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Newsletters from NW Iowa legislators
Week four of the 2011 Iowa General Assembly was again filled with committee meetings, sub-committee meetings, and floor debate in the Iowa House. Information on all the bills, amendments, and floor action can be found on the Iowa General Assembly web at: www.legis.iowa.gov. Three very significant pieces of legislation were passed in the Iowa House this week:
"HJR 6 - Allows the Iowa Marriage Amendment to come before the people of Iowa for a vote. This bill passed with bipartisan support, 62-37 and moves to the Senate for their consideration.
"HF 149 - Strengthens Iowa's Right to Work law by creating an economic climate conducive to job creation. Business recruitment, tourism, and promotional literature will again identify Iowa as a right-to-work state so prospective employers know we are a business friendly state. HF 149 passed with bipartisan support, 65-34 and moves to the Senate for their consideration.
"HF 111 - Opposes the federal health care reform bill to prevent Iowa citizens from being required to purchase government-approved health insurance. HF 111 passed on a party line vote of 59-39 and moves to the Senate for their consideration.
House Approves The Health Care Freedom Act
As mentioned above, the Iowa House took the first step in responding to Iowans' opposition of the federal health care reform bill by passing a bill that would prevent citizens from being required to purchase government-approved health insurance. HF 111, asserts the state's rights under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, which limits the power of the federal government. The focus of this issue is the "individual mandate" that requires all Americans to have government-approved health care coverage by 2014 or pay a penalty.
HF 111 provides Iowans to have the right to choose private health care systems or private health care plans. The bill also states that no law can interfere with an Iowan's right to pay for lawful medical services, and that no law can impose a fee, tax, or penalty upon an Iowan for declining or failing to participate in any particular health care system or plan. The bill is based on state law in Virginia that challenged the federal law last spring. In December, a federal judge ruled that the individual mandate requirement violated the Tenth Amendment's limitation on federal power. This week, another federal judge in Florida declared the national health care law unconstitutional because it violates the Commerce Clause. Twenty-six states, including Iowa, participated in this lawsuit.
Legislation Introduced to Restrict EPC's Rule-Making Authority
HF 112 and HSB 48 were introduced this week by the House Republicans and would restrict the authority of the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC). HF 112 adds an additional requirement to EPC rule making authority that qualifies that any administrative rule that the EPC adopts must also be approved by the director of the state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR). HSB 48, would strip the EPC as well as the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) of their rule making authority. This bill leaves both panels with advice and recommendation roles with the rule making authority being shifted to the director of the DNR.
Over the last several years each panel have overstepped their authority. They have taken upon themselves to implement rules rather than go through the legislative process for the adoption of rules and regulation. The legislature's role is to direct, delegate and/or change state statutes with the detail needed to implement state and federal law. In several instances, the EPC has adopted rules or took action that was in part contrary to DNR director, staff, and departmental legal advice. On a couple of occasions their actions conflicted with the existing Iowa Code provisions. Both bills have been assigned to a subcommittee for further review.
Redistricting Starts in Iowa
Iowa will soon begin the process of redrawing the congressional and state legislative districts. This only happens every ten years, after census data becomes available. The states will begin receiving the data required in the redistricting process in the next couple weeks. Iowa's redistricting process is unique. Some states have appointed commissions to draw their district lines, while other states rely on the courts to settle disputes over political advantage in their various proposals. Iowa uses the non-partisan Legislative Service Agency to create its congressional and legislative plans. Our process is somewhat complicated, but very fair and effective.
The first redistricting "plan" must be delivered to the General Assembly within 45 days if the census data is received on or after February 15. If the data is received before Feb. 15, they have until April 1st. The plan cannot be amended and must be voted on by one of the legislative chambers.
If the legislature fails to pass the first plan, a second plan must be delivered to the General Assembly within 35 days of the rejection of the first plan. The second plan can be considered seven days after receiving it. Again, the bill must be voted on by one of the legislative chambers.
If the second plan fails, the third plan must be delivered to the General Assembly within 35 days of the rejection of the second plan. Again, the third plan can be considered seven days after its receiving it but can now be amended in the same manner as all other bills.
A plan must be adopted by the General Assembly by September 1, 2011 and signed by the Governor by September 15. If this does not occur, the Iowa Supreme Court is given the power to create the redistricting plan. In 1981, the third plan was enacted without amendment. In 1991, the first plan was enacted, and in 2001, the second plan was enacted. More information on redistricting can be found at: http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Resources/Redist/redistricting.aspx.
As we work on various issues, I would love to hear from you. Senator Feenstra and I will be holding our next joint legislative forums on February 12th at the following locations to discuss various issues concerning the Iowa Legislature:
"Le Mars Public Library at 9:30 AM
"Orange City City Hall at 11:00 AM
"Hawarden City Hall at 1:00 PM
"Akron Public Library at 2:30 PM
State Senator Randy Feenstra, Hull:
Overview: As your State Senator, I am your voice in Des Moines and encourage your input. Please feel free to contact me at
If you would like to read my comments on a daily basis, you can go to my web-site at www.newgenerationrepublican.com
Loyalty Trumps the Voice of Iowans
This past week the Iowa House passed the marriage amendment resolution. This would allow the Iowans to vote on what the definition of marriage should be. The House amendment passed 62-37 with three Democrats voting with all the Republicans. The bill now moves to the Senate.
The Des Moines Register noted on February 2nd, that several Senate Democrats who supported the marriage amendment in the past have now proclaimed that their loyalty to Majority Leader Mike Gronstal is more important than the vote to support the marriage amendment.
Citizens of Iowa, this statement is incomprehensible. Each person in the Senate was elected to serve the people of Iowa. However, it seems a few believe they are here to serve their leader.
Only one Senate Democrat stated that he would support the marriage amendment and would sign on to the bill. He is Senator Joe Seng from Davenport. His Senate district is highly Democrat, yet he simply says it's a personal issue to him. Thank you, Senator Seng for having the fortitude to stand up for your own personal beliefs and to your leader!
Bills That Were Debated This Week
This past week the Senate was engaged in committee work which created the following bills below. These bills will now be debated on the Senate floor.
•SF 78 - A bill allowing the operation of motorcycles equipped with detachable stabilizing rear wheels on Iowa roads. •SF 93 - A bill enhancing the penalty for certain domestic abuse assault cases.
•SF 7 - A bill for providing for a .08 blood alcohol limit for operating motorboats. This bill is okay; however, I tried to create an amendment that would allow a person to be exempt from this rule if they are out on their own personal farm pond.
EPA Needs to be Shutdown
The State of Iowa gets 80% of its DNR funding (Department of Natural Resources) from the Federal Government. Iowa's DNR is worried that they will lose some of this funding if they don't submit to the ideas and rules of the EPA. (Federal Environmental Protection Agency)
The EPA has rule making power that expands to all states in the nation. It further pushes its power by controlling the money it gives to each state. This is a complete over-reach of power!
State Representative Dan Huseman, Aurelia:
Week four of this legislative session is history. Several bills passed the House this week and are now facing an uncertain future in the Senate. Even though the weather here in central Iowa was bad, lawmakers were able to keep their schedules as well as their promises.
One such promise was the passage of House Joint Resolution 6, also known as the Marriage Amendment. On Monday evening, the public was invited to the House Chamber to comment on the proposed resolution. As you may recall, the Iowa Supreme Court overrode the will of the people and provided for marriage between people of the same sex. This resolution declares that marriage is only legal and valid if it is between one man and one woman. The Supreme Court ruling did not allow the Legislature to make changes to the previous code language. Therefore, many Iowans have demanded they have a say in this issue, and have asked lawmakers to begin the process of changing the State Constitution. That begins with putting the issue on the ballot and letting citizens decide what is best. That is basically what this resolution does. It is not discrimination as some have claimed. The proposal simply lets the people of Iowa have a vote. The resolution passed easily and will now head for the Senate, where several Majority Party leaders have vowed to kill it. I supported the resolution.
On Wednesday, the House passed HF 149, which is also known as the "Iowa is a Right to Work State" bill. The bill is pretty simple. It requires the Department of Economic Development to include the phrase "Iowa is a Right to Work State" in bold letters on all business recruitment and promotional literature. The department may also put the wording on tourism material. This is not something new. These words used to be on our economic development materials, but were removed by a former Governor. The bill seeks to put this wording back. I supported the bill and it now goes to the Senate.
House File 111 also passed the House on Wednesday. This is really a simple bill as well, but it deals with a huge issue - the Federal healthcare legislation. The bill asserts the state's rights under the 10th amendment to maintain control over health insurance. It would also prevent Iowans from being forced to purchase health insurance, as the federal law now requires.
HF 111 creates a new section on Iowa Code chapter 1, which deals with the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the State of Iowa. The new section would say that Iowans have the right to choose private healthcare systems or private healthcare plans. Finally, no law can impose a fee, tax or penalty upon an Iowan for declining or failing to participate in any healthcare system or plan. The federal healthcare law is moving through the court system right now and will most likely be decided by the U. S. Supreme Court. I supported this legislation.
Iowa's economic picture seems to be brightening a bit. Latest numbers from Iowa Workforce Development show that the unemployment rate has dropped from 6.6% to 6.3%. While that doesn't seem like much, we are headed in the right direction. Three years ago, the unemployment rate was 3.7%, so we still have about 106,500 people out of work. In our area, Lyon and Sioux Counties have the lowest rates at 3.4% and 3.7% respectively.
The latest revenue estimates also look better and much of this growth is being attributed to a strong agricultural economy. We are all hopeful for a robust recovery, but know there is still a long way to go.
Week five will bring a debate on allowable growth for schools, and several tax bills which have passed from the Ways and Means Committee.
Representative Dwayne Alons, Hull:
Income and Property Tax Relief Measures on the Move
House File 4, which calls for a 20% across the board cut to individual income tax rates, was unanimously approved by subcommittee last week. The last major tax relief measure signed into law was a 10% across the board cut in 1997. According to a study by the Tax Foundation, Iowa is ranked in the bottom ten for individual income tax rates. Iowa received low scores due to high rates and a progressive bracket structure.
According to the Tax Foundation these states have the worst business climates:
According to the Tax Foundation study these ten states have the best tax climates:
States that do not impose an individual income tax received high scores, as well as states that have a flat, low tax rate with few deductions and exemptions. States that scored poorly have complex, multiple rate systems. The bill was approved on a bipartisan vote in full committee and now moves to the floor of the house.
House Study Bill 41, which establishes a school district property tax relief supplement for Fiscal Year 2012, was also approved on a bipartisan vote in full committee and will move to the floor of the house.
The previous two legislatures have not fully-funded allowable growth, thus pushing the burden to Iowa property tax payers. If the House passes zero percent allowable growth while fully-funding it, there still is property tax impact of $70 million.
Of that $70 million, $47 million of the increase would come from the budget guarantee. This bill would address the budget guarantee portion and protect Iowa property taxpayers from the full increase. The budget guarantee last year totaled $25 million, and the increase for FY 2012 is projected to be $22 million for a total of $47 million.
The Department of Management will notify each school district the amount they will receive and an appropriation will be made from the general fund. In addition, school districts that receive a property tax relief supplement are prohibited from levying additional property taxes, and the money must be used in the same manner and purpose that property taxes would have been used for.
Federal Healthcare Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The much-anticipated ruling of a Florida court in the multi-state challenge to the federal health care reform law arrived on Monday. The Florida court threw out the entire law and put the Obama administration's plans for implementation into question.
As many legal experts anticipated, Judge Roger Vinson found that the law's provision requiring all Americans to have health care coverage violated the Constitution's limits on federal power over commerce. But these same experts were surprised that the judge focused on a factor that has not been as prominent in the discussion over the individual mandate - regulating inactivity.
Vinson found that the law was setting up federal regulation of inactivity, in this situation the decision by Americans to not purchase health insurance or sign up for Medicaid. Judge Vinson made an interesting analogy in discussing his belief that Congress's actions went beyond the founders' intent:
It is difficult to imagine that a nation which began, at least in part, as the result of opposition to a British mandate giving the East India Company a monopoly and imposing a nominal tax on all tea sold in America would have set out to create a government with the power to force people to buy tea in the first place.
The Hudson ruling had found the individual mandate was unconstitutional, but allowed the rest of the bill to move forward. To the surprise of many legal scholars, Vinson threw out the whole law, because the bill lacked a severability clause.
Without the severability clause, Judge Vinson ruled that the unconstitutionality of the individual mandate rendered the whole bill unconstitutional. While Vinson threw out the whole bill, he did not issue an injunction to stop the federal government and the states from implementing the provisions of the bill. This means the Obama administration is free to continue implementation of the bill.
The decision has created confusion amongst the states as to their next move. In Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has said for his state the federal law is "dead." But Wisconsin governor Scott Walker has been silent about the ruling. In other states, officials continue to move forward with implementation.
Bills Passed This Week
HF 149 passed the House on Wednesday. The bill promotes Iowa's Right-to-Work status by including that statement on all state marketing tools. HF 149 ensures the state begins to market one of its most valuable tools – our Right-to Work status. When companies sit down with state officials to determine whether or not they want to locate here, one of the first questions they ask is, "Is Iowa a Right-to-Work state?" That statement alone gives a welcoming approach to relocating companies.
HF 111, called the Health Care Freedom Act, also passed from the House on Wednesday. The bill ensures Iowans that the federal government will not control their health insurance. The bill prevents Iowans from being forced to purchase health insurance, mandated by the overreaching federal health care legislation passed last year. HF 111 stops this measure based on the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that the mandate to purchase a government sanctioned health insurance policy is unconstitutional. Small businesses and individuals should not be subject to a fine, fee or penalty for not purchasing a government mandated policy.
HJR 6 was approved in the House on Tuesday. Following a well-attended public hearing on Monday evening, the resolution to place the definition of marriage as the only union between a man and a woman that is valid in Iowa on a future ballot was debated and passed. After a three hour debate, the final bi-partisan vote was 62-27 with one absent. We believe it is important for this issue to be decided by the people since there is a difference between the Supreme Court decision and the latest printed version of the Iowa Code. The Court opinion did not strike the definition of marriage in the Code, Chapter 595.2(1). Our Legislative Services Agency recognized that separation of powers. The definition can only be stricken or changed by legislative action and a signature of the governor, not smiling agreement by one political party, which is what happened when the Culver administration was in charge.
Legislative Forums
February 4, Sioux Center Pizza Ranch, 12:00 noon
February 11, Rock Valley, Cedar Rock Grill, 12:00 noon
February 18, Hull, Pizza Ranch, 12:00 noon
February 25, Inwood, Market Place Grille, 12:00 noon
February 26, Rock Rapids Forster Community Bldg., 8:00 am, "Eggs and Issues"
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Business with a heart
Cindy Lane | Sun
Need assistance bringing in heavy items
from the beach at night? Here's help.
BRADENTON BEACH – Zac Shely figures he may have saved a couple hundred turtles' lives by bringing in chairs from the beach after sunset, figuring each nest has about 100 eggs.
Chairs, umbrella stands, grilles, beach towels and other items can trip up a nesting loggerhead sea turtle and cause her to abort her attempt to lay a nest of about 100 eggs. The items also can disorient turtle hatchlings, which will begin leaving Island nests for the Gulf around the first of July.
Shely, a senior at Manatee School for the Arts, is getting a head start on his chosen college major, environmental science, with some firsthand work in the sandy trenches of Bradenton Beach.
So far, he serves three resorts, where he pulls chairs and other items off the beach after sunset, which is required by law during turtle season, May 1 to Oct. 31. He also fills in holes left by kids to keep turtles from becoming trapped.
Sometimes, he has to politely ask people for their chairs and politely decline when they ask him to come back in an hour, but he uses the opportunity to educate visitors about sea turtles, he said.
With one turtle season under his belt, Shely is working this season to add more resorts to his growing client list; he hopes to add two more resorts this week.
"I would like to do the whole Island," said Shely, whose flyer quotes prices of $10 per night for less than 30 chairs and $15 for 30 or more chairs.
It's a great idea, said Gail Garneau, code enforcement officer for the city of Bradenton Beach, adding that some resorts also are locking up their chairs after recent thefts.
Garneau has been monitoring beach conditions at night since turtle season began on May 1 and has contacted several property managers and businesses about lights being visible from the beach, which is against the law during the season.
Most violators are new business owners on Gulf Drive who didn't know about the law and vacationers who don't know they're supposed to pull their blinds and drapes closed at night if they face the Gulf, she said.
Garneau also discovered that Manatee County and the city of Bradenton Beach had lighting violations.
The new concession stand at Coquina Beach had an indoor lighting fixture visible from the beach, which will be put on a timer, she said.
And at city hall, an outdoor light bulb could be seen by turtles on the beach. No one could find a switch for it, she said, so the bulb was unscrewed.
The city leaves door hangers with sea turtle regulations printed on them the first time they find violations at businesses and residences; subsequent violations can result in fines. Property left on the beach at night also may be confiscated.
To contact Shely, call 941-592-8082. .

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Three astronauts are helped from a Soyuz capsule after their return to Earth from the International Space Station.
15:45, UK, Monday 19 November 2012
Three astronauts have landed in Kazakhstan in a capsule after a three-month stay on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Sunita Williams, Yury Malenchenko and Aki Hoshide touched down at 7.56am local time (1.56am GMT) - about 15 hours and 30 minutes after starting their return to Earth.
Their Soyuz capsule missed its planned landing site and toppled onto its side, but the crew was rescued by search and recovery teams who rushed to the scene in eight helicopters.
The astronauts were lifted onto reclining chairs and wrapped in blankets to shield them from below freezing temperatures of -11 Celsius (12 Fahrenheit).
The chairs allow them to acclimatise gradually, after months of living in gravity-free conditions.
During their time in orbit, Ms Williams, of Nasa, and Mr Hoshide, of Japan's Jaxa space agency, carried out a crucial spacewalk to repair a leaky radiator system.
Their fellow astronaut, Mr Malenchenko, has now spent 642 days in space, making the Russian the sixth most experienced space traveller in history.
The two-metre tall Soyuz capsule is the only way international astronauts can reach the ISS since the US shuttle fleet was decommissioned last year.
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With more than thirty years of leadership experience under his belt, John Maxwell has written, most likely, his best work on the issue of leadership to date — The 360-Degree Leader.
In this volume, Maxwell addresses the question of how to lead when you're not the one in charge. It is a challenging question, but Maxwell offers great insight along with the kind of practical advice for which he has come to be known.
A good example of this comes in "Lead-up Principle #2 — Lighten Your Leader's Load." Maxwell asserts that one way to develop your own leadership skills while in the middle of an organization is to ask your leader how you can lift the load. Maxwell goes on to state that the way you add value to your leader is to ask three questions:
- "Can I say something you have said before to give you another voice?"
- "Can I say something you would like to say but can't, to give you a needed voice?"
- "Can I say something you haven't said yet to give you the first voice?"
Overall, I can say with confidence that I would definitely recommend this book and, in fact, I already have. We have a leadership development program where I work. I facilitate the module that covers public speaking. I recommended this book to the leader of the program and it is now the required text for this cohort.
This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in growing his or her ability to lead up, down, and across. By applying the practical principles found in these pages, one can increase his influence and makes himself into a more valuable team member.
To comply with regulations introduced by the Federal Trade Commission:
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I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of theirBookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."


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US DoE announces Four Pilot Projects for Military Drop-in Biofuels Development
As part of Obama Administration's energy strategy, US Department of Energy announced it granted $18 million to four pilot-scale biorefineries that will produce drop-in biofuels meeting military specifications for jet fuel and ship diesel. These projects are part of the efforts to advance biofuels technologies to continue to bring down costs, improve performance and identify effective, non-food feedstocks and processing techniques. Recipients are required to contribute a minimum of 50 percent matching funds for these projects.
The projects selected for negotiation are:
Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2 million; Ames, Iowa) to build and integrate an innovative new pilot scale TarFreeGas™ reactor and new gas conditioning processes with an existing Fischer Tropsch (FT) unit capable of producing 1 barrel per day of FT liquids from woody biomass, municipal solid waste and refuse derived fuel.
Cobalt Technologies (up to $2.5 million; Mountain View, California) to operate a pilot-scale integrated biorefinery to convert switchgrass to bio-jet fuel using an alcohol-to-jet process with butanol as an intermediate product.
Mercurius Biorefining, Inc. (up to $4.6 million; Ferndale, Washington) to build and operate a pilot plant that uses an innovative process that converts the cellulosic biomass into non-sugar intermediates, which are further processed into drop-in bio-jet fuel and chemicals.
BioProcess Algae (up to $6.4 million; Shenandoah, Iowa) to evaluate an innovative autotrophic algal growth platform that will produce hydrocarbon fuels meeting military specifications using renewable carbon dioxide, lignocellulosic sugars and waste heat.
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Free Knitting Pattern from Lion Brand Yarn, formatted for input to refreshable Braille displays or Braille software
Wrap Artist Shrug
Lion Brand® Lion
Bouclé - Wool-Ease
Pattern Number: 40427
SKILL LEVEL: Easy (Level 2)
SIZE: Adult Medium
Fits most women
PUBLISHED IN: knit.1
CORRECTIONS: None
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620-177 Wool-Ease Yarn: Loden
Dark pine green
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8.75 sts + 12 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in Rev St st (p on RS, k on WS) with MC on larger needle. 26 sts + 26 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in K 1, P 1 Rib with CC on smaller needles, unstretched. When you match the gauge in a pattern, your project will be the size specified in the pattern and the materials specified in the pattern will be sufficient. The needle or hook size called for in the pattern is based on what the designer used, but it is not unusual for gauge to vary from person to person. If it takes you fewer stitches and rows to make your swatch, try using a smaller size hook or needles; if more stitches and rows, try a larger size hook or needles. Making a Gauge Swatch
Exact gauges is not imporant to this project.
Kitchener Stitch (Grafting) Holding the 2 needles parallel with right sides of fabric together, thread a large-eyed, blunt needle with one of the yarn ends and work as follows:
Insert needle as if to purl into first stitch on front piece.
Insert needle as if to knit into first stitch on back piece.
Then follow steps 1-4 as outlined below.
1) Insert needle as if to knit through first st on front needle and let the st drop from needle.
2) Insert needle into 2nd st on front needle as if to purl and pull the yarn through, leaving st on the needle.
3) Insert needle into first st on back needle as if to purl and let it drop from the needle, then 4) insert it as if to knit through 2nd st on back needle and pull the yarn through, leaving st on needle.
Repeat steps 1-4 until all sts are gone.
When finished, adjust tension as necessary.
Weave in ends.
This garment is constructed as a tube which is left open at the cast on edge.
At the top of the tube, sleeves are attached, and the remaining stitches are grafted closed.
(There is no opening at the top of the tube, except at the wrist ends of the Sleeves.) The Scarf is attached along the cast on edge.
The 32 sts which are left free at the cast on form the back of the neck.
Garment is worn by putting arms through cast on opening and then into each Sleeve.
Body of garment will flow around your body.
Scarf can be tied as desired.
With MC and larger needle, loosely cast on 100 sts.
Place marker and join, being careful not to twist.
Place safety pins for Scarf placement as follows: Place pin in cast on row, p 32, place pin in cast on row, p to end of round.
Continue even in Rev St st until piece measures 9 inches [23 cm] from beg.
Armhole Bind Off P 26, bind off next 24 sts, p 26 (includes st remaining on right needle after bind off), bind off next 24 sts.
Place both sets of 26 sts on holders.
With CC and smaller needles, cast on 45 sts.
Work 3 inches [7.5 cm] in K 1, P 1 Rib.
Work incs 1 st from edge, incorporating sts into Rib; inc 1 st each end every 6th row 14 times - 73 sts.
Work even until piece measures 17 inches [43 cm] from beg.
Bind off all sts loosely in pattern.
With MC and larger needle, cast on 12 sts.
Work even in Garter st (k every row) until piece measures 9 inches [23 cm] from beg.
Inc 1 st each end of next row, then every 6th row 6 times total - 24 sts.
Work even in Garter st until piece measures 51 inches [129.5 cm].
Dec 1 st each end of next row, then every 6th row 6 times total - 12 sts.
Work even in Garter st until piece measures 69 inches [175.5 cm] from beg.
Bind off all sts.
Sew Sleeves to bound off armhole sts on Body.
Sew Sleeve seams.
(For optional thumb opening, keep 1 1/4 inches [4 cm] of seam open starting 2 inches [5 cm] from beg.) With RS together, graft 2 sets of sts on holders together to form back of Shrug.
Keeping 18 inches [45.5 cm] free at each end of Scarf, sew to cast on edge of Body, leaving 32 sts between pins free.
ch(s) = chain(s)
ch-space = space previously made
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat(s)(ing)
rnd(s) = round(s)
RS = right side
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
sl st = slip stitch
sp(s) = space(s)
st(s) = stitch(es)
beg = begin(s)(ning)
k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 together
k3tog = knit 3 together
p = purl
p2tog = purl 2 together
rem = remain(s)(ing)
rep = repeat(s)(ing)
rnd(s) = round(s)
RS = right side
St st = Stockinette stitch
st(s) = stitch(es)
tog = together
WS = wrong side
beg = begin(s)(ning)
CC = contrasting color
inc = increas(e)(s)(ing)
k = knit
MC = main color
p = purl
Rev St st = reverse stockinette stitch
RS = right side
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WS = wrong side
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text: The toggle switch on my beloved Blackburn Mars 2.0 has stopped working - truly a sad point in my life. I have LOVED this light for it's unique design, flash pattern and large size. If anyone knows of this light still being sold somewhere, please let me know! Most sites I've found that have them listed usually haven't realized that this model has been discontinued by Blackburn.


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Am male, 5'10" with 32" inside leg looking for touring bike. Am looking at Dawes Galaxy but not sure what size frame. Also, haven't been cycling for years, why do most touring bikes these days have straight bars?
Thanks, noel
Am male, 5'10" with 32" inside leg looking for touring bike. Am looking at Dawes Galaxy but not sure what size frame. Also, haven't been cycling for years, why do most touring bikes these days have straight bars?
Thanks, noel
It sounds like you'd normally fit something like a 55 or 56. But you'll need a bike with a relaxed geometry because you have a pretty long torso.
In fact, thinking about it I suspect you're telling us your pants size and not your true inseam.
Go to a bike shop and stand over a bike of about 57 or 58. Lift the bike up from and back. Have someone look at the wheel clearance and there should be about an inch under both wheels.
You need 1-3" of standover clearance and enough length to be comfortable. You can adjust the length with replacement stems (+-2cm).
Flat bars seem to be more reasuring for non-cyclists. They also accept brake levers that work well with long cable-pull and disk brake systems.
I am your exact size (pants inseam = 32"). I ride a 27" and it's perfect. Top tube is the same length. Forget the cm conversion.
I have a smaller 56cm road bike (sloping top tube so it's actually smaller) and it feels tiny. I like my big bike a little better.
http://www.rivendellbicycles.com/htm...framesize.html <- read it. Frame size is critical to get the bars high enough to be comfortable. When I started in this whole thing, bike shop had me on a 58, a 58 feels tiny now. Riding a 62cm LHT and it fits great. My inseam is 91cm measured the Rivendell way.
Mark Wolfe -- Lakeside, CA
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There is no way to guess a frame size based upon your height and inseam. There are too many variables to consider regarding your dimensions as well as riding style. I personally think it's wrong to size bikes based on seat tube length and would have to say top tube length is most important, at least in my book. I had a 62cm LHT with a 59cm top tube and it fit great. Guessing I had about 3" of clearance. I now have a Thorn w/ a much short seat tube, probably by about 10cm shorter, and a 61cm top tube. I haven't measured the clearance but probably in the neighborhood of 6-8 inches. I had to install a shorter stem and the bike fits as well as the LHT. The headtube length is the same between the two bikes so bars are just as high. I like the compact geometry better for getting it in a box which I had a very hard time doing w/ the LHT.
I know this will generate some disagreement but as long as you get the bars, BB and saddle where you need them, what happens in between is not that significant. A folding bike being a good example. Haven't heard anything negative about the ride quality of a bike friday and look at the standover height. The actual top tube length is more crucial (as long as it's not too high, of course). This is where your LBS comes in and hopefully they sell custom bikes. Not that you need one but shops that sell custom usually do a better job at sizing a customer.
aroundoz: I completely agree. My 2 bikes side-by-side look comical. My steel commuter is 27". My sloping top tube Schwinn Fastback Pro is TINY beside it. But the effective toptube is almost identical and they both fit me very well.
Furthermore, given all the ways you can tweak a bike's fit, sometimes I think this frame size thing goes a bit overboard at times.


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When two bros are working together closely on a project, a bond is sure to form. You might even say the two would enter into a bromance. It looks like Blake Shelton and Adam Levine of NBC's The Voice have entered into the bromance phase but Blake may have just taken it too far. (Or maybe not.)
At a recent event, Blake told MTV that his friendship with Adam has become quite apparent to their fans on social networks. "It's funny, 'cause I get on Twitter, one of my routines during the day, if I'm home is, I wake up, get a cup of coffee, turn on the Weather Channel and I'll look at what people are saying to me on Twitter on my phone, and it's always something abbot me and Adam, the bromance."
But it sounds like Blake would like to actually consumate the bromance. See below.
"All I have to say is, it's true: I have a man crush on Adam. It blows me away people can pick up on that just by watching that on television. I want to kiss him. I want to kiss him so bad. I don't care if it's mutual or not. Can you honestly tell me that you don't have a little bit of a crush on Adam? He's sexy, is the word I'm using."
Regardless of whether or not Blake crossed the line, I cannot wait to see what Adam Levine has to say in reply to this statement. Hopefully he says "I would love to kiss Blake Shelton," and then hopefully the two make it happen on TV. That would be hot. I'm sure Blake's wife Miranda Lambert and Adam's girlfriend Anne Vyalitsyna won't mind… right ladies? What do you think of Blake & Adam's bromance? Sound off!


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Notable CDs | By or featuring musicians who died in 2007 reviewed by Arsenio Orteza
Style: The multi-platinum hard rock pioneered by guitarist Tom Scholz; R.I.P., vocalist Brad Delp, who committed suicide in March.
Cautions: Boilerplate hedonism ("Smokin'," "Let Me Take You Home Tonight").
Worldview: "It's more than a feeling when I hear that old song they used to play."
Overall quality: "[I]t's easy to forget that it was Brad Delp who gave the Boston sound . . . heart and soul . . . " (David Wild's liner notes).
Style: Jazz: specifically, the last will and testament of the prolific and virtually ubiquitous tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, who died in January.
Worldview: That sometimes man does know his time: The title of the second song, "Five Months from Midnight," accurately measured the number of Brecker's remaining days.
Overall quality: A moving and exhilarating attempt to capture in unfettered musicianship the flashing of one's remarkable life before one's eyes.
The Innocent Age
Style: The soft-rock magnum opus of Fogelberg, who succumbed to prostate cancer in December.
Worldview: "Man's youth is a wonderful thing: It is so full of anguish and of magic and he never comes to know it . . . , until it has gone from him forever" (the album's Thomas Wolfe-composed epigraph).
Overall quality: "Same Old Lang Syne" and "Leader of the Band" capture universal emotions; the rest, alas, wallow in them.
A One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology
Style: The classic 1970s Philly soul pioneered by producer Thom Bell; R.I.P., founding member Billy Henderson, who died in February from complications associated with diabetes.
Worldview: "Their brand of Philly soul was about self-esteem, spirituality, opportunity, team work, hard work, . . . family, compassion, and love" (Leo Sacks' liner notes).
Overall quality: The post-Motown, post-Stax black pop standard from 1972 to 1977.
Seven Decades
Style: Undiminished honky-tonk swing circa 2000 from country's other legendary Hank, who died in November.
Worldview: "My first recollection of any kind of music has to go back to when I was a preschooler. I would go to a neighbor lady's house and listen to . . . Jimmie Rodgers on her wind-up Victrola. . . . He was my first inspiration and idol . . ." (Thompson's liner notes).
Overall quality: Alternately charming and rakish; consistently sharp.
The tenor saxophonist (and trumpeter and flautist and electric wind instrumentalist) Michael Brecker recorded 14 albums under his own name, 10 as a member of the Brecker Brothers, and six as a member of Steps Ahead; but it was as a session musician that he entered the lives of most music fans. In a career spanning almost four decades, he performed on over 700 albums, from jazz (Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck) and funk (James Brown, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton) to rock (John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen) and pop (Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor).
Brecker recorded his final album, the exploratory jazz showcase Pilgrimage (Heads Up) in August 2006, less than six months before succumbing to leukemia. Consisting of nine Brecker originals and the accompaniment of Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, and Jack DeJohnette, the music reflects the determination of a gifted musician who knew his end was near to redeem the time he had left.


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check with your bankruptcy attorney and the plan/confirmation order to see if you have to turn the returns over to the trustee. They often request them, and sometimes require you to pay in a portion of your refund, but not always.
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Yes, I remember we do have to turn over any money that is refunded. I am glad to hear there isn't anything we have to claim as a gain type of thing as far as the forgiveness of debt, is that correct?
yes, you are getting a court order discharge at the end, the lenders are not forgiving debt. they will get a tax break on any losses they have.
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|Sunday, November 1, 2015
Munich Welcome Event at the Bier & Oktoberfest Museum
Sunday, 16:00–18:30Bier & Oktoberfest Museum
Sterneckerstr. 2
80331 Munich (map)
BioM and Medigene welcome you to the Bier & Oktoberfest Museum in Munich's oldest historic town house dating back to the year 1340. Deepen your insight into the world of beer by enjoying the historical chambers with a "Brotzeit" (traditional snack) and a variety of beers from one of Munich's breweries.
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Welcome Reception
Sunday, 19:00–21:30
You will be able to pick up your name badge at the welcome reception.
Since 1893 this magnificent building has been a financial center, from the Bavarian State Bank to HVB. It was completely renovated in the last 20 years and decorated with changing exhibitions of contemporary art to serve as an extraordinary event venue.BIO-Europe® 2015
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HVB Forum
|Monday, November 2, 2015
Level 0, Foyer
Level 0, Hall B1
Parallel Workshops
The evolving landscape of China's pharmaceutical industry
Monday, 09:00–10:30
Level 0, Room 2
China's pharmaceutical industry has grown at an unprecedented speed along with its booming economy. This has fueled much warranted excitement (and occasionally unfounded fantasies). Today, many opportunities in China are generating global impact in multiple dimensions: market sales, new innovations, talent pools, R&D outsourcing, public and private source of capitals and entrepreneurial initiatives. It was against this backdrop that major drug players ventured to this once mysterious nation, for pharmaceutical sales, R&D expansion and venture investment. Going forward China is poised to be the second largest pharmaceutical market. What are the drivers to sustain the continued growth? Will "Innovated in China" get any closer in replacing "Made in China"? What are the continued challenges and opportunities in capturing the growing opportunities in this huge land?
Microbiome and human health: From understanding to intervention
Monday, 09:00–10:30
Level 0, Room 4
The gut microbiome makes up by far the largest number of cells in the human body. It is the most researched and best-known human symbiotic community. A healthy microbiome sets a person up for a healthy life; an imbalance (dysbiosis) can contribute to a range of diseases. This panel will discuss how this tipping-point from correlation (between diseases and dysbiosis) to causation (how microbiota-altering substances and habits contribute to disease) is understood and how the exponential growth of microbiome research can be translated into powerful new diagnostic and therapeutic products.
Opportunities at the intersection of animal and human health
Monday, 09:00–10:30
Level 0, Room 3
The line between animal and human health is a fluid one. Diseases jump the barrier on a regular basis, leading to virulent epidemics, such as the recent Ebola outbreak. Animals fall ill with the same diseases as humans, from cancer to the common cold. However, therapies can prove equally flexible, serving as springboards for treatments in either population. As we become more aware of the interconnections between human and animal health, the potential for therapies that can bridge the two sectors becomes more obvious. The animal health market is a growing billion dollar industry with tremendous potential for retasking human therapies, funding opportunities for animal health companies and typically a business and regulatory strategy which gets products to market much quicker. However, while growth in the animal health market continues, business, financial and regulatory considerations require a different analysis than the human health market. This panel will explore the fluid boundary between animal and human health and the possibilities available to biotech companies which bridge the two worlds.
Level 0 + 1, Room 1 (Auditorium)
Welcome and Opening Plenary Discussion
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Monday, 10:45–11:30Speakers:
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Opening Plenary Discussion
How big can be small
Monday, 11:30–12:30
Level 0 + 1, Room 1 (Auditorium)
Mark Edwards
Managing Director
BioScience Advisors
Level 0, Exhibition in Hall B1
Level 1, Room 14
Level 1, Restaurant 'Am See'
Parallel Panel Discussions
Business Development Track
To IPO or not to IPO: Why biotech companies should go public (or not), and where to do it
Monday, 13:30–14:30
Level 0, Room 4
The decision to go public is riddled with both risk and reward. The number of companies that go through IPOs each year has long been an indication of wider industry health, as well as an appealing exit for investors. But is this still true today? What are the motivations and the pros and cons of going public for a biotech company? How can the process be managed to ensure a smooth transition both internally for the company as well as with investors? With the trend of European companies going public in the US, can and should incentives be developed to make European stock markets more appealing to home grown talent? Join a discussion with business leaders and representatives from stock exchanges and VCs experienced in navigating the divide between public and private.
Alliance management
Monday, 14:45–15:45
Level 0, Room 4
Alliances have never been more important for healthcare bottom lines, but getting the deal done is only the beginning of an even more important process: managing the expectations, personalities and progress of the partnership. Rather than sit back and let the collaboration unwind, these relationships can only blossom if challenges and working issues that arise are anticipated and structures are in place to ensure varying stresses are dealt with effectively. Alliance managers from leading pharma will tackle the importance of internal team alliance training, the role of organizational culture differences and adopting a proactive approach to partnership implementation.
VC involvement in external innovation strategies
Monday, 16:00–17:00
Level 0, Room 4
External innovation provides new avenues to add products to pharma pipelines but also requires a significant investment of time and resources. Pharma, academia, biotech and venture capital each bring something unique to the collaborations that are essential to these models, but VCs occupy a unique position that allows them to bridge the separate worlds of business and research. Join these panelists as they discuss relationship design between strategic pharma partners, portfolio companies and the VCs whose contribution extends beyond financial involvement.
Alternative financing
Monday, 17:15–18:15
Level 0, Room 4
It is said necessity is the mother of invention, and that applies to the funding of innovation as much as to any situation MacGyver might find himself in. What are the alternatives to traditional debt and equity? Developments such as project financing can bring to the table new groups such as patient groups and disease organizations, especially those financing rare diseases. How do these new players contribute to the continuum of life science financing? What alternative instruments are available for those outside of the rare disease space and what innovations are later stage funders bringing to the table? For biotech companies, what considerations need to be taken with these and other sources of alternative finance?
Spotlight Track
Global vaccine outlook
Monday, 13:30–14:30
Level 0, Room 2
The worldwide vaccine market continues to grow as countries try to keep the threat of infectious diseases at bay. Pharma companies and government agencies from the United States and Europe will explore the need for cross-border collaborations to efficiently develop new vaccines, address the current international regulatory environment, and highlight opportunities for vaccine development, supply, pricing, procurement and dissemination to ensure access is available when needed.
The changing landscape for reimbursement in Europe
Monday, 14:45–15:45
Level 0, Room 2
As European governments continue to struggle with healthcare budgets, the pressures on new drug pricing and reimbursement continue to intensify. Exacerbating this is growing concern about the cost of new therapies in oncology and other areas. What steps are governments taking to address their concerns (whether misplaced or not) about rising drug costs? How is Health Technology Assessment being used (or abused) in determining reimbursement and setting prices? How is HTA being supplemented by other government policies in the pricing and reimbursement space? And finally, how will EU policies with respect to biosimilars affect the market for new products? This panel explores these and related questions.
Bringing rare cancer therapies to market
Monday, 16:00–17:00
Level 0, Room 2
Rarity (incidence of < 5/100,000) creates a number of hurdles in creating effective, affordable cancer treatments. Aside from the logistical difficulties of running clinical trials with extremely small populations, rarity also impacts the process of market authorization and securing reimbursement. Within the EU especially, navigating multiple national regulatory and reimbursement bodies can be overwhelming for clinicians, patients and companies. Join representatives from industry and public organizations as they examine potential solutions and the collaborations needed to get therapies to patients.
Focus on diabetes
Monday, 17:15–18:15
Level 0, Room 2
Advanced Therapies
Immuno-oncology: Combination therapies
Monday, 13:30–14:30
Level 0, Room 3
As new advances in immuno-oncology evolve, we are observing unique combination therapies and the formation of atypical partnerships. This panel will examine collaborations among key players, how they are treating an array of cancers and how the industry is leveraging the advances in this sector.
Cell-based therapies for cancer
Monday, 14:45–15:45
Level 0, Room 3
With all of the exciting developments in this field, this session will get past the hype and discuss the practical issues that need to be addressed in order for the promises of treatments to become reality. Hear company executives share their strategies to innovate, fund, partner, and commercialize the cell-based technologies that may truly disrupt healthcare.
Quest for cures: New business models for new therapies
Monday, 16:00–17:00
Level 0, Room 3
With the advances being made in cell and gene therapy come greater opportunities and challenges in developing and commercializing cures. How are these potentially transformative technologies providing new partnering opportunities for emerging companies and established pharmacos? What strategies do companies have to incorporate cell and gene therapies into their pipelines? How are companies working together to bridge the gap from R&D to commercialization? Hear from leading biotech and pharma companies that are building out their capabilities in gene and cell therapies.
One-to-one Meetings ►
Pharma Presentations
Level 0, Hall B1, Booth 91
Champagne reception at EBD Group booth
Evening Networking Reception with Buffet-style Dinner
Munich Residenz
The Munich Residenz served as the seat of government, residence and cultural center of the Bavarian dukes, electors and kings from 1508 to 1918. The largest city palace in Germany, it houses extensive room decorations, art and antiquities from the former royal collections.
18:45–19:15 Shuttle buses depart from the congress center to the evening event.
|Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Level 0, Foyer
Level 0, Hall B1
Innovative funding for SMEs in Europe
Tuesday, 09:00–10:30
Level 0, Room 4
With the shortage of early stage life sciences funding, the role of government in funding the next generation of cures is becoming increasingly important. In 2014, the European Union launched the SME instrument, a multibillion euro funding program dedicated to innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Europe as part of Horizon 2020. Under this program, a single SME can receive up to EUR 5 million for a project with 100% of the costs reimbursed by the EU. The session will provide an overview of this program and will also introduce other Horizon 2020 programs which are relevant for SMEs.
The session will have three presentations. One presentation will be made by a representative from the EU (European Commission – DG Research and Innovation – Health Directorate). Two European small businesses will then share their experience in leveraging government funding to move their technology towards clinical adoption and commercialization. A last presentation will be made by a representative from the EMA SME office and will introduce the Agency's support programs for SMEs.
Nanomedicine Award Ceremony
Tuesday, 10:30–11:00
Level 0, Room 4
The Nanomedicine Award promotes and rewards excellent new projects in nanomedicine. BIO-Europe is hosting this award ceremony for the second time.
The Award is open to companies, academic and private researchers across the globe. The winners that will present their projects have developed innovative solutions based on nanomedicine that can ultimately change the way diseases are treated or diagnosed and that could provide new tools for physicians and benefits to patients.
Nominations for the Award will be accepted until September 15, 2015. More information can be found at nanomedicine-award.com.
Company Presentations ►
One-to-one Meetings ►
Keynote Plenary Discussion
[ + ]A day in the life of experienced dealmakers: Transformational deals that shaped the industry in 2015
A day in the life of experienced dealmakers: Transformational deals that shaped the industry in 2015
Tuesday, 12:00–13:00
Level 0, Room 5
Level 0, Exhibition in Hall B1
Level 1, Room 14
Level 1, Restaurant 'Am See'
Special lunch session
What you need to know about the life sciences landscape in Europe
Tuesday, 13:00–14:00
What you need to know about the life sciences landscape in Europe:
Join us for an exclusive lunch session with distinguished representatives from Europe and Switzerland discussing the current life sciences and investment environment, and differences in various locations. The panel answers questions like: How location and the ability to raise funds are interconnected? What are the alternatives besides VC? How do you find global partners and what are the best ways to expand your operation in Europe? Hear where VCs see investment opportunities in Europe, what Basel, Switzerland-based companies say about one of Europe's leading life sciences clusters, and hear KPMG's latest findings of their 2015 European Site Selection report for life sciences companies.
This is a Swiss event you can't miss to get first-hand industry insights and to network with peers, potential clients and investors!
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Optimizing value: Does your evidence generation plan match your exit strategy?
Tuesday, 14:00–15:00
Level 0, Room 4
Hosted by:
Join leaders in clinical development, innovation, and funding as we discuss various exit and commercialization options and the associated best practices necessary to address the evidence and stakeholder requirements common in today's European biotech market.
Level 0, Hall B1
Exhibit Hall Hospitality Receptions
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Evening Networking Reception with Buffet-style Dinner
The Löwenbräukeller is a typical Bavarian location in Munich. It opened its doors in 1883, when the use of table linen and napkins as well as electric lighting in the whole building was a sensation. Today, the Löwenbräukeller is managed by Christian Schottenhamel, whose grandfather founded the first Oktoberfest beer tent on the Theresienwiese, a little shack with room for 50 people.
Optional Dress Code: We'd be happy to see many of you in your Dirndl and Lederhosen, a perfect complement to this traditional Bavarian locale!
Sponsored by:Bayer HealthCare
18:45–19:15 Shuttle buses depart from the congress center to the evening event.
|Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Level 0, Foyer
Level 0, Hall B1
Partnerships in Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Therapies Company Presentations
Wednesday, 09:00–12:45
Level 0, Room 3
One-to-one Meetings ►
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Level 0, Exhibition in Hall B1
Level 1, Room 14
Level 1, Restaurant 'Am See'
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Prepare for the best BMX event this year on 6 – 7th of February 2010, as Simpel Session is celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary! Having started out as just a local hangout, Simpel Session has worked its way up to become one of the biggest and best contests in the World of BMX. And not because of the massive media coverage or hefty prize purse, but more for its ability of attracting the biggest names in the business, a brand new course which never fails to impress, laid-back vibe and the feeling of a giant never ending BMX party.
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Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising (2011) R1 NTSC DVD9 (Size: 7.54 GB)
From Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Kline comes an amazing new tale of Optimus Prime and his valiant Autobots in their fight against Megatron and his villainous Decepticons. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet and Bulkhead are back to "roll out" against Megatron's latest attempt to conquer Earth. And Megatron proves to be more powerful than ever, having acquired a rare element that allows him mastery over life itself. The Autobots may be few against the Decepticon horde, but they find increased strength through bonds forged with three human friends.
Shown on TV as a five-part miniseries, Darkness Rising is presented here as an uninterrupted movie. See why Transformers: Prime has taken the world by storm by watching where it all began! Features the voice talents of returning Transformers legends Peter Cullen and Frank Welker alongside a superstar cast including Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Fast Five), Steve Blum (Wolverine and The X-Men) and Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator). (Taken from DVDEmpire)
Dialogue: English,
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Released By: Shout Factory
Aspect Ratio:Standard 1.33:1 Color
Running Time: 106 mins
Genre: Giant Robots, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Action
Region: Region 1 (NTSC)
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Program Used: DVD Decrypter
Posted By: Junior36
Number of Discs: 1
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A day ahead of the announcement of GDP figure for the July-September quarter of the current fiscal, industry body Assocham has pegged the country's growth at 5.4 per cent for the period on improved agricultural output.
"Growth would touch 5.4 per cent in the second quarter owing to a good monsoon and resultant better performance of farm sector, thereby propelling the industry and services performance in the current fiscal," Assocham said.
The second-quarter GDP numbers are scheduled to be announced tomorrow.
According to a study by Assocham, the agriculture sector is likely to grow at 4.25 per cent, whereas the industry and services sectors are expected to register 3 per cent and 7 per cent growth, respectively, during the period under review.
"The contraction in expenditure and slump in demand would largely be repaired by the impetus generated from the farm sector," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said on the report.
The study based its assessment on the premise that the area sown under Kharif crop has been reported at 1,033.6 lakh hectares across India as against 979 lakh hectares during the corresponding period last fiscal.
"The expected growth in agricultural production is likely to drive industrial growth and consequently have a positive impact on services," the study said.
Among other reasons contributing to 5.4 per cent growth in Q2, the study cited the Cabinet Committee on Investments clearance of pending high worth projects and postponement of fiscal taper by the US Federal Reserve, besides recovery in developed countries leading to higher export demand.
India's economic growth hit a decade low of 5 per cent in 2012-13 on account of poor performances in the farm, manufacturing and mining sectors.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expects GDP to expand 5 per cent in the current financial year, while the government estimates growth at between 5 and 5.5 per cent.
Both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have lowered their growth forecasts for India in 2013-14.
The IMF projected an average growth rate of about 3.75 per cent at market prices. The World Bank slashed its growth forecast to 4.7 per cent from an earlier projection of 6.1 per cent.


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There were plenty of familiar faces backstage at Hell in a Cell. Rikishi brought several members of his family to the show. They hung out with Naomi, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Tamina Snuka. Michelle McCool was spotted at ringside, as her husband was in the main event of the pay per view. Sitting next to her was Candice Michelle, who recently gave birth.
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Vista's The Farm aims to cultivate visitors
Eco-tourism project to be home to growers and butterfly vivarium
6 When Tom Merriman owned a palm tree nursery in Valley Center five years ago, he'd often marvel at the crowds pouring into the nearby Bates Nut Farm, a farmlike tourist destination that, despite its name, grew no nuts.
Today, Merriman and his business partner Pat Flanagan of Oceanside are hard at work on a similar agro-tourism project known as The Farm on five acres just south of state Route 78 in Vista, at Smilax Road and Oleander Avenue. Still in its early stages, the place will one day be home to a number of interdependent, self-sustaining agricultural businesses that will offer tours, gardening seminars and activities for school groups and families.
The Farm is owned by Chula Vista entrepreneur Robert Shinn, who is underwriting the development, collecting rent from the tenants and someday hopes to use a portion of the property for the business management seminars he teaches. Merriman, a retired landscape contractor who lives in La Costa, is overseeing The Farm's development as project manager. He and Flanagan co-own a nursery on the property.
So far, there are a handful of businesses operating on The Farm, with more to come. At the center of the project will be The Monarch Program, a butterfly vivarium and education center opening later this summer. The Monarch Program will be the magnet that brings in busloads of schoolchildren and families year-round beginning this fall.
Merriman and Flanagan say they're about a year away from having all of the major elements complete — including a landscaped dry wash creekbed that bisects the property (hopefully funded, in part, by a National Resource Conservation Service grant). Also still to come are plans for a tilapia farm (the fish waste will feed the hydroponic greenhouses on-site and the garden waste feeds the fish) and a petting zoo with chickens, turkeys and peacocks.
Here's a close-up look at The Farm, its tenants and how they all work together.
Luka & Micaela Nursery
Named for Flanagan's children (ages 11 and 8), the 1.5-acre Luka & Micaela Nursery specializes in organic, pesticide-free "pollinator" plants that attract butterflies, and drought-resistant succulents. The goal is to become the top butterfly garden plant producer in the area. Flanagan has been working at San Diego nurseries (particularly in ornamental Japanese gardening) his entire adult life. The Farm is the next step in his vision to create a sustainable landscaping enterprise. A concrete recycling business on the corner of the property is creating gravel that will pave the driveways and parking lots and Merriman is selling his palm inventory on-site to finance the nursery's expansion. The two men are blending their own topsoils and they'll be making mulch from the plants and other organic waste on-site (from plants, fish and fowl). Flanagan said he has teachers lined up to offer gardening classes once the classroom opens this fall.
San Diego Fresh
Carlsbad brothers John and Tad Wislar gave up Wall Street careers three years ago to study hydroponic greenhouse gardening — a method of growing produce in raised, PVC-like irrigated beds with continuously recycled water and nutrients. The plants grow at twice the speed of dirt farming and use 20 percent of the water. For the past three months, the Wislars have been growing six varieties of boutique lettuce, as well as basil and other green leafy vegetables which will be harvested fresh daily and home-delivered to families each week for $112 a month. They'll also sell at farmers markets. Their first 2,000-square-foot greenhouse can supply enough leafy veggies for 130 families. They hope to build up to eight San Diego Fresh greenhouses on-site.


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I tried to make a map one time before using the Atlas guide (thanks Ascension!) but the project died off and I finally took another try at it. Happy with it for the most part but still putting the finishing touches on it.
Critique is definitely welcome! And any suggestions on a better way to do the font and fit it better into the countries would be greatly appreciated. Thinking about going with a white font but I can't get it to shape right in CS3 Photoshop.
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"Immature: A word used by boring people to describe fun people"
I saw this phrase used on the internet today, and it irked me. I imagine it was conceived by someone who had been branded immature themselves; someone who after hours of self-reflection defensively concluded that they were not immature, but 'fun'. Yes, that must be right: 'fun'. The words 'fun' and 'immature' are easily confounded, of course…
No. Wrong. This is a clear solecism.
There is a line which governs who is fun and who is immature. A line so clear, so broad, so obvious, that one would need to be obtuse as to overlook it. Fun is enjoyable, bearable, harmless, and even respectable. If we call someone fun, it is positive, we enjoy their company. Immaturity, on the other hand, is completely negative. Immature are those who lack manner and etiquette. Those who shout in public spaces, swear without any sense of prudence, carry an air of social bombast. Immaturity is the trait of the puerile. We frown upon it, like we frown upon spitting, or facial tattoos.
To confuse this unfavourable notion with 'fun' – a desirable thing – is a category mistake. Furthermore, to call those who bare the acumen to realise this mistake 'boring' is foolish.
If someone is 'boring' for resenting infant behaviour, then perhaps we should all be boring, and if acting immaturely is in fact being 'fun' then perhaps we should allow it. "Oh look at that gentleman swearing and shouting around children, he looks like jolly good fun".
It is easy to see the illogicality of this statement. It is semantically deficient in every possible way. Immature people will continue to tell themselves that they are simply 'fun' to protect their enormous ego from the evil dullards of this world. Well, call me boring, but when I call people immature, I know for certain that they show not even a glimmer of what I call 'fun'.
"Immature: a word used by sane people to describe immature people"
"Boring: a word used by immature people to describe sane people"
"Fun: a word used by immature people to describe themselves"
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FOSDEM 2010: OpenIntents Addresses Dependency Management
Under the motto "Reuse components, don't reinvent the wheel," Friedger Mueffke, founder of OpenIntents, described his project and its next steps. Using so-called intents, Android apps can provide services to other apps.
The "intents" concept in the Android mobile platform help apps work together. The CALCULATOR intent, for example, launches a calculator and returns the final calculated value to the user. Google has already provided a series of intents on their Developer webpage. However, every app developer can develop their own intents.
Friedger Mueffke has been working since 2007 on an open version of Android intents. In 2009 he formed the OpenIntents UG firm with two of his coworkers, with him as CEO.
He sees the danger that the decentralized and nonstandard process might lead to the same intents under varying names or different ones going by the same name. The conflict could create incompatible intents on a platform or even nonworking apps because they expect different behavior. If Android already has a certain intent in use under a particular name, it will ignore any like-named additions to it. Thus the OpenIntents project has been working since 2007 on getting interfaces and protocols between Android apps documented and registered from a centralized location.
The project page lists Android apps already implementing intents. For instance, there is an app that shows all intents that a mobile phone is currently using. This is where the next step comes in: a dependency manager. OpenIntent so far has no dependency management software in place, said Mueffke, so he invited developers to write it.
In his FOSDEM talk, the Java developer emphasized the advantages of Android and how its modularity encourages interoperability. Outside his talk a few developers asked him why Google wasn't supporting the project more. Specifically, what would the company behind Android have against someone independently maintaining an intent database and thereby furthering its standardization? Suggested a Belgian developer, "There are two kinds of people at Google. The Android developers would just as soon open up their project, but on another level, no one quite knows how to deal with an open development project."
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The 1,000-tonne whiff has not just lifted Daundiya Kheda and a sadhu out of obscurity. Its pradhans husband is fielding calls from across the globe, handing out instant solutions.
News about gold travels. News about a thousand tonnes of it travels faster. News of a dream about gold and an excavation following it goes around the globe.
And so has discovered Ajay Pal Singh, the ex- but de-facto pradhan of Daundiya Kheda village in Unnao district, where the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is currently digging for what has been called the answer to Indias financial woes. With his wife Sheela, the actual pradhan, keeping gratuitously in the shadows, Singh these days is fielding calls from around the country as well as Dubai and the US.
It all happened after the media aired my clipping at the panchayat bhavan. My phone number was written on the wall. Now from morning till I go to sleep, they call me up.
The callers include even children, he says. Have you seen the gold? they ask. Did you know about it before hand? Can we get some antique ornaments? Do you know sadhu Shobhan Sarkar?
The last one he can answer. He has known Sarkar who claims to have dreamed of 10 lakh kg of the yellow metal lying in the remains of the fort of Raja Rao Ram Bux, near a Shiva temple in the village since 1997.
Showing a call from a Dubai number on his cellphone, Singh expresses surprise at the regular calls he is getting from the Middle East and America. Some people have even offered to purchase land near the fort campus.
Clearly enjoying all the attention, Singh adds: I get calls from government officials. District Magistrate Vijay Kiran and Superintendent of Police Soniya Singh gave me their numbers. I give the days information to them.
Even before, Singh was a known name in Unnao. The post of pradhan has been in my family since ages, he smiles. My grandfather was pradhan till 1972 followed by my father, then me and now my wife. He was the pradhan of Daundiya Kheda between 2000-2010, and when the seat was reserved for women, it seamlessly passed on to his wife. I still carry out all the work, Singh gushes.
Sheela says she has full faith in her husband, though she did make a round of the fort. Admitting that the gold


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Not long after learning he had won the Moonman for Best New Artist at Sunday's Video Music Awards, [artist id="3894586″]Odd Future's[/artist] Tyler, the Creator seemed to have blown up too big to even do his own talking. Instead of delivering a straight-on post-victory interview with MTV News, he whispered answers about the win into his groupmate's ear.
After a question about whether he was at all disappointed to earn Best New Artist and not Video of the Year (it went to Katy Perry's "Firework" ), OF's Jasper Dolphin responded, "I just wanted one, I'm fine.
"I like cheese," Jasper added, as Tyler, the Creator whispered the responses into his ear.
While accepting his Best New Artist award , the rapper told the crowd he was on the verge of tears. So, we asked him if it had been hard to hold them back. "It was really hard, but [the tears] came out when I fell offstage into Kanye's arms," he said, speaking again through Jasper Dolphin.
After nabbing the Best New Artist statue from presenters Taylor Lautner and Selena Gomez earlier Sunday night, Tyler delivered a mostly bleeped-out speech. "Yo, I'm excited as f— right now, yo," he said. "I wanted this sh– since I was 9. I'm about to cry. This is for my little brother Earl. He's not here right now. I really can't believe I'm here right now. I didn't write a thank you speech. I don't know. F—. To all the kids watching, you can do this sh–. Thank you."
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Just 5 years ago, our founders were working out of a small Berkeley apartment, determined to change how people share and access content online. Since then, the Box crew has grown immensely – we started 2010 with 70 Boxers, and now we're pushing 120! And although our rapid growth has been really exciting, one problem remained: where does everyone fit? Box's old office was practically bursting at the seams, and while we're a close-knit group, we all needed some extra room to breathe.
For the past few months, our awesome admin team worked their butts off to coordinate Box's move to a new office space in Palo Alto. After weeks of planning (and a weekend of heavy labor), the Box crew has officially moved in – and we're ecstatic. We have lots of room to move around, along with plenty of extra room for Boxers that join down the road. Our new space is equipped with two kitchens, tons of snacks and multiple stuffed animals (for naps, of course). We even have swings and a ping pong table.
One of the things we're most excited about is our new layout; we're all on the same floor, which means that sharing ideas with other Boxers will be easier than ever. The Box team is a talkative bunch, so having an open office space is pretty important for us.
We could barely contain our happiness during our first day in the office. Here are a few candid quotes from the mouths of Boxers themselves:
"The new HQ frickin' rocks!! I feel like I'm at grown up Disney Land"
"Diggin' Box.net's new HQ!!!! Swings, basketball, golf, glow-in-the-dark room and more...Wooooohooooo!!!"
"It's wicked cool"
"Settling into the new Box HQ and my coworkers are casually zooming past my desk on razor scooters. It's a good day =)"
We're really excited about the future of Box, and hope you are too. At Box, we're all about reinventing how people work by building software that's simple, powerful, flexible...and at times, even playful. We think our new HQ captures what we're all about.
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The phone is ringing, and I don't recognize the number,
All Caller ID says is, "NAME UNAVAILABLE".
Please help me figure out who is calling and what they want
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|Total Credit Recovery Limited
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recovery
|Total Credit Recoverty
|Total Crdt Recvr
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|Capitol One
|capitol one
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Please copy and paste above in other forums Please and thank you.
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O.P.P Police.
Non-Emergency calls for service (24 hr Toll Free)
1-888-310-1122 (anywhere in Ontario)
130 Dufferin Avenue, 5th Floor
P.O. Box 3240, Station
Total Credit Recovery
225 Yorkland Blvd, North York, ON M2J 4Y7
Now, see how THEY like it... I expect some retaliation.
I had received call from an unlisted number almost daily for the last few months. The voicemails said they were from Virgin Mobile and that they wanted me to call them back at 1-855-811-8330. I had checked that number and had not gotten much good info, but last week they called from the number 416-774-4000. I googled it, found this page and found the posting (below) mentioning the website totalcrediting.com... I checked out the company's site and gave the number on the site a call. I told the receptionist that I had been getting calls (supposedly) on behalf of Virgin and she put me through to that department. I gave them the number (but not my name!) and they asked me if my name was my buddy's name (Nick) and address... seems when he moved back to town, he used my phone number for a day or two until he got his own (with Virgin) then stopped paying them. I gave the person (who was very polite) his new number and she said that the calls will stop in the next 24 hrs. We shall see! But I'm glad I may have figured out why they have been bugging me... and they still don't know who I am.
these people keep callin me i dont owe any money to anyone i am call the police about this or my lawyer
These jerks called and said they were from Capitol One. Capitol One never has a visible number. When I called back they said they were Total Credit Recovery (what the hell does that have to do with Capitol One?) and you can't even talk to a live person!
Here is this people info (is on google).
Yorkland Boulevard
North York, ON M2J 4Y7
(416) 774-4000
Woman called my work named Catherine Royds or Roids said she was going to freeze all of my accounts yet would like to give me a courtesy call since i have changed my number just to make a deal! bs- another illegal tactic. do not call them back and leave a call back name if calling from your cell. Put the name to the number and your screwed..
First time I could see the number and I didn't know and care about 'cause the caller asked about somebody else. They've called few more times and I ignored them. They stopped calling but I started to receive calls from an Unknown number. I ignored them few times till yesterday when I answered and they asked, again, about another person. Today I checked my calling history on my provider's website and I could see their number... s|_|ckers!
Total Credit Recovery Limited. This is a CANADIAN, sleaze bag, bottom feeding, low life collection agency. There collection practices are 100% illegal in the USA.Politely tell them to go F--k themselves.
they called me, didn't answer, i don't owe anyone anything........lol....its getting stupid out there!!!
these pepole are great
They called me today and threaten to lock me in jail unless they receive payments. Person on phone said he will recommend to judge a minimum jail term of 90 days without bail. Can these people do this????
Tell them to Fuck-Off
416-774-4000 - they call constantly.
i'm in perfect credit standing.
i never answer. and i never will.
dealt with alex before. he should be fired.
They called me yesterday with unknown name, private number so I answered it. I thought it was illegal for them to hide the number when they call people? Anyhow, I told the lady on the phone to send me documentation in the mail because I wasn't clear about what she was talking about. Today she called again without the number hidden. I guess in her mind the mail works instantly. She was from the middle east. Very thick accent. Don't agree to anything over the phone until you see what they want from you on paper. If you agree verbally to a bill that is not yours, you will be expected to pay it.
Google the companion telephone number 201-210-3618. According to those subbmissions this company has called and asked to speak to children by name and inquired about neighbors. Their description of my brother-in-law's case, although scant, seems uncredible.
For the person who doesn't get these kinds of calls because they pay their bills, good for you! I hope you never have catastrophic medical bills or a loss of job of even a change in income due to circumstances beyond your control. Others may not be so lucky. What I can't figure out is why you would visit this site at all.
I don't get calls from these type of places because I pay my bills on time and know how to budget my income.
They called my work number and I guess thought it was someone else, they left no message and called twice. (I saw it on my caller ID)
The person on the phone threatened to take my children from me. WTF??????????????
These people have harassed our home continually, looking for someone who does not live here. I am reporting them to the FCC at email@example.com and think everyone should do the same. I have asked them to quit calling, but they won't. They make money on recovery of bad debt -whether you are the person or not. They WILL HARASS you and use SCARE tactics.
I have no idea what these assholes are calling me about, but they want me to blindly send money for something that they can't explain as to what it is, or they will keep calling, and "ruin my credit" according to the representative. Obviously a very low reputation collection agency, just wish I knew what they were calling about, or could tell me what the $105.00 they say I owe is for. I am so sick of these arrogant, rude bastards, I may start being as rude as they are back.
Alex again. very rude, tries to be intimidating. does nothing to assist, tries hard to get you to do something that will increase his commission.
Person on the phone (Alex)was very rude and unwilling to arrange any type of payment plan. Not a very good rep. for the company.
They are in Canada and employ mostly indians. They are a very low budget collection agency and will harrass you. Contact the BBB to file a complaint.


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|Early morning blaze destroys vacant house southwest of Madrid
By Jan Goff
Managing Editor
Area fire departments battled a fire in an abandoned farm house four miles west and three south of Madrid in the early morning hours Monday, Feb. 2.
According to Madrid Fire Chief Don Lee, whose department received the initial call at approximately 3 a.m., by the time fire-fighters arrived at the scene, flames were licking the night sky through the torched roof.
The house, which belonged to Mike Kosmicki of Grant, was a total loss.
The emergency call to the Perkins County dispatcher was made by a neighbor who had gotten up in the middle of the night to check his cattle, said Lee.
Eight Madrid firefighters with five trucks responded, and Grant was called for mutual aid. Venango provided a vehicle with a light source.
Grant Fire Chief Wade Rahn said 15 firefighters from his department responded to the mutual aid call at 3:32 a.m., providing two pumper trucks, two tankers, rescue truck, ambulance and command vehicle. Also at the scene were personnel from the Perkins County Sheriff's Office and a state fire marshal investigator.
Kosmicki had been trying to thaw a yard hydrant using a burning log, said Deputy Ryan Sylvester, Nebraska state fire marshal investigator of Ogallala. Even though Kosmicki had tried to extinguish it, a light wind in the night stirred embers enough to ignite surrounding vegetation which led flames directly to the house, he said.
The vacant house was used only for storage, and thus there were no insurance issues to deal with, said Sylvester.
The firefighters were at the scene until well past daybreak.
Madrid personnel did not return to the fire hall until nearly 9 a.m, said Lee.
Appreciating the response from neighboring departments, he said, "We are grateful we have everyone for mutual aid. We are so short-handed."