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THE council is looking at ways to brighten up the pedestrian overbridge at Drynam Road to the Pavilions in Swords and will consider providing public lighting in the area.
The issue was raised by Cllr Cian O'Callaghan (NP), who asked for public lighting at the bridge to ensure it is 'safe and secure for local residents to cross in the evenings, in particular for older people and people with visual impairments'.
The council's operations department told Cllr O'Callaghan: 'The location referred to in the question has been examined and the provision of lighting will be listed for consideration for supplementary lighting as part of any future minor works programmes.'
RUSH Community First Responders are currently looking for volunteers.
The idea of the group is to have local people trained and equipped to respond to 999 Cardiac emergencies using pagers and be able to take those vital first steps to saving a life until the ambulance arrives and the professionals take over. Full training is given. The group also run CPR courses only for those who might be interested. The next CFR course is on Sunday, April 20 from 2pm – 6pm. Please contact Claire at 087 2393264 if interested.
COUNCILLORS have approved the issuing of polling cards for the local elections in May, clearing the way for the elections that will elect 40 new councillors to Fingal County Council.
Elected councillors formally approved the issuing of polling cards at a meeting of the full council this month.
THE council has repeated its promise to re-line parking bays at The Rise in Malahide.
Cllr Anthony Lavin (FG) reminded the council's operations department of its previous commitment to carry out the work and the department responded, saying: 'This re-lining is scheduled to be completed when the lining contractor is next in the Malahide area.'
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ANNEXATION NEAR YOU? KEEP INDIANA FARM BUREAU IN THE LOOP Indiana Farm Bureau staff has focused efforts to help members deal with the rash of annexation proposals occurring across the state. We need to hear from you.
Farmers within a few miles of an annexation may think they will not be affected, but the "two-mile fringe" of even very small towns pushes out proportionately when an annexation occurs. Towns are being advised to look far beyond their borders to their area of urban influence, which hardly seems appropriate for rural Indiana. No one in rural Indiana thinks they can live without the goods and professional services that are generally congregated within a municipality, but it's time to remember that the people and economic activity inside the town are supported by the rural areas already, through the normal course of commerce.
Even though legislative efforts to curb involuntary annexation failed by a couple of votes in the Senate in March, it is important for farmers across the state to pay attention to any chatter or official notice about a proposed annexation in their area. Please email Katrina Hall with any details about annexations occurring near you. There is a lot of work to do with legislators this summer. Read more
EPA PROPOSES EXPANSION OF FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER WATER On March 25, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule that would assert CWA jurisdiction over nearly all areas with any hydrologic connection to downstream navigable waters, including man-made conveyances such as ditches. This rule, if implemented, would directly contradict prior U.S. Supreme Court decisions, which imposed limits on the extent of federal CWA authority, and it would bypass Congress and supersede its original intent of the law. The rule is flawed in a number of ways. The most problematic of these flaws concerns the significant expansion of areas defined as "waters of the U.S." by effectively removing the word navigable from the definition of the CWA and creating ambiguity in interpretation.
AFBF has created a webpage for information on the rule. Indiana Farm Bureau is also developing our own information for our website and will be submitting comments on behalf of many Indiana agriculture organizations. We also need your help in collecting photos to show the expansive reach of the proposed rule. Please send your before-and-after photos of ditches and swales, ponding in driveways, water flowing in gullies on hillsides (preferably with a ditch or creek in the background) and flooded lawns to firstname.lastname@example.com, Kyle Cline or Justin Schneider. We will use the pictures to show that normally dry, productive farmland and residential areas are subject to temporary flooding. Your identifying information will not be used with the pictures.
FARMERS' TAX STORIES MATTER It's May in Indiana, and farmers are planting and making that trip to the county courthouse to pay their property taxes on all the land, buildings and equipment that their business cannot operate without. Farming families know all too well about the "big check" they must write in May and November.
It's time to tell others just how big those checks are. Before you file away those tax bills, make a note of the total real and total personal property tax you pay. How many acres does that cover? Do you know how much property tax your landlords pay? You are paying a part of those.
Legislators need to hear your concerns about reliance on property tax and how your bills are increasing when the tax bills of your residential and business neighbors are not increasing as much. Legislators must be able to see that property taxes are a problem for a farm. To convincingly shape that story for legislators, Indiana Farm Bureau members must be able to relate how rapidly escalating property taxes impact their family and their farming operation.
So get out that notepad, the old fashioned pocket style or electronic device, and jot down just how much property taxes are a big chunk off your bottom-line. IFB will ask you to tell your stories very soon.
IACIR HEARS TESTIMONY ON ANNEXATION, STORIES STILL NEEDED On April 28, the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, chaired by Sen. Randy Head (R-Logansport), heard testimony on annexation. Katrina Hall testified on behalf of Indiana Farm Bureau, relating how landowners have no real chance of fighting off an involuntary annexation proposal. The Association of Indiana Counties testified about how cities and towns benefit financially from annexation while there are negative financial ramifications on county government and school corporations. Rep. Bob Cherry (R-Greenfield), who sponsored annexation legislation last session, and attorney Steve Buschmann provided their experience and expertise. There will be more opportunities to tell the annexation story to legislators later this summer. Annexation was the only topic assigned by the Legislative Council to the Interim Study Commission on Government for review this summer/fall.
Your IFB staff still needs to hear about proposed annexations. In just the last month, we have heard from members in the path of annexations by Madison, Lakeville, Huntington, Martinsville, Fortville, Lapel, Ingalls, Anderson, Elwood, Alexandria, Pendleton and Spiceland.
Even though legislative efforts to curb involuntary annexation failed by a couple of votes in the Senate in March, it is important for farmers across the state to pay attention to any chatter or official notice about a proposed annexation in their area. Please email Katrina Hall with any details about annexations occurring near you.
STUDY COMMITTEE TOPICS ASSIGNED The Legislative Council met on May 14 to assign topics for study during the 2014 interim. The council is composed of twelve voting members, six appointed from the Senate by the chairman of the council and six appointed from the House by the vice chairman of the council. Chaired by House Speaker Brian C. Bosma (R-Indianapolis), the council assigned specific topics to the new configuration of interim committees that were reorganized in Senate Enrolled Act 80.
Sen. David Long (R-Fort Wayne) authored and Bosma sponsored SEA 80, which streamlined the interim committee process. The new structure reduces government bureaucracy by allowing study committees to operate more efficiently and increasing member participation.
"Every year the Legislative Council determines which issues the General Assembly should study further prior to making additional changes to our state's policies. It's prudent to take a thoughtful approach and further study certain issues in order to make better informed decisions on legislation for next session," said Bosma.
The interim study committees lay the groundwork for 2015 legislative proposals. Topics of interest to Farm Bureau members include property taxes, annexation, water resources and captive deer.
CONGRESS MOVES CLOSER ON SECTION 179 SMALL BUSINESS EXPENSING LEGISLATION On April 29, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 4457, which would permanently extend the Section 179 small business expensing limitations that expired at the end of last year. Last year, the maximum Section 179 deduction was set at $500,000 of purchased property reduced dollar for dollar when investments exceeded $2 million. The maximum deduction shrank to $25,000 for 2014 upon expiration.
Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act. The bill extends, for two years, all but two of the tax provisions that expired at the end of last year. All of the expiring provisions supported by Farm Bureau were included in the two year extension, including Section 179, bonus depreciation and biodiesel tax credits, among others.
Both bills are expected to reach the floor in both chambers sometime in May. Members are urged to contact their representatives to express their support for the Farm Bureau-supported provisions during committee consideration of the tax extenders and the ongoing debate of tax reform.
FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT FDA recently released the "Guiding Principles for Implementation of Produce Safety Standards."
The proposed rule for produce safety standards was pulled last December, and the FDA stated that the revised proposed rule would be reissued sometime late summer of 2014. These principles will be used in the revision.
From the FDA website: Effective implementation and oversight of produce safety, standards poses distinct challenges for FDA due to the scale and diversity of the produce sector, the large number of produce farms and their lack of familiarity with FDA regulatory oversight. Moreover, Congress envisioned a different role for FDA on produce farms compared to food facilities, as reflected in the lack of an inspection frequency mandate in FSMA for farms, the directive to coordinate education and enforcement activities with state and local officials and the mandate to USDA to provide technical assistance grants to support implementation, especially for entities such as small growers.
Another reality shaping FDA's approach to produce safety is that there is no reasonable expectation FDA will have the resources to make routine on-farm inspection a major source of accountability for compliance with produce safety standards.
For this reason, FDA's implementation of produce safety standards will entail a broad, collaborative effort to foster awareness and compliance through guidance, education and technical assistance, coupled with accountability for compliance from multiple public and private sources, including FDA and partner agencies, USDA audits, marketing agreements and private audits required by commercial purchasers.
In keeping with this broad vision for FSMA implementation, FDA will focus its efforts on:
GRASSROOTS SUPPORT NEEDED FOR GMO LABELING BILL In April, Reps. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) introduced H.R. 4432, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. H.R. 4432 would create a national labeling program while, affirming the Food and Drug Administration's role as the nation's food safety authority. The bill would:
Indiana Farm Bureau members are encouraged to take action and send a letter to their congressman expressing support of H.R. 4432 and asking for their co-sponsorship of the bill.
EPA SEEKS COMMENT ON PROPOSED DECISION TO REGISTER DOW ENLIST DUO HERBICIDE The Environmental Protection Agency is making available for a 30-day public comment period a proposed regulatory decision to register Dow AgroScience's Enlist Duo herbicide, containing glyphosate and the choline salt of 2,4-D, for use in controlling weeds in corn and soybeans genetically engineered (GE) to tolerate 2,4-D. Data from late last year showed that more than 86 percent of corn, soybean and cotton growers in the South and 61 percent in the Midwest reported "hard to control" weeds on their farms, according to Dow. The proposal imposes requirements on Dow to include monitoring and reporting to EPA, and would allow EPA to add more restrictions on the use of the pesticide if resistance develops.
"In its review, the EPA acknowledged the significant scientific advancements Dow AgroSciences has achieved with Enlist Duo herbicide" said Damon Palmer, U.S. commercial leader for Enlist, Dow AgroSciences. "Enlist Duo herbicide will help solve the weed control challenges growers are facing, and will be another option to further reduce the potential for development of herbicide-resistant weeds." The draft label for Enlist Duo includes proposed registration for Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin, a Dow announcement said today. The company is working with EPA to expand the list of states.
EPA PROPOSES AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD REVISIONS EPA's Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a regulation aimed at reducing the risk of pesticide poisonings and injuries among agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. The proposed rule extensively revises the existing WPS in several areas, including training, notification, hazard communication, minimum age and personal protective equipment. AFBF and other organizations had requested a 90-day extension of the comment deadline. In response, the EPA published a notice extending the comment period 60 days on May 14. The new deadline for submitting comments is August 18.
The proposed changes in the rule are extensive and will impact many of our members directly. Examples of such proposals include:
Members are encouraged to submit comments on the proposed WPS rule to the EPA by the deadline.
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A third-grader will face charges for bringing a gun to school and accidentally firing it into the ground Tuesday, police said.
The 9-year-old found the 22-caliber automatic pistol in his grandmother's home, hid it in his backpack and fired it as classes were letting out at Baker Elementary School, said police Detective Aram Cho.
Hundreds of students were lined up on an outdoor basketball court when the boy pulled the gun from the pack and inadvertently pulled the trigger, police said. No one was hurt.
"It was lucky that the gun was pointed down and the asphalt absorbed the bullet, because it could have hit someone or ricocheted off a harder surface," Cho said.
Detectives who interviewed the boy say he didn't intend to harm anyone and brought the gun to school to show off, Cho said. "He looked remorseful and was nodding his head to say that he understood," Cho said.
The boy was released to his parents but will be charged with bringing a loaded firearm onto campus, police said.
"He'll probably be let off with a light sentence. I doubt he'll do any time. It's so unique because of his age," Cho said.
The district attorney's office will decide whether to charge the boy's grandmother with storing the gun negligently, he said. She stored the pistol, which was purchased legally at a pawn shop, unloaded but not locked. The gun was at least 20 years old and did not have a trigger lock, police said.
"The boy and his cousin found the weapon the day before and loaded it when they were playing at grandma's house," Cho said. "He said they knew how to use the gun because he had shot Airsoft pistols" that shoot plastic BBs.
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A few weeks ago I took my four-year-old son and baby daughter, Gertie, to see Fireman Sam: Live at the Hammersmith Apollo. But as entertaining as Sam and the gang were, this is not about events in Pontypandy, but rather our own emergency on the journey home.
We were driving back through London - streets busy with Saturday shoppers, us merrily singing show tunes - when Gertie started to cry in an unusual way. Her face was locked in an expression I'd never seen before, and it sent a bolt through me. I tried to comfort her, but she didn't even look at me. She was rigid and staring straight ahead, crying as if something terrifying was happening. Then the crying stopped. Her fists clenched and she started shaking – she was having a fit.
We pulled over and dialled 999. The fitting stopped pretty quickly, but Gertie lapsed into a vacant state – unconscious and floppy, but with her eyes open and unfocused. She didn't seem to be breathing and had turned grey. I held her in my arms, but there was nothing I could do - at least nothing I knew how to do. It seemed I was watching my daughter die and I couldn't think of a single way to stop it from happening. I was filled with a sickening sense that things could be made right, if I just knew how.
Then the paramedic arrived and, without even taking her from my arms or examining her, he told me, with a certainty I still find incredible, that she was having a febrile convulsion (a fit associated with a fever) and that they are extremely common and absolutely harmless.
Though I wasn't initially convinced, Gertie soon gave me cause to take comfort from his calm words. In the ambulance on the way to hospital she tried to suck her thumb. I cried, simply relieved that she could do something, anything. Then in A&E she was more and more alert. I tried a mini-peekaboo behind my hand and a barely perceptible lift of the corners of her mouth gave me an intense feeling of relief. My girl was still in there!
And so I went from perdition to salvation, all in hour. I felt like I'd given birth to her all over again. Watching her play next to the hospital bed later, I was overflowing with wonder, aglow.
Of course, afterwards I was pretty quick to get click-happy and read all I could. Can something so catastrophic in appearance really be completely harmless? I spoke to paediatric consultant Dr John Jackman from the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, who reassured me: "It's a very traumatic event for parents to witness. We often hear them say they thought their child was dying. But children who experience these fits are completely normal and unaffected. There is no evidence of any long-term damage, neurological or otherwise."
They occur in one in 20 children under five - and since Gertie's episode I've heard stories galore from friends and family. Ninety percent of febrile convulsions are what is termed typical; that means they are brief (last less than 10 minutes), affect the whole body, occur in children aged between six months and six years, and the child is fully recovered within around an hour. Around a third of children who have a febrile convulsion go on to have more, and there's not really much parents can do to prevent them from happening.
Interestingly Jackman says there is no evidence to suggest fever reduction actually helps either prevent or treat a seizure. "We know that febrile convulsions are associated with a fever, but we don't know if the fever is the cause. You'll often hear advice to give children who've previously had seizures Calpol as soon as they appear unwell, but there is no evidence to back this up."
Jackman's advice when dealing with a fitting child is to first make sure they are in a safe position (usually on a carpeted floor or a large bed) and when safe to do so, dial 999. Though the fits are harmless it is important to check that it is a febrile convulsion and nothing else. It's also vital to diagnose the cause of the fever – the big worry is always meningitis.
Do not put anything in the mouth – apparently putting wooden spoons or sticks between the teeth is quite a common reaction, but it will only serve to break them. And don't pour cold water on your child, as then they'll just be wet.


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Six weeks after March winter blast and clean up continues
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:07:32 GMT —
Almost six weeks after the March winter storm, that dumped massive amounts of snow and took down thousands of trees and branches, the clean up efforts continues.
Tree removal companies like Deering Tree Services in Maple City say in nearly 40 years in business they have never seen such widespread damage and mess created from a single storm. In fact, their customer call volume has tripled for this time of year.
They've even had to add an extra crew to respond to all the customers.
Deering Tree Service Owner Jack Deering says, "In terms of the amount of brush were cleaning up, were cleaning up enough to generate well-over 250 yards of wood chips per day, just with what our trucks hall in from our jobs... That's a lot more than normal. For this time of year, we're up probably 75% because were generally not even back to work at this point, to be this far into the year and have this come along it was really unexpected."
The huge mess was also unexpected for Grand Traverse County officials who received hundreds of calls from concerned residents -- looking for clean up help. So the county's Resource Recovery Council stepped up to assist severely hit areas like Garfield Township.
GTC Resource Recovery Council member Jeane Blood says,â?? We set up two programs --one was the curbside pick up and the other was the brush passes, where residents could come to this Keystone Road brush drop-off site, to drop off their own brush."
The curbside pickup, which is paid for by Garfield Township tax payerâ??s dollars, will continue in Garfield for the next couple of weeks.
For residents in other areas, the brush drop site off of Keystone Road in Traverse City is open, and for a small fee you can get rid of your trees and branches there.


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just had a customer ask if i could do the flehmen mount for him, i said i would give it a try but it would cost more. how much more should i charge for this mount? right now this is my first year doing it for customers and i am charging $200. and is it alot harder to mount one, i was thinking of using Rinehart's flehmen mannikin any thoughts, that is where i went to school and feel comfortable with his forms.thanks
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I would suggest calling McKenzie and ordering a Joe Meder Manikin w/ his flehmen mouth piece. I think you will find it superior.
I always charge $100 extra with any mouth work. Though this is mostly nose and lip, it will still need the blending and painting. THEN raise your prices since you've become "experienced".
I've used the Rinehart form several times and I am about to change. I love their forms, but the flehmen form's mouth is just too open for me. On a flehmen deer, his mouth is closed at the back corner and flexed open at the nose. Rinehart's form, to me, is more like an open mouth feeding pose. What I plan to do, is get the sneek or alert sneek and then put on a mouthpeice from McKenzie.
You went to the school huh? I learned from them about 9 years ago with videos(and I learn something new every day)
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Brandon Moore is a huge four-star prospect from Montgomery (Ala.) Carver High School. Moore, 6-5 and 313 pounds, could star on either side of the ball at the next level. This season he's played offensive tackle for the first time.
"I am playing well for it being my first year on the offensive line," Moore said. "I think I am becoming one of the best in the state. The transition to offense was new to me but it's still football. I think I adjusted pretty well We are averaging 49 points per game and we have a top five defense. We have not lost a game."
In terms of recruiting Moore has set up four official visits. He has lined up trips to Florida (12-12), Clemson, (1-9), Miami (1-16) and Alabama (1-23). The Tide get the last crack. Are they the team to beat?
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"There's some pressure on me to stay home and I think I will likely go to Alabama. They are No. 1 right now but I am not worried about it. I will do what's best for me in the end. I want to pick a place where I feel comfortable and I want to sign with a successful program. Playing time will also be important and I want to go to a school where they have talent coming back. I want to win a National Championship."
Moore has been to see LSU/Auburn, South Carolina/Ole Miss and Ole Miss/Alabama this season. He's going back to Auburn this weekend for their home game against Georgia.
"I like Auburn too. I enjoyed my first visit there. They have a good atmosphere."
Carver is 11-0 and they play Briarwood in the second round of the playoffs this weekend.


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Automatic Scaling of Selective SPARQL Joins Using the TIRAMOLA System
Modern cloud infrastructures based on virtual hardware provide new opportunities and challenges for developers and system administrators alike. Most notable is the promise of resource elasticity, whereby the infrastructure can increase or decrease in size based on demand. Utilizing elastic resources, applications can provide better quality of service and reduce cost by only paying for the required amount of resources. In this paper, the authors extensively study the performance of some popular NoSQL databases over an elastic cloud infrastructure. NoSQL databases focus on analytical processing of large scale datasets, offering increased scalability over commodity hardware.
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Route Grade Votings
Total votes cast 73
Adjacent Routes
A reachy and bouldery start past two flakes leads to a finger rail and then a few tricky pulls on the upper wall to a belay.
Always been soft 7c+!
Ignore the votes above. They are all from the same person. The route is probably high 7c.
7c+ for shorties? I thought it was ok for 7C (I'm 6foot)
New Resin bolts and a 2 bolt belay out left as for
a thoroughly enjoyable outing. definitely one for the boulderers.
A good example of how placing bolts on a route changes a problem from no stars to two stars. Some excellent moves but there are many 7c's that are harder.
short and sharp - just how they should be!!
A short and powerful little number, if you're tall and can reach through the crux without needing to pull off the small right crimp this is probably much easier (Definate 7c). The top moves are crimpy and feel a little exposed but are totally fine non the less. Hard 7c/7c+ pulling off the crimp, 7c reaching through, either way I think the grade of 7c for this is fine.


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Jan 03, 2006 | 448 Pages
"The choices that Weiner makes . . . reveal not a little bravery of the intellectual variety . . . [He] is excellent at spinning these yarns. He creates genuine drama."
–Justin Driver, The New Republic
"Serious, deeply felt . . . This book is the best of its kind."
–Publishers Weekly
"A withering indictment of U.S. legal history, most notably for its role in the civic exile of black Americans. The book is especially timely in the aftermath of another divisive national campaign over American identity, at home and abroad."-The Washington Post Book World
"Lively and enlightening….Weiner's book rises above most scholarly efforts because of his girl for storytelling….Highly accessible and fascinating."-The American Lawyer
Introduction: Rituals of Citizenship
Part One: Colonial Visions, 1619–1773
The Birth of Black Trials
1. Let Us Make a Tryal
(Joseph Hanno and Cotton Mather, Boston, 1721)
2. This Villainous Conspiracy
(The Great Negro Plot, New York, 1741)
3. Air Too Pure
(Somerset's Case, London, 1772)
Part Two: White Republic, 1776–1849
National Identity on Trial
4. I Should Not Turn Her Out
(Crandall v. Connecticut, Hartford, 1833)
5. All We Want Is Make Us Free
(The Amistad,Washington, 1841)
6. Christian Witness
( Jones v. Van Zandt, Cincinnati, 1847)
Part Three: New Americans, 1850–1896
7. The Law of Blood
(John Brown, Virginia, 1859)
8. Original Purity
(The Ku Klux Klan Trials, South Carolina, 1871)
9. In the Nature of Things
(The Civil Rights Cases, California, 1883, and
Plessy v. Ferguson, Louisiana, 1896)
Part Four: Uplift the Race, 1903–1970
Overcoming Jim Crow
10. Black, White, and Red
(The Scottsboro Boys, Alabama, 1931)
11. Hearts and Minds
(Brown v. Board of Education, Kansas, 1954)
12. To Die for the People
(Huey Newton, California, 1968)
Part Five: After Caste, 1991–2004
13. Confirmation
(Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas, Washington, 1991)
14. Statistics and Citizenship
(Mumia Abu-Jamal, Philadelphia, 2001)


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By Kari Rippetoe
Oct 23, 2012
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In our previous post, Search Mojo's Amanda Chaney answered questions about Google Grants for Nonprofits from our October 4th webinar, "The 4 Online Marketing Tactics Nonprofits Need for Success." Today, webinar co-presenter Jill Bastian, Community Education & Training Manager at VerticalResponse, answers questions submitted by attendees about email and social media marketing.
Question 1: Pinterest has surpassed Twitter and LinkedIn. How can Pinterest be beneficial for a nonprofit?
Jill: Pinterest has become very popular very quickly. And it's not just for women. Businesses can, and do, have great success with Pinterest. Since it's so visual any company (Nonprofits included!) can take advantage of the services or products that they offer, and anything that goes with that. As an NPO you can create boards for all kinds of things, such as events or fundraisers you are doing, pictures after your events, volunteer info or pictures of your volunteers, bios on people who work at the org, maybe even something about people your org helps. Of course, you can also pin your emails you send out, or blogs you have, just like you would do for Facebook. And as with all social media, you can't have it all be about you, so have a board to share funny things, or infographics related to what you do, tips for upcoming holidays, safety tips, recipes, and more. Really, you can pin anything that has a url, so get creative with what you are sharing! And just like all social media, you need to keep up with it so that new and fresh pins are at the top where everyone can see them. We have some blog posts on using Pinterest for businesses, and NPOs can use them too.
Question: How do I know who is opening email, who is not, and who unsubscribed?
Jill: Once you've sent out your email you'll get reporting stats on how your recipients interacted with your email. For VerticalResponse just go to the Sent emails, or Reporting on the home page. You'll see an overview of how things went, and if you click on the name of your email you'll see all the great info on the actions your recipients took, plus who opened and clicked. To find that info click the link that says Download Lists and you'll be able to see everything about your recipients, including the time and date that they took actions.
Question: What is a good open rate for an email?
Jill: This is a great question, and one we get almost daily. There is a lot that goes into getting someone to open an email: the from label, subject line, and even the day or time you send it. So before I tell you the average open rate, just know that there are plenty of things you can test to change that open number. The average open rate for Nonprofits falls around 12-15%. For clicks, in case you were wondering, its 2-5% for NPOs. If your open and click rates are around that number, that's great! But if not, or if you want it higher anyway, we have a free guide with info to help change the stats for your emails – Email Reporting Basics.
Don't forget: you can view the recorded webinar in its entirety here, plus download your copy of this handy Online Marketing Checklist for Nonprofits to help you prepare for the holiday giving season!
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I am an African
I was born in Africa
Suckled mother Africa breast
I am beauty Africa
I stand under blue skies
Over drastic mountains
To behold vibrant countries
And feel at home
I bow down to salute heroes
Died on struggle
Striving Africa liberation
Development and capacity
Hail Africa
You are our mother
Feeding us with prosperity
Anointing us with acceptance
Africa is my mother
She will never fade
Gloom or cease
I am an African
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Eastman Concert Calendar
A day-by-day listing of Eastman's official concerts and performances.
2016-2017 Concert Series
- Eastman Presents
- Eastman-Ranlet Series
- Kilbourn Concert Series
- Eastman Piano Series
- World Music Series
- Faculty Artist Series
Recurring Performances
- Eastman Opera Theatre (ticketed – see Box Office Above)
- Morning Chamber Music (free)
- Eastman student ensembles
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View all the relevant information for booking spaces for recordings, non degree recitals, student degree recitals and lecture recitals.
As one of the world's premier music schools, the Eastman School of Music has been enriching the musical life of Rochester since 1921. Today, the School presents more than 700 concerts a year in the magnificent Eastman Theatre, intimate Kilbourn Hall, and the modern Hatch Recital Hall – providing the Rochester community with an exceptional opportunity to experience world-class music in a world-class setting.
- The School's rich and diverse concert season features prominent guest artists, our own acclaimed faculty, and our incredibly talented students and ensembles.
- No matter what type of music you prefer, you're certain to hear it at Eastman: Classical, jazz, and opera. Symphonic and chamber music. Early music, new music, world music – there is something for everyone!
- The general public is welcome at all Eastman concerts and performances. Remarkably, most concerts are free; those that are not are modestly priced. Ticketing information is available at www.EastmanTheatre.org.


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One of the new key features for scalable game engines designed for both small and large development studios is a microtransaction store. For game development this makes a heck of a lot of sense, because instead of buying a bulky license to use the latest and greatest game engine, you instead get to pick and choose what assets you want included, so this way you're wasting money on things you don't need.
Unity 4 will make full use of the microtransaction store, enabling developers to buy animation, rigging and scripting services for a number of features, and pre-orders for Unity 4 are currently underway.
In an interview with Gameindustry.biz International, David Helgason, co-founder and CEO of Unity Technologies, spoke openly about the design philosophy behind Unity, as well as some of the upcoming features for the Unity 4 engine that will put it in the big leagues alongside the CryEngine 3, Luminous Engine and the Unreal Engine 4, saying...
"Although we're passionate about small developers, we're also proud to now be serving bigger and bigger companies," .... "That's important, because it makes sure that we push the bar really high, and then everyone can be well served. We don't want to be providing second-tier tools to anybody."
This rings especially true with their purchase of Mecanim, a middleware suite of animation tools that basically enables Unity developers to fully maximize the animation possibilities of characters and groups similar to NaturalMotion's Euphoria engine, the same tools that helped power Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV and Red Dead Redemption. Helgason went on to say...
"We keep pushing, and with Mecanim and the animation system, in some sense it's the first time that one of our key features is ahead of anybody else... One of the ways that the independent part of the industry has lagged behind is - of course, and very naturally - in animation. It's expensive to do and the tools have to be very good. This will make a big difference."
Mecanim's animation suite in Unity is very similar to the services offered by Mixamo, which grants developers and enthusiasts a cash-shop to buy individual animation sets, rigging and more for custom or pre-designed characters. Even better yet, Unity 4 will support importing of third-party motion-capture data, animation scripting and animation rigging, so technically you could use something cheap and convenient like iPi Soft to do your mo-cap and then import it into Unity 4. Perhaps you might want to tweak the animation transitions a bit so you buy a package of altered animations from Mixamo and then dump all the data into Unity 4 and make the necessary changes, cutting down on both time and money to fully animate a character or two.
Helgason also wanted to stress the importance of Unity 4's compatibility, saying...
"We spend as much or maybe more energy on making sure all of these things are compatible with new platforms and the most important platforms,"...
A list of features for the Unity 4 can be viewed below and you can also check out an animation demonstration of the Unity 4 in action with some parkour stunts and free-running. For more information be sure to visit the Official Unity Website.
Unity 4 Features: • Shuriken particle system supports external forces, bent normals and automatic culling
• 3D texture support
• Navigation: dynamic obstacles and avoidance priority
• Major optimizations in UnityGUI performance and memory usage
• Remote Unity Web Player debugging
• New Project Window workflows
• Iterative lightmap baking
• Refined component-based workflows
• Extensible inspectors for custom classes
• Improved Cubemap import pipeline
• Geometry data improvements for huge memory and performance savings
• Meshes can be constructed from non-triangle geometry - render points & lines efficiently
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"Time is a flat circle." So says Russ Cohle in True Detective, season one. For him, as for Nietzsche before him, this observation is a nihilistic conclusion about the the ultimately meaningless repetitiveness of life.
In the novel Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin, which follows the life of a Russian Holy fool and healer in the fifteenth century, the main character – who goes by different names at different junctures of life: Arseny, Ustin, Ambrosius, and ultimately Laurus – also declares that time is a circle. Within the context of the narrative here, the meaning of this statement is diametrically opposed to Russ'. Rather than the circularity of time being a feature of its meaningless, it points to time's liturgical character and the infusion of eternity into each moment, if we open ourselves to it.
The cyclical nature of the days, months, and years of the liturgical calendar and the events that are commemorated during it, serves to draw us into God's eternal present where there is only a communion of love with Him and each other. Christ condescended to enter into time and become time-bound, despite being the eternal, impassible, and immutable Son of God, thereby sanctifying time itself and drawing it up into the stability of the life of God.
The way that this event – of God taking on flesh, of the uncontainable deigning to be contained in the womb of the Holy Virgin, of the eternal taking on time – is revealed and entered into is sacramentally and liturgically. In the understanding of the Church, each event commemorated on the liturgical calendar isn't merely celebrated and remembered as a past event, rather it is an eternal reality that is made present.
This is why, for instance, we sing on Great and Holy Friday "Today is hung upon a tree, He who hung the earth upon the waters etc." Which is common for all of of our liturgical language. By the action of the Holy Spirit in the liturgical actions of the Church, Christ makes Himself present to us in the present so that we may partake of His life, rather than simply recall His life.
So what does any of this have to do with Laurus?
A central theme of the novel of is the nature of time. Laurus contemplates and discusses time on many occasions, there are multiple instances of time being intersected at different points, we see prophetic visions of the future that interpenetrate past events, and the novel itself uses both antiquated language and modern idioms (and much in between) to induce the feeling that time is transcended in this world – which is our own.
The ultimate conclusion for Laurus is that time doesn't really exist, rather it's a gracious condescension of God to keep our feeble, limited minds from becoming confused (if one event didn't proceed after another and we were to behold all events at once, it would be a rather confusing jumble.) After receiving the monastic tonsure late in life and living the monastic life for a while, Laurus says, in defiance of Russ cum Nietzche (which is worth quoting in full):
Time no longer moves forward but goes around in circles because it teems with events that go around in circles. And events here, my love, are tied primarily to worship. In the first and third hours of each day we remember Pilate's trial of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sixth hour it is the Way of the Cross, and in the ninth hour, the suffering on the cross. And that composes the worship cycle for the day. But each day of the week, like a person, has its own face and its own dedicated purpose. Monday is dedicated to incorporeal forces, Tuesday to the prophets, Wednesday and Friday to the remembrance of Christ's death on the cross, and Saturday to prayer for the deceased, and then the main day is dedicated to the resurrection of the Lord. All that, my love, composes the seven-day worship cycle. But the largest of the cycles is annual. It is determined by the sun and moon, to which you are, I hope, closer than all of us here. The great feasts and the saints' days are tied to the movement of the sun, and the moon tells us about the time for Easter and the holidays that depend on it. I wanted to tell you how long I have already been at the monastery but, you know, somehow I cannot get my thoughts together. Apparently I can no longer understand this myself. Time, my love, is very shaky here because the cycle is closed and it corresponds to eternity.
Time, with its cycles, begins to correspond to eternity when it is imbued with worship; when it becomes liturgical.
But this is far from the only way that Laurus is a highly Orthodox work. In its simple piety, its lack of irony, its depiction of an enchanted cosmos foreign and hostile to modernity, Vodolazkin evokes much about the Orthodox (and perhaps particularly Russian Orthodox, in character) perspective, especially that this view of the world is more pristine and true to the reality of things – and it still lives on in the Church.
The book is also shot through with the wisdom of the monastic tradition and the desert fathers of the Church. Vodolazkin continuously draws from the deep well of hagiography, short stories, pithy aphorisms, and spiritual teachings in order to form and shape his work. Many story elements have direct correlation with real life saints. Laurus' entire life spent in repentance on behalf of another is highly inspired by St. Xenia of Petersburg. Later in the book when he accepts a serious false accusation against himself without objection, this is precisely identical to an event in the life of St. Macarius the Great, down to minute detail.
Lifted straight from the life of St. Basil the Holy Fool for Christ – perhaps the most famous of all such fools, who was significantly also a Russian in the fifteenth century – Laurus kisses the houses of sinners but throws stones at the houses of the pious. Why? Because demons have been expelled from the houses of the pious and cling to the outer corners, which is who he pelts with rocks. While demons are inside the houses of the wretched and the angels have been expelled to the exterior where they weep and pray; Laurus kisses the doors and prays, beseeching them not to abandon their prayer.
Even small details present some finer points of Orthodox doctrine and practice. We see a monastic tonsure where the abbot drops the scissors three times, with the monk-to-be picking them up and handing them back to him. The significance of the rite is even explained: it demonstrates that the initiate is becoming a monk (in this case taking the Great Schema) of his own will, without compulsion.
In a couple of instances, the Orthodox doctrine of life after death – where the soul of the deceased undergoes a particular judgment, sparred over by angels and demons who weigh good deeds and repentance against sins, in order to determine the soul's current destination – is described or referenced. This is known as the doctrine of the tollhouses and is pretty inside-baseball Orthodox stuff, yet even it makes an appearance.
In a humorous example, when Laurus is traveling to the Holy land, he encounters a group of tipsy, Polish Roman Catholics, who, because he and his companions are foreigners speaking an unfamiliar tongue, suspect them of being Turks. When they ask Laurus to make the sign of the cross to prove his Christian bona fides, they take his making it "the wrong way" (that is, in the Orthodox manner) as evidence that he is indeed a Turk and should be hanged!
This near miss with death is one of many ways that death is never far from anyone in the novel. It looms as a tangible, immanent reality, as it would have for Russian peasants in the fifteenth century. The anxiousness over death and its occurring often are not the only things that makes it an immanent presence; it is death that transforms and shapes characters, that defines lives, that really drives the narrative.
In this aspect of the book, again we see something at the heart of Orthodox Christianity, namely the spiritual discipline of the remembrance of death. Western Christians experience something of that on Ash Wednesday, but for an Orthodox monastic, this is at the heart of your life of repentance. Which is what it became for Laurus. His loved one's death determined the shape and direction of his whole life. Loving people often on the verge of death, or coping with death, constituted much of his ministry. And ultimately remembering his own death – that he is but dust and that all He has and is is a gift from God, based on no merit of his own – is what enables him to live a life of selfless holiness, without fear of death.
Christ enters time and empties Himself to the point of death, even death on a cross, transfiguring time and death so that they become containers and communicators of divine life. If we follow Him and empty ourselves, as many of the saints before us did in, and as the fictional Laurus did, the meaningless of time can be transformed into a surfeit of meaning and the ultimate end of death can be transfigured into the very substance of our new life in Christ.


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Just In Case Megan Fox Doesn't Already Make You Feel Bad About Yourself, Leslie Mann Assures Us She Has 'Great Boobs'
I guess if I was going to have any actress feel me up, I'd want it to be Leslie Mann. But she might compare my boobs to those of Megan Fox, in which there probably is no comparison. In This is 40, Mann and Fox have a scene where the elder actress admires the perky, perfect rack of Megan Fox. Because Megan Fox doesn't make women everywhere feel just a little bit crappy about ourselves to begin with.
"Megan just has great boobs," Mann confessed to Yahoo! Movies. "Better boobs than I've ever seen in my life."
Sigh. While Google Images has assured me that both the nose and chesticles of Megan Fox are most likely surgically enhanced, I don't have the kind of money and balls it must takes to transform yourself into every teenage boy's wet dream. Shucks!
This is 40 wasn't all tits and games, however, as Mann's motherly instincts kicked in while she was basking in the glow of Fox's grapefruits:
"I feel very protective of younger actresses because it was so hard for me in the business," she said of Fox, 26. "I wanted to get it over [with] as quickly as possible, because I knew it was uncomfortable for her, probably – or maybe not. But just in that situation I knew there were a lot of dirty boys around having weird, gross fantasies And so I wanted to get her shirt back on as quickly as possible."
This might just be the last time anyone catches a glimpse of Megan Fox in the buff, since she claims motherhood has given her a completely different perspective on nude scenes in movies.
I would love to do a follow-up piece to this 14 years down the line, where we interview the children of Kendra Wilkinson, Alyssa Milano, Denise Richards, Kate Winslet and others who have proudly displayed their boobage for the world to see in the past. I'm not saying I think there's anything wrong with that, but if I knew the entire male population had admired my mom's funbags at one point, I'd be going to therapy a lot more often than I already am.
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Despite recent improvements in total employment, the U.S. labor market continues to face serious challenges. At 7 percent, the unemployment rate, which hovered around 10 percent during the Great Recession, remains significantly higher than it was at this point (53 months) following the 3 previous recessions.
The labor participation rate (at 63 percent) and the ratio of employment to population (at 58.6) are lower than they were at this point in previous recoveries. The average and median duration of unemployment and the percent of the unemployed still looking for work after 6 months (37 weeks, 17 weeks and 37 percent respectively) remain twice as high as they were at this point in previous recoveries. Although close to 7 million more Americans are employed today than were at the official end of recession, total employment remains lower than it was before the Great Recession began.
Triggers designed to automatically extend assistance in states with high unemployment rates are still not working effectively. In fact, extended assistance triggered off in 22 states in 2013, including in all 9 states with unemployment rates above 8 percent, shifting the burden onto Congress to fully fund "emergency" measures. It is hard to argue that a national emergency exists when workers living in states with unemployment rates above the national average constitute only one-third of the nation's workforce. State UI programs need to be reformed in order to make them flexible enough to respond to local labor market conditions.
The expiration of extended UI benefits has diverted attention from the expiration of key Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provisions that also took place at the end of 2013. Established 50 years ago in probably the last trade bill that received bipartisan support from both American unions and businesses, TAA has been providing more intensive assistance to workers, firms and communities facing dislocations due to increased import competition and offshore shifts in production. Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate worked together over the last decade to modernize this small program, updating its coverage criteria and implementing innovation measures to encourage workers to acquire the skills necessary to return to work as soon as possible, thereby easing the adjustment costs to workers, their families and the overall economy. Ironically, many of these reforms expired at end of 2013 and authorization for the entire program is scheduled to expire at the end of 2014, at the same time Congress may begin considering further opening up of the US market to competition from Asia under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Although all policymakers, regardless of where there are from or their political party affiliation, constantly call for workers to upgrade their skills in order to face mounting global competition, total federal spending per person on training and employment programs (after inflation) has dropped by one-third over the last 20 years. In fact, the current level of spending amounts to only $42 per person, far less than what is required to support serious training. And to make matters worse, the government's major program designed to enhance workforce development – the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) has become increasingly out-of date as it continues to operate without Congressional authorization for almost a decade.
The need to extend UI and reinstate recent TAA reforms provides an opportunity for Congress to take a comprehensive look at the nation's network of programs aimed at preparing American workers for current realities in the global economy. State UI triggers and funding mechanisms are clearly not working and need to be fixed. Unemployment assistance and training programs should be based on local labor conditions and workers' needs and, not political considerations and assistance provided should be linked to helping workers return to work as soon as possible.
One of the things the National Security Agency may have learned while listening in on German Chancellor Merkel's telephone conversations is that labor market reforms developed as part of a multi-year comprehensive reform effort are credited with helping shield the German economy from the kind of massive job losses experienced throughout the rest of Europe and the United States over the last 5 years. In exchange for extending UI and reinstating recent TAA reforms, Congress should establish a formal commission comprised of representatives from business, labor, academia and federal, state and local policymakers to analyze recent developments in the US labor market, evaluate existing programs and develop detailed recommendations for comprehensive reform in order to improve the effectiveness of the nation's network of unemployment assistance and workforce development programs and prepare American workers to meet current and future domestic and global challenges.
Rosen is executive director of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Coalition, a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of workers, firms and communities facing dislocations due to globalization.


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BestMassage To Offer Two New Smart Buyers' Guides
BestMassage, the international massage table and supplies warehouse, is adding two new Smart Buyers' Guides to its online education corner to better inform and expertly guide current and potential customers
March 5, 2014 (Newswire.com) - BestMassage is happy to announce the addition of two new Smart Buyers' Guides on BestMassage.com.
Sometimes the world wide web can be an infinitely large place, and purchasing items on-line is convenient but less tangible. If you can't visit the massage warehouse and see the massage products in person, asking questions face-to-face with a customer service team member, consider the Smart Buyers' Guide.
Think of the Smart Buyers' Guide as your expert friend who wants to share information and help you find exactly what you seek, from the convenience of your personal computer.
What is the best massage table for my practice? How do I maintain my massage tools? Which massage equipment is eco-friendly? In addition to offering answers to frequently asked questions about massage supplies, the Smart Buyers' Guides also explain further in depth certain massage products including origin, composition, use, and storage.
According to Peter Wang, Marketing Director for BestMassage, the Smart Buyers' Guides are designed to help customers understand the massage products they are viewing more fully.
"While we are always here at customer service to answer any of your questions, we've crafted the Smart Buyers' Guides to share professional knowledge and our experience in the massage industry to assist you in making a well-informed decision based on your needs."
There are currently five Smart Buyers' Guides including Massage Table Buyers' Guide, Massage Oil, Massage Lotions & Massage Creams Buyers' Guides, Massage Accessory Buyers' Guide, Massage Stone Therapy Buyers' Guide, Bamboo Massage Buyers' Guide, and Massage Sheets and Covers Buyers' Guide.
Wang adds, "We will continue to expand and improve our Smart Buyers' Guide collection and appreciate feedback on new topics. We want our customers to shop with total confidence when making a purchase at BestMassage."
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Audrey Yvonne (Earley) Roy
May 1, 1946 - Sept. 2, 2013
Jamestown resident Audrey Yvonne (Earley) Roy died Monday at Sonora Regional Medical Center. She was 67.
Mrs. Roy was born Audrey Yvonne Earley in Brownfield, Texas, to James and Elsie Earley.
She settled in Jamestown 29 years ago.
Mrs. Roy was preceded in death by her father, James Earley, in 1970; mother, Elsie Earley, in 1982; her daughter, Lenda Roy, in 1977; and brother, Jerry Earley, in 2012.
She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Kenneth Roy, of Jamestown; her children, Tim Roy and his wife, Sue, of Modesto, John Roy, of El Paso, Texas, and Aaron Roy, of Copperopolis; siblings, James Earley, of Concrete, Wash., Sidney Earley, of Peabody, Mass., and Cynthia Wysong, of Seattle, Wash.; grandchildren, Audrey Davis, of Mesa, Ariz., Joseph Roy and Stephen Roy, of Modesto, Reagan Roy and Madison Roy, of Louisville, Ky.; and one great-grandchild.
Donations in her memory can be made to the Humane Society of Tuolumne County, P.O. Box 830, Jamestown, CA 95327.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home, 225 E. Rose St., Sonora.
Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Roy B. Walden
Nov. 15, 1928 – Aug. 28, 2013
Douglas Flat resident Roy B. Walden died Aug. 28 at Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center. He was 84.
Mr. Walden was born in Lancaster, S.C., to James T. and Pearl May Walden.
He was in the U.S. Navy from 1948 to 1952 and served on an aircraft carrier during the Korean War.
Before settling in Douglas Flat 30 years ago, he worked for Lockheed, Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., McDonnell Douglas Aircraft and Intel Corp. He also owned and operated Walden Refrigeration in Sunnyvale for about 15 years.
Mr. Walden also taught refrigeration, air conditioning and photography at San Jose City College in the early 1970s.
He built a vacation cabin in Arnold in 1968.
He settled in Douglas Flat in the early 1980s and owned Calaveras Springs Bottled Water Co., where he delivered mountain spring water to homes and businesses in Calaveras and Santa Clara counties.
Mr. Walden enjoyed photography and was a 32nd degree mason with the Murphys Masonic Lodge.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, James Wesley Walden, Charles Kenneth Walden, and David Larry Walden; and sister, Molly Louise Walden, who died as an infant.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Marjorie Walden, of Douglas Flat; children, Shirley Smith, of Placerville, Beverly Puhak, of Hathaway Pines, and Bruce Walden, of Sunnyvale; siblings, Jack Walden, of Tucson, Ariz., Jerry Walden, of Manteca, and Lois June Patterson, of North Carolina; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Foothill Community Church, 3710 Whittle Road, Angels Camp.
Burial will be at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.
Angels Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.
HOWLAND - Winfield Howland, 62, of Columbia, died Friday at his home. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
LINGO - Joseph D. Lingo, 42, of Tuolumne, died Monday at Sonora Regional Medical Center. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tuolumne Rancheria Tribal Hall, 19595 Mi-Wu St. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
OULTON - Loraine Oulton, 91, of Sonora, died Tuesday at Meadowview Manor in Soulsbyville. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
McDONOUGH - Former Mariposa resident Collin Robert McDonough, 25, of Merced, died Aug. 28 in Merced. Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home, 1490 B St., Merced. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Stratford Evans Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Merced District Cemetery, 1300 B St. Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
PYZER - Doris Pyzer, 87, of Sonora, died Monday at Sonora Regional Medical Center. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
RIVERA - Former Tuolumne County resident Vincent Michael River, 47, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Aug. 29 from injuries suffered in a car accident. Abel Funeral Services and Chapel in Phoenix is handling arrangements.
SILVA - Mary Jane Silva, 74, of Sonora, died Tuesday at Avalon Care Center of Sonora. Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.


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Affiliation: California State University
Country: USA
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- Inhibition of cardiovascular cell proliferation by angiotensin receptor blockers: are all molecules the same?Stephen C Benson
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542, USA
J Hypertens 26:973-80. 2008..Few studies have directly compared the effects of different angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) on mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease...
- Identification of telmisartan as a unique angiotensin II receptor antagonist with selective PPARgamma-modulating activityStephen C Benson
Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Hayward, USA
Hypertension 43:993-1002. 2004....
- Rosiglitazone inhibits proliferation, motility, and matrix metalloproteinase production in keratinocytesNarasimharao Bhagavathula
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Alpha-Lipoic acid-based PPARgamma agonists for treating inflammatory skin diseasesMeenakshi S Venkatraman
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Arch Dermatol Res 296:97-104. 2004..These findings suggest that water-soluble lipoic acid-based thiazolidinediones may be efficacious as oral and topical agents for treating inflammatory skin conditions such as contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis...
- Inhibition of corneal neovascularization by a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma ligandMelvin A Sarayba
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Exp Eye Res 80:435-42. 2005..To determine the efficacy of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist, pioglitazone, in inhibiting corneal neovascularization...
- Design and synthesis of the first generation of dithiolane thiazolidinedione- and phenylacetic acid-based PPARgamma agonistsAmar G Chittiboyina
Laboratory for Applied Drug Design and Synthesis, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, 38677, USA
J Med Chem 49:4072-84. 2006..These novel compounds may prove efficacious not only in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, but also atherosclerosis, prevention of vascular restenosis, and inflammatory skin diseases...


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Should local police amass military war machines to maintain the peace? Janet's Law forces schools to have Automatic External Defibrillators, AEDs. Do they? Three school principals fired in Newark fight back. A deadly skin cancer is on the rise.
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Indian boxers Satish Kumar, Sumit Sangwan advance at Olympic qualifiers
Baku (Azerbaijan): Indian boxers Satish Kumar (plus 91kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) registered easy wins over their respective opponents to enter the second round of the World Olympic Qualification tournament here.
Indian boxer Sumit Sangwan
Satish thrashed Manase Kaho Raikadroga of Tonga 3-0 in his first round clash while Sumit outclassed Trinidad's Andrew Fermin by a similar margin.
Stern test ahead
Satish is expected to face a stern test in the next round as he will be up against an experienced opponent in Dean Gardiner of Ireland.
Things are not expected to be too easy for Sumit either as the 23-year-old will fight eighth seed Juan Carlos Carrilo Palacio of Colombia in his second-round contest.
However, the joy in he Indian camp was tempered by the fact that Dheeraj Rangi (60kg) crashed out after putting up a brave fight against top seed Lindolfo Garza of Mexico in a well-contested bout.


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The initial get-together between Chad Voytik and the first-year coaches at Vanderbilt went well, according to the Cleveland, Tenn., junior quarterback.
"I went there Saturday," Voytik told Rivals.com. "I'm loving the new staff. You can definitely feel the energy."
It wasn't junior day in Nashville. Voytik simply went on his own, and was glad he did.
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"It was nice to have that one-on-one time, and get to know those guys," Voytik said. "I was with the quarterback coach and the offensive coordinator for most of the day. Me and my dad. [Head coach James Franklin] was actually flying in that day, but he wanted to make sure he got to meet with me."
He did, and that meeting exceeded expectations.
"I got to sit with him for awhile," Voytik said. "It went great. He had this power point for me, and he was putting in his input. You can just feel the energy when he talked. You can feel he wants to change that school and its football program. It was exciting."
Aside from Vanderbilt, Voytik also has offers from Arkansas State, Mississippi State and Virginia. Additionally, Georgia and Tennessee are among those showing interest. Despite his positive experience at Vanderbilt, Voytik still has the Bulldogs, who were the first to offer, in front.
"Right now, I'm definitely sticking with Mississippi State [as the leader]," Voytik said. "[Head coach Dan Mullen] has shown that he is a fit coach. He's got the program right where he wants it. I'd definitely keep them in front right now."
That said, the Commodores are very much in the hunt, he added.
"I've always had a positive outlook toward Vanderbilt, with their reputation and how prestigious the school is," Voytik said.
"Vanderbilt is real appealing to me. I take my studies seriously. I have a goal in that area. I know Vanderbilt would help me with that. That's why I'm anxious to see what they can do [on the football field], if they can piece it all together."


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Students at University of South Carolina Aiken will see fewer classes, crowded classrooms and less heating and air conditioning as the school continues to grapple with a $39 million reduction in state university system funding under way since June.
Earlier this week, USC President Harris Pastides announced the general impact of reductions in state appropriations. So far this fiscal year, USC Aiken has seen a $1.6 million drop in state funding - an appropriations cut of 14.7 percent, spokeswoman Jennifer Conner said.
More reductions are on the way.
"We know that we will get an additional 4 percent cut, but we do not have the date yet ," she said.
That would translate into a $373,658 loss, bringing the total to $1,978,165 since June.
The cuts will eliminate some part-time instructor contracts, but how many people will be out of work in Aiken is difficult to say, she said. Some full-time employees also have part-time duties, so while they might lose their part-time work, they will still be employed. Also, the cuts will mean some part-time faculty will teach fewer classes.
In addition, a hiring freeze will continue, meaning most vacancies will not be filled, Ms. Conner said.
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Q: How cold will the classrooms get because of reduced heat?
A: They will go from 70-72 degrees to 68 degrees for the winter months.
Q: How much will class size change?
A: Our average class size is 18 students. We will add approximately three students to sections. But some classes, such as science labs or computer labs, won't see an increase, because they have a set number of stations or computers.
Q: The projected savings for heating and cooling is $50,000. How does this measure against overall heating/cooling expenditures ?
A: These changes, and other conservation measures, are estimated to save approximately 4.2 percent annually.
Q: How will the university address the rest of the $1.96 million cut?
A: In a variety of places, including - but not limited to - operational budget cuts, using our fund balance, using temporary employees to save fringe benefits costs where we can.
Source: USC Aiken Office of Communications


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like a 1400kv motor that can manage 25amps and an 8x5/8x4 prop
I am not using it on a Skyfun but the Hobbyking 2836 Ntm 3000kv motor is giving me 1098 watts on 4s with a 4.7x4.7 Graupner prop.
72 amps on 4s Zippy 2200mah lipos.
I have used an Axi prop driver and there is no vibration. Every other prop driver I tried was rubbish.
I can fly around at full throttle for 2 to 3 minutes but to give it a chance to cool off I do glide around a bit between high speed runs.
Very impressed with it and for 17 dollars it's great value.
I have installed the Winged Shadow pitot tube on board speed sensor and get around 160mph on every flight.
The best I get is 815W and 200kmh(127Mph).Speed measured with the new Hobbyking GPS data logger (wind assisted , light breeze)
I have ordered the Graupner prop you use and will seee what the result is with that.
When bench testing I let the motor run for 20 seconds at WOT before taking the readings from my watt meter.
The initial burst readings may be higher.
I have also ordered the Turnigy 2836 3200kv motor to compare results
Last edited by wizzard363; Jun 21, 2012 at 02:37 AM.
The lipos are new. I was only getting 1000 watts from my older lipos.
I take the initial reading and I must admit I don't let it run for 20 seconds.
The larger the prop the more watts it reads so maybe the APC is a smaller load than the Graupner?
My friend used a 6x5 and got nearly 1600 watts from the same motor. It lasted 2 circuits before catching fire and crashing. Not sure what burned first as everything was gone. 120 amps as well and all on an 80 amp esc so a bit stupid.
I am using the Winged Shadow pitot system for the speed. Who knows if it's accurate? It is consistent though.
My model is not a Skyfun. My friend has a Skyfun which is slower than my model with the similar set up but we don't know by how much.
My model with a 650 watt AXI motor got around 135mph so it is 25mph faster with double the power, which also seems about right.
Just taken a reading from my motor to make sure I was right and a bit shocked.
84 amps
1255 watts
14.84 volts
To verify this a you can check, 14.84v x 84.4a =1252 watts, which is almost spot on.
This proves the meter is accurate.
This lipo is 16.67v off load and 14.84 when loaded.
Prop drivers have been a nightmare and trying to get straight ones has been difficult.
Moving the prop round about 90 degrees can get rid of the vibration but getting that sweet spot is difficult.
I will try to get a photo of the watt meter to prove what I say but my telephone camera was rubbish.
A few pages back I posted a vid of my test using a 1800mah 4s nanotech.
The initial burst was well over 900W but as it is so short lived I do not consider that the true reading.You will see it settles to about 750W
The 1800mah pack I used in that vid could not keep up with the motor , the voltage saged down to 12V so I bought a couple of 2200mah packs and that is the reading I posted above.
The initial burst would have been over 1000W with these 2200 mah packs
The 2200mah ones sag to about 13.7 volts after a few seconds but are good enough for what I need and I do not want the extra weight of a higher capacity pack
All packs were brand new and fully charged
If you do another test could you take readings after about 15 - 20 seconds ? Thanks
Hello Wizard, I will do that longer test but the noise is fairly severe and the neighbours may complain. I will have to go to the field and test it there.
I looked at your run and the voltage is quite low.
Plus the capacity is only 1800mah and lets be kind to the Nanotecs and say they are 35c.
35x1.8 is only 63 amp that the lipos can deliver.
I have 2200 40c so they can deliver 2.2 x 40 =88 amps.
I am consuming 84 amp so they are only just capable of delivering what the motor is asking.
Your lipos are not big enough so this is maybe why the power is down?
I have had some Nanotecs and they were awful. Not exactly what was advertised on the label. I would never buy them again.
Ok I just ran mine for 20 seconds, disconnected the watt meter and then reconnected and checked again. Readings were,
80.71 amps
1164 watts
14.27 volts 80.71x 14.27v = 1151watts so again it's fairly accurate.
I would say your batteries are not very good because they cannot supply the volts at full power.
After 20 seconds running my lipos are resting at 15.83 volts but drop to 14.27 under load. Quite warm.
I hope this makes sense.??
Hello again, just looked at your video and the volts drop to 12. This is way down on what you should be getting.
75 amps x 12volts = 900 watts.
I couldn't really see what amps you were getting but I think it was 75?
Maybe you could confirm that?
Batteries for sure?
With 2200 mah you need 40c as a minimum to get 88 amps. A 20c 2200 will only give 44amps. 35c 2200 =77amps
Last edited by Fox-composites; Jun 21, 2012 at 04:52 AM.
The ones I use are 35C and after doing some research in the last few days and getting some info from others , I have learnt that they are a bit light .
However ,based on the advice I have been given , if I am going to get new packs I will go for larger capacity more than higher C rating eg 2650mah or 3000mah 35C I think this will give better results with a lot less voltage sag
As I said above , my 2200's are not perfect but will do for now
Also if I change my prop to the slightly smaller Graupner I should get different results
Last edited by wizzard363; Jun 21, 2012 at 10:09 AM.
I tried my turnigy 2832 3200kv the other day with 4s. i have a 5x5e prop.
I do believe it was faster than the 3s by eye. I didnt have any measurement devices at my disposal at the time.
I did a handful of high speed passes, and brought it down quickly.
the 60A esc was quite hot, motor was too hot to touch for more than a second, and the sticky HK velcro was peeling off the battery.
Probably nothing revolutionary here - just confirms to me a larger motor (2836) as others are using, a higher C 4s battery, and placing the ESC in better airflow will be the next steps.
just wanted to see a few high speed runs to get an idea if the increased speed really does it for me (and the jet remained stable). if my impression was good, I was going to invest putting a 100A ESC w/2836 motor with 4s. if i still have headroom, then use the stock 6x4 prop instead of the 5x5.
still not sure if i will go ahead. maybe when i am bored one day.
i already have a parkjetII running the stock motor which seems significantly faster than my skyfun w/ 2832 3200kv motor - both on the same 3s battery.
i might put some fps equipment inside instead of adding the extra weight from speed parts.
Wizard, just do the maths and multiply the capacity by the C rating, this gives the theoretical maximum amps draw ability.
2650 mah 35c is 2.65 x 35c = 92.75 amps This should be fine for your set up.
Mine was drawing 84 amps so you are only just ahead at 92.
If you saw my voltage was 14.27 even after 20 seconds but the lipos are newish and they will not deliver that in say 3 months?
Just remember the bigger the c rating and the larger the capacity the better and the more amps you can draw without damaging the lipo.
Im running 2836 3700kv on 2250mah 4s 65-130c and 2700mah 4s 65-130c on 4.5x4.5 tgs with a plush 80a on my one skyfun I get 2 min flying which is okay for me and even after hard flying everything comes down cool. I get 136mph out of a dive.
Does anyone know if it will be safe to try a 5.2 x 5.2 cam speed if my setup always remains cool?
I also have a skyfun running HK 1600kv 3126 on a speed 6.5 x 6.5 on a 2700mah 6s 65-130c on a 200a HK SS but am only getting 143mph and also everyhting comes down cool. Does anyone know if I can then also run a bigger prop? I want to try a speed 7x7 or 7x8...?
I see there is a hacker 1600kv setup on youtube running 176mph on 6s with a 7x6, but I cannot see how this is possible given my attempts above...
Smack, you really need a watt/amp/volt meter to see what prop you can use.
If you are using an 80amp esc then you need to keep the amps below that figure or you could/will fry it.
A 1600kv motor on 6s is a bit the same as a 3200kv on 3s but you cannot tell how many watts it is drawing by reading those figures.
KV does not indicate power but only tells you the motor rpm when used with a certain voltage. i:e 3000kv x11.1 volts (3s) =33300 rpm with no propellor.
The motor should be propped for around 85% of that figure so on the above it should be propped for 28300 rpm and checked with a tacho.
Watts equals power so it's important to know that by using a meter. 746 watts is 1HP.
Sorry to get technical.
As for the 176 mph, a lot of the data collected is not always correct. Was it done downwind, a radar gun, GPS, on board telemetry, on board airspeed monitoring?
We used to fly Ducted fans at a big meeting in the UK. It was always windy and we regularly got 200 mph downwind using a ground based radar gun.
One year it was flat calm and we only got around 160mph, sooo disapopinting but so accurate. lol
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At AP Watt Rob Kraitt has just sent out the second book in the YA trilogy from Eoin McNamee, City of Time (Wendy Lamb Books). Kraitt, who's working with co-agent Liza Wachter at RWSH, is shopping the trilogy and said they "got quite close" to an option with The Navigator, the first title in the series. (Naviagtor made the Times Children's list in February 2007.) The hope now is that Time, which was released on June 24, can clinch a deal. The series is "quite scary," according to Kraitt, and some adult themes crop up--our hero's father dies in book 1 (likely from suicide) and his mom is depressed. The Times review of Navigator said it "echoes The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter books," if that narrows the field.
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