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Planetary Nebula
Red Spider Nebula
Twin Jet Nebula – M2-9
The Twin Jet Nebula is a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is also known as Minkowski 2-9 (M2-9), Minkowski's Butterfly or the Wings of a Butterfly Nebula. The nebula lies at a distance of 2,100 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 14.7. It was named after Rudolph … [Read more…]
Owl Nebula – Messier 97
The Owl Nebula, also known as Messier 97 (M97), is a planetary nebula located in Ursa Major. The nebula lies at an approximate distance of 2,030 light years from Earth. It is known for its distinctive shape, resembling a pair of owl-like eyes, that can be seen in larger telescopes. The estimated age of the … [Read more…]
Hourglass Nebula
The Hourglass Nebula, also known as the Engraved Hourglass Nebula or MyCn18, is a young planetary nebula in Musca constellation. The nebula lies at a distance of 8,000 light years from Earth. Its unusual appearance, with two large outer rings and a small central one, has earned the nebula the nickname the Eye of God, … [Read more…]
Eskimo Nebula – NGC 2392
Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae is one of the most massive binary star systems known, lying at a distance of about 7,500 light years from Earth. Eta Carinae is located in the direction of Carina constellation. The primary component in the system has about 90 times the mass of the Sun and is 5 million times more luminous. … [Read more…]
Dumbbell Nebula – Messier 27
The Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 27 (M27), is a bright, large planetary planetary nebula located in Vulpecula constellation. The nebula lies at a distance of 1,360 light years from Earth. It is sometimes also called the Apple Core Nebula or Diablo Nebula, and has the designation NGC 6853 in the New General Catalogue. … [Read more…]
Butterfly Nebula
The Butterfly Nebula is a bipolar planetary nebula located in Scorpius. It lies at a distance of 3,800 light years from Earth. Named for its resemblance to a butterfly, the nebula has a wingspan that stretches across three light years. It is sometimes also called the Bug Nebula. It has the designation NGC 6302 in … [Read more…]
Cat's Eye Nebula – NGC 6543
The Cat's Eye Nebula is a famous planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Draco. The nebula's designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 6543. The Cat's Eye is one of the most structurally complex nebulae known. It was formed around 1,000 years ago when a hot, bright central star expelled its outer envelope. … [Read more…]


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If the NFL's Scouting Combine is the "Underwear Olympics," the NFL entry draft has become the Summer Olympics on human growth hormones.
And no one even has to pee in a bottle.
In the U.S., the NFL draft now is one of the most hyped and hotly anticipated events on the entire sports calendar.
Its move last year to prime time for the two of the three days has further raised the draft's status.
There's now even a Hollywood-style red carpet walk-in outside Radio City Music Hall, in the heart of Manhattan.
Round 1 selections will be made this coming Thursday night. Rounds 2 and 3 go Friday night, and Rounds 4-7 go Saturday afternoon and early evening.
"It's mind-boggling for me where this thing is going," Mike Mayock, the NFL Network's top draft analyst said last week. "I'm amazed at the interest in this draft, and all things NFL."
There are two draft-centric reasons for the added interest this year. First, because of the rock-star buzz surrounding the unquestioned top two prospects — quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III — and, second, because no two prognosticators can agree on what the hell might happen in the rest of the Top 10.
The Indianapolis Colts have the No. 1 overall selection, and it's practically a certainty they'll take Luck, the Stanford standout.
Just as likely, the Washington Redskins next will take Griffin — the Heisman Trophy winning dual-threat star from Baylor University.
After that is where this draft will get interesting.
Just about every team in the league, it seems, is looking for a tall, speedy wide receiver who can stretch a defence and open things up. Similarly, every team in the now pass-crazy league can use a new top-notch cover corner.
While there is an over-abundance of the former, there is a paucity of the latter. There are only three first-round corners in most experts' estimations: Morris Claiborne of LSU, Dre Kirkpatrick of Alabama and Stephon Gilmore of South Carolina. All three could go in the first 12 picks.
Similarly, almost every team is looking to upgrade its pass rush because, as Bills GM Buddy Nix said last week, they'd prefer that the quarterback launches his throws from his back. There are so many quality defensive ends or outside linebackers that 10 could go before the third round.
At running back, Trent Richardson of Alabama is a Top 5 lock by most lights and the best RB to come out of college since Adrian Peterson in 2008.
After Luck and Griffin, only one more QB is a first-round certainty, and that's Ryan Tannehill from Texas A&M. Brandon Weeden of Oklahoma State or even Kirk Cousins of Michigan State might sneak in.
Regardless of position, teams are loathe to "overdraft" any player. That is, to take a player earlier in the draft than they believe his talent warrants.
But it happens — every year, on all three days. Often, that is a big mistake.
"Need," former Ravens head coach Brian Billick said so aptly last month, "is a terrible evaluator."BAMA AND THE NFL DRAFT
If anyone ever doubted that University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban can spot talent, recruit talent, and develop that talent, watch the NFL draft on Thursday night.
Five of his players from last fall might be selected in the first round. That would be one shy of the record held by Miami-Florida in 2004.
The wave of Crimson Tide stars pegged for the first round are:
• RB Trent Richardson (Top 5, likely);
• CB Dre Kirkpatrick (Top 15, likely);
• S Mark Barron (Top 15, likely);
• LB Dont'a Hightower
• LB Courtney Upshaw
That's four defenders from last year's NCAA champion Crimson Tide.
How does Saban do it? Well, we'll just leave the issue of talent procurement for another day. But the man sure can develop those defenders, however he acquires so many good ones.
One thing he does in practice is send in fresh scout-team wideouts after every play.
"We used to get mad at him," Kirkpatrick said in February at the scouting combine. "We'd be out there, kind of tired. So you'd give up one or two (touchdowns), but they were just preparing you for the game."
And the NFL.

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Leaders With Balls
Sharon is trying to find the right person for the right slot, and to put together a centrist party with clear national goals that will fit his electorate.
Around here, you can't go on vacation. Disappear for five weeks and you come back to a different country. In the time I've been away, Israel has gone through more than an "upheaval," as TV news anchor Haim Yavin put it in 1977. The whole order of government has changed.
The country is overflowing with spin. It's become a marketplace, a haggler's paradise. Politicians change their minds from one minute to the next, shamelessly hopping from one party to another. People are scrambling to get off the boat faster than they are to get on it.
What is happening in the Likud reminds me of Haydn's Farewell Symphony, where one by one the musicians leave the stage and blow out their candles. After Tzachi Hanegbi, I wouldn't be surprised if Silvan Shalom joined Kadima, too. Who knows? Maybe Benjamin Netanyahu will also switch over in the end, leaving Moshe Feiglin and Uzi Landau to turn off the lights.
The mad dash of the Labor bigwigs to hook up with Ariel Sharon and Shaul Mofaz's zigzagging all over the place were disconcerting, but these things will be forgotten over time. They're all double-crossers.
And yet something good could be born from the current mess. Henry Kissinger called uncertainty of this kind "constructive ambiguity." The five giddy weeks since Amir Peretz was elected Labor chairman have transformed the reshuffling of Israel's political deck into a constructive mess.
It is hard to believe that within all of five weeks, the political system has undergone such a transformation. Even more unbelievable is that Peretz, with his surprising victory and decision to run for prime minister, was the catalyst. He has injected new life into his fossilized party and opened the door to a new generation of young politicians craving for involvement.
Peretz has made a few mistakes - fewer than Yitzhak Rabin in his first term - but he has become serious and determined more quickly. With his economic pronouncements he may have pushed some voters into the limp arms of Shinui, and with his boast that he can reach a permanent accord with the Palestinians within a year, he has shown off his silly side. But looking at the big picture, he has invigorated his party and been the impetus for Sharon's dramatic decision to establish Kadima - a move that has whittled the Likud down and left it a dwarfish, far-right party on the political fringes.
For Sharon, splitting away from the right-wing extremists in favor of dividing the country and ending terror has become a personal crusade. In practice, he has adopted David Ben-Gurion's dictum that the "wholeness of the Jewish people takes preference over the wholeness of the land." The strong support that the embryonic Kadima has chalked up in opinion polls shows how much the public yearns for political sanity and an agreement with the Palestinians. It shows how many people believe that of all the leaders out there, Sharon is the only one who can do what needs to be done and stands a good chance of being reelected. The secondhand mantra about Sharon dividing Jerusalem just slides off him.
A Brussels-based newspaper, the European Voice, has declared Sharon one of the EV50 - one of the top Europeans of the year - along with Blair and Schroeder. Under his picture it says "A Leader with Balls." "You need courage to stand up to your enemies, but you need even more courage to stand up to your friends," goes the text. "Scenes of withdrawal from Gaza were not what we expected from Sharon."
Sharon does not pick people for his new party from just any old where. He is not surrounded entirely by Likud loyalists and aristocrats. He is trying to find the right person for the right slot, and to put together a centrist party with clear national goals that will fit his electorate.
Peretz has chosen a similar path, embracing newness and diversity. Those who think they can mess around with him, like Ehud Barak, will soon find out that he's not the buffoon from the TV comedy routines. He may be the friendly type and trip over his tongue sometimes, but he is a tough cookie who is not about to end up like Amram Mitzna.
The upheaval now looming on the horizon is one in which the country will revert to a stable political system of two large parties that will only need one small party - Shas, for instance - to establish an orderly, sane administration and leave the extremists, badly shrunken, out in the cold.
Peretz has not been applauded by any European newspaper yet, but don't let the mustache, the big hair and the Mr. Nice Guy demeanor fool you. He's in the leader-with-balls category, too. Together, he and Sharon can turn the tables and restore the country's political equilibrium, winning the majority needed to address Israel's social problems and also demarcate permanent borders.
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Current and former employees have up to two years to sue under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act (NJCRA).
Recent case: Lucy Gracia-Brown sued her employer, the city of Newark. She claimed that she had been "affiliated" with former Mayor Sharpe James. Once Cory Booker was elected mayor, she found herself moved to jobs she considered undesirable. For example, shortly after the election, Gracia-Brown was transferred to the sanitation department, where she was assigned to "a filthy, empty desk, devoid of a computer or any office supplies."
Gracia-Brown's lawsuit alleged that the city retaliated against her for her association with the former mayor, in violation of the NJCRA.
The court dismissed Gracia-Brown's suit because she filed it too late. The NJCRA requires plaintiffs to sue within two years of an alleged retaliatory act. Gracia-Brown missed that deadline. (Gracia-Brown v. City of Newark, No. 09-3752, DC NJ, 2010)


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The long-hours culture in too many workplaces is holding back the economy, a Coalition government minister has warned, as every worker gets the right to ask for flexible working from today onwards.
Business Minister Jo Swinson suggests some office staff may have their jacket "on the back of the chair" at work, but they are achieving little and even wasting their time surfing the net.
But business leaders have warned that today's widespread changes will increase costs and red tape for employers and even lead to resentment between co-workers.
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Previously only about half of workers, mainly parents, have had the right under law to ask for flexible working.
Now all staff, about 20 million people across the UK, can ask for a vast array of arrangements including different hours or working from home.
Employers will only have a duty to consider requests that are reasonable.
But a new survey published today suggests many companies are unaware of the changes - despite their potential impact.
Recruitment site Jobsite found nearly half, 47%, of Glaswegian businesses admit they are not prepared.
Ms Swinson, who also returns to work today after maternity leave with her first child, said a culture change was necessary in many workplaces.
"I think there is still a kind of throwback, where we still have a 'presenteeism', long-hours culture," she said.
"Where it is about whether or not your jacket is on the back of the chair. [About] whether you are sending an email at half past eight at night ... I think [that culture] is actually quite damaging."
She added: "What what matters is results.
"It is about whether you do the job that you are paid to do and whether you are effective at that job, rather than about the number of hours that you actually devote to it."
The bigger issue, she warns, is not just for individual workers or individual workplaces, but for the economy as a whole.
"Getting rid of presenteeism culture will be a very healthy change and actually good for productivity and for Britain's economic growth.
"Getting a stronger economy so that we can have good jobs, good-quality jobs and people in work that they find meaningful and enjoyable".
She also suggested there were offices where people were putting in long hours, not necessarily on the day job.
"The internet can be a wonderful thing in many ways, but it can provide a distraction", she said.
And she said that extending the right to ask for flexible working to all workers would also break down the "tensions" in some workplaces around the perception that parents were getting a better deal.
But Kim Pattullo head of employment law at HBJ Gateley, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, warned that might be a rose-tinted outlook.
"There's sound logic in giving people the opportunity to shape their working lives around other things, but for employers there could be a serious storm brewing," she said.
"If a few people in a small team come forward at the same time, how do you make that decision, balance your commitments as a business, and then try to keep everyone happy?"
She also warned that too few Scottish employers were aware of the change and many would not be ready for the introduction of the legislation.
Business leaders have criticised the extended rights, saying they will harm productivity.
Adam Marshall, director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said: "The new rules make it harder for employers to prioritise requests."
But TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady warned: "Employers will still find it all too easy to block any requests for greater flexibility."


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The overnight staff from a Lower East Side luxury hotel talks vibrators, bodypaint, and vomit
New York City's booming tourism industry caters those seeking luxurious accommodations for business or pleasure. But sometimes that pleasure can get a little out of control. It's their job to be discreet, but we got the overnight staff at one of the Lower East Side's top boutique hotels to fill us in on all they've witnessed over the years.
One night, probably around one or two in the morning, a guy checked into the hotel with two women. He was alright looking, but the women were fucking gorgeous, and they were all covered in body paint. They didn't have a reservation, just walked in covered in body paint and went up to the room. An hour or two later he calls room service. I answered the phone, and the entire time he's trying to place the order I was super distracted because the girls were in the background going at it. Moaning like crazy, screaming, it was ridiculous. He ordered a bottle of champagne or liquor or something. The room service guy working that night is this reserved guy, foreign, doesn't speak perfect English, but he's very put together. I told him what was going on when I gave him the order so he could mentally prepare himself. You know, here's their order, bring three glasses, but I'm warning you what's going on in there, just so you know what you're walking into, whatever you've got to do.
When he got up to the room, the guy answered in a towel and that's it. He goes to put the tray with the bottle and the glasses on a table inside, and the two girls are completely butt ass naked in the bed still going at it. They don't even acknowledge the room service guy's existence. But then one of them turns around, looks him straight in the eyes, and said, "Don't you wish you could join us?" His jaw just dropped. He didn't say anything at all. Just put the stuff down, stuttered, tripped over himself, and left the room. When he came downstairs and told the rest of us what happened he was stumbling over his words so bad we could barely understand him. We didn't see him for about an hour and a half after that. Don't want to know where he went.
One time there was a bunch of French women standing around in the lobby dressed as French maids, like with the little apron and that's it. They were completely cool with standing there practically naked in the lobby, just in these little aprons. The lobby manager at the time didn't care, he was joking with them the whole time. "Excuse me ladies, housekeeping is needed on the second floor," and stuff like that. I can't even remember what they were doing there.
Another time a dozen college girls walked through the lobby wearing these stupid fake noses and glasses and mustaches. They headed to the bar and a few guys were checking them out, thinking they were pretty cute, but about 10 minutes later they all came back out and none of them had shirts on. Just tits out for no apparent reason. They were all cheering and laughing. They just walked back through the lobby and stood in front of the hotel with no shirts on for a bit. It was one of those moments where you just want to quit and follow someone.
A guy once came into the hotel and asked me to book him a massage. I asked if he had a preference between a male or a female masseuse, and he said, "Definitely a female." Then I asked what kind of massage he wanted. You know, shiatsu, Swedish, or whatever. You know what he said to me? "Happy ending." I looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, we don't do that here," and he looked a little disappointed but he didn't push it. In retrospect, I should've sent him to the bellmen. They would've pointed him in the right direction. Anyway, he left a day later. We have these letters in the rooms where guests can leave us a note on whether they've had a good experience or a bad one, and he drew a picture of me that said, "Your front desk lady is very lovely. She is very polite, even when asked ridiculous questions." I was pretty creeped out. It was a caricature of me, which freaked me out even more than the whole happy ending thing, because it was perfect and looked just like me. I saved the picture.
There was this woman who stayed at the hotel all the time, she was super sultry and sexy but she knew she was hot. She'd always come back to the hotel with bags from Victoria's Secret and Babeland and all that. She checked in with her husband one day and I told them to go ahead upstairs to the room and I'd be up in five minutes with their bags. As I was lifting the bags onto the bell cart, all of a sudden the whole thing started going zzzzz. It was vibrating like crazy all the way up to the room. I knocked on the door and there's no answer. I knock again and hear from inside the husband yelling, "Aw, for fucks sake, one minute." They were obviously in the middle of something. When he opened the door he only cracked it about a foot, and he's standing there with the smallest little hand towel just barely covering himself and all flustered and waving at the bags like, "Come one, give it to me already." I was really only five minutes behind them, I guess they just couldn't wait at all.
I was working the overnight one time when these two young guys came in. They both smelled like alcohol, but one of them was obviously way more drunk than the other. They said they wanted a room just for the night, and when I said the room was $495 a night plus tax the one who was fucking wasted put his credit card down, looked at the other guy and said, "You're going to have to pay me for half of this." He agreed, but didn't seem too happy about it. About 15 minutes after they went up to the room I got a phone call from one saying, "This is a little awkward, but, um, I need a condom?" I told him that we had some in the minibar. We actually have a whole kit with lube, silk wrist ties, stuff like that. A few hours later one of them left, and the other came to check out about 45 minutes after that. They'd only been there for a few hours, got in at maybe 1:30 or 2am, and left before 6. I reminded him that there was more time until checkout and how much he was paying—the other guy was long gone—but he just mumbled some stuff and rushed out. This whole time, he completely reeked of vomit. It was so gross I had to hold my breath while I was checking him out. Apparently when housekeeping went to clean the room they were hit with such a wall of puke stench.
There's a lot of nudity in the lobby. A guest once got locked out of his room completely naked. He said he went outside because he thought his room service had arrived and was left on the floor outside his room, but he let the door close behind him. He had to get another key, so at 2am he walks to the front desk. He's just standing there with nothing on as we're trying to make him a new one, so I asked one of the other employees to get him something to cover himself. But he was so drunk that he didn't know what was happening, so when someone handed him a newspaper to cover himself he just left the newspaper on the counter! The following morning he was so embarrassed and came downstairs to apologize to everyone for making them uncomfortable. At least he remembered the whole thing.


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Women for a noble cause
By Express Features | Published: 27th November 2012 11:27 AM |
Last Updated: 27th November 2012 11:27 AM | A+A A- |
In order to expand their charity services to more needy hands, the Vrindavan Residence Association in Jawahar Nagar, Elamkulam has formed a Women's Wing on Sunday. Soumini Jain, Chairperson of the Works Standing Committee, inaugurated the function.
"In the colony we have more than 50 families residing and many of them are individually engaged in voluntary charity activities. We formed the wing to channelise their activities, so that it would be more effective and focused," says C R Anoop, treasurer, residents association.
There are 30 members in the wing and as a first step, the women's wing will be conducting a free-eye donation camp on December 30. "They are also planning to donate medicine and food to the cancer ward of General Hospital as part of their next programme," says Anoop.
Jayashree Rajagopal (president), Sreelekha Anoop (general secretary) and Geetha (treasurer) are the office bearers of the wing.
Councillor Sojan Antony felicitated the event, while the presidential address was by association president Hameed Kunju.


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BOSTON (CBS) — When it comes to paying bills, most of us aren't interested in paying any more than we have to. But some companies are charging consumers an extra fee, if they pay their bill on that company's website, or on the phone.
Jessica Aguiar thought paying her mortgage directly to her lender over the phone would be easy, but then she found out they would charge her an extra fee.
WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben reports.
"They said it would be $20, and I was just a little bit angry and shocked," she said.
Jessica's mortgage company is one of many businesses now making money by charging customers who pay over the phone or online. It's referred to as "Paying to Pay."
"If they're charging me to speak to a customer service representative that I'm already speaking with, I think that's ridiculous," she added.
One survey found cable providers, phone companies, banks, and utilities charging anywhere from $2 to $25 to pay over the phone, or on the company's site.
Consumer advocate Ed Mierzwinski believes, "It's just unacceptable that businesses charge you a fee for the privilege of paying for the service that you're already paying for."
It is legal, however, for these types of service providers to charge customers to pay phone or on their site.
Credit cards can only charge a fee for paying if a customer service representative is asked to do an expedited payment.
Nessa Feddis of the American Bankers Association explained, "Under the law, they can charge a fee if it's for an immediate posting, or an almost immediate posting and there's a customer service rep involved,"
The ABA believes these fees are appropriate, and reasonable. "The fees are intended to help cover the cost of the worker's wages and benefits. Frankly, $10 doesn't sound like a lot when you think about how it's probably 10-15 minutes for that customer rep," said Feddis.
Mierzwinksi balks at an explanation like that, saying these businesses have always had customer service representatives. "The banks already had those people working on the phones, and if they're not collecting payments, they're trying to sell something else," he said.
The best strategy is to pay your bill early, either with a check or directly through your bank's online payment service.


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"The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar"
Michel de Montaigne
"Me fail english? Thats unpossible."
Matt Groening
"I always knew he was no good. He was in trouble as a kid. Lying and cheating in grammar school."
Frank Sullivan
"Grammar is not a time of waste"
Nancy Cartwright
"I fear we are not getting rid of God because we still believe in grammar."
Friedrich Nietzsche
"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings."
Octavio Paz
"I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it."
Carl Sandburg
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NEW YORK -- Atlanta Braves pitcher Jonny Venters has been suspended by Major League Baseball for four games and fined an undisclosed amount for throwing two straight pitches at Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder in the eighth inning of Saturday's game at Turner Field.
Venters threw behind and over Fielder's head with the first pitch of the inning and hit him in the back with his next offering and was immediately tossed out of the game.
His suspension is scheduled to begin Tuesday, though, if appealed, will be held in abeyance until the process is finished.
Fielder had smashed a game-tying home run off Tim Hudson in the previous frame that jump-started a five-run rally that carried the Brewers to a 6-3 comeback win.
Braves' manager Bobby Cox was handed a one-game suspension for the intentional actions of Venters after a warning had been issued to the southpaw after his first intentional offering at Fielder.
The veteran skipper is slated to serve his suspension during Tuesday's game with San Diego.


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PORT HURON, Mich., May 11 (UPI) -- Canadian pipeline company Enbridge said replacing 200 miles of an oil pipeline through Michigan would mark a substantial investment in the state.
Enbridge issued a proposal to the Michigan Public Service Commission to replace more than 200 miles of Line 6B, part of the Lakehead oil pipeline system transporting so-called tar sands oil from Canada.
Joe Martucci, a spokesman for the energy company, told The Port Huron (Mich.) Times Herald replacing sections of the line, installed in the 1960s, would cut down on maintenance and increase pipeline capacity.
"The demand is there from customers and we're trying to be responsive," Martucci said. "This is a significant investment by Enbridge in the state of Michigan."
Enbridge last year replaced a section of Line 6B running under the St. Clair River. A dent was discovered on the pipeline in 2009.
Line 6B of the Canadian pipeline company's Lakehead oil pipeline ruptured July 2010 near Marshall, Mich., spilling heavy crude oil from Alberta tar sands into the Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated more than 27,000 barrels of so-called heavy oil had been recovered from the spill, though Enbridge disputes the figures.


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Monday, June 15, 2009 | 7:12 p.m.
Nigel Williams-Goss, one of the top rated basketball players for the Class of 2013, is headed to Findlay College Prep in the fall. The 6-foot-2 point guard first made a basket on a 10-foot rim when he was 3, he played on a 17-and-under summer traveling team when he was 13 and his first collegiate letter of interest was from UCLA.
The Oregon native aims to play for the Pilots all four of his prep seasons. In this video he talks about what he hopes to accomplish at Findlay and beyond. It also contains some highlights of him in action.


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A proposed differential tuition increase for the state's research universities - including the University of Georgia - would likely not be covered by the HOPE scholarship, according to UGA Provost Arnett Mace.
The Board of Regents vote on general tuition fees for the state's 34 colleges and universities every April, and UGA President Michael Adams has publicly lobbied in favor of differential - or additional - tuition increases for research universities, and for UGA's professional schools and colleges. The increases, if approved, would be implemented for the coming academic year.
But the differential tuition increase for the research universities, namely UGA, Georgia Tech and Georgia State, would likely not be covered by HOPE, the state's lottery-funded scholarship program, said Mace.
''(State Budget Office Director Bill Tomlinson) has projected the costs of HOPE to exceed the revenues being generated in '05 or '06,'' said Mace. ''On the research institution differential, we know that to include that in HOPE would in all probability not be considered.''
Many UGA students disapprove of a pending tuition hike, but administrators say increased revenue is essential to offset two years of damaging budget cuts.
The proposal for a tuition hike for research universities, which must ultimately be voted upon by the regents, is not yet finalized, said Mace. But UGA has requested specific tuition increases for many of its professional schools. Students in UGA's College of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Education, Terry College of Business, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Lamar Dodd School of Art and School of Law could face tuition increases - above and beyond tuition hikes related to UGA's status as a research university - between $135 and $360 per semester.
Both Mace and Ryan Nesbit, UGA's budget director, say that UGA's tuition is well below that of the 14 public institutions it considers to be ''peers.'' According to Nesbit, the average tuition paid by UGA students is nearly $500 less than that of peer institutions, such as the University of Florida and the University of Michigan.
''A tuition increase is required just to meet basic operating needs of the university at this point,'' said Nesbit. ''We're not looking at a tuition increase for program enhancement. We're just looking at a tuition increase to meet our basic needs.''
UGA's budget is $40 million less than it was two years ago, and Mace said that if Gov. Sonny Perdue's so-called ''sin taxes'' on alcohol and tobacco do not pass, and if tuition increases are not approved, the university will be not be able to offer a sufficient number of course sections.
But students say the ailing economy has also emptied their pockets, and a tuition increase could be difficult to absorb - a problem that has been noted by Adams in recent months.
UGA senior Mara Anthony said that even with the HOPE scholarship, she has taken out student loans to cover living expenses.
''If the economy sucks so bad right now and the university is hurting, then people who are gong to be paying for college will be hurting, too,'' she said.
Casey Crock, a UGA senior, is taking the semester off because he cannot afford classes. He is waiting tables six days a week, saving money to re-enroll in school.
''Any increase is just going to delay how long until I finish school,'' said Crock. ''An extra few hundred dollars a year is a lot of money for someone who makes $3 an hour plus tips, and doesn't have the support of family.''
But Keith Prasse, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, said securing a differential tuition increase for his department ''is critical.''
The college is adding medical disciplines to its programs, which costs money and requires more faculty. Growing the program, he said, is difficult when the budget is shrinking.
''We're experiencing the same series of cuts that everyone else has across the university,'' said Prasse.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, March 14, 2003.
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We've seen some questions in the forum about upgrading your current Visual Studio LightSwitch applications (LightSwitch V1) to Visual Studio 11 Beta (LightSwitch V2) so I thought I'd post some quick tips here on how to make the upgrade process a smooth as possible.
After you install Visual Studio 11 Beta:
1. Install any extensions you are using in your V1 project onto the machine where you installed Visual Studio 11 Beta
Extensions need to be installed first into VS11 before you upgrade because of the way .VSIX packages work – they are installed per instance of Visual Studio. Many extensions will install and work in both versions, however some do not at this time. Depending on the vendor, you will have to contact them if they are supporting VS 11 Beta yet.
These LightSwitch team extensions were tested and we released updates if necessary.
- LightSwitch Metro Theme Extension Sample (Updated for VS 11)
- Filter Control for LightSwitch (Updated for VS 11)
- Excel Importer (VSIX located in binaries folder works with VS 11)
- Many to Many Control (VSIX located in binaries folder works in VS 11)
I also personally tested the Office Integration Pack and that works correctly as well. If you are looking for an upgrade of the Bing Map Control that was included in the original Training Kit, an update is included in this sample: Contoso Construction – LightSwitch Advanced Sample (Visual Studio 11 Beta)
I also encourage you to check out the new LightSwitch Cosmopolitan Shell and Theme for Visual Studio 11. This extension is only supported in VS11 projects.
2. Disable any Extensions that are not supported in Visual Studio 11 Beta
If you have an extension that will not install in VS 11 then you will need to open the V1 project in VS 2010 and disable the extension first. From the Project Properties, select the Extensions tab and uncheck the extension in the list.
3. Open your project in Visual Studio 11 Beta to start the conversion process
Now you are ready to open your project in Visual Studio 11 Beta. The conversion process will make a backup of your original source and then start the conversion.
4. Re-enable your extensions and build your project
Once the conversion is done you should see your project in the Solution Explorer. (If you don't, try closing VS and restarting). Now you can go to the Project Properties –> Extension tab, and re-enable your extensions by checking them off in the list. Finally build your project and make sure there are no errors.
Note: If you have Visual Studio 11 Beta installed on the same machine as Visual Studio 2010 then you do not need to go through this process of re-installing extensions. The upgrade process will tell you if any extensions are not compatible.
Wrap Up
Hopefully this will help you avoid any upgrade pain. However, we're still investigating upgrade issues so if you have any problems please report them in the forum. There are a lot of team members there to help: LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 Beta Forum
–Beth Massi, Visual Studio Community


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ATLANTA -- The man blamed for killing 24 young Atlanta blacks wants a new trial based on his assertions that members of the Ku Klux Klan were responsible for the deaths and that evidence used against him was unreliable.
The federal court filing says Wayne Williams, 45, should be retried because law enforcement officials covered up evidence and carpet fibers linking him to the crimes wouldn't stand up under scientific scrutiny.
Williams is serving two life sentences for the murders of Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 21. Most of the victims in the slayings between 1979 and 1981 were children.
Williams, who is black, alleges in his petition filed Monday that authorities didn't tell the defense about evidence that the KKK could have been responsible for the murders.
John Bankhead, Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman, called the court filing "nonsense."
"They've made all kinds of claims over the years, and it hasn't held water yet," Bankhead said. "They got the right guy."
Williams has been imprisoned since 1984 and will be eligible for parole in October 2005.


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Police need help identifying the masked gunman they believe robbed and killed a 7-Eleven clerk early Tuesday.
Police responded to the 2500 block of Firewheel Parkway around 3:30 a.m. after a deliveryman found the clerk dead behind the counter, police spokesman Joe Harn said.
The clerk was identified as Yosef Tulu, 31, of Dallas.
Construction workers Jesse Alba and Johnnie Blevins often work in the area and are regular customers at the convenience store.
"I can't believe it happened to him," Alba said of the man he saw almost every morning. "He was one of those guys that brightened your day."
Blevins, who lives nearby, said that after this crime he is concerned for the safety of his family.
"It's unreal," he said. "It shouldn't have happened."
Anyone with information can call Garland Crime Stoppers at 972-272-8477 or submit a tip online at garlandcrimestoppers.org.
Oak Farms Dairy is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Staff writers Melissa Wylie and John Lugo contributed to this report.


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The chart shows the early results of the DOE verification tests. These seven categories of Energy Star rated products alone represent over 25% of future residential energy use. Was it worthwhile? You be the judge. Even though not all of the results are in, you can see the trends.
About 17% of the units were noted as "Action Required", which meant their energy usage was more than 5% outside Energy Star specifications. That means for every six products sold, one will perform worse than stated on their labels. Room air conditioners as a group tested the worst: 29% of those units were far outside of Energy Star specifications, not even meeting the minimum efficiency requirements. Take away the 5% tolerance and the fraction of failed units rises to over 80%. It is no surprise that DOE has taken legal action against certain air conditioner manufacturers for selling products that fail to meet minimum efficiency regulations. Consumers, utilities, and even the Internal Revenue Service, rely on honest reporting of energy consumption values.
But there are other links in the chain that still need mending. What about effective consumer communication and education during purchase? American consumers must study the EnergyGuide labels carefully before they can confidently identify an efficient product. And our EnergyGuide labels are dated and positively dowdy compared to the European rainbow A through G energy labels (which have their own problems). Given consumer trends these days, long term savings is still a tough sell against lowest price.
But do the test procedures realistically predict in-home energy use? That's another critical step in the chain. Home Energy traditionally covers investigations of in-home energy consumption and savings from appliance replacements and has even done its own testing over the years. Field verification and updating test procedures is essentially the DOE's responsibility but we haven't seen much progress there. In fact, there are probably fewer field measurements underway now than there were twenty years ago. This is in spite of lower-cost meters and data-logging systems. "Crowd-source" techniques could help, too. Check out how consumers contribute measurements of auto fuel economy at fueleconomy.gov. Large-scale field-testing of appliances is complex, but it's disappointing to see how little on-site verification is being supported on either the national or the local fronts.
Sadly, the "weakest link" situation is even worse for building codes. Compliance rates are low, even for the minimum standards. And when the buildings do comply, we have seen that the insulation will be poorly installed, thermal shortcuts abound, and ducts don't get connected. Raising compliance rates–DOE's goal is 90%–will be a huge undertaking because we need to reach 50,000 code officials in 5000 building departments in the United States.
Like cars that claimed high fuel mileage when in fact the reality of stop and go driving showed differently, appliances and buildings can be designed and operated inefficiently as well. We need strong links connecting manufacturing, testing, labeling, and field verification. Without this chain, we will end up with an efficient home on paper that becomes an energy guzzler in practice.
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Andrew Masters, 54, of Elyria, died at his home Friday, December 27, 2013 surrounded by his family. He was born November 7, 1959 in Elyria.
He was a 1978 graduate of Elyria High School and received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Kent State University. Since 1989, Andrew has been employed by the City of Elyria Water Department.
Andrew is survived by his mother, Joan H. Masters; sister, Deborah; brothers, Philip, Joseph, Anthony, David, Paul and John.
He was preceded in death by his father, Philip A. Masters, Sr. in 2003; and a brother, Patrick in 1966.
A Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Saint Agnes Catholic Church, 611 Lake Avenue, Elyria. Reverend Albert Veigas will be the Celebrant, with burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Elyria.
Memorial contributions may be made to MetroHealth Foundation in care of the Cancer Care Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109.
Dicken Funeral Home, Elyria is handling arrangements.


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ESCONDIDO —— San Diego Habitat for Humanity is seeking applicants to help build 14 affordable homes in Escondido, which they would eventually own.
Two sites of seven homes each are scheduled for construction in early 2006. One is at 1161 E. Lincoln Avenue near Ash Street, and the other is at 403 W. 6th Avenue near Orange Street.
Prospective homeowners must be Escondido residents and earn an annual income between $24,850 and $45,550, depending on family size. A family of four, for instance, qualifies with an income between $27,600 and $34,500. A family of six qualifies with an income between $32,000 and $40,000. The San Diego region's median income for a family of four is roughly $69,000.
Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit agency that helps low-income families nationwide to become homeowners, has worked on several projects in Escondido over the last decade. Most recently, the nonprofit opened a dozen townhouses on the corner of Hickory Street and East Washington Avenue last year.
Families admitted to Habitat's programs are required to help with the construction of the homes. Each adult family member must contribute 250 hours of "sweat equity" or free labor toward their new home. If homebuyers are not in appropriate physical condition for a construction site, they can perform administrative duties with Habitat, said Kim Cruz, San Diego Habitat for Humanity's director of development.
"We depend on volunteer labor, beyond just the applicant families," Cruz said. "We've got great construction supervisors who instruct everyone on the task of the day."
After the families move in, they make payments on an interest-free mortgage at a level not more than 30 percent of their monthly income. The final prices of the 14 homes have not been set, but Cruz estimated each would be between $150,000 and $200,000.
The Escondido City Council narrowly approved the Lincoln Avenue project in July. Council members Marie Waldron and Sam Abed voted against the project, saying they wanted to target affordable housing projects toward families with 80 percent of the area's median income: around $55,000. That amount is higher than Escondido's median income of about $47,000.
The city of Escondido has allocated $950,000 in zero-interest loans over the last two years for Habitat to build the Lincoln Avenue project.
Prospective homeowners are required to attend an orientation session at 7 p.m. Nov. 29. at East Valley Community Center, 2245 E. Valley Parkway. Reservations are required and can be made at (619) 283-4663, Ext. 314.
Contact staff writer Quinn Eastman at (760) 740-5412 or email@example.com .


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Here is a playlist to keep you warm this weekend.
See that little built-in player below? It will automatically stream all of the songs in the playlist uninterrupted. Cool, huh?
Snow Day – Matt Pond PA
White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
A Cold Wind Is Gonna Blow Through Your Door – Bill Ricchini
Breaking The Ice – Mojave 3
Artificial Snow (Notown Version) – Atlas Sound
Deep Frieze – Chris Letcher
Angel In The Snow – Elliot Smith
Cold Wind – The Arcade Fire
A Cold Night Close to the End – Said The Whale
Winter Wooskie – Belle and Sebastian
Winter– The Dodos
Mrs. Cold – Kings of Convenience
Ice Age – Joy Division
Asleep On The Snow – Comet Gain
Winter Windows – Seawolf
The Snow That Never Falls Down – Nheap
Fallen Snow – Au Revoir Simone
Windstorm – School of Seven Bells
Snow Shoes – Throw Me The Statue
The New Ice Age – The Horrors
Blizzardy Songs from DIY Artists and Bands
*artists featured in the past on IRC
Ice Box – * The Human Natures (Pottsville, Pennsylvania)
Snow Bone – Aware Wolf (New York City)
Snowflakes – * The Citie (Los Angeles, California)
When The Storm Is Near – Ostrea Lake (Halifax, Nova Scotia )
Whether The Weather – Paul Mcilnden (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ice Machine – Palmetto Beach (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Carried Away With the Wind – * Cold Country (Chicago, Illinois)
Stormbound – The Machinery of Other Skeletons (Shanghai, China)
Cabin In The Snow – * Driftwood Miracle (Raleigh, North Carolina)
Superstorm – HUK (Los Angeles, California)


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A month after we wrote about PayNearMe's new option for Facebook users to pay for Credits at their local 7-Eleven, the company's business plan has become significantly more official: it's announcing the launch of a full platform today, along with partnerships with virtual currency company Super Rewards, Friendster owner MOL, Amazon.com, Lexicon and several financial services.
PayNearMe's solution, aimed at people without credit cards or other electronic payment methods, is pretty simple. Users who can't pay online can now choose how many Credits they want to buy, print out a receipt, and visit their nearest 7-Eleven to pay in cash.
Although people without access to traditional electronic payment aren't always visible online, they're a market worth $1.3 trillion annually, according to chief executive Danny Shader. "We're trying to make it easier for that other quarter of the country to conduct transactions," he says.
That group is certainly visible to Facebook app developers, who have been reaching out to teens through companies like Rixty, which sells virtual currency through Coinstar machines in supermarkets.
Over time, PayNearMe hopes to expand to even more services. "Our growth strategy is dependent on signing up additional interesting merchants, and having those merchants inform consumers that they can pay this way," says Shader. "In most cases, we're better, faster and cheaper than all the alternative ways this audience can pay."
That plan could also be good for the growth of virtual currency and games driven by micro-transactions. Ease of payment is often the biggest obstacle for users, and each new option can help grow the market considerably.


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Kevin VanDam's 10 Favorite Fishing Spots
Lake Champlain, Vermont
Bass are popularly thought of as a southern fish, but anglers venturing north of the Mason Dixon line will be pleased to find plenty of water for the feisty fish, and Vermont's Lake Champlain is VanDam's favorite. "It's a big body of water in a beautiful part of the country," says VanDam. He says there are great numbers of both smallmouth and largemouth bass, and the lake trout fishing is pretty stellar, too. "My go-to tactic on a big lake like Champlain is to use a lure that quickly covers a lot of water," VanDam suggest. "Once you find the fish, you can always stop and use a jig and a worm. But tying on a crankbait or top-water lure is the efficient way to fish your first hit on the water." Should your outing prove fruitless and fishless, there's always Ben & Jerry's headquarters just 30 minutes away, where you can take solace in a tub of Chubby Hubby.


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By Bill Tamburrino
Ramona High School's girls basketball team opened the 2011-12 season by traveling to Coronado High School to play in the Coronado Thanksgiving Shootout.
The Lady Dawgs dominated the first two days of action and earned a spot in the championship game on Saturday.
Ramona's defense dominated the first day of action. The girls play a relentless person-to-person defense that puts constant pressure on the ball and cuts off passing lanes.
They opened against Francis Parker High School with a 54-16 victory. Ramona held the Lancerettes scoreless in the first quarter and led 15-0 going into the second period.
Ramona's offense continued to roll as they built a 30-4 lead at intermission. Ramona's defense continued to dominate Parker as the Lady Dawgs held Parker to 1 point in the third period to lead 44-8 going into the final eight minutes. The two teams played evenly in the final period.
RaeAnne VanTol and Tiana Zuniga shared the scoring honors as both scored 11 points. Paige Conroy (7), Kailey Hill (6), Megan Buckley (3), Julie Ward (4), Kim Whelehon (4) and Katheryn Mauldin (8) also scored in the win. Conroy, Buckley and Zuniga hit one 3-point goal apiece.
Ramona's defense played even better in the second game of the tourney as the Lady Dawgs held Clairemont High School to 10 points in a 77-10 victory.
Whelehon and VanTol shared scoring honors as they both contributed 19 points on offense. Conroy also scored in double digits with 15 points. Hill (9), Zuniga (6), Mauldin (6) and Ashlyn Savage (3) also scored in the victory.
Ramona advanced to the championship game in the tournament by beating Steele Canyon. They faced stiffer competition in day two of the shootout but had enough guns to stay undefeated.
They beat Steele Canyon 58-39 as they jumped out to a 13-8 lead in the first period and never looked back. Whelehon had a tournament high 22 points. She sank three 3-point goals in the process.
Conroy and Zuniga both registered in double figures with 11 and 14 points, respectfully. Conroy had one 3-point goal. Hill (2), VanTol (6) and Mauldin (3) also scored for the Lady Dawgs.
Whelehon continued to have a hot hand in a 59-35 win over Chula Vista to end pool play in the shootout. The senior guard scored 17 points and sank four shots from beyond the 3-point arch. Conroy (12) and VanTol (13) also scored in double figures. Conroy hit one trey in the game. Niki Spring (3), Hill (9) Zuniga (3) and Mauldin (2) rounded out the scoring. The Lady Bulldogs will host La Costa Canyon on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Dawg House.


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Lea Michele has shared many of the inspirations behind her upcoming album Louder (which is streaming on iTunes now), but up until now she's kept mum about one particularly emotional track: "If You Say So."
In a new interview with Seventeen, Michele reveals that the poignant lyrics in "If You Say So" actually originate from her last conversation with former Glee co-star and off-screen boyfriend Cory Monteith, who passed away last July.
"I have not talked about 'If You Say So' yet. It's about my last conversation that I had with him," Michele revealed. "I spoke to a woman who lost her son, and she mentioned how grateful she was that the last words she said to her son before he died were, 'I love you.' Mine were that as well. [The song] is just about that. There are lots of different emotions—if you could see this person again, what are the things you would want to say to them? It's a personal story."
The lyrics of "If You Say So" certainly echo Michele's sentiments:
"Was just a week ago
You said I love you girl
I said I love you more
And a breath, a pause, you said, if you say so
If you say so
If you say so"
You can listen to Lea Michele's beautiful, heartwarming new single below.
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Discussion in 'B&W: Film, Paper, Chemistry' started by ann, Oct 16, 2003.
Have been shopping for gold chloride. Is anyone aware of a price less than 13 dollars a gram?
I can't really say that I'm surprised that it's worth its weight in - gold?
Aggie, as you know 22kt gold is 22/24ths gold, and 2/24ths something else. That is by weight, so by number of atoms it's about 90% gold at most.
Making gold chloride involves dissolving it in Aqua Regia (a particularly nasty mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid). The other components must then be removed until you're left with 99% gold in the solution (pure enough for toning), and the acid removed until you're left with gold chloride only.
I would not like to try it.
Technically speaking, the correct name for "gold chloride" is "tetrachloroaurantic acid" if I remember correctly - or was it "hexachloro--"?
Try searching for the chemical under that name, sometimes it may turn up less expensive alternatives.
Ole is right. Aqua regia is about the only solution that will dissolve gold and platinum. It is composed of equal parts concentrated nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. You will probably find it easier to purchase the gold chloride than the other two nasties.
My experience with this technique is limited, but I remember a lot of fuming, heat release and the obvious requirement to work under a very specialized chemical hood. The reactions can get out of control thermally with the release of clouds of brown nitrous(ic) oxide fumes - not a pretty sight. Once dissolved, the whole mass must be neutralized with lots of caustic soda, ya da, ya da, ya da. Not an easy project and not for amateurs.
Thirdly, in these times of home-made you-know-what, the procurement of concentrated nitric acid will no doubt be an issue as it can easily be use to make you-know-whats. Lets just say that I'm glad my experience is in the far distant past in a galaxy far, far away. That is why my companions changed my nickname from "rocket bob".
Given the price of Gold Toner kits, the cheapest in my area is $26.00 I would say you price of Gold Chloride is reasonable
- Mike
That is sweet of Aggie to attempt to become a high end chemist, but not necessary. At one time, about a year ago gold cholride could be found for about 7 dollars a gram. Just thought I would give it a try.
The 13 dollar price is determined by purchasing an ounce of gold cholride; price depends on the market price, which changes from hour to hour (almost). When I talked to the source it was $362 an ounce. An ounce contains 28.35 grams of gold. Sure beats $40 dollars a gram.
Appreciate folks looking into this for me.
On the subject of aqua regia there was an article in one of the early issues of Post-Factory Photography a few years ago on how to make gold chloride from gold metal and aqua regia. The article resulted in a rather animated exchange between the editor of the magazine, Judy Seigel, and Dick Sullivan of Bostick and Sullivan. There are apparently some real hazards associated with the use of aqua regia and unless one knows a lot about safe laboratory practice with hazardous materials my recommendation is to stay away from it.
Okay, it's a couple years since this thread, and the price of Gold Chloride has gone up.
Artcraft--$30/gram (solid)
PhotoFormulary--$30/gram (solid) if you buy 10 grams
Salt Lake Metals--$26.24/gram (in 1% solution calculated by metals basis--the amount of pure gold, so about a 1.5% solution calculated the way photographers normally do it, sold in 50ml or 100ml bottles)
Anyone finding better prices out there? Anyone good at predicting the gold market (currently around $470/oz)? If I can wait a month or two, should I?
Considering that gold has long been the haven of choice during times of uncertainty, I don't see gold prices declining in the near term.
I believe the ounce used for precious metals is the Troy ounce which is 31.1 grams.
Has anyone tried contacting Englehar(d)t or others that sell it fairly cheap by the 100 gram?
I think that's Engelhard. I'll contact them.
Checking the big suppliers, price depends on purity. What purity do I need for photographic purposes (I'm guessing it's less than is required for medical purposes)?
I believe Lab grade is fine. I also have another contact at work I will pull down on Monday for us.
Thanks. I e-mailed them and it bounced, so I'll try calling during the week.
Considering Ole's post above, the prices that others have been getting in the past, and the lab conditions that most photographers work under, I suspect 99% purity should be good enough.
David, I suspect purity is related to use.
In silver halide emulsions, the gold used must be pure of all other heavy metal contamination or you can get problems. For example, iron contamination at any time in the making of silver halide emulsions is very bad.
So, purity above some level may be important depending on use, and the type of impurity may be important as well. This is why analytical and reagent grades are supplied with a certificate of analysis on the bottle.
Of course. I'll be using it as a toner for albumen printing.
$13 per gm is actually very reasonable.
I went from being a Photographic Chemist in 1986 to being a precious metal refiner and have 18 years experience of Gold refining, many kilos of fine gold per day
Your price of $13 is actually well below the norm for laboratory grade Gold Chloride.
What are people using Gold Chloride for?
I was told by photographer Kim Weston, that if used about 2 drops of 1% solution in your coating for platinum prints...it will give a better black.
What else can gold chloride be used for?
Ann's original post is two years old. Would that I would have bought then.
Most people are using gold chloride in toning formulas. Gold toning is standard procedure for albumen printing and is also recommended for Centennial POP.
It makes a very nice toner as well!!
Gold chloride is use in sensitzing high speed silver halide emulsions in almost all films sold on the market today.
Cachet claimed that their Expo graded paper (same as Maco Expo, J&C Exposition Graded, Efke Emaks) had a relatively high gold chloride content.


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Wedding: Smith - West
Rachel Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Smith, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Cameron Taylor West, son of Dr. and Mrs. Tim West, of Lubbock, Texas, were married at 7 p.m. October 10, 2009, at Arlington Heights United Methodist Church, in Ft. Worth, Texas.
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Councilman to host citizens coffee
Breast cancer survivor to speak
The Covenant Health System will host the Lynnetta Hibdon Symposium to promote breast cancer awareness 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Covenant Women's and Children's Hospital, Arnett Room, 4000 24th St.
Letter of the Day
President criticized for decision
Police release photos from stabbing last week
Lubbock police hope residents can identify three suspects.
Lubbock man sentenced for rape of 11-year-old girl
Francisco Manuel Rodriguez, 36, sentenced to 35 years in prison for July 2008 rape.
Kindapped Castro County woman found safe
A Castro County woman kidnapped by her estranged boyfriend Tuesday night was found safe in New Mexico on Wednesday morning.
Police Briefs
Officer shoots pit bull after animal charges him A Lubbock police officer shot and killed a pit bull Tuesday afternoon while serving a drug warrant in Central Lubbock.
Frenship High band heading to state competition
State competition beckons the Frenship High School Tiger Band to the Alamo Dome in San Antonio.
Rapist sentenced to 35 years
A Lubbock man who admitted to raping an 11-year-old stranger will be eligible for parole in 16 years.
HIV cases triple in county
Staff at Lubbock's Health Department knew an increase in syphilis cases last year would mean more local HIV infections.
Punishment phase begins in sex assault
Lubbock police found their suspect drinking beer on a couch minutes after a young girl said he raped her, an officer testified Monday.
Trial beginning in case of sect leader charged with child sex crime
ELDORADO - More than 150 potential jurors, including 10 women in prairie dresses and braids, crammed into a makeshift courtroom Monday as jury selection began in the first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist sect's ranch last year.
Amarillo legislator, Tech supporter Teel Bivins dies after long illness
Teel Bivins, a former state senator, U.S. ambassador to Sweden and descendent of a pioneer Panhandle family, died Monday after a long illness. He was 62.
Schools in Patton Springs receive national honor
Patton Springs Independent School District has had a great year.
Researchers combine efforts to find blood test to detect Alzheimer's
It's hard for family doctors, let alone relatives and friends, to recognize when forgetfulness might hint of the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Lubbock State School employee indicted for manslaughter
A Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former Lubbock State School employee on a manslaughter charge in connection with the June death of a Lubbock State School resident.
Police Briefs
Lubbock police kept busy over the weekend
Baptists reaffirm push for evangelism
Conservative Baptists reaffirmed their commitment to evangelism through a series of resolutions Monday and Tuesday at their convention at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Officials urge safety as Halloween approaches
All sex offenders - even high risk ones - don't have to turn off porch lights on Halloween, so public safety officials urge parents to check the registry before knocking on doors.
Baptist leader: Health reform needed; current bills overkill'
Current health care reform proposals threaten Christian values of the sanctity of life, a conservative Baptist lobbyist warned Tuesday.
Reid: Senate bill will embrace public option'
WASHINGTON - Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday, although he stopped short of claiming the 60 votes needed to pass a plan steeped in controversy.
Moderates balk at health insurance option
WASHINGTON - Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product.
Immigration raids hindered investigations
WASHINGTON - Workplace immigration raids during the Bush administration interfered with ongoing labor investigations and allowed employers to exploit workers who complained about conditions on the job, labor groups said in a report released Tuesday.
Across the Nation
COLUMBUS, Ohio
FDA threatens to place ban on oysters from Gulf
NEW ORLEANS - Federal officials plan to ban sales of raw oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico unless the shellfish are treated to destroy potentially deadly bacteria - a requirement that opponents say could deprive diners of a delicacy cherished for generations.
Sebelius: Ample swine flu vaccine will be available
WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line."
Afghan plan goes too far, senator says
WASHINGTON - A war plan that asks President Barack Obama to commit tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan is too ambitious, a top Senate Democrat said Monday.
Police shocked witnesses failed to halt gang rape
RICHMOND, Calif. - The gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl on school grounds after her homecoming dance was horrific enough. But even more shocking, police say, was that up to 20 people watched and did nothing to stop it.
Southwest puts flights on sale
Southwest puts flights on sale
Obama team: U.S. needs bill to help develop clean energy
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats over the bill's costs.
Big beermakers offer calorie-cutting options
MILWAUKEE - How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the nation's biggest brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.
Death Notices
Raymond Ellis, 76, of Lubbock died Oct. 24, 2009, at his residence. Services are pending with Griffin Mortuary.
Raymond Edgar Althof, 85, of Abilene, formerly of Lubbock, died Oct. 26, 2009, at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Roscoe. McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
Woodward Earl "Bull" Shugart
Funeral services for Woodward Earl "Bull" Shugart, 58, of Levelland will be 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at First Assembly of God Church, Levelland, with Rev. Robert Burns, pastor, and Rev. Tim Turner of Cherokee Village, Ark., officiating. Burial will be in City of Levelland Cemetery under the direction of George Price Funeral Home. He died on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 in Levelland.
Grace Wylie Adcock
Grace Wylie Adcock was born in Houston, Texas on Sept. 21, 1914, daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Rev. Clarence Nelson Wylie and Nellie Agnes (Miller) Wylie. She graduated in 1932 from Central High School, Texas City, Texas, and in 1937 graduated with a B.A. degree in Elementary Education from Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas.
Ethel Elizabeth Dunn Burkleo
Ethel Elizabeth Dunn Burkleo, 91, of Lubbock, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
Gene Clift
Gene Clift, 73, died on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Lubbock, Texas.
Domingo Gutierrez
Rosary for Domingo Gutierrez, 63, of Lubbock and formerly of Indio, Calif., will be 7 p.m. this evening at Calvillo Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church with Father Teresito Paqueo officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Calvillo Funeral Home.
Mary Tooke Frederick
Mary Tooke Frederick passed away on Oct. 25, 2009, at her home in The Colony, Texas, after a lengthy illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and answered God's calling peacefully during an early Sunday morning.
Lewis C. Norton
Lewis C. Norton, 84, formerly of Lubbock, passed away on Oct. 24, 2009. He was predeceased by his wife, Vicky Norton; parents, John and Phila Norton; brother, Philip and wife Gladys; and sister, Ruth McCall and husband Raye.
Lea Badillo Hinojosa
Lea Badillo Hinojosa, 36, passed away on the evening of Oct. 25, 2009. A visitation will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at Griffin Mortuary. Burial will follow at the City of Lubbock Cemetery.
George E. Parker
George E. Parker, of Lancaster, Texas and formerly of Lubbock, departed this life on Oct. 22, 2009 at the age of 89 years.
Jane (Bowling) McCulley
Jane McCulley, 84, of Floydada, joined her Lord on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, in Lubbock.
J.A. Pebsworth, Jr.
Jeptha Arthur "J.A." Pebsworth, Jr., 87, of Portales, N.M. and formerly of Tahoka, victoriously left this earth on Oct. 24, 2009 in Portales, N.M.
Hazel Penny
Celebration of Life services for Hazel Penny, 70, of Lubbock, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at Bethany Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 at Resthaven Funeral Home. Hazel passed away on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
Hazel Marie Collins Penny
Celebration of Life services for Hazel Marie Penny, 70, of Lubbock, will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at Bethany Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Resthaven Funeral Home. Hazel passed away on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.
Cherolyne Louise Northam Pruitt
Funeral services for Cherolyne Louise Northam Pruitt, 66, of Lubbock, will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at the Sunset Church of Christ with Don Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. The family will have visitation at Resthaven Funeral Home on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Please join us in celebrating Cherolyne's life by visiting her memorial at www.mem.com.
Santos S. Sevier
Santos S. Sevier, 78, died on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. She was born in Cristoval, Texas on March 18, 1931 and moved to Lubbock in 1964. She worked for Methodist Hospital from 1966, until her retirement in 1984.
Baptists reaffirm push for evangelism
Conservative Baptists reaffirmed their commitment to evangelism through a series of resolutions Monday and Tuesday at their convention at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Baptist leader: Health reform needed; current bills overkill'
Current health care reform proposals threaten Christian values of the sanctity of life, a conservative Baptist lobbyist warned Tuesday.
Estacado's Bradford snags City Player of Week honor
In his first year as head coach at Estacado, Danny Servance had a receiver he compared favorably to former Texas Tech standout Mike Crabtree.
Doege on deck as Leach wonders openly about Potts lacking confidence
Signs continue to point toward Texas Tech redshirt freshman Seth Doege making his first career start this week.
Improved running game gives Houston passing attack a lift
HOUSTON - No. 15 Houston is a pass-heavy team and that isn't going to change.
Red Raiders football notebook
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Sports briefs
Sports Rail
LCU basketball ranked in Top 25
High school volleyball standings
Big 12 Standings
Lady Plainsmen giving back to community
Since he took over as head coach during the summer, Adrian Stein has tried to teach Monterey how to play better volleyball.
At least the A&M game wasn't on TV
In the two weeks leading up to Texas Tech's football game against Texas A&M, there was quite a backlash about the annual grudge match not being televised.
Defensive effort against Aggies frustrates McNeill
Ruffin McNeill wasn't in the kind of reflective mood necessary on Tuesday to catalog his worst days as a football coach. Running herd over the losing defense in Saturday's 52-30 Texas Tech loss to Texas A&M is surely up there, but the Red Raiders' defensive coordinator didn't feel like putting it into context.
Speck, Westerners finding reasons to feel good about season
Because it is out of the playoff picture, Lubbock High's big accomplishment in its 41-21 win against San Angelo Central this weekend went largely unnoticed.
Cooper serves up a victory over Estacado in 1-3A finale
The Cooper volleyball team was far from perfect from the service line on Tuesday night, committing 13 errors.
Badaru leading Tech back to Big 12 cross country championships
Texas Tech's Lillian Badaru was comfortable running with the pack through the first two miles at Oklahoma State's Cowboy Jamboree earlier this month. As she noticed players dropping from the group, though, she decided to make her move.
Volleyball roundup: Abilene Cooper tops Frenship
ABILENE - In a battle for the No. 1 playoff seed out of District 4-4A, Abilene Cooper edged Frenship 25-22, 25-23, 24-26, 25-23 Tuesday night, denying the Tigers a fourth consecutive district title.
High School Football Standings
Jackson scores twice as Eagles cruise
LANDOVER, Md. - Sherm Lewis might want to go back to bingo. Or, better yet, he might want to apply for a job as the Philadelphia Eagles' play caller - it's a much easier job with someone such as DeSean Jackson on your side.
Red Raiders Football Notebook
No apologies
Knight refuses Indiana's offer to settle suit
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Former Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight has two more complaints with Indiana University.
Union: No battle with NFL on head injuries
WASHINGTON - The head of the NFL Players Association said Tuesday his union has differences with the NFL over how to address head injuries suffered during pro football games, but they're not fighting about it.
Ware, Cowboys agree on contract extension
IRVING - Three-time Pro Bowl linebacker DeMarcus Ware finally has his big contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He just won't be getting paid as much as some of the elite quarterbacks he will be trying to sack.
Old friends Lee, Sabathia set to square off
NEW YORK - The first time they met was seven years ago. Cliff Lee was a September call-up with a cocksure attitude, and his new teammate was immediately impressed.
Phillies, Yankees boast plenty of star power
NEW YORK - They boast All-Stars all over the diamond, high-priced players decorated with coveted awards. They come loaded with October experience and shiny rings, expecting to win another World Series.
NCAA suspends
OSU's Bryant for
rest of season
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma State All-American wide receiver Dez Bryant will remain suspended for the remainder of the football season, the NCAA ruled on Tuesday.
Man held in slaying of head of museum
BROWNSVILLE (AP) - Mexican state police confirmed Monday that they had detained a man whom Brownsville police called a person of interest in the weekend slaying of an art museum director.
Nearly full jail prompts inmate transfers
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) - Officials had to transfer 30 inmates to a nearby facility after the Nueces County Jail reached capacity.
Appeals court OKs 4,000-plus year sentence
FORT WORTH (AP) - A Texas appeals court affirmed a more than 4,000-year prison sentence given to a Springtown man who was convicted of sexually abusing three teenage girls.
Man convicted in 2000 killing set to die
HUNTSVILLE - Twenty minutes after 22-year-old Carlos Garza was gunned down at his San Antonio apartment, a security camera at a pawn shop showed someone selling two gold necklaces that belong to him.
DEA agents among dead in military helicopter crash
KABUL - A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents in a not-so-noticed war within a war.
Roadside bombs kill eight soldiers, setting record monthly toll for U.S.
KABUL - Roadside bombs - the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers - claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.
Bomb destroys key Iraqi bridge
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of them security force members, police said.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
Troops hold big advantage over Taliban
BRUSSELS - There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It adds up to a 12-1 numerical advantage over Taliban rebels, but it hasn't led to anything close to victory.
Government steps up security after blasts kill 155 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government made progress on a new election law that could ease tensions and pledged tighter security Monday after suicide bombings claimed at least 155 lives, including as many as two dozen children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center.
11 Iranians arrested
in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistan arrested 11 Iranians Monday near the countries' border amid tensions over a deadly suicide attack in Iran that Tehran alleges has links to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Around the World
TEHRAN, Iran
Karadzic boycotts opening of war crimes trial
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outraged survivors of Bosnia's bloody war gasped in disbelief Monday as judges adjourned the opening day of Radovan Karadzic's trial after just 15 minutes.
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12 of the best... travel gadgets
Don't leave town without them
Camelion Mobile Phone Power Stick
The Camelion emergency charger couldn't be simpler if it tried. Unscrew it, pop in an AA battery, put it back together, connect to your drained phone and bingo, you can communicate. The device comes equipped with adapters for Mini USB and most popular phone makes apart from the iPhone. As chargers go, it's neither particularly fast nor powerful. A decent quality AA battery will give you around 90 minutes of talk time and take about an hour to transfer the charge to the phone.
Still, you'll have a working mobile as long as you can lay hands on a some batteries and, lets face it, you have to be a long, long, long way off the beaten track to not be able to. A supplied strap can be used to attach the Power Stick to your car keys and it even comes with a handy emergency LED torch. The device itself is about the same size and weight as a tube of lip balm and right now you can buy one from Maplin and get change from four quid. Brilliant.
Reg Rating 90%
Price £4
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Doberman SE0304 Bag Protector Alert
The Doberman is a motion detector and truly ear splitting alarm wrapped up in a water resistant rubber dongle that you can attach to your bag or rucksack. Once set and put in place the slightest movement causes the 100-decibel alarm to sound and scares the hell out of just about any living thing nearby. Certainly, an ideal defence against the terminally light fingered or any local fauna that decides to have it a rummage through your kit while you snooze in your tent.
It also works as a panic alarm – just yank the mounting up. To avoid the alarm sounding with every elephant fart or earth tremor, the device gives you three seconds grace. If the disturbance stops, the unit goes back to standby. These three seconds also allow you to use your pin to disarm the device without making your ears bleed every morning. Of course, packing one of these does rather suggest you think everyone you meet on life's meandering highway is looking to rip you off and here at Reg Hardware we have always relied on the kindness of strangers and so are inclined to emphasise its use in warding off larcenous squirrels and the like.
Reg Rating 80%
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text: Cbsnews tech For environmental dogs, sniffing out doody is their duty FAIR HAVEN, N.J. - Some pollution-sniffing dogs at the Jersey shore have shown they're No. 1 at sniffing out No. 2.A team of specially trained dogs has pointed out more than 70 spots in three towns near the Navesink River where human waste may be making its way into the waterway, parts of which are closed to shellfishing because of high bacteria levels.They... #dogs #environmental #trained Tweet Source: www.cbsnews.com Read More


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West Coast-based jockey Corey Nakatani, who finished second by a head aboard Gary A. Tanaka's Sarafan in the 2002 Arlington Million, will now get a chance to make amends for that defeat with the mount on Charles E. Fipke's Perfect Soul in Saturday's 21st running of the grade I centerpiece of the Chicago Thoroughbred racing season.Nakatani, 32, born in Covina, California, has ridden in six Arlington Millions to date and finished second three times, but has never been in the winner's circle following the mile and a quarter turf test. He was named as the new rider aboard Perfect Soul on Monday. In his last trip to the post July 20 in Woodbine's grade II Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes, the Irish-bred Perfect Soul was asked to extend his talents to a mile and three-sixteenths and weakened in the final stages of the outing -- finishing second by a length and a half. Before that, however, the son of Sadler's Wells won Woodbine's Canadian grade II King Edward Breeders' Cup Handicap June 15 at the nine-furlong distance. Canadian jockey Robert Landry was up for both those races.Nakatani's other two runner-up finishes in the Arlington Million came aboard Columbine Stable, Jones and Nichols' Manndar in 2000 and La Sierra Thoroughbreds Sandpit in 1995. In addition, he finished third aboard Sandpit in 1996, ninth aboard Columbine Stable, Greely and Nichols' Takarian in 2001 and eighth astride Allred & Hubbard's Leger Cat in 1993.Perfect Soul, trained by Roger Attfield, is scheduled to breeze at Woodbine Wednesday morning and then board a van later that day for the nine-hour trip from Toronto to Chicago.In another jockey assignment for the Million, Austrian-born Andreas Suborics will ride French-bred Touch of Land. The 3-year-old owned by Gary A. Tanaka and trained by Henri-Alex Pantall will be facing older horses in Arlington Million XXI.Other Arlington Million XXI jockey assignments for horses invading from Europe are as follows: Godolphin Racing Inc.'s Sulamani, David Flores; Mrs. Susan McCarthy's Kaieteur, Rene Douglas; H R H Prince A A Faisal's Olden Times, Kent Desormeaux; 6 C Racing Ltd.'s Vangelis, Christophe Soumillon; SNC Jean-Louis Bouchard's Tripat, Michael Kinane; and Erik Penser's Beauchamp Pilot, Eddie Ahern.
North American-based Million contestants with their jockeys are: Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum's Storming Home, Gary Stevens; Stonecrest Farm's Perfect Drift, Pat Day; Charles E. Fipke's Perfect Soul, Corey Nakatani; 3rd Turn Stables LLC's Honor in War, Jose Valdivia Jr.; and Ralph E. and Aury Todd's The Tin Man, Mike Smith.


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The Rustic Wedding Barn
The Best-kept Secret No More
Located east of Steinbach, on Highway 52 is where you will find "The Rustic Wedding Barn", a gem situated on a sprawling acreage of prairie landscape.
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If you are looking for a unique wedding venue, you won't be disappointed with this beautiful rustic barn in Steinbach. Whether you prefer your wedding indoors, outdoors or somewhere in-between, this incredible venue delivers.
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Chris Button
Affiliation: University of Otago
Country: New Zealand
Detail Information
- Examining movement variability in the basketball free-throw action at different skill levelsChris Button
Department of Physical Education, University of Edinburgh
Res Q Exerc Sport 74:257-69. 2003..It is suggested that the angular motions of the elbow and wrist joints were compensated for each other toward the end of each throw to adapt to subtle changes in release parameters of the ball...
- A review of vision-based motion analysis in sportSian Barris
Human Performance Centre, School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Sports Med 38:1025-43. 2008....
- Nonlinear pedagogy: a constraints-led framework for understanding emergence of game play and movement skillsJia Yi Chow
University of Otago, School of Physical Education, 46 Union Street West, PO Box 56, Otago, New Zealand
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci 10:71-103. 2006..The data and theoretical modeling presented in this paper provide a rationale in nonlinear dynamics for the efficacy of a prominent model of game play teaching, Teaching Games for Understanding approach...
- The influence of familiarization on the reliability of force variables measured during unloaded and loaded vertical jumpsGavin Moir
Department of Physical Education, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
J Strength Cond Res 19:140-5. 2005..High levels of reliability can be achieved in a variety of force variables without the need for familiarization sessions when performing SJ under unloaded conditions and with loads of 30 and 60% of 1RM squat with physically active men...
- Influence of familiarization on the reliability of vertical jump and acceleration sprinting performance in physically active menGavin Moir
Department of Physical Education, Sport, and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
J Strength Cond Res 18:276-80. 2004..9 to 2.6%. These results indicate that high levels of reliability can be achieved without the need for familiarization sessions when using loaded and unloaded CMJ and SJ and 20-m sprint performance with physically active men...
- Anticipatory responses to perturbation of co-ordination in one-handed catchingChris Button
Department of Physical Education, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
Acta Psychol (Amst) 109:75-93. 2002..When the catchers could not anticipate perturbations, movement strategies suggested the use of a continuous tracking-based mode of control rather than a prediction-based mode of control...
- Variation in coordination of a discrete multiarticular action as a function of skill levelJia Yi Chow
Physical Education and Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Singapore
J Mot Behav 39:463-79. 2007..The authors also highlight the merit of using a model of the acquisition of coordination in examining how coordination modes for multiarticular actions differ as a function of skill...
- Unnatural selection: talent identification and development in sportAngela Abbott
University of Edinburgh, UK
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci 9:61-88. 2005..A generic model of talent identification and development is proposed that addresses these issues and provides direction for future research...
- The influence of professional expertise and task complexity upon the potency of the contextual interference effectStewart Ollis
PESLS Department, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ, United Kingdom
Acta Psychol (Amst) 118:229-44. 2005..In conclusion, complexity and experience are mediating factors influencing the potency of the CI training effect in real-world settings...
- Coordination changes in a discrete multi-articular action as a function of practiceJia Yi Chow
Physical Education and Sports Science, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616, Singapore
Acta Psychol (Amst) 127:163-76. 2008..The present study highlighted individual differences in acquisition of coordination and control of joint motion even under similar task constraints, showing how degeneracy in movement systems facilitates learning...
- The effect of periodized resistance training on accelerative sprint performanceGavin Moir
Exercise Science Department, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301 2999, USA
Sports Biomech 6:285-300. 2007....
- Dynamics of movement patterning in learning a discrete multiarticular actionJia Yi Chow
Physical Education and Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Motor Control 12:219-40. 2008..In summary, it was observed that intentional and informational constraints play an important role in influencing the specific pathway of change for individual learners as they search for new preferred movement patterns...