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Corvettes and road racing have gone together since the first "SR" factory racing parts appeared on the Corvette option list in 1956.
And, as Corvettes have evolved, so have the courses--and types of races--they run. That includes open-road racing, which appealed to Tom Whalen when the Corvette in his garage was a '66 Sting Ray. "I was living in Flemington, New Jersey, and I was in the restoration mode at the time," he says. "Cruise nights, car shows, and stuff like that."
Those static events held Whalen's attention--until he read about a dynamic one. "I saw a magazine article about the initial Silver State Classic. I looked into it and thought, 'That would be fun,'" he recalls. "I was bored with the cruise night and show routine, and I initially thought that I'd modify the '66 for something like that. But every time I started calculating what the costs would be, they were prohibitive."
By 2001, Whalen had relocated to Frisco, Texas, from New Jersey. "I was busy with work, and the years dragged on," he says. "Then, in 2001, the Z06 came out. The next thing you know, I bought an '02 Z06, and I tried open-road racing with it." As a member of the Lone Star Corvette Club's Open Road Team, Whalen drove his unmodified Z06 to his first open-road event. "In 2004, I did the Big Bend open-road race, and I was in the 125 mph class with a 140 (mph) target," he remembers. Though it was his first open-road race, Whalen was far from a rookie driver. "The way that I was able to qualify for that was to give them my background," he recalls. "I had done four or five track days with Panoz, who at that time was at Texas Motor Speedway, and then my track days with the Texas Driving Experience." With those qualifications, Whalen was approved for a 140-mph tech speed; he passed the driving test and finished Fourth. He adds, "What was amazing was, I was within maybe two seconds of perfect, but that's how competitive it was in the timed classes."
It wasn't long before Whalen began upgrading his Z06. "By the time I got around to my next race, I had headers on the car, and a better tune," he says. "Within two years, I had a Lingenfelter 500-horsepower head-and-cam package. But that's a little misleading--that's 500 hp at the crankshaft, which was probably 385 or so at the wheels."
The LS7 that's now under the Z06's hood is capable of even more. "When I talked to Katech about putting the engine together for me, the goal was 600 hp at the crank," says Whalen. That goal was reached, for all intents and purposes, when the Katech "Street Attack" LS7 was installed and tuned, and the Z06 placed on a chassis dyno, where 515.5 rwhp was the peak on its very first pull.
Along with the powertrain and chassis hardware, the '02 Z06 got plenty of needed safety equipment, like a Katech 10-point rollcage, Sparco seats with Simpson five-point harnesses, and a Katech onboard fire-suppression system. (You can also count the Motor City hood and Specter Werkes rear fascia and spoiler, which help hold the Z06 down at speed.)
Also going in: data and video recorders, to document Whalen's performances. "The data overlay on my video allows me to see what I did each turn at, what kind of g's I was pulling when I did it, and what the attitude of the car was," he says. "So, I'm able to do a better job of rating the turns before I run the course." It's added up to more than a few podium finishes, with the first one seen in these pages. "The first time I appeared in VETTE, it was in a story about the Big Bend Open Road Race itself," Whalen recalls ("Flat-Out Fun in Texas," June '10). "That year, I won the Super Sport 160 class. The following year, I won in my first Unlimited class run at Big Bend, and this past year I did it again." He followed that up with an overall win in the '11 Sand Hills Open Road Challenge. All this, with a car that's still street driveable (though its air conditioning did come out to make room for the dry-sump oiling system). "It's inspected, and I drive it occasionally on weekends, says Whalen. "Sometimes, when I do a track day, I still drive it to the track." He adds, "It is street legal, and used on the street from time to time, but not as much as it used to be."
Does the thought of hitting high speeds in your Corvette in an open-road event inspire you? "My advice to anybody would be to try it," says Whalen. "Once you try it, you're hooked!"
Don't expect to run in the highest-speed classes right away, though. "Most of the time, [people] want to start out in a class they're not allowed in. You have to pay your dues," he says, while noting that an SCCA or NASA license will enable you to move up the ladder easier.
He adds, "That way, there's less chance of an incident, and the fewer incidents there are, the more likely the race will be run the following year."
And, along with it, another C5 Z06 in the field. Maybe yours?
Spec Sheet
|Tom Whalen; Frisco, Texas
|Katech "Street Attack" LS7
|LS7 aluminum
|427 ci
|Modified LS7 aluminum
|Stock LS7 2.200 titanium/1.610 sodium-filled
|Katech KAT-4727 hydraulic roller
|Katech forged aluminum, 11.4:1 compression
|Callies forged steel
|Manley forged steel
|Oil System
|ARE Stage 3 dry sump
|Intake Manifold
|Stock LS7 composite
|Fuel Injection
|Stock LS7
|Fuel Pump
|A&A high-capacity electric
|Stock LS7 electronic coil-on-plug
|Exhaust System
|Kooks headers and X-crossover pipe stock Z06 titanium mufflers and tailpipes
|RPM Level 5 six-speed manual with 0.83:1 Fifth gear and 0.70:1 Sixth gear
|Exedy Multi-Plate
|Pfadt Racing coilovers with spherical bearings, front and rear
|Stock '02 Z06
|CCW modular aluminum; 18x10.5-in (front), 18x11.5-in (rear)
|Nitto 55RII (285/35R18 front, 305/35R18 rear) or Michelin TS2 (275/35ZR18 front, 295/35ZR18 rear)
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"The Blazers might even consider leaving Abdur-Rahim (one year, $14.6 million), Anderson (three years, $27.3 million), Patterson (three years, $19 million) or Stoudamire (one year, $12.5 million) unprotected, assuming Charlotte won't touch those contracts. But such a move would come with risk. The Bobcats could prearrange deals, select a high-salaried player in the expansion draft, then trade him."
This is something I hadn't considered in all of the expansion draft talk. How might this affect the Pacers' plans?

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that's not true actually. it doesn't matter whether the putt hits or misses or is still moving in the air, the only stipulation when putting within 10 meters is that you must demonstrate full balance before stepping over your mini marker.
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The House of Representatives has enacted a measure to suspend the debt ceiling for 90 days, through May 19. It also attempted to revitalize the budget process by making members' salaries in both the House and Senate contingent upon passing a competing budget blueprint by April 15. Despite White House endorsement of the temporary measure Tuesday, Democrats were uniformly critical on the floor this morning, forcing Republicans to deliver 199 votes for enactment, in contrast to 111 opposing votes from the minority.
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Los Angeles residents apply to buy 200 guns a day, an alarming number making it difficult to get weapons off the street, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich said in a preliminary report on gun purchases in Los Angeles.
"With Angelenos buying an average of nearly 200 firearms every day, thousands every month and tens of thousands every year, I will do everything in my power to keep guns out of the hands of people interested only in destroying the lives of children, families and police officers," Trutanich, who is in a close re-election race, said in a written statement.
The results are based on letters his office began sending out in December during the 10-day waiting period for people buying guns. The letters reminds gun owners to keep the weapons safe and report when weapons are lost or stolen.
"If we can stop just one person from buying a gun who is prohibited from possessing a weapon, or stop someone from buying guns for felons or the mentally ill, then perhaps we have also stopped another senseless tragedy," the letter said.
The letters were sent out as a follow-up to a study by the RAND Corp. that said 50 percent of people will voluntarily comply with local laws if they are informed of the requirements.
"Our intent was to make them aware of the laws and what they have to do under the law," Trutanich said in an interview. "Our purpose was to get more compliance."
Trutanich said he wants more study of the issue to see what further action to take.
Trutanich said he was surprised at the number of weapons being bought every day.
""You are talking about 73,000 guns a year, just in Los Angeles," he said. "I never guessed how many guns were being bought and sold."
Trutanich said he was surprised at the number of people - about 1 percent of those involved in all gun purchases - who were ineligible to buy a weapon either because of criminal history or mental issues.
"What does it say that someone was willing to go in to try to buy a weapon knowing they aren't eligible?" he said. "You know they are just going out to try to find someone to buy a weapon for them or get one illegally."
During the first full month of analyzing data, Trutanich said a number of problems were found in record keeping, including wrong addresses or multiple addresses, multiple numbers on driver's licenses and cases where both numbers and names were juxtaposed.
Trutanich said an effort is under way to try to determine the number of straw purchases - cases where people buy guns for someone else.
He also said the one-month study showed that dozens of applicants were denied or their applications were delayed for further background checks.
Trutanich said he was pleased to see that other jurisdictions, such as Oakland, are considering the use of similar letters to gun buyers.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Cape Town country house in Muizenberg with water park
Popular property highlights
This family-friendly Cape Town country house is located in the historical district, within 1 mi (2 km) of Masque Theatre and Muizenberg Beach. St. James Beach and Westlake Golf Club are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Property Features
This smoke-free country house features a water park (surcharge), a restaurant, and an outdoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 8 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and Tempur-Pedic beds. Guests can enjoy deep soaking tubs, and other standard amenities include patios, iPod docks, and dining areas.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Country House Amenities
In addition to a water park, Colona Castle features a waterslide and an outdoor pool. The country house offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. This luxury country house also offers a children's pool, a health club, and a rooftop terrace. Guests can use the indoor pool at a partner property. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle during limited hours, a beach shuttle, and a train station drop-off service. Complimentary self parking and valet parking are available on site.
Colona Castle is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Express check-out
- Hair salon
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
- Fireplace in lobby
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Casino shuttle (surcharge)
- Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Theme park shuttle (surcharge)
- Beach shuttle (surcharge)
- Water park access (surcharge)
- Waterslide
- Water park
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- Free WiFi
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- Designated smoking areas
- Pool umbrellas
- Train station drop-off (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Rooftop terrace
- One meeting room
- Health club
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Library
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Total number of rooms - 8
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Number of floors - 3
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Beach umbrellas
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1929
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Free grocery shopping service
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Miniature golf on site
- Separate dining area
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Rainfall showerhead
- First-run movies
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Patio
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Soundproofed rooms
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Electric kettle
- iPod docking station
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Separate dining area
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Tempur-Pedic mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (heating)
Where to Eat
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
Onsite venue - Overlooking the ocean and pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.
A complimentary grocery shopping service is offered and room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
A health club and a water park with waterslides are featured at the country house. An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Miniature golf on site
- Horse riding/rental on site
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Boat tours nearby
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Country House Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 2 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for ZAR 1000 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 450 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: ZAR 1000 per night
Country house Name
- Colona Castle
- Colona Castle Cape Town
- Colona Castle House
- Colona Castle House Cape Town
- Colona Castle Country House Cape Town
- Colona Castle Country House
- Colona Castle Cape Town, South Africa - Lakeside
- Colona Castle Hotel Lakeside
- Colona Castle Cape Town South Africa - Lakeside
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the cruise terminal, ferry terminal, airport, and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
National Rating
Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.


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As I discussed in my opening post, there have been warning signs recently, but that doesn't mean the market is going to suddenly collapse. Tops -- and I'm not sure this is one -- take time to develop. There is still a good supply of buyers to provide support, and many who have enjoyed the recent run aren't ready to give up on it yet....57 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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SANTA CRUZ -- Christmastown, a North Pole outpost in surf city, has been dismantled for the season, ending the inaugural season of holiday-themed train rides up the North Coast.
The end also brings a measure of peace to some Westside neighbors in Santa Cruz who, despite living along a rail corridor, were rattled by frequent blasts from train whistles. Per federal regulations, they were sounded at every street crossing, several times a day -- a number that adds up quickly in dense neighborhoods.
"The new holiday train has a serious problem that was probably unforeseen," wrote a group of friends, including two UCSC professors, in a letter to the Sentinel that described repeated jolts from the train.
"We realize there is a romantic association with train whistles, but the sound of this train is an alarm."
The train line was there long before the neighborhood, but in recent years its use has been infrequent or nonexistent. Online commentary about the frequent whistles erupted into a debate about NIMBYism, but neighbors said anyone within earshot would be stressed out by the blasts.
"I can't even hear my TV when the train rolls through," wrote Jesse Corona. "We've lived at the same house on the Westside for over 40 years and don't mind the train once or twice a day, but when its 12 times a day (t)hat's total (bull)!"
The "Train to Christmastown" is operated by the newly formed Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Iowa Pacific. Operations began with fanfare, but after complaints the company quickly changed its whistles to something less jarring.
Still, many were unappeased. An official with Iowa Pacific did not return requests seeking comment.
The tracks have been silent since the shutdown of the Davenport Cemex plant in 2010. But activity was revived after public acquisition of the line by the county's Regional Transportation Commission.
Complaints started coming as soon as the whistles started blowing. Some said they disrupted quiet coffee time at Westside cafes, while others were rousted in their homes by the shrieking sirens.
Regional Transportation Commission spokeswoman Karena Pushnik said the federal rules are in place for safety reasons, and that they require whistles be sounded at a certain level.
"There's not really any way to get around that," Pushnik said.
The Federal Rail Authority demands that when approaching intersections, trains blow between 96 and 110 decibels -- at its maximum, a level that hovers just below the sound of a rock concert.
The Bay Area commuter train Caltrain passes through numerous peninsula neighborhoods (some among the state's most well-heeled) with far greater frequency than the Train to Christmastown. It also must comply with federal regulations.
Spokeswoman Christine Dunn said the agency does hear complaints, especially from those new to their neighborhood. She also said Caltrain strives to keep their blasts down to about 98 decibels.
"We explain to them that the horns are a safety regulation," Dunn said. "We're regulated by the federal government."
One option would be to establish a "quiet zone," which are allowed under federal law. However, the petitioning city entity would have to assume liability for any accidents in a quiet zone.
Furthermore, a 2000 study by the Federal Railroad Authority shows whistles help prevent accidents. The report found accidents went up 62 percent at gated crossings when no whistle was used, while more than doubling at intersections where flashing lights were motorists' only warning.
In many ways, rail transit matches with the county's environmentally friendly values, and some hope the acquisition of the 31-mile line signals a future trolley through the county.
Rail is also on the rise. During the first three quarters of 2012, Americans took 3.5 billion trips, up 120 million from the year before, according to the American Public Transportation Association.
California also is working toward a controversial plan to build a high-speed line between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, as are several other regions nationwide.
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CLEVELAND -- Terry Francona naturally hoped he would be choosing the American League's coaching staff for the All-Star Game, considering the honor goes to the skipper who won last year's AL pennant. In a way, though, Cleveland's manager is also fine simply getting a chance to fully appreciate the atmosphere at Target Field in Minnesota.
"I'm actually looking forward to going and not being the manager," Francona said. "To be able to go and enjoy the game ... because you really don't have that chance [as the manager]. There's so many things going on and you're trying to appease everybody. Now that the game counts, it makes it that much harder, because you still feel an obligation to play as many guys as you can. It puts an added pressure on the manager."
Francona is no stranger to the process, having led the AL squad in 2005 and '08 during his Boston days, so he'll have an opportunity to let current Red Sox manager John Farrell know what to expect ahead of time. The inside scoop: there's less of the manager's influence on the final roster than some think.
"Really, it's the league and the manager announces it," Francona said. "Farrell not surprisingly has reached out to me."
For the Tribe, the most likely candidates to earn an All-Star selection are outfielder Michael Brantley, corner infielder Lonnie Chisenhall, catcher Yan Gomes and right-hander Corey Kluber. With managers and players allowed a say in which pitchers make the roster, Francona was naturally asked about what chance Kluber (7-6, 2.99 ERA) has to make the Midsummer Classic.
Francona was reluctant to single out his man in that regard, but he didn't hold back the praise on Kluber's 2014 campaign -- arguably the 28-year-old's best one to date.
"I think last year, he was starting to get on that roll," Francona said. "This year, he's taken it to another level -- being very consistent."
Alec Shirkey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Pacers were able to beat a Team that they are supposed to beat. Surprisingly, we were able to maintain the lead throughout the game. Murphy is continuing his solid Game play....Diener was 5-6 from the 3pt line.
Also...who was defending KMart?
Although he went to the FT line 14 times ( while hitting all 14 of them ), he was 3-12 from the field.....not bad defense on him.


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The last three months were good for refiners like Phillips 66 (PSX), Western Refining (WNR) and Delek US (DK), which each gained more than 14% during that period.
One of the drivers of that performance, maybe the biggest driver, has been the expectation that U.S. crude-oil prices would fall relative to Brent crude, the European benchmark, giving a boost to their profit margins.
That view is now the consensus, and Credit Suisse's Edward Westlake and Rakesh Advani worry that it might be priced into the stocks at this point. They cut Delek US, Western Refining and Phillips 66 to Market Perform from Outperform today on signs that oil prices could be stronger than the market expects:
Given upcoming refining maintenance in the Gulf (Feb/March), investors appear to be positioned for the same collapse in LLS prices vs Brent that took place during last Fall's refining maintenance season i.e. long refining/short domestic E&P. However, much has changed since last Fall. (1) Overall refining runs in the [Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts] 1,2,3,4 "East of Rockies" region are higher. (2) Inventories of crude are lower. (3) Crude imports have fallen. (4) Maintenance is likely to be down yoy and flat with last Fall. (5) We may have a temporarily slower trajectory of domestic production growth due to the normal winter impacts.
Delek US, Western Refining and Phillips 66 are most exposed to the consensus thinking Westlake and Advani say. They kept Tesoro (TSO) and Northern Tier Energy (NTI) rated outperform.
Shares of Delek have dropped 1.5% to $29.45 at 3:25 p.m., while Western Refining has dipped 0.2% to $38.64, Tesoro has fallen 0.3% to $50.74, Northern Tier Energy has declined 1.3% to $24.84 and Phillips 66 is little changed at $74.91.


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"TRON Tuesdays", the 10-week global countdown to the release of TRON: Legacy, kicks off with the official first image of Daft Punk donning their new TRON-inspired attire (pictured above). The electronic duo responsible for the film's soundtrack can be seen against the stunning backdrop of the TRON: Legacy digital grid.
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Although my post was somewhat tongue in cheek to the ridiculous statement that teams should stop playing other good teams. Like that is what stern is protecting against.
I'm done with this thread. We disagree - so be it. I like and played Basketball, but I don't have a huge love of the NBA largely because of Sterns philosophy. I'm someone the NBA has mostly lost to the NFL and NCAAB. I'm over it.
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Is this same rule gonna be taken into consideration at the end of the year when the dominant teams are resting their players?


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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- To commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the public is invited to participate locally in the National Day of Service and attend a special afternoon program, "Empowering Our Spirits to Build Community."
"It's important that as a community we celebrate the accomplishments of our past leaders," Saratoga County Supervisor Joanne Yepsen said. "We can learn from them and work together toward a promising future."
Saratoga will do its part in the National Day of Service, which was instigated by President Barack Obama for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2009.
"Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve," King said. "You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love."
From 9:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church at 24 Circular St., individuals can sign up to assist community service organizations hands-on for the morning. Local agencies, including Shelters of Saratoga and the Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council, will be offering volunteers the opportunity to spend a couple of hours helping out by painting, repairing, transporting and more.
At 1 p.m. at the church, a complimentary lunch, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County, will be held for volunteers who have participated in the service projects.
From 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, a program at the church will feature music, film, readings and youth performers.
From 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Skidmore College will present the documentary "Prom Night in Mississippi," a 2009 project about the first racially integrated prom in Charleston, Miss., held in 2008 and financed by Charleston resident Morgan Freeman. The showing will take place in Filene Music Hall.
"I'm looking forward to being part of the program," Yepsen said. "It will be a great expression of community through the arts, reading passages and speeches."
Representatives from many local organizations have been members of the 2013 MLK Jr. Day Planning Committee, including Skidmore College, The Giving Circle, Saratoga County NAACP, Saratoga Peace Alliance, Saratoga Religious Society of Friends, Temple Sinai and Veterans for Peace.
Committee member Joe Kulin, a member of the Peace Alliance and the Quakers, said he appreciated being part of a planning group that focused on antiviolence and community work.
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Next month, Joel Thompson will pull on his cherished Indigenous All Stars jersey and run out at Suncorp Stadium feeling on top of the world.
And the Canberra star plans to use his privileged position to help a mate down on his luck.
The second-rower's friend Ryan Dollisson recently had his right foot amputated and received more than 100 stitches to his right leg, after a workplace accident in Albury.
Dollisson faces mounting hospital bills and months of recovery after an excavator reversed over him, and Thompson has rallied the sports community to help him and his family. The 24-year-old has set up an eBay account auctioning off sports memorabilia, including Raiders skipper Terry Campese's NSW and Australia jerseys, a Ricky Ponting Twenty20 outfit and an Everton shirt worn by Socceroo Tim Cahill.
Dollisson was one of Thompson's best men when he married his sweetheart Amy over the off-season, and the accident has hit him hard.
He is hopeful other Raiders players in the Indigenous All Stars side - Reece Robinson, Jack Wighton, Jake Foster and Blake Ferguson - will help.
''I'm going to get a pair of Indigenous boots signed by the team, and my jumper, and hopefully some of the other Raiders boys that got picked will do that, too,'' Thompson said. ''When a tragedy like this happens, it's great to have so much support out there.
''He [Dollisson] would always be one of the first to help anyone if they were in trouble. He's got a big heart and that's why there's so many people out there willing to help him.
''We're also going to auction off six Raiders players to come around to a fan's house and shout them pizzas and drinks. He's had over seven operations but he's strong and is focused on getting himself right.
''My goal is to raise at least $10,000-$15,000, which gives him a head-start on things. His parents are out of pocket and it does give him one less thing to worry about.''
Thompson said added responsibility off the field had taught him there's more to life than looking after No.1.
He said Amy and his 11-year-old stepdaughter Bella had given him new perspective on life, and helped him curb his party lifestyle.
''I've got myself a wife now and a stepdaughter, it's all part of growing up,'' Thompson said. ''I still have my slip-ups, but I see myself as a leader here with a lot of the young boys.
''I have to think about family now, it's not just me, and it's good to have two people to answer to sometimes. It used to be about myself and I used to run wild a bit back then.''
Thompson has learnt plenty from an unsavoury off-season incident, when a cyclist was allegedly hit by a bottle thrown from his apartment after the night of the Foreshore music festival in November.
The matter is being investigated by police and, while the club cleared him of any wrongdoing, Thompson said he learnt a valuable lesson.
''Sam Patterson [Raiders leadership coach] told me a few things, things I could have changed,'' Thompson said. ''People came up uninvited, we didn't know who they were. They carried on a bit and threw stuff, and when my missus saw it she got me up [when Thompson was sleeping] and told me they were leaving.
''I do hope the police find out who the culprits were, but it's a situation I could have controlled better, even though I wasn't in the wrong.''
You can make donations to the Dollisson family fund at: account name - Paul Dollisson, Great Building Society; BSB - 637000; account number - 780801336 (type in 'Ryan' and your name). Bids for sports memorabilia up for auction can be made at stores.ebay.com.au/Hope-Assists-The-Brave.


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As a keen observer of the digital ecosystem, one of the things that fascinates me is the evolution of Linked Data…
The Web took off the way it did due to many factors. Crucially it was easy to consume information but also it was easy to produce it – by the latter I mean that a unix systems administrator could, without specialist knowledge, put up a Web server and people could easily write some HTML to be served by it. To use our meme from last September, there was a "ramp" for consumers and one for producers too.
Something very interesting is happening with Linked Data: the producer ramp seems to have arrived before the consumer ramp; i.e. circumstances are such that there are incentives to produce before the consumers are fully tooled up. This is different but not unnatural – the case for consumption is clearly better if there is something to consume (e.g. DVD players wouldn't have been useful without DVDs!) The downside is the production practice might miss some usability requirements but, in the fluid world of the Web, we can expect to see this co-evolution.
How did this early producer ramp come about? Some of it is due to the openness "wave" that the Linked (Open) Data community is both encouraging and surfing, such that data providers get a tick in a box for publishing this way. Some of it is because of lobbying and hard work by key players – activists, academics, academic activists – with influence.
Sometimes the business case might not be founded entirely on delivering publicly open data. This is perhaps most evident in a corporation or enterprise with a complexity of information systems (I quite like "complexity" as the collective noun for information systems…) There are clear internal efficiencies to a common data sharing technology which facilitates internal reuse and perhaps extension to business partners too. We used to call this the RDF bus, it works well and now it's emerging as public transport!
The BBC has demonstrated this admirably by using RDF internally to deliver web sites, also delivering linked data externally, and also bringing in other sources (e.g. the wildlifefinder). By the same argument, open government data represents a cost efficiency in-house together with an empowerment of the citizen through access to open data. Whichever incentive may dominate, each attracts applause and encourages progress towards a culture change in data publishing.
Interestingly, in linked data consumers may be producers too. Some linked data apps consume multiple sources and communicate to the human – many mashups are really visualisations where the integration of information occurs somewhere in the cognitive workflow. But the producer mindset (i.e. it's better to publish linked data for everyone to use than just put up yet another web site) reminds us that it's valuable to integrate and republish, not just juxtapose in the UI. This culture of republication is already evident in the web for news aggregation and we can expect to see it in data too.
Anyway, the tooling for the consumer ramp is emerging now, powered by the energy of communities like the consumers of open.gov.uk. This is good news for Linked Data, because we need both ramps to flourish.
Data analysts might reasonably be concerned that there is more to the consumer ramp than software tooling: there is also a question of "data literacy". This was less of an issue last time round because we humans are rather good at processing images and text – even making rapid assessments of information quality at a glance at a list of search results. We can do this with BBC programme data too, but working with datasets can be more specialist and to do it wrong could ultimately be damaging.
Examples of misinterpretations of data abound before linked data, and we can hope that opening up analysis will lead to more challenge and debate, and emergence of better understanding and practice. There is some good practice emerging. We can publish data with a set of caveats to protect the producer from accusations resulting from misinterpretation, or far better we can publish data with an online tutorial so that people learn how to interpret it – building capability for sustained understanding rather than (or as well as) planning for inevitable misinterpretation. This is part of the consumer ramp too.
So there we are. I hope the producers are responsive to the emerging needs of the consumer as they see what is possible, that the wave of openness and business efficiency drives a culture change in data use, and that citizen analysts lead to better public understanding. In my next post I will explain how to achieve some of this!
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Eastern Michigan's Autism Collaborative Center Offers New, Real Time Technology to Bring Needed Services to Michiganders
Eastern Michigan's Autism Collaborative Center Offers New, Real Time Technology to Bring Needed Services to Michiganders
May 14, 2013/EMU News
By Pamela Young
YPSILANTI – Children with autism often have a difficult time being properly diagnosed or receiving crucial individualized therapy that they need. Those problems are compounded for families who can't access professional therapy because they live in underserved areas or are disadvantaged.
New technology at Eastern Michigan University is now changing all that. Telehealth, a live stream video program at EMU's Autism Collaborative Center (ACC), can bring needed services to Michigan families and professional development for health care specialists wherever they live in the state.
The program debuted at the center May 10 during a morning event attended by Michigan's Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, State Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe), members of the EMU Board of Regents, EMU President Susan Martin and Executive Vice President and Provost Kim Schatzel.
"The advancement of education and clinical therapy working together will take the lid off the potential for children with autism," said Richardville, who was a driving force in getting insurers in Michigan to cover treatment for autism. "As there is no real existing framework in Michigan to connect autism treatment services together, with this technology, more families will have better access to treatment thanks to the new Telehealth program."
Eastern Michigan is taking a leadership role in making Michigan healthier, he added, noting that the work done here will make a difference 50 years from now.
"I'm very proud to support this program with state resources as it will bring services to areas of our state that today go without," said Calley. "Washtenaw County's Senators Rebekah Warren and Randy Richardville made this happen. It will make a real difference."
James Murray, AT&T Michigan president, took the opportunity to present a $25,000 donation to allow the ACC to expand services offered to Michigan families. AT&T was honored at the event.
Autism is a complex and costly disorder that affects communication, socialization, learning and behavior. Approximately 15,000 children and young adults in Michigan have a form of autism, according to the Autism Alliance of Michigan.
The ACC specializes in a collaborative approach, offering services ranging from speech therapy to nutrition to music therapy. EMU students in the university's special education program are also trained to work at the ACC.
"This live stream video is huge for both the state and for our students," said Jon Margerum-Leys, associate dean of EMU's College of Education, who noted that there are three main areas where the Telehealth program can make a difference.
"First is the community outreach to the underserved anywhere in the state," Margerum-Leys said. "Treatment will then be available to young children through adults."
Second, Telehealth has the ability to connect professionals on a one-to-one basis.
Finally, observation areas allow staff members to record sessions, with permission, that can help other health care professionals with professional development and for student learning.
"Eastern's program is one of the few in the state to have a multi-disciplinary program, and we try to serve whoever needs these services," said Margerum-Leys. "Our clients are diverse ranging from the youngest who is 18 months old to a client who is in his late 50s. This program supports them as they get older."
The University also offers a college support program for students on the autism spectrum. It is one of only a dozen in the country that offers additional services a student might need while attending school. Currently, there are 12 college students with autism from all over the country at Eastern Michigan.
The officials toured the ACC facility and watched a demonstration of the video's capabilities by communicating with students in Clare, Mich., 125 miles north of Ypsilanti. As the children marched around the room they waved to the guests in the Autism center, who then waved back. There also was a music therapy demonstration using a piano and drums, and a live video meeting with a family in Petoskey who called in for a consultation about potty training.
Kelly and Steve VanSingel, of Saline, Mich., have two daughters with autism, Magdalyn, 11; and Gillian, 7. The family has been using the ACC's services since it first opened in 2009. Prior to the ACC's opening, the VanSingels were forced to drive to Oakland County for their oldest daughter's therapy.
"There is a need for a community center - a comfortable and safe place for parents and children, and one where their children will be treated over a lifetime," said Kelly VanSingel. "The Autism Collaborative Center is an amazing accomplishment."
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Parkinson's Disease and the Atypical Parkinsonian Disorder (like Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Corticobasal Degeneration, Lewy Body Dementia) are disease entities with partly common symptomatology. Especially very early in the course of disease, the differentiation between both disease entities can be challenging, even for specialists in the field of movement disorder. However, the establishment of a correct diagnosis is very important for adequate patientcounseling, treatment and the correct inclusion of patients in research trials. Ancillary diagnostic investigations are looked upon to aid in this diagnostic dilemma.
To investigate the value of ancillary diagnostic investigations, more specific MRI, analysis of cerebrospinal fluids and a second opinion in a specialized movement disorder centre, to differentiate Parkinson's disease and the Atypical Parkisonisonian disorder.
|Parkinson's Disease Atypical Parkinsonism
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|Observational Study Assessing the Diagnostic Contribution of 3-Tesla MRI, CSF Analysis and a Second Opinion in a Specialized Movement Disorder Centre, in Differentiating Between Parkinson's Disease and Atypical Parkinsonism
- percentage of correct diagnosis for each of the specified ancillary investigations [ Time Frame: 36 months ]Percentage of correct diagnosis for each of the specified ancillary investigations to differentiate between either PD or atypical parkinsonism
- Percentage of correct diagnosis for each of the specified ancillary investigations [ Time Frame: 36 months ]Percentage of correct diagnosis for each of the specified ancillary investigations(MRI, CSF analysis, and second opinion) to differentiate between the specific diagnosis (PD, MSA, PSP, CBD, LBD, VaP)
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|July 2010
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|July 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The cohort will consist of 150 patients with a hypokinetic rigid syndrome and a disease duration of maximum 36 months
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- Disease duration of maximum 36 months
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- Probable diagnosis of PD without any red flags
- Probable diagnosis MSA
- Probable diagnosis PSP
- Diagnosis CBD
- Diagnosis DLB
- Probable diagnosis Vascular Parkinsonism
- Other neurodegenerative disease than parkinsonism
- A prior history of brain surgery
- Instable comorbidity
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01249768
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Keywords provided by Marjolein Aerts, Radboud University:
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Parkinson Disease
Parkinsonian Disorders
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
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So far four of my sons tooth came out, but all four is rippled why is that.
I'm not sure how old your son is but it is not unusual on permanent teeth to have ridges called mammelons. These will wear down with function over time.
If there is any concern, I'd recommend bringing it to your dentist's attention.
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The Snohomish County (Washington) Council voted this week to ban the killing of horses as a human food source. Following what local newspaper The Herald described as "emotional testimony," council members voted unanimously to enact the ban.
The new law would prohibit slaughtering horses if a person knows, "That any of the horse meat will be used for human consumption," according to the news story. The ordinance applies to any horse, pony, donkey or mule.
"I think it was important to get this going as a preemptive ordinance," said Councilman Dave Somers, before he and his colleagues passed the ban in a 4-0 vote. Somers, who owns horses, said there were humane and environmental reasons for enacting the ban. Violations of the law would be a considered a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and up to 90 days in jail.
The ordinance specified that no one can be held legally responsible for selling a horse to another person who later slaughters it. That would allow feedlots to continue exporting horses for slaughter elsewhere.
More than 20 people testified during a Wednesday hearing, most of them in favor of the ban.
"We shouldn't turn Snohomish County into the horse-slaughter capital of America," said Russ Mead, general counsel for the Seattle-based Animal Law Coalition.
Talk about over-the-top hyperbole. Regardless of how the council voted, that was never going to happen. No horse slaughterhouses have legally operated anywhere in the United States since 2007, as a result of a congressional measure that prevented federal funds from being used for meat inspection services at packing plants handling horseslaughter. Of course, a recent reversal of federal policy has re-opened the door to resume funding horse slaughter inspections.
Currently, according to best estimates, more than 100,000 U.S. horses are still exported each year for slaughter in Canada and Mexico, with sales of horse meat almost exclusively targeted to foreign markets. For many Americans, eating horse is equivalent to eating a pet. However, it's widely consumed in parts of Europe and Asia.
Although rumors have circulated about re-opening a former horse plant that operated at Florence Packing Co. in the northern part of the county the 1970s and 1980s, the company owner told reporters he has no plans to reopen the facility, although he does sell horses to a Canadian company that operates slaughter facilities north of the border, according to The Herald.
Making a case against producers
What's troubling about this vote isn't its impact on the fate of horses locally. It will have zero effect on what happens to unwanted or otherwise abandoned horses whose owners can't or don't want to continue to care for them. The reasons opponents offered in testimony provide a glimpse into the mentality that vegetarian and animal rights activists use to build a case for their anti-industry campaigning.
First is the environmental impact, this time with a different twist.
"A horse slaughtering plant would be an environmental disaster for Snohomish County," according to Mead, who said such operations could contaminate tens of thousands of gallons of water with horse blood. "The smell is atrocious," he said.
Okay. Nobody claims that a packing plant is some sort of garden of floral delights. Neither are most factories, refineries, truck stops and even fruit and vegetable processing plants, where all the "right" kinds of food veggies love are packaged. None of them smells all that great.
Nor is the "blood-in-the-water" argument valid. There are a myriad of local, state and federal regulations regarding water quality and no packing plant—equine, bovine, porcine or otherwise—gets away with dumping thousands of gallons of blood into some surface waterway.
Unfortunately, both of Mead's arguments resonate with people unwilling to examine the facts in regard to the emotional issue of how we handle the disposition of aging or abandoned horses.
Equally troubling was testimony by a local veterinarian, who claimed that humane slaughter is impossible.
Dr. Hannah Mueller, who helps run the Monroe-based Northwest Equine Stewardship Center, testified that her job often requires her to euthanize horses that can no longer live productive lives. She argued that while it's possible to humanely euthanize a horse, it's impossible to humanely slaughter one because of their tendency to get spooked.
"They're highly emotional animals, sensitive beings who have been bred and raised to be humans' partners over the years, not to be slaughtered inhumanely," Mueller said.
I'll grant you that there is some truth to Mueller's comments. However, they do not transfer equally to livestock. Anyone who's taken the opportunity to visit a modern packing plant understands that the cattle and pigs there do, in fact, die a humane and almost painless death.
That's not the case with abandoned horses, as another vet testified against the slaughter ban.
"The question is not whether a horse will be eaten, but by whom?" Dr. Richard Guthrie testified. "Is it better to be eaten by hungry people, or by hungry worms after burial?"
Guthrie told council members that he "owns and loves horses," but he believes slaughter is preferable to having them abandoned or neglected. He suggested that the money spent to care for these animals could be better used for human welfare.
In what has to be ranked as one of the quotes of the year, Dr. Guthrie said, "A dead animal, horse or cow, loses its personality and is just a lump of meat."
Not exactly eloquent, but certainly accurate.
During the hearing, Allen Warren, founder of the Horse Harbor Foundation south of Seattle and an advocate for a statewide ban on horse slaughter, claimed that his was not a vegetarian agenda.
"I'm not a vegan," Warren said. "I enjoy a good steak as much as anybody. I'm against horse slaughter."
Yes, but the reasons for his opposition matter little to the groups actively working to marginalize livestock production in the United States. They're just happy to have a meat-eater onboard to lend legitimacy to their efforts to make sure that one day, Mr. Warren won't be enjoying any steaks whatsoever—no matter where that "lump of meat" comes from.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator.


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I congratulate the Lakeport City Council for being the voice of reason. They decided to not go forward with the proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance.
They must have been aware of what happened when the Lake County medical marijuana board passed its interim ordinance.
Depending on the size of your property, you could grow as many as 48 plants.
This is enough marijuana to keep several families in a "pain-free" state 24 hours a day for more than a year.
The thanks they received were near riots at several public forums.
This also encouraged a whole new "farming community" to move into Lake County. Many of them have long criminal records.
The new farmers next door to me were arrested with more than $1 million worth of processed and packaged marijuana.
Some of the vehicles have returned. What are their plans for this year?
The buildings and watering systems are still in place.
One of my elderly neighbors has given up. They are selling their place.
I am also elderly. Should I move to a gated community and give up my dream of living in rural Lake County? I can only hope that the Board of Supervisors follows the lead of the Lakeport City Council.
If you hand a steak to a wolf he will only growl and eat you for dessert.
William R. Hillman


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