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Most eukaryotic cells exhibit three different varieties of cytoskeletal filaments, each of which functions in a characteristic manner. The long, hollow filaments known as microtubules are primarily responsible for regulating the transport of molecules between intracellular compartments and governing the positioning of organelles bound by membranes. A microtubule exhibits an outer diameter of approximately 25 nanometers and is significantly more rigid than an actin filament. In a typical animal cell, microtubules are nucleated around a small region of cytoplasm bordering the nucleus of the cell called a microtubule-organizing center (MTOC), or centrosome. From the MTOC, the filaments extend out in an astral-like configuration, with their minus ends embedded in the centrosome and their plus ends situated towards the periphery of the cell. A specialized variety of tubulin (gamma-tubulin) apparently plays a key role in the organization of microtubules, forming ring-shaped complexes with proteins that are widely supposed to act as templates for the nucleation of microtubules that have grown to contain the 13 protafilaments characteristic of the structures.
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Masters of esoteric knowledge and miraculous practices, the lineage of the Karmapas is the earliest of all the recognized incarnate lineages and is said to descend from the great Indian tantric master Tilopa through a chain that includes Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa. The Karmapas are distinguished by their black crowns, said to have been woven by dakinis and symbolizing the activity of the buddhas. Unlike other Tibetan Buddhist lineage heads, each Karmapa has specific knowledge of his next reincarnation and leaves behind a "Last Testament," a letter to his disciples describing the place and circumstances of their future rebirth, the name of their parents, and so on. At a very young age, each successive incarnation is often able to recognize himself as the Karmapa. In their recounting of the histories of the seventeen Karmapas, the authors reveal the universal and marvelous concealed in the everyday world. Their lively account peppered with anecdotes is the most comprehensive in the West on this subject, with information from Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, French, and English sources.
"An unprecedented work, the most complete on the subject in the West. It offers a rich, lively reading on many levels: spiritual, historic, and societal, and contains numerous anecdotes and information drawn from Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, French, and English sources." —Université Bouddhique Européenne
"In their book the authors retrace a very lively portrait of the seventeen Karmapas, a history in which the marvelous is part of daily life." —Le Point Magazine
"Wonderful work and very complete. Each chapter retraces the biographies of the seventeen spiritual leaders who are closely linked to the history of Tibet." —Info-Yoga Magazine
"The Karmapa, one of the highest Tibetan dignitaries, is the only one to be compared with the Dalai Lama. The authors retrace the biographies of the seventeen Karmapas who have shaped Tibetan history since the twelfth century." —Bouddhisme Actualité


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Apple and Pear Hand Pies Recipe
How to make the best meal of the week even better.
Read more: Sunday Brunch: Apple and Pear Hand Pies
- Yield:Makes 8 pies
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:25 minutes
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- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 Golden Delicious apples, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 2 Bosc pears, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 recipe Easy Pie Dough
- 1 egg, beaten
Heat butter in a non-stick skillet until melted, add apples and pears and cook until fruit begins to soften, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle sugar over mixture and continue to cook stirring often until fruit begins to lose its juices. Mix together cornstarch and lemon juice and add to pan. Simmer until mixture has thickened, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat to 375[°]. Line a baking sheet with foil. Divide dough into two pieces and roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Divide dough into 4 squares, place a tablespoon of filling near the bottom right corner of each square. Brush edges of pastry with beaten egg and fold over pastry to cover filling. Seal by pressing a fork into the edges then place on the lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining filling and pastry.
Cut steam vents into the tops of each pie with s sharp knife, then brush with remaining egg. Bake until pastry has browned, about 20 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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By Sue Ann Rybak
The auditorium at the J.S. Jenks Elementary School was packed on Thursday night for its annual Evening With the Arts program, which features a spring concert and artwork by students.
"The Jenks Evening With the Arts is an exhibition of student talent and enthusiasm," Jenks' principal Mary Lynskey said. "Under the direction of our incomparable music and arts team – Mr. Franchetti, band director; Ms. Harrington, art director; Mr. Kell, choir director; Mr. Leland, choir director, and Mr. Wesner, orchestra director – our students have moved beyond general education music and art. Students have learned to tap into their natural talent and emerge confident and efficacious. They take this confidence and apply it into the academic arena and emerge successful and self-assured."
The audience sat spellbound as members of the school select chorus and soloists Ajanae Mills, Kaci Coles and Cierra Jenkins sang "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele Atkins. The chorus also sang "Ease on Down the Road" from "The Wiz." Students will be performing in a school production of "The Wiz" on May 25.
Andrew Leland, choir director at Jenks, noted that the music program has grown despite massive budget cuts to its music and arts program.
"The music department at Jenks has flourished in the past few years both in quality and size," Leland said. "We are much appreciative of the support from teachers, administration, parents and the community, who have all helped us to offer several successful programs in choral and instrumental music."
"These concert nights are my favorite at Jenks," said Vanessa Yingling, whose children both attend Jenks. "I love that the audience is there to see and enjoy all the kids' achievements. I am amazed at what very dedicated teachers and administration can do under the backdrop of constant budget cuts. I counted 204 students' names on the program – wow, what a large percentage of our kids get the opportunity of high quality music education."
With the continued support of dedicated teachers, parents, local businesses and the Chestnut Hill Community Association the words from Don McLean's song "American Pie" – "the day the music died" – will never happen at J.S. Jenks Elementary School in Chestnut Hill.


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I want to share a card today, it's a very quick card everyone can make under 10 minutes :) I'm using wet embossing plus misting technique to color.I'm going to enter this card to Moxie Fab Splatter technique challenge.
1. Stamp Penny Black "Soft Wings" stamp using versa mark and use white embossing powder, heat and dry .
2. Use 2 colors of glimmer mists ( i choose blue and green ) and spray the card from the butterfly angle/side. note : Shake a little bit to make the splatter effect.
3. Stamp sentiment from Penny Black "Gratitude"
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Oct. 26, 2011
Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio State men's and women's swimming teams kick off the 2011-12 regular season against Division III powerhouse Kenyon College Friday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in a co-ed dual meet. Admission is free.
The Scarlet and Gray will be facing a Division III power in Kenyon College. The Lords have accomplished something that may never be equaled in college athletics; winning the last 31 Division III national championships. Kenyon already has one meet under its belt this year, finishing second at the Kenyon College Relays on Oct. 22.
The Ohio State men, under head coach Bill Wadley, will look to build on their 11th-place NCAA finish and third-place Big Ten finish from 2010-11. The Ohio State women's swimming and diving program, under head coach Bill Dorenkott and associate head coach Stefanie Williams, enters the 2011-12 season with a goal of improving on a 17-year-best finish at last year's Big Ten Championships. The Scarlet and Gray finished an impressive third at Big Tens and 17th at the NCAA championships last season.
Buckeyes Go Pink! Friday is a Buckeyes Go Pink! night for swimming and diving, with special pink accents and giveaways. Ohio State varsity sports at home events throughout the month of October are joining the Stefanie Spielman Fund at OSU's James Cancer Hospital in the campaign to build awareness for the fight against breast cancer.
Scouting Kenyon The Lords are led by head coach Jim Steen, who enters his 36th year at Kenyon. Steen is responsible for 29 of Kenyon's 31 consecutive national championships and is regarded as one of the best coaches in the nation. Steen has won more NCAA national championships (50) than any other coach in any NCAA sport and is a 14-time Division III coach of the year winner.
The Kenyon College Ladies have captured 23 of the last 27 NCAA Division III national championships. From 1984 through 2000, the Kenyon women won 17 straight national championships — the second-longest national championship streak in the history of the NCAA.
Order of Events The Kenyon meet will be run with alternating women's and men's races and there will not be a diving competition. The order of events will be: 200 Medley Relay 1000 Free 200 Free 100 Back 100 Breast 200 Fly 50 Free 100 Free 200 Back 200 Breast 500 Free 100 Fly 200 IM 400 Free Relay W/ 200 Free Relay M
Senior Leadership The Buckeye women are led this season by five seniors, including breatsstroke specialist Catherine Eitel (Upper Arlington, Ohio), freestyle and IM swimmer Lisa Narum (Pleasanton, Calif.), distance specialist Natalie Nichols (Claremont, Calif.), diver Kristen Asman (Columbus, Ohio) and six-time All-America diver Bianca Alvarez (Miami, Fla.), who won a bronze medal at this summer's World University Games.
The Buckeye men are led by a class of 11 seniors, a group that includes 200 backstroke Big Ten champion Andrew Elliott, the first recipient of the NCAA Elite 88 award for men's swimming and diving, and Lincoln Fahrbach , who was part of Ohio State's Big Ten championship 200 freestyle relay team. Other Scarlet and Gray seniors are Matthieu Baumann, Brent Hitchhock, Sean Moore, Austin Mudd, Stephen Sakaris, Markus Sievers, Steven Springer, Andrew Spurling and Bo Wullings.
Live Meet Scoring Can't make it to the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion to see every meet live? Click on the link available on the men's and women's swimming and diving home page at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. Don't forget to follow the Buckeyes all season long at www.OhioStateBuckeyes.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/buckeyes where Brutus now has more than 1,000,000 likes!
Ahead Saturday, the Buckeye men will hold their annual Varsity vs. Alumni swim meet at 3 p.m. at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, prior to the OSU-Wisconsin football game.
Both the Ohio State women and men are back in competition next Friday, November 4, at McCorkle when the Buckeyes host Cleveland State, Denison and Virginia Tech. That meet begins at 6 p.m. and admission is free.


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The mission of the Department of Music is to provide a quality-learning environment for students from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College service area and beyond. The programs focus on close personal attention for each student from a well-qualified music faculty in modern facilities. The intent of the program is to aid students who wish to pursue graduate studies or move straight into professional careers. Furthermore, the mission is to simultaneously provide many quality performance experiences through numerous outreach programs.
Furthermore, the Department of Music affords opportunities for the general college student to participate in performing ensembles, to study voice or an instrument privately (applied lessons) or in groups, and to enroll in music courses as part of the University core curriculum.
Since the University of Rio Grande has a policy of open-admissions, all who apply are accepted into the music program. However, the prospective student seeking admission as a music major is required to take the URG Music Theory Placement Examination to assess his/her music theory-aural training background. The results will determine whether the student is first placed into a Fundamentals course or directly into Music Theory I and Aural Training I. This initial assessment measure is the first of several which all students majoring in music will undergo throughout their college careers at URG. New students are encouraged to contact the Music Department Coordinator in advance of their first semester for advice on how to prepare for these placement exams.
For more information, or to schedule a visit, contact Carrie Napora, Department Secretary, or Dr. Chris Kenney, Music Department Coordinator.


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This is Offroad Racing action at it's best! Rock Crawling, Offroad Racing and Baja Racing are just a couple of the modes of this game.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
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Thread: Occupy Portland Vid
#1 Occupy Portland Vid
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Remember, Obama hears them, Pelosi blesses them, and the left think they are cool."It's a convention of wolves over there with all the snarling, snapping, and baring of teeth."
Ron Paul Supporter Describing CU
They're chanting: "No borders, no nations, no pigs and no taxation".
Do they not realize that if that ever really happened that it would cause people like the Occupukes the most grief? These are the people that need nations and taxation more than anyone I know. If there were no entitlements or handouts and we all had to fend for ourselves, these idiots would be blinked out of existence in the first thirty seconds. Oh well, why be liberal if you can't be stupid.
And then a couple other idiots are telling the cops "get out of my neighborhood with your guns". It's too funny. Or sad, actually. Who are these people?
Cute collection of widdle OccuTurds. :DMay the FORCE be with you!
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I'd rather go to Mogadishu than visit Portland again.The two most corrosive effects on urban America: Gun control and gentrification.
These guys remind me of a few idiots that I had to deal with when I was a lieutenant, and I used to do a recruiting detail where we'd take a vehicle (a tank or APC) on a flatbed truck to the parking lot of a mall and let the kids climb on it while the recruiters gave their pitch. It was great duty (we were basically being paid to hang out at the mall), but we always got the same four protesters who were the most belligerent pacifists that I'd ever seen. One of them carried an American flag that was held up by two crutches taped together, which invariably fell over, at which point he would pick a fight with anyone who tried to pick it up. Another one used to try to bait us with insults. The funny thing was that they had a kid with them who wanted nothing to do with any of it. Once, after one of his dad's tirades, he asked if he could go look at the tank now. The expression on his dad's face was priceless.
I guarantee that the guy who was baiting the cops calls himself a pacifist, despite the fact that he was doing everything in his power to provoke a violent response.--Odysseus
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
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In this "Pacifist" Turd's little fevered brain, he is entitled to be belligerent and provoke violence as long as his message of anti-violence is heard.Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:
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Mile High Experience
Glasgow Boy Rance Rhoads Displays His Skills In Front Of NFL Crowd
Glasgow fourth grader Rance Rhoads comes across as shy when you first meet him. The shyness quickly fades away when you ask him about his recent trip to Denver as Rhoads finished third in the 8-9 year old age group in the annual Punt, Pass and Kick competition put on by the NFL.
Rhoads took part in the competition this year thanks in large part of his parents suggesting he should.
"My parents told me about [the competition]," Rhoads said. "Honestly, I thought I should try it."
Try he did and all the effort paid off in the end.
Rhoads and his dad Shane would go to the park regularly to practice. A left guard by trade, Rhoads admits that he has another interest when it comes to football.
"I love kicking the ball," Rhoads said.
Only seems fitting that a kid who loves to kick a football would enter the competition and place in the top three of his age group.
"We were excited and proud of him," Rance's mother Stacie Rhoads said. "He worked really hard, he doesn't just go out there to do it, he practiced a lot."
Rhoads' journey to Denver started here in Glasgow near the end of September.
"He competed in Glasgow and we were excited," said Stacie.
From there, Rhoads' next trip was to Miles City where the state competition took place. After Rance took the field and completed his punt, pass and kick for the competition, his parents knew that their son had done well.
"We had heard his scores and knew that nobody else had beat him," said Stacie.
The only problem was that officials initially awarded first place to someone else by mistake. Rance and his family made the trip back to Glasgow not sure what to think. It wasn't until they got home that the mistake made by the officials was corrected.
"We had to wait until that night when we got home to find out that he actually won that competition," said Stacie.
From there, Rance's scores were entered into the regional competition. The top four scores in each age bracket would then advance to Denver to compete and be recognized at halftime of a Denver Broncos game.
Rance's scores held up and he won the regionals and was off to Denver. There was a hitch though. Even though Rance had won and earned the privilege to go to Denver, the cost of getting out there fell on the shoulders of his parents.
"We had to pay for everything," said Stacie. "Denver provided us two tickets to the game and so we had to go buy a third."
It didn't take long for the Glasgow community to catch wind of Rance's accomplishment and help him find his way to Denver.
"Very generous people in the community started sending him cards," said Stacie. "The whole community was excited for him."
Besides congratulations and well wishes, Rance and his family also discovered that there were monetary donations to help pay for the trip.
"It felt really good that they wanted me to go and have fun," Rance said.
Rance's mother said that besides the normal 10 and 20 dollar bill her son would find in the cards he received, a generous sizable donation was also made by a member of the community.
The trip was set and Rance and his family were on their way to Denver. Once they arrived, it was an experience none of them would soon forget.
"It was really cool because it was my first time going to an NFL game and going down on the field to see what it was like," said Rance.
Forty kids in all took part in the festivities during the Denver and Tennessee game on Dec. 8. The kids were introduced by name and hometown and then got to show their stuff to the sellout crowd at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
"I don't even know if I have words," said Stacie. "I was so proud of him."
Rance said his time in Denver was fun, but that it was really cold too – showing off his subtle sense of humor. Rance plans on entering the competition again next year and hopes to repeat.
Both Rance and his family recognize that this experience wouldn't have been possible without the help of the Glasgow community.
"We can't thank our community enough," said Stacie. "The calls, the texts, the money, it was amazing. There's a reason we're hometown people, and we'll live here forever because of that."


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DeepSketch 1.4 Update Adds Zoom, Pan, More Brushes and Better File Handling
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iPad App - Designed for iPad
DeepSketch, a 2D and 3D sketchbook app for iPad, recently updated to version 1.4 adding the ability to zoom and pan around the user's canvas to be able to add better detail into their work. The new version also adds more ink-like brushes with tapered ends, twitter integration as well as better save and export options. Created by Norway-based indie developer Mattis Folkestad, DeepSketch is known for its 3D sketch capabilities. Users only need to wear a par of 3D glasses to get the third dimension. Users are able to use automatic or manual control of depth with brush strokes to create customized art. Additional features include photo import, a large amount of export options and 3D control for the digital artist. This app requires colored, anaglyph 3D glasses (purchased separately) to create and view 3D images and does not work with polarized 3D glasses or with active 3D glasses used on 3D TV's.
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If you haven't experienced the world of Wii Homebrew and the ability to get awesome free Games I'm going to fill you in on what it is, and all the new features your Wii could have within just minutes With Homebrew.
What is Wii Homebrew?
It games, programs, applications that have been created by gamers for gamers through either writing code (game) from scratch or using an existing platform and modifying it to either be better or add new features to a game. The cool thing is that Wii Homebrew is not licensed through Wii or Nintendo so you can seriously download thousands upon thousands of games and applications..
But for this you will need to unlock your Wii!!!
In earlier days of the Wii Homebrew 2007 when the console first made its début you would need to Mod chip your Wii which meant instantly voiding your Warranty in order to unlock your Wii to the world of Homebrew. Now, thanks to team Twizzer for creating the software files, you no longer need to physically alter you console in any way which also means you get to keep your Warranty.
A great thing about unlocking your Wii is with software compatible with the Homebrew you can easily backup all of your current Nintendo Wii games to regular old DVD's. Of course it has to be a blank DVD but that's ok. So now you can put your original gamers in a safe place and play from the backed up games you just burned.
Play emulators which are games that literally turn your Wii into any machine you want from a regular NES to a Super NES, Sega Genesis, Atari you name it you could do it…
How much do all these emulators, homebrew games, applications cost?
Nothing at all they are completely free for anyone to download and it's completely legal in every way…
The trick here though is that you will have to find the proper files and a guide to easily help you unlock your Wii to Homebrew… If you happen to miss a single file or not load one of the software you can easily brick your Wii console.
So if you're like me and want to never have to buy a Wii game ever again because of a scratch, and want to play Homebrew games that you can easily get for free then you need to check out Myhomebreware. ?Delete this and put your affiliate link on Myhomebreware
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New Jersey home improvement loans will provide you with a dependable groundwork to build
on the home you have been dreaming of .New Jersey home improvement loans play a very
important function when your your financial position is tight and you want Home
improvement to be done.
New Jersey home improvement loans are functional for any kind of improvement or home
extension. New Jersey home improvement loan can be availed for double glazing, new
conservatory, heating system, new kitchen, rewiring and plumbing or any home
remodeling that you can think of. The cost of home improvements is generally
paid by savings or revolving credits like credit or store cards. Credit cards
imply no borrowing. In many ways it is idyllic for there are no repayments to be
made. But credit cards can be an expensive option especially if the borrowing
extends beyond the credit limit.
So in every circumstance a personal loan for home improvement is a more
disciplined and cheaper option.
Few Important tips before you apply for New Jersey home improvement loan:-
Spring is the perfect time to start home improvement projects and interest rates
make home equity loans attractive, but don't commit to anything until you've
done a proper investigation first.
Home improvement can add value to your house; however, some improvements pay off
more than others. few facts have to be kept in mind before you decide how much
to spend and what part of your house be spend on.
Renovation of your kitchen can add up to 150 % of the cost of the project to
your home's resale value. If you add second bathroom your resale value will
increase by 90 percent of the project cost, and a addition of room, such as a
family room or an extra bedroom, provides a 60 to 80 percent return. Few other
improvements, such as new windows and doors or replacing the cooling or heating
system, may be practical but they don't necessarily translate into resale
Always choose an improvement project that makes sense for you and your family.
Once the scope of your project is decided, get bids from several contractors so
you can compare prices and services. With these bids in hand, you'll have a
better idea of how much money you'll need.. Figure out how much debt you can
take on, and plan accordingly.
These days Home improvement companies are charging sky high interest rates for
finance, often 2 or 3 times as much as a loan from All About Loans.
So, if you have any high interest loans or credit card debts, why not borrow a
little extra to pay them off? You might end up paying the same amount for the
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Home improvement, besides providing you with the much needed changes, increases
the equity of your home. In the past decade there has been a rise in home
New Jersey home improvement loans . If the property cannot be sold then home improvement is the
answer. Home improvement is remarkable if your primary motive is to raise large
amounts. Remember not every home improvement will improve the resale value of
your home. So you should better stick to those home improvement plans that gives
you the maximum returns. It is important to remember that over enthusiasm with
improvement won't lead to any gain. It is difficult to recover investment in a
home that is already more valuable than those in the neighborhood.
Home improvement plans can be funded by means of a secured loan, unsecured loan,
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There are a lot of people who tell me if the New York Mets aren't in the playoffs, and if there's no arch enemy such as the Yankees to root against, they don't bother watching the playoffs.
Too bad, because they missed a classic Friday night, and another example of Carlos Beltran's post-season excellence to marvel over.
Beltran will be a free agent this winter, and because the man can still play and one must wonder if the Mets will make a run at him.
You do remember, that rather than pick up his $18.5-million option, the at-the-time rebuilding Mets chose to trade him to the Giants for Zack Wheeler.
I understood what the Mets were doing at the time, but even so I always appreciated Beltran, who is arguably one of the top five position players in franchise history.
I don't know if Beltran is a Hall of Famer, but he's a very good regular season player and an off-the-charts October performer.
Beltran drove in all three Cardinals' runs and threw out a runner at the plate in a scintillating 3-2 victory over the Dodgers.
Add them up now and Beltran is hitting .345 with 16 home runs, 12 doubles and 34 RBI in 40 career postseason games. He also has 42 runs scored and 11 stolen bases. He's played in October with the Astros, Mets and Cardinals, but has never played in the World Series. He is, however, an eight-tim All-Star.
"It's just fun to watch him do his thing,'' Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said last night.
A lot of Mets' fans don't want to hear that as they are instead they are caught up on one pitch Beltran took for a called third strike to end Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS.
Hopefully, Mets' COO Jeff Wilpon was able to convey that to Beltran, along with the organization's apologies for how his tenure in Flushing ended. You'll remember, with the competitive part of the 2009 season over, instead of Beltran having knee surgery they opted to bring him back to play in 19 meaningless September games and was eventually shut down.
Then, in the offseason there was a snit between him and the organization – when Omar Minaya was still general manager – over knee surgery and Beltran had it on his own.
Beltran, as the team player he is, had no problem moving to right field for first year manager Terry Collins. Then came the trade for Wheeler and again the remembrances of the called third strike he took from Adam Wainwright.
That was a monster pitch that froze Beltran. It would have frozen Ted Williams. It would have frozen Babe Ruth. It was that good a pitch.
Instead of appreciating what Beltran gave the Mets during his tenure. Instead of acknowledging how he played hurt for the Mets, including with a broken face after his horrific collision with Mike Cameron, a great many Mets' fans failed to recognize what they had.
Beltran, a free agent this winter, said he'd be open to a return to the Mets. I'd love for him to finish out his career here, where he'd take the pressure off David Wright and would be a tremendous influence to the Mets' young outfielders in Juan Lagares and Matt den Dekker.
Then, when 2015 rolls around with Matt Harvey's expected return, we might enjoy seeing Beltran in another Mets' October.


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It's a group shot, from the Sugar Creek field trip at the New River Birding and Nature Festival where I spent the last wonderful week...a picture of fellow-birders, gladdened by a very birdy morning, hungrily having taken in long, lavish looks at a prized warbler as we wove a slow path down this gravelly West Virginia mountain road.
I'm that speck in the background—that stooping, bending form that seems otherwise occupied, oblivious to the purpose of the day--diddling in the ditch, while birds drip from the trees all around.
But odd as it may seem, I capture it better that way.
Scanning the bank, with each plant I create a richer picture of where I am, define a habitat a bit more thoroughly in my mind. With birdsong overhead, my snapshot is complete—a perfect picture remembered with as much detail as one might find when they recall exactly where they were or what they were doing the day that Elvis died.
Early meadow rue was blooming.
Little wind chimes tinkle
on a morning wet with dew.
Through the thick woods,
brilliant birdsong hangs in the air
like tiny bells of Solomon's seal.
A tangled bank is heavily planted
with bellwort, Canada waterleaf,
and a quick glimpse of a bird.
Jack-in-the-pulpit, tall and proud,
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Using the model deployment and prediction service, I put up the two linear regression models I had built so far (described in more detail here) While REST is nice, a simple web page that allows you to paste a set of SMILES and get back predictions is handy. So I whipped together a simple interface to the prediction service, allowing one to select a model, view the author-generated description and a get a nice (sortable!) table of predicted values. View it here. As noted in my previous post it's not going to be very fast, but hopefully that will change in the future.
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There are still kings and queens in this world, how disappointing. Small things stay small. Things get lost. Peasants, all of us…
After performing on Hands and Feet (Other Electricities, 2009), Mpumi Mcata and Tshepang Ramoba (both of BLK JKS) would frequently join João Orecchia on stage, the trio creating solid walls of explosive sound, bringing vertigo and unexpected outbursts of dancing to the Johannesburg underground.
While writing the songs of Eternal Peasant, João informed Mpumi and Tshepang that they were now "part of the furniture," and they would need to stay in the band, or he would have no place to sit. "Aaight," they answered. And João thus continued writing this music with his friends and their psychedelic African rock tendencies in mind. João's skeletons gained flesh and meat in the studio with Mpumi and Tshepang, eventually resulting in this, Eternal Peasant.
The impact of this new process is tangible, with the result far closer sonically to that of a band than Orecchia's previous methods: working primarily alone, gathering material from guest musicians to be later chopped and arranged. In fact, the process-transformation beckoned a new name, Motél Mari.
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Early momentum important for young White Sox
CHICAGO -- The phrase "needing to get off to a good start" becomes about as cliché for a Major League Baseball team as taking the season "one game at a time" or a player being in the "best shape of my life" entering Spring Training.
Nobody wants to open a 162-game schedule with a 2-12 or 15-30 record and then expend extra energy over the next month simply getting back to .500. But where the 2014 White Sox are concerned, it's a cliché that definitely rings true.
CHICAGO -- The phrase "needing to get off to a good start" becomes about as cliché for a Major League Baseball team as taking the season "one game at a time" or a player being in the "best shape of my life" entering Spring Training.
Nobody wants to open a 162-game schedule with a 2-12 or 15-30 record and then expend extra energy over the next month simply getting back to .500. But where the 2014 White Sox are concerned, it's a cliché that definitely rings true.
This reshaped model on the South Side has been geared for ultimate contention in 2015, 2016 and beyond, as the young core of players such as Jose Abreu, Avisail Garcia, Adam Eaton and Matt Davidson, to name a few, develop together. But don't think for a second the White Sox have written off 2014 and are hoping for nothing more than a nice improvement over last year's 63-99 struggle.
There's an organizational belief that this team not only can be competitive but also can contend in the American League Central. For that contention to happen, the 2014 White Sox have to get going in the right direction pretty much from Opening Day.
"I think this is the type of team that could be really dangerous if we get off to a good start because then they start to believe," said White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams. "Right now we are better than outsiders think we are. And I think we are better than [the players] believe we are."
"Whenever you have a new group together, you don't know how quickly they are going to jell," White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. "We've tried to emphasize sort of a longer term viewpoint at this point. But it certainly is possible that the clicking starts on Opening Day or very soon thereafter, and this team builds that momentum that we see forward in the future sooner than some anticipate."
Numerous changes have been made by Hahn since last July, and it's hard to imagine a White Sox team that isn't more fun to watch than last year's version. There aren't All-Stars necessarily at every position, but greater competition and depth exists, giving options to manager Robin Ventura and his staff if problems or subpar play exists at certain spots.
Abreu holds one of the most highly anticipated debuts of anyone in the game. The free agent from Cuba, who agreed to a six-year, $68 million deal, sits at the middle of this short-term, long-term rebuilding.
During Cactus League action, Abreu proved that he could play through soreness, handle the spotlight and has a true plan at the plate greater than using his 6-foot-3, 255-pound frame to swing for the fences. The spotlight only intensifies once these games count in the standings.
Pitching will drive this contention bid, topped by Chris Sale, who makes his second straight Opening Day start, and Jose Quintana. John Danks stands as the most crucial member of the starting rotation, having found control of his all-important cutter and a slight uptick in velocity almost 20 months removed from arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
A strong Danks gives the White Sox three near certainties at the top of the starting five. Nate Jones looks to be the slight favorite of a still unknown closer situation, bouncing back from a left glute strain at the start of camp, while Matt Lindstrom missed all but the last week of Cactus League action due to a left oblique strain.
Jeff Keppinger (right shoulder impingement) and Gordon Beckham (left oblique strain) could open the season on the disabled list, with Beckham a projected middle infield starter. Marcus Semien temporarily would replace Beckham at second.
Staying healthy actually ranks above a hot start for the White Sox. They have greater talent options than one year ago, but aren't strong enough to sustain a significant loss of someone such as Sale or Abreu or Quintana.
But the sooner the White Sox believe, the faster this reshaping process progresses. Look at 2012, when a win on May 17 started the turnaround from a team four games below .500 into a team that sat in first place for 117 days.
Yes, that team fell short in September and yes, there certainly was no build in '13 off that success. A different plan, though, is now in effect.
"When you look at a lineup that has Eaton and you now see the energy that he comes with every day and you get that every day, and then obviously, Avi Garcia, and the big boy on down, you see Davidson coming along as well," Williams said. "And I don't want to leave anyone out.
"It's a young core that is like, 'Whoa, wait a minute now, this has a chance to do something very quickly.' How quickly? It remains to be seen, but just to think about the possibility of it happening and the turnaround from you know where we had gotten to."
White Sox players would agree with Williams' assessment, aside from one previous point. He thinks the players don't know the potential this team has, but Danks believes they do.
"We are good, with the feeling of other guys and just the excitement every day," Danks said. "The 25 guys and the coaches truly believe that we can contend.
"Every team wants to get off to a fast start, especially us, kind of proving that everything is behind us and we are as good as we think we are. It doesn't mean that we are doomed if we don't, but it definitely helps."
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Sharon Woolley tries to move to Canada and experiences some obstacles with the Canadian Consulate, passing immigration and a shared homestead. In spite of these troubles, she settles happily on a new homestead with her family in Alberta Canada.
I'd like to tell MOTHER EARTH NEWS and her friends the whole sweet-sour story of our back-to-the-land move from the U.S. to Canada.
It all started in the spring of '73 when we (my husband, myself and our two children) met some people through a P & S in the magazine. They were living in Alberta and looking for folks to share land expenses and labor. We were looking for a way out of North Dakota and our more or less routine life.
We corresponded with our newfound friends and even drove 2,600 miles (round trip) to meet them, look at their land and decide if we could all make it together. My husband and I had reservations. (We should've taken the advice in some of your articles, MOTHER EARTH NEWS, and at least talked to the neighbors to get a better idea of what was going on.) If we had been true to ourselves we probably would have called the whole thing off right then and there anyway. We didn't, though, and went ahead with our plans to emigrate.
I don't know if the process we went through would be the same in all regions, but here's how it was for us: The nearest Canadian Consulate was in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I wrote and got application forms in October of 1973. We filled 'em out in triplicate and passport photos of each of us except the baby (under 18 months) had to be included. We sent the papers back and waited for a reply.
Know what the answer was? "Forget it. You can't immigrate. We don't need teachers" (my husband's occupation). Of course, they hadn't bothered to notice that I'm a nurse. I knew they needed nurses!
I was angry and persistent and sent a barrage of protesting letters to the Canadian authorities. We eventually got another reply. They would consider our case if we could show them a written job offer. That meant taking another trip to Canada . . . more time, more money and more hassle. We did it, though, and got the job offer.
(A note: Last week on the news I heard that a new policy automatically deducts 10 points from the 50 points you need to pass immigration if you do not have proof of employment.)
Now it was time for our personal interview — another requirement — at the consulate in Minneapolis. For us, that meant a 350-mile drive. For anyone else it might mean more or less. There are only so many consulates across the U.S. and there just isn't much choice in the matter.
The interview itself wasn't as bad as I had expected. Some of the determining factors are age, education, occupation, the place you're moving to and your overall personality. Beyond that, who knows what they're looking for?
We passed the interview . . . but there was more! Now we had to have complete physicals — all four of us — with X-rays, lab tests, eye tests and the whole thing. A single line left blank in the medical reports could delay us five to six weeks! It took some doing but we complied and eventually sent the final forms off to Ottawa.
Our papers came a month and a half later: August, 1974. It had been nearly 11 months since I filled in the first application, but now — at long last — it was over. We were going to Canada!
A happy ending, right? Wrong. Not yet, anyway.
We had already settled on a deal with the folks we knew in Alberta and it took us only a short time to move on up and hand over our money. We didn't "bother" with going through legal channels. After all, we were "friends", right? Bad mistake.
Three weeks of their philosophy, their diet trip, their child-raising ideas, their everything and we had had it. Somewhere along the line they had forgotten the old saying: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink." We didn't feel much like giving up our identities. Who does?
To make things worse, we had yet to so much as see the deed to "our" land . . . so we decided to consult a lawyer.
The attorney told us we could take our "friends" to court and [1] keep the land or [2] get our money back. Under the circumstances we couldn't give much thought to keeping the land. We didn't feel like a big court hassle, either. Watta mess!
OK. We were lucky. As it turned out, our money was returned with no problem. But the entire situation could've been avoided. I'd like to reinforce a few of your ideas, MOTHER EARTH NEWS, and say I wish we had followed your advice more closely. If anyone is thinking of buying land in the country:
[1] Try to rent a place in the area you're considering before you buy. Check with the local people about land for sale. If you already have your eye on a specific piece of land, talk to the neighbors. It's good to know what kind of people will be living nearby and you're likely to pick up on all kinds of useful information.
[2] Once you find a place, check the soil. Ask around. The land we nearly bought was all clay and wouldn't have grown a blasted thing. We eventually had the ill-fated property appraised and discovered that its "low" price was actually much too high!
[3] When you do buy, go through proper legal procedures. Get a lawyer. If you're in a hurry . . . don't be. Go to a realtor. You may end up paying a bit more but the legal security is worth it.
Now for the happy ending. I'm glad (overjoyed!) to say that today we're living in Alberta on 160 beautiful, fertile acres — 70 in hay and 40 in timber — with a one and one-half-story log cabin, barn, a couple of other buildings and a creek running in front of the place. There's a one-acre dug-out reservoir which gives us great water (we don't have a well yet) and a 25-acre pond behind the house. Lots of ducks and geese land there . . . we even have a muskrat! Our neighbors are wonderful, we've got lots of privacy and there's a general store just 6 miles away with everything from nuts and bolts to Post Toasties.
Folks in these parts tell us this is the nicest fall they've seen in 6 or 7 years. I'm glad, 'cause we need all the time and fair weather we can get to ready our place for the winter and cut our wood supply. I'm stocking up on wheat, honey, potatoes and beans. We've got a cow giving us fresh milk and in the spring we'll have chickens.
We're glad we came . . . despite all the red tape and initial struggle! I want you to know, MOTHER EARTH NEWS, that you have really helped us a lot. We truly love the country and wouldn't trade it for the noise of the city ever again! Thanks, Mom!


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Tom Abatemarco, a member of Colorado's men's basketball coaching staff for each of the three years that Tad Boyle has been head coach, accepted an offer Thursday to be an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount, Lions coach Max Good confirmed.
"Tom will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to our program," Good said Thursday afternoon.
"He is known as a terrific recruiter," Good added, "but also has a vast knowledge of the game of basketball. And he has a lot of energy."
Abatemarco, who has been a head coach at Sacramento State, Lamar and Drake, was in his second stint at CU, having been an assistant coach for the Buffs under Joe Harrington from 1991-94.
Abatemarco held the title of assistant coach during Boyle's first two seasons at CU but was shifted to the position of director of player development prior to the 2012-13 season, to make room for the promotion of Rodney Billups to assistant coach.
With that role in operations, Abatemarco was prohibited by NCAA rules from recruiting on the road, and it is no secret that he missed being a hands-on recruiter. As an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount, Abatemarco will be able to leave the office and recruit, which he has said is his passion.
Good said they have known each other since Abatemarco was an assistant coach under the Jim Valvano at North Carolina State in the 1980s.
Abatemarco could not be reached for comment.
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What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter of a music executive in Santa Monica dream so vividly of peacocks one night that she chases these images to Nepal, where she finds the love of her life in an unconventional young Tibetan master?
The women featured in Dakini Power—contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Asians and Westerners, who teach in the West—have been universally recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers whose life stories demonstrate their immense determination and bravery. Meeting them in this book, readers will be inspired to let go of old fears, explore new paths, and lead the lives they envision.
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- Pema Chödrön (Deirdre Blomfield-Brown) (When Things Fall Apart; Start Where You Are)
- Khandro Tsering Chödron (most familiar to readers as the late aunt of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying)
- Thubten Chodron (Cherry Greene) (Buddhism for Beginners; Taming the Mind)
- Karma Lekshe Tsomo (Patricia Zenn) (Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes)
- Chagdud Khadro (Jane Dedman) (P'howa Commentary; Life in Relation to Death)
- Sangye Khandro (Nanci Gay Gustafson) (Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga)
- Roshi Joan Halifax (Being with Dying)
- Lama Tsultrim Allione (Joan Rousmanière Ewing) (Women of Wisdom; Feeding Your Demons)
- Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel (The Power of an Open Question)
"The twelve women profiled in Michaela Haas's book form a circle that radiates in countless ways. Taken as a whole, their lives document both the continuing emergence of Tibetan Buddhism in the West and the concurrent work towards women's inclusion in arenas of practice and leadership where they have historically been marginalized and excluded. Dakini Power is an inspiring contribution to the ongoing conversation." —Sharon Salzberg, author of Lovingkindness and Real Happiness
"What a moving and powerful book! With passion and verve, these remarkable women bear witness to the fact that the buddhadharma has put down firm roots in the West. Michaela Haas has done a superb job of presenting their struggles and their realization in a way that makes them an inspiration to men and women alike." —B. Alan Wallace, author of Boundless Heart and Choosing Reality
"Apart from a few rare hagiographies of ancient Tibetan yoginis, there is a dearth of information about accomplished Buddhist women practitioners. Michaela Haas's Dakini Power addresses this historical oversight by profiling the lives of twelve dynamic contemporary female pioneers—from Tibet and the West—who, in spite of few role models, have overcome challenging gender-based situations, become internationally respected teachers, and set new standards for actualizing compassion in the twenty-first century. Beautifully written, pertinent to the times, Dakini Power is a study in courage and perseverance and a much-needed contribution to modern Buddhist literature." —Mikel Dunham, author of Buddha's Warriors and Caught in Nepal
"Dakini Power is a pilgrimage into the exemplary lives of twelve women. The journey throughout the book is like the dakinis themselves, spacious and wise, caressing and sometimes wrathful. Michaela Haas has skillfully amplified these women's voices, bringing to us their penetrating insights about the spiritual path, as well as their timely considerations on sexuality and sexism. Spiritual biographies are meant to inspire practitioners, and Dakini Power does just that!" —Matteo Pistono, author of In the Shadow of the Buddha
"Despite pronounced male dominance in both Buddhism in general and Tibetan Buddhism, many women find Buddhist teachings liberating and confirming. With Buddhism coming to the West, the situation for women is changing significantly as women become Buddhist teachers and leaders. This book provides vivid portraits of twelve women teachers, some Tibetan and some Western, who are fostering this change. A welcome addition to the literature on women and Buddhism." —Rita M. Gross, author of Buddhism After Patriarchy and Soaring and Settling
"For centuries, women have been a major contributor to the development and progress of both the mundane and spiritual communities. In fact, they make up fifty percent of the world's population, yet they receive very little recognition. For a long time, we have only heard the male voice in a choir, it is now time to have the female voice too. Dr. Michaela Haas's impressive presentation on the struggles and achievements of female practitioners is a wonderful encouragement for anyone facing challenges on the spiritual path, and for the advocates of gender equality." —The Gyalwang DrukpaReader Reviews


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When Andrew leaves town I bring on the mushrooms, it's just the way our marriage survives.
Plus I figure it's the only way I'm going to get my kids to learn to like mushrooms because I can't serve them when their father is around, it would cause the poor man just too much pain.
When I served it up to my little epicurean skeptics I assured them it was "just macaroni and cheese with a few mushrooms thrown in" though for those of us who love the fungi it needs no apology. Most (with the exception of Spencer) agreed it was tasty and highly desirable.
And to make it more easily? I have a bag of dried shiitake mushrooms I've been using and I combined those with the criminis to make them go farther.
16 ounces fusilli or rotini pasta
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
10 ounces chopped crimini mushrooms
10 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms
1 tablespoon fresh, chopped thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 large tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 cups low-fat milk
2 cups grated asiago cheese
Parmesan for topping
Boil 1 1/2 cups of water and pour over the dried shiitake mushroom slices, allowing them to soak for 10 minutes. Drain the mushrooms but reserve the liquid.
Cook pasta, drain and set aside. Meanwhile, melt butter in a nonstick pan and saute the onions for about 3-4 minutes over a medium heat or until they're soft and translucent. Add crimini and shiitake mushrooms, thyme, salt, pepper and garlic and saute until the mushrooms are browned and tender.
Add the flour to the mix, stirring until the mushroom mix is thoroughly coated then whisk in the milk, scraping up the bottom and whisking to get an even texture. Add the reserved mushroom liquid and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and boil for two more minutes then remove from heat and stir in cheese until it melts.
Add the pasta and stir to coat it then pour pasta into a greased casserole dish and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or until it's lightly browned on top. Sprinkle each serving with a bit of Parmesan cheese if you like.
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Don't Mess With (or Learn From) TexasMonday, June 27th, 2011 | Enterprise Zones, Tax News
The California Legislature's zeal for job creation is, shall we say, less than stellar. The consequences are obvious. They are also highlighted in this Sacramento Bee piece from Sunday.
Texas' unemployment rate was 8 percent, two-thirds of California's jobless rate, and its seasonally adjusted year-to-year job growth was a robust 2 percent (2.7 percent in private employment).
"We've added 92,300 jobs in Texas so far in 2011," said TWC Commissioner Ronny Congleton. "That is a trend that we hope to continue until all Texans have good jobs earning good wages."
Texas had fewer than a million unemployed workers in May while California had more than 2 million. Texas' jobless rate was under the national average, while California's was the second highest in the nation. Texas has accounted for nearly half of the nation's job creation since 2009.
"Growth in the Texas economy is gaining steam," says a recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Clearly, Texas and other states are emerging from recession while California's recovery, if it exists, is decidedly weak, as several new economic reports note.
It means that millions of jobless workers and their families struggle to keep roofs over their heads and food on their tables.
It means that the state is paying out $600 million a month in unemployment insurance and its jobless benefit fund is already $11 billion in the red.
It means that state and local officials struggle with budget deficits and are slashing education, social and health services, police and fire protection.
California politicians are very defensive – even dismissive – about comparisons with Texas, but the economic differentials between the two states are too stark to ignore.
However they deal with the deficit-ridden state budget in the short term, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators should move economic competitiveness to the top of their agenda.
Enterprise Zone supporters have long made the claim that the EZ program lowers the amount of unemployment claims the state has to pay by far more than the Program pays out. California legislators can pay heed, or they can continue to ignore those states that do….and the consequences will be again be obvious.


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Anyone in the market for a used business jet knows that there are deals aplenty these days. Yes, the inventory of used jets has dropped slightly from 2008's highs, but you can still find highly capable, well-maintained airplanes. It just takes patience, a good prepurchase inspection, and a willingness to accept less-than-cutting-edge avionics and powerplant technology.
Perhaps one of the best examples of an enduring, appealing design is Cessna's Citation II series. These airplanes have more power, speed, range, and cabin volume than the original Citations and Citation Is, and are plentiful in the used market. According to AMSTAT and Aircraft Shopper Online, as of this writing some 195 Citation IIs—or 24 percent of the current, 815-strong Citation II fleet of various types—were up for sale. Many of the earlier Citation IIs can be had for less than $1 million, which makes them quite a deal. Imagine, 360- to 400-knot cruise speeds, eight to 10 seats, a maximum range of 1,900 nm—all in an airplane that can be flown single-pilot under an FAA exemption. Here's a brief rundown of each model in the series.
The Citation II was the first of the II series, which carry the model 550 designation (except for the 551SP, about which more follows). This is an FAA Part 25 airplane with a maximum takeoff weight of 13,300 pounds. Normally this requires two-pilot operations, but single-pilot authorization can be earned at flight training organizations such as FlightSafety International.
Cessna wanted a faster successor to the Citation and Citation I, the first of which came out in 1972 and earned the infamous moniker of "Slowtation" for its comparatively slow (for a twinjet) maximum cruise speeds, which were advertised in the 350-knot range at 35,000 feet—but which many say is overly optimistic.
The II was given more powerful Pratt & Whitney JT15D-4 engines of 2,500 pounds of thrust apiece—a 600-pound boost in thrust over the Citation I's JT15D-1 engines. The result is a 375-knot cruise speed and a maximum range of 1,200 nm with NBAA IFR fuel reserves. Fuel capacity is 5,000 pounds, or about 746 gallons. The wingspan was upped to 51.7 feet from the I's 47 feet, and the cabin was stretched 3.5 feet. Takeoff weight and max payload also went up. The goal, as with all straight-wing Citations, was to make the airplane easy to fly and easy to land, yet still provide respectable speed and range. Runway performance was improved as well. Flying off the same runway lengths as those used by the Citation and Citation I, a II can fly longer legs. Avionics included a combination of Sperry and Collins instruments and radios. The airplane was an instant hit, and 608 Citation IIs were sold during its production run.
Today, aircraft value reference guide Vref says that Citation IIs bring retail sales prices between $760,000 (for a 1978 model) to $1.7 million (for a 1994 model). This assumes the airplane is well maintained, has midlife engines, Reduced Vertical Separation (RVSM) approval for flying between FL290 and 410, terrain awareness warning system (TAWS), like-new paint and interior, and no major damage history. Vref gives Citation IIs a "CCC" demand rating, meaning that they can be sold in eight to 10 months at a discounted price.
Made especially for the single-pilot market, the Citation IISP (model 551) is built to FAR Part 23 standards, and so its maximum takeoff weight is lower—12,500 pounds. But the rest of the airplane's specifications are essentially the same as those for the straight II. As with the II, special training is required to earn authorization to fly the IISP single-pilot. Some of the single-pilot equipment requirements seem trivial (a boom microphone and a yoke-mounted transponder-ident button among them), but those are the rules. The idea behind the IISP was to compete with the twin turboprops of the day—such as the Twin Commander, the Mitsubishi MU-2, Beech King Airs, and Piper Cheyennes. But the IISP's weight limitations made for keen competition with some turboprops; full-fuel payloads of some 550 pounds meant shorter legs carrying fewer passengers.
Vref quotes IISP retail prices from $720,000 (for a 1978 model) to $1.1 million (for a 1987 model). As with equipment, condition, maintenance, and appearance qualifications, Vref also posts hourly penalties for exceeding what it determines an airplane's average airframe total time. For example, a 1978 IISP is cited as having an average airframe time of 10,650 hours. For every hour above that, Vref says to deduct nine dollars. A 1987 model should have 7,590 total airframe hours; deduct $20 per hour above that number.
The Williams engine retrofits are expensive, but can add more than $2 million to the value of a Citation II or SII—and give these 20- to 30-year-old jets 400-knot-plus cruise speeds.
The SII (model S550), another Part 25 airplane with a single-pilot exemption, is the fire-breather of the Citation II line. The SII brought numerous changes to the airplane's wing, and its engines (now the Pratt & Whitney JT15D-4B, still rated at 2,500 lbst) were upgraded for higher fan speeds and thrust at altitude. For the first time, computer-assisted design (CAD) technology was used to alter the shape of the wing for minimal drag. TKS "weeping wing" ice-protection panels were installed on the wing leading edges (previous IIs had pneumatic deice boots), and the shapes of the wing roots, engine nacelles, and engine pylons also were changed. The result was that laminar flow was preserved farther aft on the wing chord. Together with the new engines, it all added up to a claimed 403-knot maximum cruise speed. And thanks to a larger maximum fuel capacity (5,800 lbs or about 865 gallons) than the other Citation IIs, the SII has a nearly 2,000-nm maximum NBAA IFR range.
Even so, the SII's price ($3.3 million in 1986) proved a deterrent to many prospective customers, especially since the straight II could be had for $2.6 million. This caused Cessna to drop the SII and concentrate on the II. Only 160 SIIs were built, but today they're in strong demand, and Vref gives them a "B" demand rating—meaning that most will be sold within six to seven months, and retail for between $1.1 and $1.4 million. This assumes all the usual conditions mentioned earlier. If it's bang for the buck, then the SII takes the cake in today's market.
Another member of the II family—the model 550 Bravo—came much later, with production running from 1997 to 2006. Its Pratt & Whitney PW530A engines and Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics put this airplane in a different, pricier category, so we're not addressing it in this article.
There are a number of modifications available for Citation IIs, and most of them center on engine upgrades. Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, offers its Super II and Super S-II mods, which replace the old JT15Ds with Williams FJ44-3A engines of 2,820 lbst each. These push maximum cruise speeds to 416 knots (for the Super II mod, available for the II and IISP) and 426 knots (for the Super S-II mod, available for the SII). The Super II mod also boosts straight II takeoff weights to 14,100 pounds. The price is $1.6 million, without thrust reversers; the Super SII mod is $1.8 million. (For more information on the Super S-II mod, see "Thrust-Buster: Sierra Super S-II," March 2010 AOPA Pilot.)
The Clifford Development Group also offers Williams FJ44-3A engines for the Citation II and SII, plus 36 other upgrades in its $2.3 million Clifford Series 550 Citation modification. These include digital engine gauges and heavy-duty brakes and tires.
Those mods are expensive, but they add more than $2 million to the market value of a Citation II or SII. For those wanting to keep their Citation IIs and realize the performance of a jet costing more than twice the modification price, it's a great way to bring a 20- or 30-year-old jet up to date.
Cessna offers its own glass-cockpit avionics retrofit, called the AdViz system. This suite, built by Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S), comes in two- or three-screen options and interfaces with the II's original instrumentation.
When checking out any older airplane, there are trouble spots that demand attention. In Citation IIs—as with most other airplanes—corrosion is among the top concerns. Prebuy specialist Don Sebastian says the most likely places to find corrosion are under the potty area, beneath the entry door, and around any belly antennas. These areas are apt to trap water or other contaminants.
Another common problem is windshield cracks. Citation IIs have plastic windshields, and cracks can propagate from attachment screws. Sebastian says another issue can crop up when the rubber pressure drains at the bottom of the pressure vessel fail or fall out. This causes losses of bleed air in flight, which in turn can increase fuel consumption. And if the drains are clogged water can be trapped in the belly, where it can cause corrosion.
On the other hand, compliance with recommended maintenance intervals boosts resale value. Recently completed phase checks can increase values by $50,000 or more. New avionics—such as a dual Garmin GNS 530/430 combination—also can bump up values.
Cessna's Citation II maintenance is broken up into five phases. Phase I and II inspections and maintenance procedures come at 12-month intervals and generally run $20,000 to $25,000. Phase III and IV checks are due at 24-month intervals and also cost about $25,000. The big inspection is Phase V, set for three-year or 1,200-hour intervals; it runs $75,000 to as much as $200,000, and comes with a 20-page checklist encompassing a radome-to-tailcone evaluation. All this is apart from the engine hot section inspections and overhauls (TBO for the JT15Ds comes at 3,500-hour intervals). As you might suspect, a freshly completed Phase V can count for a lot when it comes time to sell.
Even so, used Citation IIs can make sense for the price-conscious. Look at it this way: a new Hawker Beechcraft G58 Baron now carries a retail price of at least $1.2 million. But the Baron cruises at 200 knots, seats four comfortably, and has a maximum range (tanks full) of 1,500 nm or so. For the same price you can land a Citation II. And for growing companies with a need to move a half-dozen people in comfort halfway across the nation and back in the same day, it's a choice worth considering.
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The years have flown right by. Think about your first time to play a Zelda or a Mario title. You've changed. But so have Link and Mario.
Next January, Japan's Medicom is releasing a trio of Mario and Link "Ultra Detail" figurines. They measure about 2.3 inches tall and are priced at ¥730 (US$9).
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Alaska Files Amended Complaint in Suit Over Emission Control Area
September 18, 2012
Anchorage, AK – The State of Alaska filed an amended complaint today in its lawsuit against the federal government to prevent enforcement of an emission control area (ECA) in the state. Under rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as of August 1, 2012, marine vessels in the ECA must use expensive low-sulfur fuel. The ECA includes the waters within 200 miles of the Southcentral and Southeastern Alaska coasts. The state's lawsuit aims to overturn the extension of the ECA to Alaska.
"The ECA could have a negative impact on Alaska, especially the rural areas," Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty said. "Alaska relies on marine shipping for the majority of its goods as well as tourism, and higher costs in shipping means higher prices at the store and potential job losses."
The state believes that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships and the Administrative Procedure Act when she accepted an amendment to an international treaty extending the ECA to Alaska. The secretary's decision violates those statutes because there is no environmental justification for extending the ECA to Alaska, as required by federal law. This is evidenced by the fact that Alaska already enjoys air quality that is generally cleaner than the EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
The state asserts that the extension of the ECA to Alaska was also illegal because Secretary Clinton's acceptance of the ECA amendment did not create domestic federal law under the U.S. Constitution, and because federal law requires that the extension of the ECA to Alaska be accomplished, not through unilateral action by the secretary of state, but by the EPA through formal rulemaking.
"We remain hopeful that the federal government will take appropriate actions to stop the enforcement of the ECA in the waters off the coast of Alaska and not impose additional costs and lost jobs on Alaskans without justification," Attorney General Geraghty said.
For more information, please contact Assistant Attorney General Seth Beausang at (907) 269-5289.
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