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Dude, where's my roundabout?
Why is a new street that could launch an aging shopping center into the 21st Century getting such 20th Century intersections?
Early plans for the Hillsdale Drive Extension, the nearly mile-long road that would cut through Seminole Square, showed two or three of its busier points as roundabouts, the signal-free intersections popular in Europe. Final plans for Hillsdale, however, show three conventional traffic-lighted intersections and just a single roundabout. What happened?
We tried asking Satyendra Huja, who has long advocated for roundabouts, which are also called traffic circles. "I don't know," answered the Charlottesville mayor, "but I do support traffic circles."
There are reasons that traffic circles are the rage in planning circles. They reduce congestion and accidents– while looking sorta cool. And for a while it seemed like they might freshen Hillsdale.
Planned as a 25mph road, a slow but steady way to shop and avoid U.S. 29., the Hillsdale that planners originally designed comes off as something of a monster in hand-written comments submitted at a 2007 public information meeting.
"Roundabouts would create chaos and confusion– bad idea," writes one person. "I like lights," writes another. "Roundabouts are always scary," says another anonymous somebody. And then there's this gem: "They were taken out in Rochester NY because of accidents and confusion to drivers."
In fact, however, roundabouts are on the rise– even in Rochester, if last year's expenditure of $5.5 million to install one in that upstate city serves as any indicator.
If roundabouts provoke disdain, Virginia Department of Transportation data indicate that satisfaction soars once drivers, bikers, and pedestrians actually try them. And after a summer with microbursts and a grid-challenging derecho, independence from electricity provides another plus.
Yet it's safety where roundabouts really shine. A study cited by VDOT found that at 15 single-lane roundabouts in Maryland, property damage from crashes fell 27 percent while the injury crash rate fell 82 percent and the fatal crash rate fell 100 percent. Key reasons are that hazardous side-impact, "t-bone," wrecks are practically impossible, and what crashes do occur are typically glancing blows. And as drivers get accustomed, crash rates fall.
"The roundabout requires everyone to bring their brains," says Charlottesville-based transportation researcher (and occasional Hook essayist) Randy Salzman, who explains that roundabouts provide visual cues that force drivers to slow down and pay attention.
"It's one of the unusual aspects of American traffic," notes a rueful Salzman, "that when you come to a traffic light at 2am you might have to stop for a light and wait."
As it turns out, key early opponents to the 4,500-foot extension of Hillsdale were users of the Senior Center, a non-profit that provides space and programs and which might find itself– if it doesn't move before the road gets built– looking out on a much busier Hillsdale.
The attacks on roundabouts got fierce at times. "The only person who wants this," one person commented, "is Kevin Lynch."
If the fear-mongering feels reminiscent of Saturday Night Live's spoof about insuring against robot attacks, the spike to traffic will be real. Current counts on the now stubby Hillsdale measure 7,400 vehicles per day. By 2031, the engineering team projects daily traffic will climb to 13,000. And opposition to roundabouts didn't come just from nervous seniors.
An unsigned letter from someone representing Sperry Marine Federal Credit Union said the financial institution "continues to support the Hillsdale Extension so long as the project stays within the existing right of way."
According to early plans, a roundabout planned beside the Credit Union– which owns its own property– would have gobbled some parking spaces and landscaping. And that, says Tolbert, might help explain why only one roundabout, at the mere three-way Zan Road intersection, survived the debate.
"They just take so much land," says Tolbert, adding that VDOT budgeted no money to buy Hillsdale right-of-way, depending instead on the various owners to donate land and spur their own shopping makeover.
Currently, the only major Central Virginia roundabouts are a long-running one in Gordonsville and the pair installed about a decade ago on two sides of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Airport.
"I'm just not sure this area," says Tolbert, "is 100 percent ready for traffic circles."
Note: After this story appeared in print, we realized that the SNL robot spoof came out 16 years ago, not in 2011, and so the inaccurate words "last year" have been removed from this archived online version.Read more on: roundaboutstraffic calming
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celphone+roundabout = pain in recked em
Maybe there could be a training video for the elderly and texting communities. They could show it at commercial breaks during "the new normal" show, and the soap "Days of our Wives"
I love roundabouts! Despite their apparent usage of more land, they are clearly more functional and efficient. It's such a shame that we'll instead have to wait through endless traffic signals that clog the road and impede easy driving.
By the way, the Forest Lakes/Hollymead subdivisions also have roundabouts (albeit mini-size) and they seem to work perfectly well...
We need about 20 roundabouts in Cville. This would help congestion tremendously.
There are traffic circles at Old Trails as well. There is even one in downtown Charlottesville.
Roundabouts seem to make a lot of sense, according to this article.
You people don't know what you're saying. First we get roundabouts; next thing you know it's socialized medicine and shirts that are a half-size too small.
On the other hand, if you can't figure out a roundabout, perhaps it's time to turn in the old drivers license.
A roundabout was recently put in place near Fredericksburg where the Rt 3 traffic enters the Costco/Spotsylvania Mall area and it has really improved access and traffic flow at that bad intersection
There's a roundabout at PVCC too.
The roundabouts behind Target are terrible. People approaching them will dart right out in front of people that are already traveling in the roundabout that have the right of way.
"There is even one in downtown Charlottesville."
Drawing a blank here. Where?
"People approaching them will dart right out in front of people that are already traveling in the roundabout that have the right of way."
I'm guessing that those are the same people who run red lights.
Actually, they are building one in Fluvanna near Lake Monticello, at Rt. 53 and South Boston Road. Once completed, it should be a good study in roundabouts' efficacy and safety. You have high speed traffic on Rt. 53, a new high school right down the road, the blue-haired set from Lake Monticello, and a shopping center about one mile away. We should see some interesting vehicular intercourse at that circle.
R.I.P.: Dan Duryea
If they put in Roundabouts to replace stoplights, what ever will Charlottesville drivers do when they can't stop at a green light? How will they have enough time to text while driving?
I encounter the roundabouts at Old Trail on a daily basis. They serve to slow down speeders AND keep traffic flowing. Now that I am familiar with them, I would advocate using roundabouts wherever possible.
The one in Downtown might be better described as North Downtown at Parkway Street. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Charlottesville,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.035214,-7...
Love the roundabouts. the one near the airport rocks.
I find it interesting that the planners think that businesses should give them property to develop into roundabouts-Charlottesville is reconfiguring the intersection at JPA & Emmett (again!) so they can give/trade the leftover land to the party developing at the corner of JPA & Oakhurst!
'Love the roundabouts. the one near the airport rocks.'
The sign for it, however, leaves something to be desired.
I think a roundabout would be a great idea, especially since there would be mostly local traffic on Hillsdale.
I can maybe agree that roundabouts are confusing and lead to accidents, I used to live next to one and heard screeching tires fairly often. However, we have plenty of accidents at traffic lights too, and as the article says I would think traffic light intersection accidents would be higher-speed and more dangerous.
Modern roundabouts are the safest form of intersection in the world. Search IIHS for FAQs and safety facts.
If you want to see the difference between a traffic circle, a rotary (UK roundabout) and a modern roundabout, search www.k-state.edu to see pictures. The FHWA has a video about modern roundabouts that is mostly accurate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhHzly_6lWM ).
Wanted to add, the worst way IMO to make a roundabout is with multiple lanes. I rode through the one at DuPont circle and it just seemed like you dove in and crossed your fingers that you'd be able to come out where you wanted to. Keep it simple, one lane wide.
As a former City Planning Commissioner I find this issue very frustrating. We are spending 100's of thousands of dollars on Comp Plans and now even joint City/County planning . As a community we need to plan wholistically and not be swayed by individual opinions not supported by data. If roundabouts are the best traffic solution that needs to be the criteria for decision making.
@dan1101. Perhaps you need to stick to the bus system. Rounds are not that hard and needs to be able to handle higher levels of traffic when dictated. could you imagine the traffic backups in that area if you had 75% of it stopped at all times?
I find it very troubling that the vdot and other planers are so against the use of roundabouts.
I grew up is Sweden and it is hard to find stop ligths, every intersection that can have one will be reworked to a roundabout. It not only save on accidence but cost to build and maintain
Dupont Circle is not a modern roundabout.
Great song.Yes!!
There's a major new roundabout -- actually, set of roundabouts -- in NoVa at the intersection of US 15 and US 50 (Gilbert's Corner). The lights that were formerly there backed up traffic, particularly during rush hours. It took a couple of weeks for everyone to get used to the new system, but it definitely keeps things moving.
Roundabouts are also quite useful when more than two roads intersect. It's an alternative to rerouting one of the roads.
In the UK, roundabouts are a way of life, but they do have a limit: When traffic gets too heavy, it can lead to gridlock. At that point, the Brits add traffic lights to the mix, and it's back to square one until a cloverleaf interchange can be built.
I grew up near Gordonsville, and still drive through there several times a month. That intersection (Rt. 33, Rt.15, Rt.231) has always been a roundabout and works wonderfully. Many years ago the town fathers were approached by VDOT with an idea to change it to a signalled intersection. The fathers came back with a resounding "NO!" I can't imagine that town without their "circle."
Hope they think to put "yield" signs at each roundabout entrance. In NJ, where they call them "circles", there is a tendency for drivers on the heavier traveled road to run roughshod over those coming around the circle.
In London it was "fun" trying to figure them out going clockwise. Learned quickly that drivers on the roundabout there do not tolerate non-yielders coming onto the circle.
"...the fatal crash rate fell 100%"
Very disappointing that VDOT has removed all but one roundabout as these ARE the key to the project!!


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The BMW Z4 is the first to come with a two-piece, electro-hydraulically operated Retractable Hard-Top roof that can be raised or lowered in 20 seconds. The new roadster is also the first vehicle to be offered with Adaptive M Suspension. Electronically controlled dampers offer three different configurations and lower the ride height by up to 10 mm for a more dynamic drive. By way of comparison, the Sport+ setting of the new car is comparable to the outgoing Z4's standard ride comfort level.
The standard Drive Dynamic Control function is another first and allows the driver to alter, depending on model specification, the throttle and steering response, level of ride comfort, Dynamic Stability Control response and, on automatic or Double Clutch Transmission cars, gear change times.
Powering the new BMW Z4 is a choice of three six-cylinder powerplants. The range flagship is the current International Engine of the Year-winning 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged engine. Producing 306 hp at 5,800 rpm, the BMW Z4 sDrive35i powers its way from zero to 62mph in 5.2 seconds (5.1 seconds for a Double Clutch Transmission-equipped car) and on to an electronically-limited top speed of 155mph. The twin-turbocharged 2,979cc engine with high-precision direct injection technology produces 400 Nm of torque from just 1,300 rpm for effortless in-gear acceleration. The Z4 sDrive35i records a combined consumption figure of 30.1 mpg (31.4 mpg) and CO2 emissions of 219g/km (210g/km).
Joining this model in the launch line-up are the Z4 sDrive 23i and the Z4 sDrive 30i. Both use the same magnesium aluminium alloy engine with Double Vanos and Valvetronic technology, but with varying capacities. The 2,497cc entry-level Z4 sDrive23i produces 204 hp at 6,400 rpm and 250 Nm of torque from 2,750 rpm. This equates to a zero to 62mph time of 6.6 seconds (7.3 seconds for the Sport Automatic) and a top speed of 151mph (149mph). In contrast the Z4 sDrive23i is capable of 33.2 mpg (34.4 mpg) on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions of 199 g/km (192 g/km) respectively. All three six-cylinder powerplants surpass the latest EU5 emissions standards.
The BMW Z4 sDrive 30i comes with a 2,996cc powerplant offering 258 hp at 6,600 rpm and 310 Nm of torque from 2,600 rpm. The six-cylinder engine records a zero to 62mph time of 5.8 seconds (6.1 seconds for the Sports Automatic) and an electronically-limited top speed of 155mph. Like the Z4 sDrive23i, the Z4 sDrive30i posts combined consumption and CO2 emissions figures, recording 33.2 mpg (34.0 mpg) and 199g/km (195 g/km).
Transmitting the power to the road in all three Z4s is a six-speed manual gearbox as standard. Customers of the Z4 sDrive23i and the Z4 sDrive30i who prefer the characteristics of an automatic can specify a six-speed Sport Automatic transmission featuring gear change paddles on the steering wheel. Buyers of the Z4 sDrive35i can choose the more advanced seven-speed Double Clutch Transmission, again with gear shift paddles located on the steering wheel.
All of the latest BMW Z4s come as standard with facets of BMW's award-winning EfficientDynamics programme. Technologies that improve engine performance while enhancing economy and cutting emissions include Brake Energy Regeneration, Electric Power Steering with Servotronic, Reduced Rolling Resistance Tyres, on-demand control of the engine's ancillaries and Optimum Shift Indicator on manual transmission cars. The BMW Z4 also adheres to a philosophy of lightweight construction with the front suspension and subframe being largely made from aluminium.
The new BMW Z4 is larger than its predecessor measuring 148 mm longer at 4,239 mm and 9mm wider at 1,790 mm, and this results in greater interior space and luggage capacity. With the roof up, headroom has been increased by 44 mm while the greater car width and design enhancements have led to 20 mm more shoulder room and 43 mm more elbow room.
For the first time on a BMW Z4 there is a bespoke storage facility located behind the driver and passenger seats. This approximate 15.5-litre single compartment stretches the width of the car's interior and features netting to hold the contents in place. It can be complemented by an optional Storage Package that adds further stowage capacity. BMW's latest generation of iDrive makes its first appearance on a Z4. The BMW Professional Multimedia Navigation system features a hard disc drive capable of 12Gb of audio file storage and BMW ConnectedDrive functionality. The system also comes with eight programmable Favourite buttons as system shortcuts.
The roof construction of the BMW Z4 creates a boot that varies in capacity from 180 to 310 litres – large enough to stow a full set of golf clubs. For the first time on a BMW Z4 customers can specify a through-loading system for additional storage capability. A hatch between the two seats permits a second full set of golf clubs to be carried.
Driver visibility in the BMW Z4 has also been improved. All round visibility is up by 14 per cent while, courtesy of the four electric windows creating a larger glasshouse, side visibility is up 40 per cent. The Retractable Hard-Top roof features a glass rear window and this too improves visibility by 52 per cent.
Prices for the new BMW Z4 will be announced in 2009.

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AQ Monitoring Results:
Wilmington: Lead
This page last reviewed September 28, 2010
Lead is a bluish-gray metal that occurs naturally in the earth's crust, and it exists in many compounds. Ambient lead no longer poses a problem in California, as levels are below the established state standard throughout California. Through breathing and swallowing lead dust, lead (including metal lead and its compounds) can cause adverse health effects, such as fatigue, headaches, and sleeping difficulty; more seriously, loss of short-term memory, depression, and many others. Lead can cause developmental and reproductive harm. Moreover, determined by California under Proposition 65, lead can cause cancer. Lead is more harmful to children since they absorb lead more readily and their developing nervous system puts them at increased risk. Exposures to small amounts of lead over a long time can slowly accumulate to reach harmful levels for children without warning.
Current lead emissions to outdoor air are small compared with twenty years ago. Lead in the ambient air has decreased significantly since the mid-1970s due to the phase-out of leaded gasoline. Lead is included in some paints, lead batteries, and some aircraft fuel. It is also used in other industrial activities. The major identified source of outdoor air lead emissions in California is aircraft fuel combustion. ARB adopted in 1993 an air toxic control measure for non-ferrous metal melting operations, which is expected to reduce lead emission by 45 percent.
However, harm can come from many years' deposition and accumulation of lead in soil. Research suggests that the primary sources of lead exposure for most children are deteriorating lead-based paint, lead contaminated dust, and lead contaminated residential soil. Many homes built before 1978 have lead-based paint. However, the federal government banned lead-based paint from housing in 1978, further reducing the exposure to lead.
Ambient Monitoring Results
Ambient levels of lead are routinely monitored at approximately twenty sites in the California air toxics monitoring network. The statewide average concentration of lead during 1998-2000 was 11 ng/m3 (nanograms per cubic meter), with values ranging from 2 ng/m3 to 570 ng/m3. These values are lower than the 30-day average state standard of 1500 ng/m3 based on a different monitoring method. Lead no longer poses a problem in California. Relative to the statewide average, the Los Angeles County region was 72 % higher, with an average concentration of 19 ng/m3 for the same time period.
The ambient monitoring results at Wilmington are provided here:
- A graph comparing the monthly summaries of lead at the community with historical statewide and regional levels
- A table of summary statistics
- Raw data in Excel format
Cancer Risk
Cancer risk is the number of excess cancer cases among a million people if the people are exposed to levels of a toxic air pollutant over 70 years. Lead is equivalent to less than 1% of the potential cancer risk of the nine measured compounds and the estimated diesel particulate matter.


text: Okanagan WFC appoint staff October 28, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next Okanagan Whitecaps FC have announced their Super Y-League coaching staff for the 2009 season. "This is another important step in the building of a professional club program here in the Okanagan," says Okanagan WFC technical director Chris Bennett. "I look forward to working closely with the staff, so we can really make an impact and increase the opportunities for players here." "Part of our long-term plan is to develop more qualified coaches in the Okanagan," said Whitecaps WFC general manager Geoff Greenwell. "Our first step was to hire a technical director that had both the experience and the character to lead this process. In Chris Bennett, we have a resource that will not only build player development, but also coach development." Bennett is a former Canadian international and an original member of the Whitecaps. Bennett has over twenty years of coaching experience, with many years at the international level and also with the Whitecaps. Bennett and Greenwell have worked to put together a qualified and professional staff for the 2009 Super Y-League season. Neil McPhie – U-13 Boys McPhie spent the last five years coaching youth and boys development soccer in Vernon. He was also the 2008 BC Summer Games U-12 head coach for TOYSL. He will be taking his CSA 'B' License certification this winter. Andy Stevenson – U-14 Boys In 2007, Stevenson held the head coaching position at Okanagan Mission Youth Soccer Association. He coached last year's Super Y-League U-13 Boys and is looking forward to building on that in 2009. Stevenson is scheduled for his Provincial 'B' License. Al Ryder – U-15 Boys Ryder served as the head coach of Rutland Youth Soccer Association until becoming their chairman and then the chairman for COYSA. He has coached select soccer in Kelowna and coached last year's U-14 Boys Super Y-League team. Ryder holds a 'Pre-B' coaching license. Jason Thompson – U-16 Boys As a player, Thompson captained the BC provincial team at U-15, U-17 and U-19 levels, winning the national title in all three years. He was also a member of the U-20 Canadian national team that went on to CONCACAF qualifying in Honduras. Thompson has coached at Kelowna United and is entering his third year as a Super Y-League coach. He currently holds a provincial 'Pre B' Licence. John Hemmerling - U-13 Girls Hemmerling led the 2008 U-13 Super Y-League girls to a successful season and coached the Thompson Okanagan U-12 Girls to a BC Summer Games gold medal. He holds a provincial 'Pre-B' License. Jim Kruiper - U-14 Girls As a coach, Kruiper brings a wealth of experience from being a player-coach for several competitive men's teams in Calgary, Kamloops and Kelowna. Kruiper has played soccer for over 40 years and is also a certified BCSA referee. Rob Jones - U-15 Girls Rob joins the Super Y coaching staff after recently moving from Sherwood Park, Alberta. He co-coached the Black Gold team to a gold medal at the Alberta Summer Games, and coached Edmonton Clippers in its only year in the Super Y-League. He holds a provincial 'B' License. Steven Bergg – U-16 Girls Berg has primarily coached in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied under Canadian national team coach Ross Ongaro at the Pro-Start Academy. Bergg is scheduled to complete his provincial 'B' License in November. For more information on Okanagan WFC, please visit www.okanaganwfc.com. Previous Next


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McMurry University
McMurry University, in Abilene, was founded by the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church and opened in 1923. It was named for Bishop William Fletcher McMurry. The founder of the college was James Winfred Hunt, a Methodist minister and former president of Stamford College. Hunt was unwilling to relinquish his dream of a West Texas Methodist college after Stamford College closed. He began to urge the establishment of a school in Abilene, where the Baptist Church had founded Simmons College and the Church of Christ had established Abilene Christian College. In 1920 the education board of the Northwest Texas Conference voted to establish a college in Abilene; Stamford residents put up a spirited fight to have the college located in their community instead. Abilene, however, offered money, land, free water, and streetcar connections. The conference ratified the education board's decision in the fall of 1920 and appointed Hunt commissioner of the new college; he set about raising funds. Citizens of Abilene raised $100,000, and three donated land. By November 1921 sufficient money had been raised, and the conference elected a board of trustees and named Hunt the school's first president. The college charter was signed on November 21, 1921.
McMurry College opened on September 20, 1923, with twenty-two faculty and staff members and 191 students. The first buildings were the administration building (still standing and known as Old Main) and a dormitory. The first senior class, of four students, graduated in 1926. The school was accredited as a senior college by the Texas Association of Colleges and the Educational Board of the Methodist Church in the same year. Though founded as a liberal arts college, McMurry added teacher training and business administration in its first decade. The fine arts division of the college began to offer degrees in 1928. The college has continued the pattern of liberal arts education with some vocational programs. It has served the Methodist Church by educating potential clergy and laity. The ties with the United Methodist Church have remained strong. Until Dr. Gordon Bennett assumed the presidency in 1958, all presidents had been Methodist ministers. The two owning conferences-Northwest Texas and New Mexico-provide most of the members of the board of trustees. The presidents of McMurry have been J. W. Hunt, 1923–34; O. P. Clark, 1934; Cluster Q. Smith, 1934–35; Thomas W. Brabham, 1935–38; Frank L. Turner, 1938–42; Harold G. Cooke, 1942–58; Gordon R. Bennett, 1958–70; and Thomas K. Kim, 1970–1993.
The college's existence was imperiled during the 1930s by the financial distress of the Great Depression. McMurry severely cut expenses, paid the faculty partial salaries, and survived by stringent economies and federal money from National Youth Administration and Work Projects Administration. The college had a difficult time in the 1940s also because so many of the male students left to serve in World War II. In the postwar years McMurry began to grow, along with Abilene. Enrollment increased, budgets stabilized, and more faculty with doctorates were hired. The college enjoyed a building boom in the 1950s and 1960s with the addition of classroom buildings, a library, science laboratories, an auditorium, and an administration building. The fine arts building, physical education center, and campus center were completed in the 1970s.
McMurry is one of the founding colleges of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a nonscholarship conference, which began competition in 1975. The college has five intercollegiate sports programs for men and four for women. McMurry operates a branch at Dyess Air Force Base that offers a full range of courses. McMurry has generally drawn its students from Abilene and the surrounding area; after the 1970s, however, students from larger metropolitan areas in Texas enrolled in increasing numbers. McMurry College was the first college in Abilene to admit black students, a change of the early 1960s. In the 1980s an increasing number of part-time, second-career students enrolled. Fewer than half of the students were Methodists, considerably fewer than in the early years of the school. In the fall of 1986 enrollment reached a twenty-four-year high of 1,703 students. The student body was 54 percent male and 46 percent female; the Dyess branch accounted for the larger number of male students. McMurry University had seventy-four faculty members and 1,522 students in the 1992–93 regular term, plus 835 in the 1992 summer session. In 1986 the college offered eight baccalaureate degrees and three associate degrees. Students could major in fine and applied arts, education, business, humanities, social sciences, science, or mathematics. In the 1980s McMurry joined Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene Christian University, and Hendrick Medical Center to form the Abilene Intercollegiate School of Nursing, which awards the bachelor of science in nursing degree. In 1990 McMurry College became McMurry University. McMurry is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Education Agency, the National League for Nursing, the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners, and the University Senate of the United Methodist Church. Its teacher-training and nursing programs are separately accredited. In the fall of 1998 McMurry University had an enrollment of 1,366 students and a full-time faculty of seventy-three. Robert E. Shimp was the president of the university in 2001.


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Pursuant to section 504.1006 of the Revised Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Restated Articles of Incorporation [on February 24, 2012]:
The name of this Corporation is The Trustees of Grinnell College.
The Corporation shall continue in perpetuity.
The particular objects for which this Corporation is formed and maintained are: to continue the maintenance, management, and support of the College at Grinnell, Iowa, heretofore known as Iowa College and now known as Grinnell College; to provide through said College and such additional departments, schools, and colleges as the Corporation may deem fit to establish, opportunities for study in all phases of higher education to qualified persons; to establish and maintain one or more colleges, preparatory schools and elementary schools in which may be taught all branches of learning and which may comprise and embrace separate departments of literature, music, technology, theology, the various branches of science, both abstract and applied, and the cultivation of the fine arts, and to provide and maintain courses of instruction in all of said departments. The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 50l(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding provision of any subsequent federal tax laws).
1. No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its Trustees, officers, members or other private persons, except that the Corporation shall be empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the exempt purposes of the Corporation.
2. No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.
3. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not engage in or carry on any activities not permitted to be engaged in or carried on by an organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, or any other activities which would jeopardize favorable tax treatment of the Corporation as an exempt organization under the laws of the United States or the State of Iowa.
The Corporation has no members within the meaning of the Revised Iowa Nonprofit Corporation Act.
The Corporation shall have the powers and privileges given or allowed by law to corporations other than those organized for pecuniary profit. More particularly, but not by way of limitation upon such powers, it shall have the power and right to have and use a common seal; to make, alter, and amend such By Laws of the Board of Trustees as it may deem necessary for the purposes of its operations; to receive, hold, invest, and disburse all moneys and property of every kind and character, and the income thereof, which may be vested in or entrusted to the care of the Corporation, whether by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, either in absolute ownership or subject to reserved estates or interests or subject to contractual obligations of this Corporation; to act as trustee of real or personal property under agreement with or testamentary disposition made by persons desiring to give or provide moneys, property, or the income thereof for any one or more of the departments of the College, or for its general endowment and maintenance; to own, hold, lease, mortgage, manage, sell, assign, transfer, and convey any and all real and personal property in which this Corporation may have any legal, equitable, or contractual interest, or dispose of the same in such manner as shall be deemed most advantageous to achieve the said objects of this Corporation.
Upon the dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of Trustees shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all of the assets of the Corporation for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or the assets shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.
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Dean Bravo-Weber joined the law school as Assistant Dean for the Minority Student Program and Externships in July 2008. She most recently was Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Community Relations at New York University School of Law. Prior to joining NYU, she was director of the Education Division of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, deputy general counsel for the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and a pro se legal clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Before attending law school, Dean Bravo-Weber was a teacher for eight years. She holds a J.D. from NYU Law School, a master's degree in education from the Bank Street College of Education, and a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.


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Molluscaməlŭs´kə [key], taxonomic name for the one of the largest phyla of invertebrate animals (Arthropoda is the largest) comprising more than 50,000 living mollusk species and about 35,000 fossil species dating back to the Cambrian period. Mollusks are soft-bodied, and most have a prominent shell. The members of this highly successful and diverse phylum are mostly aquatic and include the familiar scallop, clam, oyster, mussel, snail, slug, squid, cuttlefish, octopus, chiton, and a variety of others. Mollusks occupy habitats ranging from the deep ocean to shallow waters to moist terrestrial niches. Certain mollusks, such as clams, squids, and scallops, constitute important food staples, and molluskan shells are highly valued by collectors. In times past these shells were used as money and today are used ornamentally for such items as buttons and jewelry. There are seven classes of mollusks.
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- Anatomical Features
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- Class Monoplacophora
- Class Gastropoda
- Class Aplacophora
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Cummins Inc. and Peterbilt Motors Co., a division of PACCAR, announce that the latest version of their SuperTruck demonstration tractor-trailer achieved 10.7 mpg last month under real-world driving conditions.
Developing a truck that could meet or exceed 10 mpg when fully loaded was considered unlikely, if not impossible, just a few years back, with most trucks averaging between 5.5 and 6.5 mpg. However, with advances in engines, aerodynamics and more, SuperTruck has proven that 10 mpg is attainable.
SuperTruck averaged a 75% increase in fuel economy, a 43% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and an 86% gain in freight efficiency in 24-hour, head-to-head testing against a 2009 baseline truck - all significant improvements.
The Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck was on display for President Barack Obama's announcement of firm deadlines for the next generation of national fuel-efficiency and GHG emissions standards for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.
The goal of the SuperTruck program, initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is to improve long-haul Class 8 vehicle freight efficiency. The program focuses on advanced and highly efficient engine systems and vehicle technologies that meet prevailing emissions and Class 8 tractor-trailer vehicle safety and regulatory requirements.
In addition to the benefits of reduced fuel consumption and petroleum usage, the improvements in engine system efficiency will deliver a significant reduction in GHG emissions.
Cummins has partnered with Peterbilt Motors Co. for the SuperTruck project. The project objectives have included development and demonstration of a highly efficient and clean diesel engine, an advanced waste heat recovery system, an aerodynamic tractor and trailer combination and a lithium ion battery-auxiliary power unit, to reduce engine idling.
The Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck uses the Peterbilt Model 579, with best-in-class aerodynamic efficiency. The engine, based on Cummins' industry-leading ISX15, converts exhaust heat into power delivered to the crankshaft, and has electronic control software that uses route information to optimize fuel use. The SuperTruck also includes chassis refinements, improvements in the aerodynamics and other significant advances in the engine. Lightweighting throughout the tractor-trailer also enables increased freight efficiency.
Eaton Corp., also part of the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck project team, is developing a next-generation automated transmission that improves fuel efficiency in heavy-duty trucks. Eaton's contribution includes the design, development and prototyping of an advanced transmission that facilitates reduced engine-operating speeds. Cummins and Eaton jointly designed shift schedules and other features to yield further improved fuel efficiency.
This demonstration of the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck has exceeded DOE goals for freight efficiency - a key trucking metric based on payload weight and fuel efficiency expressed in ton-miles per gallon. The SuperTruck achieved an 86% improvement in freight efficiency and a 75% fuel economy improvement over a 24-hour test cycle in December 2013. The program goal was a 68% freight-efficiency increase over a 2009 vintage baseline vehicle of the same weight traveling along the same route.
"We are honored that the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck has been chosen to be on display for President Obama's announcement," says Wayne Eckerle, Cummins Vice President - Research and Technology. "The SuperTruck clearly demonstrates the technologies that can deliver significant fuel-efficiency improvements over the next decade and beyond as we continue to develop for cost and performance attributes that will make them strong commercial successes."
Landon Sproull, Peterbilt Chief Engineer, agrees. "The work we're doing on SuperTruck is very much in keeping with Peterbilt's global reputation for industry-leading design, innovative engineering and fuel-efficient solutions," he says. "I think it's been a terrific opportunity for us to look into the future and demonstrate what's possible."
"Eaton's collaboration with Cummins and Peterbilt on the SuperTruck program reflects our commitment to develop highly integrated and optimized powertrains to help reduce fuel consumption and emissions," says Thomas Stover, Chief Technology Officer - Eaton Vehicle Group. "The critical need to increase the fuel efficiency will require the role of the transmission to grow significantly within the sphere of powertrain optimization, and as a leader in power management solutions, Eaton is at the forefront of innovation in this important area."
The Class 8 Peterbilt Model 579, powered by a Cummins ISX15 engine, achieved 10.7 mpg during testing last month between Denton, TX, and Vernon, TX. The 312-mile route was the same one used two years ago, when the first version of the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck averaged just under 10 mpg. The testing in both instances was conducted on a round-trip basis, to negate any wind advantage that might have been gained by traveling one way, and each tractor-trailer had a combined gross weight of 65,000 lbs. running at 64 mph. A longer, 500-mile route between Denton and Memphis, TX, was also used to demonstrate the vehicle's fuel-efficiency improvement over a 24-hour test cycle.
The increase in fuel economy for the Cummins-Peterbilt SuperTruck would save about $27,000 annually per truck based on today's diesel fuel prices for a long-haul truck traveling 120,000 miles (193,121 km) per year. It would also translate into a more than 43% reduction in annual GHG emissions per truck. The potential savings in fuel and GHGs are enormous, given that there are about 2 million registered tractor-trailers on U.S. roads today, according to the American Trucking Associations.
Cummins is a prime contractor leading one of four teams under the DOE's SuperTruck project, one of several initiatives that are part of the 21st Century Truck Partnership. The partnership is a public-private initiative to further stimulate innovation in the trucking industry through sponsoring by government agencies, companies, national laboratories and universities. Cummins, Peterbilt and their program partners will have invested $38.8 million in private funds over the four-year life of the SuperTruck program when it draws to a close later this year. The project received critical support in matching grants from the DOE's Vehicle Technologies Program.


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How do we tell our children about their baptism, and what it means? "Union with Christ," "regeneration," "the purification of sins" and "initiation into the visible church" are far too complicated for children, but I am lost as to how to simplify the doctrine!
To help you instruct your children, I would suggest two articles in New Horizons on baptism: Baptism in Our Confessional Standards and Baptism as a Seal.
I would tell children that baptism means that they do not belong to the world but to Christ and his church. This means that they are called particularly to believe and repent. So that when you read the Bible at home and when you hear the minister preach it at church, all its warnings and promises are for you. What happened outwardly, in the action of washing, is what must happen inwardly to us to fit us for heaven: we need to be washed in Jesus' blood and robed in his righteousness. The only way that we can know and enjoy this is by trusting in Christ. And when, and as, we trust, we also obey, desiring and endeavoring to walk in his way, not perfectly (only Christ did this and all our trust is to be in him), but earnestly.
Baptism is a sign and seal of our belonging to him and our children can understand this better than we think. It's a challenge for us; baptismal regeneration, in which we do not believe, is easier to explain because in it the baptism regeneratesperiod. More could be said but perhaps this suffices for now.
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Devaughn is derived from Devin. Devin originates in Gaelic languages and probably means "of a little deer". It was derived from an old Irish surname and nowadays can be used as both feminine and masculine given names. Some sources also suggest its origin in Sanskrit and the meaning "from God".


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Toot! Toot! All Aboard. It's time to jump on the Ty Train also known as Tysabri. And here begins Sunshine's journey with Tysabri – the drug we're hoping and praying begins to alleviate the relapsing part of my relapsing-remitting MS, decreases potential disability, and hopefully protects my noggin from future attack across that all important blood-brain barrier.
It's quite a process, getting started on the Ty Train (Tysabri). I began that process yesterday and will continue to chronicle my journey each and every month. I selected Tysabri after weeks of research, discussion and debate. Copaxone was out for me after an IPIR attack with a twinge of an allergic reaction. I considered Rebif, but balked at the potential flu-like symptoms three times a week. The hubby and I settled on Tysabri.
My heart is swelling with great hope; the hope that my body will accept the treatment without allergic reaction and the greater hope that I will fare similarly to those patients who sing Tysabri's praises. The hubby and I truly believe it's the best current option for me: for my situation; my diagnosis and prognosis; my lifestyle; and my dreams for the future.
I started the process with a required visit to my neurologist's office. That's phase one of Tysabri's Touch Protocol – a thorough screening process designed to ensure that only the proper patients are selected for this form of treatment. There is a very, very, very small chance that those on Tysabri could end up with PML – a rare but deadly brain infection. It's all related to having a severely compromised immune system; those with such systems could be susceptible to PML, so the Touch System works to identify risky patients and disallow their participation with Tysabri. With more than 22,000 patients currently being treated with Tysabri (with the hopes of 100,000 patients on the drug in the next two years), not one patient has suffered from PML in the last two years. It would be irresponsible for me to just sweep the PML issue under the carpet. It's out there, but it's truly a minimal risk. Yes, I've been told it's more likely for me to get run over by a bus this afternoon then it is for me to suffer from PML.
I also need to partake in yet more bloodwork, designed to provide a baseline measurement for check-ups, to screen for the gene that would predispose me to PML, to measure white blood cell count – and to monitor against liver disease while under treatment. I'm scheduled to have my newest MRI – we're extending the range down to my T-spine this time around (in addition to my C-spine and brain from the previous scan). I'll know shortly if any new lesions have appeared since November, 2007. We're guessing it's likely, due to a new symptom or two that have appeared recently and also the location of the symptoms. I like that I'm having a new scan. It'll truly help me personally measure the impact of Tysabri right from the very beginning. And shortly, I'll secure the date and time of my first infusion. Then I'll begin counting the days. I truly can't wait.
Last weekend I was jonesing for a good, healthy cry. This week, I'm just jonesing for several consecutive strong-and-healthy days – a series of small wins, even. You know what I'm talking about. One of those days where I just sit in my office chair and think, "Damn, I feel good this week!" I might throw a party the minute I hit a solid week of feeling what has become the "new normal" again. Let's hope the Ty Train follows the map to my destination.
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"Many times, I see people who I call 'sniffers.' They come to the hotel where MAL is held and look around thinking, 'What the hell is this? Oh, my god! " Mary Elizabeth Boyd leans forward in her chair and shakes her head. "Well, " she continues. "We've all been to the point of 'What is this?' "
Boyd sailed past that point years ago. Her life, one could almost say, has been partially spent engulfed in a leather dream, a dream that started when Boyd was a young girl growing up in Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, just outside Richmond.
Boyd, unique a child as she is an adult, was drawn to the look, to the scent, to the feel of leather.
"I guess it was because I lived where there were horses and leather, " she says. But it wasn't until she saw her first Tom of Finland WWII illustration that the budding young artist had an epiphany.
"It changed my life, " she gasps, fanning herself with a small notepad. "When I saw those Tom of Finland drawings, I thought I was going to jump out of my skin. I wanted to draw those boots myself — I wanted to put the shine on 'em. "
Currently a successful interior designer, Boyd, 62, identifies as straight ("But does it really make a difference? " she smiles). A 17-year marriage, which produced a daughter, ended in the early '70s. Several years later, Boyd moved on to a new adventure — a relationship with a gay leatherman, one that lasted eight years before his death in 1991 from AIDS.
After her companion's death, Boyd ventured full steam ahead into the D.C. leather community, not exactly knowing if she'd be fully accepted into this gay Men's Only Club.
She was more than accepted — she was heralded, eventually, as the community's First Lady of Leather. Renowned, respected, and revered throughout the international leather community, Boyd is at virtually every function, dressed to the leather nines, just as she'll be this weekend at the Centaur MC's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2003, the largest such gathering of leather organizations on the East Coast.
Boyd's road to achieving uniqueness as a person has not been without effort.
"I feel like I was born with a machete in my hand, " she says, her Southern accent warm yet resolute, "and I've been cutting my way through life's jungle ever since. "
She does not identify as a mistress or a dominatrix, but she's coy when asked if she'd ever taken on those roles.
"What I do, I do in secret, " she laughs. "You would have to participate to find out. "
Metro Weekly: What first attracted you to leather and the gay leather community?
Mary Elizabeth Boyd: It's difficult to say where anything starts and stops with anybody because one day you're just involved in it and you're thinking, "When did this start? " But I would say that it probably all came together during the disco era. I was disco dancing and every time I'd have a work trip, I'd try to hit some little gay spot where I could disco dance. And there were always leathermen around — particularly at the tea dances. Well, my eyes were checking those guys out. And I found that whenever I would dance on the floor, I'd always end up in the middle of the leathermen. And I remember it with just wonderful memories — shirtless men and sweat flying and the odors of the leather.
I remember one particular person — a very handsome man — asked me to dance. And I'm just jiving out on the floor, and all of the sudden I realized he has this flogger attached to his belt. And as we were dancing — I remember it so graphically — those leather strips were flying between my legs and hitting the insides of my calves and I thought, "Oh, my God, this is fabulous! "
So it was kind of a progression. Leather men from those days would ask me to do things for dinner, and go to various functions. Everybody was living pretty high then. But eventually, my interests zoned in on one leatherman. And I lived a rather silent life with him for eight years.
MW: So you were living as a couple?
Mary: Yes, but I did not go out with him to the Eagle. I did not go out with him to parties. He was a member of one of the clubs here in Washington and he went to events. He had club meetings, he had club guys over. I was kind of behind the scenes.
MW: Was it a platonic relationship?
Mary: No. But it was a relationship that existed on a day-to-day basis. As long as it was good for both of us, we would go the next day. Because we never knew where it would go. It was a very unusual relationship.
MW: Don't you put yourself emotionally at risk — being a straight woman — when you have a full-throttle relationship with a gay man?
Mary: Of course. But you put yourself at risk with any type of relationship. And as long as there's something in it for both of you and it's good for both of you and it's going day-to-day, you continue. It was like being on a Merry-Go-Round. I knew that gold ring was there. And I could either be safe and just keep going on that Merry-Go-Round, or I could reach up for that golden ring and I might miss that ring. But I would always be sorry if I didn't try for it.
I adored him. There were some shaky times — he was very ill. And maybe the relationship wouldn't have lasted if he hadn't been ill. But you don't leave when a person is ill. This was during those times when everybody you knew was dying. We dealt with a lot of death. Once you were diagnosed, everybody knew you would die. There was no chance for life. So things were a little different and people behaved a little differently.
MW: What happened after he passed away?
Mary: It was very difficult for me to go out into the leather community because I had felt that I had always been behind the scenes. And yet, I had a great desire to do so. It took a little while for me to get up the courage. The pieces of his leather I wanted to wear — and not all of his leather did I want to wear — I had earned. That was the old style of leather. You didn't just buy your leather, you earned your leather. It was a very special thing to you. And you held it in very high regard. When I first started going out, I felt a little self-conscious, because I felt like he was "seeing " me out and maybe I shouldn't be there. But that only lasted a little while.
MW: You have gained a certain prominence in the leather community, to the point where you're almost a national leather icon. How did that happen?
Mary: For the life of me, I don't know — except when I got going, I really got going. I started going out of town [to leather functions], and all of the sudden I knew everybody there. Suddenly, I'm given this title The First Lady of Leather. And I'm thinking, "What kind of title is this? Does this mean that I'm the oldest one out here? " [Laughs.]
Well, the connotation was one of respect. The connotation was that I was — as I hope I always am — a lady. Regardless of what I do, I've always tried to maintain that image of being a lady.
MW: Over the years, the doors have opened to allow more participation of women in the leather community. Talk to me about the leather community's transformation, as you've seen it, with regard to the attitude toward women participants.
Mary: I don't know that I'm the best person to talk about this because, obviously from my conversations, I've played with the boys and I think sometimes the boys forget I'm a woman. But I will say the European Leather scene has no room for women at all, and I think that attitude originally transported here to the United States. I think in the past few years, however, the leather community realized that perhaps they had been discriminated against and that maybe they were discriminating against other folks in the same manner. I think things began to open up.
But it's been a very difficult transition. Since I'm on the board of Leathersir/Leatherboy, which is an off-shoot of Drummer, it has been difficult for us in the dungeon when we have our international event. Because we want to be inclusive of women. And yet, a lot of people don't feel comfortable playing scenes next to each other in a mixed situation.
It's hard for me to discuss, because as I said, I'm not a typical woman in leather. I have never had any roadblocks to doing what I wanted to do. I've always been included. I've played basically with the boys. I know the protocol, and I know the discipline and the responsibility of playing with them. And I think that's maybe why I was included.
MW: Do you feel as though there has been progress in the way the general gay community responds to the leather community?
Mary: Yes — and no. Yes, in the fact that the leather community is large, and strong, and thriving in Washington, D.C. And when something is strong and thriving, it's doing something right. They're raising a heck of a lot of money for charities at every contest. There are other leather bars that have sprouted in Washington that are having leather activities — The Tool Shed and Titan. And I understand that there's probably plans for more — meaning that there's business for more.
But no, in the fact that the last March on Washington we had here in April, 2000, the leather community was plain told that we would be at the back of the parade, and "Please don't wear your leather — wear normal stuff. " Well, I don't think that was very inclusive of who we were. But I think people are afraid of it. People are afraid of anything that pushes the envelope. And leather is pushing the envelope — it's exploring new dimensions.
There are many levels of leather. There are levels from people who just enjoy putting on a vest every now and then, or a boot, and pretending and having a little fantasy, to people that are into heavy S&M. Leather is a journey — and you go along this journey exploring yourself. And as you go through your leather journey, some of the answers are there for you. It doesn't mean that everybody gets to a level where they want to participate in the heaviest of S&M — but one man's heavy S&M might be another's light play.
MW: How do you feel when you dress up in leather?
Mary: I am very proud of my leather. I honor my leather. I take good care of my leather. In fact, I was told as a child the only thing I ever hung up was my cowgirl suit. Which was leather.
When I begin to put my leather on, I hear trumpets. And if I don't hear trumpets, I've put on the wrong piece of leather, and I've got to go back and get another piece. Because when you feel like you look good in something, you hear those trumpets when you look in the mirror — you hear those trumpets.
Centaur MC's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend 2003 runs from January 17-20. Several events — including Saturday's Return the Beat Around at Apex, Sunday's Mr. MAL Contest and Reaction Dance at Nation, and the free Leather Exhibit Hall at the Washington Plaza Hotel — are open to the public. A full weekend pass costs $125. For more details, see our Nightlife listings, visit www.leatherweekend.com, or call 1-800-494-8497.
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Ranbir Kapoor to croon for Honey Singh?
Ranbir Kapoor has found a new buddy in Honey Singh. The two met in over Besharam's track that Honey Singh will sing. The rapper claims that not only will he sing for Ranbir's movie, he will also make the actor sing.bollywood Updated: Apr 04, 2013, 17:59 IST
Ranbir Kapoor doesn't make friends easily. But when he warms up to someone, he pulls out all stops to extend a hand of friendship. The actor has now found another buddy in singer-rapper Honey Singh.
When one contacted Honey Singh for details of this unusual friendship, he said: "News travels fast! Yes, I've formed the most incredible friendship with Ranbir. I had gone to discuss our song for Abhinav's film... We discovered many common interests."
About their professional partnership, Honey revealed: "Yeah, we'll be working on several songs. But that isn't all. I'm also going to make him sing for me."
The two met in Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ground during the shooting of Abhinav Kashyap's Besharam to discuss the song that Honey would be singing for Ranbir in the film. And within 15 minutes the twosome was the talk of the entire crew.
Honey found Ranbir to be "as chilled-out as me". "To be honest, I've been working closely with other Bollywood stars. I am a very open-hearted guy. But I find Bollywood's actor to be extremely cagey. I am typical North Indian. They don't open up that easily. With Ranbir, within minutes we were sharing confidential secrets. Obviously I am not going to tell you what we spoke about," he added.
Honey did let out that they both love fast cars. "Ranbir and I own the same car with the same number (Audi RB Number 8). We share a lot of common interests. In fact, I am taking him partying in Delhi next week. To be honest before meeting Ranbir, I was wary of star-kids. I find they get everything too easily. But Ranbir is who he is not because of his family but his own talent and good nature. He's self-made, like me," he said.


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Medication Abortion Restrictions Advance in Okla. Senate
April 2, 2014 — An Oklahoma Senate committee has advanced a measure (HB 2684) that would restrict the use of medication abortion drugs in the state, the AP/Oklahoman reports.
The Republican-controlled Senate Committee on Health and Human Services voted 5-1 in favor of the bill (AP/Oklahoman, 3/31).
The bill would require that physicians in the state administer medication abortion drugs according to FDA protocol. However, it specifies that it would not ban the use of the drug misoprostol in medication abortions and that it would not prohibit the off-label use of drugs for the treatment of ectopic pregnancies.
The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Randy Grau (R), was written in direct response to a recent court decision that struck down a similar Oklahoma law (HB 1970) as unconstitutional because it effectively banned all medication abortions in the state (Women's Health Policy Report, 3/12).


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An Xbox 12 (+1) Month Live Gold subscription is the complete online entertainment experience that's only available on Xbox 360. Those who subscribe to this premium service can jump online and compete in huge virtual arenas against the best and brightest players out there, or just play casually against family and friends. As an Xbox Live Gold member on Xbox 360 you'll get to:
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Adobe plugs multi-platform Flash vulns
A patch in time...
Posted in The Channel, 20th December 2007 11:19 GMT
Adobe has published an update fixing numerous security vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash.
Earlier versions of Flash prior to 220.127.116.11 on multiple platforms (Mac OS, Linux, Windows) are subject to various security bugs that create the possibility of all sorts of mischief, including cross-site scripting attacks and information disclosure attacks. Denial of service or code injection attacks may also be possible. Several of the issues addressed involve input validation errors, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code after tricking users of vulnerable Flash clients into opening content on maliciously-constructed websites.
Separately Adobe also patched bugs in its GoLive HTML editor. Exploitation of the bugs involves tricking a user into including crafted BMP, DIB, RLE or PNG content into a GoLive document. That's not the easiest exploit scenario but, since the flaws carry the possibility of injecting malicious code onto vulnerable systems, worth guarding against nonetheless. ®


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America's longest flight is a boon to Asia business travelers
8,446 miles. 16 hours, 20 minutes.
Our newly announced daily nonstop San Francisco-Singapore route is the only nonstop route between Singapore and the U.S. It's the longest scheduled flight by distance operated by any U.S. carrier. And it will be operated with the world's most advanced passenger airplane, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
But what's most important, and the reason we launched this flight, is that it enables us to better meet the needs of our business travelers who fly to and from Southeast Asia regularly.
"We're improving the way we serve the Singapore market to better benefit our customers – and in the process of determining how to best do that, we designed a schedule that directly took into account their needs," said Andy Buchanan, United's managing director of international planning. "We listened to the overwhelming feedback favoring an overnight flight to Singapore and a later departure time out of Singapore."
Previously, customers left the U.S. on a mid-day flight and connected in Tokyo or Hong Kong to connect to Singapore, arriving around midnight. The return services departed Singapore early in the morning. With our new nonstop San Francisco-Singapore service, customers will depart San Francisco in the evening – allowing them to have a full business day in the U.S. – and arrive in Singapore in the morning. The return flight will depart Singapore mid-morning and arrive in San Francisco the same day at 9:15 a.m.
These new nonstop flights will save customers up to four hours' journey time each way, as compared with the current United one-stop service and competitors' schedules.
The new route also provides convenient one-stop connections for those traveling from 26 U.S. cities that previously required two stops. For example, customers in Cleveland will no longer need to fly Cleveland-Chicago-Tokyo-Singapore; they will fly Cleveland-San Francisco-Singapore – saving them up to six hours of travel time.
In addition to the route's convenient schedule, we'll operate the flight with the aircraft our customers have told us they most prefer – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
With all of its comfort-inducing features, the 787 is specifically designed to handle a long route such as San Francisco-Singapore: It has enhanced LED lighting, which can gently simulate a full flying day for longer flights, gradually changing through a spectrum of lighting from day into night; larger windows that are dimmable; the biggest overhead bins in the industry, offering plenty of space for carry-on baggage; cleaner cabin air than any other commercial airplane due to an advanced ventilation system that removes odor while improving humidity; Smoother Ride Technology that leads to an eightfold reduction in the number of passengers who experience motion sickness; and an all-composite fuselage that allows it to be pressurized to a lower cabin pressure, which helps customers experience fewer headaches and less dizziness, while feeling more refreshed after the flight.
"Our business and leisure passengers will arrive less fatigued, and most experience a significant reduction in jet lag – a very important attribute to starting the day in Singapore without the usual effects of long-haul flight," said Ron Baur, United's VP of fleet. "With more 787s and more flights between North America and Asia than any other U.S. airline, United is poised to offer this new San Francisco-Singapore route with the highest level of comfort and convenience possible."
We plan to begin offering the daily nonstop flights between Singapore's Changi Airport and San Francisco International Airport on June 1, 2016, subject to government approval.
"In the past two years, United has launched nonstop service from San Francisco to Chengdu, China; Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo-Haneda in Asia, and we've already announced new service to Xi'an, China for next summer," Buchanan said. "We're thrilled to add Singapore to that list."
Earlier this summer, we shone a light on our flagship partnership with Special Olympics and our commitment to the Inclusion Revolution. In that same story, we introduced you to our four Special Olympics Service Ambassadors, Daniel, Kyle, Lauren and Zinyra (Z), who, this month, celebrate one year working at Chicago O'Hare International Airport as part of the United family.
This groundbreaking, inclusive employment program took off as a part of our ongoing partnership with Special Olympics, a community relationship that employees across the company hold close to heart. The original 'UA4' (as they call themselves) have become an integral part of the United team serving customers at O'Hare Airport. Even from behind their masks, their wide smiles and effervescent spirit exude and bring life to the service culture of excellence we strive towards every day.
"The UA4 are more than just customer service ambassadors. They are shining examples of how inclusion, accessibility and equity can have monumental impacts on the culture and service of a business and community," said Customer Service Managing Director Jonna McGrath. "They have forever changed who we are as a company. While they often talk about how United and this opportunity has changed their lives, they have changed ours in more ways than we can count."
In the two years of partnership with Special Olympics, United employees have volunteered over 10,500 hours of service at events around the world and donated over $1.2 million worth of travel to the organization.
"This inclusive employment program is what community partnerships, like ours with Special Olympics, are all about: collaborating to identify areas where the needs of the community intersect with the cultural and business opportunity, then creating the infrastructure and programming to bring the two together," said Global Community Engagement Managing Director Suzi Cabo. "Through this program, our goal is to show other companies that when you put a committed effort and focus towards inclusion and breaking down barriers, you transform lives. I challenge other business around the world to follow our lead in joining the Inclusion Revolution."
Check out the video below to hear from our Special Olympics Service Ambassadors firsthand.
We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 th through October 15th and take the time to recognize the important contributions of our colleagues of Hispanic descent in the United family.
This year, we hosted virtual events organized by our multicultural business resource group UNITE to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, covering topics ranging from immigration reform to Hispanic leadership. We're also taking a moment to highlight Latinx employees nominated by their peers for their contributions both at and outside of work.
These nominees have demonstrated leadership in their position and through their character. Take a moment to read their own words about how their background and heritage plays a role in the way they interact with customers, in how they support their colleagues and why it brings valuable perspective to their work.
Vania Wit – VP & Deputy Counsel
"I am the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel in the legal department. I am an attorney and have worked in the legal department for over 21 years and am currently responsible for a number of different legal areas – such as litigation, international, commercial and government contracts, labor, employment and benefits, antitrust. I have the privilege of working with a tremendous team of attorneys who are directly leading and managing these areas. One of the things I like most about my job is simply getting to know the backgrounds and personal stories that everyone has about their paths to United or their passion for the industry. Being the daughter of immigrants from South America and growing up in a family who relies heavily on air travel to connect us to our close family and friends is an integral part of my story and what drew me to this industry and this company."
Kayra Martinez – International Flight Attendant, FRA
"I love that my work as a flight attendant brings me all over the world and allows me to connect with diverse people across the globe. Because of my Spanish heritage, I've been able to use my language as a way to connect with passengers, crew members and people from every nationality. In addition, my heritage gives me a very close connection to family, creating community and using inclusion as a way to bring people together. After transferring to Europe, I was able to study German, more Spanish, Italian and Arabic. Outside of work, I'm the director and founder of a nonprofit organization that empowers refugees through art. Hundreds of children and adults fleeing war-torn countries have found healing through my art workshops. These refugees are currently displaced in Greece. Their stunning paintings are then sold in art galleries and communities around the world, raising awareness and putting income directly into the hands of refugee artists."
Adriana Carmona – Program Manager, AO Regulatory Compliance
Harry Cabrera – Assistant Manager, AO Customer Service, IAH
"My desire to help people is what drove me to start my career in Customer Service over two decades ago. Currently I provide support to our coworkers and customers at IAH , the gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean. As a Colombian native celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, I'm proud to see the strength that my fellow Latinos forge every day at United Airlines. Family values are a cornerstone of the Latin community; I consider my coworkers to be part of my extended family. Mentor support throughout the years gave me the opportunity to grow professionally. The desire to do better and help others succeed is part of that heritage. I collaborate with our Latin American operations and create ways to improve performance. No matter what language you speak, the passion for what you do and being approachable makes the difference in any interaction."
Juciaria Meadows – Assistant Regional Manager, Cargo Sales
"During my 28-year career, I've worked across the system in various frontline and leadership roles in Reservations, Customer Service and Passenger Sales in Brazil. I moved to the U.S. in 2012 to work as an Account Executive for Cargo. It did not take too long for me to learn that boxes and containers have as much a voice as a passenger sitting in our aircraft. My job is to foster relationships with shippers, freight forwarders, cosignees, etc. and build strong partnerships in fair, trustworthy and caring ways where United Cargo will be their carrier of choice. That's where my background growing up in a Latino family plays an important role in my day-to-day interactions. I've done many wonderful sales trainings provided by United and my academic background , but none of them taught me more than watching my parents running their wholesale food warehouse. Developing exceptional relationships with their customers, they always treated them with trust and respect. They were successful business people with a big heart, creative, always adding a personal touch to their business relationships and I find myself doing the same. It's a lesson that is deep in my heart."
Shanell Arevalo – Customer Service Representative, DEN
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, United Cargo has supported a variety of customers within the healthcare industry for over 10 years. Three key solutions – TempControl, LifeGuard and QuickPak – protect the integrity of vital shipments such as precision medicine, pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical equipment and vaccines. By utilizing processes like temperature monitoring, thermodynamic management, and priority boarding and handling, United Cargo gives customers the peace of mind that their shipments will be protected throughout their journey.
With the global demand for tailored pharmaceutical solutions at an all-time high, we've made investments to help ensure we provide the most reliable air cargo options for cold chain shipping. In April this year, we became the first U.S. carrier to lease temperature-controlled shipping containers manufactured by DoKaSch Temperature Solutions. We continue to partner with state-of-the-art container providers to ensure we have options that meet our customers' ever-changing needs.
"Providing safe air cargo transport for essential shipments has been a top priority since the pandemic began. While the entire air cargo industry has had its challenges, I'm proud of how United Cargo has adapted and thrived despite a significant reduction in network capacity and supply," said United Cargo President Jan Krems. "We remain committed to helping our customers make it through the pandemic, as well as to doing everything we can to be prepared for the COVID-19 vaccine distribution when the time comes."
Our entire team continues to prioritize moving critical shipments as part of our commitment to supporting the global supply chain. We've assembled a COVID readiness task team to ensure we have the right people in place and are preparing our airports as we get ready for the industry-wide effort that comes next.
In cooperation with our partners all over the world, United Cargo has helped transport nearly 145 million pounds of medical supplies to aid in the fight against COVID-19, using a combination of cargo-only flights and passenger flights. To date, United Cargo has operated more than 6,300 cargo-only flights and has transported more than 213 million pounds of cargo worldwide.
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Calling all AvGeeks and travelers! Here's a fun way to take your next video call….from a United Polaris® seat, the cockpit or cruising altitude. We're introducing United-themed backgrounds for use on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, video conferencing tools that many people are using to stay connected.
So for your next meeting or catch up with friends and family, download the app to either your computer or mobile device to get started. If you've already downloaded Zoom you can skip ahead to updating your background image (see instructions below).
To use on Zoom:
- Start here by downloading your favorite United image to your computer or mobile device. Just click "download" in the bottom left corner of the image.
- Next go to your Zoom app (you'll need to download the app to access backgrounds) and click on the arrow to the right of your video camera icon in the bottom of the screen.
- From here select, "choose virtual background" to upload your uniquely United photo.
- Start by downloading your favorite United image to your computer. Just click "download" in the bottom left corner of the image.
- If you're using a PC, copy the image you want to use into this folder:
- C:\[insert your device user name here]\AppData\Microsoft\Teams\Backgrounds\Uploads
- If you're using a Mac copy the images to this folder on your computer:
- /users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Backgrounds/Uploads
- If you're using a PC, copy the image you want to use into this folder:
- Once you start a Teams meeting, click the "…" in the menu bar and select "Show background effects" and your image should be there
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20 UCSF Health workers, who voluntarily set aside their own lives to help save lives, are on their way to New York City.
We are humbled by your selfless sacrifice.
Thank you.
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In celebration and appreciation of all first responders and essential workers. 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿
This is the story of Jason and Shantel. You see, Jason and Shantel love each other very much. They also love traveling and they love the classic Adam Sandler film, The Wedding Singer.
It all began when Jason reached out to United's social media team, hoping for assistance with his upcoming plan to propose. Some phone calls and one borrowed guitar later, the stage was set for Jason. Put all that together, mix in some helpful United employees and, voila, you have a truly memorable marriage proposal. Congratulations to this fun-loving and happy couple, and here's to many more years of making beautiful music together.
A big thank you to Chicago-based flight attendants Donna W., Marie M., Karen J. and Mark K. for making this proposal come to life.
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Hey, remember the Bob Dylan Rankings? I haven't done one in over a year and a half, but now it's back (at least, for today). I'm abandoning my old self-imposed chronology, and I'm going back to writing about whatever song strikes my fancy. Today's song: "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll."
(Also, YouTube has really cracked down on Bob Dylan songs, so most of the videos will have to be covers or live versions.)
"I revere Bob Dylan, but is that an awful line, or what? Who in the hell philosophizes disgrace? Who does this speak to? Do you think there is anyone in the world who gets up in the morning and says to himself, 'I think I'll go and philosophize some disgrace today?' What does that even mean? It's not that it's vague in the sense that Dylan is so often marvelously vague and evocative. It is more like it is specific but clumsy. It doesn't sound good… It's awful. It's not a particularly good song, although Dylan's admirers will soberly insist that it is a great song, and I suppose they are entitled to their opinion." —Bill James
Yes, Bill James, I am entitled to that opinion. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" is a great song—though not one of Bob Dylan's best—and the clumsiness that James identifies is part of what makes it great.
"Hattie Carroll" is a remarkably literal song. It starts with the simple, matter-of-fact line, "William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll" (and by "starts" I mean it really starts with that line—the first sound, before any music, is Dylan's nasally voice spewing out that clunky name), and proceeds to tell the story through a bunch of meandering, rhyme-less clauses strung together somewhat artlessly—the word "and" is sung 31 times. All the stretched out sentences and nested clauses make it somewhat hard to follow, but the gist is clear: William Zanzinger, a rich young Maryland landowner killed Hattie Carroll, a black servant, by hitting her in the head with his cane at a white tie function where he was a guest and she a servant. Though he was convicted of the crime, he was sentenced to only six months in prison. Continue reading


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Google has just released Google Chrome 11 to the stable version of the browser for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In addition to that the Canary build is now Google Chrome 13. Google Chrome development version has also been updated with the new Profile Switcher feature.
Google Chrome 11 includes several enhancements including speech input through HTML which allows users to speak text and then insert them into HTML forms. The Chrome Blog has a detailed article on how this works with Google Translate.
In addition to that, Google has also updated the development version of the browser to include the new Profile Switcher feature which will allow users to create and switch between multiple sync profiles for different windows. However, the feature is still being developed and does not allow you to create multiple profiles.
The Canary build of Google Chrome has also been bumped to Google Chrome 13 (v13.0.747.0). Both the development and Canary features look identical which means that most of the changes are under the hood.
Some of the visible changes in the development and Canary build include "Tab Grouping", focus existing tab on open and the experimental new tab page which still seems to be experimental. Google Chrome 13 might be shipped to the development version after the Multiple Profile features is fully functional.
Update: Multiple Profiles now work properly in Chrome Canary build 13.0.750.0, this should hopefully be shipped to development version soon. The new Google Chrome 13 build now allows users to create multiple profiles for multiple windows.