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After a shocking fall from the top 10 last year, Brandon has bounced about half-way back to land at No. 42 in the annual list of best Canadian cities to live in.
The list, compiled every year by MoneySense magazine, sandwiches Brandon between London, Ont., and Waterloo, Ont.
However, Brandon is singled out for special mention as the fifth-best place in the country for new immigrants. The city is given high marks for having a low unemployment rate, relatively cheap rent, and a large proportion of the population made up of immigrants.
Over the years
Brandon has had a rough couple of years in the MoneySense rankings. Here's how the city has fared:
- 2007 — No. 18
- 2008 — No. 19
- 2009 — No. 10
- 2010 — No. 7
- 2011 — No. 7
- 2012 — No. 6
- 2013 — No. 91
- 2014 — No. 42
See the full list
MoneySense has a detailed overview of their full list available online.
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In general, according to MoneySense's Mark Brown, the list this year shows that smaller cities are some of Canada's best places to live. On top of this year's list is the community of St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton.
Brown also notes that these is a "surge" in the west on this year's list, pointing out that nearly half of the top 20 cities on the list are west of Winnipeg.
Winnipeg itself does relatively well on the list; it ranks No. 19 this year, although that's down from No. 16 last year. Other Manitoba communities ranked include Steinbach (No. 85 this year, down from No. 61 last year) , Thompson (No. 121 this year, up from No. 164) and Portage la Prairie (No. 144 this year, up from No. 160).
On the list of just smaller cities, Brandon ranks 20th out of 140.
MoneySense collects 34 different statistics in order to tease out what they call an unbiased look at the 201 cities in the list.
After several years in the top 10, Brandon tumbled to No. 91 last year.


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Spring sports preview 2014: Canby boys tennis
Kevin Vedder, a West Linn resident who has played tennis for more than two decades, takes the helm for the Cougars.
Kevin Vedder remembers not making the cut on his high school tennis team.
The California native had only been playing the sport for a short time, and he was competing against elite athletes who had spent countless hours on the court.
But Vedder didnt let the experience turn him away from the sport. Instead, it seemingly encouraged him to stick with it.
Now, with more than two decades of playing experience under his belt, Vedder takes the helm of the Canby boys tennis team to replace Dan Nugent. Its his first official coaching gig.
Ive always wanted to get involved with a high school team, said Vedder, an Internet marketing consultant who lives in West Linn. My work schedule will allow me to get out and do it.
Vedder, a Charbonneau Tennis Club member who plays in tournament throughout the Pacific Northwest, hopes to provide his players with an environment in which they can improve their skills. Jim Schmieding will serve as his assistant.
My main goal is for the kids to get better, he said.
Zac Cummings, Austin Evans and Sam Hintz are potential standouts in a program that has not been represented at the state championships since Chris Smucker and Garth Gladfelder qualified in 2010. Cummings, Evans and Hintz were all members of the boys tennis program last season.
Last years team went 8-14 combined in district tournament matches, including 3-8 in the championship brackets. Then-seniors Brian Benson and Tyler Landis came within one win of reaching the state doubles tournament.
Coach: Kevin Vedder (first year)
Last year: Compiled an 8-14 record in district tournament matches, including 3-8 in the championship brackets; was not represented at the state tournament
Key players: Zac Cummings, Austin Evans, Sam Hintz
Key losses: Cameron Huffman, Nick Norgart, Brian Benson, Tyler Landis, Mitch McKenney
Outlook: Under new coach Kevin Vedder, who replaces Dan Nugent at the helm, Canby will strive to have representatives at the state meet for the first time since 2010.

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Iraqi TV ad to plead Wood's case
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Iraqi TV will broadcast a 30-second advertisement tonight made by the brothers of hostage Douglas Wood appealing for his release.
The advertisement shows a series of pictures of Mr Wood, 63, before he was taken hostage, with his daughter, brothers and grandchildren as well as pictures of him taken by his captors.
A voice-over in Arabic says Mr Wood has been taken hostage in Baghdad, he is a family man and his family want him back.
The ad asks anyone with any information that might help find him or free him to phone 130 in Baghdad.
"It's kept very simple," said a spokesman for the family. "It doesn't mention the offer of a donation for Iraqi welfare that the brothers have made."
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Fountain store owner accused of selling Spice
FOUNTAIN, Colo. - Fountain police arrested the owner of a Kwik Way store accused of distributing synthetic cannabinoids, more commonly known as spice.
Police said they arrested Kong Hoon Kim Saturday. Investigators said they recovered 96 grams of spice from the store which is in the 900 block of Lake Avenue.
"It is scary because I know kids get sick on it and it is against the law to sell it," said business owner Gabriele Walker.
Walker's liquor store is two stores down from Kwik Way. She's owned the store for 17 years. She said the news of spice in the neighborhood was upsetting.
"That $5 isn't going to make him rich but it puts the kids in the hospital and that's the sad part," said Walker.
Nicholas Colbert, 19, died in 2011 after using Spice that he bought from Kwik Stop in the 1100 block of South Chelton Road. His mother filed a lawsuit against the convenience store that sold it to him.
Walker was familiar with Colbert's story and said the idea of a person continuing to sell spice is "terrible."
Representative Lois Landgraf, (R) Fountain, has proposed a bill to fight spice. The bill would increase penalties for people caught selling spice.
"The hope is that stores that are selling this will stop because it won't be lucrative for them to do so," said Landgraf.
The bill would also give police access to devices that could quickly identify spice.
"We have had kids die. We have had people having strokes, seizures, all kinds of problems," said Landgraf. "(If) we have a problem that is that large in our state, I think we need to take care of it."
Landgraf expects bipartisan support for the bill. She said it's a critical step to get spice off the street.
The judiciary committee will review the bill on Feb. 6.
Kim was booked at the El Paso County Jail. He is out on bond.


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Embattled Governor David Paterson came to Borough Hall Monday to talk budget, amid continued questions of his alleged misconduct.
Along the way, Paterson appeared to sidestep Atlantic Yards while addressing such issues as a tax on sugary drinks and allowing the sale of wine in grocery stores.
When asked about his support of the $4-plus billion Atlantic Yards including the Barclays Center arena, Paterson noted the project was already in place when he took office.
There has been plenty of debate on both sides of this issue, he said, noting the Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of condemning property for the 22-acre project at the Flatbush/Atlantic Avenue intersection.
"Ten years from now they [proponents of the project] will be right or you'll be right, but I didn't want to impose on the court's decision," said Paterson.
City Councilmember Letitia James, who first brought up Atlantic Yards, also questioned Paterson's move to put a state tax on all sugary beverages, which will generate an estimated $450 million in revenue to state coffers this year.
Paterson responded that all the revenue from this source will go toward health care services and that the state spends about $7.5 billion in treating diabetes and heart disease, which in large part is caused by too much sugar in the diet.
Medical facilities throughout the state now have units for childhood stroke and heart attack victims, he said.
Paterson also pointed out that 60 percent of adults and 25 percent of children throughout the state are now classified as obese.
A Park Slope resident questioned Paterson's call to allow the sale of wine in grocery stores and bodegas, saying that it will lead to an underage drinking problem as it does in states that allow alcohol and spirits to be sold in grocery stores.
But Paterson defended his proposal, saying the move will raise $250 million in licensing fees and 35 states already allow the sale of wine in liquor stores.
Paterson said while some of these states do have a rise in underage drinking it is mainly because they have lax liquor laws as well.
Paterson deflected reporters' questions concerning recent allegations of his misconduct and insisted he will finish out this term, but will not seek re-election.
While in office, he faces a budget deficit as high as $9.2 billion, which Paterson is trying to trim with cuts to almost all services. This includes school aid ($1.1 billion), health care ($1 billion) and agency spending ($1 billion).
Paterson said while cuts to services across the board have to be made, they will be the first to be reinstituted once the economy comes back.
"The day of reckoning is actually here," he said. "For too long the state has papered over deficits and squandered surpluses," he said.
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Calif man arrested in girlfriend kidnap case
PALMDALE, Calif. - A Palmdale man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend and keeping her against her will for ten days in his apartment.
The Daily News of Los Angeles reports (http://bit.ly/1f8ixEJ) 19-year-old Giovanni McKinnis was booked for investigation of attempted murder, kidnapping and false imprisonment. He's being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.
The woman was found Saturday in an apartment after Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies investigated a report that she had gone missing. Authorities say the woman had been choked and sexually assaulted. She was taken to a nearby hospital for several injuries and later released.
Authorities say the victim's mother saw the alleged assault and kidnapping on Christmas Day but didn't call police because she feared McKinnis.
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An unfortunate set of circumstances required me to unplug for a few days, and I want to get everyone caught up with the latest batch of news over the past week or so. Frankly, there hasn't been much going on in the world of Gran Turismo, but all of that is about to change with GamesCom 2010 coming up next week! Several GTPlanet members will be in attendance throughout the event, and we're going to have more exclusive coverage than ever before – watch for more major announcements on that over the next few days. For now, here's a quick summary of what you did (or…didn't) miss:
Rain and Snow "Scenery" in Gran Turismo 5
During an interview with G4TV at Comic-Con 2010, a Sony rep raised a few eyebrows with a mention of rain and snow "scenery" in GT5. This obviously isn't the first time we've heard about weather coming to the game, but it is the first time snow's been mentioned specifically. Regardless, this isn't really particularly newsworthy, as we've had both rainy and snowy "scenery" in previous GT titles (remember Chamonix?). The real question remains: will it be "dynamic" and available on all of our favorite tracks? Nobody knows…yet.
Faked GT5 Video Shows Long Load Times
Popular gaming blog Kotaku made a serious error while attempting to call out apparently long load times seen in a GT5 demo. The original video they posted had clearly been slowed to make it appear the Nurburgring Nordschleife took over 1:30 to get started. It didn't take long for the rest of the web to catch on to their mistake, and they eventually admitted the error. See the unfortunate fiasco for yourself right here.
More Video of GT5's Online Spectator Mode
The guys who build the VisionRacer gaming rig shared more video of Gran Turismo 5's online "spectator mode" which was seen during the GT Academy 2010 national finals. Thanks to VirtualR for the tip!
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Doesn't anybody notice that that guy said Indy 500?
Rain, snow? What is this… Glasgow Turismo?
hope you're okay Jordan. thanks for the news! P.S: will a GTPlanet app ever be made for Android/iPhone??
1st – It would be great if Kaz learned english, so much less confusion
2nd – This guy should too…
Amazing news!
We need new news….>.<
have they mentioned something about skiping songs while drivinge by the controller/wheel like in a real car ?
In a Swedish DVD-game store stays GT5 will be release on the 3th November!
i was just thinking. can we use custom soundtracks for the stereo in top gear test track replays? xD this is gonna be so much fun.
Lol has anyone seen that Nintendo Wii South Park episode?
I feel like doing that to myself atm till GT5 comes out ><!
78:23:8:54 seconds to GT5
Just made my account!
Can't wait any longer it's torture arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
79 days 15h 34min 24s left
Uhh. Wh….wh… what did that man say.
"20 Scenery" that never gets old XD
so random ass…
It looks like we have to sign in now to leave a comment on the news blog.. Maybe less trolling from TD and the like. Sweet, nice decision.
Thank you for now including this feature, simple solution and should be effective.
People can still sign up.
seems like a good idea
i think he gave the release date for killzone 3 instead.. i attended the playstation beta even and i notice most of these sony staff were swaping shifts from different booths.
im guessin this could be why he said feb 2nd next year
Dynamic snow would be nice, but neither new or very hard to create. Mind you, it would take hours of snowfall to create a volume of snow, so all that would be needed in GT5 is basically to create an overlay texture with snow for different types of ground (grass, tarmac, sand etc) that gets more intense as the snowfall continues and a nice effect of snowflakes falling and dancing over the windshield. What they COULD do that would be pretty darn awesome would be to make it look sweeter than any driving simulator has done before. My new dream scenario would then be night rally, snowfall and high beam headlights. And cockpit view… Mmm…
To add to that, also some nice snow clouds after the car…
Totally agree Erik, after all it's the "magic" with this series that makes us come back for more… the details are very important for that magic to stay alive and grow stronger. But for me Dynamic Rain and night time is most important followed by the sound effects together with handling.. I took a Ferrari F40 out on the Fuji track in GT5P just now, then I looked at a video.. the car is very very badly represented in the game.. felt real slow.. not sure why though.
@magic ayrton: my friend, F40 in GT5P is slow because it has wrong weight. The correct is 1180kg and I think they have it 1360… So, tune it and give a try to enjoy it properly.
Whew….it thought it meant the dynamic weather and spectator mode videos were fake, good thing I read the article. Big sigh of relief. *SIGH*
I just heard GT5 is going to be pushed back five months so they can add snowmobile racing. Oh well.
Why is everyone getting excited about snow. With snow in GT4, it should be expected in a sequel, surely.
Dynamic snow, yes, now that would be cool, original and a new feature. However, chances of that….?
Dont worry, the time taken to program dynamic snow was taken up with 3D silly…. ;-)
Kotaku is STUUUUUUPID, how the hell you fall for that? Probably some Forza fanboys
Lol relax guys game will come November 2nd
I would believe Polyphony Digital over him, and polyhony were the people who told us it's coming out Nov 2nd
Fat Gunt talk to us when you can master stick shift or when you get your license. or when you know what a v8 400 hp engine feels like
This GamesCom better be the end all to all this drama. What reason would there be to hold anything back after this convention? They obviously want to make a buttload of money off this game. To me it would only hurt the opening week sales if they didnt give a complete solid truthful report about every damn feature in the game. Then we will all be salivating on our keyboards and running out to set a new pre orders gaming record. They wont be adding anything new between now and release date, so just spill all the damn beans already. Kaz, your game isnt a bride trying to save herself for her wedding day. GIVE IT UP AND PUT OUT ALREADY!!
The big reason is the Tokyo Game Show.
Fat gunt is the bestest driver of them all you dirty peoples cannot touchy him he is bad assy. and you are all poo poo's hhahahahhaha
please feed us some more we are hungry trolls….
Everyone just leave fat gunt get back to his shell throwing. Maybe someday he will realize this is a gran turismo fansite
He has no fans. We all know it's you fat gunt
Hope everything is ok with you Jordan!
Kotaku is a joke. They have lost a reader.
They've always been one. I laugh every time I hear someone mention they got news from there; 99% of the time, it's edited a day latter for stupid mistakes.
Is the guy in the top movie talking about the Indy 500? I thought Indycar wasn't in the game?
I think he meant to say Brickyard 400, the premiere NASCAR event at Indy. (Unless they include classic Indy cars)
Jordan, the missuse of the comments here must be starting to get on your wick.
Id rather see no comments section than have this rubbish to read and distract from the website.
Would having a link to a "News Thread" on the forums be worth considering. At least it would enable such to be moderated properly and have decent conversations?
ok great! but! I used before (2 min. ago) my PS3 for Gtplanet.net website AND! I hated that "Vision racer" banner on the front of my screen when I entered news! It was so annoying.. I now hate vision racer seat! :) but if serious, the "snow news" were great! Hope it will be dynamic.. in other side, how can it be dynamic!? if its winter, the only thing that could and will happen is start to snow :) that isnt so hard to make :) and I dont need such a thing, I can wach on my window how it starts to snow.. it would be great if there would be a feature at least to swich between them, snow, dry, rain etc. And I think that is how it's going to be! Sorry for mistakes! My primary language is not english! ;)
Your English is good, I can understand you easily, and my first language isn't English neither.
Yea that Vision Racer banner blocks our Vision and we can't read the news :)
As for snow, I'd love seeing it dynamic. I think it adds a lot more to the experience. The game becomes more "alive".
And no, I can't see it starting snowing here because there is no snow in my country.
Please fix the advert blocking all the news stories…
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
yeah it's a problem with the PS3 browser- makes it impossible to read news stories.. and sometimes it covers up links in news stories. I almost always check this site with the PS3, so Jordan – PLEASE try to fix that ad. Thanks!
interesting, maybe you can try to contact Google and tell about the issue, such a big company need to respond in some way, esspesialy when Google made special youtube for PS3, that means they work together in someway…
PS- The PS3 browser is the worst browser I ever used, slowest, ugly, hard to use, hard to do primitive stuff like – comment, copy text, enter options, etc. It seems that Sony dosnt understand how to make a good soft and internet browser yet..
Sony! you are using Microsoft windows in your office anyway! look at it! very simple and you can do whatever you like, thing like playing music in background shouldnt be a feature it has to be a "must be" for everything everytime :) it makes more people happy, more people – more money! sinmple as that :)
Dont complain here, go on Sony website.
go tools on your ps3's browser. It gets rid of the add and so far thanks to the way the site is configured, it doesn't seem to affect anything other than annoying advertisements.
english fail. meant go to tools and turn off javascript, so on and so forth.
yay turning off javascript works for me :-D
Thanks for the info! cheers
if fat gunt is so good why doesn't he lay down some laptimes in the time trials. I'm currently in the top 100 in the daytona time trial. Bet you can't beat it gunt
Same,with Lotus Evora.
He won't because he is full of s**t!!
I hope with the rain it isn't just going to be like in GT4, just for a special race around Tsukuba.
In what has been a fairly quiet week of news, Fat Gunts stupidity has at least given some 'entertainment' :) I think he must be either a) 8 years old b) retarded c) a forza fanboy in disguise d) jealous that he cannot afford a PS3 e) all the above. What a tool!
Really hope for dynamic rain and snow!!!PGR4 yes,GT5 no?I think yes!
really, i wouldnt trust the guy in the first video to even show me where his head is. his mouth is way too quick. we have seen more of this in the past, unfortunately.
gamescom! :)
Rally + snow yes, anything else + snow is dumb. I can remember playing PGR on the Nurb with snow and that lasted all of 2 min. Im sure PD aren't going down that road, and if so, God help us all.
let it snow let it snow let it snow :P 80 days. The only snow ill get to see here in cali :P
hmm the key word; "scenery". Doesn't really fill me with confidence that it will be dynamic :/
@ Andrew
Really Andrew? Really? You don't think they would have TIME to implement something as simple as snow (compared to the other extremely complicated things in the game)? They've been at this for a solid 6 years. I think they could probably handle a little white weather :-)
Wooo the snow and ice rally tracks seem to be in GT5 too, I love them on the PSP high walls of snow sliding sideways setting up your turn a good 50 metres of so away from it NICE!
Haters gonna hate.
I wouldn't trust a word from that man.
I think we will get some rain on a couple of tracks, and maybe a couple of snow rally tracks too. Same goes with night racing, it's only on selected tracks.
Well I for one can't wait for GamesCom…
P37Mac… you suck at life lol… nobody is wound up, we like beating up on muppets!
Sorry if i caused any offence to you magicayrton. Just having a bit of fun, not sure if that means I'm a failure lol I'll take that in good humour!
I hope they reveal license test info @ gamescon. Wasn't too thrilled having rally license incorprated with the other licenses. Maybe they'll include drifting in some license tests. I think it'd be coo if they expanded license tests to tuning as well since GT can be a bit ambiguous when it comes to their menus in accordance with adjustment. Just my opinion. As for rain & snow, I can see rain being available on all tracks. Snow on the other hand seems more like a rally thing. I dont see an Audi R10 going down the Sarthe in ice and snow ending to well.
Yes snow i doe hope its only for rally , i am gone have Problems inuf whit the rain
+ the driving tests , i say the moor the better , always a lot of fun
They should cater some of the higher license tests to the new systems, like driving in rain or (in the event they include it) keeping stable during a blow out and nursing it back to the pits. Didn't GT2 have an International C license? That would be a good place to put it should they bring it back.
+ it wood be nice to have dificulty setting for engen tempretjer end your stait of oil
during the race . but we cant have it all .
C license in GT2 ? i dont remember
hope to see jou on the track the 5 t Nov .
you too! Should be fun.
As for the IC License, Ill do some digging. Maybe I'm incorrect.
Apparently there was an International-C License in GT2. Getting all gold would grant you a race spec Mitsubishi 3000 GT. I miss the racing modification.
@ Fat Kunt. What do you mean you can drive? And why that name?
He means that he can drive with all aids on (gt5)
BoBo you mofo you better pray we never meet cos if we did, I'd go jackie chan on your ass boy. That's right, jackie chan. I'd beat your little ass until you begged me to stop. Then I'd beat you again, and again and again and again, then I'd stop to play some GT5, then I'd BEAT YOU AGAIN.
Wow, Fat Gunt. You really are pathetic! Claiming you can beat someone up who you have never met on the internet is probably the most retarded thing you can do. I assume you are about 10?
OKK… when you claim to be a "good driver" what game are you playing? coz the game not out. So it either 1. your pretty daft to prejudge someone you dont know on a game that isnt out yet or 2. your on the wrong website.
Again, don't feed the troll.
It doesn't matter what racing sim it is. It's not about being good at a game, it's about good at racing. Which I am. And you are not. Any game in the GT series? I'll own your ass until you can't get owned anymore. Heck, it could be mario karts for all I care. Racing is racing. A good racer is a good racer. I am that
OK i beleive you as you keep on crying about it on the site.
BUT doesnt mean other people cant drive in a game to an extent that you are describing.
(on topic) snow would be good for rally races but for any others even r3 tyres would be hard to race with!
80 days left!!
The game is not going to be released on 2/11/2010 or 26/11/2010. Just you watch
Amazon uk have this morning changed the release date of the standard version from 02/11/2010 to 26/11/2010. This is the same date as play.com! Was in Game last Sunday preordering my signature edition and the guy said it will be a simultaneous worldwide release on 02/11/2010 and will be confirmed at Gamescom next week. Only a few days to wait and see huh!
Anyone know what the name of he song is called in the spectator video?
what did he mean by "cars will be unlocked as you progress through the game"? Does he mean reward cars or are they planning on restricting the normal by what you want whenever you get the money? Then again this is old, but still.
In GT 1, 2,3 end 4 ther weur Championchips 1, 2,3 races . wen et the end you
finich furst you unluck a car + you can do dat Championchips moor then wons
to get so extera cash en sell the unluckt cars . i hope its in GT 5 to
sorry for my englich
yea, thats what I remember. I hope it stays like that. Its nice like that. Plus I think games that lock normally purchaseable cars generally suck and are rather unrealistic. I hope PD & Kaz keep the GT tradition.
yea I thats what I remember. I hope PD & KY keep that GT tradition going.
haha sorry for the duplicate messages. Im doing this on a ps3. Takes some getting used to.
My to , i yoez my PS3 for everything ( almoost everything )
Not a very convincing interview or representative.
What Ive noticed on a few of the videos from more recent builds/videos shown is the removal of the "Weather Cloud/Temp" still visible on the "GT Academy" posted above.
So if anyhing this news report has one guy saying variours weather including snow wi be in the game and the point I raise that the "weather icon" has been missing for some time on demos presented this year.
umm its was apparently done before his realase date in febuary 2010 hence confusion of date.
well news none the less though,roll on november
@bobo, no you're wrong, he just misspoke.
I think, snow will only play a role on rally tracks. Nobody will see snow at Daytona Speedway or Indianapolis.
There were snow rally tracks in GT4, too.
?? he wasnt talkin bout that.
anyone else hear him talk about performance parts that you can "unlock" along with cars to "unlock" too?
He never talked about it ;)
Maybe we'er gonna have ice races like in Switzerland and the like.
NASCAR stops when it rains.
I seen them run a wet race. One of the more humiliating losses of Marcus Ambrose's NASCAR career. But he did prove they are surprisingly capable race cars in the rain. Think the race was in the northern US or Canada. I know its a track F1 has run.
it was in Montreal on f1 track
And it was the Nationwide Sires, not the Cup Sires that we'll be getting in GT5.
Snow on Nür. Come on
That would be AWESOME!
Snow on Nür, at night, in cockpit, with high beams…
If that's coming true I'm gonna need to get a better TV.
Yeah, I'm not going to believe anything from that first video – he just sounded like a salesman making it up as he went along.
erm.. November 2nd of this year buddy! He was nervous I think..
Good times and happy days!
Well, we have seen "Dirt/Snow"-track in GT5 before so this comes as no suprise.
Rain and snow……..22 "Scenery"…….70 tracks………..
This guy is stumbling, and his lips are quivering. Sorry, but I can't really believe this guy in terms of the snow and rain "scenery" if this refers to rain or snow on some of the tracks we may not expect it on.
If snow is well implemented, it's definately not eye candy.
The more I hear about SNOW the happier I get!
who cares about snow. dynamic rain is all you need to affect grip levels and change pit stop stategies. Snow would just be eye candy and not necessary
Lol, what? So rain affects grip more than snow?
Snow scenery is probably going to be only the snow rally stages. I doubt PD would have the time to build an engine to accumulate snow on the sides of the road as you race.
really hope for dynamic rain and snow!
I mean come on,PGR4 did it very well…why GT5 can't?!
I was thinking the same: snowy NüR
black ice would be an awesome though scary and annoying bonus if they did implement snow across all or most tracks.
WOOOT SNOW!!! it would be intersting if there are pot holes from the cracks >_>
I hope is dynamic
GT5 is already perfect for me
Who agrees?
I doe
I agree totally! but there is ALWAYS room for improvement, keep pushing the envelope PD!!!
Best bet for scenery would be the ones in photo mode – I'm afraid.
he said rain and snow affects a cars performance!
how can you imagine this in photomode?
stop talking nonsence
clearly its a mistake :p he meant to say November 2nd. Unless it's been out since february 2nd 2010 xD
Its been released all this time – we just never spotted it on the shelves :P
There won't be FLOWING LAVA effect for sure!!! XD
But I'm expecting some nice boats and flocks of sea-gulls on the lake at Grand Valley Speedway :-)
@ Bernd:
Couldn't get away!
Can't guess, which song that is. But it's alright, as long as it's not Justin Bieber
It's a good old song..
Title: I Ran (So Far Away)
Artist: A Flock of Seagulls
Album: A Flock of Seagulls
Track: 01
Year: 1982
Ahh man
I wanted lava
great reporting
He also said "…of this year" which is obviously a mistake. …unless that interview was shot in January 2011.
"was shot in january 2011"??? u live in da future or what…u meant January 2010…rite? lol everyones makin mistakes
@ omnipotenceZERO – he was joking
That's right. That was just to point out that it was a mistake. Thanks, Corey.
The VR video isn't iPhone friendly.
Getting ready to head to MIS :)
Why did that Sony guy say the release date is February 2nd?
Thats exactly what i was thinking , and also i dont know if its me but there were a few intresting glitches in his words aswell since we have been told 1000 cars but yet he said 950.
Gamescon will hopefully finally give the EU date which according to everyone is looking like the 5th as it is a friday and new games tend to come out on a friday.
He said it comes out FEBUARY 2nd LOL…
..lol mistake right? RIGHT?!
DUH. He said Febuary 2nd THIS year. The next February is going to be in 2011.
snow obviously would only factor in on Rally tracks
snow would be lovely.
Imagine driving on daytona with snow…..
yea because it snows like that in florida.
yh and you will find that "lovely" as you call it
GT5 being a simulator, does it really make sense to have snow available at locations which never normally have snow?
yo can drive nascar car in non nascar track sooo …
nothing's preventing somebody from taking a Nascar and driving it on a non Nascar track in real life. If the car owners and track owners are cool with it it'd be fine.
it doesn't snow like that at Daytona, ever, because that is nature and nobody can change it.
two things are quite different.
There are these machines that can make snow. They use them all the time around LA, where it never snows. So, yes it is possible to have snow at Daytona… man made snow, but snow.
The feature could be turned on or off.. so why not have it on every track… deep forest in the snow.. could do some serious drifting in a suitably four wheel drive car.
If it snowed in the Sahara desert in 1979, it can snow anywhere !
sweeet bro
what snow ? omg I really can't find any words for this feature
Snow on Rally tracks would be awesome but on race tracks it would be a very bad idea
I think we understood anything wrong because i don't think that GT make snow on normal race tracks (that would be something like ridge racer XD )
In real life there is no snow race (that means in GT5 we will have not snow on race tracks
In real life there is snow in Rally races that means in GT5 we will have snow in Rally races ….XD
and maybe this is a old video because he said more then 900 cars (PD officially said +1000 cars) and he said febuary 2nd this year …
The title scared me a bit; I thought the rain snow and spectator mode were all faked. Last time I had that scare was about the Citroen GT canceled reading it as "GT Canceled". Good finds Jordan, and sorry for your loss.
GTPSP>> the rims move in sync with the rpm of the car…i just found that out after watching over 38 replays.
btw wats the need of having snow in a place where there has never been snow…or like have rain in…….nvm


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In Vitro Chemoresistance and Chemosensitivity Assays
In vitro chemoresistance and chemosensitivity assays have been developed to provide information about the characteristics of an individual patient's malignancy to predict potential responsiveness of their cancer to specific drugs. These assays are sometimes used by oncologists to select treatment regimens for an individual patient. Several assays have been developed that differ with respect to processing of biologic samples and detection methods. However, all involve similar principles and share protocol components including: (1) isolation of cells and establishment in an in vitro medium (sometimes in soft agar); (2) incubation of the cells with various drugs; (3) assessment of cell survival; and (4) interpretation of the result.
A variety of chemosensitivity and chemoresistance assays have been clinically evaluated in human trials. All assays use characteristics of cell physiology to distinguish between viable and nonviable cells to quantify cell kill following exposure to a drug of interest. With few exceptions, drug doses used in the assays are highly variable depending on tumor type and drug class, but all assays require drug exposures ranging from several-fold below physiologic relevance to several-fold above physiologic relevance. Although a variety of assays exist to examine chemosensitivity or chemoresistance, only a few are commercially available. Available assays are outlined as follows.
Methods Using Differential Staining/Dye Exclusion
Differential Staining Cytotoxicity Assay
The Differential Staining Cytotoxicity assay relies on dye exclusion of live cells after mechanical disaggregation of cells from surgical or biopsy specimens by centrifugation. Cells are then established in culture and treated with the drugs of interest at three dose levels: the middle (relevant) dose, which could be achieved in therapy; a 10-fold lower than the physiologically relevant dose; and a 10-fold higher dose. Exposure time ranges from 4-6 days; then, cells are restained with fast green dye and counterstained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). The fast green dye is taken up by dead cells, and hematoxylin and eosin differentiates tumor cells from normal cells. The intact cell membrane of a live cell precludes staining with the green dye. Drug sensitivity is measured by the ratio of the number of live cells in the treated samples to the number of live cells in the untreated controls.
EVA/PCD Assay
The EVA/PCD assay (Rational Therapeutics, Long Beach, CA) relies on ex vivo analysis of programmed cell death, as measured by differential staining of cells after apoptotic and nonapoptotic cell death markers in tumor samples exposed to chemotherapeutic agents. Tumor specimens obtained through biopsy or surgical resection are disaggregated using DNase and collagenase IV to yield tumor clusters of the desired size (50-100 cell spheroids). Because these cells are not proliferated, these microaggregates are believed to more closely approximate the human tumor microenvironment. These cellular aggregates are treated with the dilutions of the chemotherapeutic drugs of interest and incubated for 3 days. After drug exposure is completed, a mixture of nigrosin B & fast green dye with glutaraldehyde-fixed avian erythrocytes is added to the cellular suspensions. The samples are then agitated and cytospin-centrifuged and, after air drying, are counterstained with H&E. The end point of interest for this assay is cell death, as assessed by observing the number of cells differentially stained due to changes in cellular membrane integrity.
Fluorometric Microculture Cytotoxicity Assay
The fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay is another cell viability assay that relies on the measurement of fluorescence generated from cellular hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate to fluorescein in viable cells. Cells from tumor specimens are incubated with cytotoxic drugs; drug resistance is associated with higher levels of fluorescence.
Methods Using Incorporation of Radioactive Precursors by Macromolecues in Viable Cells
Tritiated Thymine
Tritiated thymine incorporation measures uptake of tritiated thymidine by DNA of viable cells. Using proteases and DNase to disaggregate the tissue, samples are seeded into single-cell suspension cultures on soft agar. They are then treated with the drug(s) of interest for four days. After three days, tritiated thymidine is added. After 24 hours of additional incubation, cells are lysed, and radioactivity is quantified and compared with a blank control consisting of cells that were treated with sodium azide. Only cells that are viable and proliferating will take up the radioactive thymidine. Therefore, there is an inverse relationship between update of radioactivity and sensitivity of the cells to the agent(s) of interest.
Extreme Drug Resistance Assay
The Extreme Drug Resistance assay (EDR; Exiqon Diagnostics, Tustin, CA; no longer commercially available) is methodologically similar to the thymidine incorporation assay, using metabolic incorporation of tritiated thymidine to measure cell viability; however, single cell suspensions are not required, so the assay is simpler to perform. Tritiated thymidine is added to the cultures of tumor cells, and uptake is quantified after various incubation times. Only live (resistant) cells will incorporate the compound. Therefore, the level of tritiated thymidine incorporation is directly related to chemoresistance. The interpretation of the results is unique in that resistance to the drugs is evaluated, as opposed to evaluation of responsiveness. Tumors are considered to be highly resistant when thymidine incorporation is at least one standard deviation above reference samples.
Methods That Quantify Cell Viability Using Colorimetric Assay
Histoculture Drug Resistance Assay
The Histoculture Drug Resistance Assay (HDRA; AntiCancer Inc., San Diego, CA) evaluates cell growth after chemotherapy treatment based on a colorimetric assay that relies on mitochondrial dehydrogenases in living cells. Drug sensitivity is evaluated by quantification of cell growth in the 3-dimensional collagen matrix. There is an inverse relationship between the drug sensitivity of the tumor and cell growth. Concentrations of drug and incubation times are not standardized and vary depending on drug combination and tumor type.
Methods Using Incorporation of Chemoluminescent Precursors by Macromolecules in Viable Cells
Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence Assay
The adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay relies on measurement of ATP to quantify the number of viable cells in a culture. Single cells or small aggregates are cultured, then exposed to drugs. Following incubation with drug, the cells are lysed and the cytoplasmic components are solubilized under conditions that will not allow enzymatic metabolism of ATP. Luciferin and firefly luciferase are added to the cell lysis product. This catalyzes the conversion of ATP to adenosine di- and monophospate, and light is emitted proportionally to metabolic activity. This is quantified with a luminometer. From the measurement of light, the number of cells can be calculated. A decrease in ATP indicates drug sensitivity, whereas no loss of ATP suggests that the tumor is resistant to the agent of interest.
ChemoFX Assay
The ChemoFX (Helomics Corp., previously called Precision Therapeutics, Pittsburgh, PA) assay also relies on quantifying ATP based on chemoluminescence. Cells must be grown in a monolayer rather than in a three-dimensional matrix.
Methods That Use Differential Optical Density
CorrectChemo Assay
Similar to the EVA/PCD assay, the CorrectChemo (previously called the Microculture Kinetic [MiCK]) assay; DiaTech Oncology, Franklin, TN) assay relies on measures of programmed cell death. In the assay, tumor cells are exposed to multiple concentrations of drugs and cultured. The optical density of the cells is measured over time, to create a density-by-time curve. A sudden increase in optical density is associated with cell apoptosis; the extent of drug-induced apoptosis is a measure of the cell's sensitivity to that agent. As of March 2016, DiaTech no longer offers the CorrectChemo assay commercially.
The rationale for chemosensitivity assays is strongest when there are a variety of therapeutic options and there are no clear selection criteria for any particular regimen in an individual patient.
Clinical laboratories may develop and validate tests in-house and market them as a laboratory service; laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) must meet the general regulatory standards of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Chemoresistance and chemosensitivity assays discussed in this policy are available under the auspices of CLIA. Laboratories that offer LDTs must be licensed by CLIA for high-complexity testing. To date, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has chosen not to require any regulatory review of this test.
POLICYIn vitro chemosensitivity assays, including, but not limited to, the Histoculture Drug Response Assay, a fluorescent cytoprint assay, the ChemoFx assay, or the CorrectChemo assay, are considered investigational.
In vitro chemoresistance assays, including, but not limited to, Extreme Drug Resistance Assays, are considered investigational.
POLICY EXCEPTIONSNone
The coverage guidelines outlined in the Medical Policy Manual should not be used in lieu of the Member's specific benefit plan language.
Investigative is defined as the use of any treatment procedure, facility, equipment, drug, device, or supply not yet recognized as a generally accepted standard of good medical practice for the treatment of the condition being treated and; therefore, is not considered medically necessary. For the definition of Investigative, "generally accepted standards of medical practice" means standards that are based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature generally recognized by the relevant medical community, and physician specialty society recommendations, and the views of medical practitioners practicing in relevant clinical areas and any other relevant factors. In order for equipment, devices, drugs or supplies [i.e, technologies], to be considered not investigative, the technology must have final approval from the appropriate governmental bodies, and scientific evidence must permit conclusions concerning the effect of the technology on health outcomes, and the technology must improve the net health outcome, and the technology must be as beneficial as any established alternative and the improvement must be attainable outside the testing/investigational setting.
POLICY HISTORY8/1998: Approved by Medical Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC)
12/18/2000: "and extreme drug resistance (EDR)" added to third paragraph under "description" section.
2/8/2002: Investigational definition added
5/1/2002: Type of Service and Place of Service deleted
9/2/2004: Code Reference section completed, non-covered table added
8/5/2005: Code Reference section reviewed, no changes
10/17/2006: Policy reviewed, no changes
1/4/2007: Policy reviewed, policy statement rewritten for clarity
2/19/2008: Policy reviewed, no changes
4/24/2009: Policy reviewed, no changes
04/27/2010: Policy title changed from "In Vitro Chemotherapeutic Drug Assays" to "In Vitro Chemoresistance and Chemosensitivity Assays" to reflect the scope of the policy. Policy description extensively re-written to add information on available tests and how they are performed. Policy statement unchanged. Deleted outdated references from the Sources section.
06/21/2011: Policy reviewed; no changes.
04/26/2012: Policy reviewed; no changes.
08/07/2013: Policy reviewed; no changes.
06/09/2014: Policy description updated regarding the following: methods using differential staining/dye exclusion; methods using incorporation of radioactive precursors by macromolecules in viable cells; methods to quantify cell viability by colorimetric assay; methods using incorporation of chemoluminescent precursors by macromolecules in viable cells; and methods using differential optical density. Policy statement unchanged.
07/30/2015: Code Reference section updated for ICD-10.
09/11/2015: Policy description updated regarding commercially available assays. Policy statement for in vitro chemosensitivity assays updated to add the ChemoFx assay and the CorrectChemo assay as investigational. Investigative definition updated in the Policy Guidelines section.
06/06/2016: Policy number A.2.03.01 added.
08/19/2016: Policy description updated to add section headings and information regarding laboratory-developed tests. Policy statements unchanged.
SOURCE(S)Blue Cross Blue Shield Association policy #2.03.01
CODE REFERENCEThis may not be a comprehensive list of procedure codes applicable to this policy.
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A Cardboard's Calamity
Short Story by: poppie
Status: Finished
Genre: Literary Fiction
Once upon a time there was a piece of cardboard.
It could do all sorts of cool things.
Like bend, flex, fold, lie flat, stand up, even make cardboard toys.
The kids loved playing with it!
They would draw on it, cut it out, make shapes, make airplanes on it.
But one day the cardboard found itself old, and wrinkled.
Too used up for the kids to keep playing with it, and it was sad.
Before it knew what was going on, it found itself stuck at the bottom of the rubbish bin.
It got sent out to the big wheelie bin where the garbage people came and picked it up.
The little piece of cardboard was thrown into the truck with all the other pieces of cardboard who were old, wrinkled, and quite grumpy.
The journey was bumpy, and windy, too long for such a tired piece of cardboard.
It went from light to dark, from wind to rain.
It was grabbed, and squished, and finally thrown on to a conveyor with the rest of the cardboard.
It quickly got sorted, and pushed around.
The poor little piece of cardboard could do very little in its weakened condition.
Soon it saw a massive crusher and realized O NO! This is the end!
There was so much I wanted to do!
I wanted to be a display stand or a manila folder for a legal firm.
But alas this is the end.
And before it knew it, it was crushed back into a new piece of cardboard.
Hmm, it thought that's not so bad.
Then it saw the slicer. And the crusher again.
O NO! the cardboard tried to run, it tried to fight with the other pieces of cardboard, but it had one corner caught.
It started to tear as it was trying to pull away.
It barely broke off, just a fragment got stuck.
I can make it!
But it was too late.
The crusher and ripper sucked in the rest of the cardboard.
And the cardboard closed its eyes.
Slowly it blinked and realised it was perfectly quiet.
Even a bit sunny.
Looking around the cardboard realised it was sitting next to a batch of fresh cardboard.
It looked down at itself.
Completely clean, smooth with a fresh coat of bleach!
Then bending over to examine the rest of itself, to see what was going on, it noticed a fine watermark on its back.
What is this? It asked.
A recycled logo!!
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The Importance of Stretching28 Jan 2013
By Liezl van der Westhuizen
This past weekend I took part in the Breede River Canoe Race. Now you may ask, what this has to do with running, but most canoe races require you to be running fit as you run whilst portaging your canoe at certain points.
I have been suffering with an injury from last year's Dusi Canoe marathon where I fell during a portage and sprained my ankle and also pulled/injured my sciatica nerve. I was then told how important it is to stretch before a run or canoe race. (however I am still very bad at stretching before and after a run or a paddle)
It is something that is often over looked and vitally important when running. I have been told that just by stretching for ten minutes before a run, you can prevent injuries and it allows your body to be more flexible.
Something that I am very bad at is stretching after a run, apparently its ideal to stretch within the first 15minutes of finishing a run, as your legs are more flexible but remember not to over stretch.
So I have asked around and compiled a list of stretches (feel free to comment below and add more or offer advice)
- Hamstrings Stretch
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The early childhood education of more than 200 children is up in the air following plans to bulldoze an Auckland kindergarten - so the land can be turned into a carpark.
Pt Chevalier Kindergarten has been told its lease at Pt Chevalier Primary School will come to an end next year as the land is needed for more carparking - a council requirement when eight new classrooms are built to cater for an increasing roll.
That news has angered the parents of 90 children who are currently enrolled there. There are also fears those children - and 160 other children who are on the waiting list - will end up missing out on early childhood education as a result.
"This land is for our children and not carparking," said Pt Chev mother Shona Grundy, who is heading a group which is trying to save the kindergarten. Ms Grundy said she will have to keep her 3-year-old daughter at home when the centre closes as all of the other nearby ECE centres have long waiting lists. She has also spoken to other parents who are considering giving up work to care for their children when the centre is bulldozed as there is nowhere else to send them.
Auckland Kindergarten Association General Manager Tanya Harvey said the kindy had not been able to find any other land to lease in Pt Chev and could not afford to buy as most sections were over $1 million.
Ms Harvey said the suddenness of the eviction suggested a "lack of recognition for the importance of early childhood education" and she is now pleading with the Ministry and Council to come up with an alternative solution to keep the centre - either onsite or at a new one.
"We will ask the Ministry to redouble its efforts to find an alternative local site for the kindergarten.
"And we will ask the Auckland City Council and Mayor Len Brown if they might find a 'creative solution' that would allow the school to meet parking regulations without having to build a carpark on the kindergarten site."
The school was not making comment yesterday and referred all queries to the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry's group manager property management Kim Shannon said the population growth in Pt Chevalier meant the school was experiencing more and more pressure on its current facilities as enrolments increased.
Ms Shannon said the ministry's local office and the school have been working with the Auckland Kindergarten Association to try to seek alternative arrangements for the kindy and its children.
Minister Anne Tolley stepped in last night saying it was "ridiculous to lose a kindy for a carpark" and has ordered the ministry to take another look at the problem.
"I've ordered the ministry to halt its plans and take a more considered look at all of the issues."
Peter Haynes, chairman of the Albert-Eden local board, last night called for Mayor Len Brown to also step in and help.
"I've asked the mayor to intervene to stop this before real damage is done. Closing the kindy is not how we make Auckland the world's most liveable city."
Mr Haynes said the board was dismayed to hear the ministry would sacrifice the kindy for some parking.
"That's madness. The ministry needs to find a suitable site for the kindy before it does anything else".
A spokesman for the mayor said he would "consider becoming involved if parents thought he could bring some value".


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This week, a Kaiser Permanente study found another unfortunate side effect for obese kids―an increased risk for gallstones. Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese were shown to be at least twice as likely to experience the potentially dangerous condition than those with a normal body mass index (BMI).
The news is the worst for girls; overweight-to-obese girls were found to be between six-to-eight times more likely to develop the condition.
According to the study's lead author, Corinna Koebnick, Ph.D, the news adds to "an alarming trend—youth who are obese or extremely obese are more likely to have diseases we normally think of as adult conditions."
Gallstones are a major health problem in the United States, with about 20 million adults affected. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the "stones" are small hard deposits, most often made of cholesterol, which obstruct the passage of bile into the intestine. This can cause severe infection or damage to the gallbladder, liver, or other organs. Severe cases, if left untreated, can result in death.
MedPageToday notes that the study is significant because gallstones in children have received little research attention, being a fairly new phenomenon.
Kaiser Permanente's study was based on the electronic health records of over 500,000 kids ranging in age from 10 to 19. It's part Kaiser's ongoing research and community programs aimed at identifying and treating childhood obesity.
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Jules White, Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University served as a guest editor of the February Special Issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE on the topic of augmented reality (AR). He explains the value of computer vision technology, ponders the role Google Glass will play and provides some counterexamples to the idea that AR is a solution in search of a problem.
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A German court released on Wednesday an art trove valued at $1 billion to an elderly recluse who had kept it stashed away for decades in his flat before its confiscation in a tax probe.
The decision followed an agreement by Cornelius Gurlitt, 81, to cooperate with German authorities to determine if some of the 1,280 art works had been stolen or extorted from their original owners, many of them Jewish, in the Nazi era.
Gurlitt's father took orders from Adolf Hitler to buy and sell so-called 'degenerate art' to fund Nazi activities. The collection includes masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Otto Dix and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
"We have come across new evidence in the course of the investigation … that leads us to re-evaluate the legal situation," said Augsburg state prosecutor Matthias Nickolai in a statement announcing the decision to release the art works.
Gurlitt's lawyer Tido Park applauded the decision to release the art work: "It's a good day for Cornelius Gurlitt," he said.
It remains unclear whether all the confiscated works will now be returned to him, his spokesman Stephan Holzinger told Reuters, adding that the Gurlitt team was working to find a storage solution due to concerns about theft.
German prosecutors seized the art trove in February 2012 as part of a tax investigation after Gurlitt aroused the suspicion of German customs officials who stopped him on a train from Switzerland carrying a large sum of cash.
Under the deal struck on Monday with the German authorities, Gurlitt agreed to allow a task force of art experts to continue researching works whose provenance remains in doubt. He may keep any works that have not been examined by them within one year.
The German government has come under fire - especially by families whose relatives were robbed by the Nazis - for keeping silent for almost two years about the trove of art works.
Gurlitt had filed a formal complaint at the Augsburg court in February, challenging the search warrant and seizure order prosecutors issued in 2011 on grounds of suspected tax evasion.
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Date of Stay: May, 2009
Great Family Park. Camped here during Memorial Day Weekend and it was very busy but Campground Staff were constantly around and friendly. We were looking for another local campground and we found it. We are actually going back this July. Sites can be difficult to back into but the staff will work with you to find your best option. Only advice I would give to owners is to water the roads every once in a while, it got very dusty at times. Will definitely go back again and again.
Date of Stay: August, 2008
Camped here for the last 5 years and enjoyed our stay. CG is around 40 minutes to Acadia NP, but was worth the commute, NOT ANYMORE!!! We had booked our site in April and asked for a specific site, they said it was booked and we moved on, but while there the site we requested was never full. When we arrived, pouring rain on Sunday afternoon, we were never told about a "Boil Water Order" that was in place. Went to use the restroom after waiting an hour for the rain to slow, noticed the order, went to the office which was closed (only open 8-5) and got the attention of the woman still in the office. After finally getting her to open the door, was greeted rudely with "I have been using it all week and my dog has been drinking it, everything is FINE!" We actually spoke to someone who had called earlier in the day to inquire about a site and they were never told about the notice as well. They checked in after 5pm and had a sheet of paper notifying them about the notice, but no verbal notice when calling that day. We decided we would still give it a chance until I decided to take a shower at the CG facilities and it wasn't terrible until the hot water ran out after approx 4 minutes of a shower. Had to finish in ice cold water. As stated earlier, we camped here the last five years and really enjoyed it but we will not be going back. Over this last off season it was bought out by a Corporation and is not worth the time.
Date of Stay: July, 2007
Wonderful campground with river front sites. Great for families. Grassy sites with ample room and our fireplace overlooked the river. Many of the sites have the White River flowing directly behind the site, and the campground allows tubing down the river. Would have given a 10, but the office only sold Ice and fire wood. Will definitely camp here again and would recommend to anybody looking for a quiet campground in a central location, that is great for families.
Date of Stay: May, 2005
Camped during Memorial Day Weekend. Roads were gravel and not very well taken care of, lots of ruts and holes. Campground is a MUDDY place after a rain storm. Kids allowed to run free around campground. Only visited Bathroom at Pavillion before leaving, it was in pretty rough shape. Plenty of activities for kids and families. People around Campground and Staff were friendly
Date of Stay: April, 2005
Camped during school April Vacation. Many things not available because they had not started their summer season yet. Staff was extremely friendly and the views from the campground were spectacular. Bathrooms had opened during our stay and seemed clean after the winter shut down. Only negative would be NO television reception, couldn't even get news. Would definitely camp here again. Would maybe think about going during summer season, rather then off season.
Date of Stay: May, 2004
Camped here for a weekend early in the season. Stopped by before they were open and the staff was very friendly. They gave us a map of available sites for that weekend and we got to drive around and choose our site. Would definitely stay here again. No longer a KOA, gave it up in good standing to try it on their own.


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I have recenlty been tasked with supporting the establishment of a new event that will include a cycle race and a 10k run. One of my tasks is to look into timing equipment for competitors, but my knowledge in this field is limited at best.
Would anyone be able to advise me on what different types of timing equipment there is, and where I would lokk to get this from. Can equipment be hired or would purchasing be the best idea?
We only have a small budget, so would be looking for the cheapest or most cost effective.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Seb, it probably depends on how small the budget is and hos important it is to you that everyone has an accurate start to finish time. I know my club bought a race clock a few years ago which it hires out from time to time, but some idea of whereabouts in the country you are might get some more location-specific ideas.
Basic timing equipment that will do for most races - stopwatches, pencil and paper! Get a copy of RaceMaster or some other results software or sort out a basic spreadsheet.
Once your event is established and numbers increase you can look at hiring in other services. No-one that I know of hires out "timing equipment" such as chip timing, only hiring out a complete service - the equipment is far too expensive to allow inexperienced people to handle and you have to know how it all works first. My advice would be to keep it as simple as possible to begin with!
I just released something this year that you may be interested in. You can see my website here: http://www.ageeracetiming.com/about/
Watch videos to see how the system works here: http://www.youtube.com/user/brianagee127
As most people know, chip timing companies take off the shelf equipment and they tripple the price and then make it so that their software only works with that equipment - and then they charge you hundreds of dollars a year in maintenance, support, or upgrade fees. Also, professional race timers are too expensive for the average race that can expect well under 1,000 participants. So, as a runner, occasional race director, and long-time software developer I decided to make chip timing affordable for everyone - meaning that race directors can time their own races and that people can start their own race timing business (therefore reducing the price directors have to pay because of increased competition).
The total cost for the average RFID system that people buy from me is around $2,300 and it includes a 4-port RFID reader (Motorola FX7400), a USB powered/operated backup RFID reader (Thinkify TR200), 5 antennas, and the software that controls it all and times your race(s).
Check it out and let me know if you have any questions. I developed this so that it's as easy to use as possible. You can buy all of the equipment from wherever you can find it at the lowest price - so you may spend much less than $2,300. Also a new 4-port reader is coming out next month that is supposed to have amazing performance and cost "$550ish" and I'm supposed to be on the first to get it so that I can offer it to the race timing market. This means that the cost for a 5 antenna system will be around $1,800. Pretty amazing when you consider that a near identical system (and theirs doesn't have a backup RFID reader!) cost $12,000.
Here is how it all hooks up.
The only thing I didn't mention above is the RFID tags. This is the only thing I sell personnaly because it's VERY difficult for my customers to buy tags in small quantities. So I buy them in large quantities so that my customers can buy them in any quantity for $0.20 each.
Oh, and those tags are re-usable, so after the race I have participants return them before they leave so that I'm not out any extra expense when I time future races.
You can see a larger photo of how everything hooks up by Agee Race Timing Equipment.
Like Brian, I'm also a running programmer that wrote some race timing software
Mine isn't as advanced (it's not designed for RFID chip timing) it is just intended for small simple races where you just want to collect the finishing times and see/print the results.
Nice concept Matt. I'll try it out. Can it run on a samsung galaxy tab with just an updated Chrome browser? Not practical to have a laptop on a rainy day.
I use the pen and pencil system now with a Seiko stop watch (S149) which prints out timings as I register them crossing the line. We have an additional person noting down the bibnumber of the runners crossing. As we tear off printed times we register the times with the numbers. Works fairly well for smaller races (upto 100 I would say). We still need to do the spreadsheet afterwards anyway.
If you're doing it the stopwatch, pencil and paper way, I would say this type of clipboard is vital in case of rain...
You can buy a Junsd JS-9006P stopwatch for about £28 from Amazon. These record up to 500 runners and the data is downloadable to PC via USB (Android download aps also available I believe but I've never tried them). This is the watch that many of the parkruns use for their timing, and my club uses them for all our time trials, XC races etc. Personally I'd always recommend using 2 of them at the finish just in case of errors, and I'd also recommend setting up a video camera that can see the runners numbers as they cross the line.


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Gold leaps to 7-day peak on BOJ action
On Wednesday, gold prices edged up to a more than one-week peak during Europe's trading session, after the BOJ announced new monetary policy measures and traders waited for the outcome of the Fed's gathering later in the session.
In New York, December delivery gold futures grew 0.31%, trading at $1,322.30 per troy ounce. Earlier it got to $1,326.0, the highest value since September 12.
The BOJ kept rates intact at -0.1% following its latest gathering and officially announced that it would modify its policy monetary framework, thus marking the latest attempt to power inflation.
Currently, attention shifts to the Fed's verdict. The US major financial institution isn't supposed to take action on interest rates at the conclusion of its two-day policy gathering on Wednesday.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen is going to hold a closely-watched press conference just 30 minutes after the publication of the Fed's statement, as traders look for any hints on a December rate hike.


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Montpelier Second Amendment supporters in Vermont will join forces for a national Guns Across America rally to be held at the state capitol in Montpelier, Saturday, Jan. 19, at noon.
Eric Reed, the event coordinator, plans for the event, and others like it nationwide, to be a peaceful demonstration against any and all future gun control legislation that would restrict gun rights.
Reed said responsible gun owners are law abiding citizens who want to protect themselves, their families, and property. "Restricting their constitutional right to bear arms will not stop gun violence; it will endanger their lives and property," he said in a news statement Jan. 16.
The Montpelier is being planned as a family friendly event and will display the faces of hundreds of law-abiding Vermonters who value the Constitution of the United States and the safeguards provided by the Second Amendment.
"We hope to inspire law abiding gun owners to get more involved on a local, state, and national level in protecting their second amendment rights," said Reed.
Petitions will be available for attendees to sign, which will be sent to U.S. Senators Sanders' and Leahy's offices.
According to Vermont-based Second Amendment advocate Anthony Commo, "Stricter gun control will not solve the greater problems of violence, and mental illness in our society today."
The event is gaining traction on social media outlets such as Facebook where thousands individuals nationwide have already signed up to attend through the "Guns Across America" main event page. Individual states, including Vermont, have also formed event pages to facilitate coordination of local efforts.
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75 acres in Osage County, Missouri
Approximately three quarter mile river frontage and large gravel bar on beautiful Gasconade river, with approx 75 acres that includes approx 53 acres of very high-quality bottom land, including 10 acres in CRP, with $4,000 annual cash rent, and an additional potential $2,000 annual rent for hunting rights. Drive to large gravel bar on river where you can camp,swim and fish. Land is in a private location, the gate is one-half mile off blacktop, reached by driving down a wooded hillside, (completely invisible from blacktop there is a house site on the hillside overlooking river bottom, also 2 large metal outbuildings on property that are in good condition. 65 miles from Columbia, 35 miles from Jeff City, 90 miles from St. Louis, all good highway. Excellent hunting and fishing, with good year-round access to property and river, The property is swarming with deer and turkeys, the river is beautiful and full of fish, and perfect for swimming and floating. It becomes blue-green if the rains stop long enough! It is rare to find property of this size with this much river frontage. This part of the river is about 35 miles upstream from where it enters the Missouri River, it is wide here but with very little boat traffic (it is Quiet!) the land is very picturesque and it the is essentially like a conservation or national forest area, since the bottom is occasional floodplain and no houses are built in this area next to the river. One mile to general store with groceries, hardware, feed, gas and post office 4 miles to Wenwood Winery.
near Mt. Sterling, Missouri (which does exist! but not listed on this site as a city in Missouri! too small, I guess), on Gasconade River, please contact owner for appointment to see property
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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban Richfield hotel in Bloomington - Mall of America, near Mall of America
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Located in Bloomington - Mall of America, this hotel is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Water Park of America and 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from Mall of America. Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium and Nickelodeon Universe are also within 2 mi (3 km).
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Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a spa tub and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a business center, concierge services, and laundry facilities.
All 56 rooms provide free WiFi, pillowtop beds, and LCD TVs. Guests will also find coffee makers, free newspapers, and free local calls.
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AmericInn Hotel & Suites Bloomington East-Airport features an indoor pool and a spa tub. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A business center is on site. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Event facilities measure 0 square feet (0 square meters). A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. This Richfield hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and concierge services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Indoor pool
- Spa tub
- Free airport transportation
- Free breakfast
- Free newspapers in lobby
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 56
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Long-term parking (surcharge), Free self parking
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- Premium TV channels
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
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- Free newspaper
- Partially open bathroom
- Daily housekeeping
- Shower/tub combination
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
- Golfing nearby
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- Accessible bathroom
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Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 5 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per day.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10 per night.
- Pets not allowed
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10 per night
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DNR to restrict debris burning in 11 northern counties
BEMIDJI - Dry and windy conditions have increased the fire danger for much of north-central and northwest Minnesota.
Starting Monday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will restrict debris burning in 11 northern counties. As snow continues to melt, what is left behind is a lot of dead grass and brush that can light easily and spread quickly, fire officials said.
Debris burning restrictions mean the state will not give out permits to burn brush or yard waste, according to a DNR release. Counties starting burning restrictions Monday are Beltrami, Carlton, northern Cass, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau and southern St. Louis.
Hubbard, Clearwater, Mahnomen and southern Cass counties implemented burning restrictions April 21.
The restrictions are not total burning bans. Recreational fires and campfires are still permitted, but residents need to take caution, officials said.
Weather and fire conditions can change quickly. The DNR's fire conditions information and map can be found online at www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire/firerating_restrictions.html.


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Listen to McGwire Confess Steroid Use
Sports fans are abuzz over former baseball superstar Mark McGwire's admission that he used performance-enhancing steroids today. You can now hear 22 minutes of the slugger's conversation with reporter Joe Strauss via the Associated Press:
Earlier today, we spoke with Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell for some perspective on the confession:
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MBA StaffThe Mortgage Bankers Association's Regulatory Compliance Conference takes place Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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