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Don't HideRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I am dark and cold
And for a while you may hold
Some look at me in fear
Some even hold me dear
But in the end
No matter how much time you spend
I will come
To all not only some
You may run and hide
But eventually I will be by your side
But you need not worry
Because I'm in no hurry
Clues you have seen,
Please don't be mean,
Just get out of the jam
And tell me who I am.
HintAnd hint you need
So continue on and read
I come to all
No matter how big and small
Let me give some advice
I am as cold as ice
So now my hint
You can tell by the glint
In my scythe
And by my tall height
AnswerI am DEATH
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Vegetable Beef Stew Recipe
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Tasty vegetable chunks add color to this satisfying stew from Bobbie Jo Yokley of Franklin, Kentucky. "I serve it with warm corn bread and a tossed salad for a delicious meal in no time," she informs. Each hearty bowl coasts only 95¢.
VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen
- 1-1/2 pounds beef rump roast or bottom round roast, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 4-1/3 cups water, divided
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 celery ribs, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 3 small carrots, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- In a Dutch oven, brown beef on all sides in oil; drain. Add 4 cups water, onion, celery, carrots, potatoes and bouillon. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Stir in peas. Bring to a boil. Combine flour and remaining water until smooth; add to beef mixture. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Vegetable Beef Stew in Quick Cooking January/February 2001, p35
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"My family was not impressed."
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"I tend to use extra bouillon but have made this many times. It has now become our "go-to" stew."


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drink like a fish
This page is about the idiom drink like a fishINFORMAL
Meaning: If someone drinks like a fish, they drink a lot of alcohol.
For example:
- Since he got back from the war Billy's been drinking like a fish, and we think he needs some help.
- Some people might say I drink like a fish, but I don't think I drink too much.
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On Sept. 6-7, 2005, the New
America Foundation hosted "Terrorism, Security & America's Purpose,"
a policy forum featuring scholars, elected officials, intelligence experts,
and journalists. A full list of speakers is available here.
Ivan Eland is senior fellow and director
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Institute in Oakland, Calif. Eland's
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reference to his years of research on the subject. (10 minutes; requires
Windows Media Player.)
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CORSHAM Town picked up a point last weekend as they held promotion-chasers Welton Rovers to a draw at the Southbank.
The visitors' Anthony Conradi drew a save from Corsham keeper Kent Kauppinen with an overhead kick before Nick Holton fired the hosts in front after driving home from the edge of the area.
But Welton levelled early in the second period as Conradi headed home from Dan Cottle's delivery.
Trevor Rawlings' Corsham are due to travel to Roman Glass St George on Wednesday evening.
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Disability Employment Policy Resources by Topic
Publications for Order and Download
ODEP offers publications on a range of topics related to disability employment policy and practices. Many of these publications are available to download on relevant topic pages.
A limited number of publications, such as posters, discussion guides, and fact sheets, are also available to order in hard copy free of charge through the Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) in Pueblo, Colorado. To browse these publications, please go to ODEP's page on the FCIC website.


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Kitchen Crashers: Get the Sneak Peek
Interior designer Alison Victoria and the Kitchen Crashers crew have completed work at Blog Cabin 2012. And what a job they've done! I took a look at some of the photos of the fully furnished room. It's unbelievable — industrial chic meets rustic New England. The room's showstopper is a dining table fashioned from reclaimed materials. And bravo on your selection of stainless steel backsplash tile, a fitting choice in this particular room.
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Churchill Retirement Living (CRL) enjoyed a bumper month as it picked up a clutch of property industry awards.
Churchill, which has just built Mitton Lodge in Stourport, scooped three trophies at the prestigious Housebuilder Awards in early November, which included the ultimate accolade for the evening, Best Medium Housebuilder of the Year, as well as the Best Customer Service Initiative 2012, for its 'Going The Extra Mile' programme, and Highly Commended in the Best Retirement Scheme category.
This was swiftly followed by a bronze gong at the What House? Awards, widely recognised as the 'Oscars of the property world', in the Best Retirement Development category, and three more awards at the UK's Over 50s Housing Awards, including Most Outstanding Retirement Housing Operator in the UK – which it won for the fourth consecutive year.
CRL was also awarded Most Outstanding Retirement Housing Operator in the Over 50s Housing Sector in the World – for the second year running, and Man of the Year, jointly awarded to founders Spencer and Clinton McCarthy for their contribution to the development of quality housing and first class customer service to the retirement sector.
Chairman and Group Managing Director Spencer McCarthy said: "We are of course over the moon to receive these accolades, especially as they reflect the quality of our product and service across key areas of our business.
"It would appear that many people in the retirement age group realise that what Churchill offers can result in an exciting new lifestyle, free from worry and cares, in beautiful surroundings.
"To be recognised for our high standard of customer care is also very gratifying as we have always placed high priority on customer service, and thanks to this new programme we have seen a massive improvement in a very short space of time.
"We have also had some highly complementary comments from our owners, proof that what we are doing really is making a difference. Sales through exceptional service is the only way forward for Churchill Retirement Living."
Churchill Retirement Living's 'Going the Extra Mile' initiative was a 10-day training programme for the company's customer-facing colleagues, during which customer service performance was reviewed and various new initiatives put into place.
The programme incorporated ideas gleaned during a fact-finding tour to America, where retirement living is a well-established lifestyle choice for those of senior years.
In Churchill's case, implementing the 'Going The Extra Mile' scheme has certainly paid off, resulting in a 20 per cent increase in sales compared to the same period last year.
CRL developments comprise a selection of one and two bedroom retirement apartments with key features including an experienced lodge manager, an elegant guest suite, an owners' lounge, laundry and 24-hour Careline for owners' peace of mind. All are located with convenience in mind, very close to local shops, services and public transport.
CRL is a privately owned and family -run British company specialising exclusively in developing attractive, purpose-built one and two-bedroom apartments for the active retired age group, for which it has won multiple awards.
Operating throughout the Midlands, London and the South, the company builds lodges of high specification apartments in landscaped grounds. The ethos of the company has changed from that of a construction company to a provider of 'lifestyle change' – a lifestyle that provides security, peace of mind and independence.


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While endorsing Ralph Rubio's mayoral re-election bid two years ago, we called challenger Felix Bachofner "a tremendously bright and energetic young businessman who thoroughly understands (Seaside's) economic and commercial issues."
We went on to say, however, that Bachofner was "handicapped by relative inexperience in government."
What a difference two years makes.
In 2010, Bachofner defeated Rubio by a mere 21 votes. He has spent the intervening time learning most of what there is to know about government and politics in Seaside and beyond.
Now, the roles have reversed and it is Rubio trying to knock off the incumbent. While we endorsed Rubio previously and have always admired his commitment to his community and his ability to charm a crowd, he hasn't given voters any good reasons to turn Bachofner out of office.
In a field of strong City Council candidates, the strongest are incumbent Ian Oglesby and newcomer Jason Campbell. They would help Bachofner keep a lid on spending and continue asking the tough questions of city staff and those who want something from the city.
Bachofner isn't the people person that Rubio is. In fact, he could properly be described as a wonk in the realms of governance and finance. He led a successful effort to balance the city's out-of-whack budget in just two years. While some city services have suffered, he has managed to keep the critical public safety ranks in good shape.
Rubio is trying to use a recent flareup in gun violence as proof that Bachofner has gutted the Police Department. In fact, the department remains at just under full strength, and crime stats support Bachofner's claim that crime is not rising.
Bachofner and Rubio agree that public safety and economic development are the pressing issues. On the economic development front, Bachofner has been involved in some defeats. The city let an In 'N Out hamburger restaurant get away and, much more significantly, Seaside didn't have any properly zoned property to compete with Marina for the planned VA Clinic. But Rubio couldn't have done any better on the VA project, and Bachofner looks to be just as committed to fighting for beneficial projects and the jobs that go with them.
Given Rubio's role as a Carpenters Union executive, it sometimes has been hard to tell whether projects he has supported were good for the city or just for his membership. There is less reason to wonder about Bachofner's motivations. He is an entrepreneur and he brings an entrepreneurial approach to the city's business.
Seaside voters would be in good shape with any of the council candidates. Longtime incumbent Steve Bloomer has been a workhorse for the city for more than a decade. Retired city recreation leader Dave Pacheco is one of the best-liked people in all of Seaside.
But Oglesby is just as solid and he offers unlimited potential. He is thoughtful and appropriately focused on the neediest residents. Because he works full-time for the prison system, he doesn't have as much time for city affairs as some of his colleagues. But given the opportunity, he could become the most important political figure to emerge from Seaside since the late Jerry Smith, the former mayor and county supervisor.
Campbell would bring something else entirely to the council. The landscape contractor is allied with those who oppose the ambitious Monterey Downs horse park project. He has raised good questions about the project already and could be counted on to help make sure the council doesn't give the promoters everything they want as this important and complicated project moves through the environmental assessment and planning processes. He can provide the council with a more sophisticated approach to governance and development.
By choosing Bachofner, Oglesby and Campbell, Seaside voters have an opportunity to keep the city moving ahead on solid financial footing.


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Bubbles Dive Center was established in 1998 in south Jakarta with a high commitment of diving education and coastal environmental awareness. We have been coordinating beach and underwater clean up in Thousand Islands from 1999 until 2004 and 2006.
We were appointed as co-coordinator of reef check during the earth day in 2003.
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To celebrate Father's Day, I'm heading off to the race track with my dad. I'm packing a lunch with classic picnic foods: sandwiches, macaroni salad, and cream cheese brownies. An all-American menu calls for an equally classic cocktail, and since the races start relatively early (at noon), a big batch of bloody marys are the perfect choice to get things started. My dad loves a good bloody mary and we like to garnish ours with olives. For later in the afternoon, I'll have several coolers filled with beer and a Spanish Rioja Rose by El Coto as a wine option. Another cooler will be filled with plenty of bottled water and soda. To take a look at the ultimate bloody mary, made with pureed celery, please
Bloody Mary
From Ina Garten
3 large stalks celery from the heart, including leaves, plus extra for serving
36 ounces tomato juice (recommended: Sacramento)
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon grated yellow onion
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
12 dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), or to taste
1 1/2 cups vodka
- Cut the celery in large dice, including the leaves, and puree in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Process until finely minced.
- In a large pitcher, combine the rest of the ingredients except the vodka.
- With the food processor running, pour 1/4 of the tomato juice mixture into the food processor through the feed tube.
- Then pour the contents of the food processor into the pitcher with the remaining tomato juice mixture.
- Add the vodka and chill.
- Serve in tall glasses over ice with a stick of celery.
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Bautista completing due diligence as HRD captain
TORONTO -- Jose Bautista is taking his role as captain of the American League for the 2014 Gillette Home Run Derby in Minnesota very seriously.
Bautista is expected to finalize his team relatively soon, but before that can happen he's doing his due diligence. There are conversations to be had with players from across the league as he gauges overall interest in the annual event.
"Behind the scenes, using the Players Association, I'm reaching out to some guys and seeing what level of interest there is," said Bautista, who is currently day to day with a mild hamstring strain. "I don't want to pick guys that don't want to do it and I don't want to force guys into doing it, if they don't really feel like it, if they're uncomfortable or they have some health issues.
"I want to win this, so I'm not going to pick anybody who is going to be reserved in any way when they go and pick up a bat."
One person who definitely won't be joining Bautista on the AL team is Edwin Encarnacion, who is still hopeful of becoming an All-Star, but has declined to participate in the Derby. Bautista said he plans to talk with White Sox slugger Jose Abreu during their current four-game series.
Other players have been in touch through text messages to volunteer and while there's a fan voting aspect to the event, Bautista said he has final say on who makes the team. Even though this will be the third time in four years that Bautista is taking part in the event, he didn't hesitate to once again sign on.
"It's a great time to celebrate what you're doing," said Bautista, who leads all Major Leagues in fan voting. "To meet some of the opponents as teammates, friends and people and not just I want to [beat you] every day on the field. You get to be around the best players in a different setting, a different environment.
"When the season's over and everybody goes their own way, it's hard to get everybody together. This would be the only time. There's a lot of stuff that goes on, it's cool for the fans as well. They deserve having us together and enjoying the festivities. It's part of the job."
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15 on FOX.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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They gathered to pay tribute to those who stood — and fell — defending our freedom.
Soldiers of the United States Army Reserve gathered at Fort Totten's annual September 11 memorial on Saturday morning, September 8, to remember six first responders lost in the terror attacks.
"Those of us who wear the uniform, for generations, have always tried to honor and remember our heroes," said Major General Richard Colt, who was the commanding general of the 77th in 2001. "And even though the six soldiers who we honor today were not wearing the Army uniform, when they died, they epitomized the values that the Fire Department of New York puts into their men and women."
The six men that gave their lives — Captain Michael Mullan, Captain Mark Whitford, Warrant Officer Ronald Bucca, Sergeant Shawn Powell, Staff Sergeant Frederick Ill and Lieutenant Colonel William Pohlmann — were part of the 77th Regional Support Command, renamed the 77th Regional Readiness Command in 2003, according to Master Sergeant Minnie Hawkins, who led the service before a few hundred Army personnel. Five were New York City firefighters and the other, a volunteer firefighter in Ardsley, New York.
"Even though their loved ones are gone, we are here to support them. They're gone but not forgotten," said Sergeant First Class Eric Thompson. Mullan, of New York City Ladder 12, and Whitford, of Manhattan's Engine Company 23, died while operating rescue missions at the Towers. Bucca was assigned as fire marshal to Manhattan Command. He was the first fire marshal killed in the line of duty with the Fire Department of New York, authorities said.
Powell was a firefighter for Engine Company 207. Frederick was a fire captain with Ladder 2 in Manhattan. He gained fame in 1999 for saving a man from an oncoming subway train. Pohlmann worked as an attorney and had an office in the World Trade Center. He was also the engine company president of the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department.
"They stopped what they did, ran into a building and tried to help others," Sergeant First Class Kevin Wilson said. "It just shows how we are as people. We come together as Americans."


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BLURR wrote:Got a chance to throw both my champ dominator and my blizz dominator this past weekend. If you are looking for a slightly more stable Katana, then this would be the disc. I liked the flight of both of them, but they don't really offer me anything above and beyond what I currently have in the bag. So, they will go into the trade/sell pile.
Now, the Mamba on the other hand, has earned a spot in the bag for the time being. Played in a pro dub's tourney this past weekend and the Mamba almost got me two aces during the tourney. It is such an easy disc to throw. Where it really shined was uphill power throws where I needed the disc to fly left to right the whole way. Might have to get me another one so I have a backup.
I total agree about the both of your findings the mamba is a great uphill or tail wind driver. The Dominator is so close to the katana IMO that at last week doubles my partner and i switched his dominator and my beefier katana for a while (they are the same color and have the same stamp) and we each threw them a couple times before we realised.


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Wrestlemania 29 - A More Positive Review (I hope + spoilers)
by, 04-08-2013 at 12:44 AM (3824 Views)
Alright, so Wrestlemania is in the books for the year. And after sitting through the 4 hour PPV, here are my thoughts in my first ever blog post.
First things first, I was one of the unfortunate people who choose to order the PPV online from WWE.com. And I got to see the "Our Apologies - this service is unavailable message".
So that sucked, but thankfully I found a decent stream from a fairly good site, which was watchable.
So this review doesn't have much on the Shield vs Orton, Sheamus, and Big Show match.
So first things first - the IC match. Obviously there to get the crowd started and to give the rest of us something to watch. Decent match, but Miz really seemed almost too pumped for it, it kind of seemed over the top. Also him put that Figure-4 on gave me whiplash just watching his head thrash around. Kind of awkward there, but no matter, on to the PPV!
Match 1 - Missed most of the first match (due to wwe.com), but saw a couple of the spots, I enjoyed the mass of bodies as Big Show speared the triple power bomb. I was disappointed that they chose to have Big Show do the predictable and cost them the match instead of Sheamus or Orton, it was almost an unpredictable move because everyone expected it. But this seems to be the state of WWE creative right now - they seem burnt out and to clear their heads of stale air. I was glad that the Shield continues, I am loving them, something good they have going, and to lose to a ragtag team of former champions thrown together wouldn't do them justice. Now bring on 3MB! (just kidding, although I like those guys)
Match 2 - Ryback vs Mark Henry
Pleased with this match. Henry winning stops him from being the big mean jobber, and having Ryback hit a couple shell shocks (with ease) erases the whole Tensai debacle from a few months back, and keeps him as a powerhouse waiting to get back on top. I was watching this events with some people who had never really watched pro-wrestling before, and they were blown away by Ryback pulling that stuff off, and it reminded me that Henry is more agile that he gets credit for, helping Ryback get him on the shoulders. Overall, it was what we thought, a few big men doing big power moves, but it was good overall, and a lack of botching made it better.
Match 3 - Hell No vs Ziggler and Big E.
So this was a tag match. Nothing really more, and nothing really less. Hell No one, but it is time to drop those titles (Uso brothers anyone?)
I'm glad they didn't drop them to this team, but this felt like a get up and grab a snack kind of match.
Match 4 - Jericho vs Fandango
This match I was disappointed with. Not because it was a bad match, but rather because I had such huge expectations for it, that anything less than a 11 out of 10 match was going to let me down. Fangando proved he can work well in the ring, I found him quite captivating to watch move around the ring (no homo). Jericho was great as always, and outside of an awkward ending, it was fun, just not as great as I was expecting. Shame on me I suppose.
Match 5 - Tons of Funk + Funkadactyls vs Rhodes Scholars and Bella Twins
Just kidding, I feel bad for these 8 performers, I was secretly looking forward to this match, I think it would have been lots of fun and could have got the crowd really going, but at least we were reminded that people like the Rock and Cena wants to win through video package after video package.
Match 5 (for real) - Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger
I'm finally starting to give into Swagger and his schtick. Him and Zeb do well together, it was a great match up with them. Match was okay, I found it funny that Del Rio took RR's crutch and used it to threaten Zeb instead of giving it back to his injured friend, seems like Del Rio could handle Zeb without a crutch. Oh well, we'll just let that go. The worst part of this match was that it felt like a giant setup to Ziggler's MITB cash-in, and we all were left still waiting. I haven't enjoyed the Del Rio baby face too much (his music sounds like a Mexican game show), but I think they are keeping the title on him to grow him as a 'respected champion', but I'm not buying it. Tonight was a great time to put Ziggler on top, but he is still stuck lost in the murk. Hopefully creative does good by him, but their track record isn't great.
Match 6 - Undertaker vs Punk
Good match, the announce table not breaking under Punk looked really painful. Other than that, the usual excitement of the Streak was there, and they did well together. Hopefully Punk now gets some time off to recharge and refocus, he has been the man for so long now, he deserves some time off, and this gives him great opportunity to do so.
Match 7 - Triple H vs Brock Lesnar
Now, I know the crowd didn't seem into this, but I enjoyed it. I thought the match would be much slower and mainly standing and jawing through most of it, but it wasn't. The spots looked painful, and the action stayed fast and heavy. I'm disappointed that Brock lost - mainly because I'm done with HHH, and as much as Brock is in it for the money, there is nothing wrong with letting him win a big one, even if this was HHH's 'retribution' from SummerSlam. Anyways, good paced match and enjoyable from my couch.
Match 8 - John Cena vs the Rock
Let me just say this - I am not a Cena fan. Not one bit, but I was cheering for him tonight. I don't like that the Rock came back, showed up a couple times and got gold around his waist. I don't like that I can't watch WWE programming with my kids because the Rock was decided that he doesn't like the PG era and will use whatever language he wants (yes Dwayne, we all heard the Mother****er during your match), and is as crude as can be building up to it (not a fan of the cookie puss). I am a rare breed that likes the PG era, because it forces the wrestlers to use more than blood, boobs and foul mouths to entertain, but that is for another post. Back to the match. For the first 3/4 of the match, I had to check to see that I wasn't watching last year's match, it was scary how similar they were (less for Rock to remember I suppose). Also, how many Rock Bottoms does it take for that move to become moot? I did get really excited when Cena went for the People's Elbow - only because his face looked like it was time for the heel move we have all been waiting for. But alas, twas not meant to be, and with an AA and a handshake, we bid farewell to another night of great anticipation and dashed expectation.
Overall I enjoyed tonight (and i feel like I will be the minority with that statement). The matches were good, the atmosphere was fun. Not having an backstage moments seemed odd, and a couple of great opportunities (see Ziggler and Cena) seemed wasted, but overall it was a good night, except for that streaming issue.......
Let me know your thoughts, or don't, whatever you want. I love interacting with wrestling fans over the internet (mainly so I don't have to experience the wide variety of smells that cling to each one of you), but if you disagree, let me know. My self worth isn't based on an internet forum, so have at it!
Cheers, or bye or farewell, or something
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Mi Pad: iPad clone unveiled in China
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker valued at $US10 billion, will release a tablet computer next month as the company escalates its competition with Apple and Samsung.
The "Mi Pad" tablet will have a 7.9-inch screen – the same as the iPad mini – and use a Nvidia processor, founder and chief executive Lei Jun said in Beijing on Thursday. The tablet will use Google's Android software, start at 1499 yuan ($257) and be made by Foxconn, Lei said.
"It's very hard to do tablets well, and the market is going to be very hard," Lei said. "We believe the Xiaomi tablet will be the best Android tablet out there."
Xiaomi also will sell a 49-inch, high definition television starting this month for 3999 yuan ($686).
The four-year-old company is broadening its line-up of smartphones, TVs and routers at the same time it expands beyond China. Xiaomi sells phones in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore and will enter 10 new markets this year, Lei said last month.
The Xiaomi tablet with 16 gigabytes of storage compares with an iPad mini selling for $349. Xiaomi has lined up 100 applications and 400 games for its tablet, with plans to offer 1000 of each by year's end, Lei said.
Price cuts
The company keeps costs down by selling devices directly to consumers online. Xiaomi recorded 1.5 billion yuan ($257 million) in orders during a one-day web sale in China on April 8 and is now the nation's third-largest e-commerce site, the company said last month.
Xiaomi cut the price of its flagship Mi3 smartphone last month to 1699 yuan ($291) from 1999 yuan ($342). The new price is less than half the 4488 yuan ($770) local cost of Apple's iPhone 5c. The Mi3 has a larger and sharper screen than the 5c, a camera with higher-density pixels, and speedy quadcore processors from Nvidia or Qualcomm.
The combination of high-quality hardware and low prices propelled Xiaomi to become the world's sixth-largest smartphone vendor during the first quarter, even as 97 per cent of its sales were in China, according to data released by market researcher Canalys this month. It outsells Apple in China.
Founded in 2010 as a company to make software for mobile devices running Google's Android system, Xiaomi introduced its first smartphone in 2011. The company subsequently added the MiBox, a TV set-top box, and announced a TV that connects to the web, running the Android operating system.
Xiaomi's valuation hit $US10 billion with a fundraising round in August.
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Fulton Park
Robert Fulton (1765–1815) was an American engineer and inventor, best remembered for his successful powering of the steamboat North River (also known as Clermont) in 1807. His invention helped to revolutionize commercial traffic worldwide and was said to increase the economic and cultural exchange between countries.
In 1872, the Society of Old Brooklynites commissioned this larger-than-life sculptural portrait of Fulton, describing him as having done "more than any other to promote and establish the use of steam in transportation of passengers and freight." The statue by Casper Buberl (1834–1899) depicts Fulton holding a model of the Nassau, the first steam ferry from Brooklyn to New York. It is said to be one of the first sculpture castings in America and was made by Messrs. Leetg & Co. of Williamsburg.
The residents of Brooklyn Heights erected the original zinc statue of Robert Fulton near the Fulton Ferry House at the foot of Fulton Street. When the ferry was discontinued, the statue was sent to the Brooklyn Bridge Yard of the Department of Plant and Structures. It remained there until the Society of Old Brooklynites sought a new location for the monument. Brooklyn Parks Commissioner James J. Browne suggested Fulton Park. The Society recovered the sculpture and had it repaired in 1930; additional repairs and replication of missing parts were made by Parks crews in 1935.
In 1955 a new polished black granite base replaced the cast stone pedestal, and the statue was replicated in more durable bronze. The original deteriorated zinc sculpture was placed in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
Robert Fulton Details
- Location: Schenectady Avenue and Fulton Street
- Sculptor: Caspar Buberl
- Description: Standing figure (heroic scale) on integral plinth on pedestal
- Materials: Figure--bronze, pedestal facing--dark Quincy granite (polished)
- Dimensions: Figure H: 10'6"; pedestal H: 4'6" W: 5'3" D: 5'3"
- Cast: 1955
- Dedicated: 1955
- Foundry: Roman Bronze Works, Inc.;


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Orchard Road convenience
This hotel is situated adjacent to Singapore's most exclusive shopping and entertainment district of Orchard Road, 300 metres from the underpass to Orchard MRT Station and 2 km from Clarke Quay.
Warm Asian minimalism
Grand Hyatt Singapore offers 16 meeting rooms, a free-form outdoor swimming pool, a full-service spa and fitness centre, a studio, and tennis and badminton courts.
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Hotel Amenities
Damai is the hotel's 78,000 square-foot spa and fitness center. Inside the center, Damai features 11 indoor treatment rooms and a range of massages, facials, and beauty treatments using essential oils. A free-form outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, and badminton courts are available. Tennis lessons are also available. Babysitting and concierge services are available. Wired and wireless Internet access is provided free of charge throughout the hotel. For corporate guests, 16 meeting rooms are available.
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Nightclub
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 16
- Conference space
- Business center
- Porter/bellhop
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 677
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Number of floors - 21
- Shopping on site
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Tennis on site
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Concierge services
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 1971
- Number of restaurants - 5
- Conference space size (feet) - 55790
- Conference space size (meters) - 5183
- Number of meeting rooms - 16
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Outdoor tennis court
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- Free newspaper
- Free bottled water
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
Where to Eat
Pete's Place - Traditional Italian restaurant and bar decorated with rustic stone walls and checkered tablecloths. Menu features more than 40 selections of pizzas, soups, salads, and pastas. Open for lunch and dinner.
Oasis - Located next to the landscaped pool. Central bar counter with overhead wooden beams. Enjoy a casual barbecue with local dishes and Western favorites such as salads and sandwiches also available. Serves lunch and dinner.
10 Scotts - Lobby lounge with themed rooms, adjoining business center, and meeting room. Serves afternoon tea and à la carte snacks. Floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the garden and waterfall. Open noon until late evening.
BRIX - Bar with more than 400 seats. Daily live band performance: jazz, rhythm and blues, soul. A DJ spins top 40 hits. Specializes in wines and whiskey, including malt scotch, cognacs, and liqueurs. Open evening until late night.
StraitsKitchen - Features polished floorboards, large glass panels, and armchairs. Asian accents include antique furniture and a collection of Chinese tea pots. Central, open kitchen with local Chinese, Malay, and Indian favorites such as laksa, mee goreng, and chicken curry. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Buffet or à la carte.
mezza9 - Modern teak furnishings and dark-fabric cushions contrast with stainless-steel kitchen fittings. 400-seat restaurant with a variety of open kitchens. Western grill, sushi and yakitori grills, Chinese seafood, European and Thai deli with crustacean bar, and desserts. A wine cellar and martini cigar bar complete the offerings. Open for lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and Sunday brunch.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel's new recreational facilities, Damai, cover an area of 78,000 square-feet. The fitness centre features modern gym equipment with cardio and strength training stations. Personal training is also available (surcharge).
Guests can enjoy a game of badminton or tennis (surcharge). The studio offers fitness and aerobics classes.
The spa offers 11 indoor treatment rooms and a spa menu comprising a variety of local and Western treatments.
A jogging map is provided and details two routes. Guests can take the five-km (three-mile) route past Orchard Road to the Botanic Gardens, or the ten-km (six-mile) route that passes the residential areas of Scotts, Bukit Timah, and Farrer Road.
- Fitness classes on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
The hotel offers spa treatments and beauty therapies using local Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Western techniques in conjunction with the spa's specially formulated essential oils.
Damai Orchid Massage (90 minutes):
Our signature Orchid Essence radically boosts the rejuvenating and energy balancing effects of this pressure point massage.
Malay Urut Massage (75 minutes):
This traditional Malay and Indonesian massage uses deep thumb and forearm kneading and palm pressure along energy meridians to promote physical and mental well-being.
Abhyangam Massage (75 minutes):
A central therapy in Ayurveda, the main goal of Abhyangam is for healing oils to be absorbed by the body to promote natural detoxification.
Foot Reflexology (60 minutes):
Foot reflexology using digit-pressure to enhance circulation and eliminate swelling.
Swedish Massage (75 minutes):
A classic European massage using long, gentle strokes to eliminate stress and relieve muscle tension.
- Hot stone massage
- Swedish massage
- Reflexology
- Number of treatment rooms 11
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
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
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for SGD 80 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Self parking fee: SGD 20.00 per day
- Valet parking fee: SGD 15.00 per day
- Rollaway bed fee: SGD 80 per night
Hotel Name
- Grand Hyatt Singapore
- Grand Hyatt Singapore Hotel
- Singapore Grand Hyatt
- Grand Hyatt Singapore Hotel Singapore
- Hyatt Regency Singapore
- Hyatt Singapore
- Singapore Hyatt
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Advance Purchase
Book a stay in an "Advance Purchase" rate category at least seven days prior to arrival and receive a 10-percent discount on the room rate
Must book a stay in an "Advance Purchase" rate category at least seven days prior to arrival to qualify. Discounted room rate is reflected in total price paid at time of booking. All hotel reservations are subject to availability and must be made in advance. Offer is not valid with groups/conventions and may not be combined with other promotional offers. Requires full-prepayment and is non-refundable. Rate is per room per night; based on double occupancy. Room tax not included. Additional charges apply to room-type upgrades. Additional guests may be subject to additional hotel charges. No refunds for any unused portion of package. Promotional blackout periods may apply due to seasonal periods or special events, and normal arrival/departure restrictions apply. Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw this program at any time without notice.


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Volunteer Opportunities at Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court
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Volunteer Opportunities at Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court
A volunteer receptionist is needed to work with the chief deputy clerk of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. Primary duties will include: answering phones and directing the public to the appropriate departments, sorting mail by court date, some data entry, and working with the judges in chambers. A minimum commitment of two four-hour shifts per week between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, for a six-month period is needed. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age.
Volunteers are also needed to meet with families after court hearings. Under the supervision of court staff, volunteers meet with clients to clarify court orders, sign probation rules and provide information regarding program referrals. Applicants must be able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. A six-month commitment is needed.
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Dress, Boden, $148. Necklace, R.J. Graziano, $110. Booties, Vince Camuto, $149.
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Baylor provides a variety of diabetes education programs. Our self-management education programs are recognized by the American Diabetes Association and cover topics that are key to living successfully with diabetes.
This program is held in a group class setting. Each class is two hours and covers topics to help you manage your diabetes including:
A comprehensive assessment and review of self-care behaviors is conducted. This one-on-one program is designed to meet each individual's educational needs.
This program is developed expressly to serve the needs of the woman whose pregnancy has been complicated with diabetes. Education consists of intensive, individual meal planning, instruction in blood glucose and ketone testing, exercise plans as recommended by the physician and insulin therapy when required. After the initial training, blood glucose records are reviewed weekly by an educator for the remainder of the pregnancy.
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Feline infectious diseases–a collection of interesting cases (Proceedings)
Infectious diseases can often be insidious in their clinical presentation. Case studies will be used to highlight some interesting infectious diseases that can affect the feline patient.
Lungworm infection
Causative agent: Aelurostrongylus abstrususTransmission: Predation of paratenic hosts (mice, voles and possibly birds) that ingest infected snails or slugs (intermediate hosts); Cats are the principle hosts.
Geographic distribution: Worldwide
Pathogenesis: Cats are the principle hosts of this worm. Adult worms live in the bronchioles. Larvae are deposited in the bronchioles and coughed up, swallowed and shed in the feces. Snails and slugs are the intermediate hosts.
Risk factors: Outdoor cats with exposure to snails and slugs and paratenic hosts
Clinical findings: Related to inflammatory reactions to the parasites. "Asthma" like signs – coughing, wheezing, overt respiratory distress. Thoracic radiographs may show diffuse interstitial nodules; peribronchial and alveolar patterns may also be present.
Diagnosis: Detection of larvae in airway washes or lung aspirates or Baermann fecal
Treatment: Fenbendazole 25-50 mg/kg PO q 24 hours for 10-14 days; Ivermectin 400 ug/kg SQ; bronchodilators and glucocorticoids may be needed to address the inflammation.
Public health considerations: None.
Things to remember: A treatable cause of "asthma"
Mycoplasma polyarthritis
Causative agent: Mycoplasma spp. (M. gatae, M. felis)
Transmission: Cat to cat - suspect initial respiratory, conjunctival or urogenital infection with systemic spread.
Geographic distribution: Worldwide
Risk factors: Large cat population (cattery), exposure to other cats, immunosuppression, stress
Clinical findings: Fever, hyperesthesia, difficulty walking, joint effusion, joint pain.
Diagnosis: Identification of the organism by culture or PCR in joint fluid; suppurative joint effusion
Treatment: Doxycycline 5 mg/kg PO q 12h; Prednisolone may also be needed due to the polyarthritis (2.5 – 5 mg/ cat every 12-24h). Must treat for an extended period of time.
Public health considerations: Not considered to be a major public health risk.
Things to remember: The organisms may become intracellular, resulting in chronic persistent infection. These organisms may also stimulate chronic immune-mediated disease.
Toxoplasma gondii -neurologic involvement
Causative agent: Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular coccidian protozoan parasite
Transmission: Infection acquired by ingestion of infective oocysts or tissue cysts.
Geographic distribution: Worldwide; higher seroprevalence in warm, moist, or tropical climates.
Risk factors: Immunosuppression from infections such as FeLV, FIV, or FIP; Glucocorticoid therapy or antitumor chemotherapy; post renal transplantation; ingestion of raw meat; outdoor cats hunting prey (birds, rodents).
Clinical findings: Anorexia, lethargy, fever, weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory difficulties, icterus, abdominal effusion, ocular inflammation, blindness, anisocoria, seizures, behavioral changes, incoordination, circling, twitching, tremors, ataxia, paresis, paralysis, muscle pain/weakness, tetraparesis. Clinical signs may be sudden or slow in onset.
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Ramos takes big step, gets back behind plate
VIERA, Fla. -- Catcher Wilson Ramos made the final step in his recovery from right knee surgery, catching three innings of action in the Nationals' 7-1 win against the Astros on Tuesday.
Ramos caught starter Dan Haren, diving to block one ball in the third inning, something the Nationals were keeping a close eye on.
"I didn't even really think about it, honestly," Haren said. "I don't even know what happened to him last year. … But he seemed like he's been catching for a while back there. I didn't see him stabbing at balls or anything. He's a nice big target."
Ramos -- who tore his ACL and meniscus on May 12 last year, and hadn't participated in game action since -- has been taking part in all drills with catchers since he arrived at camp. But his progress, from catching back-to-back bullpen sessions and blocking balls to sliding on the basepaths, has been steady.
"I'll go slow with him and work him up to the whole deal," manager Davey Johnson said. "We've got plenty of time in the spring. He showed a pretty good bat the other day, he won that ballgame leading off with a double the second time up."
Ramos made his Grapefruit League debut on Sunday, pinch-hitting in the designated hitter spot. He grounded out and doubled to center field.
Johnson said Ramos will likely continue to balance designated hitter and catching duties while he recuperates.
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Genetics determine many things: blue eyes versus brown, height, and early baldness, for example. Genetics also are responsible for many serious health problems, including birth defects, mental retardation, cleft lip and palate, developmental impairment and metabolic and neurologic disorders.
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Chuckleheads to Bring 'Paternity Test' Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza to the Tavern, 6/14
The Charlotte improvisational theatre group, the Chuckleheads, present their Paternity Test Comedy Improv Musical Variety Extravaganza at The Tavern, 300 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC on Saturday, June 14 beginning at 8:00pm.
Tickets are: $10, when purchased at www.planetimprov.com or you can get added to the guest list at the discounted price at 704.301.1564 or email@example.com or $15 when purchased at the door.
The Chuckleheads' show will include Father's Day themed unscripted improvisational comedy games (ala Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Improv-a-ganza, and the Second City,) musical games/activities, game show elements, and the heavy-duty audience participation that are staples of the six-year-old Chuckleheads' improv comedy troupe's shows. And it's all made up on the spot.
This show could contain adult language and situations.
The admittance to the Chuckleheads' show At The Tavern (downstairs) will start at 7p. Food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available before, during and after the show.
"Fabulous prizes" will be raffled off during the show as a fundraiser. The Chuckleheads are the house improvisational troupe of the 501c3 non-profit corporation, Actor's Crib, Inc.
Parking is free in the lot behind The Tavern. For more information (show specifics, to buy tickets, and/or to get added to the guest list) on the Chuckleheads and the Saturday, June 14, 8p The Tavern show, visit www.planetimprov.com and/or contact Scott Pacitti at 704.301.1564 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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January 9, 2014, Lomé, Togo: The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched Agir pour la Planification Familiale (AgirPF), a five-year regional family planning project that will be based in Lomé and implemented in five countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, and Togo.
To respond to the high unmet need for family planning in West Africa and recognizing the region's growing urbanization, AgirPF aims to increase access to and use of quality family planning services in urban areas using hospitals and health centers as well as mobile outreach and community-based services. More specifically, AgirPF will: 1) expand access to family planning counseling and a range of contraceptive methods; 2) promote healthy family planning behaviors; and 3) increase awareness of the benefits of family planning.
"AgirPF will work closely with the governments of project countries to identify concrete activities for support that directly respond to priority needs identified in national plans," said U.S. Ambassador to Togo Robert E. Whitehead. "The project will work with local organizations to help them expand services that work with service providers to improve the quality and impact of their efforts, and with women and families to increase awareness of the benefits of family planning."
USAID designed AgirPF to support the member countries of the Ouagadougou Partnership for Repositioning Family Planning in Francophone West Africa, who pledged to reach an additional one million women and couples with family planning methods by 2015. AgirPF, implemented by EngenderHealth together with Futures Institute and EXP Agency, will build upon successful USAID-funded activities piloted in Togo: the AWARE II and RESPOND projects, which focused on community-based delivery of a package of services that included family planning and maternal and child health services. These activities will now be expanded in Togo and the other four project countries.
The goal of USAID in West Africa is to promote social and economic well-being advanced by West Africans. Spanning 21 countries, the USAID/West Africa regional office designs and implements programs with West African partners to strengthen systems of non-violent conflict management, support economic growth, and expand quality health services. The American people, through USAID, provide economic and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.usaid.gov/west-africa-regional.
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Fisheries weigh options for, against increased diversions
Fisheries managers offer two views of plans to increase diversions from the Colorado River.
The bright side is the money set aside in current mitigation plans, which include restoring the river and populations of greenback cutthroat trout.
The dark side is the "no action" alternative, which means the water leaves the Western Slope with no mitigation promised.
Denver Water's Moffat Firming Project (in Colorado water law, "firming" refers to firming up or guaranteeing water supplies) will take 18,000 acre feet a year, with 15,000 acre feet coming from headwater streams of the Blue, Fraser and Williams Fork rivers, tributaries of the Colorado.
The rest comes from the South Platte River (2,000 a/f) and South Boulder Creek (1,000 a/f).
Western Slope water will be sent through the 6.2-mile Moffat Tunnel to the Front Range.
Northern Colorado Water's Windy Gap Firming Project seeks to divert an additional 30,000 acre feet each year from the Colorado River near Windy Gap Reservoir.
That western Slope water will be pumped through the Continental Divide via the Adams Tunnel to the proposed Chimney Hollow Reservoir near Loveland.
Both projects call for new or enlarging current reservoirs, which requires permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
But permitting isn't a game-breaker.
Should the water suppliers fail to receive or decide not to pursue the permits, they still can take their water and disperse it through the existing Front Range storage system.
No action is bad action, if you're interested in the health of the upper Colorado River.
"If they get their permits, there has to be mitigation," said Ken Kehmeier, senior fisheries biologist for Colorado Division of Wildlife's Northeast Region. "If they don't get permitted, they continue to take water and there is no mitigation."
"Both Northern and Denver are actually doing the right things to put up $3.5 million to $4.5 million to fix the river plus other things," said Sherman Hebein, Kehmeier's counterpart for the wildlife agency's Northwest Region.
Those dollars will help reshape the Colorado River between Windy Gap Reservoir and the confluence of the Williams Fork River.
Once the river is healthy again, the Division of Wildlife will stock it with whirling disease-resistant Colorado River rainbow trout.
Denver Water also will fund developing five streams for restoring the federal- and state-listed greenback cutthroat trout.
"We'll move the greenbacks out of four (diverted) streams on the Williams Fork (headwaters) and move them into new waters," Hebein said.
The selected streams will have more habitat and could triple the greenback population, he said.
Mitigation plans from both Denver Water and Northern Colorado Water address impacts to native fish downstream and include payments to the Upper Colorado River Endangered Native Fish Recovery Program.
Denver Water estimates it will spentd $5 million to $7 million in mitigation costs.
Opposition to the increased diversions has come from diverse groups such as Colorado Trout Unlimited and the Fraser Valley Lions Club.
But the two water suppliers own rights to the water and Colorado water law doesn't require mitigation for fish and wildlife, leaving few options.
"You look at the whole (diversion plan) package," Hebein said. "What do you want — the no-action alternative or the chance to have a river be free and breathing again?"
More information is available at: Division of Wildlife, wildlife.state.co.us; Denver Water, http://www.denverwater.org; and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, http://www.ncwcd.org.
Public comments will be accepted through Feb. 24.


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"Dream" Speech, Peace March Kick Off a Week of MLK Events
January 14, 2010—
Michigan Tech is honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of observances beginning on Monday, Jan. 18.
At noon, mechanical engineering undergraduate Gregory D. Hardy will deliver King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Memorial Union. His address will be followed by a candlelight vigil and march to the Rozsa Center, where a reception will be held at 1 p.m.
Everyone is invited, and students from L'Anse High School and Asian students from Finlandia University will be participating in the activities.
At 7 p.m., the Black Student Association is hosting a viewing of CNN's "Black in America, Part 2" in Walker 134.
A blood drive will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at noon at the Van Pelt and Opie Library. This Martin Luther King Jr. Service Project is being organized by Student Activities, Health Options for a Wellness Lifestyle (HOWL), and the Black Student Association.
A DiversiTEA, "Class and Privilege Among Students," will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Union Alumni Lounge A. William Kennedy, the director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Faculty Development, will be the guest speaker.
The student chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers will give a talk Thursday, Jan. 21, at noon in the Memorial Union Peninsula Room, "The Lives of Dr. Martin Luther King and Cesar Estrada Chavez." They will discuss parallels between the lives and work of the great civil rights and labor leaders.
At 6 p.m. Thursday, Chet DeFonso, a faculty member from Northern Michigan University, will present "Civil Rights, Then and Now," in Fisher 325. DeFonso's visit is sponsored by Keweenaw Pride.
On Saturday, Student Activities is inviting volunteers to bake bread for the elderly from 9 a.m. to noon in the Wadsworth Hall dining area. For more information, email email@example.com .
The week concludes with the annual MLK Banquet, set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in the Memorial Union Ballroom. The guest speaker is Joe Rogers, former lieutenant governor of Colorado and founder of The Dream Alive Program. Rogers, who came to Tech for the 2005 MLK banquet, is an inspirational speaker who focuses on the heritage of King and other leaders of the civil rights movement. Tickets are $20 and are available from Multicultural Affairs by calling 487-2920.
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He wasn't supposed to do it, but on May 15, 1948, Lieutenant Colonel Paul H. Fackler, commanding officer of the U.S. Air Force 514th Reconnaissance Squadron Weather, flew his airplane into the seething mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb detonation.
As part of Zebra, the final shot of America's second series of atomic tests at Enewetak atoll in the Pacific, Fackler had the job of tracking the atomic cloud from at least 10 miles away, hoping that special filters attached to the airplane would catch samples of the radioactive debris. But as he pulled away from the enormous roiling cloud in a climbing turn to the left, Fackler suddenly found his weather reconnaissance Boeing WB-29 inside a small finger-like projection of the main cloud.
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"No one keeled over dead, and no one got sick," Fackler reported later, according to History of Air Force Atomic Cloud Sampling, a government document published in January 1963. He promptly left the cloud and continued his normal flight profile until his radiation safety officer, sitting in the B-29's nose monitoring radiation levels, announced the crew had reached their exposure limit: 100 milliroentgens, the amount a person receives annually from naturally occurring radiation from the sun and the soil. It was time to break off and head home to the air base on Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands. Fackler flew through a few rainshowers to wash off radioactive particles.
Aside from the unstated objective of geopolitical saber-rattling, the main purpose of atomic bomb tests was to try out new weapon designs and improve existing bombs. Analyzing the tiny particles of fallout, trace elements, and short-lived radioisotopes unleashed by the nuclear reactions was the only way to get definitive data on just what had happened inside the multi-million-degree heart of an atomic explosion. But collecting that debris in the aftermath of the explosion was a challenge.
During the first postwar test series, Operation Crossroads in 1946, specially trained pilots in mothership aircraft guided unmanned drones through clouds of two consecutive explosions from a safe distance. The drones, retired Boeing B-17 bombers and Grumman F6F fighters, had boxes mounted on the fuselage or wings, lined with filter paper designed to catch radioactive particles.
Controlling the drones was tricky even under the best conditions, much less in the turbulence following a nuclear blast. Drones often crashed or went astray, and even when everything worked properly, they couldn't always collect the high-quality samples craved by the physicists and radio-chemists at Los Alamos labs in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore laboratory in California. All a controller could do was point his drone at the cloud and send it through blindly, hoping that by sheer luck the drone would catch a good sample and survive the landing.
But Fackler's stunt—whether purposeful or accidental, no one ever knew for sure—had raised an intriguing prospect. By the time the United States began the Ranger series of atomic tests at the new Nevada test site in 1951, Fackler and some supportive colleagues had convinced the military and the Atomic Energy Commission to try manned sampling flights. Monitoring aircraft could vector manned aircraft into the parts of a cloud most likely to yield good samples, and manned craft could respond to rapidly changing conditions much faster than a remote-controlled craft.
The second atomic bomb to detonate in the United States was triggered at 5:45 a.m. on January 27, 1951 (Trinity, the first, exploded near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945), and at the time, Fackler was piloting a WB-29 toward the mushroom cloud. He depressurized the aircraft cabin and the crew went on 100 percent oxygen to avoid inhaling radioactive dust. Then Fackler took the aircraft through the cloud. He made a second pass, and then the radiation safety officer told him they were nearing their milliroentgen limit—the mission was over. Another sampling aircraft followed Fackler's through each of Operation Ranger's four remaining atomic blasts.
The flights were pronounced a success, and what had begun as a simple pilot error, then explored as a cautious experiment, became a vital element of America's nuclear weapons program. The sampling flights continued through further tests in Nevada, with the teams perfecting techniques and equipment, while Fackler pushed to establish a dedicated cloud sampling unit.
Meanwhile, the hydrogen age was about to dawn.
As Operation Ivy started in late 1952, the sampling flights had largely transitioned from relatively slow prop-driven aircraft to jets, whose greater speed gave crews less time to hang around in the cloud. They could also quickly reach higher altitudes, an important consideration for testing H-bomb detonations, which produce much wider and taller clouds.
When the world's first hydrogen weapon, in a test designated "Mike," wiped out the Marshallese island of Elugelab on November 1, 1952, four F-84G fighters carrying sample collection equipment on their wingtips were already in the air. Designated Red Flight and led by Lieutenant Colonel Virgil Meroney, the jets arrived in the area of the bomb cloud about an hour and a half after detonation.


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Grand Yankee
Brooklyn-Bred Joe Torre steers the Yankees to a world championship, overcoming personnel troubles and personal trauma.
Joe Torre strides into his office in an olive green suit and a broad black fedora. After unburdening himself of a briefcase and a stack of photographs that need signing, he sits back in his desk chair. He checks the phone messages piled on his desk, then clips and lights a small Cuban cigar, a Sancho Panza. There have been plenty of smoking and feel-good occasions for Torre lately. A few weeks earlier, the Yankees had rallied from two games down to beat the favored Atlanta Braves for their 23rd world championship, rocking the baseball world in the process. Torre has been rolling ever since.
"Every time I leave home I come back to 23 messages; I can't dig out of this hole," he says. "I mean, I love it, don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining one bit."
"Will it help if you change your phone number?" public relations director Rick Cerrone cuts in.
"Not until after the holidays," Torre says.
Since that raucous Saturday night in October--a night when Paul O'Neill swears he felt the Yankee Stadium ground shake from the deafening din after he crossed home plate on Joe Girardi's third-inning triple--Torre has made the victor's rounds. He appeared on the Cosby and Letterman shows--then Regis and Kathy Lee and other morning stops. He lit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in Manhattan and has even tried motivational speaking. He walked onto the Radio City Music Hall stage and walked off with an ESPY for "Best Manager of the Year." The Yankees were awarded "Best Team." "It was a big thrill," says Torre, "considering we had to beat out the Bulls and the Packers!" Another accolade came from the Sporting News, which named Torre Sportsman of the Year. When he went to receive the award, "truck drivers and cabbies were yelling," says Cerrone. "He can't go from a car to a door across the sidewalk without people attacking him! The championship didn't happen in a vacuum; everybody related to it." Suddenly, everyone is greeting Torre con amore.
He grew up in New York and now it is his town again. It may be true that Torre's calming influence--as much as any timely hit or strikeout--helped his team to win. "The clubhouse seemed somewhat serene and stable," says Yankees radio voice Michael Kay, "a reflection of Torre."
"This is a tough game to play," Torre says. "It's a tough game to endure; a marathon, not a sprint. You've got to try to eliminate the highs and the lows and just maintain a nice level of play. And I thought that we did that pretty well."
The phone rings. Someone is asking how the family is and what's happening with the Yankees. "My sisters are fine, my brother's fine," he says, referring to older brother Frank, who received a heart transplant on the off day between games five and six of the Series. "Jimmy Key is gone, [Jim] Leyritz is gone and we'll probably lose [John] Wetteland," he continues, updating the caller with the ever-evolving post-Series roster. (Subsequently, the Yankees did lose Wetteland to Texas.)
Half a minute later the phone rings again. It's George. Yes, that George. George Steinbrenner, the one who has presided over 20 managerial changes in 24 years as boss. "You should come down here now," Torre says to George. "Cigar Aficionado is doing an interview and this place is filled with smoke." True enough. The smoke wafts out into the empty clubhouse, where champagne flowed and Torre's eyes welled up with emotion the October before.
Media relations adviser Arthur Richman walks in. Richman and other brass are on hand for a press conference to announce the re-signing of catcher Joe Girardi and the signing of free agent reliever Mike Stanton. "I used to be a cigar smoker," Richman says. "I gave it up. Twice. I used to smoke Berings. I used to stay at the Tampa Terrace hotel which [Bering] owned." Torre hangs up and cuts in. "Arthur, George needs you right now, upstairs." Richman heads out.
Clubhouse attendant Nick Priori comes in, followed by trainer Gene Monahan and general manager Bob Watson. Torre introduces them all. Monahan and Watson are a couple of recent smoking converts. What does Watson smoke? "Whatever he gives me," Watson says, motioning to Torre.
"When we won the division title against Milwaukee, I came in here and I realized that they had raided my cigar collection," says Torre, pointing to the humidor behind his desk. "Every player had a cigar in his face. I remember Kenny Rodgers coming in here and asking [bench coach Don] Zimmer, 'Which ones are the good ones?' He made sure he got a good one. So they depleted my supply.
"When my daughter was born a year ago, I gave out The Griffin's, a very nice cigar. For some of my cigar enthusiast friends I also had some Montecristos--those torpedoes. Strong and long." Then he swings around to show the rest of his stash. "Look at what somebody gave me the other day. A Savinelli. Look at these. I'm smoking these now," Torre says. "I'm going to send a bunch of these to Cecil [Fielder] and just have him go bananas. And if he still wants to be a free agent, well...
"That is a nice smoke," he says, taking another puff of the Sancho Panza. "Mild, right?" Some Cuban cigars can "make your eyes cross," Torre adds. "I'll smoke some of this, smoke some of that. I'm pretty good at diversifying. George Steinbrenner gave me this one," he says, pointing to a Por Larrañaga Havana. "Of course, George came in here and said, 'This is the one you have to smoke,' and he hands me an 18-inch cigar shaped like a baseball bat with a knob on the handle. It's so wide you'd need a hacksaw to clip it.
"It's been crazy but I love it," Torre says, still catching his breath from the World Series spin he's been in. "When I think that Derek Jeter and Chipper Jones won the World Series in their first year, these guys think it happens all the time. Derek's been going at it a hundred miles an hour in the off-season, going here, going there, being fawned over, which is deserved. Being 56 years old, I'm walking through this. And I'm not going to jog. This is enjoyable. It's exhausting, but it's terrific.
"I hired an agent in June 1995. Because after I was fired from St. Louis [in 1995], I was going to go into broadcasting. That was going to be it. So I hired Bob Rosen of RLR Associates. All of a sudden my agent is handling all my engagements, my book." Torre's autobiography, Chasing the Dream, written with Tom Verducci, recently came out. "This is stuff I never dreamed about when I hired him. And of course, when you're involved in the World Series, the last thing on your mind is what the Series is going to bring you, other than the World Series ring. You're really in this foxhole the whole time you're in the postseason. Then all of a sudden, when the thing was over, I discovered that I was a hero."
At the Yankees' victory parade in lower Manhattan, broadcaster Michael Kay said that "the Yankees turned the city of New York into a small town." Torre's life has proved it. "I'll just walk by and people are thanking me," Torre says.
When the Yankees won, everyone seemed to celebrate with him. "Even the Red Sox fans like us," Torre says with surprise. Now that is a sure sign that something is amiss in the baseball universe. "I think a big part of that is that I'm a native New Yorker and the fact that during this whole thing, my brother Rocco had passed away, my other brother, Frank, was ill and then got a heart. It's really humanized this whole game of baseball for a change." It was a national story, too. "I spent two weeks in Hawaii with my wife, Ali, walking down the streets of Maui." Naturally, people recognized him there, too. This was the best chapter of the Torre story, a story that began more than 4,000 games and 56 years before, in Brooklyn.
Joe Torre was born on July 18, 1940, in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn. "My sister, Rae, still lives in the house I was born in on Avenue T and 34th Street. She's retired from the telephone company. She's the one who doesn't get any attention--because she's not a nun, she's not a player and she didn't have a transplant. But she's been the stable one in the family. In fact, Ali and I named my baby after her--Andrea Rae.
"I played with a sandlot club, the Brooklyn Cadets. We played about 100 games a year, five games on weekends, a couple of nights during the week, sometimes three games in one day. We usually played at the Parade Grounds in Marine Park. And I played high school ball my last two years at St. Francis Prep in Williamsburg.
"When I was 16, I was 5-11, 240. My mother said I was big, not fat. But I was fat. My dad [Joseph] died in 1971 and my mom [Margaret] in 1974. They split up when I was about 12 years old. So Frank and Rocco, my older brothers, were the two who influenced me most. We were a baseball-oriented family. My sisters, Rae and Marguerite [a nun who teaches at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Elementary School in Queens], were also big baseball fans."
By the time he was 19, Torre was playing minor league ball with Eau Claire (Wisconsin) of the Northern League. But after a brief stop with Louisville (Kentucky) the following season, he was in the big show for good, playing for the Milwaukee Braves with his brother, Frank. At 19 he also started smoking.
"My brother Frank smoked cigars; he was always my big brother, father image," says Torre. "He was my idol, probably still is. He smoked cigars, and I started with the Hav-a-Tampa Jewels with the wooden tip, then worked to the Garcia y Vegas. In the minor leagues, a friend of mine, Wade Blasingame, was a smoker. We smoked together. We'd even go so far as stopping on the way to breakfast and picking up a couple of those Parodis. They gave us indigestion. You could smoke anywhere you wanted then, on the plane. I watched Frank do it and I picked it up. I smoked during my playing days with the Braves."
The Braves had moved to Milwaukee from Boston in 1953 and were filling up County Stadium to the tune of two million-plus fans a year, ahead of all other major league teams in the mid-'50s. A 6-foot-4-inch first baseman, Frank Torre had already been with the Braves for five years when Joe joined. In the 1957 World Series, Frank was an unsung star, hitting home runs in the fourth and seventh games to help the Braves upset the imperial Yankees. It was the team's first world championship since the Boston Braves had won in 1914.
During his Braves tenure, Joe Torre played with sluggers Joe Adcock, Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron, a terrifying threesome who hit a combined 1,603 homers. "It was great," recalls Torre. "I played eight years with Hank and batted behind him. If you want to get a sense of history--Hank Aaron, who started in 1954, didn't make $100,000 until he went to Atlanta in 1966. In the beginning he was probably making about $7,000 or $8,000." In addition to their long-ball hitters, the Braves had Warren Spahn, the winningest left-handed pitcher in baseball history with 363 wins.
While salaries were lower then, another aspect of the 1950s baseball world had a much more profound impact on the Brooklyn-raised Torre: segregation. "Atlanta had been a great minor league town and Frank had played there," he says. "A thing that was a little shot of reality was going to that ballpark in 1954 and seeing "colored" water fountains and "colored" restrooms. Growing up I never saw anything like that. It knocked me over. In 1961 [the team] moved into the Twilight Motel in Palmetto, Florida, because we decided that we were going to stay together and they didn't let our whole team stay in the good hotel in Bradenton. We had to eat in a private dining room because of the segregation."
Two years later, in October 1963, Torre married his first wife Jackie, and their son, Michael, was born a year later. The marriage didn't last, and in 1968 Torre remarried. He and his new wife, Dani, had a daughter, Tina, who was born that November. Dani had a daughter of her own, Lauren, from her first marriage.
On the field, Torre was establishing himself as a solid catcher and one of the game's top hitters. Catchers usually don't hit for high averages, especially 6-foot-2, 212-pound catchers. But Torre was an exception. He hit .321 in 1964. He displayed power, too, belting 20 homers and knocking in 109 runs.
The 1964 season began an eight-year stretch during which Torre was one of the steadiest hitters in the National League, an era that was marked by some of the greatest pitching that baseball had ever known. Torre, Aaron and other National League stalwarts--Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, Ernie Banks and Ron Santo, Billy Williams and Roberto Clemente, Lou Brock and Orlando Cepeda, Pete Rose and Richie Allen--had to face some legendary hurlers. The mound aces of the day included Tom Seaver, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Ferguson Jenkins--the greatest confluence of pitching talent in the game's history. This was not the 1990s, not a decade when lumber dominated, not a time when league earned run averages looked like Midwestern zip codes or when walls in the "power alleys" were marked "362 feet." Torre and a dozen or so other hitters succeeded despite the dominant pitching.
In 1969, Torre, already a five-time All-Star, was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for a former National League most valuable player, Orlando Cepeda, "The Baby Bull." Torre reached his pinnacle in 1971 when he took league MVP honors and the batting title, hitting .363. Playing third base that year, he also belted 24 homers and knocked in 137 runs. "One of those locked-in summers," Torre says. "The year before I had lost about 20 pounds in spring training. It probably made my hands a little bit quicker. In 1970 I hit .325 and in 1971 I just started out gangbusters and went for it. And it was just one of those things where you'd go home and you'd know who you were going to face the next day and you knew what pitch you were going to hit. It was one of those magical years." Torre racked up 230 hits in 1971 after getting 203 the year before. "Even at that time I would have traded it all for a World Series. Anything you could do as a team is so much better than what you do as an individual."
After the 1974 season, Torre was traded to the Mets, with whom he played his last three seasons. When he called it quits in 1977 at the age of 37, he had been named an All-Star nine times, had a .297 lifetime pro average, had blasted 252 homers and had driven home 1,185 runs. This January, recognizing his accomplishments, baseball writers gave him 105 votes toward inclusion in the Baseball Hall of Fame, not enough for induction but still indicative of the respect accorded Torre over the past three and a half decades.
Hitting is baseball's isolated act. A pitcher gets help from eight others, but a hitter must rely on himself. As a manager, however, you depend on 25 others. Torre surely found that out when he began managing the Mets in 1977. In five years with the club, he managed a team from Queens that was worth Flushing. His best hitter that first year, Steve Henderson, hit just 12 homers and knocked in 65 runs. The offense was so anemic that Torre was named player-manager for 18 days during the season, in an attempt to generate more runs. Alas, ineptitude was contagious. Torre hit only .176 and then ended his playing days for good. It was also the shameful year that the Mets traded the greatest player in the history of the franchise, Tom Seaver. To make matters worse, across town the Yankees won the World Series in 1977 and 1978.
Under Torre, the Mets played without glory, winning just 286 games and losing 420 during his five-year tenure. Mercifully for him, Torre was fired after the 1981 season. He was back in uniform with Atlanta in 1982, leading the Braves to 89 wins and first place in the Western Division. Dale Murphy slugged 36 homers and racked up 109 runs batted in, nailing down his first of back-to-back MVP awards. In the championship series the Braves were swept three straight by the Cardinals. "If you look at the Texas [Rangers] last year," Torre says, "they had never won a division, and once they got the division [title] it seemed to make their year, that they had accomplished something. I think subconsciously it happened to us in 1982. We won the division we weren't supposed to and the Cardinals ran through us."
Torre would learn firsthand what a volatile profession managing is. After two second-place finishes in 1983 and 1984, Torre was fired for a second time. In 1985 he had his first hiatus from playing and managing in 25 seasons. He became a television broadcaster with the California Angels for several seasons.
In August 1987 he married Ali, whom he had met in Cincinnati in 1981 when she was a waitress at Stouffer's Hotel. When they met, Ali was 23; Torre 41. Explaining the termination of his first two marriages, Torre takes his share of the blame. "I wasn't up to the responsibility; I came first. That's the way I went about my career."
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KIND-hearted cancer sufferer Kelly Mullings continues to champion Brierley Hill based charity The Paul Ackrill Fund.
The 23-year-old Birmingham University student from Pensnett has already been compared with the late Stephen Sutton through her tireless fundraising - despite having only recently completed chemotherapy treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma.
She raised more than £6,000 when friends rallied round in April for a 'Tri-ing for Cancer' day at Stourbridge's Crystal Leisure Centre - and she has continued to keep the money rolling in.
A recent spinning event at the Crystal Leisure Centre has reaped over £400 and Kelly is already planning another one in September.
And this week, she has inspired The Wordsley School, where she was a pupil, to raise in the region of £700 for the Paul Ackrill Fund as one of their chosen charities.
Headteacher Mike Lambert said: "The pupils decided themselves which charity the money should go to and I think they chose the Paul Ackrill Fund because Kelly is a former pupil and her brother Nathan still attends the school.
"Cancer is such an emotive subject and the way Kelly has handled it has been absolutely wonderful."
Gill Ackrill, who founded the charity, said: "It's exactly 13 years since Paul died and I feel Kelly is determined to keep the charity going almost single handedly.
"It was through her efforts that the charity has continued for another year.
"Since January, we've already paid out £8,000 to young people suffering with cancer.
"Originally when the charity first started we were able to pay out £500 to patients per annum, but we had to cut that to £300.
"Kelly has helped to revitalise the charity and given it a real boost.
"Paul lived at home when he had cancer, but other sufferers are really struggling with bills to pay when they have enough to worry about.
"Quite often we don't even get an acknowledgement, but I understand that because they have a real battle of their own to deal with.
"Only very occasionally does someone like Kelly come along and it's wonderful. She's a wonderful, wonderful girl."


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A Cessna CitationJet equipped with Tamarack Aerospace's active winglets made an unofficial record-breaking trip from Sandpoint, Idaho, to Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., on Tuesday night. The Tamarack CJ (N86LA) is on display at today's NBAA Business Aviation Regional Forum at Westchester County Airport in White Plains. The nonstop 1,853-nm flight landed with reserves of 472 pounds after flying for six hours and 16 minutes.
Tamarack's CJ is equipped with its active technology load alleviation system (Atlas) active winglets, which employ a Tamarack active control surface actuator mounted near each winglet. The actuator drives small moveable surfaces mounted outboard on the wing trailing edge, near the winglets, that move to counteract and alleviate the load on the wing. The result is a much lower bending moment on the wing, allowing addition of winglets without having to beef up wing structure and thus providing more efficient flight characteristics.
Tamarack is taking orders for the Atlas modification and plans to certify it on CJ models through the CJ3 in about a year. The CJ mod adds less than 50 pounds to the airframe and about two feet to each wing, but the more efficient wing allows carriage of one additional passenger with full fuel.
Lynn Jackson (not verified)
June 7, 2013 - 3:59pm
When I do the math, 1,853 nm divided by 6 hrs. 10 min., I get 300.5 knots. On an eastbound flight, is this fast? I would have expected higher.
Chad Trautvetter
June 7, 2013 - 4:13pm
Lynn, winglets don't make airplanes fly faster. Rather, they allow them to fly farther by increasing aircraft efficiency. A stock CitationJet has a range of 1,300 nm. The Tamarack CJ with the active winglets flew 1,853 nm, a 42-percent increase in range from an unmodified CJ, and still had a decent fuel reserve left over. That's what you're missing here.
Lynn Jackson (not verified)
June 7, 2013 - 4:23pm
Yep, the article left out that. I presumed it was a speed record, not a range/fuel economy record. The reason I ask. Thank you.
Steve Blank (not verified)
June 7, 2013 - 4:28pm
Did it fly at half throttle? 300kts going with the jet stream is hardly a record pace. Am I missing something? This doesn't sound too exciting. They added two feet to the wing span. How much did that cost? Hmmm airlinerfor $150 or a citation for neary $5000.....?
Chad Trautvetter
June 7, 2013 - 4:39pm
Steve, it's not just adding two feet to the wingspan. The mod adds a winglet and an active control system to reduce loads so that the wing doesn't need to be strengthened to handle the extra lift loads. You can click on the link in this story to read a previous story that describes the Tamarack system in more detail.
re: private flight versus airline. There's a reason why those who can afford to fly private do – they fly on their own schedule, nonstop and in their own space. On the airlines, you're forced to fly on their schedule, often make connections through a busy hub airport and be crammed in an aluminum tub with 150 of your not-so-closest "friends," not to mention suffer delays and subsequent missed flights at hubs. Airline cancellations are also quite common nowadays, too, and then there's the ambivalent onboard service, nickel-and-dime fees for baggage, food, etc. and people hitting you in the head with their heavy carry-ons that are too big for the overhead compartments. The real question is: why wouldn't you fly private if you could afford it?
Bill Babis (not verified)
June 8, 2013 - 11:04am
That is about as exciting as a NASCAR fuel milage race. Who stays out of the gas the most wins. My first chief pilot long ago told me "We didn't buy jets to go slow" as he pushed the throttles back up after I had pulled them back to LRC. There is also no reason to be cooped up in a CJ for 6+ hours. Get the right tool for the job. This is forcing a square peg in a round hole.
Brian Krahmer (not verified)
June 8, 2013 - 2:55pm
The town is Sandpoint (not Sand Point), and it's gorgeous. I wonder why they chose there to start from, but that is awesome.
Matt (not verified)
June 8, 2013 - 3:58pm
Thanks for the correction, Brian. Tamarack Aerospace is located in Sandpoint, thus the starting point for the distance record flight.
Gramps (not verified)
June 8, 2013 - 6:00pm
I do not question that the CitationJet set a speed record from Sandpoint to White Plains but the flight was described as "Record Breaking". Please tell us whose record was broken. The NAA Records Database does not show a record on that route, that I could find. It is too soon for the CitationJet to be shown in the database, therefore the old record would still be shown.
Matt (not verified)
June 8, 2013 - 10:14pm
The record that the Tamarack team broke (unofficially) is for distance in the 3,000 to 6,000 kilogram maximum takeoff weight class, which was set in 2006 at 1,805 nm. The Tamarack CJ flew 1,853 nm. They were unable to make all the arrangements to carry an observer and meet the requirements to officially document the record during the flight from Sandpoint to White Plains.
Gramps (not verified)
June 9, 2013 - 6:20pm
Unofficial Records don't mean anything unless touted in a small, localized group. They certainly don't warrant a headline in AIN Online.
As far as observers, the way it has been in the past, if the plane has ACARS, a print-out suffices. If no ACARS, a letter from the ATC facilities that controlled the flight, one from the ARTC working the plane on departure and one from the tower at White Plains, work just fine. I have set a two records in that manner and another with two towers (departure and arrival).
Normally a Sanction is not required for a U.S. Record but would be if they wanted it to be a World Record. In other words, it probably could have been, and may still be eligible for a U.S. Record if they want to make the effort to do it "Officially".


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This deal is made with the assumption that Sacramento gets the number one pick in the draft and will be taking Blake Griffin. I think there is a strong chance that Sacramento would look to deal the #1 pick to the team at #2 for the rights to Ricky Rubio, but that's just my opinion. They could probably land a hell of a deal from that team at #2. Anyway, this deal addresses their PG need:
Sacramento gets:
TJ Ford
#13 Overall
Indiana gets:
Kenny Thomas
Jason Thompson
#23 Overall
#31 Overall
They get another PG to provide depth. Ford is legitimate and I think he and Udrih would push each other. They get the opportunity to bring in two lottery picks this year.
We get an expiring in Thomas, who could provide front court depth. We would get our starting PF in Jason Thompson. We move down in the draft and get a crack at two players instead of one. I really don't like a lot of the players being projected at 13.... I think there is similar value at 23 and we get another player at 31. This would allow us to re-sign Jack and McRoberts easily being under the LT and that would be our full roster.