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Cessna's new Citation M2, announced less than 6 months ago, made its first prototype flight on Mar 9. The flight lasted a little more than 1 hr 30 min and included tests of the avionics system, autopilot, engine system, aircraft systems and instrument approaches. The prototype took off from and landed at ICT (Mid-Continent, Wichita KS) where Cessna's main manufacturing facility is located.
Hawker Beechcraft and its local distributor, Hawker Pacific, announced on Feb 14 the recent delivery of 5 King Airs to Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Eastern Division. The 2 King Air 350Cs (cargo door variant) and 3 B200Cs join a fleet of air ambulance aircraft operated on contract for New South Wales Dept of Health–Air Ambulance. Delivery of the King Air 350C marks the first of this type into service for the RFDS.
FlightSafety Intl (FSI) and Gulfstream celebrated the grand opening of FSI's new Hong Kong learning center on Feb 14. The center will initially offer training programs for Gulfstream G450s and G550s using a new Level-D qualified full flight simulator and other advanced training devices. (Photo L–R) Gulfstream Pres Larry Flynn and FSI Exec VP Eric Hinson in the new G450/G550 simulator at the Hong Kong learning center.
NBAA IOC sets the stage for managing expanding international ops
This year's 39th annual NBAA Intl Operators Conference (IOC), held from Mar 12–15 in San Diego CA, attracted a strong turnout of 448 attendees. For more than one quarter of them it was their first time. The sense among both speakers and attendees was that business aviation is on a stronger footing than last year with international ops being one of the more significant growth areas.
Regulatory issues took top-of-mind awareness again this year. Issues of operator concern included European Union Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) cost and paperwork hassles, large aircraft security program (LASP) regs and a new Italian luxury tax (put in place earlier this year) promising huge financial burdens to any operator staying in Italy more than 48 hrs.
Compliance issues and increased enforcement were also hot button issues. The UK Bribery Act of 2010 (effective since Jul 1, 2011) and US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) can bring down prison sentences of up to 10 years, plus unlimited corporate fines, if any payment is made that's deemed the improper influence of a foreign official.
One of the dangers here is that regs cover failure of commercial operators to prevent bribery. Your only defense may be having an adequate control system in place designed to prevent company associates undertaking such conduct.
Overseas flying is up
Premier Gate—a new business aviation terminal at NRT (Narita, Tokyo, Japan)—opened on Mar 31. Operating hours are 0600– 2300 local.
Today, with more business aircraft deliveries outside North America than within, and the strongest sector of the market being larger cabin business transports, the trend is toward more international corporate movements. Stepping out into the international operating arena involves new challenges and can add significant complexity to day-to-day flight department workloads.
International support providers (ISPs), who have become indispensable in offloading routine paperwork, research and regulatory compliance burdens associated with international ops, were well represented again this year. While the trend among ISPs continues to be to provide more online and automated options for flight planning and international services coordination, the human element remains as critical as ever.
Wide-ranging sessions
(L–R) Colt Intl Training & Devt Mgr Keith Dixon, Narita Airport Corp Corporate Strategies Mgr Masato Kitagawa and Investment Planning Mgr Masao Fujita provided a regional review of Pacific ops.
IOC sessions included comprehensive operational reviews of Southeast Asia and China, Middle East and Africa, South America, Europe and Russia.
A session on threat and risk assessment, moderated by Frontier/ MEDEX Pres Security Services Charlie LeBlanc, focused on what can go wrong for the unprepared. Know the risks and threats at your destinations, consider ordering tailored security briefs and do what you can to reduce your "victim value," suggested LeBlanc.
Rockwell Collins Flight Services Mgr Compliance Rick Snider provided a comprehensive update on EU-ETS. While political pressure from around the world is mounting against EU-ETS, the European Commission has shown no sign of backing off. Verified emissions reports must be submitted by Mar 31, 2013 and first surrender of carbon allowances is due by Apr 30, 2013.
CBAA Pres Sam Barone provided an update on business aviation growth in Canada. Travel safety management, moderated by MedAire Sales Dir Debbi Laux, detailed real-life cases of medical, fatigue and catering calamities that occurred over the past year.
EVO Jet Services Founder Chris Cartwright (L) and Dupont Aviation Mgr Standards & Training Craig Hanlon discuss Russia ops during a break between sessions.
Safety assessment of foreign aircraft (SAFA) checks are occurring more frequently in Europe and elsewhere, enforcement of FCPA is up significantly over the past 18 months and the world, in some ways, is becoming a more dangerous place. Current security threat level of Libya, Nigeria and Syria is at 5 while Mexico comes in at level 4 and Egypt still remains a level 3 threat.
Delegates from Narita Airport Corp were at IOC to provide updates on a new business aviation terminal opening on Mar 31, 2012 at NRT (Narita, Tokyo, Japan). The facility, with on-site customs, operates 0600–2300L (fee for use 250,000 yen, or about $3000, for arrival or departure) and promises to expedite NRT arrival process for corporate operators. Meanwhile, slot situation in the Tokyo area has eased significantly since HND (Haneda, Tokyo, Japan) began allowing 24-hr operations.
Despite an informative line-up of seminars, and no end of subject matter experts, the real benefit of IOC for many attendees is the chance to network among fellow pilots, ISPs, third-party suppliers and customs officials from US and Canada. IOC may be the best venue at which to talk with, and learn from, other pilots and suppliers "who've been there." Next year's IOC is scheduled for Mar 4–7 in San Diego CA. —Grant McLaren


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Authorities say a 22-year-old St. Petersburg woman left four young children home alone while she went clubbing in Tampa.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says Priscilla Vazquez was arrested on child neglect charges on Tuesday. Deputies say she admitted to leaving the children — ages 2, 4, 6 and 8 — home alone on Sunday night.
The Tampa Bay Times reports someone discovered the children were alone about mid-day on Monday. Vazquez, who also goes by the last name Delgado, came home about 9 p.m. Monday.
Deputies say Vazquez told them she didn't have a ride home.
She was released from the Pinellas County Jail on Wednesday. A phone number for Vazquez wasn't available.
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PARIS: French Open champion Rafael Nadal on Friday launched a new broadside at world sport's controversial new doping rules, claiming players were being harassed by testers.
The Spaniard repeated his opposition to World Anti-Doping Agency rules which demand players let drug-testers know their whereabouts for a period of one hour, every day of the week.
Nadal said he was last visited by testers at his home in Madrid last week.
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On 9/13/10 1:34 PM, Phil Bewig wrote: > Fixed. See the comment at > http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/12/11/selection/. > > Prabhakar: You are correct that shuffling once at the beginning is > sufficient. But I am interested in your critique of shuffling. Do you > know a better way to shuffle a list than to convert it to a vector, > shuffle in place, then convert back to a list? You might look at this > discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.scheme/browse_thread/thread/24270db01f684439/e54c99564028efec. > The list-vector-list method is O(n); any functional method appears to > be O(n log n). I don't know of a purely-functional way to shuffle a list of length n (where every permutation is equally likely) in o(n log n) time ("little-o"). It's an interesting problem. But the reason that the randomized selection algorithm takes O(n) time with high probability is that it discards chunks of the original list, avoiding the overhead of going over them again and again. The depth of the recursion is still Omega(log n) with high probability, but the size of the recursion is getting small fast enough that that doesn't matter. By choosing a random pivot each time, instead of a deterministic pivot after an expensive shuffling operation, you reap the same benefit, you get the O(n) running time (w.h.p), the code is clearer, and the analysis is easier (because each pivot choice is independent of earlier ones). --PR
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At some point during the tour, the recruits broke for lunch. That is when the 6-foot-7, 230 pound defensive end got to meet one on one with Coach Fabris.
"Coach Fabris was already ready to coach me when talking to me duing the visit. He talked to me about technique, how to use my hands better, and things like that. He wants me to come to camp this summer so he can work with me and I probably will be there. He seems like a good coach and a humble person. He was all about coaching and that was straight."
Also during the visit, Morant met with UGA Head Coach Mark Richt. That meant a lot to the big time junior
"It made me feel good that Coach Richt wanted to talk to me. It showed me that he and Georgia really want me. He talked to me about Georgia being a good school, he said he thought Georgia would be a good place for me, and I was just honored that he talked to me. He wants me to visit again and I will."
Overall, after spending over seven hours in Athens, Morant liked what he saw. He toured the campus, got a feel for the coaches, and he now has Georgia high on his list.
"Right now Georgia is number one for me," stated the Palmetto State end. "It is my only real visit, so I will keep visiting other schools, but they are on top right now."
"Athens is a good area, they have a good campus, and I was very impressed with everything there. I really liked everything I saw."
When asked what stood out to him the most about UGA, one thing immediately came to mind.
"Academics is number one at Georgia and football is number two. The football team has a 2.8 GPA, which is good and Georgia really helps their players stay focused on academics. I was really surprised by the focus on that, but that is a good thing."
The Dawgs have grabbed the early lead, but there is a long way to go for this star out of Manning. Along with Georgia, Clemson, South Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, N.C. State, and Florida have offered Morant a scholarship.
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The Long Tail is a concept not many musicians are likely aware of (unless you've been reading music and tech blogs over the past few years), but it's important to understand if you're using the web to advance your music career.
There are enough explanations of the Long Tail floating around (there's even one right here on Tight Mix) to get a basic understanding of the theory. For the record industry, the Long Tail can be analogous to CD sales from a bunch of smaller, independent acts that when added together equal the total CD sales of one major, mainstream artist.
It's a phenomena that is particularly prescient for the web, where the cost of distribution and inventory of digital products is nearly zero. Because these particular costs are so low, this makes the theory a viable business model (e.g. Amazon) in a way that was impossible a few decades ago.
As an independent/DIY musician, you are part of the Long Tail, certainly for big online music retailers like iTunes and Amazon, and for streaming companies like Spotify and Rdio. They appreciate the small change they make from selling and streaming your music when it's pooled together with everyone else's, because it becomes a significant portion of their income. However, just because you're the small fish in the big pond it doesn't mean you can't use the concept yourself, and apply it to your music career.
Every sale matters…
Unless you've got massive mainstream exposure and a label backing you, the Long Tail is your bread and butter. Every single sale makes a difference when you are building and maintaining your fan base, so you must make sure you're present in as many places as possible. This means maximising your distribution network.
Doing so is pretty easy these days with the proliferation of low-cost digital distributors, all offering "over 300 music stores" so there really is no excuse for not choosing one of these distribution services to get your music in as many digital store as possible.
Maximize your web presence
In addition to these digital stores, you also need to make sure you have a presence on relevant social networks and websites like SoundCloud, Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter, your brother's blog, etc. No matter how big or small, each one can lead to one or two sales – and remember, they add up. Even if you only have time to frequently update a few places, at least make sure you can be found almost anywhere that your fans might be looking for you.
Equally important is to post your music using widgets that freely allow embedding. If people like your tunes, they may post it elsewhere, increasing your reach further and adding to your Long Tail. There are dozens of services out there that can provide you with these useful widgets (ReverbNation, Topspin, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud, to name a few).
Track website analytics
Make sure you keep an eye on your analytics as well. Google Analytics is a free service that is insanely easy to setup. You will be surprised to find out how people arrive to your website and it might present an opportunity you wouldn't have seen otherwise. You might find you had two visits from some blog you've never heard of in the Ukraine that would love to do an interview with you. Or you might realize that more people come back to your site from Last.fm than Facebook, making you reassess how much time you spend updating each.
Try to think of the Long Tail like gigging – even the smallest gigs are still worth it because you never know who's going to be there. It's the same on the web. You might never go on MySpace (sorry, My_____) but your next biggest fan might, so it's important to at least have a presence there.
Until you're headlining Glastonbury (and even then you can't afford to ignore it), the Long Tail is a great business model and philosophy for musicians to follow. Can you make it work for you?


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Banks, insurance companies, and brokerages have all been investing heavily in consumer mobile apps for years now. The result: enhanced customer service; bolstered loyalty; innovative services (e.g., mobile remote deposit); improved services for sophisticated users, especially those in more-developed countries; and improved services for unbanked and underbanked households, especially those in less-developed countries.
Why, then, are most financial services institutions hesitant to tout their return on these investments? More importantly, how can they bring a real ROI to their bottom line?
I recommend investing in mobile and tablet-based dashboard versions of the critical business applications that empower financial institution employees to perform key tasks remotely. These apps use secure API tools that provide a variety of data points from many different legacy applications and offer drilldown capability to give decision-makers the ability to make critical, time-sensitive choices on-the-fly.
Imagine how these apps can provide value to:
- A Wall Street firm's CEO or Chief Risk Officer who, as she prepares for a meeting with regulators, needs the relevant facts available on her mobile device in real-time or near real-time.
- A commercial-lending CEO who, while en route to a meeting with his second most important client, needs to approve a credit line extension for his most important client.
- A top wealth-management producer who, while offsite recommending new investment options to a client, needs to be able to review that client's portfolio's performance.
- An insurance broker who, while meeting with a new prospect to discuss a home/auto policy, needs to be able to provide rate information in real-time and begin the prospect's onboarding process.
Still, while there are many options for deploying mobile technology, there are likewise many questions that you should ask your vendor when seeking mobile access to their legacy applications, including:
- Do they offer a mobile version of their solution, or have they made APIs available that would allow you to build your own?
- Do they really understand how to design and build mobile applications, or is this something that they are just starting to invest in?
- Do they understand the unique security requirements for accessing data through a mobile device?
- Can they segregate sensitive client data so that only authorized users can view it?
Most legacy vendor applications were designed for an era when employees accessed information within the financial institution's four walls. Back then, remote accessibility wasn't an option.
But today's vendor applications need to be designed differently. In order to maximize productivity gains, they must be designed to meet the high standards of convenience and ease-of-use expected by the employee/agent population. They must possess a "wow" factor, especially if they're to be presented to clients.
Achieving all of this may be less complicated for smaller financial services institutions willing to rely on a sole vendor to bring their legacy applications into the mobile era.
But achieving all of this may be more complicated for larger financial services institutions. They tend to operate in a best-of-breed environment, maintain multiple vendor solutions and home-grown systems, and employ corporate superstars whose specific demands must be met.
That makes the build-out of their mobile applications a herculean task, as they have to rely on APIs to integrate legacy applications with mobile devices, give those devices access to important and sensitive customer and product data, and properly secure and manage all the integration points properly. If they don't -- if the integration points are poorly secured and mismanaged -- the institution will become vulnerable to unauthorized data access, something that no amount of improved employee efficiency and enhanced bottom lines can mitigate.
Financial services institutions can bring a real ROI to their bottom line by taking advantage of today's mobile and tablet-based dashboard applications, but the transition is not to be taken lightly. Bringing legacy applications into the mobile era is a challenge for even the most experienced vendors, as each financial institution's information technology has its own distinct character, fraught with unique obstacles and peculiarities that must be accounted for in order to keep security uncompromised. Those institutions that ask the questions above, however, will give their foray into mobile its best chance for success, and with that success will come an enhanced employee efficiency that the C-suite will soon wonder how they ever did without.


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Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
Embarkation: We drove to Miami and parked at Safe Cruise Parking. It was a fenced lot and their shuttle was prompt and they helped with all our luggage.
I do not know who does MSC's Embarkation, but they should do all cruise line embarkation. No wait to get through security and no wait at the desks.Walked right on the ship. Were told that our rooms would be ready at 1:30pm, but our rear balcony room was ready when we got on at 1:00 pm.
Room: Our rear facing balcony room was wonderful. Very large. Bed and a full size couch. Great bathroom. No shower curtain, but glass enclosure. No extra lotion. All soap etc in More dispensers. Balcony was huge, probably 14 feet, but only two chairs. Got our room steward to add two. Found out later that if you called the front desk you could get a lounge added. TV no great shakes. Only complaint was the design of the closets. They were on the wall across from door to bathroom. Could be hard to use. The desk area had plenty of plugs, but would suggest an extension cord.
Ship: The Divina is a beautiful ship. A little hard to get around, but very clean and a treat for the eyes. The biggest compliant we had was the deck space around the pools. MSC does not enforce the no saving chairs policy and on a sunny day it was impossible to find a chair. 4,000 people is too many for this ship.
Food: Uneven is the best I can say. Some things were very good, others not so good. The buffet is huge and has the best salad bar I have ever seen. Other things just average. Make sure you go to the rear of the buffet, same food not as crowded. Pizza is OK, no fresh grilled hamburgers or hot dogs.The biggest surprise for me was that the pasta was just average. Often under or over cooked. You just need tp remember what you are paying for the cruise. One of the best things I had was am egg salad sandwich from room service.
Service: Our room steward was great, but some of the other people did not have great service. Sometimes it is hard to communicate with them. But they want to please, Also, be aware that you have to have a room key in the slot to have electricity. That also turns on a light outside your cabin that tells the room steward you are in the room. They will not come in if the light is on.
Dining room service was not good the first night. But we spoke to the head of the dining room and it improved markedly after that. Just make sure yo speak up!
Front desk service was generally good. The personnel speak multiple languages, so if you are not being understood ask to speak to someone else.
Entertainment: Among the best I have seen. The performers are very talented. More of a circus type show than you see on other ships. Multiple acts and singers and dancers, but all very good. They have a show every night and the showroom is wonderful. The singers and bands in the lounges are also very good.
Passengers: Much more international than any other cruise line I have been on. We had 900 Armenians and over 1000 Germans on board. They do make announcements in 5 languages. Dress and manners are a bit different, but was not objectionable to us.
Overall: Considering what we paid, it was good value for the money. Would I go again? Yes if the price and itinerary was right. Wish they sailed from Fort Lauderdale, but like I said they offer good value for the money. They really want to improve and are working hard to get better. I would discount some of the reviews that say this is the worst cruise experience ever. Nice ship, nice room, fantastic entertainment. That is a pretty good start. Less
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While New Zealand Cricket officials yesterday promised a more vigilant approach to security at one-day matches, and delegates from Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association pledged to ensure players were better protected, Ponting rejected the assertion of Black Caps coach John Bracewell that Australia had acted out of gamesmanship in halting play late in the game.
"My job as captain is to make sure the players are safe on the field," Ponting said. "That's all I was concerned about, the safety of the players. I certainly had no intention to stop the game or slow the game up. That's not the way we play our cricket.
"I know our team management have had discussions with New Zealand Cricket today to hopefully try to make everything a little bit better for the players fielding on the boundary."
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming also distanced himself from Bracewell's comments, made after Australia's 10-run victory in Wellington. During the match, Matthew Hayden was spat on, Simon Katich was pelted with bottles and Glenn McGrath engaged in a verbal stoush with fans and security staff late in New Zealand's run chase.
After incidents involving Katich and McGrath, Ponting called a halt to play and spoke with the umpires, prompting Bracewell to suggest the Australian captain's motives were centred on interrupting the momentum of New Zealand's batsmen, rather than protecting his own players.
"John's made his comments quite clear, and they are John's comments," Fleming said. "They don't necessarily reflect the team's because we've got more pressing issues at hand. Ricky and the Australians made a deal about it because it affected them. But sitting in the stands ... it didn't affect us."
The controversy even turned political yesterday, with Prime Minister John Howard issuing a "those in glass houses" warning to the Australian public.
"It's not peculiar to New Zealand, it's not peculiar to Australia," said Howard, in Wellington for talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. "When there's bad behaviour we shouldn't get too self-righteous."
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text: Sarah Mulholland wrote: > I'm trying to understand the correct way to specify a resource group with qsub as: > > qsub -W group_list=$gname > > Where gname is a group name from the resource_group file in the torq/sched_priv directory. > > I was hoping to use logical groups in the resource_group file, but I get an error that I'm attempting to run with an invalid gid. Do the users and groups in the resource_group file have to correspond to unix groups? I want to use the resource_group for fairshare scheduling, but I prefer not to muck with the unix groups which are already set up with specific permissions. > > Does anybody know? > > Thanks in advance! > Hi Sarah, I think -Wgroup_list is unrelated to resource_group. group_list is for specifying the Unix group under which the job will run which mainly controls the group ownership of files created by the job. I haven't used resource_groups but I think they are unrelated to real Unix groups in general. If you are using the FIFO scheduler, then I think the fairshare resource_group of a job is derived entirely from the username of the owner of the job and the resource_group file. (It probably should be based on the qsub -A account argument but it isn't. It would be roughly a 6 line change to make it so.) David


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Christmas Concert ~ Bach Choir
Dec 9, 2012 3:00 pm
First Lutheran Church (225 S. Third Street) Rockford, IL
The Bach Chamber Choir presents a Christmas Concert featuring holiday favorits old and new during their 30th anniversary concert season. Under the artistic direction of Ronald Weber, the choir continues to provide excellence in baroque choral music. Gregory Gyllsdorff accompanies the choir.
Tickets $20.00 (at the door) Advance tickets for $18.00 are available from choir members and VINEYARD BOOKS & GIFTS (Highcrest & Alpine RKFD)
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I was there, hanging back by the wall, when you were born.
In no time at all you were off to your first day at school, and I watched you go to class, while I stood at the top of the schoolhouse.
Eagerly I saw you grow, change, experience life. You were special in your own ways, but from a distance, just the same as all the others.
When your parent's videotaped your graduation ceremony I was hiding in the corner. You looked so happy. The whole world in front of you... You thought we would be together forever. But I knew better. These things always end the same.
I sat in utter boredom at the edge of your desk as you worked your life away. You completely disappointed me. Ignoring me, you were always thinking of "later," like all those other fools.
"Later" we could travel. "Later" we could sleep in all day. "Later" you would appreciate me more, love me more, respect me more. You turned out to be one of the bad ones. I guess I should have felt sorry for you, but really, I am quite used to it.
I silently breathed in the scent of your hair and watched the colour evaporate, leaving grey and white. You used to have a vibrant crown of colour, you blamed me for stealing it away. You could not feel it as I licked your skin, my corrosive saliva burning wrinkles into your flesh, once so smooth and healthy.
"Later" came and went. When you finally retired, it was far too late for all your plans for me. And there was nothing I could do but what I've always done, wait, and watch.
A sad, empty vase rested beside me on the windowsill of your hospital room. I patiently gazed upon your withering form. I could tell that you missed me then, near the end. Like so many before you and so many to come, you wished you had appreciated me more. You wept to your family, crying out for me, but I just sat back and watched.
I was the only one keeping vigil when you finally passed.
With a shrug, I closed that eye and opened another one. This one hanging on the back wall of that very same delivery room where you were born. It felt like mere moments ago to me. But then, your whole life was a blink of my eye.
As Time, I tend to see things differently from you mortals.
Maybe this next one will appreciate me more.


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LISTEN: "Legally Speaking" with Michelle Suskauer
A Lantana pit bull attack on three children this week came on the heels of Palm Beach County Commissioners saying that they will look to tighten up enforcement of leash laws and other regulations on dog owners.
Longtime local defense attorney and former President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Michelle Suskauer, tells us that in addition to citations from Animal Care and Control, you can be held civilly responsible if you don't keep your dog restrained.
"Even if you don't own a pit bull...any type of dog...even if your dog has not bitten before, you are responsible for the injuries that are caused by your animal."
Michelle says as a dog owner, you have a responsibility to the community around you.
"Keep your dogs on leashes. Make sure that you have fences that keep your dogs in and train your dogs. Take care of your dogs. Because you certainly are responsible if your dogs cause any damage or injure any individual or another dog."
The owner of three pit bulls in Lantana, where three children were bitten this week, has lost the dogs and received $1,000 in code violations.
You can reach Michelle Suskauer at SuskauerLaw.com and follow her on Twitter @criminalDfense.
Michelle Suskauer is a Florida Bar Board Certified criminal trial attorney, practicing for over 22 years with the Suskauer Law Firm.
She is a past President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County Chapter and is currently on the Florida Bar Board of Governors, Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Trend's Legal Elite and Florida Super Lawyer.
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Elmwood uses biomotive triggers in its designs, arguing that certain graphic elements conjure instinctive responses from consumers. A cusp shape (think a shark fin or horns) conveys fear or caution, while curves represent softness and comfort. Elmwood's clients also include Walmart, Schweppes, and Saucy Fish Co.
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For the past six months, the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Ambassador Academy has been formulating different fundraisers in efforts to build a new playground facility at the school.
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"We just wanted to give the kids a place where they can play and have fun during recess," Bailey said.
The playground also is a way to promote more exercise activity.
During August of last year, PTO members made it a goal to meet for the building of the playground, which currently stands at $5,000. Currently, they have raised half of their goal by having three different fundraisers.
The first fundraiser was at Chick-fil-A with a Spirit Night, where 20 percent of the night's earnings that superseded $1,000 went to the playground project, where the school was able to raise around $300.
The second fundraiser, Believe, was the most profitable where students of Ambassador Academy went out in the community to sell different holiday items through magazine brochures.
"That was our biggest one… we made around $1,300 off of that one," Bailey said.
PTO members also hosted a silent auction that went on to raise $900 for families at the school who received many gift certificate donations from Ahwatukee local businesses such as The Original Burrito Company, My Wine Cellar and Keegan's Grill.
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Gunn sustained a broken neck in a collision with middle linebacker Scott McKillop in the third quarter of the 2008 season opener against Bowling Green last Aug. 30 at Heinz Field. Although Gunn walked off the field, the injury later required surgery to fuse two vertebrae together.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound fifth-year senior from Kiski Area was the starting strong-side linebacker for the Panthers in 2007, when he started all 12 games and ranked third on the team with 59 tackles. If cleared, Gunn could move to the middle to replace McKillop, the Big East defensive player of the year.


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A new mother left her newborn baby strapped into a high chair in her dining room and then went out drinking, a police report alleges.
According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report, Crystal Ricci left her three-week-old child in a high chair with a dirty diaper while she went off to drink with friends.
Ricci's roommate eventually woke up in their Lake Worth, Florida residence to find the unattended infant and called the police.
The Palm Beach Post , citing police reports, said that Harris left her child without supervision, food, water, or clean clothes while she went out and partied.
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This year Valentine's Day was a pretty casual one for us. We didn't plan ahead and made no dinner reservations. In fact we had dinner with my parents at home. Instead we made last minute plans to meet up with friends in Tiburon, during the beautiful, sunny afternoon.
So we took a drive over the Golden Gate bridge to Guaymas Restaurant in Tiburon for some chips…
…and some tasty flautas.
It was a nice, relaxing afternoon during an unusually sunny and warm winter day, with some really tasty snacks.
Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!


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im working on a detective story and im trying to stay away from stereotypical things, and the usual detective cliches, you know? and also point out where TV fucks up. so heres my question
what police or detective stereotypes to do you know?
what do u see on the TV cop shows that just isnt right, or pisses you off?
what, if any crime facts do you know?
interesting statistics. maybe


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Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah has been named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts Florida Atlantic on Saturday.
The senior ran for a career-high 232 yards on 21 carries in the Huskers' 55-7 win. The Alabama native is now sixth all-time on the Nebraska career rushing charts.
"He's special. I've been saying it. He's really good," said head coach Bo Pelini on Saturday. "He can run inside, run outside. He's a special player. He's a really good back. I think we showed that we have some other guys that can tote the ball that do a pretty good job, too. I thought our guys played well up front and were able to let that happen. I thought we executed pretty well on the running game."
Despite racking up a career-high, Abdullah will enter week two No. 5 in the nation in rushing yards, 43 yards behind South Florida freshman Marlon Mack, who rushed 24 times for 275 against Western Carolina on Saturday.
This is the second time Abdullah has been named POW.


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Background unless you're familiar with my personal blog: I crochet "cross" blankets in a few patterns to sell. They're typically used for baptismal blankets but not limited to that. Sometime last year I made a tiny cross blanket for someone who had been longing for one but had lost her baby to miscarriage. She loved it (it was something tangible) and later I made one for someone else. I've made a few of these now (sadly, one for me) and have never sold them, considering it a blessing to send to someone.
One woman overseas wanted to make her baby a blanket but found out the baby had a terminal illness and might not even live long enough to be born. I didn't have a pattern, but sent her photographs and what instructions I could. As it turned out, she was able to make her baby a cross blanket, finishing it just in time to be able to wrap up her baby when she was born. She buried the baby with that blanket but made a smaller one for herself to keep (kind of like the small ones I had been making). She noted that it felt good to be able to do something for her baby since she would not be able to do any of the traditional things.
I am considering writing out a pattern for one of the little cross blankets and posting it on the Resources page. Then people could make them for themselves or for friends or family. The only stipulation would be that they could not be sold. Any thoughts?


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Open Device Labs: Why Should We Care?
- By Anselm Hannemann
- May 28th, 2013
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With all of the different smartphones, tablets and other devices that sport various operating systems and versions thereof, a Web developer's job — testing (sometimes virtually) on multiple devices to resolve errors — hasn't become any simpler.
This article suggests how we can manage these tasks without pouring a truck-load of money into actually buying all of these different devices.Read more...


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Making a DIY Four Season Hand and fingerprint tree is a great way to teach your children about the changing seasons while making a beautiful keepsake.
It makes a unique handmade gift idea for Christmas, Mother's Day and Father's Day. You may also like Christmas Gifts Kids Can Make!
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DIY Four Season Hand and Fingerprint Tree
Since my daughter was only 2.5 when we made this, we could only work in short stints. We worked on this hand and fingerprint tree together for about 10 – 20 minutes over a five-day period.
DIY Four Season Hand and Fingerprint Tree Supplies:
- 4 wrapped canvas square frames the same size. [I used 6 in X 6 in]
- Acrylic craft paints in several colors of your choice [best selling colors I, best selling colors II, and metallic colors]
- Mod Podge
- Paint brushes
- Foam brush for top coat [In brush set above]
- Artist smock or apron
- Pencil
- Paint tray
- Your child's hand and fingers
DIY Four Season Hand and Fingerprint Tree Directions:
Step 1 — Paint Each Wrapped Canvas Square
- Choose a background color for each season. [Note: At first I chose a golden-yellow for fall. I ended up changing it to coral before we did falls fingerprints because I wanted to use yellow for the leaves.]
- The background colors we used for each season were as follows: Spring = Celery, Summer = turquoise, Fall = Coral, Winter = Bright Blue.
- Allow to dry before moving on to next step.
We like to work on our DIY Outdoor Art Table and Mud Pie Kitchen. Click on the link to learn how to make your own!
Step 2 — Trace Your Child's Hand
- Place the squares together with Spring in the upper left corner, summer in upper right corner, fall in lower right corner, and winter in lower left corner.
- Place your child's hand in the middle with fingers spread across all for squares and the arm dividing the lower two squares.
- Trace your child's right hand and arm with a pencil. [See photo's below]
Step 3 — Paint Tree
- I did this without my daughter's help because she is only 2.5 and I wanted to stay in the lines. 🙂 An older child may be able to do this on their own.
- Colors used: Cinnamon base with thin lines of espresso applied once it dried to give the appearance of bark.
- Don't forget to paint the sides to give it a wonderful 3-D effect.
- Allow to dry before moving on to next step.
Step 4 — Finger Print Each Season Square
In order to keep my daughter from fingerprinting the whole square, I opted to cut a semi-circle out of a piece of paper and tape it to the square for both spring and summer. This was not needed for winter and fall.
I purposely placed winter and fall on the bottom to have snow and leaves on the ground. Don't forget to dot the sides of your squares appropriately to give your painting a 3-D effect.
I used seasonal combinations of colors that I already had in my supplies. I list the colors I used below just in case you would like to duplicate what I did.
Note: mixing paint on little finger tips is perfect and creates a mottled leaf effect.
Spring –
- Colors used: Green, apple tart, pink chiffon, pink blast, and fuchsia.
- Use a piece of paper with a semi-circle cut out and taped to square if you want to maintain the shape of a tree.
- Allow your child to use their finger to dip in paint to make the leaves and blossoms of spring.
Summer –
- Colors used: Green, Kelly green, Christmas green, vineyard green, celery, apple tart and bright yellow.
- Use a piece of paper with a semi-circle cut out and taped to square if you want to maintain the shape of the tree.
- Allow your child to use their finger to dip in paint to make the tree leaves of summer.
Winter –
- Color used: White
- Allow your child to use their finger to dip in paint to make falling snow, snow on the thumb branch, and snow on the ground.
Fall –
- Colors used: Dark yellow, buttercream, tangerine, orange, cinnamon, espresso, tapestry wine, metallic copper, and metallic gold.
- Allow your child to use their finger to make falling leaves and leaves on the ground.
Step 5 — Apply Top Coat to Preserve, Seal, and Protect
- I did this part without my daughter's help.
- I used Modge Podge matte finish.
- Use a foam brush to apply so you don't ruin your paint brushes.
- Use long top to bottom strokes.
- It goes on milky and dries clear.
- Work quickly – it gets sticky.
- Allow to dry.
Step 6 — Give as a Gift or Hang and Enjoy!
I hope you enjoy making this DIY Four season hand and fingerprint tree keepsake as much as my daughter and I did. It may look challenging, but I assure you it is super simple to do. It's really easy if you work in steps over several days like we did. Take your time with it and you can't go wrong. Most importantly — have fun getting creative with your kids!
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Tucson Electric Power Co. residential customers can learn how to cut their power bills by joining a free program that allows customers to closely track their power usage.
Through the new TEP Power Partners Project, advanced monitoring equipment is installed at the customer's meter by program partner Tendril Inc. and used to capture energy-consumption data from customer meters at least every 15 minutes.
That data is analyzed and used to prepare personalized energy-saving strategies, and participants will be able to use Web and mobile dashboards at any time to see how and where energy is being used in their homes.
Participating customers can receive goal-setting and performance-tracking tools, personalized energy-efficiency suggestions and expert advice, TEP says.
The new TEP Power Partners Project is being funded through a $500,000 U.S. Department of Energy Smart Grid Data Access Award and administrative funding from the Governor's Office of Energy Policy, with matching funding from TEP and Colorado-based Tendril.
Initially, TEP and Tendril will seek participation from 700 customers who were part of an earlier Power Partners initiative, plus 1,000 additional customers. TEP customers can sign up for the program by visiting tep.com
The utility has about 400 to 500 openings remaining, TEP spokesman Joe Barrios said.
The DOE-awarded program follows a pilot "demand response load control" program TEP launched in 2010 and concluded successfully in October.
Participants in the pilot program were able to monitor and adjust the temperature of their home or business remotely, and allowed TEP system operators to cycle off a customer's air conditioner or adjust the customer's thermostat during periods of peak electric demand, to help the utility manage the load.
More than 750 customers participated in the program, for which each got a $50 billing credit at the program's end, TEP's Barrios said.
TEP exercised its load controls eight times during the program last year, on 100-degree-plus days in June, July, August and September.
Most surveyed participants were positive about the program, Barrios said.
"It was successful, because we demonstrated the technology works, and people were willing to participate," he said. "The thinking is, there is a lot of untapped potential in behavioral programs."
Power Partners signup and details
• To sign up for TEP's Power Partners Project or to view more information, go to enroll.teppowerpartners.com
• Up to 1,700 residential TEP customers will be enrolled in the free program, which is scheduled to last for about 15 months.
• Participants must be TEP customers with broadband Internet access who plan to stay in their homes for at least one year. Other conditions may apply.
• Once eligible participants complete an online application and are approved to participate in the program, TEP's contractor, Tendril Inc., will make arrangements to install energy-management equipment in the customer's home. Some customers will be sent self-installation kits.
• Participants will be provided with equipment including a Tendril "Translate" device that transmits data about current consumption levels and a Tendril "Transport" device, which establishes a single-purpose home area network (HAN) that connects TEP and the customer.
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At a recent playdate, my friend Amy recalled witnessing "a bad parenting" moment that is still bothering her. A few weeks ago, she was at the children's section of our local zoo with her two young boys and her husband. Amy and another mom, whom she did not know, were sitting on a bench when the other mom's son approached.
The cute little boy was about 5 or 6 years old. He ran next his mom and, without asking for permission, dug into her purse for a bag of popcorn.
The mom looked at the boy and shouted: "Your behavior is disgusting." Then she slapped him on the face. Hard.
My friend was speechless. Amy wanted to wrap the little boy in her arms and take him home with her. Instead, she told her husband what had happened. Besides being a super-nice guy, my friend's DH is a distinguished sergeant in the domestic violence unit of a big-city police department.
Although he did not approve of the mom slapping her son, he said there was not much they could do. Slapping represents a fine line between discipline and physical abuse.
My friend was upset. She could have said something to the mom, but if this woman was an angry type of person, a verbal exchange could have escalated into something bad, even dangerous. What bothered Amy the most was what the mom did at home to discipline her son. If she felt comfortable enough slapping the boy in public, what did she feel OK doing behind closed doors?
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This week's blog of the week is Classy Confessions by Megan. She is incredibly kind and has SUCH cute style and I wish I could just go shopping in her closet. She also dances on the Cougerette's (BYU's National Championship Dance Team) with a bunch of the girls I grew up w/ danced w forever! So here she is, to tell you about herself and her blog. :)
Hello dahlings! My name is Megan and I blog over at Classy Confessions. I am so excited to be posting here today! I absolutely adore Gentri and although we've never officially met, I would love to be her cyber bestie! I am honored to receive her BOW award! I am twenty (almost twenty one) years old. I'm married to the man of my dreams and we have a darling little pup named Winston...Churchill, of course. I blog about life, fashion, food, and whatever else is on my mind at the time.
I'm like one of those annoying parents who just brags about their children. But isn't he cute? I wasn't so fond of him when we first got him, but he has stolen my heart. He is the apple of my eye, besides my husband of course. He keeps it fun around our house and we love him very much. Tune into my blog for updates from Winston himself!
This is my handsome husband Andy. He is so supportive, loving, and sometimes makes appearances on the blog. He is also the photographer in chief responsible for most of my post. I just love him.
Needless to say, I love clothes. I was raised by a loving fashionable mother with two fashionista sisters. I guess you could say it was in my blood! Classy Confessions has pushed me to try new things, come out of my box, and just have fun. It's a way for me to express myself, share my style with the world, and make new friends. It has been a great adventure. Come stop by and we can friends too!
I am sure you love her already, just like I knew you would. So pop over to her blog and tell her hello!


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The PrimaLoft Classic has 27 oz. of fill and the Down Classic has 17 oz. of fill (Full/Queen size). Will the Prima Loft be a lot warmer, or will they be comparable since they are filled with different material?
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Back when I was running an English school one of the greatest challenges was juggling staff. Finding talented people that were available when I needed them was difficult and unfortunately since I could only offer casual hours most teachers didn't stay around long as they found permanent employment elsewhere.
Small business owners will no doubt one day hire staff to take over some of the roles within their business. As their organisation grows they will likely hire more and more people to deal with increased demand and expansion needs. The task of finding new staff is never easy, but once staff are in place entrepreneurs often quickly come to rely on the specific skills and talents of new recruits. Unfortunately creating a relationship like this can often lead to a very painful situation when the staffer finds another job or decides it's time for that year long, round-the-world backpacking adventure she's always wanted to go on.
One of the most common mistakes that small business owners make is to become dependent on the skills of particular staff members. It's easy to fall into this trap when suddenly your job becomes that much easier and your task load drops significantly. Often a new staff member is hired because they possess a certain technical talent or expertise that is vital to the functioning of the company.
Things generally travel along fine until one day you are notified that your wunderkid employee is leaving and you suddenly have to find a replacement. Often this news comes when you may be snowed under with other tasks and to drop everything and go looking for a new hire plus train them up is not something you had planned for.
I use a computer every day. All aspects of my income are dependent on my computer working and having access to the Internet. Because of this dependency I'm very conscious of the need for back-up, redundancy and worse case scenario plans. In my mind I plan out what would happen if every computer in my house suddenly blew up – would I still be able to run my business?
The same rules must be applied for dealing with the loss of people resources. Losing staff is not something that only "unlucky" or poorly managed businesses experience, even the best workplaces can expect to lose staff at some point. Business owners must have contingency plans for a scenario where suddenly key personal are no longer available. Can you still run your business effectively if Tim your software programmer leaves, or Jane the project manager departs for greener pastures?
The entrepreneur myth or E-Myth is a book written by Michael Gerber that lays out recommendations for systematizing a small business, essentially creating documentation that can be followed by even the least talented staff member in order to complete core tasks. While cleaning staff can't be expected to perform brain surgery when a doctor suddenly quits, the principle is that an easy to follow blueprint is available for all core business procedures so other staff can step in and keep things running until a new hire is found.
All tasks within a company can be documented. As a small business you only have so much time to create documentation so focusing on the core functions is crucial. As an exercise in forward thinking stop right now and think what the core tasks that keep your business going are. Imagine what would happen if you were sick today and you had to go to hospital, could someone do your job? Apply the same logic to all the vital roles in your organisation and make a list of the crucial tasks.
One you have a list of the most vital business activities start writing out documentation to instruct someone how to perform the tasks. Consider your admin assistant or mother stepping in to take over your job – what would you have to tell them in order for them to at least keep the boat afloat while you are gone. It's not the most enjoyable job in the world but planning for the unexpected is something that you only appreciate in dire circumstances.
Taking this concept one step further is the overall process of business systemization. Documentation isn't only valuable for dealing with the unexpected, it's also works to turn your business into a well oiled and efficient machine. If you have documents in place for all the key procedures in your business you can reduce training time and increase staff efficiency as there is less trial and error learning and more systematic doing. Staff don't have to second guess procedures and tasks are done as efficiently as possible.
One word of warning about business systemization – be careful not to stifle creativity and free thinking. Your systems may be fantastically efficient but there are always new ways you can enhance what you do. Having documented systems runs the risk that your staff may become like robots, never questioning what they do and implementing what the system tells them to. It's less work to follow instructions without free thinking – people very easily become apathetic.
A good employee is also a free thinker. While they may follow a system because it's clearly an efficient tool they will also be looking for ways to improve things and question the system constantly for justification of it's methods. With systems in place your employees have a clear blueprint to follow to get things done and will hopefully seek to understand why a system is the way it is and then enhance it. Take away the system and employees spend more time learning a job "on the fly", working to get the basics understood, which is a long way off from augmenting an already solid system.
Documenting your business processes and creating systems, while not the most enjoyable task in the world, is vital. You should have systems in place that instruct employees to create more systems. Every job process has the potential to be documented, especially work on computers that can be screen captured with audio instructions using a headset and a software program like Camtasia. For those less technically inclined pen and paper or a written document in word-processor software is all you need to get started.
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I'm trying to build up my politics blog into an influential source of commentary and analysis. An obviously important part to that is building a team of co-workers who can handle various tasks. I hadn't thought of this systematization/job description trick, but I do believe I'll implement it soon.
On a related note, I've found that forums are often rife with experts. My theory is that if you can build the right relationships, you can build a great team. Just thought I'd share that thought with other small businesspeople.
thanks again for the good advice, Yaro,
gab, aka lecentre, of Centrerion
p.s. if you have a moment, could you leave a comment or email me links to your evaluation of the branding site you bought a while ago. I'm looking at different deals, and partnerships, and wanted to see how you tackled the issue.
I currently work for a startup biotech company and have seen people leave to follow dreams and alternate paths. What you say about systems stifling ingenuity is something managers in the tech world have to learn to work around.
It's hard for creative people to be tied down to a job where there is a fixed income and a fixed hourly schedule, especially in the day of the internet where hard work and ingenious thinking can make you a millionaire overnight.
As more and more tech startups begin I see two roads that managers can take. Hire people on as consultants, giving them an end goal and telling them to get it done the best way they know how. Or, making the business more of an open format where people can work towards a goal, whenever they want during the day (to heck with the 9-5) allowing them to work on their own projects.
These two ways coupled with sharing the profits (in my mind really the only way you can keep top notch tech talent at a company these days.) Be it with stock options in a newbie company or healthy bonuses in an established company. (We're talking $5K and up 1-2 times a year)
Another thought, does anyone know how companies like B5 media and Weblogs inc keep people writing for their blogs. I would imagine turnover would be high outside of the main partners. Those writers have to realize blogs can be free to setup and their own hardwork could send them starting their own. Must be some crazy wording in their employee contracts.
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Great post. These are common maladies of the small business owner. I recently bought a scooter from a one-man show and while the service during the sales was better than retail, the after sales service has been lacking.
This is because he won't employ other staff for many of the reasons you've listed. So in the end, I believe, he'll fail – which is what he's actually trying to avoid!
Systems can stifle but they can also bring about creativity. A few years ago there was the thinking of "loose/tight" and I think it is more important today.
"Loose/tight" basically means we have boundaries (tight) but we can do what we like within those boundaries (loose). Implemented well, this allows for creativity within the scope of the business without putting the business at risk.
The one man scooter shop might learn to create a workshop that is loose/tight, meaning there are certain things that need to be done on time to a certain quality but how the person does it may not be as critical.
This would free up a lot of business people and allow their staff to achieve a hell of a lot based on the talents they bring to the business.
That was a long comment, wasn't it?) Sorry!
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Totally agree on keeping good staff, always had the problem, hard to keep up with the bigger businesses.
Good Dedicated staff is always very hard to get. If you could get Good Dedicated staff then most of the problems in your business can be easily solved. I totally agree with your points made in this posting.


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The fatigue crack growth behavior of Ti-1100 is analyzed at elevated temperatures to evaluate the effects of mechanical and environmental variables . Experiments conducted over a wide range of frequencies from 0.01 Hz to 200 Hz indicate a strong dependence of the growth rate upon cyclic loading frequency. Superposition of hold time at maximum and minimum loads over a baseline 1 .0 Hz cyclic loading frequency produces an insignificant variation in crack growth rate, which may be attributed to the combined effects of enhanced environmental degradation, crack-tip blunting and increased asperty-induced closure level in this material. It is deduced that a hold time at maximum load results in an interaction of the environmental effects with a retardation effect due to crack tip blunting as a consequence of creep under maximum applied load, whereas for hold at minimum loads, extensive crack-branching and micro-cracking appear to enhance crack closure loads resulting in lower crack growth rates . A linear superposition model is employed to account for the complex interactions due to fatigue, creep and environmental degradation .
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Many in the gay community want to believe that homosexuality is genetic and this is what the public is constantly told. The reality is, no gay gene has ever been found by scientists. The original claims about a gay gene have been proven false. That is, the scientists who made such claims manipulated the data. In this Youtube clip, Dr. Neil Whitehead makes it very clear that no gay gene has been found. If homosexuality is not genetic that means that it is due to environmental factors and therefore can be reversed. In fact, many studies have shown large numbers of gay men and lesbian women have converted to heterosexual relationships through counseling.
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