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CHICAGO � Boeing is in talks with four airlines on orders for its redesigned 777X jetliner valued at as much as $87 billion ahead of next month's Dubai Airshow, people familiar with the matter said.
The 255 planes under discussion include 100 to 150 for Emirates, about 50 for Qatar Airways Ltd. and as many as 30 for Etihad Airways, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is weighing as many as 25 jets, one person said.
An order haul before or during the Dubai event would be a boost for the 777X years in advance of its commercial debut, now targeted for decade's end. Boeing is betting that it can keep Airbus SAS at bay in the market for the biggest twin-engine jets by upgrading the current 777, not by building an all-new plane as its Toulouse, France-based rival is doing with the A350.
"They've got a very strong product and they'll get a very strong launch," said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with Fairfax, Va.-based consultant Teal Group. He said Airbus will "have to do something in that segment" to compete with the 777X.
The Dubai expo runs Nov. 17-21 and is often a showcase for wide-body jets like the 777, because Persian Gulf carriers such as Emirates and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad focus on long-haul flying. A Cathay order may come before the show, one person said.
A purchase of 100 or more of the new 777s by Dubai-based Emirates would be Boeing's largest-ever initial tally, surpassing the 50-jet order valued at $6 billion from Japan's ANA Holdings Inc. to introduce the 787 Dreamliner in 2004, when the plane was still known as the 7E7.
"We don't comment on possible negotiations," Marc Birtel, a spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing, said in a telephone interview.
Marco Larsen, a Qatar Airways spokesman at Public New York City, said he couldn't immediately comment. Etihad said it had no comment, and Arielle Himy, an Emirates spokeswoman at MSL Group, said she couldn't immediately comment on the orders.
"We do not comment on market rumors," Elin Wong, a spokeswoman for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, said in an e- mail. "We will continue to evaluate all available aircraft models for our fleet needs."
Boeing's emerging success with the 777X follows setbacks this year with the 787 Dreamliner, its most technologically sophisticated model. The global fleet was ordered parked for more than three months after lithium-ion battery meltdowns on two 787s.
Boeing rose 0.8 percent to $130.75 at 10:59 a.m. in New York. The stock surged 72 percent in 2013 before today. Cathay, which also ordered Airbus's A350-1000, added 1.1 percent to HK$15.38 in Hong Kong, extending its year-to-date gain to 8.2 percent.
For the 777X, Boeing is adding 50 more seats to the largest current 777 variant so it can seat as many as 400 people. The redesigned plane will feature the biggest engines ever and a wider, fuel-saving wingspan that can be shortened by having the tips fold up after landing.
Fresh 777X sales would build on Boeing's momentum after Deutsche Lufthansa AG agreed last month to buy 34 of the planes. While the 777X's list price hasn't been made public, the Lufthansa order implied a retail price of about $340 million, according to Peter Arment, a New York-based analyst with Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc. Buyers typically get a discount.
Earlier this month, Boeing's decades-long dominance in jetliner sales to Japan cracked as Airbus won its first order from Japan Airlines Co., a deal for A350-type aircraft worth $9.5 billion.
"Boeing is banking on the new variant of the 777 to defend its market share from Airbus's A350 series," said Kelvin Lau, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Airbus plans to hand over its first A350 to Qatar Airways toward the end of 2014. The aircraft had won 756 orders at the end of September from 38 customers.
Emirates is likely to be the so-called launch customer for the 777X, Robert Stallard, an RBC Capital Markets analyst, wrote in an Oct. 28 note. The term refers to the first buyer to fly a new plane; Lufthansa said in September it would get its own first 777X in 2020.
Emirates President Tim Clark has been urging Boeing to deliver the new plane as early as possible.
"The scale of what we are contemplating is enormous," Clark said in an Oct. 1 interview, while declining to elaborate on the potential purchase size. He said the airline, the largest operator of the current 777, intends to replace 175 of those aircraft with the new model.
The airline is studying "ways and means" to accommodate an order for 30 more Airbus A380 superjumbos, Clark said in an interview in January. The carrier is also the No. 1 operator of the world's biggest commercial jet.
Emirates has a history of unveiling eye-popping deals at the marquee aerospace event hosted during odd-numbered years in its home city.
During the last such show in 2011, Emirates unveiled an order for 50 of the 777-300ER model, valued at about $18 billion at list prices, and options for 20 more. At the time, it was the largest order by dollar value in Boeing's history. Indonesia's Lion Air surpassed it days later with a $22.4 billion agreement to buy 230 Boeing narrow-bodies.
Some descriptions of the new 777X orders have begun circulating ahead of the show. The Financial Times reported this week that Emirates was considering an order valued at $30 billion or more. People familiar with the Etihad sale discussed that transaction last week.
The 777X will boast the biggest engines ever from General Electric Co., and the first model, the 777-9X, will be able to fly as far as 8,000 nautical miles (14,800 kilometers) with more than 400 passengers while burning 20 percent less fuel than the current 777.
A second variant, carrying about 350 people, will push past 9,400 nautical miles, enough to go nonstop from New York to Singapore.
_ With assistance from Robert Wall in London, Jasmine Wang in Hong Kong and Kyunghee Park in Singapore.


text: Student Research Conferences http://hdl.handle.net/10294/3258 2020-05-28T22:17:01Z 2020-05-28T22:17:01Z The Nature of Single Female-led Family Homelessness and Mental Health Barth-Burkholder, Angelica http://hdl.handle.net/10294/3349 2020-02-05T06:45:18Z 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z The Nature of Single Female-led Family Homelessness and Mental Health Barth-Burkholder, Angelica Chronic homelessness, repeated episodes and/or lengthy durations of homelessness constitute the extreme negative end of the "housing continuum." The "housing continuum" reflects levels of financial and social attainment or loss in terms of housing. Among the 'hidden' homeless, the number and proportion of single parent female-led families, which constitute the majority of the 'new homeless', have quickly grown among the chronically homeless, as opposed to the usually visible 'old homeless' – single adult males. Single-parent female-led homeless families follow cyclical patterns due to small or weak social networks and mental health problems related to abusive histories and domestic violence. Female children of homeless families frequently re-experience cyclical or chronic homelessness as a single adult females or family member. The US and UK have recognized crucial demographic variables and correlations between abusive histories, domestic violence, mental health problems and single-parent female-led cyclical and chronic family homelessness. Canada has not. At expense to mental health and social programs, Canada has focused on partially reversing neo-liberal cutbacks to income, employment and housing programs. These are absolutely necessary, but alone only mitigate the related issues of family homelessness. Just as the literature illustrates my research will demonstrate the same is true in Canada using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and observation. I argue supporting strong and sustainable social networks, comprehensive, collaborated and coordinated mental health and social programs such as "Homes First" are required to overcome the ravishes of family homelessness. 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Ultrastructure and physical properties of Escherichia coli expressing a plant pathogen protein responsible for inter-species infectivity Madarati, Cheghaf Dahms, Tanya http://hdl.handle.net/10294/3348 2020-02-05T06:45:18Z 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Ultrastructure and physical properties of Escherichia coli expressing a plant pathogen protein responsible for inter-species infectivity Madarati, Cheghaf; Dahms, Tanya Phytopathogenic bacteria Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (DC 283) has been demonstrated to aggregate in the gut and causes the death of the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) by a flocculating behaviour that prevents honey dew secretion. This behaviour has been attributed to the (you cannot pass-1) ucp1 gene that potentially has an outer membrane function. Here we further explore the role of the ucp1 gene transformed into E. coli (pET21B) by atomic force microscopy and the effects of its expression on the ultrastructure and morphology of the E. coli (pET21B) cell surface. Induction of Ucp1 at various levels was correlated with aggregation of E. coli cells up to 95%. EPS material was produced in larger amounts around bacterial cells with higher induction levels of Ucp1. Interestingly, the surface subunits increased almost 10 nm in size when Ucp1 was induced, and stayed constant over different levels of induction. These results show that Ucp1 indeed has either a direct or indirect role on the ultrastructure of the E. coli cell wall surface, leading to aggregation behaviour. 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Music Preference and Sensation Seeking: From Alternative to Sensational Hamel, Cory Sharpe, Donald http://hdl.handle.net/10294/3347 2020-02-05T06:45:18Z 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Music Preference and Sensation Seeking: From Alternative to Sensational Hamel, Cory; Sharpe, Donald The field of music preference as it is related to sensation seeking has been studied by many researchers but the field still seems to lack in objective measures. The aim of the proposed study is to compare a self-report measure to an objective measure of music preference from participants and relate that preference to sensation seeking and personality, using the Sensation Seeking Scale Form V and the HEXACO personality inventory. It is anticipated that the music genres of rock and punk will be strongly associated with high scores on the Sensation Seeking Scale and the six personality dimensions of the HEXACO. The findings of this study will add to the research relating music preference both to personality and the sensation seeking construct. 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Effects of Testosterone on Emotion Processing in Men Gould, Layla Tottenham, Sykes http://hdl.handle.net/10294/3346 2020-02-05T06:45:18Z 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z Effects of Testosterone on Emotion Processing in Men Gould, Layla; Tottenham, Sykes Recent literature suggests that recognition of emotional facial expressions changes during hormone cycles. In women, emotional facial expression recognition accuracy has been found to change as hormone levels vary across the menstrual cycle; however it is not yet known whether men experience transient changes in emotion recognition related to daily hormonal cycles. This study examined whether there are transient changes in facial and prosodic emotion recognition across the day, at times when testosterone is highest and lowest. Participants consisted of males ranging in age from 18-30 years. All participants completed two testing sessions, one in the morning (high testosterone) and one in the afternoon (low testosterone). Participants completed two facial and prosodic emotion processing tasks during each session. In addition, self-report measures of emotional intelligence and empathy were administered to assess whether self-perceived emotional abilities also fluctuate. Scores from the two sessions were compared to determine if diurnal fluctuations in emotion processing abilities occurred. 2011-04-02T00:00:00Z

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Airbus A340-300
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Two versions of the long-range Airbus A340 are in service with Lufthansa. The stretched A340-600 carries 306 passengers, its little sister, the A340-300, carries 221. It joined the fleet in the early 1990s and was the first four-engine, wide-bodied jet produced by Airbus. One innovation was the fourth set of undercarriage wheels in the middle of the fuselage. When fully loaded, the A340 is a great deal heavier than the similar, two-engine A330, which doesn't have a reinforced undercarriage.
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text: NPR Staff Democrats Sue Russia, WikiLeaks And Trump Campaign Over Election 'Conspiracy' By NPR Staff • Apr 20, 2018 Updated at 6:46 p.m. EDT The Democratic National Committee filed an attention-grabbing lawsuit against the Russian government, WikiLeaks and Donald Trump's presidential campaign that says they conspired to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The suit — which faces legal obstacles because of the Justice Department's investigation into Russia's attack and the difficulties involved with suing a foreign government — develops a theory about alleged collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russians. Judge Dismisses Most Serious Charges In Penn State Hazing Death By NPR Staff • Mar 28, 2018 Updated at 2:52 p.m. ET A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed the most serious charges filed against 11 members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in the hazing-related death of Timothy Piazza. Judge Allen Sinclair dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges filed against the fraternity brothers. But he allowed new charges of "conspiracy to commit hazing" to proceed against some of the fraternity brothers. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement that he was "disappointed by the decision" and is "assessing our legal options." FACT CHECK: Trump's 'New York Times' Interview On Russia, Taxes, Health Care And More By NPR Staff • Dec 29, 2017 In an impromptu 30-minute interview with The New York Times on Thursday, President Trump said 16 different times that there has been "no collusion" proved in the Russia investigation. Trump also asserted he will win re-election in 2020 because the media need him for ratings and made inaccurate claims about his role in the Alabama Senate race, the state of the Affordable Care Act and more. Trump's 2016 Victory Speech, Annotated 1 Year Later By NPR Staff • Nov 7, 2017 Much has changed in the year since Donald Trump gave his election night victory speech. Journalists across the NPR newsroom have annotated his remarks in retrospect, providing context and analysis to his policy promises and noting who, among the people he thanked, is still in the inner circle. White House Haunts: Watch Spooky Stories About Presidential Ghosts By NPR Staff • Oct 30, 2017 In life, presidents are limited to two terms, but the Constitution says nothing about occupying the White House in the afterlife. In this Halloween edition of Ron's Office Hours, NPR senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving tells some famous White House ghost stories. Transcript: Sen. Jeff Flake Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election By NPR Staff • Oct 24, 2017 ABC15 Arizona via / YouTube Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election. 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Serie A Wrap: Fiorentina held, Lazio cruise to win
Ten-man Fiorentina's undefeated start to the Serie A season continued as they 1-1 drew at home against Cagliari on Sunday.
Vincenzo Montella's side looked on course to build on an impressive 5-2 victory away at Genoa prior to the international break when Borja Valero broke the deadlock against Cagliari, nodding in at the far post after Giuseppe Rossi helped on a Massimo Ambrosini cross.
But Mauricio Pinilla came off the bench to power home a Victor Ibarbo cross with a just minute of normal time to spare as Cagliari claimed a share of the spoils.
Fiorentina's woes were compounded just moments later when David Pizarro was shown a second yellow card for dissent.
As well as losing Pizarro to suspension, Montella will also be sweating over the fitness of striker Mario Gomez and Juan Cuadrado, who both needed hospital treatment after picking up injuries.
Elsewhere, Lazio defeated Chievo 3-0 in Rome with a dominant performance despite fan protests at the beginning of the game.
Supporters left the Stadio Olimpico's famous Curva Nord stand empty for the start of the match to show their disapproval at the club's dealings in the transfer market.
On the pitch, Lazio eased to victory with first-half goals from Antonio Candreva, Luis Cavanda and Senad Lulic.
Genoa were just as ruthless in the day's evening kick-off, securing an emphatic 3-0 win at Sampdoria.
An early strike from Luca Antonini set Genoa on their way, before on-loan striker Emanuele Calaio extended their lead just after half-time.
The visitors made sure of the points after 65 minutes thanks to an well-struck Francesco Lodi free-kick, wrapping up a memorable night for Fabio Liverani's side.
Antonio Di Natale marked his 300th appearance for Udinese by salvaging a point for his side with a late goal in a 1-1 draw against Bologna, who went ahead after 71 minutes when Alessandro Diamanti stepped up to drive home a sweetly struck free-kick.
But Bologna were denied their first win of the season just five minutes from time when veteran Di Natale volleyed past goalkeeper Gianluca Curci.
In the day's other games, Hellas Verona condemned Sassuolo to the third consecutive defeat of the season with a 2-0 win, while a brace from Paulinho against Catania saw Livorno record their second win on the bounce with a 2-0 victory.
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The Austin Parks and Recreation Department offers a wide variety of summer programs for children 5-12 years old, and some facilities provide preschool and teen programs. Whether you're looking for active play, outdoor adventure, strategic games or cultural activities, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department's summer camps have something for everyone. PARD's goal is to provide children with exciting experiences through structured recreation in a safe and welcoming environment. Emphasizing active participation and play, trained staff will guide your child through a variety of group activities, such as sports, swimming, hiking, geocaching, painting, performance, dance and more!
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- Saturday, February 15, 2020: Nature/Outdoor Adventure summer camp registration opens at 12 p.m. (Austin Residents) and 2 p.m. (Non-Austin Residents)
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The Rex Foundation awarded Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen the 2009 Ralph J. Gleason Award
The award will go toward a scholarship program at the Fur Peace Ranch to serve Appalachian youth. The $10,000 award is in memory of music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, a major figure in the advancement of music in America in the 1960s, whose openness to new music and ideas transcended differences between generations and styles.
Founding Rex board member Jerry Garcia and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen were peers in the Haight-Ashbury days of 1960s San Francisco. Their respective bands, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, exemplified the San Francisco Sound. Both musicians were pickers–that is, they loved to play. Jerry and Jorma both taught guitar; Jerry gave lessons at Dana Morgan's Music Store in Menlo Park near Palo Alto south of San Francisco, while Jorma continues to teach at the 116 acre Fur Peace Ranch, which he and his wife Vanessa created in 1997 in Miegs County in southeast Ohio.
As Jorma would say, "Fur Peace Ranch is a ranch that grows guitar players." Concerts and workshops are held throughout the summers with instructors who are also world class musicians. Fur Peace Ranch accommodates budding musicians of all skill levels.
The Rex Foundation gratefully acknowledges the contribution Jorma has made to a vast community of music lovers, musicians and underserved youth who will continue to be nurtured with this award.
Previous Ralph J. Gleason award winners include:
Bill Monroe
Pete Seeger
Ralph Stanley
Sun Ra
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With fanfare a few days ago, officials of several agencies and members of the public smiled and shook hands. Minimum flow began.
The term has been batted around for ages, and it simply means enough water coming down the White River in north Arkansas to keep trout healthy.
To explain the situation, late summer and early fall can be dangerous for trout because river water dwindles, cutting off oxygen supplies for the fish. Most of the year, enough water comes through Bull Shoals Dam and Norfork Dam in excess water releases and in generating electricity, so the fish are fine.
In drought times, however, the water is shut off to keep lake levels high enough for power generating in the near future. Electricity supplies are shifted. And the trout suffer.
Folks in the trout fishing business and fisheries biologists argued for many years that the solution to the problem was to let a little water through the dams in these drought periods. They said the amount needed to keep the trout going would not affect the electricity generating situation.
But Southwest Power Pool was adamant. This is the federal agency that controls electricity production all through this area, including at the White River dams.
"We are not giving up any of our water." The message came in different words, but this was the bottom line.
Fingers of blame were pointed at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, but that was not accurate. The Corps of Engineers operates the dams all right, but it adheres to requirements of contracts with the electricity people.
Meeting after meeting was held trying to solve the issue, and the meetings go back more than a half century. They intensified in the 1990s, then subsided. It finally took congressional action to achieve what seems so simple on the surface. Let a little water through the dams and down the river.
No one tried to say the trout were more important than peoples' need for electricity.
Richard Davies, director of the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department, made a notable comment at one of those 1990s meetings.
"We are not trying to turn out the lights in Kansas City."
Someone had commented that the power from Bull Shoals and Norfork dams went mostly to Missouri and not to Arkansas.
Several attempts were made to help put more oxygen down river in times of drought. Generator turbine blades were fitted with auxiliary devices to force more oxygen into the water. If this helped, it was only a small amount.
Over and over, the plea was for just a little water through the dams. It finally has come about.
Trout fishing on the White River developed because the dams wiped out the native warm water fish. In the heyday of major dam construction from the 1940s well into the 1960s, water releases were from the bottom of the lakes, meaning cold water. Bass, crappie, bream and catfish could not survive for many miles downstream from the dams.
But trout could.
A new industry evolved, and it blossomed into an annual multi-million dollar activity. Trout fishing is a solid feature of the Arkansas outdoors now.
Joe Mosby is the retired news editor of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas' best known outdoor writer. His work is distributed by the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. He can be reached by e-mail at .


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Fortunately for those that sell boats and dreams, the two are interchangeable: the image of trade-wind sailing usually doesn't include the harsh clanking and worrisome banging as booms and running gear slam from side to side and headsails collapse and fill with sudden violence. The image also doesn't include pictures of the crew clutching anything permanent as the boat rolls from gunwale to gunwale, all the while cups, plates, dividers, binoculars, laptop computers, even the plastic flowers that were once velcroed in place slide back and forth across the cabin sole in a cacophonous trade-wind symphony. Ah yes, downwind sailing is not always what it is cracked up to be.
Lets be fair, it really isn't the trade winds that are to blame; the problem is that few cruising boats are designed or set up for efficient downwind ocean sailing, especially when the trades are on the light side of moderate10 knots. Downwind sailing at sea is always a challenge. Even on a peaceful night the ocean is alive, haunted with restless motion.
I was recently in Antigua, chatting with two professional skippers at the Pub in Neslon's Dockyard. They had both delivered fairly large boats across the Atlantic this winter, following the classic route from the Canary Islands to Barbados. When I mentioned what a nice trade-wind ride that is, both moaned and mentioned that the trades were a bit lighter than usual. "How did you keep the boat moving?" I asked.
"Well mate," said one of the skippers in an unmistakable South African accent, "we used that time-honored trick of turning on the engine.
Besides," he added somewhat embarrassed, "it was the only way to keep the bloody boat from rolling. What with the solar panel arch, wind generator pole, and radar, were so damned top heavy."
The first consideration is to design a downwind system specifically for your rig. Cutter rigs and furling headsails are found on many cruising boats these days, and while they're efficient for across the wind sailing, they are not very effective when broad reaching or running. A cutter rig requires that the jib, or headsail, be rather high cut, and a yankee style jib that combines with the staysail to fill the fore triangle usually sets best. However, when you ease farther off the wind, it is difficult to satisfy the sails. The main blankets the staysail, the yankeewhich is also blanketed by the staysailis too small to fill easily, and the clew is often too high to pole out efficiently. A simple solution would be changing headsails. However, the truth is, most cruisers resist changing furling headsails underway. It just isn't as easy as it looks, especially for a cruising couple since a third pair of hands would really help guide the luff up the foils of the furler. Few cruisers, myself included, relish the prospect of rounding up to douse and hoist a new sail. Even in moderate trade wind conditions this is often a wet task. The result is that most boats tack downwind at angles that add a lot of miles to the course. A better idea is to use a drifter or cruising spinnaker for downwind work when your primary headsails are roller furled.
I used a drifter to literally pull me across the Atlantic a few years ago while delivering a 38-foot Jeanneau that had been set up as a cutter. The nylon drifter was slightly larger than a 150 percent genoa but at 1.5 ounces, much lighter and easier to fill. It had a wire luff and although it could have been set flying, it worked better when I improvised some parrel beads with nylon webbing and a crew member's juggling balls. (He magnanimously allowed me to drill holes through them.) The parrel beads wrapped around the rolled up headsail and back through the head shackle as the drifter was hoisted on the spinnaker halyard. When the going turned really light, I set the drifter to leeward, running the sheet through the end of the main boom which was secured in place with fore and aft preventers and acted like a pole. I then used the whisker pole to support the yankee on the opposite side. We ran like this for days, more or less wing and wing, managing to keep the boat moving at five plus knots. The rig was pretty well balanced, allowed the autopilot to steer, and kept the mainsail, which was lying peacefully on the boom from slamming aboutwe even rigged up a sun awning on the boom. Another advantage of this downwind rig is that when the wind pipes up a bit, it is easy to shorten sail by rolling in the yankee. It is important to set up a block on the boom end to keep the drifter sheet from chafing. It is also wise to prevent the whisker pole from moving fore and aft so that you can utilize the furling gear without worrying about the pole slamming forward.
Speaking of poles, most cruisers would be better served to carry a lighter whisker pole than a heavy-duty spinnaker pole. Unless you intend to fly broad-shouldered, symmetrical chutes, the weight and trouble of a spinnaker pole are unnecessary. On a recent delivery from the islands, I had to pole out the headsail of a Swan 44 with the massive stump of aluminum Swan provides for a spinnaker pole. It was an exhausting task hefting the pole into position even with the help of the topping lift, and also a dangerous one when it was time to drop it as the wind increased. A whisker pole, or as some call it, running pole, can be permanently mounted on the mast with a track, slide/car, pulleys, and a lift. My brother-in-law, Trevor Richards, who sailed single-handed around the world, swears that twin headsails, each set on a pole, are the most stress-free way to make miles in the trades. This system works best with twin forestays. Unfortunately, the stays need to be close together and the technique is not well suited for roller-furling systems, which induce forestay sag and need adequate spacing for the drums.
The best way to set a whisker pole while underway is to maintain course and roll in most of the headsail. This requires a bit of muscle because the sail will still be filled. Be sure that you maintain good control of the sheet. With the boat slowed down but still under control, use the pole lift to deploy the pole and run the sheet, which has little or no tension at this point through the outboard pole end. Use an after guy, or preventer, to keep the pole from running forward as you unroll the headsail. This preventer also allows sail to be shortened with the pole in place, although it usually needs to be repositioned afterward. Removing the pole is easyjust roll the headsail back in, relieving all sheet tension, release the preventer, and lower away.
There are three keys to keeping a cruising spinnaker in line when it is being used day after day. First, use parrel beads on the upper snap shackle allowing the sail to be hoisted over your furling headsail and a control line or fiberglass Tacker (made by ATN) to keep the lower part of the luff in line. Of course, you can't unfurl the headsail until the spinnaker has been doused or you'll send the beads scattering. Second, run the tack pennant, or downhaul, through a block that lets the sail fly forward of the staythe farther forward, the better you can mount it. Thirdly, and most importantly, be on the lookout for chafe. Change the halyard tension frequently, if for no other reason than to eliminate chafe. Do the same thing with tack pennant and the sheets. Spinnakers exert a lot more sheer loading on the lines and cause chaff much faster than standard headsail loads.
On a lazy passage from the Canaries straight through to the Virgin Islands, the so-called 'ladies trades,' I once flew a cruising spinnaker 18 consecutive days and nights. By keeping the wind angle between 120 and 150 degrees, the little 33-foot Neptunian ketch made nice use of the 10 to 15-knot early summer trades. The only problems encountered were a chaffed spinnaker halyard and a small tear along the foot where the chute snagged one of the running lights on the pulpit at night. On a passage from Chile to San Francisco in a Contessa 32 sloop, we flew our cruising chute at every opportunity. Without it, I might still be sitting in the equatorial doldrums. While delivering an overweight Morgan 45 ketch across the Atlantic, the cruising spinnaker doubled as our therapist as we encountered day after day of light conditions. There are times when only two things will keep the boat moving, a spinnaker (even a cruising spinnaker) or an engine. For me it's an easy choice.
Suggested Reading:
Refining Your Downwind Sails by Brian Hancock
Using the Asymmetrical Spinnaker by Brian Hancock
AirForce Sails
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Gynecologic cancers of different types may have similar symptoms, including abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge, as well as pain in the pelvis or abdomen. Pelvic exam, ultrasound or blood tests can sometimes help to rule out these cancers or indicate the need for further testing. As with any cancer, care for gynecologic cancers is most effective if treatment is begun at an early stage. In these cases, most gynecologic cancers have a good cure rate.
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Since golf first became popular during the 12th century, women have played a prominent role in the sport. In fact, rumor has it that Mary Queen of Scots commissioned St. Andrews Links, a prominent golf course that many people cite as the home of golf. Over the years, golf increased in popularity with both men and women. In 1894, the United State Golf Association was founded to set the rules of the sport and serve as golf's official governing body in the United States and Mexico. The first U.S. Open was held one year after the founding of the association, with the first U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship occurring approximately 50 years later. Today, people all over the world view golf as a prestigious and high-class sport; thus, females wear women's golf shirts with collars while hitting the links.
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Henry Weimer spent 540 days fighting in World War II.
In Branson, MO, there is a large bronze exhibit with a soldier represented from every state and Henry Weimer represents Colorado.
The girls, Akacia Schauermann age nine, Rainah Schauermann age seven and Adalee Schauermann age five, are students of OJ Metzgar's at Downtown Sound in Fort Morgan.
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danlok necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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I am looking a talented designer to design a cover for my up-coming book:
Title: The F.U. Money
Subtitle: How To Make As Much Money As You Damn Well Want And Live Your Life As You Damn Well Please
By Dan "The Man" Lok
The book is controversial and edgy
5 X 9 inch typical book size.
I should also emphasize, I want to give it a classy look. Although the message is edgy. Perhaps Black matte with gold embossed title.
- The cover design has to convey the message - The F.U. Money. The definition of The F.U. Money is:
- Any amount of money allowing infinite perpetuation of wealth necessary to maintain a desired lifestyle without needing employment or assistance from anyone.
- Enough money to be able to say f&@$ you to anybody, anywhere, including your boss without consequence.
- The #1 objective of this cover is to SELL the book off bookstore shelves. Attract attention, stop them in their tracks as they walk down the bookstore aisle, jump off the shelf at potential buyers, grab their attention, and make them think - I want to buy this book.
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I run into a lot of things that are too brief to write a column about but are well worth mentioning just the same. So here are a bunch of them, in all their disjointed glory. Enjoy.
How to make a law do exactly the opposite of what it intended: Reporter Christopher Hayes of The Nation found this one: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 offers a 50-cent-per-gallon tax credit for entrepreneurs who mix biomass or ethanol with conventionally taxed fossil fuels. For decades, the pulp and paper industry has been recycling its own waste -- a sludge known in the industry as "black liquor" -- for use as a perfectly good, burnable fuel. But black liquor alone doesn't qualify for the tax break, so companies now mix it 50-50 with diesel fuel. In a one-month period, International Paper banked $71.6 million on the tax credit. That would work out to a billion dollars a year from the taxpayers as a reward for buying extra diesel to meet a law meant to encourage alternative fuels.
Best environmental public service announcement: Made in 1971, the iconic image of a buckskin-clad Native American paddling his canoe past grimy factories, then hauling it up on a trash-strewn shoreline as a single tear rolls down his cheek. The narrator's voice might be familiar: It's William Conrad, the portly star of the 1970s detective show Cannon. Conrad was also the narrator for the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons -- a fact you probably didn't expect to learn in an environmental column. The iconic Indian is Iron Eyes Cody, who played iconic Indians in about 200 movies, including at least three where Ronald Reagan played a cowboy. His real name is Espera de Corti, and he is a full-blooded Sicilian.
Least credible climate skeptic: Okay, I'll be the first to admit that this one's almost too easy. Or maybe of marginal taste. Or both. As a meteorologist at WBKO in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Chris Allen has been outspoken in his criticism of advocates of climate change. From his perch as a 20-year veteran in America's 78th-largest media market, he's been recognized as one of Sen. Jim Inhofe's list of "prominent scientists" who don't agree that we're facing a climate problem. Here's his official station bio. Here's a sample of Chris's blog on climate issues, where he cites his major beef about human-induced climate change is "that it takes God out of the picture." And finally, here's a link to how this prominent scientist played with a story about breast feeding, and issued multiple apologies. The video links on YouTube, Yahoo, TMZ and more have been taken down, but you can see how Chris has kept WBKO's lawyers busy.
Best fake environmental wisdom: As the great leader of the Duwamish Tribe in what is now Washington State, Chief Seattle knew he had little choice in 1854 but to strike a treaty with the encroaching Whites. But not before schooling them on the value and meaning of the land his people occupied: "Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people." The Chief also spoke of seeing thousands of buffalo massacred, and of the White Man's misplaced devotion to the Iron Horse.
The full speech, as it is remembered today, is here, and it's unbelievably prophetic -- almost like someone 120 years into the future had written it: Which is pretty much what happened. Among other things, the first railroad in Chief Seattle's part of the world didn't get built till 1858 -- four years after his famous speech. And the wholesale slaughter of buffalo hadn't really kicked in yet either. And there were never any buffalo within hundreds of miles of the land where Chief Seattle spent his entire life.
Nancy Zussy, Washington's State Librarian, got to the bottom of the Chief Seattle myth about 15 years ago. It's likely that Chief Seattle gave some kind of speech in giving up the tribe's lands, and for all we know, it was poignant and prophetic. But it was never recorded, and there's no record that the Chief would have spoken it in English, for he knew no English. The first known remembrance of Chief Seattle's speech was in an 1887 newspaper article. In this version, the Chief spoke in flowery, Victorian-era prose. After kicking around for about 80 years, the Chief Seattle speech got a 1960s makeover from a poet named William Arrowsmith, who re-wrote the alleged speech to fit modern times. Then in the early 1970s, Chief Seattle went Hollywood via an English literature professor named Ted Perry. This is where the Chief met the buffalo and Iron Horse that didn't exist on his land or in his lifetime.
According to Zussy, the most accurate version of what Chief Seattle might have said is here. And the most deliciously ironic aspect is this interview between Bill Moyers and the philosopher Joseph Campbell, who unskeptically swallows the Chief Seattle myth and spits it back out to a PBS audience. You may recall that the title of this hit 1988 PBS series was Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth.
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Our dental office, Wellesley Dental Group is made up of a husband and wife team of dentists and a caring group of team members. We've been rated Top Choice Dentist for two years in a row in our local community and we pride ourselves on being active members of our society. We volunteer, present on oral health, and the top words our patients think about when they think of us: Friendly, caring, competent, and professional. We are a modern office with lots of technology but still maintain that one-on-one personal relationship with our patients. We consider our patients friends.
Our desired audience includes families and older adults who are looking for the best of the best. We work in a very high end market with lots of wealthy clientele, and local competition, but we want to attract more of those who truly want to feel comfortable without sacrificing anything. They want to know that we're warm and friendly but we are offering the best and most advanced services.
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Corn futures are trading 1 to 2 1/4 cents higher in most contracts on Friday. USDA did not update their monthly reports today due to the partial government shutdown. Turkey is seeking 342,000 MT of optional origin corn, with the tender due on January 18. The Chinese Ag Ministry updated their 18/19 corn crop estimate at 257.33 MMT, which is compared to 259.07 MMT last year. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange estimates that 86.1% of the Argentine corn crop is planted, slightly below a year ago. Of the crop that is emerged, 51.1% is in gd/ex condition, compared to 29.3% last year. An updated estimate from Safras & Mercado shows Brazil's 18/19 corn crop at 93.366 MMT, down 1.53 from their prior estimate.
Mar 19 Corn is at $3.78, up 1 3/4 cents,
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It seems like unless you've assembled a giant broadcast antenna in the middle of your house, or filled every room with a repeater, your Wi-Fi signal strength always sucks. Oh, except for that bizarre sweet spot in your backyard.
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Happy 2012, comic shop patrons! This Wednesday, there's a bunch of promising new reading material on the stands awaiting your eager eyeballs. And no, the "gangster horror" in the headline has nothing to do with Ice-T smoking a joint with Warwick Davis.
First Issues
The release that has piqued our interest the most this week is Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' horror noir Fatale . The duo behind Sleeper, Incognito, and Criminal returns with a horror noir from Image Comics. Here's a preview and a synopsis:
A reporter in 2012 stumbles on a secret that leads him down the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman who's been on the run since 1935, a mobster who may be an immortal demon monster, and the stories of all the doomed men who've been caught in their decades-long struggle.
Another miniseries that looks fun is Brian Wood and Roland Boschi's Wolverine And The X-Men: Alpha & Omega, which features Wolverine and psionic brat Quentin Quire squaring off in what looks to be a rematch from Grant Morrison's "Riot at Xavier's" storyline. We recently interviewed Wood about this storyline, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
Some other debuts this week include David Lapham's Avatar Press horror comic Ferals, Marc Guggenheim's science fiction book Nowhere Man, and Rob Williams' miniseries Robocop: Road Trip.
Grab Bag
There are new issues of Swamp Thing and Animal Man (two of our favorite new series of 2011) and Batwing (you can read an exclusive preview here). You can also check out new issues of Sweet Tooth, iZombie, Star Trek/Legion Of Super-Heroes, Defenders, Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, The Boys, Irredeemable, The Goon, O.M.A.C., and Action Comics.
Graphic Novels
Grant Morrison fans can find Batman: The Return Of Bruce Wayne and Seven Soldiers Of Victory Volume 1 out on trade paperback. Hellboy fans can look forward to the second volume of B.P.R.D. - Hell On Earth: Gods and Monsters.
Marvelites can take their crossover events retro with Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties or recent with the Fear Itself hardcover. Finally, the second volume of Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man and Alan Grant's new graphic novel Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising are out to boot.
And as usual, here's the list of everything being released to comic stores tomorrow, and you can find your nearest comic retailer here. Happy reading, gang!


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INDIANAPOLIS — Several state legislatures are considering legislation related to automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Indiana's Senate Health and Provider Services Committee recently introduced a bill requiring all health clubs to have an AED.
The bill (Senate Bill 134) also requires health clubs to employ at least one person trained to use an AED, have that person at the health club during business hours and ensure compliance with other defibrillator requirements. The bill, however, does not include liability protection.
Connecticut and Hawaii are also considering similar AED bills, but both of those bills would have liability protection.
New York introduced a bill that would increase the tax credit for the purchase of an AED from $500 to $1,500.
Richard Lazar, president and CEO of the Early Defibrillator Law and Policy Center in Portland, OR, has noticed an increase in the activity of AED-related bills.
"Health clubs by far have been the main subject in the AED universe, as opposed to schools, law enforcement vehicles and nursing homes," Lazar says.


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TALLAHASSEE - The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Duke Blue Devils 66-61 in Tallahassee. Derwin Kitchen had a huge second half for the Noles, finishing with 22 points on the night to lead all scorers. Chris Singleton added 18, as the Seminoles knocked down their free throws in the final minute to seal the victory.
The Blue Devils got off to a cold start, shooting 0-10 from 3 before Ryan Kelly knocked one down halfway through the first half. Kyle Singler finished with just 2 points in the first half, but rallied with a big second half to lead the Blue Devils' scorers with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Nolan Smith added 19 for Duke, who shot just 31% from the field overall. Mason Plumlee added 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils, but struggled with foul trouble throughout the game, eventually fouling out in the final minute.
Florida State closed out the first half on a 7-0 run to take a 28-24 lead into halftime. The Seminoles extended their lead to start the second half, energizing the crowd and forcing a timeout by Coach K with 16:28 remaining. Duke would then go on a run of their own, sparked by an aggressive half-court trap defense and capped off by three free throws by Andre Dawkins at the 11:46 mark to tie the game at 42. A few minutes later, Chris Singleton would head to the bench with his fourth foul, but Kitchen was able to carry the offensive load for the Seminoles. Kitchen got the shooter's bounce on a 3 and then converted a traditional 3 point play to put the Seminoles up for good. Nolan Smith would hit a 3 at 2:26 to cut the lead to 1, but Florida State refused to buckle.
The Florida State fans, who were loud throughout the second half, stormed the court in victory. The loss drops Duke to 2-1 in the ACC and 15-1 overall while Florida State improves to 12-5 overall with a 2-1 conference mark.


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By Joel Kuperman, LAc and graduate of Midwest College of Oriental Medicine for Acupuncture Today, (published with permission from the author)
When you're out of Essence, you're out of life. That's what is written in the Traditional Chinese Medicine classics. When you're born you have the gift from your parents of Yuan Qi and Essence. Depending on if they were healthy, or not, your parents' contributions will denote the length of your life span and the quality of your health. What if you could change the odds on that little equation?
According to Giovanni Maciocia, in his renowned text The Foundations of Chinese Medicine, it does a lot. Essence is responsible for growth, reproduction, and development and is the basis of kidney qi, the producer of marrow, the basis for the three treasures (Jing-Qi-Shen) and the basis for constitutional strength. From the classic text Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, "Essence is the material base of the human body and of many of its functional activities." Think of the body systems such as immune, cardiovascular, nervous, gastric, and others.
Let's think about this for a minute. Historically, we have an invisible substance known for thousands of years to influence how the body functions on many levels. Known to deplete with the passage of time and known to be somewhat replenishable. A substance so powerful that it directly influences the root of qi in the kidney from which all qi flows. A substance so powerful it directly affects the body whole, Shen, and life itself. That's impressive. Without essence, death becomes imminent.
What if you knew of a way to consistently replenish your Essence, thus insuring a longer and healthier life? What if the way to do this could be found in almost any health or nutritional food store? What if you could, just say, buy a "bottle-o-Jing" or two? Sounds too good to be true, but actually, you can. You see, a strong correlation of functionality suggests that Essence or Jing may in fact be the same substance as the enzymes that we are born with. And remarkably, like Essence, enzymes are produced and replenished in our own bodies through the consumption of food.
Enzymes are responsible for every chemical reaction in the body. These include growth, reproduction, development and the well being of the entire body and all of its systems, particularly the immune system. Sound familiar? Like Essence, it is thought that enzymes produced primarily by the pancreas are diminishable over the course of our lifetime. Like essence, enzyme stores may be added to through the consumption of foods that contain them. These are primarily fresh fruits and vegetables. It should be noted that when cooked food reaches a temperature of 145 degrees Fahrenheit, all enzyme content is destroyed. The similarities between the two, Essence and enzymes are too strong and too many to be chance coincidence. So how do we maximize their use?
The digestive enzymatic process actually begins with the thought of eating; this begins the production of enzymes. Amylase secreted in the mouth begins to turn carbohydrates into a softer form. When we consume food and it is received in the stomach, some base enzyme activity takes place there to help break down the component structure of what we ate. While this is occurring, the pancreas is secreting enzymes into the small intestine to assist in the further breakdown of the food and assimilation of nutrients. Protease to digest proteins, amylase for carbohydrate breakdown and lipase for the breakdown of fats or lipids is in full swing. Full swing, that is, based upon the ability of the pancreas to produce and secrete.
Directly tied to this is the quality of the enzymes produced in the body. I believe that the low quality of food consumed produces low quality enzymes or you may also think that this same low quality food contributes to depleted Essence. You see more than the digestive process is involved, much more.
Enzymes play a role in every chemical reaction in the body. In their classic book on the therapeutic use of oral enzymes, Medical Doctors, DA, Lopez, RM, Williams, and K. Miehlke, state "It could have been the Chinese who first noted this life force." They also state "They are the Fountain of Life. If something like this exists, you ought to know about it. Everyone should know about it."
When enzymes are not being used in the digestive process, they are busily working throughout the body, speeding chemical transformations and assisting in the transport and transformation of chemicals through various body systems. You may think of this transport and transformation in terms related to the spleen's function in TCM. They also perform a task that is simply mind blowing in its elegance. They circulate in the bloodstream, Ying (Nutrient) qi, and they clear out partially broken down proteins, damaged cells, viruses, and bacteria. I believe it is this same circulating debris that lodges in the nooks and crannies of joints and tissues that begins the inflammatory process when enzyme or Essence is low and not functioning correctly.
So, if your enzyme level is low (think essence) then the body cannot heal itself as it should. Inflammation triggers the immune response and immune complexes then begin to attack the debris and surrounding tissues. This is the beginning point for many auto-immune diseases. From these dysfunctions, other body systems are affected, causing a cascade of symptoms that we see too often in our clinics. We have all seen the multiple- malady patients who are overweight, diabetic, have high blood pressure, edema, and congestive heart failure along with their achy joints. So what can we do, how do we help? TCM is powerful, our herbal remedies are second to none, our acupuncture highly adept at manipulating energy, but we need more; something is missing from the equation, something readily at hand and as powerful a healer as our TCM modalities.
The therapeutic use of enzymes is well documented and practiced in many areas of the world outside of the United States. In the early 1900s Dr. James Beard utilized enzymes to destroy cancer cells. He noted that the cancer cells bore a striking resemblance to cells of the Trophoblast of the developing fetus. His use of enzymes altered and stopped the growth of these cells. They have been used for close to 100 years to reduce inflammation, repair immune system functionality, and improve digestive (Spleen and Stomach) health; which is key to all health ,and production of qi.
There is a critical factor in their use when therapeutically ingested as supplements which is often overlooked. It works this way; when we consume food and it is received in the stomach, supplemental digestive enzymes should also be taken at that time, with the first bite of food. The additional added enzymes will signal the pancreas that it can lighten production. This allows the nonutilized pancreatic enzymes to be redeployed into the blood system for other bodily needs. A few hours after the meal is finished, the enzymes should be taken again. This second "hit" goes directly into the bloodstream for a therapeutic systemic affect. The second hit is key. Depending on the enzyme product selected, a consumption of 15-20 tablets per day would be the norm. Additionally, the ingestion of raw fresh organic fruits and vegetables should be included as a staple part of the diet. Again, cooking destroys enzymes. In our culture and most others, cooking is the norm. Sure, we may grab an apple or a banana here and there, but, that is simply not enough.
The correlations between Essence and enzymes are strong and they are strikingly similar in their descriptions and effects. As Dr. Edward Howell said in his now classic work, Enzyme Nutrition, the Food Enzyme Concept, "The life principle or activity factor of the enzyme has never been synthesized." I invite you to do some comparisons yourself and see if what I'm saying makes sense from both a TCM and western perspective. With all the challenges we face in treatment, we need all of the tools available to us to be as effective as we can in our efforts. The uses of digestive and systemic enzymes are a powerful tool that I encourage you to evaluate and adopt in your practice. Sooner is better than later. After all, Jing is running out.
- Foreign Language Press Beijing, Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, pg. 35, Revised edition, 2009
- Howard Loomis D.C., Enzyme Nutrition, the Food Enzyme Concept, pg. 5, Avery Publishing Group, 1985
- D.A. Lopez, M.D., R.M. Williams, M.D., K. Miehlke, M.D., Enzymes, the Fountain of Life, pg. 52, 1994, Neville Press
- D.A. Lopez, M.D., R.M. Williams, M.D., K. Miehlke, M.D., Enzymes, the Fountain of Life pg. 47 1994, Neville Press
- Dr. John Beard D. Sc The enzyme Treatment of cancer, 1911 page number unavailable
- Dr. Edward Howell M.D. Enzyme Nutrition, The Food Enzyme Concept, pg 2, Avery Publishing Group, 1985
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Texas population grows big
Another year, another Census Bureau estimate and another population jump for Texas' major cities — including 25,400 new residents for San Antonio.
Population estimates released Thursday show the city continued to experience steady population growth in 2011 and 2012.
That represents a 1.87 percent increase in population between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. Among Texas cities with more than half a million residents, San Antonio's population growth trailed that of Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth.
The Alamo City's growth was ninth-fastest among all U.S. cities of that size. The growth brought the city's population to an estimated 1.383 million residents and San Antonio remained the second-largest city in the state.
The new estimates are the latest in a succession of studies showing years of solid population growth for the region.
San Antonio grew by 1.77 percent between July 1, 2010, and July 1, 2011, and grew by 4.17 percent between the April 1, 2010 Census and July 1, 2012.
That last number tracks closely with the growth in the city's eight-county metro area. Numbers released in March by the Census Bureau showed San Antonio's metro area grew by 4.3 percent between the 2010 census and July 1, 2012.
Houston also experienced robust growth.
Among large American cities, only New York added more people than Houston in the year ending July 1, 2012. In addition, the Census Bureau reported, eight of the 15 fastest-growing large cities — those with more than 50,000 residents — were in Texas.
The report covered cities and towns, not broader metropolitan areas.
Margaret Drain, a senior researcher at Houston Community College, said the strong growth in Houston and other Texas cities was not surprising.
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2011: 1,357,551
2012: 1,382,951
Population change: 25,400
Percent change: 1.87%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
"I think this is going to be a nice incline kind of ride," Drain said.
From July 1, 2011, to July 1, 2012, Houston added 34,625 residents to rise to a population of 2,160,821. This represented a 1.6 percent population increase for the year, compared to New York's 0.8 percent growth.
Houston's growth rate was exceeded by those of other major cities in Texas. Austin grew by 3 percent and jumped two spots to become the nation's 11th-largest city; Houston remained in fourth place behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Houston's growth, along with that of Dallas and San Antonio, is extending to cities on their urban fringes. San Marcos, between San Antonio and Austin, was the fastest-growing large city in the nation, growing by 4.9 percent in one year. It's the first time San Marcos' population exceeded 50,000.
In the Houston area, Conroe was the fastest-growing metro, increasing by 4 percent to 61,533 people. It was the 10th-fastest growing city in the country among those above 50,000 population.


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Despite having been located inside Timken High School since 2005, the All City Grille is still a best-kept secret.
Part 4 of 5-part series
Editor's Note This is part four of a five-part series in which Saimi Bergmann throws open the doors to restaurants run by culinary students that are tucked inside five Stark County high schools.
Coming next Hoover High School's Tri Star Restaurant.
Previous Stories
Dec. 11 R.G. Drage High School's Harvest Room
Dec. 18 Canton South's Wildcat Cafe
Dec. 25 Jackson High's Bear Den Cafe
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Erik Escola is on a mission to get the word out about the All City Grille.
Despite having been located inside Timken High School since 2005, the restaurant is still a best-kept secret.
"It's a little upsetting, when I'm out and people ask what I do and I say I teach culinary arts, and 95 percent of the time they have no idea that Timken has a culinary arts program, and have no idea there's a restaurant in the school, and no idea they can come and eat there," Escola said.
A few savvy downtown workers have discovered the restaurant and it's low-cost meals, but the majority of Escola's customers are from the school district.
"We get a ton of faculty, and staff from the administration building," he said. "Eighty percent of our business is now takeout. There was a change, and now our teachers get just a half hour for lunch, so we deliver to their rooms 10 minutes before their lunch starts. Any special, any menu item. We serve about 100 to 150 lunches a day."
The menu at All City Grille features sandwiches, pizzas and wraps, as well as specials such as shrimp scampi and teriyaki chicken.
"The menu is designed and put together by me and the senior class," said Escola, who has been the culinary instructor since 2007. "It's fun — they have all kinds of great ideas."
The students also cater private parties and special events, such as December's cheesecake buffet that the administration hosted for all the middle school and elementary school principals.
In mid-May, the culinary students throw a "school's out" party.
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Seward County Farmer Joins Monsanto Lawsuit
KSCB News - June 27, 2013 8:15 am
Another lawsuit has been filed against seed giant Monsanto over last month's discovery of an isolated field of genetically engineered wheat in Oregon.
Kansas wheat farmer Dan Brown sued Monsanto on Tuesday on behalf of himself and potentially thousands of other growers. The Seward County resident's lawsuit is seeking class-action status.
It's at least the third lawsuit filed against St. Louis-based Monsanto this month over the release of the experimental wheat. Kansas farmer Ernest Brown individually sued the company, and another lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed in Washington on behalf of growers of soft white wheat.
Monsanto reiterated Wednesday that none of the genetically modified wheat entered the commercial market. The company says no legal liability exists given the care undertaken, and it vowed to present a vigorous defense.


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It slices, it dices, it shred's CD's. This office dreamboat, known only as the Royal PX1000MX, shreds up to ten sheets of paper in a single pass without any problems. Dropping the jaws of all the men and women standing at that malfunctioning piece of office equipment that is part of our everyday struggle, this brilliantly crafted machine brings joy back into the cubicles of your office or even your home.
The Royal PX1000MX is a vertical feed crosscut shredder, that also features a separate slot for destroying CD's, DVD's , 3 1/2 floppy disks and credit cards. I have been using the Royal PX1000MX, or as I like to call her, 'The Royal piece of goodness', for about three weeks now, faithfully destroying all of the paper documents or computer files on disk, that I don't want the big man to see.
The PX1000 has a very calm and quiet shredding process compared to other shredders. It is also very accessible. By simply pressing the on switch and sliding in up to one to ten pieces of paper, and watch within seconds your confidential papers are forever hidden. By the end of the day your cheekbones will start to swell due to an over abundance of happiness that this beauty gives. The PX1000 has a large pull out drawer that makes it very easy to dump your shredded waste. With Royals patented safety bar, the PX shuts itself down if the drawer is open. Keep in mind that the PX1000 has a space saving design that allows you to easily place the shredder under a desk or next to a copier or in any convenient space.
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Santa Rosa County commissioners have decided to help the county Health Department through its budget shortfall.
MILTON � Santa Rosa County commissioners have decided to help the county Health Department through its budget shortfall.
Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to approve $239,000 in emergency funding for the department.
�This is a one-time allocation,� Commissioner Bob Cole said. �It does not increase their annual budget.�
Commissioners will have to approve a budget amendment for the transfer to be completed. They are expected to discuss that at their July 8 meeting and vote July 11.
The additional funding will be used to support the department�s programs and services.
The Health Department has lost $800,000 in state funding the past five years and $225,000 from the county over the same period.
Changes in Medicaid also have strained the department�s finances in recent years.
Commissioners also approved a new rate structure for the department that raises clients� fees for many services it offers.
The Health Department�s budget for fiscal 2013 is about $5.1 million. Its projected budget for next year is $4.1 million.
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Above is the most talked-about advertisement in California politics. it's a two-minute web ad with MC Hammer singing "Too Legit to Quit" along with San Francisco celebrities -- including Giants closer Brian Wilson. They are touting San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee in next month's city elections.
The ad plays around with Lee's image as something less than a normal politician -- he's a dweeby-looking guy with glasses and a moustache. (Which is why Wilson, famous for his beard, is wearing a T-shirt that says, "Fear the Moustache"). Lee's unusual rise to power is the context. He became the interim mayor after Gavin Newsom was elected lieutenant governor; he had said he wasn't going to run for a full term, and, as a lame duck, managed a number of legislative accomplishments.
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In a way, Lee's special political appeal lay in the fact that he wasn't running for anything. Or to put it another way, he was "legit" because he was supposed to quit
But Lee reversed himself and ran for mayor. And while he leads in the polls, he has less than a majority and has lost some of his appeal. He lost some of his good-guy sheen by refusing to accept public financing. His opponents have accused him of electoral fraud. The ad itself is not paid by his campaign but by an independent expenditure committee that relies on donations from rich individuals and interests.
In this and other ways, this entertaining ad further undercuts Lee's nerd-of-the-people appeal. Is Lee really just like other San Franciscans if he has a slick campaign and so many celebrity friends?
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