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As a selective admissions, comprehensive public university, Louisiana Tech is committed to quality in teaching, research, creative activity, public service, and economic development. Louisiana Tech maintains as its highest priority the education and development of its students in a challenging, yet safe and supportive, community of learners. Louisiana Tech provides a technology-rich, interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research environment to ensure student and faculty success.
Louisiana Tech University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees.
Approximately 71% of students receive some form of financial assistance. Tuition for Fall 2013 is $7,302 for state residents (9-month calendar) and $18,441 for out-of-state students (based on 10 hours per quarter - excludes summer school).
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Louisiana Tech's pedestrian-friendly campus centers around the Quad with its shady trees and the Lady of the Mist fountain. Ruston, a friendly southern town of approximately 22,000 is home to parks, lakes, and world-class mountain biking trails.
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Denver–Aurora combined statistical area
The United States Office of Management and Budget has defined the Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area comprising the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area.[1] The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population was 3,214,218 as of July 1, 2012, an increase of +3.99% since the 2010 United States Census, and ranking as the 16th most populous metropolitan combined statistical area and the 17th most populous primary statistical area of the United States.[2][3]
The Denver-Aurora CSA comprises the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The table below includes the following information:
- The name of the constituent Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA).[4]
- The population of the CBSA as of July 1, 2007, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.[5]
- The population of the county as of July 1, 2014, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau.[6]
- The county population as of April 1, 2010, as enumerated by the 2010 United States Census,[6] and
- The percent county population change from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2014.
|Core Based Statistical Area
|2014 estimate
|2014 estimate
|2010 Census
|Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO MSA
|City and County of Denver
|Arapahoe County
|Jefferson County
|Adams County
|Douglas County
|City and County of Broomfield
|Elbert County
|Park County
|Clear Creek County
|Gilpin County
|Boulder, CO MSA
|Boulder County
|Greeley, CO MSA
|Weld County
|Total for Denver-Aurora, CO CSA
The Denver-Aurora CSA includes the Town of Alma, the City of Arvada, the Town of Ault, the City of Aurora, the Town of Bennett, the portion of the Town of Berthoud in Weld County, the City of Black Hawk, the City of Boulder, the Town of Bow Mar, the City of Brighton, the City and County of Broomfield, the City of Castle Pines North, the Town of Castle Rock, the City of Centennial, Central City, the City of Cherry Hills Village, the Town of Columbine Valley, the City of Commerce City, the City of Dacono, the Town of Deer Trail, the City and County of Denver, the Town of Eaton, the City of Edgewater, the Town of Elizabeth, the Town of Empire, the City of Englewood, the Town of Erie, the City of Evans, the Town of Fairplay, the City of Federal Heights, the Town of Firestone, the City of Fort Lupton, the Town of Foxfield, the Town of Frederick, the Town of Garden City, the Town of Georgetown, the Town of Gilcrest, the City of Glendale, the City of Golden, the City of Greeley, the City of Greenwood Village, the Town of Grover, the Town of Hudson, the City of Idaho Springs, the Town of Jamestown, the portion of the Town of Johnstown in Weld County, the Town of Keenesburg, the Town of Kersey, the Town of Kiowa, the Town of La Salle, the City of Lafayette, the Town of Lakeside, the City of Lakewood, the Town of Larkspur, the City of Littleton, the Town of Lochbuie, the City of Lone Tree, the City of Longmont, the City of Louisville, the Town of Lyons, the Town of Mead, the Town of Milliken, the Town of Morrison, the Town of Mountain View, the Town of Nederland, the City of Northglenn, the Town of Nunn, the Town of Parker, the Town of Pierce, the Town of Platteville, the Town of Raymer, the Town of Severance, the City of Sheridan, the Town of Silver Plume, the Town of Simla, the Town of Superior, the City of Thornton, the Town of Ward, the Town of Watkins, the City of Westminster, the City of Wheat Ridge, the portion of the Town of Windsor in Weld County, unincorporated Adams County, unincorporated Arapahoe County, unincorporated Boulder County, unincorporated Clear Creek County, unincorporated Douglas County, unincorporated Elbert County, unincorporated Gilpin County, unincorporated Jefferson County, unincorporated Park County, and unincorporated Weld County, all in the State of Colorado.
See also[edit]
- Colorado census statistical areas
- Combined Statistical Area
- Core Based Statistical Area
- Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical Areas
- Table of United States primary census statistical areas
- Core Based Statistical Areas of the Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area:
- Core Based Statistical Areas adjacent to the Denver–Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area:
- Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Cheyenne Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Edwards Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Fort Morgan Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Silverthorne Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Sterling Micropolitan Statistical Area
- Other definitions of the Colorado urban areas:
- 2013 Colorado floods
- ^ "OMB Bulletin No. 13-01: Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas" (PDF). United States Office of Management and Budget. February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Table 2. Annual Estimates of the Population of Combined Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012" (CSV). 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ The United States Census Bureau defines a Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The Census Bureau has defined two types of CBSAs: (1) a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which has an urban core population of 50,000 or more, or (2) a Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), which has an urban core population of 10,000 or more but less than 50,000.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007" (CSV). 2007 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of Colorado: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". 2014 Population Estimates. US Census, Population Division. April 2015. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
External links[edit]
- US Census Bureau
- Vintage 2014 US population estimates (Note: updated annually for most states)


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Beat the Breathalyser with this de-alcoholised sparkling wine from Gratien & Meyer.
Product Code: WA281
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Gratien & Meyer – a jewel in the Loire Valley's Anjou-Saumur region – was founded by Alfred Gratien in 1864, then aged just 23, and in the same year he established the well-respected Champagne house that is his namesake. The 'Meyer' refers to Albert Jean Meyer, an enthusiastic wine expert from Alsace with whom Alfred Gratien joined forces ten years later in 1874, the same year of course in which The Society was founded. When Alfred died in 1885, the Meyer family was entrusted with the company and has continued to uphold its excellent traditions.The Society first discovered the wines of Gratien & Meyer in 1906 when some Saumur was shipped to our cellars in London. The company quickly became The Society's choice for our sparkling wines, and today Gratien & Meyer are still responsible The Society's Saumur and Saumur Rosé as well as The Society's Celebration Crémant de Loire, all of which are bestsellers.The Gratien & Meyer house is based near Saumur, in the heart of the Loire's Anjou region. The river helps to moderate the climate, which is similar to that of Champagne, while the region's hillsides store daytime heat and the cool nights provide moisture. Gratien & Meyer buy their grapes from carefully selected growers from Anjou – here, the region's famous 'tuffeau' (limestone) soils are ideal for sparkling wine production as they provide brilliant acidity. The cool Gratien & Meyer cellars are also dug deep into these chalky soils, and haven't changed much since the house was founded.The winery, on the other hand, has undergone great modernisation in recent years to ensure that tradition can be balanced with the relevant technological advances. Combined with the meticulous attention of head winemaker Florence Haynes, this has ensured Gratien & Meyer wines are better now than ever before. The key to great Loire sparklers is the blend. While Saumur regulations on this are rather strict – a maximum of 40% cabernet franc and 20% chardonnay can be used – an advantage for Crémant de Loire is that any percentage of the permitted grape varieties can be used.Every spring, The Society's Celebration Crémant de Loire is expertly blended by Society buyer Jo Locke. Florence and her team first sample all of the base wines they have and put together a shortlist of what they believe are the best parcels, but it is down to Jo to construct the final blend. Although generally we use different portions of the typical chenin blanc, chardonnay and cabernet franc, we have in recent years used small portions of the region's other grapes, including pinot noir. The wines then age for a year in Gratien & Meyer's cellars before reaching our members.
"At every gathering there are always no alcohol drinkers or those who are driving. This is a must for every party it is pleasant to drink inexpensive and tastes of wine. All can now feel part of the celebration.
"We have enjoyed this non-alcoholic "fizz" very much. It's good value too, and enabled drivers, expectant mothers and others who don't want alcohol to join in celebratory drinks without feeling they are relegated to fruit juice."
"Very good, very drinkable. To my taste much nicer than most cheap fizz.
On the sweeter end of dry, or the drier end of sweet, and slightly apple-y taste perhaps (reminded me of nicer cavas). Not much smell. Went down well on its own, then tried it with BBQ fish, and then with a red fruit and icecream pud. Worked well with all of them.
I'm not sure that many folk would spot it. It is nice to drink - sort of a less sweet appletise, but nicer than that sounds.
Its very cheap, its got no booze in it, and it still tastes good. Try it. I am ordering a boat load."
I would recommend this wine
"Really good alternative - after a few glasses of prosecco, 3 of us we failed to find the missing glass of this (by tasting), so I guess it passed the test of a real alternative to some light fizz.. My kids took a couple of bottle off to the playroom with them, so they felt part of the party!
Definitely going to get more in for new year, birthdays, that kind of thing."
"We have been looking for a decent non alcoholic wine for some time. Most have strange, and to us, unpleasant flavours. So we tried this new offering from Gratien & Meyer with anticipation and were not disappointed. Our "driving" guests have enjoyed it and it proved an excellent alternative when, for medical reasons, one of us had to spend a few days recently sans achohol. A little on the sweet side if one is being really critical but we shall be including Festillant in our orders from hereon.
"At every gathering there are always no alcohol drinkers or those who are driving. This is a must for every party it is pleasant to drink inexpensive and tastes of wine. All can now feel part of the celebration.
"I just love this alcohol free wine. I have tried quite a few different types of alcohol free wines over the years. If you have had the bottle in a very cold fridge just let it warm a little before you drink it and then you'll get the full benefit of it flavour. The Wine Society alcohol wines are the best I have ever had."
"We have enjoyed this non-alcoholic "fizz" very much. It's good value too, and enabled drivers, expectant mothers and others who don't want alcohol to join in celebratory drinks without feeling they are relegated to fruit juice."
"I agree that the nose of the Festillant is not the most pleasant but as a non-alcohol drink, its good value for money and not too sweet. It's a handy stand-by to have to abide by the drink/drive rules."
"A real disappointment. My wife hit the nail on the head by likening the nose to "disinfectant." Just about OK mixed with elderflower cordial."
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though the flavour hints somewhat more at lemonade. - Liz Sagues"
"This is the first de-alcoholised wine I've tried that tastes like wine, not like sickly grape juice. Nice semi-dry tang. There's a slight aftertaste of something-or-other, but not unpleasant; otherwise the flavour is comparable to a reasonably dry mid-range cremant. It you have teetotal family members or guests who like champagne but won't risk it - or other occasions when alcohol is a no-no, or non-alcoholic alternatives need to be provided - this is ideal. Good value. I'll certainly order it again, d.v."
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The Wine Society does pre-moderate written comments on articles and reviews on products. This means that comments and reviews, and any related ratings, will not be published instantly; they will first be checked by the moderators. Moderators will be monitoring the site between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and will endeavour to process comments and reviews within 48 hours of submission.
Moderation is intended to ensure that content published on The Wine Society website is of value to members and is fair and balanced.
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We reserve the right to suspend ratings, comments and reviews at any time. Where we choose not to publish a rating, comment or review for a reason other than those listed above, we will reply to the member concerned by e-mail explaining our reasons and inviting them to make appropriate changes so that the rating, comment or review can be reconsidered. We also reserve the right not to publish reviews that mention other wine merchants and competitors.
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The Society's wine buyers work very closely with our suppliers to determine how best to seal our wines. We list below those closures currently in use with a brief description of each.
A technical cork made up of the remnants from the production of natural corks which are ground down into particles and cleaned and then combined using a food-grade polyurethane glue. A cheaper closure which The Society's buyers discourage suppliers from using.
A technical cork made from cheaper-grade natural cork where the naturally occurring pores are filled with ground down cork particles and then the whole is sealed with a food-grade wax coating. Generally only used for wines with a short shelf-life.
Diam corks look like agglomerate corks but are far superior and are designed to put an end to cork taint and random oxidation. The production process chops cork into pieces and sorts the superior, highly elastic, suberin component from the less elastic lignin, which is discarded. It mixes the suberin with microscopic spheres of the same substance used for contact lenses, which fills the voids between the cork particles reducing porosity to air and increasing elasticity without introducing humidity. Finally the pieces are mixed with a glue and moulded under pressure. The mechanical properties of the cork are guaranteed for a certain minimum number of years depending on the grade of cork - for example Diam 2 is guaranteed for two years; Diam 3, 5 and 10 are also available.
The Champagne cork is 90% agglomerate made from cork off-cuts which are ground down, cleaned, compressed and then glued together with two disks of good quality natural cork glued onto the end which protrudes into the bottle.
Natural corks harvested from the cork oak (Quercus suber) forests in Spain and Portugal have been the closure of choice for wine for the 300 years. The bark of the cork oak is stripped from mature trees every nine years. The planks are stored and then cleaned and graded before the corks are punched out of the wood. For wines destined for long-ageing, high-grade natural corks are still the closure of choice.
Cost-effective synthetic 'corks' made from food-grade plastic with a silicone coating (similar to that used on natural corks). Generally used for wines for short-term cellaring.
A glass stopper with a plastic 'O' ring which acts as an interface between the top of the bottle and the stopper, held in place by a metal, tamper-proof seal. Relatively expensive as a closure and not widely used. Can be removed by hand.
A short natural or agglomerate cork with a plastic or wooden top to enable the stopper to be removed by hand. Traditionally used for whiskies, sherries, Madeira etc.
Aluminium alloy screwcaps made with an expanded polyethylene wadding for the lining. Screwcaps are also known as ROTEs (roll-on tamper evident) or by the brand name (Stelvin is a popular brand). Widely used in Australia and New Zealand and for wines for short-term cellaring. Becoming increasingly sophisticated in terms of allowing differing levels of permeability so mimicking the properties of natural cork offering winemakers more choice depending of the style of wine being made. There is still a lack of sound data regarding the performance of screwcaps for longer-term cellaring.
This is an agglomerate cork with a disk of good-quality natural cork adhered to both ends. A reasonably priced, reliable alternative to natural cork.
This is the metal pilfer-proof cap usually used to seal beer bottles but also used in the production of Champagne and sparkling wine when wines are stored under crown cap before the dosage is added. A few producers use crown caps to seal wine bottles. Open with a standard bottle opener.
May 2013
Jamie Goode has written an excellent book on the subject of closures for those wishing to find out more (Wine Bottle Closures, Flavour Press).
Alcohol by volume%
Units per standard bottle
The Society includes the alcohol by volume percentage figure for each wine available online, in Lists and offers.
It is generally accepted that alcohol levels in wine have been increasing in the last 20 years. There are many reasons why, but the single most important factor is the vast improvement in vineyard management techniques which have resulted in healthier, riper fruit being harvested. Alcohol is a by-product of the fermentation of sugars in the grapes and the best-quality wines are made from grapes that have reached physiological ripeness (colour, flavour and tannin), and this generally happens after sugar ripeness.
There are several techniques that can be used to reduce alcohol levels but currently most are intrusive and strip flavour as well as alcohol and we don't buy wines made in this way. In actual fact, more than half of our still table wines have an abv of 13% or less. Members looking to choose wines with lower levels of alcohol can now search our range by level of alcohol.
Excellent-quality wine is at the heart of everything we do at The Wine Society and balance is the single most important feature of quality. The interaction of a wine's main components of sugar, acidity, tannin, alcohol and flavour matter more than the actual level of alcohol. A well-made wine of 14.5%, for example, will taste more balanced than an inferior-quality wine with 10% alcohol. Furthermore, alcohol levels are only a guide to a wine's fullness: a 12.5% cabernet sauvignon may feel heavier and more full-bodied in the mouth than, say, a gamay of 13.5%. Members should refer to the wine's tasting note for a description of the style and fullness of the wine.
The Society is committed to promoting the responsible enjoyment of wines and spirits by providing relevant information to our members that allows them to make their own informed choices. An additional figure is beginning to be used on labels: the number of (UK) units of alcohol contained in that bottle. This is simply the alcohol by volume percentage multiplied by the content. Thus a 13% wine in a standard 75cl bottle will have 9.7 units of alcohol. All new labels of Society and Exhibition wines will include this information. drinkaware.co.uk
The Society's buyers provide recommended drink dates for all of our wines to help members decide the right time to pop the cork.
Drinking now
Should be drunk over the coming months, certainly within the year.
Now to 2018
Ready to drink now but will keep until 2018.
2019 to 2042
We recommend keeping longer before opening. In 2019 it will be ready to drink but still young and will keep until 2042. It's a matter of personal taste when such wines should be drunk. Many members prefer to try the wines over many years from the opening drink date to the last to watch the wine evolve.
Within one year of purchase
A non-vintage wine that should be drunk within 12 months.
Within two years of purchase
A non-vintage wine that is ready now but will keep for two years.
As a general rule, most everyday white wines are best enjoyed within a year of purchase, and most everyday reds within two years.
Certain fine wines, however, those with the right structure and balance, have the ability to evolve over time and gain complexity and finer nuances of flavour.
Savouring the wonderfully complex and intense bouquet and flavour of a wine drank at its peak is undoubtedly one of life's greatest pleasures. As with people, the ageing process will vary from wine to wine. Over the years the wine's primary aromas of fresh fruit will develop more complicated and persistent secondary and tertiary aromas. The fruity flavours of, for example, a premier cru white Burgundy will, over time, evolve buttery, toasty and yeast aromas, or fine reds may develop coffee, cedar, tobacco, vegetal, or even 'animal' flavours as they age.
There is much pleasure to be had by experimenting with bottles at different stages of maturity; finding out how a wine evolves with age and, perhaps more importantly, establishing your own preference in terms of taste for mature wine are all part of the interest and excitement of cellaring wine.
The drinking window we provide is a guide to when the wines will be at their best. Many will favour the wines in the youthful early stages of their development; others will enjoy the wines at their most mature.
Decanting is a useful way of softening the tannins, rounding out the flavours and releasing the potential of a young wine. To find out more please visit our Serving Wine guide.
The Society's purpose-built, temperature-controlled Members' Reserves offers members access to optimum storage conditions for their wines.
For more help and advice about how best to enjoy your wines contact us via our enquiry form.
Oak plays a very important role in the production of wine throughout the world. However, the level of oak detectible in a wine can vary depending on a number of factors – for example, the age and size of the barrel and the type of oak used, as well as the length of time the wine is aged in wood. Oak also influences the structure and tannins of the final wine. For wines on our website, we use the following classifications:
This suggests that a wine has either seen no oak at all, or may have been produced using very large, old oak barrels, resulting in a wine that has no taste of oak. Expect these wines to be crisp, fruit-forward and aromatic.
Some oak has been used in the production, yet it has not been a defining factor in the style of the wine. In this instance, the oak may have played more of a part in the structure of the wine but there will still be discreet flavours associated with the use of new oak.
Wines that are defined by and known for their use of new oak. This must not be confused with a wine which is 'overly oaky' as that would purely be down to bad winemaking! We buy only wines that, we believe, use oak in a balanced and appealing way, enhancing flavour and complexity, and/or imparting structure.
How detectable oak is depends a good deal on the size of the barrel and how new it is. New oak provides a much more evident flavour and aroma and must be used carefully. The size of the barrel is important, as the smaller the barrel, the more surface area of the wine is in contact with the wood and the more flavour will be drawn out. Often, very large old oak barrels are used, which impart little or no oak flavour to the wine at all. They will still bring an extra dynamic to the final taste of a wine though, when compared to stainless steel or concrete vessels, as oak is porous and therefore lets a small amount of air into the barrel. This controlled oxidation has a positive effect on wines, softening the tannins and developing secondary flavours, all helping to add a complexity which comes with age.
There are many ways that people rate wines, whether it is on the 100 or 20 point scales, 5 stars, 3 glasses or simply thumbs up or down. The pleasure of a bottle of wine is hard to express in figures, but it does help give the memory of that wine a context, and a way of sharing your opinion with others.
In response to members' requests we have added a star rating option to the site so you can mark your favourites, or maybe those occasional less-than-welcome experiences, and make your next order easier.
You can use the 5-star rating tool to record your experiences however you wish, but if you are looking for some guidance we believe that a focus on the 'value' of the wine takes into account the quality but also the pleasure it provided, and whether it is something you would recommend to friends.


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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My wife is too interested in my best friend and his physique. He used to be quite the hound dog with women until he got married and fat. His wife left him recently and now my wife sees him at the gym and comments on how he's getting back into shape. At first she was mildly interested in seeing his "big beer belly" dissolve, but now he is pumping iron in earnest and it seems she is right down there, counting each muscle. Today she came home and said, "Well, he has a real six-pack now." I said, "How do you know if he was wearing a shirt at the gym?" and she just looked at me stunned, like a deer in the headlights. Then she said awkwardly, "Oh, I just know." What does she mean by that? -- Don't Trust Those Two, St. James
Dear Don't Trust: Sign yourself up for a gym membership. She probably isn't fooling around with him yet because she's still talking openly about how he looks. If they were sneaking around, she'd clam up. It's time to make your presence known. If your buddy asks what inspired you to join the gym, say something weird and confusing like, "My wife was talking about your ab development and I got interested myself." He'll probably give you a lot more space after that. Take the space and don't go back to being as friendly as before.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I ate too much at a carnival, went on some rides and then threw up. My date was neither amused nor helpful. In fact, he asked if I would ride home on the bus if he gave me the money, so I wouldn't throw up in his nice new truck. I started crying and he said, "I was just kidding, heh, heh." But he wasn't really. I got a ride home in his truck, but he was silent and nervous all the way. Is this enough reason to break up with him? He is my first boyfriend. I'm 16 and school starts soon. -- Tempted to Dump Him, Winnipeg.
Dear Tempted: When schools starts, there will be a whole bunch of new guys to get to know and most of them would behave with more kindness. Being sick and throwing up is part of life sometimes. When someone is sick or in trouble, good-quality friends don't take off. You can easily find a better guy than this. So what if it's your first boyfriend or your fourth? It's OK to be single and it's really freeing to understand that early in life.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I stole my girlfriend's car keys when she had been drinking too much and kept them until the next day. She is 41, and said, "I'm an adult and you don't get to make those decisions for me. I am not your child." I said to her: "I love you and I would be devastated if you got killed, so I do have the right to confiscate your keys. If I had asked for them, you would have hidden them from me." She would have, too. Who is right? -- Worried Guy, West End
Dear Worried: To my mind, you have the right to save her life or the life of others who are endangered by her driving drunk. Being polite isn't always right. If she's a stubborn drunk and would hide the keys and then drive home blasted, you're better to risk her anger than to risk anybody's life.
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[center]Ken Morgans[/center]
Kenneth 'Ken' Morgans was born in Swansea, Wales on 16 March 1939. He signed for Manchester United on leaving school in the summer of 1955 and played on the youth team's right wing.
During the 1957-58 season he won himself a fixed place in the first team, at the expense of the older and more experienced Johnny Berry, and suffered minor injuries in the Munich air disaster, when still only 18 years old. He was youngest player involved in the crash.
Although he made a full recovery following the crash, he never regained his form on the pitch, and left the club in 1961, having made 23 first-team appearances without scoring a goal. He later played in the lower divisions for Swansea City and Newport County before retiring from football in 1967.
Year Club Apps (goals)
1956-1961 Man United 17 (0)
1961 - 1964 Swansea City 54 (8)
1964-1967 Newport County 126 (44)


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TEL AVIV (Aug. 29)
Police on Monday captured without a shot Herzl Avitan, the armed murderer who escaped from prison Saturday afternoon.
A special police unit apprehended Avitan, described as most dangerous, 40 hours after he escaped from Beersheba prison, where he is serving two life sentences for separate murders. He was found in Hod Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, after taking a family hostage.
Israelis were celebrating his capture.
The police also detained for 10 days a prison officer and a guard on suspicion of having facilitated his escape.
A Tel Aviv magistrate ordered Yosef Kidar, deputy security officer at the prison, and Avi Kahil, a prison guard, held in custody on suspicion that at least one of them helped provide Avitan with the pistol with which he threatened his prison hostages, among them Kahil.
Evidence that the two men helped Avitan escape is presently circumstantial, albeit convincing. Among the factors leading to suspicions against them is the high standard of living both men enjoy, greater than warranted by their prison authority salaries.
Avitan reportedly feigned feeling ill during his outdoor recreation period. An officer accompanied him back to his cell while a paramedic was called. The two men were then joined by Kahil. Avitan then allegedly leapt at the men, brandishing a pistol reportedly slipped to him earlier by a prison attendant.
Avitan bound the men with rags reportedly taken from his cell, and had the paramedic bandage him and splash him with iodine to make him appear injured.
He then ordered Kahil to announce on his walkie-talkie that he should be rushed to the hospital in a van. Avitan reportedly ordered the others from the van and sped away.
During the massive hunt for Avitan, Police Minister Haim Bar-Lev recalled Prison Commissioner Shaul Levy from a study mission in the United States. Levy said earlier Monday that if there were any proof of a failure on his part, he would accept the consequences and resign.
Asked if he would "draw conclusions" from Avitan's prison break about failures in the prison service, Bar-Lev said, "This is not Japan, where a Cabinet minister commits suicide whenever there is a plane crash."
However, all officials have promised a thorough investigation of the escape, as well as prison conditions. Police inspector Uzi Berger, who headed the special police unit that searched for and captured Avitan, said the police intelligence unit had been aware of Avitan's movements throughout most of the period of his break.
Police had reportedly operated on orders to capture Avitan without shooting.
Many of the details of the work of the special unit, which is composed of police intelligence experts, the criminal investigation department and the police anti-terrorist squad, have yet to be disclosed.
According to Berger, Avitan drove to a house in Beersheba, where he threatened with his pistol and took hostage a family of four, including a husband, wife and two children.
He spent 24 hours there, during which he changed his clothes, dyed his hair and made phone calls to the army radio station. He donned a yarmulke and a long-sleeved sweater to hide his identifying tatoo. He warned the family not to divulge his presence under penalty of harm.
At noon Sunday, Avitan took the father and son to a taxi in which they rode toward central Israel, where he abandoned the taxi and warned the hostages, and taxi driver, not to divulge his whereabouts.
On foot, Avitan made it to a safehouse prepared for him in Hod Hasharon. The police apparently were aware of the hiding place and detained those who set it up, keeping the number of people present there to a minimum for the recapture operation.
At 2:30 p.m., the police squad lobbed massive bursts of tear gas into the house, and police in gas masks burst in and captured Avitan, who fainted from the gas. "His pistol was next to him, unfired. And we didn't fire a shot-as we had been ordered," Berger said.
The capture operation took less than five minutes.
Avitan has been serving two life sentences for the murder of Roni Nitzan, the warden of the Ramla detention center, as well as the murder of a guard during an armed robbery at the Keren Or jewelry factory in Ramat Gan.
He also has been awaiting a verdict on charges that he brutally murdered fellow prisoner Haim Shoshan by stabbing him hundreds of times with knives held in both hands.
Avitan escaped previously to France, but was extradited back to Israel to stand retrial.


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The following code example uses the HtmlEncode method to HTML-encode the value of the PhysicalApplicationPath property and the WriteLine method to write the encoded value to the file. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the HttpRequest class.
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Changing how you live, where you live
Home Sweet Hub
Home. Car. Office. The lines between them are blurring. Whether it's monitoring a home repair contractor from your office or programming your DVR from the bus, making your home life an integral part of your mobile life is just another way we're transforming how you live. And it's all made possible thanks to the seamless connectivity our products and services provide.
In just six years, AT&T U-verse® has become a $10 billion annualized revenue stream for us. The reason is simple: Customers love it. And why not? With U-verse you can:
- Surf the Web at home with our all-IP U-verse High Speed Internet service, and go online when you're on the road with access to the national AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot network — at no extra charge.
- Watch TV virtually anywhere in your home — or even in your backyard — with our fully integrated wireless receiver.
- Catch hit TV shows when and where you want — even on your smartphone or tablet — with Uverse.com and U-verse apps.
- Use your smartphone or tablet as a remote control.
- Use interactive apps to watch TV and discuss with your friends whatever's on in real time, even if you're in different cities.
But there's much more to U-verse than great entertainment and easy-to-use features. When we bundle U-verse TV and our U-verse High Speed Internet with AT&T wireless services, it's a big win for our customers and for us. Our research shows that customers with both U-verse broadband and wireless services are more satisfied with AT&T than customers who don't bundle services.
So we're continuing to invest to seamlessly integrate our wireless and wired networks and service. We're also planning to expand U-verse to 8.5 million more customer locations by 2015 and to deploy technology upgrades to make our fast U-verse broadband service even faster.
AT&T Digital Life™ is an all-digital, wireless-based home security and automation solution. "Digital Life is a great service," says Kevin Petersen, senior vice president, Digital Life, AT&T Mobility. "It lets users control, monitor and secure their homes from a smartphone, tablet or PC. Connected devices in nearly every room automate the home. And homeowners can customize the solution by choosing the features that best fit their needs."
Wireless cameras ① let you make sure your kids are studying even if you're working late. If a package arrives when you're out, use automated door locks ② to let the delivery guy in and lock up behind him. Heat wave hits while you're on vacation? Adjust the thermostat ③ from the Digital Life app on your tablet to save energy. Your home even alerts you if water ④ is near the washing machine or dishwasher, so you can shut off the water main ⑤ from your smartphone to avoid costly repairs.
We also expect Digital Life will be key to integrated home-based healthcare. For example, more senior citizens might live independently if their families or healthcare professionals could monitor their activities.
We're launching Digital Life in 2013, with plans to roll it out to more than 50 markets across the United States this year. Because Digital Life is compatible with any broadband connection, customers will be able to use AT&T broadband in our 22-state wired footprint or bring their own broadband nationwide. We also plan to offer a wholesale solution to telecom providers outside the United States. And in the years to come, we expect Digital Life will become a $1+ billion annual revenue stream for AT&T.
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As AT&T introduces exciting new solutions that are changing the way we live, work and play, few people are as involved as Glenn Lurie, who is responsible for our connected devices organization and our emerging business strategy, and Vicki Jones, who oversees AT&T's U-verse sales and support.
How is AT&T transforming the way people live their lives?
GLENN "We're simplifying people's lives. We call it living mobile … when the home, the car, the office, the wallet are all connected — to the network and to each other — and you don't even have to think about it."
VICKI "Our U-verse, Internet, TV and Voice services give customers an experience that's unlike what they can get anywhere else. Our customers get an amazing broadband experience, and they can record four shows at once and watch TV virtually anywhere in their homes. And they love our apps — like the one that lets them "beam" video from smartphones or tablets to their TV screens. That's why U-verse has become an annualized $10 billion revenue stream in just six years, and as we expand its availability, we can grow that further."
Glenn, what are some benefits of Digital Life and the connected car?
GLENN "Digital Life lets homeowners manage and automate their homes and watch over their families from nearly anywhere and from nearly any device. Connected cars will take that to the next level. So, just as Digital Life can make your home a safer place, our wireless technologies can make your car safer and smarter — so the car can communicate with your home or office or with other cars.
"Imagine as you drive up to your house and through location-based services, your car alerts the Digital Life system that you've arrived … your lights go on, doors unlock, the thermostat goes up and so on. Your life becomes much simpler and goes to a new level of effortless."
Wireless has historically been regarded as a technology for outside the home. As you bring it inside the home, will customers be receptive?
GLENN "Customers just want what makes their lives better … but it needs to be simple. When they turn on a device it should just work. Our networks, wireless and wired, are critical to making that happen, but customers don't care which network they're using, they just want it to work."
VICKI "Glenn's right ... at the end of the day, it's about making our customers' lives better. The key is to wrap it all into an effortless customer experience. And only AT&T can deliver this breadth of capabilities."


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I've just graduated from Aberystwyth University in Computer Science and have recently found work in Bristol!
Still fully working out my life goals but I'm very good at procrastinating so will be working out my life goals forever :P
Thinking about many things.
Probably other stuff.
Spending time with friends.
Watching youtube videos.
Mainly listen to electronic dance music. Favourite artist is Savant.
Also like metal: All that Remains, Memphis May Fire, In Flames and more.
Have special feeling for Brand New and Daughter.
I don't read much, mostly academic books.
A Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Throne) is my current favorite.
Just finished first three of Asimov's Foundation series. Going to be reading Dune. Enjoyed reading Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Sex at Dawn.
Like Life of Brian and Monty Python films. Fight club, Pulp Fiction, Constantine, Old Boy. Watched a lot of films but can't remember which were my favourite. Tend not to enjoy some of the big Hollywood films out there.
2) The Internet
3) Learning
4) Other people (not all the time)
5) Video Games (most of the time)
6) Good health
I think about a huge amount of different things. My head's pretty active like that.
Could be out with friends having a good time but not every Friday.


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On the 45th anniversary of Title IX, women and people of color remain on the outside when it comes to hiring head coaches in women's college sports, according to a report Friday by two sports institutes.
The report found that the coaches hired were predominantly white and male in most of the eight conferences surveyed: the Power 5 conferences — Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Southeastern and Pac-12 — along with the American Athletic, Big East and Ivy League.
The study was done by the Institute for Diversity & Ethics in Sport in collaboration with the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and LGBT SportSafe.
Title IX was signed into law June...


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Mine Safety and Health Administration
Contact: Rodney Brown
Phone: (703) 235-1452
Another Step in Eliminating Black Lung
MSHA Sets Up Dust Fraud Hotline for Coal Mine Workers
The Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has set up a toll-free hotline which coal miners may report any problems related to coal dust sampling which may affect the accuracy of the samples or may not reflect normal mine conditions. Fraud includes hanging dust sampling pumps in wrong locations, turning off the dust sampling pumps, or tampering with the filters.
"This is another step in our comprehensive effort to eliminate black lung disease from the nation's coal mines," said Davitt McAteer, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "This hotline gives miners another tool for alerting this agency concerning dust sampling problems, allowing us to respond quickly and direct our resources toward the problem of respirable dust at that location."
Callers to the hotline will be asked to give the mine location and the specific area of the mine in which the violation was witnessed. Although callers are not required to leave their name and phone number, they are asked to do so to aid in the follow-up investigation by the agency. Any identifying information would be kept confidential.
All complaints called in will be thoroughly checked by MSHA inspectors.


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This article describes the various download locations for drivers and software on the Dell Support Website, and what they are used for.
Dell Drivers and Downloads is the central library for hardware drivers and integrated firmware updates for Dell computers and peripherals. Items that can be found on Drivers and Downloads include:
Get the Latest Drivers for Your Dell Computer
Dell Digital Locker s is a "virtual locker" for bundled software installed on your Dell computer to take advantage of hardware features such as webcams, CD and DVD burners, and DVD players. Items that can be found on My Dell Downloads include:
Get more information on Dell Digital Locker
Dell Digital Delivery is a service which enables you to purchase software at the time you order your computer and then download and install it automatically once you receive the computer and connect to the internet.
Get more information on Dell Digital Delivery
The Dell Software Download Store provides access to top selling software right from your computer, with no box to throw away and no wait time for shipping and delivery. To access the Dell Software Download Store, click the link below:
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Seeger's grandson Kitama Cahill Jackson confirms the death of the singer/songwriter, saying that Seeger passed away of natural causes at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Legendary folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger, who popularized "This Land Is Your Land" and "We Shall Overcome" among others, has passed away. Quoting his grandson Kitama Cahill Jackson, The Associated Press reports that Seeger passed away on Monday night, January 27. Seeger, who lived in Beacon, New York, died of natural causes at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 94.
Seeger was born on May 3, 1919, to a musicologist father and violinist mother. His parents later got divorced. Young Seeger started playing Ukulele when attending Avon Old Farms, a private boarding school in Connecticut. He later was introduced to the five-string banjo during an outing to a square-dance festival in North Carolina with his father.
As a member of The Weavers, Seeger is popular for some hits such as "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "If I Had a Hammer" and Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene". He also wrote "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?".
Seeger's music influenced the works of popular musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Dave Matthews, Rufus Wainwright, John Mellencamp and Arlo Guthrie who appeared in Seeger's 90th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden. Springsteen and Seeger additionally performed "This Land Is Your Land" at President Obama's inaugural concert. "He was so happy that day. It was like, 'Pete, you outlasted the bastards, man.' It was so nice," Springsteen said later, as quoted by USA Today.
Seeger is survived by a son, Daniel; two daughters, Mika Seeger and Tinya Seeger; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Seeger's wife Toshi passed away in 2013 at the age of 91.


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Mary Ella's Weekly Message
September 17, 2012
Sticking to the Program
The FFS Online program and all of our Freedom From Smoking® products are based on years of research. Each lesson in each Module of FFS Online builds on the previous lessons and there's a purpose behind each activity and assignment. The Message Boards and online tools that are available in the program have a purpose as well—to establish a support mechanism for participants to help each other through the process of becoming smokefree. Each part of the program is important and has its own purpose. Those who are most successful in the program follow the three rules of the program:
- Read all of the lessons in each Module.
- Try everything the program suggests.
- Give and receive support on the Message Boards.
If you join the program and skip lessons or Modules, you end up cheating yourself of valuable information and activities that will help cement your commitment to become and remain smokefree. If you join and read all lessons in every Module within just a day or two, you cheat yourself of taking the time to think through the activities and discuss them on the Message Boards. If you join and go through the lessons in each Module, complete all of the activities, but never go to the Message Boards or just lurk without posting, you cheat yourself of receiving valuable support when you might need it the most. More importantly, you cheat yourself of giving support which helps someone else, and in turn makes your commitment to stay smokefree that much stronger.
Think of each lesson, each activity, each Module and each post on the Message Boards as a brick that you have created. As you use those bricks to build a strong foundation with walls of support, you become stronger in your new, smokefree lifestyle. Each brick is important. If you leave out some of those bricks, the walls you build aren't as strong and could come crumbling down when a "storm" or stress comes into your life and hits against them. However, if you build your foundation with lots of bricks so it's as strong as possible, you can withstand the storms and stresses of life and remain true to your goal of being smokefree!
If you work the program, the program will work for you! This week, build up your bricks by committing to these things:
- Follow the "rules" of the program.
- Respond to at least five posts on the Message Boards.
- Post at least three messages on the Message Boards.
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First, some housekeeping. If anyone jumped the shark on Sunday night it was the Dalai Lama. All that time hanging out with Bono and Clooney and co has warped his perceptions of what's normal. Seriously, what's next? The Pope's Got Talent?
Moving right along, it's Billy, Kate and Ellie facing elimination tonight and since Ellie has her hard-won immunity pin she's safe. You know, the magic brooch she won by proving she was more adept at tossing some chunks of preserved meat into a pot of Paul Newman's sauce than was the middle-aged Italian chef who was too busy making goo-goo eyes at her to remember to cook his pasta properly. THAT hard-won pin.
Billy has only just come back so he doesn't want to leave; obviously he learnt nothing from the spiritual master last night. Existence is a wheel of suffering dude – get off at the next stop. Kate has put a lucky charm necklace on to remind her she's a mum. If she needs chunky memory aids to remember the little tackers she's either a negligent parent or she's been horribly traumatised by the years she's spent locked in the basement of the MasterChef house.
Ellie is invoking the memory of battles past as she pretends to consider not using her magic pin. "I don't know what to do," she says, and somewhere in Australia there might be someone who actually believes her. But not Dani, the commenters' commenter of choice. Do the producers really just keep cutting to her so everyone has something to get worked up about? Probably.
Gary "Mephistopheles" Mehigan tries to tempt Ellie to keep the pin up her sleeve, which sounds like a lousy idea; I once found a pin up my trouser leg after a visit to the tailor, and it wasn't pretty. "Imagine if you got through this pressure test with that immunity pin intact, how powerful that would really be," he says. Mwah ha ha ha ha.
Ellie's pretence of considering not using the pin continues for a few hours and then she shocks everyone by deciding to use it. OMG! Gary endorses her choice by doing a little chicken dance. "Brrrrrk brrrk brrrk brrrk brrrrrk," he says, and it's a reminder that there's at least one food brand that hasn't featured in this show ... until now.
But Ellie's not taking any of that rubbish. She has a zinger of her own. "Whatever," she says. Oh, what a deliriously Wildean moment it is.
So now it's down to Kate and Billy, who really are two of the least bad best amateur cooks in the country who applied to be on this show and didn't get screened out due to hideous facial deformities or a bad case of Tourettes.
Gary tells them they'll be cooking a dessert guaranteed to give them a migraine. That'd be chocolate, then?
The fiendish dish has been set for them by guest chef-cum-judge Katrina Kanetani of Satiate, a restaurant at Bangalow near Byron. She says her food is "fun to make and fun to eat". Billy and Kate laugh, but in that slightly hysterical way that makes you think they really shouldn't be allowed anywhere near knives in this mood.
Her dish is called autumn; that's Byron for you. All poles and tubes lying on top of a sheet of some sort, it looks like a DIY carport that's collapsed after a big Byron Bay storm. Forget the recipe, where did we put that insurance policy?
Katrina explains what they'll need to get from the hardware store. There's blackcurrant jelly, plum mousse, rhubarb, yuzu cream, canoli, a couple of powders and edible flowers in this dish. They have two hours. Should be a breeze.
With 30 minutes to go, George tells them it's time "to start rolly canoli". Amazingly, nobody plunges a fork into his brain.
Describing the processes, Kate keeps saying things like "it's simple", "I just do blah", "I'm going really well". Thankfully Gary and George are on hand to bring her crashing back to Earth. Her jelly is uneven, her pastry too soft. But that's OK, Billy's looks like the surface of the moon, Gary tells him kindly. All he needs is a little marzipan Neil Armstrong and it'll be perfect.
Tweedlegeorge and Tweedlegaz huddle off to the side, all conspiratorial whispers. Tweedlegaz says it's going to be really hard to choose between Kate and Billy, the king and queen of desserts. Given Billy calls himself the Queen of Desserts, I guess we know who's wearing the trousers in this palace.
With 30 minutes to go, George tells them it's time "to start rolly canoli". Amazingly, nobody plunges a fork into his brain.
With 15 minutes to go, they both have heaps left to do and the panic is starting to set in. "I love this bit," says Gary. "Maybe I'm a little bit sadistic." Gee, you think?
"They're in trouble," says George. "There's so much to do, and so little time."
Remember, these two can cook. Imagine how hard this challenge would be for, oh I don't know, Ellie and Dani, say.
King Kate is trying to get her jelly onto the plate using two spatulas. "This is like handling my first-born baby," she says as the folk from community services send an emergency dispatch team to her house.
Now she's struggling with her gooey pink mousse and George "helps" by digging his fingers in for a feel. And then he licks them. I don't even want to know what he does next but I'm never ordering mousse at Press Club again.
As they plate up, Billy nudges ahead. "He's so artistic," says Dani of the Balcony. King Kate agrees. "When I look at his plate it looks so beautiful, and I know that mine does not."
Outside the MasterChef kitchen, it's raining, a portent of the tears to come no doubt.
Billy is first up and when Gary asks how he went he says he had a few hiccups. "No, you fool, I don't care about your reflux. How did the cooking go?"
The judges love the way Billy's plate looks but there are real problems with some of the elements. His mousse is lumpy, his jelly is flavourless, his plums taste like wine. It sounds like some sort of Oxford Street pick-up line, but King Kate thinks there may be a glimmer of hope.
Sadly, her dish looks terrible. "It's nothing like the artwork we saw at the beginning," she says, displaying an admirable talent for understatement, but forgetting the shots of her kids' paintings, which it does, in fact, vaguely resemble. Of course, she's probably forgotten she even has kids by now, so the oversight is understandable.
For the second time, Gary takes a whole canoli for himself, leaving the other three judges to fight over two. As punishment he gets a mouthful of sour rhubarb.
It's time now for Matt Preston to ponder some of the finer points of life as a MasterChef judge. "How important is the look of the dish, how important is the flavour of the dish?" he asks. "How do you balance four great flavours on Kate's dish, two great flavours on Billy's dish?" It's like the Dalai Lama never left.
George responds with some philosophy of his own. "At the end of the day," he starts but I miss the end because he's said "at the end of the day" so many times it's just started to wash over me. But I think he may have said, "It's the night". Which is kind of true when you think about it. Smart guy, that George.
After that it's time to call Kate and Billy back in for the group therapy session, the bit where they get to talk about their dreams. Katrina asks Kate what her dream is and she starts to talk about being covered in chocolate and tied to train tracks and having two heads and then Katrina says, "I'm sorry Kate, that's all we have time for today. We'll have to pick this up next session". Which is a real shame because I think we were on the brink of a breakthrough there.
Matt tells Billy he's blossomed, and Billy says he has indeed opened up, like a giant orchid. "I've started to believe that no matter who I am or what I am, I can do it," he says. I have no idea what that means, which probably only proves he's already halfway off this wheel of illusion and torment while I am but a splatter on the mudflap of existence.
Matt says "the unfortunate thing today is we're sending home one brilliant cook from the competition". He then tells them all the things they did horribly wrong.
Then, in a shocking new development, he says that "for one of you, the dream is about to end".
It's Queen Billy. She's going home. Long live King Kate.
Katrina tells them both she'd hire them, Billy for the plating and Kate for the flavours. Together they'd make a half decent pastry chef.
Billy says "it's been a wild ride, and I've enjoyed every second of it". Presumably he's excluding the two lots of seconds when he's been kicked off the show. Twice.
Back at the house, Michael says "I hope Billy's coming back, there's too many chicks in this house". Inexplicably, the words "gift" and "horse" come to mind.
The lift doors open and Ellie, Dani and Alana are at the table, looking like the three wise monkeys. Who can it be now? Colin Hay? No. It's Kate!
Even though Dani can't quite hide her displeasure and Michael has already played his man-love card, most of them look happy to see her.
Best of all, she's brought back a message from the other side. "When it comes down to it," she says, "flavouring's always going to trump plating."
You can't buy wisdom like that. But His Holiness is open to offers.
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Part of Alice Wang's Chairs for the Dysfunctional collection, the Constant Shaker chair measures and displays the number of calories your body burns while fidgeting in your seat.
...Or you could just calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). I'm burning somewhere around 85-90 calories/hour just sitting here doing nothing. Which entitles me to one Michelob Ultra every hour on the hour.
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Continuing Disclosure filings and official statements for bond issues of the City of Pasadena may be found at the following website www.dac-ey.com.
DAC acts as disclosure dissemination agent for issuers of municipal bonds. Investors and others may access information in the DAC System free of charge by registering for a password.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's been a tough year for investing in travel stocks despite solid fundamentals in the space. But travel stocks could take flight this holiday season as more people plan to take a vacation or visit family and friends. Travel is expected to be up 5% this holiday season, according to a survey conducted by TripAdvisor, a travel deals and reviews Web site. Of those surveyed, 46% said they will fly this holiday season, up from 43% last year.
In addition, 2% more people plan to travel for Christmas and 3% more on New Year's Day this year, the TripAdvisor survey said. New Year's Day is particularly big in Las Vegas, which typically sees a spike in travelers on that holiday, according to ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Jacob. As more people take to the skies this holiday season, here are some stocks to help you ring in the new year.


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Mount Olympus was regarded by the ancient Greeks as the chief abode of the gods, and the palace of Zeus was supposed to stand on its broad summit. According to Greek legend it was formerly connected with Ossa, but was separated from it by an earthquake, allowing a passage for the Peneus through the narrow vale of Tempe to the sea. The philosophers afterwards transferred the abode of the gods to the planetary spheres.
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--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Recommended hardware to replace WRAP
From: "Lee Sharp" <leesharp at hal dash pc dot org>
Date: 1/20/14 6:26 pm
To: "m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch" <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
On 01/20/2014 06:08 PM, Mike Nichols wrote:
> wait!
> pc engines is ready to release new alix boards.
> i'll post link soon.
> Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal dash pc dot org> wrote:
> The question is, how fast do you need to go? A Wyse WinTerm and a dual
> port Intel nic makes a very good firewall, but only up to about 45meg.
> I doubt it will be as cheap as a WinTerm you can find on eBay for $25
> and a nic for $20. :) But from the specs I have seen it will perform a
> lot better! Like the Logic supply systems at $400.
I've used a recycled HP T-5700 series thin client, with an expansion side and a dual-NIC card added.
Gives 3 NICs. All-in it was about $100 at the time.
I've also bought ALIX kits for around $200. Less CPU power, but ultimately more convenient.


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David P. Steiner, President, D&R International Ltd.
Since February 2010, David Steiner has served as President of D&R International overseeing the company, its strategic direction and business development opportunities. He also serves an advisory and program management role on many of the company's projects, including the ENERGY STAR® program and the State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program and many of the company's commercial accounts. Previously at D&R, Mr. Steiner served as Program Manager for the ENERGY STAR program on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and as Vice President of Business Development. For ENERGY STAR, he led the team's efforts to promote and qualify DOE's list of products, with special emphasis on home appliances. He also directed outreach to manufacturing and retail ENERGY STAR partners, including development of regional and national promotional campaigns. Prior to D&R, Mr. Steiner was the Vice President of Government Affairs at Maytag Corporation. Mr. Steiner received a BA in Political Science and Religion from Ashland University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth
As mentioned before, a key pull for emerging-market investors is the growth potential, and while the past year has been weak, the long-term still looks promising — especially as industrialization continues and these countries' populations get wealthier.
One way to capitalize on the trend is the Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth (MUTF:DREGX) fund, which has $843 million in assets. The portfolio managers — Howard Schwab and Chad Cleaver — have extensive backgrounds in emerging markets and a knack for finding under-the-radar companies.
Like VEIEX, the Driehaus fund has heavy weights in Brazil, China and South Korea — top holdings include Samsung, China Mobile and Kia Motors — but the managers also have a wide scope. For example, the fund recently has been buying up companies in the Philippines, which has strong credit expansion and is benefiting from substantial infrastructure investments.
DREGX has struggled in the past year, losing 7%; plus fees of 1.64% are high, and it requires a large minimum investment of $10,000. However, DREGX has fantastic 10-year annual returns of more than 17%, and it boasts a Morningstar 5-star rating.


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By Andrew Sharbel, Belvoir EagleMarch 19, 2010
FORT BELVOIR, Va. - Soldiers in Fort Belvoir's Warrior in Transition Unit were treated Tuesday to a presentation from one of the NFL's greatest running backs when Herschel Walker visited the installation to speak about brain disorders.
Walker himself has struggled with mental illness, a topic he discussed in his 2008 book 'Breaking Free'."
In addition to Walker's presentation, the Honorable Alfonso Maldron, Jr., a founding partner of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club also attended the event and addressed the Soldiers.
Before his speech, Walker spent his morning eating breakfast and talking to Soldiers at DeWitt Hospital.
Capt. E. Travonte Moten, commander of Belvoir's WTU, felt the presentation was very helpful for his Soldiers.
"I think this is an amazing story about someone who is very visible in the public eye that has a great story that talks about 'If I can do it, then you can do it," Moten said. "If he can come to terms with the fact that he has a mental illness and everyone knows who he is, then anybody can get the help they need.
"Our WTU is a little different from other, larger WTU's. We have a lot of Soldiers who are what we like to call Warriors with invisible disabilities. Those disabilities include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injuries," Moten said. "Probably about a minimum of 60 percent of our Soldiers have a behavioral health condition as their primary or secondary diagnosis, so this really hit home and I think our Soldiers took a lot away from this for that reason."
After winning the 1982 Heisman Trophy at the University of Georgia, Walker gave up his final year of collegiate eligibility and turned professional, joining the New Jersey Generals of the short-lived United States Football League.
After three years in the USFL, Walker joined the Dallas Cowboys in 1986, where he led the league in rushing and earned All-Pro honors. Walker moved to the Minnesota Vikings as starting running back in 1989. In 1992, he joined the Philadelphia Eagles, but returned to the Cowboys in 1996. He retired from the NFL in 1997.
Over the course of his career, Walker was one of the top running backs in the pros, gaining more yards than anyone in professional football history, counting his seasons in both the NFL and USFL.
Despite all of his accomplishments on the field, he was struggling off of it.
Ten years ago, Walker discovered he had a problem controlling his emotions and was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.
During his speech, Walker told stories about his childhood and how he grew up not athletic, but worked his body into top physical shape by the ninth grade by doing pushups and sit-ups daily.
Walker said in his speech that finding a way to cope with a mental illness is all about doing whatever is most comfortable.
"We have coping mechanisms in our lives that we use and my coping mechanism was this physical football game, or this mixed martial arts I am doing now. I just loved competition and these mental problems I had were built up after I retired from football and they came to fruition," Walker said. "Unfortunately, some people cope with problems with alcohol and drugs, which are not coping mechanisms you should use."
Walker closed his speech by referencing the "Rocky" boxing movie series and his ability to never quit even when he had been knocked down.
"You got to have faith. You got to participate. You got to get involved. You got to do it, because it just doesn't happen," Walker said. "We pray so many times, thinking things are going to fall out of the sky and hit us on the head. It just doesn't happen. You got to get up and start doing something about it.
"When things get down, I don't care what your going through. It can be alcohol, drugs or mental illness. It isn't anything God hasn't seen and he is telling you to get up," Walker said. "For many years, I didn't see it, and now I do see it, and I am happy."


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Defence wins championships. There I have said it and so, as a former defender, declared my bias. Which is why it hurts me to have to admit that this pithy little sports cliché is not quite correct. Just like the claim that the third quarter is the premiership quarter, the long-term statistics simply don't support it as a stand-alone fact. Rather unsurprisingly, you still need a good attack line to win.
Never in the history of the ANZ Championships has the No. 1-ranked defensive team at the end of the minor rounds gone on to win the title. You don't have to look too far down the list, however, to see that you still need to be able to stop the opposition. In five of the six seasons the ANZ Championships has been running, the premier has sat in the top three for defence.
The last two seasons have seen the Melbourne Vixens claim the top defensive spot at the end of the regular season, and this year they are proving – yet again – that they are outstanding at smothering their opposition.
The Vixens' defensive credentials in the goal circle are unquestionable. In Geva Mentor at goal keeper and Bianca Chatfield at goal defence, they have world-class players. Both are capable of winning back ball, and of transitioning into attack in the blink of an eye. Chatfield, in particular, has been remarkable in her transformation from goal keeper to goal defence in that her ability to attack down the court is now a feature of her game.
Having said this, it is worthwhile looking further up the court for a source of the Vixens' defensive strength. Newbie wing defence Kate Moloney is getting better with every game, with the Queensland Firebirds forced last round to match up three different players against her, such was her ability to smother play from that unglamorous, yet vital, position.
Rookie centre Liz Watson has also been a defensive revelation, and the pressure she and Moloney were able to mount in the midcourt had a huge bearing on the fact that despite all of the shooting prowess of Romelda Aiken, the Firebirds only managed a lowly 38 goals against the Vixens in round five. With the Australian squad for the Commonwealth Games to be announced next Tuesday, the door is open for one of these youngsters to push for a place on the plane to Glasgow.
History shows that defence is only half the story. Crucially, four of the past six ANZ Championship titles have been won by teams which finished No. 1 for goals scored. So for the Vixens it is the front line which must lift if they are to win their second ANZ Championship title.
This is not to argue that they need to finish the season in that No. 1 spot for goals scored. It is evident that they have a strong enough defensive line to cut the attacking end some slack.
The Vixens do, however, need to lift from their current fifth spot for the number of goals scored if they are to be contenders at the pointy end of the season. One of the things that almost went unnoticed in their win over the Firebirds in round six was the fact that despite their defensive dominance, they weren't able to pile on goals at the other end of the court, with 15 goals being their highest scoring quarter. This suggests that the front line hasn't quite hit its straps, as it is yet to consistently dominate an underperforming opposition.
The good news for the Vixens is that it feels like a dominant attacking performance isn't far away. Both Karyn Bailey and Tegan Caldwell have had outstanding performances at different points this season, and in Cath Cox, Vixens have an experienced matchwinner.
All three are capable of high rates of shooting return. The key is going to be getting all of the shooting combinations to consistently deliver in the big games when the pressure is immense. That pressure will come this weekend by way of an in-form Swifts, who will be fresh after their bye last round. Sunday's game between these two powerhouses will be the match of the round, and for the Vixens it will be crucial that their defensive work is capitalised on by their goalers.


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Folmar honored by his high school in Alabama
Dr. J.K. Folmar spent 30 years teaching history at California University of Pennsylvania and decades writing about it.
While he taught and wrote about Civil War history, he lived it growing up in Alabama.
"If you are a native of the South, you don't have to learn about the Civil War, it's there," said Folmar, 82, of California, Pa.
"There's never been a Civil War like ours, where the folks who lost are more glorified than those who won."
One of his seven books is about the 21st Alabama Infantry.
Folmar said he has two great-grandfathers who enlisted in the Confederacy during the war.
"My folks were fighting for the wrong damn reason," Folmar said.
"It was about slavery. The only reason the war started was to extend slavery. The argument of these folks now is it was about state's rights and that's just wrong."
Folmar said his love for history and his desire to become a teacher were distilled while attending Jemison High School in Chilton County, Ala. He donates books, mostly about the Civil War, to the Jemison library on occasion, mostly in memory of his typing teacher, Lera DuBose. She was also the faculty advisor for the school newspaper, The Panthergram, which Folmar edited.
Recently, Folmar was informed by current school library media specialist, Paula Avery, that he was inducted into the Jemison High School Wall of Fame. His photo will hang next to CNN weatherman Reynolds Wolf.
Folmar graduated from Jemison High School in 1950, in a class of roughly 50 students.
Folmar played football at the small school, located south of Birmingham.
"When I was playing football there, we just played local teams, there were no divisions," said Folmar. Our record was 5-5. We either beat up on teams or they looked like the University of Alabama."
Folmar also had success in oratory contests, winning the local and county events and finishing second at the region competition.
Folmar grew up in Birmingham, moving to the rural area just outside the quaint town of Jemison during his final three years in high school.
"I went from a school of 2,000 to this little school, so it was easy for me," Folmar said. "I had never rode on a school bus before.
"When we practiced football, after practice we hitch hiked. I lived a few miles from school."
After graduating from Jemison High School, Folmar earned his undergraduate degree from Samford University, formerly Howard College, and his master's degree from Birmingham-Southern College. He received a doctorate from the University of Alabama.
He taught for two years each in the Birmingham school system and at the University Military School in Mobile.
While earning his doctorate at the University of Alabama, Folmar served as a teaching assistant and instructor.
After earning his doctorate, Folmar taught three years at Morehead State University.
He moved to Cal U in 1969, teaching history until 1999. He was awarded a Commonwealth Distinguished Faculty Award for Research in 1980, and named Emeritus Professor of History in 1999.
At Cal U, he chaired the history department, founded the History Club and the honor historical society, Phi Alpha Theta.
Folmar coordinated four annual conferences on local and transportation history, served on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Historical Association and the editorial board of Western Pennsylvania Magazine.
Folmar has written seven books on local history, river transportation and even one of poetry.
His latest publication focused on California, Pa.'s role in boat building, especially the iron clads constructed during the Civil War.
He also published 35 articles in historical journals and delivered 65 lectures to local historical and civic organizations on the history of the Monongahela River during the steamboat era.
His interest in river transportation grew out of a chance trip in 1979 to Greensboro in Greene County. While there, he stumbled upon a meeting of the Mon Valley River Buffs. He has been a member ever since, including president of the Monongahela River Buffs Association since 1990 and editor of its newsletter, "Voice of the Mon," since 1980.
Folmar still visits Alabama two to three times a year, usually stopping by the school.
He has four sons, John Folmar Jr. of Rostraver Township, Tram Folmar of California, Pa., Brendan Folmar of Virginia and Forrest Folmar of Maine; and six grandchildren.
Chris Buckley is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-684-2642 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Major
I. Foundational Requirements (15-32 units)
1. Language Requirement (0-16 units)
For all Concentrations except Europe:
- All students must achieve intermediate-level (or higher) proficiency in a modern language other than English.
- Students may demonstrate this proficiency either by:
- passing an intermediate-level proficiency exam or by
- completing a fourth-semester standard language course (202 or equivalent) with a grade of C or better.
For the Europe Concentration:
- Students choosing a European Concentration, with an emphasis in France, Iberia, or Central/Eastern Europe must demonstrate advanced proficiency (ACTFL scale definition) in the language of the respective culture (French, Spanish, German or other appropriate language), either by
- passing an advanced-level proficiency exam or by successfully
- completing a third-year standard language course sequence (e.g.; an SSU class taught in the target language at the 300 level) with a grade of "C" or higher.
- In exceptional cases, students wishing to demonstrate equivalent proficiency shall secure certification of equivalency from qualified faculty in SSU's Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, or from the MLL Department Chair's designee, and present it to the Global Studies Coordinator.
- For Global Studies purposes, proficiency in listening and speaking takes precedence over reading/writing/translating proficiency. Equivalency exams shall therefore include an oral interview as well as a test of reading and writing skills. Students may be required to remit a fee for this exam.
- Formal demonstration of second-language proficiency shall be waived for students who have completed their secondary education at a school whose language of instruction is other than English.
- 2. Global Cultures (choose one)
- ANTH203: Cultural Anthropology D1 (3)
- GEOG203: Human Geography D2, (3)
- ENSP200: Global Environmental Issues D5 (3)
- GEOG201: Global Environmental Systems B1 (4)
- ECON204: Macroeconomics D5 (4)
- GLBL350A: Introduction to Community Service (1)
- GEOG302: World Regions in Global Context D5 (4)
II. Breadth Requirements (choose one in each area 14-15 units)
- 1. Political Ideas and Institutions
- POLS303: Intro to Comparative Gvrnmnt and Global Systems(4)
- POLS304: Introduction to International Relations (4)
- POLS315: Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism, D5 (4)
- POLS452: Third World Political Systems (4)
- HIST202: Development of the Modern World, D2 (3)
- HIST380: 20th Century World, D2 (3)
- ANTH352: Global Issues (4)
- GLBL300: Local Responses to Global Issues D1 (3)
- GEOG322: Liberation Ecologies: Globalztn, Environ. and Social Movmnts. (4)
- WGS385: Gender and Globalization (4)
- PHIL302: Ethics and Human Value Theory, C2 (3)
- POLS 307: Holocaust Lecture Series, D5 (4)
- SOC431: Sociology of Religion, C2 (4)
- HUM301: War and Peace Lecture Series, C3 (3)
III. Concentration Courses (20 units)
- Areas of Concentration
IV. Capstone Requirements (11 units)
- Experiences
- Classes
- GEOG320: Geopolitics (4)
- GLBL496: Senior Capstone Pre-Seminar (3) (Fall)
- GLBL498: Senior Capstone Thesis (4) (Spring)
All majors are expected to participate in an intensive cross-cultural experience of at least three months' duration, during which they speak primarily a language other than their mother tongue.
Students normally will meet this expectation by studying or working abroad.
When travel abroad is impossible, students may arrange an extended cross-cultural experience closer to home, in consultation with the Global Studies Coordinator.


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Denise Duprie Receives 2008 U-M Distinguished Research Administrator Award
Denise M. Duprie, Research Administrator for the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory, has been named the recipient of the 2008 OVPR Distinguished Research Administrator Award. This award honors staff members for their exceptional contributions to the University's mission through the demonstration of superlative service to the research community in a manner exemplifying the highest goals of research administration.
An awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2008, from 3:30-5:00 in the Vandenberg Room at the Michigan League. All are invited.


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Components of the TSAs
Components of the TSAs
Purpose of the TSAs
The TSAs consist of four tables: make (production), use (consumption), direct requirements, and industry-by-commodity total requirements table. The TSAs make and use tables present I-O data with in-house transportation added as an additional commodity and industry. The TSAs direct requirements table shows data on industry use of intermediate and value-added inputs as a percentage of industry output. The TSAs total requirements table provides industry-bycommodity multipliers. The following discusses each table in further detail and presents data at the summary-level. Detailed data can be found in the online appendix to this report: http://www.bts.gov/publications/transportation_satellite_accounts/2011/appendicies. Further information on the units in the make and use tables can be found in box C.
Make Table
The make table in the TSAs (see table 6) is an I-O make table with additional columns for each in-house transportation mode as a commodity and additional rows for each in-house transportation mode as a new industry. As in an I-O make table, the TSAs' make table shows the values, in producers' prices, of each commodity produced by each industry. In each row, the cell on the main diagonal shows the value of the commodity for which the industry has been designated as the primary producer. The other cells in each row show the value of commodities for which the industry is a secondary producer. The sum of all entries in a row is the total output for the industry.
The data in all cells of the TSAs' make table is the same as in the 1997 I-O make table, with the exception of the added in-house transportation column and row for each mode. For each in-house mode, the cell value at the intersection of the in-house transportation column and row equals the total output of in-house transportation; the value for all other cells in the in-house transportation column and row equals zero.
Use Table
Table 7 shows the TSAs' use table, which is an I-O use table with an additional row for the in-house transportation services provided by each in-house mode and an additional column for the redefined in-house transportation activities for each in-house mode. Through this additional column, the TSAs' use table shows the values, in producers' prices, of in-house transportation next to all other intermediate and value-added inputs consumed by other industries or final users. The cell in each row is the amount, as a dollar value, of the commodity used by each industry or final user of the commodity. In the in-house transportation row, the following cells equal zero:
- the cell at the intersection of each in-house transportation row and column (the use of in-house transportation services to support in-house transportation activities), and
- the cell values at the intersections between each in-house transportation row and the for-hire transportation columns (the use of the in-house transportation services to support for-hire transportation activities).
These cells take a zero value as in-house transportation services are provided only by nontransportation industries for their own use.
For all rows, the sum of all entries equals the total output of the commodity. For all columns, the sum of all entries equals the total output for the corresponding industry (see box C for further information on total commodity and total industry output).
Direct Requirements Table
The direct requirements table (see table 8) presents the direct requirement coefficients for each commodity and industry. These values show the amount of a commodity (on a row) required by an industry (on a column) to produce a dollar of the industry's output. The sum of the coefficients for an industry for all intermediate and value-added categories equals one.
The direct requirement coefficients in the table are derived from the TSAs' use table by dividing each industry's commodity and value-added inputs by that industry's total output. This is done for all industries in the TSAs' use table but not for the components of final use or GDP.
Industry-By-Commodity Total Requirements Table
Table 9 presents the industry-by-commodity total requirements coefficients. These values show the production directly and indirectly required to deliver a dollar's worth of goods and services to consumers and other final users. Each column shows the commodity delivered to final users, and each row shows the demand for an industry's output in response to a dollar increase in the final demand for the commodity. The values in the columns and rows are derived from the TSAs' make and use tables.
The last row shows the sum of all the changes in industry outputs that are required to deliver a dollar's worth of goods and services to final users. Because each of these sums is a dollar multiple of the initial dollar spent of an industry's output, the sum often is referred to as an "output multiplier." These multipliers can be used to estimate the impact of changes in the final demands of commodities on total industry output.16 Hence, the table shows the interdependence among producers and consumers in the economy and can be used to derive estimates of the direct and indirect effects of changes in final demand on for-hire and in-house transportation industries and commodities. For instance, the table can be used to analyze the relative effects on transportation and nontransportation industries from an increase in government expenditures on transportation or from a change in the composition of fixed investment that results from a change in business activity.17
16 For more information on the derivation of the industry-by-commodity total requirements table, see: United Nations, Handbook of National Accounting--Input-Output Table, Compilation and Analysis, 1999, available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/EconStatKB/KnowledgebaseArticle10053.aspx as of Mar. 15, 2011.
17 When deriving the TSAs' industry-by-commodity total requirements coefficients, the underlying I-O assumptions were maintained. This includes the assumption that the technology and relative prices defining the relationships between producers and consumers within a given year remain constant. For more information, see: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Concepts and Methods of the U.S. Input-Output Accounts, September 2006, updated April 2009, available at http://www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/IOmanual_092906.pdf as of Mar. 15, 2011.