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The Division imagines a future where the human population has been depleted by a rapidly spreading virus. Some unknown entity releases the virus onto the population by contaminating a small amount of currency and distributing it during Black Friday – mankind's reliance on money does the rest.
The eponymous Division is a classified group brought in under Directive 51 to keep the US population safe while it struggles to recover from this massive pandemic. The player, along with thousands of other players online, will work to achieve specific objectives in rundown, almost post-apocalyptic New York.
The most striking thing about The Division, aside from its unique story conceit, is its visuals. It should go without saying that The Division is a next-gen game – most likely on Xbox One, PS4, and PC – and it certainly looks the part. Dynamic lighting and procedural destruction were among the game's chief highlights. For example, bullets were ripping through car windshields in a very realistic fashion, leaving familiar-looking bullet holes behind.
At its core, however, The Division is still a third person, cover-based shooter. It may sport the visuals and destruction of a next-gen game, but players will still be popping up from behind cover and shooting at enemies. The game does structure missions into an open-world context, though, with players acquiring new points of interest by scanning maps tacked to walls.
Aside from very familiar gunplay, there was a brief moment where the player character emitted a large sonic blast, knocking an enemy backwards, but the action came and went without any explanation. There's also a distinctly high-tech design to the HUD and various visual elements (waypoint indicators, street overlays, etc.) that looks cool, but needs further clarification. With this being a classified government outfit, it seems likely that the tech comes from sophisticated government programs, but we'll wait to deliver full details when Ubisoft provides them.
When playing with friends the game will become more tactical, allowing one person to draw aggro or flank enemies. The developers wouldn't say how exactly playing online changes the gameplay, but it sounds and looks intriguing nonetheless. And The Division's gameplay only starts with the console.
What makes The Division's experience unique is its companion app, which lets players interact with each other while offline. With the app, players can take control of a drone hovering above a team of players, providing assistance whenever needed. The drone can buff friendly players – healing them or increasing their bullet resistance – or debuff enemy players by weakening their armor or sending missiles their way.
It's evident from games like Watch_Dogs, The Crew, and now The Division that Ubisoft is pushing forward an initiative that puts companion apps as a main pillar of the experience. Obviously, the drone gameplay experience is something players can ignore altogether if they wanted to, but it seemed like a fun time-killer with some important in-game impacts.
Much like with our limited preview of Watch_Dogs last year, there isn't much we can say about The Division, and even less we can say with certainty. Ubisoft Massive evidently wants to create a specific world state, generate interactive experiences for the player, and see what happens, but how that will inevitably work and in what context is still a mystery.
But from a visual standpoint the game looks phenomenal and has some unique multiplayer trappings. For a brief teaser as to what The Division is all about, make sure to check out the game's first trailer below:
What do you think of The Division? Does it sound like a new IP you would be interested in seeing become a franchise?
Tom Clancy's The Division is targeting a 2014 release date on the Xbox One and PS4. No confirmations regarding the PC.
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El Petén is 300 miles and a 40-minute plane ride from Guatemala City. This is the home of ruins from a powerful civilization that saw its prime from 200 to 700 AD. Lots of jungle. Often hot. Here's a map.
Tikal. One of the world's holy places. Center of Maya religion and civilization. Still in part under the carpet of the jungle. After an hour's drive from the Villa Maya, we arrived at the main entrance of the Tikal National Park. The fee, I think, was Q150. Twenty minutes later we arrived at the real entrance to the park. For $40 we hired an English-speaking guide, Antonio; he was a gem.
Antonio walked us slowly along the less-traveled trails. In the photo on the right, he is holding a cut "superglue" plant; the sap dries very fast, creating a strong bond.
At the "Acropolis," Antonio told us that in 1996, he had led the prayer at a gathering of tribes of the Americas. He met a powerful medicine man who miraculously gave him the ability to speak not only Mayan and Spanish, but also English, French, German, Italian, and Japanese. Granted, Antonio had been in the employ of the national park system for eight years when this happened, and had undoubtedly been exposed to many foreign tourists, it is miraculous that he instantly found the ability to speak five new languages. The next day he was at a ceremony when the medicine man appeared again. He told Antonio he would reconcile with his wife, from whom he had been separated a year earlier. Soon. And in fact, while this was far from their village, Antonio found his wife in that very room. They've been happily married ever since.
Antonio studied with an expert in Maya ways. If a snake bites, you kick over a log, find a frog, cut it in half, and spread it over the bite. As it dies, it sucks the venom from the bite. He told of the beer made from fermenting sarsaparilla. Natural viagra. He was at a conference where it was served every day for five. When he got home, he was a superman in bed. Unfortunately, sarsaparilla set off his diabetes, he had to stop, and his wife was disappointed things were back to normal.
After five and a half hours of ruins and jungle tours, it was about 100o in the shade, we were totally pooped. We ate a meal at the comedor and headed back to Villa Maya and thence to Santa Elena's El Patio for an undistinguished but passable supper.
Hotel Villa Maya in El Petén is set on the shore of a lagoon containing crocodiles and turtles. Individual casitas, tastefully decorated, here's the view from our porch...
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The staff at Villa Maya leaves something to be desired. The restaurant service is lackadaisical; the front desk is uninformed.
Thursday. Started with a walk, then watermelon juice, tostada francesa, fruit salad, and an amazingly rich hot chocolate. Rented a Mitsubishi Montero for $60/day and headed around the lake. Flores, on an island & reminiscent of Sirmione in position but otherwise drab. We continued around the lake. Brahma bulls on former jungle land. Bumpy roads. Beautiful vistas of the lake.
As if by magic, the Hotel/Restaurant La Lancha appeared - four months old, great placement overlooking the water, howler monkeys. Clean and tasty. We are debating going back. We checked out El Gringo Perdido and Casa Don David. El Gringo has gone downhill; it's only fit for hippies. The former owner sold it and started Don David. Casa Don David (room with hot water costs $38) but it lacks charm. We arrived too late for a nature tour at Cerro Cahui. Headed into Santa Elena; Looking for a short cut, I got stuck driving through the town's labyrinthine village market.
Overlooked by the guide books, Antonio had suggested this zoological park vale la pena. It was great. We wandered around a nearly deserted, free zoo and nature park. Strangely, there were almost no signs leading to it -- and it's at the end of a 30 km. dirt road. (Some people arrive by boat.) We saw ocelot, koatlmundi, spider monkeys, jaguar, parrots, ocellated turkey, everglade (snail) kite, javelinas (coches de montagne), and more.
Time here is less precise. At home, if I say I'll arrive around 8:00, I mean anywhere from 7:45 to 8:15. Here we'd have more latitude. 8:00, mas o menos, means "between 8:15 and 10:30." I wonder if this comes from different metaphors for how the world works. In spite of the fact that Einstein debunked Newton's view that the universe is a giant mechanical clock, Americans tend to think in terms of on/off, cause/effect, gears meshing, and everything running "like a Swiss watch." I sense that Guatemalans are somewhat pre-Newtonian, seeing things in spiritual terms. Things are more loosely coupled, bound together with magic and beliefs instead of drive shafts and fan belts.
Before the Spaniards arrived, the Mayans had come up with a calendar that was only off by 30 seconds everything 30,000 years, mas o menos, but the timing was left to the priesthood. Priests were astronomers; astronomers were priests. They built Tikal to calculate and celebrate equinoxes, solstices, and eclipses. On one wall in the departure area of the Guatemala City Aeropuerto hang clocks displaying the time in California, New York, Paris, etc. The hours are of course all different. Here, so are the minutes. It's 9:32 and 11:03 and 6:15..
El Remate and vicnity
The road along the northern shore of the lake is not developed. There are a handful of low-budget restaurants and crash pads. And the super-fancy Westin Camino Real Tikal (at $134 a night).
La Lancha Village is a charming new hotel and restaurant overlooking Lake Petén Itzá. Run by a Frenchman and his wife, Didier y Isabelle Torchut, the food is great, the six rooms tastefully decorated, and you're right in the middle of the jungle. This place is heaven on earth. I recommend it without reservation. Only four months old when we visited, the hot water wasn't in but everything else is perfecto.
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Saturday afternoon. I climbed the stairs to the main (top) level of La Lancha to join my brother. Didier told us the parrots were coming. Three or four dozen parrots flew to the ramon trees to eat the ripe fruit before flying west along the lake. Squawking galore. We watched a red-headed parrot nibble fruit from 40' - close enough to fill the field of vision from the binoculars. The parrot parade subsided and I took the owner's small pet parrot on my finger. A beautiful bird with a green body and red splashed over its bill. Our host Didier, a handsome man in his mid-forties, sits in an Adirondack chair staring at the beautiful parrots, as he must have done for months. I wonder what his story is. (Turns out his wife Isabelle is in la capitale shopping. Hence, l'hotel is running out of cheese, wine, and other imports.)
Sunday morning: The screeches of howler monkeys woke me up around 6:30. I hopped out of bed and captured their sounds with my IC recorder. After a cold shower (hot water has not made its way here yet), I slathered myself with Jungle Juice and 45 SPF sun screen and climbed the hill to the outdoor restaurant/lobby of la lancha. Birds chirping; more recording. Some parrots dropped by to sample the fruit of the barone. I just drank a cup of good, strong coffee, a glass of fresh oj, and French bread with a couple of exotic jams.
We return to Guatemala City tomorrow evening. I'm writing this from the porch of La Lancha Village, waiting for the procession of the parrots to pass by.
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Custodian receives national honor
February 8, 2011
ORANGE BEACH, AL — Custodians are the first line of defense of public health in our schools, and Virginia Wilson of Orange Beach Elementary School (OBES) has been selected as one of five custodians in the nation for the 2011 National Education Association''s National C.L.E.A.N. Award, according to the Baldwin County NOW.
The National C.L.E.A.N. Awards program recognizes the contributions that custodians make to public health in their schools, communities and their profession, and is presented to school custodians who demonstrate outstanding leadership in the field of school cleanliness and reflect the contributions that education support professionals (ESP) can make to public health, the article stated.
Wilson was nominated by her colleagues at OBES and, as an award recipient, will receive an all expense paid trip to Washington, DC, to the NEA National ESP Conference to receive her award, the article noted.
According to the article, Wilson''s award consists of a $2,000 cash prize and a one-year NEA and National Council of Education Support Professionals (NCESP) membership.
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HIV+ / Herpes -I wanted to know if being on HIV antivirals had any effect on keeping a person from being infected with genital herpes?Also, is there such a thing as Herpes prophylaxis?I would appreciate any thoughts you have on this topic
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UCLA School of Medicine...Thank you for your post.I am not aware of any evidence that HIV medications will prevent being infected with genital herpes. However, those who are infected may find that they have less outbreaks once their immune system is strengthened with... Read more »
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Herpes I = Herpes III have herpes I (cold sores.) I've been told that if you have Herpes I you are not infected with Herpes II (genital herpes.) Is that true? Is it possible to have both?
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NYU DR said Genital Herpes from receiving BJI have been a long time reader here. Thx for all the help and advice.I just read in Maxim magazine that quoted a DR from NYU as saying it is quite possible to get genital herpes (and herpes simplex) from receiving a blow job.Damn, I was under the...
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Herpes Zoster (Shingles)...goes away within a few weeks, but in some cases, severe pain can last for months or even years. This condition is called "post herpetic neuralgia." Shingles and HIV Shingles is not one of the infections that leads to a diagnosis of AIDS. ... Read more »
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Yes you read the Title of this Blog correctly. If I had room I would have written… CHRISTIANITY IS LOSING GROUND FAST!!!! or even better yet… THE CHURCH HAS KILLED CHRIST!!!!
While Gay Rights Activists WERE NOT meeting on SUNDAYS ONLY in buildings all across the Country to push their agenda (because they were out in the PUBLIC EYE)…Christians remained jailed inside either MAMMOTH CHURCH BUILDING STRUCTURES or they were doing "BUILDING FUND" FUNDRAISERS to enhance their smaller Church structures so as to broaden their plight to KILL CHRISTIANITY.
The SCRIPTURE most Christians refer to to promote the fact that "YOU NEED TO BE IN CHURCH (FELLOWSHIP)" is in (1 John 1:7)…which reads: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin…AND…
Hebrews 10:24-26 reads, in context:
"And let us consider one another in order to stir up
love and good works, not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another, and so much the more as
you see the Day approaching. For if we sin willfully,
after we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins." (According to the NIV)
Now personally, my "opinion" is such that THE LIGHT didn't mean candleLIGHT, or electronic bulb LIGHT, or flashLIGHT, etc… I believe THE LIGHT is symbolic of Jesus #1…BUT…if THE LIGHT had to be translated in terms of a PLACE TO FELLOWSHIP, THE LIGHT (in my opinion) would be SUNLIGHT…in other words OUTSIDE …for ALL TO SEE!!!!!! But we as Christians have been fellowshipping in THE DARK inside of Church Buildings so very long…that it gave THE MOST FAMILIAR SCHOLAR OF THE BIBLE…SATAN…plenty of time to do his thang i public for all to see and hear, in promoting GAY RIGHTS…among other things. So now we're at a place where Christianity is slow dying.
Doesn't the above SCRIPTURE simply say "DON'T FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLY OF OURSELVES TOGETHER"? Where does it say IN A BUILDING, or, ON SUNDAY? It simply says to do what the Gay Activists have done….they HAVE NOT FORSAKEN ASSEMBLING THEMSELVES TOGETHER…IN PUBLIC….EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!
If you're a Christian reading this you're probably offended…but please realize that I AM ONE OF YOU….the difference is that I'm not Brainwashed into believing we should do this SUNDAY ONLY THING IN A BUILDING!!!! Biut we have…. so the result is the unfortunate subject of this Blog.
THE NEW QUEEN JAMES (GAY FRIENDLY) BIBLE! Here we go!
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Organisers of the White Horse Challenge want people of all ages and abilities to take part in this year's event.
The event, on July 5 and 6, is a sponsored walk taking in many of Wiltshire's white horses and raising money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
The challenge, sponsored by the Gazette & Herald and The Wiltshire Times, is perfect for groups of friends, families or for businesses to enter teams.
The event has raised just over £97,000 in the past eight years and the organisers would love to break through the £100,000 mark.
There is a choice of routes from the seven-mile family challenge, the two-day challenge of 55 miles or the one-day challenge of 27 miles. Teams can also enter the one or two-day challenges as a relay and split the distance between members.
Zoe Meaden, of co-organisers Monahans chartered accountants, said: "The White Horse Challenge is open to everybody and I would encourage anyone interested to ring me to talk about it.
"People who have taken part have a massive sense of achievement.
"Businesses say it brought them together and everyone who takes part are proud to have raised money for such a good cause.
"Wiltshire Air Ambulance is the backbone of the community. It genuinely saves lives."
The Air Ambulance Charitable Trust (WAACT) will have to raise more each year when its longstanding partnership with Wiltshire Police for the joint helicopter ends as a result of the police joining a national police air service.
From December the WAACT will have its own helicopter and will have to raise £2.5 million a year compared to the current £700,000.
Claire Kelly, head of charity services, said: "We are so grateful to the White Horse Challenge."
Other organisers of the challenge are the Rygor Group Mercedes dealership of Westbury and Rocking House Nursery of Shaw.
For details call Zoe Meaden on 01225 785520 or visit www.whitehorsechallenge. co.uk


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That PZ Myers. He's so militant and shrill. No wonder everyone hates him and thinks he's evil and is afraid of his speeches and considers him a detriment to our cause, all because he is slightly tactless and irreverent of the things you believe.
And like all other atheists, I'm sure he's never done any charity work.


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Super Pet Adoption Event At Pet Smart
Join us today until 7:00 p.m. for the super pet adoption event at Pet Smart. 250 adoption agencies from Eastern Washington are here with the most loving dogs and cats looking for a great home.
Most are already spayed and neutered, up to date on their vaccinations and are even microchipped.


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- Most Recent Photo
- 01-16-2013
- Series
- MS Paint Adventures / Homestuck
- Character
- Meenah Peixes
- Year Completed:
- 2013
- Construction Difficulty:
- Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Sac-Anime Winter 2013
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Pretty simple. I got a t-shirt and ironed on her symbol, which I painted over a little because I felt it was too dark. I bought the pants already ripped at Forever 21 and sewed up some of the holes because I didn't want too many rips. The shoes are bought and painted. I made the glasses from some old reading glasses I modified and painted.
The bracelets have my arm socks glued to the inside of them and I painted my hands and face.
The horns are attached by snaps and are the typical model magic kind.
I made the 2x3trident out of a party store staff and whipped that together pretty quickly.
- Personal Thoughts:
- I liked Meenah from the start, although she isn't my patron, I thought she was a pretty bitchin' girl. So oops I cosplayed her.
Wig Details
- Styling Notes
- I added volume and some curls to the base wig, as well as styling the bangs. The braids are clips ins I made myself, with about 3 different types of hair and loose wefts put together and braided.
- Wig Review
- Got the wig free with another purchase on the cosplay.com marketplace. It's a little thin but oh well.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) is diving into the wastewater industry.
The agency has partnered with a wastewater utility in Howard County, MD, in an attempt to use wastewater to cool a massive new computer data center under construction at Fort Meade. The center will "use up to 5 million gallons a day of treated wastewater from a utility," according to Data Center Knowledge.
The agency is billing the effort as "a money-saving, environment-conserving deal," the Baltimore Sun reported. Officials say it could serve as a model for other agencies.
The NSA's High Performance Computing Center-2, which broke ground in May, "will pay $2 million a year for treated wastewater from the Maryland county when it opens up for business, analyzing cybersecurity threats, in 2016. The county is also in talks to sell their wastewater to Dreyer's Ice Cream," Gizmodo reported.
The plan has not gone off without controversy.
"Critics see an opportunity to disrupt the agency's controversial surveillance activities. A coalition of rights groups has targeted similar deals elsewhere — notably in Utah, where the NSA recently completed a $1.5 billion data center — lobbying state lawmakers to make it illegal for local governments to supply water and other utilities to the agency," according to the Washington Post.
The NSA stressed the environmental benefits of the deal. Harvey Davis, director of installation and logistics at the NSA, said in the Post that the arrangement is "dramatically beneficial for the taxpayers and also really good for the ecosystem."
"NSA could have drawn tap water or dug wells to cool its computers, but Davis said those options were far more expensive and would have added stress to an aquifer burdened by rapid development in the area," the Post said.
The report described the logistics of the partnership: "By using the outflow from Howard's Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant, the NSA leaves the ground water alone and reduces the amount of treated water the county sends to the Chesapeake Bay."
Davis described the agency as part of the community.
"The people who work here at NSA are the same people who live next door to you and me," Davis said in the article. "We've got boats. We want the bay to be clean. We want our drinking water to be good. So we all look at it, both from an organizational perspective and a personal perspective, that we're part of the community, to make sure we do things that are right for the ecosystem."
Visit Water Online to read about government regulation of the water sector.
Image credit: "Data Center," © 2013 BobMical, used under an Attribution 2.0 Generic license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell was injured after two men tried to snatch her bag from her as she sat in a limousine in central Paris.
French police have confirmed the British supermodel was attacked on November 21 last year, which left her with injuries to her leg.
Last year, there were claims she was attacked as she tried to get a cab, however, she was already in her hire car when two men on a motorbike attempted the bag snatch, The Daily Mail reports.
The incident occurred on Rue de Moussy, central Paris, just off the Rue de Rivoli.
While they were not successful, she filed a complaint at the nearby police station.
There she refused to have a medical examination, but was pictured in a wheelchair and wearing a brace.
Sources in New York later claimed Ms Campbell had suffered a torn leg ligament in the bag snatch.
Ms Campbell's billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, used his private jet to fly her to Vail, Colorado, where she was treated by J. Richard Steadman, one of the world's leading orthopedic surgeons.
Following a check of November crime reports in Paris, a police source said: "On November 21, two people on a motorbike attempted to steal Ms Campbell's handbag as she sat in a vehicle on Rue de Moussy.
"She filed a complaint with police in the 4th arrondissement but she did not agree to a medical examination."
The source said Ms Campbell was 'accompanied' during her ordeal, and had wisely stayed inside the car.
There were indications that she was worried that the motorbike riders could target her again.
A spokesman for Naomi Campbell responded with 'no comment'.
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BUN and Serum Creatinine Levels
I was taking a diuretic blood pressure medicine for a few months and recently had blood work done. My BUN level was 34 and my creatinine level was 1.22. A week ago my blood pressure mediciation was changed and the diuretic part was eliminated. A week after that my blood work showed a BUN level of 24 and a creatinine level of .9. I never did drink a lot of fluids and a week before the last test I started drinking several bottles of water a week. Should I be concerned with these numbers or do you think that it could be caused by just dehydration?
In my experience, it is not uncommon for people who are on a diuretic to develop a slightly higher creatinine level and a moderately higher BUN, because a diuretic can change the way the kidney handles both BUN and creatinine, raising their blood levels even though the kidneys themselves are not damaged. These elevations cannot be corrected just by drinking water, because diuretics work by getting rid of both salt and water. If one consumes both salt and water, that may correct the BUN and creatinine, but it also undoes the work of the diuretic and makes it ineffective at whatever it was supposed to do in the first place, such as lowering blood pressure or getting rid of swelling.
Whenever I see a patient whose BUN and creatinine seem to rise on a diuretic, I stop the diuretic, remeasure BUN and creatinine several weeks later, and if they have decreased significantly, I do not restart the diuretic, but instead use a different medication to help control blood pressure. However, if the diuretic was being given to help relieve edema (swelling), then a mild increase in BUN and creatinine may be the price that is paid for treatment of the edema.
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College Board report shows Iowa students score below national average on AP Exams
Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:38:51 GMT —
College Board report
says Iowa's High School seniors are lagging behind students in other states on Advanced Placement exams.
The report was released on Tuesday. It says 11-percent of Iowa's High school seniors scored a three or higher on an AP exam in 2013. Nationally on average, 20 percent of seniors scored a three or higher. Ottumwa Schools Superintendent Dr. Davis Eidahl says the high school offers AP courses in all the core subject areas.
â??Those AP classes are pretty rigorous,â?? Dr. Eidahl said, â??and it takes a lot of additional time by the teacher and by the student in preparing our students for the exam, and I would say based upon the success rate across the state, that we are slightly above that at OHS as how well our students score.â??
The superintendent says dual credit courses are more popular than AP classes at OHS. The dual credit courses allow students to receive credit through Indian Hills. Eidahl says those credits transfer to most colleges in Iowa. AP credits typically transfer to any college.


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A Keighley train museum will host a different kind of transport in the run-up to the Tour de France.
The Museum of Rail Travel, at Ingrow Station, plans to display historic racing bikes manufactured in Bradford.
They will be the centrepiece of an exhibition highlighting the connection between railways and cycling.
Outline plans for the exhibition were revealed to Keighley's Worth the Tour group last week by museum representative Mick Halcrow.
He said: "We hope the exhibition will run for a few weeks, probably from June."


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Guy Kawasaki's new book Enchantment, The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions will hit stores March 8th. He has provided an online test so that people can determine how enchanting they are — most people score in the low teens.
Enchantment Photo contest. Five categories: kids, people, travel, vehicles, and pets. The prizes are five Nikon D3100s and one iPad. http://apps.facebook.com/enchantmentcontest/entries
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Clifford "Albert" Collins carried a lead of more than 10 pounds into the final day of the Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship at Sam Rayburn Reservoir. It only bigger and better from there for the angler from Nacogdoches, Texas.
Collins put the finishing touches on a dominant performance with a final-day stringer of 22.37 pounds to wrap up the victory and take away the final berth to next year's Bassmaster Classic. He finished with 86.56, exactly 15 1/2 pounds heavier than runner-up and fellow Texan David Curtis.
Longtime Rayburn stud Stephen Johnston was 3rd with 68.53.
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text: Leon Botstein (born 1946 in Switzerland) is an American conductor and the President of Bard College (since 1975). Botstein currently serves as the music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Botstein is a leading advocate of progressive education. Having graduated at age 16 from the High School of Music and Art in New York, and earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He credits David Landis and Howard Farberman as his mentors.[1] Botstein became the youngest college president in the history of the country at age 23, serving from 1970 to 1975 at the now-defunct Franconia College. As music director of the American Symphony Orchestra, Botstein emerged as a significant proponent of "thematic programming," which attempts to assemble concert programs having a common theme grounded in literature, music history, or art. He also focused the ASO's programming on the performance of infrequently-performed works by major composers and the best examples of works by lesser-known composers, with a particular emphasis on U.S. premiere performances. In addition to the orchestra's main concert series in Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Botstein inaugurated the Bard Music Festival with the participation of the ASO, a summer series which focuses on one composer each summer for an intensive series of concerts, lectures, and panel discussions. He also presents a series called "Classics De-Classified," devoting each program to a piece from the standard orchestral repertory. Botstein lectures about the piece for about an hour, using the orchestra to provide illustrations for his talk, then performs the entire piece, then opens the floor to questions from the audience directed at him and at members of the orchestra. This series, originally presented at Columbia University's Miller Theater, proved so popular that it was moved to Symphony Space for the 2007–2008 season. He also inaugurated an important series of recordings of neglected masterpieces with the Telarc label, using the ASO and a variety of European orchestras. Botstein is the brother of biologist David Botstein and husband of art historian Barbara Haskell. Both of Botstein's parents were physicians.


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Daher, the French family-run firm that now owns Socata, is pressing ahead with investments to ensure the maker of the TBM 850 single turboprop is well-placed when the business aviation market emerges from the current financial crisis–a recovery it believes could be 12 to 18 months away.
The manufacturer, which trades under the name Daher-Socata, will invest almost $330 million to develop an eight- to 10-seat twin-engine aircraft to offer in the market segment above the TBM 850. The so-called NTx program was launched at the 2008 NBAA convention, but Daher-Socata still has not decided whether its powerplant would be a turboprop or jet. It will certainly offer more payload than the TBM 850 and will be suitable for more varied applications, including government special missions.
The final choice on the NTx engine will depend on who the concern (Booth No. 339) selects as the aircraft's main financial and/or industrial partner, and that may not be a European company. President and CEO Patrick Daher said the choice of powerplant is still under discussion even though the company has started marketing efforts for the new aircraft. A full industrial launch is expected at the end of this year or early in 2010. Pratt & Whitney Canada, which supplies the TBM 850's PT-66D turboprop engine, is likely to be in contention to join the new program.
Daher has been on the sidelines of major aerospace programs but its priority this year is to expand its business as a full-fledged aircraft manufacturer. At the end of 2008 it took a 70-percent stake in Socata after EADS chief executive Louis Gallois decided that the group was unable to develop its aircraft manufacturing and aerostructures businesses without enlisting outside support. EADS retains a 30-percent stake. Socata's wider aerospace activity includes making composite structures, and fluid distribution and cabin insulation products for commercial and business aircraft, as well as for civil and military helicopters.
Garmin Upgrades for TBM 850 Cockpit
Last month, Socata announced that Garmin's synthetic-vision technology (SVT) is available on all TBM 850s–both as retrofits and on new aircraft–that feature the G1000 avionics suite. The new synthetic-vision application has received full certification from both the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency.
SVT presents a 3-D depiction of terrain, obstacles and traffic on the G1000's two 10-inch-wide primary flight displays (PFDs), replicating what pilots would see outside the cockpit on a clear day. The technology blends information about the aircraft's position with topographic databases to create and display real-time 3-D images so the pilot maintains excellent airborne situational awareness even when flying in darkness or reduced-visibility conditions, yielding a reduced pilot workload and safer flying.
The information is presented on the G1000's large flight displays with XGA (1,024 by 768 pixels) resolution. Land, water and sky are clearly differentiated with shading and textures that are similar to the topographical colors found on the 15-inch multifunction display, the largest on a light business aircraft. Two RVSM-compliant air data calculators and two attitude and heading reference systems replace the traditional gyro-based instruments that are complemented by a magnetic sensor and completed by the GMC 710 digital autopilot.
Socata's order book in 2008 lifted it into profit after four years in the doldrums, with 201 TBM 850 sales booked since its December 2005 launch as the successor to Socata's TBM 700. The 850 features an all-glass flight deck that is similar to that of the Cessna Citation Mustang. It replaces traditional instruments with large liquid-crystal display screens while also integrating primary flight information, navigation, weather, traffic and ground proximity functions.
A total of 53 TBM 850s are earmarked for delivery this year, down from an original forecast of 69 that would have beaten the record 60 delivered in 2008. A Daher-Socata spokesman told EBACE Convention News that seven turboprops were delivered in the first quarter of this year, down from an expected 14. He said this was the result of last-minute deferrals, but he stressed that no orders have been cancelled and that several TBMs remain with distributors.
Production rates have slowed to four aircraft per month but there have been no layoffs or reduced working time among full-time employees. About 70 percent of sales go to the U.S., 20 percent to Europe, and 10 percent to South America and the Asia/Pacific region.


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Rain, Snow – Colors Begin to Change
You can see it out of the corner of your eyes – the autumn color changes are beginning in the Bitterroot Valley.
The usual "early changers" for trees include the Daly Mansion maple trees along the entrance lane. Of course, some of the smaller bushes and non-native trees are already jumping into the color switch (see photo).
The weather is in a surge of cool, moist conditions this week, with summer-like conditions returning for the weekend of September 28. We'll be looking around for some good photo opportunities.


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Recently, a health care reform law required all insurance companies to cover the cost of birth control without charging a copay, deductible, or other fees. There are some conservatives who are strongly opposed to this idea. However, polls show that most people are in favor of this law.
In August of 2011, a health reform law will take effect that will require all health insurance companies to cover the cost of birth control, (without charging women copays, deductibles, or other fees). Birth control has officially been included in the definition of preventative medicine, and a previous health reform law requires health insurance companies to cover everything that has been defined as preventative medicine.
The "free birth control" law does not go into affect immediately. Insurance companies are not going to have to abide by this law until August 1, 2012. At that time, they will have to provide coverage for birth control to all women who purchased health insurance after August 1, 2011. If you bought insurance before that date, your insurance company could, potentially, put up a fight about providing the free coverage that the law requires.
Some conservative lawmakers, leaders, and groups have been voicing their opinions about the "free birth control" law. They are strongly opposed to the idea of making health insurance companies provide coverage for birth control.
Perhaps the most outrageous comment about this law comes from Representative Steve King (R-Iowa). He noted that birth control is now being called preventative medicine. He then went on to say:
"Well, if you apply that preventative medicine universally, what you end up with is you've prevented a generation. Preventing babies from being born is not medicine".
Conservative commentator Sandy Rios has mentioned that the United States has a massive amount of debt right now. When she was on Fox news, she said:
"We have $14 trillion in debt, and now we're going to cover birth control? Are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well? I think that would be a good idea."
On the other side of the issue, there is information from a poll that was taken by Kaiser Family Foundation. The purpose of the poll was to discover the views of Americans who did not have health insurance. One of the findings ties directly into this debate.
According to Kaiser Family Foundation, 66% of Americans said that they are in support of the decision that was made by the Department of Health and Human Services that will require health insurers to pay for the full cost of birth control and other preventative services for women. This comes out to about two-thirds of the people who took the poll.
Only 24% of the respondents indicated that they opposed the decision made by the Department of Health and Human services.
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Attention on North Avenue
Desperately needed infrastructure improvements may be in store for North Avenue now that the Grand Junction City Council has given the go-ahead to look into funding mechanisms to revitalize the corridor.
For the past year, a number of business owners have formed a nonprofit organization, North Avenue Owners Association, to study funding methods used by other districts.
The group determined that a Tax Increment Financing (TIF)model might work to help give the area a face-lift.
A majority of City Council members agreed. City staff now is tasked with determining whether the arrangement is legal, a requirement the city must undergo.
"Those old strips are hard to redevelop," City Councilor Bennett Boeschenstein said. "With the TIF you're actually putting money back into the plan."
Current business owners along North Avenue would not see an increase in taxes if a TIF is approved. The funding model sets aside taxes that otherwise would be collected on any new development. That money, above the current collected tax base, would be spent on pre-defined infrastructure projects.
The model would work because it encourages development and helps identify funds for the beleaguered route, said Kevin Bray, a member of the North Avenue Owners Association.
"The tool is designed for reinvestment," he said. "Without it, you're not going to see those taxes go up."
Bray said business owners the group talked to did not want to subscribe to a taxing model, called a Business Improvement District. That model is used along Horizon Drive in which businesses further tax themselves to build up funds for improvements. Through the BID, Horizon Drive businesses helped create wild horse murals underneath the Interstate 70 overpass. If grant funding comes through, BID money would go toward the first phase of roundabouts, medians and general improvements to the route punctuated by hotels, restaurants and gas stations.
In the past five years, businesses along North Avenue have collected and contributed $25 million to the local economy, but many owners there questioned how those dollars have benefitted their neighborhood.
Bray said he couldn't pinpoint any specific improvements the city has made to North Avenue with those dollars.
Business vacancy rates along North Avenue are more than twice as high, or 13 percent so far this year, compared with a 6 percent business vacancy rate in the city's downtown.
According to City Attorney John Shaver, approving a TIF for North Avenue is legal under the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, a voter-approved amendment that limits how much revenue governments can collect.
Councilors Marty Chazen and Phyllis Norris said they didn't approve of a TIF for North Avenue because they thought it was a way to get around TABOR.
"The problem (is) caused by land use zoning, now we need TIF to solve another problem," Chazen said.
Bray said new zoning regulations along North Avenue are welcomed by a number of business owners, some of whom were waiting until the plan went into effect to renovate their exteriors. Current businesses do not have to change a thing according to the new regulations, but new development is encouraged to bring storefronts closer to the roadway, build detached sidewalks, add landscaping and consider adding parking spots to the sides or rear of buildings.
Improvements already are underway on North Avenue, including curbs along intersections that angle down to crosswalks instead of dropping off. By next year, a three-mile section will be designed and a three-quarter mile section will be constructed thanks to a $1.19 million federal grant.
Poppy Woody, owner of Grand Mesa Medical Supply, 1708 North Avenue, started her business three decades ago, during the heyday of North Avenue. Then, Mesa Mall had few stores. North Avenue was the place to shop.
Over the years, development has been sporadic, and the four-mile stretch includes a haphazard array of on-again, off-again sidewalks, poor lighting and inconsistent access to businesses.
"One thing we would like is all the entrances to be clean and tidy," Woody said. "We have a huge ethnic population. We would like to encourage and embrace it. What does North Avenue need? It needs attention."


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From day one, Tom Cable knew he would be placing Bruce Campbell at guard to start his NFL career. It seemed like a brilliant idea after taking rookie tackle Jared Veldheer a round earlier in the draft. Having Mario Henderson, Khalif Barnes, Veldheer, and Langston Walker already listed as tackles on the Raiders roster, there is really no room for a guy who needs as much work as Campbell potentially needs to be a high caliber NFL tackle. So, you do what every logical coach would do and put him at guard. After all, he could eventually be a suitable replacement for current right side starter, Cooper Carlisle.
The media members present on the first day of Raiders mini-camp had an opportunity to talk with the rookie guard today. They asked if he had ever played guard before, "This is actually my first time playing offensive guard and actually my first time on the right side. It's just football. It's still the same thing, just I have a little more help and I'm inside. I do feel comfortable; it's not that bad at all. It's just I have a little more help. I'm not one-on-one outside. I actually am going to start running a lot more than I did at the tackle position anyway. I like to run. I like to use my speed and everything else just to play football. It's putting [me] somewhere and making me do something I like to do," said Campbell.
His statement makes it sound as though he likes playing guard and he likes playing football. This is actually something I know a little bit about, because I like to play football and I was a guard in high school. I can relate to this guy, although I doubt I could ever run a 4.85 forty time. Or do 34 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press.
Coach Cable spoke in his press conference about the decision to put Campbell at guard. The Coach said he wanted Bruce to play guard because of the depth at tackle and the idea that Bruce would get more repetitions in practice at that position. When asked if Campbell would stay on the inside, Cable responded, "I don't know that. Let's find out how he learns and how he adapts to what we're doing. Again, if I put him at one of those tackles spots he'd go in there as a third. This gives him a chance to get in there in that second huddle where he's going to get a lot of work and we can start his development right away, rather than retard it if he's getting a few reps as a third."
We can officially conclude that this move makes perfect sense for the Raiders. When you combine a guy with that much strength and speed moving him to guard is almost a no brainer. Guards are the guys who typically pull when you run power sweep or toss running plays. They are the guys on your offensive line who generally have to move the big bodies that defenses tend to put inside. They are also the guys who have to use that speed to chip on certain plays and get to the next level blocking linebackers up the field.
It also seems as though the Raiders like these players who have a chip on their shoulder lately. Campbell spoke of his chip in his interview, "I feel like I [have a chip on my shoulder] just because most of the negative talk was that I was a good athlete but it seems like I can't play football. But of course getting here I have to have some type of football skills obviously. So I got a little chip on my shoulder that I really can play football and I'm not just an athlete."
Campbell also talked about getting to speak to his former college teammate Darrius Heyward-Bey. He said, "I talked to Darrius a little here and there. He saw me today and he was like, 'Hey, first practice, you have to get used to it. Just keep your head up and keep playing.' I kind of took it in stride. I didn't even say anything to him. He just came up and said it so I listened to him and went about my day."
My first impression of Campbell is that he can be that guy the Raiders will soon need to take over for Cooper Carlisle. Coach Cable said the only thing that is really holding him back at this point is getting used to using his opposite hand for his three point stance. As for whether or not he can become the opening day starter at the right guard position, let me just say, it might be a bit of a reach for Raiders to ask two rookies t o start on the right side of their line with Campbell and Veldheer. But, I will also say that even though the team did not reach with the Campbell selection in the draft this year, it is a team that is accustomed to reaching a bit. After all, they did start two rookie wide receivers last year, and one of them was considered to be a reach as the 7th overall 2009 draft choice.


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Yep the headline says it all. On July 13, 2012 a case that in our opinion was never anything more than an abuse of the Courts to harass and try and silence free speech is officially DONE!
At 5:01 PM Eastern Time on Friday July 13, 2012 Daniel Parisi; Whitehouse.com; White House Communications Inc.; and Whitehouse Networks LLC acknowledged they had failed in their attempt to prove the Book Barack Obama & Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder? was defamatory; or that the book contained any false statements.
Below is the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for the DC Circuit ECF (Electronic Case File) notice informing all parties that Parisi et al. had moved to dismiss their Appeal of the March 31, 2011 dismissal of their claims against Amazon.com Inc. (The US District Court for DC had already dismissed the Parisi claims against all defendants, with Sinclair being the last to be dismissed by US District Court Judge Richard J. Leon on Feb 28, 2012). BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia Dismisses $30 Million Defamation Suit
United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit
Notice of Docket Activity
The following transaction was entered on 07/13/2012 at 5:01:51 PM EDT and filed on 07/13/2012
Case Name: Daniel Parisi, et al v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al Case Number: 11-7077 Document(s): Document(s)
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STIPULATION filed [1383674] to dismiss case voluntarily [11-7077] (Oparil, Richard)
It should be noted that Oral Arguments had been scheduled to take place in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on September 20, 2012. Show Down In DC Court of Appeals
We still do not understand exactly why Parisi has gone behind the US District Court and filed "Voluntary Dismissal's" in the US District Court for the District of Columbia since the Court had already dismissed Parisi' claims but they have:
U.S. District Court
District of Columbia
Notice of Electronic Filing
The following transaction was entered by Oparil, Richard on 7/13/2012 at 5:07 PM and filed on 7/13/2012
Case Name: PARISI et al v. SINCLAIR et al Case Number: 1:10-cv-00897-RJL Filer: DANIEL PARISI WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS INC. WHITEHOUSE NETWORK LLC WHITEHOUSE.COM INC. WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 03/05/2012 Document Number: 167
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STIPULATION of Dismissal by DANIEL PARISI, WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS INC., WHITEHOUSE NETWORK LLC, WHITEHOUSE.COM INC.. (Oparil, Richard)
At this stage it really doesn't matter much, what matters is that what can be called the most ignored First Amendment (First Amendment Case The Media Should Be Covering ) litigation in the history of the US has, despite predictions to the contrary, failed on every level and every attempt.
Two years and Forty-Seven days after first filing the Complaint on May 28, 2010 Parisi et al.. has himself moved to end what many have opined was nothing more than an attempt to malign and smear Larry Sinclair and the other named defendants and to use the threat of multi-millions of dollars in legal expenses to try force Book Sellers into essentially removing a book from being available to the public who may be interested in purchasing it. Despite Sinclair having to represent himself in the litigation (going up against what has been called Washington, DC's most powerful and largest Lobbying Law Firm-Patton Boggs LLC) and the vicious and personal attacks leveled against him by Parisi and Parisi counsel Richard J. Oparil with the assistance of a rabid group of Obama supporting bloggers, Sinclair prevailed and did so with dignity and honor.
July 13, 2012 marks the end of what many believe was nothing more than a politically motivated smear campaign. Barack Obama & Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder? is still available and Sinclair's new book When One Man Stands will be released on September 18, 2012.
Mr. Sinclair states: "I am thrilled with the final outcome of this matter. I have always stood by the content of my book. Perhaps now that this litigation which I personally believe was nothing more than a vindictive attempt to smear me and others is over, plaintiffs will fine something more productive to do with their time and money." "I would not be honest if I did not make it clear I am of the OPINION this litigation was brought as a means of trying to curry favor with an Obama White House whether originating with plaintiffs or counsel representing plaintiffs," added Sinclair.
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As anyone who has ever stepped foot in a wine shop or glanced down the wine aisle in the grocery store can tell you, there is an inordinate amount of choices when it comes to the selection of wines available. Often, the sheer number of choices will
overwhelm many people to the point where they are reluctant to try anything new and they will just stick to what they know or skip the wine all together and purchase beer, cider, or spirits.
In the food industry, this fear or avoidance to trying new foods is called "food neophobia", and has been extensively studied in academic circles, with the ultimate development of The Food Neophobia scale (i.e. just how reluctant or averse someone is to trying new foods). Food neophobics demonstrate tend to accept or like both familiar and unfamiliar food less than food neophilics, while food neophilicis tend to enjoy new foods positively. While there exists an extensive library of research on food neophobia and The Food Neophobia scale, there isn't a comparable scale for wine, though it is known that there exists a population of individuals who are hesitant to try new wines.
While there isn't a consensus in terms of where someone needs to fall on The Food Neophobia scale to actually be considered a true food neophobic person, the scale is frequently used for research and marketing purposes. Theoretically, the same could be done for a wine neophobia scale, if one were to exist. Using a wine neophobia scale could help wineries and marketers develop a more targeted advertising campaign to help increase sales while also helping those with an aversion to trying to wines break out of the cycle and open themselves up to the world of wine.
A new study, published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, aimed to develop a Wine Neophobia Scale based on
the existing Food Neophobia Scale, to use as a method for determining a population's reluctance or acceptance of new wines, which could help improve advertising programs and ultimately sales.
Brief Methods
In order to develop the new Wine Neophobia Scale, the researchers took the Food Neophobia scale and simply changed the word "food" for the word "wine" in all of the questions. After this switch, the researchers decided to drop one of the questions, since after the switch to "wine" the question was no longer applicable ("Ethnic food looks too weird to eat" switched to "ethnic wine" doesn't work, since "ethnic wine" isn't considered to be a thing). This left a total of 9 questions out of an original 10.
To test the new Wine Neophobia Scale, 207 students and staff from two Universities in Adelaide, Australia were recruited and given the survey. After the test, it was determined that there was a second question that did not really work, which was ultimately removed to leave 8 questions ("I am very particular about the wines I will drink" was the question removed).
After the first test, a retest was performed using 471 wine consumers recruited via newspaper advertisements. 1 year later, a smaller subset of this group (159 of them) took the test again and were asked additional questions regarding their alcohol consumption behavior (using the "Exploratory Consumer Buying Behavior Scale").
Finally, after the 2 tests and the retest, the developed Wine Neophobia Scale was then administered to 1000 wine drinkers in Australia that were recruited through a marketing agency. Participants were asked to complete the 8 question survey as well as questions about demographics online.
None of the participants were involved in more than one test (i.e. the people participating were different each time the survey was tested and retested).
Selected Results
- Statistical analysis revealed that only 8 of the 10 original questions from the Food Neophobia Scale could be used for the new Wine Neophobia scale.
- There was a statistical similarity between the Food Neophobia scale and the new Wine Neophobia scale, though they were not statistically equivalent.
- Comapring the results of the test and subsequent retest a year later, it was determined that the new Wine Neophobia Scale was both reliable and stable.
- The validity of the new Wine Neophobia Scale was confirmed using the additional wine consumption behavior questions asked.
- Neophobics and neophilics were determined by splitting the results up by quarters: those in the highest scoring quarter were labelled as "neophilics" and those in the lowest scoring quarter were labelled as "neophobics". The remaining participants were considered "neither one nor the other".
- Neophilics were found to be willing to try new wines.
- Neophobics often stuck to familiar brands and often drank the same kind of wine regularly.
- There were no gender differences in regards to the population of neophobics and neophilics (note: this is the same result that has been shown in food studies).
- Education level was negatively correlated with neophobia status (i.e. neophilics tended to be more educated than neophobics). (Note: this result has also been seen in food studies).
- 7% of neophilics possessed a tertiary education, while only 34.2% of neophobics had the same high level of education.
- Income was strong correlated with neophobia status.
- At income levels higher than AUD$100K, 33.5% were neophilics while 18.5% were neophobics.
This study created a reliable and stable alternative to the Food Neophobia Scale, dubbed the Wine Neophobia Scale. While the two tests were very similar, they were not statistically equivalent.
Two characteristics that the researchers noted were related to education and income. For education, the level of education a participant had was found to be negatively correlated with wine neophobia status. In other words, wine neophilics tended to
have higher education levels than neophobics. The researchers surmised that this may be due to more educated individuals having greater access and exposure to new kinds of foods, which is the result that has been seen in the food studies. Additionally, someone's willingness to try new wine has been shown to increase with experience, therefore those with greater education and experience are more likely to branch out and try new wines compared with someone with less knowledge and education.
For income, results showed that a greater proportion of those with income over AUD$100K were wine neophilics. The researchers postulated that those with higher incomes might be more likely to travel more often, thus being more exposed to a variety of different wines. Not all in the high income group were neophilics, however, indicating that there are other factors at play.
Since the Wine Neophobia Scale is a very new tool, a lot more research should be done in order to fully understand the information it is giving you and how that information may be used for marketing or other purposes. I'd like to see the study repeated in different parts of the world (this study just used Australian participants) as well as different age groups (i.e. Millennials versus Baby Boomers, etc).
Another area of research that was suggested by the researchers and that I agree would be interesting would be to see how an individual's Wine Neophobia Scale score changes over time. If they are considered wine neophobic the first time they take the test, how does time and experience alter their scores over time? Is wine neophobia a trait that is retained over the years? Or does education and experience change this trait over time?
As more research is done, the Wine Neophobia Scale could be an important tool for wineries, wine shops, and other wine merchants to more accurately target their potential customer base.
What do you all think about the Wine Neophobia Scale? Feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have!
Source: Ristic, R., Johnson, T.E., Meiselman, H.L., Hoek, A.C., and Bastian, S.E.P. 2016. Toward the development of a Wine Neophobia Scale (WNS): Measuring consumer wine neophobia using an adaptation of The Food Neophobia Scale (FNS). Food Quality and Preference 49: 161-167.


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Christina Ricci BiographyChristina Ricci was born February 12, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, to parents Ralph and Sarah Ricci. After her parents decided to relocate to Montclair, New Jersey, Christina Ricci -- otherwise known as the family clown -- spent much of her youth on America's East Coast.
The only sign of acting talent Christina Ricci showed at a young age was her ability to entertain her siblings (Rafael and Dante). Once she was cast in an elementary school pageant, a movie critic who was in the audience encouraged her parents to get her an agent.
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In 1990, Christina Ricci was cast in Mermaids as Cher's daughter and Winona Ryder's sister -- quite an accomplishment for her acting debut. Her maturity led her to become friends with Cher and Johnny Depp (Winona Ryder's guy at the time), who has since shared the screen with Christina Ricci several times.
After a role in 1991's The Hard Way, Christina Ricci was cast in what would become her most defining role to date -- as morbid and dark Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. Ironically, not long after Addams Family Values was released in 1993, Christina Ricci's parents, a former primal scream therapist and lawyer, and a nursery school teacher and real estate agent, filed for divorce.
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Teen pleads no contest in bomb threat
Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:10:51 GMT —
A 15-year-old student pleaded no contest Thursday morning in a December 18 bomb threat that impacted three Horry County schools.
The teen is charged with Conveying False Information Regarding Attempted Use of a Destructive Device.
If you enter a no-contest plea, it means that you are not admitting guilt, but are allowing a judge to sentence you.
"Do you understand that I consider that as a guilty plea?," asked Judge Ronald Norton in the courtroom to the teen who replied, "Yes sir."
A note in a bathroom at Myrtle Beach High school said "Hey I'm back, but this time in the high school is a trigger for three bombs, one in the middle school, one in the "I", one high school. Hurry up"
No devices were found at any of the schools. All of the schools were evacuated for hours.
Norton sentenced the teen to the Department of Juvenile Justice for an indeterminate amount of time, not to exceed his 21st birthday, the harshest penalty a juvenile can receive.
The sentence could be anywhere from one to three months, 12-18 months or 36-54 months depending on the severity of the charge, the juvenile's previous history and how the juvenile behaves while serving the sentence with DJJ, said assistant solicitor Carolina Fox.
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Fox believes the sentence is not because of the threat itself but because of the boy's criminal history.
The county's file on him is so in-depth
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Washington - Clinton To Resume Duties Monday Following Treatment For Clot
Washington - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resume her official duties on Monday, five days after being released from a hospital for treatment of a blood clot, the State Department said on Sunday.
Clinton, 65, will sit down with assistant secretaries of state for a closed-door meeting on Monday at 9:15 a.m. (1415 GMT) at the start of a week-long schedule containing nearly a dozen meetings, including three at the White House.
The secretary was released from New York Presbyterian Hospital last Wednesday, after a stay of several days during which she was given blood thinners to treat the clot in a vein behind her right ear. She has been resting at home in New York since then.
Clinton has suffered a series of ailments over the last month, including a stomach virus and a concussion.
Her doctors have said they expect her to make a full recovery.
The State Department said Clinton has been keeping up with her work by talking to her staff and receiving memos.
Her first White House meeting this week will take place on Tuesday and include Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and national security adviser Tom Donilon, the State Department said.
She is also scheduled to meet with the ambassadors of Ireland and South Africa on Tuesday, and with Afghan President Hamid Karzai later in the week.
Clinton is expected to step down in the next few weeks. President Barack Obama has chosen Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to succeed her.
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Jan 07, 2013 at 03:52 PM
I wonder if they attempted to repair her ailing conscience? Or did they deem it beyond any hope?
Jan 07, 2013 at 04:54 PM
To ShmuelG- You never seem to miss a beat-always with your reprehensible, and provocative sarcasm! Didn't you ever learn any manners? Would you also make such a comment about the Queen?
Jan 07, 2013 at 05:29 PM
" To ShmuelG- You never seem to miss a beat-always with your reprehensible, and provocative sarcasm! Didn't you ever learn any manners? Would you also make such a comment about the Queen? "
Which queen? Who is "THE Queen?"