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Welcome to the American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute Website
The American College of Surgeons Health Policy Research Institute is an organization which studies and reports on issues related to the state of the surgical profession, the surgical workforce, and surgical utilization in the United States. The Institute provides expert advice, data analysis, and original research for surgical professional associations and boards, policymakers, and the health services research community.
December 2012: We have posted new new maps showing supply and change in supply of surgical subspecialist groups between 2006-2011.
October 2012:The US Atlas of the Surgical Workforce was updated with 2011 data on surgeons and physicians.
September 2012: Erin Fraher, Andy Knapton, George Sheldon, Anthony Meyer and Thomas Ricketts published Projecting Surgeon Supply Using a Dynamic Model in Annals of Surgery (available September 27, 2012, ahead of print).
July 2012: We have posted three series of new maps showing total and general surgeon supply and change in supply between 2006-2011.
May 2012: Dr. Thomas C. Ricketts, Dr. Erin Fraher and several doctoral students from UNC Chapel Hill visited Lord Bernard Ribeiro on May 22-23. There, they learned about Parliament's efforts to reform the English health and social care system, and made comparisons to ongoing health reform efforts in the US.
May 2012: Dr. Erin Fraher was invited to present to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies at the GME Financing Conference on May 10, 2012. She provided an overview of a project designed to answer the question, "What changes are needed to better align GME policy to meet the surgical health needs of the US population?" This project is slated to be completed in Spring 2013. Access the slides here.
March 2012: HPRI data tracks: Trends in the otolaryngology workforce in the U.S.. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.
January 2012: HPRI data tracks: Urology workforce trends. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.
March 2012: Dr. Thomas C. Ricketts and Dan Belsky published Medicare Costs and Surgeon Supply in Hospital Service Areas in the March 2012 issue of Annals of Surgery.
November 2011: HPRI data tracks: Burn care: Are there sufficient providers and facilities? Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.
October 2011: Drs. George Sheldon, Anthony Charles, Karyn Stitzenberg and Thomas Ricketts presented on panels at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in San Francisco. Dr. Sheldon moderated a panel on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as presenting a paper on GME and health reform. Dr. Ricketts presented on "Secular Trends Trump Health Reform" on the panel that also included Dr. Donald Detmer and Dr. Andrew Warshaw. Drs. Stitzenberg and Charles were part of a panel on Surgery and Inequality, the theme of the overall meeting.
September 2011: The US Atlas of the Surgical Workforce was updated to include additional surgical subspecialties, as well as demographic and health access indicators. The next update will be available in Summer 2012.
September 2011: HPRI data tracks: Geographic distribution of general surgeons: Comparisons across time and specialties. Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.
July 2011: Dr. Brad Wright and Dr. John Scarborough published Characterizing and Fostering Charity Care in the Surgeon Workforce in the July 2011 issue of Annals of Surgery.
Burn care: Are there sufficient providers and facilities? Approximately 450,000 burn injuries receive medical treatment each year, and roughly 3,500 people die in fire-related accidents each year. Burn center care, similar to medical services delivered at trauma centers, has been associated with improved survival, decreased hospital costs, and shorter lengths of hospital stay. This article briefly describes the number and distribution of burn centers in the U.S., and provides an explanation of the verification and referral process for burn centers.
The Geographic Distribution of General Surgeons: Comparisons across Time and Specialties Policymakers and researchers continue to debate whether there is an overall shortage of surgeons, a maldistribution, or both. The recurring question, "How many surgeons do we need?" has not been definitively answered. There are specific surgeon-to-population ratios that are considered benchmarks for this issue, but they offer little guidance on what constitutes a shortage. In this article, the Gini index—a tool for assessing the overall fairness of the distribution of surgeons—is presented, along with guidance for how it may be useful in monitoring geographic access to surgical services.
Developing an Index for Surgical Underservice Findings from this fact sheet highlight areas that may not have the resources to support surgery. Based on existing Hospital Services Areas, the fact sheet proposes a threshold for a critical shortage area for general surgeons (3.0 per 100,000 population) and maps the US Hospital Service Areas (HSAs) that have a critical shortage of general surgeons. The analysis in this fact sheet also shows that the current HSA definitions are not adequate for the development of a surgical Health Professional Shortage Area methodology. The ACS HPRI is redefining HSAs based on similar, but updated, data.


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The Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel lets you experience realistic, accurate steering, and feel every bump in the road with rumble feedback. The wireless speed wheel puts you in control with intuitive buttons and triggers:
Watch the video "Wireless speed wheel features and setup." Note This video is available in English only.
Step 1: Install the Wireless Speed Wheel software
The easiest way to install the Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel software drivers is to connect to Xbox Live. If your console is connected to Xbox Live, then you're ready for Step 2.
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Insert AA alkaline (included with the wheel) or fully charged Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries into the wireless speed wheel. Here's how:
Note The wireless speed wheel doesn't charge rechargeable batteries. You must recharge batteries in a charging device.Step 3: Connect the speed wheel to your console
To connect your speed wheel and console:
The light on the wheel's right handle will flash while it connects to your console. Once the wheel is connected to your console, one segment on the wheel's center ring of light is illuminated (this can take up to 10 seconds).
The Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel has buttons, lights, and triggers, on the handle bars and in the center of the speed wheel.
Center controls
The controls in the center of the speed wheel include the Start, Back, and the Guide button. A light ring surrounds the Guide button. When you connect the speed wheel to your console, a section on the ring of light illuminates. Each subsequent speed wheel or controller that is connected to the console (up to four) is assigned a section on the ring of light.
Start and Back button behavior is the same as on your Xbox controller.
Press the Guide button to turn your console on. Once on, pressing the Guide button displays the Xbox Guide. To turn off your console, press and hold the Guide button for three seconds and confirm your selection.
Handle bar controls
The controls on the handle bar include the accelerator trigger, the brake trigger, and the A, B, X, and Y buttons.
Start and use your speed wheel
When you use your speed wheel with driving games, it acts like a steering wheel and ignores unwanted motion. The speed wheel supports pitch, yaw, and roll, but not all games supports these actions. Refer to the game's manual to find out what actions are supported by the game.
To start your speed wheel:
The wheel is ready to play.
If lights continue to flash around the Guide button, see the Setup or Troubleshoot speed wheel problems topics on this page.
Watch the video "Using the speed wheel with racing games." Note This video is available in English only.
The Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel is designed to work with most Xbox racing games. Because the wheel does not have shoulder buttons, some functionality may be limited in some game titles that use shoulder buttons. Refer to the game's manual for information about shoulder button functionality, or to see if the game allows remapping of controller functions.
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Singer in the punk band X-Ray Spex
Poly Styrene, 53, the braces-wearing singer who belted out "Oh bondage, up yours!" with the punk band X-Ray Spex, died Monday, according to a statement on her website.
Styrene, whose real name was Marion Elliott-Said, was in hospice care in St. Leonards-on-Sea, England, after having been diagnosed with cancer.
X-Ray Spex released just one album, 1978's "Germ Free Adolescents." But its aggressively catchy single "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" became an enduring punk anthem.
"Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard," Styrene sang in the gleeful nonconformist shout-out — before letting everyone know exactly what she thought of that idea.
Of British and Somali heritage, Styrene was born July 3, 1957, in the London suburb of Bromley — also the childhood home of David Bowie, Billy Idol and Siouxsie Sioux.
As a teenager, Styrene released a reggae single before being inspired to form a punk band after seeing the Sex Pistols play in 1976. X-Ray Spex stood out from the punk crowd during its short career, both because of its female singer and for including a saxophone player in the lineup.
Styrene's attitude and energy inspired other female singers, and she often was cited as a precursor of the 1990s "riot grrrl" movement.
Styrene recorded a solo album, "Translucence," in 1980 before fading from public view and joining the Hare Krishna movement. She later returned to making music and last month released a solo album, "Generation Indigo."
Huey P. Meaux
Music producer had several hits
Huey P. Meaux, 82, a music producer who revived Freddy Fender's recording career and launched that of Texas rocker Doug Sahm and his band, the Sir Douglas Quintet, died of multiple organ failure Saturday at his home in Winnie, Texas, Meaux's nephew, Larry Meaux Jr., told the Associated Press.
Meaux produced "Before the Next Teardrop Falls," which was a No. 1 country song for Fender in 1975, along with Fender's follow-up, "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights." He also launched B.J. Thomas' career with the Hank Williams song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry."
Meaux was born March 10, 1929, in Kaplan, La. One of his early successes was the 1962 Barbara Lynn hit "You'll Lose a Good Thing."
In 1996, police raided Meaux's studio in Houston and found hundreds of videotapes and photos of him having sex with underage girls. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting a teenage girl and other charges. He was released four years ago.
Morty Jacobs
Musical director for George Burns
Morty Jacobs, 93, who spent more than 30 years as musical director and pianist for comedian George Burns, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center of complications after surgery, said his son, Stephen. Jacobs had injured his neck in a fall at home.
During his long career, Jacobs worked with a variety of performers, including Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dandridge, Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra and Margaret Whiting.
But he is perhaps best known for his association with Burns, the legendary entertainer who died in 1996 at 100.
Burns hired Jacobs because of their shared experience on the vaudeville circuit, Jacobs' son said. "He knew dad knew all of the old vaudeville songs," which were a staple of Burns' nightclub act, Stephen Jacobs said.
Morton Phillip Jacobs was born Dec. 17, 1917, in New York, the youngest of three children. His musical abilities were recognized early, his son said, and he was about 6 when started performing as a pianist.
As a teenager he spent about two years in the merchant marine and later served in the Army during World War II.
Jacobs also was a composer, arranger and a longtime activist in the Professional Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles.
Nawang Gombu
Youngest sherpa on Hillary's Everest climb
Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, 79, the youngest of Sir Edmund Hillary's climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest in 1953 and the first person to scale Everest twice, died Sunday at his home at the foot of the Himalayas after a brief illness, his son Kursung Phinjo Gombu told the Associated Press.
Gombu joined his uncle Tenzing Norgay and Hillary on the famous 1953 expedition, but he did not reach the top of the world's highest mountain until 10 years later when he guided the first American expedition led by mountaineer Jim Whittaker to the summit.
Gombu achieved fame two years later as the first to scale Everest twice, guiding an Indian team to the top.
Gombu was born in Tibet and migrated with his family to neighboring Nepal before finally settling in Darjeeling. He began working as a Mountaineering Institute instructor when the adventure school was set up in 1954 and later served as director of field training when his uncle retired.
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URGENT: Bullies in Ontario need help now.
Why buy from a breeder when there are plenty of homeless pups in shelters???
Can you possibly give me an update on Victor and Ginger? With all of this actual BSL frenzy now, I am really scared for the Pit Bulls in shelter... victer and ginger are both so beautiful... I don't know if any of the rescues here in the states have some fosters that could squeeze a few more in... I would be willing to help in multiple ways...
So scary and so sad...
And I am VERY excited for R & J!
So scary and so sad...
And I am VERY excited for R & J!
After speaking to the shelter yesterday, I sent in my bio and a couple of letters of reference for them. I also spoke to Spurby who is trying to help make transportation arrangements. Rumpley said she could get them spayed/neutered for a much cheaper rate than the shelter's vet could so we're trying to line everything up. Hopefully they will release them with the promise they'll be speutered and they can be flown out at the end of the month. At least that's what I last heard. Anyone else have more recent news?
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Heck, with these prices, and the crap going onhere, i just might fly out there! Yes Rumpley, please call Holly monday to confirm this, it is a toll free number. I will post around to see if anyone is going to BC from ontario soon. We are also working on getting discounts through the airline, with a possibility of them taking on more dogs, if anyone can confirm taking on any of Pitcrews dogs, please let us know ASAP!
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Author: Journeyman
Date: 4/23/2008 7:41 pm EDT
I wouldn't think stacking floating floors would be a very good idea. Even though the grout used with the Avaire tile is (I'm sure) designed to handle some movement, I would be afraid a double floor would have a tendency to tax the limits of the grout over time.
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Author: Micah
Date: 4/22/2008 6:26 pm EDT
Could you install avaire tile over a dricore floating floor? The dricore would take care of the moisture problem. Is it a problem to have a floating floor on top of a floating subfloor?
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Author: Jonathan
Date: 4/15/2008 1:49 pm EDT
I'd love to tell you to use Avaire tile, but you really need to solve the moisture problem first (not only for Avaire tile, but any other flooring product you may choose).
The Avaire tile is not damaged by incidental moisture, but the underlying subfloor could defintely be damaged with continuous moisture. I'd also be concerned about mold and/or mildew developing under the Avaire tile.
Aside from the moisture concern, Avaire tile is definitely OK for large, high-traffic residential areas as you've described. Just make sure your subfloor is flat and stable.
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Author: Michele
Date: 4/15/2008 10:15 am EDT
We are replacing 1200 square feet of flooring that is currently half ceramic tile and half wood laminate. We want the same surface throughout and were thinking slate until we saw Avaire tile. I am not sure that it would be suitable for our application and am hoping you can help. There is the potential for water getting under the floor from a storage area that houses the well and air conditioner. Recently, the air conditioner caused water to flow under the wood laminate floor (causing the need for the replacement floor). Would Avaire tile be able to withstand this like a traditional tile floor? And would Avaire tile be suitable for that large of an area that contains a kitchen, laundry room and is high traffic?
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Employee job related injuries or illness are to be reported immediately to supervisors and the Workers' Compensation Coordinator in Human Resources at (707) 664-2664.
Risk Management is a department within Risk Management & Safety Services at Sonoma State University. The Risk Management program assists university personnel through policies and practices designed to minimize the adverse effects of losses experienced by Sonoma State University, its employees, volunteers, students, and visitors.
These losses arise from injury to persons or damage to property and include the legal liability imposed upon Sonoma State University when the injury or damage has been caused, in whole or in part, by Sonoma State University or its employees.
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Employees involved in an accident (vehicle and non vehicle) while engaged in university business should notify Risk Management as soon as possible (within 24 hours) utilizing forms accessible on this website.
Information about filing a claim against Sonoma State University
A claim against the Sonoma State University, must be filed with the Office of Risk Management & Public Safety at the address below within six (6) months after which the incident or event occurred along with a $25 claim filing fee made out to "Trustees of CSU". Completed claims must be delivered or mailed to:
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The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory
web interface to develop, modify, and execute FiPy, Gibbs, and other python-based applications
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The Virtual Kinetics of Materials Laboratory (VKML) is a web environment to develop microstructural evolution models by using FiPy, a powerful set of python-based libraries to write Partial Differential Equations. A basic set of examples is provided to simulate: a) the electrochemical transport kinetics of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries; b) simple diffusion and spinodal decomposition problems; c) Symbolic Thermodynamics using the Gibbs infrastructure; and d) basic examples to learn how to write a program with a simple GUI. Each example can be readily edited, debugged, and run online. The developed interface also provides a TKInter-based GUI, which enables the user to rapidly prototype flexible interfaces with sliders, menus, and buttons. Other (static) VKML modules are: VKML : Dendritic Growth VKML : Polycrystalline Growth and Coarsening VKML : Spinodal Decomposition VKML : Spinodal Decomposition 3D Gibbs: Symbolic Computation of Materials Thermodynamics
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Cahn JW. Free energy of a nonuniform system. II. Thermodynamic basis. J Chem Phys 1959;30:1121–4.
T. Cool,* A. Bartol,* M. Kasenga,* K. Modi, and R. E. García. "Gibbs: Symbolic Computation of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Equilibria." CALPHAD: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry. (34) 393-404, 2010. DOI:10.1016/j.calphad.2010.07.005
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1. tire - noun
· hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"
Synonym(s): tyre
2. tire - verb
· lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
Synonym(s): pall, weary, fatigue, jade
Hypernym(s): devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
3. tire - verb
· exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
Synonym(s): wear_upon, tire_out, wear, weary, jade, wear_out, outwear, wear_down, fag_out, fag, fatigue
Hypernym(s): indispose
Antonym(s): refresh
4. tire - verb
· deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
Synonym(s): run_down, exhaust, play_out, sap
Hypernym(s): consume, eat_up, use_up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run_through, wipe_out
5. tire - verb
· cause to be bored
Synonym(s): bore
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When commodity prices shoot up, growers face tougher decisions about what to plant. They have to consider their own situations in terms of crop rotations, soil and moisture conditions, recent yields, seed availability, anticipated growing costs and income potential, and a whole raft of other variables. Depending on locale, cotton, soybeans, wheat, and corn are the major crops in the mix.
The corn and soybean crops are the largest, by far. According to Gary Schnitkey, ag economist at the University of Illinois, corn is projected to be more profitable than soybeans this year over most of the Corn Belt. However, shaky experiences during the past few years with corn may prevent some shift from beans to corn.
In projecting that corn would be more profitable, Schnitkey used fall cash prices of $5.85 for corn and $13.25 for soybeans.
Yields used were at trend-line for high-productivity farmland in central Illinois: 195 bushels for corn and 56 for soybeans. Nonland costs were taken from revised central Illinois budgets on farmdoc: $510 per acre for corn and $300 per acre for soybeans, a difference of $210 per acre. Corn returns were subtracted from soybean returns to arrive at corn-minus-soybean returns. Positive numbers indicate corn is projected to be more profitable than soybeans, according to Schnitkey.
Projected 2011 corn-minus-soybean return on high-productivity farmland in central Illinois is projected at $189 per acre. This $189 value indicates that corn is projected to be $189 per acre more profitable than soybeans. The $189 value is high by historical standards. From 2004 through 2010, corn-minus-soybean returns averaged $48 per acre. The highest corn-minus-soybean return of $118 per acre occurred in 2008, a year in which corn acres increased in Illinois.
This analysis was put together late last week. This morning, USDA released its first crop report of the year, Planting Intentions. It looks like cash croppers also see corn as having more profit potential.
Corn growers intend to plant 92.2 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2011, up 5 percent from last year and 7 percent higher than in 2009. If realized, this will be the second highest planted acreage in the United States since 1944, behind only the 93.5 million acres planted in 2007. Acreage increases of 250,000 or more are expected in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota. The largest decrease is expected in Texas, down 150,000 acres. There, the shift will be to cotton.
Soybean planted area for 2011 is estimated at 76.6 million acres, down 1 percent from last year. If realized, the United States planted area will be the third largest on record. Compared with last year, planted acreage declines of 100,000 acres or more are expected in Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, and Ohio.
All wheat planted area is estimated at 58.0 million acres, up 8 percent from last year. All cotton plantings for 2011 are expected to total 12.6 million acres, 15 percent above last year. For the complete report, click here.


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Retinoblastoma and Secondary Cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
I had bilateral (hereditary) retinoblastoma when I was a child. What is my risk of developing other cancers later in life?
Janet L. Kwiatkowski, MD, OncoLink's Pediatric Oncology Section Editor, responds:
Dear OncoLink Reader:
Thank you for your question.
Two forms of retinoblastoma exist, a hereditary form and a non-hereditary form. Patients with retinoblastoma involving both eyes or patients with tumor in one eye and a family history of retinoblastoma are considered to have the hereditary form.
Patients with the hereditary form of retinoblastoma have an increased risk of developing other cancers later in life. This is attributable primarily to a germline (passed to all of the body�s cells) mutation in the retinoblastoma tumor suppresser gene, RB1. Mutations in this gene have also been linked to other tumors in addition to retinoblastoma. The most common secondary tumors that develop in patients with hereditary retinoblastoma are bone and soft tissue sarcomas. Radiation therapy, one of the treatments frequently used in the treatment of retinoblastoma, further increases the risk of developing a second malignancy in patients with hereditary retinoblastoma. Therefore, it is important for all patients with a history of hereditary retinoblastoma to be followed closely by their physicians.
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The Burlington Police Department has made two arrests in an armed robbery at a motel in August.
Police arrested Rodney Kyle Corbett, 17, of 2930 Crouse Lane, Apt 203, Burlington on Thursday and charged him with armed robbery. A second suspect, a juvenile, has been charged with armed robbery through the Department of Juvenile Justice and is currently being held in detention.
On Aug. 26, the Burlington Police Department was notified of an armed robbery that occurred at the Courtyard by Marriot at 3141 Wilson Dr. in Burlington.
�Upon arrival officers were able to determine that two unknown males entered the business, approached an employee and demanded money from the business,� police said in a release. �One of the suspects was armed with a handgun. The employee cooperated with their demands and was not injured. The suspects fled the scene in an unknown direction with an undetermined amount of US currency.�
Police said they developed leads in the case on Feb. 21.
Corbett was placed in the Alamance County jail under a $100,000secured bond.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Burlington Police Department at 336-229-3500 or CrimeStoppers at 336-229-7100.


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NL Pantry Thanksgiving in July food drive
NORTH LIBERTY– The North Liberty Community Pantry will be conducting a Thanksgiving in July community-wide food drive.
All the food collected in North Liberty goes to the North Liberty Community Pantry. Drop off food or financial donations at these participating financial institution during the entire month of July. The financial institution that collects the most pounds wins the Traveling Turkey Trophy to display throughout 2011.
Drop-off locations:
• Collins Community Credit Union
• Hills Bank
• Liberty Bank
• MidWestOne Bank
• University Of Iowa Community Credit Union
• US Bank


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The last Opel bicycle is produced on February 15, 1937.
Forerunners of the Opel Blitz emblem appear in 1937, in ads and on vehicles.
The oval logo is used from 1937 on as the logo for the Opel company and dealerships.
The Opel Admiral Cabriolet, 1937.
The Opel Admiral, 1937.
Advertisement for the Opel Admiral from 1937.
Emblem of the Opel Admiral, 1938.


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Speed and braking make cheetahs a champion
Agile animal Cheetahs are renowned as the fastest things on legs, but just as important as their speed is their ability to brake, enabling them to twist and turn in pursuit of prey, a study says.
British researchers fitted three female and two male cheetahs in Botswana with special collars equipped with GPS, accelerometers and gyroscopes to track their location and movements.
The animals were released back into the wild and their activities were recorded over the next 17 months, notching up a total of 367 hunts.
According to the study, published in the journal Nature, the top speed recorded during this period was 93 kilometres per hour (kph), just 7 kph off the fastest cheetah ever.
It was nearly double the fastest recorded pace set by a human, which was 43.2 kph, once reached by Usain Bolt in a 100 metre race.
The cheetahs' average sprint was far lower, though, at 50 kph -- and they sustained this pace for only one or two seconds.
Even more impressive was the cheetah's ability to hit the accelerator and then the brake.
In a single stride, the animal can increase its speed by up to 10 kph, or choose to slow by up to 14.4 kph.
This fast-start, sudden-stop ability -- almost double that of polo horses -- is due to the cheetah's remarkable skeleton, which is supplemented by limb and back muscles that account for around 45 per cent of its body mass.
These are supplemented by ridged footpads and claws that act as cleats, grabbing hold of the ground to provide extra grip for sideways acceleration or deceleration.
"We recorded some of the highest measured values for lateral and forward acceleration, deceleration and body mass-specific power for any terrestrial mammal," write the researchers, led by Alan Wilson of the Structure and Motion Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London.
For all their prowess, the cheetahs still had to work hard for their dinner.
Out of 367 hunts, only 94 (26 per cent) were successful.


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January 14, 2005 - A Cold Wind Blows
This is the first time in 2005 we've written to you, actually the first time in a few months. Sorry for the lack of news, we just didn't feel like there was much to write about; just a couple of sailors gone to ground in a distant place.
There still isn't much interesting to write about, but maybe just an update on life here in Hong Kong, and a little sailing tale.
Today Judy and I are hunkered down inside WINGS with the diesel heater ticking away finally keeping warm after a week or two of just using the electric heater. A cold blast of NE Monsoon outside has been blowing cold air straight down from Beijing. This bitter wind came like a knife edge a couple of weeks ago, and while it has moderated since, it is back with a vengeance today. A temperature in the low forties doesn't sound that cold, but after the last few years in the tropics, it feels cold. The Hong Kong Metro office issued cold weather health warnings, so I guess they think it's cold.
Well, we're not complaining, we're quite cozy actually, as long as we stay here inside our warm home.
The day the cold wind arrived we'd gone sailing to Lamma Island. Three boats, an impromptu race, and a rendezvous in a quiet cove with good hiking trails nearby. We sailed over in shorts and flew the spinnaker. After the drama of getting 20 people ashore in the surf in one leaky 4 person dingy with no motor (count the trips in your head) we headed off to climb Mt. Stenhouse with packs filled with leftover Christmas Turkey, cheeses, wine, beer, bread, crackers…in short, a great feast..
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Hiking in Hong Kong isn't like hiking in some other places. Many of the trails are paved in concrete, with steps, and there are pagodas at the peaks with benches. The trail we took on Lamma was one of these, and the hike to the top was only an hour, but the view was great and the feast was superb.
The trip back from Lamma was when we had the shock. On leaving protection of our cove on Lamma Island we rounded the headland setting the mainsail, and encountered 20+ knots of COLD wind, right on the nose. Birrrr!
Not to waste an opportunity to do what WINGS does best, we sheeted the main in hard, set the #4 jib, and soldiered on. Good sailing, but cold. Judy passed out sweaters from the cold weather locker, and put on her foulies. She still shivered. The other boats were not livaboard, and they didn't have a clothes locker. Their crews suffered a bit going home, but everyone made it. That was the last sail of the year 2004 for WINGS. Now its 2005, and we haven't left the dock.
Since New Years our situation in Hong Kong has changed a little, not much. Judy has a job, I don't. She has been hired to do court transcriptions in English in a town called Sha Tin, off in the New Territories towards the Chinese border. She hasn't started yet, and is only sort of looking forward to it. My contract ran out with Citibank and I'm not going back. If I get another contract somewhere else we'll stay here longer, otherwise we might be sailing again in a few months. Either way it'll be OK. Right now I am planning a bunch of boat projects while I have the time off.
Thinking of that sail back from Lamma made me think of a passage we made in Papua New Guinea a little over a year ago. It was one of those experiences at sea that never leave you; the images are burned into your memory forever. The year we spent cruising from Australia though PNG, The Solomons, Palau and the Philippines were filled with these kinds of life changing experiences. The cruising wasn't the best, in many ways, but perhaps the most memorable in all the years we've been at sea.
On this day we left our anchorage in Abandoned Cove, on Tatau Island in Northern Papua New Guinea, at 10:40 in the morning, after debating whether the wind had moderated enough from the heavy westerly we'd had the previous few days. We wanted to push on toward Kavieng, but not into a storm. Tucked way up in Abandoned Cove we couldn't tell what it was like outside. But we were ready to leave Abandoned Cove. We never saw any people around, but there were actually jungle drums coming from Tabar Island, across the channel, and a thin wisp of smoke was rising from the jungle into the lowering mist, and we'd heard a story about some carvers who went to the Spirit Mountain on Tabar to carve and perform rituals. I gotta say it was spooky there.
Maybe the weather was better, or maybe that was just wishful thinking. Anyway, we decided to go, weighed, and motored for 45 minutes though the narrow Sarawok Passage that separates Tatau Island from its southerly brother Tabar Island. At the West end of the passage we encountered a strong west wind blowing right into the mouth we were trying to leave, with big waves in the offing, and low gray clouds, spitting rain, and coral reefs on both sides.
Should we turn tail and run back to Abandoned Cove? Maybe we should have…but we didn't. Instead we set sail and started to beat off that lee shore into the gale. WINGS can get herself off a lee shore, but this was a test for even her windward ability; the waves rising steeply in the shallow water, the narrow opening between the reefs extending seaward on either side, the gusting wind…
I'll never forget the desolate look of the coastline of Tabar Island off to leeward as we sailed on starboard tack climbing out of that hole, the boat rising and falling and slicing into the swells, and the short chop hitting the bow and blowing back into us. I watched the reef a hundred yards off to the side, and we were drawing closer; we'd have to tack. I looked up at the rugged island and the shoreline of cliffs with dense jungle spilling off them like a green waterfall. The top of the island was lost in the thick cloud, but on the cliffside below the clouds I saw a monument of some kind, a totem, or a cross, or an alter, (I couldn't tell) standing starkly white against the dark green jungle foliage. Rain pelted down. It looked forlorn and lonely, a little like I felt at that moment. I footed WINGS to keep her driving while I tried not to let the not let the leeway sweep us too close to the coral waiting beneath the angry surf. I wondered if there might be some person up there in the jungle watching the small boat with the white sails work it's way off the coast. Maybe our eyes met for a moment. Then I turned away from Tabar Island and looked to weather. The sky was brighter in the West, but the sea was dark, nothing but an endless chain of steep waves coming at us.
We tacked then, and couple of times more, and finally we were in open water, and the dark shape of Tabar Island faded into the mist behind us and we beat westward along the coast of New Ireland.
But that wasn't then end of this story. That evening we had a series of the blackest of black squalls sweep down on us, and we sailed bareheaded in 35 knot winds though most of the night, and hove-to a couple of times. It was a scary night, mostly because of the squalls, each seemingly stronger than the last, but also because of where we were, on the far side of nowhere. No ports, no towns, no other boats, not a light on the shore. Nothing but blackness and heavy wind. It seemed like we had sailed into some part of Hell. Of course there was no going back. To where? That blind alley of Sarawok passage on the reef strewn lee shore of Tabar Island, with jungle drums and mysterious cliffside monuments? No, we just kept going.
The next day the winds dropped and the sun came out, and that afternoon we dropped anchor off the Malagaan Resort at Kavieng, New Ireland. It was nice to put that passage behind us. We saw in the New Year in Kavieng, one year ago.
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Hong Kong
(Sorry, the sailing photo is from a different storm, we didn't take any photos leaving Tabar Island)


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Miley Cyrus Seeking a Prenup Before Wedding Liam Hemsworth
Is there trouble in paradise for Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth? Sources are saying that the 'Can't Be Tamed' singer is wary of a wedding without a prenup!
A source told Life & Style (via Hollywood Life), "Miley is worth over $130 million and has no plans to lose her nest egg in case of divorce." Of course, Hemsworth's worth (say that five times fast) is close to $20 million -- and will likely grow with subsequent 'Hunger Games' and 'Expendables' franchise films -- which is nothing to sneeze at, either.
However, it sounds like the prenup is about more than just money. The source explains, "She has a half-dozen dogs that are her babies — she doesn't want to lose them." Awww! Cyrus did just adopt yet another adorable pooch, Penny Lane, and the pair snagged a rescue that they dubbed Mary Jane together. (You can figure out the meaning behind the name.)
In any case, the pair aren't racing down the aisle yet anyway. Cyrus wants to finish her next album (and maybe, hopefully, grow out some of her hair) before her nuptials.
Here's hoping Miley and Liam are in this for the long haul, because laser tattoo removal doesn't tickle.
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Description: Boater-style hat of off-white straw. The whole hat is of straw woven into shell-shaped segments, connected to form the body of the hat. The cylindrical crown has a flat top, and is encircled at the base by a black velvet ribbon. At either side of the crown are large black velvet bows. The flat, oval brim follows the outline of the crown, and is partly overlaid by a fine black mesh veil with long, trailing ends that are long enough to tie under the wearer's chin. The underside of the brim is edged in black velvet, and there is a black velvet strap which extends down from either side to help secure hat to wearer's head. The hat is lined with a fine white mesh, and has an inner hatband of black grosgrain ribbon at inside base of crown. Labels sewn into inner hatband: "Marché Hats / Paris New York"; Also sewn into inner hatband is second label, "Consumers' Protection Label / 784619". Hand-written on velvet chinstrap: "59389"
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Berklee Summer in the CityAlissia and the Funketeers
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Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, bassist and composer Alissia Benveniste has been enjoying the success of her original funk tune "Let It Out" with her band, the Funketeers. A YouTube phenomenon, a video of the song has garnered nearly 300,000 views in four months. This success has spurred a momentum in the bassists' career that manifests itself in a variety of projects she is currently undertaking. Be it headlining a number of festivals with The Funketeers, or working on her EP and on a new video, Alissia and her band are happy to be bringing funk to a newer, younger, digitally-groomed generation.


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To find a plausible induction argument, the system studies the recursions exhibited by the terms in the conjecture.
Roughly speaking, a call of a recursive function ``suggests'' an induction if the argument position decomposed in recursion is occupied by a variable.
In this conjecture, three terms suggest inductions:
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I was told this morning that there is a poem that would fit perfectly with what I need......
It is something about a woman standing on the edge, she is afraid to take the next step (or jump, or whatever the wording is), but when she does she flies!
Can anyone help me find the poem?
Thanks much !!!
This one?
Come to the Edge by Christopher Logue
Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It's too high!
Come to the edge.
And they came,
and we pushed,
And they flew.
While you were replying, Glenda, I managed to find Marion's post from General Discussion.
Author: Marian-NYC (---.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net)
Date: 03-31-04 11:22
Dear friends,
This poem is WIDELY mis-attributed so here are the facts, which I urge you to pass along when you see it posted with the wrong author's name.
Also, it's good.
Christopher LOGUE
English poet (1926- )
Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
Its too high!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.
Come to the Edge, New Numbers (1969). In a profile of Tom Stoppard (The New Yorker, 19 December 1977), Kenneth Tynan described the playwright addressing a class of drama students in Santa Barbara: What is the real dialogue that goes on between the artist and his audience? [Stoppard asks at the end]. By way of reply, he holds the microphone close to his mouth and speaks eight lines by the English poet Christopher Logue ... A surge of applause. In imagination, these young people are all flying.
Many people have, however, seen the lines attributed to the surrealist French poet Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918). For example, Anthony Powell in his Journals 1982-1986 (1995 entry for 26 October 1982) has: At Royal Academy Banquet [not of this date] when [Margaret Thatcher] spoke, quoting Guillaume Apollinaire in a speech (something about a man walking blindfold over a cliff), passage I did not recognise, tho I know Apollinaires works fairly well ... Mrs T knew roughly about Apollinaire, a bit vague about quotation (which I still cant find).
Accordingly, in 1995, I asked Christopher Logue for his comments. He had an intriguing explanation for the confusion: In 1961 or '62, Michael English and I were asked by Michael Kustow to design a poster/poem for an Apollinaire exhibition he was mounting at the ICA [Institute of Contemporary Arts in London].
I wrote Come to the Edge and put the words Apollinaire said at the beginning of it; a cross between a title and a first line. On the poster, the poem, plus Apollinaire said: framed an illustration of clouds. Later, when the poem was reprinted, I dropped the trope. Last year, though, the US magician David Copperfield projected a garbled version of the poem on to a screen as part of his show, as well as printing it in his tour-book the shows programme. I believe the poem has been reprinted in at least one US book without my permission. Maybe it had the trope attached to it still. Indeed, a David Copperfield TV special shown in the UK in 1995 concluded with an approximation of the poem ... attributed to Apollinaire.
Mary McAleese recited the poem at her inauguration as President of the Irish Republic in November 1997. Indeed, according to The Observer (23 November 1997), she even had it written into the silk liking of her inaugural evening gown. By all accounts, the poem was properly attributed to Logue on this occasion.
Nigel Rees
MARK MY WORDS: Great Quotations And the Stories Behind Them
Barnes & Noble, 2002
Glenda, if you don't mind ... there is one sentence missing
( the one which causes all the misunderstanding about who wrote it,
when it was Logue, of course, in 1961 I believe,
for an exhibition on Apollinaire's life and work.
Come to the Edge
Apollinaire said:
"Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It's too high!
Come to the edge.
And they came,
and we pushed,
And they flew."
I didn't see your post . . .


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Today, most were expecting Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to attempt to soothe markets.
After all, volatility in the Treasury market, caused by uncertainties surrounding how soon the Fed will begin to taper the pace of its bond-buying program, has had earthshaking reverberations around the world. (Volatility in the Japanese government bond market has increased dramatically, and emerging market stocks, bonds, and currencies have been getting crushed as Treasury yields have risen in the States.)
Instead, Bernanke and the Fed did just the opposite. The FOMC revised up its economic forecasts – implying a quicker economic recovery, meaning tapering is closer than previously assumed – and even laid out a roadmap for tapering, saying bond buying could be completely finished by mid-2014.
This development wasn't even borne out of the discussion in the Q&A with reporters – Bernanke had it ready to go in his prepared remarks to launch the presser. Guns blazing.
"If the incoming data are broadly consistent with this forecast, the Committee currently anticipates that it would be appropriate to moderate the monthly pace of purchases later this year," said Bernanke, referring to the FOMC's newly-released macroeconomic projections. "And if the subsequent data remain broadly aligned with our current expectations for the economy, we would continue to reduce the pace of purchases in measured steps through the first half of next year, ending purchases around mid-year."
Bernanke went on to say that "in this scenario, when asset purchases ultimately come to an end, the unemployment rate would likely be in the vicinity of 7%, with solid economic growth supporting further job gains."
"Bottom line – no backing down, no turning back, the Fed will taper unless the data deteriorate," said Société Générale strategist Kit Juckes following the presser. "There is debate, but the fact the vol has not prompted second thoughts seems to me key."
Indeed, when pressed during the Q&A about the recent surge in Treasury yields, Bernanke said, "Yes, rates have come up some. That's in part due to more optimism – I think – about the economy. It's in part due to perceptions of the Federal Reserve. The forecasts that our participants submitted for this meeting, of course, were done in the last few days, so they were done with full knowledge of what happened to financial conditions. Rates have tightened some, but other factors have been more positive – increasing house prices, for example."
Then, Bernanke concluded, "If interest rates go up for the right reasons – that is, both optimism about the economy and an accurate assessment of monetary policy – that's a good thing. That's not a bad thing."
The bond market did not take the tapering road map nor Bernanke's assessment of Treasury market volatility very well. Treasuries, which were already taking a hit following the release of the 2 PM statement and forecasts, really started selling off as Bernanke spoke.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit a high of 2.33% during the presser (versus levels around 2.21% before the 2 PM releases).
For now, it appears that the FOMC is undeterred by recent volatility in the Treasury market, and that's something investors should keep in mind.
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For the third consecutive year, ExxonMobil has provided support for high school teachers and students to learn about the natural and applied sciences as participants in the summer research program at Hope College.
A $7,000 grant to the college is supporting the participation of students in Project REACH (Research Experiences Across Cultures at Hope) this summer. The award was presented at Hope on Wednesday, July 20, by Matt Van Zanten and Abigail Albers, representing J&H Oil, a local ExxonMobil branded fuels marketing distributor.
The REACH program is a six-week immersion for high school students and teachers engaging in challenging and relevant research projects with Hope's science, engineering and mathematics faculty. The goal is to provide meaningful learning experiences to the students as they consider their interest in pursuing careers in one of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields in college, and to involve teachers in research activity that they can in turn apply to their own classroom teaching. The emphasis has been on recruiting students who come from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM careers.
This has been the program's sixth summer, and a total of 77 students and eight teachers have participated across the history of the program. The REACH program was initially funded through support to the college from the National Science Foundation and internal sources, with support continuing through a four-year grant to Hope from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the spring of 2008. This summer's REACH program, which is concluding this week, has included 15 high school students and three teachers working with 14 Hope faculty and staff on a total of nine research projects.
Project REACH reflects the college's ongoing commitment to continuing and expanding its long-running emphasis on student-faculty research as a teaching tool. In addition to working on projects during the school year, regularly more than 160 students conduct research full-time for several weeks each summer with faculty mentors. Those participating in summer research at the college include not only Hope students and the Project REACH participants but also students from other colleges and universities supported through National Science Foundation "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" (NSF-REU) grants awarded to departments within the natural and applied sciences at Hope.


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Could Chrome's Triple Crown bid be nixed
BALTIMORE ?? By a nose could take on a whole new meaning for California Chrome in his quest to win horse racing's first Triple Crown in 36 years.
The California bred 3 year old has won six consecutive races wearing nasal strips designed to open up his air passages. His trainer says that if New York racing officials rule California Chrome can't wear them in the June 7 Belmont Stakes, he might not run the race that could give him the feat.
"I don't know why they would ban you from wearing one. But we'll have to cross that bridge when we get there, I guess," 77 year old Art Sherman said Sunday, a day after California Chrome followed up his victory in the Kentucky Derby with a win in the Preakness Stakes.
California Chrome is scheduled to be shipped Tuesday from Pimlico Race Course to Belmont Park, where race officials will make the call on whether the strips legal in all other states will be permitted.
The New York Daily News reported Sunday that the request had been made and racing stewards were considering it. If the answer is no, Sherman said it would be up to co owners Steve Coburn and Perry Martin whether to run in the Belmont, which is the longest Triple Crown race at "Anadrol 50" a mile and a half.
Talking about the benefit of the strip, Sherman said, "It opens up his air passage. It gives him that extra little oomph ? especially going a mile and a half."
He said he started using the strips at Martin's suggestion.
"Perry Martin . he might Oxandrolone Oral not run if they say you can't run with a nasal strip. He's very funny about things like that," Sherman said.
Martin and his family did not attend the Preakness. Coburn said it was because Martin was upset with the hospitality in Kentucky during the Derby.
"(Martin) could say, 'Hey, I don't understand why they won't let me run (in New York). Maybe they don't want "Achat Anabolisant Belgique" us there,'" Sherman said.
Before California Chrome, I'll Have Another was the last horse to win the Derby and Preakness, in 2012. He had worn nasal strips, but his handlers were told he couldn't wear them in the Belmont Stakes. They were preparing to do so until I'll Have Another was scratched with a leg injury the day before the race.
The New York State Gaming Commission issued a statement Sunday saying, "The decision on whether to permit them or not will be fully evaluated and determined by the stewards." It cited its Rule 4033.8, which states, "Anaboliset Aineet" "Only equipment specifically approved by the stewards shall be worn or carried by a jockey or a horse in "Anaboliset Aineet" a race."
The decision will be made by three stewards: Stephen Lewandowski of the state gaming commission, veterinarian Ted Hill of The Jockey Club and Braulio Baeza Jr. of the New York Racing Association. Lewandowski Injectable Steroids In Usa is new to his post since the ruling on I'll Primobolan Hgh Cycle Have Another. He replaced retired Carmine Donofrio this year.
Kentucky's senior state steward, Barbara Borden, said the state considers nasal strips unregulated equipment, such as bandages on horses' legs during races. She "buy cheap jintropin online" told The (Louisville) Courier Journal that nasal strips originally required permission to be put on or taken off a horse, same as with blinkers, but that hasn't been the policy for years.
Sherman said his horse uses Flair nasal strips, adhesive strips similar to nasal strips used by humans but larger. For horses, they are placed on the face above the nostrils.
The website of Flair Equine Nasal Strips says the strips work by "gently holding open" the nasal passages. It says they provide "drug free benefits ? at a time when there is a public outcry, both from horse enthusiasts and the public at large, to stop the use of drugs in human and animal athletes."
In New York, harness racing horses are allowed to use them.
"All over the country they let you wear them. Why would New York not?" Sherman said. "A lot of horses all over California wear them all the time. You might see three or four horses in a race wearing them."
Really, might California Chrome not run a race that could make him the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978?
"I can't call that," said Sherman. "I'd have to leave it up to the owners. But I know they'll be upset."
Meanwhile, Sherman said he thinks his horse will win the Triple Crown, provided he races. "I do. I have a good feeling about it. I'm really confident for this race after watching him run (Saturday) with two weeks' (rest) and showing the courage that he had," he said. "You know, they better have their running shoes on.''


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I was present Tuesday night as the city council held a public hearing for rezoning property on Robinwood Road for the proposed new Harris Teeter. From the atmosphere in the room, if I didn�t knew better, I would have thought some members from New York City were petitioning the council to let them build a waste incinerator on that property.
I spoke in favor of the zoning changes because Gastonia sorely needs a Harris Teeter or a Publix to attract the young professionals that all areas of the greater Charlotte region are seeking to attract. Trust me when I say there are many, many young professionals who will automatically rule out moving to Gastonia because we do not have a �high end� grocer.
The opponents at the meeting all talked about how they love Hariss Teeter and miss them and want them to come back, but to build the store �our near Target� or �near Franklin Square.� Listen folks, these are �neighborhood grocers.� They build near neighborhoods! They look at demographics of an area with regard to schools, education and income, and that�s where they choose to build. That is why they chose Robinwood Road.
I work all over North Carolina, from Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh to Wilmington and these �high end� retail centers all raise property values everywhere they go. They attract young, urban professionals who want to live there. The fact is that today�s young professionals want a Harris Teeter, Publix, or Whole Foods.
The opponents of the Harris Teeter, 99 percent of whom lie in the gated community near the proposed center, were organized and vocal, and they won in the �democratic process.� Congratulations to them - they played by the rules. But as I ride past that neighborhood, I can�t see one house from Robinwood Road. I see the guard house, the gates, and the trees that buffer them from the neighborhood. So I honestly don�t understand how this proposed development would so alter their lifestyle.
I�ve lived in Gastonia all of my life, except for the years I lived in Chapel Hill attending UNC Chapel Hill. I love Gastonia, and I moved back here after college, but I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that I wouldn�t move back today. Our property values are flat, compared to other areas of the state because we don�t offer the amenities that other cities and communities have to offer and thus, we can�t attract new business of high wage earners that we need for our tax and wage base to grow.
My son, Christopher, just graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in May, and where do you suppose he�s moving to next month? Chapel Hill. Many of his friends from the �Class of 2009� who are just now graduating from college are also moving to Charlotte or the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area for obvious reasons.
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Meeting 105.
The XML Processing Model (XProc) WG will meet on Thursday, 27 Mar 2008 at 11:00a EST (08:00a PST, 16:00GMT, 17:00CET, 01:00JST+, 09:30p India) for one hour on the W3C Zakim Bridge, +1-617-761-6200 (or +33-4-89-06-34-99 or +44-117-370-6152), passcode 97762# ("XPROC").
Note: W3C teleconferences are scheduled on "Boston local time" and the United States moved to daylight savings time on Sunday, 9 Mar 2008. This teleconference will occur an hour earlier in many locales until those locales switch to "summer time". I believe that European Summer Time (and British Summer Time) commence on 30 Mar which means that this call will shift back to it's "normal" time on 3 Apr 2008 in those locales.
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Trager, K. D. (2005). Reading in the borderland: An ethnographic study of serious readers in a mega-bookstore cafe. Communication Review, 8(2), 185-236. doi:10.1080/10714420590953316.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Here's a situation that would send shudders through any head coach: Starting a rookie left tackle next to a rookie guard next to a center playing out of position, all against the NFL's best pass rush.
That's exactly what the Chiefs did last Sunday against Denver.
With left tackle Branden Albert out with an injury, and veteran guard Ryan Lilja now at center because of another injury, Kansas City's reshuffled line looked nothing like coach Romeo Crennel expected when he broke training camp a few months ago.
But lo and behold, with rookies Donald Stephenson and Jeff Allen starting alongside Lilja, the patchwork offensive line played well in a 17-9 loss to the Broncos, providing the shakiest of silver linings to the eighth straight loss in a season of misery.
``If they play with that kind of attitude and energy, like I tell them - that kind of energy and effort, that makes everything better for everybody,'' Crennel said.
The offensive line is rarely a sexy topic. Even more rarely is it the one thing that coaches, players and fans can feel good about.
Usually, those anonymous big guys up front are only singled out when they give up a sack, or get called for a penalty. When a running back breaks a long run, he's the one in the spotlight, not the guys prying open holes along the defensive line.
Or when a quarterback stands stoically in the pocket, surveying the field, and then delivers a perfect pass down the seam, the pass-catch combo gets all the love - certainly not the five guys up front who were sacrificing their bodies to give them enough time to make a play.
``Most of us are used to each other,'' right guard Jon Asamoah said. ``I'm used to Lilja and he's used to me. We're on the same tempo. I don't know. We spend so much time together, we've developed that through games and practice, things most people don't see.''
There are plenty of reasons why they're 1-10 and barreling toward one of the worst seasons in franchise history, and the offensive line has been part of the problem.
They've given up plenty of sacks, allowed pressure to force several fumbles in the pocket, and rarely created much running room for Jamaal Charles and Co.
It hasn't been entirely their fault, though.
Second-year center Rodney Hudson was poised to take over the position from veteran Casey Wiegmann, but he broke his leg in late September and landed on injured reserve. That forced Lilja, a career guard, to slide over to center.
Allen, the Chiefs' second-round pick out of Illinois, moved into the void that created at left guard. He got off to a rough start in the NFL, routinely blown back by bigger, quicker defensive tackles, but has started to hold his own over the past few weeks.
Stephenson, the franchise's third-round pick out of Oklahoma, got his when Albert hurt his back a couple of weeks ago. It was trial-by-fire against Cincinnati, but he performed well last week against Denver, holding its fearsome pass rush at bay most of the game.
The Broncos came into the game with a league-leading 35 sacks, but the only ones allowed by the Chiefs were to Von Miller and Wesley Woodyard, and only Woodyard's was for a significant loss.
``Yeah, Cincinnati, I was trying to feel it out,'' Stephenson said. ``This game, I knew that if I tried to go out there and try to feel it out and figure out how the game was going to go, I'd probably get my butt kicked, so I came out aggressive and knew I had to play hard.''
Stephenson said it helped to be able to practice with the first team all week, just as he's been doing this week with Albert still questionable for Sunday's game against Carolina.
``The more you prepare yourself through the week and how hard you practice, it kind of gives you more confidence,'' said Stephenson, who grew up in the Kansas City area.
``If you don't prepare right and you don't practice right, you have a right to go in there a little bit nervous, because you don't have confidence in what you did all week.''
NOTES: The Chiefs have several injury concerns this week. Lilja (knee) and Albert (back) did not practice Wednesday, along with Pro Bowl linebacker Tamba Hali (knee), wide receiver Dexter McCluster (head/neck) and safety Kendrick Lewis (shoulder). ... The Chiefs released linebacker Bryan Kehl. Crennel said he expects to fill the roster spot later this week.
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