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Federalist Society Teleforum Conference Call
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan H. Adler
Nicholas Bagley
The authors of the PPACA envisioned a system in which state governments would establish health insurance exchanges in which individuals could shop for health coverage and receive tax credits and subsidies for the purchase of qualifying health plans. After the law was passed, however, a majority of states refused to set up their own exchanges, leaving the task to the federal government. The IRS subsequently issued a rule purporting to authorize tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies in both state and federal exchanges. In Halbig v. Sebelius and three other cases pending in federal court, plaintiffs challenge the authority of the IRS to grant tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies in federal exchanges. These suits will help clarify the limits of agency authority to implement the PPACA and, if successful, these suits could have a significant impact on the implementation of the PPACA.
- Prof. Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Prof. Nicholas Bagley, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Call begins at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Teleforum calls are open to all dues paying members of the Federalist Society. To become a member, sign up here. As a member, you should receive email announcements of upcoming Teleforum calls which contain the conference call phone number. If you are not receiving those email announcements, please contact us at 202-822-8138.
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BEST! MONDAY! EVER! (if you're a ISU basketball fan)
That game Sunday was totes cray! Fo' rilz!
Umm...yeah. Let's all just act like that didn't happen...
But seriously,
Here's the Des Moines Register piece written by outgoing Republican Party of Iowa chairman A.J. Spiker. While he's debating the merits of legalizing medical marijuana, I think a closer examination of the politics are a worthwhile endeavor.
Like the song says "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose..." It's clear, where working inside the state's party organization is concerned, Spiker feels like he has nothing left to lose. What can you do when you've set the proverbial bridge on fire? Pour on the gasoline. That's just what he's doing. Also, I think it reminds everyone where he is in the "liberty" faction of the GOP.

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USC Annual Alumni Luau
South Orange County USC Alumni Club
Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
It's time for our USC Alumni Club annual Luau!
The USC Alumni Club of South Orange County with the USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association (APAA) invite you to grab your grass skirts and Aloha attire and join us for some Trojan
family fun!
Last year's auction & silent auction allowed us to award 4 deserving students $4,000 each in scholarship funds. Let's see if we can surpass our goal in 2014!
Get a group of friends and family together and join us for a summer evening of great food, drinks, and a little hula dancing!
When & Where
Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club
26772 Avery Pkwy
Mission Viejo,
Saturday, July 19, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
Add to my calendar
South Orange County USC Alumni Club
The USC Alumni Club of South Orange County provides stimulating, enriching and exciting alumni activities to keep members of the Trojan Family connected to USC, lifelong and worldwide.
By organizing programs including faculty presentations, cultural events, career networking forums, and activities to recharge your Trojan spirit, the Alumni Club of South Orange County provides a lifetime of opportunities to keep your connection to USC.
We are always open to suggestions and are always looking for new people. If you are interested in joining us, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email!
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Have Ford Questions? Ask a Mechanic for Answers ASAP
Hello dave, This should help.
Removing the spare tire
To remove the spare tire:
1. Open the liftgate and open the
plastic cover from the carpeting on
cargo floor to expose the hex nut.
On cargo van model, lift flap in mat
to expose hex nut.
2. Insert the lug nut wrench on the
hex nut in cargo floor.
3. Turn the wrench
counterclockwise until tire is
lowered to the ground and the cable
is slightly slack.
4. Remove the retainer from the
spare tire.
To install the spare tire:
1. Reverse the removal steps 2
through 4. When the tire is raised to
the stowed position underneath the
vehicle, the hex nut ratchets and will not allow you to overtighten.
2. Check seating position of tire for looseness against the underbody
supports and retighten if necessary.


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Landlocked Botswana has inaugurated its link to the West African Cable System (WACS), which was launched last month and stretches 14,900km along the west coast of Africa, reports AFP. Botswana partnered with neighbouring Namibia in each raising USD37.5 million to invest in a 9.2% stake in the cable consortium. Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) will co-locate services within the Swakopmund landing station operated by Telecom Namibia, under the WACS open access policy. The USD750 million WACS submarine cable has a capacity of 5.12Tbps and links South Africa to the UK with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote dIvoire, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and Portugal.
Source: Telegeography.
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i want to install a alpine IVA-W200 into the double din dash in my 2005 impreza, but im having difficulty understanding if it will fit flush in the din. The fit guide at best buy says that it will not, and reviews on other sites say it will.If anyone has done it before, or know if it will or will not fit, please respond back.
to get more info on this reciever, i included the link to the alpine site


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93-Year-Old Woman Carries 'I Adore My Lesbian Daughters' Sign To NYC LGBT Pride Parade
Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds Credits Wife With Teaching Him That 'Gay Is Beautiful'
Istanbul Bans LGBT Pride Over Fears Of Violence
Kelly Clarkson Helps Man Propose To Boyfriend
Mike Pence Pledges Trump's 'Unwavering Support' To Focus On The Family, An Anti-LGBT Group
Trump's Reversal On LGBT Rights Is 'Un-American,' Ian McKellen Says
California Governor Jerry Brown on
Wednesday appealed a court injunction blocking enforcement of the
state's ban on "ex-gay" therapy to minors.
The first-in-the-nation law which
prohibits therapies which promise to alter the sexual orientation of
minors from gay to straight was scheduled to take effect on January
However, a three-judge panel of the 9th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals postponed the law's start until it can
hear a legal challenge, reversing a district court's refusal to put
the law on hold.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris,
working on behalf of Brown and the Medical Board of California, filed
the notice of appeal with the 9th Circuit, The
Los Angeles Times reported. She asked the court to look at
the district court's decision, handed down by Judge Kimberly Mueller.
"Defendants wish to apprise the 9th
Circuit of a related case currently pending before it … denying a
motion for a preliminary injunction that would have enjoined
enforcement of Senate Bill 1172," Harris wrote. "Both appeals
involve the constitutionality of Senate Bill 1172 and raise the same
and/or closely related legal issues."
The lawsuit was filed by the National
Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH),
which strongly opposed passage of the law. The organization is
represented by the Christian conservative Liberty Counsel, which has
a long record of opposing LGBT rights.
Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver
said his organization was pursuing legal action because the law
promotes "child endangerment" and "will destroy many lives."
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Hernandez Stars in 9-7 Win05/08/2013 11:10 PM ET
By Sam Farber / Inland Empire 66ers
Rancho Cucamonga, CA- - Brian Hernandez drove in four runs on offense and stole two more away from the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (17-16) with great defensive plays, helping the Inland Empire 66ers (18-14) to a 9-7 victory. Displaying a total team effort, every 66ers starter either scored or drove in a run in the win.
Despite playing in the bright light of day, things were looking dark for the 66ers early on at Rancho Cucamonga after the Quakes scored four runs in the 2nd inning to jump in front. But the 66ers quickly answered thanks to a lack of accuracy from the opposing pitchers. Inland Empire drew five walks in the 3rd inning alone, four of those crossing the plate, and eight total were issued in the game by the Quakes. After the 5th the 66ers had made up the deficit and then some, taking a 6-4 lead.
Brian Hernandez main impact came later in the game. In the 5th inning with runners on the corners and one out a ball was hit to Hernandez that he quickly threw home to gun down a would be run at the plate. The next inning the 66ers clean-up hitter drove a ball deep over the left field wall for a three run homer, and in the 7th he again threw out an opposing base runner trying to score. Those two assists to the plate proved especially important for the 66ers bullpen which contained the Quakes to seven runs, but had the two Hernandez erased scored the game could have been tied at the end of nine innings.
Thanks to Hernandez effort and that of the 66ers the team can secure another series win over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and make it a 5-1 road trip if they win Thursday at Loan Mart Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM and the game can be heard on the 66ers flagship station AM 1050 KCAA. The 66ers return home Friday, May 10th for a Toyota and Scion of Redlands 50 cent Friday and a Halo Hat giveaway presented by Frozen Ropes. For information on 66ers tickets or to schedule your next fun filled group outing, contact the 66ers front office at (909)888-9922.


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This happened a while ago, but had no time to post. I was driving my friends stage 4 utec'd wrx after putting in his boost controller and we decided to go get gas...we head for the local sunoco (mmm 94oct) when one light before it i see a cool looking porsche, it was a carrera 4. She is in front of me, and the light turns green and she floors it across the intersection...which i thought to be unusual, but w/e. I get out to fill up and see her...er my bad..its a guy with long hair wearing pink short-shorts, go fill up his car. He looks at the WRX funny, in a snobtastic sorta way, so now its on.
We fill the car with the sweet 94octane necter and follow the guy out of the station onto the road out front. I wanted to run him so I follow pretty close behind. He looks up, makes a face or somthing and floors it (auto). I downshift and pin it and have to let off slightly to not bump him...after bout 6 seconds traffic clears in the right lane and i move over and floor it, slamming gears as i go...AND BEGIN TO PASS HIM. Im moving by him at about 5-6mph...Well i almost pass him, as i walk him to about 125, where my rear bumper was at his front he slams the breaks as hard as he could, and dropped back to 45mph. I likened it to hitting the reset button on the nintendo and pretending it didnt happen.
He did end up next to me at the next light but my friend and I called him a p***y, and said we liked his pants...at which point he flipped us off and dove into the turning lane.
That 30 seconds made my week b/c he assumed his VERY expensive vehicle owned everything on the road, and acted very arrogant about it. Ha, im still laughing and that was 4 weeks ago.


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Tech job outlook weakens in Westchester
- January
- 27
An index tracking the outlook for technology jobs declined in Westchester County during the fourth quarter as the region felt the effects of the global economic slowdown.
Five of the 11 tech job categories tracked by the Pace/SkillPROOF IT Job Index declined in Westchester during the quarter. Another five were flat.
"While the economy continues to depress the job market, including IT, businesses are taking stock of how to do 'more for less'," said Judy Arteche-Carr, chair of the Society for Information Management's New York chapter.
The best performing job category, network administrators, reversed a year-long decline and turned positive. The job category of software engineers, including systems specialists and applications specialists, also showed improvement. The Westchester index itself dropped from 63 to 53 during the quarter. A separate Manhattan index fell to 44 in the fourth quarter from 88 in the third quarter.
The full report is available at www.pace.edu/PSII.


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copterdoc wrote:If she's wearing an e-collar in that last video, it's too loose and too low on her neck.
Also, you need to send from a front finish remote sit AT LEAST as often as you send from your side.
And it doesn't look like you have started forcing yet. Maybe that's because you just started lining to the pile.
Just because she is running to the pile, doesn't mean that you don't need to force.
You NEED to force. It's force-to-pile. Not forget-the-pressure.
And I wouldn't be using the hand as a cue yet. When the pressure starts to build up, (and it will) that hand is going to become a cue to start bugging. Wait until you are done with TT, and well into pattern blinds before you start dropping the hand before sending.
Yes she was wearing an e-collar and it was 1 finger under tight maybe it came down not sure but I thought I had it pretty high. Tonight I did not do any front finish remote sits but I usually do and then either give her a left or right back.
How will I know when I am forcing to the pile? I mean I will give her a nick and back command when we are just doing the drill and nothing else about every third or forth time she is sent. I have only been sending her to a pile no larger than 12 bumpers, should I go with more and build pressure and then add force? Pull the pile in to say 70 yards and work more reps? I can stop using the hand that is not a problem and will wait until I am further along.
No I am not really following any program at the moment I am using the tri tronics book for drills and working on them.
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From Student to Star : Shiori Kase, Artist, English National Ballet
I am delighted to show another specially commissioned drawing by Sarah, a naturally talented artist, to introduce this latest interview series. Sarah's brief was to depict the dancers' progression from student to professional, and the resulting sketch perfectly represents that transition.
From Student to Star is a series of interviews featuring Graduates as they begin their professional careers, and will be following them regularly.
Kase has a contract with English National Ballet, after graduating from The Royal Ballet School this summer. I reviewed the end of year matinee performance of The Dream, where Kase danced the role of Cobweb.
What have you enjoyed most since joining English National Ballet ?
I'm really enjoying the Company life! We did Giselle in Manchester and I loved to do it!! It was really good to dance on stage as a professional.
How does Company life differ from your student days ?
First of all, I really love that I can wear whatever I like for class and rehearsal, because when I was student I had to wear school uniform – so I bought lots of ballet clothes!! The main difference is working for myself. When I was student, my teacher always helped me, but now I have to push myself.
As a student I got lots of chances to dance. For me the most challenging was to dance Le Corsaire pas de deux; however I have danced it many times which allowed me to improve on it for each performance. I think that was really good experience for me and I enjoyed dancing it every single time!
Which professional dancer/s do you most admire and why ?
I love Darcey Bussell and Alina Cojocaru! I watched Darcey as Manon in Japan when The Royal Ballet came to visit, and I thought she was AMAZING and I wanted to dance like her. Also, that's why I wanted to come here and study at the same school as her. I think Alina dances so politely and beautifully. I always try to get a ticket when she is dancing! I really enjoy watching her ALL THE TIME.
What do you think you bring to the Company ?
I will hopefully be able to show that I am eager to learn as much as possible and to prove myself as a dancer.
How was your first day ?
I was so nervous! I felt like everyone was watching me and thinking that I was bad!! But I really enjoyed the class.
Which role would you most like to dance ?
Manon!! When I watched Manon, I just fell in love with this ballet!! But now I want to dance Giselle as well.
What did you enjoy about touring to Barcelona ?
I loved Barcelona. I danced Sheharazade so I had lots of time to see the city!
What would you say to those students entering their Graduate year now ?
Enjoy your last year of school! I think the graduate year is the most important year and to take each day one at a time.
Where would you like to be this time next year ?
I want to dance more than now and I want to improve!


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Re: conditional limits
Thanks. The best suggestion I've had so far.
So simple, and it works well. Not as obvious as
it seems, for you were the first of a half dozen or
so responders to suggest this solution.
I have forwarded your suggestion to the mathgroup.
Gary Kenward
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>I have a function of two variables, f[x, y], which when evaluated for values of
>x=y results in:
> 1
> Power::infy: Infinite expression -- encountered.
> 0.
>As there is an (x-y) term in the denominator of the function. However,
>the Limit[f[x,y], x-y] does exist, and evaluates to a finite number.
>The question is, how do I construct a rule that conditionally evaluates
>the limit of f[x,y] rather than f[x,y] whenever x=y?
How about the following:
f[x_, y_] := Sin[x-y]/(x-y)
Power::infy: Infinite expression - encountered.
Indeterminate expression 0 ComplexInfinity encountered.
All you need to do is enter an extra rule like:
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music / News
Family of Emmett Till and Jesse Jackson Comment on Lil Wayne's Controversial Verse
The family of Emmett Till, the African-American teen whose death in 1955 is considered an important moment in the civil rights movement, recently spoke with Billboard about Lil Wayne referring to Till's death in a sexual lyric as has Jesse Jackson. The label has said it is an unauthorized remix and is trying to get it pulled offline; the lyric in question will be removed when the song is officially released. Check out the highlights:
Airickca Gordon-Taylor on how the lyric is hurtful: "It was a heinous murder," . He was brutally beaten and tortured, and he was shot, wrapped in barbed wire and tossed in the Tallahatchie River. The images that we're fortunate to have (of his open casket) that 'Jet' published, they demonstrate the ugliness of racism. So to compare a woman's anatomy — the gateway of life — to the ugly face of death, it just destroyed me. And then I had to call the elders in my family and explain to them before they heard it from some another source."
Jesse Jackson on Wayne's response to the controversy: "Once he got the point he realized this was beyond the zone and he immediately pulled it. And he talked with both artists, who agreed."
Jackson on Wayne: "I respect his art…We just felt they could make their point without grossly insulting people."
Jackson on what he would like to see from the music industry: "We want artists who have considerable power to use their power to uplift and redirect. It's not a matter of free speech, it's also speech that matters. … These artists have culturally transforming power. Either they hurt or they help."


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Darryl Starbird
Darryl Starbird is an American custom car and hot rod designer and builder, known for his innovative and futuristic space-age car designs, often featuring bubble tops. Some of his best-known cars include the Predicta, the Electra, the Cosma Ray, the Big T, and the Lil Coffin.
Creating many of his most influential designs in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Starbird served as a design consultant for the Monogram hobby corporation which reproduced one of the cars he claimed to design. He is one of a group of designers and artists including Ed Roth, George Barris, Norm Grabowski, Dean Jeffries, Bill Cushenberry and the great pinstripe artist Kenny Howard (nicknamed Von Dutch), who presided over one of the most productive and creative periods of American custom car and hot rod design.
Starbird currently owns and operates Darryl Starbird's National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum in Afton, Oklahoma, which features many of his cars as well as other notable examples from the history of custom car and hot rod culture. A notable car in the museum is the Reactor Mach II which appeared on multiple television programs.
George Lucas included a tip of the hat to Starbird in his 1973 film American Graffiti in which a character named Toad comments about his friend's 1958 Chevrolet Impala, "This may even be better than Darryl Starbird's superfleck moonbird!" In reality, there is no such car, however Starbird's creation, "Predicta", has taken to the "Superfleck Moonbird" name.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
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- Official Website
- Article about Darryl Starbird's National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame Museum
- Listen to a live radio interview with Darryl Starbird on Nostalgic Radio and Cars
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text: Here in Texas you can sell it in the paper. Not sure of the laws in your area. Call your nearest gun shop and ask them if you can do this without paperwork. They will know the details. If you can sell the gun in the paper you can usually get a better price if you hold out a few weeks. Make sure you mention that you will need a valid ID from the individual and you will want to make a photo copy. This will discourage felons and minors from trying to purchase through you. It's the right thing to do. Meet at a Public place and bring a friend. Copy shop is a good place since you want to copy ID anyway. Be smart and patient and you will get a good price. I got $475 for my G27 this way.


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Parkchoonmoo ended the third day of New York fashion week giving off a strong and confident mood. Amist the bad weather the place was packed to the maximum.
The palette for fall / winter 2013 stuck mostly to black and white with a touch of blue. The collection was obviously a nod to the comeback of leather as popular even in the most unconventional ways. A piece that stood out was the wrapped leather shawl detail in the beginning of the collection. The hair was pulled back into a strict bun at the base of the neck, further exuding the confidence one would feel in Parkchoonmoo's designs.
You can see all of the PARKCHOONMOO autumn (fall) / winter 2013 runway collection by clicking on a thumbnail on the left. From there you can browse through each of the pictures from the fashion show.
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Starting a Tea Lounge?
I've been working on just this topic for close to 18 months. I think I have the perfect location picked out, and the perfect theme/topic. My business plan is progressing and my marketing style is in development. My only real issue now is capital limitation.
Thanks to Annelise for the Yahoo! Groups link. That's neat.
I would love to talk to anyone about starting tea businesses, so please feel free to contact me.
I am also looking into starting my own store front, currently brand new to the online tea store, so much info out there it is hard at times to know what direction and info to take in :) what area are you in Tea-guy?
Seattle :)
Yes it is nice here, lots of coffee shops here, not a TON of tea shops (while there are a few) I am hoping one day to change that ! Starbucks city for sure here in Seattle but I believe with the same type of atmosphere and great product it could be a Tea city :)
With the Starbucks ownership of Tazo you have a road ahead of you on that one. The more you fight, the more they'll fight. So long as you remain scrappy and target your niche you'll do very well!
Yes I know , they only thing with that is their tea selection thus far is not HUGE … and it is not loose leaf. I mean no one can beat out starbucks, I dont think i would want to even try lol. Honestly starbucks is one of my favorite places to sit and watch people, enjoy the atmosphere and enjoy a wonderful cup of coffee… it would be nice to have a shop (just one though) like it but just with loose leaf tea. We will see… time , money and a partner in crime will be key to this happening for me.
I wish you the best of luck! I do recommend contacting SCORE (www.score.org) to meet with a free experienced business advisor and see about getting yourself started.


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New windows and old siding?
I have searched and watched and searched again and I feel like I'm almost ready to install new windows, but I want to double check a few things.
I will be replacing my old ('89) aluminum windows with some vinyl single hung windows from a big box store. I have T-111 siding with no sheathing and the old windows are nailed directly to the studs. My plan is to:
1. remove trim
2. cut back siding enough to get to old nail flange
3. remove window
4. put flashing on sill extending onto the siding, and 6" up sides
5. put a z channel up behind siding at window head
6. run a bead of caulk around opening
7. install window, level and plumb
8. run flashing down sides of window on top of nail fin and extending onto siding at the sides
9. run flashing at the head of the window but behind the z channel
10. replace trim
11. caulk the living hell out of all gaps or seams...except for the bottom of the sill trim piece to let water escape
This is more or less what I am thinking...http://robjundt.hubpages dot com/hub/How-To-Install-New-Construction-Windows-In-an-existing-home#
(cut and paste the above but place .com instead of "dot com")
My main concern here is the flashing of the window. Is it ok to put the flashing on top of siding on the sides? Does my plan for the z-channel at the head of the window with the flashing up and behind it makes sense? The old windows have none of this and aren't even caulked in place and I haven't had any issues so I don't want to get myself all worked up for no reason, but I want to do it right. I would also like to avoid having to remove the siding if at all possible.
If you're still reading this...thank you for your time:thumbsup:
here goes...
If you want to avoid removing the siding then you will want replacement windows. But like you said you have aluminum windows, so i wouldn't put replacements on top of an aluminum window frame. even if you support it with a whittled piece of wood. Besides you can scrap that aluminum for some extra cash.
1. ok
2. ok
3. ok
4. good idea, now thinking way ahead, what's going to cover the flashing on the siding? Think aesthetics.
5. not sure what z channel is, probably what we call drip cap. nail that above window head. i didn't install it on mine as new construction windows have nail fins and that was flashed to the wall. caulk the top corners of the window head, where the flashing tape intersect. any rain will ride along the head and down the sides, drip cap can help deflect.
6. ok
7. right on, try the dry fit before caulking though
8. you want the flashing to adhere to the wall not the siding, pointless if there is a gap. whos to say water isn't traveling behind the siding? all that flashing is wasted then.
9. correct, adhere to wall
10. ok
11. you shouldn't need much caulking if you flash it properly, flash the bottom of the window too. water will escape via weep holes in the new window, don't cover them or seal them.
Thank you for the response, now I see I need to clarify:
I am buying new construction windows with a nail fin, the old windows also had a nail fin and I will be completely removing them, not just cutting the fin off.
The flashing would be covered by the trim pieces as only about an inch of the flashing would actually extend onto the siding. I guess I could trim the flashing down to just fit between the window and the siding (yet still covering where the nail fin meets the stud).
Here is the z channel I was talking about
http://www.lowes dot com/pd_209653-52595-SZB716G_0__?productId=3284202&Ntt=z+flashing&pl=1& currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dz%2Bflashing&facetInfo=
I would slide the long side up under the siding at the window head and have the flashing tape up and under the small lip so water would run off of the channel and have no way to get up and behind the flashing.
The weep holes are in the bottom of the window frame so it will be easy to avoid getting caulk in there.
Thanks for your help!
You got it. flash the bottom first, then sides (trim or squeeze under the siding), then flash header last.
that's drip cap/z channel, you got it.
sounds like you have a plan and are ready to install windows.
Thank you sir:thumbsup:
So to be sure you would not let the flashing running down the sides extend onto the siding as shown in the link I provided? Rather you would trim it to fit the gap between the window and the siding, even if it's only 2-3 inches. I'm assuming as long as it covers the nail fin and extends onto the stud I would be good.
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Thunder Mountain Camera Club will hold its monthly meeting on the 4th Tuesday, November 26, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at NEW LOCATION, the Artist Haven, 250 North Ave., Grand Junction. There will be a program by Rob Kurtzman. For more information contact: Kathleen @ 260-7488.
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Upgrading Your Education is an Important Aspect of Your Job Search and Professional Development – What Are Your Options and What You Should Consider
By Robert Giusti, M.A.
As a job seeker, it's never too late to start thinking about updating your skill set. Demonstrating that you are staying current in your profession can only improve your chances of being hired. If you are looking to make a career change, pursuing a bachelor's (if you don't yet have one) or a master's degree, will give you that much more credibility in the eyes of a potential employer, showing that you are serious about changing careers.
There are several reasons to update your education.
a. If your education is 15 or more years old, it is considered to be out of date. Taking seminars, classes, or specified curricula will show your prospective employer that you are serious about being current in your field, or in changing to new one.
b. Meeting employers'-desired skill set. In 22 years of attending professional and corporate college fairs, I talked to many company officials. When asked what skills they want from their employees, their answers always included five skills they considered most important: Writing; Math (Algebra or higher level); Analytical thinking; Communication (Interpersonal); and Public Speaking.
c. Update your current professional skill-set, if you are looking to find a job in your current industry. You want to show potential employers that you are motivated, contemporary, and engaged in your field.
d. Acquire a new professional skill set if you are looking to change careers, it shows that you are serious about moving into their industry.
Regardless of the reason for pursuing it, your education shows your dedication to improving yourself and that you are serious about contributing to a new employer's success.
As a job seeker you may have determined that adding to your professional skill set or taking a course in an area of interest could make you more interesting to a potential employer. What are your options?
Before looking at options, ask yourself these questions: Do I need/want to pursue a bachelor's or master's degree in my current or a new field? Do I need/want to acquire a body of knowledge in a specific area? Do I need/want to complete some career-related courses? How much time can I devote daily, weekly, or monthly to obtaining my educational goals? How much would it cost and how can I finance it?
Once you have answered these questions, you are now ready to look at your educational options. (Determining time and financial resources will be looked at later in this article). What are your academic options? They are: earn a bachelor's or master's degree, get a certificate, advance your education through individual courses, or learn a specific trade. Let's look at these options.
A Bachelor's degree in almost any field will be a prerequisite for most jobs today and a Master's degree may be required for mid-level management or higher level positions. An ever-growing number of four-year colleges offer specially formatted degree programs for adults.
A certificate program is a concentrated study (typically in a professional area) in a specific field (i.e. health administration, a computer programing language, etc.) and is not intended to provide a breadth of knowledge in that particular field. Certificate programs are offered through community colleges and Extended Education programs from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. Also, Online independent study certificate programs are available through various respected colleges (more about this later).
Also, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) receives federal grants to offer training programs in specified areas (i.e. QuickBooks, Green Industry Marketing, etc.)
Individual courses: Some Private and most California State Universities, as well as California Community Colleges allow students to enroll in individual courses, although an Admissions Application may still be required.
For students interested in learning a trade, I recommend community colleges over private trade schools.
The key to pursuing your educational options is decide what you need to learn (and why) and how through what means are you going attain (a degree, a certificate, individual skill courses, etc.).
You are an 'Over Forty' job seeker who has responsibilities in addition to your job search and the thought of upgrading your education or skill set by devoting the necessary time commitment can be a stumbling block. How can you determine the appropriate time commitment and how can you determine whether or not you'll have the time to devote. The answer could determine your choice of which educational option to pursue.
There are 168 hours in a week and the general rule of thumb is that for every course credit hour (unit) in which you are enrolled, you'll be in class one hour a week and should be devoting three hours outside of class. If you are enrolled in a course worth three units/credit hours, you will be in class three hours a week and you should be devoting nine hours outside of class: for a total of 12 hours a week).
Create a list of the things you do daily (i.e. job search, sleeping, hobbies, volunteer work, raising children, caring for pets, showering, cooking, brushing teeth, watching TV, spending time at your computer, etc.) and determine the amount of time devoted to each activity.
Be aware of those things you may do monthly (i.e. family gatherings) or periodically (i.e. rehearsals for community theater). Now add up all your hours. Subtract the total from 168 and you now have a figure that represents the amount of time you have to commit to your education on a weekly basis.
Example: Robin creates a spreadsheet of her daily and weekly activities, and determines the hours she spends on each: Sleeping (42.5); Watching television (25); Job Search (21.5); Cooking/eating meals(13); Socializing in person (9.5); Driving (9); Exercising (6); Spending time on the Internet 6); Volunteer work (5); Email (3.5); Caring for pets (3.5); Grocery Shopping (3); Getting dressed (2.8); Showering (2.1); Personal Hygiene (1.8); and weekly worship (1.5). Adding up her hours shows she spends 153.5 weekly on her various activities. Subtracting that from 168 shows she has 14.5 hours weekly to devote to classes and study. By tweaking her schedule, subtracting time from one or more activities will give more hours for her education.
I love to read! When I started my master's program, studying became my "pleasure" reading (except for Statistics). As I got further into my program, I cancelled my cable television subscription as a way of preventing me from watching too much television. My point is that you can adjust your weekly activities to increase the amount of time available for your studies.
Once you have given serious thought to the amount of time you can spend each week on your studies, you can then consider educational options that fit your schedule.
Now that you have determined the amount of time to devote to your studies, it's time to research programs and the schools that offer them. To find programs that you are potentially interested in, I suggest using Google, Bing, or any other search engine (use more than one to get a larger variety of responses). As you search, you likely will get information on careers where your program of interest is used.
When you search for programs, you are likely to get responses containing information on schools that offer the program. Make a list of the schools that seem interesting to you. Some schools will offer classes and programs only "on campus," while other schools may offer programs at regional campuses or online. How do you choose? This is where "due diligence" becomes extremely important! Your decision could lead you to you achieving your academic and career goals, but could also cost you time and thousands of dollars.
Taking classes on a school's campus means that the school offers traditionally based schedules and may or may not be accommodating of the adults' nonacademic schedule. Taking classes at a regional campus typically means that the programs are specifically designed for adult professionals. The down side is that you don't have immediate access to all the services available on the "main" campus.
Also, some out-of-state schools now offer programs in the Bay Area. Reputable schools like Wharton School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University typically offer master's degree programs only. San Francisco's oldest university offers bachelor's degrees that have an Experiential or Prior Learning component.
Another option is to complete an online or independent study program, which will be discussed later in this article.
I am very pro-community college so if you don't need/want a bachelor's or master's degree, look to them first!
When researching colleges, there are two very important factors that must be considered before making your decision: is the school regionally accredited (more about accreditation later in this article) and is it a for-profit or a not-for-profit school. Programs or degrees from the University of California, the California State Universities System, or California Community colleges are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), and as government schools, are not-for-profit. (Be aware that some certificate programs or individual classes offered through UC Extension or at community colleges may not be accredited for transfer or admission into a bachelor's degree program.)
When researching private colleges in California, I suggest going to the web site: http://www.aiccu.edu/.
This is the site of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU), which is a membership organization of California private, not-for-profit, WASC accredited colleges and universities. There you will find links to all 75 member schools. If a school you are interested in is not on this list, even if it is WASC accredited, that means that the school is a for-profit institution and you should be very cautious (more on for-profit schools later).
Also, there's a tip I give my advisees that applies not just to schools but ANYTHING you are considering purchasing: type in the subject of your search (i.e. "ABC College" and follow that with the words "praise" or "complaints." It's amazing what may turn up.
In the last year or so, much has been written about accreditation and the impact of its potential withdrawal can have on the educational institution. What is accreditation and why is it so important? Accreditation is the formal process of review, evaluation, and certification by an academic commission, certifying that the school meets a level of quality in such areas as academic, administration, financial, and student services and that they are in accordance with an accepted set of criteria or standards. Accreditation is meant to protect STUDENTS, not the school or other parties.
Without regional accreditation, a college or university's degrees, programs and units/credit hours are not recognized as valid by other regional accreditation agencies and their member institutions. This means that students won't be able to transfer those units/credit hours into an accredited college towards a bachelor's degree and that degrees from those schools will not be considered valid (important if you want to pursue a masters degree). Also, government financial aid and grant programs arenot available to students attending schools that are not regionally accredited (although student loan programs are for some reason). (Please see "Revenue Mission" below for important information regarding veterans' GI Bill benefits and For-Profit Schools).
If a school is not accredited by: WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges); NEASC (North Eastern Association of Schools and Colleges); NWCCU (Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities); MSA (Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools); SACS (Southern Association of Schools and Colleges); or NCA (North Central Association of Schools and Colleges), then it is NOT regionally accredited! Also, some schools may be accredited as "Junior Colleges" and may not offer four year degree programs. Knowing if a school located outside of California is regionally accredited is going to be important to you if you are considering online education.
Please note: If a school advertises itself as being "nationally accredited" but isn't regionally accredited, its credits won't transfer towards a bachelor's degree; degrees earned at that school can't be used in application to a masters' degree program at an accredited university; and may not be recognized by potential employers!
"Revenue Mission" is a term I use to define the revenue focus of a school. I want to specifically address private, for-profit schools. It's important to remember that for-profit schools' top priority is generating revenue and making a large profit. Students and academic programs come in second! Even if a for-profit school has regional accreditation, be cautious! There have been many stories in the news over the past several years about government investigations into shoddy academics or unethical/ illegal financial practices of many for-profits (some with regional accreditation) and government investigations have shown lower graduation and higher loan-default rates associated with for profit, private schools.
Note: Interest rates students pay for their student loans are based in part on the loan default rates of the schools they are attending. The higher the default rate, the higher the interest rate. The lower the default rate, the lower the interest rate. The difference can literally mean thousands of dollars to student borrowers!
According to the Oakland Tribune (Sept. 7, 2013), "The Bay Area's for-profit colleges soak up millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded student grants and loans and charge students high tuition, yet many have low graduation rates or high rates of student loan defaults, an analysis of U.S. Department of Education data reveals.
High loan defaults are a growing concern -- not only because they ruin the borrower's credit, but because they are seen as an indication that the schools do not set students on a course toward jobs with high enough pay to handle their levels of debt."
Last year, the Associated Press wrote about President Obama signing a broad order that partially addresses fraudulent marketing and recruitment practices aimed at veterans and military families eligible for federal education assistance under the GI Bill. Quoting from the story: "The new protections would make it harder for postsecondary and technical schools to misrepresent themselves to military students. The main target of the White House's action is for-profit colleges and universities that market heavily to military families because of the easy availability of federal aid under the GI Bill."
Here's what some former employees of for-profit schools have to say:
"I wasted four years in the financial aid department for this company and they have always taken advantage of students and treated their employees poorly! This was the most (u)nethical company…"
"Once worked as an administrator at ... (the) College's market was/is primarily students who can't get in, or think they can't get in, anywhere else, or the first in their families to go to college and have succumbed to the college's hard sell. College pushed the "get degree in 18 months" VERY hard. Students didn't realize they could have a better/transferable community college degree in just six more months for a small fraction of the exorbitant tuition this "non-profit" college charged. It was all about the money, never about the students."
"Higher education for profit has serious ethical problems. Its management is inherently ineffective for lacking quality academic training; . . . (t)hey get 80% of their operating budget from the public treasury, but, require little accountability for their actions."
If I seem overly harsh towards for-profit schools, it's because I had the unpleasant task of telling graduates of these schools that their credits weren't transferable (with the realization they had wasted thousands of dollars and/or couldn't be used in application for a graduate degree.
If you think a particular school's accelerated courses are for you, do your research! Don't forget to type the word "complaints" after the school's name to see results that can help you in your decision-making.
Warning – if you receive phone calls from companies asking if you want to further your education, know that they are third party venders receiving commissions for each "successful" call that is used by for-profit schools to generate recruiting prospects. Reputable schools don't make "cold calls." My advice: JUST SAY NO!
Anyone who uses the internet for any reason is exposed to a plethora of banner advertisements for online (distance learning) education programs and degrees (mostly from for-profit schools). Online education certainly has advantages, particularly for "Over 40" job seekers and worker who have family and other obligations. It allows you to take courses from colleges and university not geographically located near you. I once advised a student living in the Bay Area who was taking graduate-level courses through San Diego State University.
Also, many online programs are accelerated, which means you can finish the program sooner than you would in a 'brick-and-mortar' classroom.
There are two forms of online education: the virtual classroom and independent study. Enrolling in a virtual classroom program means you log on at the same time as other online students in your virtual classroom, which allows you to virtually interact with them, as well as with the teacher. Independent study means you logon to your course when it's convenient for you – anytime of the day or night, 24/7. As you might imagine, the advantage of schedule flexibility means a disadvantage of interactive unavailability – and vice versa.
As attractive as the notion is to you, taking online courses is not for everyone. To determine if online course work is for you, ask yourself the following questions:
* Do I need the course for my job search?
* Is time of the essence?
* Is studying in a physical classroom NOT important to me?
* Am I self- motivated?
* Am I self-disciplined?
* Will I diligently devote the required time necessary to complete the course or program?
If you can't answer "yes" to ALL of the questions, on-line education is not for you.
How do you find a reputable, school that offers online courses, or programs (degree and certificate)? I found two web sites that I liked:
Guide to On-Line Schools http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/online-schools. This site allows you to refine your search (suggested: "Regionally Accredited" and "Not for Profit") on the left-hand side of the web page.
BLOG (free on-line courses)
Be sure to research the accreditation (see REGIONAL ACCREDITATION AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES on Page 5 of this article) and reputation of any school you are considering.
Recently I learned about the Open Courseware Consortium (http://www.ocwconsortium.org/). Courseware is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials for colleges and universities. Courses are offered from universities from around the world.
If you have the focus, motivation, and discipline, distance learning can be a great way to help you achieve your academic goals, while accommodating your schedule and other obligations.
When deciding to pursue a bachelor's or master's degree, financial assistance is may be available to you in the form of federal or state grant or loan programs, as well as potential scholarships from the degree-granting school.
All students interested in financial aid for college will need to electronically complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application form (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/). Beware of ANY other web site with purporting to take you to the FAFSA application, as it's either a commercial site or a "scam". Also, the US Department of Education sponsors an information page at: http://studentaid.ed.gov/ that contains a lot of good information, including how to avoid financial aid scams.
For more information, I am listing some reputable sites that provide aid information:
CaliforniaColleges.com is a web site providing information on schools in the four segments of California Colleges: Community Colleges; California State University; University of California; and AICCU member Independent/private universities. This site contains, among other resources, information on financial aid for each segment: http://www.californiacolleges.edu/.
Be sure to speak with the financial aid office at the schools you are considering for more specific information on the types of aid that may be available to you. If you choose an online program, it may not be eligible for federal student aid, so be sure to do your due diligence before enrolling in any online program.
The "down-side" of financial aid, if you pursue a certificate program or want to take some individual courses, financial aid isn't available from government or school sources.
The "bottom-line" of financing your education is that regardless of the source (scholarship, grant, loan, or out-of-pocket) updating your skill-set is always a good investment.
The Veteran's Administration has a lot of good information for veterans wanting to further their education. Visit their site at: http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/school_decision.asp. There are a lot of useful databases and tools to use in researching schools and financial aid, as well as the Post-9/11 G.I. Benefits Program.
Downloadable pamphlets can be found on the following sites:
"Factors to Consider When Choosing a School: A Guide Before Using the G.I. Bill"
Choosing a College – 8 Questions to Ask (a Federal Trade Commission Publication)
Choosing a Vocational School
One word of caution regarding vocational schools: BEWARE! Most vocational training schools are for-profit and have poor track records in actually providing the training, student services, and job-placement help they promise! Consider attending a community college where you can earn a certificate or an associate's degree that will be far more inexpensive than a for-profit school. Also, most community colleges have dedicated offices, programs, counseling, and financial aid programs for veterans.
Post-9/11 GI Bill
"If you have at least 90 days of aggregate active duty service after Sept. 10, 2001, and are still on active duty, or if you are an honorably discharged Veteran or were discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days, you may be eligible for this VA-administered program (from the VA Web-site)."
To visit the Post-9/11 GI Bill web-site, go to: http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/post911_gibill.asp.
Note about the author:
For 25 years, Robert Giusti advised adult professionals about traditional and nontraditional options available to them in finishing a bachelor's degree or earning a master's degree. Doing business as CAPS Consulting, he works with adult transfer and adult students, specializing in: College Selection; Admissions; Records Evaluation; Two- Year to Four- Year College Transfer; Non-traditional College Credit; and Essay Review.
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Richmond hosts UNCW Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the Nation Of Coaches Classic in the Robins Center.
SCOUTING UNCW: The Seahawks are 1-0 after defeating UNC Asheville 67-59 on Sunday behind a double-double of 15 points and 13 rebounds from sophomore Cedrick Williams.
- Former CAA rivals Richmond and UNCW meet for the fourth time since the Spiders joined the Atlantic 10 for the 2001-02 season. The Spiders have won the last five matchups between the two schools, including a 66-64 victory in the Robins Center in the last meeting on Dec. 28, 2009. The Spiders have won six-straight over the Seahawks in the Robins Center.
- This is the first of 4 games the Spiders will play in the Nation of Coaches Classic. Richmond will host Hampton on Thursday, host Wofford next Tuesday and then travel to Ohio. The Spiders are 11-1 in regular season tournament play over the previous three seasons, winning the 2009 South Padre Island Invitational with wins over Mississippi St. and Missouri and the 2010 Chicago Invitational with a win over No. 8 ranked Purdue.
- This is the 100th season of Richmond Basketball and the season-long celebration continues tonight when Mike Skrocki and the Spiders went into Phog Allen Fieldhouse and defeated No. 10 ranked Kansas to snap the Jayhawks 52-game winning streak against unranked non-conference opponents. E. Claiborne Robins was honored at Friday's opener with a banner in the rafters to commemorate his generous support of Richmond Basketball.
- Richmond is 41-8 in its last 49 home games and 28-4 in the last 32 non-conference home games dating back to the 2007-08 season.
- After back-to-back NCAA Tournament and Top-25 finishes in 2010 and 2011, the Spiders graduated the most career points in the nation (5,737). After winning 26 and 29 games, an inexperienced Spider squad went 16-16 last season. Richmond did pick up some good wins, defeating Temple and Dayton at home and gutting out a road win late in the year at preseason favorite Saint Joseph's.
- The Spiders return 4 of their top-5 scorers, including one of the best backcourts in the league in Darien Brothers, Cedrick Lindsay and 2012 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year Kendall Anthony. Look for sophomore Wayne Sparrow, who was coming on strong to start conference play before missing the last 10 games with a broken hand, to also see significant time in the backcourt.
- Richmond's frontcourt is short on experience, but showed in an August trip to Italy that they have talent. Joining man-child Derrick Williams and Greg Robbins are a group of forwards with zero collegiate experience, but plenty of length, athleticism and talent.
- Senior Darien Brothers has made 125 career three-pointers, needing 23 treys to crack Richmond's top-10 career list. He made 68 three-pointers last season, which was just outside the Spiders' top-10 single-season list for threes.
- Brothers set Richmond's single-season record for free throw percentage last winter at 89.1 percent. He is currently second on Richmond's career list for free throw percentage at 82.6.
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Friday was the 100th time in 232 games at Richmond that Chris Mooney's Spiders have held the opposition to 60 points or less...Bleacher Report rated Richmond's non-conference schedule the 10th toughest in the nation...this year's senior class needs 15 wins to tie the 2011 and 2012 classes as the winningest in Richmond basketball history...Darien Brothers ranked 15th in the nation in free throw percentage last season at 89.1 percent...Richmond is 79-37 (.681) in its last 116 games.
100 Years Of Spider Basketball
This is the 100th season of Spider basketball and the season long celebration kicked off at the season opener Friday with Richmond sporting retro uniforms and the first of some of Richmond's greatest basketball moments being honored. E. Claiborne Robins had a banner raised to the rafters for his generosity in bringing Spider basketball back to campus with the opening of the state-of-the-art Robins Center in 1972. On Tuesday the 2004 team's win at No. 10 ranked Kansas will be highlighted with former Spider star Mike Skrocki being honored at halftime. Skrocki scored 23 points as the Spiders snapped the Jayhawks' 52-game winning streak against unranked non-conference opponents. Tony Dobbins' last-second jumper gave the Spiders a 69-68 victory at Phog Allen Fieldhouse. For more on the 100th Season Celebration visit SpiderBasketball100.com.
Ragni In Italy
The Spiders took a two-week trip to Italy and Switzerland in August. The team bonding experience helped the Spiders off the court and gave the freshmen a chance to gain game experience on it. Freshman Terry Allen averaged 12.0 points per game, including a game-high 21 points in the finale. Freshman Deion Taylor averaged 10.0 points per game, including a game-high 17 in the second game. Redshirt Freshman Alozono Nelson-Ododa averaged 12.0 points per game with 20 points in the finale and redshirt freshman Trey Davis grabbed 11 rebounds in the opener. The trip was featured in a TV Show on Richmond Basketball that aired on Comcast SportsNet last week.
Mooney Making An Impact Off The Court
Chris Mooney was the subject of an extremely well written article by ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil in October. The story, which was only known by program insiders for the last few years, was about how Mooney went out of his way to help former student manager Robyn Jacobs Sordelett when her father passed away. Mooney flew with Jacobs home to Connecticut, attended the funeral and then he and his wife Lia allowed Robyn to stay in their home when she returned to school the following semester. In September, Mooney walked Robyn down the aisle when she married her Dustin Sordelett. Robyn sat down for an interview for the Richmond Basketball TV Show that aired on Comcast SportsNet.
Easy As A (Anthony)-B (Brothers)-C (Ced)
Richmond has boasted one of the best backcourts in the Atlantic 10 over the last few years and that will be the case again this winter. The Spiders return three guards that averaged double-figures in points last season, two of which were keys to the 2011 Sweet 16 run and the third coming off winning the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year award last season. Senior Darien Brothers is in his third season as a starter, having led the Spiders in scoring at 14.6 points per game in 2011-12. Junior Cedrick Lindsay, who averaged 11.2 points per game last season, is in his second year as a starter and was a key reserve on the 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship and Sweet 16 team. Sophomore Kendall Anthony, the 2012 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, will come off the bench again this season after finishing second on the team at 13.0 points per game. Look for sophomore guard Wayne Sparrow to have a breakout year. Sparrow was coming into his own in conference play last season, before breaking his hand and missing the last 10 games.
Like Father, Like Son
Redshirt freshman Trey Davis follows in his father's footsteps with the Spiders. Trey's father John Davis was a Hall of Fame forward for Dick Tarrant from 1982-86, helping the Spiders to two NCAA Tournaments and an NIT. This is the third father-son duo to play for the Spiders, joining Jeff Butler (1975-77) and Ryan Butler (2005-10) and Tony DiServio (1945-47) and Pat DiServio (1981-83).
Atop The A-10
Chris Mooney has the Spiders in the top-3 in the league in A-10 wins over the previous 5 years (2007-08 through 2011-12). Xavier has 65 wins, Temple has 63, Richmond has 51, Saint Louis has 44 and Dayton has 43. Richmond is 35-15 in its last 50 Atlantic 10 regular-season games and 40-16 in its last 56 games vs. A-10 teams, including a 5-2 mark the last three A-10 Tournaments. The Spiders have played in two of the last three A-10 title games, winning the championship in 2011.
Giant Killers To Giants
Richmond earned a reputation for being Giant Killers with its NCAA Tournament victories in the 1980s and 90s, but the Spiders' victories over so-called Giants have become the norm. Richmond won 5 of 7 games against BCS conference teams last season, the most in school history. The Spiders are 11-6 in their last 17 games against BCS conference teams and Chris Mooney has 16 wins over BCS conference teams in 8 years as a D-I head coach, including 14 in 8 seasons at Richmond. The Spiders have defeated a team from all 6 BCS conferences in Mooney's tenure, including multiple wins against the Big East (5), SEC (3) and ACC (3). Richmond is 7-3 in the last 10 games against ranked teams and has won 8 of its last 13 games against ranked teams. The Spiders finished the 2009-10 season ranked No. 24 in the nation and 2011-12 ranked No. 21.
Tenacious D
Richmond has not allowed more than 68.2 points per game in a season during Mooney's tenure, including holding teams to 62.7 ppg in 2009-10 and 62.0 points per game in 2010-11. The Spiders have held opponents to 50 points or less 28 times under Mooney and have held teams to 60 points or less 100 times. Richmond has allowed more than 80 or more points in regulation just 17 times in over 230 games under Mooney.
The Champs Are Here
The Spiders have won three tournaments in the last three seasons. Richmond won won the 2011 Atlantic 10 Tournament, the 2010 Chicago Invitational Challenge in November, defeating No. 8 Purdue in the title game, and the 2009 South Padre Island Invitational, defeating defending SEC Champion Mississippi State in the semifinals and defending Big 12 Champion Missouri in the title game. The Spiders are 11-1 in regular-season tournament play over the past 3 seasons and 17-4 in tournament play, including the last two NCAA Tournaments. Richmond also defeated No. 13 ranked Florida in the 2009 Orange Bowl Classic.
The Wedding Planner
Richmond head coach Chris Mooney started his collegiate coaching career as a part time head coach at Beaver College (now Arcadia College) in 1997. Mooney's full-time job was as the school's coordinator of events and as part of that job he had to book weddings at a castle that was on the Glenside, Pa. campus. He showed the castle to newly engaged couples and helped them to decide where the band should play and how tables should be arranged. "I was 25 years old and I'd never even had people over to dinner," Mooney says. "And here I am helping brides prepare for weddings." With no team managers, Mooney washed the uniforms, swept the court and filled water coolers. The team had just six players on the roster during most of Mooney's first season, so when the captains met with the referees before games, the other players had to stop warm-ups and wait.


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Northwestern Oklahoma State University has been named to the 2013 Military Friendly Schools list. The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
Northwestern currently has about 70 students with past or current military service.
"We are proud to be recognized for our commitment to help veterans and active duty service personnel move forward toward a college degree," said Dr. Janet Cunningham, university president.
Northwestern provides advisers on staff who can assist veterans with career placement. Because Northwestern's tuition and fee rates are among the lowest in the region, the institution also can provide the best financial environment for military students through scholarships.
When military students are called to active duty, they are able to return without a penalty. In addition, Northwestern offers in-state tuition without residency requirements for active-duty and military dependent students.
A complete list of the 1,739 colleges, universities and trade schools on this year's list exhibit leading practices in the recruitment and retention of students with military experience can be found at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com. These schools have world-class programs and policies for student support on campus, academic accreditation, credit policies, flexibility and other services to those who served.
MISSION STATEMENT: Northwestern Oklahoma State University provides quality educational and cultural opportunities to learners with diverse needs by cultivating ethical leadership and service, critical thinking and fiscal responsibility.


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Wow! My reference speaker cables for a long while have been the utterly satisfactory, totally remarkable Kubala-Sosna Emotion wires—all braided, bulky, and thickly wrapped with dark blue cloth. Those state of the art speaker cables have made my system sing as never before. The only speaker conductors I ever heard that matched or closely approached the Emotions in neutrality with dynamic vividness and tonal rightness were van den Hul's carbon speaker cables. Those two have represented, for me, the pinnacle of what cables do to avoid degrading sonic signals on their way to musical truth.
When I was asked to consider reviewing the new Kubala-Sosna speaker conduits, the length of my deliberation did not exceed one-half nanosecond. When these thicker, more bulky, less flexible (than the Emotion) wires landed here, I thought the guys back at the east coast Kubala-Sosna ranch were joking. I mean, really and truly, you must hold these python-sized monsters in your paws to fully comprehend the extent to which Howard and Joe (the main ranch hands, cable makers and doubtless brush clearing jacks-of-all-sorts) have now gone in order to craft an even more "state of the high status" pedigree for their burgeoning cable line. These are not barking dogs or bricks offered for curiosity but delicate, if thoroughly self-protected, musical instruments.
I've come, over time, to regard the truly special audio gear that adorns our listening grottos—and that I use in my recording work—as more than "audio listening equipment" since those pieces of sonic delivery that take our musical fulfillment and recording precision to heights of exotic (and erotic) near perfection deserve a designation that differentiates their glory from the audio norm that defines ordinary (even fairly high) performance expectations. To that end, therefore, I view the Elation speaker cables not only to set a new standard for musical signal delivery at a height and with a lyrical delicacy that (in my witness) outflank all previous cables with such noble aims. I view these speaker cables genuinely to earn the title of "musical instruments." Their sense of being inside the music they deliver to one's appreciative ears is uncanny.
What is That?
The uncanny, as Freud went to considerable pains to describe, is aligned with intuition. It is a highly subjective experience of recalling something yet not quite "knowing" it or recognizing its meaning and essence, of not grasping its context of concrete representations and symbolic associations. More than any other art, music can engender a sense of internal floating emotional displacement, an "oceanic feeling" that is akin to a mystical (or at least a non-referential) experience. And it is in these ways that the uncanny provides a sense of haunting recall from our own emotional and cognitive archaeology—a vast inwardness that carries linkages and connections between objects, people, moods, meanings and events or images which we cannot wholly comprehend or map into the full light of understanding. A strongly "uncanny" moment is deeply intriguing. It may occur if you see a landscape that seems to recall a childhood experience that you cannot "place" in your life's chronology; if you have a dream both vivid and eerily "real" with details that put you back somewhere in previously lost memories; and if you hear music so enchanting or seductively beguiling that it opens awareness to utterly mysterious qualities in life's blurred crossing between concrete facts of knowing and feeling, on one side, and vague (far more uncertain) areas of emotional and cognitive being. in sum, those twilight zones of inner life that the practical demands for commensurability evade altogether. Of all these realms and forms of uncanny experience, music doubtless carries the deepest sense of longing with the most highly aesthetic—and steadfast, repeatable—framework for inspection.
My specific claim here is that, in my auditions across the past six months or so, my sound system now carries a greater allure, a palpable sense of inwardness sonically, musically and emotionally (perceptually, as well: sonically, aurally). This, in sum, is a discernible experience of being closer to the music performed, nearer the heart of sound and its organized layers of coherent artistic expression and lyrical intention. This repeated witness and awareness has been (literally "is") precisely "uncanny" because the musicians are not there, here in front of me; the musical event has disappeared, except for the recorded capture, and is no longer "real" or tangibly alive. That event, this music, is merely an illusion, but now (sublimely) it is a fleshy, breathing, gracefully moving illusion. It delivers a sense of being within the confines—the expansive, floating and, at moments soaring, liberated "confines"—of a factually palpable sonic reality. More than ever before, I'm able to re-enter the powerful interiority of music I've recorded and re-experience it as if I am that music. The music is (thus) spoken to me, for me, within me, and almost essentially "as" me... a truly uncanny experience if ever there can be one.
I'm all too aware that such statements sound grotesquely Emersonian in their potential solipsism. But exactly in what way is profound musical awareness not solipsistic? My not so simple, but nonetheless immediate, point is this. It is the subtractive difference of the Elation cables that creates this awareness of greater intimacy with sound and musical transcendence. The enigmatic element in the equation here surely must be "subtractive" (eliminative) because these speaker wires in their profound rightness and daunting bulk seem to get everything out of the way between one's ears and the music; between what is reproduced sonically and the auditor. With a superior recording, nothing about these cables suggests one is hearing "only a recording." Instead, one feels as if music is immediately and spontaneously produced now and here... that one is dwelling with music in an eternal present with repeatable possibilities of delight, fascination, intrigue—as well as the déjà vu reappearance of everything "uncanny."
What's Next?
I'll put you in the hot seat where everything musical comes together @ Casa BluePort. First, plop the enhanced version of Miles Davis with Gil Evans, Sketches of Spain, in your transport. Upload that glorious 16/44.1 compact disc data to a KORG M1000direct stream data digital recorder at the DSF setting. Now that you have a superior recording at a resolution higher than 24/96—music to enchant all beasts and sound that boggles attention—take notes with your current speaker cables... say, Kubala-Sosna Emotions or, perhaps, Nordost Valhallas.
Nothing about the sonic and spatial presentation of Miles' seductive contortion into a lyrical bullfight mode with elegant Moorish finesse seems wrong or out of proportion using either speaker cable. With the Nordost wire, sweetness in the top octaves adds a sense of "Rembrandt light" to the soundstage, as if everything is bathed in gold sheen. With the Elation cables a starkness of sonic outline with tonal relaxation defines the soundstage and its melodic drama as if a moving 3D musical image were unfolding to arouse aesthetic attention.
The moment, however, you put Kubala-Sosna Elation speaker wire into harness and hit "go" on the high-resolution files something thrilling and almost beyond words occurs. You feel that you are in the studio with Miles and Gil Evans. You are no longer witnessing a brilliant ensemble expounding at their utmost height of lyrical power with a rare instrumentalist discoursing in his most difficult but successful moment of improvisation.
You are there with the orchestra and with Miles' sweating expressiveness. In fifty years of listening to this most remarkable of all Miles Davis performances—which may jolt the average jazz fan certain that Kind of Blue is the top rung of Miles' art (which is close, in fact)—I have not once heard this transcendent session from such an intimate and genuinely "inside" perspective. This reach into a believable and highly detailed realm of music-in-production, sound underway and under the shaping of artistic pressures, defines Elation speaker cables from one well-recorded track to another, from this artist and that album to others. Wait until you hear the Guarneri String Quartet's recording of Opus 131.
What is This?
Okay, I record music. Mostly jazz. Right. I am devoted to the music, its legacy, many of its practitioners, and a great deal of its arcane minutiae. Good enough. I am also still deeply immersed across several decades of constant attempts to record this great body of music with greater clarity, exactness and intimacy. Anytime I find myself confronted with en example of "tactile sonic truth" at an unusually high level of musical vividness, I'm interested in what allowed that to occur. With the late-'50s Davis/Evans Sketches of Spain sessions at Columbia Studios in New York, you have a nearly unrivaled recording production crew working in a state of the art recording space with virtually all tube gear placed in exactly the right locations. Enhancements to the analogue masters in transfer both preserve the clarity and openness of the original tapes, but highlight the fragile time-delay elements within the hall that deliver a sense of "thereness"... but, one more element concocts this staggering success: sonic reproduction up to the level of detailed musical information.
In short, "hi-fi gear"... including cables that act as sonic transmission lines across a half century—music recorded once, enhanced several times, and sent hurtling from 1958 to its majestic encore here in our immediate moment with emotional force and delicacy. Kubala-Sosna's Elation speaker wire is "up to the level" of the best sonic delivery I've enjoyed, endured or been instructed by. It is the final leg of a dramatic lyric journey that began with Miles Davis' discovery of exotic Spanish sounds and musical motifs and culminates with his most startling album brought thoroughly into vibrant life... with my ears (yours, too, if you're fortunate) not "over here" at another, later moment of time and space; but with me in the studio with Gil and Miles. It is as if that "there" is still "now," which may be the final piece of the puzzle I was mulling earlier, the secret of the uncanny in at least one of its embodiments. It is surely a puzzle in its own right, since how precisely can a long ago event appear to be still so vividly alive in all of its tactile complexity that it creates that most alluring of all illusions: the sense of being at once here and there across a fifty and longer gap ?
This has less to do with E=MC squared that with wire configured right. I do not know what these Sosna and Kubala gurus have done to craft a form of time-travel out of copper wire and over the top protective insulation, but their new cables are in a class by themselves on a level all their own. I will not be sending these review "sonic transmission lines" back to their home base since this spooky time dislocation stuff, over the last few weeks, has discombobulated my once steady sense of things (now askew) to the point where I'm certain these Elation speaker cables have finally arrived "home." Jim Merod


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SUU Gymnastics at NCAA Regionals this Weekend
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CEDAR CITY, Utah - Southern Utah University gymnastics will travel to Norman, Okla., this weekend for the NCAA Regionals with a chance to advance to the NCAA National Championship on the line. The Thunderbirds will need to finish in the top two of the strong field of six teams to punch their ticket to nationals.
The meet will feature five other nationally-ranked teams, including No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 11 Stanford, No. 14 Penn State, No. 22 Washington and No. 27 Iowa. Southern Utah qualified for the meet after finishing the regular season in the top 36 in the nation at No. 34.
Southern Utah has only faced one of its opponents this weekend during the regular season, hosting Iowa on March 15 in Cedar City. The Thunderbirds posted a victory over the Hawkeyes with a season-best 196.200 to Iowa's 195.025.
Fans can follow the meet on Saturday via a live stat link that is anticipated to be online at www.suutbirds.com or by watching a video stream at www.soonersports.tv. The meet is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. (MT)
Last Week
Southern Utah University finished fifth at the Western Athletic Conference Championships with a 194.925. Michaela Chernoch and Brittney Jensen earned first-team all-WAC honors with a 9.875 on floor and 9.925 on vault, respectively.
Scouting the Field
The University of Oklahoma will host the meet and enter as the top seed after finishing No. 2 in the nation. The Sooners have averaged 197.335 on the year with season averages of 49.306 on vault, 49.346 on bars, 49.313 on beam and 49.369 on floor.
Stanford will enter the meet No. 11 in the nation, having averaged a 196.368 on the year. The Cardinal carry season averages of 49.208 on vault, 49.073 on bars, 49.085 on beam and 49.003 on floor.
Penn State finished the year No. 14 in the nation and averaged a 195.685 over the course of the season. The Nittany Lions also tallied season averages of 49.085 on vault, 49.065 on bars, 48.729 on beam and 48.806 on floor.
The University of Washington will enter the meet ranked No. 22 in the nation with an overall season average of 195.440. The Huskies also totaled season averages of 48.870 on vault, 48.913 on bars, 48.933 on beam and 48.725 on floor.
The University of Iowa finished the year with a season average of 195.030 and ranked No. 27 in the nation. The Hawkeyes also averaged 48.891 on vault, 49.011 on bars, 48.111 on beam and 49.016 on floor.
Flocked Together
Southern Utah University returns as a team to the NCAA Regionals in 2013 after having sent an individual in 2012, Alyssa Click. The Thunderbirds had qualified for regionals each of the previous four season leading up to the break in 2012.
Record Breaking
Southern Utah University gymnastics set a new record on bars this season with a 49.175 on Senior Day against San Jose State, Iowa and Ball State.
The Thunderbirds have also tallied three more top-five marks, including two individual performances on vault in a 9.925 by Brittney Jensen (second all-time) and a 9.900 by Rochelle Bernier (sixth all-time) and a top-five team mark on vault in a 49.125 at the WAC Championships (fifth all-time).


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Report: Pelicans making almost everyone available for trade, asked about Paul George
The New Orleans Pelicans are aggressively trying to find another superstar to go with Anthony Davis.
The New Orleans Pelicans are aggressively trying to find another superstar to go with Anthony Davis.
The New Orleans Pelicans have been one of the NBA's biggest disappointments in 2015-16, and it could mean changes are on the horizon.
Several teams are reportedly interested in Tom Thibodeau in the wake of his firing from the Chicago Bulls. However, the interest may not be mutual.
Rumors about John Calipari leaving Kentucky to accept an NBA coaching job are an annual tradition. The New Orleans Pelicans are this year's subject.
The New Orleans Pelicans clinched a playoff berth with a win over the San Antonio Spurs earlier this week, and they now face the difficult task of having to play the best team in the NBA.
The New Orleans Pelicans seem to be intent on building their new brand by creeping fans out. At the start of the season, they introduced their weird looking mascot Pierre the Pelican.
The New Orleans Pelicans officially debuted their new name with a loss on Wednesday night, faltering in the second half against a tough Indiana Pacers team.
Following his Rookie of the Year campaign during the 2009-2010 NBA season, former Memphis star Tyreke Evans has largely been a disappointment for the Sacramento Kings.


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Mohun Bagan have written a letter to the IFA, requesting them to postpone the team's CFL Premier Division tie against Police AC on Wednesday. However, IFA is unlikely to make any changes.
Bagan will return to the city on Tuesday after playing their I-league match against Pune FC, on Monday, and take on East Bengal in the I-League Derby, on December 9.
Kalighat Club defeated Town Club by 121 runs in an AN Ghosh Memorial Trophy match on Saturday.
Summarised Scores
Kalighat Club 427/6 in 85 overs. Town Club 306 in 70.1 overs (. Broken 96; A. Nandy 5/57). Kalighat Club won by 121 runs
Bhowanipore Club 412/5 in 80 overs (A. Chowdhury 102; P. Mukherjee 3/115). East Bengal Club 391/7 in 80 overs (S. Banerjee 170, S Das 139; S Pal 5/78). Bhowanipore Club won by 21 runs
George Telegraph 379/5 in 85 overs. BNR 160 in 40.1 overs (A Khuswa 5/46). George Telegraph won by 219 runs
Police AC 178 in 51.3 overs. Sporting Union 179/2 in 39.2 overs (S Ghosh 56 . .). Sporting Union won by 8 wickets
Katherine Ip of Hong Kong emerged as the singles champion of the ITF Women's Tennis Tournament, at the BTA Complex, on Saturday. In the final, Katherine beat third-seed Rishika Sunkara 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. In the doubles final, Kyra Shroff and Arantxa Andrady beat Rishika Sunkara and Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 6-4.
The Debanjan Sen Foundation will be organising an Inter-School Athletics Championship at the La Martiniere for Boys ground from December 10 to 15. Around 700 participants from 11 boys' school and seven girls' school are expected to participate. The events will be held in three categories ' U-13, U-16 and U-19.
Bengal's Sutirtha Mukherjee, Ayhika Mukherjee and Arjun Ghosh have been selected in the India side for the World Junior Table Tennis Championship. The event will be held in Hyderabad from December 9 to 16.
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As of January 1, the campus of St. Catharine is legally annexed into the city of Springfield.
The Springfield City Council approved the second reading of an ordinance that annexed the St. Catharine College campus, Sisters of Peace Motherhouse and Sansbury Care Center into the city on Dec. 22 at a special-called meeting at City Hall.
Both the city and the campus benefit from the annexation, according to officials from both sides.
High winds were problematic as a three-alarm fire burned a house to the ground on Wednesday.
Mackville, Willisburg and Washington County fire departments and Washington County EMS responded to the blaze at 78 Russell Lane.
Willisburg firefighter Justin Reynolds said he thinks no one was home, but he said calls were being made to verify that.
Reynolds said the cause of the fire, which quickly gutted the house, is unknown.
Specialists with the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will present timely information related to the 2012 wheat production year during their winter meeting from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. CST Jan. 10 at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville.
In the past several years, tough economic conditions have hit many industries, including nurseries. One area where nursery owners may be able to save money is monitoring the efficiency of applied nutrients to their container plants, said Winston Dunwell, extension professor for nursery crops with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture.
Holiday Closings
All county offices will be closed for Christmas, Dec 23 thru Dec. 26.
PVA, WC County Clerk, WC Circuit Clerk, and judge's offices will be closed Dec. 30 thru Jan 2 for New Years.
The sheriff's office will be open all day Dec. 30 and half a day on Dec. 31, and will be closed Monday, Jan 2.
If you need assistance, please contact the Springfield Police Dept. at 336-5450 and a deputy will be dispatched.
Recognized for the achievements of its Young Farm Program this year, Washington County Farm Bureau received the 2011 Gold Star Award of Excellence during Kentucky Farm Bureau's annual meeting in Louisville.
The award honors a county's Young Farmer Committee for its active participation in Farm Bureau leadership development programs, state competitions, and educational or promotional initiatives.
Will Begley, a junior at Washington County High School, has lived in the county his whole life and knows it is the place he wants to return to and eventually raise a family of his own. So he jumped at the chance to participate in Teen Leadership Washington County.
"I really like the smallness and closeness of the community," he said. "Here you're an individual, and I want my kids to have the same experiences I've had."
Mackville residents can breathe easier, for now.
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced last week that it would delay closing or consolidating any post office until May 15, 2012.
According to a press release from the USPS, the decision is in response to a request made by multiple U.S. Senators.
"The Postal Service will continue all necessary steps required for the review of these facilities during the interim period, including public input meetings," the release stated.
Losers can become big winners early next year in Washington County.
The Weigh Down program has come to an end, but The Biggest Winner aims to offer community members an outlet for weight-loss motivation.
"I was very disappointed with (Weigh Down ending), because I wanted it for myself too. I need some motivation, personally," Jaclyn Jones, Community Education Director, said.
Between Jones, Fuel Fitness owner Tim Hayes and Laura Peek at the Washington County extension office, a new program was born.
The pursuit of grant money to restore the Robertson building took another step forward on Dec. 12 at the regular-scheduled city council meeting at City Hall.
The council approved a resolution to apply for a National Scenic Byways funding application "for the purpose of funding Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) eligible projects benefitting" the Lincoln Heritage Scenic Highway.
City administrator Laurie Smith said the application was for $800,000 in funding to go toward the restoration of the Robertson building.
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I only heard about the possibilities of using a bush called Pongamia as biofuel crop today when I came across the International Water Management Institute's (IWMI) report on water use and biofuels. The IWMI says it might be a suitable biofuel crop… It certainly looks rather nice.
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1. It is a hardy blighter and grows well in wet, dry and saline soils. It fixes nitrogen and its seeds are 30-40% oil, and it's widely grown in India .
2. It is a flowering shrub, like wisteria.
3. It travels under a number of names and is also called Indian Beech, Pongam, Honge, Ponge, and Karanj.
4. The British Standards Institute studied it in India in the 1930s and it was proposed as a diesel alternative.
5. People have trans-esterified it's oil into biodiesel with properties close to ASTM diesel standards.


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Only one dies in Colombia airliner crash "miracle"
By Hugh Bronstein
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian airliner carrying 127 people crashed and broke into pieces while landing on the Caribbean resort island San Andres on Monday during a storm, but only one person died in what police called "a miracle."
Authorities said 114 passengers were hurt in the predawn crash of the Boeing 737 passenger jet operated by local airline Aires, adding that the lone death was due to a heart attack and not injuries from the accident.
A Colombian aviation official said the pilot reported that the plane had been struck by lightning. Witnesses said it was fortunate more people were not killed considering the plane's fuselage cracked into three parts on impact.
"It's a miracle," National Police General Orlando Paez said. "The skill of the pilot kept the plane from sliding off the runway. The engines of the aircraft shut down on impact."
The white, blue and green painted jet was carrying 121 passengers and six crew members on a flight that originated in the Colombian capital Bogota. It was arriving at San Andres when it crashed amid lightning and strong winds.
"The plane arriving from Bogota landed in the middle of an intense electrical storm," Colonel Gustavo Barrero of the Colombia Air Force told reporters.
The injured were taken to local hospitals. Many were later transported to Bogota for further care.
Passenger Amar Fernandez de Barretos, 65, suffered a heart attack just after the accident and died on her way to a local clinic. Continued...


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Zhen Li wrote:Do you need any more evidence to prove that opinions on this are almost always politically motivated than this?:Perhaps we are not as stupid as you presume. We simply have not bought into right wing climate denial.
I am not a conservative, and political opinions have nothing to do with evaluating arguments. Science can't be based on politics, it's based on empirical observation!
Don't all you biased politically motivated liberals understand that ALL of your stock high school-level arguments from websites have answers. Even that stupid graph you posted. And every answer has an answer in reply equally as smarmy and unctuous.
You can only argue science based on facts! It's so simple...
Unfortunately climate denial is all politics and no facts.