let's look closely at the Must Have piece of scope, "Look up item." There are a lot of ways to look up an item on an in-store kiosk. If I begin to list a few and, while thinking about the goals for the product, tag them using the MoSCoW notation, I can see that simply looking up an item by its name is a Must Have. But, strengthening the lookup by adding some support for partial or misspelled names and other forms of lookup are all Should Have or Could Have. A decomposition of scope item under "Look up item" might go a bit like this:
- Look up item by name (Must)
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- Look up item by artist (Should)
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In agile development, this decomposition is often done later--or at the "last responsible moment," as the agile mantra states. This means we defer this decision until later when we have the best understanding we can from the software we've built thus far. I also find that as the release date draws near, items that were Must Have or Should Have a month or two ago suddenly start looking like Could Haves when meeting a delivery date is in question.
Deferring decomposition and reprioritization until that last responsible moment isn't for everyone. I suspect we'd all love to know exactly what we'll get and exactly how long it will take to get it. But, for me, the challenge has always been in knowing exactly what I want to get and then balancing that against the desire to get something valuable out as soon as possible. It's made me feel more confident that I can deliver something valuable on time by being clear about goals and prioritizing scope within the context of those goals, along with knowing that I can keep playing this prioritization game as I decompose. And that's how I learned to stop worrying and love prioritization.


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The topic should be-Was the neutral ever switched.
I have a old house which was built in 1906 and then renovated about 1930 or so. The house originally had knob and tube wiring which was all replaced. The area I am working on has a very old type of shielded cable(BX like cable) from the 30's or so.
There is a wall sconce that I have removed and I would like to disable the hot wire to the sconce so I can plaster over the hole. When I opened up some light fixtures and swtiches to locate the source of the hot wire, I discovered that for both ceiling lights in the room, the hot wire comes into the light socket and then the neutral goes to a wall switch and then back to the neutral in the ceiling box. I understand that the switch should always be on the hot side but I was wondering if the neutral was ever switched in very old work? Thanks for your help.


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I am posting the abstract of this paper and a link to the corresponding patent application without comment:
J Med Toxicol. 2010 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print]
A Localizing Circumferential Compression Device Delayed Death After Artificial Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Envenomation to the Torso of an Animal Model in a Pilot Study.
Hack JB, Orogbemi B, Deguzman JM, Brewer KL, Meggs WJ, O'Rourke D.
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Nearly all prior studies to delay onset of systemic toxicity and death after snake bite use a model of distal extremity envenomation. In the first of a series of planned studies using snake venoms with different toxicity profiles, the application of a novel device in a new model of torso envenomation in the setting of Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius) venom (a potent neurotoxin) envenomation showed promise by delaying systemic intoxication. In this pilot study, we investigated this novel localizing circumferential compression (LoCC) device's ability to delay onset of life threatening systemic toxicity after Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) envenomation, a potent hemotoxic and myotoxic venom. With university approval, four juvenile female pigs (22–25 kg) were anesthetized, sedated, and intubated but not paralyzed to allow for spontaneous respirations. Each animal was injected subcutaneously with 50 mg of C. adamanteus venom in identical preselected areas of the trunk. After 1 min, two treatment animals had the LoCC device applied; two control animals had no intervention. Vital signs were recorded every 10 min for the first 2 h and every 30 min thereafter. Endpoints included cardiovascular collapse (fatal arrhythmia, loss of mean arterial pressure, or pulse) or respiratory arrest (<3 breaths/min, saturation < 80%) or survival to 7 h. The pigs in the treatment group reached an endpoint at an average time of 355 (±65) min compared with control 32 (±3.5) min (p < 0.04). In this pilot study, the LoCC device significantly delayed onset of systemic symptoms and death after torso envenomation with Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake venom in this model.
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Sounds like bacon is on the menu.Apr 13, 2010 at 5:22 am #1597378
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Who gets bit on the torso? Usually an arm or leg. Still need to get to a hospital for antivenom. Don't go picking things up. Interesting premise though. Sound like a modified tourniquet.Apr 13, 2010 at 2:52 pm #1597579
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Drawing on my somewhat foggy wfr training…
An ace bandage, properly applied, can have a reducing effect of cytotoxic (target individual cells) venom infiltration. Sounds like this device is a fancy ace bandage, local concentric compression…
I also seem to remember neurotoxin's (those that target the nervous system) will not be. If there is someone with more info don't hesitate to correct me.
after scanning the patent it sounds like a ace bandage wrapped over a little box that surrounds the bite.Apr 13, 2010 at 3:17 pm #1597589
David CorbinMember
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Physicians and lay people are unable to apply pressure immobilization properly in a simulated snakebite scenario.
Norris RL, Ngo J, Nolan K, Hooker G.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2005 Spring;16(1):16-21.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether volunteers (with or without prior medical training) can correctly apply pressure immobilization (PI) in a simulated snakebite scenario after receiving standard instructions describing the technique.
METHODS: Twenty emergency medicine physicians (residents and attendings) and 20 lay volunteers without prior formal medical training were given standard printed instructions describing the application of PI for field management of snakebite. They were then supplied with appropriate materials and asked to apply the technique five separate times (twice to another individual [one upper and one lower extremity] and three times to themselves [nondominant upper extremity, dominant upper extremity, and one lower extremity]). Successful application was defined a priori by four criteria previously published in the literature: wrap begins at the bite site, entire extremity is wrapped, splint or sling is applied, and pressures under the dressing are between 40 and 70 mm Hg in upper-extremity application and between 55 and 70 mm Hg in lower-extremity use. Pressures were determined using a specially designed skin interface pressure-measuring device placed at the simulated bite site.
RESULTS: The technique was correctly applied as judged by the preset criteria in only 13 out of 100 applications by emergency medicine physicians and in only 5 out of 100 applications by lay people. There was no significant difference in success rates between physicians and lay volunteers. Likewise, there was no significant difference in success based on which extremity was being wrapped. More detailed analysis revealed that the major contributor to failure was inability to achieve recommended target pressures.
CONCLUSIONS: Volunteers in a simulated snakebite scenario have difficulty applying PI correctly, as defined in the literature. The major source of failure is an inability to achieve recommended pressure levels under the dressing. New methods of instructing people in the proper use of PI or new technologies to guide or automate application are needed if this technique is to be used consistently in an effective manner for field management of bites by venomous snakes not known to cause significant local wound necrosis.
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Despite a record turnout at the 43rd Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo in Victoria Park, Lo Fu-cheong, vice-president of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, the fair's organiser, expects the economy to stagnate after the Lunar New Year.
Fears that the global financial crisis would cripple the fair were dispelled when, by New Year's Day, 1.97 million people had entered the expo - trumping the total of 1.93 million visitors to the previous fair, a year ago - and providing a sign that consumers were still willing to spend on retail goods.
However, 'later in January and February the economy will reach an even more critical stage', Mr Lo predicted. 'From here on, each individual manufacturer will need to look at diversifying its production.'
Danny Lau Tat-pong, chairman of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, spelled out the same gloomy outlook for Hong Kong industry. He said about 3,000 manufacturing firms would face financial difficulties after the Lunar New Year, with some plants stopping production or becoming insolvent.
The government plan to guarantee loans to small and medium-sized enterprises was inadequate, Mr Lau said, especially in the manufacturing sector, because of banks' persistent unwillingness to lend.
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Home › Forums › General Forums › General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion › Cool way to carpool by swapping car keys and then each using the others car when you are done your trip.
Jul 26, 2012 at 1:17 pm #1292348
I had a cool idea to allow two people to share cars and make backpacking WAY easier and not require complex hitchhiking or having to travel all the way back to your car.
Basically … two people give each a copy of their car keys.
Then they each travel to different trail heads.
Alice goes to trail head A and Bob got to trail head B.
Alice exits through trail head B and uses Bob's car to drive back to a meeting point.
Bob exits through trail head A and uses Alice's car to drive back to the meeting point.
They then swap cars.
Is there a name for this?
This should allow me to go up into Yosemite and then have another backpacker go into King's Canyon and then we could do a long 40 mile thru hike without having to take 2-3 hours to go back to my car via hitch hiking.
Also, you could meet 1/2 way and exchange details about the trail. The water situation, places to camp, etc.Jul 26, 2012 at 1:22 pm #1897761
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@leighbLocale: Northeast Texas Pineywoods
Yep, I haven't done it but some friends I know have.Jul 26, 2012 at 1:27 pm #1897764
Is there a name for it?Jul 26, 2012 at 1:37 pm #1897766
Ken T.BPL Member
We do the Lost Coast like this. Two groups hike in from each direction. We meet in the middle and do the key exchange. Then we drive each others cars back to Garberville for the post hike meal and swap back. Works great. We just call it a key swap.Jul 26, 2012 at 1:43 pm #1897768
Jerry AdamsBPL Member
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Some people at portlandhikers.org did that from two ends of the Columbia GorgeJul 26, 2012 at 2:59 pm #1897784
Mary DBPL Member
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It's better to drive to the trailhead in the other party's car, so that after each finishes the hike they can just go home in their own vehicles, and exchange keys later on. That way, if there are delays, nobody is stuck waiting at the meeting place.
It's a great system but can backfire if something goes wrong. I tried this with a Portland-area couple in the Wind Rivers. It would have worked fine except that my dog got sick and I had to abort my trip. I camped along the trail a few miles from the trailhead to rest the dog. The couple finished early and got by me without my seeing them, so when I got back to the trailhead, their vehicle was gone and they were halfway back to Oregon! I found someone who was going out who agreed to call the couple for me from Pinedale (no cell phone reception at the trailhead) and they sent the Great Outdoors Shop shuttle to rescue me.Jul 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm #1897794
Really good point. I wonder if there is a way to mitigate this problem.
One point here is that you could always plan B it and shuttle/hitchhike back to your car but it is sketch if someone (or some dog) in your party is sick.Jul 26, 2012 at 3:37 pm #1897799
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It can work but you better trust the other party – and know if your insurance allows it. For a couple of years I couldn't let anyone else drive my truck due to the insurance I had – I was covered under my at-the-time boyfriend's USAA insurance and he was the only one besides me allowed to drive my vehicle. Once we got married they gave me full coverage and that restriction went away. But having said that….I have to really, really trust someone to let them drive my vehicles and the same back – if you wreck the car god forbid it could be painful.Jul 26, 2012 at 3:53 pm #1897807
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We call them key exchange hikes, but Sierra Club national supposedly does not allow them anymore or at least Dallas Sierra Club stopped allowing it.
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I have a rough door opening that will require a jamb wider than the standard 4 9/16 jamb. I estimate that I need about a 4 7/8 jamb. I plan on ripping these myself. Should I use any special stock for this? I just planned on ripping down a 1x6 pine board. Will this work out ok?
With the soft nature of pine I would use 5 quarter x6 pine. Most door stores make the wider jam for the double layer sheet rock or ply/sheet rock wall. This is the reason you need it right? Or maybe lathe and plaster?
A partner of mine built jams for some old doors we restored but I think he use hemfir on the jams. Ask the lumber rep for door jam stock. They actually make it. :D
I actually have 2x4 contruction with 5/8 rock AND its not totaly flush. I guess I could use an expansion jamb. Do you recommend those?
One thing you can do is set one side flush. Then fill the otherside flush with wood and bondo the seam. Did that before on painted jambs. No one would ever know except you. :cool:
I was at a box store on saturday. I was in the trim isle and seen some jamb stock. There was 3/4 or 5 quarter pine stock and hemfir stock.
So you can use pine on hollow core doors only.
Use the grade B+ and pick through the stock carefully, better yet, go to a local lumber yard. If you don't know how to 'read' a board, you should hire a pro.
If you have a router and the bits, you can actually tongue and groove your own jamb extensions, but if not, I wouldn't recommend just tacking them on because you have to remember that they actually serve a purpose. The casing is nailed to them and that helps strengthen the jamb.
Here's the thing about building your own jambs: You can make them better than most of the jams you get in your local home improvement warehouse because you can cut rabbits in the ends and use screws instead of staples. But, like Teetorbilt said, you should know what to look for when selecting your stock. If this is stain-grade, I would recommend maybe Poplar. It's a bit harder than pine, but is a little more expensive.
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Has anyone tried glueing two 3/4" MDF boards together for a door jam? I don't know if MDF is stong enough to hold the door in place. I have old wooden doors in 2" door jams that are 1/2 short on either end from new drywall. I want to keep the old wooden doors and want to replace the door jams. The last time I built a door jam I used 2x8 pine boards. Any comments.
Aside from the fact that this thread has laid 'dormant' for 3 months:
I would NOT recommend using any kind of MDF ... for door jams.
Try 1 YEAR and 3 months. ;)
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One of the key goals for me with Project Life is to keep up & keep it simple. The Project 52 kit has been perfect for both. However, I am being pretty lax in what constitutes an actual week. Some weeks it's 7 days & others stretch a little longer to include more photos. During the time period for week three, I didn't take very many photos and so I decided to do just a one-sided spread. I'll probably do the same for week 4 and just choose the stories I want to tell the most.
I am loving all the reminders in the Project Life social media world to keep it simple.
It's a good mantra to hold on too.
I've been using the Sharpie fine point pens to write directly on the photos. You can get these in a lot of different colors, but I like black the best.
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TAR Wishlist - locations, routes, twists, teams, tasks and prophetic dreams!
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--- Quote from: ZBC Company on October 17, 2013, 09:47:33 AM ---
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on October 16, 2013, 11:24:22 PM ---General route
STARTING LINE: Mavericks Beach - San Mateo, CA
Leg 1 (United States --> El Salvador) / San Francisco to San Salvador
4 teams allowed on earliest direct Avianca flight; 4 teams allowed on 2nd earliest Avianca flight via L.A., last 3 teams on AmerAir flight via Dallas.
Leg 2 (El Salvador --> Mexico) / flight to Cancún
Leg 3 (Mexico --> Germany) / flight to Dusseldorf, bus to Münster countryside
Leg 4 (Germany --> Czech Republic) / train to Prague
Leg 5 (Czech Republic) / stay in CR, outward of Prague
Leg 6 (Czech Republic --> Russia) / flight to Saint Petersburg
Leg 7 (Russia --> Qatar) / flight to Doha, dhow trading Detour
Leg 8 (Qatar --> Nepal) / flight to Kathmandu
Leg 9 (Nepal --> China) / bus to Lhasa, Tibetan nomad Leg
Leg 10 (China) / flight to Guangzhou
Leg 11 (China --> South Korea) / flight to Busan, hi-speed rail to Yangsan and back
Leg 12 (South Korea --> United States) / flight to Boise, ID
FINISH LINE: Shafer Butte at Bogus Basin - Boise, ID
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Change Leg 2's flight to Natal, Brazil and it's gold. :)
Eek! I'm new, but I've been reading TAR spoilers since the summer.....
I'd LOVE to see: :hearts: :hearts: :hearts: :hearts:
- Nepal
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Slovenia
- Nuremberg, Germany
- Cusco, Peru :hrt:
- Israel (after everything clears up)
- Egypt (same as Israel)
- Armenia
- Cappadocia, Turkey (possible task: searching for Pit Stop/ clue box in the chimney-houses near Goreme) :cheer:
- Chengdu, China (more China (:;) but NEW PLACES)
- Khabarovsk and nearby area, Russia
- Ukraine
- rural Africa (safe areas)
Woah that's enough for a season or two!
Wish Route:
LEG ONE: UNITED STATES --> ARGENTINA (Bariloche; tasks might include gaucho tasks, jetskiing in Lake Nahuel Huapi, and paragliding)
LEG TWO: ARGENTINA (Posadas Region; Mate Plantation, Iguacu Falls :yess:)
LEG THREE: ARGENTINA --> SWEDEN (Kiruna; dog sleds, ice hotel, SNOW!) (W-TURN)
LEG FOUR: SWEDEN --> DENMARK :hearts: (Copenhagen, then Billund; tasks include selling Danish butter cookies at Tivoli, making a Lego statue in a warehouse in Billund)
LEG FIVE: DENMARK --> SLOVAKIA (Bratislava; tasks include traditional dancing, dog agility courses, and water tasks in Cunovo)
LEG SIX: SLOVAKIA --> UKRAINE (Odessa; the Filatov Institute for eye/seeing tasks, and Moldavanka. Also, the ODESSA STEPS!)
LEG SEVEN: UKRAINE --> EGYPT (Cairo/Giza; sarcophagus, mummies, hieroglyphics, PYRAMIDS :hrt:)
LEG EIGHT: EGYPT (Luxor; feluccas, temples, other Ancient Egypt stuff)
LEG NINE: EGYPT --> INDONESIA (Bali; durian tasks, balinese dancing) :yess:
LEG TEN: INDONESIA (sand search task in Bali beach, then ferry to Lombok) (W-Turn)
LEG ELEVEN: INDONESIA --> CHINA (Guangzhou, F4 stuff, eating gross Chinese food, language barrier, climbing Canton Tower)
LEG TWELVE: CHINA --> UNITED STATES (Oahu; Honolulu and Pearl Harbor tasks, then helicopter off Diamond Head to Kualoa for Final Memory Roadblock and an outrigger race to the FINISH LINE on nearby Mokoli'i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hrt: :funny: :cheer: :yess:
Kiruna has already been done but you can always do Northern Finland, other than that the route is great.
:hello2: and :wel2 to RFF, bookworm!
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Breaking down barriers has become part of the 2012 Central Pulse's team tapestry and they registered their third consecutive win for the first time in franchise history tonight when they beat the Canterbury Tactix 54-47 in Christchurch.
Having disposed of the Adelaide Thunderbirds and the Southern Steel in recent weeks, the Pulse travelled south full of confidence _ prior to last week they had never even won two games in a row.
Buoyed by the positional change of regular wing defence Joline Henry to centre, the former cellar-dwellers are riding a wave of success.
The mid-court was an issue for the yellow-clad side in the earlier stages of the competition but they're unbeaten since Henry was handed the C bib.
Tonight's victory came on the back of an impressive shooting display from Caitlin Thwaites and Paula Griffin.
The pair combined to make 31 of 33 attempts in the opening half and while they couldn't keep up that success rate in the second spell they continued to be tough to contain for the Tactix defenders.
Griffin's performance would have been a great sight for Pulse coach Robyn Broughton, who has persisted with the enigmatic Silver Fern all season despite her up-and-down form.
Griffin finished the game with 17 from 22 while Thwaites drained 37 from 40 and although the Tactix missed only five more goals than the visitors, they weren't as deadly on the shot and put up two less attempts.
After an even first quarter, which the Tactix led 5-0 after only a few minutes, the Pulse began to make inroads in the second stanza as a 17-12 advantage during the period gave them a vital buffer.
The tactix counter-punched in the third quarter but couldn't catch up and claim the lead, while the Pulse just absorbed the pressure the home side put on them.
That is the major difference of the Pulse side this year; they can take pressure then come through a down period with a strong run of their own.
In the past they often wilted when the blowtorch was applied but they have plenty of fight in them now, which is down to the additions of Henry and coach Broughton.
The veteran supremo stuck with the same playing seven throughout the contest, despite the Pulse beginning the fourth-quarter with a nine-goal advantage.
Captain Katrina Grant was again busy for the Pulse as she grabbed three rebounds, five deflections and an intercept.
Grant said the team's growing experience had contributed to their ability to win.
"I think our attacking game has really stepped up over the last three weeks and that's why we are coming through with those wins, just our patience through the court and playing as a team,'' Grant said in a post-game interview.
The loss was the Tactix' ninth from 10 games and left them as short-priced favourites to claim this year's wooden spoon with three games to go.
The result lifted the Pulse temporarily to sixth place, ahead of the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic, although the Magic can reclaim the spot if they beat the Steel in Hamilton tomorrow night.
The Tactix have the bye to look forward to next week, while the Pulse travel to Tauranga to meet the resurgent Magic on Sunday night.
In today's earlier games across the Tasman, the Queensland Firebirds beat the NSW Swifts 50-45 in Brisbane, while the Vixens toppled the Adelaide Thunderbirds 48-40 in Melbourne.
Central Pulse (Caitlin Thwaites 37/40, Paula Griffin 17/22) Canterbury Tactix (Joanne Harten 27/34, Ellen Halpenny 20/26) 1Q: 14-14, HT: 31-26, 3Q: 43-34.


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Some people buy a motorcycle when they have a midlife crisis. Warren Richey decided to kayak around Florida.
"Without a Paddle: Racing Twelve Hundred Miles Around Florida by Sea Kayak" ($24.99, St. Martins Press, 2010) by Richey discusses how he dealt with a divorce at age 50 by entering - and winning - the Ultimate Florida Challenge in 2006.It's a 30-day race that Richey finished in 19 days, but it also became a catalyst for him to work through the pain of his loss and think of the future - and how to do it all better the second time around.
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Poverty Plight: Is Society Doing Enough To Lift The Poor Out Of Economic Despair?
By Deborah Reed, program director, and Hans Johnson, research fellow, Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaThis opinion article appeared in the Riverside Press-Enterprise on October 16, 2005
Hurricane Katrina forced the nation into a chillingly close encounter with poverty in America. By witnessing images of families left to face hunger, dehydration, disease and violence following a natural disaster, we were also forced to see the unmistakable and bleak divide between the haves and have nots -- a divide that too often runs along racial and ethnic lines. Katrina revealed more than severe deficiencies in disaster response -- it also highlighted government's longtime failure to address poverty.
Unfortunately, here in California, we don't have to look far to see the reality of those who are poor. In 2004, more than 14 percent of people in the Inland Empire lived in poverty -- nearly the same rate as in the New Orleans metropolitan area. And the racial divide is no less stark.
In the Inland Empire during the past few years, the poverty rate among whites has been as low as 10 percent, while it has been as high as 18 percent among African Americans and as high as 24 percent among Latinos. Children are especially hard hit: One of every five children in the Inland Empire lives in an impoverished family.
Its been more than 40 years since the nation declared its war on poverty. What happened? Nationally, poverty did decline substantially during the 1960s -- dropping from more than 22 percent in 1959 to about 12 percent in 1969. Since then, the poverty rate has fluctuated with economic conditions but has not declined. In fact, the rate rose to nearly 13 percent in 2004.
Simply put, the rising economic tides of the last quarter century have not lifted all boats equally. Some of the state's regions are harder hit than others: Thirty years ago, average wages and incomes in the Inland Empire were about the same as in the rest of the country; today, they are substantially lower.
This is not to say there has been no progress. Indeed, antipoverty policy has worked in a variety of ways to improve conditions of poor families. Most notably, Social Security benefits have greatly reduced poverty rates among the retirement-aged population.
For younger families, welfare benefits provide income support, and their living conditions are further improved through health insurance, food stamps and housing programs. Still, the overall effect of these policies on poverty rates is thought to be fairly small -- perhaps decreasing the rate by a few percentage points. In the last decade, anti-poverty policy has followed a "personal responsibility" theme, encouraging work and self-sufficiency. For example, the major welfare reform of 1996, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, redefined welfare as temporary assistance and created welfare benefits tied to training and employment. The Earned Income Tax Credit primarily targets working families with children, providing a credit that is meant to pull a full-time, minimum-wage worker out of poverty.
Along with this focus on personal responsibility and self-sufficiency, we should not lose sight of the role public policy plays in creating opportunities for economic success. For the poor who lack job skills, work force training is absolutely critical. Public infrastructure investments in roads, transit, parks and schools can attract development to poor communities.
And perhaps no anti-poverty investment is more compelling than the one made in public schools. With education increasingly linked to employment opportunities, schools should offer children living in poverty the chance to make better lives for themselves. Unfortunately, we continue to see a predominance of poor and minority students attending low-performing schools.
Public recognition of poverty and its ill effects is increasingly evident. Prior to Katrina, a Gallup Poll revealed that 75 percent of Americans were dissatisfied with the federal government's efforts related to poverty.
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Senior J.C. Neal and Javon Walker are battling at strong safety, and the free safety position is up for grabs between redshirt freshmen Justin Byers and Jimmaul Simmons. Simmons enrolled last January after a prep season at Hargrave Military Academy. The 6-2, 200-pound defender with 4.51-second speed in the 40-yard dash played high school ball at Wilmington (NC) New Hanover before prepping at Hargrave where he impressed head coach Robert Prunty.
"He started for us at safety, and he's going to be a great one," Prunty stated when Simmons verbaled to the Wolfpack. "He won't be any different than some of the others we've been fortunate enough to have play in Raleigh.
"Jimmaul comes from great pedigree too. His uncle is Clyde Simmons, who played linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles, and his dad played at Wake Forest. So he has that toughness in him. I'm telling you, he's a player."
An explosive athlete, Simmons has plenty of physical tools. During the 2007 Red/White Game, he flashed that explosiveness when he picked off a Harrison Beck pass in the endzone and returned the interception 100 yards for a touchdown.
He redshirted last season, and Simmons is now poised to receive major playing time. Each practice he looks to try and continue developing as a football player.
"I think I'm doing pretty good right now," said Simmons. "I'm just here to play. I'm just here for my team. Whatever I can do to make the team better, that is what I'm going to do."
The toughest part could be he is competing for the starting spot with one of his closest friends, fellow redshirt freshman Justin Byers. A versatile defensive back out of Charlotte (NC) Vance High School, Byers enrolled capable of playing cornerback or safety before settling at free safety. He is one of the fastest players on the team and also a solid tackler.
What does Simmons think of the competition?
"We're best friends," he said. "We're working hard together. We're doing everything we can to help each other out. We're both fighting for a starting spot, but it doesn't matter because we're a team.
"Whichever one of us starts, that will be fine because we're going to back each other up the best that we can. There is no conflict between us."
To be successful in 2008, NC State will need Simmons and Byers to step up. The corners and rovers are experienced, and the front four should be able to apply pressure on the quarterback. Solid play at free safety is a must for the defense. Through the first two weeks of fall camp, Simmons thinks the defense has the potential to be a strength for the Wolfpack.
"I think the defense is really good," he said. "We're working real hard, and everyone is learning the plays. We're all coming together. We are starting to get a swagger... I think the defense will be good this year."


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* There is an ergonomic seat on a recumbent with a full leaning of your back and your weight is spread equally compared to a standard small seat of a normal bike; there is no good reason to sit on a bike as comfortable as a railing.
* The position you're taking up doesn't cause any pressure on your wrists, your arms are naturally alongside your body and your hands hold the handle bars in a natural position.
* Your head isn't inclined unnaturally so you won't have a sore neck that really does bother many cyclist on normal bikes.
* The position on a recumbent enables you a panoramic view of your surroundings.
Aerodynamics of recumbent
The extent of the aerodynamic resistance is largely based on the size of the frontage. On a usual bike it is possible to achieve lower air resistance by bending forward that makes your spine and crotch suffer. At the same time the stress on your arms and hands is increasing and there is no relief for your neck muscles either as they have to cope with a bigger backward bend of your head.
The frontage and also the aerodynamic resistance are much smaller on a recumbent, all given by the horizontal position of the cyclist. The principle of the recumbent user is cleaving the air with his legs and the air can flow around continuously. The already great aerodynamics can be made even better with a windshield - a transparent plastic aerodynamic shield. Not only does it improve the air flow, it makes your journey more comfortable as well.
In the pictures, you can see cyclists in their positions sitting on different types of bikes. You can compare their frontage with the position on a recumbent.
AZUB recumbent ideal position system
IPS - Ideal Position System
If you feel inspired by recumbents just as we are you will definitely feel you need to share them with your relatives, friends and people you know and show it off to all admirers of your engine. But what if they are 20 cm smaller or taller than you are? That's why we have developed a system how to adjust the frame, seat and other parameters to the user. We call it IPS, i.e. Ideal Position System.
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Date of Stay: August, 2012
Park has nice view, but all water front sites were taken up by permanent RV's. One of the park model RV's had siding missing. Grass was grown up around permanent RV's. Tree limbs overgrown for large unit. They did cut several limbs for me to get out.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
The sites are narrow and we did not have enough room to pull through. We had to back out of a pull through site. When we first arrived a loose dog came over and took a dump. Complained to attendant and they asked for a description of the dog. We thought that they would take care of it but it seemed like there were a lot of loose dogs running all over the park with no one picking up after them. When we left, the dogs were still running loose.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
After arriving and leveling RV, I went to plug into a 30 amp outlet and the receptacle was so old and worn out that the plug would not stay in it. I went and checked with the office and they told me to move to another site. Before I moved I went and checked that plug and it was just as bad as the first. I then went to several open sites and checked them. There were 4 empty sites in that row and all the plugs were the same. I went to another row and the plug was new. I went and asked if I could move to that site. They were accommodating and said that was fine. The attendant came out to look at the plug and I showed him what was wrong. The bathrooms were clean but old and outdated. The fish cleaning station is right in the front of the park and the smell is awful. We were in the last row and could still smell the fish odor. My overall opinion is that it was a nice place at one time but has not been maintained.


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Alton Telegraph (Newspaper) - October 24, 1999, Alton, Illinois COLORTYME www.thetelegraph.com more thanServing the River Bend since 1836 October 24, 1999 I Coupons and special offers I t inside most editions I Seh*t§ul« Of events jWI vUTiiyTCKt. lf r a gett1 Sigma WH hold a HaMOWPtfl party at 6 () m at the Knight* of Cotunrbu# Halt rn CwroWan prize of $50, not to mention the • glory" of being this year's button designer. Thompson said the parade committee had a difficult time choosing the winning button "We had no idea we were going to get this type of design," Thompson said about the high-quality creations. "The selection process was tough. There were so many good ideas, the committee had a really hard time deciding on the winner." Teacher Lexa Browning said she was glad she did not have to choose a winner from among the designs, of which about one-fourth "would have made excellent Halloween buttons." By LINDA N. WELLER Telegraph staff writer ALTON —^Two squinting, emerald green cat eyes that peer out from under a full moon add a spooky chill to this year's Halloween Parade buttons. The mostly black buttons feature festive orange and yellow lettering that proclaims the eyent, which begins at 7:30 p m. Saturday, Oct. 30, as the city's 83rd annual Halloween Parade. Alton High School junior Erica Gusoskey, 16, of Alton designed the button. "It has a lot of good color and mystery," said parade chairman Steve Thompson. "The green eyes on the design highlight it; it looks like it is staring at you. It's nice; it Alton trick-or-treat hours: 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday ■ Carlinville will hold Us tncH-oMreating 6 to 9 pm ■ Carrollton will hqfd tfick-or-treattng from r'* 6 to 9 pm wk ■ Jerseyville will hold trick or-treating from S to 9 pm ■ C alhoun PTO WSI holds Halloween carnival al 5 p.m at Calhoun HigffcBphooi rn Hardin was creative." 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I bought this suit in turquoise when it was a showstopper. The material is soft and durable. It doesn't bag at the knees. It washes and dries in the dryer beautifully. I have had several comments on both suits. I bought this suit in black/white later as I liked it so much.
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always purchase Mr.Max excellent quality,lots f compliments,highly recommend.
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I bought the grey and the black & white quality fit and price are outstanding. Compliments galore, I will be buying more of this line. This was my first from Mr. Max.
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I have never been able to find a light stretch pant that is slim and doesn't show all leg imperfections - this outfit is perfect. I bought the grey and black set. I am so happy that I did.Definately recommend this.
Love this Mr. Max 2 piece set!
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I received my Mr. Max Showstopper today and absolutely love it! The fabric is very comfy and the outfit looks quite stylish. I bought the turquoise and it is so pretty. I also purchased the Jersey Tank Top with Eyelet and Twill tape detail in both turquoise and white. These tank tops complete the outfit so nicely. Since I am soon having hip surgery and needed some pull on pants, this outfit will be so comfy while I am recouperating and doing physiotherapy. Thank You Mr. Max!!!!
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This 2 piece fleecy set is substential and comfortable, I am sure I will enjoy it for a long time.It is true to size.
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This is a very nice set. Very comfy, however, I purchased it from the website without checking out the video. The descriptions says it is made in Canada, but it is made in China. I try to buy made in Canada products whenever I can, and was very disappointed in the error. Yes I did phone and let the customer service representative know and she made note to send on up the ladder, but the description has not been changed. I don't know if I will buy from this line again. Too bad, nice stuff.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Very nice black and white combo...BUT SIZING way offtop fit very well but the pants could have heen worn by 2 people. also too long and waist way above waistline. I was sorry they didn't fit as black and white is always a combo that I like.
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This is my first purchase fr this vendor, Love the style of the jacket, worn it and found that at the end of the day that the pants stretched out at the knees. Ordered Black/white outfit, on my the jacket the lace pulled and would not go back into shape, so I choose to return it. Too bad as I really liked the style. Unsure if I would by fr this line again.......
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I ordered the black and white outfit. I was very excited to receive this outfit and was extremely happy when I tried the top on. However, when I put the pant on another person could have easily fit in it with me. Extremely disappointed with this turn of events. Outfit went back the same day it arrived. Tis seems like the bulk of my experience with TSC in the past couple of months. Sizings are way off and items arrive damaged.