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Sea To Summit Nano 1 bug shelter in an MLD Duomid
I haven't seen this combo before, so I figured I would post up some pictures of how this Sea To Summit Nano 1 person bug shelter fits and works in a Duomid. It's asymmetrical. I attached th...
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Thread drift, but it sounds like the Rab merino blends (Meco, I think?) are good.
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Didn't sell on eBay. Back here now. Also looking for a high quality 0-15 degree F sleeping bag/quilt, a climber type wedge tent, or a Zpacks Hexamid solo tent (with netting and beak). Let me kn...
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Sierra Designs customer service
I recently bought a tent from Sierra Designs. I set it up in my backyard when a storm rolled through to test it out. It leaked everywhere. I sealed the supposedly taped seams and it leaked again. I em...
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Rand is always helpful and knowledgeable about Trail Designs' products. I have always had good experiences with the company. Recently I bought a new Caldera setup and just got an email from Rand a...
Mountain Laurel Designs
I have several MLD products and have always had a good experience working with this company. Recently I had the vent support for my Duomid break and when I contacted MLD about buying a new one Ron jus...
zpacks Company
I was in a bind with an unfortunate accident having happened to my net tent that went with my MLD Duomid. I needed a bug shelter and Joe was super accommodating and willing to help me out by pushing a...
Manzella Silk Weight Windstopper All-Season Glove
These have replaced my liner gloves since I discovered them. The reason? They are almost as light and totally windproof. The windproof characteristic makes them MUCH warmer than a glove of comparable ...
Outdoor Research Sun Runner Cap
I bought the Outdoor Research Sun Runner hat last year for a week long trip to the Wind Rivers in Wyoming. I didn't use any sunscreen except lip balm the entire trip and didn't get sunburned, ...
Black Diamond Cobra Ice Tools (new model)
The Black Diamond Cobra technical ice tools excel in any vertical ice endeavor. While very similar to the BD Vipers, they differ in some key respects. The carbon fiber shaft is more effective at deali...
Black Diamond Sabretooth (SS model)
I have climbed on these crampons for three seasons now and, having tried many others, am convinced they are, hands down, the best all-around crampon available today. The stainless steel is so much eas...
Patagonia R1 Hoody
I agree with Mark. Even though I have the 2010 version of the hoody I am still totally sold on it. The thumb loops were a bit weird to get used to at first but now I love them. No more cold spots or d...
Inov8 Roclite 295
I just got back from a week in Yosemite and I am sold on these shoes. I did Cathedral Peak, Royal Arches, and Half Dome and used these shoes on the approach for each. Snow, mud, hard packed trail, gra...


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Directs NYS power authority to release requests for proposals on certain natural gas powered generating facilities in New York city.
Ayes (47): Adams, Alesi, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Nays (13): Addabbo, Avella, Ball, Gianaris, Hassell-Thomps, Krueger, Lanza, Perkins, Rivera, Serrano, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin
Excused (2): Espaillat, Huntley
Ayes (18): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Hassell-Thompson, Parker, Smith
Ayes W/R (4): Dilan, Duane, Montgomery, Stewart-Cousins
Nays (2): Krueger, Perkins
Excused (1): Fuschillo
TITLE OF BILL: An act directing the power authority of the state of New York to release requests for proposals on certain natural gas powered generating facilities in and around New York city.
PURPOSE: To authorize the sale of certain assets of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) in order to establish a fund to encourage repowering of electric generating facilities.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill directs NYPA to issue requests for proposals (RFP) for the purchase of up to ten of NYPA's gas turbine electric generating facilities located in and around New York City.
Section 1 also requires NYPA to deposit proceeds from the sale of such facilities into a special fund for the purposes of (i) incentivizing the repowering of certain electric generating facilities and (ii) funding programs to assist municipal corporations that have been adversely affected by the loss of property tax revenues and/or revenues from payments in lieu of tax agreements.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Many power plants in NYS are contemplating repowering in order to improve their competitive position in the marketplace. These power plants are prevented from taking steps to repower because of the high costs associated with doing so. By establishing a fund specifically for this purpose, power plants will be incented to invest in re-powering which will lead to improved emissions profiles and long term economic viability.
In addition, these power plants often represent a significant portion of the tax base for the municipality where they are located. Loss of such tax base will be devastating for these communities. In the event that power plants close or downsize, funds should be made available to these municipalities as they transition to becoming less reliant on the power plant taxes. To that end, this bill also provides for funding to be available to assist these communities in these difficult circumstances.
Another substantial benefit of this legislation is the transition of the identified older gas plants from public ownership to private ownership. The sale of these small, natural gas-powered facilities in an around New York City will bring in significant revenue to help during these tough economic times, while also securing future tax revenues to benefit the state for years to come. Furthermore, operating costs associated with these facilities no longer will be a burden on NYPA, as all costs and risks associated with owning and operating the facilities would be on the shoulders of private companies.
It would not be the first time that NYPA sold some of its assets to the private sector. As it is likely that the private sector would be
interested in NYPA's small generation facilities as well. While it is impossible to predict potential offers, it should be noted that, in 2008, TransCanada Corporation purchased the Ravenswood Generating Facility in Queens from National Grid for $2.8 billion---a price that exceeded expectations and demonstrates the level of interest that the private sector takes in worthwhile assets.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7789 IN SENATE June 18, 2012 ___________Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT directing the power authority of the state of New York to release requests for proposals on certain natural gas powered generating facilities in and around New York city THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. (a) The power authority of the state of New York shall within ninety days of the effective date of this act, issue a request for the proposals to purchase from such authority one or more of the ten gas turbine electric generating facilities with a nameplate capacity of less than eighty megawatts each, owned by such authority as of the effective date of this act and located in and around the city of New York. Such request for proposals to sell such generators shall be put out for bid for a maximum of ninety days and shall include the following sites and generation facilities: (1) Two units at Harlem River Yard Plant, located in the Harlem River Yards, at E. 132nd Street, Bronx, New York 10454; (2) Two units at Vernon Boulevard, located at 41-98, 42-02, 42-16 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, New York 11101; (3) Two units at the Hell Gate Plant, located at Locust Avenue, E. 132nd Street to E. 134th Street, Bronx, New York 10454; (4) Two units at the Windsor Terrace Power Plant, located at 3rd Avenue and 23rd Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232; (5) One unit at Pouch Terminal; located at 1 Edgewater Street, Staten Island, New York 10305; and (6) One unit at North First Avenue and River Street, located at 47-79 River Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211. (b) The authority shall issue such requests to determine, among other things, the likely value to New York state for the sale of such genera- tors. The authority shall, within thirty days of the end of the solic- itation period, report on the range of solicited bids to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, subject to all appropriate and applicable confidentiality requirementsEXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16344-01-2 S. 7789 2
with respect to individual bids and information contained therein. The authority shall commence actions, as the authority's board of trustees determines appropriate and necessary, to effectuate the sale of such facilities. (c) The authority is authorized and directed to deposit the proceeds of the sale of such generators into a special account to be administered by the New York Energy Research and Development Authority for the purposes of (i) incentivizing the repowering of load bearing electric generating facilities that currently meet or exceed the minimum stand- ards established in the final rule of the proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants provided that the eligible plants agree to repower such facility and construct new or retrofit existing electric generators, and (ii) for other associated upgrades, including but not limited to the construction or improvement of energy related infrastructure. To the extent practicable, funds shall also be made available to provide assistance to municipal corporations as defined in section 102 of the real property tax law, that have been substantially adversely impacted by the loss of property tax revenues or the loss of revenues from payments in lieu of taxes due to the closing of a major electric generating facility. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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|Mountaineers-Griz Set For Monumental Showdown
|Written by Mike Flynn
|Friday, 07 September 2012 23:24
Appalachian State University hosts one of the most anticipated regular-season non-conference matchups in the history of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) when it welcomes Montana to Kidd Brewer Stadium for
the 2012 home opener on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. at The Rock.
Saturday's game will be televised nationwide on ESPN GamePlan, the worldwide leader in sports' pay-per-view platform that is available on most cable and satellite systems. Check with your cable or satellite provider for availability and price. The broadcast will also be shown live on ESPN3, the network's online platform. Check with your internet service provider or visit ESPN3.com for availability.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on the Appalachian IMG Sports Network. Live coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. with Pigskin Prelude. The game can be heard locally on AM 1450, WATA.
• Appalachian State (0-1) and Montana (1-0) are two of the FCS's most decorated programs with a combined five national championships, 10 FCS championship-game appearances and 40 FCS postseason berths.
• Since 2005, Appalachian and Montana are FCS's winningest programs with 79 and 78 victories, respectively.
• This is the first-ever regular-season meeting between the Mountaineers and Grizzlies. The teams' only previous games were a pair of epic national semifinals in 2000 and 2009, both won by the Griz in Missoula, Mont.
• Last Saturday, Appalachian jumped out to a 7-0 lead at East Carolina and trailed just 14-13 with 2:35 to go in the third quarter before Conference USA's ECU pulled away in the fourth for a 35-13 win.
• In its season opener last Saturday, Montana trailed South Dakota, 24-16, midway through the third quarter but scored three touchdowns in a 3:46 span en route to a 35-24 win over the Coyotes, who are in their first year of full Division I competiton (Missouri Valley).
• Both teams had impressive yardage differentials in their season openers. Appalachian State held a 332-242 edge in total yards through three quarters versus ECU and finished with a 419-390 final advantage while Montana outgained South Dakota by a whopping 568-233 margin.
• Appalachian State is 60-19-2 (.753) all-time in home openers, including a 20-3 record under head coach Jerry Moore and a 10-1 mark over the last 11 years.
• The Mountaineers are opening their home slate against a nationally ranked opponent for the eighth time in the last 14 years. Appalachian is 5-2 in the last seven instances with the only losses coming at the hands of No. 2 Troy State in 1999 (34-28) and No. 16 McNeese State in 2009 (40-35).
• Appalachian is 3-2 all-time versus current members of the Big Sky Conference. The Mountaineers' only previous regular-season matchup versus a BSC squad was in 2007, when the Apps downed Northern Arizona, 34-21, at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
• The Mountaineers bring a 17-game regular-season winning streak at Kidd Brewer Stadium into tonight's game. The Apps have not lost a regular-season tilt at home since the 40-35 loss to McNeese State in the 2009 home opener.
For complete coverage of Saturday's matchup, including links to live video, audio and stats, both teams' rosters, depth charts, game notes and much more, click HERE to visit GoASU.com's official Gameday Central page.
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A Brazilian security researcher set up an experiment to prove that he can get anyone to accept a Facebook friend request in a matter of hours, showing how privacy is still a major issue when it comes to social networking website.
According to Psyzone, Nelson Novaes, a researcher in the field of online security and behavior, made a proof of concept to demonstrate how easily people can be manipulated on social networks and Facebook in particular.
By creating a fake account that perfectly cloned the one of a manager, he set in mind to befriend a female security worker that worked for him, named for the purpose of the study SecGirl.
He started by going after the friends of the friends of the manager and within an hour, 24 out of 432 request were accepted, even though most subjects already had the manager as a friend.
Then he went on to the direct friends of the manager who also rushed to accept the friend request even though they already had the real profile in their contact lists. Finally, after seven and a half hours, after seeing that a lot of mutual friends were adding the cloned profile to their contact list, SecGirl gave in and accepted the request from the clone account.
With this, Novales wanted to show how users will befriend anyone if they have many mutual friends, even if they have no idea who the person actually is or if they suspect that the individual is up to no good.
"People have simply ignored the threat posed by adding a profile without checking if this profile is true. New Technologies have loopholes, but it is up to the users to be aware of this type of flaw. Social networks can be fantastic, but people make mistakes. Privacy is a matter of social responsibility. There is no solution. We must make good use of the social network and we are alone in this task," said Novaes.


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Contact InformationMasterpiece Tattoo & Body Piercing Inc
314 B So Broadway
Salem, NH 03079
Other InformationEntity Status: Active
Type of Entity: Foreign Corporation
Entity Creation Date: Mar 16, 1999
Days in Business: 6051 days
Company Description
Masterpiece Tattoo & Body Piercing Inc is located in Salem, New Hampshire and is listed as an active Foreign Corporation. Masterpiece Tattoo & Body Piercing Inc was started on Mar 16, 1999 which was 6051 days ago.
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The spending bill would cut $3.1 billion dollars from the Base Realignment and Closure - or BRAC - Fund. How this will impact Naval Station Ingleside, Corpus Christi Army Depot, Ellington Field and other military installations affected by the BRAC process is unclear. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is concerned.
"There are many projects in Texas and all through the country that are not going to be able to be started until we have some other ability to get that money back."
The Texas Republican says the loss could impact pending changes at Ellington Field and threaten improvements to a rotor blade facility at the Corpus Christi Army Depot, where military helicopters are maintained and repaired.
Under BRAC Naval Station Ingleside and Naval Air Station Corpus Christi are to close - and funding to offset the costs of those closures could be in jeopardy. Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn also criticized the move.
"It just strikes me as the wrong time, if there ever is a right time, to begin cutting money that supplies the basic needs of our military and their families."
Hutchison says she has proposed an amendment to the spending bill that would restore the BRAC funding - but it is unlikely the Democratic Majority in the Senate will allow any amendments. For Houston Public Radio, I'm Benjamin Shaw on Capitol Hill.


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This is a simple site to give interested people a look at what the Scow Bay Press print shop looks like. This site is under construction and new photos and links will be added as time permits.
At present shop capabilities include printing, die cutting, and hot embossing.
Scow bay press has four main presses: two 10x15 C&P Craftsman presses (one with Rice feeder), a Miehle V36 Vertical, and a 8x12 C&P Old Series press. The hot embossing is done on the 10x15 Craftsman with Rice feeder and this capability is a recent addition to the shop.
The shop also has a limited capability to hot stamp/foil. This is done on a Kwikprint Builder 55 and at present hot stamping dies are limited in size to 3 1/2" x 5" maximum.
Cutting is done on a mdl 1906 26" C&P hand lever cutter.
At present Scow Bay Press has 8 cabinets of handset type and well over a dozen fonts of "Eloise" the 1922 model C3 Intertype linecaster.
Click on the links below to see some views of the shop.
For a view of the NW corner of the shop
For a view of the NE corner of the shop
A look over the imposing stone at the Miehle
A view of the C&P 8x12 and the 10x15 C&P Craftsman w/ Rice feeder
Eloise the C3 Intertype
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December 9, 2003 Pianist Ruben Gonzalez was a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, a group of musicians profiled in the documentary Buena Vista Social Club, which sparked international interest in traditional Cuban music.
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November 18, 2003 A distinctive mix of rock, funk and world beats put Talking Heads in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Who else could get people to dance to the dark "Psycho Killer" and the gospel "Take Me to the River"? NPR's Bob Edwards and band leader David Byrne look back at the band and the music. Hear an extended interview and songs from a new box set.
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November 7, 2003 A few months before Buddy Holly died in a 1959 plane crash — in what is sometimes referred to as the "day the music died" — he recorded songs in a studio with an orchestra. What many don't know is that Holly made his real last recordings in his apartment shortly before he died. Hear three of the acoustic songs.
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October 27, 2003 Tate is making his comeback after nearly 30 years. His rhythm and blues hits in the '60s — produced by Ragovoy — included Get It While You Can, Stop, Ain't Nobody Home, and Look at Granny Run. But bad record deals, the demands of touring and tragedy in his personal life took their toll on Tate. He developed a drug habit and disappeared from view. Eventually he kicked his drug habit and became a pastor. Back with his producer, Ragovoy, the two have collaborated on a new album called Rediscovered. It includes a track written for him by Elvis Costello, a longtime fan.
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October 10, 2003 For the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, all Top 10 singles are performed by black artists. NPR's Jamila Bey reports.
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(AllHipHop News) Rapper LL Cool J was involved in a confrontation with a burglar inside of his Los Angeles home earlier this morning (August 22).
According to TMZ.com, a burglar entered into LL's Los Angeles home around 2 AM.
The rapper, who stars as field agent Sam Hanna on the hit show "NCIS: Los Angeles," was home at the time of the intrusion, went downstairs and confronted the interloper.
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Australia's men scored a deserved 3-1 win over Great Britain which earned them the hockey bronze medal and extended their Olympic medal-winning sequence to six, the longest of any country.
The Australians often looked like the world's best side -- as many people believe they are -- and recovered well from the great disappointment of losing three goals in the last 20 minutes to Germany in Thursday's semi-finals, which cost them a place in the final.
They also let slip a 3-0 lead to Great Britain at the pool stage, but there was little likelihood of anything similar happening this time.
They created a hatful of opportunities with their open and direct play, and could have won by more.
"We went for them, and we were relentless for the full 70 minutes. Today we were better because we held the ball better," said Australia star Jamie Dwyer.
"Against Germany we didn't hold the ball for long enough and that's what let us down. It's just unfortunate that we didn't make the final after such a successful four years."
Britain's consolation was that their performance indicated a recovery, in their case from the 9-2 thrashing by The Netherlands, which equalled their biggest Olympic defeat and which coach Jason Lee called "embarrassing".
Australia have had by far the most field goal attempts in these Olympics, and their first goal, after 17 minutes, showed why.
A fast break, a direct through ball to Dwyer brought a sharply deceptive turn by Australia's best player, who then delivered a deft little pass along the edge of the penalty circle, allowing time for Simon Orchard to get in a clumping shot which bulged the roof of the net.
It was against the run of the play when the British equalised 12 minutes later.
James Tindall took a penalty corner, edged unobtrusively towards the near post and when the ball was played back to him, nudged it cleverly in.
Australia have also had the most penalty corner chances of any country in these Olympics, and got right on top during a lengthy spell in the second half which they earned five penalty corners and Britain were just hanging on.
With the third of these Australia reclaimed the lead when Dwyer's first shot was well saved by 'keeper James Fair, only for the ball to hop up kindly for him to knock in the rebound in mid-air.
By now Fair had too much to do. He saved brilliantly from a Tim Deavin rocket, and saved again a couple of minutes later again from Dwyer, only for the ball this time to ricochet to Kieran Govers, who, waist high, smacked it in to make it 3-1.
The British played the last five minutes without the gallant Fair, using eleven outfield players instead, but the resulting territorial dominance brought only pressure and half-chances.
India lost their sixth game out of six when a 3-2 defeat to South Africa condemned them to 12th and last place in the tournament.
It was the first time that the eight-time champions had gone through an Olympics without winning a match.
Andrew Cronje gave South Africa an eighth-minute lead before Sandeep Singh levelled six minutes later.
Timothy Drummond, in the 33rd minute, and Lloyd Norris-Jones, after 64 minutes, gave South Africa a two-goal cushion before Dharmavir Singh reduced the margin for India in the 66th.
Belgium scored their first Olympic win over Spain since the Montreal Games 36 years ago as two goals from Tom Boon helped them to a 5-2 win and a final placing of fifth.


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Prep football: Ohio heavyweight Centerville playing at Naples High on Sept. 28
Separated by 1,100 miles of Interstate 75, Naples High School and Centerville (Ohio) High School faced the same dilemma.
Both are proven powerhouses in their states, which can scare away potential opponents. When it comes time to put together their schedules each year, Naples and Centerville have trouble putting together a full 10 games.
So the far-apart programs found a mutual solution.
Centerville, a school of nearly 3,000 students from a Dayton suburb, will play at Naples next season. The game is scheduled for Sept. 28, a Saturday, but could change to accommodate a national television broadcast.
"It's the opportunity of a lifetime for our kids, and we happen to have a community who supports it," Centerville athletic director Rob Dement said. "Our kids get to experience something most high school kids don't, which is to travel by plane for a game."
It will be a match of historically strong programs.
Naples has won two state championships and five regional titles since 2001. Centerville has qualified for the playoffs seven of the past nine years in Ohio's largest classification.
Four Elks players signed with Bowl Championship Series college football programs this month, including three who went to the Big Ten.
"It's something to strive for, to motivate us," Naples coach Bill Kramer said about the long-distance showdown. "We're representing our state. It's a big deal. We take it very seriously."
With heavyweights from two of the country's strongest football states squaring off, the schools are trying to get ESPNU to air the game live. Kramer said Naples High graduate Nick Weidenmiller works for ESPN in Connecticut, while Centerville is the alma mater of ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit.
The game will be a rare experience for both schools.
Naples is expecting the hype and atmosphere on par with the Golden Eagles' 2007 game against Greenwich, Conn. The game against the defending Connecticut state champ was believed to have been Naples' first against an out-of-state opponent.
Centerville isn't new to playing teams from outside Ohio. The Elks play in at least one showcase event each season that features an out-of-state opponent. However, next season will be the first time the team has left the Buckeye state for a game.
Centerville had an opening on Sept. 27, the fifth week of their schedule, when an opponent backed out for competition reasons. A few Elks players have family members who live in Southwest Florida, and alerted Dement to Naples' strong tradition.
The Elks also needed a stroke of luck. The Ohio High School Athletic Association forbids students from missing a day of school to travel out of state. Dement scheduled the game at Naples before he knew the rule, but later found out students were out of school Sept. 27 for a teacher in-service day.
Naples had a few openings on its schedule, as well. Kramer said the Eagles try to schedule games against nearby programs but he has had trouble getting Lee County teams to play them.
Kramer said he first heard from those family members who asked if the Golden Eagles would be interested in playing Centerville. Much like the game against Greenwich six years ago, the phone call got the ball rolling.
"They've got a strong tradition and a strong fan base," Kramer said of Centerville. "They're going to travel well. Plus there are enough Ohio people here who will want to come out and watch Centerville."
Dement said the entire trip will be paid for by the public school's parents and boosters, who will raise money. He didn't know how much money was needed, but it was estimated Greenwich spent around $60,000 to get to Naples in 2007.
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The November 6th elections saw a lot of historic decisions made in the United States -- the first black president re-elected, marijuana legalized for the first time in two states, gay marriage affirmed by the voters in four, and even the first openly gay senator. But perhaps the most underreported result yesterday came from outside the country altogether: in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a solid majority voted to reject the island's current status and join America as the long-fabled 51st state. How the bid might fare in Congress is an open question, but both President Obama and Republican leaders have vowed support for the statehood movement if it proves successful at the ballot box (while D.C. officials ponder a two-fer gambit to grease the wheels). Though it would be the poorest state, joining the Union might bring economic benefits to both sides [PDF]. And politically, some argue the island might prove to be a reliably red state, despite the Hispanic population, although arch-conservative governor and Romney ally Luis Fortuño appears headed toward a narrow loss. But the most important question here, as always, is: how to redesign the flag? (Puerto Rican statehood discussed previously.)
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Mefites, The President of the United States
President Barack Obama will today give the annual State of the Union address. There will be at least three rebuttals in addition to a prebuttal that occurred this morning. The address will be streamed online at Whitehouse.gov. [more inside]
Unlimited union and corporate campaign contributions... who?
The Federal Election Commission has given satirist Stephen Colbert the green light to form the "Colbert SuperPAC." Colbert, via his PAC, can now therefore accept unlimited contributions for whatever candidates and causes he wishes.
October Surprise?
Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of The Tea Party Movement and the Size, Scope and Focus of its National Factions is a new study that released today, just two weeks before the US midterm elections, by The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR). Sponsored by the NAACP, it reports that the Tea Party movement is "permeated with concerns about race" and has "given platform to anti-Semites, racists and bigots." [more inside]
Give me your coded, your rfid tagged, your addressed masses
As simple as a typo. Your vote in the 2008 U.S. election won't [2:00-9:00] count if voter caging parties can help it. Vote caging works basically like this - (1) Send do-not-forward mail to the address listed on your registration. (2) If it comes back return to sender, your registration is challenged and can be thrown out without notice. "A challenged voter will likely cast a provisional ballot....Nearly a third of all 1.6 million provisional ballots cast in 2004 were thrown out." Previously (somewhat). [more inside]
Doesn't everyone exaggerate the size of Lake Ontario?
Humorist and candidate for the US Senate for Minnesota Al Franken draws a map of the United States from memory.
"NIXON-AGNEW", in red and in blue.
The story of the Democratic primaries so far, boiled down to seven minutes.
US Presidential Greatness as a Function of Experience
John Edwards: No military draft if Democrats win
John Edwards: "No military draft if Democrats win" - which comes as a relief to me today as my own son turns eighteen. However, as it stands, the Selective Service System has been ramping up its ability to begin a draft as early as Spring 2005, especially a possibility should Congressional Bills S. 89 and H.R. 163, known as the "Universal National Service Act of 2003" pass in the House and Senate. Many people who have been in the military feel a draft would actually degrade the quality of our military forces. Nonetheless, this time around, a draft would include men and women. And the Selective Service is also looking for a few good people to become a Selective Service System Local Board Member, one of the tasks of which is to guarantee "that each CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR is properly CLASSIFIED, PLACED, and MONITORED."(emphasis added)
Paul Krugman gives some free advice
And now for something different...
And now for something different... Or maybe not. Try voting for everybody. Who knows what will happen. Maybe Gore will win finally? (not sure if this was posted before, but found it funny.)
I know it's short notice
I know it's short notice but if you're in one of these cities, and agree that the popular vote of the people should be honored and upheld, there's gonna be a lot of spontaneous protests happening tomorrow afternoon.
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Purpose of 5S | Cultural Change Phase
The initial purpose of 5S in the Cultural Change Phase is described in the following:
5S Defined: Workplace Organization
Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
Japanese Root: Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shituke
Other words used in 5S: Set in Order (straighten), Systematic Cleaning (shine), Sweep (shine).
So, what's the purpose of 5S? According to others . . .
Well, in order to answer that question I did what any normal person would do – I googled "purpose of 5S." Here's what I found:
One said purpose of 5S:
The true purpose of 5S is to spot problems quickly. See reference website here.
KCOE Question: What if you don't have a robust problem solving system?
Another said purpose of 5S:
Keeps our workplace clean, provides nice environment to work, increases productivity, saves time, reduces costs, provides safety, creates joy while working, eliminates all types of waste. See the website reference here.
KCOE Question: Are those purposes or results of successful 5S?
Another said purpose of 5S:
The main purpose of 5S is to improve efficiency by eliminating the waste of motion when looking for tools, materials or information. See website reference here.
KCOE Question: Is that a systematic approach to continuous improvement or just using a tool to see initial results?
Culture matters! The initial purpose of 5S is to help change culture!
Quick Background:
The OE System has three phases:
1. Cultural Change (engaging people)
2. Implementation (engaging process)
3. Daily living (engaging improvement)
Purpose of 5S in the cultural change phase:
To Establish Routine Behaviors (daily, weekly, and monthly PDCA)
Other purposes of 5S in the cultural change phase:
a. To invigorate the suggestion (solution) system
b. Provide basis of learning for the foundations of PDCA, visual management, and roles/responsibilities
5S +1: A Cultural Change Tool
The Cultural Change phase (engaging people) involves establishing a continuous improvement framework. Cultural change begins with establishing behaviors, which begin to change mindsets. Therefore 5S should first be treated as a cultural change tool – establishing behaviors, rather than a lean implementation tool – increasing flow, etc, etc. If you try to enter into lean implementation by engaging process and the culture isn't right – you'll fail.
In order to achieve world-class performance (Operational Excellence), you must start with the culture! If the culture isn't right, then lean tools will NOT work. Most lean tools fail because 5S is both a cultural change (establishing behaviors) tool and an implementation (seeing and solving problems) tool.
The IMMEDIATE purpose of 5S is to begin establishing behaviors and knit 5s into your continuous improvement framework. The specific behaviors are:
1. daily end of shift work restoration
2. weekly team leader audit
3. monthly balanced scorecard meeting
5S +1: A PDCA Cycle
Though the content of the checklist, audit, and balanced scorecard should be meaningful, the specifics of the content concerning 5S aren't all that important right now. What is important is that team members are completing the end of shift restoration at the end of each shift and team leaders are performing weekly audits that yield a score reviewed at the balanced scorecard meeting.
Teams are also learning and practicing problem solving and implementing solutions via the solutions system. When team members and team leaders have existing PDCA cycles in place (daily restoration, weekly audit, monthly BSC meeting AND are comfortable with problem solving – 5S becomes a tool to see and solve problems.
5S works if the purpose for 5S is cultural change first
Check out the top 10 reasons why 5S doesn't work
Most likely you're using 5S as a lean tool before you're using it as a culture change tool. Establish the corresponding PDCA cycles (daily restoration, weekly audit, monthly BSC review), teach and coach employees on visual management, coach and encourage solutions. THEN you'll have a long term focus on operational excellence.
Once you have a continuous improvement framework in place try this:
1. Pick a team and train them on 5S. (Email us for training material).
2. Generate initial solutions and let the team define who is responsible and by when.
3. Generate a daily end of shift restoration. (What should happen daily to support/sustain these improvements?)
4. Generate a weekly audit. (What should the team leader check weekly to show gaps between the current and desired state?) Do problem solving when a target it missed.
5. Keep track of the score on the BSC support row. Do problem solving when the target is missed.
The Next Purpose of 5S: See and Solve Problems
Once you have a robust problem solving system, and the PDCA cycles are functional in the 5S system – 5S becomes a tool to see and solve problems. Short term results and improvements will naturally be generated from successful 5S efforts, but if you use 5S as a cultural change tool first you will see long term and world-class results.
Check out this link for the latest photos of 5S Examples
Check back to find a link to the purpose of 5S in the implementation phase.
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TurboTax Offers Live Tax Advice to Lure Clients From H&R Block
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Louis Alleva is a soldier in Intuit Inc.'s campaign to persuade Americans to ditch their tax preparers and use its software to file their returns.
The 51-year-old accountant works from the office on the all-weather front porch of his suburban New York home, where last month he was staring at three computer screens as he helped Intuit's tax professionals provide free advice to do-it-yourself filers. The company, whose TurboTax product is the most widely used digital and online tax-preparation program, sees the service as a way to grab customers from H&R Block Inc. and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., whose storefront locations cater to low-to-middle income taxpayers.
More than 60 percent of the 112 million individuals who submitted their returns electronically in 2011 used a tax professional, according to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Intuit is offering live help this year -- and advertising heavily to promote it -- to lure such customers to TurboTax, which generally is less expensive than paying a tax preparer, said Dan Maurer, senior vice president of the consumer group for the Mountain View, California-based firm.
"We see the potential for as many as another 40 million customers who could be using TurboTax," Maurer said. "That's an enormous opportunity."
The number is based on estimates of taxpayers currently going to a tax store who may consider using TurboTax if they knew they could speak to an adviser, Maurer said. About 24 million people use TurboTax software online or through mobile devices, he said.
Shopping Around
The software generally costs at least $19.99, depending on the complexity of the return, according to Ashley Kirkendall, an Intuit spokeswoman. H&R Block, the biggest U.S. tax preparer, usually charges at least $99 for in-store tax preparation, said Robert Turtledove, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the Kansas City, Missouri-based firm. Both companies also are offering a free service for taxpayers with the simplest returns, such as those filing a form 1040EZ.
Consumers may have a difficult time figuring out how much tax preparation will cost and shopping around ahead of time, said Jean Ann Fox, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America in Washington. "Generally tax preparers charge by the form so often you don't know how much it may cost," she said.
In the first nine months of last year, H&R Block topped advertising spending among tax preparers at $114 million, a 13 percent increase from the same period in 2010, according to the latest available data from Nielsen Holdings NV. Intuit was second, dedicating about $93 million in the first three quarters of 2011, which was a 7.6 percent increase. Jackson Hewitt, the second-largest U.S. tax preparer, trailed with the next biggest expenditure of $18 million.
Farm Income
Intuit has hired more than 700 tax attorneys, certified public accountants and IRS enrolled agents since April to provide free tax advice by phone and through online chat. That includes the team of 26 advisers from around the country that Alleva manages. Alleva is a CPA and has worked for Intuit as an adviser for three years.
"I was getting questions from folks out in Idaho who had a farm and wanted to know about farm income," said Alleva during a January interview at his home in Westbury, New York. "I'm in New York here. Ask me about stocks, not farms. The interesting thing is I had to answer their question so I had to learn about that on the fly and that's what a lot of our agents have to do."
Work From Home
TurboTax advisers generally work from their homes and also may have their own tax-preparation business, said Alleva. They receive an average of two calls an hour and inquiries range from tax treatment of retirement income to cancellation of debt, he said. Those taking calls answer questions rather than prepare returns, said Kirkendall, the spokeswoman. All of them have tax preparer identification numbers from the IRS, she said.
The IRS has required paid preparers since 2011 to register with the government and receive an identification number, or PTIN, that must be renewed annually. Those who aren't licensed attorneys, CPAs or enrolled agents generally also will have to pass a competency test by the end of 2013 and complete continuing education courses starting this year, the IRS said.
An enrolled agent is a person who has earned the right to represent taxpayers before the IRS by either passing a three-part comprehensive test or through experience as a former IRS employee.
Phone Support
TaxAct, another tax preparation software maker, offers free phone support to customers if they pay upfront for the product instead of when filing, said Jessi Dolmage, a spokeswoman for the company. The company's online deluxe product for federal returns costs $9.95, she said.
A federal ruling in October prevented H&R Block from proceeding with a proposed acquisition of TaxAct products because the judge said it would diminish competition in the market. Instead InfoSpace Inc. in Bellevue, Washington, acquired the maker of the software in January.
While do-it-yourself may cost less, using a tax preparer helps ensure that individuals don't miss credits or deductions that could result in a larger refund, said Turtledove of H&R Block. The average refund for all taxpayers in 2011 was $2,913, compared with $3,003 in 2010, IRS data show.
"There's a huge difference between tax advice and tax prep," he said. "It's not just phone-a-friend."
Video Conferencing
H&R Block prepared about 15 million returns in its stores last year, said Gene King, a spokesman for the company. Tax-preparation companies may pay interest and penalties if there's a mistake on a return and agree to assist customers if they are audited. IRS rules state that individuals are ultimately responsible for the accuracy of their returns even if they use a preparer.
In addition to having preparers in its stores this season, H&R Block designated about 1,000 workers to do returns for customers through video conferencing online, Turtledove said. While all the company's tax professionals don't have to be attorneys, CPAs or enrolled agents, new hires are required to complete more than 110 hours of training, Turtledove said. The cost for having a return prepared through video conferencing is similar to the pricing in stores, he said. H&R Block also offers online do-it-yourself tax software.
"There's always going to be a market for people who want to do it themselves," said Mark Steber, chief tax officer for Parsippany, New Jersey-based Jackson Hewitt. "As our tax code continues to be complex and more complex, there will be a need to have someone help you."
Refund Loans
While Intuit and H&R Block are promoting their free advice or video conferencing, Jackson Hewitt, which has kiosks in about 2,800 Wal-Mart stores, is seeking to attract customers by continuing to offer refund-anticipation loans. Bank regulators and the IRS have cracked down on the loans, known as RALs, which are secured by an individual's expected tax refund with annualized interest rates that may run as high as 149 percent, according to the National Consumer Law Center in Boston.
Jackson Hewitt, which emerged from bankruptcy in August, and Liberty Tax Service, which has 2,000 franchisees nationwide, have agreements with the last remaining bank company to finance the refund loans this season. Republic Bancorp Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky, reached a settlement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in December to cease making RALs after April.
That makes this tax season the final one in which loans will be available on a large scale, said Chi Chi Wu, an attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. London-based HSBC Holdings Plc and New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co. previously exited the business.
Free File
Taxpayers who file electronically and have direct deposit may get their refunds in as few as 10 days, according to the IRS. The agency deployed a program in January generally for people earning $50,000 a year or less to help them prepare their own returns using online software. At participating sites IRS-certified volunteers are available to assist with tax questions and computer problems, the IRS said.
The government has teamed up with various software providers to help qualifying taxpayers access its Free File program and e-file their federal returns without charge.
"Many people would like to try software," said Maurer of TurboTax. "It's inherently less expensive than going to a tax store."
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How 6 fictional presidents might deal with the real-life government shutdown
At a recent media panel, Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia Pope on the show 'Scandal,' weighed in how the fictional White House in her 1-hour drama would handle the government shutdown.
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President James Sawyer in White House Down
With mercenaries blowing up buildings at the nation's capitol, it will be hard to facilitate Congress' shutdown debate.
But when it comes time for President Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) to step up and tell Congress to figure out this whole shutdown thing, we just hope they haven't furloughed Capitol Police officer John Cale (Channing Tatum). President Sawyer won't be able to accomplish anything, whether it's saving Washington D.C. from mercenaries, or Congress from a shutdown, without the star of "Magic Mike."
Photo by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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You know the saying "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is?" Well Monster Energy was able to disprove that. Back in May, Monster hit us (Skateboarder Magazine) up and told us they were driving their multi-millon dollar bus from California to Kansas City for the first stop of Street League. This bus includes two lounges, large flat screen TVs, satellite television, wi-fi, marble floors, luxury couches, 8 bunks with personal TVs, a full bathroom, a kitchen and more I'm sure I'm forgetting about. Monster simply offered us the fully equipped bus, gas included, for us fill it with some of our bros (no Monster affiliation required). The best part was that Monster would even provide a driver to take us where ever we want to go. Surprisingly enough, there was no catch. We would sleep in the luxury bus (which just got done driving the Guns N Roses around the US) and Monster would pay for everyone's plane ticket back home. So naturally we said "Yes!" and off we were to Kansas City with some bros. WATCH THE VIDEO.
Here is part one of a whole bunch of photos we got while out on the road.
We past this abandoned water park on the way to Vegas. Don and Dakota had been to this spot on an ESWIC trip so we turned the big bus around and went down some gravel roads to get to it. Here's Taylor Smith checking out the slide rail.
Dakota Servold.
Jordan Taylor exploring around for other things to skate.
Nick Zizzo loving the trip.
Ryan Spencer grinding down the slide.
Jordan slamming on the slide.
A slam wont stop Jordan from grinding this slide with his shirt half off.
Taylor sliding a lipslide around the slide.
Taylor wallie 50-50.
Jordan at the first wet spot in Denver.
Nick nosegrind. No rain is going to stop this kid from shredding.
Jordan boardslide shove.
Ryan boardslide bigspin.
Taylor frontside feeble.
Taylor frontside feeble 180 is under three tries. The kid is on another level.
Back in a lap of luxury heading to Kansas City.
Check back next Friday for more photos.


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UL Women's Basketball Entertains Panthers-Game Preview
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Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball teams returns to the hardwood on Thursday evening, as coach Errol Rogers' squad plays host to the Nicholls St. Lady Colonels, in non-conference action.
The Cajuns, who fell 63-50 to LSU-Shreveport in their season-opener on Monday evening, are 0-1 on the year, while Nicholls St. also comes in at 0-1.
This will mark the 51st all-time meeting between the two schools, with UL holding a 32-18 advantage.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Fifty years to the day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, thousands returned to the spot on a rainy Wednesday to commemorate the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The march started about 9:10 a.m. and stretched roughly three city blocks. Banners and T-shirts and chants focused on the Trayvon Martin verdict and on protecting the Voting Rights Act. Other banners focused on gun control, mass incarceration of African-Americans and equal access to education. Marchers of all ages and races walked the route together, some singing songs such as "We Shall Not Be Moved."
Wednesday's commemoration culminates a week's worth of events marking the 1963 march, which was organized by civil rights and labor groups. Wednesday's event will feature speeches by President Obama and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.
The gathering, titled "Let Freedom Ring," is organized by the 50th Anniversary Coalition for Jobs, Justice and Freedom, a group represented by the NAACP, the National Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other civil rights organizations.
Nearly five hours of speeches and performances are expected to mark the occasion, including appearances by everyone from Oprah Winfrey and longtime King associate Andrew Young to Caroline Kennedy, just named by Obama to be ambassador to Japan.
Among the speakers: U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the only surviving speaker from the 1963 march.
In an early-morning speech at the Capitol on Wednesday, Lewis recalled that on Aug. 28, 1963, he and other march organizers met with congressional lawmakers on Capitol Hill, then planned to lead marchers to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. "When we stepped out into the street, we saw hundreds of thousands of people pouring out of Union Station," Lewis said. "We were supposed to be leading them, but they were already marching. It was like, 'There go my people - let me catch up with them.' "
Obama is well-versed in talking about race but does so rarely. As the nation's first African-American president, he has used his own improbable story as evidence of how far the nation has come. Even before he was elected president, then-Sen. Obama in 2007 told worshipers at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala., "I'm here because somebody marched. I'm here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants."
He referred to King and his contemporaries as "the Moses generation," but said "we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do."
In office, he has only occasionally talked about race. Perhaps most significantly, in 2012 he commented on the Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Fla., saying of the young African-American who died, "You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. All of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves."
After a jury acquitted George Zimmerman in July of the shooting, Obama said, "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. ... When you think about why, in the African-American community at least, there's a lot of pain. It's important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and history that doesn't go away."
King hadn't originally planned the "I have a dream" rhetoric that gave the occasion its historic significance. In the moment, Pulitzer Prize-winning civil rights historian Taylor Branch recently told USA Weekend, King improvised the passage in a speech that had begun more cynically, with the memorable line, "America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.' "
Branch said King then "balked" at his prepared conclusion, improvising the ending that galvanized the civil rights moment during one of its most pivotal years. Branch said Obama "should speak more from his tiptoe stance about race in our national journey."
International commemorations will be held at London's Trafalgar Square, as well as in Japan, Switzerland, Nepal and Liberia. London Mayor Boris Johnson has said King's speech resonates around the world and continues to inspire people as one of history's great pieces of oratory.
As King was ending his speech in 1963, he quoted from the patriotic song My Country 'Tis of Thee and urged his audience to "let freedom ring."
"When we allow freedom to ring - when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last, free at last, great God almighty, we are free at last,'" King said.
The civil rights leader was assassinated five years later.
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