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The Pollinator
By Mi (Motion Imaging Ltd)
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
THE POLLINATOR by Mi (for The Co-operative)
IP Design and Graphics by Refinery
Download the free game and become The Pollinator.
That's the name of the hero sent back from the future to save honey bees... who are in danger of disappearing.
Have fun flying through fields, streets and gardens, saving bee after bee and beating your friends by building up a massive score. You'll also be using your skill to avoid the many dangers bees face, including angry wasps and microscopic mites.
Along the way you can pick up some helpful hints on how to help save bees for real, by tempting them and other pollinators back into your gardens.
The Pollinator…
One bee, sent back from the future to prevent other bees from total extinction. They'll bee back.
For further information on how you can help stop bees and other pollinators disappearing, please visit www.co-operative.coop/planbee
The Pollinator was Created By Mi (motion imaging Ltd) for The Co-operative, with Refinery, and Pixel Balloon.
- Free
- Category: Games
- Released: 27 April 2012
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 13.8 MB
- Language: English
- Developer: Motion Imaging ltd
- © Motion Imaging Ltd
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.


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Sept. 22, 2013
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery
• Tonight's announced crowd of 42,704 set a new Rentschler Field attendance record.
• Tonight's game marked Michigan's second-ever appearance against Connecticut. The first-ever encounter between the Wolverines and the Huskies came at the rededication of Michigan Stadium on Sept. 4, 2010, with the Maize and Blue earning a 30-10 victory in the season opener.
• The Wolverines improved to 7-0 all-time against current members of the American Athletic Conference.
• Tonight's game marked Michigan's first non-conference game on the East Coast since playing at Boston College on Sept. 16, 1995.
• The Wolverines improved to 10-2 in non-conference games under the guidance of head coach Brady Hoke. With the win, Michigan also improved to 2-1 in road openers under Hoke.
• Fifth-year senior running back Fitzgerald Toussaintcarried the ball 24 times for 120 yards -- the sixth 100-yard rushing game of his career and his first 100-yard rushing effort since vs. Ohio State on Nov. 26, 2011.
• Toussaint registered his sixth career multi-touchdown effort, upping his career rushing touchdowns to 20.
• Toussaint recorded a 35-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, marking a season-long run for the Youngstown, Ohio, native.
• Senior/junior quarterback Devin Gardnercompleted 11-of-23 passes for 97 yards and carried the ball 19 times for 64 yards and one touchdown.
• Senior wide receiver Jeremy Gallonpaced Michigan with four catches for 31 yards. Gallon has posted a reception 30 straight games.
• After going three-for-three on point-after attempts against Connecticut, fifth-year senior placekicker Brendan Gibbonshas now converted 117 straight PATs, which ranks second in program history behind J.D. Carlson (126 straight, 1988-91).
• Junior defensive end Frank Clarkregistered his first career multi-sack game, notching quarterback takedowns in the second and fourth quarters.
• In the fourth quarter, junior linebacker Desmond Morgan posted his first career interception and redshirt freshman defensive lineman Chris Wormleyregistered his first career sack.
• Morgan has tallied at least four tackles in 19 straight regular-season games.
• Senior cornerback Courtney Averymade his first start of the season and his 14th career start.
• Junior defensive back Raymon Taylor tallied his first career sack, sharing a quarterback takedown with senior defensive tackle Jibreel Blackin the third quarter. The sack also marked Black's first of the season.
• U-M limited Connecticut to 206 yards of total offense (159 passing, 47 rushing) and 12 first downs. Michigan's defense allowed Connecticut to convert on only 1-of-11 third-down attempts.
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A chuppah is a wedding canopy used in Jewish weddings. The bride, groom, and whoever is officiating (and sometimes both sets of parents) stand under the chuppah during the wedding ceremony.
Usually made of fabric or plants and flowers, a chuppah must be covered on top and open on all sides. Many couples choose to use a tallit (prayer shawl) to make their chuppah, but the chuppah can be made out of any material you wish. The chuppah is attached to four poles, which can be free-standing or held by four people. It is considered a great honor to hold a chuppah pole, so this job is often given to people very close to the couple getting married.
The chuppah symbolizes the new home that the bride and groom will soon be starting together. It is also said to be like the tent of Abraham and Sarah, who were always ready to receive visitors.
Pronounced: KHOOP-uh or khoo-PAH, Origin: Hebrew, canopy under which a Jewish wedding ceremony takes place.


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Readers may have noticed that the British Labour Party has gone kind of mad this week, and decided to make the question of whether Adolf Hitler was a Zionist a key issue in the local election campaign. I've written in the past on Crooked Timber about why I think it is that the general question of Israel and Palestine is so unfailingly nasty and full of toxic bullshit. But I think it's also worth looking at why this is specifically a problem for left wing politics in the UK. Below the fold, a loooong attempt at a structural explanation of a persistent phenomenon.
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I have a piece up on the New Yorker blog, on the same theme as Damien Hirst's 1991 shark-in-formaldehyde artwork[1], as applied to big banks and their remarkable inability to write contingency plans for what they would do if they needed to declare bankruptcy, despite being point blank ordered by the regulators to do so.
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When some things have holes in them, it's a sign of decay, like a beam with termites. But some things are meant to have holes, like Swiss cheese. I agree with John's view on "holes and gaps", but as always, I tend to assign agency to the political system more than to the financial sector. Nearly all of those holes were intended to be there, and it was intended that the financial system used them. The process whereby the behaviour involved is redefined from acceptable deviancy to unacceptable is very interesting, like the last chapters of a John le Carre novel by way of Foucault. A few thoughts below, ranging in geopolitical scope from "vast" to "cosmic", in a comment which grew into an alternative monetary history of the second half of the twentieth century.
I have a new piece up on The Long And Short, suggesting that the "Evidence Based Policy Making" movement ought to be really very worried about the reproducibility crisis in the psychological and social sciences. In summary, the issue is that most of the problems that the sciences are dealing with are highly likely to be there in policy areas too, meaning that the evidence base for education reform, development economics, welfare and many other policy areas is equally likely to be packed with fragile and non-replicable results. I do suggest a solution for this problem (or rather, I endorse Andrew Gelman's solution), but point out that it is likely to be expensive and time-consuming and to mean that evidence-based approaches are going to be a lot slower and deliver a lot less in the way of whizzy new policy ideas than people might have hoped.
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So, this morning I had a brief Twitter conversation with Simon Jack, the economics editor of the Today programme, about a metaphor he used to introduce an interview on the subject of the British Pound's sharp devaluation as the EU exit referendum was launched. The line which annoyed me at seven o'clock this morning was:
"I think of the exchange rate as something like a national share price, and ours has been falling"
See below for why, although I understand the point he was trying to make, I think this is not a good way to think of exchange rates…
Below, I review, in usual rather semi-detached style, the book by friend-of-the-blog Doug Henwood on Hillary Clinton's candidature for President. A capsule summary might be: he's against it. I've posted the cover image below because it's so fantastic.
A really interesting chart, via Tom Forth on that Twitter. It plots inequality in the UK against the income of the poorest 10%, as a time series.
This is a perfect application of interocular trauma econometrics – it hits you right between the eyes. It's all up-and-down or left-and-right. The sort of thing that generates the difficult cases for liberal political philosophy – increases in inequality which nevertheless benefited the worst-off, which would have showed up as a southwest-to-northeast upward slope – never happened.
After Chris and John's posts, a lot of which I agree with, I thought it made sense to look at the third member in the three-cornered disaster in Euroland …
When you look at this series, two things strike the eye. One, good God what a long and deep recession. And two, it was coming to an end. Even the worst policy mistakes don't last forever and a combination of time, human resilience and the Pigou Effect will usually prevail. Greece had two quarters of consecutive growth at the beginning of 2014. Unemployment also began to fall. They were issuing bonds on the open market and had some hopes of completing the second bailout program with a degree of success.
Then, Syriza happened.
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This is a post I've been planning to write for a while, with various other CT members alternately encouraging me to do so, and sternly reminding me that the consequences will be entirely on my own head ;-). It's based on a point I've been making over the last few years to all sorts of friends when they've been trying to bait me on the subject of LIBOR, forex and the various scandals of the financial profession.
The point is quite simple. Bankers have had their day under scrutiny. But so have Members of Parliament (expenses scandal). So have journalists (phone hacking). So has the Church (paedophilia cover-ups). So has the BBC (ditto). This isn't a specific issue about financial sector corruption. It's a general trend, one of gradual social re-assessment of whether the fiddles and skeletons of the past are going to be tolerated in the future. It's not that these sectors are especially dirty and the rest are especially clean – it's just that politics, finance, religion, journalism and broadcasting have, so far, had their day under the microscope. One day, it's going to point somewhere else. Particularly (because a lot of my friends are academics), one day it's going to point at the universities. How confident are we that when it does, that they'll be found pure?
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Almost as an illustration of the sort of thing John's looking at in terms of misplaced opportunity costs, I have a piece up at medium.com on forthcoming changes to the UK benefit cap system, and how they could have fairly serious consequences for housing benefit tenants. I probably don't emphasise it enough in the piece, but these knock on effects destroy the cost economics of the policy – once tenants are evicted because they can't pay the rent, they become emergency cases and have to be accomodated by the council in short-term accomodation, which is one of the most wasteful and expensive things you can do in housing policy. As I said in discussion of the piece, if you don't like subsidising these guys as buy-to-let landlords, you're unlikely to love them when they come back as bed-and-breakfast proprietors, at twice the price.
Hello once more! This episode of my travelogue takes in Tahiti/Moorea and Easter Island. I'm writing this from Chile, where the next episode might be quite dramatic …
Hullo again … delayed by a frankly inexcusable three weeks, this episode brings together some of the things I noticed and wrote notes on while in New Zealand. It's the longest one so far, and might have been a lot longer if I hadn't just despaired of ever doing it justice. I don't think I'm ever going to fall for a country as hard as I fell for Greece, but man, New Zealand is very nice. Next episode will cover Polynesia …
(PS: Attentive readers may note that the word "Maori" is consistently misspelt. This is because I don't know how to do the flat line accent over the a. Sorry)
I have an article in today's Weekend FT! The theme is on how to handle bonus season with a modicum of grace, and preferably while maximising the amount of money that one extracts from Global Finance Capital's wallet and into your own. To be honest, you lot are probably going to hate it; at least I can promise that it's protected by the FT paywall, so anyone who is offended or outraged by it can't say that they didn't read it on purpose.
In the light of current events in Greece, I have a lazyweb request for the political science bods among our readers. Is there a word for the following stylised set of facts:
a) A country has a proportional and multi-party electoral system, which often delivers coalition governments.
b) Because it anticipates a coalition, a party puts together an electoral platform designed as a basis for negotiation.
c) This package, as one would expect, includes genuine "red line" priorities. It also includes some less essential policies which might be expected to be negotiated away. It might even include some policies which are borderline undesirable – ideas which have been included intentionally to be bargained away.
d) Against its expectations, the party wins an absolute majority which is taken as a mandate for its entire platform
e) And thus it is saddled with a political imperative to implement a manifesto which is considerably more radical than it had ever really anticipated putting into practice.
If there is, I'm obviously most interested in the special case of
f) Where key parts of the platform involve negotiations with foreign parties, leaving the party subject to "landslide winner's curse" having to take a negotiating position in international issues which it had been expecting to have diluted in domestic coalition-formation.
I'm not saying this is definitely something that's happened in the case of Syriza. But if it's been studied and is in the literature, it feels to me like that part of the literature is worth digging up right now.
I have a post up at Medium.com, outlining some further thoughts about how Greece might go about negotiating. This post was rendered sightly obsolete by the FT headline this morning, but since the plan described corresponds pretty closely to "Program 1" in my article (spoiler: Program 1 is the bad one), I think it's still relevant. Because Medium restricts comments to 200 characters and requires login, I tend to only get reasonable, concise comments there from people who have thought about the issues. So I thought I'd throw it open here to get plenty of the other kind …
Only kidding. Comments are open on this thread, but I only really want to hear from Greek people. By "Greek people", I mean a) ethnic Greeks and b) people living in Greece. I have no means of establishing this, other than that regular Mr Angry type commenters whose names are known to me but who have never mentioned any Greek ancestry in the past are not going to get the benefit of the doubt. Everyone else – short questions relating to technical points or asking for clarification will be replied to, but otherwise please don't. I might make a partial exception for really substantive points made by Spanish, Portuguese or Irish people if there's a link between the Greek program and the outlook for their own country.


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Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Sydney Wednesday morning for a three-day state visit to Australia to promote economic and trade cooperation between China and Australia.
In a written statement issued upon his arrival at the airport, Hu said that China and Australia are both located in the Asia-Pacific region and that exchanges and friendship between the two peoples can trace back to ancient times.
"In recent years, bilateral relations have maintained a good momentum of development with ever expanding cooperation in all fields and increasingly frequent personnel exchanges," he said.
He said that a long-term and stable relationship of all-round cooperation between China and Australia conforms to the common aspirations and interests of the two peoples.
Hu said that his current visit is aimed to "enhance friendship,expand common ground, deepen cooperation and facilitate common prosperity."
"I look forward to an in-depth exchange of views with Australian leaders on the ways to further promote China-Australianrelations of all-round cooperation and on regional and international issues of common interest," Hu said.
The Chinese president said that he will also meet with Australian friends from all walks of life to know more about the achievements and success experiences of the country.
The Chinese president was met by Australian Governor-General Michael Jeffery, Prime Minister John Winston Howard, Chinese Ambassador Wu Tao and other officials.
Hu flew in from Bangkok, where he paid a state visit and attended the informal Economic Leaders' Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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The CIA sent him to Geneva in 2007; he had diplomatic cover and clearance giving him access to classified documents.
But he grew disillusioned there by the tactics he saw agency operatives use in trying to recruit a man to spy on Swiss banks, and he began thinking for the first time about exposing government secrets.
He temporized, however, fearing that his disclosures might endanger someone, and hoping that the election of Barack Obama might bring greater transparency to government.
But after taking a job for a private contractor, and being assigned to an NSA facility on a military base in Japan, he said he watched "as Obama advanced the very policies that I thought would be reined in," adding, "I got hardened."


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If you haven't heard of the band No Exit, it's probably because they haven't been No Exit for long. Originally, these four local boys called themselves Fuq Ninja. Whether it was because they were tired of feeling awkward whenever their collective Aunt Gladys asked them what the name of their band was, or if they just got sick of the "naughty" label, the band deemed Fuq Ninja a misnomer; hence, their current No Exit status.
No matter what you call them, though, No Exit continues to bring something new to the roundtable known as the Missoula music scene. Call it a roadhouse sound, if you want to call it something. But it's important to be specific about exactly what kind of roadhouse sound we're talking about here. It's not the Lynyrd Skynyrd style. More like the Doors, but not "Touch Me" Doors. Think "Riders on the Storm" Doors. This rainy-day blues would provide excellent ambience for the moment in that road trip you took where you wandered into a dirty, sweaty bar and threw back some whiskey from a dirty shot glass while an older woman with dyed dirty-blonde hair danced in a dirty way as the bartender (whose teeth color almost matched that of the whiskey) gave you a dirty look. If this has never happened to you, then think of it in vicarious terms: it's the kind of blues that might find a home in a Quentin Tarantino flick. Or, if there was someone rapping over it, No Exit's sound could be the backdrop to the morose rhymes of the Geto Boys—especially if the subject matter were to veer toward the subject of dwarf rapper Bushwick Bill getting his eye shot out by a girlfriend. Of course, with No Exit, there'd be a touch of humor involved—maybe it would work best for the film version of Bushwick Bill's life, which would naturally star Gary Coleman as the alcoholic, abusive dwarf from the ghetto who "had to lose an eye to see things clearly." The point is, No Exit mixes a haunting blues sound with an occasional dab of humor to wind up with the musical equivalent of a black comedy.
There is something about slide guitar that, when played well, is haunting, and No Exit slides well. Slide guitar is often associated with the lonesome prairie, a full moon, wolves, an impending duel—at least it should be, in Montana. Guitarists and vocalists David Daniels and Nathan St. Onge do a fine job of staying out of each other's way to bring the slide to the forefront when called for, although the rhythm guitar also takes over at times with its jangly, loose sound. Unlike the 1,001 blues bands where Member A plays loud all the time, even during member B's solo, No Exit has a great sense of dynamics. Simply put, it appears that they actually listen to each other. This is particularly important because No Exit's sound is somewhat naked. David Byrne of the Talking Heads called this type of guitar sound "thin," and I think it's an appropriate term. Indeed, this is the only way No Exit's sound could work, because so much of it is repetitive and melodic, like waves crashing in perfect synchronicity. Were they to beef up their sound with chunky-thick blues syrup like some sort of Las Vegas blues revue, all would be lost. Forrest Guy's wandering bass lines would be drowned out by raucous barre chords. The slide would be lost in the quagmire, as well. Instead, No Exit sticks close to as lo-fi a sound as possible.
No Exit's weak spot might be their singing, if they let it get the best of them. Fortunately, they don't. Following in a tradition that is more punk than blues, No Exit bellows with confidence even though none of the four Exiteers has a particularly wonderful singing voice. Reading this, you might think: "Oh God, they can't sing that well but they still do so loudly?" Obviously, this could be a turn-off, but No Exit's instrumentation is off-the-cuff, and so vocals that substitute charisma for technical merit only add to the band's charm. And there's something about this kind of sloppy blues that even encourages singing that's not pitch perfect. Look at G Love. Or John Lee Hooker, for that matter.
No Exit can and will also rock a little harder than their forlorn blues numbers indicate. The band picks up the pace with heavier, more rock-driven anthems, at which point the lyrics match-up nicely with the simple sound. "All I ever wanted is a place to shit," the band croons, offering up the kind of straightforwardness in rock music that will appeal to anyone who's ever been into plain-dealers like Henry David Thoreau, or, to return to our original analogy, Jim Morrison ("Backdoor Man" Jim Morrison, that is; the one who got too drunk to remember all the metaphysical poetry stuff). And as luck would have it, Missoula happens to be home to a dive bar that promulgates these roadhouse sounds in a fashion as warm and intoxicating as the shot of Cuervo that the music may lead you toward.


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Top returning pole vaulter... posted a 17'2" indoor vault in 2003... could qualify to NCAA Midwest Regional for second year.
2003: Posted a new personal record, finishing third in the Conference USA meet with a team best leap of 16' 6 3/4".
2002: Was C-USA Champion in pole vault after clearing 15' 11"... recorded top three finishes in five different events... given team best freshman award.
Personal: Born Dec. 30, 1982... was fourth in pole vault in Ohio State Meet... named All-American at USATF Junior Olympics as a senior... son of Donna Sorrells and Joel Smith... majoring in secondary education, social studies.


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AWOL is a band that upon initial listen may not seem instantly gratifying, but their music had souls filled to the brim and with patience one will find that it is a very rewarding experience, their down to earth sensibility so very humanely comforting to weary ears. The exceptionally clear lucid productions of this album is a well deserved treatment for a group of serious musicians whom exhibit professional attitude in their music. I've come to know the band leader Lenny Garcia from my old Boys' Town alma mater and he is an individual that displays the finesse of conviction and tenacity that are crucial in getting AWOL on the pathway through to produce such proficient piece of art. In 1993, they released their debut album "Midnight In June", which comes expectedly like I predicted.
For those who remember, the AWOL moniker was frequently mentioned ever since they contributed two songs for BigO's New School Rock II CD compilation, namely "Postcards" and "Claude's Dog". Their adult oriented rock (AOR) made them sound older and more matured than they actually were, and the whole seriousness of the sound scheme set themselves strata above many amateurs from the Singapore bandwagons, having got invited to play in many venues with many headlining moments. Formed in 1989, AWOL also known as "Artistes Without License", consisted of Lenny Garcia (lead vocals, guitars), Christopher Toh (lead guitar, vocals), Kevin Netto (bass), Fin (drums) and Colin Teo (keyboards). On "Midnight In June", Dominic Wan was roped in to perform guitars on "Someday". Musically the debut album rich in soul, is deeply steeped in earthly hue, a little mundane but nevertheless warm and catchy. They sound like they were influenced by U2, Crowded House and REM, but they were also closet Megadeth and Testament fans according to their bio. There are many strong numbers on the CD, with some of my favourites being the energetic "Tear Down These Walls", the moody yet uplifting "Midnight In June", two songs with very motivational U2 gist flowing through, "Still Building", a song inspired by the Hotel New World disaster (for those who never lived through the days, Singapore actually suffered a serious deadly building collapse back in 1986), the infectiously solemn reggae number "Russell The Cat", the two improved tracks originally from New School Rock II and the beautiful shimmering acoustic number "Someday", which sounds like Kansas on "Dust In The Wind".The band took themselves seriously and it showed on their masterwork, but unfortunately the nuances, conditions and mills of the Singapore society did not permit continued existence of this band and that's the last I've heard from them. So in all technicality, they were literally AWOL this time.


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Ted often protected Lou when I and other CNN executives were ready to fire him.
Afterward on CNN, Lou Dobbs marveled: "He sounded at points like a politician."
Bowie announced the upcoming performance by saying, 'And now, the king of New York, Lou Reed.'
Lou Dobbs went on Jones' show in 2008 to discuss the coming North American Union.
Lou Gehrig's disease hasn't been this hot since, well, Lou Gehrig.
He was powerful mad with me, but he seen that I meant like I said, so Lou can keep her doll.
And when she was sure they were every one gone, Emmy Lou cried.
"I bet he's been to see that girl who had him arrested," Lou suggested mischievously.
Lou was arrayed in her bath-robe, and had her cap and mask in her hand.
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Dr. James Jagger Earns SEC Team Physician of the Year Honor
May 2, 2014
For the second consecutive year, the University of Kentucky is home to the Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year. A year after Dr. Darren Johnson earned the prestigious honor, Dr. James Jagger joins the club.
Dr. Jagger is an assistant professor in the UK Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, while also serving as the UK chief of athletic medicine and head team physician for all UK sports. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Jagger is in his 14th year at Kentucky and has been a vital asset to the UK sports teams.
The Team Physician of the Year award is chosen by the athletic training staffs at SEC member institutions and is given annually to recognize a team physician who has contributed greatly to both his or her school's teams and to the SEC sports community. Jagger received the award this week at the annual SEC Sports Medicine Conference held in Opelika, Ala.
"It means a lot because they're the most important people we have," said Dr. Jagger about the league's athletic trainers. "They bridge the gap between us and the athletes and coaches and we can't do our job without the athletic trainers. To be recognized by the athletic trainers is really an honor."
After the award was created in 2003, Dr. Jagger's award this year makes back-to-back wins for UK physicians, following Dr. Johnson, chair of the UK Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, and head orthopaedic surgeon for UK Athletics.
"To have our physicians win back-to-back awards is extremely representative of the care that's being rendered to our student-athletes in all the sports, as both physicians tend to more sports than the high-profiled sports," said Jim Madaleno, who is the director of sports medicine and head athletic trainer at Kentucky. "Our student-athletes are getting excellent care and this award speaks for that."
Two UK athletes witnessed firsthand how lucky the university is to have Dr. Jagger on board. Caitlyn Ciokajlo, a former UK gymnast, and senior men's basketball guard Jon Hood, have both spent their fair share of time in Dr. Jagger's care.
Hood went through knee and head injuries during his time at UK, while Ciokajlo suffered from a broken neck that sidelined her for a season.
"Dr. Jagger has provided treatment and guidance over my long college career, assisting me in getting back to the playing surface as quickly as possible," Hood said. "He is an outstanding role model, physician and overall human being."
Ciokajlo and Hood had nothing but praise for Dr. Jagger as the two athletes endured setbacks that tested their spirits both physically and mentally.
"I'm grateful to have gotten to work with Dr. Jagger while recovering from my injury," Ciokajlo said. "His care and support were very appreciated during a time when I very much needed it and I'm honored to have gotten to work with such a compassionate doctor."
Madaleno described Dr. Jagger as being an extremely warm and cordial person that exudes an extremely professional atmosphere. He is more than just a doctor to the athletes, as students are encouraged to express any problems they might be having, on and off the court.
"Dr. Jagger presents a real warm atmosphere where he's very approachable should the athlete have any concerns," Madaleno said. "And they know that. He has the calming effect on each of them that everything's going to be OK. Let's work out a plan and figure out what's causing the problem."
Dr. Jagger has provided care and support to many athletes during his tenure and there will most certainly be more.
"This is coming into my 14th year here at Kentucky and I never in my wildest dreams thought I would win it at this point in my career or ever perhaps," Dr. Jagger said. "I've worked with just unbelievably great student-athletes over the last 14 years and they make my job easy too."


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Remember WebTV and their hokey advertising from the 90s? If you don't, check out the commercial below.
That guy is really excited to see the internet on his television. Unfortunately, real customers weren't quite as enthusiastic. Due to slow internet and lack of interesting features, WebTV never really took off.
Today, however, the idea of hooking your TV up to the internet lives on. In the past few years, many new devices have hit the market that can transform your TV into something much more powerful than a way to catch up with your favorite shows.
(It's 10'o'clock, do you know where your children are?)
For those of us who are smartphone owners, the word "apps" should be pretty familiar. But did you know that there are also apps for your TV?
Devices like the Roku and Google TV let you connect your TV to the internet and use popular apps like Facebook and Pandora on your flat screen. And new, so called "Smart TVs" even come with ability to browse the web built in.
Digital TV providers are in the app game, too. For example, if you're an AT&T U-verse subscriber you can now use Safely's Family Locator (sold as AT&T FamilyMap) from your TV. Simply tune in to channel 9930 or press the blue "Go Interactive" button on your remote control to access "My Services".
We thought it'd be pretty cool if you could find where your kids are right now without leaving your couch. And, now when the PSA asks you if you know where your children are, you can just change the channel and look!
Right now, TV apps are just starting to take off. As televisions become more advanced, it will be interesting to see how things evolve. Who knows, maybe in a few years we'll be able to control our thermostat with our TV remote, or kids will be able to interact directly with characters from their favorite cartoon.
What apps would you like to see on your TV? Do you already use some?


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Old Souvenir Wisconsin State Fair 1949 Souvenir Ashtray
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Upcoming events
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- The new Webmaster for the SC B1 is Gabriel de Robien from France. We wish him great success in this exciting challenge.
- The 2016 SC B1 Meeting will be held in Paris (France) on August 22 (afternoon) and August 23 (full day)
- The B1 Poster Session will be held during the next Cigre Session in Paris (France) on August 26
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Ice Cream Pint Tub
An organized ice cream carry -- perfect to store and move ice cream from point A to point B! Product description: Take frozen treats with you in this special tub, designed with freezer gel in the lid to prevent meltdowns. Simply freeze the screw-on lid for 2.5 hours, and a pint of ice cream or sorbet will stay frozen for up to two hours. Also great for trips to the grocery when you aren't going right home.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star Galway hotel in Galway City Centre, near South Park
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Located in Galway City Centre, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Galway Greyhound Stadium, St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, and Galway Cathedral. South Park and Galway City Museum are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, 24-hour room service, and a 24-hour front desk are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, express check-in and multilingual staff are onsite.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This Galway hotel also offers multilingual staff, 24-hour room service, and express check-in. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Travelodge Galway is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 59
- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Free WiFi
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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Free self parking
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- Air conditioning
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- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Television
- Free WiFi
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Room service (24 hours)
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English breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:30 AM and 10 AM.
Travelodge Galway has a restaurant serving breakfast and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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- Roll-in shower
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Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20 per pet, per stay
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
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- Deposit: EUR 250.00 per stay
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- Fee for English breakfast: EUR 9 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per stay
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Ravi Bopara's 168 overpowered West Indies A at Worcester yesterday, but it came too late to influence the selectors, who had announced the squad for the NatWest Series to face Bangladesh earlier in the day.
Instead his Lions colleagues Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott were both named in the 13 to take on the Tigers in three one-day internationals, starting at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
As if to prove a point, Bopara demonstrated that he is at the top of his game, hitting 23 fours and two sixes from 140 balls in a Lions total of 345 all out, to set up their third successive win in this triangular-tournament.
Bopara came to the crease with his team in trouble on 14 for three, with stand-in captain Andrew Gale, who had elected to bat, gone first ball and Trott following him for a single in the first over bowled by Gavin Tonge.
Warwickshire colleague Bell also managed just a single, before falling to Lionel Baker, bringing Bopara to the crease. He soon began to repair the damage sharing half-century stands with opener Steven Davies and then Darren Stevens before piling on 159 for the sixth wicket with Peter Trego (73), who was in equalling commanding form, scoring his runs from just 55 balls, with a six and ten fours.
Although there was a clatter of wickets at the death – five wickets falling in 23 balls to see the Lions all out with five balls unused – they had posted a target beyond their opponents.
Darren Bravo (62) and Kevin Stoute (64) raised expectations briefly, but the last six Windies wickets fell for 33 runs as Bopara (four for 43) and Somerset all-rounder Trego (five for 40) proved themselves with the ball too.
Bopara's display will not only keep the pressure on the batting slots of more defensive Trott and Bell, but also on Luke Wright, whose all-rounder position looks vulnerable.
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Guns, brilliance, sabotage, and zombies
Talking gun control during memorial
During a memorial service yesterday for the 12 victims of the Navy Yard shooting, President Obama called for America to undergo a "transformation" on gun rights.
I'm not really clear on what that means, actually.
I assume somebody is not letting the President be clear.
"I do not accept that we cannot find a common-sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic Second Amendment freedoms and the rights of law-abiding gun owners while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis," Obama said. "It may not happen tomorrow and it may not happen this week, it may not happen next month. But it will happen because it is the change that we need. And it's a change overwhelmingly supported by the majority of Americans."
The Navy Yard shooter was mentally disturbed and his co-workers, friends, and family knew it. Heck, the shooter knew it and tried to get help. Mental derangement is actually the common factor is all mass shootings.
As much as it might pain some folks to admit it, Ann Coulter has it right:
Tellingly, throughout the last three decades, the overall homicide rate has been in free fall, thanks to Republican crime policies, from 10 per 100,000 in 1980 to 4 per 100,00 today. (You might even call them "common sense" crime policies.) But the number of mass shootings has skyrocketed from 4 per year, between 1900 and 1970, to 29 per year since then.
Something seems to have gone horribly wrong right around 1970. What could it be? Was it the introduction of bell-bottoms?
That date happens to correlate precisely with when the country began throwing the mentally ill out of institutions in 1969. Your memory of there not being as many mass murders a few decades ago is correct. Your memory of there not being as many homeless people a few decades ago is also correct.
For some reason, institutionalization is never mentioned as part of a needed "transformation" in the wake of these mass shootings.
What do you think? Did the President needlessly politicize this memorial service by talking about gun control? Or was this the exact place he should be talking gun control?
Before you answer that...
Consider this: You disagree with the President because he's too brilliant.
According to House Minority Leader Nancy "Pass It To Know What's In It" Pelosi, Republicans don't like Obama because he's eloquent and nonpartisan.
"You know why it is," she said. "You know why it is. He's brilliant, … he thinks in a strategic way in how to get something done … and he's completely eloquent. That's a package that they don't like."…
Then she added a line that she has used before, that drives Republicans batty: "He has been … open, practically apolitical, certainly nonpartisan, in terms of welcoming every idea and solution. I think that's one of the reasons the Republicans want to take him down politically, because they know he is a nonpartisan president, and that's something very hard for them to cope with."
Speaking of involunary institutionalization, I think we've got a candidate.
Targeting Cruz
And maybe you missed this bombshell yesterday, in your Panthers-induced celebratory stupor, but FOX News' Chris Wallace made a startling revelation:
So, "top Republicans" provided Wallace with opposition research so he could hammer Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during the Sunday televised interview?
Nice party unity, you got there.
Another great example of how GOP "establishment" tell grassroots activists and Tea Partiers to support whatever republican candidate wins in the primaries, while undercutting those very people and their candidates.
On the other hand, Karl Rove's explanation is that Cruz made his own bed, by not seeking help from his GOP colleagues on the "Defund Obamacare" strategy.
But would that have done any good? And even if Republicans are mad that Cruz didn't consult them, does that justify efforts to sabotage Cruz on national TV?
And for fun...
Here's the "Honest Trailer" for the movie World War Z.


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Hi Peter, thanks for this post, I have EXACTLY the same problem.
In my case, one of the front pipes and the rear had come off the jets - I presume due to the recent icy cold snap. The front jet was easy to re-fit but I was scratching my head about the rear one!
I've found the 3 bolts but haven't managed to get the trim off yet for the others as seems difficult to prise off??
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Nov 14 2012
Hello NFLRUSH!
I am back with my Week 11 picks. My picks last week were okay. Some were correct, like Matchup of the Week, or Surprise of the Week, but others were off, like my upset pick or QB of the week. I am going to give you my Week 11 picks, and you tell me yours in the comments.
Upset of the Week: I have the Bills beating the Dolphins in a good game. The Bills are trying to get back into the playoff picture, and will help their case in this next game. I can't believe 64% of you have the Bills losing!
Rookie of the Week: I am picking an unheard of rookie this week in Chandler Jones, DE for the Patriots. He is going up against the Colts, and for some reason I think he is going to have a big game. He has had a good season so far, and will continue versus the Colts.
Matchup of the Week: My matchup of the week is the Panthers against the Buccaneers. This is a divisional battle, and both teams are going to give each other their best shot. Look for this to be a competitive game with a lot of scoring.
Quarterback of the Week: The best QB this week will be Joe Flacco. He is going up against the Steelers, and is hungry to prove critics wrong. Joe will come up big during prime time.
Bust of the Week: Reggie Wayne will be a bust this week. He is playing the Patriots, and even though their defense is not very good, he will not produce very much. The Patriots will silence the Colts this week.
Surprise of the Week: Chris Ivory will go off this week. The Saints will be running the ball late in the game with a big lead, and Ivory will get many touches. Look for some, large, explosive runs. Chris Ivory is going to blast off this week.
Lock of the Week: Your Houston Texans will win this week. Jacksonville isn't very good, and the Texans defense looked the best it has looked all year last night. The Texans will pound the Jaguars and have a 9-1 record when it is all said and done.
NFLRUSH Kid Reporter
November 16, 2012
21mars44la · rookie
Who Dat!!!
November 15, 2012
sito49 · draftee
billa all the way
November 15, 2012
coltsrockinminds · draftee
Colts will not be silenced this week we will score a lot bc of pats D and our d was upgraded this week w/ mathis back
November 15, 2012
camnewton6000 · draftee
colts and bills coltsW billsL
November 14, 2012
ryguy0612 · draftee
I don't know about the Bills winning. And how is that an upset, the Dolphins ain't that good.
November 14, 2012
jevongrant1234 · draftee
whats up
November 14, 2012
49erpat4163 · draftee
How will the Bills beat Miami
November 14, 2012
Rex22222 · draftee
drew brees, arian foster, roddy white, tony g, saints, and rg3
November 14, 2012
flatecal · practice squad
I agree with almost everything
November 14, 2012
jakecoltsman · rookie
upset of the Week should be Da Bears over the 9ers
November 14, 2012
jakecoltsman · rookie
Reggie Wayne as the bust of the week even though the Patriots have a horrible D? Really?!


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Unemployment rates rise slightly
East-central Illinois unemployment figures released (Thursday) are showing jobless rates rose last month. The numbers in Iroquois and Vermilion counties were up in July. But the figures are still well below where they were in July of last year.
Kankakee County unemployment was at 6.2% in July. That's down from 8.2% in 2014. The Illinois Department of Employment Security numbers show unemployment rose in Vermilion County from 6.5 percent of the workforce in June to 6.7 percent in July. The city of Danville's unemployment rate also rose, from 7.3 percent in June to 7.6 percent. But while the numbers are higher from the previous month, they are still down from where they were one year ago.
Vermilion County's July 2015 unemployment rate of 6.7 percent is down from 8.8 percent in July of last year.
In Iroquois County, the unemployment rate rose slightly last month from 4.7 to 4.9 percent. All counties in the WGFA-listening area saw the jobless rates rise last month but they were still below where they stood one year ago.
The numbers from the report show Champaign County's unemployment rate rose slightly from 4.9 percent in June to 5 percent last month.


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Encourages hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills; supports two stages of developmental play; suitable for shopping carts. Features: Parrot Rattle with Bounce-back effect; Textured tail and feathers; Fun sliding beads with textured crinkly flowers; Individual velcro attachment straps for detaching and rearranging; Monkey with pull handle teether, rattle, sliding rings, squeaker crinkly textures. Ages: 6 months + Developmental Values: Stimulates the senses. When baby explores and plays with the toys, he is developing his sense of sight, touch and hearing ? and perfecting the coordination between them. Helps develop fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. Each of the toys offers baby opportunities to use her fingers and arm muscles in a variety of ways. Contributes to cognitive development. When baby plays with the toys, he learns about the relationship between his actions and their results, such as a sound or movement.
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Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children is an early childhood education activity guide that builds on children's sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Through a wide range of activities and experiences, it provides a foundation for developing positive impressions about nature while also building lifelong social and cognitive skills.
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"The last enemy to be destroyed is death." -1 Corinthians 15:26 We first met Lacey in a pet store in Raleigh, North Carolina. My wife and I had been married about eight months and had decided to take the next step in married-adult responsibility: getting a pet. We quarreled over how big our dog should be. I wanted a larger dog, like a Labrador. She wanted a lap dog, like a poodle. Lacey was a Shetland Sheep dog. She was eight weeks old, black and white with tan on her legs, and she was perfect. … [Read more...]
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I Don't Want to Lose My Landline
I grew up before the invention of the cell phone. Indeed, I still vividly remember the day my father brought home a "cordless" phone. It was like magic! A walkie-talkie with no boundaries! We walked around the house with it talking to friends going, "Can you hear me now? There's no cord, I swear! Can you still hear me?! I'm at least twenty feet from the wall!" This really did happen, and it wasn't that long ago.But now, because of cell phones and competition and telemarketers, it seems that t … [Read more...]
Actually, People Say Really Nice Things About Miss America on Twitter!
I don't watch the Miss America pageant. There are two good reasons for this. First, I don't watch much television, and second, I think it's the weirdest thing. I know folks complain that the pageant tends to objectify women more than empower them, but I could easily be convinced that this isn't the case. Instead, the pageant reminds me of my old high school prom. All of these beautiful women are there in their beautiful gowns, but no one has a date. (I've always thought it'd be awesome to show … [Read more...]
"Most Dudes Are Weird and I Pity Them": Dating Advice for Actual Christian Guys
I noticed today that Paul Maxwell over at The Gospel Coalition broached the subject of dating, asking the question, "What Does 'Intentional' Mean in Dating?" I must confess that I am at a loss as to why such a question is necessary because 'unintentional' dating is not something I am familiar with. I have never in my life encountered a couple who, after having dinner together, found out that they had accidentally and unintentionally been on a date with one another. But perhaps I am sadly behind … [Read more...]
ELSEWHERE: The Theology of Beard Length
So, you thought the East-West church divide was over whether or not the bread used in Mass should be leavened? Or perhaps because of the filioque clause? Oh no, those were only part of it. They also split, dear readers, over the length of the priestly beard. I am giving to you, as was given to me, this gift of the theological history of the beard. You should read it. And if you are a man, know that a line has been drawn. Are you on the manly beard side, or the peach fuzz girly face side? The d … [Read more...]
When Is Football Too Dangerous?
Brain damage. It is beyond dispute that playing in the NFL is causing brain injury to many of the men who play it. Owen Strachan asks how we should think about football in light of these new findings about long-term injury in football. You should check it out. … [Read more...]
ELSEWHERE: Against Pornography… in Scandinavia?
I endorse this message to the hotel industry 100%. And to anyone else, for that matter. Hopefully, this is a step in the right direction to stop the de-humanizing effects of pornography. … [Read more...]
Nicolas Cage Misses the Rapture because He Doesn't Get Left Behind
Not too far in the distant past, I saw a little internet buzz that Nicolas Cage was cast to play the lead in a cinematic reboot of Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins' "Left Behind" book series. If you are unfamiliar with that series, they are action adventure books that follow the outline of a dispensationalist, pre-millienial, pre-tribulation rapture understanding of Revelation. (If you just said "Whaaaat?" check out this wikipedia page under "eschatology"). But I dismissed the buzz rather quickly as … [Read more...]
How Spotify and other Streaming Services Create Legal Artist Sweatshops
Online streaming and downloading services have changed my life. Unfortunately, they've also saddled me with a great deal of guilt. The foremost example of my emotionally distressed relationship with Internet technology is Spotify. Before discovering Spotify several years ago, I was stuck in what you might call a "musical quagmire." I didn't like what I heard on the radio, and because I went through a years-long phase of listening to only "Christian" music following my conversion, I lost track of … [Read more...]
Arguing Against Homosexuality Based On Its "Yuck Factor" is Gross
I love Thabiti Anyabwile. But I think he's really, really wrong in his article "The Importance of Your Gag Reflex When Discussing Homosexuality and 'Gay Marriage'." You should go and read Anyabwile's arguments, but if you have a bad case of the lazy, I'll sum it up: his claim is that an effective way to combat the current toleration of homosexual sex is to describe it, and that will work because people naturally think that it's gross. Anyabwile recalls an incident where gay marriage was … [Read more...]


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Finance students eye future with uncertainty
By Melanie Lee
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - These may be uncertain times for banking and finance workers, but spare a thought for thousands of wannabe whiz kids still looking for a start in industry.
Andrea Ross, director of recruitment firm Robert Walters, Singapore, said she expects to see far fewer jobs for fresh graduates as banks and investment houses cut back on recruiting and training in the wake of the global financial crisis.
She said prospective employees would have to scale back their expectations and perhaps seek less glamorous openings with less prestigious firms.
"They shouldn't be so brand conscious," Ross told Reuters, but said the prognosis wasn't all bad.
"Fresh graduates shouldn't feel all doom and gloom, they should keep an open mind and feel positive.
University students studying finance in Singapore, a regional financial center, were not upbeat.
"It's a bottomless pit," said P. Ong, a third-year finance student at Singapore Management University, on the current global financial crisis.
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Thank you all for your responses... I had to sleep on it, get away from my computer, and not even look in a mirror. Haven't left the house today either.
But I haven't cut my hair off or run to the store (mainly because I look like a crazy person), I haven't made a hair appointment (cause I can't afford it), and I haven't renounced being natural.
I still don't know what it is that I'm doing (why I'm natural, why I'm a slave to this crap), but I'm not going to do anything major to my hair before figuring it out.


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After 21 years of successful operations Kea Campers has been merged into the Maui Motorhome fleet, a sister company under the THL umbrella organisation. Both brands share the same values, dedication to delivery of excellence in service and a range of vehicles to meet the needs of even the most discerning of travellers. If you are one of the many thousands of loyal KEA Campers past clients you will find Maui more than equal to delivering the same levels of service.
A little about KEA's past. Founded in 1995 KEA Campers Australia quickly established itself as one of the leaders in the motorhome and campervan rental industry and operated over 1200 rental vehicles in Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa.
KEA operated a modern and well equipped campervan fleet custom made to their own design with the very latest in Australian and International innovation. Taking ideas from feedback of past customers and working with their highly skilled design team, KEA produced motorhomes and campervans specifically designed for the unique Australian environment.
The excess insurance reduction options are highly recommended for peace of mind in the event of an accident. These vary, starting from $28 per day, full details are available during the selection and booking process.
A Bond is required on any vehicle hired at pick up. If paid by Credit Card this will be debited and reimbursed on return of the vehicle. The Bond reflects (and is reduced by) the insurance excess option taken. If no excess option is taken a bond of $7500 is required. Bonds are deposited directly with the vehicle supplier.
Bonds are payable directly to KEA Campers who accept cash, AU$ traveller's cheques (both forms require renter's passport to be presented) and credit cards. Cheques are not accepted.
IMPORTANT - KEA advise that the renter is fully liable for any damage to the KEA Campers vehicle or third party property if:
1. The terms of the rental contract are breached. 2. Damage to the vehicle is caused by careless, wilful or reckless driving. 3. Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 4. Driving on restricted roads. 5. Water submersion or salt water damage caused through own fault. In case of any damage to the KEA Campers vehicle or third party property a second bond will be collected to cover the excess for any subsequent damage.
KEA vehicles are well equipped with the essentials. There are some variations depending upon the features of the rental vehicle. In essence you can expect the following:
Sleeping: Linen & Bedding, Duvets or sleeping bags can be requested, Bath room Towels
Kitchen: Plates & Bowls, Cups & glasses, Cutlery, Bottle/Can opener, cooking utensils, pans & Frying pan, Kettle and tea towels
Living: Dustpan & brush, Bucket & plastic containers, clothes line and pegs, fire extinguisher, matches, vehicle guides and road maps.
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Ashley Tisdale Talks Pinterest Obsession in Boohoo StyleFix Spring 2014
She's known for her keen sense of fashion and style advice, and now Ashley Tisdale reveals where she gets the inside scoop on the latest trends in the Spring 2014 issue of Boohoo StyleFix magazine.
While rocking a few poses for the Vijat Monhindra-shot spread, the "High School Musical" dame dished about her love for fashion and admitted that Pinterest is her go-to site.
Check out GossipCenter's recap of Miss Tisdale's Q&A session below. For more, be sure to pay a visit to Boohoo StyleFix!
On her style icons:
"My past style icons would have to be, I mean I love Audrey Hepburn, she's so classic and just beautiful. Present, I love Nicole Richie just because she has this one style that is definitely hers and she completely owns it. She just always looks so good and whenever she like goes to the grocery store, I don't know how she does it! She always has her hair looking good and her whole outfit and stuff but yeah, I like her style for sure and I love her clothing line, I'm a big fan of hers."
On her Pinterest obsession:
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I am working on a house that has a 4" well, there are 3 wires coming out, 1 red, 1 black and 1 yellow, could someone tell me how to wire it to a pressure switch, I am not sure if it is 120 or 240 volts, thanks !!!!
it needs 220V wiring. The extra wire is to handle the start up load. None of these are wired to the pressure switch. You need a starting controller first. Franklin makes a good one.
while it most likely is, there is a possibility it could be a 120 volt pump and until the OP determines which it is, it would not be good to power it with the wrong voltage.
american: how did you end up with a pump in a well and no control box and no idea the voltage of the pump?
I never saw a well pump on 110V that used a starting current motor... did you? Most are done this way. A smaller unit if on 110V would also not likely need the starting current wiring.
Three wires may mean a 3 wire pump that requires a control box. The control box has to be the right size for the hp of the pump. I'm not sure, I'm having on of those mental thingies... are there 120v 3 wire pumps?
Or, three wires may mean that someone may have bought three wires for a 2 wire pump and the red was used for ground, although it should have been green.
yes there are 120 volt cap start cap run motors. Here is a page with some Myers submersible CSCR motors:
and yes, the box can vary according to the HP rating. The caps, especially, need to be properly sized.
OP definately needs more info before he hooks this thing up.
I would start with finding out how deep the well is and how deep the pump is set. Shallower pumps, to a certain depth, can be pulled by hand without too much difficulty. A really deep pump is a different story.
Either one can take a finger off if done incorrectly.
Do you know the make and model of the pump?
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I have BT3 on a USB key. It has loaded fine on my Gateway Tablet in the past.
When I try to load it from my EEEpc 2G Surf, it takes 45 minutes to just make it to the root login. I have reformated my USB key (FAT32) and moved a fresh copy of the boot and bt3 folders over, but it still takes forever to load.
Also, before I reformatted my USB key, it took 20 minutes to load to the screen where you choose KDE, Compiz, etc. After formatting, this screen loads instantly.
Has anyone else had issues like this with thier EEEpc 2G surf and USB key loading very slow? Thanks for any responces.
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More evidence of cost-cutting is found in the list of supported audio formats. The BDP3000 can decode 7.1-channel Dolby TrueHD soundtracks and output them as PCM from the HDMI output, but it can't do the same with DTS HD Master Audio. But all is not lost because you can still transfer the raw DTS HD MA bitstream to your receiver.
If you're upgrading to Blu-ray from a DVD player, don't sling out your standard-def collection just yet - the BDP3000 upscales DVDs to 720p, 1080i or 1080p, which theoretically makes movies look sharper on an HD TV.
While the BDP3000 might not boast the same meticulous picture adjustments as the Pioneer BDP-LX52, there is a range of presets (Vivid, Cool, Action and Animation) plus an enhanced black level setting.
We were enamoured by the BDP7300's user interface and we're glad to see that Philips has used the same design on this cheaper model. Power it up and you're greeted by the Home menu; a bright, colourful screen that makes things nice and simple by limiting your options to 'Play Disc' or 'Settings'.
Hit Settings and the subsequent menu is superb - large text fills the screen, eye-catching icons signpost the options and the cursor zips around quickly. And when playing back a disc, large white playback icons pop up then fade away, which is a nice touch.
Controlling the Philips with the supplied remote couldn't be easier thanks to its carefully arranged buttons. The controls are instinctive, particularly the menu and playback controls which are helpfully grouped next to each other.
As per usual we loaded up our trusty Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray disc to test the deck's loading speed and we were pleased to see it clock in at 33 seconds, pretty much the same as the BDP7300.
Next in the tray was the Silicon Optix HQV disc, and the BDP3000 isn't phased by any of its tricky torture tests. The Video Resolution Loss pattern has absolutely no strobing to speak of and the bar rotates smoothly.
Next up are the Jaggies tests and the deck's performance is stunning - the rotating bars boast edges so sharp you could almost cut your finger on them, and they spin with effortless fluidity. Finally the Film Resolution stadium shot is ably handled, some moiré noise in the upper tier of seats being the only weakness.
I'm quite sure I must be asking a stupid question here, but some googling hasn't helped much so here goes.
Clearly DVD and Blu-Ray picture information is digitally encoded on the respective disk. My understanding is that HDMI is a digital cable/protocol so my assumption has been that the unmolested data stream is taken from the disk and handed to the display for rendering.
When you run tests like those described in this excellent review, and discuss picture quality, are you referring to the analogue outputs because if you are using HDMI I am struggling to see how the player could affect picture quality any more than the build quality of my computer's DVD drive affects the data that is read off the disks inserted.
I seem to remember from the early days of CD there are timing issues to be concerned about, jitter and so forth, but fundamentally no-one worries that a PC DVD or Blu-Ray drive would read bad data because of this so it is hard to see how it affects Blu-Ray/HDMI?
It's obvious I must be missing something as in my world there would be no picture quality difference between the cheapest supermarket special and the best Pioneer player but, analogue output aside, I just can't see it.
Appreciate any clarification (or links).
Unlike CD audio, DVDs and Blu-Ray are compressed formats. The HDMI signal itself is de-compressed so it is the job of the player to process the compressed data stream and convert it to a de-compressed stream. How well it does this will have significant impact on the picture and audio quality.
Iain, thank you for taking the time to reply.
Having done a little reading around, DVD are compressed using MPEG2 and Blu-Ray with MPEG2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 algorithms. In each case there is a great deal of discretion on how to compress a full HD picture using parameters to these functions, but as far as I can see there is no discretion on decompression. It is a mathematically precise operation that the player either can do or it can't, with no effect on picture quality. It seems analogous to unzipping a zip file on a PC. Either you can or you can't, a better PC will not unzip better data.
I'm still hoping someone will point out the error in my view. Has Trusted Reviews done any reviewer blind comparative tests of blu-ray players over HDMI to confirm these differences?
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@Crash Biker...
My understanding is that the various players actually perform the decompression AND the rendering of each frame into their own video buffer.
The contents of the video buffer are then transferred to the display via HDMI/Component/DVI/VGA etc.
Different players have different characteristics in how well they perform the rendering, resulting in variations in 'qualities' such as fluidity of motion, smoothness of diagonals, handling/introduction/suppression of interference patterns (e.g. moire), and other details such as how well they render colour, contrast, etc.
A DVD/BlueRay player is not just a box that extracts/decompresses digital streams and squirts them to the display & sound system - it's more akin to a simple PC in that it introduces processing, RAM and a video card (well usually just a chip).
I'm sure others will add their own definitions and explanations, but hope this helps to being to explain why output quality really can vary so much.
Thank you also for taking the time to reply. I'm concerned I'm going to look ungrateful and argumentative if I'm not careful so I'll intend this to be my last comment on the matter.
I accept that what you are saying is consistent with all the review comments, but what do you mean by "how they perform the rendering"? Taking your description at face value, and using the little knowledge I have of video equipment, the frame buffer is a digital page in memory. When the data is decompressed from the disc and the resulting picture says to set shade 001 of red in the top left pixel then that memory location is assigned that value. There is no variation possible. Now - you also mention Component and that is an analogue output and I fully understand that on some players Red 001 will be converted to 0.92 volts and on some 0.93 volts, and in a contrast change going from white to black then good players will drop from (making this up) 1.0volt to 0.0volts in 1 pixel whereas cheaper analogue to digital converters will slide through 0.5volts and blur the edge a fraction. When the frame buffer has to be scaled from 1920x1080 to 720x480 perhaps some do linear resampling and some do bicubic resampling and get a better shrink. I understand that the display has to do frame rate conversion and field interpolation and so on and the quality of the phosphor/plasma chamber/lcd pixel affects the contrast and colour shades.
But for a Blu-Ray player reading a blu-ray disk, decompressing the MPEGG4 to a digital data stream and passing that stream onto the display via HDMI I can see no ability to influence the picture quality at all. I accept there may be build quality differences, aesthetic qualities, extra features, load speed issues etc between an expensive player and a cheap one, but as long as it is connected to a full res display over HDMI and an equivalent amplifier with a digital data stream I cannot see how you would get a better quality picture from one over the other. Could we have a case of "The Emperor's New Clothes?"
Ah well, statistically speaking no doubt it's a racing certainty that I'm the confused one here so I will try and flaunt my ignorance no further.
Appreciate the effort.
Kind regards
@Crash Biker... I actually think your comments flag an opportunity here for a really interesting 'Trusted Reviews Special Article' - it's not at all obvious why playback variations should exist in a purely digital system - yet they do.
The difference between players is quite marked (even with DVD players - let alone decks that can handle the growing number of HD media types).
In the short term - something you can do by yourself is head to a decent A/V shop and ask to see two BlueRay decks from each end of the performance spectrum connected to the *same* 1080P display - so you can perform your own 'like for like' comparison on the *same* pieces of footage (be prepared to run slow-mo and freeze-frame tests to really see the differences up close - look particularly at finely detailed textures, diagonal edges on sharply contrasting areas of the image and fast moving objects).
You may be surprised at the differences - despite both decks being fed the exact same digital stream.
A lot of the variation is of course down to 'processing' of the raw data by the deck... most decks don't just output the flat/pure pixel data - instead they perform additional enhancement / filtering / dynamic-range adjustment / etc, etc - whether you want it or not!
The whole process of compression / decompression can result in 'artefacts' - which are basically areas of an image where the bit-rate of the (lossy) compressed stream is too low to represent the image details very well (ever seen a JPEG image that was compressed a little too much? It's the same principle at work here). Many decks use clever techniques to try to compensate for these difficiencies in the stream - with varying degrees of success (as do the majority of decent LCD / Plasma panels).
Whether or not you like the result of this additional processing from the deck or the display is very much down to personal preference (my wife really reacts quite badly to the 100Hz / 200Hz modes - finding them unnatural and uncomfortable to watch - yet other people love the extra fluidity).
The A/V market is full of manufacturers who want to differentiate their products from their competition - this is probably the most important piece of the jigsaw when it comes to understanding the variability of performance in the land of digital entertainment.
Hope you're still awake after all that!
All the best,
@Crash Biker:
"In each case there is a great deal of discretion on how to compress a full HD picture using parameters to these functions, but as far as I can see there is no discretion on decompression."
As far as I understand, there is 'discretion' on decompression. It's the same as JPEG decompression: the skill of programmers still make a difference between decompression speed and image quality. Basically with (lossy) compression and decompression you get a set of rules to comply with. It's how you interpret and use the rules that makes the difference. This is more apparent with lossy than lossless compression.
Also, after decompression, players will post-process the image to remove e.g. compression artefacts. Again, here you get an added image difference between various players. This happens as well on your computer (GPU + videocodec + video playback software), and there are differences there as well. E.g. nVidia and ATi both have their own "video enhancing software" (PureVideo, Avivo Video).
On the hardware side there are issues like electromagnetic interference and quality of fault tolerance that still influence the integrity of the digital datasignal. Manufacturers all have various ways to handle these, again resulting in differences.
It's only at the DVI/HDMI output that the digital signal is "final".
These differences are all tiny, but they all add up to a somewhat bigger difference between various players. It's true that most people won't see it, especially since they don't compare multiple sets side by side.
With respect, Fireshade, I agree that coding skill applies to decompression speed but having researched this, as far as I can tell it does not apply to quality. Not even with jpeg. If an image has been compressed to jpeg standards (and I agree you can make all sorts of choices at the point of compression) with decompression every jpeg decompressor will extract exactly the same image.
If post-processing is then taking place to modify the image before handing on to the display then I can understand there being a difference, I'd appreciate it if anyone has any pointers to manufacturer claims or technical algorithms for my education.
As to electromagnetic intereference and digital integrity, I would point out that the text from this website manages to cross the internet, through your ISP down your ADSL line and get onto your screen without introducing different random corruption every time the page is loaded, so moving bits three feet from a DVD/Blu-ray to a display is a walk in the park by comparison. Digital error management and correction is a well understood process.
I think you are right about PureVideo doing more than just moving bits but PureVideo on a PC is part of the display function, and I have agreed that different displays will process digital picture info each their own way.
My worry is that this "sort of" understanding is common. I believe we all have this expectation that it should matter from the analogue days more than it does in the fully digital domain.
You and Bailey's_Coffee have my thanks for pointing out that digitial domain "picture enhancement" functions may be responsible for the differences and all being well I will try and take Bailey's advise to go and look for myself when possible.
Thanks again
@Crash Biker...
I know exactly where you're coming from - the word 'digital' implies many things... including precision and a result that is impervious to anomalies.
But there can be huge differencies in practice (much like 2 different models of laser printer often produce quite different looking printed results from the same source PCL spool file due to many factors, including differences in greyscale rendering, font smoothing, engine resolution, unprintable area, toner density, drum material, toner particle size, etc, etc).
Sometimes you just have to see these things first hand to gain a fuller picture of things - and an appreciation of how theory is often skewed by the manner in which a particular technology is implemented... and not always for the better either.
@Crash Biker:
I understand your point about the "exact decompression" result, but with lossy formats decoding can still vary. This flexibility has been built in by the lossy codec standards.
They take into account that there are different quality needs. If speed is paramount, then (decoded) image quality takes a backseat. The standards allow several parameters, and decoders don't all use the same rules. Decoding also contains requirements for accuracy - meaning that the decoding algorithm can vary in output accuracy.
E.g. for H.264 and VC-1 there is a maximum accuracy of 1/4 pixel for motion compensation and minimal reference blocks (all meaning they may be bigger = less sharp, all up to the manufacturer).
Lossy format decoding will therefore not always produce the same results.
Since in video speed is paramount (uninterrupted motion and sound is more important to the experience than image quality), algorithm and chip designers will make trade offs with decoding quality.
Cheaper players will use cheaper decoding hardware that is less powerful in decoding, and post-processing will be done with less developed/clever software to handle issues such as motion compensation, anti-aliasing and artefact reduction.
I hope this helps clarifying the duality of digital data :)
I have just bought one of these Blu Ray players,and I am now looking for a surround sound amplifier to match up to the BDP3000, I want a simple amp, no radios, no karaoke features etc etc, just an amp to get the best out of the BDP3000, any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
Has anyone noticed their pictures and sound out of line? noticed it on the new Star Trek film and the first Pirates film
The Blu-ray player BDP3000 is very good if you don,t want to play Blu-rays on them. i have been told i need an update for this machine so that it will play the new Terminater film and Crank 2. But good luck getting one Phillips said three times that they would send an update and i am still waiting, many phone calls later i was told it would take another ten days and i,m still waiting. So Phillips i,m very disapointed.
I bought this player on a couple of days ago and went to the Philips website and downloaded the firmware upgrade onto a USB stick. The upgrade had only been on Philips site since the 5th March 2010. After following the instruction, it upgraded the Mainboard from 948.4 to 1006.1. This has added the capability of plying music directly from a USB. Slide shows of pictures and movies can also be played from USB. The USB icon is now included on the home screen, between the Play Disc and Settings icons. An excellent product for the price.
Hi, I've just recieved a bdp3000 that i bought "as new" on ebay. Well pleased with the picture and sound and features and all, but the unit gives off an electrical humming noise when in standby. Sure this isn't normal? I want to be sure before I start getting on at the dude that sold it to me! Any ideas? Thanks, Gareth.
bought one of these in December and it worked well until I bought new DVD 2012. It will load to play movie menu but will not play it or let you go to other features. On 2nd dvd and it is doing same.Very disappointed. Tried Phillips website for clues (only quick start manual provided with player)but they tell you nothing.
Hi people,having bought this player(bdp3000) at christmas i am very happy with it.Just downloaded the new firmware udgrade 1015.1 i think,and it now performs better than ever.Including some disks that it would not play before hand.If like me you like to play movies from the net off of a usb stick then invest in a usb extenson so you dont have to keep reaching behind or pulling your player out from under the tv.The firmware upgrade can be done in 5 mins and if i can do it then anyone can!!!Instructions are on the philips web page on how to do it and the latest firmware upgrade.www.p4c.philips.com.Hope this helps...Strath.
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[OBITUARY] Dan Borislow, the controversial owner of franchise MagicJack in defunct Women's Professional Soccer, died Tuesday night of a heart attack at the age of 52 after playing in a pickup soccer game.
Borislow, owner of the telecom product MagicJack and a soccer dad, bought the Washington Freedom in
2011 and moved it to Florida, where he lived, but he ran into trouble with the league and other owners when he refused to market the team and abide by many of its minimum standards.
Borislow and WPS were in and out of the Florida courts and his legal battle was considered one factor in the struggling league's demise after the 2011 season. The league accused him of violations
ranging from "unprofessional and disparaging treatment of his players to failure to pay his bills."
The team included Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Christine Rampone, Shannon Boxx, Meghan
Rapinoe and Christen Press, and Borislow was enormously popular with many of his players.
In a statement, MagicJack CEO Gerald Vento termed Borislow, who also owned race horses, as a visionary.
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Just wondering cause I just got my vr4 running not long ago. I have been running only 6psi for break in. Anyway I did a little highway roll with a WRX who said he was running 16psi. We were pretty damn even, which supprised me, I thought he would have walked me hard.
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New England's love affair with natural gas cools
FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2001 file photo, a gas supply line is seen in St. Albans, Vt. New England's love affair with natural gas appears to be showing strain as the regional power grid operator voices worries about too much demand on limited supplies and a leading environmental group criticizes the fuel it once supported. In 2000, about 15 percent of New England's electricity was produced at generating stations that burned natural gas. According to power grid manager ISO-New England, that number had grown to 52 percent by 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — New England's love affair with natural gas appears to be showing strain as the regional power grid operator voices worry about too much demand on limited supplies and a leading environmental group criticizes the fuel it once supported.
The changing mood follows more than a decade of explosive growth in the use of natural gas to heat and especially to power the six-state region's homes and businesses. Natural gas industry leaders say they are poised for continued rapid growth despite the warning bells being rung in other quarters.
In 2000, about 15 percent of New England's electricity was produced at generating stations that burned natural gas; in 2012, that number had grown to 52 percent, according to ISO-New England, the independent system operator that manages the regional power grid.
ISO-New England spokeswoman Marcia [auth] Blomberg said this past week that the organization is in the midst of a major study to determine if the region's power grid has become too reliant on natural gas and, if so, what might be done to address the issue.
Gordon van Welie, the grid operator's CEO, testified recently before a U.S. Senate committee that the key natural gas supply issue is the limited capacity of pipelines carrying the fuel into New England. Twice this past winter, during a cold snap in late January and a blizzard in early February, competing demand for gas for other uses, including home heating, meant power generators had difficulty getting the supplies they needed, van Welie said.
"And we were very close to the edge of reliability in very poor weather circumstances," van Welie said at a May 14 hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. "As a system operator, that makes us very nervous and we want to solve that problem as quickly as we possibly can."
Dan Whitten, spokesman for the Washington-based America's Natural Gas Alliance, said it appears that New England's real problem with natural gas is that it can't get enough.
Meanwhile, the Conservation Law Foundation, whose affiliate CLF Ventures was an active partner in a gas-fired power plant in Londonderry, N.H., that went fully operational in 2002, now is trying to block Vermont Gas Systems from extending a gas pipeline from the area of northwestern Vermont that it currently serves southward along the western side of the state.
CLF, which is based in Boston and has offices around the region, won praise from the New Hampshire project's lead developer for helping win public acceptance of it. "CLF Ventures provided a much needed calming voice. Their credibility was a real asset," Roger Sant, since retired as chairman of AES Corp., is quoted on the CLF Ventures website as saying.
But in Vermont Public Service Board proceedings on Vermont Gas Systems' Addison Pipeline project, a CLF expert, Elizabeth Stanton of Cambridge, Mass.-based Synapse Energy Economics, rebutted Vermont Gas Systems' claim that the project would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On the contrary, Stanton testified, any savings from using cleaner-burning gas over heating oil in homes and businesses along the route would be more than offset by pipeline leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.
CLF senior attorney Sandra Levine said in an interview that even at the height of its support for natural gas in the late 1990s, CLF considered it a "transitional fuel," useful for getting New England to use less coal and oil. Eventually, natural gas, a fossil fuel that produces greenhouse gases, should be replaced by renewable energy sources, and CLF is pushing in that direction, she said.
Pipelines and power plants are infrastructure designed to last 30 to 50 years. CLF is unlikely to support more such projects because they would lock New England into natural gas until the latter half of this century, she said.
"Gas has already helped us as a region move away from coal," Levine said. "The transition we need now is to move away from fossil fuels."
Levine also noted concern about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a hotly debated method for gas extraction that many environmentalists blame for contaminating water supplies. Vermont banned fracking last year, a move widely seen as symbolic since the state has no known natural gas deposits within its borders.
Thomas Kiley, president of the Northeast Gas Association, said the use of natural gas hasn't peaked in New England yet. But state governments, including those in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont, have gone on the record to support expansion.
When Vermont Gas announced last week that it was expanding its system eastward to Enosburg Falls, allowing homeowners to tap into a heating fuel that could save them up to $2,000 over the cost of heating oil, Gov. Peter Shumlin called it "great news for residents and business owners alike."
Companies wouldn't be expanding systems if they didn't see pent-up customer demand, Kiley said. "It's interesting that the state that bans fracking wants the benefits of low prices, or at least the customers do," he said.
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