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State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) trounced three other U.S. House of Representatives hopefuls in a Democratic Party primary last week with the aid of a sizeable war chest, the backing of the Queens Democratic Party and, most importantly, a robust Asian vote concentrated in downtown Flushing.
Meng is now preparing for a November general election for the seat that begins in Maspeth and Glendale in the west, runs through Forest Hills and Flushing and ends up in Bayside in the east.
According to unofficial results, Meng picked up 51 percent of the vote, and most of that came from downtown Flushing in the 22nd Assembly District.
In that district alone, Meng racked up 4,243 votes, which represented one-third of the total she received.
The lawmaker enjoyed a large funding advantage over her opponents and had the support of the Queens Democratic machine, but Meng also rode a crest of excitement in the Chinese community.
If Meng defeats City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) in the general election in November, she will become the first Asian-American representative in Congress from New York state.
And that was a galvanizing force behind the robust turnout in heavily Asian enclaves like Flushing, according to community leaders.
"This is a great victory for the Asian-American people," said Peter Tu, head of the Flushing Chinese Business Association, headquartered on Main Street.
Flushing had already vaulted one of its own into citywide office: Comptroller John Liu, who was elected in 2009.
But after federal investigators began to probe his campaign finances and the onetime Flushing councilman found himself making headlines, it took a toll on the neighborhood that elected him, Tu said.
While Liu has not been accused of any wrongdoing, sending Meng to Congress offered the population another opportunity to feel proud, according to Tu.
"We feel like we have to show our power to the majority of the people," he said.
That power was evident June 26 and was not lost on the borough's Democratic Party leader, Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-Jackson Heights), who called the election "historic" at Meng's victory party in Bayside.
Lancman, too, noticed the excitement surrounding the prospect of Meng's election that might not have existed for the other candidates.
"Without a doubt, her base of support were very excited about the historical aspect of her candidacy that was beyond the normal ebb and flow of politics," he said.
But having $760,000 compared to Lancman's $460,000, according to preliminary Federal Election Commission tallies, and hundreds of people involved in ground operations on Election Day did not hurt Meng either, according to Lancman.
"Grace was much more successful in turning out her supporters than we were," he said.
But Meng also won in districts that were considered not part of her base.
In Lancman's Assembly district, for example, she bested her opponent by 200 votes.
Crowley won the Assembly district that covers portions of her home turf including Maspeth and Middle Village in the east, but Meng beat out both of her opponents in the district that covers Elmhurst.
Overall, the turnout for the primary was a dismal 13 percent to 15 percent, based on preliminary results — and in some cases that turnout was hampered by city Board of Elections workers, who unjustly turned some people away from the polls, according to an agency that was monitoring.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund found several instances of voters being denied a written ballot when their information did not appear to be in the system.
Under federal law, any voter has the option of filling out what is known as an affidavit ballot and having that ballot checked at a later date.
Reach reporter Joe Anuta by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 718-260-4566.
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text: Proposed Amendment To Legalize Medical Marijuana In Florida Faces Court Hearing December 4, 2013 Florida's Supreme Court will hear opponents trying to stop a medical marijuana amendment. (Photo via quite peculiar/Flickr) By Ashley Lopez Florida Center for Investigative Reporting The fight over a proposed amendment to the state's Constitution that would legalize medical marijuana is making its way this week to the Florida Supreme Court. State GOP leaders, such as Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, have been railing against a citizen-led initiative to get a medical marijuana amendment on next year's ballot. Most recently, the initiative has garnered financial support for John Morgan, a wealthy trial lawyer in Florida. Since then, the amendment campaign has gotten closer to the amount of signatures it needs to get the measure on the 2014 ballot. Now, opponents of the amendment are looking to stop it in court. According to Lloyd Dunkelberger of the Herald-Tribune: On Dec. 5, the justices will hear arguments over the language of the proposal that will be on the November 2014 ballot if sponsors secure nearly 700,000 validated voter signatures by early next year. Opponents, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, legislative leaders, doctors and anti-drug groups, will argue that the ballot language is misleading and would lead to the widespread use of marijuana far beyond the treatment of Floridians for debilitating diseases like cancer or ALS. … The Supreme Court decision will pivot on two issues: whether the ballot language is accurate and whether the proposal encompasses a "single subject." Opponents say the measure misses the mark on both counts. In a brief filed this month, Bondi, the state's top legal officer, argued that the amendment is so broadly written that while it will allow patients with cancer and other serious diseases to use medical marijuana, it would also make it available to other Floridians with less debilitating ailments, ranging from insomnia to anxiety to "everyday aches and pains." "If voters want to make Florida one of the most permissive medical marijuana states in the country they can use their constitutional initiative power to do so. That is their right," the brief said. But Bondi argued the amendment must be rejected by the court because ballot language does not reveal the initiative's "true purpose." Other GOP leaders in the state, such as Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford, also filed briefs with the court in an effort to have it thrown out. However, new polling suggests Bondi, Weatherford and others are in the minority. According to a Quinnipiac Poll released a few weeks ago, if the amendment were on the ballot today, it would pass overwhelmingly in Florida with 82 percent of the vote. The Miami Herald reported: The overall 82-16 percent support for medical marijuana is the biggest to date. The previous high-point for Florida approval was about 70 percent in a poll taken earlier this year by the medical-marijuana advocacy group, People United for Medical Marijuana. There are some differences in wording between the initiative and the Quinnipiac poll; the amendment says doctors can "recommend" marijuana, the poll asks if a doctor should be able to "prescribe" it. Still, medical marijuana is clearly popular. And marijuana legalization is becoming more-liked as well, albeit narrowly. Nearly half of Florida voters favor it — 48 percent — while 46 percent oppose pot legalization for personal use. That's within the margin of error, but it's a leading indicator of a shift in public opinion. Support for legalization is again strongest among independents (57-37 percent), and then Democrats (55-39 percent). But Republicans are opposed 30-64 percent. Contrast that with GOP voter support for medical marijuana is solid: 70-26 percent. This issue has become so popular that there is talk it could affect the 2014 gubernatorial race in Florida. As of now, Gov. Rick Scott is against the medical marijuana amendment. His Democratic opponents, including former governor Charlie Crist, are for the amendment. Crist recently said in an interview with WJCT that the amendment is "an issue of compassion." Via WJCT: "You have people who feel that if there are people who are suffering through pain or lack of appetite, and you have a real doctor who prescribes medical marijuana, then I don't know why you would really be opposed to it, and so I'm not opposed to it," [Crist] said, citing recent poll number showing over 80 percent of state residents in support of the measure. "I think it's fine," he said, adding that he supports the approval of using the drug for medical treatment only as prescribed by a physician. Some supporters have also said that the GOP is most worried that if the amendment is on the ballot it will turn out Democratic voters for Scott's re-election campaign. Democrats don't turn out in high numbers during mid-term elections, which has given Republicans and edge in the past several Florida gubernatorial elections. However, this ballot measure could be the impetus to bring out droves of anti-Scott voters. Considering the 2014 race is already one of the most closely-watched in the country, any factor that could tip the scales is going to get a lot of scrutiny. Comments comments 18 Responses Michelle December 5, 2013 That would be fantastic if this went through! It's about time that we finally legalize marijuana once and for all. Between the medical benefits that it has, and the fact that it's not nearly as dangerous as people make it out to be, it should have been allowed a long time ago. Reply roberto December 6, 2013 We should just let people get hooked on prescription pills instead Like oxycodone. Reply Robin kann December 6, 2013 Wouldn't we rather people be prescribed marijuana instead of oxycodone and zanex? Just look at the overdose fatalities. People could have pain relife with no possibility of overdose. Reply anthony warenyk December 8, 2013 i will use it no matter what. this gov sucks. use what ever i want when i want i have ins. go fuck yourself. Reply Hugo December 10, 2013 I am a LEGAL user of cannabis in Oregon. I have Multiple Sclerosis and used to take drugs with side effects such as: Seizures, coma, death, addiction, Tardive dyskinesia, suicidal ideation…just to name a few. My quality of life was zilch. All of those medications are gone! I can go to a dispensary where my ID is checked before I can even get in the door. I am able to obtain "Medibles", tinctures and other medications since I am unable to smoke. The only side effect? My weight has gone up 15 pounds. As a former Emergency Room – Trauma Tech, I can tell you that the carnage from Alcohol FAR outweighs any potential issues from cannabis. Reply Jose A. Figueroa December 10, 2013 Its been past over due that not only Florida but the whole country take a step back and look and realize the multiple benefits that Marijuana has not only for millions of patients suffering from multiple diseases and ailments but economically as well, those creating millions and millions of revenue to each state, jobs and mostly without the side effects of so many pharmaceuticals. As an Register Nurse and professional care giver I can speak that at least more than 75% of our medical professionals are in agreement of these monumental change. Reply brandon December 10, 2013 Why make it just for medical uses why dont we just legalize it period we are just delayingthe enabatable honestly the ignarence is apualing. Why waste our time and the courts and not just legalize it as amsterdam has smoking within a coffee shop that has a legal liseance to grow and sell within the coffee shop or within our own homes! We have a right to atleast put that on the poll i was waiting on this for years but we need to take two steps forward not one step back if most of florida wants it legalized well we are creating an agreement really for those who do and those who dont we arent smoking outside or dealing on the streets there is a very reasonable way we can go about things. Reply Misty December 15, 2013 I THINK IT WOULD BE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD IT WOULD ESPECIALLY BE BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MEDICAL NEEDS FOR IT, PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA OR PTSD COME ON PEOPLE ITS A PLANT. IT SURE IS A LOT SAFER THEN PUMPING CHEMICALS IN UR BODY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL U. Reply Misty December 15, 2013 THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL MARIJUANA THEN JUST SMOKING IT, U CAN USE A VAPORIZER, OR MAKE BUTTER, OILS, COOKIES, USE CAN EVEN MAKE IT O WHERE U CAN USE AN EYE DROPPER AND PUT A COUPLE DROPS UNDER UR TONGUE, THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE IT TO WHERE U DONT HV TO SMOKE IT. Reply Anonymous December 18, 2013 Legalize it completely not just for medicinal and recreational uses but for the industrial values it has. Hemp at one point was the leading crop in America. One acer of hemp can produce as much paper as 47 acers of trees. Congress should make it legal for recreational uses and just tax the shit out of it. The average price of mj in a dispensers in Cali is about 15 bucks a gram with it being taxed. People never complain about the price and the California government is making lucrative Amounts of money. Every body wins why is it still illegal? Reply Anonymous December 24, 2013 The first candidate for florida governor that says they fully support the full legalization of marijuana and would push forward a market to boost our economy here in florida, will get my vote undoubtedly. Lets keep our young men and women out of jail for doing what most of The UNITED States of America are already doing. Reply Danny Breeden December 26, 2013 "WE THE PEOPLE" The Tenth Amendment states the Constitution's principle of federalism by providing that powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states or the PEOPLE. The amendment provides no new powers or rights to the states, but rather preserves their authority in all matters not specifically granted to the federal government. Reply James Schubert December 29, 2013 I agree with everyone's comments about marijuana being better for patients than the current prescribed poisons which kill thousands of Americans annually. There is no reason why non-medical, regulated sales couldn't be done like alcohol and cigarettes except for the horrific damage it would do to the drug cartels which get more than 60 percent of their income from marijuana prohibition. Any politician opposed to legalization should be investigated for ties to the cartel, privatized prison corporations and/or big pharma because they are the only organizations that benefit from prohibition. Ending prohibition would cut the legs out from under the cartel, and reduce the money we pay to incarcerate our neighbors by 60 percent. We could use those prison cells to house corrupt politicians. Reply willie washington January 1, 2014 The truth is the big boys that sit up high and get rich off of the pharmaceuticals dont want it to be legal. I watched my uncle wither away to nothing after contracting the Aids virus and he was always in constant pain.I watched a 6'3″ 240 man dissolve right before my eyes and their was nothing I could do to ease his pain. Medical marijuana have several benefits to it, thats why the government have been using it for years for experiments. Its a natural plant from the earth in which needs no altering to supply the relief that most of our love ones need to feel at ease as they take their final journey. Im a 35 year old veteran that supports the legalization of medical marijuana because i have seen the benefits it brings to people in need. Alcohol and cigarettes which contains a lot more dangerous chemicals in them is legal then so should marijuana. Thank you Mr. Morgan for your fight to bring this injustice to the forefront for all the people. Reply jimmy January 5, 2014 I got injured in 1991 from and industrial accindent.i got totally disabled in 1996 and have had surgery s after surgery s and have had 3 spinal cord stimulator implants in my spine.still today am in the worst chronic pain I have ever been in.i take the strongest medicine possible that's killing me.why not allow it for people that have cancer and diseases and severe chronic pain that would help us.the guy that wrote it about the giant pharmacies are making billions and billions they don't want it because it will cost them money. But they don't care about us they are buying off all that might cost them or get in their way.allow it and it will help us have a little better life.if the governor was in our shape he would want it too.i pray Congress will pass it for people like us who are in need of something better to help our pain.= Reply Christopher January 5, 2014 I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder and have bad anxiety. I support medical marijuana. But if it pass it only seems to be for people with cancer and other problems like that what about the thousands of us who don't have cancer or other serious diseases. The amendment seems to exclude us but the other 20 state that pasted this did not I'd much rather take marijuana then the 6 mg of xanex I take know and if the amendment is going to exclude me I might vote against it! Reply Joe January 14, 2014 I had a traumatic brain injury 11+ years ago. It will always be hard for me to make it through the day. I was born and raised in Florida. I'm now living in south Carolina. If weed was legalized down there I would move right back down there with my family. I cannot afford to move to the other states because of money, lack of work, etc. the doctors have me on so many medications but the refuse to give me anything for my depression or my pain or my anxiety, PTSD, tremors, etc… The list goes on and on. All my medications have multiple side effects. Different ones at different times of the day. Weed really helps. I cannot hardly find it where I'm at now. And I think it's absolute fucking bullshit that I be arrested for trying to cope with my pain. Legalize it. Theres a time to be responsible, and theres a time to just go beyond that and say it how it is… So, will, Scott, bondi, and the rest opposed to the legalization of medicinal mariuana… FUCK YOU. Reply dean January 16, 2014 Was hit by a drunk driver in pain all day every day just pasd the stuff or ill be moving to colorodo in 2015 had enoughh of fibromiyalgis spine pain w multiple spine surgerys etc multitude of major pain issues mariuana helps immmensly pass a. Llaw or lo s e a fla resident I also suffer from major chronic pain need pharmacutical grade ganja period plz help dino fm fl also suffer from ptsd anxiety and post concussive syndrome hve very bad arthritis Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website

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People eat Gotu kola leaves in curries and salads. People observed that elephants had a habit of foraging on Gotu kola, which started the belief that the herb can prolong life, since elephants are supposed to be the longest living mammals in the world. Others believed that eating a few leaves daily will revive tired and worn-out bodies and brains. At the same time, traditional medicine, especially the ancient Indian system of medicine called Ayuverda, has used the herb for many other types of health problems such as high blood pressure and nervous disorders. Gotu kola is considered one of the most important herbs in Ayuverda and was discussed in Ayuverdic writings thousands of years ago.
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Anglo-Saxon name Butlin comes from when the family resided in Norfolk,where the family was found since the early Middle Ages.
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SHANNON, MISS. (WCBI) – A Northeast Mississippi company is expanding once again. General Atomics came to the area less than ten years ago and as WCBI's Allie Martin reports, the latest expansion represents an 11 million dollar investment , plus it will mean 80 new jobs in Lee County.
For the 8th time in as many years, General Atomics is expanding its operations in the Tupelo Lee Industrial Park.
The former Heritage Bag building is now part of General Atomic's sprawling campus. The company is relocating product lines providing equipment and services to the defense, nuclear oil and energy storage industries.
Workers will be making circuit boards and capacitors which are part of high tech launching systems for aircraft carriers. G A will also make other products for its customers at its new site.
It means 80 new jobs and a high profile for Lee County and the state in the eyes of international business leaders.
"Businesses like General Atomics will let the world know we are prepared for advanced manufacturing. This is the type of image you want people to accept, that Mississippi's new modern manufacturing is up and ready to go," said Gov. Phil Bryant.
This latest expansion adds 87,000 square feet to General Atomics operations in Lee County. But company officials say with plans for this facility and projected growth, they will need more space very soon.
"Part of our expansion plan was to build capacitors in this building, that was our biggest product, it takes up a lot of volume. Also we have an oil and gas electrostatic separator that in the past we built one a year, now we are negotiating to build four this year and we are expecting to continue on that upward trajectory , we don't have enough facility," said Scott Forney, Vice President of General Atomics.
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The USA Bid Committee eliminated Las Vegas as a potential World Cup site, in 2018 or 2022, in an official cut-down release Thursday morning.
However, Jeff Marks, the chief operating officer for the Los Angeles-based public relations firm Premier Partnerships, said Las Vegas should not be discounted for future consideration.
Premier represents Sports City USA, an anonymous group of investors that hopes to build a state-of-the-art soccer complex in Las Vegas.
"I would not count Las Vegas out as a market," Marks said. "Las Vegas is one of the marquee and key markets, when it comes to soccer, even though it doesn't have an actual venue yet.
"FIFA and others know that, by 2022, there will be a state-of-the-art soccer stadium … it will be exactly what FIFA wants." The USA Bid Committee will cut its current short list to a final version in December. If and when a stadium materializes in Las Vegas, Marks said, look for the city to receive World Cup attention.
He said FIFA, the sport's governing body in Switzerland, might put a Las Vegas stadium at the top of a list of potential U.S. sites – again, if it's built.
"You have to have a physical stadium to be part of the bid process," Marks said. "It's more of a formality than reality … we feel really good that Las Vegas will be part of the World Cup, somehow and in some way, in the future.
"We believe Sports City USA has a really, really dynamic and next-generation (plan) that is a perfect fit for FIFA … it's a cathedral. It makes your head spin."
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Request for Proposal Stage Trims 11 Cities, Leaving 32 Stadiums in Competition for Chance to Host Potential World Cup Matches
NEW YORK (August 20, 2009) - The USA Bid Committee today announced the 27 United States cities that passed the third stage of the city and stadium proposal review process and remain under consideration as potential host venues for the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022. These cities will continue working with the USA Bid Committee both on the development and promotion of their local and national campaigns.
Officials representing a total of 38 cities received the Requests for Proposal (RFP) and had from
June 16 to July 29 to complete their proposals and return them to the USA Bid Committee. The RFPs requested information from city officials covering a vast array of subjects such as tourism, climate, security, transportation, training sites, promotion and more.
"The USA Bid Committee is pleased to have received comprehensive responses from city officials and local organizing committees across the United States," said Sunil Gulati, the Chairman of the USA Bid Committee and President of U.S. Soccer. "The overwhelming interest and creativity shown by the candidate cities made our extensive review process that much more difficult in narrowing down the list."
The RFP process resulted in 11 cities being pulled from contention, an important step in the United States' application that is due to FIFA in May 2010. FIFA and its 24 member Executive Committee will study the bids, conduct site visits and name the two host nations for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments in December 2010, completing a 21-month bid and review process.
The 27 remaining candidate cities offer a wide variety of markets that range in size from New York City to Jacksonville, Fla., as well as vast coast-to-coast geographic strength. Numerous U.S. markets that did not play host to matches during FIFA World Cup in 1994 remain under consideration, including Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Denver, Seattle and Phoenix.
The 11 cities removed during this round were: Birmingham, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Fayetteville, Ark.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Salt Lake City, Utah and San Antonio, Tex.
In conjunction with the list of 27 cities announced by the USA Bid Committee, a short list of 32 stadiums still under consideration was also announced today. The venues average almost 74,000 in capacity and represent a wide spectrum of facilities, featuring stadiums typically used for college and professional football, including open-air, domed and retractable roof venues. All 32 stadiums currently exist or are under construction with eight featuring capacities between 80,000 and 108,000 spectators. A list of the finalist cities and stadiums, all of which are vying to be included in the USA Bid Committee's formal bid book to FIFA in May 2010, can be found at the end of this news release and at the bid's official webpage, goUSAbid.com.
The current list of venues came as a result of a four-month process that began in April with representatives from 58 stadiums expressing interest in being considered for the USA's bid. The USA Bid Committee was then able to cut the list to 45 stadiums in 38 cities in mid-June following the review of a detailed questionnaire completed by the candidate venues that incorporated the strict FIFA facility requirements into the evaluation process.
"We will be working closely with officials from all 27 cities, stadiums and host committees over the next few months in our process of identifying the final list of cities that will be included in our bid book to FIFA in May 2010," said David Downs, the Executive Director of the USA Bid Committee. "The support of the individual cities and their capacity to promote the bid will be crucial to our efforts as we work to maintain the momentum created by the launch of our national campaign and our Web page, goUSAbid.com, last week. With the passion for the game being shown by our fans and the existing infrastructure in place in the U.S., we are confident we have assembled a list of candidate cities that will meet and exceed FIFA's requirements for hosting World Cup matches."
FIFA's criterion requires a candidate host nation to provide a minimum of 12 stadiums and a maximum of 18 capable of seating 40,000 or more spectators. Stadiums with a minimum capacity of 80,000 are required by FIFA for consideration to play host to the Opening Match and Final Match. The U.S. used stadiums in nine cities when it hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
The United States, Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and Russia have formally declared their desire to host the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022. Netherlands-Belgium and Portugal-Spain have each submitted joint bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, while Qatar and South Korea have applied as candidates to play host only to the tournament in 2022.


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Last week my PS3 decided to die and refuse to reboot, so I was unable to back up all my saves etc. Would I be correct in saying I now have to start GT5 all over again? or is my data somehow stored online? I've just checked my psn details on the gran-turismo website, and its still showing my licences and game progress, but when I tried the game, i'm back at the very start?
So I guess i'll be starting from scratch?
Unless you saved your progress on PS PLUS or to a mem-stick, then you must start from scratch.
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Why not just take out the hard drive from your broken PS3, put it in someone else's then copy all your saves to a USB stick?
won't work. verified. someone else's ps3 only asks "do you want to format hard drive" and that's all.
Install the HDD on a PC instead. Run it as a secondary drive.
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Install the HDD on a PC instead. Run it as a secondary drive.
won't help either.
when you have no backup of your savegame then your only hope is reviving your dead ps3 and hopefully for long enough to back up your save.
Yes, your best bet is to have a pro try to fix the console.
Even better is to find one that will replace the leadless solder with leaded solder, then you won't have as many problems with it.
Most of the pros will successfully reflow the motherboard.
One other thing worth trying is the hairdryer trick. There are some helpful video's on youtube worth looking up. The effect won't last very long, but should give you enough time to backup your game saves and any other data you wish to keep.
Works for me every time I get hit with YLOD.
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UConn President Susan Herbst and Dr. Frank Torti, UConn Health executive vice president for health affairs and medical school dean, led a celebration of UConn Health's medical, dental, and urgent care services at Storrs Center Thursday.
"It's been one of my goals for many years to plant the UConn Health flag in Storrs Center, near the University community," Herbst said.
The UConn Health Storrs Center Medical and Dental Offices at 1 Royce Circle, Mansfield, consist of more than 20,000 square feet and have nearly 40 employees. The building opened in December, with the first services offered including primary care, occupational medicine, cardiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, general surgery, plastic surgery, x-ray, and a blood draw station. UConn Health Urgent Care opened in March. Dental offices are scheduled to open in mid-July, with dermatology and psychiatry to follow later this year.
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Mansfield Mayor Betsy Paterson noted that although Mansfield is a small town, thanks to the University it has sports, arts, culture, and now, more options for health care.
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You might think Audi invented Le Mans, what with Ingolstadt's utter domination of the race since 2000, but it's actually Porsche that stands on top of the pile. It's won at La Sarthe 16 times.
Here are some more stats. Twice, Porsche won at Le Mans with the legendary 962, one of the finest, hardest and most symbolic prototypes to have ever been raced. And driving it was none other than friend of TG Derek Bell, who, incidentally, has won at Le Mans five times, four of those with Porsche. He sits third in overall Le Mans victories behind Jacky Ickx and Tom Kristensen.
So it's a very good day indeed when a car bearing his signature comes up for sale. Specifically, a road-going Porsche 962 bearing his inscription. This, Internet, is a very special, very rare and very desirable Porsche 962 that's technically a 'one-off'.
Of course, there are a few converted-for-the-road Porsche 962s, but this particular one was supposed to kick-start a run of Derek Bell limited editions. Only this one exists, and it's quite a bit of kit.
It's being offered up for sale by Specialist Cars of Malton, who told TopGear.com they picked it up from a 'serial collector'. It was apparently built by the ex head of Sauber's Formula One team at a cost of around £1.3m, featuring an aluminium Fabcar monocoque and an integral rollcage. There's no confirmation, but the Dyson Racing IMSA team in the US were the original intended recipients.
Still, it's been fitted with a Porsche 911 GT3 engine (from the 993 generation), replacing the standard 962's 2.8-litre unit. In went the twin-turbo 3.6-litre from the GT3, producing some 580bhp and a whopping 546lb ft of torque. Consider that it weighs just 830kg, and you've got quite a lairy package.
There's Koni adjustable suspension together with an adjustable ride height underneath, as well as huge 350mm floating Brembo brakes with adjustable bias. Inside, there's a pair of leather buckets, harnesses, a removable steering wheel, air-condition for those sweaty-buttocked oversteer moments, and even an intercom between driver and passenger. Its even got parking sensors!
And, of course, it's got Derek Bell's signature on it. Derek 'five-times-winner-at-Le-Mans-and-three-times-winner-at-Daytona-24-and-two-times-winner-of-the-world-sportscar-championship' Bell. Find £324,995. Click the link. Buy it.
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NHTSA Requests 10-Yr Product Plan Info from Automakers for CAFE Planning
5 March 2007
|US CAFE standards for Cars and Light Trucks, with projections based on the goal articulated in the State of the Union Address. Click to enlarge.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has requested product plan information through Model Year (MY) 2017 from automakers and truckmakers in anticipation of obtaining statutory authority to reform the passenger car Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program and to set standards under that structure for MY 2010 – 2017 passenger cars.
The agency is also seeking this information in anticipation of setting standards for MY 2012-2017 light trucks.
The requested information, according to NHTSA, will help it to assess in greater detail the potential levels of future standards under a reformed structure and the impact of those standards on gasoline consumption, manufacturers, consumers, the economy, and motor vehicle safety.
In his State of the Union 2007 address in January, President Bush called for increasing and reforming corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and further increasing the already reformed light truck standards to result in a 5% reduction in projected gasoline consumption. Meeting that goal would work out to CAFE increases of about 4% per year, beginning in Model Year 2010 for cars and Model Year 2012 for light trucks. (Earlier post.)
The US House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing last week to begin reviewing the administrations's plans for transportation.
A 13 Dec 2006 administration summary of fuel economy proposals obtained by the Detroit News calculated that meeting the 4% plan would cost the auto industry $100 billion—the bulk of that shouldered by the Detroit Big 3—between 2010 and 2017. The summary also showed that new standards would raise the price of light trucks by $1,900 and cars by $1,400 by 2017.
In 2006, the government implemented the first complete reform of the CAFE program for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles and minivans since the program's inception in 1979.
Reformed CAFE has two basic elements: a vehicle footprint-based determination of fuel economy levels and a per-manufacturer standard based on each manufacturer's production-weighted harmonic average of the fuel economy targets for footprint value. In other words, by 2011, each automaker will have its own fuel economy standard based on its own product mix. (Earlier post.) A reformed CAFE for automobiles would likely take a similar approach.
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By 2017 we should be buying second or third generation 200+ mpg Asian built PHEVs and/or BEVs.
The current CAFE planning will be completely outdated and meaningless.
Todays Big-3 may no longer be around or limited to dinosaur's production for the fast growing number of 300 and 400 pounders on USA/Canada roads.
The thing is its ALOT more expensive to get EVERYTHING up by a certain amount then it is to get some of it up by a higher amount.
100 billion may sound like bull but reember the automakers spend several billion on EACH car they design. So its actauly a VERY realistic amount and yes it will in fact translate to higher per car costs. Where dd you expect the money to come from the underpants gnomes?
It's cheap and easy to make higher mpg cars by reducing size, frontal area, weight but the "reformed" CAFE is discouraging this by basing desired MPG on footprint size. Isn't that saying ok to get 15 mpg as long as you do it with a big enough car? Similarly I've heard that there is a high MPG(60mpg?)diesel vw that isn't allowed in the US because of the %of NO2 it puts out, and yet you can buy a diesel H1 Hummer that pollutes more, but is "OK" because of the % of it. I agree, by 2017 things will be different. If the speed limit was lower for cars that get under 30mpg, I bet that would raise mpg averages!
If US-made cars were decent and got 40MPG, there would be no need for deep discounts at the dealerships because customers would actually want them. So the $100 billion cost is just auto industry scare tactics because the suits in charge are dinosaurs who still think that more weight and more power equals more profit.
German carmakers appear to have much the same blinkered mentality these days, but the truth is that if you make a car lighter and improve its aerodynamics, you can get the same speed and acceleration with a smaller engine that is usually operated at higher, more efficient load.
Lighter weight, of course, does not come cheap because we've become quite attached to all the little luxuries in the interior, such as excellent soundproofing, seats with a dozen electric motors in them, electric windows etc. Oh, and we rather like a lot of space.
Also, after decades of telling car makers and consumers that more steel is safer, the passive crash safety of lithe, nimble cars is sharply reduced. That's why active systems that help avoid accidents and/or minimize the risk of injury are the way to go.
Hasn't the competition from Toyota and Honda and their high mileage cars the reason Detroit is hurting now. The only thing that will save GM and Ford would be an agressive switch to plug-in series hybrids. We should be banning the sale of vehicles over 3500 lbs for 5 years and using that steel to rebuild or rail system.
You could massively increase cafe and gm and ford and crysler would be just fine. Yhe result would however be a distaster for the us gov and for senators.
1 alot of us plant closings.
2 Uaw goes splat.
3 Us dividion of said companies goes bankupt and defaults on a bazzilion bucks worth of retirement and other thngies. Us has to foot the bill.
4 We all become intkmately aqianyed to forien cars as even the big 3 are now firien companies.
Oh the y MIGHT build a few new factries in the us eventualy.... maybe.
See they are all multinationals and the best way to make small cars isnt in the us and it sure isnt woth current us factories using uaw workers.;/
So have fun convincing congress to slit thier own throats. Realy enjoy! Me I have a huge tub of popcorn and a soda as I just HAVE to enjoy this show:)
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It's summer vacation. Two brothers, Anthony, 11, and Colin, 14, are home alone. Both of their parents work. The boys do have some scheduled activities, but there are large chunks of time when they're at the house with no adult presence. Their parents figure they're old enough to be on their own.
The boys' father, a manager at a paint store, is halfway through his workday when his cell phone starts vibrating.
"Dad, Colin has gone mental, and he says he's going to kill me, and I didn't do anything."
"Put your brother on the phone."
"Dad, Anthony is such a liar. I didn't say I was going to kill him, I said I wanted to kill him. But I should kill him, because he wouldn't let me have the remote and now he's hidden it."
"Put your brother back on the phone."
"Dad, I took the remote because Colin was hogging it and now he says he's going to kill me and he's making a face like he means it and I'm scared."
"Let me speak to Colin."
They call, and they call again, and then they call again. Twice their father actually has to leave work.
Squabbling between teenage siblings is always maddening. But such arguments can be an even more difficult problem when you're not with them. For, as many parents know, they can reach out across the intervening space, grab you and somehow pull you into their bickering and hold you – almost like a prisoner – in a way that seems even harder to escape than when you are at home with them.
How can this be? What can you do?
The problem is that if you are not home, there is always the worry: "What if their fight gets too out of control, what if somebody truly gets hurt?"
With you there, if they can't work it out, you can always intervene if matters get out of hand. But if you're not there, should the bickering continue unresolved, there's always the possibility that the hostilities will escalate to a dangerous level. Or at least that's how it seems.
You are trapped. When you're home, if there is bickering that they cannot resolve, you don't always have to get involved. You don't have to resolve all arguments. You can say,
"I don't want to hear about it."
You can disengage, while still being present should matters deteriorate.
But when you're absent and they bring their squabbling to you via the phone, and if, even with your interventions, the disagreement remains unresolved, you are stuck.
"But Dad, you're not listening, he hid the remote. I'm going to break some of his stuff."
"You better not."
"But it's not fair I can't get the remote."
You become a prisoner of the phone so long as they can keep the dispute going. You don't feel like you can tell them that they will have to work it out on their own and then hang up. They have you captive so long as they can come back with an unresolved last word.
"But Dad you have to do something, Anthony's being too unreasonable. You have to make him give me the remote control. Dad!"
As I said, you worry. If you hang up, there's now an empty space. They are now far away and the conflict is out there still unresolved, and you have just removed yourself from any connection to it.
Let me make a suggestion. You can hang up. If you are not comfortable with it, then don't do it. You have to be the judge as to whether you feel safe in disengaging with your particular kids in any particular instance. If you feel that there needs to be more of a resolution, then so be it.
But if the fear is of possible harm, you can address that without a resolution of the conflict.
"I need you to tell me that you will not injure your brother."
"But Dad he's not going to give me the remote."
"I need you to tell me you will not injure your brother."
"No. I'm not going to hurt him, but he –"
"Good. I'm going to hang up now."
"But Dad you can't. He –"
"Goodbye Colin." And then the boys' father hangs up.
Only you can be the one who decides whether it is okay to hang up. But all I can say is that sometimes it is the best option.
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One of the biggest parts of my job as a beer journalist is keeping up on work-in-progress brewing companies looking to come online throughout the county. The current number of upcoming breweries I'm monitoring is at 40. They range from little guys to big aspirers, veteran operations to untested novices, IPA fanatics to Belgian beer enthusiasts, and nearly everything in-between. Twice a year, I share the future projects I'm most excited for. As 2013 comes to a close, I'm looking back on how well the businesses I had the highest hopes for fared once they opened.
2215 India Street, Little Italy
Ballast Point Tasting Room & Kitchen: Though it's not yet complete — an outdoor beer garden has yet to be constructed — this combo eatery, tasting space, and brewery is already taking off, luring beer aficionados to Little Italy with 50 taps, many of which dispense new and experimental beers brewed on-site. It exceeded even my lofty expectations and is a cozy place to congregate.
2730 Gateway Road, Carlsbad
Pizza Port – Bressi Ranch: Most of the bells and whistles at Pizza Port's largest brewpub are in the production facility that takes up more than half of the building, but the two-story restaurant is nice to look at, well laid out, and right on par with previous pubs. The fact it's quieter and less jammed than other links in the chain is a positive or negative based on personal preference.
2816 Historic Decatur Road #116, Liberty Station
Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens – Liberty Station: I work for Stone, and employees had high hopes for this massive farm-to-table restaurant. Most of us have been blown away with how the place turned out. The design is different but just as thoughtful as its Escondido predecessor — US Navy heritage shows through, and there are bocce ball courts and a brewery pumping out unique new beers.
1485 Hollow Glen Road, Julian
Nickel Beer Company: Owner Tom Nickel knocked nearly a decade's worth of dust off his mash paddle brewing at Julian Brewing Company before opening his new solo venture in his part-time hometown, and the early beers are all the better for it. Sequestered in the mountain town's former jailhouse, it delivers plenty of apple-ville charm — and there's darts and foosball!
6190 Fairmount Avenue, Suite G, Grantville
Benchmark Brewing Company: Could Matt Akin attain the same brewing success at his Grantville company as he did in his previous role at AleSmith? We all wondered, and the answer is yes. His mostly sessionable West Coast and English-style beers are tight, well balanced, and amazingly to-style. This is another business that blew past even this sometime-cynic's expectations.
3812 Grim Avenue, North Park
Mike Hess Brewing – North Park: Success in a small business park allowed owner Mike Hess to rally investors to take over a big bookstore in one of San Diego's hottest neighborhoods and bring his beer to the people in a much more attractive tasting space. Catwalks and an efficient bar setup provide unique touches at this very well-received second coming of one of San Diego's more popular operations.
9550 Distribution Avenue, Miramar
Saint Archer Brewery: This Miramar company's mission was to use the big personalities and platforms of its action sports investors to introduce skate, surf, and snowboard fans to craft beer. Some progress has been made in that area, but an only OK line of core beers failed to grasp the attention of beer enthusiasts early on. But improvements have been swift and many of late.
3725 Greenwood Street, Midway District
Modern Times Beer: Before there was beer, there was tons of Internet-generated hype over this business. I saved my enthusiasm for the debut of beers over blog posts. Varied and purposely style-bending, this Point Loma brewery's liquid wares are pretty darn good, though I have yet to be impressed by their wild yeast-infused creations.
155 E. Grand Avenue, Escondido
Plan 9 Alehouse: The beer at this nano-brewpub has been in short supply, but that's OK. So far, this addition to the Escondido scene is best known as an energetic communal spot with a great assortment of beers from other craft operations. Hopefully, their homespun product will be just as noteworthy in time.


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I'm curious about the CI Water Hog.
Buddy of mine owns a home / lives in Diamond Head. He surfs south shore breaks but also small north shore & other HAW breaks. He's livin' the life, lol, got it made.
Back to the CI Water Hog: He purchased the 7'10 x 21 3/4 x 2 7/8 & raves about it. Although he also liked the 7'2 x 21 x 2 5/8 for more turning speed, et. al. CI makes this stick in combos from 7'0 up to 8'11.
Anyone here have experience with this breed of stick? Thoughts, recs, condemnations...? For mostly east coast use, early spring through late autumn: Assateague, VB, OBX, Maryland stuff, I'm a travln fool for water.
User stats: 50 y.o. w mid-level ability, 6'2" 210 lbs, high level fitness. "39 forever"
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Jul 9, 2010, 05:47 AM #1
Water Hog
Jul 9, 2010, 05:51 AM #2
btw....a review
btw, this is a review from 'Outside' mag on the CI Water Hog...for what it's worth...
Mark Wiens:
On this wave glutton, I had to stop myself from gobbling up more than my fair share of rides. Designed by legendary shaper Al Merrick, this seven-foot-six-incher is basically a scaled-down longboard. The payoff: It's versatile enough to handle ankle biters as well as pitching six-foot faces. The 21-inch width makes the board comfortably stable and floaty for beginners, while its responsiveness will keep experienced surfers stoked.
And another one from Surfboard Shack:
Al Merrick Water Hog
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7′2 Surftech Al Merrick Water Hog: 7′2 x 21″ x 2.63″
I usually dont ride fun boards being that I rather surf a shortboard or longboard but I had heard great things about the Channel Islands Water Hog that I decided to give it a go during a recent south swell. I took the Water Hog to one of the better waves in town, Number 3s.
The wave at 3s (or Trees as the locals would say) is like a machine spitting outperfect long peeling rights and decent but shorter lefts. Its a great wave to ride a small board on but because the regulars all ride longboards, youre forced to ride a longboard or barely catch any waves. The problem with riding a longboard at 3s is that when its pumping its a really fast wave and quite tough to get turns in on that wave as youre always trying to outrun the wave which is why I thought it would be a perfect chance to try the fun board out.
The Water Hog features a pretty narrow outline for a funboard and pulled in tail featuring a squash tail. It utilizes Merricks own FCS templates in a tri fin setup. Its pretty thin through out the length of the board and felt like a pretty high performance board unlike most eggy shaped funboards out there.
I scored a bunch of good rights on the Water Hog and was amazed at its speed and maneuverability. It rode down the line like a shortboard, gripping the big walls of each right at 3s allowing me to take a high line on the steep face and drive down for incredible speed. The turning ability of this board was extremely good allowing for lip smacks and nice full round house cutbacks into foam bounces.
I managed a few lefts at 3s and the Water Hog surprised me at how well it rode backhand. I was able to drop into the flats making hard backhand bottoms turns followed by nice carves at the top of the face. This board seemed to ride like a shortboard allowing for the best of both worlds; great paddling and remarkable turning for a board of its size.
This board works extremely well on long peeling waves both big and small. I did take it out to another spot which is a quick right and it didnt perform as well. The board generates heaps of speed as long as you have enough time to generate speed it didnt respond as quickly on a shorter waves probably because of its length (7′2). I would recommend the Water Hog for better surfers looking to get more performance out of a bigger board I think inexperienced surfers will do better with a larger funboard that offers more forgiveness and paddling ability.
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just my 2 cents... but you gotta ask yourself... are you purchasing a long board or a shortboard???
anything with 7' in there, is stuck somewhere between...
Just commit, long or short... don't settle for the middle...
P.S. Just read that review above... and #3's is probably one of my favorite waves, and my go to spot on the south shore... Don't know about the longboard comment, most of the people on logs ride Pops.. Anyways though, if your ever on the south shore, go surf number 3's, it fun, under rated, and always much less crowded that pops
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Jul 9, 2010, 01:55 PM #4Senior Member
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I got a friend who lives in Ewa Beach and surfs Diamond Head on a 7'4 funboard. I'm responsible for introducing him to surfing and now he lives in Hawaii and I don't. I'm definitely jealous. ...
Anyhow, with a Water Hog, I'd probably go as long as you can and make it more of a longboard, since an upper 7s size won't manuever much as it is (unless you can rip on a longboard) and the nose on that thing is huge. It's never a bad idea to have a longboard on the East Coast I tend to ride my 9'2 and my 6'4 round nose fish way more than my 6'6 thurster.
Jul 9, 2010, 10:26 PM #5
I just got a 8'6 hog this winter for those smaller days.I love this board.Its quite responsive for its size.It does catch waves real easy and its just a real smooth board.Really happy with it.Go for it.
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Downsides -
It was no fun in small waves. Way too much board to throw around in little waves.
It was a handful in hollow waves over chest high...with the low rocker and huge longboard nose it was tough to stick a drop.
I had a waterhog (8'4" -21.75- 2 5/8) and thought it was a pretty versatile board- yeah if it was really small it wasn't optimal but for waist to Q/H it worked well
I found it great for paddling and catching waves, pretty easy to turn for a boar that size. I had Tim Nolte add a set of plugs so I could ride it as a quad (used McKee's formula to locate back plugs) and it worked even better. I would take it as 1 of 2 boards on travel to CR - Rode some pretty big days in OBX with it. When it started to get beat up I had Scott Busbey make a close copy but 8'2" instead . I am 51 now, about 200lbs and surf OBX
I would say go for it.
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man i don't know much about the hog, but i love diamond head! it's seriously my favorite place in the world. i know the surf there is nothing to brag about by hawaii standards. my fiance, and i went in march, and she loved it. she had never been there before, but i had been there once. we are going back after thanksgiving. i love it there, and would love to move there one day! i'm very envious of that friend of yours.
Jul 11, 2010, 05:46 AM #9
good stuff
Just wanted to say thx to the guys who took the time to provide feedback.
"Thank you."
That's what it's all about, to me anyways, sharing the stoke & the vibe, talkin' bout boards & gear & whatever & life.
Look out for each other in the water. No one else is taking care of surfers, so let's care for our own...!
Stay healthy fellas....


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North County's oldest brewery planning its first expansion
Ian Anderson 5 p.m., Nov. 24
San Francisco has been a big town for Britpop since before they called it Britpop. I don't know why; my guess is that it has something to do with the fog. Ordinarily, this simply means a lot of play in dance clubs (the semi-regular Britpop dance party Popscene has been running for more than a decade) and large audiences whenever British acts come to the Bay Area. Occasionally, however, a band tries to sound like their idols from across the pond. More rarely, a local act manages to rise above mere imitation and create something of its own. More rarely still, one of these bands is good enough to attract attention across the States and in Europe.
Scissors for Lefty is just such a band. In fact, I lump the five-piece in with Britpop more out of convenience than anything else. Singer Bryan Garza sometimes does a bedroom-
voice murmur that reminds me of Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, but what I'm getting at mostly is that Scissors for Lefty's ease with a well-constructed pop song and their sense of humor fit in better with British bands than with the self-serious artistes of American indie. (Hmm...wasn't that stereotype supposed to work the other way around?)
The infamously snarky website Pitchfork was vicious in its review of Scissors for Lefty's album Underhanded Romance from earlier this year, comparing them to "the Killers, OK Go, the Bravery, and boring, latter-day Hot Hot Heat," but it's an unhappy person who can't find something to like in all those bands. Frankly, if Scissors for Lefty's "Ghetto Ways" doesn't make you smile, you might want to change the dosage on your meds.
Juliette & The Licks also perform.
SCISSORS FOR LEFTY, The Casbah, Thursday, December 6, 8:30 p.m. 619-232-4355. $17.


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Amazing like always.
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Two days after defeating Eminence, Henry County took on another district foe.
And again, they came out on top, defeating Gallatin County in an up and down performance, 25-18, 25-23, 10-25, 25-18.
Henry County Head Coach Katie Ruff felt that the team looked tired in the beginning, but she was very pleased with their play in the final game of the match.
After falling to Henry County last week, the Eminence Warriors hit the road to Owen County.
When Eminence hosted Owen County earlier this season, they came away with a 3-2 victory. This time the outcome was much different as the Lady Rebels handed the Warriors a tough defeat, 25-17, 25-16, 25-21.
The Henry County middle and elementary teams participated in the North Oldham Rumble in the Jungle Saturday, Sept. 8.
Eighth grader Brandon Handley medaled in the boys' middle school race finishing 33rd in a field of 247 runners. He covered the 3k course in 12:27.
Eighth grader Lily Golden finished 16th in the girls' middle school race with a time of 13:10. Sixth grader Sydney Amyx also medaled finishing 49th in a time of 14:20 in the field of 215 runners.
By Candy Clarke
We will remember this trip back to Alaska as the year of the bear. We have seen more bear this time than in all the previous trips combined!
Anyone can fall, but the risk of falling and being seriously injured by a fall increases with age.
One in three adults over the age of 65 falls each year, causing the majority of injury and injury-related deaths among seniors. National Falls Prevention Awareness Day is the first day of fall, Sept 22. This day brings attention to the seriousness of falls and the ways to prevent them.
Four simple ways to reduce the risk of a fall include exercise, healthy vision, safe home environments and smart medication usage.
UK entomologists have observed that despite last years' mild winter, insect pest populations have been mostly below average in Kentucky. However, summer weather patterns have made it favorable for insects to begin migration, including corn earworm, fall armyworm and yellow-striped armyworm populations in various crops. While we haven't seen invasions of these insects in Henry County yet, they have in Western Kentucky, so we need to be vigilant.
Eminence Independent Schools has been recognized as a 'diamond in the rough' by a recent study.
The Bluegrass Institute, a nonprofit organization, conducted a study to find out which school districts delivered the most educational bang for the taxpayer's buck.
The report derived a score spending index (SSI), a numerical value based on school achievement test scores weighed against per pupil spending in 2011.
The SSI calculation starts with the school district's average composite score from the ACT.
Brian King thrives on competition.
Before donning kilts and tossing cabers, King played sports more familiar to most Americans.
King played football at Shelby County High School and continued to play in college as a Kentucky Wesleyan College panther. King coached college football for two years.
He needed a competitive release and started doing powerlifting.
A well-known competitor in the horse-pulling world has died of injuries he received in a head-on traffic accident in Shelby County.
Oscar David Ethington, 69, of Defoe was killed Friday when the Ford pickup truck he was driving was struck by another driver who veered across the center line of Ky. 55, about two miles north of the intersection with the Shelbyville Bypass.
The other driver, Susan Hughes, 42, of Sparta was taken to the University of Louisville with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
Copyright © 2017
The Henry County Local is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Eminence, KY and the surrounding area.


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Pope Benedict XVI has renewed for another five year term Bishop Cipriano Calderon Polo, Vice-president Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CAL), as a member to the Congregation of Bishops.
For a 15 year period (1988-2003), Bishop Calderon was Vice-president of the CAL, an organization which depends on the Congregation of Bishops. During his vice-presidency, the Prefect of the Congregation and the president at the head of the Pontifical Commission, were Cardinals Bernardin Gantin and Giovanni Battista Re.
The Spanish Prelate (Plasencia-1927), has a strong knowledge of the Latin-American reality, and has been a strong spokesman of the Holy See during the Vatican II Council. Pope Paul VI entrusted to him the foundation of the Spanish edition of the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano.
This is the third five-year term of Bishop Calderon as member of the Vatican congregation. In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II confirmed him in this charge for a second term. On this same occasion, the pontiff renewed his term as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Eucharistic Congresses.


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Autos versus Mobility - M&A Technology Panel
Thursday September 22, 2016
5.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
Waldorf Astoria Berlin
Hardenbergstrasse 28
10623 Berlin
Duff & Phelps' German M&A Advisory Practice invites you to an evening discussion of technology trends in the automotive industry and M&A activity in the sector, co hosted with Pagemill Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps.
We are honored to begin the evening with a keynote speech by Dr. Rüdiger Grube, CEO, Deutsche Bahn AG, followed by presentations and a panel discussion from luminaries in this space.
Additional speakers include:
- Grischa Brower-Rabinowitsch, Business Editor, Handelsblatt who will moderate
- Klaus Entenmann, CEO, Daimler Financial Services AG and Head of Daimler Mobility Services
- Prof. Dr. V. Sumantran, author of the upcoming book the 'Unravelling Contradictions in Future Mobility' with MIT and previously served as Special Advisor to Mr. Carlos Ghosn and CEO of TATA Motors
- Dr. Torsten G. Kreindl, International Venture-Capitalist, and Supervisory Board Member of Pictet - Digital Communication Fund
- Kevin Iudicello, Managing Director, Pagemill Partners, Silicon Valley
Following the technical discussions, we would be delighted if you would join us for a drinks reception and flying finger food.
Pagemill Partners, a Division of Duff & Phelps
We have a dedicated team in Silicon Valley focused on M&A advisory to technology companies.
- Alternative Asset Advisory
- Compliance and Regulatory Consulting
- Disputes and Investigations
- Legal Management Consulting
- M&A Advisory
- Real Estate Advisory Group
- Restructuring Advisory
- Tax Services
- Transaction Opinions
- Valuation
- Consumer, Retail, Food and Restaurants
- Energy and Mining
- Financial Services and Asset Management
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Industrials
- Media and Entertainment
- Real Estate
- Technology and Telecom
- Alternative Assets
- Brexit
- Compliance and Regulatory
- Cost of Capital
- Disputes and Investigations
- Goodwill Impairment
- Legal Management
- Risk Premium
- Restructuring
- Tax
- Transfer Pricing
- Transaction Opinions
- Valuation
- Asia
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Ever since the January 2017 Trump's Joint Session of Congress address I've been hearing an annoying noise on satellite delivered audio.
I heard this during the above mentioned broadcast and the recent NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
It's a two note (high and low) electronic noise that comes up during pauses of speech/commentary/play by play. (I also just heard it as a local sound bite during a local newscast.)
Is this a new sound that cannot be corrected with all of the wonderful technology we have today?
I am not an engineer, but a former employee in radio, so this noise is not in my field of expertise.
Is there anyone that knows what this is, and why it has appeared in this day and age? It seems like technology has taken a giant step backwards.


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As currently written, as a table gets bigger, the number of rows .META. needs to keep count of grows.
As written, our getClosestAtOrJustBefore, goes through every storefile and in each picks up any row that could be a possible candidate for closest before. It doesn't just get the closest from the storefile, but all keys that are closest before. Its not selective because how can it tell at the store file level which of the candidates will survive deletes that are sitting in later store files or up in memcache.
So, if a store file has keys 0-10 and we ask to get the row that is closest or just before 7, it returns rows 0-7.. and so on per store file.
Can bet big and slow weeding key wanted.
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HBASE-1761 rewrote getclosestatorbefore. Code is much cleaner and more focused on the target key. We can do this now because of such as the axiom that deletes only apply to the flie that follows. Doesn't carry around bulky Maps of candidates nor of deletes (now we have new style deletes) any more so should be more performant.
The one thing left to do is an early-out if we get an answer early in the processing – in memstore say. I tried to do this as part of hbase-1761 but only worked if client asked for the first row in a region. Need to make it so getclosest when a meta table leverages HRegionInfo. If target row key falls between the start and end key or the region, answer is the one we want so exit.
Moving out of 0.20.0. Not going to happen unless its already done as part of hbase-1304 (haven't heard).
I think this is being done in 0.20.0 as part of major refactor. Bringing in.
Moving it out. KeyValue changes plus caching may put need for this off a while.
This can actually be responsible for slowing down whole cluster (J-D saw it in 0.18 hbase up on his openspaces cluster)
My fix for
HBASE-751 introduced this issue, thinking on it. With this in place, it could get to a place where every request for closestAtOrBefore could end up loading all that is out on the filesystem, all of the flushes.
We still need to rewrite this stuff; the number of seeks done per closestAtOrBefore can be astronomical but this patch takes off some of the heat.
This patch narrows the number of possible candidates that come back.
It goes first to the memcache to find candidate rows.
While there, it puts any deletes found between ultimate candidate and desired row into new delete Set. This delete set is then carried down through the walk of store files. We add new deletes as we encounter them so that candidates in older store files don't shine through if they've been deleted earlier.


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Desperate for a healthy wide receiver, the Seahawks reached into their past and signed former first-rounder Koren Robinson to a one-year contract Tuesday.
They also traded what is believed to be a fifth-rounder to the Denver Broncos for wide receiver Keary Colbert. The pick could be upgraded to a fourth, depending on Colbert's performance, a source told ESPN.com's John Clayton.
Robinson, 28, flew into Seattle on Tuesday and met with general manager Tim Ruskell. After a physical and a talk, Robinson was offered the chance to return to the Seahawks for the first time since leaving in 2004. The one-year deal is worth $730,000.
The Seahawks cut Robinson after the 2004 season because of numerous off-the-field problems. Though he was popular with his teammates and had the support of coach Mike Holmgren, Robinson was let go. He bounced back with the Vikings in 2005, but a DUI led to an arrest and his eventual release. He was with the Packers in 2006 and 2007 and caught 37 passes in those two seasons.
"Just because of the terms and circumstances I left Seattle on, I never thought I'd be back," Robinson said on a conference call. "I'm grateful for this chance. I think it can be a good story -- for me and the team."
The 28-year-old Robinson said he has been sober for 25 months thanks to a new marriage, two young sons, a baby girl due next month and religion.
"I'm definitely proud of that," he said.
Robinson said the final incident that caused him to abandon his partying ways came in August 2006. Police said Robinson, then with the Vikings, led them on a car chase at speeds more than 100 mph, and that his blood-alcohol content was found to be 0.11 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08.
Robinson was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading down to a charge of fleeing police. He also was sentenced to three months in jail for violating probation on a separate drunken-driving case in Kirkland, Wash., in 2006.
The NFL suspended him for one year then reinstated him last October. He caught 21 passes and returned kickoffs in nine games last season for Green Bay. If Robinson violates the league's substance-abuse policy again, he faces a lifetime ban.
Last week when the Seahawks had four receivers injured, Holmgren mentioned Robinson to Ruskell as a possible replacement. And quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, Robinson's quarterback from 2001-04 in Seattle, told Ruskell that Robinson had turned his life around. Hasselbeck saw Robinson during a weeklong Christian retreat in Dallas last winter and was impressed.
"I don't know about the football side of it at all. I haven't seen him play in a long time," Hasselbeck said Monday. "But, I guess what I care about more is that he grew up and really matured and got his life turned around in the right direction. ... I'm proud of him."
"I understand the criticism ... if this was the Koren of four years ago, that would be warranted," Ruskell said. "And we could be wrong ... but all of us believe in second chances."
Six injuries at the wide receiver position left the Seahawks in a pinch to find one who knew the system. Logan Payne blew out a knee during Sunday's loss to the 49ers and was lost for the season. Backup quarterback Seneca Wallace pulled a calf muscle during pregame warm-ups. He was going to try to help Seattle at receiver Sunday before getting hurt.
Colbert left the Panthers to go to the Broncos in free agency and signed a three-year deal.
The 26-year-old receiver has not caught a pass in two games with the Broncos after signing a three-year deal in March. He became tradable with the emergence of rookie Eddie Royal and the return of Brandon Marshall from suspension. Colbert was also behind former Seahawk Darrell Jackson and veteran Brandon Stokley.
Colbert caught 32 passes in 12 games for Carolina in 2007.
Information from ESPN.com senior writer John Clayton and The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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I'm trying to utilize a second slider (smaller) on our homepage, it doesn't seem to be fitting quite like the main slider… you can see the screenshot for details:
On the template builder I added a page spit to return the design to normal, the inserted a slider, I told it to pull the graphics from a secondary page.
How can I fix?
Hi southlakebaptist,
Make sure on that second page the slider settings are set to Adjust to page width. See if that helps it adjust properly.
Thanks Devin, when setting that to adjust to page width, it boxes it in, I would prefer it go full width like the top slider… screen shot is attached.
I don't believe the theme is able to support 2 full width slideshows on a single page. The css/html/php is just not set up to be able to handle it.
Thanks Devin! I appreciate the help you guys provide.
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Q. My wife had a clot in her leg, and they decided to thin her blood. At first she was getting injections and oral medication, but after much testing they decided the pills alone were enough.
Now she takes her pills -- when we both remember -- but her blood tests keep going all over the place. Why? Can you help us figure out all the things that are going on here?