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Phase II Study to Investigate the Kinetics of the Immune Response Generated by Influenza Virus Vaccine.
This study has been completed.
MedImmune LLC
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First Posted: September 19, 2005
Last Update Posted: February 15, 2012
Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
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Detailed Description:
The primary objective of this study was to perform a variety of assays on blood, serum, nasal wash and cell samples obtained from healthy adult subjects for the purposes of developing assays for application in the further investigation of immune responses generated by influenza virus vaccine, trivalent, types A & B, live, cold-adapted (liquid formulation CAIV-T; Wyeth, Marietta, PA).
|Biological: CAIV-T Biological: TIV Biological: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Open-Label, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Investigate the Kinetics of the Immune Responses Elicited by a Liquid Formulation of Influenza Virus Vaccine, Trivalent,Types A & B, Live, Cold-Adapted (CAIV-T) in Healthy Adults Aged 18 to <65 Years.
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MedlinePlus related topics: Flu Flu Shot
Drug Information available for: Influenza VaccinesU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by MedImmune LLC:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Kinetics of the hemagglutination inhibition antibody response to each vaccine strain [ Time Frame: Day 0-28 ]The geometric mean titers for each strain between Day 0 and 28 were examined.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Expression of IgA in nasal wash and saliva swab samples [ Time Frame: Days 0-28 ]Nasal wash and saliva swab IgA antibody titers were expressed as the ratio of specific to total IgA.
- Expression of B-cells in peripheral blood [ Time Frame: Days 0-28 ]The B-cell ELISPOT assays are designed to detect B-cells in the peripheral blood that are actively secreting influenza strain-specific IgG or IgA antibody.
- Number of CD3+ peripheral blood mononuclear cells secreting interferon gamma [ Time Frame: Days 0-28 ]The number of CD3+ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), i.e., T-cells, secreting IFN-γ prior to and after vaccination following in vitro stimulation of these cells using the IFN-γ ELISPOT assay.
- Number of subjects with local reactions [ Time Frame: Days 0-7 ]Local injection site reactions were collected from subjects in the TIV treatment group only.
- Number of subjects with systemic reactions [ Time Frame: Days 0-7 ]Each study subject collected prompted reactogenicity events on a diary card worksheet for 7 days (study days 0 - 6) following vaccination.
- Number of subjects with adverse events [ Time Frame: Days 0-7 ]An Adverse Event (or Adverse Experience, AE) was any untoward, undesired or unexpected clinical event in the form of signs, symptoms, disease or laboratory or physiological observations occurring (in a human being) in a temporal relationship to the use of a WLV product, regardless of causal relationship.
|Study Start Date:
|September 2001
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2001
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2001 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Cold-adapted influenza vaccine (CAIVT)
A single intranasal dose of 10^7 fluorescent focus units.
Biological: CAIV-T
Liquid CAIV-T vaccine for this study consisted of three cold-adapted, attenuated, reassortant strains representing the hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) antigens of the A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1), A/Panama/2007/99 (H3N2) and B/Yamanashi/166/98 influenza virus strains. The reassortant vaccine strains were grown in specific pathogen-free (SPF) eggs and the allantoic fluid, which contained virus, was harvested, concentrated and purified. Each dose of CAIV-T used in this study was formulated to contain approximately 107 FFU of each of the 6:2 influenza reassortant vaccine strains.
Other Name: FluMist
Active Comparator: Trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV)
A single dose of commercially available Flushield was administered intramuscularly.
Biological: TIV
TIV in this study consisted of Flushield™, manufactured by Wyeth Vaccines, Marietta, PA, USA. Each 0.5 mL dose contained no less than 15 ug of the hemagglutinin antigens from each of the A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1), A/Panama/2007/99 (H3N2), and B/Yamanashi/166/98 strains, making TIV in this study antigenically matched to the influenza strains contained in CAIV-T.
Other Name: Flushield
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
The 0.2 mL administered intranasally.
Biological: Placebo
Placebo in this study consisted of physiological saline. The total volume of 0.2 mL was administered intranasally with a spray applicator (approximately 0.1 mL into each nostril).
Detailed Description:
This was a randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled, outpatient study carried out in healthy adults 18 to < 65 years of age. The study was designed to evaluate the kinetics of the immune responses generated by each of the study products in order to determine the best sampling time for future studies. Subjects were randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive a single dose of either CAIV-T, inactivated influenza virus vaccine (TIV), or placebo.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects had to have been at least 18 years of age and less than 65 years of age at the time informed consent was obtained;
- Women of child-bearing potential had to use reliable methods of hormonal and/or nonhormonal contraception (which includes cervical cap, diaphragm, condoms with spermicide or IUD) during sexual intercourse throughout the entire study period; a negative urine pregnancy test (with detection limit of less than or equal to 25mIU/mL) no more than 24 hours prior to vaccine administration; and agreed to avoid pregnancy during participation in the study. A urine pregnancy test was also conducted at the completion of study participation. Females who were surgically sterile at time of enrollment were not required to undergo pregnancy testing.
- who were determined by medical history, physical examination and clinical judgement to be eligible for the study.
- who provided written informed consent after the nature of the study has been explained;
- who were available for one month duration of the trial (from enrollment to study completion);
- who could be reached by study staff for the post-vaccination contact [telephone, clinic or home visit].
Exclusion Criteria:
- who were perceived to be unavailable or difficult to contact for evaluation or study visits during the study period;
- with a known or suspected disease of the immune system or those receiving immunosuppressive therapy, including systemic corticosteroids and intranasal steroids; or cytotoxic agents;
- who had an immunosuppressed or an immunocompromised individual living in the same household;
- who had a documented history of hypersensitivity to egg or egg protein or any other component of the study vaccine or placebo;
- who received any commercially-available or investigational injected influenza vaccine in the 6 months prior to enrollment, or a non-study influenza vaccine since enrollment;
- who previously received an intranasally administered influenza vaccine;
- who had any medical conditions that, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with interpretation of the study results;
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00192309
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00192309
|United States, Connecticut
|David M. Radin, MD
|Stamford, Connecticut, United States, 06905
Sponsors and Collaborators
MedImmune LLC
Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert Walker, MD
|MedImmune LLC
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Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|Responsible Party:
|Raburn Mallory, MD/ Sr Dir Clinical Development, MedImmune
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00192309 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|September 12, 2005
|First Posted:
|September 19, 2005
|Last Update Posted:
|February 15, 2012
|Last Verified:
|February 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Influenza, Human
Orthomyxoviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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New World Notes interviewed Arkane's Harvey Smith and Raphael Colantonio on Dishonored.
The main literary influences to Dishonored's story:
"In working out our setting and characters, we were looking to do something less common in games, but the process was very organic. Many people on our team made mention, on a weekly basis, of various influences from Herman Melville to Mervyn Peake. You could point to Thomas Burke (for Limehouse) or Dickens as general influences, and as people who have added to the cultural map that most of the team shares. During development, we discussed the works of H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, and others. Films like Gangs of New York, Perfume, and Anonymous factored into our research. As we've mentioned before, some of us love the Decemberists and took small influences from the lyrics of Picaresque and Her Majesty."
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The following editorial appeared recently in the Los Angeles Times:
In a battle pitting copyright owners against consumers and retailers, the Supreme Court heard a case Monday that could decide how much control manufacturers can exert over their products after they've been sold. At issue is whether the "first sale" doctrine — which lets people who buy copyrighted works resell, rent or donate them as they please — applies to goods made outside the United States and then imported into the country. If it doesn't, that could spell trouble not just for "gray market" retailers — who buy products in foreign countries at a discount, then resell them here — but also for libraries, secondhand stores, used-car dealers and others who lend or resell imported goods.
The case focuses on the book-reselling feats of Supap Kirtsaeng, a Thai native. Kirtsaeng's family shipped him low-cost textbooks made in Thailand that he resold on eBay, earning $900,000. But publisher John Wiley & Sons sued him in 2008, alleging that he infringed the copyrights of eight of its textbooks that he resold. Because the books weren't made in the United States, a federal judge rejected Kirtsaeng's claim that he was protected under the first-sale doctrine, and the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed.
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Manufacturers understandably chafe at the gray market because it undermines their ability to set lower prices in less-developed countries. But they have other ways to discourage this kind of importing. And denying first-sale protection to all goods made outside the United States would give manufacturers a perverse incentive to shift production to other countries or seek copyright protection for products that wouldn't otherwise qualify for it. The gray market may be a problem for manufacturers, but the Supreme Court shouldn't stretch copyright law to solve it for them.


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Indeed, those were the days!
If you grew up in River Falls, "Kinnickinnic Country" will be pleasurably nostalgic. If you're a newcomer, the book will immerse you in mid-20th century life and catch you up on local lore.
At least that's the aim of the book's author, Mark Wyman, and his sidekick Don Richards. They should know a thing or two about River Falls history since they came of age here in the 1950s -- the book's core period.
Mark eventually left town and went on to become a professional historian like his famous father, Walker Wyman. Richards -- "DR" -- taught high school English in River Falls for decades before being elected its current mayor.
Wyman says "Kinnickinnic Country" continues in roughly the same vein as another popular book published in the 1990s by John Prucha and Norman "Bud" Foss -- "Kinnickinnic Years: 1930s and early 1940s."
While there's some overlap between the books, the chronology of "Kinnickinnic Country" picks up with the end of the World War II before advancing into the Cold War/Eisenhower era of the 1950s and through 1960.
"A lot of the same things that were rapidly transforming American life were also being felt in a close-knit but fast-growing community like River Falls," Wyman said. "For those of us who were here, who experienced the friendships, knowing your neighbors, the fly fishing on the Kinni, River Falls was our anchor."
"Kinnickinnic Country" has a strong narrative drive that relies on storytelling and colorful anecdotes not only from the two authors but also from locals they interviewed and also from accounts published in the River Falls Journal and the university's Student Voice. An array of old photos heightens the visual affect of those bygone times.
Excerpts of the Wyman/Richards book tell it best. Here's one Wyman offers from his childhood after the war:
There were a few men who came home with their bodies twisted or disfigured. Once, a year or two after the war, I was riding in the car with my father when I saw a man with twisted form, walking along the sidewalk.
In my youthful ignorance as well as insensitivity, I asked, "Who's that dumb guy?" Typically, my father drove on for awhile before answering, but finally he said, "He was injured in the war. He got that way defending his country."
I felt terrible over what I had said, and the memory of that moment has never left me.
What was it like in school for the older, rural kids?
After eighth grade came River Falls High School, a big change for country school students. Because there was no prior activity that brought students from all country schools together, they often knew no one else, or few others. However, some attended church in River Falls and so had friends there.
Alone in the new environment, many graduates of country schools have disagreeable memories of the early part of the transfer. "In high school we were segregated" as country kids, Audrey Schweizer remembered - "country school kids and town kids. Until you made friends" --although she recalled also that her teacher had arranged for her to meet a girl from another country school. "So we each had a friend when we started school."
Dick Bjerstedt felt that the feeling of being separate "only lasted six months."
There was also the robust, rowdy influence from returning World War II veterans on the college and community:
The end of the war did more than boost enrollment; it also brought a new spirit to the institution. Returning veterans introduced a distinct -- some would say unique -- atmosphere to the small college. Put another way, the vets were always doing crazy things. Several years older than the usual college student, many had experienced the horrors of warfare and most had traveled far from their childhood homes, often beyond America's shores.
Those remembering the postwar influx recall no friction on campus between the vets and those who had not served during the war, although Norb Studelska remembers those with military experience as "more socially aggressive on campus and more confident in their relationship with the faculty than were the recent high school grads."
This extended to drinking -- the older vets preferred Johnnie's Tavern and the Green Lantern for their beer sessions. In classroom discussions there was little talk of the war, "nor were veterans encouraged to relate their wartime experiences," Studelska remembers -- "it just didn't seem to be a unique or worthwhile subject as it became years later."
Homecoming was a particularly wild time during the vets' years at RFSTC. The most noisy instigators of creative disruption were the "Dirty Dozen," who were up to all kinds of wild activities -- including driving a jeep up the North Hall steps.
The college was also evolved in other ways:
Then in 1950 came approval for the first university-owned residence hall: a girls' dormitory called Hathorn Hall, named after Irma Hathorn, longtime Dean of Women at the college who had retired the previous year.
(One old grad claimed that Miss Hathorn "used to brag about her nice girls and knew they didn't drink, because they were all so thirsty in the morning.")
Constructed with two floors of rooms and a basement containing a lounge and clothes-washing facilities, it gained a third floor in 1957. As with earlier women's off-campus housing, hours requirements remained: all girls in by 11 p.m. on week nights. Such rules did not change until the 1960s. As the clock ticked toward 11 p.m. each night the entryway would be crowded with couples saying goodnight in an area just inside the outer doorway called the "passion pit."
More people driving cars after the war meant more local traffic.
A state study in May 1951 counted 5,208 cars passing on Main Street between Elm and Maple streets during a 24-hour period. This was in the era before the east side bypass, which meant that all traffic between Hudson, Spring Valley, Prescott, Ellsworth and points north and south had to travel through River Falls on Main Street; a few vehicles managed to dodge the downtown route, however, by crossing through the east side of town on other streets.
While Pierce County had 6,126 automobiles registered that year and St. Croix County had 7,333, the 1951 study also cautioned that a sharp increase in cars on the highways was predicted for coming years. Its author urged that citizens "take a greater interest in the highway problems of their county and state."
Despite growing in size, the rural character of River Falls held firm:
A heart attack kept Arthur Selleck of the Randall district from planting in the Spring of 1960, but soon, on a Sunday, neighbors driving a dozen tractors and pulling machinery came over and plowed, worked, and sowed his grain fields, while manure was spread on the corn ground. Womenfolk helped out with meals for the family and their helpers. It was a typical response in rural Wisconsin.
Audrey Black Alton saw that spirit several times in her years on the Mann Valley farm where she moved with her husband Don Black in 1948 (after he left his position as River Falls' traffic policeman). Neighbors helped neighbors, a wonderful characteristic that she, as a town girl, came to cherish. She witnessed it when Walter Huppert fell sick one summer and neighbors rallied to put up his hay -- the Journal article ran a photograph and commented, "Just to make sure that his crops and farm would be well cared for the neighbors and friends shown above appeared at Mr. Huppert's farm Wednesday and started putting up the hay crop" -- Don Black, Gerry Black, Don Huppert, Lawrence Huppert, Mike Huppert and Dave Krear.
Richards and Wyman say anyone, no matter how old, with an interest in history, sociology and small towns will enjoy and learn something from "Kinnickinnic Country."
"Several of the people we interviewed, like Bruce Foster and Mert Timmerman, have since died," Wyman said. "We wanted to preserve their memories now, to help future generations know something of that crucial era when the community was involved with World War II and the postwar era, including the start of the Cold War.
"It was a time of the loss of many of the broader River Falls community's young men to the war, a time when large numbers of River Falls people volunteered to scan the skies to watch for German or Japanese or -- in the 1950s -- Soviet bombers traveling to attack the Twin Cities.
"And it was a time when the college underwent phenomenal growth, when farm life changed sharply, and when the community launched a serious attack on the sewer that the river had become."
Richards, playing the trombone, is on the book's front cover picture that shows the 1948 RFHS Marching Band in action before a large crowd on Main Street. Even back then the marching band was winning regional contests and performing in other town celebrations.
Wyman and Richards will present their book for the first time at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11, in the downstairs Collins Community Room at the public library. The book sells for $15.
For those who want it mailed, call the library at 425-0905 or e-mail to email@example.com. With shipping and handling, the book order will cost $20.


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The manager of the UK's first alcohol-free bar is to do a sponsored cycle through Vietnam and Cambodia to mark the first anniversary of the tragic death of his baby daughter, and to raise funds for Claire House Hospice on the Wirral in Cheshire.
Damien Kelly, manager at the Brink in Parr Street, recalls that on August 2, 2011, his daughter, Grace, was born at Liverpool Women's Hospital, 'the happiest time of my life'.
Kelly and the child's mother, Fay, took Grace to hospital after one-and-a-half weeks to be checked out for another matter. During this procedure, blood samples were taken and about a week later they received the news that their daughter had a terminal medical condition known as SMA type 1, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Kelly says:
Our world was shattered with the news that our baby was very likely to pass away within her first year. I always knew about the outstanding respite and support that Claire House gives and what happened next will stay with me for ever.
As the child's condition developed, so did care and support levels needed such as having a feeding tube, suction and nebuliser. The Kellys wanted Grace to be at home as much as possible but Claire House gave respite care on four occasions, and it was there that Grace died in November last year. That was not the end of it. Staff accommodated and fed Damien and Fay's families, washed and ironed clothes, helped organise the funeral, and took Kelly to pick up the death certificate at Birkenhead Town Hall.
Both parents still attend a group for the bereaved at Claire House, and he pays many tributes to the support they have received. The bike ride, 500km (311 miles) from Ho Chi Minh City to Angkor Wat next month, is payback time. Kelly set out to raise £3000 but has topped £5000 and hopes to add both to that and to awareness of the genetic condition and preventative techniques.
You can make a donation by using Justgiving. or calling The Brink. The bar now has a successor planned in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as reported in this recentGuardian Northerner post.


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At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all
those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her
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Arthur: "I've never seen anything like it in my wildest dreams. The two suns … it was like mountains of fire boiling into space"
Marvin: "I've seen it. It's rubbish."
Astroboffins have spotted a real-universe analogue of Doctor Who's Time Lord home world Gallifrey - or alternatively the luxury-planet-builders' planet Magrathea of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy fame - spinning in space around twin suns. And one of them is in a sweet spot distance from its stars to allow life to inhabit it …
Arthur: "I've never seen anything like it in my wildest dreams. The two suns … it was like mountains of fire boiling into space"
Marvin: "I've seen it. It's rubbish."
Would make a great place for a restaurant though!
That's where Elvis is hiding
Why do lines like that make me snigger?
"Uranus is a gas giant"
"The twin suns of Soulianis and Rahm ... !"
"Or whatever," said Ford quietly.
"Soulianis and Rahm!" insisted Zaphod.
The spacecraft had found a Tatooine-style world - one planet orbiting two suns as seen in Star Wars last year -
Last year...and the year before that. And the year before that. And...
Fnar fnar!...
And in honour of those brave ones bowing a large cymbal on TOTP while someone gives it beans with the psychedelic effects on the cameras-
Landscape - From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... to the Hell-holes of Uranus
also included Einstein A Go-Go, and the radio record charts rundown theme-tune New Religion
You can't find Magrathea by just waving a telescope about... The odds of finding it that way are almost infinitely improbable.
You mean, like in a million-to-one chance?
I think it has been proven that those luck out 9 times out of 10...
Yes, but if something is infinitely improbable, it must be finitely probable....
Of course it cannot be Gallifrey, as any fule no, Gallifrey is in the constellation of Kasterborous, not Cygnus.
And what of it's other sister planet, Karn?
The Sisterhood will get you!
Stars aren't IN constellations - it's just a direction, it depends where you are standing
It might be in Cygnus for us and Kasterborous from there.
... I can't believe I bothered to write this....
It's the book sitting in my bog on top of the toliet paper at the moment, Mr Dents just riding round with slartibartfast. Brilliant book.
Although El Reg is becoming more like the Vogons each day. I'll get my coat unless the mods have a poem for me.
Cant be Gallifrey as it was destroyed in the time wars
But you forget the light speed effect. Yes, it was destroyed, but back here on Earth we can still see it.
Given it's 250m light years away, we've got a long wait until we on Earth can see it actually being destroyed.
Light speed - and reality - is such a bummer.
That small star could have been a Jupiter sized planet once. Before the monoliths got hold of it, that is. Let's send will.i.am to investigate and sing when he gets there. (Us sing, not him).
<<< Fly me to the moon and....
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy...


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Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 | 11:10 p.m.
Prep Sports Now
The playoff pod
Las Vegas Sun sports reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer fill out their brackets for the Sunset and Sunrise regional tournaments.
Related coverage
- Canyon Springs, standout guard develop ahead of schedule to win Sunrise title
- Canyon Springs' hot streak continues with first-round playoff win at Eldorado
- It took two overtimes before Bishop Gorman could overcome Centennial in likely state championship game preview
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Now that they've spent 104 minutes playing against each other at three different venues, the body of evidence is both expansive and conclusive.
Bishop Gorman is a better basketball team than Centennial, albeit by the slightest of margins. The Gaels beat the Bulldogs for the third time this season to capture the Sunset Regional championship Friday at Durango High. The score would indicate it was the closest meeting between the two best teams in town yet.
Bishop Gorman 80, Centennial 78.
"They exploit our weaknesses better than any other team," Gorman sophomore Stephen Zimmerman said. "They have great jump shooters and attack the basket well. They just play really smart against us."
Like its double-overtime loss at Gorman and the first game where it led for the majority of the night, Centennial had a chance late to pull the upset Friday night. The Bulldogs came back from a rough first half — where they shot 12-for-32 from the floor and trailed by as many as 11 points — behind an outbreak from the Allen twins.
Malcolm Allen scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half. Marcus Allen chipped in 13 of his 24 in the final 16 minutes.
"They are just thoroughbred athletes," Gorman coach Grant Rice said, "and it's really hard for us to stay with them."
Marcus Allen drove to the basket for a layup that made the score 65-65 with five minutes remaining. The Gaels rose to the occasion from there.
Noah Robotham, who only had one point at the time, scored five straight points to regain control for Gorman. Zimmerman also scored five points in the final four minutes.
The five-star recruit scored 24 points and had 15 rebounds, keeping Gorman afloat with several putbacks in the second half when it lacked other consistent producers on offense. Rashad Muhammad starred in the first half, scoring 17 of his 23 points in the first 10 minutes including a trio of three-pointers.
It marked the third straight game, all of the Gaels' playoff contests, that Muhammad built an early lead for his team.
"He's been great, we need that offense," Rice said. "Between Rashad and Zimm, they had 47 points. That's a really good inside-out combo with the other guys, Noah and Trey Kennedy, being really steady as well."
Kennedy recorded 10 points, five assists and four rebounds. He also set the tone with his defensive intensity early.
The win gave Gorman its fifth straight Sunset title. Muhammad has now been around for four of them, but celebrated this one unlike any of the others.
"This one was real special because we have a lot of youth on the team," Muhammad said. "I think this one meant the most to me personally."
The Bulldogs still have an opportunity to join the Gaels in the state tournament next week at the Orleans. Centennial meets Valley at 6 next Monday in a play-in game.
Rice thinks Centennial is more dangerous than ever with the emergence of Khalil Thompson, who followed his breakout game in the semifinals with 20 points including six three-pointers against Gorman.
Thompson briefly stole the lead for Centennial late in the third quarter with his trademark corner three-pointer to make the score 61-60.
"Now you can't really play those gimmick defenses against them because they've got three guys who can score," Rice said. "It was a tough matchup for us."
Even though they've played three times now, there's still a sense that a fourth meeting is on the horizon. With two Centennial wins and one from Gorman, the teams could meet in next Friday's state championship.
"It would be a crazy game," Muhammad said. "I look forward to seeing them again,"
Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.


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There were catastrophic failings at the Benghazi consulate Sept. 11, when four American diplomats, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were murdered. But the tragedy's aftermath has become so absurdly politicized that Congress, the White House and national intelligence agencies are being diverted from finding out what really went wrong.
Here are some of our questions: Why was security so lax at the consulate after Stevens himself had asked for reinforcements? Who denied Stevens' request, and why? Was it because of Congressional budget cuts? Would additional security have prevented the attack?
Instead of focusing on these issues, President Barack Obama's opponents are accusing him of trying to cover up a connection to al-Qaida to protect his re-election campaign. The idea is that the linkage would have undermined his claim to have hobbled the terrorist network. That's absurd.
Obama never claimed to have eliminated al-Qaida. And despite reports to the contrary, it remains unclear that al-Qaida was directly responsible.
Accounts at the time, including comments made to a New York Times journalist who was there, indicate that the attack was conducted by Ansar al-Shariah, a local Islamist group, and was inspired by anger at an anti-Islam video that had been the subject of an earlier protest in Egypt.
Proponents of the cover-up theory — including Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham and dozens of congressmen — say statements by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice tying the attack to the video were deliberately misleading. They have accused the White House of editing CIA talking points she used for political purposes.
But last week the director of national intelligence said the editing came from his office. According to a senior intelligence official quoted in the Los Angeles Times, "The adjustments were focused on producing talking points that provided the best information available at the time, protected sensitive details and reflected the evolving nature of rapidly incoming intelligence."
In other words, intelligence agencies didn't want to jump to conclusions without all the relevant information. McCain, Graham and others ought to applaud that approach. Had the Bush administration been more responsible with regard to rumors of weapons of mass destruction, the Iraq War might never have happened.
There are even more outlandish claims: that former CIA Director David Petraeus' resignation was part of the cover-up, and that the State Department and even Obama watched the attack unfold — live, Osama bin Laden-style — and did nothing. This is right up there with the theory that George W. Bush was behind the original Sept. 11 attacks.
The craziness is distracting agencies and Congress from finding answers to legitimate questions. It's time for McCain and other leaders of stature to put fact finding above political posturing. The election is over. And it's a little early to start on the next one.


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The Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has prepared a Supplement to the June 2010 Staff Report on Proposed Actions to Further Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter at High-Priority California Railyards. This report includes updated emissions and health risk estimates and a California Environmental Quality Act Functional Equivalent Document (FED). The FED evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed project, which is approval and implementation of the Revised 2010 Commitments between ARB and Union Pacific (UP) Railroad and BNSF Railway (BNSF). The supplement presents revised estimates of diesel particulate (PM) emissions and health risk at four railyards (BNSF San Bernardino, BNSF Hobart, UP Commerce and UP ICTF/Dolores). The report quantifies the significant reduction in diesel PM emissions and health risk at each railyard between 2005 and 2010. The Revised 2010 Commitments are an agreement to reduce diesel PM emissions at the four railyards in Southern California by 85 percent by 2020, as compared to 2005 levels. The FED identifies three topics with potentially significant impacts: light, noise, and transportation/traffic. Although the execution and implementation of the Revised 2010 Commitments do not directly and adversely affect the physical environment, ARB has determined that operational changes that may be undertaken by the railroads to meet the emission reduction targets or reduce health risk have the potential to result in changes to the physical environment in the vicinity of the railyards. The public review and comment period for the FED is July 5, 2011 through August 19, 2011. For more detailed information on how to submit comments see the Notice at the website listed below. Copies of the supplement (including the FED) may be obtained from ARB's Public Information Office, 1001 I St., 1st Floor, Environmental Services Center, Sacramento, California 95814 or at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/railyard/commitments/commitments.htm If you have questions on the 2010 Commitments or CEQA FED, please contact Harold Holmes, Manager, Rail Strategies Section, at (916) 324-8029 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and more than 40 other known cancer-causing compounds. In 1998, California identified diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant based on its potential to cause cancer, premature death, and other significant health problems. You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: ej, loco, railyard.


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One of racing's greatest innovators is celebrating 50 years in the motorsports game this year amidst rumors about the future of his NASCAR Sprint Cup team and his day-to-day commitment.
Jack Roush, who turned 72 last April, currently has only one of his three Fords, driven by Carl Edwards, headed to the Chase for the Championship.
And his two lead drivers, Edwards and Greg Biffle, have their contracts ending with the completion of the 2014 season, raising speculation about what the future holds for Roush Fenway Racing.
Edwards is rumored to be close to signing with Joe Gibbs Racing. If Edwards leaves, Biffle would be a capable lead driver if he chose to remain with Roush. But if Biffle follows Edwards out the door, the once powerful team would be left without a proven winner on NASCAR's premier circuit.
At the moment, Roush's Sprint Cup lineup for 2015 numbers only Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with Trevor Bayne reportedly set to replace Edwards.
Although Roush Fenway Racing is regarded as one of the sport's more powerful teams, Roush hasn't fielded a Sprint Cup winner since Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch won back-to-back titles in 2003-2004.
Kenseth left the team following the 2012 season after winning 24 races in 14 seasons with Roush. In addition to the 2003 title, he finished second to Jimmie Johnson in the 2006 final standings. Busch left Roush following his 2004 title.
But the list of drivers who have left Roush over the years includes Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray and Mark Martin, who was a founding driver on the team in 1988 when Roush decided to leave sports car racing.
Starting in2000 with Biffle's win in the Truck Series, Roush drivers have won five titles in NASCAR's three national touring series, including Nationwide Series titles in 2002 and 2007. Roush drivers have a total of 263 wins across the three series in 25½ seasons.
But the team has gone from winning five races in 2012 -- when Biffle, Edwards and Kenseth formed a powerful trio – to three in 2013 to two this season. Last season Biffle finished ninth in the final Sprint Cup standings and Edwards was 13th.
This season Edwards ranks fourth in the standings and is almost assured a spot in the Chase with two wins. But Biffle ranks 18th in points and lacks the win that would likely put him in the Chase for the Championship. Stenhouse is 28th in the standings and needs at least one win in the final seven races to make the Chase for the Championship.
However, the path for Biffle and Stenhouse is even longer because such drivers as two-time champion Tony Stewart plus Kasey Kahne, McMurray, Brian Vickers and Martin Truex Jr. likely need a win to reach the playoffs. Plus, one of those spots could go to Marcos Ambrose if he wins the road race at Watkins Glen, N.Y., for a third straight season.
The prospect of having only one driver in the Chase and losing his top two drivers to other teams at the end of the season have to be major concerns for Roush who has been something of a Ford miracle worker since joining the production end of the company in 1966.
In 1970, he formed his own company creating performance parts for Ford drag racing teams. He then switched to sports car racing, where his team cars won 24 national championships and 119 road racing wins before he moved on to NASCAR. His sports car drivers included Scott Pruett, Tommy Kendall, Wally Dallenbach and Willy T. Ribbs.
His efforts in road racing continued after he entered NASCAR in 1988 with Martin.
Roush is considered one of racing's top innovators. He also owns a company that supplies post-production performance parts. He was the first NASCAR owner to team with a non-racing entity to form Roush-Fenway Racing. And in 2005, he joined with Doug Yates to build an engine-building company to supply all Ford teams in NASCAR.
Now Roush, who has also survived two plane crashes, faces what could be
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Hate crime charges, suicide, and subtleties in the case of the gay student at Rutgers.
When gay Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010, three weeks in to his freshman year, the story gripped the country. On Friday, the court had its say.
A New Jersey jury found Clementi's Rutgers roommate, Dahrun Ravi – who had used a webcam to spy on Clementi in an intimate encounter with another man – guilty on fifteen counts, including a hate crime charge that could put him in prison for ten years.
Clementi's death was tragic. Now Ravi's conviction is under the microscope. This hour, On Point: crime and punishment in the case of Tyler Clementi.
-Tom Ashbrook
Kate Zernike, national correspondent for the New York Times.
Richard Kim, executive director, The Nation Magazine.
Hayley Gorenberg, deputy legal director Lambda Legal.
From Tom's Reading List
The New Yorker "One day this fall, Ravi was in a courthouse in New Brunswick, fifteen miles to the north, awaiting a pre-trial hearing. In a windowless room, he sat between two lawyers, wearing a black suit and a gray striped tie. His eyes were red."
The Nation "When I read that 18-year-old Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi had committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after two other students posted a video of him having sex with another man online, my heart dropped. "
Christian Science Monitor "Attorneys made closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of cyber intimidation by using a webcam and other social media to expose his male roommate's intimate encounter with another man. The gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide by jumping off New York City's George Washington Bridge days after learning that information about his relationship had been made public."
The New York Times "A jury on Friday convicted a former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man in their dorm room."


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Agri Beef nearing settlement on $8M loan
The company sued R. Power Biofuels for breach of contract.
MeatPoultry.com, 8/2/2013
by Meat&Poultry Staff
BOISE – Agri Beef Co. has reached a tentative agreement that would settle an $8.1 million lawsuit against a California-based biofuels producer, according to local news reports.
Agri Beef filed a breach of contract lawsuit July 12 against Watsonville, Calif.-based R. Power Biofuels regarding a loan Agri Beef made to North Star Biofuels, a joint venture between R. Power and AB Bioenergy, an Agri Beef subsidiary. Agri Beef made the loan to North Star to finance construction on a new plant in Watsonville. North Star was overdue paying the loan because of malfunctioning equipment.
Both companies now expect the lawsuit to be dismissed after they reached a tentative agreement to restructure the loan.
The new facility, which was to be completed by April, has a production capacity of 40,000 gallons of biodiesel per day. North Star Biofuels manufactures biodiesel from animal fats and other raw materials used in the biodiesel industry, according to the company's web site.
Agri Beef is a vertically integrated beef producer and processor that sells products under several brands, including Snake River Farms and Double R Ranch.


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Thank you very much, Lee. I like the way four of the colors dominate the image, but that I 'threw in' additional ones that aren't so prominent. :-)
Beautiful puzzle--thank you.


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My family and I really enjoy the second deer season – shed hunting season! Shed hunting is about as fun as deer hunting – except that it doesn't provide wonderful, natural venison for the freezer…darn. Bucks shed their antlers when their testosterone level drops below a certain threshold. The annual testosterone cycle is relatively simple. […]Read More
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While deer hunter numbers remain the highest of all with over 10 million strong, participation numbers of hunting 'other' species is on a sharp incline. The 'other' in this statement includes wild turkey, wild boar, and coyote hunting. These 'other' species enable many deer hunters to hunt for longer periods of the calendar year. Coyote […]Read More
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Every deer hunter looks forward to hunting the rut. This is a time of increased daytime deer activity and bucks are focused on receptive does and not as alert to predators (hunters). Planning hunting strategies for the rut may often mean hunting areas of thick cover as that's where receptive does will attempt to escape […]Read More


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6 fresh blackberries
1 oz ruby port
0.5 oz St. Germaine Elderflower liqueur
4 oz Champagne or dry sparkling wine
Garnish: blackberry & orange twist
Glass: Champagne flute
Place 5 to 6 fresh blackberries in a mixing glass. With a cocktail muddler (or a utensil with a firm and flat base), press the blackberries with a firm yet gentle motion. Muddling fruit extracts the juice and releases the fresh flavours and a vibrant colour. To the pressed blackberries, add 1 ounce of ruby port and ½ ounce of St. Germain (a floral French elderflower liqueur). Add a squeeze of fresh lemon.
Fill the glass with ice and cap with a shaker. Close firmly and shake vigorously to chill.
To strain this mixture, use a tea strainer to finely filter out the seeds and remaining pieces of muddled fruit. This technique is also known as double straining. Use one strainer against mouth the shaker, and the fine strainer above the glass – pour the shaken cocktail into a champagne flute.
Top off the cocktail with sparkling wine. When sparkling wine meets fruit juice, it becomes especially effervescent. Pour slowly to prevent the bubbly from overflowing. A bar spoon with a spiralling stem will help control the speed of the rising froth.
Garnish with more fresh berries.


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In an internal government report obtained by CBC News, Auditor General Merwan Saher found that Redford's staff entered fake passengers into the government's online booking system and then erased the passengers before printing a final flight manifest.
Government staff told the auditor general that passengers were "blocked to restrict access to Premier Redford on the aircraft," the review states.
"The implications of this practice were that other government employees or elected officials would not have been able to travel on those aircraft."
The report also states that auditors found "no documentation" on when the practice of listing fake passengers began.
Redford said she has no knowledge of these arrangements.
"It would not be true to suggest that I flew on the government plane alone. Despite the allegations raised today, as far as I am concerned, there was never any directive preventing others from flying on government aircraft when I was a passenger," she said in a statement.


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Jockey Rene Douglas won the 3,000th race of his career Thursday when he guided Grey Misty to victory at Santa Anita Park for trainer Bill Spawr.
Douglas is the 122nd rider in North America to reach the milestone. The 37-year-old native of Panama returned to California last fall after riding most of the last decade in Illinois, where he won four straight titles at Arlington Park near Chicago.
In his win aboard Grey Misty ($12) in the day's fifth race, Douglas steered the gray gelding through an opening along the inside, and they gradually pulled clear for a two-length victory over Presumption in the $20,000 claimer at 6 ½ furlongs.
"It's great, it's exciting and hard to describe," Douglas said immediately after the victory. "I feel good. I want to thank God for giving me the energy to continue to do well. I want to thank the fans who come to the races and watch, the trainers and owners who give me the opportunity and believe in me. I'm very proud to reach this mark."
Douglas ranks second in the Santa Anita jockeys' standings with 13 wins through 14 days of the 85-day meeting. Tyler Baze leads with 15.
Douglas rode in Southern California in the mid-1990s and had his best Santa Anita season in 1995-96 when he finished fifth with 59 wins. His biggest victory was on Editor's Note in the 1996 Belmont Stakes (gr. I).
Douglas had his best year in 2004 when he rode 242 winners and his mounts earned over $8.4 million. He returned to California with a bang, finishing in a third-place tie at Oak Tree with 18 victories before capturing the Hollywood Park Autumn title with 37 wins.
He said that it was nice to reach 3,000 on a horse trained by Spawr, who has used Douglas' services regularly, and who was also instrumental when Laffit Pincay Jr. broke Bill Shoemaker's world record mark of 8,833 wins in 1999.
"I'm happy to win for Bill Spawr," Douglas said. "He did a lot for my friend and countryman Laffit Pincay, and I appreciate that because Laffit's always been good to me."
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Here is one built by my friend Gerald Martin.
Your friends plane looks very similar to the B&W pic I posted earlier. Is it the same plane in the picture or was the Falcon kitted at some time?
I noticed your friend has the elastic hold downs on the pylon. Did he somehow tie in the wires to the formers. The plans only show the pylon glued to the surface of the fuselage. This is something I am going to correct in my build.
I have been working on how to run the bellcrank to the rudders and I think I have the solution but any extra pics would be helpful.
Could you ask him why there are slots in the fins.
That picture really enforces that I am going to have to be careful of the fins and rudders on landing and takeoffs.
Does he hand-launch the Falcon or just takes-off from the ground?
Anymore pics appreciated, maybe any flight video?
Thanks Chris
With the ribs now fixed and built up where needed. Now was the time to start joining the two wing halves. The plans called for 6" under each wing tip. I cut a piece of foam 12" long and attached it to a ruler. I am going to use this to prop up the wing to obtain the required dihedral. I will set the wing on the edge of the foam like a shelf and the ruler is there only to make sure the foam doesn't bend or break. I don't think I have ever put this much dihedral into a wing before.
I created a template out of boxboard of the angle I required so I could cut the root angles for joining. Using the template would ensure all angles were the same when I scribed the pencil lines to the wood. After making the cuts I propped up the right wing and the angles were very close. YES! Only a little sanding was required to align all three joints together.
I should mention I changed the spar joiners from the plan. Originally the joiners were made out of 1/8" hard balsa. They were over 10" long, almost reaching the third rib. Maybe needed with the balsa spars but I changed my spars to popular. (much stronger) I also made my spar joiners out of 3/32" lite ply and cut them back to 5". I staggered the ends of the joiners so they wouldn't line up. This just corrects a stress point issue with the spar.
I used 30min epoxy and attached the joiners to one wing half first and let it dry. I then taped the foam support I made to the tip of the wing and proceeded to glue and clamp the remaining wing to the joiners.
Also added joiners to the inside of the leading and trailing edges.
I could of joined everything at once but I figured there was less to go wrong if I took my time at this stage.
Here is the pic of the final joining of the wings. You can see the wing foam support I taped to the wing tip.
Next I will be adding the center ribs.
Any information you can provide about the Falcon is appreciated.
Don't hesitate to add it to this thread as I only have the plans to go by.
Very little on the internet.
What size was the Atwood Triumph?
Not much of the build to report. The three center ribs are now in place.
I forgot to mention that I ran the TF Woodpecker over the wing joiners and spars before gluing them. Just wanted the epoxy to penetrate the harder woods. Nasty piece of rc building equipment if it catches you. I ran it over my knuckle once. I wasn't a happy camper that day!
I set up a test bed so I could figure out the throws and linkage requirements for the rudders being operated by one servo. Took most of the night but I have it figured out now. At least I know why there are holes in the sides of the fins in that B&W picture I posted earlier.
Have some progress to report.
I made a deviation to the plans and added four 3/16"x1/8" stringers to the top of the wing ribs. I knew the covering would sag in between the ribs if I didn't do something. Stringers would look more vintage on this wing then if I sheeted it. Stringers would also be easier as sheeting would be a nightmare trying to tie it into the curved leading edge.
I cut the stringers out of hard balsa and set them vertically into the ribs. To cut the slots I used my stacked hacksaw blades. Basically once I figured the required spacing between the stringers. I used a straight ruler and marked the locations along the ribs. It took four of the blades stacked together to cut the 1/8" slots. I also used a piece of masking tape on the side of the blades as a depth indicator for the required 3/16".
I am quite happy how the stringers turned out.
Center sheeting has also been added and everything lightly sanded. I have steamed any dents and spackled where necessary. I will wait till a warmer day to thoroughly sand the wing outside.
Onto the fuselage!
Last edited by Tomahawk; Mar 05, 2012 at 02:39 AM.
Thanks! Surprising how a few pieces of balsa changed the look of the wing. To me the wing now looks finished.
From paper patterns to a nice stack of formers.
I will be making quite a few changes to the fuselage plans. I will point them out as the build progresses.
A small note. The plans called for 1/8" balsa formers but I used 3/32" lite ply. I used lite ply because the fuselage will be strip-planked. The last all fuselage plane I strip-planked was a Ziroli Windex with balsa formers. It was not enjoyable as the formers would occasionally break as I applied the strips. The lite ply should help with this issue but it will create other issues.
Next I will be cutting holes in the formers.
Finished cutting the holes in the formers. The plans showed to leave them solid but I needed airflow through the fuselage to keep the battery and esc cool.
If you are wondering how I traced the lines. I used a compass set at a 3/8" width and traced around the outside. The pencil lead left a perfect contour line to cut. I also used a coin to trace round any squared corners. The scroll saw was used to cut out the holes.
The next part had me stumped for a bit. I needed to cut the top half of the formers off. The plans called to build the fuselage upside down and then the former tops were to be glued back on. Then finish the strip-planking on the top side.
If I made the formers out of balsa I could have easily use a straight edge and a #11 blade and slice them off. I used lite ply. I was worried that any saw I used would take too much material off and the formers would sit much lower. The other issue was, could I cut a straight line. If not the formers would not line up on the build board.
A test piece on the scroll saw removed too much material.
I tried the razor saw. The width was correct but the saw would wander. So close.
Then a solution dawned on me. I scored the lite ply with the #11 blade and a ruler. I did it a couple of times to make a deep score line in the ply and then used the razor saw. Success!!! The score line kept the saw from wandering.
Pic of the finished formers.
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I have made some more progress on the Falcon the past couple days.
The original plans have a unique removable battery box. You had to insert it through the front of the fuselage but you would have to remove the motor to do this. At first glance of the plans I thought I could utilize this feature but now I find it unworkable. I needed access to the inside of the fuselage for servos, rx and easy battery exchange.
Since this is a curved fuselage I couldn't just install a flat hatch on the side.
I had to incorporate the hatch into the fuselage but not wreck the original lines. I also had to strengthen the sides of the fuselage as I was cutting into the structure of the aircraft and weakening it.
From the pics you can see the two 1/4" popular longerons I added to the sides. The pics pretty much show what I did. I am also going to use the longerons as hard mounting points for the wire wing hold-downs. (the wing elastics attach to these wires)
I plan on using a spring loaded catch and small dowels to attach the hatch in the future.
Take note the fuselage formers are now upside down for building.
Hi Cem. Glad you are enjoying it.
Turned out to be a nice warm day. Unusual for this time of year. I was able to sand the wing outside. A few imperfections showed up that I will fill in at a later date and then resand those areas. The wing is almost ready for covering. I will wait till the fuselage is done before covering the wing. Just in case I want to make some changes.
The fuselage is now on the build board and all formers are lined up and glued to the two 1/8"x1" balsa side starter strips. Strip planking can now commence.
One strange issue was the last two formers must hang off the end of the building board. Not sure why you couldn't just make the formers all the same height. Made it a little tricky to setup.
Remember I am building the bottom part of the fuselage in the pic.
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Diablo 3 - PvP Update
A few days back Jay Wilson updated Battle.net with progress on PvP for Diablo III. In summary, team deathmatches aren't working out and will be withheld but in-game dueling will make it for patch 1.07:
kinda funny how they've (supposedly) been working on team dm for 8 months since launch, yet they still use the same excuse as when they pulled it before release..
Sounds pretty honest to me, and I like honesty.
I have, and it's dead.
If D3 could become F2P it most definately would— I suppose they could make the AH free. What a huge disappointment and horrible end to the franchise. Every update/interview with Jay Wilson annoys me to no end and I don't even care about PvP. Between D3 and MoP it is clear Blizzard has become either too complacent and/or big for their britches.
I so wanted to like D3, but it really is unlikeable.
How does Wilson still have a job. He took a franchise and completely ruined it with misplaced MMO concepts, complete lack of respect for the intelligence of their audience, and a decision to proactively balance the game around a real money AH which only fuels the hacking and exploitation of their own customer base. Wilson doesn't even like D2 and you put him in charge of D3? What a shame. It was disheartening and sad to watch the game get ruined piece by piece as they removed feature after feature until essentially nothing was left and they had almost a decade to make the game.
I thought it was hysterical when Blizzard run their own poll of what changes the fans wanted and it was literally a list of the 10 things that would make it like D2 again.
One of the worst games of all time.
Saw this happening even before launch. Jay Wilson and his whole team are rejects ever since that Twitter and Facebook scandal that's been erased so no one can see what they wrote.
Sadly over 10 million copies were sold so it's not a failure. I still haven't bought it yet despite the people saying you know you will. Eat that people.;)
Wow. Did somebody set exaggeration to 11? Could we have some rational criticisms, maybe? Like how it could have possibly taken so long for them to decide their PvP model wasn't fun. On the one hand, I'd like to say we have to assume by "working on it" all this time, they really meant, "when we have spare time we work a little bit on it". On the other, given how this echos the deeply flawed itemization system they went live with, I'd have to say some of their development methodologies need serious revision, if not all out blowing up.
Well, at least they are honest about it.
Anyway, with an expansion coming in late 2013, I can't see me touching DIII anytime soon. Path of Exile is the real shit at the moment, it's kind of amazing what that small team has pulled so far.
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Featured Discussion
One-on-One with Mark Emmert, President, NCAA
In this interview, Mark Emmert will discuss the challenges facing intercollegiate athletics, including financial sustainability; integrity, smarter rules and tougher enforcement; student-athlete well-being; and academic performance. And, he will share the solutions and course of action, from the NCAA perspective, that needs to be taken.
9:00 a.m.
From the Office of the President/Chancellor: Accountability, Control and Oversight of Intercollegiate Athletics
Presidential oversight of athletics is supposed to ensure an appropriate balance between athletics and academics at their institution; upholding the integrity and ideals of intercollegiate athletics; and calling for necessary reform and accountability of those in charge. In this session, Mark Emmert, President, NCAA; Nathan Hatch, President, Wake Forest University; Susan Herbst, President, University of Connecticut; and Harvey Perlman, Chancellor, University of Nebraska, will discuss the challenges they face upholding their role in athletics. They will debate the most significant issues impacting athletics, including the escalating costs of running an intercollegiate athletics program and the sustainability of the intercollegiate athletics financial model. They will share insights into proposed changes to NCAA rules and regulations legislating academic standards, enforcement and penalty structures; and share their thoughts on the role and responsibility of the governing board to the oversight of athletics.
9:45 a.m.
Athletic Directors Speak Out on Financial Sustainability and Competitive Fairness
One of the abundant and complex issues that college athletic administrators face on a day-to-day basis is competitive fairness. As revenue for BCS conference schools continues to increase, the gap between FBS schools continues to widen. Athletic Directors must balance the cost of staying competitive with financial sustainability. In this session, Mike Alden, Athletic Director, University of Missouri; Mike Bohn, Athletic Director, University of Colorado; Mark Hollis, Athletic Director, Michigan State University; Warde Manuel, Athletic Director, University of Connecticut; and Debbie Yow, Athletic Director, N.C. State University, will discuss the escalating costs of running intercollegiate athletics programs. They will share their thoughts on capital earned from conference television rights agreements, increased sponsorship opportunities to the 2014 four-team college football playoff proposed revenue sharing model and maximizing revenue from tickets and intellectual property.
10:30 a.m. Networking Break hosted by
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Tools of the Trade: Bringing Out the Best in Your Team
Today's job demands doing more with fewer resources. And it typically demands getting it done quicker. So how do you get your team to rally behind you? And how do you get them to perform at their best? Great business leaders, like great coaches, are not only knowledgeable, but are extremely self-aware. They have the relationships that make others perceive them as steady and clear in moments of crisis and foster a supportive, trusting environment for the team. They clearly understand their most import asset to the enterprise is the people. In this presentation, Rick Aberman Ph.D., Author; Sports Psychologist, Director, Peak Performance, Minnesota Twins; and staff member of the University of Minnesota Football, Baseball and Tennis teams; John Anderson, Head Baseball Coach, University of Minnesota, and Jon LeCrone, Commissioner, Horizon League, will provide you with the necessary tools to develop an organizational culture consistent with an optimal-learning environment that will bring the best out in your team.
11:30 a.m.
The New Breed of Athletics Administrators
As college sports has evolved into big business, so too has the role of the athletic director. In the past, the position of AD has been primarily held by former coaches, or at least someone who had come through the university system. More recently, the trend has been for schools to look outside the system and hire department leaders with non-traditional athletics business experience. What is behind this trend? And is it truly a trend? In this session, Joe Bailey, Managing Director, Sports Practice, RSR Partners; Greg Christopher, Athletic Director, Bowling Green State University; Steve Patterson, Athletic Director, Arizona State University; and Tim Pernetti, Athletic Director, Rutgers University, will discuss the complexities of running an athletic department and the type of experience officials are looking for in new hires.
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
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"So I left tire tracks in the snow yesterday as I led my team out. Next time will be footprints"- Eric LeGrand's tweet on October 29, 2011 as he led the Rutgers Scarlet Knights onto the football field against WVU.
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As a football player at Rutgers University, Eric LeGrand sustained a devastating spinal cord injury in 2010. But ask him and he will tell you he has no regrets about playing college football. And the story of his recovery is a courageous and inspirational one. In this interview, moderated by Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports' Seth Davis, LeGrand will discuss his injury, his everyday life, how his recovery is progressing, being drafted by the NFL, and his friendship with coach, Greg Schiano. He will also share accounts from his memoir, BELIEVE: My Faith and the Tackle that Changed My Life.
2:00 p.m.
Athletic Directors Discuss the Economics of College Sports
When it comes to revenue generation, college football has become a world of haves and have-nots, which puts schools within the same NCAA division on different playing fields — literally and figuratively. But the same holds true for expenses. In this session, panelists Brad Bates, Athletic Director, Boston College; Lynn Hickey, Athletic Director, University of Texas, San Antonio; Tom Holmoe, Athletic Director, Brigham Young University; Jim Livengood, Athletic Director, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Wood Selig, Athletic Director, Old Dominion University, some who are in transition from the FCS to the FBS level, will discuss the economic challenges every athletic program faces, especially without big-time football revenue from massive conference TV contracts.
2:45 p.m.
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Dynamic Pricing: The Future of Ticket Pricing in College Sports?
Dynamic pricing, the increasingly popular way of selling tickets among pro teams, is seeping into the college space. It enables ticket prices to rise or fall from face value based on demand. Among the goals of dynamic pricing is rewarding fans for buying earlier in the season and protecting donor-level seating value. But not everyone is convinced. Some are concerned about prices dipping below face value. In this session, Dave Butler, CEO, Paciolan; Ayo Taylor-Dixon, Associate Athletic Director, Marketing and Revenue Development, University of South Florida; Michael Espada, Director, Ticket Sales, Florida State University; Roger Gardner, Executive Vice President, Learfield Sports; and Barry Kahn, Founder & CEO, QCue, will discuss their approach to dynamic pricing, the potential for additional revenue, the impact on the secondary market, and the balancing-act that comes with dynamic pricing.
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2012 Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge
As a Corporate Partner of the NCAA, Infiniti teamed up with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Foundation and ESPN to promote their NCAA basketball campaign: Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge. This campaign was a fully integrated marketing program that leveraged Infiniti's media partnership with ESPN to promote the campaign online, in pre-game commercials and through social media. During the campaign, 48 NABC member coaches were used to promote the charity challenge and drive consumer engagement. Throughout this campaign, Infiniti's goal was to generate buzz and drive awareness for the launch of their new vehicle, the Infiniti JX, which coincided with the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. Aaron Anderson, Director, Integrated Programs, OMD; Rick Jones, Captain, Fishbait Marketing; and Kathy Roznowski, Senior Manager, Infiniti Media and Experiential Marketing, Nissan North America, will walk you through the elements of this campaign that generated best practices for viral and cause marketing platforms.
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Financing the Renovation of Cal Memorial Stadium
Funding of college athletic facilities through state appropriations are dwindling, if non-existent, in today's economy. So how would Cal Athletics come up with the $321 million for one of the most expensive renovations in college sports history? Sandy Barbour, Athletic Director, University of California, will share the challenges faced raising the funds through private contributions, and how ticket sales were restructured to maximize revenue from endowed, premium seat sales.
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Maximizing Revenue through Intellectual Property
From tablets and apps to smart phones and connected TV, to traditional distribution platforms, schools now have more ways than ever before to deliver content. In this session, Joe Ferreira, Chief Content Officer, Learfield Sports; Frank Golding, Director, Pro, College, High School Sports and Channels, Google/ YouTube; Mark Harlan, Senior Associate Athletic Director, External Relations, UCLA; and Chris Wagner, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, NeuLion, will examine the many ways programs are expanding their reach and how this is enabling them to increase branded content opportunities, both inside and outside sports, and maximize revenue through use of their intellectual property.
4:45 p.m.
The Changing Face of College Sports: Challenges and Opportunities
Few would argue that college sports are big business. And, as we all know, this development did not happen overnight. The face of college sports has been changing for years as schools faced the challenge of finding new ways to boost revenue. Through a more aggressive commercial approach, schools have been able to maximize television and sponsorship dollars while enhancing the fan experience. As a result, many programs have created new, and profitable, opportunities for themselves. In this session Bill Hancock, Executive Director, Bowl Championship Series; Mark Lewis, Executive Vice President, Championships and Alliances, NCAA; Burke Magnus, Senior Vice President, College Sports Programming, ESPN; Ben Sutton, President, IMG College; and Jack Swarbrick, Athletic Director, University of Notre Dame, will discuss today's challenges and opportunities in college sports marketing and media.
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stakeholders. In this session, Michael Adams, President, University of Georgia; Dan Beebe, Of Counsel, Sports Leadership Practice, Witt/Kieffer; Paul Finebaum, Host, Paul Finebaum Radio Network; Larry Jones, COO, Fox Sports Media Group; George Pyne, President, IMG Sports & Entertainment; and Kevin White, Athletic Director, Duke University, will discuss these issues and many others the industry is talking about. They'll also share their views on the top college sports issues or stories for the next 12 months.
9:45 a.m.
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Schools have become much more sophisticated in sales and marketing as they continue to look for new ways to boost revenue. Bundling media rights with sponsorship assets is just one way they raised the value of their offerings to marketers. Sharon Byers, Senior Vice President, Sports and Entertainment, Coca-Cola; Tom Haidinger, President, Advantage International; Drew Iddings, Senior Manager, Consumer Promotions, The Hershey Company; and Jerry Plush, CEO, Webster Bank, will discuss the unique and countless marketing opportunities college sports provide, and the challenges faced when aligning your brand with amateur sports.
11:00 a.m.
College Sports Television Networks
Ownership of local TV rights and the formation of local university channels and conference networks is becoming more common in college athletics. Chris Bevilacqua, Co-founder, BHV; Dave Brown, Vice President, Programming and Acquisitions, ESPN/Longhorn Network; Joe Castiglione, Athletic Director, University of Oklahoma; Hillary Mandel, Senior Vice President, Programming and Distribution, IMG Media; Lydia Murphy-Stephans, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Pac-12 Networks; and Mark Silverman, President, Big Ten Network, will share their thoughts on the distribution and programming challenges facing upstart networks; revenue sharing models for both conference and third-tier TV deals; the role digital rights will play in future negotiations; university branded content opportunities both in and outside of sports and what all of this means to a school and their ability to broaden its fan base and strengthen its recruitment efforts.
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Law-makers and citizens across the country's highly polarised political divide embraced the body.
Under Zimbabwe's media laws, particularly the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, complaints must be directed to the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC). This statutory body was set up in 2010 to licence local and foreign journalists and deal with complaints about media behaviour.
However, with this body almost non-functional, the civil society initiative known as the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), set up in 2007 as an alternative to state regulation, is being kept busy.
Top Zanu-PF officials and others in government who had previously been hostile to a self-regulated media have of late been making a beeline for the VMCZ.
Munyaradzi Kerere, a Zanu-PF politician and former adviser to Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono, is one of several people who have filed complaints with the VMCZ against the Daily News and Newsday over a series of articles about his businesses and private life. The resolution of some of the cases is still pending.
Johnson Masawi, son of the late Zanu-PF spokesperson Ephraim Masawi, has also sought the services of the VMCZ over a story in Newsday in which his farmworkers alleged he was paying them a $13 monthly wage.
Partisan reporting
Others seeking the council's assistance include Zanu-PF Mashonaland East chairperson Ray Kaukonde and Zanu-PF Women's League member Irene Zindi.
Officials and rank-and-file members from the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change have also kept the media body busy, among them Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube, railing against what they perceive as partisan reporting.
Kurauone Chihwayi, deputy spokesperson of the MDC's Ncube faction, has lodged several complaints over what his party believes is biased reporting by both the state and independent media.
Besides politicians, officials at the self-regulatory body say they have been inundated with complaints from ordinary citizens, including from churches.
Prophet Eubert Angel, a charismatic preacher, filed a complaint against the Daily News over an article alleging that Angel had verbally attacked a Nigerian preacher, Prophet TB Joshua, during one of his sermons.
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VMCZ chairperson Alec Muchadehama, who is also a human rights lawyer, says complainants are gaining confidence in the body because it strives to be professional.
"We receive complaints from parties and people across the political divide and process them in terms of [the body's] regulations, as established by the code of conduct as well as by its constitution," said Muchadehama.
He said the VMCZ is not in competition with the government-appointed ZMC.
Tafataona Mahoso, the chief executive of the ZMC, defended his commission, saying the regulation of the media anywhere in the world should be done by the state.
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