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White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of the Sisters of Providence since 1996, exists to foster a way of living that recognizes the interdependence of all creation. Grounded in an understanding of Providence Spirituality as hope and healing, the center offers leadership and education in the preservation, restoration and reverent use of all natural resources.
The center provides opportunities for many persons to participate in creating systems that support justice and sustainability, locally and globally. Through organic agriculture, eco-justice education and social advocacy, White Violet Center strives to promote an awareness and way of living which support all life.
At White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, you'll find a herd of alpacas, 343 acres of state certified organic farmland, bees, a berry patch, a water garden, a bluebird trail spring through fall, and classified forest.
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If your health plan isn't making you queasy, you probably have a strong stomach. For companies with fewer than 50 employees, premiums soared an average of 14% in 1999, according to employee benefits consultant William M. Mercer, and other analysts project a 20% jump this year. That means businesses now paying an average of $3,800 per employee will see increases of $760 a head.
Numbers of this magnitude put small companies in a bind. With unemployment at a 30-year low, cutting back on coverage or passing the higher costs on to employees isn't realistic. But neither is absorbing a big hit to the bottom line. So what's an entrepreneur to do? In the desperate scramble to cut costs, some are switching to the strategy of "split funding."
Think of it as partial self-insurance. You select a plan similar to what you have, only opt for bigger deductibles and higher out-of-pocket maximums. Those adjustments will save your company 15% to 35% on premiums. Next, promise workers that you will pick up the tab whenever it exceeds the old deductibles or out-of-pocket limits. Presto: lower costs for you, and no additional burden for your employees. And you don't have to worry that any single claim will bankrupt you. That's because catastrophic coverage kicks in once the caps are reached.
You're essentially betting that the savings in premiums will exceed additional, out-of-pocket expenses for care. It could be a gamble worth taking. But because the strategy is new, your local broker may not know about it. If not, your best bet is to find a benefits consulting firm that specializes in small companies.
It worked for Kness Mfg. Co., a mousetrap maker with 48 employees, in Albia, Iowa. Last January, the company was hit with a 23% hike in premiums. "We thought we would have to drop coverage altogether," says Milly Eastlick, general manager at Kness. Instead, the company switched to split funding, raising deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. Employees were responsible for costs up to the old levels; then Kness pitched in. The result: Premiums dropped 26%, from $323,000 to $238,000. Total health-care costs fell by 3%.
Split funding can clip future increases, too, because premiums for high-deductible plans are rising much more slowly than for other plans--about 60% slower, says Bill Lindsay, a Denver benefits consultant.
On average, only about 25% of employees hit their maximums in any given year. Still, Larry A. Levitt, a policy analyst at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, warns that "a minority of small firms with an older or sicker workforce could get hurt" by split funding. It isn't for everyone. But for many small outfits, the plan could save employees a few bucks--and their employers a splitting headache.
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I was looking for a mini-notebook the other day for my mom-in-law at a Best Buy when I happened to hear a senior sales guy telling a newbie the 411 on selling PCs. "You sell them either Vista, or, if you have to, point them to the Macs because those computers work. That XP stuff is old junk and Linux doesn't work."
Oh did I have words with him! And, as I talked with him, once more I was reminded about the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman: the used car salesman knows when he's lying.
As our conversation continued I discovered that while he knew many people were unhappy with their Vista PC purchases -- he told me most of them complained about older software and hardware incompatibilities -- Vista was still the newest operating system so, it was, somehow, the best.
And, this mind you, was from someone who've I seen selling PCs at this particular store for more than five years. If this is what experienced sales help is like, God help poor customers who come in and just want a good computer for their money.
It wasn't that this guy was shilling for Microsoft. It was that he really didn't know any better. With help like this is it any wonder why good people make bad operating system choices?
So, since you can't depend on the help, here is my three-step guide for people who don't know a thing about computers, but want to buy a good one. Don't think for a second that this is a comprehensive guide on how to buy a PC, it's not. This is just the basics for people whose main interest is to go in to a store or Web site and get good value for their computer bucks.
1) Are the only things you do with your computer is play simple games like solitaire, mahjong, and minesweeper; browse the Web; and write e-mails, IM, and letters? Then ask for a Linux-powered mini-notebook or, as they're often called, netbook. For further information on those see Dan Nystedt's How to buy minilaptop.
For my mother-in-law, I picked her up an ASUS Eee 900A, which runs Xandros Linux for, with sales tax, just over $300. She loves it and she's been reading the Miami Herald news using Firefox and playing solitaire like a fiend for the last day and a half.
It, like any Linux system, also has the advantage that, for all practical purposes, she doesn't have to worry about viruses, malware, or keeping the programs up to date that she'd have to have on a Windows machine.
2) Do you need the above and also need a particular program, like say Quicken or Photoshop? Before rushing out to buy a computer, check to see if your program is available on a Mac or if it has a work-alike version on Linux.
For example, you can get both Quicken and Photoshop on Macs. Yes, Macs tend to cost most and sometimes there are compatibility problems. For instance, I was recently ticked off to find that Quicken for Mac can't use Quicken for Windows files. You have to go through an annoying conversion process to get the Mac version to read the Windows versions. With the exception of oddball problems like this, I've found that Macs deliver value for the money. A Mac, in my experience, is easier for most people to use.
As for Linux, oddly enough GnuCash does a better job of working with Quicken for Windows files than Quicken for Mac does. Who knew?
GIMP, the best-known of the Linux photo-manipulation programs, while good, doesn't look or feel much like Adobe Photoshop. The moral of the story is that while Linux or Mac is probably a good choice for you, you should check to make sure that your one special program, or its equivalent, will work well for you on the alternative operating system. For Macs, check at your software vendors' Web site. For Linux, look to the Open Source as Alternative site for information,
3) I use programs that are only available on Windows or I really don't want to switch.
You don't have to. Just don't make the mistake of going to Vista. I mean, come on, even Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says to skip Vista.
You have two choices. First, you could buy a mini-notebook with XP Home, such as those from Acer, Asus, HP and Sylvania. Most of these also offer a Linux alternative. Or, you can order a laptop or PC from Dell, HP or any of the other major vendors with XP Professional. If you're working in a business, and I can't talk you into Linux or a Mac, you really need to order an XP Pro system. The XP Home machines are cheaper, but they won't work or play well on corporate networks.
Microsoft had planned to shut down XP Pro sales, but business computer users forced them to keep selling XP Pro.
The reason? XP works well, Vista doesn't. So, if you're a business Windows user, and you can't give it up Windows, order a PC with XP SP3 from your favorite vendor. Despite customer demand, Microsoft refuses to let XP Pro be sold pre-installed in stores.
OK, this isn't a lot of information, I know, but with this alone you're going to be a lot better off than most ordinary Joes -- or salesmen - when it comes to buying the right PC with the right operating system. Good luck and good shopping.


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*About 100,000 people came to the Australian Gold Rush
*Gold was found in South East of Adelaide
*Ballarat had the richest goldfields in the world
*Gold was discovered in Britain
*Not much gold was found
*There was a Eureka stockade in Victoria
*Gold was discovered in Tasmania
*Diggers offered other people Gold
*Lots of people went to find gold in Coolgardie
*1500 diggers moved from Kiandra to Mount Kosciuszko to seek thier fortune
*Gold was discovered in NSW
*Gold was discovered in Gympie
*Gold was discovered in Spikes Gully
*First piece of Gold was found in the Northern Territory
*Gold was found in Palmer River
*The Welcome Stranger nugget was discovered by John Deason
*Gold was discovered in Beaconfield, Tasmania
*Gold was discovered in Lisle
*Gold was found in Teetupla
*People mined for gold in Cobar
*Gold was found at Kalgoorie
*Bushrangers were causing problems
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I just gave birth to twins a few weeks ago, and was nursing fine, until they hit their growth spurt. The dr. told me to pump to see how much they are eating and how much I am making, but now I am not making anywhere near enough, maybe 10ml, 20 at most. I have 2 older kids (22 months and 5 yrs) that at home with me, so relaxing isnt really an option. I have tried fenugreek, power pumping, a bunch, but I dont think I am getting enough to eat, drink, or enough rest. With all the I have to do I am having a hard time finding the space and time to eat, drink, and sleep (which I know are key to producing enough milk) and keeping my stress level down is extra hard. I dont have any family or friends around to help out, and my husband has to be working, and with this exhaustion I am having a difficult time figuring out a solution to my problem.... i know this question has been asked a million times and I could do a search and some research, but I only get 10 minutes maximum to myself a day if I want to get any sleep. I am only able to sleep 1-2 hours at a time, and that only happens once or twice a day (last night I was having a waking dream about the cartoon layers of scooby doo waving a credit card while feeding one of the boys while burping the other one, the lack of sleep has been really crazy).. i thought maybe someone has some miracle answer for me maybe? I dont want to use formula, but have been the past week, but the boys are having really bad reactions to it causing me to have even less sleep and stress more. Sorry if there are any typos or something that doesnt make sense, Im really really tired......
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The amount pumped is not indicative of your production. A better indicator is wet and soiled diapers, and weight gain. Breasts respond to infant suckling, mouth to nipple, and hand expression has been shown to increase production more than pumping. It may be the skin to skin contact.
Keeping babies close to your breast will also encourage latching. The more milk suckled from your breast, the more you will produce.
Are you familiar with baby wearing twins?
I wouldn't trust your doc on this one - like the PP said, check diapers first. Them nursing will take milk from the breast, leaving little to pump afterward. Plus pumping output doesn't necessarily tell you the truth about your supply, esp if you are stressed about output while you pump! Sounds like you need help making easy food to eat and stashing it around the house (like smoothies/juice and bars of some kind). You are probably not going to get much sleep, but at least you could be eating more. And get in touch with someone with the La Leche League or have a lactation consultant visit you in your home to get a second opinion about the nursing situation.
Congratulations and wow! What a life change all at once for you. It can be difficult in those early days with just one nursling but to have two, you are doing an amazing job - period! You probably only need to tweak a few things in your day to day life to bump up your supply and take care of yourself. Just have to think outside the box a bit and figure out how to help yourself little step by little step. Some suggestions that you could adapt to your values/lifestyle:
1 - take a nursing 'weekend.' This is a two or three day period where you do pretty much nothing else but nurse the babies. This should help increase your supply as well as let you track their output to see if babies are getting enough or not. It may be time to break out a movie marathon or a book-reading marathon or games that you can play one handed or at least have your 5 yr. old help you with any 'hands-necessary' actions. Something that will keep the older two occupied long enough for most of the day so that you can sit on your butt and nurse constantly.
2 - keeping 'handy' snacks and drinks around the house. A cup of water in the kitchen that you drink and refill every time you walk in there, a cup in the bathroom, a cup on the mantle in the living room, etc. Granola bars, bags of trail mix, lactation cookies, bowls of cereal, pieces of fruit - all easily ready to go foods that you can make a point of eating a serving after every nursing session. Make it a part of the routine - babies get fed, so do you.
3 - co-sleeping with babies for naps and/or nights. Can you snuggle down in such a way as to have one babe level with each breast so they can tandem nurse as often as possible while all three of you sleep? Is there a safe way to secure the older kids in the house so they are occupied (movie, special 'quiet time' activity, etc.) while you lightly nap with babies once or twice a day?
4 - learning to babywear twins. I would check out www.thebabywearer.com for a forum specifically on wearing two babies at once. There are a variety of carriers and methods used, plus you could learn to nurse in the carrier, so later on you can be more mobile and available for the older kids.
Just some ideas to hopefully jump start your thinking process. I'm sure you can find ways to adapt to life with twins that allows you to take care of yourself and your older kids at the level you both need and want to. You will figure it out!
I agree with making sure you are getting plenty to drink. Just keep a water bottle handy. It won't spill so it's easy to transport. Nursing newborn twins is tough! You are already doing a great job!
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sorry for not replying sooner, the boys are very demanding! I didnt want another day to go by without me saying thank you to everyone for their help, I cant write much as I am typing one handed.. always seem to be feeding someone! I will write more when and if I ever get another minute!!! I really appreciate all the advice and am giving it my best shot, with difficulty, but I am trying =) I am determined to give my boys what they deserve... gotta run, someone is crying!
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Homesteading and Livestock
Self-reliance and sustainability in the 21st century.
New Chicken Webcam Goes Live
A properly networked camera can come in handy when you need to monitor your livestock, but the main reason we put a webcam in our new chick observatory brood coop was for the fun of it. We thought it would be easy to network a camera for this application, but it turns out to be quite difficult. The first attempt involved a wireless unit, but we decided to run a long ethernet cable for a more pure signal with less packet loss. If you are reading this then you are hereby cordially invited to attend the exclusive, live viewing of our new born poultry on the Cute Chick Cam
Other posts from last week include but are not limited to.
Quick garden frost protection: Anna breaks down how we dealt with a brief frost warning the other day.
Pros and cons of starting vegetables inside: We've been testing this for years and have reached a conclusion.
Mark Hamilton and Anna Hess are having a great time getting ready for the Spring planting rush and like sharing the fun over at their homesteading blog which they call WaldenEffect.org. Making and selling their poop free automatic chicken waterers is one of their main passions and if you give them a chance they'll talk your ear off about how awesome their new way of getting water to backyard chickens is compared to the old fashioned method.


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For those that have been involved in poker for some considerable time, you will know that although there is an obvious shortage of events over the festive season, the complete opposite occurs in January of each year.
January is probably the busiest poker month of every year with regards to just how many tournaments kick off, whether online or offline. The is of course the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, the World Poker Tour Ireland, the Aussie Millions and this event the Euro Finals Of Poker. That is just live tournaments too, with there being a whole host of online events kicking off in January too such as the TCOOP on PokerStars and the MiniFTOPS XXI on Full Tilt Poker.
The EFOP will be starting on the 8th of January and will run until the 28th of the same month, with it being held at the world renowned Aviation Club de France in Paris.
Six Titles On Offer!
Six of the events that will be played will be offering European Championship titles, with a nice variation on the formats and buy-ins on offer. There will be a €1,000 NLHE Freezeout, a Pot Limit Omaha Triple Chance event that is also €1,000 and then the big €5,000 No Limit Holdem Freezeout kicking off on the 24th of January and lasting for 4 days.
One of the first events to be played though will be the popular WPT National Series, with it beginning on the 10th of January and again lasting four days. This event is so popular due to its lower buy-in compared to other nation Series events on the calendar, with the cost being just €1,500. This attracts players with a smaller budget as they know they will be playing amongst some of the best players in the world for a nominal fee. It also has two starting day flights meaning that anyone who is eliminated on Day 1a, can re-buy again on Day 1b if they so choose.
Other events include a whole host of satellites to more WPT events later in the year, whilst the ACF Poker Tour will also be hosting an event of their own. The €750 No limit Holdem Freezeout will be kicking off on the 13th of January and will run for two days, with each player receiving 15k in chips and levels of 45 minutes.
We already cannot wait until January, it may have only been a couple of weeks that we have been starved of top quality poker action but for many of us that is simply too long!


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Final streetcar report recap
A draft version of the final downtown streetcar report has been posted here. The project is now ready to move into engineering. Here are some of the report's highlights:
- Modern streetcar, electrified by overhead catenary wires and running primarily on Main Street, between River Market and Crown Center/Union Station (2.11 miles).
- Other than Main Street, vehicles will travel on Grand between 3rd and 5th; on 5th between Grand and Delaware; on Delaware between 5th and 7th (where Delaware turns into Main), then on Pershing between Main and Grand.
- Estimated operating hours are 6 a.m. to midnight, Monday through Thursday; 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays. Three vehicles would provide peak headways of 11 minutes (with 22 minute headways on Sundays and after 9 p.m. on weekdays).
- Vehicles will operate in median lanes from Pershing Road to 14th Street, then run in curb lanes between 14th and 9th streets (eliminating the dysfunctional on-street parking that co-exists with a bus lane).
- Construction will take an estimated two years after design and engineering are complete; majority of disruption will occur within the right-of-way and not for the entire two year period along the entire route.
- No property acquisition required for the route, but parcels may be acquired for a maintenance facility.
- Communication utilities (AT&T/Verizon) would be most impacted by construction; Main Street has very few water, sanitary sewer, or gas lines.
- Capital construction cost is $101 million. Annual operating cost is $3.2 million.
- Funding will be a mix of fares, $2 million in City funds (mix of PIAC and TIF), up to $25 million in Federal grants, and $73 million generated by a new Transportation Development District over 25 years. No money will be diverted from existing KCATA operating funds.
- Daily ridership forecast for opening year (2015) is 2,896. By 2035, daily ridership is estimated at 6,023. By comparison, Main Street MAX carries around 4,000 riders between River Market and Waldo.
- Acres of parking within 1/4 mile of proposed stations: 105 (surface) and 53.2 (structured). Surface lots are strong candidates for redevelopment.
- Noise and vibration are similar to existing city buses.
- Connections to other transit services will be available at 3rd & Grand (city bus, Megabus), 10th & Main (city bus), and Union Station (Amtrak, regional rail).
Twelve stations are recommended for the following locations (about every 2 blocks):
- 3rd & Grand (northern terminus and existing KCATA park & ride)
- City Market (on 5th at Walnut)
- River Market West (on Delaware at Independence Avenue)
- North Loop (on Main at 8th)
- Financial District (on Main at 10th, adjacent to the KCATA transit center)
- Convention Center/Power & Light (on Main at 14th)
- Kauffman Center (on Main at 16th)
- Crossroads (on Main at 18th)
- Freighthouse (on Main at 20th)
- Union Station (on Main, opposite the station)
- Crown Center (southern terminus, on Pershing at Grand in dedicated lanes)
The Transportation Development District will generate revenue from the following downtown sources:
- Special Assessment on Real Property Assessed Value (including Chapter 353 abated properties)
- 1% in-district Sales Tax (in addition to a TDD sales tax that covers the Power & Light District)
- Special Assessments on Commercial Surface Parking
- Fares ($1 per ride)
- Advertising revenue
TDDs can issue bonds and are managed by an elected Board of registered voters within the district boundaries will be overseen by a four-person Board composed of City officials and mayoral appointees [Ed Note: Corrected on 1/10/12 at the request of the City of Kansas City; there are multiple ways to form a TDD Board, per statute.]. The proposed boundaries are the Missouri River on the north, 27th Street on the south, the centerline of Broadway on the west, and the centerline of Locust Street on the east. This would include most of the River Market, downtown loop, and Crossroads, but not Quality Hill or Columbus Park. Major retail hubs such as the City Market, Power & Light District, and Crown Center would all be included. An in-district election to form the TDD will occur early in 2012.1 comment
What it's like to ride a DMU
One of the details in Mike Sanders' rapid_rail_presentation is the proposal to use diesel multiple units (DMUs) — a passenger rail vehicle propelled by an onboard diesel engine. This is unique because most commuter rail operators run conventional locomotives pulling (or pushing) conventional passenger rail coaches. Regional examples of conventional commuter rail are Chicago's Metra, Dallas' TRE, Minneapolis' Northstar, and Nashville's Music City Star).
DMUs are easily confused with electrically-powered light rail vehicles and modern streetcars, and the difference is slight: other than the powertrain and the lack of overhead wires, DMUs that run on freight rail tracks must conform to strict crash regulations. This, unfortunately, makes them heavy. At the same time a DMU can be (arguably) cheaper to operate on routes with light demand.
To make matters even more confusing, one of the few places in America where DMUs operate — New Jersey Transit's River Line — is actually called a light rail line. We can't even tell you that the terms "commuter rail" and "light rail" are even 100% distinct, since systems bearing either label can perform similar goals — transporting commuters to and from the urban core — over similar distances. A good rule of thumb, however, is that light rail better serves urban environments with closer stops; commuter rail better serves suburbs with stops spaced further apart… regardless of the vehicle type or fuel source.
We had a chance to ride a DMU transit route on a recent trip to Portland. The TriMet's Westside Express Service has been in operation since 2009 and serves four suburbs. We'd like to be the one to tell you that this route was trouble-free to construct and operate, but that would be a lie.
Regardless, the day we rode WES it was glitch-free, on-time, full of passengers, and included in our $4.75 all-day transit pass (unusual for US commuter rail). The sensation was a mash-up of riding any other train with the subtle reminder that a large diesel engine was underfoot (and releasing particulate pollution, although not nearly as much as if all riders had chosen to drive congested I-5 instead). Bikes were onboard — you can't really avoid them in Portland, even if you tried — and the easy transfer from light rail, plush seats, and a friendly conductor made our brief trip a pleasant experience.
As for the Sanders proposal, the reliance on DMUs for all-day service on multiple lines would indeed make it unique in all of North America, perhaps the world. The company that built the WES vehicles has reincorporated in Ohio — with a Missouri-based partner, no less — and plans to resume production soon. Hopefully they will engineer improvements that make the vehicles more reliable for daily service.1 comment
KCATA's stimulus streetcar proposal
KCATA presented a modern streetcar proposal at yesterday's Transportation and Infrastructure committee meeting. T&I is reviewing applications for $1.5 billion in competitive TIGER grants that are part of the federal stimulus package (yes, that's $1.5 billion for the entire US). It's conceivable that the entire capital cost could be covered by TIGER funds. The criteria for requests are fuzzy, and there is no formula distribution as with other transportation dollars.
What's a modern streetcar? Think modern light rail vehicle running in mixed traffic. Why is it better than the MAX? Take a walk along the MAX corridor and see how it's improved since 2005. Rail lines spur economic development, period.
See the Star's coverage here and the PowerPoint presentation here.
On a side note: Seattle's first light rail line opens this weekend. Track progress at Seattle Transit Blog.Comments are off for this post
Round-up: Buy American edition
To celebrate our country's birth, we present a handful of patriotic transit developments:
- First US-made streetcar goes into service (Infrastructurist)
- New buyer revives domestic DMU railcar manufacturer (Trains for America)
- Hydrogen fuel-cell locomotive unveiled in Topeka (Topeka Capital-Journal)
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New Portland MAX station features green design
A new station that's part of a Portland MAX light rail extension will feature wind turbines, solar panels, salvaged materials, and bio-filtration of storm water run-off.
The wind turbines — designed and manufactured in Oregon and perched atop the catenary poles near the station — will generate 275 watts. The solar array will generate 50 kilowatts, enough to run all lighting on site. The bio-filtration allows the station to be untethered from the city's storm water system.
The new station is part of the publicly-funded MAX light rail system, not the public-private Portland Streetcar system — an urban circulator — that serves the central city.
A common complaint about light rail is that the construction impact trumps any reduction in pollution or congestion realized by increased transit ridership. Projects like this address that complaint. However, opponents who trumpet the construction impact of light rail rarely include the manufacture of cars or the production and supply chain impacts of oil and gasoline in their estimates.Comments are off for this post
Google Maps adds transit to Windows Mobile
If you're unfortunate enough to use Windows Mobile (snap!), yet wise enough to use public transit (double-snap!), today is your lucky day: Google Maps has added public transit directions to an updated WinMo client (as well as support for the Eurocentric S60). Just don't try to ask it how to cross the river on a Sunday. Can support for cheapo Java devices be far behind?Comments are off for this post
Why waste money on fancy buses?
Just make the existing buses easier to use! Chicago has implemented a bus tracker that does for many bus routes what a BRT upgrade does for just one. The biggest complaint about bus service is timeliness, and this system addresses at least part of that problem by providing a real-time status.
Too expensive for our regional plan? How about SMS updates when a bus will arrive (text stop and route number to a short code and receive an automated response) or an IVR that provides the scheduled bus arrivals for each stop. Portland uses the latter approach by assigning a short code on each stop; dial one central number, enter the code, and the system tells you the next arrival time.
You don't have to buy new buses or expensive LED displays to provide what centralized technologies can do for a much lower cost.Comments are off for this post
More plan details…
Prime Buzz has a good recap of the operational and cost details from this week's light rail presentations to the City Council. We've added a few more details that were mentioned that didn't make their post:
– The new 3/8-cent tax would be exempt from TIF.
– Operation would not require any general fund support.
– Construction would not require the city to issue or back any of the project's debt.
– Cost estimates represent the 5-10% design level.
– Project costs include construction of a BRT line on Prospect (so by the time construction is complete the line will be fed by at least three BRT lines — State, Troost, and Prospect avenues).
– Locations for a 15-acre maintenance facility have been scouted, but no final decisions made.
– Platforms will be limited to hosting 2-car trains, so any increase in capacity would require shorter headways (not longer trains).
– North Kansas City has indicated they may synchronize their sales tax vote with KCMO.
– Ridership estimates will be available prior to the November vote.
– The Downtown Council was present to confirm their support for the project.
No indication of when any of this information will be formally released to the public or even when it will appear on the KCATA light rail website (which hasn't been updated since April?).7 comments
Google Transit coming to KC
We're not claiming any responsibility for this, but we did post in October asking KCATA and The JO to jump on board Google Transit, since it's free, requires very little technical work to join, and far exceeds the usability of most online trip planners (besides, who doesn't use Google Maps these days?). Kudos! Now where is The JO?
UPDATE: The Google Transit trip planner is Mac friendly, unlike the ATA's existing planner. However, not all mobile devices handle the pages well. We tested on a BlackBerry and didn't get very far, but Windows Mobile and PalmOS worked okay (it's useable).
UPDATE 2: According to this article, The JO is "still working on it." We've also confirmed that Google Transit works on iPhones, but only displays text instructions.1 comment
Task Force makes route, technology recommendations
The Star has the full story on the 12-mile recommendation. Here are the basics:
- Northern terminus: Vivion Road and North Oak Trafficway (I-29)
- Southern terminus: 51st Street and Brookside Boulevard
- Eastern branch: 18th Street, Linwood Boulevard, or along Brush Creek to Prospect Avenue
- Technology: Modern streetcar with overhead catenary in dedicated, transit-only lanes
- Funding: 3/8-cent new sales tax with federal matching funds
- Stops and precise street alignment will be determined at a later date
Now the Council must make a decision this week on how to proceed with the repeal of the voter-approved plan. It has been sufficiently tarred and feathered, but now that a real replacement exists a simple repeal by the Council should produce little fallout (other than snarky comments from the same five trolls on Prime Buzz). The Council has had plenty of time to think about the options and they've been floating in the media — and out their districts — for just as long. It's time to act.
UPDATE: The ATA has posted the Task Force's recommendations: Citizen Task Force Recommendations on an Alternative Light Rail Plan2 comments


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The Capitals will allow Alex Ovechkin to take part in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, regardless of whether the NHL permits all of its players to participate in the games, owner Ted Leonsis said Thursday.
Ovechkin, who on Wednesday was named a torchbearer for the Sochi games, has said multiple times that he intends to play in his home country. Leonsis doesn't intend to stand in the star winger's way.
Here are Leonsis's full comments on whether the NHL should allow players to participate in the Olympics.
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The sound of folks tapping their maple trees seem to come earlier every year.
"If you talk to the old timers they were March first that was when they started. middle of March. Now more and more people are starting to tap in the middle of February and some people are going earlier," said UMaine student and PHD candidate Jenny Shrum.
A recently published study from Cornell University predicts that by the year 2100 sap season could start a month sooner than it dies now, meaning people could be out tapping trees in January. Frozen trees are thawing earlier and earlier starting the cycle of freeze-thaw events that creates the pique time to tap trees. It's the varying weather and high number of freeze-thaw events in areas like Maine and Vermont that make sap plentiful.
"You want to pick the maximum bang for your buck," Shrum said. "That maximum window that's gonna allow you to optimize your sap collection. So if you start in December, you may not get a bunch of freeze-thaw events. So you want to choose that 6-8 week period where you're going to have the most freeze-thaw events."
Shrum is working to learn more about the relationship between weather and sap flow. The Sugar Shack in Albion is one of her three test sites. She set up a weather station that is taking real time weather readings of the air temperature, wind speed, wind direction and barometric pressure. At the same time graduated containers are being watched by a camera so she can see the changes in sap level every hour and relate that to the weather data.
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More and more research like this is being done at the University of Maine thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation and Maine Epscor.
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You know you are having a fantastic day when you walk into a retired justice's home to interview him for an article in CITATIONS and he offers to make you a latte. It just doesn't get any better than that for this sleep-deprived appellate attorney mother of four children under 10. You had me from latte, Justice Paul Coffee. Bless you.
Then I drop the bomb. Well, Justice Coffee, the article Wendy Lascher wrote about you was excellent and I certainly do not want to reinvent that wheel. So, how about we talk about, say, spirituality? Spirituality and the law, to be precise. Justice Coffee did not politely usher me out the door. Instead, we had an excellent conversation about the involvement of spirituality with the law and with the practice of law.
Now, there is far too much involved with spirituality and the law for just one article. Thus, if the editors let me, you will be stuck with my writings on spirituality and the law for a while, based on my own musings, interviews with justices, attorneys, and others, and any other information I find out on point.
So, the topic for this first article on Spirituality and the Law is prayer.
Now for some, prayer and the law might go something like this, "Oh God, oh God, please get me out of this pickle I'm in. I'll never do it again, please God." Or, before oral argument, the prayers might be: "God, please help me not look stupid up there." Or, "God, please help me not drop this 32-page unstapled outline of salient points." Or "God, please help the Justices see things my way."
But for the most part, that's not how prayer works for me or for Justice Coffee. I learned of his strong Catholic faith reading the February CITATIONS, so I asked him how, if at all, he incorporates prayer, a tenet of his religion, into the practice of law or into his being a justice.
He responded that when he drove a 1951 Chevy from Madera to join the United States Navy Reserves, he drove around Pensacola, Florida looking for an open church, and found a Catholic one. His faith tradition to that point had been largely shaped by his parents, one of whom was Presbyterian and the other was a Christian Scientist. He went into the Pensacola church without really thinking about why he was there; he did not go there specifically to pray. But, after being there, he felt better.
Prayer for Justice Coffee since then, both while practicing as a trial attorney, and as a judge and justice, involves centering himself, usually with a succession of prayers. He does not have a ritual that must be carried out each and every day. Instead, he prays when he needs to. It has a quiet, centering effect. He does not pray about any particular case.
The same is pretty much true for me. Admittedly, sometimes prayers in my house go like this, "KIDS, SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE NOW. I'VE ASKED THREE TIMES. IF I HAVE TO ASK AGAIN I WILL SERVE YOUR FOOD IN THE GARAGE WITH THE LIGHTS OFF. God, Thank you for this food. Amen." But usually, my prayers aren't quite like that.
I remember my first law school final. I looked upon three students, facing each other in a circle, hands clasped. One was leading the other two in a prayer. After that, I sat in my chair, praying before the final as I had done before my LSAT, "God, okay, look, we are all here together trying to do our best. Please give everyone in this room peace. Please help everyone do their best." All of a sudden, I felt less stress. It was like my brain was no longer focused on the singular objective of the final but recognized the vastness and humanness of people in the same boat. Maybe it was the act of prayer or maybe it was God, I don't know, but I do know that I, like Justice Coffee, felt better.
So if one is inclined to pray, have at it. If not, don't have at it. Whatever. I'm not here to proselytize. I'm only trying to explore spirituality and the law. I am not here to pass judgment. But, Justice Coffee was and so are other judges and justices, so the next topic will explore one's paid duty to be a judge when one's faith tradition says not to judge. Or maybe it won't. Maybe it will be something else. I'll pray about it.
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Those supporting President Obama now number about half of respondents. A high percent revealed pessimistic views regarding the outcome of fighting in Afghanistan while an increasing number are more optimistic about the future of Iraq. In many respects, this coincides with most current polls of the American people.


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NJ Pension System Underfunded by $172 Billion [AUDIO]
The pension system for New Jersey's public employees is dramatically underfunded. A new study released by State Budget Solutions reveals New Jersey's pension plan is currently funded at just 33 percent.
"There's $172 billion that the state has promised in retirement benefits to public workers that it currently does not have the money to pay for," said Cory Eucalitto, the author of the report. "What that works out to is $19,366 per person in New Jersey just to cover that unfunded portion of the liability."
The report reveals that unfunded public pension liabilities pose a serious threat to state government finances. Eucalitto said the problem is simply too big to ignore.
"What happens when an unfunded liability grows like this is that the state has to kick in more and more to close the gap," explained Eucalitto. "The more money that you've got to put into the pension system means less money for education, health care, whatever it is that folks in New Jersey expect."
Part of the problem is that the state has not lived up to its end of the bargain according to the report. For years, New Jersey has failed to completely fund its pension obligation. A new law has the state working incrementally toward fully funding the system.
One suggestion in the study for a solution is to require future public employees to enter into a defined contribution plan similar to a 401k. The report doesn't suggest that those already in the system should lose any benefits they're been promised.
"These promises have been made to public employees and in many cases it's not their fault the state has completely failed to keep that promise," said Eucalitto.
In June 2011, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a public employees' pension and health benefits reform bill that he said at the time would provide savings to New Jersey taxpayers of over $120 billion over the next 30 years.


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Blake Shelton And Miranda Lambert Expected To Perform At Super Bowl XLIV
It wouldn't be the world's biggest game with Country music's biggest couple.
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are expected to perform "America the Beautiful" as a duet prior to kickoff. It should be awesome. I can't wait to see it at the big game on February 5th in Indianapolis. As far as the game goes it would great to see a NY Giants and Baltimore Raven match-up.


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Green Bay Falls to Cleveland State in Horizon League Championship
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's tennis team (16-8) fell just short of earning the program's first conference championship on Saturday, as the Phoenix was defeated 4-1 by Cleveland State (16-7) in the Horizon League title match at North Central High School in Indianapolis. It marks the fourth time the Phoenix has finished as the Horizon League's runner-up, while the Vikings picked up their fourth consecutive conference crown.
The day started with Cleveland State earning the doubles point after winning the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches. Green Bay's Fabian Gogolin (Cologne, Germany) and Christoph Hopfe (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) were defeated 8-3 by Rob Fox and John Haley in the top spot, while Erik Finkenbrink (Duelman, Germany) and Josh Oothoudt (Minot, N.D.) fell 8-2 to Yannick Goossens and Chris Klepatz at No. 2.
The Phoenix rebounded to put together some strong singles performances, but the Vikings prevailed in the end by taking the No. 3, 5 and 6 matches to secure the 4-1 win.
Hopfe, the lone singles winner for the Phoenix, knotted the score at 1-1 by picking up a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win over Klepatz at the No. 4 spot. The contest remained tight as Finkenbrink (No. 1), Cox (No. 2), Gogolin (No. 5) and Henning Jess (Kaltenkirchen, Germany) (No. 6) each split the first two sets in their respective singles matches, sending all four to third-set tiebreakers.
The Vikings made it 2-1 when Matt Kuelker wrapped up a 6-3, 6-3 win over Green Bay's Paul Swanson (Coon Rapids, Minn.) at the No. 3 spot. Haley moved it to 3-1 by finishing off Gogolin 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the No. 5 match and Matt Ford clinched the title by defeating Jess 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 6 spot.
Finkenbrink was locked in a tight contest against Goossens in the No. 1 pairing when the match ended. After falling 6-3 in the opening set, Finkenbrink bounced back with a 7-5 win in the second. The score was knotted at 2-2 in the third-set tiebreaker when the match was called.
Cox was also unable to finish a close battle at the No. 2 spot with Fox. Cox took the first set 6-4, and then fell 7-5 in set number two. Fox held a narrow, 5-4 advantage when time ran out on Green Bay's championship hopes.
Cleveland State 4, Green Bay 1
No. 1 - Yannick Goossens (CSU) vs. Erik Finkenbrink (GB) 6-3, 5-7, 2-2 DNF
No. 2 - Rob Fox (CSU) vs. Craig Cox (GB) 4-6, 7-5, 5-4 DNF
No. 3 - Matt Kuelker (CSU) def. Paul Swanson (GB) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Christoph Hopfe (GB) def. Chris Klepatz (CSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - John Haley (CSU) def. Fabian Gogolin (GB) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
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Millwall Beats Luton 3-0 to Advance to F.A. Cup Quarterfinals
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Millwall beat Luton 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of soccer's F.A. Cup.
James Henry, Rob Hulse and Dany G'Guessan scored the goals as Millwall reached the final eight of England's top club competition for the first time since 2004.
Luton plays in England's fifth tier and was the seventh non-League team to reach the fifth round since World War Two. The Hatters upset Norwich of the Premier League 1-0 in the last round.
Arsenal hosts Blackburn, MK Dons play Barnsley and Everton visits Oldham in today's other F.A. Cup matchups.
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I've been tagged by my pals Abbie and Luke!
This means I have to tell what my favorite treat is:
When Dad makes Hamburger Helper he rolls up little balls of raw hamburger and tosses them to me. Yum!
I also need to tell 7 things about myself:
I live at the Rainbow Bridge, but spend most of my time with my pals at Dogster.
I have the coolest sisfur, Molly.
I love making music playlists for Yappy Hour Bingo.
I'm afraid of thunder, but not as afraid as Molly.
I loved going for car rides and walks with Molly and Dad.
I love running all my games at Yappy Hour.
I loved giving face washes.
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Today my Dad dug a hole. He said he was digging it for my shell, that my shell had tired and could no longer go on. It was a deep hole. He said that was so my shell could rest in peace, without fear of being disturbed. It deserved that, because it has worked so hard for the past eleven years. I asked him how I could still be talking to him if my shell was no longer useful. He said the shell may be gone, but the spirit remains. It is my spirit that will travel across the Rainbow Bridge, and back again to see all my friends. That is the great thing about Dogster, he said. Here I can still play with all the great furs I have become friends with. Only now I have wings. I can move among the threads more quickly. I asked will the wings make me smarter? He said, no, that I will still suck at trivia. That's alright, I said, as long as I can still play with my furiends. So I can still look forward to Camping, and Roulette and Friday Casino Night, and Bingo and all my playlists. I guess death isn't so bad. Dad nodded, as a tear fell from his cheek.
R.I.P. Jack (5-1-98 to 8-11-09)
Well Diary, Today marks my one year Anniversary in Dogster! What a year it's been. I've met so many great furiends, had all sorts of fun, and learned all about dressing up my page. I went camping all over the world with some pawtastic furs, Made my own Monster, went troll hunting, and played lots of really fun games. I learned to make music playlists, which I debut every Saturday night at Yappy Hour Bingo. Speaking of Yappy Hour, I was in on the inception of Yappy Hour, and remain to this day an Admin there. I even made up some games that some of the members play.
On top of my anniversary, Today is the beginning of the week I have been chosen as Doggie Amigo of the Week at The 3 Amigos!!! How Cool is That!!
Yes, it's been quite a year, and I have had one swell time!! I'd like to thank all my pals for making it a great year, but I wouldn't be able to type that long. I will thank my best dogster friend, Cailey Mae, who I met when she ran the camping trip. She has been the most pawsomest friend a fur could have.
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Brendan Cummins
Former Chief Executive Officer, Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Brendan Cummins, 62, former chief executive officer of Ciba Specialty Chemicals, was elected to the Ashland board in May 2012. Mr. Cummins, brings nearly 40 years of industry leadership experience to this new role. He spent 37 years with Ciba, holding a variety of international and senior management roles within the company. These roles included 20 years spent in the Asia Pacific region in finance and business unit leadership assignments. He served as chief operating officer from October 2005 through January 2008, when he was promoted to CEO. Ciba was acquired by BASF in late 2008. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Cummins served as a consultant to, and on the senior executive panel of, The Valence Group, a specialist mergers and acquisitions firm offering advisory services to companies and investors in the chemical, materials and related sectors.
William G. Dempsey
Former Executive Vice President, Global Pharmaceuticals
Abbott Laboratories
William Dempsey joined Ashland's board in July 2016 and serves on the Audit Committee and the Environmental, Health, Safety and Product Compliance committee. He previously served in various executive positions with Abbott Laboratories from 1982-2007, including executive vice president of global pharmaceuticals from 2006, senior vice president of pharmaceutical operations from 2003 and senior vice president of international operations from 1999. He currently serves as a director of Landauer Inc. (NYSE: LDR) and Hill-Rom Holdings (NYSE: HRC). He also served on the board of Hospira, Inc. through September 2015 and Nordion, Inc. through 2014.
Jay V. Ihlenfeld
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3M Company
Dr. Ihlenfeld was elected to the Ashland board of directors in January 2017. He formerly served as Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, for 3M Company, a leader in technology and innovation from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. He held various leadership positions during his 33-year career at 3M Company, including Senior Vice President, Research and Development from 2002 to 2006, Vice President of its Performance Materials business, and Executive Vice President of its Sumitomo/3M business in Japan. He is a director of Celanese Corporation, where he serves on the Compensation and Management Development Committee and the Environmental, Health, Safety and Public Policy Committee.
Barry W. Perry
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Engelhard Corp.
Barry Perry, 67, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2007. He is lead independent director, chair of the Personnel & Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance & Nominating committee.
Mark C. Rohr
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Celanese Corp.
Mark Rohr, 62, joined Ashland's board of directors in 2008 and serves on the Audit and Environmental Health, Safety & Product Compliance committees.
George A. Schaefer Jr.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fifth Third Bancorp
Fifth Third Bancorp
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Janice J. Teal, Ph.D., former group vice president and chief scientific officer for Avon Products Inc., was elected to the company's board of directors in September 2012. Dr. Teal serves as chair of the Environmental, Health, Safety, & Products Compliance Committee and a member of the Personnel & Compensation Committees. She brings 28 years of leadership and scientific research experience to Ashland's board. Prior to her retirement from Avon in 2010, she led the company's global research and development team of chemists and scientists, with responsibility for the development and support of Avon's worldwide product lines. Before that, Dr. Teal served as vice president of the Avon Skin Care Laboratories, where she led the bioscience research and skin care teams that ultimately led to the growth of the Anew Skin Care brand to over $1 billion in sales. She had additional responsibility for development of Avon's vitamin and nutritional lines. Dr. Teal joined Avon in 1982 as a program leader in toxicology and built Avon's first pharmacokinetics and cell culture laboratories. She earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University and served as a Research Fellow in toxicology at New York University. She previously served on the board of directors of Arch Chemicals, which was acquired last year by Lonza Group Ltd.
Michael J. Ward
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CSX Corp.
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William and Kate became the Prince and Princess of Sails today as they raced around Auckland harbour.
The Duchess of Cambridge made sure she ruled the waves, taking to the wheel of an America's Cup sailing boat and trouncing her husband.
Kate proved far more adept at handling the 80ft vessel — and even gloated with a victory salute after beating William in two races.
The competitive couple were in Auckland visiting New Zealand's America's Cup team, as well as young sailors from a local yacht club.
Royal New Zealand Tour Day 4
Royal New Zealand Tour Day 4
1/15 In charge
Kate takes the wheel (Picture: Robin Nunn)
2/15 Giggle
The Duchess of Cambridge, laughs with crew members as she boards a craft with her husband (Picture: Reuters)
3/15 Smiles
Kate and William at the Viaduct Basin (Picture: Getty)
4/15 Nautical chic
Kate wore a blue and white striped top (Picture: REUTERS/Phil Noble)
5/15 Taking a break
Kate and William (Picture: Tim Rooke/REX)
6/15 Riding the waves
The Duchess of Cambridge (Picture: Phil Walter/Getty Images)
7/15 Taking charge
Prince William (Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
8/15 Art work
Local illustrator Hayley Heartbreak (C) holds an illustration of Prince William, his wife Catherine and Prince George as she waits for them to arrive at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour (Picture: Fiona GOODALL/AFP/Getty Images)
9/15 Warm welcome
Crowds cheer as the motorcade of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge passes by at the Viaduct Basin (Picture: Phil Walter/Getty Images)
10/15 Sea duel
The Duke and Duchess raced against each other on two Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup yachts as they sail around Auckland Harbour (Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
11/15 Winner
Kate gestures towards Prince William (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
12/15 Ship beauty
Kate (Picture: Jason Oxenham/Getty Images)
13/15 Sailors
The Duchess laughs with crew members (Picture: REUTERS/Fiona Goodall)
14/15 Victorious
Kate with William (Picture: Fiona GOODALL/AFP/Getty Images)
15/15 Royal meeting
Kate greets 5-month-old Madeleine Tilbury and mother, Melissa Tilbury after arriving at Whenuapai (Picture: Sarah Ivey-Pool/Getty Images)
Once out of the harbour the pair — in separate boats — each took the helm.
For once, on what has been a soggy royal tour, the sun shone as they raced around a series of buoys.
Kate was appropriately dressed in a Breton-style striped top by Me and Em, skinny navy jeans by Zara and navy baseball cap, with her hair tied up.
She clearly enjoyed getting revenge on William, who beat her convincingly in a dragon boat race the last time they competed on the water during their first tour together in Canada in 2011.
As the Duke disembarked, he joked: "We were sabotaged!"
An observer said the Duchess was looking pleased and he replied: "I bet she is! Selfless husband! I wanted a quiet night."
Grant Dalton, managing director of Emirates Team New Zealand, said the royal pair had specially asked for the opportunity to go sailing on Waitemata Harbour.
As they set off, Kate patted William on the back and said: "Take care!" "Yeah, see you later," he replied.
Eric Haagh, 36, skipper of the Duke's boat, said afterwards: " William was a good sailor but Kate pushed us around into a bad position. She did very well.
"William was very competitive right from the start — he didn't want to lose. When Kate won both the races he just said 'at least she'll be happy'."
Grant Dalton added: "There are no friends on the water, though. No quarter given. I'm sure Prince William would not want to be beaten by his wife."
The Duke was in NZL 41, which previously raced under the Japanese flag in the Louis Vuitton series. The Duchess was in NZL 68, a former training boat for Team New Zealand.
The couple had arrived in Auckland amid showers, with a crowd of thousands lining the road to the harbour.
During a walkabout Hayley Heartbreak, 30, an illustrator, presented the couple with a poster she had made showing the Duke and Duchess with George on a beach.
She said: "Kate said, 'Oh little George — you've got his likeness!' And William asked for a copy."
The duchess was given a bouquet by Lili Reynolds, eight, who has had five operations for a brain tumour and is undergoing radiotherapy.
Lili was there through the Make A Wish Foundation, after telling them she wanted to meet the Duchess "because I've always wanted to meet someone royal and beautiful."
She said the Duchess told her "I hope your treatment goes well... Your flowers are lovely."
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Good looking Roof My kinda Ridge Vent
Ref: My Kinda Roof
Thats the kinda ridge line I'm looking to get!:thumbup:
I used the OC High hip and ridge to get that look. I wasn't sure I like it at first but now it is growing on me. Are you going with Timbertex hip and ridge on your roof or are you going with cut 3 tabs?
Is there a ridge vent under those cap shingles?
They look to be the same profile as the hip caps.
I don't think so. Mine look really high after installing a ridge vent under it.
In truth, I don't know. This photo came from Roofingstore.ca
Check this image out. It is kinda like the other but the ridge shingle have no gap clear across as in the other photo. My thought is the other photo is vented.
This photo is not as supported by the turbines on the roof in the background.
Maybe the hips are vented also???
Maybe they put a ridge vent under. I don't know. I have heard of people running a ridge vent at the top 1/3 of a hip, but not the full length. I don't think that would work. I guess you would run it the whole way and just cut the hole at the top. The rest of it would just be to keep it uniform.
My thought is simply that I never felt a roof should be one dimensional. It should not just blend in to end up fading into the background. It should tease the eye, drawing the attention to it's seductive presence.
Dos not matter how modest the home.
I vented the entire length of the hips with a low profile ridge vent called Trim Line from Owens Corning due to the vaulted/cathedral ceiling interior.
We had to notch the top of the 2" x 12" rafters to allow a cross ventilation.
Well, where there is will there is a way. I guess you could say you carved a few more notch's in your tool belt!:laughing::laughing:
what`s w/ the bottom short course?That`s a picture of a second layer roof:wink:
Well, my ridge don't look anything like that. I think if I used the snow country version of ridge vent, then folding the timbertex twice as shown in the video it world have been more like the photo. :yes: What's a short course?
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The Effects of a Model-Based Physics Curriculum Program with a Physics First Approach: a Causal-Comparative Study
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DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9287-2
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- Liang, L.L., Fulmer, G.W., Majerich, D.M. et al. J Sci Educ Technol (2012) 21: 114. doi:10.1007/s10956-011-9287-2
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a model-based introductory physics curriculum on conceptual learning in a Physics First (PF) Initiative. This is the first comparative study in physics education that applies the Rasch modeling approach to examine the effects of a model-based curriculum program combined with PF in the United States. Five teachers and 301 students (in grades 9 through 12) in two mid-Atlantic high schools participated in the study. The students' conceptual learning was measured by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). It was found that the ninth-graders enrolled in the model-based program in a PF initiative achieved substantially greater conceptual understanding of the physics content than those 11th-/12th-graders enrolled in the conventional non-modeling, non-PF program (Honors strand). For the 11th-/12th-graders enrolled in the non-PF, non-honors strands, the modeling classes also outperformed the conventional non-modeling classes. The instructional activity reports by students indicated that the model-based approach was generally implemented in modeling classrooms. A closer examination of the field notes and the classroom observation profiles revealed that the greatest inconsistencies in model-based teaching practices observed were related to classroom interactions or discourse. Implications and recommendations for future studies are also discussed.


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The Summit Hill Lions Club likes to give back to the community.
That's why, on Sunday, the club presented Micah J. Gursky, director of development at St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital in Coaldale, with a pledge to donate a total of $5,000 to the hospital over the next five years. The money will be used for the hospital's Campaign for Caring, which calls for the creation of six private rooms in the intensive care unit.
The club gave Gursky a check for $1,000 Sunday. This is the first of the club's five donations.
"We're grateful that the Summit Hill Lions Club are supporting our intensive care unit," Gursky said. "We're done the first two phases of the project thanks to the generosity of many donors.
"This is going to help our most vulnerable patients."
He explained that the money will go toward completing a new six-bed unit for intensive care unit patients.
"The private rooms will greatly improve the patients and visitors experience," Gursky said.
The Summit Hill Lions Club raised the funds for the donation through its annual "Basket of Cheer" raffle.
The club has helped numerous area organizations throughout the years, including local food pantries, fire companies, and historical society, as well as provided high school students with scholarships.


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Hi guys I really want to get started developing themes to sell on themeforest, which way would be better to start.
1. Headway for layout then use visual builder or another plugins on code canyon?
2.Or buy a woo theme and modify it?
3. How do you get access to the woo framework?
4. Can you let's say buy a woo theme and make it look totally different then repackage and sell it here?
I am more of a designer I have hand coded and built HTML and CSS websites but would like to get into wordpress.
Any help would be really appreciated
You're not allowed to buy a theme, modify it and then re-sell. Doesn't matter who's the developer and what framework is used.
Here on TF you must create themes from scratch using or not frameworks that you're allowed(by license or author) to use within themes.
Hi thanks for the reply, if i wanted to use the woo framework which I have read is free to use to build my theme then sell on themeforest how do I acquire it?
Would headway be a better option with visual builder?
cars111 said
Hi thanks for the reply, if i wanted to use the woo framework which I have read is free to use to build my theme then sell on themeforest how do I acquire it?
Would headway be a better option with visual builder?Thanks
I don't know too much about other frameworks(I use my own), but you should always check the license and make sure it allows you to use it.
No, you can't just take someone's works change it a lot and call it yours. Using either frameworks would earn you a rejection here. For example, just so you're aware even with the so called "Developer" license of Headway you aren't given the "right" to redistribute the framework itself for resale purposes unless you do it on their own marketplace.
Another thing, any framework that actually grants resale distribution as a right but also expects you to distribute your work as a "Child Themes" is in IMO a bad idea since the end user now has little recourse but to modify the child theme, potentially loses their changes with each update. The proper thing to do would be to either build the theme from scratch using a custom made framework or any framework / foundation that lets you create a proper parent theme so that the end user can use a child theme for custom styling / modification purposes.
If you're looking for shortcuts to the path of wealth here on ThemeForest, there's not many legal / ethical ones (if any). You say you're a designer. So, make a totally custom PSD design and submit it to TF. After it's been approved, then code the PSD into HTML. Once that's approved, code into a WP theme and get that approved. You'll learn a lot along the way and you'll know that you got started the right way. You don't have to submit a PSD / HTML theme first but to submitting a WP theme as your first item could turn out to be quite the daunting / discouraging task without having more experience.
Even if approved, after you've sold your item then you should know how to support it. Do you want to know your item well enough to help your buyers with them problem. They usually can't / won't wait weeks for you to figure it out (possibly because you don't understand all the code in your theme). Short-terms authoring isn't very profitable around. You need a long-term plan.
Hi thanks for the reply
I have been looking at gantry and the warp framework, it seems as though customisation would be easier, Plus I was thinking about using visual builder or similar with them to speed up the layout process.
Your right regarding child themes total waste of time if your looking to sell them on themeforest.
Do you think one of those frameworks will be a good start coupled with visual composer or similar?
Thanks again
Obviously, I have had more experience with WP than any other CMS platform. You're probably also already aware that WordPress themes are the highest in demand on ThemeForest since these days it's a much larger target market than say Joomla or Drupal.
Don't pick a framework for just for it's features. The more features, the more bloat. The more bloat, the more complicated it is and the more conflicting causing potential it has. While not always the case, such bloat can cause (sometimes serious) performance issues. Picking a framework for it's features is somewhat like selecting a house for it's appliances.
Instead first ask yourself, what kind of grid system you want. How many columns / how wide. For example, I never use anything less than 12 columns / 1170px or anything larger than 16 columns 2560×1600. Seek these details out and you'll find that there's many grids that are limited to just the small 960 grid which is getting older by the day. You don't want to a something that has an old grid system because it's got little if any future flexibility.
Hints: The Warp 7 WP framework accesses the webhost file system using direct PHP calls instead of using the recommended WP ones. This seems pretty lazy to me but not everyone feels the same. It also causes security issues on various hosts that your buyer might be using thereby making it your problem when it fails to work. The Gantry framework typically makes use of the MooTools (jQuery alternative) that I've seen cause multiple conflicts with 3rd party plugins. This is a carry over from their Joomla development and doesn't always work well with WP's built-in core jQuery.
I am still ignorant of so much but just know your theme's foundation (if you didn't build it yourself). There are too many frameworks available (even just for WP to go through each one here). So, try your best not to be ignorant of any unknown (known are fine if you can live with them) dragons / gremlins possibly lurking in your chosen framework with and you'll be very thankfully you took the time to have a look around.
Thank you for taking the time out and writing a very nice reply it is very much appreciated.
I have been looking for ages and every time I think right Im going to start, something else comes up and stops me (even though it is a good thing) from getting on.
Im even more stuck now as I was before lol
All I need is a framework to let me get on with layout and design, developing is not my strong point and the frameworks listed would have helped me get up and running quicker.
It know looks like I need to look again. I'm going to have to start my search again Do you have a couple of recommendations to help me out I have seen Runway, Vafpress and Redux framework.
If you're looking to get started into WordPress, take a look at the Underscores theme its a great jumping off point for hacking apart and learning how everything works.http://underscores.me/
cars111 said
Im even more stuck now as I was before lol
Sorry, about that. Hopefully the following helps…
+1 to the underscores site that contempoinc suggested.
Redux is an theme options framework alone that gets included into a theme rather than a theme framework itself. Also check these out (for examples of how to implement / use bootstrap 3, redux, woocommerce, etc in a theme)...


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A nearly 300-square-metre Spar supermarket on the arrivals level of Terminal 2B at Budapest Airport – an area accessible for all visitors – opened this week, creating 21 new jobs, BUD announced. The store will place great emphasis on providing a rich selection of premium products, organic food, fresh bakery products and various types of cheese. The outlet will be open between 5am and 10pm every day.
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What is so great about another non-Hungarian owned enterprise to open for business, at our own airport, no less. I fail to see the goodness in this news. Instead of celebrating the non-Hungarian owned Spar store opening, Hungarians should be mourning that it was another opportunity lost. It would have been good news only if a Hungarian owned store would have opened at our own airport. It is pathetic that Hungary has become overrun by these kinds of foreign owned businesses who are taking the profits out of our country.


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Bill Irwin studied acting and graduated in theatre arts from Oberlin College, Ohio, and from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College, Florida. Bill Irwin began his film career in 1980 and earned film credits in more than twenty movies. He's also Tony Award-winning actor, having performed many times on Broadway. He most recently narrated Hardy Boys #7: The Secret of the Caves.


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Phylogeny of Higher Taxa in Insecta: Finding Synapomorphies in the Extant Fauna and Separating Them from Homoplasies
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DOI: 10.1007/s11692-007-9013-4
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- Kukalová-Peck, J. Evol Biol (2008) 35: 4. doi:10.1007/s11692-007-9013-4
Most currently applied systematic methods use post-groundplan character states to reconstruct phylogenies in modern higher Insecta/Arthropoda taxa. But, this approach is unable to separate synapomorphies from frequently occurring homoplasies. Conflicting, unresolved and unrealistic higher-level phylogenies result. The reasons are analyzed. A contrasting "groundplan" method, long used in Vertebrata and found to be superior in resolving higher-level phylogenies, is described. This method, as used for insects, uses a highly diversified morphological organ system (such as limb/wing), identifies its homologues in all subphyla and classes, records the full history of its character transformation series in all lineages from the shared Paleozoic ancestor to modern times, pursues the full homologization of its character states in all modern orders, and verifies these data with evidence from other fields of biology. Only such an extremely broad dataset provides the complex information needed to identify and homologize the groundplan character states in modern orders and other higher taxa in the insect/arthropod fauna. After this is accomplished, the gate to recognizing higher-level synapomorphies is open. Only groundplan-level character states include distinct synapomorphies, since homoplasies are either absent or easily detectable. Examples are given. The interpretations of higher phylogenies and evolutionary processes in Hexapoda, based on the unpredictable and often misleading post-groundplan character states found in extant, Tertiary and Mesozoic fauna, are critically compared with those based on the evolution of organ systems, by using the groundplan method.