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DENVER — Perhaps the best thing about the answer Dave Bolland gave when asked how many goals he was hoping to score this season was the look on Jamal Mayers' face.
"I don't know," Bolland said before the Blackhawks' game Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche. "It'd be nice if I got 50."
One stall over in the visitors' locker room at the Pepsi Center, Mayers' eyes appeared as if they were going to pop out of his head before he deadpanned, "Why limit yourself?"
Even coach Joel Quenneville piled on when he heard about how many Bolland was hoping to score..
"Yeah, well I do, too," Quenneville said. "But we're dreaming."
For the record, Bolland doesn't have a number in mind. .
"Hopefully the goals will come, but [the priority] for myself is taking pride in my defensive zone and taking care of that first of all," Bolland said. "That's what's going to win us games."
Bolland leads the Hawks with four goals, a number he reached on Dec. 29 last year in his 29th game.
Duncan Keith was on the ice for all five goals Tuesday against Phoenix to improve to plus-2.
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Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom won the Norris Trophy, given to the league's best defenseman, with a minus-2 rating.
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Growing up in south Texas, these kids are doing what we always did. Walk everywhere, even over summer hot gravel barefoot.
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My parents were both out of the nineteen-teens and did that thing called "The Great Depression" as young adults. Finally, we get to see some rural kids who appear clean, well-fed and happy, albeit with government help.
Do I miss those clouds and the prairie sky, it took me 5 years to learn to paint them in watercolor, then I moved to the coast, memories.
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Mental Imagery: Does It Really Benefit Athletic Performance?
Roger Federer is regarded by many as one of the best athletes, not only of our era but of all time. No one can deny the natural physical prowess that he possesses, but many often wonder what separates him from the rest of the field in professional tennis. According to Federer, the answer is his implantation of mental imagery into his training regimen. Mental imagery, often referred to as visualization, is when an individual imagines him or herself performing in the absence of physical practice. When visualizing, an individual utilizes all of his or her senses in order to recreate an event. In the particular event, the individual should imagine performing to the best of their abilities. Many other athletes have begun incorporating mental imagery into their training regimens and claim that it has lifted their games to new levels. For years now, sports psychologists have been preaching to athletes the benefits that come with the use of such imagery. But, does mental imagery, in fact, enhance athletic performance? Researchers suggest that the effects of mental imagery on physical performance that range from decreasing a player's anxiousness prior to the event to even perfecting a player's skills(1). Conflicting case studies and a lack of a generally accepted mechanism of action, however, reveal many inherent problems in the research.
For over a century, researchers have performed hundreds of studies in order to determine the effectiveness of using mental imagery to enhance physical performance. Typically, researchers provide a script for athletes to follow to performing the imagery and then subsequently interview the athletes subsequent to the event to determine if their performance was augmented. According to most studies, many athletes pronounce that mental imagery does lead to enhanced performance. On the other hand, athletes who have participated in similar studies indicate that the use of mental imagery resulted in no tangible increase in performance. Furthermore, some even declare that the mental imagery impaired their physical performance. In summarizing the empirical research of athletes' experimentation with mental imagery, psychologists Alan J. Budley, Shane M. Murphy, and Robert Woolfolk appropriately propose that "mentally practicing a motor skill influences performance somewhat better than no practice at all"(2).
One widely accepted model for mental imagery's mechanism of action is referred to as the "neuromuscular theory". This theory suggests that "…the excitation of the neuromuscular pattern associated with a particular skill can also be initiated through imagery; the same facilitation can take place with repeated trials of imagery--but without the risk of accumulated interference from fatigue.(3)" Several observations have demonstrated that the neurotransmitters of a specific motor pathway are present both during physical and mental practice. Thus, when one practices mental imagery, they are facilitating later physical performance endeavors. Another theory is referred to as the Attention-Arousal theory. This theory suggests that the use of mental imagery helps the athlete achieve optimal arousal level prior to an athletic event(4). A third model called the Self-Efficacy theory suggests that imagery increases an athlete's expectation of positive performance. This increase in expectation of positive performance consequently results in an increase in notable motor performance.
There are several underlying problems with determining the potential benefits of using mental imagery in athletics. One severe problem is that up until very recently evidence on mental imagery's benefit was primarily anecdotal. Researchers performing studies on mental imagery rely solely on the verbal accounts of the athletes. Performing research in this manner is problematic because a verbal account of one person is insufficient as a conclusion. Another significant problem with performing these types of studies is the actual performance of the mental imagery. Although the researchers typically provide a script for the athletes to perform the mental imagery, it is impossible for the researchers to ensure that athletes actually abide the script. A researcher cannot be completely confident that the subjects will abide by the script because they cannot monitor what the athletes are thinking. Therefore, one athlete's performance of mental imagery may be of significantly less quality than another athlete in the same study resulting in problematic results. In saying this, because all individuals possess unique minds, one cannot be confident that all the subjects are visualizing in the same way. One athlete's interpretation of a script may completely differ than that of another athlete.
A further problem relating to the scripts is the fact that it is very unlikely that scripts are the same across all the studies. This issue raises problems relating to the quality of the imagery scripts. Thus, one might raise the question as to whether one form of an imagery script is more capable of enhancing athletic performance than another. Recently the implementation of functional magnetic resonance imagery (fMRI) has shown a concrete relation between mental imagery and physical athletic performance. fMRI, which allows for neuroimaging, has shown that some of the same motor pathways are used during imagery that are used during actual physical performance (5). Although this data demonstrates a correlation between imagery and physical performance, it fails to provide an answer to the initial question as to whether the use of mental imagery benefits athletic performance.
If an athlete was inquiring as to whether he or she should use mental imagery to enhance their athletic performance, referring to empirical evidence would fail to provide an answer. Case studies produce conflicting results and are problematic in nature. The multiple potential mechanisms of action also contribute to the ambiguity of the answer. However, if an athlete like Roger Federer swears by its positive results, it could never hurt to try it out…
Works Cited
1.) "The Secret that Turned Roger Federer's Game Around"
2.) Budney, Alan J., Shane M. Murphy, and Robert L. Woolfolk. "Imagery and Motor Performance: What Do We Really Know?" Imagery in Sports and Physical Performance. Ed. Anees A. Sheikh and Errol R. Korn. Amityville: Baywood, 1994. 103.
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3.)"Introduction to Imagery in Physical Performance http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/csa/vol26/rushall4.htm
4.) Budney, Alan J., Shane M. Murphy, and Robert L. Woolfolk. "Imagery and Motor Performance: What Do We Really Know?" Imagery in Sports and Physical Performance. Ed. Anees A. Sheikh and Errol R. Korn. Amityville: Baywood, 1994. 98-100.
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5.) Morris, Tony, Michael Spittle, and Anthony P. Watt. Imagery in Sport. Library of Congress, 2005.
Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=VURz3uFWLFYC&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=fMRI+and+imagery+in+sport&source=web&ots=L-utACns_U&sig=6lYeW7BHsSEZAGymqTDcDCigAZU
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6.) "The Essence of Imagery in Tennis" http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/articles/sports/tennis.html
7.) "Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Packages for Cross-Country Ski Racers" http://www.springerlink.com/content/jl74615r56141855/fulltext.pdf
8.) "Imagery in Sport: How Imagination can Enhance Performance" http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/self-hypnosis-in-sport-35849
athletics and mental imagery
My guess is that there is more to Roger Federer (Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan) than the use of mental imagery. And that, of course, further complicates the problem of empirical analysis. One may expect different degrees of enhancement, and achievement of different outcomes, in different people. As well as, as you say, different techniques and so forth. On the flip side, there is increasing reason from the motor control literature to suspect one may indeed "tune" motor circuits by thinking (cf The representing brain: neural correlates of motor imagery).
See also Staying in the Zone, and my comment there.


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Dell's new software chief John Swainson was reported by Reuters as saying in an interview as you get to a number like $5 billion, it starts to become a meaningful number on the bottom line.
"If you were at $5 billion software business with 30 percent margins, that would be roughly $1.5 billion in net income," John added.
Swainson, who joined Dell in February, said software is a higher margin business than most of the company's other units, but is not big enough to make a difference right now, the report added.
Dell's software business now earns about $1.2bn of its $60.2bn annual revenue and according to the the plan the company targets that its software segment to account for at least 25% of its revenue.
While the company did not announce a time frame for achieving the $5n goal, the $2.4bn acquisition of Quest software was one of the steps to result in additional software sales and reach the targets.
Its plan is to focus on four key areas namely security, systems management, business intelligence and applications in the next couple of years.
Dell, the third biggest PC maker, has been striking deals to reduce its reliance on PC and server hardware and diversify its business offerings.
Dell has snapped up various software firms recently including Make Technologies, Wyse Technology and Clarify Solutions.
Personal computers growth has been declining due to the popularity of smartphones and tablets.
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Surrounded by the splendid picturesque setting of the Aravalli Mountains, Ajmer one of India's most renowned and ancient cities was the home for an ITTF/PTT Level One Coach Education Course from Wednesday 3rd to Sunday 7th November 2012. A very scenic start, the course is the first of three such programmes being currently organized in India; which later in the year in December will host the Volkswagen World Junior Championships. Organised in conjunction with the ITTF Development Programme and the Table Tennis Federation of India, further courses are planned for Indore from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th October and for Bangalore from Wednesday 17th to Sunday 21st October.
Jagran Post: TTFI, TENVIC announces Level 1 Certification Program for Table Tennis coaches
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Rural communities (rural people and rural businesses) are at the heart of the primary sector and are an important part of the New Zealand community and economy.
Rural communities are diverse and dynamic, with varying prosperity and demography. Distances from services and markets, infrastructure, and low population density affect the way different rural communities live and work.
The Ministry for Primary Industries takes a lead role across government in working alongside rural communities to address some of the issues specific to the rural population.
The Primary Sector Recovery Policy was announced in June 2012 and is used to guide Government decisions on recovery assistance following adverse climatic events and natural disasters and biosecurity incursions impacting on-farm. It covers production businesses within the agriculture, horticulture, forestry and aquaculture sectors. This policy is guided by 12 principles which guide the intent of when support should or should not be provided to farmers following an adverse climatic event or natural disaster or biosecurity incursion impacting on-farm.
Two frameworks sit within the Primary Sector Recovery Policy: the On-farm Adverse Events Recovery Framework and a Biosecurity Recovery Framework.
Disruptive weather is a normal part of primary production. Managing adverse weather and climatic risks is part of primary production, as well as building a resilient business and rural community.
There are times, however, when an event is beyond the community's capacity to cope, and central government assistance may be required to help people respond and recover.
The Adverse events page has information on the government's on-farm adverse events recovery framework, the assistance available and specific information relating to droughts, floods, storms, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
In June 2012 the government announced a Biosecurity Recovery Framework to guide decisions on when and what government assistance may be made available to aid recovery from a significant biosecurity incursion.
The Biosecurity recovery page has information on the Biosecurity Recovery Framework, including the criteria for assistance and what assistance may be available.
Primary industries are the bread and butter of many regional economies. So what growth opportunities do they offer, and how can regions and government work together to help realise this potential?
No one person or organisation holds the key, as different parts of the picture are held or understood by different players – local businesses, industry players, iwi authorities and property owners. On top of this, local and central government have their own perspectives and interests in economic development – on behalf of ratepayers and taxpayers.
A new project underway will draw all these strands together into Regional Growth Studies, commissioned for each region by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Click here to read more about Regional Growth Studies.
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MPI provides financial assistance to the Rural Support Trusts following a medium or large scale adverse weather or natural disaster event.
A number of other government agencies also provide help after an adverse weather event.
To address shortages of veterinarians working with production animals, the Government has committed to a Voluntary Bonding Scheme for Veterinarians.
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MPI's Situation and Outlook for New Zealand Agriculture & Forestry (SONZAF) report and the more recent Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (SOPI) report provides an annual overview of issues faced by the rural sector.
In April 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry released Maori Agribusiness in New Zealand: A Study of the Maori Freehold Land Resource
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The GAS Man: Just Because It's Broken Doesn't Mean You Should Fix It
February 27, 2014 at 3:21pm
There is a kind of magic in certain geetars that's for sure. I bought a V=type Peavey in 2005 and it had a killer bridge pick-up that would make a pig-nose bark! I played a show with it through a Boss Micro Cube and people were scratching their heads. Afterwards they wanted to check out the gear I was using lol!
February 27, 2014 at 1:23pm
Robbie Robertson told a story on NPR in October about meeting Buddy Holly as a kid. He asked how Buddy got his sound. Buddy told him he blew a speaker and didn't fix it.
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Wow...nice article for sure...which brings me to my point in case.
with alittle preface, back in Feburary 2010 I received from my wife and son a Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional Pro...I played it nearly every day for a whole year...about the same time in 2011, played the guitar on Sunday, wiped it down put it in it's case and two days later went to play it again...
but immediately there was something wrong, the bridge PU had failed...over the next two months finally got it repaired at an Authorized Gibson Shop...the operator completed the repair to my satisfaction but there was something I notice a few days later that was wrong...the repairman installed the new pickup opposite of the way it was originally installed at the Gibson factory...at first I was a bit pissed but then the more I thought about it I decided to let it be because it made my guitar unique, not like all the others, funny thing too was the color of the bobbin...
my guitar was from a run of Les Pauls made by Gibson for The Guitar Center...1960 LP STP...with era specfic color and parts...the pickup Gibson sent ( and the repairman didn't catch it ether ) was more white then the vintage cream color it should have been and the bobbin plastic wasn't the same thickness
So, as much as my guitar is slightly altered by an Authorized Gibson repair shop I don't mind...it plays and sounds awesome and I wouldn't change it even if I had too...just makes it more personal to me. I love my Gibson! Rock on...Peace!


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Binghamton women's basketball defeated at Syracuse 80-60
Host Orangewomen shoot 77 percent in the second half to blow the game open
SYRACUSE, N.Y.--Unbeaten Syracuse (5-0) shot a blistering 77 percent in the second half to break open a close game and hand Binghamton (1-3) an 80-60 setback. The loss was the second straight defeat for the Bearcats.
"We had a good game plan going into tonight and we were much more assertive than we were against Brown on Sunday," head coach Rich Conover said. "Still, Syracuse wouldn't miss in the second half."
Binghamton trailed 33-27 at the half but Syracuse went on an 11-2 run in the opening 3:40 of the second half to blow the game open. The Orangewomen hit 19 of 26 shots in the final 20 minutes.
Sophomore Rebecka Lindgren (Oskarshamn, Sweden) paced Binghamton with a career-high 18 points. Freshman guard Laura Sario (Espoo, Finland), making her first career start, added a career-high 12 points. Junior forward Jen Haubrich (Bow, N.H.) had a team-high six rebounds.
For Syracuse, sophomore guard Lauren Kohn had a game-high as well as career-high 20 points.
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Explore Total Artificial Heart
A total artificial heart (TAH) is a device that replaces the two lower chambers of the heart. These chambers are called ventricles (VEN-trih-kuls). You might benefit from a TAH if both of your ventricles don't work due to end-stage heart failure.
Heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. "End stage" means the condition has become so severe that all treatments, except heart transplant, have failed. (A heart transplant is surgery to remove a person's diseased heart and replace it with a healthy heart from a deceased donor.)
You might need a TAH for one of two reasons:
The TAH is attached to your heart's upper chambers—the atria (AY-tree-uh). Between the TAH and the atria are mechanical valves that work like the heart's own valves. Valves control the flow of blood in the heart. (For more information, go to the Health Topics How the Heart Works article.)
Currently, the two types of TAHs are the CardioWest and the AbioCor. The main difference between these TAHs is that the CardioWest is connected to an outside power source and the AbioCor isn't.
The CardioWest has tubes that, through holes in the abdomen, run from inside the chest to an outside power source.
The AbioCor TAH is completely contained inside the chest. A battery powers this TAH. The battery is charged through the skin with a special magnetic charger.
Energy from the external charger reaches the internal battery through an energy transfer device called transcutaneous energy transmission, or TET.
An implanted TET device is connected to the implanted battery. An external TET coil is connected to the external charger. Also, an implanted controller monitors and controls the pumping speed of the heart.
A TAH usually extends life for months beyond what is expected with end-stage heart failure. If you're waiting for a heart transplant, a TAH can keep you alive while you wait for a donor heart. A TAH also can improve your quality of life. However, a TAH is a very complex device. It's challenging for surgeons to implant, and it can cause complications.
Currently, TAHs are used only in a small number of people. Researchers are working to make even better TAHs that will allow people to live longer and have fewer complications.
Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether a medical strategy, treatment, or device is safe and effective for humans.
The NHLBI updates Health Topics articles on a biennial cycle based on a thorough review of research findings and new literature. The articles also are updated as needed if important new research is published. The date on each Health Topics article reflects when the content was originally posted or last revised.


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Reception of the "Excellence Major" scholarship students at the Palais du Luxembourg (Paris, June 26, 2014)
The "Excellence Major" program currently supports nearly 800 students who are also ambassadors for the French education model. Thanks to their dual cultural background and their perfect command of several languages, these students are also valuable contacts who will support the international development of French companies.
In this section you can :
find out all about studying in France,
find information on provision for foreign students in France,
find all the information you need about learning French, whether in France, overseas or on the Internet,
find out how to finance your studies,
Useful links
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Free checking is the rule rather than the exception at credit unions
Credit unions provide their members with affordable services and opportunities to save money every day. One way is by offering free checking. Despite the impact of increased costs from a massive government regulatory burden, most credit unions still offer free checking accounts!
In addition to free checking, credit unions offer many other options to save their members money such as no-fee ATMs. Credit unions have the largest ATM network in the U.S., with more than 30,000 ATMs that don't charge members fees.
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For 5-mans/heroics you will probably want several of the talents that are often shunned by raid tanks, since the focus is different. You're primarly interested in versatility: Your job in a 5-man (especially if you do pick-ups!) is a lot more on controlling chaos compared to the boss encounters in a raid, which are more reminiscent of a formal dance. I.e., you'll generally be more interested in talents that allow you to recover from errors (your own or your other party members) or talents that allow you to handle unusual encounters more easily.
You'll also probably benefit a lot from self-evaluation to adapt talent choices to your playstyle. I'd suggest to start out with a template that's filled with all the must-have talents, and then to assign a priority to each of the remaining talents. Pick the ones which you think will serve you best, then reevaluate after a while if they lived up to their promise.
Also, don't hesitate to pick up a situational talent if it's a good situational talent. You're not so much interested in improving just what you do best, but to also improve your performance for those corner cases that are normally painful. I call these "fire extinguisher" talents: They don't give you a lot of mileage in everyday situations, but you are usually glad that you have them when you actually need them.


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The 'Attachments' extension for Joomla! allows files to be uploaded and attached to articles and other types of content. URLs can also be attached. 'Attachments' includes the ability to attach files and edit attachments from the front end as well as from the administrative back end. There are options to control who can see the attachments and who can upload them, along with many other options to increase its flexibility and usefulness.
INSTALLATION IS SIMPLE: Use the Joomla installer with the single installation zip file. The component and all plugins are installed in a single step. Attachments uses the Joomla "upgrade" capability and can be installed over previous versions of Attachments.
There are two versions of Attachments:
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-- See demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzOVNfYJIo&hd=1
-- DOWNLOAD: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments3/frs/
-- FORUMS: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments3/forum/
* Version 2.x for Joomla 1.5
-- The 2.x versions will NOT work on Joomla 2.5 and later
-- See demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCbRbfJ9io&hd=1
-- DOWNLOAD: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/attachments/frs/
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If you would like to subscribe to an email list for announcements about the Attachments extension, please visit: http://jmcameron.net/attachments/email-list.html
Releases 3.1+ and 2.2+ give you several ways to add, edit, and delete your attachments on the front end, back end, and in article editors on the front and back ends (including during article creation). There are many options to control who can see attachments. When you add or edit attachments, page updates are done quickly without full page reloads.
If you plan to use this extension for sensitive files, use the 'Secure' mode. This provides secure storage of attachment files and prevents access by anyone without logging in.
Attachments 3.1 includes many new features:
--- Supports both Joomla 2.5.7+ and 3.x!
--- Improved permissions handling for backend users with limited permissions.
--- New option to display attachments to the public that require logging in to download.
--- URL attachments are now handled in a secure way (download count works for both).
--- Now supports Joomfish (with additional plugin).
--- Refactored to allow template overrides of all CSS files and images.
--- More robust file downloading.
--- Many fixes and improvements.
I appreciate the option that downloads are just for registrated users only, if desired.
And the developer is very helpful. I experienced this myself when he solved a problem with documentrights within my site (which was my own fault after all).
5 stars.
Very sorry you had this difficulty. Only a rare few users encounter this issue and I would like to resolve it. I have not been able to replicate this problem on my test systems. Please contact me if you would be willing to give me information about your system so I can track down the issue and fix it so other people do not have this problem. Thanks. -Jonathan
But up to now it lucks antileech function that isn't good.
You can not stop direct downloads from your site unless this is allowed for registered users only. But 99% of visitors don't like to register just to download files.
I hope authors will consider antileech function in the future.
Please check it, i got invalid token issue some times. But it is not and big error for plugin.
This plugin got saved me. I would like to donate you some coins :)
Only thing I am missing is an option to sort or even group the uploaded attachments. I have quite many on one page...
After that the frontend went white!
Reinstalling solved it, the frontend was ok again.
But after reinstalling again both gone white, frontend and backend!
Thats really odd!
I like this extension and used it in several sites but this is a no go!
Just click on the "Add attachment" link when editing a document and that's it. Works from the front-end or back-end and there's plenty of display options, etc.
Quick word about the developer, Jonathan. Very quick to reply to queries. Top stuff and a really good extension as well :-)


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You might have thought the Feds closed the book on any broad, region-wide sharing of sunk transmission costs—especially after FERC ruled last spring in Opinion No. 494 that PJM could stick with...
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to enter the energy trading business when a fully restructured industry may have seemed inevitable. Major losses in unregulated businesses leave companies weakened and throw risk on consumers who purchase what are still monopoly utility products. Again, the state PUC is often seen as the last and best hope for such consumers.
Last year's prizewinner in this category is Westar Industries and the Kansas State Corporation Commission's (KCC) review of that company's failures in diversification. The KCC ruled that financial and corporate restructuring of Western Resources Inc. (WRI) is necessary to achieve a balanced capital structure within the company's public utility business. WRI is a holding company that provides electric service in parts of Kansas as KPL and in a separate service territory through its wholly owned affiliate, Kansas Gas and Electric Co. WRI also owns 100 percent of Westar Industries Inc., a holding company that owns several nonutility businesses, most prominently ONEOK, an energy services company with gas pipeline and production assets, and Protection One, a company specializing in monitored security services for residential and commercial consumers.
The KCC found that Westar's Protection One venture had experienced losses totaling over $291 million between 1997 and 2001. If Westar were permitted to shift debt and assets to its own advantage, the company's regulated utility business, if viewed as a stand-alone, would be left with a capital structure consisting of 117 percent debt and a negative 17 percent equity. To protect consumers of regulated services from paying higher prices as a result of the company's financial difficulties, the KCC ordered Westar to make a series of accounting entries to reverse the allocation of debt made to the regulated side of the business. It also directed WRI to transfer its KPL utility business to a utility-only subsidiary. The KCC also opened an investigation into further transactions between utility operations and unregulated business activities to remove opportunities for WRI to use the utility business to build nonutility ventures and to cover losses.
Pennsylvania Finds Market Manipulation
Even in Pennsylvania, a state sometimes identified as a place where deregulation of the electric market might one day work, the state PUC has found evidence of anticompetitive behavior in its regional wholesale market and has moved to assist ratepayers as competitors leave the retail market.
On June 13, 2002, the PUC issued a report finding clear evidence that PPL Electric Utilities Corp. had engaged in an unlawful exercise of market power and gaming of market rules to force up prices for regional power pool capacity during the first half of 2001. The PUC forwarded the report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Department of Energy.
The PUC asked FERC to consider taking further action against the company. It said that PPL unilaterally had raised the price of capacity credits to unprecedented levels. Under wholesale power pool rules, marketers and aggregators are required to own or have a right to sufficient generating capacity to cover daily energy transactions. Failure to maintain sufficient rights results in the imposition of a capacity deficiency charge.
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Aug 24, 2010 8:29 AM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Hurricane Danielle has strengthened to a Category 2 storm as it churns far out over the Atlantic.
The hurricane has maximum sustained winds near 100 mph and could become a major hurricane by early tomorrow. Danielle is located about 1,110 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and is moving west near 20 mph.
Meanwhile in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Frank is moving parallel along the coast of southern Mexico. Frank's maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph.
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Nothing to top your Rib Roast off better than some Caramelized Onions. Thanks to our friends at Whole Foods
- 1 (9- to 10-pound) standing rib roast
- Coarse salt and coarsely ground pepper, qb
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 4 large yellow or white onions, dimezzato
- 1 cucchiaio di olio extra vergine di oliva
- 1 tablespoon dried sage
Place roast on a rack in a roasting pan and rub all over with salt, pepper and thyme. Roast meat, rib side down, per 30 minuti, then reduce heat to 375°F. Continue to roast for 12 a 15 minuti per libbra (or until internal temperature reaches 145°F), circa 2 1/2 ore.
Circa 30 minutes before the roast is done, brush onions all over with oil and sprinkle with sage, sale e pepe; arrange on a baking sheet. Place in the oven with the roast. When roast is finished, remove and let stand for at least 20 minuti prima di carving. Nel frattempo, increase oven temperature to broil, move onions to a higher rack, and broil until tops are slightly charred and caramelized. Arrange roast and onions on a platter and serve.
Informazioni Nutrizionali
Per porzione: 340 calorie (230 dal grasso), 25g di grassi totali, 10g di grassi saturi, 70mg di colesterolo, 350mg di sodio, 8g di carboidrati (2g fibre alimentari, 3g di zucchero), 19proteine g


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Being a new parent of a baby boy in the United States today presents a unique question: Should my son be circumcised?
In most parts of the world, men are not circumcised. Circumcision has become something of an American phenomenon. But that appears to be slowly changing.
Whether or not to circumcise your baby is a decision based on the beliefs and of you and your partner and your assessment of the current information. You may feel pressure from family members who grew up in a time when just about every baby boy was circumcised. Some relatives may be uncomfortable with the idea of not circumcising the baby. For example, ritual circumcision is an integral part of the religion and culture of many Jewish people.
If you need help with your decision about circumcising your baby, a talk with your pediatrician about the risks and benefits of the procedure may help.
No longer routinely recommended
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has concluded that although there are potential benefits to circumcision — decreased risk urinary tract infections in infants; sexually transmitted diseases and penile cancer in adults — the data are "not significant enough" to recommend the procedure routinely.
Urinary tract infections and penile cancer are still very rare, even in uncircumcised males. About sexually transmitted diseases, the AAP states, "behavioral factors appear to be more important risk factors."
Pain control essential
If you do decide to circumcise your son — for cultural, religious or medical reasons — the American Academy of Pediatrics states that relieving pain is essential. Studies have shown that numbing creams and injections are safe and effective.
Related Links
Circumcision care
Circumcision: Yes or no?
Month 9: The big day is near
First published: 01/04/2000
Last updated: 10/14/2007
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Heritage Hotels and Resorts Media Contact
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Maresa Thompson, Marketing & Creative Director
Phone: 505-798-4380
Fax: 505-798-4305
Heritage Hotels & Resorts, Inc. c/o Nativo Lodge
6000 Pan American Frwy NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109 USA
Eldorado Hotel & Spa Press & Media Contact
Carol Baetzel
Carol Baetzel Public Relations
Phone: 602.569.3074
Wylder-Mares Sales Announcement
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO . . . . . Sandra Wylder Smith and Mark Mares have joined the sales team at The Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Santa Fe's premier destination hotel for meetings and events. General Manager Norbert Relecker made the announcement.
Sandra Smith was appointed senior sales manager and brings more than 20 years of hospitality sales and marketing experience to the Eldorado. Prior to joining the Eldorado Hotel & Spa, Smith was the senior sales manager for the Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa at Buffalo Thunder. She has held similar positions with Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe in addition to Hilton Hotels and Marriott in Dallas. Smith also has extensive experience in the travel services industry. She will be responsible for the Midwest and Texas market segments and will be headquartered in Dallas.
Mark Mares, also appointed senior sales manager, will be overseeing the Chicago and western United States markets for the Eldorado. Mares brings 19 years of hospitality sales experience to the Eldorado and was most recently an independent sales consultant for Hospitality Task Force Services. Mares has held senior level sales positions in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona for Hilton Hotels, Sheraton and independently owned properties. Mark is a native of New Mexico and will be located on property.
"We welcome Sandra and Mark to the sales team at The Eldorado," said Mr. Relecker. "They both come to the hotel with extensive sales expertise and a wide range of industry contacts in our key markets, which will serve them well in their new positions."
Managed by Benchmark Hospitality International, a global leader in meetings and hospitality, Eldorado Hotel & Spa offers the most meeting and event space of any hotel in Santa Fe with more than 22,000 square feet of function space divided among a variety of unique venues.
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Generating a lead may be the sole purpose of your site or a small piece of your marketing mix. Either way, it is always about answering a prospect's unspoken questions and communicating the value of doing business with you.
Folks do their research online precisely so they don't have to interact with someone - think of your visitors as the most introverted people you ever knew. They come to you with curiosity, expecting you to understand what they need and to lead them along a comfortable path of enlightenment and delight. Every click represents an unspoken question they hope you will answer.
Can the design, architecture and content of your Web site convince visitors you're valuable to them, so they give something of value to you in return by becoming leads? Here are seven suggestions to get you started.
It doesn't matter whether your business is B2B or B2C, whether your sales process is simple or complex - these may influence the details of your tactics, but they won't change the fact that every ebusiness is about persuasion.
Framing a persuasive process always begins with answering the same basic questions:
Who do you need to persuade?
What are you persuading them to do?
When the goal is generating leads, you usually want to persuade your visitors to fill in a contact form, download a white paper or demo, register, opt in to a newsletter or e-mail list, or forward your content to a friend.
Once you have created the personas, constructions that represent your "who"s, and identified the action you want them to take, you then turn to designing an online experience that incorporates your answer to the third basic question:
How can you most effectively persuade them?
Identify what really matters to your visitors. What motivates them to seek you out? What problems do you solve for them? What friction points do you reduce for them? Identify the benefits and value your products or services confer. Find your visitors' buttons, then push them by serving up a nice, juicy, relevant message.
Unless you're marketing to a select audience that absolutely requires you to communicate credibility via insiderspeak (jargon), stay away from the stuff. Jargon convinces folks you aren't really interested in talking to them, so they're far less likely to pay attention. If you must include specific terminology, give it a low profile. Those wanting to know if you can really talk the talk will look to find it (and yes, you should have a place for this on your site).
If you're not sure how folks talk or think about your products or services, conduct online consumer research and speak with the people who interact directly with your customers. Using your customers' language on your Web site not only helps them feel as though you are speaking to them, it also boosts your chances with the search engines.
The first rule of online success is it's never about you. Brilliant as you and your business may be, focus on visitors. Let them know you understand their needs and what matters to them. Put them center stage. Want a thumbnail view of how customer-focused the language on your site is? Try the Customer Focus Calculator on our Web site. It identifies how often your copy brags about things like, "We are the best, we are the original."
When it comes to forms, ask for as little information as possible. You probably want to request customer information that includes everything from name to shoe size. You can certainly ask for it. But the more information you ask for, the less likely folks are to fork it over. Conversion rates are generally proportional to the amount of information requested. This holds especially true for lead-generating conversions.
Lead generation is a value exchange. Your visitors expect to get something of value from you in exchange for their information. What they have to provide should not be one iota more than they perceive necessary! If you want more information, provide more value in proportion to the request. You want my shoe size for your newsletter? Offer me a free pair of socks after I've received the newsletter.
No two ways about it, if visitors can't quickly make visual heads or tails of your content, they won't stick around and you won't generate a lead. Layout matters. Evaluate your copy for scannability and skimmability. Use eye-tracking principles so visitors can find what they expect to find where they expect to find it.
It is your job to help your visitors qualify their needs as soon as they land on your site. When you provide a means for them to find what they want and get to it quickly, you build rapport and help your visitors feel understood. It's a process that begins on the home page (or a well-designed landing page).
But not all visitors know exactly what they want. Some may not be in a buying mood. That doesn't mean they won't buy. An exceptional qualification scheme is critical to getting a customer. It's just as critical to generating a lead. Let visitors know briefly who you are, what you do, and what you offer. You're more likely to persuade them to become a lead.
Improving lead generation means evaluating what you've done so you can figure out how to do it better. Web analytics to consider include:
Responses: How many folks downloaded your white paper, subscribed to your newsletter, or opted in to your e-mail list?
Time spent on site: How long do visitors stick around?
Reject rates, especially on contact pages: Where do folks bail out of your site? Are you losing visitors just when you think you have them?
Leads-to-close ratio: Is there a connection between perception and satisfaction?
Try incorporating one or two of these suggestions and see what happens. Better still, make all these the centerpiece of your site's conversion philosophy, and watch those leads roll in!
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Here's some food for thought.
You're reading an article, and you come across this information nugget: A really big percentage of folks (60-some-odd-percent depending on the source) get to a Web site by direct navigation. That means they typed the Web address directly into their browser or they clicked on a favorite.
If you're like most folks out there, still looking forward to your Web site's glory days, this information probably has you in a panic. "A really big percent type the address in directly?" you quaver. "But that means they have to know about me first!"
Well ... yeah. So what is that big percentage number in the article really telling you?
Actually, you've answered the question already - the number is telling you that folks know you. Not only do they know you, but they like you well enough to want to visit you again. You were so special, they bookmarked your page or wrote down the url.
Thankfully, that big percentage tells you nothing about how folks found you in the first place. The very first time might have been via a Google search, or a pay-per-click advertisement, or from a friend's recommendation, or simply from surfing the links. But that first time obviously made all the difference.
Folks choose their sites based on their experiences and how effectively those experiences leave them feeling delighted with the exchange.
They come back when they feel good about you. When they feel a sense of confidence, trust. When they feel understood. This big percentage number showcases the importance of first impressions and how critical it is that you get it right the first time. It's a number that underscores the far greater value of cultivating loyal customers.
So, I hope that's unruffled your feathers just a bit. But don't think I'm letting you off the hook! I want you working hard to create a site folks want to bookmark and return to, cause I want you to be one of those sites accessed through direct navigation.


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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department urges deer hunters to find their license and check it for accuracy.
Every year the Game and Fish Department's licensing section receives last-minute inquiries from hunters who can't find their license. When that happens, it's difficult to try to get a replacement license in time for the season opener.
Another reason to check the license now is to make sure the unit and species is what was intended.
North Dakota's roadside pheasant survey conducted in late July and August suggests much improved production this spring, meaning more young birds added to the population and a better fall population in all areas of the state.
Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, said the survey shows total pheasants statewide are up 59 percent from last year. In addition, brood observations were up 65 percent, and the average brood size was up 16 percent. The final summary is the result of 255 runs made along 106 brood routes across North Dakota.
North Dakota's two-day youth pheasant season is Oct. 6-7. Legally licensed residents and nonresidents ages 15 and younger may hunt roosters statewide.
Resident youth hunters, regardless of age, must possess a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate and general game and habitat license. Nonresident youth hunters from states that provide a reciprocal licensing agreement for North Dakota residents qualify for North Dakota resident licenses. Otherwise, nonresident youth hunters must purchase a nonresident small game license.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual fall wetland survey indicates fair wetland conditions statewide for duck hunting. However, hunters will need to plan ahead because most areas of the state are substantially drier than last year.
Rost, Hecker Named to Game and Fish Advisory Board
Governor Jack Dalrymple has appointed Tom Rost of Devils Lake and Dwight Hecker of Fairfield to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's advisory board.
The governor appoints eight Game and Fish Department advisors, each representing a multi-county section of the state, to serve as a liaison between the department and public.
Rost, an avid hunter and angler, replaces Tracy Gardner, Devils Lake, in District 3. Hecker, a farmer-rancher, replaces Wayne Gerbig of Amidon in District 8. Gerbig and Gardner's terms expired on June 30.
If one were to time travel back to the turn of the last century via the old Times-Records one would see many many articles regarding loose dogs and packs of dogs pestering the citizens of Valley City. They started cracking down on them in 1912 insisting that they be licensed or else killed. Thus, in 1912 it became necessary to acquire a licence for ones' pooch or else for the princely sum of $1 or nearly $30 today.
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Valley City Dog Licenses 1912 $1 Starting Jan 6, 1912
Severin Risa had a Scotch Collie named Beveridge
H. Thorkelson's, Terrier was Fritz
I plumb forgot about this....well, I didn't forget but I thought it was the 12th not the 7th that was the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Valley City, albeit a brief one, as he whistle-stop campaigned across the NP Railroad as the candidate for the PROGRESSIVE Bull Moose Party.
Friday, Sept. 14 at noon signals the start of a nine-and-a-half day deer hunting season for youth ages 12-15.
Licensed youth ages 12 and 13 are allowed to hunt statewide, but only for antlerless white-tailed deer. Deer hunters age 14 or 15 with a "youth season" license can hunt statewide for any deer, except antlerless mule deer in units 3B1, 3B2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F. In addition, a special license is required to hunt antlered mule deer in those same units.
More than 2,000 licenses for antlerless deer are still available after the North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently completed its second lottery drawing.
These remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Sept. 19. These licenses are only available to individuals who have not already received a lottery or landowner license, and are valid only during the regular deer gun season, Nov. 9-25.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is reminding bowhunters that hunting deer over bait is now prohibited in deer units 3C, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1 and 3F2.
Expansion of the area in which hunting over bait is no longer allowed is in response to recent discoveries of chronic wasting disease in deer in part of southwestern North Dakota. In 2011 only unit 3F2, where the first two CWD positive deer were taken, was closed to hunting over bait.


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1. Presently, the major thrust of my research is on the systematics, ecology, biogeography and conservation of the mammals of South America. For the past two decades I have worked throughout the continent and, especially over the last few years, have conducted intensive surveys of the fauna of Argentina. Since receiving an NSF grant for this research three years ago, almost a dozen students and colleagues have been supported for extensive field research throughout Argentina, from the southernmost part of South America to the tropical forests of the Argentine-Brazilian border. We have discovered many new species and several new genera of mammals. In addition, we have been able to utilize the data to clarify several concepts relating to the problem of threatened biodiversity.
2. I continue to be interested in the study of mammal adaptations to and evolution in deserts, particularly in comparative research between deserts. I recently completed research on an NSF project to examine habitat selection and population dynamics of small mammals in the deserts of Argentina. This research is continuing at present and I will be seeking additional funds to determine how small mammal populations that have evolved from different phylogenetic lineages manage to adapt to extreme environments and in particular whether of not their communities are structured in similar ways.
3. Other ongoing research projects include the development of field guides for diverse groups of South American mammals and analysis of extensive data gathered over a number of years on the population ecology of chipmunks.
4. Student research has been done on: bat community ecology and morphometrics in Brazil; systematics of Argentine bats; community ecology of small mammals in Brazil; salamander population ecology; bird vocalizations in areas of competitive sympatry; biogeography of South America's mammals; parasite community ecology of tropical mammals. Student research has appeared in: Ecology, Ecological Monographs, J. of Herpetology, Journal of Mammalogy, American Naturalist, American Zoologist, etc.
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
M.S., Fort Hays Kansas State University
B.S., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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Mares, M. A. 1992. Neotropical mammals and the myth of Amazonian biodiversity. Science, 255:976-979.
Mares, M. A., J. K. Braun, R. M. Barquez, and M. M. Diaz. 2000. Two new genera and species of halophytic desert mammals from isolated salt flats in Argentina. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, 203:1-27.
Mares, M. A. 2002. A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape. Harvard Univ. Press, 318 pp.
Mares, M. A. 2006. The moral obligations incumbent upon institutions, administrators and directors in maintaining and caring for museum collections. P. 79-98. In Museum Philosophy (H. H. Genoways, ed.). AltaMira Press.
Mares, M. A., J. K. Braun, Coyner, B. S., and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2008. Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of gerbil mice Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in South America, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1753:1-33.
Mares, M. A. 2009. Natural Science Collections: America's irreplaceable resource. BioScience 59:544-545.
Braun, J. K., M. A. Mares, B. S. Coyner, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2010. A new species of Akodon (Rodenta, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy. 91:387-400.
Beach, J., S. Blum, M. Donoghue, L. Ford, R. Guralnick, M. A. Mares, B. Theirs, M. Westneat, Q. Wheeler, B. Wiegmann, and the Network Integrated Biocollection Alliance. 2010. A strategic plan for establishing a Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance. [http://digbiocol.wordpress.com/brochure ]
Lack, J., D. Greene, C. Conroy, M. J. Hamilton, J.K. Braun, M. A. Mares, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2012. Invasion facilitates hybridization with introgression in the Rattus rattus species complex. Molecular Ecology 14: 3545-3561.
Lack, J., M. J. Hamilton, J.K. Braun, M. A. Mares, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2012. Comparative phylogeography of invasive Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus in the U.S. reveals distinct colonization histories and dispersal. Biological Invasions, DOI 10.1007/s10530-012-0351-5.


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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) is introducing a public awareness campaign to combat sexual harassment of customers while using the system.The first phase of the campaign includes an online portal for customers to report incidents to Metro Transit Police, along with improved data tracking of incidents. In addition, new customer awareness posters will soon be displayed in train stations and onboard buses and materials will be distributed across the system.The online reporting tool, located at wmata.com/harassment, allows someone who feels they were sexually harassed to report the incident directly to Metro Transit Police using a Web-based form. Information submitted through the Web portal is immediately transmitted to Metro Transit Police for follow-up action, and people who report incidents have the option of remaining anonymous. Metro has also established an email address to allow victims to send photo or video files to assist an investigation.The new posters, flyers and handouts, developed in English and Spanish, are intended to raise awareness about the issue of sexual harassment in public spaces and encourage victims to report incidents to police. The award-winning campaign was created by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston T), who agreed to license the campaign materials to Metro at no cost."This purpose of this outreach is to let people know that it's not okay to sexually harass people on Metro," said Metro GM/CEO Richard Sarles. "We are encouraging anyone who may be harassed to report the incident to Metro Transit Police, and we appreciate the support of the advocacy groups in getting our message out into the communities we serve."To identify best practices and assist with implementation, Metro is working cooperatively with several local and national groups, including Collective Action for Safe Spaces; DC Rape Crisis Center; and Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. These efforts will continue in the months ahead."The changes that Metro is making to address public sexual harassment and assault is a testament to the hundreds of stories we received on our site," said Chai Shenoy, co-founder of Collective Action for Safe Spaces. "We see this partnership as a step in the right direction and a model for other transit agencies around the world to follow."Metro Transit Police are now tracking all reports of sexual harassment incidents — even those that do not rise to the level of a crime. The data will be used to identify trends and deploy officers as necessary and will be reported publicly to Metro's board of directors on a quarterly basis.An effort to enhance training for Metro frontline employees is also in development.
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Adopted: September 29, 1977
NTSB Number: HAR-77/02
NTIS Number: PB-275193/AS
At 10:55 a.m. on May 21, 1976, a charter bus carrying 52 persons struck and mounted a section of the bridge rail system on the Marina Vista offramp of I-680 near Martinez, California. The bus rolled off the top of the curved bridge rail and landed on its roof. Twenty-nine of the occupants died and the rest sustained minor to serious injuries.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the driver, who was unfamiliar with the bus, to correctly monitor the service brake air pressure gauge, recognize the loss of air, and take appropriate action including application of the emergency airbrake.
Contributing to the accident were: (1) the failure of the air compressor drivebelt, (2) the failure of the maintenance program and pretrip inspection to detect and replace the deteriorated air compressor drivebelt, (3) the failure of the signing system to adequately alert the driver to the critical geometrics of the ramp, (4) the severe radius of the curvature of the ramp, (5) the design of the curb as part of the ramp railing, and (6) a bridge rail system that did not redirect the bus.
As a result of its investigation of this accident the National Transportation Safety Board made the following recommendations:
to the California Department of Transportation:
"Erect at the approach to the Marina Vista offramp an exit sign that incorporates a diagram of the curvature of the ramp to illustrate its severity and relocate or supplement the advisory exit speed sign to improve its warning to approaching drivers. (Class I, Urgent Followup) (H-77-16)"
to the California Highway Patrol:
"Initiate a program that will insure the availability of information about carrier terminal ratings and their meanings to all users of charter-party and schoolbus carriers' services. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-17)
"Modify the enforcement policy set forth in its Motor Vehicle Safety Operations Program to provide for letters of warning and/or the initiation of charges against those carriers/terminals upon the receipt of a second consecutive "C" rating. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-18)
"Modify its Motor Carrier Safety Operations Program to require that each carrier is held responsible to insure that all drivers-both new and experienced-are properly tested and examined to assure their driving capability and that such drivers are thoroughly familiar with all of the operational functions and controls of each vehicle they drive. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-19)"
to the Federal Highway Administration:
"Prepare and issue an advisory document citing the proper techniques for inspecting air compressor drivebelts. The bulletin should be disseminated widely throughout the commercial motor carrier industries and to all agencies charged with the regulation of intrastate motor carrier safety. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-11)
"Develop bridge railing designs that will meet performance standards to be established by FHWA for various classes of vehicles and that will be sufficient in number to meet the various State requirements with regard to climatic and other physical conditions that affect the operation and maintenance of a roadway system. Such bridge barrier railing designs should be available to States that do not desire to develop their own designs in accordance with mandatory performance standards issued by FHWA. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-12)
"Investigate through dynamic crashtesting and analytical procedures the effects of various geometric configurations and adjacent roadway surfaces on the performance of traffic barrier rail systems. The investigation should also consider how maintenance practices or the lack of maintenance affects the performance of the barrier rail systems. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-13)
"In cooperation with the States, establish priority guidelines for improving, through modification or retrofit, the performance of existing traffic barrier rail systems at bridges. Consideration should be given in the priority guidelines to the potential for multi-fatality accidents involving high occupancy vehicles such as buses. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-14)
"In cooperation with the States, determine if the current design and placement of guide, directional, advisory, and warning signs, and other necessary traffic control devices on highway exit ramps are adequate to provide a driver with understandable and performance-related information necessary for the selection and safe negotiation of the desired ramp. The results of the investigation should be used to improve the criteria contained in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (Class II, Priority Followup) (H-77-15)"


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