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IF YOUVE casually landed on this page and are thinking the Nuke Nismo is probably nothing more than a few red details and a minor engine tweak, theres some good news: its worth much more than the sum of its new parts.
Nismo is a name well known in video gaming and racing circles, where Nissans performance arm is as notorious as the likes of AMG, M Division and Mugen. Thousands of young adults across the country have grown up with Gran Turismo and its predecessors, and could probably give you a potted history of Nismo on the spot.
Until now the name was confined to Nissan racing cars and high-performance models like the game-changing GT-R. There has been a smattering of Nismo editions in Japan over the years but nothing much in Europe. Now Nissan says the time is ripe to start using the name more widely, giving a spectrum of models a shot in the arm and boosting the reach of the Nismo brand.
Youd be forgiven for saying that the Juke is an odd choice for a first Nismo consumer car. Not when you delve a bit deeper into it, though, because according to Nissan the sub-brand will be about bringing accessible performance to the masses in the same way that the old Skyline brought Nismo into teenage consciousness across the globe. Hence the affordable Juke kicks things off.
On the face of it, the Juke Nismo is little changed aside from those red details and a unique design of 18-inch alloy wheel upgraded from the normal Jukes 17s, but a lot has gone on under the skin that goes largely unsung. The same goes for the incredibly well-specd interior, which is subject to the same red detailing as the outside.
The front seats are a signal of intent. The large side bolsters on the red-stitched cloth seats dont hinder entry and you can slide into position like in any other car, but once you lean back they hug your sides oh-so-snugly. Its a perfect fit for the average-to-slim figure and leaves you in no doubt that theres more to this Juke than meets the eye. The interior is flowing, stylish and different, with a comfortably and purposefully shaped gear knob. The only real let-down is the lack of reach adjustment for the steering wheel, but at five feet 10 inches tall I found the driving position fine.
A 10bhp power increase over the standard 190-horsepower Juke doesnt seem like much and it isnt, but strides have been made in the outright handling thanks to a mechanical limited-slip differential between the front wheels, as well as stiffer well, more or less everything. But the really impressive bit is that where most manufacturers sport suspension simply rattles your fillings out, the Juke rides firmly but compliantly, taking speed bumps in its stride thanks to significantly better damping characteristics than youll see in most other places. For those who know, its reminiscent of a Renaultsport Clio, which is high praise.
Combined with good steering, a flat attitude through corners and engine tuning that encourages you to aim for the 6,250rpm redline, the Juke Nismo can build up a remarkable flow through and between bends, albeit to a soundtrack that could be more rorty and exciting. You can bring the back end into play on turn-in, though, and a forgiving nature on down-shifts makes it easier to be smooth when dropping down a cog or two, which is always nice.
The Juke is heavily styled and intentionally so, but while the standard one can look a little undercooked the much more aggressive visage of Nismo trim suits the cars shape down to the ground. The bigger, darkened wheels are key to filling out its proportions.
Some problems with the Juke cant be sorted with styling though and the boot is still on the small side. Much more space could be accessed beneath the boot floor but on the test car it was taken up with a large and vacant tool kit bay. Theres enough rear passenger space to thoroughly shame a Mini, though, and rear doors to allow people to get at it. The Cooper S is seen as a key rival to this Juke and Nissan hopes the obvious extra practicality will make their newbie more appealing as an everyday commuter.
Short gearing and a close set of ratios means that the Juke Nismo cruises at high-ish revs, but can handle up-shifts sooner around town, keeping revs and fuel consumption lower. Its civilised and composed at low speed and gives a better view ahead from its higher driving position than its rivals. Everyday life for young adults for three or more years would be no problem.
Although you couldnt say the Juke Nismo had everything, it does away with what the target audience doesnt need and gives them more of what they want. The more you drive it the more impressive it becomes.
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What matters? Does a French bond downgrade matter?
At one point we would be down 2% in Europe and that would send us down 2.5% here because somehow our financials would get hit heavily, which would cause losses across the board. We would then spend all of our time fretting about it and what it means for the banks that own French paper. We would be focused on the prospects of Societe Generale to make it through this crisis and we would be speculating on which French bank wouldn't be able to meet their obligations. We would then focus on the money funds that have French paper and how this downgrade would send money out of French banks into Germany. It would then be the proximate cause for major handwringing about how France is going to go into recession and join Spain and Italy on the periphery.
Instead, we get a yawn. The French stock market is barely down. The big break-ins about the downgrade don't resonate.
What's happened?
First, many of the institutions that were teetering last year at this time have raised a lot of capital.
Second, the ratings agencies don't have the clout they used to. The idea, for example, that if we miss our fiscal cliff by extending the cuts and taxes into a phase-in period will most likely bring a downgrade here. But the last one was followed up with huge bond buying, so the threat of skyrocketing interest rates didn't happen. It might happen, but it didn't. Same with France.
Third, at least when it comes to spillover to here, many of the companies that were perceived to be hostage to Europe at one time or another, beginning with the banks, have cut their exposure. The industrials have distanced themselves. The auto companies are cutting back. The whole thrust of the last year of international development was to make Europe a smaller piece of the pie. It's been working.
Finally, the sheer length of time that this crisis has unfolded over has made it so people are ready for it. That, per se, makes it less of a crisis. Last year I was arguing for a kick-the-can strategy simply because kicking the can is the opposite of Lehman, which was a sudden end to the can kicking when no one expected it and look what that got us.
A lot of conventional wisdom has been stood on its head. France may ultimately slip into Spanish status. I don't know why not as it's a socialist country. But when it does, it won't pull us down. Our companies have had a chance to see it coming.
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Joanna Glushak helps turn 'Young Frankenstein' into something rare: A tour that outshines the original
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When Mel Brooks turned his iconic 1970s black-and-white comedy, Young Frankenstein, into a big-budget Broadway musical, it had all the components of a smash hit: Huge stars, a beloved story, spectacular production values. The result was a fun night at a New York theater, but it didn't live up to expectations.
Then it went on tour and everything changed for the better. And Joanna Glushak's delightful scenery chewing as Frau Blucher is a major reason why.
"I think a few things happened," explains Glushak, who has portrayed Young Dr. F's housekeeper since the show began touring in September 2009. "The cast is different in a good and bad way: The [original cast] was a very, very contentious cast because they had all these stars vying for attention and jokes and I think there was a lot of tension on that stage."
Another change was scaling back the sets, which were competing with the actors themselves.
"The sets were humongous — we actually used those sets on the first leg of the tour. We downsized to a much smaller version, so we got rid of the big lab towers that flew up in the air. This gives you more focus on the actors and the humor. All that flying and all the mishegas kind of dwarfed the humor. We're all sharing the stage now and playing with each other. I don't think they were doing that as well on Broadway."
The camaraderie among the new cast is apparent to anyone in the audience. There's a gleam in their eyes and even moments when it seems that the actors are introducing new lines or jokes to make each other laugh. But in the end, they're working from a classic comedy script, so some things will never change — even character traits from the original film. And Glushak had some big shoes to fill, following several notoriously campy icons on screen and stage.
"Each role comes to you differently," Glushak says. "For this one, I watched Cloris Leachman's performance [in the film] and tried to steal what she did. I'm not like her, but I could feel what she was doing. It made sense to me. I saw Andrea Martin [on Broadway], and it was different, of course, but it gave me a sense of freedom that I could take from both of them and still bring my own thing to it. So my feeling is you steal from the best and then you make it your own. You don't turn your nose up at something that works."
Glushak says the Frau Blucher role is a dream job for a character actress and one she's thrilled to have landed.
"Mel Brooks writes with a rhythm, a very Jewish rhythm at times. Being Jewish, I get it. It's in my blood. So I feel like I was born to play this role, I hate to say. It sounds so tacky, but in a way, I get it," she says. "I come from the same background as Mel Brooks in a sense."
One of the highlights of her stint in the show was the opportunity to meet Brooks.
"He's been absolutely wonderful. That was the highlight of my life. I grew up looking at his movies, I never thought I'd meet him and talk to him and spend time with him, but I did. It's amazing."
Her favorite song, of course, is Blucher's big number, "He Vas My Boyfriend," which is very popular among gay audiences, probably due to the double-entendre laden lyrics about getting banged and plowed. Or maybe that her boyfriend won a three-legged race … all by himself.
"I don't know if you know this, but the gay men's choir [of Washington, D.C.] did a version of it," she says. "I know it's a big draw. It's something new to sing at the musical theater bars!"
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The Sentinel is correcting an article that appeared last week detailing a claim from a local man who said he called 911 to report a man acting strangely in his neighborhood - a man who days later allegedly stabbed a woman to death.
The caller, Don Adams, told the Sentinel he had called law enforcement to report a man he believed to be Charles Anthony Edwards III loitering in his Broadway neighborhood. According to police, Adams told them Monday he never made that phone call.
The man's assertion that he had seen a man matching Edwards' description days before the May 7 fatal stabbing and called police was reported Wednesday in the online version of the Sentinel and the Thursday print edition, as part of our coverage of the killing of Shannon Collins. Edwards is charged in her slaying.
Police say the newspaper's report caused undue concern in the community over the perception that the department was not responding to complaints about threatening individuals.
The Sentinel tried unsuccessfully Wednesday to find out from Santa Cruz police if there was a record of any such call. The Sentinel was unable to reach police late Wednesday to verify the man's claims. Police said they wouldn't have been able to verify it before the story was published even if we had reached them.
The next day, dispatchers sifted through hundreds of calls and reported they could find no record of the purported call. They said Adams frequently called the dispatch line to report situations in his neighborhood.
The Sentinel tried to recontact Adams, by phone and with a personal visit, after dispatchers issued their statement and could not reach him until Monday to verify his initial claim.
Monday, police said they talked to Adams, who admitted he never made any such call. A Sentinel reporter also talked to Adams on Monday, and asked if he was standing by his initial claim. He replied, "I should have checked my facts" and referred to "my huge mistake," but said he could not say anything more about the matter "because now I'm dealing with police."
In a subsequent conversation with the Sentinel, Adams declined to add anything further about the episode.
In hindsight, we could have waited to examine dispatch records before publishing the claim. We understand that police are under intense pressure to deal with complex social problems on the streets of Santa Cruz, problems that are not easily solved in a city where transients, street crime, drug dealing and mental illness have become volatile political and legal issues.
The tragic and senseless murder of Shannon Collins has brought all of this back into the forefront of public discussion. The Sentinel is committed to providing an accurate and factual report on these problems. In retrospect, as a newspaper, we could have done a more rigorous job of determining the truth about the caller's claim.
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1 a: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability; b: an illustrious warrior; c: a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities; d: one that shows great courage.
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While plenty of high-yield opportunities exist, investors must always consider the safety of their dividend and the total return potential of their investment. It is not uncommon for a struggling company to suspend high-yielding dividends and subsequently result in precipitous share price declines.
TheStreet Ratings' stock rating model views dividends favorably, but not so much that other factors are disregarded. Our model gauges the relationship between risk and reward in several ways, including: the pricing drawdown as compared to potential profit volatility, i.e. how much one is willing to risk in order to earn profits?; the level of acceptable volatility for highly performing stocks; the current valuation as compared to projected earnings growth; and the financial strength of the underlying company as compared to its stock's valuation as compared to its stock's performance.
These and many more derived observations are then combined, ranked, weighted, and scenario-tested to create a more complete analysis. The result is a systematic and disciplined method of selecting stocks. As always, stock ratings should not be treated as gospel — rather, use them as a starting point for your own research.
The following pages contain our analysis of 4 stocks with substantial yields, that ultimately, we have rated "Buy."
EntergyDividend Yield: 4.70% Entergy (NYSE: ETR) shares currently have a dividend yield of 4.70%. Entergy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electric power production and retail electric distribution operations in the United States. The company generates electricity through various sources, such as gas/oil, nuclear, coal, and hydro power. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.80. The average volume for Entergy has been 1,254,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Entergy has a market cap of $12.5 billion and is part of the utilities industry. Shares are up 9.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. TheStreet Ratings rates Entergy as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, notable return on equity, impressive record of earnings per share growth and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Electric Utilities industry. The net income increased by 213.8% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$146.74 million to $166.98 million.
- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 18.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 9.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- ENTERGY CORP reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ENTERGY CORP reported lower earnings of $4.75 versus $7.54 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($4.94 versus $4.75).
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Electric Utilities industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, ENTERGY CORP has outperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500.
- In its most recent trading session, ETR has closed at a price level that was not very different from its closing price of one year earlier. This is probably due to its weak earnings growth as well as other mixed factors. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
- You can view the full Entergy Ratings Report.


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When Investors Should Consider a Collar Strategy
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 3:21 PM
A collar strategy is an option strategy that can particularly benefit investors. In this blog we have a lot more options education for traders and less for long-term investors so here is a strategy both can consider. A collar is simply holding shares of stock and buying a put and selling a call. Usually both the call and the put are out-of-the money (OTM) when establishing this option combination. A basic single collar represents one long put and one short call along with 100 shares of the underlying stock. A collar strategy is frequently implemented after stock (investment) has increased in price. The main objective of a collar is to protect profits that have accrued from the shares of stock rather than increasing returns. Is that an option strategy you might consider? Let's take a look.
Why a Collar?
Since the market has been on a rather a bullish run and there are a plethora of stocks that have increased in value, it might be a good time to talk about them. One option strategy is to buy a put. The investor has some protection for the unrealized profits in case the stock declines. The other part of the combination is selling the OTM call. By doing this, the investor is prepared to sell his or her shares of stock if the call is exercised because the stock has moved above the call's strike price.
The advantage of a collar strategy over just buying a protective put is being able to pay for some or the entire put by selling the call. In essence, an investor buys downside stock protection for free or almost free of charge. Until the investor exercises the put, sells the stock or has the call assigned, he or she will retain the stock.
Volatility and Time Decay
Even though implied volatility (IV) has been really low over the last several months in the market, volatility and also time decay are not usually big issues when it comes to a collar strategy. The simple explanation is because the investor is long one option and short another so the effects of volatility and time decay will generally offset each other.
An example:
An investor could have bought 100 shares of Delta Air Lines (DAL) in December of last year for about $28 a share. At the time of this writing the stock has climbed to $38.40 a share and the investor is worried about the current market conditions being extended to the upside and protecting his unrealized gains. The investor can utilize a collar strategy.
The investor can buy a June 37 put for 0.75. If the stock falls, the investor will have the right to sell the shares for $37. At the same time the investor can sell a June 39 call for 1.00. This will make the trade a net credit of 0.25 (1 - .75). If the stock continues to rise, it can do so for another $0.60 until the stock will most likely be called away from him.
Three Possible Outcomes
The stock finishes over $38 at June expiration. If this scenario happens, another $0.60 per share is realized on the stock and $25 on the net credit of the combination is the investors to keep.
The stock finishes between $37 and $39 at June expiration. In this case, both options expire worthless. The stock is retained and the $25 net credit is the investors to keep.
The stock finishes below $37 at June expiration. The investor can sell the put option if he wishes to retain the stock or exercise the right to sell the stock at $37. Either way the $25 net credit is the investors to keep.
ConclusionThe nice thing about a collar strategy is that an investor knows the potential losses and gains right from the start. If the stock climbs higher, the profits may be curbed due to the short call but if the stock takes a dive, the investor has protection due to the long put and protection might not be such a bad idea if the market corrects itself. Even an investor can benefit from some options education!
John Kmiecik
Senior Options Instructor
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Tana - The Wild Place by the Sea
Less than 3 hours drive north of Malindi, standing high on miles of sand dunes, with sweeping views of the wild beaches of Ufungamana Bay, the Delta Dunes lodge offers Robinson Crusoe-style accommodation with all the comforts of modern living - electricity, cold drinks, hot showers and a swimming pool. Rates include a wide range of activities with boat trips on the estuary, sundowner cruises, game and bird walks with local trackers, channel fishing for rock cod and red snapper, plus sand-yachting, windsurfing and canoeing. Water skiing, sea cruises for snorkelling and more serious fishing are also available at additional cost. With only six cottages the lodge is an oasis of tranquility in a wilderness of water and bush, and will appeal equally to romantics of all ages, seclusion searchers, and those looking for a more active holiday in a pristine environment.
Situated on the outlet of the Tana River, the lodge is shaded by doum palms, baobabs and tamarind trees and looks out to sea across a twenty mile stretch of wide, empty, beach. The lodge also enjoys sweeping views inland, over the extensive estuary of the Tana Delta, which attracts hippo, crocodile and a wide range of other wildlife. The swimming pool, spectacularly positioned above the dunes offers a cool retreat from the sun. The Lodge itself extends over two floors. On the lower floor, is the boutique, reception and massage centre, while on the upper level, on top of the sand dunes, there is a restaurant, a bar, and a lounge sheltered under an open-air pergola with panoramic views.
Location The easiest way of getting to the Lodge, is by air (using charter aircraft from Nairobi, Lamu or Malindi). The lodge's airstrip is 10 minutes boat ride from the lodge. Alternatively the lodge can be reached by schedule flight from Malindi (2-hour boat road transfer followed by a 2-hour boat trip).
Background The Tana River The 708 km Tana River flows through Garissa and Garsen before branching into a huge delta as it enters the Indian Ocean, south of Lamu. Along the last 65 km of its course it has a broad floodplain, and the reserve extends for about 36 km of this course.
Relics of an ancient forest, the last home of two endangered primates The Tana River Primate Reserve, which is known to the local people as Mchelelo, was formed to protect two endangered species of monkey; the crested mangabey and the Tana River red colobus. It is also one of the last remaining relics of the once massive Central African Lowland Rainforest, but became isolated from the rest of the forest during the seismic eruptions that caused the formation of the Rift Valley. As a result, much of the reserve's flora and fauna are unusual to East Africa and bear traces of ancient links to the Congo Basin forests of the Miocene period.
To help preserve this wonderfully unique environment, "The Lower Delta Conservation Trust" has been founded, and the Lodge is one of its partners, just as the Trust is a partner of the Lodge. For each night spent at the Lodge, a contribution is made to the Community and to the Trust.
The Lodge works in close contact with two local communities, the Orma and Pokomo native tribes, whose members help preserve this delicate ecosystem. The Orma are of Ethiopian descent and are herdsmen, while the Pokomo are farmers and fishermen. Their womenfolk produce splendid handcrafted objects using the leaves of palm trees. The Pokomo also guard the Ozi Forest on the main river, which is a sanctuary for elephants, buffaloes and myriads of other animals.
Accommodation There are 6 dune cottages all built from driftwood, mangrove poles and thatch. All have both a lounge and a bedroom, and are raised on wooden platforms with matted floors. Completely open, each cottage has wonderful views and enormous double beds shaded with nets (ensuite bathrooms with hot showers and flushed WCs, room service, safes and limited laundry services). Two cottages act as larger family units with two rooms (four guests), one with a king size bed and the other with two singles and ensuite shower and toilet. The all-inclusive format offers full board accommodation with soft drinks, beer, wine at table, and a laundry service.
Dining and bars The Lodge kitchen offers exquisite food, the prime ingredients being fresh fish and seafood, which is caught daily and brought by the local fishermen to the lodge. Other alternatives are also available and meals can be served privately on the veranda of the cottage.
Child-friendly The lodge welcomes children and can provide family accommodation units, children's meals and activities.
Activities Game and bird-viewing by boat, walking safaris with armed guides, creek fishing, water-skiing, surfing, sand yachting and snorkelling. There are 2 kayaks, 2 sand yachts, 3 motorboats, surfboards for use on sand and water.
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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has plenty on his mind with a showdown against the New York Giants this weekend. Could another part of his Christmas plans involve swimsuit model Kate Upton?
That's the buzz around the web, that Sanchez, 25, has been seen frequenting the environs of Upton, 19.
Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated have given Upton plenty of exposure. Another link: Her sister is Christie Upton, Jets employee.
Sanchez also has dated actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Hayden Panettiere, if the celebrity rags are to be believed.
To add another ingredient to this celebrity stew, consider this: The New York Daily News recently reported that Upton has been pestered by none other than New York Rangers uber-pest Sean Avery. She's a Rangers fan, the story goes.


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Secret Santas IProbability puzzles require you to weigh all the possibilities and pick the most likely outcome.
A group of about twenty friends decide to exchange gifts as secret Santas. Each person writes their name on a piece of paper and puts it in a hat and then each person randomly draws a name from the hat to determine who has them as their secret Santa.
What is the probability that at least one person draws their own name?
HintThe probability converges on a single value as the number of people approaches infinity. At ten people the probability is accurate to better than 1 millionth for any number more than ten people.
Answer1 - 1/e
or approximately 0.63212
where e is the mathematical constant (e ~ 2.71828).
This comes from the number of derangements (permutations in which no element appears in its original position). There are n! ways to draw n names out of the hat. There are [n!/e + .5] derangements of n elements (where [x] is floor x--the integer portion of x). This gives:
[n!/e + .5] / n!
as the probability of nobody drawing their name.
Ignoring the .5 added for rounding (which becomes increasingly insignificant as n increases) this gives
(n!/e) / n!
= n!/e * (1/n!)
= 1/e
Subtract this from 1 to get the probability that somebody draws their own name.
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text: GM Displays Some of Its Most Innovative Commercial Products at the Chicago Auto Show January 25, 2007 12:00 AM CHICAGO - GM Fleet and Commercial Operations (FCO) will showcase a broad range of innovative commercial vehicles, including the new HHR Panel, which is designed for both commercial and private uses at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show. FCO will display a variety of vehicles from stylish, fuel-efficient cars to the most-popular medium-duty trucks designed to meet nearly every customer need. "We don't wait for change to dictate the development of our products," said Mark Karney, GM FCO marketing director for vans and trucks. "We work with our commercial customers and anticipate their needs." FCO represents all GM car and truck divisions and has invested more than $2 billion in commercial products, including the Chevrolet HHR Panel, the Chevrolet Uplander with Sit-n-Lift power seat and the Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC Topkick. The company also added E-85 compatible commercial vans to its product line. "GM is committed to this market and in providing our fleet and commercial customers with vehicles that enhance their core business," said Karney. The New HHR Panel The 2007 Chevrolet HHR Panel adds a new dimension of functionality to the popular HHR's lineup and features windowless side panels and rear cargo doors in place of conventional rear doors. A flat load floor provides more than 57 cubic feet (1,614 L) of cargo space, along with approximately 5 cubic feet (141 L) of additional covered, under-floor storage. With expected production to start late in the first quarter of 2007, the HHR Panel will be offered in LS and LT trims, with 2.2L and 2.4L engines – both of which help the HHR deliver 30 mpg in highway driving. Inside, the HHR Panel has seating for two and a large, flat cargo floor, Tie-down points and two large storage compartments with a lockable option.                     Chevrolet Uplander with Sit-N-Lift The Sit-N-Lift power seat is available on the new Chevrolet Uplander. Sit-N-Lift is a fully motorized, rotating lift-and-lower passenger seat that allows passengers to enter and exit the second row of a vehicle at the touch of a button on a simple, handheld remote. GM is the only automotive manufacturer in the U.S. to sell and service such a product. The Sit-N-Lift power seat takes the right-side second-row passenger seat from the interior of the vehicle to the outside, down to a height of about 20 inches from the ground. With the push of a button either by the person in the seat or someone standing outside the vehicle, the seat can be swiveled outward and out of the vehicle or retracted back into the vehicle. Customers that purchase a 2007 Chevy Uplander are eligible for TTY services and equipment. The OnStar TTY Interface Module enables the deaf, hard of hearing, and speech-impaired subscribers to receive most OnStar services in English text. The service is available for reimbursement under the GM Mobility Reimbursement Program, and includes two additional years of standard OnStar service.                       E-85 Commercial Van The Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana Vans are now E85-capable, and available in two wheelbase lengths, regular length (135 inches / 3429 mm) and extended length (155 inches / 3937 mm). Both vehicles offer stable handling, precise steering, superior ride motion control and balance, supportive front seats, excellent interior lighting, glove-friendly door handles, convenient storage pockets, secondary power outlets and durable carpeting. Also, an industry-first 60/40-split left-hand side-hinged door provides the segment's most flexible loading capability. It is available on regular-length cargo vans and offers complete driver's side access to the second-row and/or seats or cargo compartment.                     Chevrolet Kodiak/GMC TopKick Known as the ultimate towing vehicle, the Chevy Kodiak/GMC TopKick by Monroe weighs 17,500 pounds with an 8-foot dually pickup box, spray-in bedliner and a retractable and extendable tonneau cover. Its overall payload is 7,500 pounds. One of the many options available for the Chevy Kodiak 4x2 model is the Monroe So-Low chassis air suspension for those hauling trailers, boats and fifth-wheel campers. Delivering durability, versatility and reliability, the Chevy Kodiak/GMC TopKick continues to deliver more of what customers demand from their medium duty trucks. Enhancements for 2007 enable Kodiak consists of a smoother-shifting transmissions including the new 6-speed Allison 1000MH and 2200MH series, a revised stabilizer bar and the rear suspension attachment is riveted. Additional improvements includes new two-person passenger seat without under-seat storage space, LED roof marker lights available on all models, Gramag air suspension seats, and improved maneuverability and visibility. Back to News


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Funny, bizarre, unbelievable, and weird facts about twenty five different animals. The animal facts are straightforward nonfiction, Marije Tolman's illustrations are pure fantasy.
Did you know that some caterpillars can (and do) throw their poop twelve inches? That's like your Uncle Jim throwing his poop halfway down a football field. Let's hope your uncle can't do that. Most uncles wouldn't. Hopefully. Anyway, Jumping Penguins tells strange, and occasionally gross, facts about animals you know and love. The words are all true – the beautiful and whimsical illustrations are not. This is not a school-year book you could use for serious research. No, this is a summer book, and the aim of its' creators seems to be just to amaze and amuse.
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So much for revealing a new Comic-Con exclusive every Friday... NECA has opened the flood gates, unveiling not one, not two new SDCC exclusives, but THREE. Joining the HeroClix Giant-Man, Cloaked City Hunter, Hero from the Sky Ash, Comic Book Freddy and Elite Theron comes a cool new 7 inch figure from Assassin's Creed: Eagle Vision Ezio Auditore.
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Map from memory of the city of Podhajce and its surrounding area
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The Editor Mr. M. Sh. Geshuri
With the appearance of this Yizkor book, another monument has been erected, another eternal candle has been added to those that have already been lit and erected in memory of the destruction and devastation, and another tragic link has been added to the terrible writ of accusation against Nazi Germany and its enterprise of murder against our people. Included among the pages of this book is another attempt to rescue the image of the community of Podhajce as it appeared to us from the pit of oblivion a community that existed for hundreds of years, and now is no more and will never be again.
Podhajce, one of the countless towns in Poland and Galicia, excelled in well-rooted, vivacious Judaism with a tradition of hundreds of years, and an alert and lively Jewish community that was concerned for the existence of the nation and its future. In addition to this, the city excelled in its scribes, scholars, wise men and illustrious rabbis who were known also outside the bounds of the city and the country. The names of Podhajce natives were displayed gloriously in books and documents as people of worth and spirit. Whoever will leaf through the pages of this book will be thoroughly convinced that the community of Podhajce was focused upon the life of Torah and culture, and that its people were active in many and various fields of endeavor and effort. Exciting and sublime spiritual acquisitions found a resting-place in this locale, and with the passage of years, etched their seal upon any open heart, bent ear and sensitive soul. As they became absorbed, some of their bearers of the tradition became captivated by the charm to the point that they saw themselves as duty bound to join various movements and streams that arose and were established in their wake: some in order to enthusiastically and diligently shelter and protect the existence the fruits of consolidation of the tradition, its followers and leaders, and to transmit it to future generations and others in order to undermine and weaken the edifice of the generations, and to establish the life of the nation and its national creativity upon new foundations that their parents would not have imagined. Throughout the generations, Jewish Podhajce lay between the freezing of tradition and boldly forging toward a change of order a constant, energetic struggle between the old and the new. The community of Podhajce with its lights and shadows, its longings and agony, was a forging furnace for new concepts and ideas that took up wings in the spiritual life of our nation as it dug to renew its consciousness as in days of yore.
The reader who is a native of the city, who flies through the pages of the book, will certainly feel anew the overflowing wave of warmth flowing over his entire essence an hour where the images are so recognizable and dear to him that they flash before his eyes, stand as if they are alive before him in their full splendor and glory. It will be an hour when the landscapes and places that were so familiar and precious to him once again appear before him and awaken associations from bygone days. It will be an hour when the events and experiences that were an inseparable part of his essence in the past and are etched on the tablet of his heart come forth, are restored before him and cause his soul and spiritual world to soar. The form and image of our native community, as it is seen in the book, will return him to those days, laden with tribulation and grief but also crowned with beauty and hope, days when the body was mired in muddy abyss of the degenerate reality of the exile, but the spirit was floating toward the future in the heavens and seeing new worlds. Our book, that erects a monument to the destroyed community of Podhajce, is a document full of memories and tears of a well-rooted Jewish community, with its flourishing, thriving life full of energy, power and dynamism; and, on the other hand, the tragic days of the eve of the liquidation and the destruction.
Nobody would argue that were it not for the tragedy of the setting of Jewish Podhajce, the remnants of natives who live in Israel and in the Diaspora would not turn from their preoccupations and worries in order to perpetuate their city and all that happened to it. It seems to me that they would see no need for such, due to the absence of any trace of pretentiousness on the part of the survivors to enwrap themselves in the writer's cloak. That task of digging through sources and ancient scrolls would be left to the researchers of history, whose job that is. However the fact regarding Jewish Podhajce along with other communities of Israel the destruction in such a malicious
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and hair-raising fashion imposes the obligation to erect a monument of testimony for that community, to sanctify the memory of those dear personalities of the common folk and scholars, Hassidim and people of deeds who were active in that community. On the other hand, we do not boast that the material before us presents a comprehensive and exhaustive picture of Jewish Podhajce in all of its facets. It is not lost upon us that several eras, and many important institutions and events are missing from their place in the book, whether on account of a lack of historical sources, or time pressures that prevented some of the natives of the town from diverting themselves from their day to day concerns in order to clear their gaze toward a matter that has a spark of eternal life. Nevertheless, we believe that, despite these serious strictures, the material that is contained in the pages of this book is sufficient to present a survey, more or less, of Jewish Podhajce. We have invested so much effort and toil in order to give this community a monument among the other communities of Israel that were destroyed.
A common principal in Yizkor Books is that they are written by people whose profession is not the pen. It is only the feeling of obligation and responsibility to perpetuate their city, so that it will not disappear and be silenced with the passing of the last of this generation that imposed upon them the challenge to take the writer's quill into their non-professional hands. As the editor of the book, I expended a great deal of effort in composing the chapters on the history of the community, on its rabbis and scholars, in order to reconstruct as well as possible the human landscape of the community. I can testify about myself that I did not perform my task in composing the historical material as a paid worker, but rather as a mitzvah[1] that is obligatory upon anyone who is able to help the activists who toil toward the end of publishing the book. In the merit of this miztvah, I succeeded in finding the sources that made it possible for me to edit the timeline, to discover the names of rabbis and scholars who lived in Podhajce. Had I not revived them and placed them into the book, they would have been consigned to oblivion. Therefore, I admit and confess that, not only am I not a native of Podhajce, but also I have never visited it. Nevertheless, I feel as if I have lived its life for more than several generations and breathed its air. With the book that lies before us, we will succeed to add another drop to the flask of tears of the nation, by describing the frightful deeds of the Nazi wild beasts and their assistants in Podhajce may this be a fulfillment of our elementary duty regarding the martyrs of this city, and a discrete contribution to the broad literature of the Holocaust, regarding which it is fitting to quote the words of the composer of Akdamut[2]: Even if the heavens were parchment and the forests quills
A feeling of duty toward the dear martyrs, and a discrete command to remember and memorialize awakened the vital need to establish this monument and conduct other acts of perpetuation. To all who worked on this matter, it is clear that the gathering of the material for the memorial book and other activities connected with its publication demanded special dedication. The decisive turn came with the activities that were started by Menachem Ettinger and Dr. Baruch Milch, who were the first who were aroused, and aroused others, each within his realm of possibility. Beyond this, they took upon themselves to toil tirelessly to realize this holy objective. Mr. Ettinger deserves special mention for his constant watchfulness and fundamental interest in everything relating to the book, especially for composing the list of the names of the departed and martyrs of the city. There is no doubt that without the great deal of help that he gave me, the idea of the book would not have moved from concept to actualization. Along with the two conductors of the task, thanks and blessings are to be extended to all those who gave forth their hand and enabled us to reach this point.
The book lies before you, natives of the city of Podhajce. It is ready to serve as a book of testimony and memorial, as a spiritual and living bond to bind us to the world of our past in Podhajce and its region, and to its Jewish life that once was and is no more.
The presidium dais at the memory gathering in 1956
The speaker is Meir Zerubavel (Zloczower) of blessed memory
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The World Series by Renault staged at Paul Ricard turned out to be quite an event. Some 70,000 fans experienced some exciting racing over the two days in the challenging wet and slippery conditions.
Despite the inclement weather fans were thrilled to see Lotus F1 Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Jerome d'Ambrosio performing demos. The highlight was the return of the great Alain Prost driving the Lotus R30.
The second race in World Series Renault 3,5 at Paul Ricard started out in wet conditions. Marco Sørensen made a good start in his Lotus, overtaking ten of his competitors in two laps and moving quickly into top 10.
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Carolina Blue takes on a whole new meaning these days as the young Tar Heels are struggling mightily.
In the wake of North Carolina's third loss — an ugly 85-67 defeat Wednesday night to a woeful Texas team that lost to Division II Chaminade — some fans are uttering NIT under their breaths.
Yes, the Tar Heels gave up 85 points to one of the worst offensive teams in college basketball missing its best player, Myck Kabongo.
"I told the players when we came in," UNC guard Reggie Bullock told reporters after the game. "We can't keep playing like this. If we keep playing like this, teams are going to keep kicking our (butt)."
The Heels again didn't force turnovers, failed to get rebounds on either end, failed to take care of the ball, had defensive lapses, couldn't convert layups let alone knock down open 3-pointers.
"It was an ugly night for us, to say the least," North Carolina coach Roy Williams told reporters. "It was like a comedy of errors, except it wasn't very blanket-blank funny. But we still kept trying, kept trying."
North Carolina now has lost to each of the three top-100 RPI teams they've faced -- and all by double digits.
Williams doesn't have much time to fix things, either. UNC plays McNeese State on Saturday but then faces No. 21 UNLV on Dec. 29 before opening ACC play on Jan. 6.
"Yeah," Williams told The News & Observer. "Definitely. But it makes no difference. You've still got to play. And if you're real confident and your play stinks, you've got to understand that and get better and if you're unconfident and your play stinks, it doesn't make a difference if you're confident or not, you've got to start freaking playing better. So far we haven't been able to do that.
"I've got to do a heck of a lot better job and they've got to buy in. We're just doing some of the silliest things out there that I've ever seen."


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Consensus Stirs for Medicare Reform
A U.S. House subcommittee's review of proposals to improve the Medicare program focuses on three suggestions, but simultaneously restructuring the benefit design, maintaining the average value of benefits, and producing Medicare savings will not be simple.
The debate over how to modernize and improve the fee-for-service Medicare program continued Wednesday on Capitol Hill as the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health met with a panel of health policy researchers to review a number of proposals.
Medicare reform has been a front burner issue for several House and Senate committees as Congress grapples with making the tough decisions necessary to preserve the future of the almost 50-year-old program, which faces insolvency in 2026.
In a series of opening statements, representatives from both sides of the aisle presented a laundry list of concerns, including Medicare's complex benefit design, the impact of program changes on the vulnerable population of Medicare beneficiaries, and the effectiveness of cost-sharing in encouraging beneficiaries to seek high-value care.
The witnesses were Patricia Neuman, ScD, director of the Program on Medicare Policy and senior vice president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; Katherine Baicker, PhD, a professor of health economics at the Harvard School of Public Health; and Thomas P. Miller, JD, a resident fellow in health policy studies for the American Enterprise Institute.


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Detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by Interferometry in Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
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|Drug: chemotherapy agents Procedure: suction curettage
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|Detection of Minimal Amount of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin by Interferometry in Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
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|September 2005
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1 Gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD) consists of a spectrum of disorders that are characterized by an abnormal proliferation of trophoblastic tissue. They include hydatidiform mole, invasive mole, choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT). The incidence of molar pregnancies in Asian countries is 7 to 10 times greater than the reported incidence in Europe or North America. Although previously a lethal disease, GTD is considered today the most curable gynecologic cancer. This progress can be attributed to an available tumor markerhuman chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), chemosensitivity, and the incorporation of aggressive multimodality therapy. However, a delay in the diagnosis may increase the patient's risk of developing malignant GTN and adversely affect response to treatment, and therefore the prompt identification of GTN is important. Approximately 20% of patients will develop malignant sequelae requiring administration of chemotherapy after evacuation of hydatidiform moles. The overall cure rate for patients with nonmetastatic disease and low-risk metastatic disease is nearly 100% .When chemotherapy is given for an additional 1-2 cycles after the first normal hCG value, recurrence rates are less than 5%. In contrast, in high risk metastatic disease, chemotherapy is continued until hCG values have normalized, followed by at least two or three courses of maintenance chemotherapy in the hopes of eradicating all viable tumors. Despite the use of sensitive hCG assays and maintenance chemotherapy, up to 13% of patients with high-risk disease will develop recurrence after achieving an initial remission. Conventionally, serial quantitative serum hCG determinations should be performed using commercially available assays capable of detecting β-hCG to baseline values(<5 mIU/ml). However, the amount of hCG produced correlates with tumor volume so that a serum hCG of 5 mIU/mL corresponds to approximately 104 to 105 viable tumor cells. Therefore, detection of minimal amount of human chorionic gonadotropin (<5 mIU/ml) is crucial, it could help to early detect the GTD and strictly monitor the residual activity of the tumor after chemotherapy.
Dual Polarisation Interferometry (DPI) is an analytical technique used to understand the real-time structure and behaviour of a wide range of molecular systems and interactions through quantitative measurement including molecular size, density and mass. DPI has been successful across a range of applications, including proteins,lipids, nucleic acids, lectins, surfactants, polymers, interfacial studies, surface characterisation and nanotechnology.
Herein, we are trying to use the novel analytical technique -Dual Polarisation Interferometry (DPI),to achieve detection the minimal amount of the human chorionic gonadotropin for early detection and strict monitor of the GTD. Under this circumstance, maintenance chemotherapy is continued until hCG values is totally undetectable, in the hopes of eradicating all viable tumors. Besides this method could be more precise in sensitivity and specificity to avoid the false positive result which could led to unnecessary chemotherapy or surgery.
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- Choriocarcinoma
- Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms
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Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Dual Polarization Interferometry,
Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasms
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
Trophoblastic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
Pregnancy Complications
Chorionic Gonadotropin
Reproductive Control Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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People for the American Way recently unveiled its on-line toolkit for students and parents whose public school science curriculum is under attack. PFAW writes:
Is there an effort in your state, locality or neighborhood school to introduce creationism or sideline evolution in the science classroom? If so, this toolkit was made for you.
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The Achievement Committee of the Ohio Board of Education declined to consider a proposed "Framework for Teaching Controversial Issues" at its September 11, 2006, meeting. James L. Craig, co-chair of the committee, said, "We've run out of time," according to a report in the Columbus Dispatch (September 12, 2006), and peremptorily adjourned the meeting.
At its September 12, 2006, meeting, the Michigan board of education voted to delay adoption of part of the state's science standards until October in order to give the legislature extra time to comment, according to a report [Link broken] from the Associated Press (September 13, 2006).
"Proponents of intelligent design, with great gnashing of teeth and colorful language, have created a great deal of smoke," Steven B. Case explains [Link broken] in the Kansas City Star (September 12, 2006).
In the opening section of his recent essay "Three Questions for America" (published in the September 21, 2006, issue of The New York Review of Books), the eminent legal scholar Ronald Dworkin answers the question "Should alternatives to evolution be taught in schools?" with a decisive no.
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As with the past six, the idea here is to get ideas/comments that don't need an entire thread devoted to them, and unrelated to the Pacers.
-Shaq starting for Boston tonight. Wonder how long that's going to last? I don't believe he's nearly as useless as LeBron made him look last season.
-Miami replacing Mike Miller with Jerry Stackhouse should be interesting. Unless he can turn the clock back 8 years, this is going to put a big early strain on the Miami thrice.
-Am I the only one thinking Houston can be a contender in the west with a healthy Yao?


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Ritter praises Rifle for sustainable development projects
RIFLE — Seemingly everywhere you turn these days in the Rifle area, solar projects are popping up in quantities that rival the natural gas drilling rigs dotting the horizons.
This city at the center of Garfield County's natural gas fields and the region's come-and-go oil shale industry has been pushing hard to promote itself as an alternative-energy hub as well. It also has been focusing on further diversifying its economy by pursuing sustainable development projects downtown.
The accomplishments to date of the city — and more broadly the clean-energy undertakings of communities through Garfield County — were celebrated Thursday at an event headlined by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, who initiated programs that helped make them possible.
Local officials praised the role Ritter played, but he said places such as Rifle have themselves to credit for the state's decision to get involved in their sustainable community initiatives.
"It was because of what was already going on in Rifle," Ritter said.
In April, Ritter announced Rifle was one of four communities in the state chosen to kick off the Sustainable Main Streets Initiative. It's aimed at helping communities overcome challenges such as vacant storefronts and aging buildings to achieve long-term downtown stability and prosperity.
Later in the year, the federal government chipped in a total of $1.28 million in funding for the four communities' projects.
Ritter said he has been impressed by the desire of a city so tied to a traditional, boom-and-bust-oriented extractive-energy industry to want to diversify and create an economy that sustains itself for decades to come.
The city has been moving on several fronts, such as creation of an Energy Innovation Center on a uranium mill tailings reclamation site.
The center is focusing on trying to bridge the gap between conventional and alternative fuels and intends to showcase emerging fuel technologies.
The center is still in its infancy, but a commercial composting facility is in the works, and this year test crops were grown there as part of a project involving Colorado Mountain College and others to evaluate the energy potential of switchgrass and other grasses.
The city has installed 2.3-megawatts' worth of solar panels at that site and another location in town, paying no money upfront under an agreement in which it committed to long-term purchases of power.
At the time of their completion, the combined panels represented the largest municipal installation in the state, and the second-largest system overall.
Rifle also joined with Garfield County, the county's other municipalities and other participants in successfully obtaining $1.6 million in funds from Ritter's New Energy Communities Initiative.
The result has been $700,000 in solar installations across the county along with other alternative-energy, conservation and other projects by the participants.
Ritter on Thursday commemorated the completion of one such solar installation, at the newly completed Rifle Branch Library of the Garfield County Public Library District. That project was expected to provide half the library's power. Instead, it's covering more than 100 percent of the building's needs, meaning its meter is running backwards, library officials are reporting with glee.
Also Thursday, Rifle Mayor Keith Lambert took Ritter on a brief tour of downtown to show some of the projects being undertaken through the Sustainable Main Streets Initiative, under which participating communities benefit from the targeted resources of several state agencies.
The tour included a historic theater being renovated by the city, and a city-owned former lumber store site slated for redevelopment for such possible uses as restaurants and shops. Lambert also proudly showed off the city's popular Centennial Park, which has LED lighting funded by Ritter's New Energy Communities Initiative.
Transit-oriented development and a walkable downtown full of attractions are among city leaders' other visions for Rifle.
Those leaders aren't discounting the continued importance of traditional energy development to the city's economy.
But Lambert said the dream of a more diverse energy and economic future for Rifle, initially voiced by a small number of city leaders several years ago, has come to be embraced by the city at large.
"There's a feeling in the community as well that this is our destiny and this is our future," he said.
Michael Langhorne, who has volunteered to spearhead the city's sustainable downtown program, praised Ritter's efforts to have state agencies "come to the table" with the city in its efforts rather than standing as bureaucratic obstacles.
"This kind of partnership is very vital for rural communities," he said.
He said it also will be important for the administration of Colorado's next governor, John Hickenlooper, to keep the Sustainable Main Streets Initiative going.
In an interview, Ritter said he hopes Hickenlooper will continue something along the lines of that initiative and also continue with the clean-energy efforts Ritter shepherded while governor.
"The governor-elect and I talked about Colorado's potential as a hub for a clean-energy economy. There's more to do, and I think he's dedicated to doing that," Ritter said.
With Ritter's time as governor drawing to a close, local beneficiaries of his clean-energy initiatives seized the opportunity Thursday to thank him for those initiatives and share some of the results with him.
"We're helping every sector in the region to save energy," Glenwood City Council member Shelley Kaup said of the work being done by the Garfield New Energy Communities Initiative, whose board she heads.
Alice Laird, director of Clean Energy Economy for the Region, the nonprofit that administers that initiative, told Ritter, "We cannot describe the enormous positive change it's made in the region. It's brought our region together in a very tangible way."
For Lambert, it has been gratifying to see the accomplishments occurring at the regional level and within Rifle itself.
"It's all happening, and seemingly it's like becoming a star overnight. It hasn't been overnight. It's been a long process, but we're reaping the rewards," he said.


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I might switch brands, I puked on coors and I stayed away from that particular brand of beer.
I have to agree, that is a terrible name for a game. I think it might be a gimmick though, because you think of how silly the name of the game is... so you pick it up and check it out. If you like trivia games, you can't get a much better one than that game. If I'm wrong someone can tell me... I love trivia games and would love to know which ones people find to be better.


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for as monstrous as he looks in videos Avery is not all that big in person (very athletic though, he obviously works out,bitches). I am 6-2 myself though so not that big could be a relative thing. on a related note Val is much cuter in person tooJR wrote:This thread needs to be stickied.
Excellent work guys! Thank you so much. This video saves so many word in writing.
Sorry to sprinkle a few drop on the parade. Hope you could have picked a better example throw to be the last throw. Dan wasn't as weight forward as he should've been but otherwise I wouldn't wanna stand in front of him when he's throwing or punching. Boom!
It's extra nice how well you caught the sounds of the discs flying. The only more wicked sounding throws I've heard was in person seeing Vile Piippo train thumbers. It was like a meaner sound to Dan's throws cut like a car engine hitting the RPM limiter. A tearing combined with chuffing noise. It was louder much louder. Really wicked sounding.
Somehow I think Ville eats spinach on top of being unnaturally athletic. We're all bitches when it comes to muscles compared to that hulk. Sorry Dan you're a big fella but man... Yeah that guy really works out. It'd be interesting to see him in a gym with Avery Jenkins both doing a hard weight exercise. Then we all could go home and cry
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Sorry to sprinkle a few drop on the parade.
SkaBob wrote:How far was the putter throw (second to last) and how far was the final drive in the video?
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masterbeato wrote:niuvalleycane wrote:Yeah MB, thanks for the tutorial, I gots to get my field work in
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A LEADING Worcestershire politician has hailed a "step change" in ambition - after admitting the county has "punched below its weight" for too long.
Councillor Simon Geraghty, the county council's deputy leader, says not enough has been done to take advantage of the assets Worcestershire has, such as its unique heritage and world class manufacturing base.
He has also revealed how County Hall's leadership is firmly backing a blueprint to create 25,000 new jobs in a decade - revealing that figure is 10,000 above what would happen if nothing new was done to create jobs.
As your Worcester News revealed in January, the Government is making £5 billion available between now and 2020 to counties with detailed economic plans.
Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the lobbying body for business, is being tasked with bidding for some of that cash by producing a blueprint for how it wants the county to grow.
Cllr Geraghty, speaking during a cabinet meeting, said Worcestershire has to recognise it is now "competing" with other areas for cash.
"Some time ago Lord Heseltine produced his report recommending quite radical changes to the way local government is funded," he said.
"That said it would be a competitive process, there isn't going to be jam for everybody and if we want it, we've got to go after it.
"We really want to make a step change and take it up a gear in terms of where we're going in Worcestershire.
"We recognise, perhaps we've punched below our weight or put it this way, there is the potential to do so much more.
"We've got to up our game and we're doing that. Doing what we are doing now, we can expect 15,000 new jobs in Worcestershire over that time but the fact we're aiming for 25,000 shows we're seeking that step change."
Cllr Geraghty went to London earlier this month to try and influence Government figures over the money.
The final LEP blueprint is due to be submitted at the end of March and money will then be distributed nationwide, via all LEPs, in the summer.
Councillor John Campion, cabinet member for transformation and commissioning, said: "This is a signal that the sleeping giant in Worcestershire is awakening.
"These are significant figures and it's not just about more jobs, but bringing better quality jobs to the county.
"No longer are we content with being Middle England, we want to put Worcestershire on the map."
During the debate councillors said the LEP has found Worcestershire has the third biggest advanced manufacturing base in entire the UK.
Councillors said another little-known fact is that Birmingham is now the third most popular short-break destination in England, and insisted Worcestershire should be tapping into that popularity.
The LEP has pledged to focus on four key areas of manufacturing, cyber security, agriculture and tourism.