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GoDaddy, which has a long history of airing Super Bowl commercials, pulled this spot from the upcoming game amidst backlash that it's an ad full of animal cruelty.
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And so, I found myself up at an ungodly hour and on the six o'clock train down to London.
Which is, of course, when I started drawing.
flower shop - the one that Emily is drawing above. I know it's not what you might expect of Urban Sketching, but that was part of my class; there are no rules when it comes to creating. Just get out and draw.
Moleskine's new square Sketch Album which has perforated pages. Another great idea from Moleskine. Above are a couple of drawings by James and myself.
Stanfords bookshop café proved to be too tempting. So, I squeezed one last drawing in before departing.
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Evelyn Marin shows us different techniques to portray boldly environments, emotions and body parts. In some photographs, objects play a role. At other moments, Evelyn multiplies herself staging indecision, forced recruitment and the wounds of the soul.
Evelyn's work avoids the self-centered character and keeps the modesty in her percipient eye. The artist backs in front of the camera lens and leaves room for the representation -almost anonymously- of universal states of being, feelings ...
In her own words "Since we opened our eyes in the morning we have contact with some countryman, with our spouse, the lady who wakes up very early to clean, the singing bird ... However, do you really know them?". And us, Do we get to know Evelyn on her privacy through their self-portraits?
Whatever the answer is, Evelyn, with her sincerity confronts the viewer with her own secret.
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When working on my text study for a wedding on Saturday, when I was moving from one verse to another in my user notes (command Down arrow) Accordance reliably crashes. And it's not just a crash (with the spinning ball and the crash dialog box)---No, it's an immediate quit as if I had quit the program itself. So please add this to the list of bugs.
Likewise there are a number of weird things going on with the user tools too:
1) Font re-shifting
2) inability to make heirarchies in titles
3) crashing when updating
I don't want to inundate you all with bugs. But, I also didn't want to omit them either, since, if you don't know about them, you can't fix them.
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Posted 09 January 2011 - 01:33 PM
I have just had one of those problems happening. I just finished a user note and clicked the Update button. It was "an immediate quit as if I had quit the program itself". At the time, I thought I must have somehow quit Accordance so I tried again and the same thing happened. It was then that I searched the Forums to see if anybody else had had similar problems (isn't it great that we can do this!). I wonder if anybody had been able to help Outis with this. Thank you.
Posted 22 January 2011 - 09:14 PM
I was just starting to try using User Notes and am having the same problem.
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5. Michael Vick, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
Many people may be looking at Michael Vick on this list and be giving me a not so nice version of WTF! Vick has posted solid numbers this season with over 1500 passing yards, over 300 rushing yards, and 9 touchdowns and has had 3 weeks where he scored over 20 fantasy points in standard leagues. But, and there always is one of these, Vick was a top 5 draft choice in many leagues and usually the first QB taken off the board so that puts him in a much higher bracket of expectations than what he has shown so far. With his inability to stay upright combined with his 8 interceptions, Vick has went from potential stud to an average start and considering many Vick owners could have had Aaron Rodgers, well, you get my point.
4. Chad Ochocinco, WR New England Patriots
One of the most talked about acquisitions this offseason was New England getting Chad Ochocinco from the Cincinnati Bengals. Ochocinco was supposed to be the vertical threat that QB Tom Brady was lacking and while Chad wasn't a projected first rounder in any fantasy drafts, he was considered a heavy sleeper based on what Brady did with Randy Moss. Unfortunately, Ochocinco has taken his declining skills that were fast becoming evident in Cincy and degraded even farther with the Pats. For the season Chad has only 9 receptions for 136 yards, otherwise known as cut fodder for owners.
3. Reggie Wayne, WR Indianapolis Colts
A top five receiver from a year ago, many people drafted Wayne within the first two rounds despite him not having Peyton Manning chucking him the ball. After posting a solid game 1 with 16 points, however, Wayne soon became irrelevant and dropped in the rankings fast with five straight weeks scoring 7 points or fewer. At best, he is a number 3 receiver after posting only 390 yards and 1 score through 6 games.
2. Peyton Hillis, RB Cleveland Browns
Is it the Madden curse striking again or has reality finally caught up with RB Peyton Hillis? After being one of the huge stories of a year ago when he shocked the NFL with his power running, soft hands, and huge arms, Hillis has turned back into an ugly duckling this season so far. His scoring through six weeks looks like this; 8, 21, 0, 6, 0, 1, mainly thanks to nagging injuries that are keeping him from 100%. There's still a chance he could turn it around but with his hamstring being the issue, don't expect it.
1. Chris Johnson, RB Tennessee Titans
Johnson, before the season started, was an easy top 5 choice despite his holdout and the shortened offseason. Coming off of 3 straight seasons where he posted at least 1400 total yards and 10 touchdowns, Johnson was considered the safest back out there. Unfortunately for him and his owners, Johnson has shown none of the burst that propelled him to the top of the rankings in those first three seasons. Through five games (Tennessee had their bye week already) Johnson has only had 366 total yards and 1 td. The only good news for players drafting him is that he is slowly increasing his week by week fantasy points, eclipsing the double digit range in week 5 vs the Steelers. That being said, he is by far the biggest fantasy football disappointment by far this season.
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If you have a PS3 with firmware lower than 4.11 and you want to update to this firmware, here I leave the directions for upgrading your PS3 to firmware 4.11
If you update your PS3 to firmware 4.11 there won't be any way to downgrade it, so if you have firmware 3.40 or 3.55 think it twice, because you will not be able to run homebrew or backup-ed games.
- Download firmware 4.11.
- Copy 411.PUP file to /PS3/UPDATE folder. Create any folder if necessary.
- Rename 411.PUP file to PS3UPDAT.PUP.
- Unplug the pendrive nicely from the PC, and connect it to the PS3.
- Go to System Update and select Update via Storage Media.
- Accept the license agreement and follow the installing directions.
Reference: [Recopilación] Firmwares Oficiales PS3 (in Spanish)


text: Hey everyone I just got done playing with the Droid X...Sweeeeet! Awesome phone but I'm stuck with the Droid until my contract is up anyways the really cool thing I liked about the Droid X was the car app screen it has with the huge buttons and music player and contact favorites all built in...Is there any possible way of getting it on the original Droid or an app like it? Thank you for your time.


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Mo' monkeys
The truth is, I think it was meant for my daughter because she took it from my hands as soon as we opened the box. She made a bed for her new ape friend right next to hers, had breakfast with the monkey and demanded the monkey will go with her to school. Let the teachers deal with that monkey business. Thanks again, pal. The surfer dude is also really cool.


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If there is a tree you would like to donate that is not on the following list, please contact Burdette Park at (812) 435-5602 to check on availability of the specific tree.
Sugar - medium growth rate, bright yellow, orange or red fall color
Red - medium growth rate, scarlet or red color
River Birch - medium to fast growth rate, pinkish-tan to reddish-tan bark
Yellow Birch - medium growth rate, yellow to silver bark peeling in small curls
seeds are good food for wildlife
Pecan - slow to medium growth. Makes sweet edible nuts
Shagbark Hickory - slow growth, very shaggy bark when mature makes sweet edible nuts.
Kentucky Coffee Tree - medium growth rate, dark green to bluish-green leaves, grows tall and makes an excellent shade tree.
Black gum - slow to medium growth, deep red to purple fall color. Small berries may be eaten by many species of birds.
Swamp White Oak - slow growth, dark green leaves, acorns good for wildlife
Northern Red Oak - slow to medium growth, good growth form, red fall color
Southern Red Oak - slow to medium growth, dark green shiny leaves
Overcup Oak - slow growth, sometimes scaly to pealy bark, unique acorn good food for wildlife
Bur Oak - slow to medium growth, large dark green leaves, very large acorns good food for wildlife
Blackjack - slow to medium growth, a small tree with wide dark green leaves, acorns good food for wildlife
Post Oak - slow growth, medium sized, leaves have a cross-like shape, acorns good food for wild life
Chestnut Oak - slow growth, yellow-green shiny leaves, acorns good for wildlife
Bald Cypress - slow to fast growth, long lived to 1,000 yrs old, seeds are good for wildlife
Serviceberry - small tree to 30', deep yellow, orange or red fall color, berries sought by and eaten by most wildlife
Devils Walking Stick - small tree to 30', stems have spines, flowers white in August producing berries in fall, berries are good food for wildlife
American Hornbeam - small tree to 30', blue green leaves with yellow fall color, bark is smooth with a muscular appearance. Fruits are good for wildlife.
Red Bud - small tree to 30', broad heart shaped leaves, blooms pink to red in spring
Dogwoods - small tree to 30', flowers with large petals white, pink or red. Berries and twigs good food for wildlife.
American Smoketree - small tree to 25', rarely found in wild in the United States, flowers in mid to late spring, sterile flowers resemble smoke plums, red fall color.
Bottlebrush Buckeye - small shrub/tree to 25', large cone of white flowers up to 20" long, yellow fall color
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Cucumber Tree Magnolia - medium size tree, green-yellow to blue-green large flowers, young fruit shaped like a cucumber
Sourwood - small to medium tree, sprays of white flowers in June, scarlet fall color
American Hophornbeam - small tree to 35', shreddy to scaly brown bark, twigs and seeds good wildlife food, yellow brown fall color
Red Buckeye - small tree to 25', shiny red flowers and smooth gray bark
Winged Sumac - small tree/shrub to 20', winged leaflet midrib. Red to orange fall colors, seeds good for wildlife.
Cutleaf Sumac - small tree, leaves fern like, intense red fall color
Staghorn Sumac - small tree to 30', twigs thick and velvety like deer antlers, seeds good for wildlife
Washington Hawthorn - small to medium tree, long slender thorns on tree, red berries are winter food for wildlife, good nesting tree for birds
Cockspur Hawthorne - small tree to 20', long slender thorns on tree, green berries are good wildlife food, yellow fall color
Eastern Red Cedar - small to medium tree, berries bluish and good wildlife food
Eastern White Pine - medium to large tree, slender cones, dark furrowed bark
Eastern Hemlock - medium to large tree, graceful drooping shoots, dark rough bark, seeds are good food for wildlife
American Holly - small to large tree, shiny green pointed leaves. Red berries are good food for wildlife
Witchita Blue Juniper - slow growing, bright bluish-white color, upright shape
Weeping Alaskan Cedar - slow growing, dark green weeping foliage
Leyland Cypress - slow to medium growth, emerald green in color, nice upright shape
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The third in my personal annual photographic look at the railways of East Anglia.
This year I have increased the number of pages to 200 to accomodate a greater geographical and TOC coverage, with for example a brand new chapter on c2c. This has allowed me to also increase the general size of the 350 images and add an introduction.
Most of the major events in 2011 are encapsulated, including the introduction of the new Bombardier class 379 'Electrostars' onto Stansted Express duties, loco-hauled local passenger trains returning to Norfolk branch lines, 'Britannia' back on the GE and also the return of steam to the Southend line, a class 56 on the Harwich branch and much, much more. A complete preview of the whole volume provides a idea of of everything included.
An invaluable resource for the East Anglian railway enthusiast or professional, providing a handy reference for all the year's events.
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Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
200 Pages
- Publish Date Jan 25, 2012
- Tags East Anglia, Colas Rail, Network Rail., 2011, Railways, NXEA, Freightliner, DRS, DBS, GBRf, c2c, Cross-Country, EMT, Eurostar, SET
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A photographer for 41 years, working may way up from Canon cameras to Mamiya 645 and ultimately Pentax 6x7 medium format I have now gone full circle and I am back to using Canon again. I currently utilise Canon digital SLR's with L series lenses. Until recently the secretary of the Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle which I have been a proud member of for over 20 years now, attempting to push the envelope of progressive railway photography. Now living in Colchester, Essex after 26 years in Northampton I have swapped the gentle rolling hills of Northamptonshire for Constable country. Travelling the world and my own country extensively, I love the dramatic scenery of the American West, the Swiss Alps, the Tuscan hills, the Scottish Highands and the west coast of Ireland. Springtime in the Tehachapi Mountains of California and winter in the Mojave desert are my nirvana though.
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PORT HURON, Mich. -1,500 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a sinking barge doing dredge work on Thursday.
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Read: Barge sinks in Lake Huron, spilling diesel fuel
"Yesterday we had planned to go to the beach and it rained all day," said Ben Walker. "On top of that we can't go swimming today, so it's one thing on top of the other."
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Images: Barge, tug boat sink in Lake Huron
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Anyone planning a trip to the area this weekend should call ahead.
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From The Technical Editor:
Designing Sprinkler Systems is Much More Than Saying, "Comply with NFPA 13"
By Chris Jelenewicz, P.E., FSFPE Senior Manager for Engineering Practice SFPE | Fire Protection Engineering
This issue of Fire Protection Engineering is focused on recent
advances in the fire sprinkler industry. It goes without saying that
fire protection systems such as fire sprinkler systems play a
significant role in a building's fire protection system. Although newer
technologies and design methodologies are making sprinkler systems more
efficient and reliable, these systems will not perform their intended
function if not designed properly.
the design-document-phase of a project, there are often inconsistencies
in the way fire protection systems are designed. Any fire protection
engineer who has worked in the building design/construction industry
will tell you how engineers failed to properly design a fire protection
system. For example, it is not uncommon to see "Sprinkler System to
Comply with NFPA 13" as the only design information provided on the
design drawings. At the same time, these documents may or may not
include a "boilerplate" specification that does not correspond with the
specific project requirements.
inadequate designs have led to engineering decisions being made during
the shop drawing phase of the project, often by professionals who are
not engineers. Additionally, these inconsistencies can lead to
non-competitive bids from contractors and can present unnecessary
challenges to the various code authorities who are asked to review these
Because of industry-wide
concerns over the inconsistencies in the engineering of fire protection
systems, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), the National
Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and the National Institute for
Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) developed a unified
position statement titled The Engineer and the Engineering Technician—
Designing Fire Protection Systems. The purpose of the Unified Position
Statement is to describe reasonable and prudent roles and
responsibilities of licensed engineers and certified engineering
technicians when designing fire protection systems.
The Unified Position Statement describes four important tasks that are essential to ensuring fire protection systems are designed with the public's health, safety, and welfare in mind:
these tasks, the engineer is responsible for preparing the design
documents. The design documents establish the objectives and design
criteria for the appropriate fire protection system. This includes, but
is not limited to, identifying the a) scope of work, b) applicable codes
and standards, c) occupancy type and d) hazard classification.
Specifically, when designing fire sprinkler systems, design document
preparation should include, but not be limited to, a) selection of the
type of system, b) selection of system components, c) establishing the
design area, d) determining the required design/flow requirements, e)
determining the available system water supply, f) a preliminary system
layout, g) hydraulic calculations to verify adequacy of the proposed
water supply and h) identifying interrelationships with other building
fire protection systems. The Unified Position Statement also has unique
requirements for fire alarm systems and special hazards fire protection
Next, the technician or
engineer prepares working plans/shop drawings in accordance with the
design documents, the specified standards, and manufacturer listings.
The Unified Position Statement outlines the specific requirements for
shop drawings. Once the shop drawings have been completed, the engineer
completes a review of the drawings. It is important to note: The
engineer's role in shop drawing review is not "Plan-Stamping" the shop
drawings. During this phase, the engineer is required to complete a
detailed review of the shop drawings to ensure compliance with the
design documents.
The last part of the Unified Position Statement includes requirements for the installation and as-built drawings.
designing fire protection systems, it is the fire protection engineer's
duty to ensure that his or her design provides adequate design
information. At the same time, when engineers become aware of inadequate
designs that could threaten the health, safety or welfare of the
public, they are required by the SFPE Cannon of Ethics to advise their
employers or clients. Should knowledge of such conditions not be
properly acted upon, the engineer is required to notify the appropriate
public authority. Because the engineering profession is basically a
"self-policing" profession, it is our duty as engineers to ensure that
the public's health, safety, and welfare are not compromised by poor
engineering design.
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Assessing the mitigation potential of forestry activities in a changing climate: A case study for Karnataka
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol allows Afforestation and Reforestation (A/R) projects as mitigation activities to offset the CO2 in the atmosphere whilst simultaneously seeking to ensure sustainable development for the host country. The Kyoto Protocol was ratified by the Government of India in August 2002 and one of India's objectives in acceding to the Protocol was to fulfil the prerequisites for implementation of projects under the CDM in accordance with national sustainable priorities. The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of using large-scale forestry projects under the CDM in achieving its twin goals using Karnataka State as a case study. The Generalized Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (GCOMAP) Model is used to observe the effect of varying carbon prices on the land available for A/R projects. The model is coupled with outputs from the Lund-Potsdam-Jena (LPJ) Dynamic Global Vegetation Model to incorporate the impacts of temperature rise due to climate change under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A2, A1B and B1. With rising temperatures and CO2, vegetation productivity is increased under A2 and A1B scenarios and reduced under B1. Results indicate that higher carbon price paths produce higher gains in carbon credits and accelerate the rate at which available land hits maximum capacity thus acting as either an incentive or disincentive for landowners to commit their lands to forestry mitigation projects.
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Are you a thermometer or a thermostat?
Thermometers are instruments that measure temperature.
Thermostats are devices that control the desired temperature.
The difference between the two is critical.
Thermometers are reactive. They sit by passively and accept whatever conditions their environment has created for them.
Conversely, thermostats exert control. When the environment isn't quite right, perhaps it's too hot or too cold, the thermostat pro-actively adjusts to obtain the desired conditions.
I think that few of us are completely on one side or the other, being completely reactive or completely controlling.
But I do think that most of us need to be more like the thermostat. We need to be less accepting of our current circumstances, and exert more control into positively changing them.
In fact, virtually all budding entrepreneurs are trying to improve their current environments. Typically they are not living the lives they have dreamed about. And thus, they use entrepreneurship as their thermostat. Specifically, they start their companies to change their circumstances and to achieve their goals.
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And then, you must NEVER stop acting like a thermostat. You must constantly be pro-active in raising funding, getting customers, hiring and managing your team, etc.
What are you doing today that's truly proactive? What should you be doing? Here's an exercise to try right now:
1. Make a list of things in your environment that you are not satisfied with? Are you not making enough money? Do you not have enough customers? Are you dissatisfied with the performance of some of your team members? Do you not have enough funding to execute on your plans? Etc.
2. Prioritize your list to figure out which items are most important for you to change.
3. Create an action plan to start achieving your most important item. Then move on to number 2, 3, etc.
Think about the most successful entrepreneurs of today and yesteryear. Individuals like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson. Do you think any of these individuals accepted undesirable circumstances and environments? Do you think they complained about them? I doubt it. Rather, they identified these negative environments, and went about fixing and overcoming them. We all need to do the same. Every day.
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The currency in Italy is the Euro (€). While it's a good idea to bring some euros for when you first arrive in Italy, you'll usually find a better exchange rate when you arrive in your destination. The most convenient way to obtain cash is to use your ATM card at local banks in Italy. We recommend you also bring a valid credit card for purchases while you are traveling. It is important that you inform your financial institutions of your travel plans before you leave home so they don't flag your purchases as potentially fraudulent charges.
While Italy is most famous for pizza and pasta, few travelers are aware of just how varied the country's culinary offering actually are. In fact, each of the 20 regions has its own distinctive cuisine. Traditionally, lunch (pranzo) is the most substantial meal of the day. A full meal consists of antipasto (starter), a primo piatto (pasta, rice or soup), a secondo piatto (meat or fish) with a side, or contorno (vegetable or salad), then frutta (fresh fruit). Finish with espresso and maybe a limoncello or grappa. Wine is usually served with the meal, accompanied by mineral water. Tap water is safe to drink, but not always tasty. We recommend you buy bottled mineral water. 'Acqua non potabile' means the water is not safe to drink.
Roman cuisine is deeply rooted in the past. Despite the city's imperial history, the food in Rome and the surrounding Lazio region is anything but refined. Humble pasta dishes such as carbonara, amatriciana, aglio e olio (garlic and olive oil) and cacio e peppe (pecorino cheese and pepper) are local favorites served in trattorias around town. Other foods to try in Rome include pizza, a variety of fritti (fritters) made with everything from salted cod to zucchini flours, stewed oxtail, suppli (rice and Bolognese sauce croquettes) and sharp pecorino cheese. For dessert, try crostata di ricotta (Italian cheesecake) or zeppole (donuts).
In Italy, the weather changes very quickly, with temperatures varying from morning to night. We suggest bringing a variety of lightweight clothing items that can be layered to save space in your suitcase and give you more options for how to dress. Keep in mind that your shoulders and knees should be covered while visiting religious sites. For more helpful information please refer to our Packing Tips & Packing List.
At bars and restaurants, tipping is less common or generous as in the U.S. When dining out, it's appropriate, although not required, to leave an extra euro or two for your waiter.
At the end of your guided vacation, it's customary to offer your motor coach driver and Travel Director a gratuity. We recommend €3.00 per person/per day for your driver and €5.00 per person/per day for your Travel Director. Recommended gratuity for a Local Host and Local Specialist is 1-2 euros per person, paid at the conclusion of each guided visit. A convenient option is to prepay your tips before your departure.
Baggage on our trips is restricted to one large suitcase per person with dimensions not exceeding 30x19x10 inches and a maximum weight of 50 pounds. You are also permitted one piece of hand luggage, which should be small enough to fit under your coach seat or on the small overhead shelf compartment. Please note that luggage with an adjustable handle and wheels will not fit in the overhead compartment of the coach. Hotel porterage is included in your vacation.
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We want to put in an electric gate system, but nobody on the board is well versed with these matters. What should I look for? Is it all basically the same standard equipment? Where should I start? Thanks,
Larry L.
Hi Larry,
The best advice I can give you is to get with someone that is very qualified for the layout. If you write me privately, I'll be happy to provide you a recommendation.
The equipment is as critical as laying out proper hanging of the gates. You don't want junk. There is a lot of inferior equipment available that will only last a couple of years. You want to work with someone locally in case you need parts. There is a major supplier now that has gone out and bought a lot of local companies. They are out of state, and getting parts from them is not easy.
You'll also need a telephone entry system, and I strongly urge that you budget for cameras, which have become very reasonable. In 30 years I can't tell you how many times I've seen gates hit. Unless you've got cameras to go after the culprits, it's a he-said, she-said situation.
I would also include adequate lighting at night. If you have an entry and exit, be sure and put a set of spikes on the exit side to keep from unauthorized entry. Unless you put a barrier arm in front of a slider or swing gate, you will always get tail-ins.
Stay away from the old style transmitters where you just push rocker switches. People buy an extra remote, give it to a friend, and you lose all access control to the property. I recommend a revolving receiver system. Just make sure everything is restricted so that you have control. That's the purpose of gates, to control the ingress of the property.
For the telephone entry system, I would not put an entry code where the owner's can punch in a code and let whomever in. If you have an entry code set up for your landscapers for example, your pizza man will have that code in 30 minutes or less.
I would also replace any factory locks because they open with universal keys — especially the telephone entry systems. Go with a barrel type lock. There is a lot of theft that happens when factory locks are left in place. Everybody and their brother have those keys. They unlock them and walk away with a $1,500 board.
Also change the keys to the lids on the operators. Make it as secure as you can and put the operators inside of the property. It's not uncommon to see them on the outside of the gates. Anyone can just walk up, take off the lid, short out the terminal, and they're in.
I could go for days on the do's and don'ts when it comes to gates. Again, write me privately and I will forward you the companies we work with.
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James Harvey Clark, 84, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Edmonds, Wash.
He was born Feb. 16, 1927, to Sylva and James Clark of Elk River. He attended school in Elk River and graduated in 1945. Mr. Clark ("Tickey") enlisted in the Army and spent most of his time in Europe at radio stations broadcasting to allied troops. He returned to the United States and attended Macalester College and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He was called to serve one more year in the Army, then earned his masters degree and doctorate at Tulane University in New Orleans.
He worked for Lykes Steamship Co. in Europe and lived in Antwerp, Belgium. Upon retirement he lived in South Carolina and then moved to Edmonds, Wash. where he raised raspberries and had a large garden.
His ashes were scattered in Puget Sound, Wash. while friends and relatives attended the service.
He is survived by his wife, Elvera, of Edmonds, and sisters, Vera Peloquin of Elk River and Gladys (Peggy) (Jack) Dahlheimer of Rogers.
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I can't believe I almost forgot the importance of today's date. Just like everything else, it took a Facebook status to remind me how special it is. Thank you Chief! Many years ago, I made the decision to change my life forever and join the United States Air Force. Believe me, it was shocking for a lot of people. I had never once expressed interest in joining the military. Never!
Yes, my dad served in the Army, but I never once took that into consideration. In fact, it took personal issues, lack of money for college, and the idea of traveling the world to sign up. So, at 19-years-old, I packed a bag and headed off to San Antonio, Texas for Basic Military Training. It's literally a day I will never forget.
From the moment I stepped onto the plane, I was filled with fear, anxiety, and anything else you can imagine. Of course they tried to prepare us before we left, so we knew what to expect. But, what we got was nothing compared to what they showed us. As we were bussed from the airport to the base, we were warned to get some sleep. Because, once we arrived, it was going to be a while before we were going to get any rest.
I held on tightly to the metal bar of my seat, in a daze. And in what seems like a bad dream—all of a sudden we were being ordered (yelled at) to exit the bus. The next 24 hours is a whole different post. Regardless, this is the day that changed my life. This is where it all began.
Six weeks of doubting if I made the right decision.
Six weeks of pushing myself above and beyond what I never thought I could do–physically and mentally.
Six weeks of breaking this little girl down and rebuilding her to be the woman she is today.
Sometimes, people ask me if I ever regret joining the Air Force. I tell them no! Not at all! It was and still is one of the best decisions of my life. No, it wasn't perfect. But, what is? Not only did I get to serve my country, but I met some of the most amazing people in my life. People who I hold near and dear to my heart. I was able to travel and see parts of this world, that I never thought I'd ever see. And today, I am proud to be a veteran.
I learned that it doesn't matter who you are before you take the leap. All that matters is that you leapt. You pushed yourself to do something you never thought you could do. And you're proud of what you've accomplished, it's made you a better person, and there's no way in the world you'd ever take it back.


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PHILADELPHIA- For the fifth consecutive season, NBC Sports will serve as Ivy League football's national television network and once again the University of Pennsylvania football team has been selected as part of the national package. The Quakers will be featured this season when they play at Harvard on Nov. 16. Kickoff is set for noon.
Overall, this will mark the seventh straight year the Quakers have appeared in at least one nationally televised game. Over the previous six years, the Red and Blue have been featured nationally 13 times, including nine games on VERSUS/NBC Sports Network (NBCSN).
This will also be the third straight year the Penn-Harvard matchup has been featured on national television. Last year, in one of Penn's three nationally televised games, the Quakers topped Harvard, 30-21, to clinch the Ivy League championship at Franklin Field.
Penn, which returns 40 letterwinners and eight All-Ivy players from last season's title team, now has three televised games scheduled for 2013. Each of Penn's first two games have been picked up by local television. The season opener against Lafayette (Sept. 21) will air on RCN and the annual Schuylkill Showdown with Villanova (Sept. 28) will be shown on Comcast.
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Sept. 21: Lehigh at Princeton, 6 pm
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The stability and growth pact : an eventful history
When it was adopted in 1997 the stability and growth pact was considered as one of the cornerstones of the European monetary union. However, against the background of the economic downturn starting at the turn of the century, this perception changed and some observers criticised the pact for unduly constraining governments' fiscal room for manoeuvre. This sparked a long debate on the appropriateness of the fiscal rules in the monetary union that has finally ended in March 2005 when a political agreement was reached in the Council of the European Union that announces substantial changes to the pact. This article first recalls the reasons for fiscal rules, especially in a monetary union with a fragmented budgetary policy, and the main provisions of the original pact. It then shows that despite the strengthening of the fiscal rules nearly all EU-15 Member States have significantly relaxed budgetary discipline after 1997, i.e. the year in which compliance with the Maastricht convergence criteria was tested, which led to significant budgetary slippages in a number of countries. It is argued that this is due to specific institutional, political and statistical factors. Finally, the reform of the pact is assessed. Without prejudging the application of the new framework, the fiscal rules are found to be significantly weakened and there is a clear shift towards a more judgement-based institutional framework.
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Penang cannot build its way out of congestion
I refer to the letter Bottom-up approach for Penang's new Transport Master Plan . Based on media reports on the 2011 target for the Penang master plan, Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairperson Chow Kon Yeow said it took about six months to prepare the draft of the terms of reference for the master plan. Chow expected the master plan to ready in about a year's time. If it took the state government six months to draft the terms of reference, how can you expect any consultant to draft a comprehensive master plan in about a year's time?
Based on this fact, I questioned the Penang Transport Council why their haste in preparing the plan. Instead of clarifying the arising confusion, Dr Lim Mah Hui has attempted to mislead readers about the fact that the Penang state government has called for a tender to draft the transportation master plan on a very short notice. To test the Penang Transport Council's sincerity in preparing the master plan, I would take this opportunity to offer the state government a transport solution that will make the Penang Second Bridge redundant.
Time will tell whether the effort to conduct a comprehensive study on Penang's transport problem is real or not. Before the widening of the Penang Bridge, each day, hundred of thousands of Penangites faced traffic congestion as they commuted to work in their cars via the Penang Bridge. The impact from this congestion was substantial in time, resources, and pollution. The vehicle trips per day are estimated to be 120,000.
It is estimated that the Penang Bridge congestion alone cost travelers 328 million hours of delay, 10 million liters of wasted fuel, and minimum RM140 million in toll fees per annual. With the view that the widening of the bridge is a short term measure to alleviate the traffic congestion, a second bridge is considered as an urgent measure to meet future needs. For financial and environmental reasons Penang cannot build its way out of congestion. Unfortunately the Penang state government and the federal government are not different when it comes to dealing with mass transit.
Mass transit has been ignored for decades. The Penang state government as well as the federal government until today still continue to approach our traffic congestion problem with piecemeal solutions instead of developing an overarching strategy that could be use to guide the development of public mass transit - land use and development policies supportive of mass transit are totally absent. For our transportation system to sustain future growth we must use road space and transit facilities more efficiently and we should not be dependent too much on private vehicles.
Penang with its limited resources and land scarcity should use public bus transit in innovative ways to improve mobility. Why is public bus transit the ultimate transportation choice to create a more efficient and resilient public transit system? Bus systems provide a versatile form of public transportation with the flexibility to serve a variety of access needs and unlimited range of locations throughout a metropolitan area. Buses also travel on urban roadways, so infrastructure investments can be substantially lower than the capital costs required for rail systems. As a result, bus service can be implemented cost-effectively on many routes.
Yet, despite the inherent advantages of a bus service, conventional urban buses inching their way through congested streets doesn't win much political support. The essence of a Bus Rapid Transit is to improve bus operating speed and reliability on arterial streets by reducing or eliminating the various types of delay. The bus system of Curitiba, Brazil, exemplifies a model Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and plays a large part in making this a livable city. The buses run frequently - some as often as every 90 seconds - and reliably, and the stations are convenient, well-designed, comfortable, and attractive.
Consequently, Curitiba has one of the most heavily-used, yet low-cost, transit systems in the world. It offers many of the features of a subway system - vehicle movements unimpeded by traffic signals and congestion, fare collection prior to boarding, quick passenger loading and unloading - but it is above ground and visible. Around 70 percent of Curitiba's commuters use the BRT to travel to work, resulting in congestion-free streets and pollution-free air for the 2.2 million inhabitants of greater Curitiba.
Curitiba's buses are privately-owned by ten companies, managed by a quasi-public company. With this public-private collaboration, public sector concerns (eg, safety, accessibility, and efficiency) are combined private sector goals (eg, low maintenance and operating costs). The bus companies receive no subsidies; instead all mass transit money collected goes to a fund and companies are paid on a distance travelled basis. Curitiba's buses carry 50 times more passengers than they did 20 years ago, but people spend only about 10 percent of their yearly income on transport.
As a result, despite the second highest per capita car ownership rate in Brazil (one car for every three people), Curitiba's gasoline use per capita is 30 percent below that of eight comparable Brazilian cities. Other results include negligible emissions levels, little congestion, and an extremely pleasant living environment.
The question one may like to ask is how we are supposed to implement it in Penang. The Penang state government should use the effort to alleviate the Penang Bridge traffic congestion problem as a springboard to implement a statewide transport system that focuses on meeting the transportation needs of the people rather than those using private vehicles. The estimated vehicle trips during peak hour bridge crossings are about 40,000 of which a majority of the vehicles are passenger vehicles with single passenger.
If all car drivers opt for bus transit with a 40 seater capacity, only 1,000 vehicle trips are needed to bring the commuters across the bridge. The peak hour vehicle trips at the Penang Bridge are mainly work trips of those who work in the factories. Those are people who don't really depend on automobiles while they are working. So how are we going to design a public bus transit system that caters for the need of this group of people if we want them to opt for public transport rather than using their private vehicles? The public bus transit system should comprise of the following components:
1. Express buses operating exclusively on the Penang Bridge and on the designated arteries' dedicated bus-ways.
2. Park-and-ride (or incentive parking) facilities that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel across the bridge to leave their personal vehicles in a car park and transfer to a bus for the rest of their trip. The vehicle is stored in the car park during the day and retrieved when the commuter returns.
3. Factory buses and shuttle buses operate on both pick-up and drop-off points along the arteries linked to all the factories.
4. 'Rapid' buses operate on both the arteries and on other main streets that link all the factories and all the park-and-ride facilities.
5. 'Inter-district' buses bring passengers between the city's sectors lying between the arteries, and thus provide a crucial link between the routes of the express and bi-articulated buses.
6. Finally, 'feeder' buses mix with traffic on all other city streets and bring passengers to transfer stations or pick-up and drop-off points around which local urban development and commercial activity has flourished.
The first thing the Penang government should do is to identify the routes that should be used as arteries for the public bus transit. For example, the Jelutong Expressway, the Bayan Lepas Expressway, the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway and the stretch of North-South Expressway between Juru Toll and Sungai Dua Toll.
In the park-and-ride scheme, the shopping complexes or malls play an important role of providing parking facilities for commuters. Without parking facilities, it will be very hard to persuade commuters to opt for public transports or car-pooling. Most shopping complexes would be happy to provide the parking facilities at nominal fee in order to attract commuters to their complexes especially during this economic downturn.
During working days, the majority of the parking lots are vacant so the Penang government should encourage shopping malls like Queensbay Shopping Mall, Giant, Tesco, Carrefour, Perai Mega Mall, Sunshine Square Shopping Complexes, Fajar, Jaya Jesco and others to allocate parking lots at nominal fees to help provide parking spaces for the park-and-ride facilities. The state government can even use Pisa and the Sungai Nibong Pesta site for the park-and-ride scheme as both facilities are underutilized most of the time.
The state government can utilise the park-and-ride scheme to rejuvenate shopping malls that are in dire straits, ie, the Perai Mega Mall; the park-and-Ride scheme will attract commuters to shop in those shopping malls. Feeder buses will be used to ferry commuters to pick-up and drop-off points of a defined service areas. Bus pick-up and drop-off points should be designed in such a way to facilitate factory buses or feeder buses that can go off regular routes to pick up and drop off passengers within a defined service area and ferry the workers to factories. The pick-up and drop-off point do not need to be a regular bus stop. Examples of such a successful bus pick-up and drop-off point is the Boon Lay MRT station in Singapore.
The station, a popular pick-up and drop-off point is where private buses wait bumper-to-bumper in public bus bays, taxi stands and along Boon Lay Way to pick up or drop off a crush of scurrying commuters, mainly those working in Tuas and Jurong. On the island, pick-up and drop-off points can be built along the Bayan Lepas Expressway and Jelutong Expressway. On the main land, pick-up and drop-off points can be built at Sungai Juru Layby of North South Expressway and any other suitable areas.
This solution is workable. At present the factory buses have been operating in this manner for more than two decades. A private initiative by the multi-national companies to help ferry factory operators across the bridge. The Penang government should break the habits of car-use by initiating an austerity drive to stop wasteful spending with the aim to help the people spend less than 10 percent of their yearly income on transport.The state government should adopt participatory approach that involves the following stakeholders:
Local authorities; NGOs; service users; shopping malls or complexes that provide parking facilities; human resource department of factories; factory bus operators and public bus transit operators. The involvement and empowerment of stakeholders in the planning and execution of the public bus transit management process is an important process aimed at launching a campaign that creates awareness of the need for an austerity drive and encourages the breaking of car-use habits.
It is also an important process to help the Penang government overcome the problem stemming from capacity constraint. Whether the Penang state government under the leadership of Lim Guan Eng has the political will and wisdom to make Penang a more livable place is still a question waiting for an answer.