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BMW likes to call its X6 a "Sports Activity Coupe," but perhaps "fastback SUV" would be a more appropriate description. Based on the previous-generation BMW X5, this four-door midsize crossover has a dramatically downward-sloping roof line, evoking the timeless profiles of classic fastback coupes (or, less charitably, the Pontiac Aztek). Not surprisingly, style trumps utility here, as the X6 offers limited rear headroom and cargo volume.
For the overtly style-conscious, these shortcomings will likely be of little consequence. BMW has given the X6 a potent range of engines and handling abilities that far exceed expectations. As a utility vehicle, the X6 obviously falls short -- but as a high-riding performance "coupe" with room for four adults, it continues to hold a quirky sort of appeal.
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The BMW X6 comes in two trim levels: xDrive 35i and xDrive50i. The xDrive35i's 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 pumps out 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque, while the xDrive50i's 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 bristles with 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque. The sole transmission is an eight-speed automatic. If these specs leave you unimpressed, you may want to check out the completely absurd X6 M, which is discussed in a separate review.
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Baylor Big 12 Council on Black Student Leadership Presents One for All Soiree GalaFeb. 20, 2014
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WACO, Texas (Feb. 19, 2014) - Baylor University's department of multicultural affairs and the Big 12 Council on Black Student Leadership will host the One for All Soiree Gala from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the banquet room on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Building.
The black-tie formal gala is held in honor of Black History Month and will include appetizers, music and mingling. All students are welcome to attend.
This event is free of charge, but donations will be accepted at the door for the Afterschool Centers for Education (ACE) Program. ACE works to provide extended learning opportunities for students and their families and offers innovative, hands-on activities that reinforce and complement students' regular academic programs.
The purpose of the Big 12 Council on Black Student Leadership is to provide strong leadership at Baylor as it pertains to the educational, socio-cultural and spiritual well-being of the African-American community.
Cashion Academic Building is located at 1401 S. Fourth St. For more information, call the department of multicultural affairs at 254-710-4466.
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Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Misce-looney-ous Bookshelf - Bugs Bunny's Adventures
Here's a short story from the 1948 storybook Bugs Bunny's Adventures from Whitman Publishing. This small book contained three stories. It features some nice illustrations that go uncredited (one of the McKimson brothers, perhaps?). As you can see, the stories are awfully text-heavy for a kiddie book. They kind of remind me of the type of short stories that would run in the old LT & MM comics. In addition to "Bugs Bunny's Headache" (below), the book also contained "Bugs Bunny's Balloon Ride" and "Porky Meets the Three Bears". Maybe I will showcase those some other day.
This was Misce-Looney-ous blog post #199. Stay tuned for a special post in honor of #200 soon!
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"Oh, Bugs! Are you sick?"
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No XD he don't want to do nothin' for the whole day!!
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Well, there's gonna be a lunar eclipse on Tuesday morning, starting about 1:33 am ET through 5:01 am ET. The total eclipse part is supposed to start about 2:41 am, making the moon red until 3:35 am. And then it explodes. No, that's not true. We had a partial lunar eclipse on June 26th, but this one's a total eclipse. And they're saying that it'll be the best until at least 2014. So there.
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Baylor University and Tyler Junior College Announce Partnership on New 'Baylor Bound' Transfer Program
- Tyler Junior College Provost Butch Hayes (far left) and Interim Baylor Provost David Garland (far right) look on as TJC President Michael Metke and Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr sign a Baylor Bound partnership agreement that will help students transfer more easily between the two institutions. (Jessica Alexander/Marketing & Creative Services, Tyler Junior College)
- Baylor President Ken Starr with Baylor senior Taylor Griffin, who graduated magna cum laude from TJC before transferring to Baylor on a scholarship to study journalism. (Jessica Alexander/Marketing & Creative Services, Tyler Junior College)
- (L to R) - Tyler Junior College President Michael Metke, Baylor senior and TJC transfer student Taylor Griffin and Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr. (Jessica Alexander/Marketing & Creative Services, Tyler Junior College)
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TYLER, Texas (June 18, 2014) – Baylor University and Tyler Junior College today announced the creation of a formal Baylor Bound program that will help students transfer more easily between the two institutions and continue to expand educational opportunities for young people all across Texas.
TJC President L. Michael Metke and Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr signed the partnership agreement during a ceremony in the board room of TJC's White Administrative Services Building.
As one of its goals under the Pro Futuris strategic initiative, Baylor intends to create 10 Baylor Bound partnerships with strong Texas community colleges over the next five years. The University signed its first Baylor Bound agreement last fall with McLennan Community College in Waco.
Beginning in fall 2015, the Baylor Bound program will serve highly motivated Tyler Junior College students who, upon meeting the program's criteria, will transfer to Baylor toward the goal of completing their undergraduate degree.
"Across our country, it seems as though the door of opportunity is closing for our young people, as the cost of a quality education rises," Metke said. "Partnerships such as Baylor Bound provide seamless transfer and open the door for joint scholarship opportunities as well, making a quality education affordable for those students who work hard."
"As a nation, we depend on a strong system of higher education to prepare students for success in an increasingly global economy. For many, a community college can be the preferred access point for a college education and an important first step to economic mobility," Starr said. "While Baylor has long welcomed transfer students from Tyler Junior College, we desire to strengthen this relationship by establishing a formal transfer agreement that will ensure a smooth transition to Baylor for these wonderful students. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with TJC to make possible this vitally important agreement, and we look forward to welcoming to Baylor more TJC students who wish to take advantage of our academic programs and the transformative student experience that is the cornerstone of a Baylor education."
Students may declare their intent to transfer to Baylor by submitting the Baylor Bound application prior to enrolling at TJC or while enrolled as a full-time student. Admission to the program will be determined by Baylor's Office of Admissions Services.
TJC students who become part of the Baylor Bound program can choose a plan from 65 distinct majors, all of which are articulated through specific MAPS – or Major Academic Planners – that will assist them as they move toward timely degree completion. More information about these majors and course transfer equivalency between Baylor and TJC is available at: https://www.baylor.edu/advising/bbmaps.
Most students in Baylor Bound will take classes for one year at TJC and three years at Baylor. However, some students may be approved to take two years at TJC and two at Baylor, depending on the student's major and number of transfer credit hours.
Students must be enrolled in an approved A.A. or A.S. academic program leading to an approved Baylor B.B.A., B.A., B.S.W. or B.S. degree and refer to Baylor's Major Academic Planner when planning coursework.
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Baylor and TJC officials, along with several alumni, friends and special guests from the Tyler area, gathered earlier in the day for a luncheon at Willow Brook Country Club to celebrate the historic partnership between the two institutions. Speakers included Dr. Paul W. Powell of Tyler, Dean Emeritus of Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, former Baylor Regent and former pastor of Tyler's Green Acres Baptist Church; Starr; Metke; and Baylor senior Taylor Griffin, who graduated magna cum laude from TJC before transferring to Baylor on a scholarship to study journalism.
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Dynamical Mean-Field Approach with Predictive Power for Strongly Correlated Materials
During the last few years conventional band-structure calculations in the local density approximation (LDA) have been merged with a modern many-body approach, the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT), into a novel computational method referred to as LDA+DMFT. While this framework has proved to be a breakthrough for the realistic modeling of the electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of materials such as transition metals and their oxides, it still needs to be considerably advanced to be able to treat increasingly complex systems. This requires, for example, an improvement of the interface between the band structure and many-body constituents of the approach, the refinement and integration of efficient quantum impurity solvers, the realistic computation of free energies and forces, and the development of schemes to treat non-local correlations.
The goal of the Research Unit FOR 1346 is to develop the dynamical mean-field approach into a comprehensive computational scheme for the investigation of materials with strong electronic correlations. To this end it brings together experts in electronic band structure theory, materials science, many-body approaches, quantum impurity solvers, and numerical optimization techniques. The Research Unit FOR 1346 coordinates the development of electronic structure calculations on the basis of dynamical mean-field approaches within the German speaking part of Europe and is the first concerted research activity in this field worldwide. The ultimate goal of the Research Unit is to create a new standard of computational electronic structure scheme which is suitable to compute, and even predict, the properties of complex, correlated materials.
The Research Unit FOR 1346 is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) since 2010. During its first funding period (August 2010 - July 2013) the Research Unit FOR 1346 made great progress in the combination of the main density-functional codes with the state-of-the-art DMFT solvers. The aim of the second funding period (August 2013 - July 2016) is to bring the dynamical mean-field approach to the full first-principles level, which is free from adjustable parameters.
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The sites are Menominee Wetland Conservation Area (near Plymouth), Maxinkuckee Wetland Conservation Area (near Culver), the Hufford Wildlife Trust Area (south of Monticello), and the Manitou Wetland Conservation Area, including the Judy Burton Nature Preserve and the Bob Kern Nature Preserve (near Rochester).
The new special antlerless firearms season (Dec. 26, 2012 – Jan. 6, 2013) will be closed on the above listed properties as well.
Bonus antlerless deer licenses and the special antlerless firearm season help manage deer numbers by harvesting extra antlerless deer in areas where deer are too numerous and may be causing damage. Hunting pressure typically is high enough on public hunting areas during the archery, firearms, and muzzleloader seasons to adequately control the deer population without the need to harvest additional antlerless deer.
Hunters may still harvest antlerless deer at these properties with archery, crossbow, or muzzleloader licenses within the respective season dates, equipment requirements, and bag limits. During the deer firearms season (Nov. 17 – Dec. 2), hunters must only harvest antlered deer from these properties.


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JPMorgan Chase & Co and Credit Suisse Group will together pay $400 million to settle civil charges that they misled investors in residential mortgage-backed securities offerings, securities regulators said on Friday.
JPMorgan will pay $296.9 million to settle its charges while Credit Suisse will pay $120 million, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
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Both agreed to settle without admitting or denying the charges.
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Jamestown violinist extraordinaire Emily Anthony will return to the Recreation Center stage on Wednesday, Aug. 13, to perform in the Jamestown Community Chorus' annual Talent Show. The entertainment event of the summer will begin at 7 p.m. Emily will play George Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So."
Also returning will be the Hummingbird Trio, young voices from North Kingstown High School who opened for an act in Newport last weekend. They sing music from the swing era and will have you dancing in the aisles. Also on hand will be the Men's Chorus of Jamestown offering their renditions of music classics.
This year's emcee is George Rice. Auditions will be held this coming Sunday and Monday at 7 p.m. in the Recreation Center.
The theme of this year's show is "Salute to Vaudeville." Co-producers Andrea von Hohenleiten and Ginger Holland are urging residents from towns on the lower bay area to bring their talents to the auditions. The fund-raiser will include a gasoline raffl e and a Chamber Bucks raffle plus refreshments.
Questions? Call B.J. Whitehouse, 423-1574.
The Men's Chorus of Jamestown is having an active summer. In addition to the Talent Show and its own concert on Aug. 30, the group will sing the National Anthem at McCoy Stadium Friday, August 29, at a 7:05 p.m. game against Buffalo.
Did everyone enjoy the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday? Our old ears didn't pick up many of the lyrics, but we sure got the beat.
Three Jamestown kids who made a competitive '19 and under' soccer team are traveling Europe playing against the best club teams in Germany, Holland, Netherlands and France. They are coached by a former Russian National player, Alex Roskov.
The islanders are Chris Crawford and Sam Baines, both 16, and Andrew Bretti, 17. As of last weekend they had won all but one game and in their off time have visited some of the great historical sites and museums. Chris' dad reports they have taken a boat down the Rhine River to visit World War II sites, hiked through pitch black caves connected together only by ropes and rode bikes up mountains.
Chris Sr. said they accomplished all that while playing twice a day and working with the best European coaches in the mornings, with games in the afternoon and evening. "Hundreds turn out to welcome them after hours-long bus rides and treat them to post game cookouts in the soccer teams' club houses. They are discovering just how big soccer is in Europe.
"Outside of the coaches, the kids have minimal supervision and are learning to read and speak foreign languages while representing the best that the U.S. has to offer. Each boy had to research a historical site and give a 15-minute presentation to his teammates before visiting the site. The kids raised their own money to go, and they must write reports to their schools upon returning. It is an amazing team experience that leaves them exhausted every day which is hard to do with kids ages 16 to 19," Chris said.
Young Chris is not the only worldtraveling Crawford this summer. His aunt, Rebecca Crawford who with her husband Tom owns a home on Seaside Drive is now in Beijing and will be there until the end of next month. In advance of the Olympic Games she has been overseeing buildings, the village, security, food preparation and kitchens among other things and will continue to do so during the event. Thanks, Chris!
The William H. Southern family of Clinton Avenue celebrated its second family reunion July 19 to 24 at the family home. Members traveled from Illinois, Oregon, Virginia and Washington. Mattie R. Southern and her five children - William Jr., Kenneth, Valerie, Paul and Lisa - were joined by wives Carol and Patty Southern and grandchildren Erica, Kyle, Jarret, Eleanor, Isaiah and Aaron and longtime family friend, Sandra Pizzuti. A special evening was dedicated to honoring Mattie Southern - the family matriarch.
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Who played Joe Friday's partner on "Dragnet?"
Bob Kinder, Barbara-Ann Mac- Intosh and Bob Fleming all had the poser's lyrics:
I'm forever blowing bubbles Pretty bubbles in the air They fly so high Nearly reach the sky......
Thanks, guys.
If anyone has ideas for posers, get them to me, I'm running dry.
Good luck to Joe and Ginny Perry in their new Florida home. We miss you.
Who was Mary Hartman? Betty Kinder writes, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was a short- lived spoof of the soap operas. I thought it was very funny although it was before its time for the subject matter."
John A. Murphy elaborates, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was a TV show of the seventies. It is now a cult classic. Mary Hartman was the lead character in that very funny off-beat sitcom, produced by Norman Lear which ran in the late evening hours as I recall. I think the lead character was played by Louise Lasser. One of the creative contributors to the show, Martin Mull, went, I believe, to RISD, and had a satirical late night talk show that was extremely funny, 'Fernwood Tonight.'
"Lots of the characters from these shows are still in show business. For example, Fred Willard who played 'Jerry' (the Ed McMahon equivalent) on 'Fernwood Tonight' recently did a hilarious take on show dog championships, playing a truly dimwitted host commentator. That character was straight out of 'Fernwood Tonight.'
"Ahhhh! The good old days!" Thanks, John and Betty.
Don't miss an opportunity to hear British diva Sarah Brightman.
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Elegant and traditional best describes this beautiful three light fixture. Finished in Matte Black + Brushed Nickel and paired with Green Cased glass shades, this three light fixture would be equally at home in the game room, or anywhere else in the house needing a touch of timeless charm.Features:
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Paris Signs
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I never gave the Metro white tiles a second thought. They would be handsome in a kitchen
Oho I love the Metro it looks so clean too!ReplyDelete
We learn so much here!ReplyDelete
Oh lal..I see you have the new prove I am not a robot..Those 2 words are often brain teasers...I am so not good at them:)I can read..it's just they are lost one into another,
the new capsha(sp)ReplyDelete
so illegible
I feel like a robot
Separate entry/exits make such good sense! Just before I retired, we used that bevelled tile in one of our projects. Doubt if anyone realized just how chic it is!ReplyDelete
Love the metro pix.. it does look cheery and clean. NY subway gives me the willys looking at the pictures of people cramming in.ReplyDelete
Quite the trip with dessert at the end.ReplyDelete
Getting on and off the trains is still tricky; no separate entrances there. I'm always in a panic that my hubby and I will get separated. All metro trips should have dessert at the end!ReplyDelete
Fun, Carol--I enjoyed that!ReplyDelete
That's it! Bingo! We're looking for tiles for our new shower room. Why didn't I think of going metro style? You're brilliant. Loved the pigeon photo then the menu - one of my favourite dishes avec les petits pois :-)ReplyDelete
always lovely to get my Paris fix... great post :-)ReplyDelete
I love reading your blog :) You make such interesting observations. I just moved to Paris so it's so fun to pop by here sometimes!ReplyDelete
Thank you!
Carin (www.parisinfourmonths.com)


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A third of women at risk for accidental pregnancy have used the withdrawal method of birth control, a new study finds — but hold off on the coitus interruptus jokes.
It turns out that pulling out during sex is often a strategy for extra protection against pregnancy — not less — used by couples most motivated not to have a baby, according to Rachel K. Jones and other researchers at the Guttmacher Institute.
"Most people using withdrawal are also using another method, or 'doubling up,'" said Jones, whose study was published Friday in the journal Contraception.
Using an analysis of national survey data from 3,276 women aged 18 to 39 in 2012, Jones and her colleagues found that 33 percent of participants had used the withdrawal method at any time in the past 30 days.
Of those, about 12 percent used only withdrawal to prevent pregnancy. Most women who used withdrawal combined it with other methods, such as birth control pills or condoms, sometimes simultaneously and sometimes in rotation, the study found.
Among younger women in the survey aged 18 to 24, slightly more than 40 percent had used withdrawal to avoid pregnancy in the past month, but only 10 percent relied on it as the sole form of birth control, the researchers found.
"Women in dating relationships and those strongly motivated to avoid pregnancy also had some of the highest levels of combining withdrawal use with condoms or highly effective methods," Guttmacher officials said.
The new study counters previous national research that found that while nearly 60 percent of women had ever used withdrawal, only 3 percent were currently using it. That might be in part because many people previously surveyed didn't regard withdrawal as a "real" or effective method of birth control, and so didn't report it.
Jones and her colleagues constructed the survey differently, making sure to include withdrawal first in a list of birth control options and to allow reporting of mixed methods of pregnancy prevention.
The findings suggest that far more women rely on withdrawal as primary or back-up birth control, indicating that health care providers should discuss its use more thoroughly, Jones said.
Pulling out is about as effective as condoms for preventing pregnancy, with a failure rate of 4 percent compared to 3 percent for condoms, the study reported. Couples should understand that — and that withdrawal doesn't protect against sexually transmitted infections.
"Increased awareness of the pros and cons of withdrawal has the potential to result in lower contraceptive failure rates," they wrote.


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Frustrated with the congestion along the 10 Freeway?
San Bernardino Associated Governments and Caltrans are looking at two plans to provide relief although neither would enter the construction phase until 2020.
The most ambitious plan would expand the 10 by two lanes in each direction from the Los Angeles County Line to Ford Street in Redlands -- 35 miles at a projected cost of a little more than $1 billion.
A detailed cost and revenue study will be completed in the spring.
The plan, which highway planning officials call Alternative 3, would be the first time San Bernardino County officials used a hybrid of toll and car-pool lanes -- called express lanes.
A less ambitious plan, which highway officials
call Alternative 2, calls for the construction of one car-pool lane, in each direction, from near Haven Avenue in Ontario to Ford Street in Redlands. This plan covers 25 miles at a cost of $546 million.
This plan, while cheaper and less disruptive, would provide relief for "less than 10 years before it becomes congested again," said Garry Cohoe, SANBAG's director of project delivery.
By adjusting tolls, highway officials hope the express lane plan will successfully modulate congestion for decades.
There is an Alternative 1, which calls for no improvement.
That approach has virtually no support because "parts of I-10 are at peak capacity now, especially in the West End, in the Ontario-Montclair area," Cohoe said.
Currently, Alternative 3 appears to have significant support among SANBAG board members, who will ultimately decide which option is chosen.
But there is a group of SANBAG board members opposed to that alternative.
The cost and revenue study will help illuminate the decision, said L. Dennis Michael, mayor of Rancho Cucamonga.
"A lot of work needs to be done...we don't have enough information now," he said.
Today's financing realities -- with dwindling funds from state and federal sources -- also favor freeway construction which incorporates toll lanes as another revenue source, Cohoe said.
The practice of congestion pricing -- where motorists can pay for a faster ride during peak traffic flow periods -- made its debut in Los Angeles County earlier this month along an 11-mile stretch of the 110 Freeway.
Late last month, SANBAG and Caltrans officials began the public comment period with two public meetings, one in Ontario and one in San Bernardino.
Among those attending the Ontario was Pastor Daniel Grabowski who is worried what the noise and pollution implications are for the more than 100 children attending his Ontario-based
Redeemer Lutheran Church school.
The sound wall to the current freeway ends at the property line for his school's playground.
"How much will this encroach into our property?", he asked.
Highway officials didn't have an answer. Detailed studies are ongoing to determine how much property will need to purchased by each alternative, where sound walls and retaining walls need to be placed and many other engineering questions, Cohoe said.
Miles away, longtime Redlands resident Mary Hampton wonders how much worse freeway noise will be at her near 10 Freeway residence.
"Some nights now I wouldn't be able to sleep if the TV wasn't on," she said.
Colton resident Yvette Gonzales is concerned that new sound walls might obscure signage that advertises her storage units and is visible from 10 Freeway.
"Also the sound wall will probably attract graffiti," she said.
"The engineering data shows that a car-pool lane (Alternative 2) would be helpful, but would not provide a sustained level of relief. It would be nothing more than a Band-aid," said Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who also sits on the SANBAG board.
Says Michael Tahan, a SANBAG board member who is also a Fontana councilman: "My concern is that a high toll would make the other lanes even more jammed. And drivers will go to the local streets instead of paying a toll or face the other four general purpose lanes that are even more jammed."
"And who will pay for the increased wear and tear on city streets?" he asked.
There will also be increased dust and pollution in cities located off the 10, said Tahan, who is among a minority group of SANBAG board members opposed to the having tolls on San Bernardino County freeways.
Josie Gonzales, chairwoman of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, is in that camp as well.
"It is my belief that the taxpayer has already paid and invested in the transportation infrastructure. I have a difficult time asking people to pay for the privilege of riding on their own freeways," Gonzales said.
"I don't sense public support, said Janice Rutherford, county supervisor for the Second District and president of the 29-member SANBAG board.
"It's double taxation and elitism and I don't believe it will produce efficiency in traffic flow."
Rutherford said that of all the governmental messages she posts on her Facebook page, the issue of toll roads draws more response than anything else -- and it's all negative.
"I fully support this 100 percent," said Alan Wapner, Ontario councilman and SANBAG board member, said of Alternative 3.
He said that paying a toll isn't a tax -- it's a user fee.
And this user fee is a way to fill "a huge funding shortfall."
Looking ahead to a series of express lanes across Southern California, Wapner said they need to be coordinated so that there is not a situation where three in a car during rush hour is free in one county, but a neighboring county requires four passengers for a free ride in the express lanes.
Freeway travelers who don't pay a toll, still get the benefit from fewer people being in the general purpose lanes, Cohoe said.
Studies of express lanes in San Diego County show that 60 percent of people with incomes less than $40,000 approved, just 10 percentage points less than the 70 percent approval rate for those making more than $100,000 annually, Cohoe said.
Said Aguilar: "This is going to be a long conversation. It is going to take a great deal of time to analyze and go through the public process."


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Building affordable housing on public land, funding programs with savings realized by instituting single-payer health care, potential repercussions of a casino referendum, and hiring only the most qualified candidates for state jobs were among the ideas bandied about as the five Democratic candidates for Massachusetts governor debated at Suffolk University's downtown television studio.
The debate, sponsored with the Boston Herald, featured questions from students, the public and moderators Rachelle Cohen, editor of the Boston Herald Editorial Page, and Suffolk University Vice President of Government Relations and Community Affairs John Nucci.
Referring to the Probation Department patronage case now being tried in federal court, Steve Grossman said that, as Massachusetts treasurer, he revamped hiring standards and has a track record proving that "every person we hire in the treasurer's office … will be the best person for that job." As governor, he would maintain those practices, he said.
Health care costs
Donald Berwick, former chief of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, returned repeatedly to the idea that single-payer health care could return funding to programs that have been cut over the years due to the escalating cost of ensuring state employees.
"Health care has got to become more affordable," he said as he responded to Suffolk student Joseph Presti's question about how the candidates would make repayment of student loans more affordable. Chided by Cohen, who suggested he was changing the subject, Berwick said: "Where does the funding come from for a 59 percent increase in health care costs?" and noted that areas from parks and recreation to education feel the pinch, and "that's why health care is pertinent."
Casino repeal
In discussing a citizen initiative to repeal the casino law, Attorney General Martha Coakley said the referendum question is illegal and that "if repeal passes, the taxpayers could be forced to repay." Yet she also said that she "would not have gone to this for revenue."
"We have a law; we should let it play out," said businessman and physician Joe Avellone, "What I don't like is referendum government," he said, drawing a comparison to California, where, since Proposition 13 dramatically cut property-tax rates in 1978, voters have overturned laws, recalled a governor and made their own rules.
Berwick said that he is unequivocally opposed to casinos, arguing that they will result in a mental health burden, lost jobs, and cannibalization of the state lottery.
Affordable housing
In response to student Taylor Cole's question about how the candidates would make "safe and affordable housing available to college students," Grossman proposed seeking developers to build mid-priced housing on the "vast amounts of public land" owned by the state, the MBTA and other public entities. In exchange for rock-bottom leases, the developers would pledge to reduce rents, Grossman also called on colleges and universities to provide more campus housing for students.
Juliette Kayyem, former assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, focused on technology as an answer to a variety of challenges in Massachusetts, arguing that it could be used to prevent fraud in public programs and even to keep children safe.
In a discussion of the Department of Children and Families, Kayyem said that "the caseworker goes to the door and does not have the information that's out there." Her solution would be to provide a tablet that DCF employees could use to review reports from schools or police and the case file.


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It seems that EasyCAP is not a companys or brand name, but some chinese manufacturers use this label for at least four completly hardware different clones of equally looking audio and video capture devices. EasyCAP devices and clones are vastly sold in onlineshops at low prices.
This article describes, how to identify the chipset of the known EasyCAP devices and if they are supported/ working under Linux.
- 1 Overview/Features
- 2 Known Easycap devices
- 2.1 STK1160 EasyCAP
- 2.2 Empia EasyCAP
- 2.3 Somagic EasyCAP
- 2.4 USBTV007 EasyCAP
- 3 External Links
- All the EasyCAP devices and clones need a USB 2.0 connection (USB 1.1 is too slow).
- They are tunerless but can capture analogue video up to 720x576 px (PAL) or 720x480 px (NTSC) and
- stereosound up to 48000 Hz sampling rate (or only 8000 Hz mono on some models where the AC'97 chip is missing)
- Most of them have input cables labelled CVBS, S-VIDEO, AUDIO(L), AUDIO(R).
- Some models do have 4 yellow input cables (CVBS) labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and one white unlabelled audio cable.
Components Used
The components of the different EasyCAP labeled devices are mentioned in the "Known Easycap devices" section below.
Other Images
Indentify the device before buying
It is hard to identify the chipset of any EasyCAP device before buying because most onlineshops (ebay, amazon) do not mention in the provided technical data the chipset of the device. Example from logilik.de where the chipset is declared
Identify device using installation instructions for Windows
Screenshots of the windowsinstaller often reveal the devicename.
- STK1160 EasyCAP is in Windows: (Syntek) STK1160 or STK1150
- Empia EasyCAP is in Windows: USB 2861 Device or EMP
- Somagic EasyCAP is in Windows: SM-USB 007 or SMI Grabber Device
- UTV007 based EasyCAP is in Windows: USBTV007
Known Easycap devices
STK1160 EasyCAP
For the stk1160 based EasyCAPs exists another article on this wiki with further information.
It is assumed that the stk1160 based "EasyCAP DC60" ist the "originally" EasyCAP device. This device is sold in different varieties (models) and even under different names like: EzCap, LogiLink, Mumbi, Weltbild, and some more.
Components Used
- Syntek STK1160 (USB video bridge)
- Silan SC8113 (Philips SAA7113 compatible video decoder)
- AC'97 audio processor (In the 4 inputs model this chip is missing. Audio capturing is done by the STK1160 chips built-in ADC for mono microphone audio recording.)
# lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e1:0408 Syntek Semiconductor Co., Ltd STK1160 Video Capture Device
Making it work
STK1160 based devices are supported (video and audio) under Linux by the easycap kernel module (kernel 2.6.38 and later) and further on by the stk1160 kernel module (kernel 3.7). More information on this wiki: Stk1160
Empia EasyCAP
The Empia EasyCAP is based on the EM2860 chip from Empia.
Components Used
- Empia EM2860 (USB video bridge)
- Silan SC8113 (Philips SAA7113 compatible video decoder)
- AC'97 audio processor
# lsusb Bus XXX Device XXX: ID eb1a:2861 eMPIA Technology, Inc.
Making it work
EM2860 based devices are supported in Linux by the em28xx kernle module. More information on this wiki: Em28xx_devices
Somagic EasyCAP
The Somagic EasyCAP is based on the SMI-2021 chip from Somagic. It needs a firmware for operation.
Components Used
- Somagic SMI-2021CBE (USB video bridge)
- SAA7113 compatible video decoder
- Cirrus Logic 5340-CZZ audio processor
# lsusb Bus XXX Device XXX: ID 1c88:0007 Somagic, Inc. and after loading the firmware # lsusb Bus XXX Device XXX: ID 1c88:003c Somagic, Inc. or Bus XXX Device XXX: ID 1c88:003f Somagic, Inc.
Making it work
For SMI-2021 based devices exists a proceeding Linux-driver project: easycap-somagic-linux
More information on this wiki: Somagic
USBTV007 EasyCAP
This EasyCAP is based on a single Fushicai UTV007 chip.
Components Used
- Fushicai UTV007 A614231.1 1136L1BK chip
# lsusb Bus XXX Device XXX: ID 1b71:3002
Making it work
This device is currently not supportet under Linux
External Links
Jashi's ROOM User information about the four different EasyCAPs with hardware pictures (Japanese site translated with Google)
www.usbeasycap.info Site of a chinese EasyCAP manufacturer/ retailer where at some Easycap products the chipset is declared and at some it is not declared.


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The St. Louis Rams released WR Emory Blake, OG Travis Bond, DE Kourtnei Brown, FS C.B. Bryant, DT Matt Conrath, WR Austin Franklin, QB Garrett Gilbert, DT Deantre Harlan, LB Aaron Hill, OT Sean Hooey, CB Greg Reid, LB Etienne Sabino, TE Brad Smelley, LB Phillip Steward, WR Justin Veltung, OG Brandon Washington, LB Lawrence J. Wilson, and CB Darren Woodard.
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The St. Louis Rams have signed 15 undrafted free agents, with the UDFA class including TE Alex Bayer (Bowling Green), CB Jarrid Bryant (South Dakota), S Avery Cunningham (Central Michigan), WR Austin Franklin (New Mexico), DT Deantre Harlan (Bacone), LB Aaron Hill (Minnesota), FB Kadeem Jones (Western Kentucky), OT Emmanuel McCray (Mississippi), LB Johnny Millard (Cal Poly), CB Marcus Roberson (Florida), OT Abasi Salimu (Nicholls State), WR Jamaine Sherman (East Texas Baptist), RB Julius Watts (Tulsa), DT Ethan Westbrooks (West Texas A&M) and LB Tavarius Wilson (North Alabama). Financial terms were not disclosed except for Westbrooks, who has a $20,000 bonus and $30,000 in other guarantees.
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While there is considerable overlap between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice with regard to the causes of the problems and the strategies for responses, this course will focus on the administration of juvenile
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- March 4, 2013 - 12:43 AM
MESA, Ariz. - Before he left the Milwaukee Brewers to join Team Mexico for the World Baseball Classic, Marco Estrada received well wishes from manager Ron Roenicke.
But not from Canadian teammates John Axford and Jim Henderson.
"There's too much trash talk going on," Estrada said. "There's been a lot. I didn't think it would be like this, but it is all fun and games. Ax and Hendu are giving it to me a little bit and I am giving it right back."
If Estrada pitches the way he did Sunday, he might return with bragging rights. The 29-year-old right-hander tossed four scoreless innings to help the Brewers beat a Chicago Cubs split squad 4-3 in front of 7,431 fans at HoHoKam Stadium.
Estrada, who went 5-7 with a 3.64 ERA in 29 games (23 starts) last season, allowed one hit, walked two and struck out three.
"I went out trying to work on stuff," he said. "I felt like the curveball was a little off and that I was rushing. Overall, I threw pretty well. I located with the fastball and that's the most important thing right now. Once you get that going you can work on the other stuff."
Estrada was born in California but takes pride in playing for Mexico and feels he is ready to go.
"I know it is early but I feel like I've thrown enough where I can give them those 65 pitches (the first-round limit)," he said. "Hopefully we can get to the second round and build up to 80. It's a good feeling and I feel pretty confident heading into the Classic.
"There is nothing like it and I am really excited. This is it and you are trying to win it all."
Carlos Gomez homered and Taylor Green had two hits for Milwaukee, including an RBI single in the first inning.
Cubs starter Edwin Jackson was nowhere near as efficient as Estrada. Jackson, who signed a $52 million, four-year contract with Chicago in the offseason, allowed two runs and two hits in two innings. He also walked three, hit a batter with a pitch and made a throwing error into center field on an attempted double play.
"It was one of those days in spring training when you feel pretty good and you want to let it go, but you don't control the tempo like you should," said Jackson, who went 10-11 with a 4.03 ERA for Washington last season. "It was a matter of finding the tempo and you have to do a good job of slowing it down."
Chicago was held to two hits by six Brewers pitchers. Cubs prospect Javier Baez had a two-run homer and drove in three runs.
Brewers right-hander Kelvim Escobar left after getting two outs in the sixth because of a problem with his pitching hand. He walked two and hit a batter with a pitch.
"He didn't feel strength in his hand and the ball was coming out of his hand funny," Roenicke said. "We will see how he is (on Tuesday)."
Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo went hitless in three at-bats in his last game before joining Team Italy for the WBC.
NOTES: Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez had an MRI that showed a sprained left knee but no structural damage. He came out of Saturday's game after sliding into second base. He is expected to be out at least a week. ... Cubs INF Ian Stewart (quadriceps) tried hitting on Saturday but still felt discomfort. The plan is for him to get into a game around March 14. ... Brewers RHP Yovani Gallardo (right groin) had a bullpen session that went fine. The club was leaving it up to him to decide if he will pitch for Mexico in the WBC. Gallardo was supposed to leave camp Sunday, with the first workout on Monday. WBC rules state that once he leaves camp he can't come back to be treated or pitch. "We have to see what he wants to do," Roenicke said.
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CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Two candidates in a local election in the state of Sinaloa, home to Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, have dropped out of the race after a member of their coalition was shot to death, campaign officials announced Friday.
Lucas Lizarraga, campaign coordinator for the coalition "Together You Win," which groups the leftist Democratic Revolution Party and Workers Party with the conservative National Action Party, said the candidates for mayor and state congress in the town of Sinaloa de Leyva are asking electoral official to postpone the July 7 election because authorities are not ensuring their personal safety.
"Candidates have received threats from organized crime groups and there is a risk of more casualties over the remainder of the campaign and on election day," Lizarraga said.
On Monday, authorities found the body of a 26-year-old who was running for the city council of the same town. Eleazar Armenta was shot to death in the village of Baburias.
Sinaloa state electoral authorities said the candidates missed the deadline to drop out of the race and that their names would appear on the ballot even if they stop campaigning.
"In case one of the applicants who are requesting to withdraw from the race is elected, they can take office since their registration can no longer be invalidated," said Jacinto Perez, president of Sinaloa state electoral council.
The announcement in Sinaloa comes a day after the leader of the Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, in the southern state of Oaxaca was found slain.
The Oaxaca attorney general's office said the body of Nicolas Estrada Merino, 32, was found Thursday in a sugar cane field near the city of Tuxtepec. It said in a statement that Estrada had three gunshot wounds to the head and that investigators are looking into the circumstances of his death.
The PRD's national leadership condemned the killing and demanded that authorities speed the investigation. They would not say if they thought his killing was election-related.
"I don't want to say if this was political or party-related. We have to be cautious," Miguel Barbosa, PRD coordinator in the federal Senate, said Friday. "Clearly we're talking about a scenario of risk for those in politics. But it doesn't help us right now ... to make declarations that are going to provoke tension and fear among citizens who are going to have to express themselves through their votes on July 7."
Local elections for state representatives and mayors will be held July 7 in 14 of Mexico's 31 states.
The state of Oaxaca has been led since 2010 by a governor representing a coalition between the PRD and the National Action Party.
Estrada was missing for more than two weeks. His car was found burned on July 16. Authorities estimate that he has been dead for some time because only his bones were discovered.
Attacks on local elected officials or candidates are not uncommon in Mexico, especially during election seasons.
In the southern state of Chiapas, police arrested a mayoral candidate for the shooting death of a rival party member last year, and a candidate in the southern state of Guerrero was slain outside his home.
Drug cartels have also orchestrated attacks on politicians. The highest profile was the ambush killing in 2010 of Rodolfo Torre, gubernatorial candidate in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Associated Press writer E. Eduardo Castillo in Mexico City contributed to this report.


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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Chain saws are buzzing, axes are flying and let the wood chips fall where they may.
The chain saw competition at the Mountain State Forest Festival pitted father and son for bragging rights as to which West Virginian could fell more timber in the fastest time. Then as Arden Cogar Jr. struggled to start his machine, his 79-year-old father sliced through three slabs of timber, drawing hoots and hollers from the crowd as the machine's roar died down.
"He can still whoop my butt any day of the week," Cogar Jr. said of his father.
Chopping through wood is a family tradition for a West Virginia-based clan that boasts at least 20 members who've cut timber in various forms of lumberjack competitions.
Members of the Cogar family stay busy competing about 20 weekends out of the year. And three of them soon will take their skills against competitors from more than 20 other countries at the Stihl Timbersports Series World Championships Oct. 25-26 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Arden Cogar Jr. held the national title for four of the past six years but was unseated in June by cousin Matt, who at 26 became the youngest U.S. overall champion of the Stihl Timbersports circuit.
The two veterans of the global circuit will be joined by Matt's father, Paul Cogar, whose decades of work in the logging industry finally paid off when he qualified for the five-member U.S. team for the first time.
"It's going to be a pretty proud moment doing that," said Paul Cogar, 56.
Local and regional competitions keep the Cogars' skills sharp. In all, six family members earned prizes at the recent festival in Elkins, although theirs wasn't the only one with multiple generations competing.
Other fathers and sons threw hatchets at a red bull's eye on a wood target and worked the long saw in teams as sawdust piled up on the stage.
Logging has long been a way of life in heavily forested West Virginia, where the arrival of the railroads in the late 19th century contributed to the rapid rise of the hardwood logging and coal industries.
The Cogar family's roots in logging date to the 1930s, starting with Arden Cogar Sr.'s father and brothers.
Eventually, family members began taking part in competitions that included a variety of ax, and cross and chain saw events. Arden Cogar Sr. began competing a half century ago and set dozens of world records in lumberjack sports. His son, Arden Jr., has been at it for more than 25 years.
While some might think lumberjack competitions require the brute strength of Paul Bunyan, Arden Cogar Jr. said it's more about timing and precision — similar to golf.
"Your technique is the most important thing," he said. "It's how you deliver the ax. It's how you deliver the saw. It's not the amount of pressure. It's how you use what you have."
Arden Cogar Jr. dusts off any injuries he's accumulated over the years.
"You play with sharp objects, you get cut. That's a fact of life," he said. "I have a lot of really neat scars."
For his part, Paul Cogar has been in the logging industry for 39 years. Matt and Arden Cogar Jr. followed their respective fathers into lumberjack sports but not the logging industry.
The burly Arden Cogar Jr. is a former power weightlifter who approaches his day job as a civil defense attorney the same way he does his role as a competitive lumberjack — with preparation and more preparation.
"It's a wonderful release after a heck of a work day," said Cogar, who occasionally hosts practice sessions with his cousins. "For me, there's nothing more rewarding than finishing off a day by going home and hitting something that can't hit me back."
The 6-foot-4 Matt Cogar, who has a biology degree and works as a firearms sales associate for an outdoors retailer, started competing at age 12 and won his first trophy a year later.
His ultimate goal is to earn a world championship, which he'll have the chance to do this month. He also wants to become one of the few U.S. lumberjacks to win an underhand chopping title against a strong field in Sydney, Australia.
"Prestige comes with winning," Matt Cogar said.
Paul Cogar said there is a sense of camaraderie with the competition. But Matt Cogar said the required degree of focus skyrockets when the chips start flying.
"Once you step up to the log, it's time to go," Matt Cogar said. "There's one thing I definitely learned a long time ago. It's not about the person you're racing against. It's just a competition between you and the log. You've got to chop that log and the next guy has to chop his log. That's what the competition is all about."
The Cogar men aren't the only ones who enjoy the family tradition. Kristy Cogar, Arden Jr.'s wife, won a world women's title in her fourth year of competing, and the couple's two daughters, Kiara and Carmen, also are active in the sport.
"My daughters have felt that every woodchopping contest that they go to is a family reunion," Arden Cogar Jr. said.
Now family members are gearing up for the world championships. Matt, Paul and Arden Cogar Jr. are entered in the team relay event, while Matt Cogar is scheduled for some individual events, although he said he may drop out of that in order to focus on the team race.
New Zealand has been the gold medalist in two of the past three years, but Arden Cogar Jr. says: "We all had very successful seasons and ... we will push them hard."
Associated Press writer Vicki Smith contributed from Elkins, W.Va.


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Frogs: A Chorus of Colors
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Brilliant orange, bright blue, dazzling red—frogs come in an astonishing array of colors. This vivid assortment of hues hints at the remarkable diversity that exists among the frog species inhabiting the globe. From lush rainforests to parched deserts, frogs are found in nearly every environment on Earth, and their survival strategies range from surprising to bizarre.
A pioneer in modern frog research, the American Museum of Natural History has one of the largest frog collections in the world. Museum expeditions to remote mountaintops, as well as surveys of local wetlands, continue to uncover new populations and species—but also reveal environmental changes that threaten frogs' existence. Many efforts are underway to reverse this downward trend globally and in our own backyards.
Frogs live almost everywhere—from tropical forests to frozen tundra and scorching deserts—and have an amazing range of survival strategies. Many are more colorful than the most dazzling birds. Their voices have filled the night with song since the dawn of dinosaurs.
The 2013-2014 exhibition Frogs: A Chorus of Colors includes more than 20 species from around the world. Find out more about individual species and learn about green invaders, toothless predators, and more.
The brightly colored dart poison frogs of Central and South America broadcast a visual warning to predators: Do Not Eat! Many species in the frog family Dendrobatidae ooze poison through that spectacular skin as a defense against predators.
In the most familiar reproductive mode, frogs begin their lives as eggs laid in water; soon, swimming tadpoles emerge, grow and metamorphose, eventually moving onto land to grow yet further into adults. But only about half of all frog species reproduce this way. Other methods abound, some surprising and even bizarre.
Some 365 million years ago, finned, aquatic animals evolved into tetrapods, the first four-legged vertebrates. Over time this new animal group moved onto land and gave rise to mammals, reptiles (including birds), and amphibians.
Over the past 50 years scientists have recorded major declines in frog populations around the world. A few species have vanished completely. Many frog die-offs are the result of local human activity, but the epidemic has also reached remote areas. Is there a global cause?
For more than a century, herpetologists from the American Museum of Natural History have pioneered frog research worldwide. Expeditions to remote regions enable researchers to observe species in their natural habitats and collect specimens for further study.
Christopher J. Raxworthy's research focuses on Old World reptile and amphibian systematics and biogeography, especially the study of family relationships among species of chameleons.
More than 200 frog species live in Madagascar, 99 percent of which exist only on this California-sized island off the coast of Africa.
There is evidence that frogs have roamed the Earth for more than 200 million years, at least as long as the dinosaurs.
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors is presented with appreciation to Clyde Peeling's Reptiland.


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So today's cocktail matches the flowers.
Pretty, aren't they?
Both of them.
With the 70 degree weather and the sun out, we had to do some drinks on the deck - even if my partner is now visibly preggers with the twins, who can argue with cocktail hour on a day like today? I made this tasty concoction without the octane, but my babycocktails buddy is a drinking girl at heart. She took one sip and said, "Yep, this would be fabulous with a little gin."
And it is. But it doesn't have a name -- any thoughts?
(lets see if anyone's out there....)
Polar Pomegranate Dry - Pomegranate juice w/ fizz already in it - maybe 2/3 glass,
tonic water a little more than a spash to de-sweeten the pom juice,
splash of OJ,
orange slices
A shot of gin.
On the knitting front, am almost up to the end of the yoke on Hourglass - should get it done tonight. But again, won't bore you with more navy blue photos. I do love this yarn - and the sweater so far. Happy Weekend!


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The light is flashing white (flash 0.3 second every 3 seconds), 120 feet above the water, and visible 12 miles. The rock is prominent in clear weather, but in thick weather the locality should he avoided, as the lead gives no warning of a near approach. ... The lead is a good guide on this stretch of the coast ; between Point Arguello and Point San Luis the 20-f athom curve can be ... The Canada Honda, 2 miles northward of Point Arguello, is a deep gulch crossed by a railroad trestle easilyanbsp;...
|United States coast pilot
|U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Raymond Stanton Patton
|- 1917
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