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This week we are going to look at some keeper league depth bargains in goal. The idea is to look beyond cheap goalies who are heading into a contract year because they are likely about to get a bigger contract next summer, thus making them less appealing on the cap. Instead, the focus will be put on goaltenders with multiple years left on their current contracts that are cheap, provide good statistics and are not young phenoms who are next to impossible to acquire.
When your keeper league team is hovering around the cap ceiling, your team likely includes a few expensive star players who eat up most of your available space. You will be forced to look for cheap bargains to occupy your depth positions. Winning the championship in a capped league is all about getting the most out of your dollars, so you will need to get good value out of your cheap depth guys to push your team over the top. Unfortunately, the pickings are slim. Here are a few goalies that can help your team:
Johan Hedberg (New Jersey)
1,400,000 / 2 years
If the last three years are any indication, there may not be a better cap bargain than Johan Hedberg. During that span, he has posted 15 or more wins, three or more shutouts and a .912 save percentage or better in each campaign. Those are excellent statistics for a guy who is primarily a backup.
With the injury-prone Martin Brodeur listed as starting goaltender, you could even say that Hedberg has some untapped fantasy potential. One injury to Brodeur could mean that Hedberg plays in excess of 50 games, which would further enhance his value to your team.
With all of that said, you can expect 30-40 starts and 15-20 wins from Hedberg with the possibility of so much more. There is no reason to believe th
at his peripheral stats will change until he proves otherwise. He is not a fantasy monster by any means, but if you own a highly-paid elite goaltender you can get excellent secondary support from Hedberg without hurting your team's bottom line.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Colorado)
1,250,000 (2012-13)
1,500,000 (2013-14)
Sitting behind Semyon Varlamov on the depth chart, there are a lot of reasons to like Jean-Sebastien Giguere's prospects moving forward. Varlamov is a very talented young goaltender but has suffered through injuries and inconsistency. Giguere himself has been an excellent fantasy asset over the years and has a proven track record playing a large volume of games when called upon. He also signed an extension recently meaning that he is under contract to Colorado for two more seasons.
Giguere's stat line in 2011-12 was excellent with 15 wins in 32 games, a 2.27 GAA and .919 save percentage. Depending on Varlamov's play, Giguere could see a similar number of starts and the improving Avalanche roster could allow both goalies to pick up more wins.
Scott Clemmensen (Florida)
1,200,000 / 2 years
Scott Clemmensen has a lot in common with Hedberg because he is a backup who can be counted on for 30 appearances and a good save percentage number. However, there are many variables in Florida that will affect his value, both positively and negatively.
On the positive side, starter Jose Theodore simply has never been one to hold onto a starter gig over the long haul. Despite a strong campaign from Theodore, there is a chance that he could stumble, and Clemmensen would surely benefit. On the flip side, there is the presence of Jacob Markstrom in the organization. Once he is ready, he will be promoted, possibly at the expense of Clemmensen seeing a lot of time on the bench.
Another variable at play is the possible acquisition of Roberto Luongo. If Clemmensen is shipped the other way, he would benefit from being the mentor to unproven starting netminder Cory Schneider. If Clemmensen would stay in Florida following the transaction, he would see less starts behind Luongo, a proven workhorse.
With all of the unknowns involved in Clemmensen's situation, at just over a million on the cap he remains an excellent bargain. You simply cannot expect miracles from goaltenders at this level of pay.
Jonas Gustavsson (Detroit)
1,500,000 / 2 years
Unlike the previous three goaltenders mentioned in this article, Jonas Gustavsson is not entering the final years of his career. In fact, he was once a prospect with a ton of hype. He has not come close to living up to expectations in Toronto, but there is still hope because goalies usually take longer to fully develop.
Now in Detroit, Gustavsson has the benefit of a stronger team in front of him and lowered expectations. With starter Jimmy Howard being a proven workhorse, Gustavsson can focus on doing his job rather than dealing with the pressure of putting a franchise on his shoulders.
Over three seasons in the NHL, he has 107 games of experience but is not expected to see this much action in Detroit. He may only see 20-25 starts but should put up decent win totals and his save percentage should improve from his career .900 number. Consider this a bit of a gamble with some upside for future years.
James Reimer (Toronto)
1,800,000 / 2 years
Ben Scrivens (Toronto)
612,500 / 2 years
James Reimer and Ben Scrivens are paired because the outcome of one affects the fantasy value of the other. The duo is slated to start the season as the tandem of goaltenders in Toronto, and face the tall order of getting the Maple Leafs to the postseason for the first time since the last lockout.
Reimer is the most proven of the two goaltenders after having a great 2010-11 season and playing well prior to suffering a concussion last year. He was not the same goaltender after his return, and nobody in the Leafs' stable of goaltenders could save the day. Reimer's body of work suggests that he is a bit expensive by cap bargain standards, but if he can secure the starting gig he will provide great value.
Scrivens is less proven than Reimer but is older and favored by some to win the battle. With a contract barely above the league minimum, there is very little risk that comes with owning him in a league. However, if the team were to acquire a goalie, Scrivens would be demoted to the minors due to his two-way contract for this year.
What we have learned about cap bargain players
Now that we have taken a look at various cap league bargains over the last four weeks, some conclusions can be drawn to help manage your cap league teams. There are plenty of cap bargains entering the final year of their career, but a lot of them are slated to get a raise of several million after the upcoming season. There are plenty of examples of players that signed lucrative extensions over the past couple of weeks. The players who can offer you cap relief for multiple years are truly needles in the haystack.
Simply put, depth players are signed primarily to shorter contracts. This gives the team flexibility in managing the promotion of young players in the organization, and gives the player the opportunity to seek better money if his level of play improves. As a result, your bargain gems will not maintain their status for long, and the onus will be on you to find alternatives to keep your team competitive and within your league's salary cap.
According to numbers obtained at the capgeek website, the average NHL salary is $2,625,560. The demand for quality players having a below-average cap hit is huge, while the supply is very limited. If you own such players, do not trade them unless there is an overpayment. Having these types of players can go a long way towards being able to fit all of the necessary pieces together for a championship team.
Next week we will begin to look at overpriced players.
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24 team roto dynasty
23 man roster + 27 farm
Salary cap: same as NHL (64.3 million last year, 70.2 million currently pending lockout resolution)
Player cost: same as NHL CAP HIT
A couple of notes:
-A lot of overpriced players are not owned
-Since we are using NHL cap figures, the league remains sustainable automatically since NHL teams follow the same salary cap rules
-We bypass the problem of determining our own player cost by following the NHL
-If you have less than 24 teams, it becomes more difficult to stay within the NHL cap so you may have to create your own cap ceiling
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A few guys in my league have been interested in a capped league setup for a while, but have had issues with finding examples. Any chance you could post a write-up with your league rules, or how you manage the capped leagues?


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With traffic to its consumer Web site doubling nearly every year since 1996 and online transactions surpassing $100 million annually, Amtrak knew its E-business operation was strained to capacity. Its first thought: outsource everything. So in late 2000, E-commerce directors Mary Cortina and Lenetta McCampbell sorted through proposals from Digex, Exodus, IBM, and Loudcloud, companies that, as Cortina says, "definitely knew their business" in terms of technology. But the price tags proved too steep, so Amtrak added staff and transformed a data center originally intended to support legacy applications into a new E-business hub.
In general, Amtrak executives say that approach made sense: the price was right and the site has performed well. But when the September 11 terrorist attacks drove hundreds of would-be travelers to amtrak.com, the rail line didn't stand a chance. Its three-person IT staff couldn't add bandwidth fast enough to meet demand, and call centers were overwhelmed, forcing Amtrak to turn away potential customers.
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While outsourcing decisions are rarely born of such drama, analysts say a growing number of companies are now realizing that E-business operations are difficult to handle alone. "We expect that companies will have to ship out at least some component" of E-business, says Jeanne Schaaf, formerly an analyst at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Forrester Research. "Companies that do it all themselves tend to overspend on bandwidth, storage, networks, and personnel."
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Outsourcing options abound, so much so that some companies are rife with outsourcing relationships, a situation often exacerbated by the fact that various departments within a company may establish separate approaches to E-business. Germany-based sporting-goods maker Adidas-Salomon AG, for example, relied on 15 companies to host various components of its adidas.com site before it consolidated with one company last summer.
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Thursday, March 01, 2007Urule Igbavboa (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan) was named to the All Mid-Continent Conference Second Team, while Shawn Huff (Helsinki, Finland/Makelanrinne) received Honorable Mention accolades and Samuel Haanpaa (Kerava, Finland/Cornerstone [Texas] Christian) was named to the All-Newcomer team as the league announced its annual awards today.
Igbavboa receives Second Team accolades after finishing second on the Crusaders in scoring (11.4 ppg) and leading the team in rebounding (7.4 rpg). The sophomore's rebounding numbers rank second in the Mid-Con, while his field goal percentage of 55.6% is third-best in the league. Igbavboa has also registered nine double-doubles on the season, second-most in the conference.
Huff earns a spot on the Honorable Mention team after averaging 11.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game during the regular season. Huff leads the Crusaders and is second in the league with an 88.0% free throw percentage, and has paced Valpo in scoring on ten occasions this year. The junior was named the Mid-Con Player of the Week for the week of February 5 after averaging 16 points and 6.5 rebounds in wins over Oral Roberts and Centenary.
Haanpaa was named to the All-Newcomer team after becoming one of the Mid-Con's most prolific perimeter threats during his first season. The freshman paces the Crusaders with 11.7 points per game. He also leads the Mid-Con with his 45.2% percentage from 3-point range, and is fourth in the league with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game.
Valparaiso (16-14, 9-5 Mid-Con) finished third during the regular season and will face sixth-seeded UMKC (11-19, 6-8 Mid-Con) on Sunday evening in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Con Tournament. Tip-off is set for 8:30 p.m. at John Q. Hammons Arena at the UMAC in Tulsa, Okla., and all the action can be heard live on the Valpo Sports Radio Network (WVUR, 95.1 FM, Valparaiso; WEFM, 95.9 FM, Michigan City; WAKE, 1500 AM, Valparaiso) and online at www.valpo.edu/athletics.
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It's the weekend and you want to let loose. Don't sit around a bar with the same friends you see every weekend. Mix it up. Head to a party with LED hoopers and electronic music. Kick back in a movie about a midwife who changed modern birthing. Or see a performance by someone you may have never heard of. With so many events going on in Omaha and the surrounding areas this weekend, there's no excuse to fall into your ordinary routine. We have some suggestions for you:
Motion City Soundtrack
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Doors open 6 p.m.; show 7 p.m., $15
Lincoln is a bit of a hike. But if you're a fan of pop-punkers Motion City Soundtrack, it might be worth it. The group's drummer just quit the band a few weeks ago. Be one of the first to see and hear the group with a slightly different lineup. They'll be joined by openers And We Danced and FREAKABOUT!
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Documentary Screening: "Birth Story — Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives"
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This year's Nebraska Science Festival is offering a wealth of events. Many are geared toward children, but this award-winning documentary is more for the older set. Radical midwife Ina May Gaskin and her friends were tired of hospital birth, so they established a communal society called The Farm and taught themselves midwifery. The documentary follows these activists into modern times.
The Pines, Brad Hoshaw
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First, Ben Affleck. Now, Diddy.
Tabloids are really desperate to get Jennifer Lopez back together with an ex.
A source tells BET that Diddy really wants to get back together with new newly-single ex because she is "the love of his life" and his "fantasy girl." However, friends worry that J. Lo will break the hip hop mogul's heart again, similar to how she dumped him in 1999 when he was on trial for weapons charges.
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"Puff wouldn't be my first choice for her, but then again he was always very supportive of her sex symbol image and never got mad when she wore sexy clothes. He actually encouraged it."
For those of you unfamiliar with the rumors surrounding Jennifer's divorce, that was a direct dig at Marc Anthony. Yes, it's on, folks.
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To date, the Johns Hopkins Live Near Your Work program has awarded well over 300 grants.
For the past five years, The Rouse Company Foundation's sponsorship of grants in the A, B, and C target areas has contributed significantly to a thriving Live Near Your Work program. This partnership will come to an end on June 30, 2014. The final year of partnership brings even higher grant amounts. Specifically, the grants in the A target areas have been raised from $17,000 to $27,000 (A1: Homewood footprint) and $36,000 (A2: East Baltimore footprint) effective immediately and while funds last. All other grant amounts will remain the same.
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- 3 mini straw fire starters ( have an instructable on that)
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I use a 8-10 oz.drink bottle from like a convenience store in my bug out bag. It holds a little more,the mouth is wider,and it's already waterproof.(down to about 20-30 feet,don't ask how I know that.)lol
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I also have to cheat and carry a 1oz whiskey flask filled with lamp oil in my pack and magnesium stick!
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The Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan is a Financial Aid Initiative for University of California undergraduate students. The goal of the new "Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan" is to ensure that UC system-wide fees do not deter the half of California households with incomes below $80,000 from aspiring to a UC education.
To be eligible for the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, you must:
- Be a California resident
- Submit a FAFSA and provide all requested documents. For more information, visit Applying
- Apply for a Cal Grant (if not already a recipient)
- Demonstrate sufficient financial need
- Have income below $80,000. For dependent students, this refers to your parent's income. For independent students, this refers to the combined income of you and your spouse
- Be in your first four years (two if a transfer student) of University undergraduate attendance
- Meet basic requirements for UC grant assistance
No student will receive more scholarship and grant support than the calculated financial need. All sources of scholarship and grant awards (federal, state, institutional, and private sources, including outside agency scholarships) will count towards covering fees and meeting the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan commitment. The majority of students who meet the income eligibility standard will already have sufficient grant and scholarship support to cover full UC system-wide fees based on our standard Financial Aid packaging guidelines.
In addition to the minimum funding under the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, undergraduates with sufficient financial need will receive additional grant support to help defray other educational expenses (e.g.: books, living expenses, transportation, etc.).
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Cal Grants are administered by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). To be eligible for a Cal Grant, you must:
- Be eligible for Financial Aid
- Be a California resident or AB540 eligible student attending an eligible school in California on at least a half-time basis
- Not have received a prior Bachelor's degree
- Meet the satisfactory academic progress standards as determined by the institution
- Not be in default on a federal student loan or owe a refund on a federal or state grant
- Demonstrate financial need
- Meet the minimum GPA requirement as determined by CSAC
- Not exceed the income and asset ceilings established by CSAC
Types of Cal Grants
Cal Grant A is awarded to students from low and middle income families. It provides tuition assistance only. At a UC, it pays the mandatory fees charged to all UC students. It does not cover the campus-based fees (or "student services fees") that vary from campus to campus.
Cal Grant B is awarded to students from disadvantaged and low income families. In the first year of eligibility, it only provides a $1473 Access Grant. In the second through fourth years, it provides fee assistance in addition to the Access Grant.
Students enrolled less than full-time (12 units) on census date (one day after the last day to add classes on GOLD) will have their Cal Grant for that quarter reduced to a level that reflects their enrollment level. For example, a student enrolled in 10 units will have that quarter's Cal Grant reduced to a 3/4-time award. This may necessitate billing back Financial Aid already received.
View the Cal Grant Access Grant Calculation table
Our institutional policy is to credit Access Grants to students' BARC accounts where it will first be applied to quarterly charges before credit balance refunds are disbursed. As an option, Cal Grant B recipients may request that their Access Grants be paid directly to them. This request must be made in writing to the Cal Grant Coordinator in our office.
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New Applicants must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application and a GPA Verification Form (if required, see below) by March 2 prior to the academic year for which the award is intended. CSAC determines eligibility for new awards and notifies the eligible institution(s) listed on the FAFSA of these awards.
If you have not attended UCSB or you have completed less than 36 units at UCSB, you will be required to submit a GPA Verification Form.
If you have completed more than 36 units at UCSB, you will not be required to submit a GPA Verification Form. Our office will verify your GPA.
Renewal Applicants must file the FAFSA or California Dream Act Application, demonstrate financial need, and not exceed the income and asset ceilings established by CSAC. You can check the status of your Cal Grant at WebGrants 4 Students
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Students who are enrolled less than full-time (12 units) on census date (one day after the last day to add classes on GOLD) will have their Pell Grants for that quarter reduced to a level that reflects their enrollment level. For example, a student enrolled in 10 units will have that quarter's Pell Grant reduced to a 3/4-time award. This may necessitate a billing back of Financial Aid already received.
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Did you know that toy sales in the U.S. a few years ago reached $22 billion! That's in just one year. Wow. A huge industry. And, when you consider that kids used to go outside and climb trees for fun, it's relatively new. But how many of those toys are made with potentially harmful chemical materials? Probably a pretty hefty portion.
If you're looking for safe gifts for a new baby, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) staff recently added a baby to their extended family and they did a little research to find gifts for the new addition. Fortunately, they passed their research onto us. Talk about a time saver!
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BPA-free baby bottles, in case you need to use plastic
A natural wood, unpainted rattle, which could do double duty as a teether
A cuter, safer, version of the traditional rubber duckie, phthalates free
Chlorine-free disposable diapers or cloth diapers, something all new parents need
A wonderful Dr. Seuss board book to get an early start on teaching the baby the alphabet
Organic cotton onesies, cozy and safe, and also high on the list of required items
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) supports UK businesses wanting to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance by accessing the knowledge and expertise available within UK Universities.
KTPs, from 6 months to 3 years, enable business growth and spearhead innovation through the creation of a collaborative partnership between a UK organisation and an academic team within a University.
The partnership recruits a recently qualified graduate (Associate) to facilitate the transfer of academic knowledge into the company. Employed by UCL, the Associate works within the company and is jointly supervised by company personnel and a senior academic.
UCL has an extensive history of successful partnerships, involving businesses of all sizes and sectors accessing academic expertise from across a wide subject base.
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Planning and conservation › Natural areas, parks and trails › Planning parks and trails › Regional trails and greenways › Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails › trail packages
See the maps, benefits and list of partners for the 20 trail packages proposed by the Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails.
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Complete a trail "hub" around the region to serve as a primary transportation and recreation conduit for bicycle and pedestrian travel... Download PDF
Provide a unique natural experience of the Columbia Slough and a major eastwest corridor across the north end of the region... Download PDF
Support bicycling and walking as viable transportation and recreation options within a newly emerging population area; connect residents with parks, schools, employment areas and the unique geography of the east buttes... Download PDF
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Local theater enthusiast's death ruled hemorrhaging due to ''blunt-impact trauma''; investigation continues
by John Riley
Published on September 20, 2011, 3:14pm | Comments
The D.C. medical examiner's office has ruled that the death of Gaurav Gopalan, a local theater enthusiast who was found dead in the city's Columbia Heights neighborhood on Sept. 10, was a homicide.
''The cause of death is subarachnoid hemorrhage due to blunt-impact head trauma,'' Beverly Fields, spokeswoman for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, told Metro Weekly, confirming a Washington City Paper report earlier today. ''The manner of death is homicide.''
Gaurav Gopolan (from Metro Weekly, 2005)
(File photo by Jeff Code)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding between the brain and the thin layer of tissue that covers it, which can occur spontaneously or as the result of a head injury.
Fields would not elaborate regarding Gopalan's physical condition or the nature of the head trauma sustained.
At a Sept. 12 news conference regarding the death, Assistant Metropolitan Police Chief Peter J. Newsham told reporters that there was ''no significant visible trauma'' to the deceased, who had not yet been identified as Gopalan.
But Jason Terry, an organizer with the DC Trans Coalition, told Metro Weekly that MPD Assistant Chief Diane Groomes had called him on the morning of Sept. 10 and told him the victim, who was thought to be transgender, had suffered trauma to the face.
News of Gopalan's death came during a week marked by several violent incidents directed at transgender individuals in the District. Part of the confusion surrounding the identity of Gopalan stemmed from the manner in which he was dressed at the time of his death.
Gopalan, 35, was found dead on the west side of the 2600 block of 11th Street NW, wearing makeup, a black and purple jacket, a gray shirt cut like a camisole and carrying high heels.
Representatives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Information Office refused to comment on the case or the medical examiner's findings, saying only that the case remained open and was under investigation.


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It's been an exciting 50-year ride for the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based New Mexico 4-Wheelers (NM4W). Incorporated in 1958, the original club name was Albuquerque Jeep Herders. However, the club was never restricted to Jeeps, and the name, New Mexico 4-Wheelers, was adopted in 1976. Regardless of name, the club has always been committed to fun, safe, responsible, and family-oriented off-highway adventure.
Twenty people attended the first Albuquerque Jeep Herders meeting held on August 6, 1958. The newspaper notice invited "all owners of vehicles with 4WD or rough-road capabilities."
One of the first club runs was to the Mt. Taylor area of the Cibola National Forest, 70 miles west of Albuquerque. It was September 1958, and four vehicles participated: a CJ-3, CJ-5, and two Willys Station Wagons. The off-highway section was a Forest Service road that wound up the mountains through pine forests and open meadows and ended at the La Mosca Peak fire lookout (elevation 11,038 feet). Those carburetors must have been well-tuned!
In 1959, a group of 22 vehicles hauling 64 people caravaned to the Gila Cliff Dwellings near Silver City, New Mexico. According to the trip report, the group "encountered a nearly perpendicular trail on the side of Copperas Peak that had been strewn with boulders by recent rains. They also had to ford the hubcap-deep Gila River 18 times before reaching the remote cliff dwellings. The club picked up three Fort Bliss, Texas, military men who were stranded in a pickup truck on the rocky route." This route is now paved all the way to the ruins.
Looking back, it seems that people did more with less. In a 1960 outing to the Rio Salado Valley near Socorro, New Mexico, the club newsletter reported, "Dr. Homer Musgrave's Jeep fell into a hole of quicksand, and it took a number of Jeeps to get it out. The Jeep Herders also pulled a deer hunter's car out of the sand." If winches were used, it wasn't mentioned.
Fifty years is a long time for any organization to carry on. What are the secrets to longevity? Alan Gilmore, now a Colorado resident, was an active member from 1983 to 1995 and a four-wheeler before and since. He says, "The club has always been conservation-conscious. We stayed on established trails and abided by the same rules on the trail as on the highway."
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None of the 1958 charter members still belong. Pat and Sue Brady, 22-year members, are the longest-standing current members. Why has the club remained intact for 50 continuous years? Pat explains, "We're nondenominational. Pickups, Suzukis, Rubicons ... it doesn't matter. We accept everybody. And we're dynamic. We like to do lots of different things, and we change. Members have been into sand drags and hard-core rockcrawling, but trail riding, easy to hard, has been the mainstay of the club."
As with any organization, there have been ebbs and flows. In 1983, the club was running out of steam. Alan remembers, "My wife Marty and I were in our 40s and were the youngest members age-wise. The charter members were getting older and driving on dirt roads, not trails."
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Over the past few years, the club has been stable at 70 members/families. The club strives to retain existing members and attract new members by offering a well-rounded schedule of activities. There are trail rides at varying levels of difficulty, campouts, and participation in outside events and the political arena.


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Over a quarter of an inch across the bowl is a bit much, but it should not have any effect on the operation of the toilet.
I'm new to the forum and am seeking some assistance with a toilet installation.
I pulled the toilet from my basement bathroom to replace the vinyl flooring. Upon doing so, I realized that the toilet flange isn't level. The flange is PVC and is mounted with the lip of the flange sitting on top of the concrete floor. I installed the new vinyl around the flange so the flange lip is still higher than the finished floor since the vinyl is very thin.
The flange is about 3/16" higher on one side. When sitting the toilet in place without the wax ring, the toilet bowl is about 5/16" higher on the one side. (The amount is increased because the span across the bowl is wider than the span across the flange.....obviously.) When the bowl is in place, it doesn't rock. The toilet didn't rock before I pulled it either.
Since the toilet doesn't rock, is it a problem that the toilet is unlevel by this amount? It never was noticable before and the toilet flushed fine. The concrete floor is not level and since the flange lip is resting on the top of the floor, it doesn't seem like this would cause any problems since the toilet doesn't rock. It seems like using shims would be counter productive in this case since the toilet would go from sitting firm to an unlevel (but flat) floor to just having it rest on a couple of shims on one side. Am I looking at this wrong?
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Over a quarter of an inch across the bowl is a bit much, but it should not have any effect on the operation of the toilet.
You could shim the toilet level if you wanted. It might help contain any near misses?! Some filler rod then caulk would probably hide most of it (the filler rod actually gives a better result and limits the amount of caulk required). As long as the toilet sits flat on the floor and doesn't rock on the flange, you're probably okay. Keep in mind, though, that since it appears the flange is not properly anchored to the floor, and the flange is what holds the toilet in place via the toilet bolts, you are at risk of cracking the flange if the toilet is pushed like possibly if someone fell against it.
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It just seams to me I'd rather have the toilet sitting firmly on the concrete even if it isn't level rather than to have it level and only supported by a couple of shims. The house was built about 15 years ago and I guess the builder at that time didn't feel the need to shim it. (Of course I found some other corners he cut on other things so that statement probably doesn't have much merit.)
The rim of the flange may be all plastic. It doesn't take all that much to crack it. If the angle doesn't bother you, just mount it flat on the floor, but make sure if it rocks, to shim so it's stable.
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Unless anyone else chimes in, I think I will just mount it flat and live with it not being level.
Thanks for the replys jadnashua and cacher_chic.
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I am attaching a picture that I got from a video on YouTube. It shows the relative position of a toilet flange with a cutaway of a toilet base. Since you are just replacing your linoleum/vinyl flooring and your flange is resting on top of the finished floor...you're good. I usually use these clear plastic shims to level up the toilet's base...and it has been so long ago that I bought them (in bulk 1000 pcs) I can't even tell you what there manufacturer's name is...However I have seen some at the local plumbing supply houses I go to...


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20 Questions with Charles Lipman, CEO, DiversiTech Inc.
Originally published: 02.01.08 by Terry Tanker
Charels Lipman, CEO of DiversiTech Inc., an Atlanta-based manufacturer of air conditioning condenser pads and a leading supplier of components and related products for the hvacr industry, met with Publisher Terry Tanker to discuss politics, risk, entrepreneurial spirit and business philosophy. These concepts helped DiversiTech, which had modest beginings in 1971, grow into a diverse company with over 8,000 product SKU's.
1. Do you have a favorite hobby?
I play tennis. I've been doing that since high school, which is more than a year or two ago.
2. you have a United States Tennis Association rating?
Yes, a C.
3. Do you play competitively?
Not anymore. But a group of friends and I go on trips twice a year and play a lot of tennis.
4. What other hobbies do you enjoy?
Playing bridge. I've played bridge since my freshman year in college, which is also a couple of years ago.
5. Do you have an interest in the poker craze that seems to be everywhere?
I don't play it often, but I am intrigued by Texas Hold 'Em. It's a great game. It's got the elements of skill and simplicity, and there are not many things you can do that have a high level of skill and are so transparent.
6. The reward/risk factor isn't bad either – right?
Yes. When you have money involved, the opportunity to win games has a special attraction.
7. You started your business career as an attorney. Do you still practice?
No, I haven't practiced since 1983 when I took over DiversiTech.
8. How did you get involved with DiversiTech?
I had a financial interest in the real estate and I was involved in obtaining investors for the DiversiTech business, it had some financial problems.
9. But in the end you became "the" investor?
Correct. Attorneys are known to be arrogant — and possibly for good reason. I believed at the time that I knew a lot more about business than my clients did, which was totally wrong. But because I believed that, when the business got into trouble I thought, well, gee, I can come over and help and maybe turn that around. And that was the opportunity. I really worked very hard to learn the business. I learned that I didn't know anything, but I also learned what I needed to know.
10. Was this when you became an entrepreneur?
People use the term entrepreneur, but I prefer risk-taker. That's what an entrepreneur is, a risk-taker. From my experience, success is more driven by your appetite for risk than it is by any other ingredient that you may personally possess.
11. When did you realize you had an appetite for being a risk-taker?
Risk-taking comes naturally to me. Business has always intrigued me; so as a natural part of that, I have little fear of risks. What I always consider is that making mistakes is a necessary part of business. Just make sure that the mistake you make is not so catastrophic that you irreparably damage the business.
12. Looking back, what have been the keys to the growth at DiversiTech?
I guess it has a lot to do with taking risk – managed risk. But the most important key is attracting a core group of talented people. The final key is having confidence — confidence in each other and our abilities.
13. What's your management philosophy?
Do the right thing. I guess that's trite. Do the right thing and ask about consequences second. I do believe that almost everyone can agree on what the right thing is; they know what it is.
14. What do you view as your most important job?
Accepting other people's concepts, ideas, and plans and ensuring that we have the resources to implement them.
15. How do you keep on track and stay focused?
I set my objectives once a week, and then review those the following week, and remove the 20ones I've accomplished, and add new expectations for myself. It's a cycle.
16. What aspect of the business is a continual challenge for you?
I have found that non-entrepreneurs, which by my definition would be anyone who's not (financially) at risk, have the tendency of not wanting to take risk. I'm always trying to get them to experiment and try new things and to move in new directions. It's OK to make mistakes and then adjust once you acknowledge a mistake.
17. What's your best internal communication tool?
I like to write because it gives me the opportunity to use the right words and the right sequence and make sure that I have said things exactly as I wish to say them. I think I'm a much better communicator in writing than I am orally.
18. What is the most effective motivational tool to keep employees engaged?
If we're taking it in the narrowest sense of how you get people to do more than what they're doing, I think you have to bond them to the organization. Employees want to get bonded to an organization that they respect and feel like they are part of. They want to know they are valuable, that they contribute and are part of the operation and part of the growth of the business.
19. What are your top concerns for the next three years?
The economy is certainly No. 1. But I feel our company can grow even in a tough economy — it just will be more difficult. The other concern is to speed up new product development without degrading quality.
20. Politics has been dominating the news — do you have any concerns with the upcoming elections?
I have this philosophy: In sports terminology there are the players, the rule-makers, and referees. We are players, so the rule-makers can do what they wish, the referees can call them as they seem them, but we're going to be the players and play the best we can given the current rules. Because of this philosophy I try not to spend much time worrying about what the rule-makers are doing.
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LAST week the NSW government announced plans to slash recurrent funding to non-government schools by $67 million a year from 2013.
The Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta fears higher fee pressures on struggling families or staff and curriculum reductions — or both.
"We have around 25 per cent of our students on scheme payments," Mark Holyoake, executive manager in the Office of the Executive Director, Greg Whitby, said.
"The last place that we want to cut services is in the classroom."
He said he couldn't rule out fees being increased.
The Catholic diocese makes an allocation of funds per student based on fees it collects and government allocations.
But the state government wants to change the formula that pegs per capita state grants to Catholic and independent schools to 25 per cent of the cost of educating a state school student, which means schools may need to "get creative" with their allocation, Danuta Maka, principal of St Michael's Primary School, Baulkham Hills, said.
She worried she may lose specialist teachers, teacher training opportunities, and funding for learning support for kids with special needs.
With 805 pupils in 29 classes, St Michael's is one of the largest systemic primary schools in the diocese.
Bishop Anthony Fisher said the proposal made no allowance for teacher salary increases or other inflation over the next four years or for increased enrolments. Commonwealth grants could fall further because they are presently linked to state grants, he said.
State MP for Baulkham Hills, David Elliott received more than 200 emails and calls.
"Given my parents sacrificed home ownership to allow me to attend a Christian school I am very passionate and protective of the role the private sector has in providing quality education," he said.
Following representations from Mr Elliott and Castle Hill MP Dominic Perrottet, among others, non-government school funding has been frozen for four years.
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli said the government had to make some tough decisions to ensure NSW is living within its means and to put the education budget back on a sustainable financial footing.
"The government is receiving $2.5 billion less in revenue each year since we were elected," he said.


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The US Patent Office granted a slew of payments patents already in 2013, most notably to Apple and Amazon.
In total, the USPO issued 82 patents for payments-related inventions and processes in January 2013, up from 56 in January 2012 — 46% growth, according to Bank Innovation research. In all, 602 payments patents were awarded in 2012.
Apple's patent, granted just last week, would allow a user to confirm a mobile payment by waving or swiping a smartphone. For instance, a user might wave an iPhone up and down to confirm a payment or from side to side to deny it, or just swipe a screen. The patent is called "Motion based payment confirmation." Specifically, the patent allows a device to do the following:
[C]onfirm payments for various types of monetary transactions including, but not limited to, purchasing goods or services from an online or brick and mortar store, paying for goods or services received in person but outside of a store (such as paying for a pizza delivery order), exchanging money between peers, and exchanging or returning previous purchases…
For example, a user may access an electronic wallet or payment service, such as Google Checkout or PayPal, through the electronic device 10 to display available payment options. The electronic wallet or payment service may store financial account information for payment instruments, such as credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid or gift cards, checking accounts, and/or savings accounts, that may be presented to a user through the electronic device 10 upon accessing the electronic wallet or payment service.
"Electronic device 10″ is an iPhone-looking device featured in some technical illustrations, so this patent will allow iPhone and iPod Touches to play with other digital wallet products, and perhaps expands the capabilities of Passbook, which goes unmentioned. And here's the kicker: "The electronic device 10 also may communicate with other devices using short-range connections, such as Bluetooth and near field communication."
Apple and NFC, together at last!
Meanwhile, Amazon's new payments patent is called "System and method of fulfilling a transaction." In its simplest form, this means that a user can load several cards or payment methods into the shopping cart of checkout system and define a sequence in which they should be tried. If Card A is denied, the system tries Card B. This is another way of making still smoother and more seamless the slick Amazon shopping experience. But the mobile wallet possibilities in this patent are also apparent, and not only because the term "wallet" occurs 111 times in the patent description.
The caption for the sixth illustration reads, "FIG. 6 is a diagram of a particular embodiment of a graphical user interface to create an electronic wallet."
So we've got Apple looking at NFC and Amazon looking at a digital wallet. Just another day at the patent office.