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Phantom MS Symptoms
Multiple Sclerosis can be a disease stacked high with so called "invisible" symptoms — things which happen to our bodies which no one else can see. These maladies can range from (but are not limited to) fatigue, pain, numbness, cognitive dysfunction, bladder and/or bowel issues and the list goes on.
There are also, in the wonderful world of our stupid commonality, which can be even more frustrating to explain: Phantom Symptoms.
We've chatted here and again on "the cold hand of MS" in our pages before. A new one woke me in the early hours before the roster down the lane made his morning announcements and so I thought we'd talk about them again.
By definition, a phantom sensation is something which we experience but isn't really happening. The creepy crawlies that feel like bugs on our skin are a perfect example. I will often get an icy cold drip falling onto my thigh which feels like water or wax splashing onto my leg. Many of you have chimed in over the years with some of your not-really-there experiences.
This morning — so early it should be called last night — I woke sleeping on my left side to a vibration in the
bed that was so very real that I thought maybe someone had but a washing machine on the spin cycle under our bed. I eventually understood that it was something MS and that I wasn't really vibrating when I was awake enough to analyze the sensation.
First, the bed was not moving. That was pretty easy to ascertain. Next I came to understand that it was only the left side of my body which was feeling the harmonic bodily hum. Still, the sensation was so real that I placed my right hand all over my port side to see if I could feel any movement. None was to be had.
It's one thing to have a tic or twitch that I can say to Caryn, "can you feel [or see] this happening to me" and he can experience the oddity as well. To feel something which really isn't happening is a whole other level of crazy.
Whatever lesion on whatever part of my electrical system that was causing the formidable rumble was only affecting my left side, but it was the entirety of that side of my body — from the center of my spine to the to my sternum and from crown to heal. It lessoned when I rolled to my back and became even fainter when I continued to my starboard beam, but it didn't disappear altogether.
As I sit (still many hours before the XXX is scheduled to make his daily chariot run across the sky) I still note a faint vibration in every part of that side. My teeth, my ears, fingers, buttock, toenails… it's just there. But it isn't, for nothing is really moving there. This thing that I can feel from the inside cannot be experienced by anyone else or even the part of me intimate enough to share the same skin and organs.
Weird disease this multiple sclerosis thing; weird, indeed.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
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There are some things that only other innkeepers will understand. Certain problems or idiosyncrasies we encounter that average people never even think of. For fun, I thought I'd share them with you.
Innkeepers never run out of toilet paper. Since guests only stay for a couple of nights, we have an almost endless supply of partially used rolls of toilet paper.
Innkeepers never run out of soap or shampoo. In fact, there is so much of it leftover that we can't possibly use it all. So we donate the excess either to Freedom House or to the Clean the World organization which sends it to countries in Africa, where cleanliness is needed to help fight disease.
Innkeepers are always on call. Being an innkeeper is a lot like being an emergency room doctor. You have to be available any time, day or night. If guests are present, we expect them to alert us if there is anything wrong. This means that at 2 a.m. we may have to deal with a fire alarm that goes off because a guest forgot to open the flue to the fireplace or a doorbell because someone thought they were locked out.
Inns go through a tremendous amount of coffee. Between guests and what we sell to guests, we order about 50 pounds of coffee every two months. That's a lot of beans for a household that technically only has two occupants. Well, two and a half if you count our precocious feline, but he doesn't drink coffee. Jeff however makes up for him.
Innkeepers spend almost as much time on the computer as they do helping guests. Between reservations, emails, social networking, writing newspaper articles, blogging, recipe writing for cookbooks, etc., I spend probably four to five hours on the computer a day. I'd say next to my knife, blow torch, immersion blender, Vitamix and microplane, my computer is my most indispensable tool.
Innkeepers do an incredible amount of laundry in one week. On average, we do approximately 30 loads of laundry per week. Well by "WE," I mean Jeff. He doesn't let me in the laundry room because I am notorious for shrinking the queen sheets so that they fit on the twin bed and turning his tan colored shorts into lovely pink ones. But I digress. He also spends about 15 hours a week ironing pillow cases, napkins, placemats and tablecloths. Yes ladies, I said Jeff. I have him well trained.
Inns consume an incredible number of eggs. We average about eight to 10 dozen per week. And on really busy weeks, I have been known to go through 12 to 14 dozen. That's 168 eggs! That being said, on that particular week I also went through 10 pounds of butter, but we were celebrating Julia Child's 100th birthday, so I have an excuse.
Innkeepers also own large quantities of things that normal households do not — 12 fluffy pillows, 11 dozen napkins, 10 dozen steak knives, 9 dozen bath towels, 8 dozen teacups, 7 dozen place mats, 6 dozen sheets, 5 dozen golden chargers, 4 flat screen televisions, 3 fireplaces, 2 happy innkeepers, and one super B & B! It helps if you sing along, and in all actuality, you could probably add a zero to each of those.
Now, I jest, but you get the picture. Actually the biggest issue with all that stuff is storage. We have gotten awfully creative at hiding stuff, so it is out of the way and doesn't clutter the place up. In fact, we could probably teach a class on how to organize stuff. Hint: Basements are useful for overflow, but only if they are dry and clean.
So as you can see, while a B & B is basically a home, it actually bridges the gap between home and hotel, and innkeepers have to come up with a lot of creative solutions to making the two jive. And that juggling is all part of the fun and challenge of running a B & B.
Monika Sudakov is the chef and innkeeper at the Chestnut Street Inn in Sheffield. She can be reached at email@example.com.

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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Thousands of Cleveland residents spent part of New Year's Day without power after a large transformer blew sometime in the morning.
Crews had power restored to most of the 5,300 FirstEnergy customers affected by the outage by Tuesday afternoon.
The outage hit as temperatures hovered in the mid-20s.


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DETROIT - Kid Rock has debuted a new song off his upcoming album "Rebel Soul" called "Detroit, Michigan."
The song went live Monday exclusively on Pure Michigan's website. You'll be able to listen to it until Nov. 19, when his album is released.
The fourth track on "Rebel Soul," "Detroit, Michigan" chronicles many of Detroit's musical superstars, including Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger and George Clinton, as well as icons like Rosa Parks and Henry Ford. Kid Rock sings about that old time rock n roll and the Big Three in the song, which is only available on michigan.org.
"Detroit, Michigan" showcases Kid Rock's pride in the city, and Pure Michigan wants to hear from its fans about the places they go and things they do to get their "Detroit Pride" pumping.
Rebel Soul will be the 9th studio album for the five-time Grammy nominee. Kid Rock's last studio album, "Born Free," featured Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, as well as Ortonville, Mich. in the music video for the title track off the album. In August, Kid Rock served as Grand Marshal of the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Kid Rock again to offer his fans and the fans of Pure Michigan the chance to preview "Detroit, Michigan," exclusively on michigan.org," said George Zimmermann, Vice President of Travel Michigan, part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. "Kid Rock is a long-time champion for Michigan – through his lyrics, as in the case of "Detroit, Michigan," and through philanthropic efforts including his work to establish the Kid Rock Foundation and the Made in Detroit Endowed Scholarship."
Kid Rock recently joined forces with Quicken Loans as part of the Opportunity: Made in Detroit campaign to spread the word about the resurgence of Detroit as a place to work, live and play.17170792
He has also worked with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, holding sold-out a joint concert with the orchestra at the Fox Theatre in May. Ticket sales from that concert helped to raise $1 million for the DSO.
As an entrepreneur, Kid Rock opened the American BadAss Beer Company in Michigan in July 2009, and refueled and became the face of the Made in Detroit brand and clothing line.
Kid Rock established the Kid Rock Foundation to raise funds for and provide resources to other non-profit organizations across Michigan and around the country, especially those working to aid disadvantaged children, victims of war and natural disasters, and those suffering from illness. He also works closely with The Rainbow Connection to help fulfill wishes of children in Michigan who have life-threatening illnesses, and the Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute.
In 2009, Kid Rock established the Made in Detroit Endowed Scholarship through Wayne State University to help offset tuition costs of students from throughout southeastern Michigan who are selected for their academic achievements and limited financial resources.
As one of the country's most ardent supporters of the United States military, Kid Rock works closely with Operation Homefront, the USO and Operation Happy Note, among other organizations, whose missions are to assist armed forces members and their families. He also regularly visits service members and has performed for troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Spain and Kosovo.
Kid Rock has sold more than 25 million records since his debut more than a decade ago.
His album "Rock 'N Roll Jesus," released in 2007, debuted at #1 and stayed in the charts for 100 weeks, becoming the biggest selling Rock album of 2008. His hit single "All Summer Long" hit #1 in eight countries. He has performed at events ranging from the Grammy's to the Country Music Awards to the Hip Hop Honors.
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Ivy League Release
PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team was picked to finish second in the Ivy League's Preseason Media Poll, which came from the votes of two members of each school's media contingent in addition to one national voter. The poll was announced during a media conference call with the Ancient Eight coaches, held earlier today.
Defending champion Harvard was a unanimous selection to win the title, garnering all 17 first-place votes and 136 points. Penn was second with 100 points, followed closely by Yale (96) and Princeton (93). Brown was picked fifth, with 74 points, followed by Cornell (38), Dartmouth (38) and Columbia (37).
Under the guidance of the John R. Rockwell Head Coach of Men's Basketball, Jerome Allen, Penn returns all 15 players from a team that went 6-8 last year in Ivy League play, finishing sixth. In addition, the Quakers have added five newcomers to the roster for this season.
Penn opens the 2013-14 season on Saturday, Nov. 9 when the Quakers host Temple in the earliest Philadelphia Big 5 game, by date, in history. The Ivy League campaign will begin on Saturday, Jan. 11 when the Quakers host Princeton at The Palestra.
2013-14 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Poll
1. Harvard, 136 points (17 first-place votes)
2. Penn, 100
3. Yale, 96
4. Princeton, 93
5. Brown, 74
6. Cornell, 38
6. Dartmouth, 38
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Hope this message finds you all well. I have a little technical question. I am currently trying to build a dual porosity model using the earth science module of comsol multiphysics 3.5a. However, I have hit a little bit of a roadblock and I do not know whom else to ask. As well as dual porosity I am trying to model coalbed methane sorption by using the dubinin sorption model. Using this model the matrix storage term turns out to be
Matrix Storage=c1*exp(-(c2*ln(c3/p))^2)
where c1, c2, and c3 are constants and p is the pressure in the system. and the second term of the material balance equation turns out to be the derivative of this matrix storage. The problem is that comsol's default equation has the second term of the material balance equation expressed as da*p' where da is the damping mass coefficient and p' is the derivative of pressure with time. However, using the dubinin sorption model it is not possible to simplify the equation in such a way that it ends up with a coefficient multiplied by a time derivative of pressure. I have tried fiddling around with the equation system but it has yielded no results.
Any ideas on how to modify the equation system so as to fit my dubinin model? Any help on the matter will be very gratefully appreciated. Attached is a word document with the numerical model, perhaps it makes the question clearer. Appologies if the question is not very clear, or if it is very long winded, it is my first time in this forum.
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Nikon UK has launched a new promotion offering £50/€60 cashback on Nikon 1 J1 and V1 kits purchased before 31st August 2012. All claims must be received by the 30th September 2012 in order to qualify. For more information on the promotion, and how to submit your claim, visit the website below.
The Master Photographers Association (MPA) has announced that it will be accepting submissions from 6th June 2012 to its Master Photography Diamond Jubilee Awards. The Awards are open to all qualified members of the MPA, plus there are also several open categories this year that are available to other professional photographers from the UK and around the world. Additionally, two new categories are launched for this year's Awards; the Young Photographer Award (Under 16s) which is free to enter, and the Jubilee Award, a category created especially for images of the 2012 'Jubilee' events, which has a reduced fee of £2.50 to mark the special occasion. For other categories, the cost per image/print entry is set at £6, with entries into the Mario Acerboni Creative Wedding Award fixed at £6 per-three prints. The category of 'Wedding Album' requires a £12 fee. The submission deadline is 3rd August 2012.
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1990 Soil Ratings
The soils information below and the published maps are for general soil information; site specific investigations are recommended for more precise data. For more information, please contact the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services at 703-324-1720, TTY 711 or the Northern Virginia Soild and Water Conservation District at 703-324-1460, TTY 711
Soil Ratings
Explanation of Ratings, Descriptions and Footnotes
On the maps, soil boundaries are identified by dashed lines. Soil properties tend to change gradually between soil types. As a result, the soil boundaries are general in nature and should not be scaled directly from the maps when analyzing individual building sites. In addition, small areas of differing soil types, too small to separate because of the map scale, may occur within a larger soil map unit.
Field symbols are used to identify soil types on the Fairfax County Soil Identification Maps. The symbols, illustrated below, identify the type of soil, slope class, and long term surface erosion.
Example: Soil Map Symbol: 55B2; Soil Number = 55, Slope Class = B, Erosion Class = 2.
The Slope Class on the soil maps is not to be confused with the Problem Class designations from Soil Ratings Chart, i.e., the Problem Class will not be found on the soil maps. The slope and erosion classes on the maps are as shown below.
|Slope Classes
|Potential Erosion Symbols
|A 0-2 percent
|+ - Soil Accumulation (Low)
|B 2-7 percent
|0 - No Erosion (Low)
|C 7-14 percent
|1 - Slight Erosion (Low)
|D 14-25 percent
|2 - Moderate Erosion (Mod)
|E 25+ percent
|3 - Severe Erosion (High)
Key to Ratings
Good = No significant problems in natural undisturbed soils.
Fair = Minor potential problems affecting design or construction.
Marginal = Significant problems that must be considered in design and construction.
Poor = Major problems that must be addressed during the design and construction to ensure satisfactory performance of structures.
Key to Problems and Characteristics
B = Low bearing values for foundation support.
C = Clays with moderate to high shrink-swell potential often having slow to very slow permeability rates.
F = Flooding hazard following storm events.
P = Perched groundwater above restrictive soil or rock layers.
U = Potentially unstable slopes from massive slope failure or slope creep.
W = High seasonal groundwater tables in drainage way or low lying areas.
Soil names are taken from the Soil Survey of Fairfax County, Virginia, Series 1955, No. 11, Issued May 1963. Additional soils, not in the original survey, have been included in revised soil maps of Fairfax County. The USDA Soil Conservation Service has continued to revise and update its list of soils for Virginia since the original soil survey was completed. Ranges in properties and interpretations for use of some soils were modified as more information was gathered, and some names were changed. As a result, some soil names used in Fairfax County today may not coincide in properties and interpretations with the same soil name elsewhere in Virginia. Interpretations are based on observations and data gathered by Fairfax County.
Letter designations A, B or C are assigned to each soil type according to the severity of soil problems and the potential difficulty of analyzing and correcting these problems. These designations serve as a guide to determine if a geotechnical engineering study is required for site development. Chapter 107 (Problem Soils Ordinance) of the Code of the County of Fairfax, Virginia clearly states that no construction shall occur on land containing Cretaceous-age Potomac Group clays (sometimes called marine clay), other shrinking and swelling clays, or on land where high groundwater conditions exist until adequate safeguards have been taken. Regardless of soil type, the builder must provide a warranty for the foundation against structural defects for a period of five years from the date of transfer of record title or possession. (Virginia Code § 55-70.1)
PROBLEM CLASS A Soils:
Class A soils are problem soils. The problems associated with these soils include unstable slopes and land slippage, high shrink-swell clays, poor foundation support, high water table conditions, etc. Geotechnical problems must be addressed with adequate engineering evaluations and designs prior to development. A geotechnical engineering report, prepared according to the geotechnical guidelines in Fairfax County Public Facilities Manual (PFM) and the Building Code, is mandatory for all construction and grading within these problem soil areas. The geotechnical report must be prepared by, or under the direction of, a professional engineer experienced in soil and foundation engineering. The engineering evaluation and report must be submitted for approval, and the recommendations incorporated into the grading plans as requirements for construction prior to plan approval. (PFM 4-0301.1). Construction inspections and certifications are required from the Engineer-of-Record. The soil types or conditions included in this group are:
(1) Cretaceous-age Potomac Group clays (marine clays).
(2) Other high shrink-swell soils in the Coastal Plain.
(3) High shrink-swell clay soils of the Iredell and Orange Soils Groups in the Triassic Basin and Piedmont Upland.
(4) Soils with a seasonal high water table at or near the surface for prolonged periods and low bearing strength (poor foundation support).
(5) Alluvial or floodplain soils.
(6) Uncontrolled fill, Made Land/Disturbed Land, e.g., old mines, landfills, etc.
The installation of linear structures such as storm sewer or sanitary sewer lines, usually do not require geotechnical report submission. The only exception would be in cases where such construction activity might trigger movement in adjoining slopes. Notes addressing placement of backfill and OSHA excavation requirements are sufficient in most cases. Some additions to residential structures and minor commercial buildings (those exempt from site plan submission requirements) usually only require engineered foundation design submitted with building permit application. All other cases require a soil report waiver or exemption as provided under Chapter 107 of the County Code.
PROBLEM CLASS B Soils:
Class B soils are problem soils that primarily have wetness and drainage problems that can be addressed on the construction plans with appropriate geotechnical notes and drawings, such as foundation drain details for basements and crawl spaces. Geotechnical investigation by an engineer is recommended; however, the submission of the resulting report for separate county approval may not be required under the following circumstances:
- Class A type problem soil is not on the property.
- The site /grading plans incorporates geotechnical notes and drawings addressing the items such as foundation drains, overlot drainage, compacted fill requirements (acceptable material, lift thickness, density testing, frequency of testing, etc). Construction inspections notes are required as shown in PFM 4-0402.1 and 4-0402.2.
- Project does not require pile foundations, geopiers, mat foundation, ground modification; such as dynamic compaction, stone columns, vibra compaction chemical stabilization, etc.
- Geotechnical reports are not required under any other county regulation or building codes.
PROBLEM CLASS C Soils:
Class C soils are not considered problem soils for foundations. These soils typically have few problems that would adversely affect most residential uses. Geotechnical investigation by an engineer is recommended; however, the submission of the resulting report for separate county approval may not be required under the following circumstances:
- Building foundation footprint is not within 25 feet of Class A problem soil. The 25 feet margin allows for errors in mapping of the soils. If the building footprint is within 25 feet of Class A soil, a report or waiver is required.
- Project does not require pile foundations, geopiers, mat foundation, ground modification; such as dynamic compaction, stone columns, vibra compaction chemical stabilization, etc.
- Geotechnical reports are not required under any other county regulation or building codes.
Construction on engineered fill over Class C soils will require geotechnical engineering specifications on the site, grading or construction plans. The notes must address the placement of fill, material quality, and frequency of testing.
Major construction projects involving multi-story buildings, mat foundation, deep foundation, deep excavations, sheeting and shoring, retaining walls, embankments, ground modification, etc., require geotechnical report submission in compliance with the building codes.
Foundation support ratings are based on empirical observations and experience. Unstable slopes, soft or compressible soils with low bearing values, high shrink-swell clays, high seasonal water tables, and flooding potential will adversely affect foundation support. In some problem soils, shallow bedrock may provide high bearing values; however, the bedrock may not to be continuous, or may require blasting for the foundation subgrade.
Soil conditions that affect drainage around yards, crawl spaces, and basements include depth to seasonal high water table, permeability, landscape position, and potential for flooding. Soils with a "Poor" rating have a seasonal high water table at or near the surface, slowly permeable layers, or are subject to frequent flooding. A "Good" rating refers to permeable soils with a seasonal water table well below the ground surface.
Suitability for a septic drainfield is based on the criteria for subsurface soil absorption systems defined by the commonwealth of Virginia Sewage Handling & Disposal Regulations and Chapter 68 (Individual Sewage Disposal Facilities) of the Fairfax County Code. Ratings are based on depth to seasonal high water table, bedrock, or other restrictive layer, landscape position, flooding potential, slope, presence of shrink-swell clays and permeability. Suitability for alternative on-site disposal systems were not factored into the rating. These general ratings should be used only for preliminary planning and evaluation. On-site evaluations are necessary to determine actual soil conditions and suitability.
Suitability for infiltration trenches used in storm water control is based on depth to seasonal high water table, bedrock or other restrictive layer, slope, landscape position, flooding potential, and permeability. These general ratings should be used for preliminary planning and evaluation only. Site evaluations are necessary to determine actual soil conditions and suitability. Technical guidance in planning and designing BMP infiltration trenches can be found in the Northern Virginia BMP Handbook available from the Engineers and Surveyors Institute, telephone: 703-207-0688, TTY 711, or the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, telephone: 703-642-0700, TTY 711.
Erosion potential, applies to soils under construction site conditions. Erodibility is affected by texture (relative proportion of sand, silt and clay), rock content, permeability, structure and slope (natural or man-made).
Low = Soils are not highly erodible, except on steep unprotected cuts. Sheet erosion of less that 0.05 inches can be expected on unprotected soils during a severe storm.
Moderate = Soils are moderately erodible on B slopes, highly erodible on C slopes or greater. Sheet erosion of 0.05 to 0.25 inches, plus rill and shallow gully erosion, can be expected on unprotected soils during a severe storm.
High = Soils are highly erodible, even on B slopes. Soil loss in excess of 0.25 inches from sheet erosion and formation of numerous gullies can be expected on unprotected soils in a severe storm.
As -- Bedrock With Naturally Occurring Asbestos
These soils occur within a geologic formation known as the Piney Branch Complex, locally known as greenstone. Naturally-occurring asbestos minerals, predominantly actinolite and tremolite, are known to occur in this formation. Excavations in bedrock or earth moving activities within this formation may expose these minerals to the atmosphere, allowing the fibers to become airborne.
Personnel working in or around this geologic area should be alerted to this potential health risk. For construction activities in this area, dust control and worker protection measures must be implemented. Excavated rock materials from the Piney Branch formation are not to be used as an aggregate. All exposed rock materials must be covered after construction. The Health Department, Telephone: 703-246-3561, TTY 711, should be contacted for information regarding worker protection and dust control.
Soils labeled Hyd are predominantly hydric soils. Hydric soils are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic (oxygen-deprived) conditions in the upper part. Soils labeled Hyd+ may consist of predominantly hydric soils in low areas and adjacent to streams or other hydric soils. In other areas, these soils will to be predominantly non-hydric.
Hydric soils are one of three criteria used to delineate wetlands. According to the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands, a jurisdictional wetland must have three essential characteristic: (1) wetland hydrology (soils are inundated or saturated with water for prolonged periods during the growing season), (2) hydrophytic vegetation (plants adapted to withstand saturated conditions), and (3) hydric soils.
Non-tidal wetlands are regulated under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are responsible for making determinations of wetlands regulated under the Clean Water Act. A permit must be obtained from the Corps of Engineers in many cases where construction is planned in wetlands.
The presence of hydric soils on the Fairfax County Soil Identification Maps provides a good indication of the extent and probability of wetlands, but does not necessarily mean that the site is a jurisdictional wetland. Other wetland criteria may not be present, or small areas of nonhydric soils may be included in the hydric soil mapping units. A detailed site evaluation is necessary to confirm the presence of, and delineate the extent of, wetlands.
These soil types are susceptible to slope instability on natural slopes. Slope movement may be accelerated by construction activities. Slope stability analyses must be performed using acceptable engineering methods.
Slope stability refers to long-term (permanent) stability in original ground. For most soils, the maximum final slope should not be steeper than 3:1 (horizontal:vertical). The soils noted US generally require permanent slopes of 5:1 or flatter where marine clays are present. Fill slopes require engineering designs and compaction to ensure long-term stability.
Temporary slopes such as in excavations or trenches must be designed in accordance with OSHA standards.
Geotechnical requirements for the submission of reports are contained in the PFM, Chapter 6, Section 1605. The article contains a rating of the different soil types for dam use such as; embankment materials, embankment foundation, core, seepage potential, etc. It should be noted that a soil rated poorly for foundation support and general construction work may be rated suitable for certain components of a dam or landfill. A geotechnical engineer must be consulted for site specific investigations.


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STG Announces Upcoming Events: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and More
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013 @ 8:00pm
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is among the most original forces in contemporary dance. As one of the only professional dance companies to perform year-round, Hubbard Street is continually touring nationwide and internationally. Now in its 34th year, the main company has appeared in celebrated dance venues in 44 states and 19 countries. The company will be performing two pieces they are calling, The Isralei Program:
THREE TO MAX Ohad Naharin, Choreography
THREE TO MAX, a new creation for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2011, is a collage of past works created by Naharin over the past decade. Working with Naharin is always a rewarding experience for Hubbard Street dancers, who are able to experience the synergy of his "Gaga" method of movement, which involves covering the studio mirrors and letting dancers observe and analyze many things at once.
Too Beaucoup Sharon Eyal and Gaï Behar, Choreography
Too Beaucoup is a full-company work created for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago by Sharon Eyal and Gaï Behar. The piece is the choreographic sequel to Bill, a work created by Eyal and Behar for Batsheva Dance Company in 2010, inspired partly by the video artist Bill Viola. Bill is about things people experience very strongly, which change without notice. Too Beaucoup, meaning "too, too much", aims to manipulate and replicate precise and robotic movement that offers a sense of watching a 3-D video. Because of this, music, costumes and lighting become just as important as the movement. The creative process proved eye opening for Hubbard Street dancers.


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A daily insight into the joys of raising boys...and lots of them.
The cape is beautiful! I love it when you can actually find something classy that fits a pregnant woman. You look lovely.
Thanks, Emily.
So lovely! :)
Look at you - all baby!! You're great at making pregnancy look effortless :)
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AWEARNESS Book by Kenneth Cole
While we're all riding the wave of this revolutionary election, remember that this feeling of social responsibility and caring should not die on November 5. Kenneth Cole is releasing a new book called Awearness, featuring insipiring stories about how to make a difference. His print ads catch our attention month after month and now we can capture the designer's essence in one 256-page book. The book features stories from Jon Bon Jovi, Lucy Liu, Don Cheadle, Robert Redford, Bill Clinton, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Ashley Judd, Lance Armstrong, Ludacris, Lauren Bush and Rachael Ray - and 100% of the profits will go to the AWEARNESS Fund.


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Householders in north Pembrokeshire and Cardigan are being offered an earlybird grant to help with the cost of installing solar hot water, biomass boilers or heat pumps but the closing date is looming.
"We are working hard to make solar hot water affordable for anyone that it suits," said Vicky Moller on behalf of the eco group administering the grant.
"If a family uses hot water for washing and has a sunny spot to put the modest-sized panels, it would generally be foolish not to install, provided the price is right."
The group can offer the earlybird local grant, bulk-buy and installation deals which will lower prices, as well as loans at 4% interest.
"The more people who sign up with an expression of interest the better the deal and the more grant can be applied for. It would be wise to leave fossil fuels before they leave us," said Vicky.
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I would like to propose a a rule that arcs on character pages remain empty or unchanged until the arc is complete so that then a proper summary may be written. This would decrease the amount of edits being done as most are poorly written, in the wrong tense, or too long. This would be good now with a new arc coming up after the current Kage Summit Arc.
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- Unnecessary if anything. The real problem is people like to post a complete play by play of a chapters events in the arc sections, which is bad and could lead to a 3 paragraph section for one chapter. I also would rather not regulate all new information to the Plot articles because quite frankly, those already need major tuning as is, the last thing they need is people adding play by plays to it because they can't edit character articles.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 00:59, February 26, 2010 (UTC)


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United States Power Squadron Classes
The American Boating Course is a two (2) day course, usually held on Saturdays, and covers the following information:
- INTRODUCTION TO BOATING -- types of boats; different uses of boats; outboard, stern-drive, and inboard engines; jet drives.
- BOATING LAWS -- boat registration; hull identification number; required safety equipment; operating safely and reporting accidents; protecting the marine environment; Federal boating laws; and PWCs.
- PERSONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT -- personal flotation devices ("life jackets"); fire extinguishers; sound-producing devices; visual-distress signals; first aid kit; anchor; safety equipment and PWC.
- SAFE BOAT HANDLING -- bow riding; substance abuse; entering, loading, and trimming a boat; fueling portable and permanent tanks; steering with a tiller and a wheel; docking and mooring; knots; filing a float plan; checking equipment, fuel, weather, and tide; using charts; choosing and using an anchor; safe PWC handling.
- NAVIGATION -- the U.S. Aids to Navigation system; types of buoys and beacons; navigation rules; avoiding collisions; sound signals; PWX "tunnel vision."
- BOATING PROBLEMS -- hypothermia; boating accidents and rescues; capsizing; running aground; emergency radio calls; engine problems; boating problems and PWC.
- TRAILERING, STORING, AND PROTECTING YOUR BOAT -- types of trailers; trailer brakes, lights, hitches, tires, and bearings; loading, balancing, and towing a trailer; towing (and backing) a trailer; boat launching and retrieving; boat storage and theft protection; launching, retrieving, and storing a PWC.
- HUNTING AND FISHING, WATERSKIING, AND RIVER BOATING -- carrying hunting gear and weapons in a boat; fishing from a boat; waterskiing safety guidelines and hand signals; waterskiing with a PWC; navigating rivers.
Squadron Boating Course
The Squadron Boating Course is an eight (8) week course, held on Tuesday nights, and covers the following information:
- You are the Skipper! What would you do?
- Boat Terms & Types
- Marine Radiotelephone
- Introduction to Knots and Lines
- Charts and Aids to Navigation
- Piloting - Plotting a course, using the mariner's compass, figuring your Distance-Speed-Time and determining your position on the face of the earth.
- Boat Handling
- Government and Louisiana Regulations
- Navigation Rules of the Road
- What to do in Adverse Conditions
- Trailering
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Most RomanticLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Last night during their weekly poker game, five men (Brad, John, Mitch, Paul, and Ron) were bragging about how romantic they were. In order to decide who was the best husband, they planned to take their wives on a special date this Friday night, including dinner, flowers, and a movie. Can you figure out the name of each wife, where the couple went for dinner, the flowers she received, and the movie they saw?
The wives are: Belinda, Jessica, Monica, Penelope, and Robyn
The flowers are: Daisies, Pansies, Roses, Sunflowers, and Tulips
The restaurants are: Bella Notte (Italian), Cowhide (Steak), Juan's (Mexican), OoLaLa (French), and Wok In and Out (Chinese)
The movies are: Gone in 20 Seconds (a movie about car thieves), Lonely Canary (a western), The Journal (a romance), Pretty Lady (a romantic comedy), and Shriek (a horror movie).
1. John, who didn't take out Belinda (who went to Bella Notte, but not with Ron or Mitch), had to turn on all the lights and check under the bed for killers before his wife would come inside the house and put the tulips in a vase.
2. The couple that dined at Cowhide did not see "The Journal" or "Gone in 20 Seconds".
3. Penelope, who didn't get pansies, loved the car movie her husband took her to (he wasn't Paul, who gave roses to his "Pretty Lady").
4. Robyn did not get roses, but she found a romantic message in her eggroll, which wasn't from Ron.
5. The couple that went to Juan's enjoyed the daisies, but they did not see "The Journal".
6. Monica got sunflowers from her husband.
7. Mitch and his wife filled up on tacos before their movie.
8. Jessica, who was not married to Brad (who gave pansies to his wife), went to OoLaLa.
9. Robyn's husband wanted to see "Shriek", the new slasher film, but she insisted on a more romantic movie.
AnswerBrad, Robyn, Pansies, Wok In and Out, "The Journal"
John, Jessica, Tulips, OoLaLa, "Shriek"
Mitch, Penelope, Daisies, Juan's, "Gone in 20 Seconds"
Paul, Belinda, Roses, Bella Notte, "Pretty Lady"
Ron, Monica, Sunflowers, Cowhide, "Lonely Canary"
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Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
About This Performance
Liszt's Second Piano Concerto, revised many times over the years, is in one single, long movement, divided into six sections that are connected by transformations of several themes, showing a closer relationship to his symphonic work than his virtuosic First Concerto.
Of composing his Third Symphony, Saint-Saëns said, "I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again." It was his last attempt at symphonic form. He dedicated it to the memory of his friend Franz Liszt, who died that year, on July 31, 1886. Fans of Babe will recognize the main theme as the source of the film's soundtrack.
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Nice write up. I need a beginner type/ lightweight bike. Sounds like a great option for me. I had been wondering about the little ninja but wasn't sure. Thanks Tim, definitely food for thought.
Nice write up. I need a beginner type/ lightweight bike. Sounds like a great option for me. I had been wondering about the little ninja but wasn't sure. Thanks Tim, definitely food for thought.
An interesting epilogue to this lil diddy I wrote up about the Kawasaki Ninja 250.
Got a inquiry from a Navy officer who's serving on an aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, in the Middle East right now. He's the safety officer for the ship, and is also a fellow rider (FJR). He relays that many of the service persons serving aboard the ship are likely to purchase motorcycles on their return home to San Diego in a few months.
They are going to take this article and photos about the Ninja 250, and add it into the ship's intranet as a permanent part of the motorcycling information available to the sailors, pilots, Marines, etc. He adds they'd like to do this to encourage those that might be new to motorcycling to start out slow (i.e. a Ninja 250) and work up in displacement over time.
Pretty cool! Never know who's reading this stuff!
Dang Tim, when you put your thoughts and experience into text it sure gets around! Very cool!
I'm looking forward to Julie getting that little Ninja 250! I know some real tight goat trails to break it in on for her. Yes for her! Ok, I think I'll have some fun with it too!
"The key to life is to die young, at a very old age"
"Ride like you own the road, and one day the road will own you"
That was, without a doubt, the best review I've ever read about the littlest Ninja. There was only one other positive one that I've read. I believe it was written by or with Bubba Shobert and he really liked it too. Most are relatively condescending, starter bike and all that. One of the quotes I remember from Bubba's test was that most beginners are never going to find the best part of the 250 because the fun doesn't start until about 7/10ths .
I think they are a hoot and I've been riding a long, long time. I ride for the grins and I've probably gotten more out of this bike then any other. Certainly on a grin per dollar ratio.
I bought mine in the early 90's because my XS1100 would not run well in the rain and I don't like cleaning rust off chrome. I bought the Ninja as a throw-away bad weather bike and got hooked. As I get older my bikes keep getting smaller, except the XR's got larger and I can't explain that. No reason paying for ability in a bike that I have no desire to test the limits of. And mom said I had no sense (she was right when she said it).
I've thrown it on the trailer with the dirt bikes and taken it all over Michigan to ride the back roads. I don't think I'd want to do 700 miles all at once but it was enough to make me realize I didn't need (or want) a larger sport bike.
Probably the best part of owning it is trying to explain it to onlookers. Almost everyone guesses it's a 600 because without a near by reference it's hard to tell how small it is. The "hard core" Harley types are the best. I've only had a few of them approach me about it but the result has been the same every time. They'll say something mildly derisive about it and I tell them it's a 250. They always stop, look again, and say they've never heard of one. I rattle off a few of the specs and they always end up begrudgingly giving it some little compliment that it's "kind of cool" or something like that. A miniature motorcycle gets them every time.
I've been riding it a lot more lately due to gas prices. It averages about 60 MPG. I have to travel 40 miles a day to work and back so it has paid for itself yet again. The other day at a light a guy on a BMW with softbags and some other gear on it stopped next to me. He's looking down about a foot and a half at me sitting there and you could just see "I remember Ninjas being a bit larger" on his face - priceless.
Excellent article - You 'da man
I agree with everyone else; this was a great article. My wife has a Ninja 250, and I find myself riding it from time to time just for fun. You're right about how the bike is more than just a starter bike because it has some thrills hidden inside of its small package. The bike is so light that flicking it around is no work at all, and when the engine gets (and stays) above 8000 rpm, thats when the fun begins. Sure, there's no torque in the bottom end, but above 10,000 rpm, this bike does scoot along. If one is used to V-twins, getting used to high revs will take adjusting...sounds like a large hair dryer! I almost feel bad for those poor bikes because most never come close to reaching their full potential since so many riders are beginers that own them. In my opinion, a bike is a bike, and they all deserve respect. Kudos to Pashnit for bringing to light the attributes of one our smaller, yet perky members of the motorcycle family. Given the chance, ride this bike and find out what we're talking about.
Damon Cooper
Ninja 250s ROCK.
Spin it up and fan the shifter.
Gone is the world of 'point and squirt' between corners.
Enter the world of 'power band' and 'corner speed'.
"dancin' the canyons in the pale moonlight"
Because Of This Article, I Am The Most Proudest 250 Rider On My Block. Ill Take Some Pictures Soon So All Of You Can See My 250 Too.
But Thanks Alot Of The Article.
Makes Everyday Riding My Bike. Better.
Great job as usual tim. Been following you for a few years now. I wanna say 4-5yrs but who knows, i guess I could look at paypal history and check when i sent you money Anyhow i rode one of these around about 4 years ago while shopping for bikes and I fell in love with it. I ended up buying a GPZ 1100. But that little 250 left a big impression on me. Trying to get my wife to ride day in and day out. She said she likes the rebel though i keep trying to get her to like this little ninja. In the end though it never matters what a husband thinks can't wait till your next review man.
Nothing wrong with having more than 1 bike is there?
Originally Posted by CalifNative
Great article. I have seen so many new riders who buy the biggest and baddest bike just for their image. They Also say that they are too big to ride a small bike. I can now refer them to this article.
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Q-factor with Kedren Johnson
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 8:03 p.m.
Five questions with Vanderbilt sophomore guard Kedren Johnson
Q: You could have gone to a number of schools, including Alabama and Florida. What made you decide to go to Vanderbilt?
A: My family has gotten the opportunity to see me play. It's close to home. My sister, she just had my niece and I wanted to see her grow up. Vanderbilt, they did a great job of recruiting me. They recruited me the hardest.
Q: What have you learned in your first year as a starter?
A: The most fun for me has been taking on more of a leadership role, being more vocal. Usually, I'm kind of a quiet dude. Just trying to get out of my shell.
Q: How difficult has it been to play this season with five new starters?
A: It's been tough just us getting to know each other, all of us getting together on the same page. Plus we were pressed for time getting our chemistry together at the beginning of the year. I think we're learning each other more.
Q: What's the best part about going to college in Nashville?
A: Again, just being close to the family. I don't really go into the city that often. It's mainly just here (on campus). Nashville isn't the biggest city, but people are friendly, you know, Southern hospitality.
Q: What's it like playing for Kevin Stallings?
A: He means the best. He doesn't always pick the kindest words to say, but you know where it's coming from. You know he has good intentions. We've really gotten closer this year with him and we know now what to expect. When he says something, we can decode it and know what he really wants.
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National Dialogue on the Curriculum of Readiness for the 21st Century Librarian
ALA Annual Conference - Chicago, Illinois - Tuesday June 28, 2005
Carla Funk: Thank you, Rhea. I figured since I was last on the program, I should have some pictures for you to look at.
My title is Collaboration for Lifelong Learning. And I'm going to speak from the special libraries and, specifically, the medical library standpoint to some extent, but also from the Association's standpoint because that's what I do now.
OK. I'm going to set the stage with a little background about the special library community and, I skipped over the first slide but, on average, about 10% of LIS graduates annually go to work in special libraries. This is a small, a small percentage. And the figures that you would have seen are from the October 15, 2003 2004 LJ articles on placements.
And this is a small percentage, however, when you look at the combined memberships of the various associations, if you take ALA and then add together the memberships of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association and the Special Libraries Association, you'll see that they equal about one half of ALA's membership. So something's going on here as you go through.
And one reason for this is that the people come to special librarianship as a second or even a third career or professional change. So they're coming from public libraries, as I did. They come from all sorts of backgrounds.
They also come from a variety of other professions. And, in the case of health sciences librarians, we have nurses, we have MDs, we have medical technologist. We have people that come to us from different areas. And they do go back and they get their MLSs. So we have the MD MLS and we have the RN MLS combinations. Law librarians, of course, have the JDs, MLSs and a variety of other kinds of things.
Minorities make up between 13 and 14% of the memberships of our three associations right now. And this is an overall increase of about 6% since the mid to late 90s. So that's not too bad. I know MLA and I'm sure our sister library associations have been working very hard not only on recruiting into our associations, which is important, but recruiting into the profession. And this is a big issue with us getting a whole diverse group of people into the profession.
Now, all of our associations have developed competency documents and statements over the years. MLA's is the oldest, we published in the early 1990s and SLA's is the newest which they revised in 2003. Now, MLA is currently in the process of revising what we call platform for change and we'll have that completed in 2007. And, although each statement is phrased somewhat differently, I want to show you in a minute the basic competencies that we feel that are important for our constituents.
These are fairly broad statements and we've heard a lot this morning about new things and whatever but, if you think hard enough, you can really wrap in a lot of the new ideas into these basic things. Management of information services, which is budgeting, facilities planning, administration, to name a few things. Understanding information needs and information resources, which are the principles and practices related to providing information.
Resource management and I'll include in that right now, negotiation because a lot of us are involved in contract negotiation, which is something you're not trained to do very well or you weren't in the past. And that's, of course, collection development and management, organization of information.
Information systems and technology, we've heard a lot about that. Special libraries have this in spades. This is the way we live. So we need to know not only the principles of automated systems, but the design of them, the use of them, the evaluation of them, including web development, blogging, virtual support of our professional communities who we serve. It's very interesting.
Another thing that we do, instructional support systems. A lot of our members teach and they teach people, they teach medical students for example. In our area, they teach physicians. The law librarians do teaching in the professions too. We have to teach users ways to access, organize and use information.
We also have a need for research analysis and interpretation, particularly important in our environment where you are called upon to access and filter or create a competitive, intelligent strategy. A little different; a little high level.
Also, the profession, we have to be able to conduct and interpret research about ourselves, which is extremely important and we continue to try to do more and more of that.
The practice environment and information policies, in other words, who are you working for? What's going on? The publishing environment what's going on in publishing? Copyright somebody mentioned scholarly publishing already open access. All of that stuff we need to know.
Communication and marketing skills, we've heard the importance of that already this morning incredibly important to sell yourself to keep your library alive in your institution, your corporation, your organization because we are getting closed.
Cutting across all of these areas are other professional qualities. Again, we've heard about them, such as respect for others; the ethics of information; being a team player; being able to plan and prioritize; being creative; flexible; being a mentor; seeking out new roles. So you've got to, this pervades all of those other things.
Now, as we all recognize, our environment is constantly changing, as are the people in it. Our librarians may be increasingly working outside of the physical library; there are virtual libraries now as we know. Librarians must learn how to cope with that environment and also recognize that not everything, at least in the medical literature is available electronically.
We're still in that kind of transitional phase. There is a tremendous increase in information but the challenge is to be able to identify quality information from authoritative sources. Good enough information, instead of the best information can lead to deadly consequences in the medical arena.
And also, we've learned right now that instant messaging, even if you get a request via PDA does not equal instant answering. Many of our questions are very complicated. And one of our libraries actually tried this and gave up on it because you can't in a medical environment generally get back like that. It's more complicated and things ride on them, important things ride on your answers.
There is also a tremendous increase in searching options. So, it is imperative to understand how the search engines work. For example, I learned recently and you probably all know this, depending on when you search Google for medical information you may get different citations, because there is a searching time limit and if it's real busy, you're going to get different things at busy times of the day, fewer things and another type. So, that's kind of was shocking to some e people. PubMed, in our example, is still a better search option, but students must understand how these things are built and understand to look at how they work.
Special librarians like everyone else are serving g increasingly complex and diverse communities. That's one reason it is important to recruit and retain librarian from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Two examples, again one from the medical library field we have our real hot topic now is health literacy and health information literacy, the ability to understand and use health information successfully.
And there are all sorts of literacies involved here. There is language, there is age, there is cultural and reading ability issue, ethnic issues, whole range of things that as the previous speaker said, cultural sensitivity is really important. Also, your corporate headquarters and main library may be in a different country. And language skills and cultural sensitivity is needed here, so you can give your clients wherever they reside in the world, a most effective service.
Librarians must be taught and adopt multidisciplinary and cross functional approaches to service. To day it is necessary to partner with other types of libraries, community organizations, other institutions, other subject specialties to get the job done. There will be continually evolving information roles and librarians must be able to recognize and adapt to them.
For example, MLA is sponsoring a study of the role of what we are calling the Informationist to work as part of the healthcare team with a higher level of subject knowledge and technical skills to help physicians and researchers work their way through relevant data sets, knowledge based information and all that goes with it to reach the best conclusion that they can.
All of these factors and probably more emphasize the need for lifelong learning. Learning cannot stop with the MLS, and I think that's one of my messages today. We've all got to work together. This is going to take cooperation among the graduate schools, the professional associations, other information related groups and anybody else that we can think of that can help us to get the job done.
The OIS curriculum should prepare students to design their learning program throughout the length of their careers. It doesn't stop when you graduate. You keep going and going, especially in our environment today. The graduate schools should work with professional associations and other information related groups to developed or present courses on new topics.
And I'll give you an example of that we did. Members, we have a continuing education committee, members of our committee for us developed a web based courses on evidence based medicine, which was a really hot topic and still is. And we offered it, MLA offered it to our group for a couple of years, and then the course migrated to the University of North Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and they are offering it now.
So, that was a very successful way that an association started something and then it went into the mainstream. It was a way that the school could ramp up very quickly to a hot topic that was going to continue with some collaboration between the two groups. Finally, we must all continue to present courses using new technologies focusing on distance education opportunities to attract those students including minorities who may not live near a graduate school program, .
And I just want to close with a little ad, I guess. This is our CE web page. And we have an educational clearing house that has about 300 courses, 10 of which are web based. We are also linking to all LIS programs on this page that offer courses in medical librarianship, LIS web based courses and relevant web based courses that are offered by ARL, NLM National Library for Medicine and ALA.
For example, also within the next year, we will be holding an institute to enable our instructors to convert their courses into electronic form and some of these may become part of the LIS curricula or a part of a practitioner's continuing education programs. So, this is what we're trying to do to help. And our goal is to have the best educated group of medical librarians available, and this is one of the ways we do it.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Wednesday night's first presidential debate of 2012 could be a game changer for many local voters.
When the two rivals for the presidency face off, millions of voters will be watching.
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A DAY of fun and destruction awaits racegoers at Smeatharpe Stadium between Taunton and Honiton on Sunday (1pm).
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Both major events at Smeatharpe so far this year for the National Bangers – the Winter Open in January and Crasharama in May, have been won by Steve Bailey of Whitstone. There is plenty of local interest, with Ben King of Taunton and Bridgwater's David Brown due in action.
Reliant Robins tend to raise a smile even when spotted on the road, so there is likely to be plenty of comedy value For most folk, seeing a Robin Reliant driving along the road is often enough to raise a smile, so there is bound to be plenty of comedy value when a clutch of them are raced on a short oval circuit. The 'Plastic Pigs' have not been raced at Smeatharpe since 2010, but there was a clamour for them to be returned to the fixture and nearly 20 are set to line up.
The climax of the meeting will be a Caravan Chaos event – but with a difference. Typically, the caravan race sees dilapidated caravans towed by cars, but for this particular event, the Reliant Robins will tow a small number of caravans, and the other Reliant Robins will have the opportunity to smash them to smithereens in an orgy of destruction and devastation.
The British Championship for the non-contact Stock Rods has attracted a most impressive entry. In addition to a good number of drivers from the South-West, there will be drivers from across England and Northern Ireland.
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The Australian share market has closed higher as bargain hunters moved in following falls in morning trade.
The fortunes of the local market reversed in the second half of the day as traders looked overseas.
It came despite the iron ore price falling below $US100 per tonne.
"The Aussie market appears to have been on a frolic of its own compared to international markets," CMC analyst Ric Spooner said.
"A drop in the iron ore price created the atmospherics, and mining stocks came under pressure early, but this afternoon we've seen some old fashioned bargain hunting."
He said Asian markets generally performed well following a positive lead from Wall Street.
"Our market obviously felt a bit nervous about continuing to head in the opposite direction," he said.
Investors initially sold off mining stocks as they worried about the short term prospects of the steel making commodity, which is Australia's largest export.
The iron ore price fell under $US100 per tonne overnight for the first time since 2012, putting more pressure on the share market, where nearly half of the listed companies are in the resources sector.
The big miners finished mixed, with BHP Billiton up two cents at $37.45 but Rio Tinto down five cents at $60.05.
Fortescue Metals rose 17 cents to $4.54 after announcing a major increase in the size of its resources.
The banks were also mixed, with Commonwealth Bank up 27 cents at $79.83, Westpac down 10 cents at $33.68, National Australia Bank up 15 cents at $33.10 and ANZ nine cents higher at $32.75.
Defensive stocks and retailers were some of the only sectors in positive territory.
* At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 11.4 points, or 0.21 per cent, higher at 5,420.4.
* The broader All Ordinaries index was up 11.4 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 5,401.7.
* The June share price index futures contract was eight points higher at 5,425, with 20,254 contracts traded.
* The price of gold in Sydney at 1700 AEST was $US1,290.30, down $US5.70 on Monday's price of $US1,296.00.
* National turnover was 1.5 billion securities worth $3.7 billion.


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The Tragedy of Lucretia
Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1444 or 1445 - 1510, Florence) Italian
Tempera and oil on panel, 83.8 x 176.8 cm (33 x 69 5/8 in.)
Genre: European Art, Paintings
Location: Raphael Room
Accession Number: P16e20
The style of Botticelli's paintings from the last decade of his life, beginning with such works as the Tragedy of Lucretia, is dramatically different from that of his earliest career. The gentle calligraphy of his earlier drawing and the balletic grace of his figure types, derived from Filippo Lippi but perfected in his own unmistakable idiom, have given way to hard, almost engraved lines and crabbed, intensely over-wrought figures. The delicate veils of color that warmed the atmosphere and created a sense of open space as well as of surfaces and textures in paintings like the Chigi Madonna, have become adamantine blocks of bright, unmodulated tone, lending a cold clarity to a light that defines figures and architecture with somewhat inconsistent results. In part this change may be attributable to Botticelli's shift to the fashionable medium of oil paints, a shift he was never comfortable making, having been one of the century's greatest technicians in the use of tempera paints. Scholars have also seen in the stiffening of Botticelli's late style proof of Vasari's claim that the artist was physically debilitated at the end of his life: "Finally, having become old, unfit for work, and helpless, he was obliged to go on crutches, being unable to stand upright, and so died, after long illness and decrepitude." Whether this story be fact or fiction, Botticelli's late works betray no perceptible diminution in his power of expression or in his compositional genius. The Tragedy of Lucretia is certainly one of the great masterpieces of Florentine painting from the last years of probably its greatest period, the golden age of the fifteenth century.
Source: Laurence Kanter (1997), "The Tragedy of Lucretia," in Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 69.
Probably commissioned for Casa Vespucci on Via de' Servi, Florence as part of a spalliere (painted panels inserted above the wainscoting of a room) to celebrate the wedding of Giovanni di Guidantonio Vespucci (1476–1534) and Namicina di Benedetto Nerli in 1500.
Piero Salviati purchased Casa Vespucci, along with the panels, in 1533.
Collection of Lucrezia Salviati, Piero Salviati's daughter, and her husband Giovanni de Bardi di Vernio by descent, after 1568 until at least 1584.
Collection of Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham (1840–1913), Sussex by 1894.
Isabella Stewart Gardner purchased from Bertram Ashburnham, London on 19 December 1894 for £3000 through Bernard Berenson (1865–1959), American art historian.
- Bernard Berenson. "Les Peintures Italiennes de New York et de Boston ." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1896), pp. 195, 206-07, ill.
- Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 7, no. 13.
- Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 10.
- William Rankin. "Cassone Fronts in American Collections." The Burling Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 9 (1906), p. 288.
- Wilhelm Bode. Sandro Botticelli (London, 1925), pp. 96, 128-29, 141.
- Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), pp. 66-69.
- Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 113.
- Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), pp. 6, 56.
- Stuart Preston. "The Tragedy of Lucretia" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), pp. 22-23, ills.
- Corinna Lindon Smith. Interesting People (Norman, Oklahoma, 1962), p. 158.
- Guy Walton. "The Lucretia Panel in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston" in Essays in Honor of Walter Friedlaender (New York: The Institute of Fine Art, 1965), pp. 177-86.
- "Notes, Records, Comments." Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 44 (4 Jul. 1965), pp. 2-3. (excerpting Guy Walton, pp. 177-86).
- George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), pp. 120-21.
- Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 38-41.
- Ronald Lightbown: Botticelli: Complete Catalogue, Vol. II (Berkeley, 1978), pp. 101-103, no. B91.
- Herbert P. Horne. Botticelli: Painter of Florence (Princeton, 1980), pp. 285-86.
- Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1981), pp. 48-49.
- Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987),pp. 35, 39-40, 176, 294, 487.
- Ronald Lightbown. Sandro Botticelli: Life and Work (New York, 1989), pp. 264-269.
- Hilliard Goldfarb. Imaging the Self in Renaissance Italy. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum III. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 29-31.
- Hilliard Goldfarb and Susan Sinclair. Isabella Stewart Gardner: Woman and the Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), 19-20.
- Anne B. Barriault. Spalliera Paintings of Renaissance Tuscany: Fables of Poets for Patrician Homes (University Park, Pennsylvania, 1994), pp. 154, 181, no. 13.2.
- Jonathan Nelson. "Filippino Lippi's 'Allegory of Discord': A Warning about Families and Politics." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Dec. 1996), pp. 237-52.
- Laurence Kanter. "Sandro Botticelli, The Tragedy of Lucretia" in Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Italian Paintings and Drawings Before 1800 in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Unpublished manuscript. (Boston, 1996-2000).
- Hilliard Goldfarb et al. Botticelli's Witness: Changing Style in a Changing Florence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1997), pp. 56-60.
- Alexandra Grömling and Tilman Lingesleben. Alessandro Botticelli: 1444/45-1510. (Köln, 1998), pp. 110-13, no. 125.
- Cristelle L. Baskins. "Lucretia: Dangerous Familiars" in Cassone Painting, Humanism, and Gender in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge, 1998), pp.128-59, fig. 54.
- Alan Chong et al. (eds.) Eye of the Beholder: Masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 2003), pp. 68-69.
- Pierluigi De Vecchi. "Movement, Action and Expression in the Work of Sandro Botticelli" in Botticelli and Filippino: Passion and Grace in Fifteenth-Century Painting. Exh. cat. (Paris: Musée du Luxembourg; Florence: Palazzo Strozzi, 2004), pp. 42-43, fig. 3.
- Alessandro Cecchi. Botticelli (Milan, 2005), pp. 341-45.
- Jacqueline Marie Mussacchio. Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace (New Haven and London, 2008), pp. 239-41, fig. 253.
- Andrea Di Lorenzo. Botticelli: Nell Collezioni Lombarde. Exh. cat. (Milan: Museo Poldi Pezzoli, 2010), pp. 74-79, ill.
- Jeremy Howard (ed.). Colnaghi: The History (London, 2010), p. 27, fig. 3.
- Maria Cristina Rodeschini Galati. Sandro Boticelli: 'persona sofistica' : i dipinti dell'Accademia Carrara (Bergamo, 2012), p. 33, fig. 5.


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