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Do 18th-century tools and techniques always work for modern pieces?
By Adam Cherubini
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I'm in the middle of the construction of a machinist's-style chest to hold some of my smaller or modern woodworking tools. My goal with this project was to recognize the tool-storage needs of the majority of woodworkers and build something that would be more familiar to them. I was also interested in gauging my skills against modern styles of construction. Does my focus on 18th-century woodworking hinder me in executing modern work? I think the quick answer is yes.
Carcase Construction
The basic case consists of 1⁄2″-thick solid wood side pieces attached to the front, back and bottom with screws. Though it's a departure from this style of construction, I attached the center horizontal divider to the case sides with sliding dovetails. I just didn't know how else to do it. The vertical dividers were glued and screwed into place.
Clamping Woes
Joinery in the 18th-century style relies on interlocking wood joints, such as dovetails and mortise-and-tenon joints. These joints are strong and beautiful. They also allow a piece to be dry-fit. The joints both self-locate and self-clamp. Modern joinery often relies on glue joints. This can be tricky. You need a ton of clamps, and without locating features, each dry-fit can put parts in a different position.
Modern woodworkers have a couple workarounds that I don't have: Dowels or biscuits position parts relative to each other. I've seen Norm Abram use his pneumatic brad-nailer for the same thing. Modern woodworkers also often cut mating parts "net" (that is, to their finished lengths), something no hand-tool woodworker should do. My usual approach is to leave parts long and plane them flush after they are joined. But cutting these pieces to size left me with one less reference face for positioning parts.
The Flap
By far the trickiest part of this chest is the sliding front cover, which stows away under the bottom drawer. It slides on a pair of metal pins that run in a tiny dado at the bottom of the case. At the front of the case, the dado stops and turns down so the cover can hinge up without sliding back into the case. It's a clever detail, but it gave me some trouble.
I imagine modern builders could easily cut such a groove with an electric router. The only way for me to do a stopped dado is to chisel it. My solution came from the 18th century: Cut through-dados then apply a filler strip to the front. The right-angle portion of the dado was then carved into the filler.
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For Suzan Lamey, who lives in Brooklyn Park, riding a motorcycle is a form of therapy.
Being out in the elements, seeing the sights, "It's like watching a fire. It's very soothing and relaxing," she said.
That's what got her hooked on riding a few years ago. She was also looking at getting a scooter to use in her pet-sitting business. Lamey had never given much thought to motorcycles.
"Until you experience it, you don't understand it," she said.
In 2009, she joined a local motorcycle group for women that had just gotten started, called the Shift Kickers, which she stumbled upon through Meetup.com.
Now she's a co-organizer of the social group that plans various outings near and far, including rides that might go for an hour or for days, often weekly during the warmer months.
In the wintertime, their "offseason," the Shift Kickers get together monthly to talk about motorcycles and to catch up, she said. The group's next cold-weather gathering is coming up April 6 at Grumpy's Bar and Grill in Roseville.
"It's a chance for people to get know each other outside of riding," she said.
Traveling as a pack
In the past year, the group has grown to more than 200 members, reflecting a trend of more women getting involved in motorcycling in recent years, she said.
The group is made up of all ages and all walks of life and comes from across the metro area.
Some are seasoned riders; others are just getting started, she said.
During the rides, the Shift Kickers travel as a pack. Safety is the top priority, and everyone watches out for one another, she said.
Through the years, the group has gone to see Minnesota's Largest Candy Store in Jordan, toured a number of cheese curd factories in Wisconsin and visited the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.
Occasionally, the bikers have even traveled across the country, going as far as Eureka Springs, Ark.
Often on these trips Lamey takes the lead position. "I enjoy seeing all of those headlights behind me," she said.
But it's also fun to be in the middle of the pack, or the "tail runner" — the biker at the back, she said.
They make for quite a spectacle on the road. Often, the women get a lot of thumbs-ups while they're out and about.
A feeling of independence
Blaine resident Jane Cross rode behind her husband until she decided to get her own motorcycle.
Getting away from cellphones, e-mail and other distractions, "There's a feeling of independence," she said. "I can space out and think of nothing and clear my mind."
Even after a half-hour ride, "I come back feeling like I was on vacation," she said.
"It's just like they say: I've never seen a motorcycle parked outside of the psychiatrist's office."
Occasionally, she even rides to the grocery store, just to get the ride in. She also likes to ride to work on "casual Fridays."
Cross, who is nearing 60, added, "I can't wait to retire so I can go out and ride all the time."
Being part of the Shift Kickers provides an opportunity to socialize with other women who are passionate about riding, she said.
Sharon Hall, who lives in Plymouth, has been riding for almost a decade. She often goes on excursions with other members beyond the organized meet-ups.
"I can call people up and say, 'Let's go riding,' and they are there in a heartbeat," she said.
Sometimes, she has a destination in mind, but other times, "I just like to jump on and go right or left, north or south, east or west, whatever my mind says to do when I get to a road."
Amy Nordahl, the other co-organizer of the group who lives in Somerset, Wis., is a 23-year riding veteran. She said that among riders, there's an instant connection.
"You can be at a gas station and start talking — 'Where'd you come from, where you going' — that type of thing."
As for the Shift Kickers, "It's a great group of women. They're a lot of fun, and it's nice to ride with just women," she said.
Taking the scenic route
For Lamey, riding with the group has taken her to all kinds of places she never would have found on her own.
In the car, it's about getting from point A to point B as quickly as possible. But on a motorcycle, she always takes the scenic route, preferably roads that have a lot of twists and turns, she said.
For example, the woodsy, remote-seeming County Road 1, going north from Elk River to Zimmerman, is "a very nice road," especially in the fall.
"It's paved nicely right now. There aren't a lot of potholes and repair marks," she said.
She wants to ride across the East and West coasts someday, too.
"It's all about the ride for me — being able to see and smell everything as you're going."
Anna Pratt is a Twin Cities freelance writer.
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A man's wife knew something was wrong when her daughter called a second time early Thursday stranded on Interstate 95.
Her stepfather, 82-year-old Charles Burnice Sherrill, had arrived across the way, but she lost sight of him.
"I can't find him, he's out here somewhere," 61-year-old Patricia Ann Harris told the St. Johns County dispatcher. Her mother had called 911 just moments earlier.
Charles Burnice Sherrill of Saint Johns was killed about 5:30 a.m. as he tried to assist Harris with her overheated Chevrolet HHR just north of International Golf Parkway.
Sherrill of Terrell Pappy Road was struck multiple times as he crossed on foot from the southbound lanes of the interstate, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Harris, of St. Augustine, was northbound when she pulled to the side of the interstate. Sherrill parked his Ford pickup on the inside median of southbound I-95 and stepped over the guardrail.
He was almost across the road to the right shoulder when he was hit, said Highway Patrol Sgt. Dylan Bryan.
Bryan said Sherrill was first struck by a Hyundai driven by Roger Dominquez, 45, of Jacksonville, who told investigators he saw the flashing emergency lights of Harris' vehicle and the pickup. He said he did not see Sherrill and initially thought he had hit debris on the road.
He pulled over and realized he had hit a pedestrian, Bryan said.
Another driver who hit something in the road called 911 because he thought he hit a deer.
Sherill was wearing dark clothing when he was struck, according to the Highway Patrol.
Bryan said all the vehicles involved remained at the scene.
Sherrill's family declined to comment Thursday.


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"American Idol" judge Paula Abdul says it herself not long into the staggeringly comprehensive The Best & Worst of American Idol: Seasons 1-4 (Limited Collector's Edition) – it's more than a TV show, it's a phenomenon. She then proceeds to reel off a staggering list of statistics that more than validate her claim; Kelly Clarkson wouldn't be in heavy rotation on MTV were it not for "American Idol," Clay Aiken wouldn't be a late night punch-line if not for the show and millions of Americans wouldn't have a clue where Checotah, Oklahoma was were it not for native daughter Carrie Underwood winning the most recent season.
With blow-dried metrosexual Ryan Seacrest serving as a non-threatening ambassador (oh, wherefore art thou, Brian Dunkleman?), music business vets Randy Jackson, Abdul and Simon Cowell (he of the withering criticism) pass judgment upon untold thousands of would-be contestants until a narrowed field emerges to duke it out over several weeks, eliciting an avalanche of text messages from the reality TV and pop star-obsessed nation we call home. Despise it though some may, it's hard to argue with the show's track record: Clarkson is a bona fide pop star now, Fantasia's touring with Kanye West and Underwood's generated some serious heat with her debut album (we'll skip over the rise and fall of Clay 'n Ruben).
At it's heart, "American Idol" is an interactive piece of theater that positions itself as an old-time "star maker," discovering some ingenue at the soda fountain on Hollywood and Vine. Expertly engineered by a team of drama-savvy producers to deliver thrills, chills and occasional off-key renditions of adult contemporary standards in equal measure, "American Idol" is junk-food TV to its core, but I dare you to try and stop watching.
It was inevitable that this smash show would appear on a deluxe, tricked-out DVD; after all, there is a nation of fiending "American Idol" junkies to satiate. Available separately as The Best of American Idol and The Worst of American Idol, the three-disc set collects those two volumes and adds a third DVD packed with supplemental material, housing the whole shebang in a fold-out keepcase that slides into a sturdy slipcover. Let's dig in, shall we?
Disc One: The Best of American Idol
Audition footage from seasons one through three:
--Justin Guarini, "Who's Loving You"
--Kelly Clarkson, "At Last"
--Clay Aiken, "Always and Forever"
--Ruben Studdard, "Ribbon in the Sky"
--Diane DeGarmo, "Chain of Fools"
--Fantasia Barrino, "Proud Mary"
Performances from seasons one through three:
--Kelly Clarkson, "Respect"
--Justin Guarini, "Get Here"
--Tamyra Gray, "Feel The Fire"
--Kelly Clarkson, "A Moment Like This"
--Ruben Studdard, "Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do"
--Ruben Studdard/Clay Aiken/Kimberly Locke, "Medley (Solid As A Rock/Reunited)"
--Clay Aiken, "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
--Ruben Studdard, "Flying Without Wings"
--Fantasia Barrino, "Summertime"
--La Toya London, "Don't Rain On My Parade"
--Diane DeGarmo, "Enough Is Enough"
--Fantasia Barrino, "I Believe"
Only seasons one through three (in chronological order) are covered in the main section of the disc; season four's auditions and performances (detailed below) are tucked away as the "bonus" portion of the first disc. Also included are brief interview segments after Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood's auditions, an aggregate 56-minute recap of seasons one through four (playable together or separately), with introductions by Abdul and "Paula on Tour with the Idols - San Jose," a featurette running an aggregate of 49 minutes (playable separately or all together) where Abdul catches up with Constantine Maroulis, Underwood, Anthony Federov, Jessica Sierra, Nikko Smith, Scott Savol, Vonzell Solomon and Anwar Robinson, backstage at the San Jose stop of the "American Idols Live!" tour.
Under the heading "Special Features" on The Best of American Idol is a grab bag of "American Idol"-related clips, playable separately or together – from Underwood belting the National Anthem in her hometown, to a June 2002 interview with Clarkson and presentation of Clarkson's platinum disc for "Thankful," "Changes," a five minute, 30 second featurette detailing (and I quote) "how the top two from each season changed during their stay on 'American Idol,'" photo galleries and anamorphic widescreen trailers for Double Dare and Really Bend It Like Beckham.
Bonus audition footage from season four:
--Bo Bice, "In a Dream" and "Whipping Post"
--Carrie Underwood, "I Can't Make You Love Me"
Bonus performances from season four:
--Bo Bice, "Whipping Post"
--Carrie Underwood, "Alone"
--Constantine Maroulis, "My Funny Valentine"
--Bo Bice, "Vehicle"
--Vonzell Solomon, "On The Radio"
--Bo Bice, "In A Dream"
--Carrie Underwood, "Inside Your Heaven"
Disc Two: The Worst of American Idol
Wow – this one's for diehard fans only. Some of these vocal performances will haunt me for the rest of my life; Abdul pops up at the very beginning of the disc to let viewers know that what's about to be unleashed are some of the more ... colorful moments that transpired during seasons one through four. "Best of the Worst" is a 57 minute odyssey that delivers exactly what it promises – heaps of cringe-inducing moments from all four seasons of "American Idol" while the extended audition footage (detailed below) offers masochists more of the same. Under the heading "Special Features" is another grab bag of clips, playable together or separately - gut-twisting montages of "Proud Mary" and "America The Beautiful" being mutilated; "Dance, Dance, Dance," two minutes and 30 seconds of tortured human gyration; "Fashion Faux Pas," three minutes of contestants attired in some questionable outfits: "Christmas Songs," four minutes and 30 seconds of mangled carols; a live performance of William Hung's grotesque cover of Ricky Martin's "She Bangs" and trailers for Double Dare and Really Bend It Like Beckham. The Worst of American Idol, as a disc, is playable in chunks or as one whole eardrum-shredding, stomach-churning piece.
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The Video:
The Best & Worst of American Idol is offered in 1.33:1 fullscreen, as originally broadcast and as befits a recently created program, it looks vivid and crisp, with no visible defect. A very clean, sharp image.
Again, as originally broadcast, The Best & Worst of American Idol is presented in robust Dolby 2.0 stereo that, as expected, gives considerable oomph to the musical portions – applause, vocals and teary exclamations of "OhmiGodItotallywonandIdidn'texpecttoATALL" are heard clearly and free of any drop-out or distortion.
Bonus features included on the first and second disc are detailed above, so I'll discuss the third disc here – made, as Abdul explains in her introduction, "for the hardcore fans." Playable separately or all together, the third disc features "Season 4 Idol Interviews," 106 minutes of Underwood, Bice, Solomon and Maroulis chatting about their lives and experiences on the show; "Carrie Returns Home" is a 12 minute featurette detailing Underwood's trip back to Checotah earlier in 2005; "Bo Returns Home" is a 23 minute featurette detailing Bice's trip back to Birmingham, Alabama earlier in 2005 and a 52 minute interview with Abdul – who's literally all over each of these discs. As stated earlier, this is tedious stuff unless you're an "Idol"-head hungering for every last scrap of show-related footage.
If "American Idol" isn't your bag, then I'd suggest picking up only The Worst of American Idol – if nothing else, it'd be a perverse pick to put on during a party. For those who live, breathe and text message their fingers off during the 10 week plus run of each "American Idol" season, this is the definitive DVD presentation of the show you've been waiting for. Rent it if you're indifferent, highly recommended for the diehards.


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She has a joint appointment in the Department of History and the new Center for Society and Genetics. Her main area of interest concerns the history of the biomedical sciences from the nineteenth century to the present, with special interest for the period after World War II. She has a background in biology (degrees from the University of Bologna, Italy and the University of Freiburg, Germany) and philosophy (PhD, University of Konstanz) as well as in the history of science and, among others, has held fellowhips at the Walther Rathenau Program and the Max Planck Institute for History of Science in Berlin; at La Villette in Paris; at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research and at Churchill College Cambridge.
She is interested in the material practices of the biomedical sciences and the place of these sciences in the broader culture as well as in historiographical issues. She has worked extensively on the history of molecular biology and the complex cultural processes that participated in the development of the new science after World War II. Her publications on this topic include the monograph Designs for Life: Molecular Biology after World War II (Cambridge University Press 2002); the exhibition catalogue Representations of the Double Helix (Whipple Museum 2002); the co-edited volume Molecularizing Biology and Medicine: New Strategies and Alliances, 1910s-1970s (Harwood 1998); as well as numerous articles in books and journals. Other recent publications include the co-edited volume Models: The Third Dimension of Science (Stanford 2004). Currently she is studying the ways in which the biological sciences participated in and profited from the developments and concerns of the atomic age. She is also pursuing a research project on the changing culture of biological research that accompanied the rise of biotechnology in the 1970s. She will be teaching courses on genetics and society and related issues in the Center as well as more general history of science, technology and medicine courses in the Department of History.
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One of my recent endeavours involves surreal digital collage, which currently has its own, rejuvanated, underground movement. In my search for inspiration I came across a talented artist, _meta_ ("Kim" in real world). At the time Kim happened to only publish his works for his followers on Instagram, so few people has seen his works. The biggest surprise for me was that Kim's artwork doesn't come to life via Photoshop or The Gimp, but via an iPhone 4s. Modern collage works require quite some cutting precision, so I found this fascinating-enough to ask Kim to walk us through his creation process.


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- Baseball fans will enjoy "in the ballpark" of 26.8 million hot dogs at US baseball stadiums this season. That's enough to circle the bases 36,000 times.
- In 2010, consumers spent more than $1.6 billion on hot dogs in U.S. supermarkets.
- Weight Watchers includes hot dogs in its medically-approved diet regimen.
- Sixty percent of Americans prefer their Hot Dogs grilled.
In case you're wondering why on earth SG would run a Rays photo on MLB Opening Day, Kayem is the official hot dog and sausage of the Rays, and Red Sox (and Patriots, Lightning, Florida State Seminoles, and Boston College Eagles), and they're the ones who provided the hot dog stats.
p.s. Rays Opening Day is tomorrow. Red Sox too.
Go Yankees! Or, more importantly, Go Away Rain!


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WILMINGTON, Mass. – As a 22-year-old in his first NHL season, Vladimir Sobotka didn't want to ruffle any feathers.
After spending all but 25 games in the American League with Providence in 2008-09, and even starting this season down with the farm club, Sobotka was just appreciative to be skating in the NHL early on when the Bruins kept switching him from center to wing and then back again.
Obviously Boston's injury troubles forced head coach Claude Julien's hand, and even clinched Sobotka's permanent residence at center, but Sobotka's comfort was also a factor in the decision to play Sobotka at pivot.
Sobotka, who has emerged as one of the Bruins' most effective forwards in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with Buffalo, even vocalized his desire to stay away from the wing in order to better aid Boston's cause.
"We talked about it. For me, it doesn't matter, but after when I played wing I said (to the coaches), 'I want to play middle and I feel more comfortable now,'" said Sobotka after practice at Ristuccia Arena in preparation for Wednesday night's Game 4.
"For me, I like to play with the puck," Sobotka explained. "When I play in Providence, those few games, I like to play with the puck and make more plays and be more productive for the team."
Early in the season, partly because of his position on the wing, Sobotka was struggling with his intensity and his physicality. Always known as a player that could make up for his 5-foot-11, 193-pound frame against bigger opponents with his upper-body strength and tenacity, Sobotka finally found that once he settled in at center.
While injury and ineffectiveness forced Julien to shuffle wingers off and on lines, Sobotka didn't really find a pair of flanks he could really thrive with until the last week of the regular season when Michael Ryder and Blake Wheeler arrived at his sides. Sobotka recorded a goal and an assist in a dramatic April 8 win over Buffalo that pulled Boston within a couple points of a playoff berth. Through three games of the playoff series with the Sabres, Sobotka has registered two assists and a plus-2 rating.
"I think what you've seen in Vladi is he's started playing the game we've asked him to play all along," Julien said. "Sometimes it takes a while to understand and discover that that's what's going to make you a good player. Whether he played on the fourth and he thinks he should be on the third or second or whatever, at one point you find your comfort zone, I guess, and you see what makes you a good player. And I think he's discovered that the way he's playing right now not only makes him a good player, he's made some plays that have resulted in goals."
It should be no surprise that Sobotka has some offensive flair to his game. With the P-Bruins since he came to North America, Sobotka was a better than point-per-game player with a nose for the net and prolific hands. He also never lost his edge and even engaged in a couple fights.
Defenseman Dennis Wideman has witnessed Sobotka's all-around game all year in practices.
"He's got a lot of skill and he plays the game the right way, he plays hard," said the veteran blueliner. "He's getting more and more ice time this year and he's playing really, really well. And he's making a lot of great plays. He's found me four or five times in the slot coming in late on the rush. He's doing a great job of that. He's got good vision, and then when he has the time he makes the right play."
Sobotka credits Julien's faith in him, and an increase in ice time, as much as his settling in at center for his emergence as a two-way force. How could Julien not have faith in Sobotka when he does things like he did early in Game 2 in Buffalo last Saturday? After a Game 1 loss, the Bruins talked about getting more traffic in front of Ryan Miller and worked on some things in practice. It didn't take long after the puck dropped the next day for Sobotka to collide with Miller. A goaltender interference penalty was handed out, but also a message was sent. The Bruins went on to score five goals in the win, most with bodies screening and battling in front of Miller.
"We were practicing this every practice. The middle guy is supposed to drive the net and I just went to the net," said Sobotka.
While he downplays it, there's no doubt Sobotka's play resonated with his team. And his overall game has jolted his once-dormant linemates to life. Ryder scored twice in Game 2 and Wheeler tallied two assists. Both had more scoring chances in Game 3 and kept the heat on Miller.
It's not a knock on David Krejci, Ryder and Wheeler's previous long-time center. But Sobotka's extra-hard work ethic, paired with some playmaking savvy, seems to be a better fit for the pair of wingers at this point and time.
"I think our line has been very involved, and he definitely sets the tempo," said Wheeler. "He drives the net extremely hard, he takes the body extremely well – especially when he's the first guy on the forecheck – so with me and Rides, we have a lot of free pucks to pick up. And it kind of allows us … its funny, he's not the biggest guy, but he opens so much space for us. … We've made a lot of plays, giving ourselves a lot of opportunities to score just by having Vladi in there on the forecheck."
Never mistaken for Selke Trophy candidates, Wheeler and Ryder seem to have raised their games in the defensive end while skating with Sobotka as well. Julien has entrusted the trio to match up against Tim Connolly and Buffalo's second line while Patrice Bergeron's line has been shutting down Derek Roy's top line.
"It's about trust from the coach," said Sobotka. "If we have a good game, our line, he'll put against Roy, Connolly, whatever line."
Lest we think Sobotka's hands are limited to just making hockey plays, we finally got to see him drop the gloves in the NHL. While it wasn't much of a bout, and Buffalo's Andrej Sekera might have landed a couple more blows, we found out that Sobotka's as adept at ducking a punch as he his setting up a teammate for a goal from the slot. Winger Shawn Thornton, who boxes in his spare time, joked that Sobotka might've learned the old "bob and weave" from his boxing coach. Sobotka said it was just instinct.
"I just saw his hands come in and I, you know …" said Sobotka.
Luckily, Sobotka doesn't avoid anything else opponents send his way other than fists. Otherwise he wouldn't be on the cusp of establishing himself as one of the Bruins' better two-way forwards and a center of attention.


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As is mentioned in this new post by Paul Jones the Solar framework project has reached its "beta" status on December 18th, 2009 and has just hit another milestone - beta2.
Along with the release comes updates to the manual including a new blog tutorial that walks you through the creation of a simple blog that shows you how create the basic application structure, add actions/views for the CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) of articles and work with local strings.
If you're looking for what changed in the two betas, check out the release notes for beta1 and beta2 (download link for the beta2 release).


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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State University athletics spokesman says a freshman member of the men's basketball team suffered "an apparent cardiac-related medical incident" and is hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
In a statement Wednesday, spokesman Shawn Schoeffler said Chai Baker suffered the cardiac event on Tuesday morning as he worked out with teammates during informal preseason drills at the school's basketball center.
The spokesman says OSU certified athletic training staff provided immediate CPR and also used an automated external defibrillator. Corvallis Fire Department medics arrived within several minutes of a 911 call. They continued to care for Baker as he was taken to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.
Baker was hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
The school spokesman says Baker has relatives who live in Corvallis, as well as family members who have traveled from his home state of Florida to Corvallis.


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The Record's recommended spots to find fish in the Central Valley and beyond.
The Delta Estuary was literally trashed by high tide, ferocious wind and muddy runoff over the weekend. Many waterways are chocolate brown and clogged by hyacinth or other debris. Storms kept all but the most hearty anglers at home.
Striped bass fishing has come to a virtual standstill, except for those who fish with threadfin shad or drift with live minnows or mudsuckers.
Bank anglers at Dad's Point, Brookside Road, Lower Jones Tract Road and Eight Mile Road toss shad or cut anchovies in hopes of hooking a legal-sized striper, 18 or larger. Under-sized bass are so numerous the bait bill can rise quickly. Some catfish are in the take.
Boaters seem to be drifting live bait in the Turning Basin, Old River and Discovery Bay, seeking locations that aren't plugged with floating vegetation. Some work over the Deep Water Channel in 40-foot depths and vertically jig.
Perhaps, the best option is sturgeon fishing with shrimp baits in Cache Slough near Liberty Island, Montezuma Slough next to the Suisun Marsh Wildlife Area and the main ship channel from Pittsburg to Benicia.
Black bass fishing hit the skids, too, with cold water temperatures and poor visibility squelching the bite, even on jigs.
Ocean - Swells, rough seas force cancellation of party boat trips for Dungeness crabs and rockfish. Remember the season for rockfish and lingcod closes Dec. 31. Call ahead for latest conditions and learn if giant Humboldt squid, mackerel and sand dabs are on tap at Monterey and Bodega Bay.
San Pablo Bay - Great conditions for sturgeon at the Pumphouse, Petaluma River, Shell Bank and Hamilton Field, if and when winds decrease. Fresh water runoff has turned the bay muddy and pushed pesky crabs and junk fish into saltier environs. Mud shrimp is the ticket for sturgeon and the occasional starry flounder. Striped bass have taken a hike.
American - Most sections of the river reopen Jan. 1 for steelhead fishing.
Mokelumne - East of Highway 99, the river reopens Jan. 1 for steelhead fishing. Exceptions are the permanently closed areas below Woodbridge Irrigation and Camanche dams. Check regulations for gear requirements and limits.
Sacramento - The stretch through Redding clears quickly after a storm and is prime for steelhead and wild rainbow trout fishing. Although salmon fishing is closed, late-fall run salmon are still spawning and trout are feeding on their eggs.
Amador - Murky and rising thanks to recent storms. Light pressure, but Power Bait will yield some 2- to 6-pound trout. About 1,000 pounds of trout are released daily, Monday-Friday.
Camanche - There are still 87 of 100-tagged trout left following the fall derby. While not offering any further cash prizes, concessionaires are giving a free night's lodging for four in a lakeside cabin for anglers who bring in a tagged trout by Dec. 31. Inflows are 1,300 cfs, so rainbows are being hooked upriver, as well as between Hat Island and the dam. Trout are stocked weekly in both the main lake and South Shore Pond.
Don Pedro - Fish and Game trout plants mean decent action for bank anglers at Blue Oaks and off docks in the marina, where wintertime fishing is permitted. Very few trollers. Spotted bass is an alterative on jigs, spoons.
Los Vaqueros - Consistent trout plants keep shoreline anglers happy at Peninsula and South coves. Boaters top line with Rapalas or Kastmasters. Striped bass have lockjaw. Boat rentals are just $25 for a half-day, Monday-Friday.
New Melones - Very good winter trout bite for recent 13-inch plants. Catch them from the bank at Tuttletown and Glory Hole, where fish are alternately released, or by top lining along the shoreline with a flasher or dodger with a nightcrawler trailing.
Oak Grove - The 10-acre pond is planted with trout multiple times a month. Contact the county Parks Department for information, (209) 331-2050.
Ottesen's picks: 1. San Pablo Bay (sturgeon). 2. New Melones Lake (trout). 3. Camanche Lake (trout).


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The National Audubon Society and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will hold a Promoting Nature Tourism Along the Mississippi workshop at the Vicksburg, Miss. Convention Center from April 25-27.
The workshop is designed to inform and educate the Lower Mississippi River region about the potential of this region as a destination for nature tourism.
Workshop activities will include:
* Presentations by nationally and regionally recognized experts on tourism trends, nature tourism successes, community impacts of nature tourism, tools for promoting nature tourism and private land issues.
* A keynote address on the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas.
* Field trips to local nature tourism sites in Mississippi and Louisiana.
* A voyage on the Mississippi River to explore the undeveloped potential of the river as a nature tourism destination.
For more information or to register for the workshop, please visit the www.msaudubon.org/workshop [3] Web site.
EDITORS: For more information, contact Adam Einck at 225-765-2465 or email@example.com [4], or Michael Carloss at 225-765-2642 or email@example.com [5].


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This was the statement made to me by my boss. What is interesting is I am a newbie when it comes to forensics, so lets get to this. The chain of evidence has been preserved I have an image of the hard drive and the original is locked in a lawyers safe. So that is not an issue. The system was not properly handled because it was a laptop and the user "turned it in" before he left, so it has been rebooted......Nothing I can do there.
The drive has 2 partitions on it a Win2k and a linux (Red Hat). Now I have gone through the tutorials and I plan on using the tools recommended (awesome info guys thanks) to analyze the Win2k partition, however, I get a sneaking suspicion that if this character was doing anything it was while in Linux. The first step is to get past the password. I am researching that today and hope to have it solved by the time you read this.
My question is are there freeware forensic tools that can give you the same type of information as those tools created for Windows?


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Natalie Portman - Oscars 2011 Red Carpet
Natalie Portman shows off her growing baby bump as she hits the red carpet at the 2011 Oscars held at the Kodak Theater on Sunday (February 27) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old pregnant actress, who walked the red carpet with her co-star and fiance Benjamin Millepied, is nominated for the Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance as a ballerina in search of perfection in Black Swan!
Nat wore Rodarte's Violet Silk Chiffon Draped Gown with Swarovski Crystals and finished her look with Jimmy Choo shoes, Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and Roger Vivier's Boite de Nuit Caviar in Rose Gold bag.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this look on Natalie – she's positively glowing!


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"If The Civil Rights era has to be mentioned at all in the current gun debate, it's that the U.S. would be safer if blacks had stayed at the back of the bus — without access to firearms."
— Email from reader taking issue with citing Emmett Till's open casket as an example of how to show the effects of gun violence in the Sandy Hook shooting.
On the surface, her email doesn't make sense.
The mass shootings that take place across America are usually committed by white males, or in the case of the Virginia Tech shooting, an Asian male.
Black males do not typically commit mass shootings that cause the soul-searching questions about gun control. Shootings by black males usually are of the daily, accumulative variety against other black males. The kind that provide the grist for the local news. The kind that makes many whites buy guns out of fear of black thugs. The kind that makes many blacks fearful of their young bloods.
In the discussion of gun control in the wake of the Newtown shootings, there are sidebars about the color of gun violence that separates the violence. These discussions are subjectively blind.
Many whites hear of black shootings and see it in racial terms as "those people," or worse, that they aren't people at all. Conversely, they hear of mass shootings by another white gunman and don't think of it in racial or nonpeople terms.
Nor do they think so in relation to suicides, in which whites die at their own hands to the point where it is the second leading cause of death among whites 15 to 34, with guns as the means for their demise in more than half of these, according to the Centers for Disease Control and GunPolicy.org.
Nor do they think of it in such terms with regard to the 3,800 accidental shootings that occurred from 2005 to 2011, according to the CDC.
Many blacks see the daily violence from guns that result in homicide being the leading cause of death for blacks 15 to 34, according to the CDC, in which innocents and gang members are killed without regard. They finally see a national discussion on gun violence and gun control after Newtown.
The nature of things is to see gun violence through the prism of race. Newtown transcended race in the sense that the murder of children in a classroom touches everyone. Had the children been mostly black, I believe the coverage would have been similar, but the discussion different — just as the discussion would be different if the Newtown shooter had been black.
The reality is that bullets don't discern the color of the hand pulling the trigger or the color of the bodies they enter. Red is the blood that flows whether it is another mentally damaged white guy shooting at masses of people or another mentally damaged black guy shooting at a rival and hitting the intended and unintended.
President Barack Obama has tried to move the discussion of gun control to include all gun violence.
How telling it is to have two black members of a contingent from Chicago at Obama's inauguration fall victims of Chicago's gun violence in the several weeks since his inauguration.
But back to the email writer.
Undoubtedly, black Americans would be safer with reduced access to guns. But that's not what she said or meant. She meant white Americans. Truth is we — all Americans — would be safer if all Americans had reduced access to guns.
Gun violence and gun control needs to be addressed across the board. The conversation needs to continue united rather than divided. That is, we have to value the end to gun violence for the folks in the black neighborhoods across America with the same intensity as we do for the folks in classrooms, malls and movie theaters.
It's all senseless.
Guns and bullets are colorblind — if people are not.
Frank Harris III is chairman of the journalism department at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"Security guards have been ordered to keep former baseball star Lenny Dykstra or anyone representing him away from his two estates in the exclusive gated community" of Lake Sherwood, west of Los Angeles, reports the local Ventura County Star here. They're acting on orders from lenders who financed Dykstra's purchase of the millionaire homes, now in default.
Reporter Stephanie Hoops also tracks down the Beverly Hills pawnbroker who posted Dykstra's Phillies and Mets championship rings and other items for auction after he left them there for cash last Spring and didn't buy them back. "Sad to see a guy who used to be on top of the world years ago, and is where he is now," says shop owner Yossi Dina. Link to the auction listing here.


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A wee dram cuts obesity risk? It's not that simple
Ben Goldacre
Saturday December 17, 2005
The Guardian
Christmas is a time for pedantic family disputes, and newspaper stories about how alcohol and chocolate are good for you. This week, the Daily Mail reported on a scientific study which reported an observation from survey data: that people who drink alcohol in moderation have lower levels of obesity than people who drink heavily. No surprise there. But the same study also found, more interestingly, that people who drink moderately have lower levels of obesity than people who don't drink at all.
"Scientists said," they began, "drinking a few times a week can cut the risk of obesity by 27% compared to teetotallers ... Researchers are unsure quite why small, regular amounts of alcohol help to keep drinkers' weight down ..." I freely confess, I am possibly one of the pickiest people on the planet. But read those sentences again: this Daily Mail article is suggesting there is a causal relationship between moderate drinking and lower rates of obesity.
And that's not quite what the research showed. It looked at survey data, and found that people who said they were teetotallers had higher rates of obesity than people who said they were moderate drinkers. It's perfectly possible, and you might even say likely, that there is a third, unrelated factor, one that causes people both to be teetotal and to have higher rates of obesity.
I'm sure teetotallers have their reasons for not drinking. Those reasons might even be our missing link, the factor that causes you to be both a teetotaller and obese: they might be moral or cultural; perhaps people from ethnic groups who drink less are more likely to be obese; perhaps people who deny themselves the indulgence of alcohol are more likely to indulge in chocolate and chips; perhaps pre-existing ill health will force you to give up alcohol, and make you more likely to be obese. Perhaps these teetotallers are recovering alcoholics who are more likely to be fat from all those years of heavy alcohol abuse. Perhaps, in the survey, some of the people who said they were teetotallers were just lying about how much they drank. Perhaps, even, people who lie to themselves, and others, are more likely to be obese.
That's why we do scientific experiments, where we can control as many of the variables as possible. This study is a useful bit of preliminary survey data, but to discount these extra possible causal factors we've listed above, we'd have to take a group of people, and randomly assign them to a moderate-alcohol or no-alcohol group, and know that ex-alcoholics, and big chocolate fans, were equally represented in each group.
But that's also why designing scientific experiments can be difficult at times, or even impossible. I can't take a group of people with strong religious or cultural reasons for not drinking, and persuade them to be randomised into a group where they would have to drink alcohol. Outside of the mechanistic, cause and effect universe of the press, finding an association between two things is not enough to say that there is a causal relationship between them.
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FALMOUTH — When Dennis-Yarmouth second-year head coach Chuck Kipnes brought his first-place Dennis-Yarmouth boys basketball team into Falmouth for a key Atlantic Coast League showdown Tuesday night, he made his players take a glance at Falmouth's trophy case.
FALMOUTH — When Dennis-Yarmouth second-year head coach Chuck Kipnes brought his first-place Dennis-Yarmouth boys basketball team into Falmouth for a key Atlantic Coast League showdown Tuesday night, he made his players take a glance at Falmouth's trophy case.
In particular, at the 2011-12 ACL championship hardware.
"They have what we want," Kipnes said. "We've been thinking about that since day one."
D-Y took a giant step toward claiming the 2012-13 trophy last night, whipping Falmouth 63-31 for its fifth straight league victory. The Dolphins improve to 9-4 overall, 7-1 in the league. The Clippers fall to 8-5, 5-3.
It was the first time in nine years Dennis-Yarmouth has beaten Falmouth, Clippers coach Paul Lundberg said. And the Dolphins did it with surprising ease. (Falmouth won the first matchup earlier in the season, 45-32).
D-Y played a suffocating half-court man defense and broke the game open with a 20-5 second quarter to take a 32-14 halftime lead.
The Dolphins had held Falmouth to 11 first-half points in the first meeting, but squandered that lead.
Not this time. On this night D-Y continued to build the spread, going ahead 46-23 after three and cruising in the final quarter.
"The first half (last night) was exactly the same (as the first game)," Kipnes said. "We had them in our house and we held them to 11 points in that half, 14 this game. You knew they were going to fight back.
"Early in the season we weren't ready to take that kick in the teeth, lose a lead and keep our composure," said Kipnes.
Tuesday night, the Dolphins showed how far they have come.
A monster effort by ever-active senior Jim Tereau, with 10 points and 21 rebounds, spearheaded the impressive win. Big Jamarie Hall, D-Y's 6-7 threat, scored 15 points and guard L.K. Metz added 13.
Sophomore guard Brian Jeffery was the Falmouth player in double figures with 12 points. Next on a woeful offensive night for the Clippers was junior Chase Soares with five.
"D-Y played aggressive," Lundberg said. "They are very athletic. They've got a bunch of scorers. They've got size. Their shots were going up off the rim and going in. We were missing 2-footers."
The game was decided during a Falmouth scoring drought that stretched 8:49. The Clippers got within 24-14 on an old-fashioned 3-point play by Jeffery with 3:36 left in the second quarter. By the time Falmouth scored again, with 2:47 remaining in the third quarter, the Dolphins were holding a 41-16 lead.
"That was a good team win," Kipnes said. "We got some great man defense. We work real hard. You know what you're going to get when you face D-Y. We're going to protect the basket and we're going to own the rebounds."
To that end, D-Y had 51 rebounds, 18 on the offensive glass. It was dominating effort, keyed by Tereau.
"He played most of that first half because he was controlling the boards and I didn't want to pull him," Kipnes said.
Another bright spot was Sean Iliffe. In his first full varsity game, he came off the bench to hit a pair of treys in the final 50 seconds of the second quarter for a 32-14 intermission advantage.
"I'm feeling good about this team," Kipnes said. "This team had three coaches in three years. I was the third one. They didn't have direction. They didn't know the rules. They didn't understand what they were supposed to do and not do. It took them a year to trust me.
"They trust me now and I trust them. We're building on what we tried to get done last year."


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Courtesy Beyoncé
It's only a few weeks into January and Blue Ivy Carter is already having the best year ever.
Bey and Jay's daughter glamorously rang in the New Year with her parents at the Versace Mansion in Miami, days before celebrating her second birthday with a princess soiree.
Her mother then debuted her daughter's cool new toy rides: a personalized pink Cadillac and blue Ferrari.
But the singer, who performed at First Lady Michelle Obama's 50th birthday party, also took her little girl to the White House during the holidays.
And to give fans a peek of their personal visit, Beyoncé shared photos of Blue (in a chic cream tulle dress) checking out the First Family's Christmas tree and meeting one of the first dogs on her website Sunday.
We can't imagine how Beyoncé and Jay-Z can top all of this. But we're sure they will.
RELATED: Peek-a-Blue Ivy!
Courtesy Beyoncé
— Shanelle Rein-Olowokere


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Mexico advances to CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals
Marco Fabian and Luis Montes scored goals 13 minutes apart in
the first half and Mexico defeated Martinique 3-1 in the CONCACAF
Gold Cup on Sunday.
Miguel Ponce scored for Mexico in the 90th minute to secure the
Mexico, the two-time defending tournament champions, moved to
the quarterfinals after losing its first game of pool play to
Mexico (2-1-0, Pool A) beat Canada 2-0 on Thursday and clinched
second place behind Panama and secured a berth in the next round
with Sunday's win.
"There's a lot of things we have to correct, and a lot of times
victory covers those errors," Mexico coach Jose Manuel De La Torre
said. "Winning is great, but after the victory we'll make an
analysis of what we did right and wrong."
Kevin Parsemain scored for Martinique, which lost its final two
games of the tournament after opening with a 1-0 win over Canada on
Saturday. Martinique finished pool play 1-2-0 and now has to wait
to find out if it is one of two third-place teams to advance to the
"It's very simple. Our destiny is not in our hands anymore,"
Martinique coach Patrick Cavelan said. "We would have preferred to
get our qualifications by ourselves but this is the game."
Mexico carried the play for most of the first half Sunday and
had several good scoring chances before breaking through in the
20th minute. Rafael Marquez put a hard shot on net that Martinique
goalie Kevin Olimpa deflected to the top of the penalty box.
Fabian, trailing the play, chopped the rebound over Olimpa to make
it 1-0.
It was Fabian's third goal of the Gold Cup.
Montes gave Mexico a 2-0 lead when he sent a low shot into the
left side of the net in the 33rd minute.
Martinique made it a one-goal game late in the first half when
Parsemain, taken down in the box by Alejandro Flores, scored on a
penalty kick in the 43rd minute.
Both teams had chances in the second half, but couldn't
capitalize until late when Mexico scored. Miguel Layun carried the
ball down the right side and sent a crossing pass to Ponce, who
kicked it into the open net to clinch the win for Mexico.
"This was important," Flores said. "We have to go one step at
a time, but I think this was a very important game for us. We still
have a lot of things to improve, in the midfield and on
Mexico's third goal could impact Martinique's chances of making
it to the quarterfinals because goal differential is a factor.
"In the second half we were able to adjust, but we lost focus
and allowed the last goal," Cavelan said. "That could be bad for
our qualification."
This was the first meeting between the countries since the 1993
Gold Cup. Mexico won that game 9-0 on the way to its first of six
Gold Cup crowns.
A seventh title is still possible for the defending
"The objective is to go for the title and that's the commitment
to keep working, to get to the final and to get the Gold Cup," De
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Handling Specialty's rail car personnel platforms for Thrall Car Manufacturing were designed to improve productivity and at the same time relieve worker burden.
Thrall Car Manufacturing produces two railway cars daily for the transportation of automobiles. Metal screening on the exterior of the rail cars requires considerable installation and worker scaffolding. The Handling Specialty lift was designed to carry workers vertically and horizontally alongside the rail car, allowing them to work at any elevation. Travelling up and down more than 200 feet of track, the lift is automatically self-propelled.
With a capacity of 4,000 pounds, the lift is not limited in its "user friendliness". Features include an on-board full system control with auxiliary operator controls, rivet storage bins and automatic pick up of power cables onto a reel. Safety considerations include a guard rail and kick plate system as well as full bellows and a safety ladder with electronic interlock.
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i am new to the board. i kind of need help with my samsung digimax A402. when i turn it on it says LOW LIGHT! and i looked it up in the book and it says:
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My son is 7 months old and ebf. He has never had a drop of formula and I plan on continuing until he is at least one, but am going to let him decide. He has seemed so frustrated at the breast lately. He does get bottles while I'm at work and I am still pumping. He gets 3 four oz bottles a day while I'm at work, eating every 3-4 hours, however this week my supply has been super low, as always happens right before my cycle. He has been pulling off before I feel the letdown happen and sometimes I don't feel a letdown at all anymore, even while pumping. While pumping last week I was only able to express about 2 Ozs total every 3-4 hours. I am usually able to get 4-5 Ozs normally. I have started taking fenugreek hoping it will help.
He is hitting all of his milestones, however he was dx with reflux around 5 months. He has always been very fussy and clingy but he had been ten times worse this past week! And isn't and never has been a cuddly baby! My first son loves kisses and hugs but he won't ever let you cuddle him. I am worried to death.
He is also cutting his two bottom teeth and has not been sleeping at all. He has never sttn but things have gotten worse. He fusses all day and has slept only an hour all day and has done this all week, I am just overall worried about him. Help!


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My current read, Elizabeth Percer's An Uncommon Education, is a rare breed indeed. The heroine had me at the first page and she has not let go since.
Naomi Feinstein has a penchant for saving those closest to her. She also steals a photo of Amelia Earhart that once belonged to Rosemary Kennedy from the Boston house where JFK was born. Naomi saved it, too, you see.
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Elizabeth Percer–you should remember that name. She'll be around a long time, or at least according to the promise she shows in An Uncommon Education.


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BMW Announces Leadership Change at its South Carolina Plant.
Josef Kerscher, who since 2007 has been President of BMW Manufacturing Co. in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will assume new responsibilities as Managing Director of BMW Plant Dingolfing in Bavaria, Germany. Taking over from Kerscher at Spartanburg will be Manfred Erlacher, currently Managing Director of BMW Plant Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. The handover takes place November 1, 2013.
Josef Kerscher (Left), currently President, BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina will become Managing Director for Plant Dingolfing effective November 1. Manfred Erlacher (Right), currently Managing Director for Plant Leipzig will succeed Josef Kerscher at BMW's Plant Spartanburg.
Under Kerscher's leadership, the BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina nearly tripled production, going from 105,000 vehicles in 2006 to more than 301,000 vehicles in 2012. During the same period, the Spartanburg plant became the largest exporter of cars from the United States. Additionally, the Spartanburg plant achieved significant milestones in sustainability, reducing energy and water consumption per vehicle manufactured by nearly 50% and plant waste by 84%.
The Spartanburg plant is currently completing a major $900 million (USD) investment expansion to increase production capacity to 350,000 vehicles per year and to prepare for the launch of an entirely new vehicle, the X4 in 2014. The plant is the global manufacturing home for the BMW X5, X6 and X3, and is the company's Center of Competence for X Vehicle Manufacturing.
BMW Group Board Member Harald Krüger, responsible for the Global Production Network, says the Spartanburg plant is a significant part of the worldwide BMW manufacturing network: "With nearly twenty years of production experience, the plant has an impressive development history and its 70% export ratio plays an important role in balancing BMW business growth among Europe, America and Asia. Spartanburg's increased production capacity, the new BMW X5, and the soon-to-come BMW X4 will mean even greater popularity around the world for the BMW models made in the U.S."
The new president of BMW Manufacturing Co. will be Manfred Erlacher who has just led BMW Plant Leipzig through a major expansion in order to manufacture the revolutionary new BMW i3 and i8. Erlacher has been Managing Director of Leipzig since January, 2009. Prior to that, he was head of the BMW plant in Munich having succeeded Josef Kerscher when Kerscher took over the leadership of the Spartanburg plant in 2007.
An engineer by training, Erlacher has extensive experience in BMW production having led both Assembly and Body Shop operations at Plant Munich before becoming Managing Director of the plant.
The successor for Manfred Erlacher at BMW Plant Leipzig will be Milan Nedeljkovic, currently head of Assembly at Plant Leipzig.
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group's global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 139 BMW motorcycle retailers, 119 MINI passenger car dealers, and 34 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group's sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.


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OAKLAND — A one-alarm blaze gutted an apartment and damaged five other units at a seven-story building in downtown Oakland on Friday afternoon, fire officials said.
No one was injured in the fire, which broke out about 12:25 p.m. on the first floor of the building in the 1300 block of Webster Street, where construction was taking place, said Battalion Chief Coy Justice.
The blaze quickly spread to a second-floor unit above the construction and then to other units above that, up to the seventh floor.
Justice said a handful of workers renovating the building's first floor made it safely out before fire crews arrived.
So did Chris Kahapea, 26, and his girlfriend Emmy Oto, 18, who live in an apartment on the third floor.
Kahapea said that when the fire alarm sounded, he grabbed Oto and the couple ran quickly down stairs to the first floor, not even stopping to grab a phone.
"I could smell the smoke and feel the heat on my arm as we ran," Kahapea said.
On the ground they joined about two-dozen residents who had been in the building with the blaze broke out. They watched fire crews douse the blaze using two aerial ladders and a few hoses.
The fire was under control by 12:53 p.m., and residents were allowed back inside.
A few minutes later Kahapea and Oto returned to the street, Oto clutching her phone tightly.
"I got my phone and our apartment wasn't damaged," Oto said. "I'm glad everyone is OK."
A monetary fire damage estimate was not immediately known and the cause of the fire remained under investigation on Friday.
David DeBolt contributed to this report. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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The Center for Pennsylvania German Studies was established at Millersville University in 1986 as a center for the study of the Pennsylvania German culture in America and as a clearing house for information on the Pennsylvania Germans.
The focus on the activities and collections of the Center will be on the various settlements of Americans which have come to be known as Pennsylvania German or Pennsylvania Dutch, but chiefly on the non-sectarian groups, the Lutheran, Reformed (now United Church of Christ) and the Moravian church groups.
More than seven million people have immigrated to America from the German-speaking areas of Europe since the first permanent settlement was begun in 1683 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Thousands of German immigrants came to Pennsylvania from the Rhineland and neighboring provinces in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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A mere 30 nautical miles off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa is the archipelago of Zanzibar, a place whose very name evokes images of a golden age of travel — of gentlemen explorers in pith helmets and khaki hauling steamer trunks plastered with stickers from around the globe.
Even in the 21st century, Zanzibar still feels far away. But here's the thing — when on a safari in either Tanzania or Kenya, clients will never be closer to Zanzibar. With direct daily flights from Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania or Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, they are only about an hour away.
Considered by many to be the very heart of East Africa's Swahili culture, Zanzibar can feel like another world. The archipelago actually consists of many small islands and two large ones, Unguja and Pemba. For centuries, Zanzibar was a crossroads for global trade. Persians, Arabs, Indians and Portuguese have all weighed anchor here at one time or another. Those influences can be found in everything from Zanzibar's unique cuisine to the exquisitely carved wooden doors of Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
On a recent trip, I decided to visit Zanzibar's eastern coast. On this side of the island, the trade winds brought constant cooling breezes, and the stunning turquoise hues of the Indian Ocean fringed spectacular white-sand beaches. I stayed at the Red Monkey Lodge near the village of Jambiani. Situated on a small bluff overlooking an idyllic stretch of beach, it blended in seamlessly with the environment, providing terrific views.
Not surprisingly, activities here centered around the water. Swimming, snorkeling and sailing on a traditional dhow ship have long been staples. But there was something new in the breeze: kite boarding. The warm shallow waters of the Indian Ocean and steady trade winds have made Zanzibar's east coast a kite boarding mecca.
Jambiani's other advantage is its proximity to Jozani Forest, a refuge for Zanzibar's endangered red colobus monkey. Found only on Zanzibar and Pemba, these monkeys are a unique species that evolved in isolation here, much like the lemurs of Madagascar.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with just lounging in a hammock and savoring the sea breezes. The east coast of Zanzibar will treat you right no matter what. In the end, I stayed an extra week. Some people stay even longer. And some, like Kristine and Mark, who own the Red Monkey Lodge, are still there. As far as I know, they're not planning on leaving any time soon.
Zanzibar is an ideal add-on to a Kenya or Tanzania safari. // © 2013 Bob Demyan
The endangered red colobus monkey is found only on Zanzibar and Pemba. // © 2013 Bob Demyan
Many visitors opt for a ride on a traditional dhow ship. // © 2013 Bob Demyan
Zanzibar is known for being a quiet retreat, away from the hustle and bustle. // © 2013 Bob Demyan
The chance to interact with locals is a highlight. // © 2013 Bob Demyan
Things to KnowAs in much of Africa, credit cards are not widely accepted in Zanzibar. There are ATMs in Stone Town that dispense cash in Tanzanian Shillings. U.S. dollars and euros can be used at most resorts and restaurants.
When to GoJust about any time of year is fine, though the rainy season from March through May is, well, rainy. Many of the east coast resorts are closed during this time. November through February can be hot and humid, but the resorts are much less crowded and room rates drop. June through October is considered high season.
Getting ThereThere are daily flights from Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi and Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania. Daily ferry service is also available from Dar es Salaam. U.S. citizens can purchase a Tanzanian visa upon arrival at Zanzibar's airport.


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The stock market closed slightly lower Thursday as the longest rally since July petered out. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.3 percent after rising the previous seven days. That was the longest winning streak since a string of eight gains between July 3 and July 15.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.96 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 15,300.64.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 5.71 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,683.42.
The Nasdaq composite fell 9.04 points, or 0.2 percent, to 3,715.97.
For the week:
The Dow is up 378.14 points, or 2.5 percent.
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NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partners. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Rates of childhood obesity continue to increase. Children who are overweight at younger ages show signs of medical problems previously seen only in adults. In other words, overweight children are getting "grown-up" diseases.
Family doctors and pediatricians have not had a lot of experience with these adult conditions in children. It is new for families, too. It can be hard to change things for children, families, and their doctors. It is tough to do and it is worth doing.
Some of the health problems children face from overweight are discussed below. These can be the reason to find the help and support you need for the best health.
For many people, type 2 diabetes is preventable. Weight, diet, and exercise are factors that can contribute to having or not having the condition. As lifestyle habits have changed over the years, type 2 diabetes in adults has increased. Now, as childhood obesity is on the rise, children are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Why does this matter so much? Diabetes can lead to complications in many organs in the body. When type-2 diabetes starts early, the complications can start early too. There is more time for damage to eyes, feet, heart, and kidneys.
An important study from the NIH looked at children and teens with type 2 diabetes at 15 locations nationwide. The "TODAY" study stands for "Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth." Beginning in 2004, almost 700 children were involved, and results published in June 2012. Children with type 2 diabetes seem to have more severe problems than adults with that condition. Compared to children who are not overweight, these children:
In adults, high blood pressure and cholesterol raises risk of heart disease. Proof now exists from studies in Europe and North America that this is true for children. Being overweight during childhood or adolescence has been shown to significantly increase the likelihood of heart disease in adulthood.
The liver is a major processing center for fat and other nutrients in the body. With more fat in the diet, the liver has more work to do to process it. In some overweight people, liver cells can be damaged by the heavy traffic of fat. This can lead to scarring or "cirrhosis" and liver failure.
Some children who are overweight can also develop breathing problems from being overweight. Chief among these is disrupted sleep from "sleep apnea". In sleep apnea, excess fat around the airway narrows it. This limits airflow in and out of the lungs. The problem gets worse during sleep, when muscles relax. This further narrows the airway, leading to decreased oxygen for the body. If left undiagnosed and untreated, sleep apnea can damage the heart muscle and lungs.
Too much weight can damage bones and joints of growing children and teens. This extra load causes pain and swelling. It can even cause deformed joints particularly in the knees, which is known as "Blount's disease". The child may find it very difficult even to walk.
Teen and young adult females who are overweight may also suffer difficulties with menstruation from a condition called "polycystic ovary syndrome" or PCOS. PCOS occurs more commonly in overweight individuals. Excess production of male hormones in their ovaries can lead to irregularity or complete stoppage of their menstrual periods. This can lead to infertility as well.
Changing things for yourself and your family can be a hard thing to do. But it is worth it. We are learning more everyday about things we can do together. Get the support you need and know that every step you take towards health will be a step in the right direction.
This children's health content is brought to you with support from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital.
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Dissing Beyonce could cost you your life...at least in the world of "Saturday Night Live's" "The Beygency."
Andrew Garfield learned that lesson the hard way in the show's skit when he admitted to a group of friends that he wasn't a huge fan of the Grammy winning singer's "Drunk in Love" (wait, what?!).
In less than a minute, the Beygency caught wind of his unfathomable admission and stormed through the door, chasing the Amazing Spider-Man 2" actor through the city to "take him down."
Kiefer Sutherland and his "24" costar Mary Lynn Rajskub make a cameo in the clip and try to help save him, confessing that they too "made the mistake" of admitting that Beyonce's songs didn't wow them. Keifer shows his tattoo of Rihanna's face--with a '#1' under it--to prove it.
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Two items from the solar system paid a call yesterday. One was expected, and the other dropped in unannounced.
The one with no manners was a spectacular meteorite that hit Central Russia.
The 10-ton-or-so piece of rock and metal lit up the sky over Siberia about 9:20 a.m. there. It created a thundering noise and long white trails as it soared, scaring people for miles around. Hundreds were injured by flying glass from windows that shattered in the shock wave. Jaw-dropping images of the fireball shot around the world.
Meteors are a common occurrence, but witnessing one so bright, loud and destructive is terribly rare. That this incredibly ancient object was caught on amateur videos while it flared and boomed only adds to its wonder.
The Russian Academy of Sciences estimated it was a couple of dozen miles above the ground when it exploded into pieces over the Ural Mountains.
For the meteor, the unfriendly encounter with Earth ended untold years of a placid flight through space. Hitting the Earth�s atmosphere at a speed of about 33,000 miles per hour was like hitting a wall. It decelerated as it descended and eventually burst.
In Chelyabinsk, 930 miles east of Moscow, �There was panic. People had no idea what was happening,� a resident told The Associated Press.
All this from an object that�s a mere speck on the scale of the solar system � probably about the size of an SUV, according to Richard Binzel, a professor of Planetary Science at MIT.
Well, that flashy car-size rock reached the end of the road yesterday, hours before an unrelated extraterrestrial visitor made its close pass of our planet.
About 2:30 p.m. our time, Asteroid 2012 DA14, came in for a post-Valentine�s Day smooch with Earth. The asteroid�s orbit brought it closer to the Earth than some of the manmade, geosynchronous satellites we have placed in our sky.
This was, like the meteorite in Russia, rare in the extreme. At its closest, the asteroid, about half the size of a football field, was just 17,150 miles away.
DA14 created not fear but fascination. It was exactingly predicted, and NASA�s mathematicians assured us we were safe; it wouldn�t, couldn�t hit, their calculations correctly said.
Enthusiasts and researchers in Asia, Europe and elsewhere trained telescopes and binoculars on the minuscule dot. The asteroid was much more distant, even at its closest, than the International Space Station, which orbits at about 250 miles. Many probably wished its orbit could have put it even closer to our doorstep, as long as it can come this far, and that DA14, discovered a year ago, was not in such a hurry to be on its way.
Scientists said the two events were coincidental. Meteors are debris from asteroids, comets, moons or planets, and the origin of this one is still unknown. We hope many fragments of yesterday�s meteor can be collected and studied. The asteroid, meanwhile, is intact and hurtling away, but will keep researchers busy analyzing observations from the fly-by. NASA wanted to study its spin to understand its orbit even better.
The universe, to us, is so quiet most of the time. Then along come two solar-system strangers, each with a message for Earth�s lonely mailbox.
The first said: Surprise � you never saw this coming. But then the courteous asteroid affirmed our grasp of the universe in all its measurable orderliness.


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The Eagles have signed defensive tackle Derek Landri to their 53-man roster, league sources said.
Landri will replace Antonio Dixon, who suffered a season-ending torn triceps injury on Sunday and will be placed on Injured Reserve.
The 6-foot-2, 290-pound Landri spent most of training camp and the preseason with the Eagles before he was released on final cut-down day on Sept. 3.
Landri, 28, has five seasons of NFL experience under his belt. He last played for the Carolina Panthers a season ago, starting all 16 games and recording 43 tackles and three sacks. Statistically speaking, it was his best season as a pro.


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Plagiarism-detection software harms students
Students are often not terribly clear about what constitutes plagiarism. You may chalk this up to inadequate instruction in high school or first-year undergraduate writing classes. But I'll let you in on a secret: academics, in general, are not always clear about what constitutes plagiarism. Despite this real-world lack of clarity, plagiarism-detection software often presents … [Read more…]