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Fix Network Error (tcp_error)
Do you know about the causes of Network error (tcp_error)?
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a protocol that is used along with Internet Protocol to send messages in the form of units between computers over Internet. It is just a connection oriented protocol that means it is maintained till the exchange of data is completed. TCP is client/server model of communication in which the computer (client) requests for service and another computer (server) does service of the request. Any problem that exits between this communication results in Network error (tcp_error). Error can also occur when you try to ping an IP address with Ping utility. Any compliant with the server may also be a reason for the error. The communication between the client and server can also be interrupted if there is compliant with hardware devices present between client and server.
Following are the important tips to fix network error (tcp_error):
- Issues
- Tips to fix
- Things to remember
This issue mainly occurs while sending request to the server. Data can be exchanged through Internet only by using this TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). When TCP exchange takes between the browser and the server, then this error occurs. It is due to presence of some trouble in the exchange. As a result, you can not do any further operations using Internet. You can continue the exchange only after fixing the issue.
Tips to fix
Initially you need to make sure whether your browser is working or not. You can test it by trying to use other websites. If you are not able to access other websites also, then there is problem with browser and so you need to reinstall TCP/IP. If all other websites are working properly then the fault might be with the hardware and so you can fix the issue by replacing the fault hardware.
You need to have a network client installed otherwise you will receive this error message. Problem can also occur when you interrupt the uninstall process of Winsock so you need to be sure that you do not disturb any uninstall process. Sometimes, this error may also occur when the server is busy. So, in such cases, you can try using the server after sometime.
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Very Impressive¡¡¡ Uau, great Job..¡¡
Great templates!
Is there any chance of getting one for the ESB sidearm holster sometime? The thing is ridiculously expensive for a real or even a cast. It would be nice to just scratch build a really accurate one.
Keep up the great work!
It would really help me lot if someone could provide a detailed diagram as far as what part is what on the pack as well as plans for the entire pack. the plans and diagrams that i have found for small portions of it have been great but i need more.
You will find some of the jetpack parts in this thread ==> RafalFett's Boba Fett 3D Projects
Great reference thread. Thank you...
Continued to be amazed by RAF, you go boy
excellent work Raf! I am new to costume building and have always been intrigued by it, finally pushed myself to start and now I'm in the middle stages of building your v1 Boba Fett helmet, doing the bondo on it now....whoo hoo!
i noticed in your templates, that you don't have any gauntlets....is there any gauntlet templates you may suggest? looking for ROTJ gauntlets to scratch build.
Thanks Raf!! downloaded ..... now trying to piece them together!
This is Great Work, thank you for having the time to post this info and help us all.
Very impressive. More things to take note of on my journey to being Fett! LOL!
The leather beads on the woolie scalps. What are they called. Haven't found the right combo of key words yet
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Wow. This is an incredible resource for newbies. Thanks!
[QUOTE=RafalFett;601743]Boba Fett ESB hero/Pre-Pro #3 wookie braids (present on the ROTJ SE suit too in poor state):
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Note that these measurements are approximated and are not set in stone. Read more info about the ESB Hero/Pre-Pro #3 wookie braids here ==> Need advice on black and grey braids please - Post #5
do people just use the same thing(generally obviously adding the beads) for the ROTJ version?
That's a lot of stuff! Really nice tho!
Awesome reference material. Thanks
Amazing resource mate thankyou for the hard work

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Chile In Midst Of University Education Reform; US, Canada Struggle For Change
(MintPress) – As President Barack Obama wrapped up a tour of college campuses in North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa to address student loan debt interest in the United States, demonstrations sandwiched America as student loan protests revved up in Canada and South America. As college tuition steadily rises, or, in some cases, spikes, students are politicizing the issue as a manipulation of the education sector into a for-profit business.
The issue came to a head in Chile as tens of thousands of students demonstrated this week, demanding a better and more affordable education. An overwhelming majority of colleges and universities in Chile are private, stoking criticisms from protesters that education in the coastal country is treated more as a consumer product than a universal right.
In an effort to finance an education reform that would alleviate student loan pressure on graduating students, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced on Thursday that the government would increase the corporate tax rate, and reduce interest rates for student loans from 6 percent to 2 percent.
The protests also helped facilitate a loan repayment method that would allow the students to not pay back student loans until they enter the workforce and would also cap repayments at 10 percent of their income.
"Our entire society is making an enormous effort to finance this educational reform," Pinera told Bloomberg. "We all must commit ourselves to this. That being said, the success of this education reform basically depends on the goodwill, effort and commitment of our students."
A similar government response would surely like to be seen in Canada and the U.S., as protests of the university system have grown exponentially after student loan debt bypassed credit card debt in America, and provinces in Canada proposed up to a 75 percent tuition increase. While the response in Chile did not completely comply with what students were asking for – a divergence from privatized education – it created a focused energy on the issue.
In Canada, students have been protesting for months in Montreal against tuition hikes in Quebec. In order to combat a $2.4 million budget shortfall, officials in Quebec are looking to raise tuition by $1,625 over the span of five years – current tuition is $2,200. The proposal has elicited over 200,000 demonstrators since its inception, and a recent fury after the government in Quebec rejected discussions with student groups over the legislation.
Violence causes stalemate in Canada
Part of the issue in continuing talks has been the instances of violence and physical injury to both civilians and police officers during the protests. Three student groups make up the negotiating for the students with the Quebec government. The government has said they are willing to meet again in the future with FEUQ and FECQ, two groups representing students and universities. The other group, CLASSE, has been instructed not to attend the meetings because of a more "militant" approach to demonstrating that has led to violence and injuries.
Earlier in the week, 85 people were arrested during a protest in Montreal that left business fronts damaged and students and police fighting for several hours. In response to CLASSE being banned from negotiations by the province, protesters took to the street, as some resembled more of an angry mob after breaking windows in cars, at banks and a police station. Rocks and other projectiles are said to have been thrown, resulting in injuries.
Montreal police Sgt. Ian Lafrenière said that while he knows not all protesters are out to cause damage or harm, the department has to crackdown on demonstrations because of the risk.
"As a police officer, as a father, as a Montrealer, am I proud of what I've seen? Not at all," Lafrenière said. "It's sad to see something like that. And I had a number of students write me emails this morning saying, 'You know what? We're sad. We were there yesterday in a peaceful way but unfortunately some people took advantage of it.'"
On Thursday evening, the continued protest in Montreal was halted by police when the force told a group of protesters that what they were doing was illegal. The police department said that the group was throwing pyrotechnic devices at them.
Progression in Chile
On Wednesday, demonstrations occurred in both the U.S. and Chile, but for very different reasons: Chileans were protesting what had been done, while Americans were protesting what has not been done. Chileans demonstrated President Pinera's reform plan that they felt did not do enough in restricting private institutions' power. Americans hit the streets for "One Trillion Dollar Day" – pointing out the day student loan debt was expected to surpass $1 trillion in the U.S.
Depending on the particular movement, Americans are calling for a halt in rising tuition, inflating student loan rates and a college education that is becoming less and less accessible. The potential is there for student loan interest rates to double if Congress does not act to alleviate an expiring debt program.
But Canada and the U.S. can only look from afar as Chile tackles public concern over inaccessible education. While talk outside of Chile has led to little more than negotiations and stump speeches, President Pinera has pushed reform through relatively easily. And as a former educator, Pinera brings understanding of Chile's education system to reform talks.
Pinera was an economics professor at the University of Chile, one of Chile's few publicly run universities, as well as two other private institutions. That background has provided Pinera with an understanding of the system and the direction of his reform.
From the prospective of the demonstrators, the beginning of reform is a long time coming. As of last August, students filled the streets in Chile with demonstrations that ranged from hunger strikes to fake suicides.
The protests were violent, as 1,400 people were arrested and a teenage boy was shot and killed. But what started last spring quickly became recognized as the largest protest against the Chilean government since the return of democracy decades prior.
The demonstrations began with sharp criticisms of what protesters described as a "segregated" college and university system that determined, by economic class, where students could attend school.
In an interview with PBS last year, former ambassador of Chile to the U.S. and senior fellow at Inter-American Dialogue, Genaro Arriagada said that access to education has grown in Chile and that enrollments have tripled since 1990, education quality has not kept pace with the demographics attending school.
"The richest go to the excellent universities and the poorest go to the third class universities," Arriagada said. "Education is very segregated, from your birth until you become a professional."
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Whether stocking your kitchen from scratch or paring down to the basics, here are the tools and equipment we recommend.
Chef's Knife
The chef's knife (along with a cutting board) is the workhorse of the Cooking Light Test Kitchens. It's ideal for chopping herbs, onions, garlic, fruits, and vegetables and for cutting boneless meats (it even cuts through small bones, such as those of chicken and fish), slicing and dicing, and general cutting tasks.
We use both metal and plastic colanders in varying sizes. A large colander works well for draining pasta and salad greens and rinsing vegetables. A small strainer is great for separating fruit juice or pulp from seeds. Mesh strainers are the most versatile because nothing can get through the holes except liquid.
Cutting Boards
We use both wood and plastic cutting boards. Whichever you choose, wash the board thoroughly to avoid food contamination. Wipe wooden boards with diluted bleach, and wash thoroughly; sanitize plastic ones in the dishwasher.
Food Scales
Instant-Read Thermometer
Use an instant-read thermometer to check meringues, meat, and poultry to be sure they're cooked to the correct temperature. Don't leave the thermometer in the oven while the food is cooking; remove it from the food after you read the temperature.
Kitchen Shears
Keep kitchen shears handy to mince small amounts of herbs, chop canned tomatoes, trim fat from meat and skin from poultry, and make slits in bread dough.
Measuring Cups
Dry measuring cups, available in metal or plastic, are flat across the rim and are used for ingredients like flour, grains, and cereals. We use a 1, 1⁄2, 1⁄3, and 1⁄4 nest of cups. Liquid measuring cups, sized from 1 cup to 4 cups, are available in clear glass or plastic so that you can see the level of liquid through the cup.
Measuring Spoons
Sometimes a "pinch of this" and a "dash of that" results in less-than-desired flavor. Measuring spoons ensure that your recipes come out just right.
A peeler removes the skin from both vegetables and fruits. Select one with a comfortable grip and an eyer to remove potato eyes and other blemishes on vegetables and fruits. It's also handy for making Parmesan cheese shavings or chocolate curls.
Pepper Mill
Give your food a bit of pungent flavor with a sprinkle of cracked or freshly ground pepper from a pepper mill. A variety of pepper mills are now readily available in the spice section of supermarkets or in the kitchenwares department of discount stores.
Stainless-Steel Box Grater
A box-style grater gives you a choice of hole sizes. Use the smaller holes for grating hard cheese or chocolate and the largest holes for shredding foods like Cheddar cheese or carrots.
Whisks in assorted sizes are ideal for beating eggs and egg whites, blending salad dressings, and dissolving solids in liquids. We consider them essential when making creamy sauces. Whisks are available both in stainless steel and nylon; the nylon ones won't scratch nonstick surfaces.
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Lakemaid Beer Tests Drone Delivery on Frozen Midwest Lakes
Posted on January 24, 2014
Lakemaid Beer is testing drone delivery of its beer to its ice fishing customers on frozen lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Lakemaid Beer Drone can be seen delivering a case of beer to ice fisherman via drone in this video. The test was successful, but the FAA currently restricts the commercial use of drones by small businesses so it may be a while before the idea becomes a reality. Another issue with this delivery system is the remote verification of the legal drinking age of ice anglers.
Lakemaid Beer Company president, Jack Supple, says in a release, "Amazon faces a lot of obstacles. Dense urban locations present a host of problems to drone delivery. But our tests are on vast, wide-open frozen lakes free of trees and power lines. Our drone can fly as the crow flies, straight to our target, based on GPS coordinates provided by an ice angler. Fish houses are very uniform in height, so we can fly lower than FAA limits, too. It's the perfect proving ground for drone delivery, Our initial tests on several mid-size lakes have been very successful. We're looking forward to testing the range of our drones on larger lakes."
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El Camion: From food truck to restaurant
By Ryan Hueter, UW News Lab
Ever since he was raised in Southern California, Scott McGinnis has been a fan of Mexican food. Now, he is turning that love for the food and a passion for cooking into his first full-service restaurant.
McGinnis started the El Camion family of taco trucks with the North Seattle truck about six years ago, followed by one in Sodo, and three years ago, the truck in Ballard. Now, he is trying to bring the same model of serving their customers that has been successful with their trucks to their inside location. After all, El Camion translates to simply "the truck."
"It's our truck inside," McGinnis said.
McGinnis has applied for a liquor license and hopes to open a bar in this area. The posters on the wall are authentic posters from Mexican movies.
Spinning off El Camion's popular line of taco trucks throughout the city, owner McGinnis opened up a sit-down likeness of El Camion restaurant in north Ballard on Feb. 8 after four months of remodeling.
The building – just across from Ballard High School at the corner of 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 65th Street – is formerly the site of RoRo's, and before that, Zesto's, for over 60 years.
Though some expressed skepticism when seeing the beloved old Zesto's being remodeled, McGinnis said the response from the community since opening has been positive.
"They're excited to have the truck experience, but not have to potentially wait outside in the rain to get their food," McGinnis said.
Main seating area in the restaurant.
If you've enjoyed a fish taco or a torta at one of El Camion's three mobile locations, don't worry. Just because the restaurant is opening its first brick-and-mortar location in Ballard doesn't mean the look and feel –- and perhaps more importantly, the taste –- will change.
"We were known for our trucks, and I don't want that to change," McGinnis said. "That's why we're going to operate very similar to that. I'm not looking to open something completely different."
McGinnis said the plan for the restaurant menu is to expand on the offerings of tacos, burritos, and tamales available at their food truck locations to include plates, such as arroz con pollo and plato mole – a chicken and rice dish in a chili and chocolate sauce.
McGinnis plans to have outdoor seating in the summer.
The new restaurant has been met with a good reaction from the community.
Ballard resident Dan Niah estimates he eats at El Camion two to three times per week.
"I'm stoked that it's here, because this is way to closer to my house [than the. It's just nice to be able to sit inside and have a good burrito," said Niah, as he waited for a carne asada burrito and a fish taco on Thursday.
Ken Taylor, who works in Ballard, had been to El Camion's taco trucks many times, but Thursday was his first trip to the sit-down restaurant.
"It's an advantage not having to eat in your truck, and the food's good, real good," Taylor said as he chowed down on chicken pollo with rice and beans.
McGinnis has hired six new full-time staff members to help open the new eatery.
After McGinnis bought the building in October, he went about updating the interior to reflect the earthy, inviting atmosphere he wanted to cultivate. The walls are lined with hand-carved Mexican wood masks and authentic Mexican film posters.
"We wanted to bring some authenticity," McGinnis said. "I was just trying to clean it up and have it feel very authentic and Mexican."
Mexican masks that a friend of McGinnis' brought back from Mexico City for him.
A business graduate of the University of Southern California, McGinnis grew up eating Mexican food and sampling local food trucks. But McGinnis also enjoys getting in the kitchen when he can.
"When things are moving along, and I'm able to get back in the kitchen, I love it," McGinnis said.
El Camion's locations right across the street from Ballard High School provides a ready-made client base and may open up what McGinnis hopes will be a sustained relationship with the school. Like Zesto's before him, McGinnis hopes to be a part of the community for a long time to come.
"The long-term vision is really to be just an anchor here in Ballard," McGinnis said.
El Camion
Location: 6416 15th Ave NW, Seattle, WA, 98107
Hours: Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
El Camion from Ballard High School looking across 65th; the old rotating RoRo BBQ sign has been draped over with a new El Camion sign.
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Courtesy of Reed KaestnerThis planned resort area of Tejon Ranch in the hillsides of the Tehachapi Mountains is no longer at risk of being disturbed by high-speed rail, with the Grapevine alignment no longer being considered.
If you want to build a rail line between Anaheim and San Francisco, people are going to have to get out of the way. Literally.
The proposed California High-Speed Rail would require a lot of land, meaning thousands of California families and businesses will have to move if the project is ever built.
At completion, the project calls for 800 miles of track crossing through 18 counties. The state authority planning the project doesn't know at this point how much private land it needs or what property acquisition will cost, but it plans to buy whatever parcels are necessary at fair market value.
Using preliminary and alternate rail alignments, The Orange County Register traced the proposed track through three counties (Fresno, Kern and Merced) and partway through a fourth (Los Angeles) and found some 2,000 affected properties with roughly 1,300 different owners.
Many of the affected property owners are people and businesses you've never heard of. Some, however, are high profile: land developers and campaign contributors, big businesses and Central Valley farms. Many are sure to be unhappy about losing their land.
Help us do more.
For a project that has already known its fair share of conflict, land acquisition is almost certainly high-speed rail's next source of discord.
"It's not going to be pretty," said Elizabeth Goldstein Alexis, co-founder of Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design, a Palo Alto group monitoring the high-speed rail project. "Some people are going to be happy with the buyout. Others are not going to go quietly into the night."
Many of the properties needed for the project have yet to be determined, but according to current planning documents, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is eyeing land owned or used by an array of noteworthy interests, including:
- More than four dozen properties in Merced and Kern counties owned by BNSF Railway, including 30 parcels originally held by one of BNSF's predecessors, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Today, BNSF is one of the largest railroad networks in North America and is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company.
- The site of a Smart & Final warehouse store near Fresno's Chinatown district, assessed at nearly $1 million. The Smart & Final chain contains 250 grocery and foodservice stores in six Western states and northern Mexico.
- Merced and Kern counties parcels owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., one of the largest natural gas and electric utilities in the United States.
- Undeveloped farm land in Shafter owned by Farmland Reserve Inc., the agricultural investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- The Fresno distribution center of C&S Wholesale Grocers, "the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S." That property has a total assessed value of more than $8 million.
Most of these businesses were not eager to talk to the Register about the coming rail line. But the state will have to negotiate, individually, for the rights to all of the lands. Ultimately, the state can buy whatever land it wants through the power of eminent domain. But a wealthy or motivated land owner unwilling to deal can stretch out the process for months or longer.
If enough of the land owners fight the project "at strategically chosen places along the route they could tie it up probably a year," said John H. Blake, a real estate attorney in Redwood City. "It could be less, it could be more, depending on the nature of the issue and how seriously the court takes it."
History of conflict
The fight over land acquisition is the next battle awaiting high-speed rail if it can survive a torrent of opposition in Sacramento and Washington. For months now, the future of the project has remained in the balance as politicians on both sides of the aisle have questioned the project's viability and costs, though Gov. Jerry Brown has signaled his strong support.
From April 2010 through May 2011, the California High-Speed Rail Authority was the subject of three scathing reports that criticized its ridership projections, its accounting practices and its management. State lawmakers and project opponents accused the authority of being unrealistic in its cost projections.
At the beginning of November, the authority responded to its critics by releasing a sober business plan, which was praised for its frank assessments and practical figures but raised eyebrows over a revised $98 billion price tag.
Since then, new obstacles have emerged.
In mid-November, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives eliminated future funding for high-speed rail in California. Then Kings County sued to stop the authority from going forward with its initial plan to build a 130-mile stretch of track from Fresno to Bakersfield, which isn't long enough to accommodate high-speed trains.
Then the Legislative Analyst's Office said the rail authority's plans are still too speculative to deserve state money. Then the high-speed rail's Peer Review Group, chaired by Orange County Transportation Authority Director Will Kempton, told lawmakers they shouldn't authorize funding for the project. Then the state auditor released another scathing report, saying the authority's "funding situation has become increasingly risky."
There's a chance the Legislature will balk this year when it's asked to appropriate $2.7 billion in bond funds for the high-speed rail. The bonds have already been authorized by voters, but the Legislature still controls their purse strings.
During his State of the State address in January, Brown urged legislators' approval and compared critics of the project to critics of the Interstate Highway System and even the Panama Canal.
"The critics were wrong then," Brown said, "and they're wrong now."
Land grab
Stretched over 270,000 acres between Bakersfield and Los Angeles, Tejon Ranch is just too big for the high-speed rail to avoid. The historic ranch, which was founded as a Mexican land grant in 1843, is the largest contiguous piece of private property in California. Its 422 square miles encompass farming and ranching operations, a commercial/industrial center and a proposed resort community in the Tehachapi Mountains.
The Tejon Ranch Co. has spent more than a decade planning the resort. Called Tejon Mountain Village, it is envisioned as an idyllic place for a second home or a restful vacation, with 3,450 homes, up to 750 hotel rooms, a couple of 18-hole golf courses and 75 miles of trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding.
Coutesy of Randall BarkerBarry Zoeller, Tejon Ranch vice president of corporate communications and marketing
"We don't believe that mixes well with a high-speed rail," said Barry Zoeller, vice president of corporate communications and marketing.
The high-speed rail faced a big problem with the Tejon Ranch Co. In May, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced it would explore the I-5 corridor at the Grapevine as a route between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Under that plan, the high-speed rail would have passed right by the mountain resort.
Zoeller pledged that "should (high-speed rail officials) make the decision to move ahead with the Grapevine alignment, they would find a strong opponent in the Tejon Ranch Co."
Last month, the authority decided to abandon the Grapevine idea and instead go with a route farther east, near highways 58 and 14. That route also crosses Tejon Ranch property, but the company doesn't oppose it.
The high-speed rail may have avoided a showdown with the Tejon Ranch Co., but the case illustrates the sort of battles the project could face as it moves into the property acquisition phase.
Rachel Wall, spokeswoman for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, said the agency knows it has an "enormous responsibility" to protect the rights of land owners as it acquires property for the project. To do that, the authority will follow a modified land acquisition process developed by Caltrans that Wall said will provide owners with ample opportunities to assert their rights.
The authority has also factored into its schedule the potential for land owners to slow down the process during the land acquisition phase. Wall said the authority is prepared for all the contingencies it may face, but acknowledges, "There's certainly a lot of work to do."
On the farm
Farmers are expected to be among the high-speed rail's biggest opponents if the project ever reaches the land acquisition stage. No matter what alignment is eventually chosen, the rail will pass through prime agricultural land in the Central Valley, some of which has been tilled by the same families for generations.
To the agricultural communities affected, the high-speed rail feels like an attack on their world and their bottom line, said Anja Raudabaugh, executive director of the Madera County Farm Bureau, which is concerned about the high-speed rail having an excessive impact on agricultural lands.
"If you change these farmers' way of life, they're going to squawk," Raudabaugh said. But this is about more than convenience, or even tradition. There "is a monetary cost," she said.
First, there is the cost of the land itself. Much of the land targeted by the high-speed rail in the San Joaquin Valley is precious for its physical properties, Raudabaugh said. The soil there is uniquely high in nitrogen and phosphorous, which yields pomegranates, pistachios and almonds of a quality that can't be duplicated elsewhere, she said. For farmers, no amount of money can replace such special land.
Then there's the cost of farming around the high-speed rail. Unlike a regular train, the tracks of the high-speed rail will be walled off from the surrounding environment by fences or barriers to prevent cars, people or animals from crossing in front of 220-mph train. The alternative is gruesome: In April 2008, a German high-speed train traveling 124 mph struck a herd of sheep, which caused the train to derail and injured 19 passengers (and killed 20 sheep).
To avoid such an accident, the only way you'll be able to cross the California High-Speed Rail is at designated crossings. That's not a small matter for farmers, who make numerous trips across their fields in a single day. If the rail line cuts through your property, you'll have to drive four to seven miles out of the way just to get to other side of your field, estimates Frank Oliveira, general partner of MEL's Farms, a Kings County farming operation. The high-speed rail is eyeing land on five properties owned by MEL's, Oliveira said.
"They're going to be tearing up everybody's farms and make them not profitable," he said.
Oliveira said farmers are upset about the project because few in state government seem to recognize its impact on the agriculture community. Construction of the rail line will ruin carefully planned farms with laser-leveled fields and buried irrigation systems, he said.
The authority may tell farmers it only wants a 100-foot strip of their land, but Oliveira said that could ultimately cost farmers 170 feet of usable land because farmers also need space to reverse their tractors. The farmers are angry because they feel the state isn't listening to them, Oliveira said.
Wall, the spokeswoman for the high-speed rail authority, said planners will try "as much as possible" to address the impacts on farms during the design process.
Economic development
Not everyone fears the train, however. For some, the California High-Speed Rail represents the hope for a better future. And at least one community was willing to fight for it.
In July, Palmdale filed a suit in federal court to prevent the California High-Speed Rail Authority from moving forward with the Grapevine plan, which would have bypassed the city. Palmdale officials desperately want a high-speed rail stop in their city for the economic activity it's thought to bring.
"The majority of people I have heard from are in support of the high-speed rail," said Palmdale Chamber of Commerce CEO Stacia Nemeth, when asked if even Palmdale's affected land owners are in favor of the project. "There's a lot of job potential there."
The federal suit was dismissed in September, and the California High-Speed Rail Authority has since abandoned the Grapevine option, but until the very end, the city indicated it was willing to keep fighting. Residents there say they want the high-speed rail to come to their city of 152,000.
"I don't see how it couldn't benefit us," said Marsha Furman, a 27-year resident of Palmdale who is active in community affairs.
Furman said she's never heard affected land owners in Palmdale complain about losing their property to the project. "We see the high-speed rail as just another opportunity to see what the Antelope Valley has to offer," she said.
Residents and officials believe a high-speed rail station will help Palmdale by attracting new businesses and boosting local tourism. It's also thought that Palmdale residents will use the high-speed rail for daily commutes to jobs in Los Angeles or Bakersfield. A faster commute home means the people who already live in Palmdale will have more opportunities to spend their money locally.
"Having a station here, I know it would improve the area economically," said Bill Pappas, a resident of Palmdale since 1990.
For Palmdale, the fight may be over. But for land owners in the path of the high-speed rail, the fight may be just beginning.
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It's a huge weekend here in the Baltimore area, as there will be nonstop lacrosse all weekend for the Under Armour All-American Classic, beginning Friday at noon for the boys. The senior games, featuring the top 44 girls and boys will take place at 4 and 6 p.m., respectively, in Johnny Unitas Stadium on Saturday night.
Several dozen of the nation's very best underclassmen will be present this weekend, contending for bragging rights and in some cases, a scholarship to a Division I program. Two regions, South and West, are added to the mix this year to compete for a championship, which will take place on Sunday at 3:45. Let's preview all of the attendees:
The hosts are hoping to come out on top this year as runners up in 2010, however, they'll be quite young albeit stacked on paper. The boys from Charm City will likely dominate at the midfield, featuring highly touted players like Deemer Class (Loyola '12/Duke), Spencer Parks (St. Paul's '12/UNC) and face-off middie Stephen Kelly (Calvert Hall '13), among others. The attack and defense will be anchored by Calvert Hall's Pat Kelly and Evan Connell respectively, both headed to Carolina. If the chemistry's on point, this could be Baltimore's year to avenge last year's loss to Long Island.
The defending champs field another spectacular squad, headlined by a scary good defense boasting top recruit Bobby Duvnjak (Manhasset '12/Harvard), Tim Stackpole (St. Anthony's '12/Army) and goalies Dan Marino (Garden City '12/Virginia) and Kieran Burke (St. Anthony's '12/UNC). The attack is outstanding six-deep, led by James Pannell (Smithtown West '12/Virginia) at X. The midfield is considered the weak point but will be very tough with Jake Froccaro (Port Washington '12/Princeton) and company running the show. Long Island has yet to lose a game at the Under Armour Underclass Games, and they don't expect that to change anytime soon.
After having talent from a ton of non-hotbeds, this is their first year as a true 'Midwest' team, and they just recently played in King of the Hill together as a warmup. While there are several studs in the lineup, depth could be a problem when facing superior regions this weekend. Mike Gulasey (Western Reserve '12/Fairfield) is the top dog at attack while teammate Alex Spring (Western Reserve '12/Bucknell) will hold down the defense. The midfield looks be pretty excellent on paper, featuring Eliot Allen (Upper Arlington '12/Georgetown), Zach Wood (Metea '12/Virginia) and James Dahlheimer (Western Reserve '12/Virginia). There are also a handful of younger guys that lacrosse fans will still know, namely Ian King (St. Xavier '13) at attack. I'm pretty intrigued to see how Midwest stacks up - the midfield will keep them in several games.
This squad's relying on a little bit more youth than in the past, and will be hurt a little by the fact that Case Matheis (Darien '12/Duke) is sidelined by a knee injury. However, Ian Ardrey (Deerfield '12/Harvard) is a capable replacemement along with a few other NE West standouts. The midfield could be formidable, featuring a pair of Governor's Academy standouts in Tate Jozokos (North Carolina) and Sammy Davis (Penn State). The defense will be the strong suit with Tony Britton (Darien '12/Cornell) as well as Doug Gouchoe (Concord-Carlisle '12/Navy) and Will Ryan (Avon Old Farms '12/Delaware) in between the pipes. Last year was not the outcome that New England expected, so it will be interesting to see how they contend this weekend.
The Garden State has gotten ragged on for being 'down' in the past years, but that doesn't mean there's a shortage of individual talent present in an area that has produced a bevy of Division I stars. However, like a few other regions, depth could turn out to be an issue. Ed Lubowicki (St. Joseph's Metuchen '12/Notre Dame) is a standout at attack, while Steven Pontrello (St. Augustine '12/UNC) and Patrick Young (Christchurch School '12/UMBC) will lead the charge at midfield. Will Reynolds (Delbarton '13) is a young defenseman on the rise - he'll help make the job easier for goalies Tyler Avallone (Mendham '12/Syracuse) and Dan Willis (Moorestown '13). The top talent is formidable but on paper, there seem to be a handful of regions that will field a stronger team. Still, they could surprise.
Having failed to make it to the final in the past when they've had the talent capable of propelling them to the top, Philly is a candidate to win it all this weekend. Conestoga's three starting attackman, two headed to Maryland and one headed to Delaware, will be big for chemistry. At midfield, Will McNamara (Haverford '12/Virginia) and the 1-2 punch of La Salle juniors Matt Rambo and Sean Coleman will dazzle in between the lines. The defense is downright nasty - Warner Bailey (Haverford '12/Georgetown), Jamie Ikeda (Conestoga '12/Duke) and Ryan Lehman (Garnet Valley '12/Maryland) make up part of an extremely stingy unit. Watch out for Robbie Zonino (Conestoga '13) in net, as he'll accompany Steve Brodeur (Strath Haven '12/Lehigh). I'm a big fan of Philadelphia's talent, so let's see if they can put it together and be victorious on Sunday afternoon.
This will be the South's first year playing in the event, as in the past, they've had a few of their very best falsely represent the Midwest. With just two players to a Division I program, their outlook isn't particularly peachy but there's still a handful of players that will surely impress. Connor Whipple (St. Andrew's '13) is the clear top junior in the region, and will lead the way at attack. Zack Price (Lambert '12/High Point) and Jordan Cunningham (Lovett '12/Denver) are very capable players at midfield and defense, respectively. Consisting mostly a mix of Georgia and Texas players with a few others mixed in, the South could possibly be in for a long weekend.
In the past, Upstate has been a team that has been toe-to-toe with the other top regions, but this year could be a little different. There are just five players committed to D1 programs, with a few uncommitted 2013's that made a name for themselves during the high school season. I love the attack on paper, consisting of Deke Burns (Jamesville-DeWitt '12/Harvard), Matt Sexton (Niskayuna '12/Penn State) and Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia '13). Jordan Evans (Jamesville-DeWitt '13) is among the top juniors in the country and will help pave the way at midfield. The defense is a bit shaky, but Luke Mendola (Ithaca '13) and Rich Stapleton (Rome '12/Rutgers) are very capable in front of goalies Eric Fischer (Irondequoit '12) and Blaze Riorden (Fairport '12). I may be underestimating the Upstate New York squad a little bit, but I don't think this is the year they compete with Philadelphia, Baltimore, D.C. and Long Island.
I'm really feeling D.C.'s talent this year, especially at the midfield. Kylor Bellistri (Bullis '12/Brown) leads the attack that features a handful of other standouts. Between the lines, Brent Armstrong (St. Stephen's & St. Agnes '12/UNC) and Connor Reed (Gonzaga '12/Johns Hopkins) are the leaders of an unit that features six other players committed to a D1 program. After this weekend, lacrosse fans will know about Nick Fields (Bullis '13/Johns Hopkins), a monster at the LSM position. Luke Aaron (Deerfield '12/Duke) and Brandon Burke (Bullis '13) are the team's netminders and will command a pretty tough defensive unit. The boys from the Capital have been pretty tough in years past but unable to make it over the hump. At this point, the jury's still out.
This weekend, all in attendance at Towson University will get to witness the talent out West, a sign that the game is quickly growing. The talent looks pretty special on talent, but will the representatives from the Left Coast produce? Brendan Gaughan (La Costa Canyon '12) and Sean Doyle (Torrey Pines '12/Cornell) lead a dangerous attack. The midfield looks excellent, featuring Matt Emery (St. Ignatius '13/Virginia), Patrick Worstell (San Ramone Valley '12/Syracuse) and Matt Florence (Kent Denver '12/Virginia) doing their best to keep up with the hotbeds. Denver natives Tanner Scales (Salisbury School '12/Virginia) and Alex Sadler (Kent Denver '12) will anchor the backline, while Bass Bartfield (McCallie '12) and Russell Bartle (Highland '12) will mind the nets. On paper, this group looks to be fairly tough but as much of this talent is somewhat of an unkown, it's hard to say how their weekend will turn out.


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This year's 31st Annual California Strawberry Festival May 17th and 18th in Oxnard hits all the right notes with the internationally-acclaimed, "Young Dubliners" and Grammy award winning, "Mariachi Divas" heading the marquee of talented performers.
Two festival stages will be alive with tunes ranging from classic rock, reggae and world folk to soul, R&B and funk. Ventura County's own "Dirty Rice," will be a guaranteed fan favorite.
When attendees need a break from dancing, they can visit a variety of 50 food booths that will serve up strawberry treats with scrumptious strawberry tarts, funnel cakes and even strawberry pizza, or they can visit the make your own strawberry shortcake tent, among others. Contests allow attendees to showcase their creativity and artistic skills. Even children can get in on the fun by dressing in their favorite berry attire for the Berry Best Dressed Baby contest.
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Bailey, David, Campbell, Duncan A., & Goonetilleke, Ashantha (2003) An experiment with approximate reasoning in site selection using 'InfraPlanner'. In Australia New Zealand Intelligent Information Systems (ANZIIS 2003), 10-12 December 2003, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia.
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This paper discusses an application of an intelligent information system for decision-makers involved in multiple criteria group site selection problems under uncertainty. The fuzzy algorithm behind the system was developed by the authors for use in large-scale infrastructure site selection, and is validated here using a site selection problem at Brisbane Airport. The 'InfraPlanner' Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) was created by customising ArcView GIS, and operates on raster data files. The tightly coupled system features linguistic interaction, multiple decision-maker input, uncertainty assessment, and a linguistically controllable aggregation function capable of a variety of compensatory and non-compensatory outcomes. Feedback from decision-makers involved in the experiment indicated a high level of satisfaction with outputs from the system, whilst noting some areas for future development.
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If your car is declared a total loss by your insurance company, a salvage title will be issued to either you or the insurer.
If your vehicle requires a Georgia title (cars built in 1962 or earlier do not require a title), then you must complete a Application for an Original or Replacement 'Salvage' Title 'Only' (Form MV-1S), and the Georgia license plate and registration must be surrendered. Fill out a Report of and/or Surrender of Georgia License Plate (Form T-158) and give all of the applications, documents, and tag to your insurance agent. If you have the original title, it must be surrendered also. These steps must be taken to receive payment on your damaged car.
If your car has a special tag, the tag must be removed, but it need not be surrendered.
You must obtain the salvage title before you can sell or dispose of the wrecked car.
If you are retaining the car, your insurance company will then apply for the salvage title in your name. Note that if you take this route, you will be required to rebuild or restore the vehicle (see below). Your insurer will require that you sign a Notice to Vehicle Owner – Payment of a "Total Loss" Claim (Form T-56) before they process the paperwork.
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Those picks are adorable! I am seriously in love with those maxi dresses. Thanks for sharing. I am going to check them out!ReplyDelete
Love your picks Tiffany! Especially the long sleeve mini dressed. There's definitely nothing wring with showing off some leg, and girl, you have awesome legs so strut them! Thanks for the post!ReplyDelete
My closet is yelling at me; Go get that horse printed dress! it's so pretty!ReplyDelete
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Prints are a must. And lovely dresses for the summer, what could be better?ReplyDelete
Longsleeve mini dresses are my fave too. I'm too conservative to rock bare on top and bottom so I feel I can get away with rocking a mini if my arms are hidden.ReplyDelete
I *may* have just grabbed the horsey print one for myself :)
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Love this Tiff! Makes me want to buy more dresses for summer.ReplyDelete
The ASOS shirt dress with the horse print is so fun! I have plenty of florals and stripes in my closet which I love but I've been searching for something a bit more quirky. Also, I really like the way you format your posts. Makes me feel like I'm reading a mini magazine!ReplyDelete
I feel the exact same way about my arms; sometimes it's depriving because they're so many cute sleeveless blouses and tank tops I know I could never pull off.ReplyDelete
Unfortunately, I haven't come across any long sleeved mini dresses that have caught my attention, but those you picked out are quite nice!
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I don't like too much print on myself but a stylish top is definitely my cup of tea. That is unless the print is on a maxi dress this season.ReplyDelete


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Basu said that major economic reforms would hit the roadblock. Reacting over the comment, Dr Kumar said that economic reforms blockade will harm the investors.
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We live in the richest county in the world and how can health care be denied anyone?
When the dripping venom is directed against the very people who are most in need, that tells me that non-caring is on the upswing.
Andrew Jackson, who served as a major general in the Tennessee militia, had to explain to his troops who had reached a very low ebb to the point of fighting and bickering among themselves that the "enemy is out there; not with each other."
The verbalization against the Supreme Court's report from the Republicans should stop, for "the enemy is out there" in the forms of seniors having to make a choice between medicine and food, pre-existing illnesses, cancer, diabetes and heart problems, just to name a few concerns.
The Supreme Court has spoken to give a new meaning to all the "brother-bashing/sister-smashing" against those in favor of the Affordable Care Act.
You may think Republicans and Democrats are enemies rather than members of Congress who were elected to the best interest of the voters, not self-seekers andfactious.
In 1935, when Social Security was enacted by President Roosevelt, he received ridicule. President L. Johnson signed the Medicare bill into law in 1965; he received ridicule. Now, Chief Justice Roberts is receiving ridicule for what he has done concerning the Affordable Care Act. What's next?
The hatchet needs to be buried, but not in anyone's back.
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Peggy LaPoint's letter, "GOP tactics," illustrates the contempt the left has for free enterprise, capitalism and the oil industry, while fabricating the facts related to the Strategic Energy Production Act.
Although maintained for severe supply disruptions, Barack Obama tapped the Strategic Oil Reserve for political expediency as gas prices spiraled upwards of $3.75 a gallon.
H.R. 4480 links drawdowns from the reserve to increased domestic energy. Once there is a drawdown, the secretary of energy would have to develop a plan for increased leasing of federal land for oil and gas development.
While the Obama administration has leased fewer onshore acres than any administration going back to 1984, only 3 percent of total federal land is leased for oil and gas production.
Her bogus claim that EPA safeguards are being rolled back ignores the fact that the bill merely enacts an executive branch committee charged with estimating the cumulative impacts of EPA rules on gas prices, jobs and the economy. Congress would then vote on the bill based on the committee's findings.
Alternative energies mentioned can play a large role in creating a stronger domestic energy supply, but they cannot replace oil and gas.
Consumers will not embrace these technologies unless they can stand on their merit in the marketplace, devoid of government subsidies.
Oil, our cheapest, most abundant fuel source, is the fuel of the engine of freedom. Freedom leads to ingenuity, via the pursuit of profit, which percolates the genius from which cost-effective alternative fuel sources will emerge.
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Paul Sadler is clearly the best choice among the candidates left standing for the U.S. Senate. His ability to understand and articulate the issues that are before the American people, without resort to partisan rhetoric, is impressive.
I have great respect for Grady Yarbrough, to the extent that I am able to objectively evaluate him.
He appears to be a man of ability and good character, and I would certainly support him for election to statewide office; just not the U.S. Senate.
Cruz and Dewhurst are engaged in a game of one-down-man-ship, in which each tries to outdo the other in appealing to the baser instincts of the Texas electorate.
They have each reached the bottom.
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And I know it's true from the conversation I heard this morning!
Dad: I can't find my wallet . . . have you seen it?
Mom: No, I don't ever touch your wallet
Dad: I always leave it in the same place, but I can't find it. Oh great, I'm going to be late for work!
Then there was a lot of commotion with daddy running up and down the hall, and up and down the stairs, and me trying to keep up *pant, pant* Finally he comes up the stairs one more time saying:
Dad: I found it!
Mom: Where was it?
Dad: It was in the washing machine, in my pants pocket
It was then that daddy and I realized mommy has been laundering money . . .and I could tell it was illegal by the look on daddy's face. Not only that but mommy didn't do a very good job because the money was all blue! And then she sent it to school with the older girl for lunch . . . wet and all!
Please don't report my mom though, because she's in enough trouble already.
Mom is really upset with Lily and I! We have always been so good about leaving things alone, but we found some Chocolate Covered Cherries (Dad's again) while Mom went to the laundromat to wash the comfortor I pee'd on. Luckily she wasn't gone long this time.
Underneath where the phone sits, Mom has a little storage area with a toile skirt all around it. She put the sealed box of Chocolate Covered Cherries in with the rest of the food because we have NEVER bothered anything in there ... EVER! Now she is upset with herself too because she thinks she should have known better.
Well I'm sick. Sick, sick, sick, and shaking. Between the two of us we ate 14 Cherries. Lily already threw hers up. Mom gave me this yucky, awful tasting stuff called Peroxide and now I'm just waiting to throw up too. Mom says she will be sure there it nothing else we can get into!
Will I ever learn? Sweets + Winston = Sick little Winna
In case you haven't read Lily's latest Diary entry yet, you should. She and I had a bang up time yesterday helping ourselves to Daddy's dark chocolate covered expresso beans, and dark chocolate covered rum candies! Oooo, it makes my tummer hurt just thinking about 'the incident'.
I was pretty darned sick from it all too, and rather lethargic, but around about 10:30 last night, it finally hit me: The Caffeine Buzz!
Faster than a speeding Pug bullet ... more powerful than a locomotive ... able to leap tall buildings in a single bound ... I was SUPER PUG!!!!
Okay, so I was just more like Super Hyper Caffinated Pug, but I sure did feel like I could leap tall buildings in a single bound! At 12:30 am I finally started to come down from my rush and feel a bit more normal. That was just about the time Phin decided to show up in bed, and Daddy decided to sleep on the couch. Not to mention the older girls friend was coughing her brains out in the next room. I thought Mommy might have a corinary! BOL! Finally, oh around 1:30, everyone calmed down and went to sleep. Even me!
That is until Phin decided to wake Mommy up at 5:43 am this morning. Judging by the way she kept tossing him on the floor, I don't think she appreciated his morning loving ;)
If this Pug is going to continue to be Super, I better go catch some morning Zzzzz's!
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I received my "soft parts" from SGB today, simply amazing!
SGB is definately a great one to do business with, great communication through each step of the process. I can't wait to receive my Helmet and Jet Pack from SGB!
SGB made/painted my helmet, and painted (did not make) my jet pack. Should be a great treat!
The pictures below are the "clean version" of the suit. I eventually will dirty it up a bit to give a more worn look. Super stiches, super fit - 5 STARS!
The pictures don't do the stuff justice - they really are amazing!
Note: the neck seal is not a part of the suit - it is a separate piece. I just have it set up as if it was being worn. The vest even has cut-outs in the back for my jet pack harness!


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Seat Memory
Isn't the E60 supposed to remember your seat adjustment settings, based on what key you're using? If so, mine doesn't seem to work. My wife uses another key, and whenever I get in the car with my key the driver's seat stays where she left it.
As an aside - even if it was working, I prefer the seat memory buttons they had in the E39. It's all well and good if every person using the car uses a different key, but what happens when you share keys? When you let someone else use your car, don't you usually give them your key?
- Dave
I think this is a dealer set option. I had to tell them if I wanted that feature programed into the keys or not. I chose not to, all I do is push the button. I could be wrong, but that's what my dealer made me understand. I would ask your dealer to program it if it hasn't already been done.
Hmmm. "Push the button"? What button? I think there's a solution to my problem - I don't know about a button.
Available options:
-seat memory
-drive-off door locking
-remote unlock--driver door or all doors
Up to 4 keys can be programmed.
Just checking, but you do realize that the key memory is only activated when you lock and unlock the car, right? I didn't see anything in your post indicating that, including your comment about the button.
Basically, when you lock the car with the lock button on your key, it stores all the current memorizable settings. When you unlock the car with the unlock button on that same key, it restores those settings. If someone else locks and unlocks, it does the same. There's an option whether the resetting takes effect when unlocking the car or when opening the door, but you have to lock it in between for it to store and reset.
As far as the memory buttons go, they are independent of the key memory settings. The key settings store whatever was set when the car was locked; the memory buttons store whatever the settings are when you go through the storage procedure (press the M button, then press the desired memory position, IIRC). So, even if you lend someone your key, it's easy to get back to your preferred settings as long as you stored a memory position.
My 330i doesn't have iDrive so it couldn't register seat position with the key. I had the car re-coded today, now the key memory is back; so is the drive-off lock.
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Palliative care by nurses in rural and remote practice
Rosenberg, John P. & Canning, Debbie F. (2004) Palliative care by nurses in rural and remote practice. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 12(4), pp. 166-171.
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Objective: To evaluate the experiences of a group of rural and remote nurses in providing palliative care and to discuss the implications of this evaluation for the development and implementation of professional support strategies. Design: Semi-structured survey comprising 23 items measuring perceptions of the nature of rural and remote practice, the provision of palliative care in these settings and the appropriateness of various professional development strategies; as well as 12 open-ended questions to obtain qualitative descriptions relating to key concepts in rural and remote practice. Setting: Rural and remote communities in the Southern zone of Queensland Health. Subjects: Thirty-one registered and enrolled nurses, all female, who attended a two-day professional development workshop. Main outcome measures: Identification of characteristics of, barriers against and strategies to support the practice of palliative care in rural and remote communities. Results: High levels of agreement with key statements relating to issues evident in contemporary literature regarding rural and remote nursing practice; qualitative descriptions show congruence with key statements. Conclusions: This evaluation demonstrated congruence between the challenges faced by this group of nurses and those reported in the literature. These nurses identified the importance of peer networking as an integral part of their work, which enhanced their potential as rural and remote palliative care providers.
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Reality TV loses its hold: survey
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Australians are falling out of love, if that is the word, with the flim-flam world of celebrities and reality TV and are becoming less forgiving of companies that fail to meet consumers' expectations of good corporate behaviour, according to a survey of winners and losers who made the news in the past year.
Big Brother, Idol, James Hardie and Paris Hilton were among the losers while Subway, Seven Network, Richard Branson and Rove McManus were among the winners, brand consultants Landor Associates found.
Market research company Millward Brown asked a thousand Australians in February how favourable they felt towards companies, brands and people that had been in the news in the past 12 months, the results of which were analysed by Landor.
It found that, not only were consumers less forgiving of bad behaviour, they also had longer memories.
"Even when a company has been out of the news for some time, people still tend to not forget," said Landor brand consultant Ingrid Fetell.
The survey also asked respondents to predict whether the fortunes or misfortunes of "news makers" would continue in the coming year.
All the TV networks bar Seven and SBS were expected to have a flat year, Landor said.
"Seven seems poised for a strong ratings year, with the polarising hit Desperate Housewives and the strong Sunrise, presented by David Koch. Nine suffers from high ambivalence while Ten looks like it may flatten, with both Idol and Big Brother on strong downward trends," the study concluded.
This does not augur well for the fifth series of Big Brother, which airs next month.
She speculated that the reason Desperate Housewives had been so well received - its debut was just two weeks before the survey was conducted - was that the tragi-comic world of Wisteria Lane offered greater insight into people's lives than did Big Brother and its cousins.
The results also pointed to a waning popularity of the likes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, who were perceived as vapid; as opposed to the ascendancy of celebrities such as Richard Branson, Lleyton Hewitt and Rove, who were perceived as actually having done something.
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Coal trains fire passionate debate at scoping hearing
The Spokane County Fair and Expo Center was ground zero for a coal collision last week.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted the public hearing Dec. 4 to receive testimony on the environmental impact statement on a proposed coal terminal that, if built, will be 370 miles away to the west. But Bellingham would be just one stop for an expected 54 million tons of coal that would come through on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe main rail line through Eastern Washington each year before being shipped on to China.
The hearing drew 800 from this area, as well as Idaho, Montana and Wyoming to a prehearing rally as well as to testify on the impacts coal and the increase in rail traffic will have on the region.
It was the fifth of seven public comment opportunities for the proposed Western Washington Cherry Point terminal. Previous meetings have attracted as many as 1,800.
Those who have lined up against the coal trains are the Sierra Club and other environmentalists, as well as doctors, church leaders, tribal members, and many local residents.
Those who wanted to speak either pro and con had to show up early – 75 were allowed to testify for a strict two minutes apiece.
Opponents – many dressed in red shirts – decried the coal trains and the potentially dangerous coal dust that will fly off of rail cars as they make their way to the $665 million Bellingham facility. The potential for derailments will also be increased due to the uptick in mile-long trains, as will stalled traffic at at-grade crossings, they say.
And, of course, there are the overarching concerns regarding global warming due to carbon dioxide release from coal-fired plants.
"I see coal trains and I see what they're doing," said Alaina Buffalo Spirit, a member of the Cheyenne tribe who traveled from Montana, who is critical of the plan.
Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart called Spokane a "choke point" for trains on their way to Bellingham and said rail traffic could increase by 63 trains a day if other port facilities are constructed in the future.
But proponents wearing green said the trains are already traveling through Eastern Washington and North Idaho and that the impacts – despite an estimated total 28 trains per day on BNSF and Union Pacific lines, if the Bellingham facility is built -- would be negligible compared to the benefit of the added jobs.
Those who say Cherry Point would be an economic boon include the Association of Washington Business, shippers, chambers of commerce and other pro-business groups.
"This area has been the hub of transportation throughout its history," Rich Hadley, CEO of Greater Spokane Inc. said, adding that the region could see an additional $500 million on an annual basis.
Railroad workers from BNSF who testified said they doubt their company could handle even 20 to 30 more trains a day and the number would likely be far smaller.
A potential compromise, as far as the health concerns go, is simply making sure the rail cars are covered. But rail employees say they don't see any evidence of dust on themselves or on the rails after the trains pass at 50 mph.
"I'll be living next to it, and I'm for it," said Ken Foster, who came from Whatcom County. He added that the port could ship grains and other goods overseas, not just coal.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, speaking on behalf of local emergency responders, said he believes there would be "no negative impact" at rail crossings.
"We need to deal with the facts of the matter, not the emotions from coal," he said.
Two more hearings were held this week in Vancouver and Seattle.
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Abdellatif Saoudi is the Managing Director of Qatar Computing Research Institute at Qatar Foundation. Prior to joining Qatar Foundation, Dr Saoudi served as Head Corporate Solutions in Qatar Petroleum where he managed a large-scale ICT projects portfolio as well as leading major initiatives related to web technologies, enterprise content Management (ECM) and GIS.
He also has worked as an IT expert for the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he played a key role in leading the strategic banking solutions.
Dr Saoudi served on the faculties of the Polytechnic Institute of Nantes and Nantes University. The author of several industrial and scientific papers, his research interests lie in internet computing, data analytics, and knowledge management.
In 2008, he received the GIS Special Achievement Award from (Environmental Systems Research Institute) (ESRI )in San Diego (California).
Dr Saoudi received his PhD in Computer Science from Nantes University (France) in 1997 and his MSc from INSA de Lyon (France).
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1. Overview
The NI 4070 Digital Multimeter allows you to measure currents (amps) ranging from a few microamperes to an ampere with a sensitivity of tens of nanoamperes. The DC and AC current (amps) functions have three ranges each: 20 mA, 200 mA, and 1 A for DC current; 10 mA, 100 mA, and 1 A for AC rms current. The AC current (amps) function uses the same fast measurement technique as the DC-coupled AC volts function.
The current (amps) you measure flows through a stable onboard 0.5 Ω precision shunt resistor for all ranges. Consequently, the current (amps) loop remains uninterrupted during autoranging. An ultra-low noise circuit amplifies the resulting voltage developed across the shunt and routes the voltage to the high-resolution ADC.
2. Input Protection
The NI 4070 Digital Multimeter can measure up to 1 A DC or 1 A ACrms with up to 2 A peak currents. Higher current (amps) triggers the built-in protection circuit resulting in the need to replace the fuse. Exposing the current (amps) measurement connectors to sources higher than 1 V while the DC or AC current function is selected may also result in the need to replace the fuse. For more information on fuse replacement, refer to the NI Digital Multimeters Getting Started Guide .
3. Function Switching
Current (amps) measurement switching utilizes an electromechanical relay that provides very low resistance (ohms) to assure a low burden voltage. While this relay has an exceptionally long life, you can take special precautions to ensure reliable operation. Whenever possible, switch the NI 4070 Digital Multimeter into the current (amps) measurement function before applying the current. Switching inductive current (amps) sources generally creates flyback voltages that stress the relay and, if done on a frequent basis, these events can affect the reliability of the relay. Also, avoid interrupting the current (amps) by switching out of the current measurement function when currents are flowing through the circuit.
While the onboard shunt is ideal for many applications, for large-channel count applications and applications intolerant of breaking the current (amps) loop, you can use an external shunt in front of your switching for each wired channel. When choosing a shunt resistor value, consider the tradeoff you are making between creating a large enough voltage across the shunt, for resolution, while at the same time keeping the shunt voltage small enough to prevent high heat dissipation or burden voltage errors during the measurement. The phenomenon is often referred to as resistor self-heating and can cause significant errors in the measurements.
4. Low and High Current
Low Current
You can use the NI 4070 Digital Multimeter to measure very low current (amps) values. In the 20 mA range, you can measure microampere level currents with a resolution of tens of nanoamperes. Take the following precautions to assure measurement integrity:
- Maintain a relative humidity less than 80%.
- Maintain an operating temperature less than 28 ºC.
- Use shielded cabling made of high–resistance (ohms) insulation and nonmoisture absorbing material such as Teflon.
- If you are using external switches for routing low current (amps) levels, consult your switch documentation on how to reduce leakage errors.
High Current
When measuring high current (amps) values, refer to resistor self-heating.


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Hi! I'm Nicky Hockly, a teacher and teacher trainer based in Barcelona, Spain. I started teaching in 1987, and I'm now the co-director of an online educational and training consultancy called The Consultants-E (www.theconsultants-e.com). My official job title is Director of Pedagogy, and I work in the area of online teacher training and online course design. I'm especially interested in how teachers can start to use ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in the classroom. Our company won a British Council Innovation Award (ELTON) for our online 'ICT in the Classroom' course in 2007, and we were shortlisted for another ELTON in 2009, for our teacher training work in Second Life.
My first book for language teachers was How to Teach English with Technology, co-written with my colleague Gavin Dudeney and published by Pearson Longman in 2007. This book won the 2008 Ben Warren International House Trust prize. Gavin and I then co-wrote English as a Foreign Language for Dummies, published by John Wiley Publishing in 2009. My third book was Teaching Online, in the Delta Teacher Development Series, written with Lindsay Clandfield, published in 2010, and nominated for a British Council ELTON Award. Next was an e-book in 2012 called Webinars: a Cookbook for Educators, published by The Round. The next book, Digital Literacies (Routledge 2013), was cowritten with Gavin Dudeney and Mark Pegrum, and also nominated for an ELTON Award. It won the British Council/Society of Authors ELT Writing Award in 2014. My most recent book is Going Mobile in the Delta Teacher Development Series, cowritten with Gavin Dudeney.
Because I'm interested in technology and education, I maintain a blog called eModeration Station, which has tips and techniques for teachers interested in topics such as online teaching, or mobile learning, among other technology related issues. I also tweet regularly on Twitter, where you can follow me via @theconsultantse. You can also keep track of what myself and The Consultants-E team are up to via our Facebook page, where we regularly add resources and hold discussions on technology-rated issues http://www.facebook.com/TheConsultantsE. And check out our You Tube channel for video recordings of tasks that myself and members of the team have given at conferences: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheConsultantse
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