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The Raiders are headed toward the last quarter turn in need of a finishing kick if they hope to enter the 2009 offseason feeling as if they accomplished anything but another lost season.
Four more games, including Thursday night's NFL Network telecast against the San Diego Chargers, who have beaten the Raiders 10 consecutive times dating back to 2003.
Four games for Darren McFadden, whose season was sabotaged by two cases of turf toe, to make some big plays and leave a lasting impression.
McFadden has missed three games outright and had at least five others where he was either injured or recovering from being injured. As a result, he trails six running back taken after him in the NFL draft in rushing.
The most productive rookies are Chicago's Matt Forte of Tulane (second round, No. 44 overall) with 1,012 yards, Tennesee's Chris Johnson of East Carolina (first round, No. 24 overall) with 958, Houston's Steve Slaton of West Virginia (third round, No. 89 overall) with 904, Detroit's Kevin Smith of Central Florida (third round, No. 64 overall) with 621, Carolina's Jonathan Stewart of Oregon (first round, No. 13 overall) with 586 and Baltimore's Ray Rice of Rutgers (second round, No. 55 overall) with 423.
McFadden has handled the ball, rushing and receiving, far less than any of the above backs, with 87 rushes (for 405 yards) and 17 receptions (for 158) _ 104 touches out of 691 offensive plays the Raiders have run this season.
The good news is McFadden had a better fate than first-round pick Rashard Mendenhall, the Illinois back taken No. 23 overall who had his season ended with a broken shoulder, or college teammate Felix Jones, whose torn toe ligaments terminated his season after 30 carries for 266 yards and an 8.9 yards per carry average.
Visual evidence suggests McFadden is as close as he has been all season to the back who had 164 yards on 21 carries against Kansas City in Week 2, the only time he has handled the ball more than 20 times in a game.
The Raiders have been careful to ease McFadden back into action rather than re-injure his turf toe, but it's time to begin getting some use out of an investment that could total $60 million.
Coach Tom Cable estimated that McFadden was probably on the field for "30 or 35 of the Raiders 57 offensive plays against Kansas City.
Considering the Raiders' offensive struggles, and McFadden being their most dangerous weapon, it's hard to fathom why he ever leaves the field at all now that he's somewhere approximating 100 percent.
As much as Cable believes Justin Fargas to be "one of the bricks in the foundation" of the Raiders, McFadden and Russell represent the future, and that's what Oakland is looking toward with a 3-9 record heading into the last four games of the season.
Following the Raiders' win over Denver, Russell talked about how much McFadden changes things merely because of his presence on the field. His location and position is the first prioirty of any defensive scheme.
Considering how little production the Raiders have gotten from their wide receivers, adding into the mix that Ashley Lelie is questionable because of persistent headaches and that rookie Chaz Schilens has been bothered by a bad ankle and Achilles' tendonitis, it makes it that much easier to slide McFadden into the slot or have him split wide on plays when the Raiders are playing Fargas, fullback Luke Lawton, or both.
In that role, a reverse like the one the Raiders ran with Johnnie Lee Higgins becomes an option, with McFadden as the ballcarrier.
As it stands, McFadden hasn't had more than 22 touches in a single game, that being the Chiefs game in Week 2. His next highest is 17, a week later against Buffalo, when he was slipping and sliding all over the artificial surface and struggling with turf toe.
Going into the last four games, McFadden ought to be seeing the ball a minimum of 22 times per game. With fifteen to 18 rushes per game, throw in five or more receptions, and McFadden can join the rookie party and give the Raiders a glimmer of hope toward next season.
Cable said the Raiders have been building toward giving McFadden an increased workload.
"To get everything put in you can't just throw it in all at once," Cable said. "You've got to progressive build it, build it, and we did that again this week."
When asked if McFadden could be the most important skill position player, Cable still sounded inclined to spread things around as much as possible.
"With (McFadden) and JaMarcus continuing to get better, I think that nucleus right there, with Fargas running the ball so hard . . . then you just need a receiver or two to step up and make some plays," Cable said.
Another option _ put McFadden to work. Run him out of the I formation, give him some toss sweeps as a single back, throw him screen passes, line him up in the slot and hit him in the seam. Make him the centerpiece of the offense for the next month.
And one more thing _ if you line up him up as the shotgun quarterback in the "Stallion," "Wildcat" or whatever the Raiders are calling it, do something other than the option handoff with Fargas that has made the Oakland version of the formation inferior to those run elsewhere.
News and notes from Wednesday's walkthrough:
— Center Jake Grove (calf) and Ricky Brown (groin) are out, with both players expecting to be back on Dec. 14 against New England. Grove said he is in the process of strengthening the calf and that it wasn't quite right on Monday.
— Lelie is listed as questionable with headaches, with Cable being a little light on the details. He said he didn't know if they were migraines, and said Tuesday he didn't think Lelie was hurting because of a blow to the head.
If Lelie can't play, it could mean more time for Johnnie Lee Higgins or Todd Watkins, unless Cable opts to move Schilens to split end from flanker.
— The only players on the Raiders who have experienced a win over San Diego are Nnamdi Asomugha, Justin Fargas, Ronald Curry, Marques Tuiasospo and specialists Sebastian Janikowski and Shane Lechler. All were suited up for the 34-31 overtime win over the Chargers on Sept. 28, 2003, and only Tuiasosopo did not play.
The Raiders prevailed on Janikowski's 46-yard field goal in overtime. Rich Gannon completed 26 of 43 passes for 348 yards and touchdowns of 36 yards to Tim Brown, 2 yards to Doug Jolley and 36 yards to Alvis Whitted, with Charlie Garner adding a 24-yard scoring run.
LaDainian Tomlinson was the center of the San Diego attack with 28 carries for 187 yards. He also had seven catches for 25 yards.
(That's how you use a running back).
— The last time the Raiders won in San Diego was Dec. 14, 2002, prevailing 27-7. Gannon was 26 of 41 for 328 yards, with Tyrone Wheatley and Garner scoring on the ground.
Lechler, Janikowski and Tuiasosopo are the only current Raiders who were around for that game.
Regarding the 10 straight losses to San Diego, Cable said, "We've talked about it, and it really takes care of itself because of the division opponent, and the rivarly and all those things."
— Schilens, a seventh-round draft pick out of San Diego State, will play his first NFL game in the stadium where he played his college games.
He had numerous ticket requests, but said he bought only eight because at 74 bucks a shot, "it was too expensive."
— Kansas City defensive back Maurice Leggett ought to consider sending a latter of thanks to Cable for being named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his 76-yard return of a fake field goal attempt.


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Saturday, January 10, 2009
What exactly is racing's "new media?"
The recently announced Eclipse awards for writing serve as a convenient mirror for the "old media vs. new" dialogue that has from time to time moved to the front burner in the "new media."
Having served for the last two years as a judge in the features/enterprise competition, I have at least a short-term perspective of the material submitted for consideration. The depth of work produced in 2008 was impressive. Forty-three pieces were submitted and several would have been worthy winners in a competition ultimately won by Vinnie Perrone, former racing writer at the Washington Post for a skillfully crafted piece that appeared in Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred. If any of this material was born in the "new media" is was not apparent.
I have no idea how many submissions were considered in the news/commentary category but a column written by Billy Reed after he and his granddaughter visited trainer Larry Jones' barn at Churchill Downs on the morning after the death of Eight Belles last spring, published in the Thoroughbred Times, was the winner. Reed is a 65-year-old veteran of Sports Illustrated, Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald Leader. Bill Nack, also past 60, veteran of Sport Illustrated, biographer of Secretariat and author of several other books, was runner-up for a piece that appeared on ESPN.com.
The common thread is that the Eclipse winners, and the contenders, are old-media figures no longer working for old-media enterprises. They are first writers whose credentials predate the Internet, people whose perspective spans decades marked by voluminous bodies of work. They have seen much, all of which they bring to every theme, new and familiar. But, the framework within which they built careers – the "old print media" – is rapidly disappearing.
But let us not confuse blogging with a new wave.
While there is journalism on the Internet, the blog – an awful word in its own right – in its pure form is not the "new media." It is certainly an adjunct, providing platforms and voice to those who are passionate about any number of things, including racing and a forum for debate but certainly fails to pass the litmus test of credibility and authority. It has been embraced by almost all mainstream newspapers as a vehicle to retain reader involvement but has generally failed to translate into a meaningful commodity in terms of monetary value.
The blog in its pure form is an unfiltered personal journal but works far more efficiently as a collective effort, the only example of which was The Rail, published briefly during the last Triple Crown by the New York Times. That effort, which lent exposure to the authors of several personal blogs, compiled submissions from dozens of individuals, posted new material throughout the day and required a staff.
More typically, the racing blog is a solitary effort of a person whose income is derived from real-world employment but who is passionate about the sport and perhaps a specific area – history, betting, politics or combination of the sport's many facets. The trade publications, including the Daily Racing Form, have embraced the format largely in the manner of mainstream publications, but of the old-school racing writers who publish such sites, only Maryjean Wall, a fixture at the Lexington Herald-Leader for decades, maintains a blog in the pure sense. Others – including the one you are reading – depart sharply from the pure form.
A successful personal blog is one that elicits reaction from readers and becomes almost participatory. While the authors of scores of racing blogs – many well done and thoughtfully written -- have successfully broadened the dialogue, they have contributed little to either the journalism or literature of racing. Before that happens, another step or two in the evolutionary process will be required that will determine its place in a changing landscape. At the moment, so called "citizen journalists" are essentially hobbyists.
A good deal of the fodder of digital subject-matter in this realm centers upon the changing media landscape.
Writing in the Atlantic, Michael Hirschorn provides a glimpse at what looms as a dramatic development in the media world that could see a change in the paper of record unimaginable only a few years ago.
"VIRTUALLY ALL THE predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print—the moment when, amid a panoply of flashing lights, press conferences, and elegiac reminiscences, the newspaper presses stop rolling and news goes entirely digital. Most of these scenarios assume a gradual crossing-over, almost like the migration of dunes, as behaviors change, paradigms shift, and the digital future heaves fully into view. The thinking goes that the existing brands—The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal—will be the ones making that transition, challenged but still dominant as sources of original reporting.
But what if the old media dies much more quickly? What if a hurricane comes along and obliterates the dunes entirely? Specifically, what if The New York Times goes out of business—like, this May?
It's certainly plausible. Earnings reports released by the New York Times Company in October indicate that drastic measures will have to be taken over the next five months or the paper will default on some $400million in debt. With more than $1billion in debt already on the books, only $46million in cash reserves as of October, and no clear way to tap into the capital markets (the company's debt was recently reduced to junk status), the paper's future doesn't look good …
" … The collapse of daily print journalism will mean many things. For those of us old enough to still care about going out on a Sunday morning for our doorstop edition of The Times, it will mean the end of a certain kind of civilized ritual that has defined most of our adult lives. It will also mean the end of a certain kind of quasi-bohemian urban existence for the thousands of smart middle-class writers, journalists, and public intellectuals who have, until now, lived semi-charmed kinds of lives of the mind. And it will seriously damage the press's ability to serve as a bulwark of democracy. Internet purists may maintain that the Web will throw up a new pro-am class of citizen journalists to fill the void, but for now, at least, there's no online substitute for institutions that can marshal years of well-developed sourcing and reporting experience—not to mention the resources to, say, send journalists leapfrogging between Mumbai and Islamabad to decode the complexities of the India-Pakistan conflict. "
At the moment, newspapers lack the resources to send journalists leapfrogging from Miami to Lexington, Louisville, Baltimore, New York and Saratoga, as was once the practice for those who once tilled these fields -- a now virtually extinct breed of racing journalists –people who thought nothing of covering the Flamingo Stakes at Hialeah on Saturday and the Santa Anita on Sunday.
Nothing currently in racing's digital space can possibly fill this void and there is no new breed.
That ship has sailed – and sunk. --PM
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- Republicans have complained about conditions placed on waivers
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate agreed Thursday that they would prefer a new education bill to the current use of waivers by the Obama administration that bypass the No Child Left Behind Act, which is more than five years overdue for an overhaul.
"The bottom line is that it expired in 2007 except for a provision that says if Congress didn't act, it would continue; and Congress didn't act, so it's continuing," said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, the ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
"That's our fault. That's on us," Alexander added.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared before the committee to give an update on his use of waivers for states who are unable to meet the criteria set out in the No Child Act so the state can still receive federal education funding until Congress reauthorizes the program.
"Providing waivers was always, always our plan B. But I was not willing to stand idly by and do nothing while students and educators continue to suffer under No Child Left Behind," the secretary said.
The waivers have been controversial among Republicans who object to the stipulations that the Obama administration puts onto many states before they are awarded.
"This simple waiver authority has turned into a conditional waiver with the secretary basically having more authority to make decisions that in my view should be made locally by state and local governments," Alexander said.
If Congress comes up with a deal to reauthorize NCLB, which is the current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Duncan said his understanding is that the waivers would become obsolete.
According to the education secretary, 34 states and the District of Columbia have been granted the waivers while nine states, Puerto Rico and the Bureau of Indian Education have requests under consideration. The deadline to apply for the waivers is at the end of February.
During the last Congress a bill out of the Senate committee to reauthorize ESEA, That bill died at the end of the session without ever making it to the Senate floor for debate.
A series of smaller bills were passed out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that dealt with ESEA topics last year. One of those bills that dealt with Charter Schools made it to the House floor for debate and was passed, but died at the end of the last session with no action from the Senate.
"It's no secret that for many years Congress has been dysfunctional," Duncan said. "My team and I put in hundreds and hundreds of hours in what proved to be a fruitless effort over the past two years. In all candor, I would like to have gone to waivers earlier."


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Student registration for the Park City School District dual-immersion program is fast approaching. Parents interested in enrolling their kindergarteners the now fully-implemented program, which was expanded last year to all four elementary schools, will be able to attend an upcoming meeting to learn more about the dual-immersion system and ask administration any questions.
Depending on which school the student attends, the dual-immersion program focuses on integrating a second language in a normal classroom setting, teaching either French or Spanish. Piloted at Parley's Park Elementary in 2009, dual-immersion students learn a second language by spending half the day using English instruction and half of the day in the second language, preparing students to "successfully compete in a complex global economy," according to the school district.
The program rolled out to all four schools this year, offering Spanish at McPolin and Parley's Park elementary schools and French at Trailside and Jeremy Ranch elementary schools. And since the program was first introduced, the number of students enrolling and the number of students on the waitlist has increased.
"I get anywhere from three to 10 phone calls on any given day, and of those calls, at least one is a parent who is moving to Park City and wants their child in the dual-immersion program," said Ellie Gallagher, the Park City Dual Immersion Program Specialist.
"It has definitely evolved," she added, "starting as this small pilot program where just one school tried it to the board deciding to add a program in each of the schools We have gotten away from registering at school sites, now registering every student into a lottery system through the district office."
Though the Spanish program continues to be the most competitive a fact Gallagher attributes to the enrollment system where only half of admitted students are native English speakers as some schools enter the third and fourth year of the program, the waitlists continue to grow. Last fall, Parley's Park had 37 names on the waitlist. Jeremy Ranch, the second oldest dual-immersion program in the district, had four children on the waitlist. McPolin Elementary, which debuted dual-immersion in the fall, had nine names on the waitlist.
In the Spanish dual-immersion programs, native English speakers make up roughly 50 percent of the class, making it more difficult for native English speakers to enter the program as Parley's Park and McPolin continue to gain interest among Spanish-speaking parents.
"McPolin is in its first year," Gallagher said, "and is has been a little more challenging to fill up the Spanish-speaking side. Typically, we have to educate. With a lot of families, there were misunderstandings that program had a fee attached or that parents would have to pay for it. But there is no fee and anyone can be a part of it."
"The program is becoming more competitive," she added, "and I expect that to continue in coming years."
The PCSD is scheduled to host a Parent Information Night on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at the Ecker Hill Middle School at 7 p.m. Parents will be able to register with the school district starting the following morning and any new students to the program will be placed in a lottery system to determine whether or not they will be selected. The application deadline is March 8.
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1. Place Designer Paper (A) so tht the longer length is horizontal. Score at 6". This will be the main part of your wallet.
2. Fold Designer Paper (A) in half and round the two upper corners with your corner rounder.
3. Place Designer Paper (B) in your Scor-Pal so that the shorter side runs horizontally and the longer side runs vertically. Score at 1", 5", 9".
4. Rotate DP (B) so that the longer side now runs horizontally. Score at 6".
5. Fold all the crease lines as shown. Snips the middle of the tabs on both sides. See arrow on photo.
6. Round the corners of each side of each of the 4 tabs. See the arrows in the photo.
7. Place DP(B) so that the shorter length runs horizontally. Tape along the top and bottom lengths excluding the tabs.
8. Slide Designer Paper A into Designer Paper B as shown. Press down firmly to adhere the sides together.
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If you ever get that urge to try something new and learn some new foods to cook? Well recipes will certainly help assuming you have the tools in the kitchen and enough of a skill set to know how to cook. Most of the time just following simple instructions and having the right ingredients is all you really need.
There are a few recipes I learned to make recently and it is certainly worth sharing, since sharing is caring. These reciples are great and I also recommend you print them and keep a copy of them. Or if you have a delicious bookmark account you can simply save these recipe pages into your bookmarks so you always have a copy. But print just in case.
First we have one recipe from DHRecipes.com which were going to list 2 of the best items they have. First item is their Welsh Cakes recipe which once you make them you can not tell your friends where you got the recipe from and take all of the credit. The next item is Blueberry Scones which after making them, the look of them wasn't perfect but who cares, they tasted amazing.
If you want to learn how to make the Welsh Cakes just follow the link from the DHRecipes website.
The blueberry scones were phenominal and on top of it very easy to make. This is just a great recipe and no need to change anything. Maybe you can take out the blueberries or substitute them with another fruit but trust me, the blueberries are perfect.
Last but not least if you are looking for one more source of good recipes BBC will blow your mind and taste buds out of this world with their massive collection of recipes so go on, get in the kitchen and learn how to make something new and delicious. Show off you culinary skills with some great recipes and share them.


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Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report 2015, SFR-056/15
Texas Water Code, Section 26.406 requires the annual report to describe the current status of groundwater monitoring activities conducted or required by each agency at regulated facilities or associated with regulated activities. The report is required to contain a description of each case of groundwater contamination documented during the previous calendar year. Also to be included, is a description of each case of contamination documented during previous periods for which voluntary clean up action was incomplete at the time the preceding report was issued. The report is also required to indicate the status of enforcement action for each listed case.
Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report – 2015 (SFR-056/15)
User's Guide
The report is divided into two sections. The first section, Groundwater Protection Program Descriptions, provides a narrative, program-specific overview for each contributing agency or organization. The second section, Groundwater Contamination Case Descriptions, contains a tabular listing of individual contamination cases which were documented for the calendar year. For more information see the User's Guide in the report.
Using the Contamination Case Description Tables
Case descriptions are presented in a tabular format for contributing agencies with enforcement authority over current groundwater contamination cases.
The first page of each agency's table contains a legend of the column headings and a brief description of each heading. The legend describes attributes that may be unique to that particular table; however, some of the heading descriptions are common to all agency tables. A summary of the Enforcement Status, Activity Status, and Data Quality codes used in the tables is available.
To find a specific contamination case, locate the county of interest on the bookmark of the adobe file. All contamination cases are bookmarked by county names which are listed alphabetically in tables. By clicking on the Groundwater Contamination Description by County, the page will take you to the first listed contamination case for that particular county. All documented contamination cases for that county are listed under the respective division or regulatory program heading that has jurisdiction over that case. Under each division heading, contamination case descriptions are listed in alphabetical order according to file names. A location reference is provided in the tables and can be used to locate a specific case if the file name is unknown.
Requesting Information
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How do you make a game which will be highly successful in the App Store? It's a question thousands of developers ask themselves daily. Is it the graphics? Is it the level design? Is it the emotions your game engenders? Is it the time-delay before you prompt the user to rate your app? Is it birds and pigs? Is it integrating with Facebook?
No. It's the controls, stupid.
Take a look at the apps which have topped the all-time bestseller lists.
Angry Birds. Fruit Ninja. Doodle Jump. Cut The Rope.
What did all these games do brilliantly? The gameplay of Angry Birds is not original. Throwing projectiles at enemies protected by collapsible structures had been done before, in games like Castle Clout and Armor Games's Crush the Castle. Those games were fun, but not mainstream.
It was primarily Angry Birds' intuitive slingshot controls which made the app into the multi-million dollar franchise it is today. The controls were very easy to grasp, and the act of dragging, releasing, and watching the ensuing destruction is satisfying and cathartic.
The core action of Fruit Ninja is a slicing action to chop fruit. The combination of the slicing gesture and corresponding "juicy" effects is also highly satisfying. It's the digital equivalent of popping bubble wrap.
Doodle Jump uses the iPhone's accelerometer as the controls. Tilting the iPhone side-to-side moves the character. It was a clever (and at the time of release, quite novel) use of the device hardware that made the game simple to pick up. If the game had used buttons instead, it would have been much less successful.
Cut the Rope also uses slicing controls, but for a puzzle game. A sign that a level-based game like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope is well-designed is that even replaying the same level again and again is still fun, because performing the core game actions is satiating.
So what do all these game control systems have in common
- 1. Easy to pick up
- 2. Satisfying to perform
What doesn't work so well? Games ported from other platforms often use 'virtual joysticks' or buttons.
Players need to feel that their touches are having a direct effect on the action, after all this "direct manipulation" is a key part of Apple's iOS experience. Playing a football game, I don't want to use buttons or joysticks to move the players, I want to feel like I am directly controlling them.
Grand Theft Auto III is one of the best reviewed console games of all time. It has a complex plot and a massive open world. But on iPhone and iPad it just feels fiddly. You have to poke at virtual buttons on the screen. It ranks reasonably well in the App Store, but is easily beaten by games with better controls.
Other games are over-reliant on taps. One-touch controls can work really well (see: Tiny Wings) but other games which follow a "touch everything which moves!" metaphor aren't so interesting.
So: want to make a top-selling iPhone game? Make your controls easy to pick up and satisfying to perform. If you can do that, AND do something unique, you could have a hit. (Of course you'll still need great graphics, music, integration, level design, and so on: but if you don't have great controls, all of those may be in vain)
When developing our new game Flockwork, we think we've created a control system which is easy and satisfying, but also unique.
Everyone quickly understands how to drag their finger on an iPad screen.The twist is that in Flockwork, when you drag, you don't just move one sheep character, but all the sheep at once. This turns a simple puzzle game into something much more interesting – since you can't control the sheep individually, you have to use all the objects in the game environment to help get the sheep to the targets. Watch our trailer below for more:
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Transocean: Sorry for Being a Little 'Insensitive'
Last week, the owner of the fiery death trap Deepwater Horizon oil rig, Transocean Ltd., announced in a SEC filing that it was handing out huge bonuses to its top executives for the "best year in safety performance in our company's history." Transocean CEO and big bonus recipient Steve Newman also made a point that of the 11 crew members who died on the oil rig last year, 9 of them were Transocean employees. Who cares about those other guys, right? Unsurprisingly, that filing pissed off a lot of people. So now they're really sorry for saying that... really!
An executive vice president, Ihab Toma was left to do damage control, saying in a statement that "some of the wording in our 2010 proxy statement may have been insensitive in light of the incident that claimed the lives of eleven exceptional men last year and we deeply regret any pain that it may have caused." Seriously, a few misplaced words here and there and everyone was up in arms. Lighten up!


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In analogy with the line emission, recombination emission and cooling rates are calculated using the continuum level population and the quantities calculated from the photoionization cross section and the Milne relation. The spontaneous recombination rates are given by
where is the LTE density of ion , and is the electron density. The continuum emissivity due to this process is given by
where is the number density of ions in the recombining level and is the photoionization cross section. The cooling rate is given by the integral of this expression over energy. These rates are calculated separately for each level included in the multilevel calculation.
In order to account for the suppression of rates due to emission and reabsorption of recombination continua, we multiply the rates and emissivities by an escape fraction given by:
where is the optical depth at the threshold energy for the relevant transition. This factor is used to correct both the emission rate for the recombination events, and also the rates in the kinetic equations determining level populations etc, and has been found to give reasonably good fits to the results of more detailed calculations for the case of H II region models in which the Lyman continuum of hydrogen is optically thick (e.g. [Harrington 1989]).


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Ever wonder how a couple Lithuanian guys to put together a drift movie? This creative short from Norbefilms presents a mock-interview of E36-piloting moviemakers as they discuss ideas for scenes, which they then show.
"The Ugly Duckling," the name of the film and presumably the star car, features fairly impressive production quality and some very impressive helmsmanship.
Don't worry, Lucas Black and Lil' Bow Wow are nowhere to be found here.
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Requires the Board evaluate multiple selection methods, including a lottery or rotating assignment system, to reduce the potential for a conflict of interest (Sec. 939D).
- Prohibits issuers seeking an initial credit rating from requesting a rating from a specific credit rating organization (Sec. 939D).
- Prohibits the Board from utilizing a selection method that would allow for the solicitation or consideration of the credit rating organization that is preferred by the financial institution (Sec. 939D).
- Requires credit rating organizations to charge issuers a "reasonable fee" for an initial credit rating, and authorizes the Board to establish rules on fees (Sec. 939D).
- Requires the Board annually evaluate each credit rating organization, and specifies that such evaluation shall consider the following (Sec. 939D):
- Result of the annual examination by the Office of Credit Ratings, as required by this Act;
- Surveillance of credit ratings conducted by the credit rating organization after the ratings are issued;
- How the rated instruments performed;
- Accuracy of the ratings provided by the credit rating organization as compared to other organizations;
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- Requires the Board initially be composed of an odd number of members, selected by the Commission, from related industries as follows (Sec. 393D):
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- Not less than 1 member of the issuer industry;
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- Establishes 4 year terms for Board members, and requires the Commission to to establish "fair procedures" for nominating and electing future Board members (Sec. 393D).
- Authorizes the Commission to increase the size of the Board to a larger odd number and adjust the term length, but prohibits the Commission from amending the composition of members (Sec. 393D).
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Jay Nixon vetoes new process for Missouri lieutenant governor vacancies
No definitive answer will be immediately forthcoming on how Missouri replaces a lieutenant governor who leaves office partway through a term.
Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation this past week that would have required a new lieutenant governor be selected during the next general election while an aide for the departing officeholder handles ministerial duties in the meantime. Under the vetoed bill, the lieutenant governor's responsibilities as Senate president were to be handled by the Senate president pro tem, who is a state senator.
Nixon said it "would have created a confusing and untenable process for filling the vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor" while turning over constitutional responsibilities to a "vaguely defined staff member." He said there would be ambiguity and confusion.
The veto means no definitive answer to a question that reverberated around the Missouri Capitol early this year as Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder sought the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who resigned from Congress in January. Urgency to resolve the query dissipated after Kinder did not win the GOP nomination. Nixon's veto was the issue's final fizzle.
Jason Smith, who now represents southeastern Missouri in Congress after winning a special election to succeed Emerson, sponsored the lieutenant governor measure in the Missouri Legislature. He criticized the veto Friday.
"It's a shame that Gov. Nixon continues to claim power for himself instead of allowing Missouri voters a voice," said Smith, a Republican. "If the lieutenant governor's office has a vacancy, voters should be able to elect a new lieutenant governor – that's how a Democracy works."
Nixon, a Democrat, cited several concerns in a three-page veto message. He said the legislation called for the departing lieutenant governor's "chief administrative assistant" to handle the ministerial duties but does not define "ministerial duties" nor does it spell out the process for identifying the aide and formally appointing him or her. The governor also questioned whether an unelected staff member should replace a statewide elected official. He said it could be an even bigger issue if the lieutenant governor vacancy arises from a criminal investigation involving the office or an impeachment.
In addition, Nixon said the measure called for a general election but did not authorize a primary. He said that means political parties would have selected nominees and not voters.
The Missouri lieutenant governor runs for office separately from the governor. The lieutenant governor presides over the 34-member Senate while breaking tie votes, advocates for seniors and military veterans, serves on several state commissions and takes over if the governor must be replaced.
Missouri law allows the governor to appoint a replacement if the secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor or a U.S. senator leaves office. But there has been disagreement about how the lieutenant governor should be succeeded.
Nixon said earlier this year that he has authority to appoint a replacement and pointed to history. Republican legislative leaders said the governor cannot appoint the lieutenant governor.
The most recent lieutenant governor vacancy arose in 2000 when Democratic Lt. Gov. Roger Wilson became governor after the death of Mel Carnahan. After the election that year, Wilson appointed just-elected Democratic Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell to start early.
Democratic Gov. Warren Hearnes in 1969 appointed just-elected Lt. Gov. William S. Morris to fill the remainder of Thomas Eagleton's term after Eagleton left for the U.S. Senate before his term ended. However, the state Senate leader refused to recognize the appointment, called it illegal and threatened to throw Morris out of the chamber if he came to preside. Morris ultimately waited until his elected term began.
State records also seem to indicate that after Lt. Gov. Wilson Brown died in August 1855 partway through his term, the office remained vacant until after the 1856 election.


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Cory Monteith was remembered Thursday by the "Glee" cast and crew at a memorial organized by show creator and exec producer Ryan Murphy.
The memorial was reportedly held on the Paramount lot, where the show films its auditorium scenes.
In a brief statement obtained by Show Tracker, Fox TV wrote: "Today, Ryan Murphy and [girlfriend] Lea Michele gathered the cast, crew and producers of 'Glee,' along with colleagues from the network and studio, to share memories and music in an emotional celebration of the life of Cory Monteith.
PHOTOS: Cory Monteith dies, 'Glee' star was 31
"We thank the public for their continue outpouring of love and support as we grieve our friend and colleague during this difficult time."
Monteith, who played Finn Hudson on the musically oriented show, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on July 13. Cause of death was later determined to be a mix of heroin and alcohol. The actor, who was 31, had struggled with substance abuse since his tween years and recently completed his second stint in rehab.
About 150 folks attended the memorial, People reported, among them a guitar-toting Chord Overstreet.
"They were somber," an eyewitness told the mag about the black-ribbon-wearing mourners who were seen leaving the memorial, noting that a large number of crew members and production staff were in attendance along with the cast. Most all who showed were clad in black, the witness said.
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"Glee" ensemble members Jenna Ushkowitz, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale and Harry Shum Jr. were seen leaving together, according to Hollyscoop.
A couple of cast members spoke out later Thursday.
"I'll never forget all the laughs we shared or the faces we made after awkward interview questions. Love and miss you, buddy," Chris Colfer posted on Instagram in the afternoon, with a screen grab of him and Monteith in a TV interview.
"It was beautiful and I'm still really sad but it was beautiful," Jane Lynch told a TMZ cameraman after the memorial, adding that it was "nice to all be together again."
The show will resume production in early August.
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DevOps and continuous delivery are rapidly becoming the de facto standard for software development. The key business driver behind these initiatives: delivering new functionality to your customers faster. This is easy to state in theory but much harder to achieve in practice – the level of quality of your services must be maintained! If your system goes down once a week every week, your customers are unlikely to be happy.
In order to realize the desired business goals of DevOps and continuous delivery, it is essential that your entire team - developers, testers, and the business - have a highly accurate, near real-time measure of the risk and quality associated with the features in your delivery pipeline. This calls for extensive and accurate testing. In fact, making testing the central component of your delivery process is the most critical challenge that teams need to address. That said, understanding the software testing process and identifying the correct testing tool(s) for your organization in a complex and crowded market place can be very time consuming and expensive.
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Legendary Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pat Jennings knows what it is like to grace a major football finals.
Not once, but twice.
Successive World Cup appearances sit proudly in Jennings' stellar CV.
He fondly recalls memories of Northern Ireland's giant-slaying of shell-shocked hosts Spain in 1982.
Four years later, an emotional Jennings took his bow on the biggest stage when he called time on his goalkeeping career in Mexico.
The venue was the Jalisco Stadium, Guadalajara, when he earned his 119th and final cap before retiring into the sunset at the foot of the Sierra Madre.
The date: June 12, 1986 – Jennings' 41st birthday.
Northern Ireland would go on to lose 3-0 to a star-studded Brazil side that day – but the result was a peripheral statistic.
Jennings' international love affair had started 22 years earlier when he made his Northern Ireland debut along with a certain George Best against Wales at the Vetch Field, Swansea.
He admits he thought his chances of gracing a major tournament had faded by the time Billy Bingham's squad qualified for Espana '82.
"I had been trying to qualify for a major tournament ever since I joined the Northern squad with Bestie in 1964. It was a long time coming," said Jennings, whose 119 caps remains a Northern Ireland record.
"When Spain '82 came around I was 36, and you start thinking your chance had maybe gone.
"To qualify in 1982 was fantastic, but then to beat the hosts in their own back yard was unbelievable. What a night that was for the squad and fans.
"Everyone remembers Gerry's (Armstrong) goal against Spain that night. We also had to do it with 10 men after Mal Donaghy was sent off.
"They were all great memories."
Northern Ireland defied the odds when reaching the 1986 finals, qualifying from a daunting group which included England, Finland, Russia, Israel and Turkey.
They went on to finish second in the group, two points behind England.
Their qualification was sealed with a spirited 0-0 draw with England at Wembley, when an inspired Jennings help shut out Bobby Robson's side with a wonderful exhibition of goalkeeping.
It paved the way for Jennings – who enjoyed a distinguished playing career with clubs including Watford, Tottenham and Arsenal – to take his final curtain call in Mexico.
"The 1986 World Cup in Mexico holds special memories too. I had actually been playing for Tottenham's reserve team leading up to those finals," he recalls.
"I was just trying to stay as sharp as I could so I would be ready when called upon.
"The night we drew at Wembley against England to secure our qualification was another great night. The spirit of the side shone through again."
Northern Ireland drew 1-1 with Algeria in their opening group game in Mexico before losing 2-1 to Spain.
They completed Group D with a 3-0 defeat to Brazil, with goals from Careca (2) and Josimar.
"The finals in Mexico were special for me, especially the final game against Brazil. It was my last appearance before I retired and it was my 41st birthday," Jennings said.
"We didn't have the best team back then. We didn't have the best players. But we had plenty of belief and spirit, a bit like the current squad under Michael O'Neill.
"The times playing for Northern Ireland were special. We were always up against it, always the underdog. But we always managed to beat the big teams.
"The pressure was always on but we always found a way to win, and the spirit and belief in the squad saw us over the line on many occasions."
While misty-eyed fans continue to regale stories of those halcyon days of the Eighties, Jennings believes the Green and White Army will soon have new heroes to honour.
Michael O'Neill's players sit on the cusp of qualification for a first-ever European Championship, and victory against Greece on Thursday night will guarantee Northern Ireland's place at UEFA's top table next summer in France.
"Michael has done a fantastic job. I had a nice chat with him recently at a PFA event at Woburn, and I praised him on the job he has done," Jennings added.
"If this squad qualifies, they deserve to stand beside the World Cup squads of 1958, '82 and '86. They will go down in Northern Ireland's football folklore.
"I hope they can finish the job and reach next summer's Euro finals. Northern Ireland have never qualified for a European Championship so it really would be historic.
"Hopefully the key players can remain fit for the final two games and that we get the victory needed to guarantee qualification."


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Fred Hutch researchers are pursuing discoveries that could revolutionize how we prevent, detect and treat colorectal cancer.
A number of prevention studies are focused on identifying key lifestyle factors that may affect a person's risk. Researchers are investigating ways to detect colon cancer early by improving screening tests. Another goal is to develop more personalize care for people diagnosed with colon cancer. Fred Hutch is leading one of the first studies looking at the various factors that can determine a person's treatment outcome.


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Today MotoCzysz is announcing its Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve (eDD), better known to us as "the suitcase", which is essentially the housing for the E1pc's proprietary controller, motor, and batteries. MotoCzysz will be using the eDD on their 2010 E1pc D1g1tal Superbike, and intends on letting other teams use the suitcase as well, helping fill the grid at electric motorcycle races.
This announcement is important on a variety of levels, and most electric motorcycling enthusiasts will be interested to get their first glimpse at technology beind Michael Czysz's 2010 E1pc D1g1tal Superbike, which will for sure be at the TT Zero race at the Isle of Man this year. The suitcase contains MotoCzysz proprietary battery, motor, and controller designs, which are setting the bar higher in electric motorcycle racing.
Despite being buried behind a thinly veiled dramatic buildup, this announcement is much more important than just the release of a new motorcycle design, the musings about race in the Isle of Man, the competition with Mavizen for privateer sales, or the battle for electric racing supremacy against Team Agni.
Instead this announcement has everything to do with why electric motorcycles are changing this industry, and the way this industry does business.


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Hi there! I finally get to post this. A couple of months ago I was commissioned to create the cover for Xabiroi Comic Book Magazine. The subject for the cover was left entirely up to me, so I decided to take my Post-Apocalyptic Kids series one step further and do a full on painting of the toughest kiddo yet. Additionally, a lot of emotion went into this painting, since I made it as a gift to one of my buddies, who tragically lost a leg in a motorbike accident about a year ago. This is for him, because he really IS the toughest kiddo yet.
Bellow you can see the final illustration without any text. I hope you guys like it. Also, in a couple of days I will be posting a timelapse video showing the process of creating this image, so stay tuned if you'd like to see that. Thanks!


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Re: Anyone alive? (30/11/17 00:19:55)
work and play continue, family life is lovely
was listening to SVD's Bulgarian tunes the other day, still loving linden flower tea, despite an unfortunate modernizing of their packaging.
the dinosoars are eating sunflower seeds by the bushel, there's snow already
I'll have some short films again soon
here's a quick snapshot
do hope everyone is well, life goes on
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Distant Active Comet C/2017 K2
Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Active Inbound Comet Yet Seen
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a fuzzy cloud of dust, called a coma, surrounding the comet C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS (K2), the farthest active comet ever observed entering the solar system.
Hubble snapped images of K2 when the frozen visitor was 1.5 billion miles from the Sun, just beyond Saturn's orbit. Even at that remote distance, sunlight is warming the frigid comet, producing an 80,000-mile-wide coma that envelops a tiny, solid nucleus.
K2 has been traveling for millions of years from its home in the Oort Cloud, a spherical region at the edge of our solar system. This frigid area contains hundreds of billions of comets, the icy leftovers from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
The image was taken in June 2017 by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3.


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breezer_79 wrote:So in 30 minutes Davis is 0-5 from the 3pt line and has dished out 2 assists, both of those after half time. Am I wrong or is there something wrong with this picture?? Just because we're lacking a permanent solution at SG atm doesn't mean he needs to swap roles.....Once again Baron's decided that only he can make this team win. Don't get me wrong Baron is a great player having a good season but this sort of crap is starting to p*ss me off.
Oh and where has Ike dissapeared too? Neither Murph, Biedrins or Dunleavy are having any real impact on the game and Nelson still can't find Ike....I'm with Coltraining, its gone from dissapoiting to stupid.
We all knew about Good Nelly and Evil Nelly. Would really hate to see Incompetent Nelly who could not get his team to see that BD one on five and everyone hoisting clunking threes is not good.


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Lovely lace
The other thing I want to pick up are a few skeins of Socks That Rock yarn. Googling shows lots of places where you can look at it but I can't see which site to order from. I know I'm probably being ditzy, but could anyone who's used this yarn tell me the best place to get it from? In particular, colors I'm really in love with are the Blue Moon Rock and Emerald Isle. Yummy. :)
I'm hoping to finish Clapotis and the Common Welsh Green socks next week. One of the CWG socks is almost done. And I am going to see Andrea Boccelli in June and would love to wear Clapotis to it.Vacation from work so that means lots more knitting time. And that's got to be a good thing, right?


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In a first of its kind ruling in New York, a Manhattan judge has given a couple who're just friends the green light to become legal co-parents to an adopted girl.
The pals identified, only as LEL and KAL, met in 2000 and have been close friends since, according to court papers.
Several years ago, KAL decided she wanted to become a mom, and LEL offered to be her sperm donor.
But when she couldn't get pregnant, they "decided to instead adopt a child together," the court papers say.
"They spent years planning and hoping" for a child, and their dream came true in 2011, when KAL was able to adopt a child — identified as G. — from Ethiopia.
They traveled to Africa together to bring the baby home, but because they weren't married, only KAL was able to adopt, filings say.
When they returned to the U.S., the pair petitioned Manhattan Surrogate's Court to have LEL named as a second legal parent, even though they don't live together and are not romantically involved.
In a landmark ruling, Judge Rita Mella did so.
"From the moment they met G,, more than two years ago now, KAL and LEL have functioned as her parents," the judge wrote in a decision from last month.
"G. calls KAL 'Mommy' and LEL 'Daddy,'" and "although they live in separate households," they "have created a nurturing family environment for G., including a well-thought-out, discussed and fluid method of sharing parenting responsibilities between their homes."
She splits time at LEL's house in Brooklyn and KAL's apartment in Manhattan, and they "also spend much time together as a family," even travelling together to visit each other's relatives, the ruling says.
G, "a good-natured toddler and quick to laugh," transitions "easily and smoothly between her two homes" and has "good relationships with LEL's domestic partner and KAL's housemate," the ruling says.
LEL argued that making him a legal second parent was in G.'s best interests, and would provide her with better health care and school options, and a more secure future.
Mella agreed, and used a 2010 state statute allowing "intimate partners" to adopt as a basis for allowing the couple's the adoption to proceed, noting that the phrase can mean a close, long-term relationship.
She also cited the findings of the social worker who observed the family in action, and determined that "even though their relationship is not based on what many consider a traditional family, they exhibit a love and respect for one another and clearly cherish the family they have created."


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McMahon, Trautmann Named To Daktronics All-Central Region First Team
PITTSBURG, KS -- More post-season honors for Augustana's Jenelle Trautmann and Theresa McMahon.
The Vikings' softball standouts have been named to the Daktronics All-Central Region first team.
It's Trautmann's second straight appearance on the honor squad. Trautmann -- a sophomore from Hastings, Minn. -- tied her own Augustana record with 18 home runs for the second year in a row. She led the Vikings in home runs, RBI (48), and slugging percentage (.731), and had a .333 batting average. Trautmann also had a 25-11 pitching record with a 2.52 ERA, held opposing batters to a .241 average and struck out 208 in 216 2/3 innings pitched.
McMahon was selected to the Daktronics All-Region squad fir the first time. The Hartford senior led Augustana with 59 hits, 36 runs, and a .457 on-base percentage, and was second on the team with a .353 batting average and 28 RBI. She holds the Vikings all-time home run record with 43 after slugging nine homers this season. McMahon commited just one error in the field for a .996 fielding percentage.
Augustana finished the season 32-17 overall, 17-9 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. The Vikings' season ended Saturday in a 4-3 loss to Southeastern Oklahoma State in the NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament.


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通讯,日历和保存他人信息是每日工作和私人生活的一部分。 As a provider of an application development framework and of a 自由软件桌面系统,KDE采用了和PIM架构紧密集成的Akonadi来达到这个目的。
控制由一个名为akonadi_control的进程实现。It is the first to start and controls the life cycle of all components other than end user applications.
缓存由一个名为akonadiserver的进程实现。 It is the hub for the data flow, tracks changes and is responsible for system consistency, e.g. ensures unique identifiers, etc.
All communication with these two roles is implemented in the KDE client libraries for Akonadi and available to developers at different level of abstraction.
|Thinking about the server as a proxy-like service helps to avoid misinterpreting its task, e.g. it is caching data on behalf of its clients, not interpreting or permanently storing it.
The agent category describes processes which perform their task without human interaction. This includes a special role also referred to as Akonadi Resources, agents which transport data between the cache and the data's actual persistant storage locations, e.g. files.
KDE客户端Akonadi类库给主体的开发以及资源子类的开发提供了强大的支持. KDE PIM项目自带了一系列相关实现.
The application category refers to the usual end user visible application, e.g. address book, calendar or e-mail program. Implementations of this category can sometimes be referred to as Akonadi Clients, since agents can be seen as part of the server-like functionality, both from the point of view of users as well as application developers.
KDE客户端Akonadi类库即提供了系列初级基于任务的API, 有提供了系列数据模型, 试图和标准行为.


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For A Happy Childhood
The custom car hobby gets better with age. For many of us, riding in the family car is one of our earliest memories and our automotive-related adventures just keep getting better with time. The day we get our license becomes a landmark event, one that few adults ever forget. It marks the passage into adulthood and it represents a heightened degree of personal freedom, allowing us to explore our world like never before. Darwin Stanfield, a marketing manager and lifelong automotive enthusiast living in Acworth, Georgia, remembers those early days. As a child, he built model cars and progressed into home built hot rods made from scrap wood and wagon wheels. His first real car was a '57 Ford that his father helped him buy for $300. That car also helped him learn about finance as well since it took the whole summer to pay it off! Lots of cars have been in the garage since but they were not specialty cars designed for the show circuit. Careers, marriage, and family have a way of changing priorities and predictably, hot rods took a backseat to more practical rides. While the desire for a cool custom car never diminished, Darwin wasn't able to revisit that long-standing dream until his mid-fifties when the children were grown.
The realization finally began with Darwin's father-in-law, Randall Brooks, an avid car guy who always favored old Fords. Brooks owned a salvage yard and would buy old Blue Ovals on a regular basis. Although his intentions were good, the numbers of vintage rides began to add up and it seemed like he never got around to restoring many of the Fords he purchased. One old truck stood out from the rest of the group, a '38 Ford pickup. It was not running but the body was fairly rust free. He knew that Darwin was interested in a restoration project and Brooks made him a present of the truck.
In May 2003, Darwin brought the vintage Ford home, parked it in his garage, and started the disassembly process. It took a few years before the project actually got off the ground but in March 2005, Darwin contacted Ted Thomas, owner of T&T Customs in Holly Springs, Georgia. Thomas is a specialist in building and restoring old vehicles and in retrospect, was the perfect man for the job. The original intent was a simple restoration but the project soon took on a life of its own. Rather than retaining 70-year-old technology, the decision was made to replace the existing chassis with a custom version from Fatman. The front suspension uses Mustang II upper and lower control arms and an ECI Big Brake Kit with 11-inch discs. Leaf springs hold the rejuvenated 9-inch Ford drum brake rear. A Flaming River power rack and pinion steering along with Pro-formance Pro coilovers shocks on each corner gave the vintage truck modern handling. Adding good looks along with a fashionable rake are the Billet Specialties Vintec rims, 16-inch versions up front and larger 18-inch units in the rear. Goodyear Eagle LS 55-series rubber gets the power to the ground.
Hot Rod pickup trucks are expected to haul more than groceries so for motive power, Darwin chose a Ford Racing Performance crate motor. The lightweight, high-performance engine was equipped with GT40 aluminum heads, a set of dual quad Edelbrock Thunder Series, 650 cfm carbs on an Edelbrock Air-Gap intake, MSD Pro-Billet electronic ignition, and custom headers feeding a stainless steel exhaust system with twin Flowmasters. The 302 V-8 sends approximately 345 hp to the four-speed Ford AOD automatic transmission. Once the power was firmly in place, cosmetics were next. The engine was loaded with dress-up options that included a pair of 63⁄8-inch ball-milled air cleaners, EnduraShine carbs and manifold, and a polished alternator and compressor. The Billet Specialties Tru Trac Serpentine belt system up front is exquisite enough to qualify as jewelry. Subtle paint touches highlight the T&T-fabricated valve covers and the smooth firewall that hides much of the truck's wiring. Custom chrome hinges counterbalance the new hood.
And the hood is not the only thing new. One of the major changes that occurred during the buildup was an entirely new front end. Darwin never cared for the '38 nose but always loved the '40 version, having owned a '40 Ford coupe in the past. The team at T&T located a '40 Ford donor sedan and, with a considerable amount of metal fabrication, they grafted the '40 sheet metal to the '38 cab. Look closely and you will see the unique blending of the three style ridges in the '38 cab and how they flow smoothly into the '40 hood. Each of the ridges ends in a subtle scallop, a design element that was repeated in the edges of the split front bumpers and the single rear bumper. Rounding out the body mods is the new Pro's Pick, all steel bed, complete with oak slats, stainless steel strips, and smooth tailgate. A polished aluminum gas filler cap in the bed floor makes it easy to fill the T&T-fabricated, stainless steel, 14-gallon fuel cell, positioned underneath. The bed is enclosed with a Pro's Pick tonneau cover that raises and lowers, thanks to a pair of linear actuators. The bed sports a smoothed tailgate and the rear pan has cutouts for the twin pipes. Darwin chose '40 Ford car taillights for the '38 rear fenders, adding Billet Specialties Oblique side mirrors for the perfect vintage touch.
Lots of updates occurred inside, beginning with Lizard Skin sound deadening material, applied to every inch of the cab. The custom-built bench seat, upholstered in tan leather, was stitched by the team at M&M Interiors in Holly Pond, Alabama. They also added the matching door panels and square weave carpet, reinforcing the air of luxury inside the vintage cab. The dash was equipped with a pair of Haneline 5-inch gauges with a large tach and speedo along with the smaller instruments positioned inside. Keeping the driver in close touch with his ride are the Billet Specialties, burl wood Banjo steering wheel and the elegant Lokar Oval pedals. T&T fabricated a sheet metal center console to hold the controls for the Vintage Mini Gen II air-conditioning and the Pioneer DEH-P4800 CD/MP3 player. The combination keeps the cab cool and the music hot. Twin 6.25-inch component sets are mounted inside the console, two more in the kick panels, and a final set of 4-inch coaxials reside in the headliner to surround passengers with sound. Clear glass is a must and a one-piece Vintage tinted windshield replaced the original, complete with Specialty Power's Dual Wipe intermittent wipers and their power side windows.
The finishing touch was paint, with Ricky White of T&T spraying a combination of PPG Mystic Gold over PPG Brownish Orange, separated by bright orange pinstripes. Subtle graphics highlight the tailgate and proclaim the dual lineage of this '38/'40 Ford. The graphics on the back window are a tribute to Darwin's father-in-law, "Dedicated to the Memory of Pap-Paw Brooks." Darwin is very pleased now that the 3½ year project is complete. He and his wife Mary Ann have become regulars on the show circuit and the truck has taken dozens of awards over the last few years. While trophies are fun, Darwin says the best part is meeting so many wonderful people associated with the hobby. CCT


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The Half M.D.'s Life Raft for third year
All across the country this week medical students are coming back from their Step I vacations, dusting off the collared shirts and neckties from the back of the closet, and putting on pristine white coats as they head onto the wards as new third years. I want to congratulate all of you M3's on getting this far. If you're like me, you're probably totally lost at this point as far as what your responsibilities are on your clerkships. I'm creating a new series called The Life Raft where I will move step-by-step through each rotation to tell you about your responsibilities, etiquette, what books are useful, and some general tips that will make you shine.
Before accepting anyone's advice you should look at his qualifications. So, I feel that a bit of self disclaimer is necessary. I went through eight clerkships this year and earned honors on several of them, including getting the highest grade in the class on one rotation. Out of the 30 or so evaluations that were filled out by residents and attendings, all but one of them were for honors. Consistently my biggest struggle has been with the Shelf exams. I won't be giving out any advice on how best to prepare for the tests. Instead, my goal is to make you a star on the wards.
General etiquette
There are some rules you should observe regarding your interactions with your teammates and teachers. First, realize that you and the rest of the medical students make up a team. You are partners. And unless there are any glaring differences, you will all generally be looked upon with either the same high regard or disgust. Therefore, you should do whatever is necessary to make your teammates look really good. You should alert your teammates to any changes with their patients. An example is if you have to stay till eight o'clock because of a late surgery and discover that someone else's patient suffered a code at seven, you should call your teammate to let him know what happened. He'll need to be prepared when he pre-rounds next morning. He certainly doesn't need to get caught off guard with any surprising information when he arrives to the hospital at 5:00 a.m. the next morning.
Second, give teammates credit when delivering presentations. Whenever an attending posed a question to the group and told us to look it up, I would present the information the next day and state that my partners and I all played a role in researching the topic. My teammates ended up paying back the favor and cited me to make me look good on rounds. What the attending sees is not a group of students who individually hunt for data; he'll see a cohesive team where members teach each other and work well together. The end result is that everyone gets high marks. If you've ever heard of the prisoner's dilemma, the same situation applies here.
In short, the prisoner's dilemma states that the best result can be obtained by forgoing a large reward and helping yourself and your partners obtain smaller rewards. The reasoning behind this action is that if everyone is searching for the largest reward—e.g., "I want to get honors and no one else should"—teammates will begin stepping all over each other, will make each other look bad, and then no one gets a reward of any kind. I've had several attendings tell me at the end of the rotation, "Your team is so great. I'm going to give you all excellent evaluations. You're much better than many of the other students I have seen around here." In reality, I don't consider us that much better at all. I think that we showed up on time, knew about our patients, and did our work for the day. The only difference is that my teammates felt the same way I did. I will say that I've been lucky in that regard. I've heard horror stories from my friends about lazy partners who make the whole team looked bad. Nothing is worse during third year than a dysfunctional team. I'm lucky enough to have been shielded from much of that.
The final piece of etiquette is that you should never say anything bad about other students, residents, or attendings. Even if you have the world's dumbest intern—and your attending openly calls him that on rounds—you should never say the same thing. Remember what I said earlier about making your team look good? The same rule applies in a way that you treat the house staff.
You should also go so far as to never make fun of other specialties. While I admit to making a lot of disparaging remarks about different specialties on this website, you should realize that this is just an anonymous place for me to vent. I would never call a psychiatrist a fake doctor while I'm in the hospital. You just never know who you're talking to. While you're ragging on shrinks in front of your surgery attending, he might feel a little insulted if his wife happens to be a psychiatrist.
With that said, this concludes my introduction to The Life Raft. Hop on over to the downloads section and pick up a patient tracking sheet that you can use on rounds. Welcome to third year. You are now a Half M.D.
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Dragonfly said,
Gosh I wish people stuck to that etiquette and didn't try and tear others down in front of the consultants (attendings) and registrars.
Xerxes1729 said,
Actually, the prisoner's dilemma is the opposite situation:
Two criminals are caught. If they both stay quiet, they'll serve one year. If one confesses and rats the other one out, the rat goes free and the other guy gets ten years. If they both rat each other out, each one gets five years.
Since neither prisoner knows what the other one will do, the best choice is always to rat out the other guy.
Y.S. said,
Looks like a great series. Keep them coming!
Elaine said,
I think this is the "gaming" theory from the dude who won a Nobel Prize (e.g. the movie "A Beautiful Mind." He uses it to describe picking up chicks at a bar–they all shouldn't compete for the hottest one of the group, but rather ignore her and go for her friends if they all want to get…"a date."


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For over 30 years, the Museum of the American Railroad has partnered with Amtrak to share the advantages and enjoyment of traveling by rail. Through Texas Eagle equipment displays during State Fairs since 1996 and special exhibits at each annual National Train Day in Dallas, visitors have enjoyed a first-hand look at Amtrak's equipment and amenities.
In 2011, in celebration of Amtrak's 40th anniversary, America's Railroadsm offered the public an opportunity to view a special Exhibit Train, a unique traveling display showcasing the railroad's history. The train was immensely popular nationwide and continues to travel the U.S. and share the history of Amtrak and its role in the future of intercity transportation. Upon completion of the Museum's exhibit trackage in Frisco, look for Amtrak's exhibit train to be on hand for opening festivities.
The exhibit showcases Amtrak history over the decades, displaying memorabilia such as vintage advertising, past menus and dinnerware, and period uniforms. Most locations also will have train-themed kids' activities at Chuggington Depot, and feature characters from the popular train-based television series on Disney Junior.
Information about each stop can be found on the official website at Amtrak40th.com along with other information about Amtrak history.
In addition, commemorative 40th anniversary merchandise will be available for purchase onboard the train including: Amtrak: An American Story, a 144-page commemorative book that chronicles the history of the railroad with archival photographs, a historical timeline and personal narratives for each decade; Amtrak: The First 40 Years, a documentary DVD produced for public television that provides an exclusive look inside America's Railroadsm with hard-to-find photographs and video footage as well as interviews with past and present leaders; and a commemorative cachet (envelope) that bears a special pictorial postmark authorized by the United States Postal Service.
For more information on Amtrak's 40th anniversary, visit the official website at Amtrak40th.com. The site provides details of the anniversary celebration and tells the Amtrak story by allowing users to explore 40 years of historic photographs and other materials in an extensive and dynamic archive. The site also hosts a blog, provides a link to an online store, and allows individuals to sign up to receive an email alert when the Exhibit Train is coming near their town.
About Amtrak®:
Celebrating 40 years of dedicated service as America's Railroadsm, Amtrak is the nation's intercity passenger rail provider and its only high-speed rail operator. A record 28.7 million passengers traveled on Amtrak in FY 2010 on more than 300 daily trains – at speeds up to 150 mph (241 kph) – that connect 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian Provinces. Amtrak operates trains in partnership with 15 states and four commuter rail agencies. Amtrak also is a strong financial performer achieving an 85 percent cost-recovery ratio in FY 2010. Enjoy the journeysm at Amtrak.com or call 800-USA-RAIL for schedules, fares and more information. Join us on facebook.com/Amtrak and follow us at twitter.com/Amtrak.
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