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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi approved a waiver to allow U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01) to serve on five House subcommittees. Under Democratic caucus rules, members are normally limited to four subcommittees.
"I want to thank Leader Pelosi for allowing me to do more for Hawaii and our nation," Hanabusa said. "This is an opportunity to bring an additional dimension to how we view natural resources issues facing our state. It gives us a voice in areas critical to our future."
Hanabusa's fifth subcommittee assignment, the Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversees U.S. energy production and development on federal lands, both on and offshore, including measures affecting geothermal and natural gas resources.
"The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will have an impact on renewable and alternative energy development; job creation and economic development; and environmental protection, all areas that are vital for Hawaii," said Hanabusa. "The subcommittee's work will have an impact far into the future and calls on us to take the long view today. I am proud that I will be able to represent our state's interests in those conversations."
Hanabusa is the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, and serves on the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. She also serves on the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Readiness, and Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.
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OSP Alignment tool
The tool is a really nice piece!! however you do need to achieve c t c to utilize the stand off towers to verify alignment. If the stationary clutch sheave was a vertical surface then it would not matter if you could not achieve c t c, but being that the stationary sheave is angled that changes everything, if you grind out the tool forward so it sets down on the clutch shaft, you would now need to move the stand off towers the same dimension foward, as these are radailly centered from the orginal cut out.
Example, if you measure a point from the center of the clutch shaft 3.75" out on the stationary sheave and put mark. Then measure 4.00" from the same center and put a mark on the clutch sheave, the dimension to a vertical plane from these to points will be different. Same as grinding the tool out, you now have unequal measuring points from front to back.
Secondly from what I have seen if you can't achieve the c t c, the TLC needs to be removed and the back of it needs to be machined out where the motor boss meets it to give it more room to move to achieve c t c. The only issue I can see doing any of this is, in reallity you are moving the TLC the motor is really not moving that much. Problem being, after the TLC is adjusted to get c t c / alignment, you don't know if the jackshaft is still perpendicular to the chaincase bearing any more. or maybe it never was...at the very least perfect clutch alignment will benefit over the jackshaft being .001-.002" out of perpendicularity.
Ok here goes..
OSP make an eccentric piece for the secondary side of the tool. That way, everyone would be able to use the tool. It may add to price, or offer it as an option. Some of us cannot get the ctc right, so the tool is useless. If a piece was offered for the jackshaft to give us the ability to use the rest of the tool, then it would be perfect. With the help of some members on here, I was convinced to forget trying to get my ctc correct, instead try to get ver and hor as close as perfect as possible and use longer, cheaper belts.
I've been wondering about this myself. Does the long C to C some of us have equate to a jackshaft out of alignment, or wold setting he C to C properly then mean the jackshaft is out of alignment? Some of us experience a vibration under load in deep snow. Pretty darn sure it's in the chanicase and maybe it's teh shaft and gears out of alignment.
Would like to know if there is a correlation between the vibration and long C to C's?
could be. only way to know is have the chaincase cover off while doing alignment. compare top/bottom gear phase
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The jackshaft has to be moving with each pulse of the motor since they are directly connected. This new technology, the tcl and magic bearings, IMO are the root cause of all evil that some of us are experiencing. If someone has their chain case apart, just put mine back together yesterday or I'd do it, put a dial indicator on the mag side of the jackshaft and start engine and rev it. See if dial indicator moves. This is no comparison to a motor moving around on bumps, but should give some indication. The chaincase is the fixed link in the tcl/magic bearing/motor parallelogram. We have a 13 and a 15 wide gear, but the gears are aligned on the outer face. There is no room for movement there like there would be if the 13 wide was centered on the 15. If there is any movement, the chain would tension/slacken with no real give on the gears. Maybe that is why some shafts are being worn, snapped, deformed, bending. Reverse is being compromised also because of this. Now this is only on some sleds. WHY??? Are the bad ones, the ones with the screwed up ctc?
cat made 3 critical error's
1) they should have kept dd drive
2) they should have used higher quality parts everywhere
3) they had no buisness using the front heat exchanger as a motor mount
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I was also thinking about how to calculate or measure this accurately too and then shim the post what ever way it needs, I have a granite setup table with height mike in my machine shop , I will measure how much extra it would take at +.050, +.100 and +.150 and post my numbers in next few days if Jim doesn't post data before then, Smitty
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"Secondly from what I have seen if you can't achieve the c t c, the TLC needs to be removed and the back of it needs to be machined out where the motor boss meets it to give it more room to move to achieve c t c. The only issue I can see doing any of this is, in reallity you are moving the TLC the motor is really not moving that much. Problem being, after the TLC is adjusted to get c t c / alignment, you don't know if the jackshaft is still perpendicular to the chaincase bearing any more. or maybe it never was...at the very least perfect clutch alignment will benefit over the jackshaft being .001-.002" out of perpendicularity.[/QUOTE]"
I spent another long night last night doing exactly what you are saying and in the end after making a extreme off set bushing, relieving the mounts and fighting this pos to get the mounts on and off, when I finally had motor moved enough to get cxc correct, the horizontal alignment was 3 times as bad because as jackshaft moved towards motor it created MORE negative horizontal , I realized you can only move it so much before that happens. I am also changing chains and sprockets, jackshaft, bearings and installing head studs at same time so sled is in about 500 parts. There are 3 choices at that point, 1.start shimming/modding the front attachment points, 2. tear motor out of sled pretty much and install Turbies mounts 3. Mod the OSP tool to fit, leave CxC long/buy a longer belt and just focus on getting alignment correct, so I put everything back together with the osp poly mounts and factory aluminum brackets modded, installed the Billet jackshaft and hoped that the new poly mounts changed it up a little but changed nothing as my old ones were still really new.
Tomorrow I am going to try to get the measurements I mentioned and mod my OSP tool in mill and try to get this thing straightened out!!!!
on a positive note, I took my box stock turbo out on a 102 mile hell run, ride it like I stole it, I just dont care anymore ride last night that involved jumping ditch crossings, rough trail, a lot of tight woods and then a 20 mile run back to home base running an abandoned rail road grade wfo!! Im happy to report that the sled survived and Im seeing 110 top speed on groomed hard pack and cruises at 100 no problem with the new gears and clutch!! I am running a 1.5 ripsaw so that does slow me down.
it sure felt good to just go ride this sled the way I like to ride and what I bought it for. Its an absolute joy when it is working right. life doesnt get any better!!
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Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms finally gets a Breeders' Cup victory as Olivier Peslier sees no one closing ground on the filly Banks Hill.Prince Khalid Abdullah won his first classic race in 1980 in England. In the 20 years hence, he has developed his Juddmonte Farms breeding and racing operation into a major international force. The list of group and grade I winners is seemingly endless; trophy cases are adorned with the silver of the world's most prestigious races. One trophy--that of a Breeders' Cup race--has proven elusive. The Breeders' Cup had been run 17 times through 2000, and Juddmonte had a total of 29 starters in 14 of those years. The quality, a trademark of Abdullah's stock, was there. But victory, for reasons that are the very nature of the Turf, was not. The closest calls came last year at Churchill Downs. Honest Lady flew home in the Sprint (gr. I), only to fall a half-length short of eventual division champion Kona Gold, and Dansili devoured ground in the stretch to just miss winning the Mile (gr. IT) by a neck in a three-horse blanket finish. It wasn't meant to be, but there was more than a glimmer of hope. Next year. Maybe next year. At the heart of the Juddmonte breeding program are well-planned matings--the mare must fit the stallion, and the stallion must fit the mare. Whether a pedigree is deemed fashionable by auction standards doesn't matter, because Abdullah doesn't breed to sell. He breeds to race and build upon his impressive broodmare band, the pedigree pages for which are contained in a leather-bound, gilt-edged book each year. The mating of two Juddmonte-bred horses, multiple leading Australian sire Danehill and the mare Hasili, clicked with Dansili, a foal of 1996 who earned $570,686 and was named champion older male in England and France. In 1998, that sire and dam combination produced a filly that would be named Banks Hill. Three years later, on Oct. 27, she was able to do what her brother and 24 other individual runners could not: deliver Juddmonte a World Thoroughbred Championships trophy. Quality and patience were finally rewarded. The fact that Banks Hill is a homebred made the victory in the $1,273,240 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) all the sweeter. "The Breeders' Cup is well named," said Teddy Beckett, Juddmonte's European racing manager. "Prince Khalid is a true breeder and a lover of the breed. The Breeders' Cup means a lot--it means a lot to the farms in Europe and Kentucky. It certainly has been a major goal. It's the goal of any owner to win a Breeders' Cup race, but to breed and own a Breeders' Cup winner has been the Holy Grail. This means a tremendous amount to everyone at Juddmonte." The $722,800 first-place check earned by Banks Hill further secured Juddmonte's top-three position on the lists of leading owner and breeder by money won this year. In Eclipse Award voting for 2000, Juddmonte finished second in the leading owner category, and third in the leading breeder tallies. Banks Hill was one of six starters in the Filly & Mare Turf that have been based in Europe, so the 1 1/4-mile race was truly international. While a post-time temperature of 50 degrees, along with clouds and sometimes-stiff breeze, didn't hurt the travelers' chances, the condition of Belmont Park's inner turf course may have had an adverse effect on some of the fillies. With very little rain in the New York City area for about a month, the course was firm. Many of the foreign fillies in the 12-horse field displayed a preference for moist ground, so it appeared, on paper at least, that perhaps the U.S.-based starters had an advantage. A closer look at the past performances, however, showed that one European had a fondness for grass without much give. Banks Hill had posted three wins and three seconds in seven career starts, but her biggest win to date had come in the Coronation Stakes (Eng-I) June 22 at Royal Ascot. The course that day was rated firm, rather unusual for England, and Banks Hill relished it. When she found clearance in the one-mile fixture, she rapidly accelerated with a furlong to go and won rather easily by 1 1/2 lengths. Her rider that day was Frenchman Olivier Peslier, who has been aboard Banks Hill for her four first-place finishes. The Filly & Mare Turf had the potential to closely resemble the Sept. 29 Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Belmont in which the top three finishers were Lailani, England's Legend, and Starine. All three of those fillies faced the starter in the Filly & Mare Turf, and at post time they had drawn the most betting action. Though Lailani had won the Flower Bowl impressively in her first U.S. appearance, England's Legend was the slight favorite at 5-2. Lailani was next at a slightly higher 5-2, followed by Starine at 5-1. Banks Hill was the fourth choice at 6-1. As expected, England's Legend assumed the early lead and nursed a one-length advantage through an opening quarter-mile in :24.21, and a half-mile in :48.65. Mot Juste, in from France, stalked the leader in second, while Banks Hill sat a golden trip just off the leaders along the rail. Starine and Lailani raced in close company in the second flight, and made their bids when the timer caught three-quarters of a mile in 1:13.55. On the second of two turns, England's Legend raced off the rail, which left a sizable opening for Banks Hill. After a mile in 1:37.69, Banks Hill shot to the front from the inside and zoomed away to a five-length lead in midstretch. At the wire, she was in front by 5 1/2 lengths, and ran her final quarter-mile in less than 23 seconds. The odds board didn't foretell the order of finish, as longshots Spook Express, the South African-bred mare, rallied well for second, and Spring Oak, another filly based in France, secured third. Edouard de Rothschild's England's Legend faded badly to finish 11th, and trainer Christophe Clement said he intended to have the filly scoped upon her return to the barn. It was a clearly uncharacteristic effort for England's Legend, who had won five of nine career starts going into the Filly & Mare Turf. Sheikh Maktoum, who had success Oct. 27 as a principal in Godolphin Racing in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) and Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), didn't fare well on his own in the Filly & Mare Turf. Lailani flattened out and finished eighth. Sheikh Mohammed's Mot Juste retreated and checked in last. Fily & Mare Turf Chart, From EquibaseContinued...
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"iPharmacy is an app that educates you on different types of medications you are taking as well as to verify the medication you received from the pharmacy look exactly what they should look like if you need to know you got the right medication. Other things in the app include a free discount card that you can pull up and show to the pharmacists to get your medication cheaper than full price if you don't have a health care plan or that the health care provider won't cover the medication. Also you can identify the pill by what shape it is, what color it is, and if it has a score mark on it or not. You can keep track of the medication you are taking by keying that in to the app in case you need to refer to it later like letting another doctor know what kind of medication you are taking. There is a medical forum which appears to be helpful just by looking at the individual posts rather than see the senseless chatter on the latest posts. You can find the closest pharmacies to your current location in case you need to stop on by one, or you can see what weekly deals there are online."
Read the full story here.
- iPharmacy is among 10 Health and Fitness Apps: Eat, Sleep, and Work Out Better by Details Magazine. (3/10/2012)
- iPharmacy is among 12 Handy Apps for Cargivers by AgingCare. (3/10/2012)
- iPharmacy is featured in "Apps that will keep you healthy and wise – at little cost" by Yorkshire Post, a UK newspaper.(2/24/2012)
- iPharmacy is featured in An app a day should not keep the doctor away by Examiner. (12/27/11)
- iPharmacy is among "Top 5 iPhone Apps for Health" by TechWench. (9/6/2011)
- iPharmacy is among Top 10 iPhone Apps for Health and Fitness, rated by Boston Innovation. (8/23/2011)
- Android App Reviews: iPharmacy: A Pharmacist in Your Pocket (6/19/2011)
- iPharmacy is featured in Response Magazine 's "Pharmaceutical Market: An App a Day Keeps the Doctor Away" (6/1/2011)
- iPharmacy is among Top 7 Women Applications For iPhone And Android by Mobility Minded. (3/25/2011)
- iPharmacy – Top Paid Medical iPhone App of 2010 by Know About Health. (12/23/2010)
- Appoicious: "iPharmacy iPhone app brings a pharmaceutical library to your fingertips" (12/12/2010)
- Chicago Tribune: iPharmacy is featured in "Staying healthy? There's app for that" (10/27/2010)
- iPharmacy is named as "Best App for Prescription Reference" in the O'Reilly book titled "Best iPhone Apps", (2nd edition) 2010.


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A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting Tina in person. It was such fun. Tina really is one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. We went to brunch, then hit up these amazing boutiques in South Pasadena that were so visually inspiring.
The first boutique we went to was Marz run by a lovely lady named Marcia. She has such a great eye for pretty stuff! The store was so beautifully decorated with flea market finds.
The boutique next door was Camille. Unfortunately, the owner, Camille was away so I didn't get to meet her. She has this awesome wallpaper of faces in her fitting room. All the clothes there were so pretty and feminine.
Blogging is a funny thing. You don't get it unless you're part of it. Which is why it was such an amazing experience to meet up with a fellow blogger-we pretty much talked about blogging the whole time, blogging nerds we are! There's a certain buzz, a certain excitement that only comes when meeting other creative people. And I felt it that day. Days like these should be cherished.
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Type: Extent – Response
Indicator; Condition – State/Response
Source: Joint Nature Conservation Committee,
Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland
Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage.
Source: Natural England, Northern Ireland
Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage.
Long term
Short term
Latest year
Total extent of protected areas:
No change (2015)
Total extent of protected areas:
No change (2015)
Condition of A/SSSIs
The extent indicator is a calculation of the net
(non-overlapping) extent of protected areas using mean high water
as the boundary between the at-sea and on-land measures. The
indicator was expanded in 2014 to include wider countryside
designations, sites designated under the Convention on Wetlands of
International Importance (Ramsar sites), and new marine protected
areas. In 2015, National Nature Reserves were added to the
indicator. As at the end of July 2015 (Table C1i), over 6.7
million hectares of land and freshwater have been designated under
national and international legislation – representing over 27 per
cent of the land area of the UK (Figure C1i). A further
14.7 million hectares of UK seas, both within the 12 nautical mile
limit and offshore, have also been designated representing 16.6 per
cent of UK waters (based on the UK continental shelf limit).
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
For comparison, the same figures for the
A/SSSI, MCZ, NCMPA, NNR, Ramsar, SAC and SPA site designations are
given in Table C1ii. The boundary between protected areas
on-land and at-sea is mean high water (mean high water spring in
Scotland). Coastal sites in the indicator are split between
'on-land' and 'at-sea' depending on whether they cross the mean
high water mark. At-sea extent includes offshore marine
protected areas out to the limit of the UK continental shelf.
Million ha
The on-land and at-sea extent indicators both
show an increase in 1980, reflecting the designation of 40 National
Scenic Areas in Scotland. Terrestrial changes since 1995
mainly reflect the establishment of SACs and SPAs, plus the
designation of two large National Parks in Scotland in
2002/03. There has been a large increase in the extent of
marine protected areas since 1995, but especially since 2010.
In 1995 and 1996 the first set of sites under the EU Habitats
Directive extending below mean high water were established.
These inshore and coastal SACs may also have a
terrestrial/freshwater component, but the calculations to create
the indicator split them between the 'on land' and 'at sea' lines
in the indicator.
Assessment of the extent indicator is based on
a three-year average from the baseline, using the three earliest
consecutive years available.
Sites are designated with the aim of conserving specific
biological or geological features. The condition of these
features is assessed on a rolling cycle against agreed standards.
A monitoring programme was initiated in 1998 to evaluate the
outcomes of management action and conservation policy. The
indicator (Figure C1ii) identifies the proportion of these features
– by feature or by area – that are in a desired state (favourable)
or have appropriate management (recovering). The underpinning
legislation for A/SSSIs extends to low water, so the condition part
of the indicator is, effectively, a terrestrial measure.
The first collation of results (to March 2005) was
published by JNCC in 2006. The cut-off date is 31 March each
year unless otherwise stated. The condition graph is
cumulative and includes assessments from a number of years.
As new assessments are completed they replace the previous
ones; so the graph is a snapshot of the condition of the site
network at that point in time. Both recovering and favourable
assessments are shown in the graph, as it will take many years to
reverse previous declines in species populations, or to restore the
ecological functioning of habitats.
Assessment of the condition indicator is based
on the sum of favourable and recovering condition. A
three-year average from the baseline, using the three earliest
consecutive years for which data are available is calculated and
compared to the latest year. The background section includes
information for protected areas designated under the EU Habitats
and Birds Directives, and more detailed information is available on
individual country websites.
Designation and management of protected areas
are key mechanisms for taking action to reverse the loss of
biodiversity. These protected areas cover many of the most
valuable sites for biodiversity in the UK with associated legal
mechanisms for safeguarding habitats and species. Wider
countryside designations have a number of purposes, including
conservation and public enjoyment.
In a densely populated country like the UK,
where the landscape and habitats have been modified by centuries of
use, protected areas often need to be actively managed to ensure
the species and habitats they contain persist into the future.
The condition indicator is a measure of the outcomes of
management action and conservation policy on protected areas.
The extent of protected areas in Figure C1i is the combined
(net) area of:
There is considerable geographic overlap in
these designations; for example many sites are designated as
A/SSSI, SAC and SPA. Almost all Ramsar sites are underpinned
by the A/SSSI designation, and most are also SPAs. The
calculation method used identifies non-overlapping polygons, and
thus ensures that each protected area contributes only once to the
total area. Coastal sites are split at mean high water (mean
high water spring for Scotland), and contribute to both the on-land
and at-sea lines in Figure C1i as appropriate. The total line
on Figure C1i is the net area of all of the protected areas (shown
in Figure C1iii). Further information about individual site
types can be found by using the weblinks given below.
Note: Includes the following site designations:
Areas of Special Scientific Interest, Sites of Special Scientific
Interest, National Nature Reserves, Marine Conservation Zones,
Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, Special
Areas of Conservation (including candidate Special Areas of
Conservation and Sites of Community Importance), Special Protection
Areas, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Scenic
Areas, National Parks.
Source: Joint Nature
Conservation Committee, based on its own data and data from Natural
England, Natural Resources Wales, Northern Ireland Environment
Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage.
The UK-wide Common Standards Monitoring
programme is undertaken by the statutory nature
conservation bodies to assess the effectiveness of management
action aimed at maintaining or restoring the features for which
protected areas have been designated. The data presented for
this indicator are for the biological (species and habitats)
features only; the monitoring of condition of features is also
undertaken for geological features. Conservation objective(s)
(sometimes called performance indicators) will have been set for
each feature or site. The monitoring tests whether these
objectives have been met.
Sites may have one or more interest features
on them and each of these is assessed separately.
Conservation objectives (or performance indicators) are
developed by identifying the key attributes which make up or
support the feature (e.g. extent, quality, supporting processes),
and setting targets for them. Each attribute is then measured
and compared against the target value set. If all the targets
are met, the feature is in favourable condition. Human
activities which are likely to be affecting the site adversely, and
the conservation measures taken to maintain or restore the site,
are also recorded. Sampling and assessment methods may vary
between countries.
In order to calculate a UK indicator, the
country condition results, presented as the percentage in
'favourable' or 'unfavourable-recovering' condition, have been
weighted by the proportion of the protected area network in each
country. Sites or features which have yet to be assessed are
excluded from the indicator; effectively this means the indicator
is based on terrestrial and coastal features. Figures C1iv
and C1v provide analogous information to that in Figure C1ii, but
for features protected on sites designated under the EU Habitats
and Birds Directives respectively (SACs and SPAs).
Source: Natural England, Natural Resources
Wales, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Natural
The proportion of European sites in favourable
or recovering condition increased from 58 per cent in 2005 to 76
per cent in 2015 for SACs, and from 73 per cent in 2005 to 83 per
cent in 2015 for SPAs. The proportion in favourable condition
has slightly decreased since 2005 for SPAs. The proportion in
recovering condition has increased from 17 per cent in 2005
to 36 per cent in 2015 for SACs, and from 9 per cent to 27 per
cent for SPAs. This change reflects improved management of
sites, but is also affected by a greater number of sites/features
having been assessed over time. Significant effort has been
put into targeted conservation effort, including agreement of the
management required with land-owners/occupiers.
Strategic Goal C. To improve the status of
biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic
Target 11: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of
terrestrial and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine
areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity
and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively and
equitably managed, ecologically representative and well connected
systems of protected areas and other effective area-based
conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscape and
Strategic Goal B. Reduce the direct pressures
on biodiversity and promote sustainable use.
Target 5: By 2020, the rate of loss of all
natural habitats, including forests, is at least halved and where
feasible brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation
is significantly reduced.
Target 6: By 2020 all fish and invertebrate
stocks and aquatic plants are managed and harvested sustainably,
legally and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that
overfishing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place
for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adverse
impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosystems and the
impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and ecosystems are within
safe ecological limits.
Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from
excess nutrients, has been brought to levels that are not
detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity.
Target 12: By 2020 the extinction of known
threatened species has been prevented and their conservation
status, particularly of those most in decline, has been improved
and sustained.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Common Standards Monitoring Programme
Broad information on Surveillance and Monitoring
Condition Information
Scottish Natural Heritage Information Service, and Site
Condition Monitoring
State of the Environment Report
NI Environmental Statistics Report
National Parks
Aims and Purposes of National Parks
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Introduction and links
National Scenic Areas
Purpose & Links
Ramsar Convention
Site Information
Marine Conservation Zones
Nature Protection Marine Protected Areas
Download Datasheet
Download Technical background
Last updated: December 2015
Latest data available: 31 July 2015
(extent data); 31 March 2015 (condition data)


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Target: Chinese President Xi Jinping
Goal: Applaud initial steps toward pollution reduction, and encourage China to implement an ambitious carbon emissions cap proposal
China, widely regarded as the world's leader in CO2 emissions, has a notoriously poor environmental track record. The enormous, rapidly-growing nation accounts for nearly half the world's coal use, with repeated record-breaking Air Quality Index measures reported over the last six months. The New York Times noted on January 12 of this year – with an Air Quality reading of 755 – that "all of Beijing looked like an airport smokers' lounge." It's worth noting that the Air Quality Index runs on a scale from 0-500, yet Beijing has repeatedly broken the upper bound, going enormously "Beyond Index" in EPA vernacular. (The Environmental Protection Agency established particle pollution regulations and the Air Quality Index in 1971, assuredly without foreknowledge of the current environmental and health crisis facing China.)
Chinese municipal and national government leaders repeatedly dismissed criticisms during the worst of the hazardous air conditions while also balking at calls to release more comprehensive air quality data publicly. Nevertheless, as ThinkProgress and The Guardian reported this week, China may be turning a corner. Shenzhen, a major southern Chinese trading city, is set to implement a new carbon trading problem. This program is the first of seven "pilot programs" in various major cities and industrial provinces, with full implementation expected by 2014. Much more ambitiously, China's 21st Century Business Herald also reported that China might be weighing an all-out cap on carbon emissions, slated to go into effect by 2016.
Despite a lurid record, China has an exceptional opportunity to reverse course and prevent additional environmental and human health deterioration. Applaud these ongoing efforts and encourage Chinese President Xi Jinping to push for a responsible, authoritative cap on carbon emissions.
Dear President Xi Jinping,
As the world's leading industrial polluter, China receives enormous criticism domestically and globally for inaction over rapidly rising CO2 emissions. Your government's recent efforts to implement a carbon trading program, however, mark an important first step toward addressing unsustainable environmental and public health concerns.
We, the undersigned, are urging you to fully implement this smart proposal, as well as the recently-reported CO2 emissions cap proposal still under consideration. Together, these two programs would radically alter China's standing as a global economic leader and, hopefully, encourage your allies, trading partners, and other export-led economies to follow your lead. A globally sustainable, environmentally-sound future is simply impossible without you.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Springwood Quilt Show is this weekend!!
It's the Springwood Quilt Show's 10th anniversary so it's bound to be better than ever. The show runs from Friday to Sunday, from 10-4pm daily, and is held at the Springwood High School, Grose Rd, Faulconbridge. The hall will be filled with quilts made by quilters of the Blue Mountains. Rhonda Pearce is the guest quilter with her beautiful award winning applique quilts. You can read more about Rhonda and see photos of her quilts on the Springwood Quilt Show blog. And of course there will be lots of vendors with an abundant amount of tempting wares, and delicious meals and snacks being served.
For the first time in my 5 years of taking part I'm not sewing on labels the night before. My quilts are all neated stacked and ready to be dropped off for the big hanging day, I was going to share a photo of them all in a pile but I didn't get home till late and it's too dark now for pretty pictures.
But I couldn't possibly have a post without photos so here are some I've taken recently.
Most mornings Mr Daisy and I go for a walk in our local neighbourhood. We head off quite early and sometimes just as the sun is rising.
Is that a star still shining in the sky or a UFO whizzing by?
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Labels: Photos, Springwood Quilt Show
Saturday, April 18, 2015
It's Dilly Bag Show & Tell Time!
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
The Caring Hearts Quilters Show
Last Saturday was a day of not one but two special occasions.
The first was the Annual Airing of the Quilts by the Caring Hearts Quilters. This group of enthusiastic quilters makes quilts for various charities.
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Lovely things
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This article provides the steps to follow if you get 'code 39 error' which does allow reading or burning of Cd's, mostly observed with XP or Vista
Problem Overview
This is a registry issue.
1. Close all open programs.
2. Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter.
3. Click on the plus signs next to the following folders:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SYSTEM -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> Class -> 4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318
This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column:
- UpperFilters
- LowerFilters
- UpperFilters.bak
- LowerFilters.bak
4. If any of the above keys shown in step 3 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete.
5. After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor.
6. Reboot your computer.
7. Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation mark and error code on the CD or DVD drive are gone.
8. After removing these registry keys and rebooting, it may be necessary to reinstall any CD or DVD recording applications.


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Location: Cropping Systems and Water Quality ResearchTitle: Corn response to nitrogen is influenced by soil texture and weather Author
|Tremblay, N
|Bouroubi, M
|Belec, C
|Mullen, Robert
|Kitchen, Newell
|Thomason, W
|Ebelhar, Steve
|Mengel, D
|Raun, W
|Francis, Dennis
|Vories, Earl - Earl
|Ortiz-monasterio, I
Submitted to: Agronomy Journal
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/19/2012
Publication Date: 9/12/2012
Citation: Tremblay, N., Bouroubi, M.Y., Belec, C., Mullen, R.W., Kitchen, N.R., Thomason, W.E., Ebelhar, S., Mengel, D.B., Raun, W.R., Francis, D.D., Vories, E.D., Ortiz-Monasterio, I. 2012. Corn response to nitrogen is influenced by soil texture and weather. Agronomy Journal. 104(6):1658-1671. DOI:10.2134/agronj2012.0184. Interpretive Summary: Crop yield response when nitrogen fertilizer is applied can be highly variable. For example, adding adequate nitrogen fertilizer to corn will typically increase yield from 25 up to as much as 500 percent when compared to unfertilized corn. This range of responsiveness varies with year-to-year weather variations, and from one soil type to another. The challenge is determining how responsive the crop will be in a given growing season for a specific field location to know how much nitrogen should be added to achieve economically optimal yield. In this research we examined the influence of soil and weather parameters on corn nitrogen response across 51 studies representing a wide range of diverse weather and soil conditions in North America. Soil and weather properties were found to have a fairly pronounced effect on corn response to nitrogen fertilization. Corn response with nitrogen fertilization was 2.7 times greater than unfertilized corn for fine-textured soils. In coarse-textured soils corn yield increase with nitrogen fertilization was only 1.6 times greater. We developed a new precipitation measurement we called "abundant and well-distributed rainfall" that further helped explain corn nitrogen response. When this measure was optimal on fine-textured soils, yield increase with fertilization was 4.5 times greater than unfertilized corn. To a lesser extent, growing season temperature also affected crop response. These results demonstrate that soil texture, precipitation, and temperature can be used to derive improved recommendation rules for in-season nitrogen fertilization of corn. If long-term weather forecasts become more reliable, it will be possible to make adjustments not only for past weather conditions but also for those expected up to 30 days after N in-season applications. Such recommendations would lead to improved crop profitability for farmers, and reduced negative environmental impacts since fertilizer over-application will be reduced.
Technical Abstract: Soil properties and weather conditions are known to affect soil nitrogen (N) availability and plant N uptake. However, studies examining N response as affected by soil and weather sometimes give conflicting results. Meta-analysis is a statistical method for estimating treatment effects in a series of experiments to explain the sources of heterogeneity. In this study this technique was used to examine the influence of soil and weather parameters on N responses of corn (Zea mays L.) across 51 studies involving the same N rate treatments which were carried out in a diversity of North American locations between 2006 and 2009. Results showed that corn response to added N was significantly greater in fine-textured soils than in coarse-textured soils. A new metric called "abundant and well-distributed rainfall" and, to a lesser extent, accumulated corn heat units enhanced N response. At high N rates corn yields increased by a factor of 1.6 (over the unfertilized control) in coarse-textured soils and 2.7 in fine-textured soils. Subgroup analyses were performed on the fine-textured soil class based on weather parameters. Rainfall patterns had an important effect on N response in this soil texture class, with yields being increased 4.5-fold by in-season N fertilization under conditions of abundant and well-distributed rainfall. These findings could be useful for developing N fertilization algorithms that would allow for N application at optimal rates taking into account rainfall pattern and soil texture, which would lead to improved crop profitability and reduced environmental impacts.


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In 1988, Richey planted her roots in Nashville to really test that fold and hone her own songwriting craft. She built a reputation as a singer who could interpret a lyric and harmonize with the best of them, all the while writing songs with an optimistic melancholy quality that is unusual and alluring. Before too long, Richey was signed to Polygram Records, releasing her eponymous debut in 1995. Bitter Sweet and Glimmer followed in two-year increments. All three albums were tagged as contemporary country but actually fall in step pretty close to John Hiatt's brand of music-making. Comparisons to Shawn Colvin have also run rampant over the years, due to Richey's cleverly twisting lyrical phrases and beats. By the time she made 1999's Glimmer with producer Hugh Padgham, her sound leaned even further toward the pop end of the spectrum.
Cut to 2002 and the release of Rise. Teaming up with producer Bill Bottrell, Richey fleshed out her sound with worldly flavors of instrumentation, atypical for a so-called contemporary country artist. The result was mesmerizing and her most masterful work to date. A greatest-hits set entitled Collection arrived in 2004, followed by Chinese Boxes in the summer of 2007. Richey focused on touring and writing songs for other artists for a few years, and operated particularly in the British Isles during that time. She emerged from her recording silence with Wreck Your Wheels, a collection of 11 new songs issued on the Lojinx imprint in 2010. Though recorded in Nashville with co-writes from Beth Rowley, Boo Hewerdine, and Mark Olson, its initial release was in the U.K. in the spring, followed by a fall issue in the U.S. Richey made a full-fledged return to her brand of country music on Thorn in My Heart, which was released in the spring of 2013 on Yep Roc. ~ Kelly McCartney
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Track List: Thorn In My Heart
Track List: Wreck Your Wheels
Track List: Chinese Boxes
Track List: The Collection
Track List: Rise
Track List: Glimmer
Track List: Bittersweet
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Beck and crew again ridicule the uninsured -- this time, the story of a 6-year-old with asthma
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Washington, D.C. -- Gov. Mark R. Warner announced that Virginia will join the E-ZPass organization that covers several northeastern and mid-Atlantic states. This will let Virginia's travelers use automatic toll facilities from Maine to Virginia. Visitors from those states will be able to use automatic toll facilities in Virginia. There are about 230,000 Smart Tags in use in Virginia.
"This will be a tremendous convenience for Virginians driving out of state, and out-of-state drivers in Virginia," said Warner. "Keeping traffic moving from Maine to Virginia is also a step toward cleaner air."
Toll roads in nine northeast and mid-Atlantic states make the E-ZPass system available to drivers. Joining the E-ZPass Interagency Group allows both Virginia's citizens and visitors to use their Smart Tag or E-ZPass in the Northeast Corridor. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) already has begun working on the integration with other E-ZPass members, which include organizations from Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
"Our goal is that by fall 2004, the reciprocal system will be fully implemented, which means motorists should be able to start using their tags and passes on more roads within about a year," said VDOT's Commissioner Philip Shucet.
An added benefit of the new membership is the cost savings from the leveraged buying power on long-term technology costs that Virginia will realize as one of the 20-plus members of the group.
VDOT owns three toll roads: Coleman Bridge (Rt. 17), Dulles Toll Road, and Powhite Parkway Extension (Rt. 76). The others are owned by local governments, the private sector or authorities: Chesapeake Expressway (Rt. 168), Dulles Greenway, Richmond Metropolitan Authority Expressway (Rt. 195) and Pocahontas Parkway (Rt. 895). The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel does not have electronic toll collection.
The estimated cost of integrating E-ZPass with Virginia's Smart Tag technology is between $3.5 million and $4.5 million. Fees for joining total $250,000, with annual fees of $70,000. The fees will cover all of the automatic toll facilities in Virginia.


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IN summer, taste buds come alive, relishing the flavor of the first locally grown strawberry, vine-ripened tomato or juicy homegrown peach. Those sensations are even more intense and pleasurable for home gardeners who are plucking and eating the fruit of hours of labor sandwiched into busy spring days.
For the Rev. Joseph David Stinson of Glen Ridge, the sweetness of summer is distilled in a singularly sour vegetable -- rhubarb. ''The secret of good rhubarb is top dressing with dried manure,'' he said.
Mr. Stinson is picky about his manure, buying it in New England while on vacation, and applying it in November to assure that he will have an ample supply of rhubarb when early summer rolls around.
When he moved into his current house, he found a rhubarb plant that was ''infested with some critter.'' He replaced it with healthy rhubarb donated by a gardener in his congregation.Continue reading the main story
''I don't know the name of the variety,'' he said, ''but it has the most beautiful red stalks you have ever seen.''
Those stalks are put to good use every year when he makes his locally celebrated ''knock your socks off'' rhubarb pie -- a creation he can trace back to his New Hampshire honeymoon two decades ago, when he and his wife, Cynthia, bought a pie plate that came with an interesting recipe. Over the years, the clergyman tinkered with the original. When the improved pie formula was published in a New England recipe pamphlet, Mr. Stinson told his congregation that he would bake a pie for anyone who would donate $50 to a church fund-raiser. The pitch was so successful that his personal rhubarb supply ran out and he was forced to appeal to green-thumbed friends for their surplus stalks. Afterward the pie became known as ''fifty dollar pie.''
In years when he does not indulge in mass pie production, Mr. Stinson freezes extra stalks. During the fall and winter those stalks sometimes go into a rhubarb casserole, prolonging the taste of summer.
Freshly picked tomatoes are the passion of Debi Christmas of Newark, who has been gardening since she was 11. Each year she plants a 20-by-20-foot plot in Newark's Fourth Street Community Garden. She also tends a 3-by-20-foot plot on one side of her house, and ''borrows'' a neighbor's 40-by-25-foot garden space. The neighbor shares in the bounty during the growing season.
All three gardens produce varying varieties of tomatoes including beefsteak types and heirlooms like Brandywine. Mrs. Christmas is especially partial to the antique Aunt Ruby's Green, which has a slightly limey flavor to match its lime-green color. ''It works well in salsa,'' she said.
Tomatoes may take pride of place in Mrs. Christmas's plots, but they are not all she grows. The raised beds in her community garden spaces are home to string beans, potatoes, garlic, cabbage, peppers, onions and collard greens. Closer to home, in her own and her neighbor's beds, she grows two different kinds of corn, plus bush beans, peas, more peppers, strawberries, sweet potatoes, leeks, red onions, yellow onions and various kinds of salad greens.
She does not shy away from the unusual. Last year it was purple snow peas. Another season it will be artichokes and, undoubtedly, more kinds of tomatoes. The taste of her homegrown produce has spoiled her for any other kind. ''I don't even eat tomatoes out of season,'' she said.
Tomatoes are also the ultimate taste of summer for Dan McMahon, a Glen Ridge contractor, but gratification starts long before the harvest. ''I like the earthy smell of the plants,'' he said.
He also likes the peace of working in the garden, away from the phone and other distractions of work and family.
The McMahon garden takes shape on Mother's Day weekend, when Mr. McMahon, his wife, Nancy, and their children install transplants of various vegetables into the 15-by-25-foot raised bed on the south side of the family home. Strawberries and herbs go into a separate area.
''We grow things that we like to eat,'' said Mr. McMahon, who added that the yearly lineup is likely to include squash, eggplant, peppers, broccoli, lettuce and garlic, in addition to tomatoes. Last year, Mrs. McMahon, coped with a glut of eggplant by preparing heroic amounts of eggplant Parmesan.
Mr. McMahon is no newcomer to gardening. ''When I was growing up, there was always a vegetable garden,'' he said. His father, also named Daniel McMahon, still gardens, offering advice ''when asked,'' as well as surplus produce from his Nanuet, N.Y., garden. The horticultural gene may even have passed to a third generation; the McMahons' 8-year-old son, Matthew, has taken an early interest in the process of planting, tending and harvesting. According to their father, the other three McMahon children, who range in age from 17 months to 15 years ''like to come out and visit me when I'm in the garden.'' While Mr. McMahon remains secure in his position as chief gardener, all the children, he said, ''show an interest in the results.''
Mercer O'Hara of Englewood has been gardening on the same property for 25 years. For much of that time she grew enough produce in her vegetable beds to feed a family of four. Now, with the children grown, the plot feeds only two, but it is still full of vegetables, including the gardener's favorite, sweet Nantes carrots. The O'Hara vegetable garden consists of four raised beds, each about 4 by 7 feet. (To keep out predators, including rabbits and groundhogs, she has installed a wood and wire fence sunk one foot into the ground.)
Planting begins in early spring when Mrs. O'Hara starts tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers inside the house under special lights. Later, other seeds are sown directly into the beds, along with transplants from the garden center. She grows green beans, chard, radishes and other vegetables every year, along with culinary herbs like oregano, chives and parsley.
She is partial to ''unusual kinds of lettuces,'' arranging several colorful varieties in the beds so that the groupings form patterns. Borders of annual flowers surround the beds, accenting the patterns, colors and shapes within them.
Blueberries and raspberries also thrive in the Englewood garden, but even in good years they are unlikely to end up as jams and jellies.
''We just eat them,'' said Mrs. O'Hara, who clearly prefers to enjoy the taste of summer while the season and the fruit are at their peak.Continue reading the main story


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Samuel L. Jackson Retells 'Boy Meets World' In Poetry Form
Samuel L. Jackson basically summarizes the entire premise of Boy Meets World in one poem! If you watched the show, you'll be proud to see that this was an accurate description of the show.
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So, as the title says I've played nearly all the MMORPG's out there. I've played WoW and the clones of it, I've played DotA and those kind of games. I just can't seem to find a game that really intrigues me to make me want to stay, either that or my Video Card is too old to run the game.
What am I looking for exactly? Well, I'm looking for a game that has a leveling system where every level you get something new, and the leveling cannot be slow because then I get bored very quickly. I dislike any and all repetitive type scenarios where you have to go into a dungeon and do the same thing like 20 times. I do like to grind and I like to quest as well, those sit well with me. As for 2D or 3D, I'd prefer a 3D with Open World (if possible) because those tend to snag me in.
My game needs plenty of PvE content with some PvP. I love to PvP but I prefer most of that during end game when I'm geared up and actually know how to play my character/class. The setting (era/place) doesn't matter, as long as the game is rich and fulfilling with a decent story to draw me in, I'd settle for the bottom of a trash can.
I'm from North America, California to be exact. (Sad, I know) However, I like to interact with people from all over, I could care less how horrid their English is, as long as the community is well-versed in caring for one another. (Unlike WoW and most MMORPG's) Oh and I have tried Aion, I did like it but my computers graphics just didn't match up to the game. It looked so amazing but I couldn't really play because it was so slow on my computer. (Hence why I can't even play Diablo 3 even though I got a free pass thanks to a friend)


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Dr Mamdouh Hamza agreed a price with UK undercover police for the assassination of Egyptian minister Muhammad Sulieman, said prosecutor Timothy Langdale QC.
It was also alleged Dr Hamza, 58, wanted to make the death look like one of a series of assassinations.
Dr Hamza denies soliciting to murder a total of four people in July last year.
His alleged targets were:
Mr Langdale said Dr Hamza's "seriously-intentioned plan" was revealed in conversations with undercover detectives known only as Anthony and Tommy.
The engineer had been involved in major projects in several countries and won awards in his field, but the undercover operation "revealed there was another side of his character and another preoccupation - amounting perhaps to an obsession", Mr Langdale said.
"Hamza revealed to undercover officers that he wanted to hire someone to kill a long-standing and apparently powerful enemy of his in Egypt - his arch-enemy was Muhammad Sulieman.
"He was the minister whose activities affected who was granted work in Egypt in terms of engineering projects.
"Hamza went on at some length that Sulieman was killing his practice and reputation and taking projects from him."
The defendant was arrested after his second meeting with the officers.
He said later that he had not intended the people to be killed, but wanted to research how well they were protected.
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List of "legal" amps to diy?
Hi all -- I'm relatively new but haven't seen anything in a FAQ or thread. I know Mr. Pass has stated several times the policy, but I'm always conservative around these issues. I'm going to pick a project to build, and want to make sure I'm not violating any rules or anything. :angel:
Are these are OK:
Anything posted at passdiy
Any schematics that are in manuals at passlabs.com
any Aleph model
Ono (but not Xono :bawling: )
This is of course not for commercial -- I'm just building stuff for myself.
Suggestions also welcome (I have another thread for that http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...threadid=31802)
Well, two different questions here. First, what can you build for yourself. Answer: anything you like. Second: what can you post here as a schematic? Answer: anything that doesn't violate someone's copyright.
I'd start with one of the well supported projects... the Zen V4 with passdiy boards and a set of matched devices is the one i'm gonna start with... at least a few other amps in the queue ahead of that one thou
I'm pretty sure that anything you get from PassDIY you can build for your own use. Audio Express is a good read and has the newer articles from Mr. Pass as they develop and are free for end user building. He has supported end users building the older Aleph designs for the 2 years I have read this site. The Zen series is practically an educational series where he helps you build and !understand! the designs.
Of course, pending your desire for class A vs. other designs, there are many possibilities such as an Elliot design or Hugh Dean's AKSA designs which are available with PCB's or as a kit from the designer.
It is my understanding that you can build anything for yourself from any design, commercial or not. The area of legality is if you publish any information about that design or sell the item, especially for profit!
Good Luck!
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Ferris State University head coach Keri Becker will have a new face on the 2009 coaching staff with the addition of Dawn Thompson, who served the last eight (2000-08) seasons as the head varsity softball coach at Big Rapids (Mich.) High School.
Thompson replaces Chad Haberland, who accepted a similiar position at Northwood University in Midland, Mich. this past fall. Thompson began her responsibilites at Ferris State in September 2008 during the fall exhibition season.
"Dawn has been a refreshing addition to the staff," said Becker. "I'm so lucky to be surrounded by coaches who are knowledgeable about teaching the game and dedicated to the success of this team."
Prior her arrival at Ferris State, Thompson directed the Big Rapids Varsity Softball team to three conference championships and two district titles during her eight-year career. In 2008, she was recognized by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association (MHSSCA) for surpassing 200 career victories. Since 2000, Thompson has been the head coach of the BRHS' varsity girls basketball program and was responsible for guiding the Cardinals to three league titles and a one district crown. The Howard City, Mich., native began her coaching career in 1999 in which she served as the junior varsity softball head coach at her alma mater Tri-County High School in Howard City, Mich., and also was an assistant coach of the Big Rapids' varsity girls basketball team.
As a collegian at Central Michigan University, Thompson was an All-Mid American Conference (MAC) Second-Team selection at third base in 1998 after earning all-conference honorable mention plaudits in 1997 under head coach Margo Jonker. A two-time (1997 and 1998) MAC All-Academic Team honoree, Thompson was a member of two (1995 and 1998) Mid-American Conference Championship Teams while playing for the Chippewas. A three-year (1996-98) letterwinner at Central Michigan, Thompson holds the distinction of being the inaugural recipient of the CMU softball program's Beth Pawlak Memorial Award for dedication, leadership, hard work, and positive attitude.
Thompson received her bachelor's degree from Central Michigan in 1999 and would earn a Master's Degree in educational leadership from Grand Valley State University in 2005.
A 1994 graduate of Tri-County High School, Thompson attained All-Newaygo County Athletic Association, all-district, and all-regional softball accolades in each of her last three (1992-94) prep campaigns. She also was twice (1992 and 1994) recognized as a honorable mention all-state pick while garnering all-area kudos three consecutive seasons (1992-94). Thompson, a three-year prep varsity softball letterwinner, was a 1994 West Michigan All-Area First-Team selection. In basketball, she was chosen twice (1992 and 1993) as an all-conference performer and tabbed as an all-area honoree three times (1991-93). Thompson was a second-team West Michigan All-Area pick on the hardwood as a senior in the 1993 season. She received three varsity letters in basketball and two in volleyball at TCHS.
The daughter of Michael and Laura Thompson of Howard City, Dawn has two brothers and two sisters. She resides in Big Rapids, Mich.


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Calcutta, Feb. 13: Afzal Guru's execution and the consequent "gag" on public opinion will further shrink the "space for democratic voices" in Kashmir, the chairperson of the Association of Families of Kashmiri Prisoners, Anjum Zamarud Habib, said here today.
"The government has turned the entire Valley into a vast prison after Guru's execution. Almost all of our leaders have been put under house arrest and censorship has been imposed on the media there," Habib said.
"The people of the Valley are cut off from the rest of the world since access to the Internet has also been denied. Public life is paralysed under the prolonged curfew. Even baby food is not available. Do we really deserve this from the largest democracy in the world," she asked.
Habib was speaking at a convention organised by the Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organisation (CDRO) to pursue demands for releasing political prisoners across the country.
Habib had spent almost five years in Tihar jail as an undertrial after being booked in a case under Pota (the defunct anti-terrorism law) in 2003. Released on bail in 2007, she had been shuttling between Srinagar and Delhi to fight her case since then, Habib said.
The middle-aged former teacher, who is now a leader of the women's group Muslim Khawateen Markaz, is also a member of the Hurriyat Conference faction led by hardliner Syed Ali Shah Gilani.


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A Minute With: Channing Tatum taking on "The Eagle"
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Channing Tatum, best known for his roles in "G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra" and the romance "Dear John," ventures into the Roman Empire this Friday in the dramatic action feature "The Eagle."
Based on Rosemary Sutcliff's novel "The Eagle of the Ninth," 30-year old Tatum plays Marcus Aquila, a soldier who seeks to restore his family's name and avenge the perceived disgrace his late father brought to the country.
With his slave Esca, played by Jamie Bell, he sets off on a perilous journey to find out what really happened.
The Alabama native spoke to Reuters about the film, why he decided to start his own production company and taking on a big-screen version of "21 Jump Street."
Q: "The Eagle" takes place in 2nd century Britain, an era you've not yet tackled in films. Is this a departure for you?
A: "Not so much because I've played soldiers before, but this is obviously period and I've only done contemporary stuff. I started in a more urban setting with movies like "Step Up" but to me this story was simply about honor. Marcus is wondering if his father was a coward or not. He is also dealing with the fact that his entire nation thinks his father was a laughing stock. That's a pretty intense thing to grow up with because a father is very big in a son's life."
Q: What have you learned about yourself from your father?
A: "I've learned from all his friends and from my mother that he was the tough guy in the neighborhood. And so I think my whole life I've tried to figure out, 'Am I a tough guy or not?' I've quickly figured out I'm not. (laughs)." Continued...


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A winner was selected from 78 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
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We are a consignment, or second hand, sporting goods store selling gently used - bikes (mountain and road), skis, boots, golf equipment and fishing gear.
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Iterative Proportional Fitting for a Two-Dimensional Table
An informal description of two-dimensional IPF that I prepared for my coworkers and fellow researchers. Please feel free to offer comments or corrections.
IPF is a big name for a pretty simple (but terrific) technique-- it is used quite a bit, but I think it could be used more. Nels Tomlinson handed down much of any knowledge and computer code that I have on IPF.
Iterative Proportional Fitting for a Three-Dimensional Table
A description of three-dimensional IPF.
Iterative Proportional Fitting for a Four-Dimensional Table
A description of four-dimensional IPF.
Alaska Department of Labor's Iterative Proportional Fitting R Code
R code that I use for two-, three- and four-dimensional IPF.
If you use, share or reproduce any files in the linked "IPF.zip" file, do acknowledge their source: Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development,
This code has been used in a number of projects, including
research on computer and Internet use at U.S. public libraries,
work on employment flows in the U.S., and
guide for creating small-area cross tabulations.
Though I (Eddie Hunsinger) did pieces of the development of the IPF functions, the heavy lifting (the bulk of the 2D and 3D functions) was done by
Nels Tomlinson, my predecessor at the Alaska Department of Labor.
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and its employees (past, present and future) are not responsible for any problems associated
with use of the files in the "IPF.zip" file. There is no warranty for the files in the "IPF.zip" file.
Webb Sprague's Iterative Proportional Fitting SAS Code
A great
macro for two-dimensional iterative proportional fitting, developed by Webb Sprague, a demographer with the State of Washington's
Office of Financial Management.
Please note this code was developed recently (August 2011), and has only been tested with some sample data.
A Very Particular IPF Application
Use of IPF to reasonably fit sampled "Group Quarters" (GQ) (shared living facilities, as opposed to traditional households) data to separately-estimated GQ-type (e.g. prisons, dorms, etc.),
GQ-county (location) and GQ-age (age of resident) control/marginal totals, given sparse and tightly-clustered sample-cell-data by type and county.
Iterative Proportional Fitting Links
Links to some IPF papers that I've found useful.
Eddie Hunsinger