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In recent years, even as deaths on the nation's roads and highways have fallen to their lowest levels in more than a half-century, motorcyclists are dropping like flies. Fatal crashes involving motorcycles have more than doubled since 1997—they now account for 1 in 7 traffic deaths, killing some 4,500 bikers (PDF) a year.
So how are riders' groups responding to the carnage? In short, by lobbying Congress to make regulators leave them alone.
If the bikers have it their way, the nation's chief traffic cop, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), will no longer be able to fund state police checkpoints to ensure that motorcyclists are wearing helmets that actually work—as opposed to the stylish-but-useless novelty numbers many bikers wear to get around state helmet laws.
Last year, meanwhile, lobbyists for motorcycle groups derailed a proposal that would have reinstated financial penalties for states that lack helmet laws—similar to the federal pressure that pushed states to adopt compulsory seat belt laws. And bikers' allies in Congress are working to reaffirm a gag rule that since 1998 has barred NHTSA from encouraging state and local leaders to enact motorcycle safety measures.
This is "an interesting and dangerous road they are going down," says Jackie Gillan, president of the Washington-based nonprofit Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. "They are so emboldened now, not only do they try to repeal laws and stop them from being enacted, they try to stop the hands of law enforcement, saying you cannot use grant money to have motorcycle checkpoints. Can you imagine if they said the same thing about sobriety checkpoints?"
The motorcycle groups—notably the American Motorcyclist Association and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation—have been remarkably successful at paring back state helmet laws over the past few decades. In the late-1970s, 47 states required helmets for all motorcyclists. This past April, with the repeal of Michigan's nearly 50-year-old helmet law, only 19 states now require all riders to wear one, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (See below.)
The Michigan repeal was opposed by more than two dozen medical and public health groups, led by the Brain Injury Association of Michigan. A poll (PDF) conducted around that time indicated that 80 percent of likely Michigan voters wanted to keep the helmet law intact. And while the repeal legislation requires bikers to carry at least $20,000 in medical coverage, critics say that sum won't come close to covering the costs of a catastrophic injury.
Not to mention the death toll: With more bikes on the road and fewer states requiring helmets, motorcycle fatalities have ballooned from 2,116 in 1997 to 4,502 in 2010 (see chart). The 2011 stats aren't out yet, but among the thousands dead were 55-year-old Philip Contos, killed during a rally to protest New York's helmet law—police say he would have survived had he worn one—and 17-year-old Caroline Found of Iowa City, who died after her moped struck a tree.
After her death, four of Found's friends launched a campaign to persuade the Iowa Legislature to enact a helmet law. (Iowa, along with Illinois and New Hampshire, allows even teenage riders to go without helmets.) But their bid went nowhere. "It is getting to the point where we're going to have to bubble wrap everyone just to protect them from everything," a state legislator told the young activists. "I think there's got to be some common sense here."
In fact, helmet requirements are widely considered the most effective tool at the regulators' disposal. According to NHTSA chief David Strickland, "No other single countermeasure offers a comparable body of supporting scientific evidence confirming its potential for saving lives of motorcyclists." The agency estimates that motorcycle helmets saved 1,483 lives in 2009 (PDF), and that another 732 American bikers would be alive today had they been wearing one that year.
NHTSA has also estimated that helmetless riders cost society some $1.3 billion a year in medical expenses and lost productivity. "If you don't wear a helmet, and you sustain a moderate to severe injury that doesn't kill you, you are going to be a drain on society for the rest of your life," explains Thomas J. Esposito, chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago.
Motorcyclists, of course, have long groused that helmet laws are a drag on their personal freedom. Instead, they argue that the government should emphasize rider training to prevent crashes. But it's not clear that training works—on the contrary, a 2007 Indiana study found that riders who had completed a basic training course were 44 percent more likely to be involved in an accident than untrained riders. (The researchers speculated that the trained riders were perhaps overly confident, and thus ended up taking more risks.)
Other studies have shown that while training helps riders pass basic skills tests, their odds of crashing after six months on the road are about the same as those of an untrained rider. And even if training does make some motorcyclists safer, public health advocates argue that relying on it exclusively is like telling people who take a driver's ed course that they no longer need seat belts or car seats for their children.
That motorcyclists have managed to evade the sort of regulation that has made seat belts and car seats standard equipment speaks to the power of a vocal minority whose libertarian message resonates with lawmakers. The bikers' groups are funded by manufacturers that have nothing against helmets per se, but are loath to offend their most vehement customers. The American Motorcyclist Association—whose corporate members include Harley-Davidson and North American divisions of Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, and Suzuki—has spent $3.8 million lobbying Congress on helmet laws and other issues over the last decade, while doling out more than $200,000 in campaign contributions, according to OpenSecrets.org. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation spent $2.1 million in lobbying during the same period.
These groups also maintain armies consisting of thousands of grassroots volunteers who are always down for a good protest ride, and are ready to make plenty of noise when called upon. That's the force Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), a longtime supporter of mandatory helmet laws, ran up against last December, as he was poised to propose a bill that forcing states to pass helmet laws or else lose millions in federal highway funds.
The rider groups raised the red flag among their members, encouraging members to give their lawmakers an earful. In the end, Lautenberg ditched his pro-helmet bid without even offering it up for formal consideration. A spokesman for the senator says Lautenberg "remains committed to strengthening helmet laws and is pursuing several strategies to increase helmet use across the country."
In the mid-1990s, NHTSA began encouraging states to pass helmet laws, and set aside $330,000 to educate legislators on the issue. One of the components, a video titled "Without Motorcycle Helmets, We All Pay the Price," featured testimonials from crash survivors and a trauma room physician who compared helmets to "a vaccine" because of the compelling evidence that they reduced brain injuries.
Controversy ensued when the Motorcycle Riders Foundation circulated an early cut of the video to its congressional allies, complaining that NHTSA was using tax dollars to lobby against the interests of taxpaying bikers. They found a champion in Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)—Harley-Davidson is headquartered in Milwaukee—and in 1998 Congress passed a sweeping measure barring NHTSA from influencing state and local legislators on any pending legislation. Representatives of the agency may appear as witnesses, but only in response to an official invitation.
More recently, after NHTSA signaled a renewed interest in promoting helmet use, Sensenbrenner sponsored a House resolution that would reaffirm the gag rule. And last year, when NHTSA earmarked $350,000 to help state police set up roadside safety checkpoints for motorcyclists, Sensenbrenner introduced a bill that would sever funding for the program. His resolution, which attracted 18 cosponsors, is now in the hands of a House subcommittee, while the ban on checkpoint funding is with a House-Senate conference committee working on a long-term surface transportation bill.
The aim of the state checkpoints, in part, has been to crack down on so-called novelty helmets, which account for an estimated 1 in 5 helmets on the road. They are lightweight, come in various styles, and help riders keep police off their case. But they're worthless in a crash. "They are just plastic toys, essentially," says Tim McMahon, a California personal injury lawyer who won a $1.7 million award for a Fresno man who sustained brain damage while wearing a novelty helmet he thought was safe.
"These checkpoints are not an effective use of taxpayer money," Sensenbrenner responded in a statement. "Motorcycle-only checkpoints force law enforcement officials to play 'nanny state' to all riders rather than focusing on those who are endangering themselves and others on the road, and do not address the factors that contribute to motorcycle crashes."
Instead, the bikers' groups insist that NHTSA, which has doled out more than $30 million in training grants over the years, should step up that effort. "The federal government says all day long: 'You guys are a huge problem. You are killing yourselves out there. You need to start wearing helmets.' But then they do not want to put resources" toward training and accident prevention, says Jeff Hennie, a DC lobbyist for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation.
The stark disconnect between what biker groups are asking for and what safety experts say actually works riles public health advocates like Michael Dabbs, president of the Brain Injury Association of Michigan. "You cannot be in this battle," he says, "and not be frustrated by this senselessness." He adds that the riders' insistence on personal freedom would be socially unacceptable if taken to its logical extreme: "Maybe we ought to save some of the costs when police or emergency responders go to the scene of a crash and the person is not wearing a helmet," Dabbs says. "Perhaps they ought to be left there like roadkill."


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Discussion in 'BUILDS' started by corysmeltzer, Mar 6, 2012.
thats, Rat'cycle,man.
Oh yeah, feelin this one! I'm green with envy.
The springer is too shiny! Lol, other than that it's perfect!
looks real nice and clean... and the tires sure do pop against that wall...
the threads were totally gone on the original rusty non-springer forks by the time i got the top bolt off so i needed something to replace it :lol: if i come across a rusty springer i will probably replace this one and put it on a schwinn. That bright wall is a local restaurant in town... it blinds you as you drive by haha. Oh and thanks everyone!
out and about glamor shots :lol:
gotta love spring time in Michigan....
Im likin' the contrast of the new bits & bobs against the rusty! FWIW, yopu know the cheap chrome on that springer is gonna just go anyway if you dont polish and wax it........
Looks great as is. Nice photos.
Very COOL build,Looks great!!! 8) :mrgreen:
Now I'm done
It needed a horn... found a repro type siren looking thing I put on.
don't know why it looks crooked in the picture because it is mounted straight :lol: maybe because the bike is leaning against the kickstand.
and CRUISIN'
Nice Rat! 8)
-decided on changing up the bars to some wide cruisers instead of the apes.
Beautiful build....bike looks great! 8)
very cool build , some great ideas , i like the green tires and the green on the chain guard 8) 8)
Thanks guys, It rides a lot better with these bars.
Very rugged looking. Love the speed holes.
Good lookin bike think you need to age the springer a bit. Just my thoughts.
where did you get those apes? they are what im looking for
Yeah that's kinda the plan eventually... to find an older ratty springer that isn't crazy expensive :lol: then use this on on a typhoon I have. The apes are actually off a ross muscle bike I have had forever- they are on a stingray now.
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More than a century of teaching dance to America means that Arthur Murray Dance Studio has the experience and expertise to get those toes tapping, legs moving, and hips swaying:
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• Two private lessons, two practice lessons, and two group lessons
• Private and practice lessons are 30 minutes; group lessons are 45 minutes
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Located on Breckenridge Lane, the Arthur Murray dance method has helped people from all walks of life get footloose and fancy-free. Following in your instructors' footsteps, you'll start with four simple movements, from which all new combinations are derived. Learn the swing, samba, merengue, rumba, cha-cha, tango, waltz, mambo, and more.
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John Timmins joins LifeBrands from Euro RSCG Life Oncologix, the HAVAS network's cancer specialty unit, where he was managing director. He replaces Linda Bennett, who was promoted to serve as regional coordinator on all accounts with Sanofi-Aventis, Publicis' biggest client. Founder (and startup junkie) Lorraine Pastore returned as president of the four-year-old firm after a stint at PHCG sibling Brand Pharm (the reincarnation of the Nelson agency's ad arm) to mind the store in the meantime. Former Rocephin marketer Brett Lowell remains creative director and biologist James Street, PhD, scientific director.
LifeBrands competes with Interpublic's Integrated and Omnicom's Harrison & Star in the specialist-focused advertising and promotion space. "We handle brands aimed at –ologists, –iatrists and surgeons," says Pastore, noting that the company's Midtown office is dominated by a man-sized representation of its test tube icon—just so there's no mistaking their focus. "We don't do anything in the way of primary care and we pride ourselves on understanding that [specialist] customer better than those who dabble in the space." More than two-thirds of the firm's business comes from physician-directed advertising and promotion, with the remainder taken up by medical education projects.
More than 60% of the firm's business is in oncology treatments, including Sanofi's Taxotere, Novartis Oncology's developmental products and GlaxoSmithKline's Tykerb, ofatumumab and eltrombopag. The company is also amassing a substantial virology portfolio, including Roche's Fuzeon and Schering-Plough's vicriviroc, both for HIV/AIDS. Last year, LifeBrands launched Schering-Plough's Noxafil, for opportunistic infections related to AIDS, along with Taxotere for gastric and head and neck cancers. Sanofi is the company's top client, followed by Merck and Schering-Plough.
Over the past year, the shop has landed business from Roche, adding the education assignment on Fuzeon to its global ad/promotion assignment on the brand, as well as market development tasks for Schering-Plough's vicrovira and GSK's ofatumumab and new work from Merck. Setbacks included Sanofi's decision to halt promotion of its controversial Ketek antibiotic, for which LifeBrands had the advertising assignment, and the failure of a Boehringer Ingelheim drug on which the firm worked in clinical trials.
"We've put together a group that really wants to be in specialist brands and puts an incredible amount of passion behind what we do," says Pastore, noting that the company has just hired its third PhD and has an opening for a fourth. LifeBrands' expert staff helps goose claims development, she says. "They understand the molecule so well, they know all the ins and outs, and they can make claims from a scientific perspective."
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College Spark Washington Awards $39,500 Grant to EvCC for Student Success Study
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College Spark Washington Awards $39,500 Grant to EvCC for Student Success Study
EVERETT, Wash. – Everett Community College has received a $39,500 grant from College Spark Washington to study student success.
The two-year grant funds a study led by EvCC math instructor Christopher Quarles, who is working on the project with EvCC Institutional Research director Alec Campbell and University of California, Berkeley researcher Mickey Davis.
"The grant will help fund research that examines the relationships between how much students learn in a math class, their demographics and their likelihood of getting through college math," Quarles said. "It will help us figure out which college strategies help students do well in math and get a degree."
College Spark's annual, competitive statewide Community Grants Program focuses on building the effectiveness of grantees working with low-income students in middle, high school and college by funding new and promising practices that help students be college-ready and transition successfully to college.
"The College Spark grant compliments the college's ongoing work to increase student success. We are proud of Chris and his research to assess the best ways for EvCC to support students in completing college-level math," said EvCC President David Beyer.
EvCC's grant is one of 12 awarded by College Spark this year. The grantees will measure results using at least one of the four following indicators of future college success:
- 8th Grade Algebra: Increasing the number of students who take and pass Algebra by the eighth grade.
- Early Warning Indicators: Decreasing the number of middle school students who trigger two of three early warning indicators: five or more absences per semester; course failure; suspension or expulsion.
- Remedial Education: Decreasing the number of students who require remedial education in college.
- College Math and English: Increasing the number of students who earn their first college-level credit in English or math.
"We are supporting organizations across the state working hard and making progress on postsecondary access, persistence and completion rates for low-income students," said Christine McCabe, Executive Director at College Spark Washington. "These grantees will be tracking their results and sharing what works."
Since 2005, College Spark Washington's Community Grants Program has awarded more than 100 Community Grants totaling $14 million.
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Volume 707 of the series Methods in Molecular Biology pp 55-69
Flow Cytometric Profiling of Mature and Developing Regulatory T Cells in the Thymus
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Natural Regulatory T (Treg) cells are a subset of CD4+ T cells characterized by expression of the transcription factor Foxp3 and the ability to suppress immune responses. Treg cells develop in the thymus in response to highly specific interactions between the T cell receptor (TCR) and self-antigens. These processes can be recapitulated in antigen-specific systems using transgenic mice that coexpress a TCR with its cognate peptide as a neoself-antigen. Here, we describe a method for using such a system to establish a flow cytometric profile of phenotype markers expressed by developing and mature Treg cells in the thymus. Our approach is to compare antigen-specific thymocytes developing in the presence or absence of Treg cell-selecting ligands to identify phenotypic changes that characterize thymocytes undergoing selection into the Treg cell lineage.
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- Regulatory T Cells
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Looking Backward
What The Wave Said 20 Years Ago...
Robert Nesbit, a retired NYPD lieutenant who lived in Belle Harbor, died last Friday afternoon, July 31, after being fatally wounded in a "furious gun battle" with three heavily-armed men outside a bank branch in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Nesbit, who was working as an armored car guard, was shot three times in the stomach but still managed to shoot one of the robbers.
Five men were arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a shootout with police officers from the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway. The shootout started on Beach 15, proceeded to Doughty Boulevard in Inwood and then back towards Far Rockaway. One of the suspects was shot dead and two others were wounded in the shootout with police.
Rockaway's version of the National Night Out Against Crime brought out the best of both ends of the Rockaway peninsula. Marchers started both in Arverne and Rockaway Park and marched towards each other until they joined in Rockaway Beach on the boardwalk for a massive celebration and promise to "take back our streets."
Congressman Floyd Flake has taken the first step in securing $6 million in federal funding to continue the rehabilitation of Jacob Riis Park. The money will be earmarked for picnic facilities and repairing the aging infrastructure of the park.
Police have arrested the killers of local activists Marion Polichek and Jim Dwyer two weeks ago. They identify the murderer as Joseph Hladky, a longtime resident of Bayswater, who was befriended by Polichek after a former murder conviction. Sentenced as a juvenile for the previous stabbing murder, he was released in 1990, thanks to letters from Polichek and Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer.
John Ullman, a professor at Hofstra University and an expert on urban transportation systems, is urging the city to reopen the closed White Pot Junction LIRR line to Manhattan. He says that the line was closed in such a way that it would be easy to reopen when it was needed. "It is needed now," Ullman said.
30 Years Ago...
The USS Boulder, a 500-foot Tank Landing Ship, will arrive at Floyd Bennett Field across the bay from Rockaway on August 12 and will be permanently stationed at the former Naval Air Station. It is the first ship to be homeported at the station in three decades. The Boulder carries a crew of 165 officers and sailors.
Staff members at Gateway National Park are restoring the historic bathhouse in Riis Park, part of the Gateway Recreation Area. It is hoped that the bathhouse will be put into shape to face its second half-century.
Local police are looking to the community to help in solving the Patricia Shea case. Shea, a local resident, left her Surfside home on a Saturday night two weeks ago to assist a bedridden friend in another building in the complex. Her body was found on Sunday in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Anybody with information is asked to contact the 100 Precinct Detective Squad.
The Wave, in cooperation with the American Red Cross, is sponsoring a course in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for all Rockaway residents. The class, which will be held at the Peninsula Library on Thursday, is limited to 15 participants.
The bodies of two teens that drowned in separate incidents were pulled from waters adjacent to Rockaway last week. One drowning took place nearby the North Channel Bridge on Jamaica Bay, the other nearby Riis Park.
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Jean Larkin, Florence Kaplan, Joe Rothenberg and Norm Silverman are arranging a fundraiser for the Democrats For McGovern campaign. The group will be renting Fliks, formerly the Bay Lounge, for the event.
Fire destroyed a section of Karol's Lumber Yard on Beach 77 Street and Hammels
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Nineteen teenagers were arrested this week for drug possession during various raids by the police.
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Gertrude Connolly, active member of the Mother's Club and the Rosary Society of St. Virgilius Church in Broad Channel, celebrated her birthday at home with members of her family.
Jesse Plaxen of Town and Country Travel says that Hawaii is quickly overtaking Bermuda as a favorite place for Rockaway honeymooners ever since low fares were announced by the airlines. Commander Harold D. Flanagan and a contingent of American Legion members from the Broad Channel Post slogged their way up Fifth Avenue in the rain last week for the American Legion Parade.
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The tomato holds the crown for the most popular and the most grown vegetable by home gardeners. Almost everyone loves tomatoes, and almost anyone can grow it. While the price is going up in the grocery store, the better tasting fruit is what is grown in your own backyard. Or porch.
The tomato has been popular in much of the world for centuries, but wasn't accepted in America until the early to mid 1800s. Since it is part of the nightshade family, many believed it to also be poisonous. Some rumors were that if you ate the tomato, it would turn your blood into acid.
A military man named Colonel Robert Johnson of Salem, New Jersey discovered the wonders of the tomato during an overseas visit and brought some plants back in 1808. Some Americans were already growing tomatoes, but only as an ornamental plant. Johnson was unable to convince people that tomatoes were safe to eat, so he issued a challenge in 1820. He had a contest to award the person who could grow the biggest tomato. Following the award, he promised to publicly eat an entire basket of tomatoes to prove the safety of the fruit for consumption.
Two-thousand people gathered to watch Johnson's public suicide, and a band played a funeral dirge while he ate. His blood never spewed acid and he left the podium happy and healthy. His ploy worked, and Americans began eating the tomato and putting away the urban legends causing their tomato-phobias.
Now you have the rich fruit in every store, and endless varieties to grow in your garden. Tomatoes are a great source of vitamins and antioxidants, and they are low in calories – a mere 18-20 calories for 1/4 pound of tomato. And tomatoes go great with so many foods.
Inevitably, someone always starts a debate on whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. Technically, it might be a fruit, but I have never enjoyed it with dessert. I guess it's the perfect veggie-fruit.
Some Tomato Myths
Myth 1 – Tomatoes stay fresher when chilled.
Not so. Chilled tomatoes lose flavor and aroma when cooled. They remain flavorful and keep longer when stored at room temperature. Warming them up does not return the flavor – which can be one of the reasons that store bought tomatoes have less flavor.
Myth 2 – Setting the tomato in a sunny area will ripen them.
Tomatoes will ripen off the vine, but much is lost. Large growers pick tomatoes while still green or partially green because they can hold up better when being shipped. To speed up ripening, the tomato is exposed to ethylene gas. This is a naturally occurring gas which triggers a reaction in many fruits to start ripening. The problem is that a lot of the flavor is developed on the vine during the last stages of ripening. And this is the main reason store bought tomatoes have less flavor. To the farmer's defense, there really isn't a way to safely mass ship ripe tomatoes. Most would be damaged during shipping if they were already ripe.
Even vine ripe tomatoes in the store are not truly vine ripened. Instead of picking them off the vine, these tomatoes have the fruit cut with the vine. Technically, they do ripen on the vine they are shipped with, but there is no difference between a tomato attached to a stem and one that has been picked off the stem. They both were removed from the plant while green and ripened artificially after it has reached its destination, so there will be little if any difference in flavor.
To get a truly full flavored tomato, it should be picked from the vine in your garden when completely ripe, and placed on the table. That is as good as the flavor can get.
Tomato Fact:
Did you know that home grown, vine ripened tomatoes have nearly twice as many vitamins as store bought tomatoes? The final stage of ripening is very important. If taken from the plant before ripening, the tomato will have less flavor and fewer vitamins than tomatoes picked early and ripened by artificial means.
Myth – 3 Suckers sap the production from tomato plants.
Completely false. Many growers visit their tomatoes regularly and cut off the suckers that grow out of the crotch area of tomato branches. It's a common myth that this robs the plant of valuable resources. This is probably why these branches have been nicknamed suckers – they supposedly suck nutrients from the main plant.
The truth is, unless the plant is root bound, suckers are your friend. They become full branches with flowers, tomatoes, and full production. A lot of growers rob themselves of many great tasting tomatoes because they fight against their plant's desire to grow new fruitful branches.
Think about how a plant works. The fruit production doesn't come from the roots. Especially the sugars that are used in the fruit. The branches send up to 70% of their sugars to the roots and most of this is deposited into the soil. This is where the relationship between the beneficial microbes and the plant takes place. Sugars are not produced by the roots. As long as the roots have access to minerals and water sufficient to maintain the plant, it can produce unlimited foliage. A small pot should have limited foliage, but if there is sufficient root space, the more growth the merrier.
The leaves conduct photosynthesis and produce sugars and other plant functions. The production is then sent back through the plant's system to be used in fruit production or sent down to the roots. This means that the sucker you are cutting off not only has the ability to support itself, but the new branch also supplies its excess back to the plant.
The sucker is where the new blooms are coming from. As old growth slows down and concentrates its efforts on the tomatoes on that branch, the tomato spawns new growth (suckers) to produce new flowers and begin growing more tomatoes. So, when you cut off a sucker, you are thwarting the plant's efforts to keep producing and it's growth of that sucker is now wasted energy.
Suckers are great sources of cuttings for new plants and great sources for new fruit. They are not parasites to the plant. If your tomato is well nourished and has adequate root space, let them grow and stake them up as you would the rest of the plant. You'll get much more fruit, and it will not rob your old fruit of nourishment.
Myth 4 – Tomatoes need 4 feet of space between plants.
If you have ample growing space, by all means spread your tomatoes out. However, if you are doing raised beds, you can take advantage of the tomatoes natural habits and plant a little closer together.
Some plants react to other plants being too close. When leaves are overshadowed, it triggers a reaction that stops the growth hormones so it doesn't compete for sunlight. Not the tomato. It is a vine and tomatoes are not bothered by competing plants. They should not be so close together that they become light deprived, but as long as you have at least six inches of soil depth, you can plant five tomatoes in a 4' x 4' raised bed. If they cant reach out, they will reach up. Just stake up the new growth and the production will be very high.
The only real consideration is root space. As long as they have six inches of depth, the plant should have sufficient root space to supply itself. It's a matter of preference, but I have gotten very high yields for many months with five plants per bed. And I've never had a tomato starve for nutrition. Don't be afraid to take advantage of your growing space and place four to five plants per four foot square of bedding.
Don't be rule driven or scared by myths and urban legends. The best teacher is experience. Don't be afraid to experiment and try new things. Set a bed aside for one of your great ideas. If it doesn't work well, move on to a new idea or improve upon the old one. You may discover better ways of gardening. Remember, the best way to become an expert is to make mistakes.
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A narrow gauge, private railroad on the beach at Bayocean, near Tillamook, carried building supplies such as concrete and lumber for the construction of various buildings at the real estate development. The portable tracks could be moved depending on need. Shown above is a group of potential buyers or investors in 1910. (PDXHistory.com)
By 1914, more than 600 lots had been sold. Visitors found a luxury hotel, natatorium, dance pavilion, and a movie theater designed to accommodate 1000 people. But over the years, the development began to succumb to erosion, an all too common peril of beachfront property. The natatorium closed in 1932 followed by other buildings over the years. Some residents stayed but the last house washed into the ocean in 1960, a sad end to the high hopes of real estate promoters. In 1906 they had claimed that Bayocean would be known as the "Queen of Oregon Resorts." Instead, it became known as "the town that fell into the sea."


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Bill To Double Number Of Charters Goes To The Wire
With a June 1 deadline looming and $700 million in federal funding at stake, the State Senate and Assembly upped the odds this week, coming up with competing and diametricallyopposed bills that would double the number of charter schools that could be enabled in New York State.
The Senate bill, which was passed on Monday, would raise the number of charters in New York State to 460 from the present 200.
The 460 number is considered to be a "magic number" by charter school activists because that is the threshold necessary for a state to get "Race To The Top" funding from the Obama administration.
A spokesperson for Senate leaders said, "This bill gives charter schools the tools they need to work for students and parents, and increases transparency and accountability."
A number of Senate Democrats, who had previously opposed the plan, came on board at the last moment, prompting Albany insider Fredric Dicker, who writes a political column for the Daily News, to write, "Privately, [Democrats] conceded that passing the measure was an attempt to derail a threatened big-ticket political campaign against them by Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg and other prominent charter school supporters that could cost them their razor-thin majority in the November elections."
Democrats in the Assembly, however, seem immune to the Bloomberg threat.
They have proposed a bill of their own, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has long been an opponent of the mayor on the issue of raising the charter school cap.
The Democrats say they want real reform and a promise that special education and English Language Learners would have a place in the new charter. Presently, records show, less than five percent of students in charters fall into those categories while 33 percent of public school students do fall into those categories.
The Senate bill would allow charter schools to contract with outside agencies to address children with special needs, something that is anathema to the Democrats, including Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer, who represents Rockaway in the legislature.
"The Senate bill is completely contradictory to the reforms we are pushing for; shared schooling, a parent voice, Regents-only approval, nonprofit charters only," Pheffer told The Wave on Tuesday. "We have lots of questions about the Senate bill, as do parents and the UFT."
"We are not going to vote on the Senate bill," she said emphatically. "I have long been a strong proponent of public education and will continue to fight for the resources needed to adequately fund our educational system," Pheffer added. "However, in District 27 a lack of confidence in some local public schools has led to charter schools becoming an option some parents are seeking. It is important that any legislation enacted addresses the concerns that have been raised regarding co-location, siting, transparency and accountability so parents and the entire community are informed as to the educational opportunities that are offered in all our schools. The legislation passed by the Senate does not answer many of these questions and concerns. We must ensure that we remain vigilant in providing all necessary resources to our educators and children."


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It's the weekend, and you should be out enjoying family time. We'll quickly breeze through the good stuff from the week, but after that you should head outside and find yourself something to grill.
Here's your tiny little bit of new geek goodness for today…
Windows 7 Calculator Rocks!
My favorite feature in the completely re-done calculator is the History, which you can activate by right-clicking on the result area, using Ctrl+H, or the View menu. This way I can see the calculation I just used a minute ago… love it!
Want the Windows 7 Calculator for your Vista computer? Lifehacker has you covered with a downloadable version.
The Stuff We Found While Goofing Off at Work
I recently made up a completely inaccurate statistic that 90% of time at work is spent goofing off online. It's clearly untrue, because I've only got 6 links for you today. I guess I've just not been slacking off enough!
- How to Create a Minimalist Computer Experience | Zen Habits
This article is excellent, although he really could have used some more pictures. I'm a fan of Leo's productive zen-style minimalism.
- YouTube – Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels Speed Run in 8:35
There are loads of these videos all over the net—pretty cool stuff. I used to be able to beat Super Mario 2 straight through without dying. I should have timed myself!
- Google click-tracking disabler for Greasemonkey
This isn't exactly new, but it's one of those Greasemonkey scripts I simply can't live without anymore, since I do a lot of copying URLs directly from Google search results.
- How to make Safari's Private Browsing feature actually private
My good buddy Ross writes up an article exposing Safari's private browsing feature as, well, not-so-private after all! He also explains how to cover your tracks. (More on this in the near future here at HTG).
- [COMIC] WolframAlpha Saves the Day
Here's what we'd really like the new math-based search engine to be able to do. (Thanks to ian2 on the Forum)
- Gaming Graphics Charts For 2009: Updated!
Tom's hardware updates the graphics card charts!
Next week, I'll do nothing, and maybe it will be everything I thought it could be.
Reviews, Reviews, and More Reviews
Looks like Mysticgeek was even more busy this week, with an extra review for your, well, review =)
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Notable Lifehacker Articles and Such
Here's a couple of interesting articles you should read. Or not. Flip a coin to decide!
|Lifehacker Laptop Bags: How-To Geek Edition
It was theme week, so I had to write up what I carry around in my laptop bag. Speaking of which, I just ordered an awesome new bag, thanks to a recommendation from phoenix in the Lifehacker comments:
Beware of Viruses in Office 2010 BitTorrent Builds
That's right, BitTorrent is completely full of viruses. You have been warned.
FTC Finally Cracks Down on Car-Warranty Phone Spammers
Sooooo irritating. Thankfully something is being done, maybe.
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- Disable the Irritating Sticky / Filter Keys Popup Dialogs
- Friday Fun: Get Your Mario On
- Copy Website Tables into Excel 2007 Spreadsheets
- Disable Aero Shake in Windows 7
- Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP
- Slacker Geek: Update Your Facebook Profile from Outlook
- Add Google Gadgets to your Desktop
- Fixing Firefox Scrolling Problems with Dell Synaptics Touchpad
- Read Wall Street Journal Articles Without Paying a Dime (Legally)
We're so excited about the new writers… you'll start seeing their articles in the next week or two.
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Wouter De Backer, the artist known as Gotye, has a pretty robust back catalog: three LPs, spanning the last decade. But however many diehards turn up for these high-profile headlining dates, it's quite possible that many will come in knowing only a single song by the Aussie art-pop auteur: the curious, bewitching 2011 gem "Somebody That I Used to Know," a global smash that moved more than 6 million copies in the States alone. Consider these gigs a chance to remedy that imbalance. Support on Tue 25 comes from Missy Higgins and Jonti, while Sept 27 attendees get raucous Louisiana eclecticists Givers and Nick Zammuto (best known for his work in the recently disbanded Books).
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Any thoughts on an issue with my 2006 535d touring; have only had the car a month or two and find the clock and date keep resetting - so annoying! I read that this is usually a warning sign of a failing battery, so I bought a (high-end) charger (cheaper than a new battery!) and charged it up - clock re-set two days later. Then I had the battery checked at Kwik Fit; it came out 83% charged (which is pretty good?), but re-charge still recommended (only 5 days after a full charge). Altenator was also fine. I had the battery replaced yesterday just to be on the safe side (I do quite a lot of short journeys, and winter is coming!) with a fairly high-end unit from Kwik Fit (black AGM 100aH), and hey presto, clock and date reset this morning! Annoying! Once it also re-set the clock after a very long motorway run the night before.
The new battery has not been coded/registered to the car, which I may get done (BMW want £140 for this - outrageous!), but it can't be purely a coding issue as I had exactly the same problem with the original battery which was OEM factory fit. I have read about many others having similar problems, but most of them seem to resolve with a new battery. I have also read it could be the Intelligent Battery Sensor? Or something else? Any thoughts or advice much appreciated.


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small bathroom remodel, how much?
I've been getting estimates to replace a one piece baththub/shower unit and toilet for my 77 yr old father with a low threshold shower with glass door, seat and a grab bar. Also, to replace the toilet with a 'comfort height' model. The house was built in 2001 with basic materials on a concrete slab. We want to keep cost low. My current estimates range from $3800 for a fake marble solution, and $6000 for basic tile, and $11,700 basic tile. Also, a $1200 estimate for just the laber for a non tile solution from handiman connection where we provide the materials. The current bathtub/shower is 60" x 30".
How much should this job cost if done properly with basic materials? How many days and hours should this take?
Also, looking for suggestions on what materials to use, tile, or something else. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!
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If the 3800 is from a reputable pro with good references, that seems reasonable. How important is tile or real marble to you or father. True, those things will likely have some influence on a future resale but they will cost more. As far as the handiman goes, buyer beware. Some are handier than others.
Your question is a pretty tough one .... it's kinda like asking "hey, i'm buying a new car - how much should i expect to pay".
I suggest an AngiesList membership - I think it's $5 or $6 a month. That will let you look up contractors in your area and read what people say about them.
Marble tile in an ADA compliant bathroom for the elderly???
Where does that idea come from. Marble may be the worst thing to use.:)
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- Lexington Baptist Church's Cradle Care Ministry exists to walk beside families who are expecting or adopting in our church and community. Once registered in Cradle Care, each family is paired with a Cradle Care Team Member to pray for them, care for them and to communicate with throughout the pregnancy or adoption process, birth, and baby dedication.
- The Cradle Care Ministry sponsors two dinners each year for new and expectant parents. The dinner is designed for parents to meet and get to know each other. A special guest speaker will share thoughts on Christian parenting, and we will introduce you to Lex Kids, the children's ministry of Lexington Baptist Church. Register for this free event by emailing Kristen King.
- We have a saying down our preschool halls… "We don't do childcare." Everything we do has a distinct purpose in preparing every child to know Jesus personally.
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If you are experiencing back pain, visiting the doctor might actually make things worse, not better.
A study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine found that instead of a less invasive approach that's long been recommended, doctors are increasingly responding to patients who report back pain with unnecessary MRIs and other scans, strong painkillers and referrals to specialists.
Link between bacteria and back pain is 'for real', has researchers wondering if Parkinson's, diabetes may be tied to infections, too
it is encouraging that last week's startling news from a team of Danish and British scientists incriminating the same bacterium responsible for teenage acne as a significant cause of debilitating back pain looks to be "for real" — a persuasive unifying explanation for what had seemed an intractable problem. "This is a turning point," said neurosurgeon Peter Hamlyn of University College Hospital, London. "We will have to rewrite the textbooks. It is the stuff of Nobel prizes."
It is certainly a turning point for all those worn down by years of incapacitating pain and reliance on powerful opiate drugs. The prospect that a three-month course of antibiotics might permit them to regain a normal life must seem to verge on the miraculous.
The study was led by Dr. John N. Mafi of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and looked at 23,918 doctor visit records from January 1999 to December 2010. This research has important implications because one in 10 of doctor visits in the U.S. are because of pain in a patient's lower back.
"The guidelines have been pretty consistent since the 1990s," says Mafi, the lead author of the study. "The basic approach is 'less is more' for patients with routine back pain."
The results of the study show an increase in the prescription of painkillers such as OxyContin, which is an opioid and therefore does little for mild back pain and nothing for more serious pain. As opioid use increased from 19% to 29% of cases, the use of painkillers that can be purchased over-the-counter decreased from 37% to 25%.
Opioid use can be dangerous: The study discovered that 43% of those using the drugs because of back pain were also suffering from substance abuse problems. Prescribing these can have serious implications. Almost 15,000 fatalities occurred in 2008 due to narcotic use, a number that was greater than cocaine and heroin-related deaths.
Another finding was that rates of MRI and CT scans increased from 7% to 11%. Although these are non-invasive procedures, each scan costs $1,000 or more. Mafi explains patient pressure as the reason for this rush to scan, as patients wish to feel as if their doctor heard their concerns and is giving them a proper check-up.
"We are a society that demands instant solutions, but back pain doesn't play by these rules," Mafi says. "Unfortunately, the fancier treatments haven't been shown to decrease patient's pain or increase their quality of life."
Patients without red flags raised such as fever, cancer history, neurologic symptoms or weight loss can and should be treated for lower back pain without strong painkillers or imaging tests, Mafi told JAMA's in-house blog.
"[That means] use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or acetaminophen and, when pain doesn't resolve within a couple months, physical therapy. Most cases of new-onset back pain will resolve within a few months."


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Awoke early for me, late for Dad & Crystal, Rachel and Dad made a delightful breakfast of eggs, bacon and potato's, then we snuck off to Walmart, bought some synthetic oil and changed the oil (ok, Dad did it for me....super nice!)
After Crystal came back from a doctor's appointment they took us on a tour of Schweitzer Mountain and its beautiful vista's, we even saw a castle (or house shaped like one)!
Then to town to scan some pictures of
my brother and I....was "angelic" according to my Dad (although he claimed there was some sort of cut off date for that comment....I don't believe him)
We then drove to Hope and had some awesome
Pizza – Hell's Kitchen - at the Icehouse Pizzeria. Finally we drove back home to enjoy a wonderful
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WITH a maximum flying time of just five hours, getting a Dash 8 aircraft from Canada to Queensland tends to be an exercise in careful planning and a lot of pit stops.
Normally a trip of more than 21 hours - with a stopover in Los Angeles - the 15,000km journey from Toronto to Brisbane is usually one left to Boeing 777s or A330s.
But with Bombardier supplying the QantasLink fleet, the long trek from factory to base has to be made at least twice a year - usually by the manufacturer.
Gallery: Around the world in four long days
To mark delivery of the airline's 30th Q400 aircraft, a crew of three QantasLink pilots and an engineer decided to make the trip last month spread over 40 hours, and four days.
Captain Peter Schryver said that meant nine stops in six countries plus an unscheduled touch down in Sapporo (Japan).
From Toronto they flew to Calgary, then on to Anchorage and Nome in Alaska, Petropavlovsk in Russia followed by Sapporo and Tokyo in Japan, then to Guam (US), Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, Cairns and Brisbane.
His father Casey had done a similar journey in 1989, bringing the first QantasLink Dash 8-100 to Australia via no less than 19 airports.
Capt Schryver said while their trip was not as gruelling it did have its challenges.
"Flying into Petropavlovsk (Russia) was like walking into a 1950s war movies," he said.
"It was quite a spin out. The terminal looked like it hadn't been updated since the 1950s. There were a lot of old aircraft about and because it's still a military base we weren't allowed to take photos."
He said the massive airport was crawling with guards but although no expense had been spared on security, the runway was another matter.
"It hasn't been upgraded in 20 years and it was one of the roughest runways I've ever landed on," Capt Schryver said.
In order to get airborne faster on take-off, a different wing flap setting was used so they could spend less time on the bumpy runway.
Poor weather meant the crew was forced to divert to Sapporo en route from Petropavlovsk to Narita Airport in Tokyo in order to refuel.
Despite all the country hopping, Capt Schryver said the longest leg was the first - from Toronto to Calgary, about 2700km.
"This aircraft is designed primarily for short flights," he said.
"To fly these things the distances we did and as efficiently as we did, it's an absolute credit to the aircraft."
The red kangaroo tail created some interest at the various airports it visited, particularly in Nome, Alaska.
"We used local handling agents at those outports and the refueller said he had never seen one coming through with a red tail," laughed the Captain.
Now he has done the trip, Capt Schryver cannot wait to do it again, and hopes it may become part of the QantasLink pilots' training.
"It's just an awesome experience for a young man," he said.


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Thanks Tech, I appreciate you running that for me. However, I'm not sure if the CR was quite accurate?? KB site has the KB 119's at 9.7:1 w/ a 76cc chamber, Although I'm not sure what the deck height and gasket thickness they use is, but I thought the last time I was on there it said 9.025" and .038". Is about what I have cuz the block has never been decked, although it may very a little from shift it should be pretty close to .025", and I know the gasket was just plain jane Felpro ~.040.
Any way what I'm gettin at is, If their CR's are correct or pretty close, Going to a 68cc chamber should take me close to 10.5- 10.6:1. You said you ran a 9.6 CR, Please correct me if I'm wrong. Not tryin to correct you just tryin to figure out how you got that CR. I know all these dang CR calculator vary so much that its hard to find 2 that are consistent, But I actually had a tech from Brodix calcualate My CR for me when I was contumplating buying the 70cc IK180's, and he told me i'd me right around 10.45:1 with a 70cc chamber/standard gasket/stock deck, so I was just assuming a 68cc chamber would be around 10.5-10.6. That CR would actually work pretty well with my cam on 93 octane.
AND GLEN BOY, FYI, I used to have DD, but my computer got a major virus somehow and I lost everything. When best buy did the reboot they only installed the factory programs so I lost it. If you don't have anything nice to say, can you please find another thread to flap your gums. I only have room for so much ignorance. Now you see there are guys like tech and curtis and a few others that don't mind helping a guy out on here. BTW get your facts straight befoer you start rambling like you know what your talkin about. I SAID THE 350 IS ALREADY BUILT, RUNNING AND IN THE CAR!!!! Its got about 20 passes on it and some street driving, SO i'm not building a 350 and a 400 at the same time... Pay attention JR..
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2011 Overland - Check Engine light
Came on on the way home. No messages, no other indicators, and no real difference in the way it drives.
We'll see what happens when (if) I make it to the dealership in the AM.
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Check to make sure your gas cap is on tight...happened to me on my last SUV a day or so after i pumped gas into it, tightened the cap and after a day or so of driving the light went away...could be that simple.
Re: 2011 Overland - Check Engine light
yep....its a emissions thing. You are fine to drive it unless the light starts blinking...then STOP asap.
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Nope - it was a fouled plug and misfire on cyllinder 2. It ran really rough on the way home. Of course, it cleared after I pulled it into the service bay. I'm at 28,800 miles, so did the plug change and tune up. All flipping 16 plugs changed. $289.
Without exception, I use 89 octane. I do a mix of highway and in town driving, but definitely more in town than highway. Wondering if I need to occasionally throw a bottle or two of Techron in there after every oil change. I've also read that using 93 grade gas consistently will get you added detergents, etc. that are included in the high grade, but not in the lower grades. Thoughts?
Re: 2011 Overland - Check Engine light
In my experience, a modern car shouldn't be fouling plugs. Either they fibbed, or something else is wrong. The ignitions on these things are so hot that it will burn anything off the plug if everything is working properly.
Also, if you are enough of a car guy to post on a car forum, you probably really want to know what is wrong with your car when the MIL lights up. So get a code reader and satisfy that curiousity. They are not expensive ($50-80). Mine has saved me well over $3000 over the last 10 years in fixing little niggles like gas cap seals, vacuum hoses, and spark plug wires myself.
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I've got one, but I didn't hook it up. Should have. I would bet that they cleared out the log (assuming one exists) at the same time. If something really was wrong that they lied about, it will pop up again.
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Not to bring up an dead thread... My 2011 overland hemi just gave me the MIL light. I parked at a near by cafe and searched to find this thread. Hopefully it's just the gas cap. I have a full warranty do if anything happens I'll hopefully be covered. Ridiculous though I've only gone about 5.3k kms and it rides fine. I hope it's not a misfire. I also noticed my "Eco" light stopped coming on even when it's supposed to... Bah...
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If anyone could shed some light. It is not flashing it's just lit up. The battery in the key was loose and I fixed that but doubt that would lead to any problems. My mds isn't working not sure how that plays into it. I did service it just before 5k km as the dealer asked me to come in to do an oil change at around 5k kms. Should I be worried or wait it out? I'll update when I get back to my wk2 and check te gas cap.
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Weird... It's off now. Gas tank cap was already closed. I'll keep checking to see if it comes back on. I haven't driven it yet. I went to get my camera from my car and thought I'd check. Weird... Maybe it was just the computer hiccuping. I wonder if there is something wrong with the mds and only lights when running... Hmmm. Anyways will let u guys know when I head out of here and actually drive.
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Eco mode is showing again and mil light is off. I wonder what the problem was...
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Vanderbilt 9, New Hampshire 5
Vanderbilt Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
#11 Vanderbilt Commodores (4-2) defeated the New Hampshire
Wildcats (2-3) by a score of 9-5 in NCAA women's lacrosse
action Wednesday afternoon. The Commodores were led by senior
Liz Drennan's career-high four assists, three of which were
on goals by junior Jeannie Crawley.
The Commodores got out of the gate quickly, building a four
goal lead in the opening 13 minutes of the game behind two
goals each from Crawley and fellow sophomore Kelly Devlin.
New Hampshire pulled with two goals and the game went to halftime
with the Commodores up 5-3.
In the second half, the Wildcats struck first when Jessie
Groszkowski scored her second of three goals in the game.
The Commodores answered with a trio of goals by sophomore
Jess Roguski (2) and junior Tara Schmucker (1). Senior Kinsey
Osberg closed out the scoring in the 54th minute to give the
Commodores the 9-5 victory.
Crawley's hat-trick was her third of the season. She has scored
a goal for the Commodores in every game so far this year.
Vanderbilt outshot New Hampshire by a mark of 30 to 16, thanks
in part to a tough defensive effort led by Schmucker (5 GBs,
3 CTs) and senior Megan Lewis (3 GBs, 3CTs).
"We were very fired up to play well today," said
Lewis. "We felt we had to outhustle [New Hampshire] for
sixty minutes. We came out today very motivated, out for revenge,
and we played hard for the whole game."
Vanderbilt continues their current homestand on Sunday, March
24 at 1 p.m. against Brown.
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31:49 VU Schmucker
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How to make PPP work in Russia: 2012 Overview
Quality of preparation of PPP projects
According to respondents, the best way to improve quality is to engage outside experts.
Respondents agree that the quality of preparation of Russian PPP projects remains low.
Assessment of the quality of preparation of Russian PPP projects (on a scale of 0 to 3, where 0 is very low quality, and 3 is high quality)
Survey participants are also unanimous in their belief that the best way to improve quality and ensure the transfer of experience is to engage outside experts.
In respondents' opinion, experience with PPP projects should be shared between state bodies by using the methods below:
The respondents also indicated that they would like to see a unified center at the federal level for the dissemination of best PPP practices as well as receive assistance from state officials who have positive experience in realizing such projects in other regions or industries.


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The First is Never The Last: Prologe
He has been keeping it a secret for years, a terrifying secret.
She ran. All the way down the hall. Fast. She had to get away. Almost to the door. But the hallway seems to stretch. She tried to make it but she couldn't. A hand shot out. Grab her leg. She tripped. Get up her mind screamed. She got up. She kept running as fast as she could. Not good enough. Hand close in around her. How did she escape?
She fell to the ground in freight. He loomed over her with a scary impression. He held up the knife and covered her mouth. Then the knife came down.
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Police had to take three people to the drunk tank on Tuesday evening, in separate incidents.
The first was a 41-year-old man who was found passed-out around the 800-block of Rosser Avenue.
The second was a 33-year-old man who was held to prevent a continuation of a breach of the peace after he refused to leave a home in the 1900-block of Richmond Avenue.
The final one was a 31-year-old man who was found passed out in the 200-block of Eighth Street.