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I have installed a Lentech valve body by itself. I'll give you my perception on it.
When the computer learns your driving, the shifting is definitely firmer and quicker in regular driving, but if you're at WOT it will slip into gears about the same as stock... at least that's how it feels.
Now if you pull the battery and reset the ECU, you can tell the shifts are really firm at WOT because you can feel it physically pulling the car hard as it shifts. I think in order to get your shifts to work *properly* with the recal valve body, you need a tune to set trans psi and other things that I'm not sure what they are but I've heard Tom reference lol. But that way your shifts won't soften up once the ECU does the learning procedure and maps out everything.
Oh and I've gotta throw Tom's name out there because he raced with a Lentech Auto Focus for a while and knows a lot about tuning the transmissions from experience. So look him up for a tune.
I've always wanted to reset the ECU and run a 1/4mi and then do it again after the computer mapped to see what the difference is, but I haven't. It would be interesting to see how much the time would be different based on the shifts being really firm and quick and the A/F and other things not being completely adjusted.
Tom IS the fastest auto guy ever. I think he ran 11's? in that beast.
I did benchmark my pre and post lentec times, the valving didn't make much difference in my set up, though the lsd helped my 60ft times by a couple of tenths. Mind you, the PW tune is conservative on the tranny....I agree , I think if you could tune up your shift points and pressures it might be good for several tenths at least. I wondered if you got a tune to mod your shift points to 7k or so I would think your mph would be up significantly, especially if you had cams working that part of the band.
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It's a sports not many people know about – disc golf. But while not many have heard about it or participated in it yet, it is already becoming a popular thing to do in the summer.
The Mat-Su Disc Golf Association (MSDGA) hosted its first annual Rally in the Valley event on Saturday at the Alcantra Disc Golf Course in Wasilla. Disc golfers of all ages participated and all the proceeds for the event went towards upgrading the course to a full 18 holes.
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Course DescriptionExamines the historical and cultural variations in family life and sexuality in the 19th and 20th centuries in an international context (including the United States) through topics such as courtship, marriage, reproduction, violence, colonialism, homosexuality, and work. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
- Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in the history of family life and women.
- Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
- Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
- Construct a well organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assess by using any combination of the following:
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- Class participation and discussion
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Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
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Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources:
- Connect evidence to its relevant historical context
- Analyze and evaluate written, artistic, or other evidence
- Assess the motivation and purpose of the use of evidence
Evaluate different interpretations of past events and construct your own interpretation:
- Identify a historians thesis and supporting evidence
- Evaluate the arguments used to support different interpretations of historical issues
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- Recognize and identify historical roots and parallels to current issues
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- Listen to and appreciate the experience of students from a variety of backgrounds
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- Communicate effectively in writing about a historical topic
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Rasslin' swamp gas
In the early 1990's, in defiance of IPCC projections, the methane concentration in the atmosphere abruptly stopped rising, and has remained nearly constant since then. Methane is a crouching tiger in the carbon cycle, with potentially enough available as hydrates and from peats to really clobber the Earth's heat budget. The big question is, will atmospheric methane start rising again?
Climate impact of methane release
The climate impact of methane differs from that of CO2 in that methane is a transient gas, while CO2 accumulates. The climate impact of methane release depends on whether it's released quickly or slowly, relative to the methane lifetime.
If it's released quickly, over just a few years or less, there would be a decade-timescale warming spike, followed by a recovery toward the lesser warming from the CO2 that the methane would oxidize into. The amount of available methane is staggering. If just 10% of the ocean hydrate reservoir were to escape to the atmosphere within a few years, it would be the radiative equivalent of a ten times increase in atmospheric CO2, truly catastrophic.
On the long term (longer than a few decades) the transient methane concentration is determined by the chronic rate of methane emission to the atmosphere. A higher concentration in the atmosphere accelerates the overall rate of methane oxidation, to balance the greater input. More methane molecules are standing in line to compete for the limiting supply of the reaction catalyst molecule, OH radical. The oxidation product of the methane, CO2, builds up enough to impact the climate as well. In the long term, the radiative forcing from the accumulating CO2 may exceed that of the transient methane concentration [Archer and Buffett, 2005].
There have been two methane sources in the newspapers in the past few years. One is plants, measured recently [Keppler et al., 2006] to give off prodigious amounts of methane. If this is true, it might imply a small increase in chronic emissions in the future. The seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2, the breathing of the biosphere, has been getting deeper over the years. If the biosphere is breathing deeper, maybe it's also farting more.
The other is peats, on which there is a voluminous literature. Peat methane fluxes are notoriously patchy and difficult to generalize, but there are a few things you can depend on. One is that water makes a huge difference; a wet peat soil will emit methane while the same soil, dried, would actually consume methane. Two, there seems to be a reproducible methanogenesis poisoning effect by sulfuric acid deposition (acid rain), caused by the stimulation of sulfate-reducing bacteria displacing the methanogens. Three, melting starts things cooking. Fourth, peats release much more carbon as CO2 than as methane, and their strongest radiative impact will probably be from the CO2.
Methane hydrates are the giant reservoir on Earth. It takes a long time to warm the deep ocean and the clathrate zone, and no one has proposed a mechanism for getting much methane release from hydrates in the coming century. The only place where melting methane hydrates appear to be releasing methane to the atmosphere is on the Siberian margin, where hydrates associated with the permafrost relict from the last glaciation release methane to the shallow water column of the shelf waters.
Industrial emission of methane declined a bit with the collapse of the USSR in 1989 and thereafter. Industrial methane emission arises from leaks, more difficult to pin down than the amounts of deliberately released gases such as CO2. Agricultural emission, from rice farming and ruminant animals, is not so easy to quantify either, but we'll leave a description of that to the reader's imagination.
Methane degrades to CO2 by reaction with OH radical in the atmosphere. OH is produced by photochemical reaction with compounds such as ozone and NOx, the concentrations of both of which have been altered by industrial activity. OH reacts with methane and carbon monoxide (CO), the concentrations of both of which have also changed. The chemistry of the atmosphere is analogous to the chemistry in a candle flame, which can burn faster or slower depending on the conditions, for example how quickly it is primed by reactive NOx emission or solar UV (in the case of the atmosphere) or how long the wick is (in the case of the candle). The lifetime of methane in the atmosphere seems like it could quite easily be altered by human activity.
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Where SURFING recognizes surfers before they're recognizable
NAME: Thelen McKinna-Worrell
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School: Malibu Middle School – 8th grade
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"Eights or lates" is an oft-used competitive surfing saying, at least on the World Tour. But if recent NSSA heat totals are any indication, the mantra has trickled down to the middle schoolers as well.
So Thelen McKinna-Worrell was in good shape last weekend when, during the makeup final for the Northwest Open Juniors at Ventura's C-Street Pipe, he locked in an eight for his first score. He had one snowman, he just needed to make it plural to not go "lates."
So he paddled back out in what he describes as "Clean lines, not like the usual end of the day finals." Before he could even catch his breath, another runner arose and he took it.
"It was probably the best wave of the day, and I did five vertical backside turns," Thelen says. "I knew it was good, but I saw the others getting good ones too. I came in and my friend told me I got a ten. I couldn't believe it. I was so happy; it was my first ten."
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Cruise Vessels:
Most Required Security and Safety Measures Have Been Implemented, but Concerns Remain About Crime Reporting
GAO-14-43: Published: Dec 20, 2013. Publicly Released: Jan 13, 2014.
PODCAST: Cruise Vessels Security and Safety Concerns
5:37Audio interview by GAO staff with Steve Caldwell, Director, Homeland Security and Justice
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What GAO Found
The cruise industry and federal agencies have implemented 11 of 15 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act (CVSSA) provisions, but implementation of 4 provisions requires the development of regulations and policy, and is underway. Officials from all five cruise lines GAO met with said most required measures were in place when the CVSSA was enacted. According to U.S. Coast Guard officials, a notice of proposed rulemaking is in development to address 3 of the 4 remaining provisions. The 3 provisions relate to technologies to (1) detect a person going overboard, (2) maintain a video surveillance system to assist in documenting crimes on the vessel, and (3) transmit communications and warnings from the ship to anyone in surrounding waters. A policy linked to the fourth provision on the certification of trainers who provide the CVSSA course on crime scene preservation to cruise line personnel, is, as of December 2013, undergoing review at the Department of Transportation. With respect to CVSSA crime-reporting requirements, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Coast Guard have implemented these provisions as required. Accordingly, the agencies publish on a website information on reported crimes that are no longer under investigation. However, GAO identified some limitations in the usefulness of the publicly reported data. Specifically, (1) allegations for which investigations are not opened are never published; (2) the data are not timely--due to the length of the criminal justice process--and thus, crime data may be posted months or years after the alleged crime occurred and (3) the data reported are not put into context, such as a city's crime rate, to provide the public with the information needed to compare rates and make decisions. However, some cruise lines are making efforts to improve reported crime data. In August 2013, several cruise lines began voluntarily disclosing alleged crime data on their websites. Also, in July 2013, legislation was introduced to amend the CVSSA that would revise and expand crime-reporting requirements, among other items. As of November 2013, however, these actions were either new or pending. Thus, GAO could not assess whether, or to what extent, the voluntary reporting or potential legislation might provide more useful data than current requirements.
Following the Costa Concordia accident, the cruise industry, an international maritime organization, and the Coast Guard took actions to improve passenger safety. The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)--which represents over 98 percent of cruise lines in the United States--identified 10 safety-related policies in 2012 that were adopted by all member cruise lines by July 2013. These policies include improvements to vessel passage planning and life jacket stowage, among other things. The International Maritime Organization (IMO)--a United Nations agency responsible for maritime matters--has also adopted a regulation, effective January 2015, requiring passengers to participate in a safety and evacuation exercise (muster drill) prior to or immediately upon departure--rather than within 24 hours of departure. CLIA member cruise lines adopted a similar muster policy weeks after the Costa Concordia accident. The Coast Guard is monitoring IMO's consideration of additional regulations. The agency has also started witnessing predeparture muster drills and has reported no major concerns. In addition, the Coast Guard has worked with the cruise industry for several years to plan and hold disaster exercises, including one in April 2013 to practice a mass rescue from a cruise vessel.
Why GAO Did This Study
In 2011, almost 11 million passengers took a cruise from a U.S. port. Media reports about passenger personal safety while aboard cruise vessels--including those related to the January 2012 grounding of the cruise vessel Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, which resulted in 32 deaths--combined with the increasing number of passengers taking cruises has raised questions about passenger safety and security. With the enactment of the CVSSA in 2010, cruise vessels that visit U.S. ports were required to meet certain security and safety requirements, such as having rail heights of at least 42 inches and reporting allegations of certain crimes to the FBI. GAO was asked to review cruise vessel safety as well as security issues--related to keeping passengers safe from crime.
GAO reviewed (1) the extent to which the cruise vessel industry and federal agencies have implemented the CVSSA, and (2) any actions taken following the Costa Concordia accident to enhance the safety of cruise vessels visiting U.S. ports.
GAO reviewed the CVSSA and related agency and industry documents, and interviewed officials from the Coast Guard, FBI, CLIA, five cruise lines which accounted for over 80 percent of North American cruise vessel passengers in 2012, and two crime victim advocacy groups. The cruise lines were selected based on several factors including their volume of North American passengers. Crime victim advocacy groups were selected based on their knowledge about cruise ship crime issues. GAO is not making any recommendations in this report.
For more information, contact Stephen L. Caldwell at (202) 512-9610 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Apr 26, 2017
SSA Disability Benefits:Antifraud Efforts Need a Comprehensive Strategic ApproachGAO-17-585T: Published: Apr 26, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 26, 2017.
Apr 6, 2017
Human Trafficking:Action Needed to Identify the Number of Native American Victims Receiving Federally-funded ServicesGAO-17-325: Published: Mar 30, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 6, 2017.
Mar 22, 2017
Face Recognition Technology:DOJ and FBI Need to Take Additional Actions to Ensure Privacy and AccuracyGAO-17-489T: Published: Mar 22, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 22, 2017.
Mar 21, 2017
Department Of Justice:Continued Actions Needed to Enhance Program Efficiency and Resource ManagementGAO-17-471T: Published: Mar 21, 2017. Publicly Released: Mar 21, 2017.
Feb 7, 2017
Drug-Free Communities Support Program:Agencies Have Strengthened Collaboration but Could Enhance Grantee Compliance and Performance MonitoringGAO-17-120: Published: Feb 7, 2017. Publicly Released: Feb 7, 2017.
Dec 14, 2016
Federal Judiciary:Progress Made in Reducing Appellate Space, but Innovative Practices Should Be Shared across CourtsGAO-17-134: Published: Dec 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Dec 14, 2016.
Nov 30, 2016
Confidential Informants:Status of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Efforts to Address a GAO RecommendationGAO-17-265R: Published: Nov 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 2016.
Elder Abuse:The Extent of Abuse by Guardians Is Unknown, but Some Measures Exist to Help Protect Older AdultsGAO-17-33: Published: Nov 16, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 2016.
Aug 3, 2016
FACE Recognition Technology:FBI Should Better Ensure Privacy and Accuracy [Reissued on August 3, 2016]GAO-16-267: Published: May 16, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 15, 2016.
Aug 1, 2016
Firearms Data:ATF Did Not Always Comply with the Appropriations Act Restriction and Should Better Adhere to Its PoliciesGAO-16-552: Published: Jun 30, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 1, 2016.
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Wildlife Trading Company [WTC], the premier retail outsource partner for cultural attractions is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Orlando, FL.
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Wildlife Trading Company Expands with Orlando Office
Squarely located in the cultural attraction center of the United States.
Wildlife Trading Company [WTC], the premier retail outsource partner for cultural attractions is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Orlando, FL. The Orlando office, which opened late in 2011, is the new base for our Merchandise and Operations Teams.
"We recognize the Orlando area as the capital of the cultural and leisure attraction industry. The retail talent found here is exceptional and in the last year, WTC has added many of the best and the brightest to its Operations and Merchandise Teams. These new additions come pedigreed from the leaders in attraction retail and bring a great deal of experience and knowledge to our operation. Opening an office in Orlando was a natural fit for the growth of our organization,"
"Members of these departments have a vast network of industry contacts from which they glean great insight into trends in attraction retail. Their strong relationships will continue to contribute to our growth from a product and operations standpoint,"
Additional recent developments in Florida for WTC include partnerships with Palm Beach Zoo and Naples Zoo.
The Orlando office is located at 5401 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 460 Orlando Florida. WTC's corporate headquarters remain in Bethel, Connecticut.
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"God Save the Queen"
Tobin Harshaw of the New York Times has a roundup of opinions on what may happen next as British pols jockey to form a government & on whether or not we should care.
The Constant Weader responds:
The real victor may be Elizabeth Rex II. The marginalized monarch actually has a role here, according to British constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor. If the parties can't agree to form a government, the Queen can use her "reserve powers" (which haven't been used since the 19th century) to call a new election; she can also prevent a new election if she thinks there's a better idea. One suspects that the Queen, prodded by her ever-so-upper-crust husband, will favor the Tories.
Bogdanor calls the Queen's role that of "a kind of constitutional umpire." But things could get interesting. Pitchforks may be raised if the Queen is perceived as too imperious or too precipitous in her actions. Whatever may come, this might be a fine place for a round of "God Save the Queen."


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"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." —Tenneva Jordan
Fall Creek Vineyards Annual Mother's Day Luncheon! – SATURDAY, MAY 10th, 12:00 pm
Seating limited – RSVP!
A lovely and delicious wine luncheon is the perfect way to celebrate Mother's Day! Pamper mothers, wives or any special lady in your life! Three luscious courses await, created by Austin Catering, paired with FCV wines specially selected by winemaker, Sergio Cuadra!
Lunch will be served on our gorgeous outdoor, covered patio, surrounded by stunning Texas Hill Country beauty – now alight with radiant wildflowers!
*New this year* – something special! We have an adult-supervised lunch table just for children with fun activities and a special Mother's Day 'art project' if 'wiggly bodies' are preventing mother from having a quiet lunch. Children's lunch menu is $12.50.
(Adults – $36.99, Children – $12.50)
Mother's Day Menu – by Rob McMahon
Plated First Course – with choice of FCV Sauvignon Blanc or Chenin Blanc
Southwestern Caesar Salad with Avocado & Red Chile Croutons
Main Course – FCV Merlot
Grilled Salmon Filet with Cilantro Lime Butter
Green Chile & Goat Cheese Stuffed Breast of Chicken
Black bean, Corn & Rice Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette
Mango Pico
Dessert – Twin Springs Sweet Red
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Trying to downsize random parts that are collecting dust.
First up is a 2.0 9a Block and early ABA forged crank. The block is bare and comes with the main caps and crank only; no intermediate shaft, oil squitters, or rods/pistons.
Early forged ABA Rods/Pistons; rods are in great shape, pistons are ok. They have some valve marks from a timing belt failure (the block had low miles when I purchased it; ABA was swapped out for a VR)
144mm 20mm Pin 16v 9a Rods; Balanced, line honed, with ARP hardware. Ready to drop in and they are labeled Only reason I'm not using them is I just picked up a set of SCAT rods. $150 OBO
I have a lot more including and not limited to:
2 MK3 dash swaps $250 (for complete swap; HVAC, knee bar, steering column) $150 (dash and plastics)
MK3 Golf/GTI interior trim $5-$20? (pretty much everything from the A-C pillars painted black)
17x7" 5x100 Wheels (Panasports) $200
Sorry only have 3 center caps
1 Good 205-15-50 Hankook $25
1 Good 205-17-40 BF Goodrich $25
Black MK3 Hatch $50
MK2 Golf/GTI New never been used small window regulator $10 (driver side)
More Parts:
OBX VR6 Header $100
020 16v Pressure Plate; New $40
MK2 Teardrop center caps $40
New MK2 Motor Mount bracket $30
New Hydro Trans Mount $15
MK3 GTI Tail Lights; no cracks with trays and gaskets $60
Pass. side MK3 GTI Tail light (small crack) $15
Euro clear Corrado G60 Turns+Fogs $150
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Hi Just wanted to ask if any one thinks this is a good idea. Im going to install new siding on my house but I want to remove existing sheathing on my house and remove interior wall mineral insulation and replace with new insulation. Would it be smart to appl a 6 mil poly around the 2x4 and drywall and then install new mineral insulation and then install new sheathing with tyvek on top. What do you think. can it be done? can anyone help
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Where are you located that you need a plastic impermeable vapor barrier?
I'm not quite sure what you are asking... Are you proposing to put poly strips inside each cavity (against the backside of the sheetrock) from the exterior, followed by your insulation, etc? If so, that would be pointless.... Or are you saying that you would wrap it inside of each cavity and then out and around each 2 x 4? In that case, it would at least be continuous, but difficult and impractical... As GBR said, what makes you think this would be necessary? If you want tight walls, seal all of the penetrations with foam and caulk, then dense pack the walls with cellulose.
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Wayne Ellington issued a warning to Gerald Henderson on Friday when the two reached the playing floor at the Smith Center for their AAU team's first game. Ellington told Henderson that he was stepping on hallowed ground, pointing out that the court is home to one of college basketball's top programs and to this year's NCAA champion. He also told Henderson to behave and not leave scuff marks. (Winston-Salem Journal)
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Extreme Metal Olympics: Group 1, Opening Round
We're kicking off the Opening Round of our Extreme Metal Olympics with some of the heaviest and most legendary innovators of brutality from around the world. Featuring acts from countries such as the USA, Norway, Germany and Greece, Group 1 includes eight of the 32 bands who will compete for gold as the Extreme Metal Olympics runs side-by-side the 2012 London Olympic Games.
We begin with a matchup between the architects of death metal, the legendary Death. The late Chuck Schuldiner and his legacy will face one of modern metal's most purely interesting bands — Greece's own Septic Flesh.
Veteran British act Venom are also competing in Group 1. Venom are the band who coined the term "Black Metal," helping give birth to the genre that their Norwegian opponents, Satyricon, have taken on to become one of black metal's biggest acts.
New school 'Pure American Metal' band Lamb of God will be one of four bands representing the USA, and they will be met by German technical death masters Obscura for a bloody battle.
Arguably the most commercially successful black metal band of the 2000s, Dimmu Borgir represent their home land of Norway, as they face American death metal giants Dying Fetus.
Check out music from these eight bands and vote for your favorites below!
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Death, 'The Philosopher'
Septic Flesh, 'The Vampire from Nazareth'
Venom, 'Raise the Dead'
Satyricon, 'Mother North'
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40 CFR 147.2404 - EPA-administered program - Colville Reservation.
(a) The UIC program for the Colville Indian Reservation consists of a prohibition of all Class I, II, III and IV injection wells and of a program administered by EPA for Class V wells. This program consists of the UIC program requirements of 40 CFR part 124, 144 and 146 and any additional requirements set forth in the remainder of this subpart. Injection well owners and EPA shall comply with these requirements. The prohibition on Class I-IV wells is effective November 25, 1988. No owner or operator shall construct, operate, maintain, convert, or conduct any other injection activity thereafter using Class I-IV wells.
(b) Owners and operators of Class I, II, III or IV wells in existence on the effective date of the program shall cease injection immediately. Within 60 days of the effective date of the program, the owner or operator shall submit a plan and schedule for plugging and abandoning the well for the Director's approval. The owner or operator shall plug and abandon the well according to the approved plan and schedule.
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2 Killed After Helicopter Spins Out Of Control, Bursts Into Flames At Southern California AirportTwo people on board a helicopter were killed when the aircraft spun out of control after landing and burst into flames in Carlsbad.
New Plant Tests US Appetite For Seawater DesalinationThere's far more riding on the Americas' largest seawater desalination plant than the 50 million gallons of drinking water it will produce for the San Diego area each day.
Valencia Woman Files Suit Alleging She Was Punched By Police In Front Of Her KidsA Valencia woman has sued the city of Carlsbad and several of its officers over allegations that she was pinned to the ground and punched by police in 2013.
Physician Suspected Of Sexually Assaulting Patient After Medical Procedure In TemeculaA 44-year-old physician suspected of sexually assaulting a patient following a medical procedure in Riverside County remained in custody on Thursday.
Lost Dog Walks 35 Miles To Get Back Home Days After VanishingA dog that vanished last month during a trip to the park has returned home after nine days.
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Firefighters Find Badly-Burned Body While Battling Blaze Near CarlsbadThe victim is likely a transient, officials said.
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Just wondering what you guys use for attracting scents and if you find them to work.....
I've used many scent lures and attractants over the years. But the most success for me came from a scent formerly known as Love Potion #9 from Peterickards.com (Cobleskill,NY). It's now known as Bucks Gone Wild. It is a combination of doe in estrus and a "subordinate" or less dominant buck. I think that the "sub" buck scent not only fires up the "dom" bucks but it gets the other "sub" bucks to come in a little less fearless of getting lumped up. That creates a whole lot of deer scent in the area and you make the deer work in your favor. Many times I've planned an all day sit but the response from deer had me out by 10am. When I passed on all deer throughout the day I just hung back and watched the deer show. I have only been using this scent for 2yrs now and I love it. I use it to lay a fairly long drag trail around funnel areas and then hang the drag up in a somewhat strategic location. I also spray the string with scent killer even though I wore gloves dragging it. I hope that this info. is helpful to you and others.
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Patriots Coach Comes Back To Baltimore
The Crazy Newshound has found a new Ravens article.
When Bill Belichick visits Baltimore, it's usually to see old friends or watch a sporting event that has little to do with his job as head coach of the New England Patriots. Belichick, who was raised in Annapolis, is more fond of old Memorial Stadium than the current home of the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens (4-7) will host the Patriots Monday night at M&T Bank Stadium. The undefeated Patriots are the 20 point favorites.
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Chateau d'Esclans Rose 2012
Rosé from Provence, France
Winemaker's Notes
Esclans is the second label in the d'Eslcans flight and it leads into partial oak vinification giving it hints of the complexity and structure for which Chateau d'Esclans high end cuvees are known.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "Vibrant and pure, featuring hints of white pepper to the mineral, dried cherry and raspberry flavors, with some citrus accents. Sage and sea salt elements lend this plenty of freshness, lingering on the savory finish."
Wine Enthusiast - "Full-bodied and richly fruity wine. It has good depth of flavor from the zest and red berry fruits. They give a nervy, almost-mineral poise to the wine. Warmth and ripeness come in at the end."
Chateau d'Esclans Winery
Also enchanted by the Provence his father speaks of with emotion, Sacha Alexis Lichine, convinced by the potential of these sun-drenched soils, become the owner, with the Angostura group, of Chateau d'Esclans in 2006. Since then, he hasn't ceased to combine his talent and know-how to this magical terroir, and has given a new dimension to Provence Rose, making a unique assemblage of refinement and pleasure. A new chapter has begun in the world of Rose.
Patrick Leon has unparalleled experience in making among the great wines of the world. Leon served as a Managing Director for Baron Phillipe de Rothschild, overseeing technical departments including the company's vineyards and winemaking facilities for Chateau Mouton Rothschild, d'armailhac, Clerc Milon, le Petit Mouton, Aile d'Argent, Opus One in California, Almaviva in Chile, Domaine de Lambert & Barn' Arques in the Languedoc, Mouton Cadet in Bordeaux as well as other wines in the Baron Phillipe de Rothschild portfolio, including Escudo Rojo in Chile. Patrick's wide breadth of experience and knowledge has established the foundation to becoming a consulting oenologist and working with Sacha Lichine in this capacity. Towards that end, Patrick has been instrumental in overseeing the wine making for Chateau d'Esclans. Patrick Leon's guidance and his enduring counsel have made an immeasurable difference to making all the Lichine wines as great as they are.
Chateau d'Esclans is located on an exceptional site, on elevated land near the Gorges de Pennafort. The surrounding land around Chateau d'Esclans is known as La Vallee des Esclans (the valley of the clans). View all Chateau d'Esclans Wines
About ProvenceView a map of Provence wineries Grenache and Cinsault. A move is being made to bring in more varieties, like Syrah, to increase the quality of the wines.
Notable FactsThe most important appellation is Côtes de Provence, where about 80% of the production is the typical style rose. Unfortunately, the easy-drinking aspect does not translate to the price – some of these wines are a bit pricey for drink-today wines. Some producers are making a shift to higher quality while others are selling their wines at a bargain. Either way, Côtes de Provence rose is a delicious match with any provence-style garlic-y cuisine. Other appellations to note include Bandol, Bellet, Les Baux-de-Provence, Cassis and Côteaux d'Aix-en-Provence. Though Côtes de Provence rules in amount of wine produced, the quality appellation to know is Bandol. Mostly red and mostly Mourvedre, the wines of Bandol are able to age a few years, like many a Chateauneuf-du-Pape, but also enjoyed in their youth.
About France - Other regionsWhen it comes to wine, France is a classic. Classic blends, grapes and styles began in the country and they still remain. Think about it - people ask for a Burgundian style Pinot Noir, they refer to wines as Bordeaux or Rhone blends - Champagne even had to pass a law to stop international wineries from putting their region on the label of all sparkling wine.
The top regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Rhone. And these regions are so diverse! It makes sense that wine regions throughout the world try to emulate their style. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are no longer French varieties, but international varieties. They may not be the leader of cutting edge technology or value-priced wines, but there is no doubt that they are still producing wines of great quality and diversity.
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The 16th Century to the 18th Century
During the years of conquest and colonization, the economy of Puerto Rico could best be defined as an agricultural subsistence economy. The food needed to support the population was obtained through a combination of Taino agricultural methods, the raising of domestic animals, and the cultivation of crops originally imported from Europe. Both indigenous peoples and slaves, who were brought to the island due to the dwindling numbers in the local native workforce, were subjected to forced labor.
Due to the country's overall poverty, economic assistance was provided by Spain beginning in 1582 through funds transferred from New Spain (Mexico): the Situado Mexicano. The situado was the principal source of financing for the island's administration until it was terminated in 1810, when Mexico gained its independence from Spain.
Marshal Alejandro O'Reilly, the general sent by the King of Spain to Puerto Rico in 1765, drafted an official report on the island's socio-economic conditions. O'Reilly described Puerto Rico as Spain's poorest colony in the Americas. Thus, the Spanish Crown began to pave the way for the arrival of more Spanish settlers, which led to a tripling in the island's population during the last third of the 18th century.
By the end of that century, the main economic activities were centered on subsistence farming or contraband trade. Low population density and Spain's insistence on establishing mercantilismmercantilism: An economic system that began after the Middle Ages and in which the wealth of nations or European monarchs was in principle determined by the amount of land conquered, by the accumulation of mineral wealth and the volume of trade of the country in question. It was the hegemonic system until the second half of the 18th century, in which the foundations were laid for capitalism. as the principle economic structure were major factors contributing to the technological backwardness and non-competitiveness of its colonies.
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Blatter, Bin Hammam hit the campaign trail
By Brian Homewood
PARIS (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter and his challenger for the FIFA presidency Mohamed Bin Hammam hit the campaign trail on Monday as they began canvassing votes among European federations for the election in June.
Both men spent part of the day at the same luxury hotel near the Arc de Triumph where members of all 53 European associations are gathering for Tuesday's UEFA Congress.
Also present was American journalist Grant Wahl, who hopes to stand as a protest candidate.
FIFA's 208 member associations have a vote apiece in the presidential election which will be held in Zurich on June 1 and with 53 members, more than other confederation, UEFA is one of the key regions.
Blatter, who has held the post for 13 years, declined to talk to reporters and delegates would not comment on where their preferences lay.
Bin Hammam, president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and formerly a close personal friend of Blatter, said that football was stagnating under the Swiss's leadership.
"Mr Blatter came wanting eight years, two mandates, then 12 years and three mandates, and now four mandates and actually nothing is changing in the last three or four years," Bin Hammam told reporters.
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Bradley Ogburn of Carrollton, Ky. and Debbie Gardner of Loveland, Ohio announce the upcoming wedding of their daughter, Ashley Ogburn on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.
The bride-to-be is a graduate of Carroll County High School and completed Cosmetology School in 2004. She is currently an owner and hairstylist at Mane Studio in Carrollton.
The groom-elect is Andy Girdler, son of Angie Lewellyn of Carrollton and the late Scott Girdler. He is a graduate of Carroll County High School and is employed by NAIS of Madison.
We are only weeks away from our annual Big Brothers Big Sisters Walk-for Kids' Sake event at 9 a.m., Sept. 28 at the county park, so you can predict the rush of details we are trying to cover.
But the work behind the walkers is the real story.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
Carrollton Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Butler Park lodge.
AA Big Book study group meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St.
Thursday, Sept. 5
Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. every Thursday at Carrollton Christian Church.
Friday, Sept. 6
Caby M. Froman Club meets at noon at Butler Park lodge.
Carroll County Community Development Corporation meets at noon at Butler Park lodge.
Annual homecoming planned at Hopewell
Hopewell Community Church on Locust Road is having its annual homecoming, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8. Everyone is invited to join them for fellowship and music.
Hymn sign planned at Hickory Grove church
Trimble County Hymn Sing will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church.
Anti-drug group to hold prayer gathering
Forget about the feuds between the North and the South, the Hatfields and McCoys, or even "West Side Story's" the Sharks and the Jets.
Dubbed the "A-POP-calypse," we — at least in the world of pop music — are in the middle of a battle royale between the Katy Cats and the Little Monsters, the fans (or "stans" as they're called) of singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.
A new Honey Boo Boo Look Alike Contest will be held at 6 p.m., Sept. 6 during First Friday at the Courthouse Square in Carrollton.
The Honey Boo Boo Look Alike Contest will be held for children ages 3 to 10.
For information, call Carrollton Main Street Program at (502) 732-5713 or Jennifer Munsie at (502) 525-0330.
The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, Center Manager, Mitzie Williams, (502) 732-7026, email@example.com
Wednesday, Aug. 28: Chair volleyball, 10 a.m.; finger crochet, 10 a.m.; birthday flower, 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29: Bunk-O, 9:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 30: Chair volleyball, 10 a.m.; mystery lunch, 11 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 2: Closed for Labor Day.
Tuesday, Sept. 3: Commodity pick-up, 8 a.m.; bingo, 9:30 a.m.; deuce's wild Rummy, noon.
Chuck Bauer Sales Training recently announced that D.J. Carroll of Carrollton is now an official coach with the organization.
In a news release, the company said Carroll is now working with the company on a limited part-time basis, but that he may be full time with them soon.
Carroll has already conducted some seminars for the firm.
"[I'm] so excited about the future of this business and being a part of it," Carroll said. He said the week of training was "crazy busy" and that he enjoyed being part of it.
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Mathematica: access serial port?
Is there any way to make a Mathematica program access the serial port?
I need this to link to external electronical device.
Maybe using MathLink (but I don't know programming in C/C++)?
I use Mathematica 5.0 in Linux, so this maybe would require a kernel
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TORONTO – A suspension kept him off the ice for the first 10 games. A defensive assignment has kept him off the scoresheet in most of the five games that have followed.
Toronto Maple Leafs' David Clarkson excited to begin journey with hometown team: 'You can't beat it'
With no goals, one assist and a minus-2 rating, this is not the start David Clarkson probably envisioned when he signed a seven-year contract worth US$36.75-million with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer. But the 29-year-old forward, who plays his former New Jersey Devils teammates on Friday, said he is still trying to find a comfort zone with head coach Randy Carlyle.
"Anytime you come into a situation where you've been out 10 [games], you've got to get back in and Randy's had me playing a different role," he said. "He had me and [Dave] Bolland playing against the other teams' top line and basically wanted us to shut them down. Whatever the coach asks, you do.
"In New Jersey, I was used to playing a different role in the last four years and I was successful in doing that. And coming to a new situation where maybe Randy is trying to feel me out — I don't know — I'm asked to do a job and that's what I do. Whatever the coach asks, you do. He's your boss and you do whatever you're asked."
As Clarkson spoke, you could sense the frustration in his voice. He was not bitter, but he sounded defensive, as though he had been spending the last few days searching for his name on Twitter and reading his early reviews. And between the suspension and a slow start offensively, you can guess what people are saying.
Part of this, of course, is because money changes expectations. A year ago, when he had an average salary of US$2.6-million, Clarkson might have been praised for keeping the likes of Sidney Crosby off the scoresheet.
"Whatever you write, whatever you think doesn't matter," said Clarkson. "I'm going out there and doing whatever my coach asks. Obviously if I'm playing in a shutdown role, I'm obviously not going to [score]. It's common sense, right? But at the end of the day, I'm just going out and playing my game."
For the past few years, Clarkson's game was to score goals and play physical. Two years ago, Clarkson scored 30 goals and racked up 138 penalty minutes. In the lockout-shortened season, he led the New Jersey Devils with 15 goals and 78 penalty minutes. But in his first five games in Toronto, Clarkson has been asked to play a role similar to the one that Mikhail Grabovski played last season.
I didn't sign here for seven years to wait for an injury or something to happen. I hope they know that
Clarkson, who began 50.8% of his shifts in the offensive zone last season in New Jersey, has started in the offensive zone only 32.7% of the time in Toronto. At the same time, he is matching up against the other teams' top lines. Against Pittsburgh, it was Crosby; against Vancouver, he shadowed the Sedins.
With Bolland out, Clarkson has moved onto a line with Nazem Kadri and Mason Raymond this week, and more offence will probably be expected out of Toronto's second-highest paid forward. At the same time, Clarkson admitted he did not think it would take injuries for him to get more power play time.
"I didn't sign here for seven years to wait for an injury or something to happen," he said. "I hope they know that. That's not the reason I signed here. I wasn't waiting for guys to get hurt. I don't see it as more of an opportunity. I'm going to go out and play my game and wherever they see me fitting in, that's where I'm going to fit."
When asked how Clarkson has looked so far, Carlyle was ambivalent in his assessment. "I saw a guy that's committed to playing the body," he said. "I saw a guy that looks like he missed the first 10 games of the season in some situations."
Those missed games have hurt. Clarkson is still learning the Leafs' system, still finding chemistry with linemates and still working to gain the coach's trust. All that will take time.
"As writers and as fans, you sometimes don't see those things that go on behind the scenes," he said. "But I'm coming back and I'm trying to know my surroundings … I'm just trying to fit into a piece of the puzzle, wherever that is. It has been different. But I'm trying to figure out what part of it I do fit in."


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USC Beats MSU
June 2, 1998
By TIM KORTE
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Freshman Rik Currier took care of the pitching, Brad Ticehurst the hitting and Eric Munson the postgame interview.
Currier struck out 12 and allowed only four hits in eight innings and Ticehurst hit two home runs as Southern Cal beat Mississippi State 7-1 on Tuesday night in the College World Series.
Mixing sliders and curve balls, Currier was simply dominant.
"I've always had trouble in the early innings, then I start getting into it," the soft-spoken Currier said. "Rhythm. That's basically it, just getting my rhythm. It was a good night for me."
Munson, Currier's catcher, couldn't let it go at that.
"I want to pretend I'm Rik right now. I was awesome tonight," Munson said, drawing laughs.
"That was the best I've seen him all season. His slider was dirty tonight. It had great bite. He was locating his pitches. He kept the ball down. Everything was working for him," Munson said.
Currier (6-1) was bidding for the first College World Series shutout in three years until the Bulldogs scored with two outs in the eighth. Rusty Thoms beat out an infield single for his second hit and Brad Freeman doubled him in.
Currier held Mississippi State to one hit until Thoms singled with one out in the sixth. He threw 135 pitches, allowing four hits and three walks.
"He had control of all of his pitches," Thoms said. "His slider had a lot of body, and he threw it with any count. What can you say? He had one of those nights. Unfortunately, it was against us."
Added Southern Cal coach Mike Gillespie: "He was simply as good as we could have hoped for him to be at any time. For him to show this kind of composure in this kind of an event is all we can ask for."
Closer Mike Weibling allowed one hit in the ninth.
Missisippi State (42-23) became the fourth team eliminated from the eight-team field and left fourth-seeded Southern Cal (46-17) as the highest remaining seed. No. 3 Miami's 6-3 loss to Long Beach State earlier Tuesday completed a sweep of the top three seeds, all from Florida. Florida and Florida State were eliminated Monday.
USC plays two-time defending champion LSU on Thursday.
The Trojans took a 3-0 lead in the second on Ticehurst's leadoff homer, Wes Rachels' run-scoring sacrifice and Robb Gorr's RBI single.
Ticehurst homered to right in the third to make it 4-0, and he started a two-run uprising in the seventh after being hit by a pitch. He moved to second on a balk and scored on Jason Lane's double to right center. Lane scored on Rachels' sacrifice fly and it was 6-0.
Mississippi State starter Mark Freed (6-6) lasted only 1 2-3 innings, allowing five hits, three earned runs with two walks and one strikeout.
The last shutout in the World Series was Cal State Fullerton's 11-0 victory over Tennessee in 1995.
SITE: Omaha, Nebraska Rosenblatt Stadium
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The 2,410 sq. ft. 3-bedroom/3.5-bath suite features a king size bed in the master bedroom, a king size bed in the second bedroom, 2 queen size beds in the third bedroom, and a queen sofa sleeper in the living area. Each bedroom has a separate tub and walk-in shower. There are 5 fireplaces, a full gourmet kitchen, and four balconies from which to take in the spectacular view.
My rates represent a discount of 20-40% off the Hyatt direct rates. During winter, walk out the door of the ski valet room and clip your skis on to ski down to the Sunrise lift. During summer, experience all that The Canyons now has to offer - the one-of-a-kind Zip Tour Adventure offering an exhilarating tree-top ride through the Red Pine Lodge area, the lift-serviced mountain bike park, the summer concert series, the weekly farmers market, and lots more!
Escala Lodges opened in late 2009, and was acquired by Hyatt Vacation Club in 2011. As you would expect from a premier luxury resort property, Escala Lodges has the amenities and additional perks that will surely meet & exceed your expectations, including:
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I update my calendar almost daily, and I will respond to your inquiry and work through the entire booking process with you in a very prompt, thorough, and professional manner. You will not only be thrilled with this unit and this property overall, but you will also be thrilled with the experience of working with me, and will find my responsiveness and thoroughness to be well beyond what you have experienced renting through anyone else.
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This week of AWP we're painfully honored to publish a new poem by the late Jake Adam York. An amazing talent and advocate of poetry, Jake passed away in December. Among many other commitments, he taught creative writing at UC Denver and edited the illustrious Copper Nickel. His last two books of poems, A Murmuration of Starlings and Persons Unknown, were with University of Southern Illinois Press.
(Read about Jake's AWP tribute panel)
Jake was a scholar and master of the lyric. His electric renderings of civil rights atrocities put him on the map. In a recent email to me, he expressed excitement about his new work, some of which he wrote at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop over the summer. A testimony to his singular energy and dedication, he said about the workshop, "I worked like a dray but wrote more than I might have imagined possible," signing off, "your Alabama brother."
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I don't know if you've noticed but I've posted every single day this month! Woo! I've been making more time to plan ahead and post about things that I want to talk about (and hopefully other people want to read). But my way of planning is simply typing a post, finding a date that I don't have a post on, and scheduling it for that date.
Other blog organisation in the past as involved notes in the back of my filo fax or notes in my Hello Kitty craft book. But I frequently forgot I had written these notes, and posts can get forgotten about.
Okay, so first let's have a look at the lovely way The Dainty Squid organises her blog.
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After seeing this post I knew I had to do this for my own blog. With May starting tomorrow I thought I would get started for May and make a planner for the rest of the year. Once again my head jumped to the awesome printables I won a while ago from the lovely Wild Olive.
I knew there was a meal planner style calendar printable in there that would be perfect, so printed off enough to do me till December and got started!
I have to say, I'm totally in love already! It allows me to see how far in advance regular features go (like my month of craft photos posts) or block out days for more permanent regular features. It also means if an idea pops into my head I can just book it in and I won't forget about it!I also decided to write it in pencil so things can be moved around easily (which they have been a lot even since I took these photos!).
Blog topics with a cloud around them are already written and ready to go, so I can even keep track of that. I'll pop it in my filo fax and I'll be ready to roll! Brilliant right? Organisation makes me so happy.
It's definitely going to take the headache out of planning posts for things that are happening in advance!
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Technical Abstract: Low rates of outcrossing between rice and red rice or between red rice ecotypes have long been suspected. A study was initiated to analyze the genetic relationships between red rice populations and cultivated rice by DNA figerprinting. Twenty three red rice accessions and one rice cultivar were grown in the greenhouse. Preliminary cluster analysis as shown in the multidimensional scaling (MDS) plots revealed that the 24 accessions could be separated into five groups. Group 1 was Bengal, the only rice cultivar. Group 2 included KatyRR (suspected cross between rice and red rice) which was genetically distant from the other clusters. Group 3 was accession #8. The fourth group were the strawhull and awnless accessions consisting of #7, 1995-7, 1995-12, 15-A, 1996-5, and Stuttgart strawhull. The fifth group was the awned-type, strawhull or blackhull accessions; MS- 4, LA-3, 11-D, Stuttgart blackhull, TX-4, 1995-4, 1995-14, 10-A, 1996-7, 19-A, and 5-A. Accessions 17-C and 1995-1 were blackhull and awned but were genetically distant from this group. Accessions #8 and 5-A were collected from the same field and were presumed to be the same biotype but showed minimal genetic relationship.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities investigating the disappearance of a 5-year-old Arizona girl plan to search a landfill south of metropolitan Phoenix in hopes of finding the girl's body and other evidence.
Police in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale say Tuesday that the search of the landfill will begin within the next few weeks.
Investigators say 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley was killed and her body was dumped in a trash bin across town before her mother reported her missing on Oct. 11.
Shockley's mother was arrested in November on suspicion of child abuse related to the girl but was released from jail day later after prosecutors said they wanted to investigate further.
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I have purchased the "other" bra similar to this lines'. Some of the pad inserts were flimsy and did not give support or shape, in fact, they flattened my chest! I love the bras, but needed new pad inserts. I was not sure about the sizing...only xs/m available. But I thought at the sale price, what could I lose? I ordered 2 sets and they are perfect! They are slightly larger than the original pads in the other bras, but are very sturdy, and fit in the pouch. I will be putting these in the cami that I purchased from the other line as well! The colour doesn't matter as you cannot see the colour inside the bra! Great deal! So happy I got 2 sets!
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Thanks Rhonda for these well made modesty pads. They fit and wash well, just as advertised.
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I have received these pads with Rhonda Shear bras of past orders. They are excellent when compared to the competitors'. I wish the genie would take a page out of Rhonda's book when it comes to modesty pads.The truth is,all pads slip. Mostly in the "up" direction. I think the only way to fix it would beto stitch along the top of the pocket where the pads are placed. This would curb the upward motion.I gave this product five stars because the sizing of the pads is accurate. You don't end up wearingan XL bra with a medium pad. One size does NOT fitall.The other thing I like is that these pads are very soft,and made with a quality material. They don't fold, bend, wrinkle,or pucker. This is a definite asset.So I would like to add my voice to the other ladies who have asked TSC to PLEASE restock these items and please stock them in all sizes.
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There are far more Indians travelling around their own country at any one time – whether for holidays, on pilgrimages or for business – than there are foreign tourists, and a vast infrastructure of hotels and guesthouses caters for their needs. On the whole, accommodation, like so many other things in India, provides good value for money, though in the major cities, especially, there are luxury establishments that charge international prices for providing Western-style comforts and service.
Budget accommodation
While accommodation prices in India are generally on the up, there's still an abundance of inexpensive hotels and hostels, catering for foreign backpackers, tourists and less well-off Indians. Most charge Rs300–500 for a double room, although rates outside big cities and tourist centres may fall below Rs200 (roughly £2.30/US$3.60). The rock-bottom option is usually in a dormitory of a hostel or hotel, where you may still pay less than Rs100. Even cheaper still are dharamshalas, hostels run by religious establishments and used by pilgrims.
Budget accommodation varies from filthy fleapits to homely guesthouses and, naturally, tends to be cheaper the further you get off the beaten track. It's most expensive in Delhi, Mumbai, Goa and resorts of Kerala, where prices are at least double those for equivalent accommodation in most other parts of the country.
The cheapest rooms usually have flimsy beds and thin, lumpy mattresses. Shared showers and toilets with only cold water are also the norm at the bottom of the range, although increasing numbers of places are offering en-suite bathrooms (or "attached" rooms, as they're known locally) and hot water, either on tap or in a bucket. Even so, it's always wise to check out the state of the bathrooms and toilets before taking a room. Bed bugs and mosquitoes are other things to check for – splotches of blood around the bed and on the walls where people have squashed them are telltale signs.
If a taxi driver or rickshaw-wallah tells you that the place you ask for is full, closed or has moved, it's more than likely that it's because he wants to take you to a hotel that pays him commission – added, in some cases, to your bill. Hotel touts operate in many popular tourist spots, working for commission from the hotels they take you to; this can become annoying and they should be given a wide berth unless you are desperate.
Mid-range hotels
Even if you value your creature comforts, you don't need to pay through the nose for them. A large clean room, freshly made bed, your own spotless bathroom and hot and cold running water can still cost as little as Rs500 (£5.70/US$9) in cheaper areas. Extras that bump up the price include local taxes, a TV, mosquito nets, a balcony and, above all, air-conditioning. Abbreviated as a/c, air-conditioning is not necessarily the advantage you might expect – in some hotels you can find yourself paying double for a system that is so dust-choked and noisy as to be more of a drawback than an advantage. Some offer air-coolers instead of a/c – these can be noisy and are less effective than full-blown a/c, but much better than just a fan. They're only found in drier climes as they don't work in areas of extreme humidity such as along the coasts of south India and the Bay of Bengal. Many medium-priced hotels also have attached restaurants, and also offer room service.
Most state governments run their own chain of hotels. They are usually good value but far less well run than comparable places in the private sector. Bookings for state-run hotels can be made in advance through the state tourist offices throughout the country.
Upmarket hotels
The boom of the past decade has seen a proliferation in the number of luxury hotels throughout India. Roughly speaking they fall into two categories. Pitched primarily at visiting businessmen, smart, Western-style hotels with air-conditioning and swanky interiors are to be found predominantly in towns and city centres. Because competition among them is rife, tariffs tend to represent good value for money, especially in the upper-mid-range bracket. Formal five-star chains such as Taj, India's premier hotel group, charge international rates – as most of their guests are on expense accounts or staying as part of discounted tour packages. Note that many top-end hotels offer significant reductions to their rack rates if you book online.
Holding more appeal for foreign visitors are the heritage properties that have mushroomed all across the country in recent years. Rajasthan started the trend, with old forts, palaces, hunting lodges, havelis and former hunting camps converted into accommodation for high-spending tourists. Brimming with old-world atmosphere, they deliver a quintessentially Indian "experience", often in the most exotic locations, with turbaned bellboys and antique automobiles adding to the colonial-era ambience. Other states were quick to get in on the act, and these days you can stay in fabulous Tamil mansions, colonial tea bungalows in the Nilgiris, wooden, gabled-roofed tharavadaku in the Keralan backwaters and Portuguese palacios in Goa. Quite a few wildlife sanctuaries also offer atmospheric, high-end accommodation in former hunting lodges, tented camps or treehouses, while down in Kerala, you can experience the lakes and lagoons of the backwaters on a converted rice barge.
Other options
Many railway stations have "retiring rooms": basic private rooms with a bed and bathroom (some stations have dorms, too). They can be handy if you're catching an early morning train and are usually amongst the cheapest accommodation available anywhere, but can be noisy. Retiring rooms cannot be booked in advance and are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis; just turn up and ask if there's a vacancy.
In one or two places, it's possible to rent rooms in people's homes. In Rajasthan, Mumbai and Kerala the local tourist offices run "paying guest" or "homestay" schemes to place tourists with families offering lodging. Servas (w servas.org), established in 1949 as a peace organization, is now devoted to providing homestays, representing more than six hundred hosts in India; you have to join before travelling by applying to the local Servas secretary (located via the website) – you then get a list of hosts to contact in the place you are visiting. Some people provide free accommodation, others are just day-hosts. There is no guarantee a bed will be provided – it's up to the individual. More recent web-based hosting options include w couchsurfing.org and w airbnb.com.
Camping is generally restricted to wildlife reserves, where the Forest Department lay on low-impact accommodation under canvas for visitors, and to beach resorts in which building is restricted by local coastal protection laws. Except on mountain treks, it's not usual simply to pitch a tent in the countryside.
YMCAs and YWCAs, confined to big cities, are plusher and pricier than mid-range hotels. They are usually good value but are often full and some are exclusively single-sex. Official and non-official youth hostels, some run by state governments, are spread haphazardly across the country. They give HI cardholders a discount but rarely exclude non-members, nor do they usually impose daytime closing. Prices match the cheapest hotels; where there is a youth hostel, it usually has a dormitory and may well be the best budget accommodation available – which goes especially for the Salvation Army ones.
Finally, religious institutions, particularly Sikh gurudwaras, offer accommodation for pilgrims and visitors, which may include tourists; a donation is often expected, and certainly appreciated, but some of the bigger ones charge a fixed, nominal fee. Pilgrimage sites, especially those far from other accommodation, also have dharamshalas where visitors can stay – very cheap and very simple, usually with basic, communal washing facilities; some charitable institutions even have rooms with simple attached bathrooms. Dharamshalas, like gurudwaras, offer accommodation either on a donations system or charge a nominal fee, which can be as low as Rs25.
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The National Food Survey ran from 1948 to 2000 and profiled the eating habits of generations of British citizens. Up until the 1970s, the basic hot meal on offer at British tables was a variant on "meat and two veg" – some kind of cooked meat, with potatoes and another vegetable. After this period, there was a dramatic increase in the consumption of processed foods.
In some ways the Survey is the account of a national disaster, with tinned and frozen vegetables and factory-reared poultry taking over from locally produced seasonal foods. Looking at the food shelves in most UK supermarkets, this change seems to have accelerated, despite the small sections given over to organic produce.
I wondered if it was the same story in the Guardian Weekly archive.
First, the meat. Here, the Guardian Weekly data appears to contradict the Survey. We find that some traditional elements of the British diet appear to have maintained their popularity, with beef (924) topping the Guardian Weekly list, followed by chicken (588) and pork (219). Less common are lamb (142), mutton (40) and veal (32). However, when a food product is in the news it does not mean a lot of people are eating it. Thus beef has been newsworthy because it has been hormone treated, banned or infected; chicken because of the rise of a colonel from Kentucky or tikka massala (a popular curry dish), and pork because it is unacceptable for Muslims and Jews.
What of vegetables? In the NFS, apart from potatoes, individual vegetables are not named. However, the reported consumption of potatoes declined dramatically over the 60 years, as did that of fresh green vegetables.
The Guardian Weekly seems to offer a different picture, with a top five of: beans, potatoes, tomatoes, mushrooms and carrots. However, once again it isn't so simple. In the case of beans we find not only baked, but also soya and coffee, and potato collocates more frequently with sweet, famine and GM than it does with chips or mashed. Even tomatoes get most of their mentions because of tomato sauce and tomato ketchup.
Who's for a chicken tikka massala with tomato ketchup for supper tonight? Not me.
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OUTSTANDING OVATION – Lake Superior State University President Tony McLain, front, accepts a standing ovation after a surprise tribute provided by LSSU Provost Morrie Walworth during LSSU's annual Retirement and Service Awards dinner on March 27. The five years of McLain's presidency has seen refurbishment of South Hall begin for the Lukenda School of Business; plans set for improvements to the Norris Center; the School of Education receive a robust accreditation and expansion of its teaching facilities; a new nursing simulation lab – in partnership with War Memorial Hospital – open in a SSMartZone building that LSSU played a crucial role in developing; and the growth of a Product Development Center that continues to leverage the skills of engineering, business, biology, and chemistry students and faculty. McLain's tenure ends June 30; Thomas Pleger becomes LSSU's eighth president on July 1. (LSSU/John Shibley)
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COVETING HIS SERVICES – Lake Superior State University Provost Morrie Walworth (left) envies the special attention building attendant George Carlisle lavishes on Fletcher Student Services Center staffers - such as surprise chocolate treats – as he introduces Carlisle as employee of the year, an honor Carlisle shared with Arlene MacPherson of Human Resources. LSSU's annual Retirement and Service Awards dinner on March 27 also recognized retirees Leslie Dobbertin (41 years, social science), Dan Dorrity (43 years, history), Paul Duesing (30 years, engineering), Nancy LeGreve (23 years, mail services and Norris ticket office), Kathy Marchand (23 years, physical plant), Bob Marchand (23 years, physical plant), Cindy Merkel (computer, institutional analyst), Sue Ratwik (37 years, social science), Tom Schirer (30 years, arts and letters) and Cathy Smith (25 years, Cisler Center office), as well as employees who have marked 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years working on campus. MacPherson and Carlisle were chosen from a field of nominees that included fellow educational-support personnel David Drzewiecki, Krystle Gerzetich, Marcia Jenkins-Ball, Tracey MacQuarrie and Janine Murray, and administrative-professionals Vicki Fox, Steve Gregory, Roger Greil, Jackie Kellerman, Kristin Larsen, Suzette Olson, Jeanne Shibley, Karen Storey, Heidi Witucki and Shelley Wooley. There is no word, yet, whether Walworth was successful in wooing Carlisle into becoming custodian for the Administration building. (LSSU/John Shibley)
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CONTACTS: John Shibley, e-mail, 906-635-2314; Tom Pink, e-mail, 635-2315.