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Farmers now have access to custom applicator technology with the new 90-ft., air-suspension boom sprayer from P-K Manufacturing. The 1,250-gal. sprayer features air-bag suspension to give a smooth ride through the field. Operators adjust pressure in the air bags to take field bounce out of the boom for faster field operation. The boom can operate with one or both sides fully extended or half extended. It includes power-to-valve indicator lights, TeeJet 110 VP tips, a 2-in. quick fill kit, and a hydraulic-powered, high-volume centrifugal pump. Price: $26,000. Contact P-K Mfg., Dept. FIN, Box 12152, Omaha, NE 68112, 800/367-7562, www.pkmfg.net.
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The new SprayMate automatic rate controller with built-in switches for liquid, dry and anhydrous applications controls application rate, flow rate, total flow, speed, distance and area per hour. Prices start at $977.
The controller can work with the company's new high-capacity heat exchanger that keeps anhydrous in liquid form for accurate measurement through a flowmeter. The Liquifier allows application of anhydrous at a rate of up to 9,000 lbs./hr. A kit starts at $3,100 and includes a stainless steel heat exchanger, electric shutoff valve, stainless steel anhydrous regulating valve, 1½-in. stainless steel flowmeter and required hardware and tubing.
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The Shaft-Trak allows an operator to monitor up to six rotating shafts on a planter or seeder. The device immediately alerts the operator if one of the shafts is not operating and therefore not planting. Prices start at $245. Contact Micro-Trak Systems Inc., Dept. FIN, Box 99, Eagle Lake, MN 56024, 800/328-9613, www.micro-trak.com.
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The new 1770NT Max Emerge Plus planter from John Deere combines high capacity with a narrow transport width. The 16-row planter folds down to a transport width of 12 ft., which is 3 ft. less than Deere's older 16-row planter models. It features an increased ground clearance of 22 in., creating more maneuverability in a planter this size, according to the company. Plus, the new planter boasts more strength and greater frame flex to handle increased planting demands.
The planter is available in two frames: a non-fertilizer frame and a fertilizer frame that is designed to carry additional weight. The company claims that the three-section frame of the planter offers great frame flex with a 21° wing flex relative to the center section, which allows easy rolling over ground or terraces. Deere's engineers also redesigned the hydraulic system to allow two frame-raise heights: 11 in. for field operation and 22 in. for road transport. The liquid fertilizer system includes a 600-gal. tank, central manifold and piston pump. The planter should be available in a few months. No price has been set yet. Contact your local John Deere dealer, visit www.JohnDeereAg.com.


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From the revival in Judah under the reign of King Hezekiah (2 Chron. 29) to the Protestant Reformation that returned the church to the biblical gospel after its eclipse in the medieval era, we see that God is often pleased …Read More
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Tough Questions Christians Face: 2010 National Conference
Christ has redeemed us to be a light that directs others to Him. Fulfilling this call requires us to be able to deal with the most difficult questions asked about the Christian faith. If we are unprepared to face the …Read More
Is There Life After Death?: 2009 West Coast Conference
Many Christians reflect upon the purpose and consequences of Jesus' resurrection only at Easter. This is distressing because the resurrection, as the event upon which Christianity stands or falls, should occupy first place in our thinking and living. In Ligonier …Read More
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The holiness of God has been obscured, and, consequently, the church's doctrine and ethics have been tarnished. Entertainment has replaced worship in many places, the Gospel is misunderstood and neglected, and the church assimilates itself to the culture instead of …Read More
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God is holy. People are unholy. Through God's holy grace Christians are deemed holy because of the finished work of Christ. We are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, who labors daily to make us more holy. But until we are …Read More
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith: 1997 National Conference
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When redheads understand their coloring and how to accentuate it they can really look fantastic.
Some of my best shots on this trip has been of redheads.
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When redheads understand their coloring and how to accentuate it they can really look fantastic.
Some of my best shots on this trip has been of redheads.
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But I think he doesn't understand his coloring (or doesn't care). To me he is somewhat washed out looking and very unpressed–to casual and messy to be making a statement.
Don't like the bare neck w/gold chain nor the knuckles that look like he just finished a fist fight. All around hard case looking–more jail than fashion show.
People who look like they do stuff with their hands are alot more appealing then men who look like they are constantly manicured, I hope most people agree. Such funny comments. This guy is pretty sexy, I almost wonder if some guys are jealous, or at least intimidated?
Oh wow, I love it…this may be the first time I've ever approved of a visible gold chain on a man.
I think he's beautiful…full stop.
Yummmmmmmy!!! Olive with a cherry on top.
Ooh, I'm a redhead with coloring similar to his, and I wouldn't get near this army green. And I don't think he should have gotten near it either. :) It's probably best left to soldiers anyhow, who I'm sure hate it.
The Goth fairy girl did much better. But it's hard to find good colors to wear if you're a redhead.
Army green is one of the classiest colors, and it sure works for him.
I love his hair–the style is great. Also love the chain.
I like the green, but as a redhead with colouring very similar to his, I have to say that sometimes the "fall" colours really wash us out, although people assume that's our palette. We have the gold-auburn hair, but our skin tone can be cooler/pinkish and so sometimes needs to be balanced out with pure colours like periwinkles and aubergines or even jewel tones (shudder). But I still think this green is okay on him.
great picture. bling bling chains aside i think the colour of this man's hair is fantastic (not too carrotey) and is cut and styled in a very fitting way.
what do you mean "when red heads understand their colouring…"? i'm a brunette but i don't think i understand my colouring any better than anybody else ;)
i'm not a fashion spotter but i love those pictures which you take of interesting individuals in their "natural habitat".
It seems difficult to look so smart wearing that kind of coat, but he´s really elegant!
I agree with yu SAR ….Redheads have their work cut out for them and if one can simply use the very color to make a statement, then definitely hats off to anyone that can achieve that.
It seems difficult to be smart with that kind of coat, i guess…but he´s really eleganT i love the colours!
My son has thick red hair like that. Sigh.
my friend has hair just like his and she uses metallic army green eyeshadow frequently. it looks fantastic on her, and on him it's just as lovely. the peek of maroon sweater is beautiful too!
as they say in italy: ma che bellisom!
i love redhair and this guy looks fantastic!
OK, that man is just delicious. Gives even the painter a run for his money! Beautiful, beautiful hair. Like that he has gone with a maroon-y sweater. Also like whyioughtta's periwinhkle suggestion for red-heads. Love this guy's pants, too. Don't love the patch on the sleeve of his jacket. I bet his physique is just clothes-hanger perfect. >sigh< Bring him back to NYC, wouldya, Sart?
i can imagine the sweet dreams you have after seeing so many beautiful people. this guy looks amazing! the green is such a perfect shade on him, it looks as if he has a tan..his skin and hair are illuminated. btw, is that a moncler parka he's wearing?
He looks ready for the battle of modern life and economics. Cool-ATWR
beautiful! I love to see redheads play up the fair skin.
I think he looks quite well. See, its not often seeing a male redhead pulling off his looks without looking funny or younger…
ROJO;OLIVA Y ORO buena combinacion¡
nice,nice,very nice¡
I have to agree when you say the best pictures you took were from redheads. I just love the one you posted on style.com january 12th (purple accents) the long hair guy is just perfect…
This is my first time posting a comment since I discovered your blog a long time ago (after seeing your work in GQ), you have inspired me to create one and go out to the streets of my city hunting for some great styles. It's really fulfilling working with fashion and even more immortalizing it with a picture.
Keep up the good work, ciao!
Yavé Lobsang
Army green on readheads = love. This man is too hot.
Is that a red and grey striped cardigan underneath?
Excellent haircut, and I love the gold chain. Not sure about the piffy down jacket. Didn't puffy down jackets go out of style in, say, 1982? As a previous poster mentioned, yes, he looks ready to take notes, but in an aggressive manner.
i love redheads, this guy looks great+
i completely disagree. he fully understands and he certainly tried but not too hard….and i am sorry but how could you not like a gold chain and raw knuckles?
I really like these colors on him, and he's very handsome. Great hair.
If I had red hair, I'd want to look something like him.
I dont really like this puffa jacket street look…he is very handsome though and I agree about redheads looking great in shades of green.
I think fuschia also looks hot on redheads and that would normally be a no-no…
i am ambivalent on the coloring for this guy. it might be that he is just hot and the color works regardless. But, whether it works or not, his look caught my eye. my bf is a redhead and I can never figure out what to purchase in terms of color. i tried following guidelines for a Spring but it did not work. Any suggestions?
I agree. I am always trying to get my red haired friend to consider green!
Te gold chain doesn't seem big enough for the puffy green jacket. I like the maroon shirt mixed with the olive green.
this color is ok on him, but i don't really wear this color on myself. (i think it is probably a better color for male redheads). i tend to stick with brighter greens, blues, purples, but a tealish turquoise is my signature color…really brings out the freckles – i have a scarf and its the perfect color!
I don't like that jacket at all, and I'm not sure that green even suits his colouring. Maybe it's just the greasy sheen of it that puts me off.
Cool hair and I like the coloring of the army green against his complexion.
Gold chain atleast matches his hair.
It's good to be red. ;)
He looks like a GI Joe doll from the 1970s.
He looks great.Agree that he does look slightly macho, but still put together.Thought women would be swooning over this one. But I laughed out loud at the 'olive with a cherry on top' comment, very funny.
nice concrete.
All the readheads that I know have a particularly and excellent style…
Thanks for the great ideas.
I would like to see more pictures of cyclists. It is hard to know what to wear when you bike around town. And I am not talking about lycra atheltets but something less formal, like you might see in Amsterdam.
He looks great.
I´m a readhead and always try to wear this colours, and always feels like I´m out of fashion, so I´m very happy too see that you don´t think it´s too bad…
He looks goooooooooooooooooooood…
It's interesting that the people who are redheads don't care so much for the combination.
I like it. It could also be the light. I can believe that in some circumstances that combination might wash you out.
Sigh…I wish my husband would grow his hair out like this. He's been doing the Brad Pitt in Oceans ## movie thing for so long and he has such lovely thick hair. It would be so nice like this for a change! I think he's fantastic.
At last! Appreciation of red heads! I think he knows what he is doing – the hair is too well styled – messy, but styled. An earth-based colour palate always works well on red heads (and us offshoots!)
I just thought he looked hot. He should be in some kind of period movie, Shakespearean maybe.
He looks very sharp and creative. Like a writer or a designer. He could write me a poem any day!
Another thing about people with fair, reddish skin:
Winter is a hard time for us! Our skin gets dry, and our knuckles and fingers crack and bleed. That's probably why he looks like he's been in a fistfight.
Poor guy just needs some lotion.
The gold chain around the neck must go and his hands need some lokking after-other than that he looks great-not washed out! The chain could be replaced by something in silver or a leather cord or a wooden bead with silver bead necklace type of thing. Love the green and burgundy combination on him. Green is always a favorite in a number of shades and this one is no exception. I wish army green looked this stylish.
That's a good look. I like Moncler apre ski wear the best, and this guy shows why. He reminds me of those votive candles with his hair, obviously, being the flame. Nice pic.
he's hot
You know what other color really looks good on red-heads: french navy – that dark blue that is rich with purple undertones.
b/t/w love all those purples at Pitti. Am looking for the right purple thing for myself now.
A confession, I am the gentleman in the green puffa and this website was brought to my attention by a friend. I am greatly amused that people should feel compelled to comment. For a start, the picture is awful, secondly I was massively hungover and in no fit state to dress myself, so co-ordination seemed easiest. Thirdly, the knuckles were scuffed in self-defence. For those of you who were generous enough (not to mention a little mad) to say I looked gorgeous, I thank you. For those who care, I am mostly wearing blue today.
I LUUUVVV the look, manly, like he doesn't give a fuck. Reminds me of Eric Stoltz! I hope he doesn't work in fashion, maybe he was just passing by?
i'd say he's pretty gorgeous, myself. i think the green suits him. and i disagree with the anonymous poster who said it's hard for redheads to find flattering colors – i find that most colors really suit me, with the exception of certain neutrals such as sand, taupe, ecru, etc., which wash me out. greens, golds, violets, blues… all tend to flatter. then again, i'm a new yorker at heart and have trouble adventuring outside of my beloved black :)
What do you mean the picture is awful?
Why am i the only one that got screwed on this post!
Okay, okay fellow redheads. You're right: I wasn't precise. There are many flattering colors to wear, but also many unflattering ones. And there's often such a small difference between them. More so for many of us than for people with different coloring, or it seems that way. I once tried to figure it all out with a color wheel, but couldn't :)
And I agree in detail with many of the other redheads' observations on neutrals, midnight blues, earth tones etc….
This guy is very handsome and intelligent-looking no whether I think the green is perfect or not.
sorry, I never meant technically bad, just never like photos of myself. I'm happy it provoked such a response.
As a redhead with very pale freckled skin with pink undertones, this color makes me look like a ghoul. This guy's face has enough color in it – and not too much ruddiness – to carry it off, and it makes his hair color stands out very nicely. I agree with other redheads, that the fall colors everyone wants to see us in can sometimes look drab and awful. Redheads have so much variation in their hair color and skin coloring that there are fewer hard-and-fast rules that can be applied because both factor into the equation.
Whether on purpose or not (is he a street tough with barroom-brawl knuckles or did he scrape his hands moving furniture around his mod apartment?), this guy got it right, for him.
I'm the chickadee who wrote the olive w/ a cherry on top comment and now that I know his hand was bruised in "self-defence" (his words), I am swooning….. Allan, I think love you! By the way, thanks for the update on your color choice of the day– I can only imagine, and weep.
By the way, Sart– your picture was perfect.
First redheadded man I have thought looked hot!
who is that handsome man..?
In a word: Yum.
"When redheads understand their coloring…they can really look fantastic." ???
I think you have some great observations about fashion, but this seems really patronizing. There are so many natural shades of red (I have always had one of them)–not to mention accompanying skin tones. It's not always easy to find truly flattering shades, particularly when seasonal color palettes shift so often. As for this gentleman, I don't think this particular shade of green suits him at all. Very drab and washed-out. He'd be better off with a really rich, warm brown in the mix, if he wants to wear this color.
Well, Allan, if you look like that when you wake up hungover, you won't ever catch me kicking you out of bed. Get on over to NYC!
And Scott, the pic is great – the concrete wall with studs (double entendre intended) is an excellent backdrop to the color, both of Allan and of Oswald Boateng.
I would never let Allan leave the house in such a state! But only so I could keep LOOKING at him.
I am flattered by the attention, almost bashful, in fact. FYI, I live now in NY.
To each his own . . . .
You might be able to pull off a shiny green Michelin-man coat on the slopes but keep it off the streets!
I can vouch that Allan indeed looks hungover and his knuckles are not normally in that condition – his feet are a different story – its amazing that this picture has drawn so many comments and I am wondering if allan should take up modelling???
His obvious style shines through and as for his hair – who cares what colour it is I think he looks fab and yes underneath that puffa jacket lies a coat hanging body.
Hope to see more of him in the future mmmm
He should. Nude modeling would be best, but the regular kind would work too. Guy is hot.
i love a ginger winkler like this one he's quite a brute looks like he'd try to beat you up if you were a policeman.
this was not deliberate. just random.
We redheads always seem to be controversial.
What's interesting is that everyone acknowledges the "limited palette" of a redhead – but how many people can wear canary yellow? Bright pink? Teal? Redheads just seem to be allotted a very narrow, socially-accepted palette: khaki, navy blue, brown, green, black.
That acceptable palette becomes very boring, very quickly: I dressed in all-black for years, to avoid comments on the "redhead colours" I was wearing. In the end, I worked out that wearing all-black simply highlighted my hair itself – so I got more comments on my hair colour than ever (and I've always hated those comments).
I've just about resigned myself to the fact that the statistical rarity of redheadedness in most parts of the world (Scotland and Germany aside) means people will always comment on it. It can never pass unnoticed.
I highly recommend Marion Roach's "Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning and Sexual Power of Red Hair" – she goes into a lot of the issues behind it all.
Christ, people. If you must bitch, learn some grammar, huh? Case in point, used as an adjective, it's "hard-case looking." And speaking of redundancy, let's forget the war in Iraq and global warming, bloody knuckles at Armani…? *The horror!* Seriously, am I the only one here who's amused by the outrage this most controversial redhead has caused by going to fisticuffs instead of mani/ped?
Now, a little surly, perhaps–a smile would've been nice to see, but otherwise, he looks downright edible. Maybe even down-right edible. Then again, "raw" suits me just fine.
Come on–78 comments in less than a week?–don't tell me he's not alluring. By the way, Anonymous, before repeating your posts a third time, here's a style tip for you: get yourself a stiff drink, a f'ing sense of humor, and a dictionary–in no particular order.
As a readhead I strongly feel that green is vital – a colour to wear every day in fact. But emerald, not military green, surely?
never annoy a ginger!
great but very much expected for a red head to wear this green. I can say so as I am one as well.
I would vote to go a bit against the expected and add some scarlet red, yellow or teal blue
Do we see a love connection between jkrnyc and Allan????????
Redheads rule!
I am Japanise, and he look's a SF movie star!! Adorable…
This guy would look gorgeous in any color…chain, no chain; clothes, no clothes!
OMG…is he single?
Four months later and this guy still makes me weak in the knees…
Spot on with this write-up, I really assume this website needs far more consideration. I'll most likely be again to read rather more, thanks for that info.


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College Football 2013: 5 Big Questions for Week 4
This might be the least exciting week of the season, with just one game between Top 25 teams and a bunch of powerhouses-vs.-FCS games on the slate. Still, there are some looming questions that could impact the season going forward. Here is what to watch for this week:
Will Alabama Have a Letdown?
Alabama fans had last week's game against Texas A&M circled on their calendars for months. So now that the Crimson Tide has passed their biggest test of the season, how does Nick Saban keep his troops focused? Alabama hosts 1-2 Colorado State this week and will play only two more ranked teams (No. 21 Ole Miss and No. 6 LSU), both in Tuscaloosa, before the SEC Championship game. While Saban is known as a master motivator, complacency could be the toughest opponent the Crimson Tide face for the rest of the regular season.
How Good Is the Pac-12?
Everyone knows how explosive the Oregon offense can be, but we're quickly learning that the rest of the league can put up some numbers as well. No. 13 UCLA rolled up 504 yards and 38 unanswered points in an impressive comeback win at Nebraska. No. 17 Washington ranks fourth nationally in total offense and has put up an average of 36 points per game against two respectable defenses. Six conference schools (Oregon, UCLA, Utah, Arizona, Arizona State and Oregon State) rank 21st or better nationally in scoring. No. 5 Stanford's game this week against No. 23 Arizona State could tell us a little more about just how good the Cardinal is. Based on early returns, it's hard to argue against the Pac-12 as the second-best conference in football right now
How Will Clemson Handle Its First Road Test?
No. 3 Clemson has been very impressive in season-opening wins over No. 9 Georgia and South Carolina State. This week they'll make a Thursday-night visit to North Carolina State, a team that is notorious for pulling off an annual home upset of a highly ranked opponent on national television. (See No. 3 Florida State in 2012, No. 7 Clemson in 2011, No. 16 Florida State in 2010, etc.) The Wolfpack might not seem like much of a challenge after needing a last-minute field goal to get past lowly Richmond last week, but N.C. State features a balanced offensive attack that put up 542 yards and 40 points in a Week 1 win over Louisiana Tech. This game was a shootout last year, with Clemson taking home a 62-48 victory. Look for another high-scoring affair this time around.
Can Florida-Tennessee Regain the Fire?
For years, the Florida-Tennessee matchup was one of college football's biggest games. The two head coaches (Phil Fulmer and Steve Spurrier) and the two fan bases, to put it lightly, didn't much care for each other. And more importantly, the game often had a big impact on the SEC and national-title races. The rivalry has fallen on hard times in recent years, though, and while both fan bases are optimistic about the future, both teams are coming off of painful losses. Tennessee got blown out, 59-14, by No. 2 Oregon last week, and the Gators have had a week to recover from their mistake-filled loss at Miami. Neither school will be a national player this year, but a win this week would go a long way toward helping the victor gain some respectability in the SEC.
How Hot Is Bo Pelini's Seat?
Lane Kiffin at USC and Mack Brown at Texas may be the two biggest names on the coaching hot seat, but Nebraska's Bo Pelini is now No. 3 and moving up fast. First, the Cornhuskers had yet another embarrassing loss, giving up 38 unanswered points to UCLA last Saturday and appearing to be completely confused and outcoached. The rumblings from the Pelini critics had already been growing louder for 48 hours before reaching ear-splitting decibels on Monday. When asked about comments from former Cornhusker quarterback Tommie Frazier calling for coaching changes, Pelini dismissed Frazier's comments and got in a swipe at the college football Hall of Famer, saying, "If he feels like that, we don't need him." Later that day, a secret recording of Pelini made in 2011 was released. In it, Pelini lets loose with an expletive-laden tirade aimed at local media members and, most damningly, fans who booed the team or left games early.
Pelini's defense of his program is understandable, but he certainly didn't need to disrespect one of the most popular players in Cornhusker history. And while you have to question the motives of someone who would sit on this audio for two years before choosing to release it only after a big loss, Pelini's comments will not sit well with one of college football's most rabid fan bases. As of this writing, there has been no official comment from university officials, but Pelini is most likely on very, very thin ice right now.


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seq on osx
by Jayce on Nov.04, 2008, under Geeky
I was trying to mirror down a set of zip's (CD3WD a pretty amazing resource) and I didnt' want to just mirror, because of other data. So I was trying to do a simple loop, but was thinking too Perlish and trying to sprintf somehow the numerical formatting (files are cd3wd401 to 444, so needed the 0). Perlhoser corrected my attempt, by pointing me to the seq command, with the -w flag, which pads the width to the largest amount, with leading zeros, perfect.
Until I tried to run it on my mac, which had the drive I wanted it on, instead of a linux box. Seq wasn't installed, and I couldnt' find it with macports. However I did find via google that the 'coreutils' port has a 'gseq' tool. Drop in replacement for my script.


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I love Spanish architecture. It's all so romantic and mysterious with the courtyards hidden behind wooden doors, the arches, the tiled roofs, the iron light fixtures. This farmhouse in Spain was recently published in a Spanish magazine and it caught my eye. It was built in the 18th century and only one family has ever inhabited it. The owners have spent considerable time in the United States and recently decided to return home and fix up the property. Who can blame them? Here, at the entrance, the heavy wood doors are open onto the central courtyard which most rooms look out onto. The family dog stands guard. I kept looking at this picture and it reminded me of something. It started to drive me a little crazy - it took me an entire day to figure it all out…….
Inside the central courtyard of the farmhouse.
There is a porch that runs parallel to the house.
Outdoor dining on the porch.
A brick path under a rose covered pergola.
Into the house from the porch: through curtains and a wood door, then French styled doors.
The living room is bright – showing signs of its recent updating. The modern art work is a surprise.
The dining room overlooks the porch through the iron gated window. The green door on the right leads to the porch through the curtained doorway. Native terracotta floor tiles run throughout the farmhouse.
The kitchen is all white tiles and terracotta floors.
The master bedroom overlooks the central courtyard. Here the floor is seagrass with scattered rugs over it. The decor is so different than French and English. Its more masculine than French, more colorful than English. Even though recently updated, the interiors leave a lot to be desired. But still, looking at this story reminded me of something which I finally remember what...
Is this Texas or Spain? The 18th century Spanish farmhouse reminded me of a ranch house that was built in south Texas by Michael Imber, a distinguished and highly honored architect living in San Antonio, Texas. The image of the Spanish farmhouse's white stucco colonial architecture facade brought this Texas ranch to mind. Here, the courtyard is located to the front of the facade.
The ranch is located between San Antonia and Laredo – on the south Texas range. Named Rancho dos Vidas, Michael Imber has received many awards for this particular property. He says that he drew inspiration for his design from "Spanish Colonial archetypes of South Texas and Northern Mexico." No wonder the 18th century farmhouse in Spain reminded me of this ranch! To reach the ranch house, you enter through protective walls which keep the harsh environment from encroaching on the property. The plans are beautifully illustrated here, where you can see the house is U-shaped around the front courtyard.
A view at dusk of the entry into the house through an arched doorway.
A view of the front overlooking the wild Texas scrub landscape. The Spanish styled facade can be seen in the middle of the compound.
A view of the lush courtyard. Notice the interesting shaped shutters and the ledge on which the windows are sited.
An arroyo is found at the back of the property. Here you can just barely see the arched facade.
A close up of the beautiful barrel tiled roof. No expense was spared to make this ranch house look as authentic as possible.
A pergola topped walkway off the swimming pool area. I love the lantern hanging down from the vines – so romantic!
Inside the ranch, strictly Texan decor. The ranch is used as a hunting property – the deer were probably shot here. This interior looks more fitting for a ranch than the original 18th century Spanish farm! This ranch was published in several magazines and books.
The beautiful kitchen with French chairs and table. Notice the island is made out of Spanish tiles, and also notice how the stove is placed inside a towering mantel. Beautiful. The windows overlook the front courtyard.
The master bedroom reminds me of a Ralph Lauren advertisement! The doors are so beautiful. Notice the shape of the fireplace, so graceful.
Another beautiful bedroom with a leather bed and French nightstands. All of the beamed ceilings throughout are so wonderful.
A closeup of the front entrance with its massive door and arched window.
The back of the house overlooks the swimming pool and the river. The main living area is to the right.
It's interesting that the new ranch in Texas, modeled after Spanish architecture found in Mexico, looks as old and as authentic as the original 18th century Spanish farm which serves as the inspiration. Which is better, the new or the old? I think I might like the new myself!!!
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Best Cat Video Ever Made — Patty Cake Cats [VIDEO]
Sure, there are lots of videos of cats on the internet. Some are cute, some are sad (thanks a lot Sarah Mclachlan), and some are funny. With an overwhelming amount of these clips on YouTube and Facebook, you might be getting tired of them. If they are all starting to run together and get boring to you, try this one. I believe it to be the best cat video ever made.
This video shows a hilarious and creative game of patty cake between two cats. From an obvious cat lover, see the multiple cat backgrounds on the computer screens behind the cats, this video has been shared with the world.
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Miguel Teams Up With Deer Dana for Limited-Edition T-Shirt Line
Miguel is quite the fashionable guy. So we're happy to see him do something that should be in vogue for all artists -- mixing fashion with charity. The 'Adorn' singer has teamed up with clothing company Deer Dana to create a charitable T-shirt line.
The Deer Dana and Miguel collection boasts two T-shirts with the illustrations of '80s pop icons Grace Jones and Sade. The tees are available online at Deer Dana and at Opening Ceremony retail stores in New York and Los Angeles.
The shirts are pricey, retailing at $60 but it's for charity, so it's cool to splurge on them. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the shirts will be donated towards The Precious Dreams Foundation, which provides gift bags of bedtime comfort to children in foster care. Miguel loves the kids!
This cool T-shirt collection will fit perfectly for the upcoming Grammy Awards in February if Miguel decides to attend the ceremony. We think the singer will since he garnered five Grammy nominations, including Song of the Year ('Adorn') and Best Urban Contemporary Album ('Kaleidoscope Dream').
We applaud Miguel for turning his love of music and fashion into an altruistic path to helping young children.
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New Hampshire Powerball Winner Attempting To Remain Anonymous After Win
Lawyers for a New Hampshire woman are arguing in court their client has the right to remain anonymous after winning nearly $560-million in a Powerball drawing last month. The winner has yet to turn in the winning ticket but has already signed the back of it, which is required to claim the money. New Hampshire state law says the winner's name, town and the prize amount are all public information.
The state Attorney General's Office is seeking to have the suit tossed according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. Assistant Attorney General John Conforti wrote that her "desire for normalcy and anonymity is substantially outweighed by the public's right to transparency in the operation of lottery games."
Officials said that because the woman signed the back of her ticket, her name must be released. If she wanted to remain anonymous, she could have had "the trustee of a designated trust" sign the back of the back of the ticket.
New Hampshire state lawmakers are attempting to change the law to protect the privacy of lottery winners. According to WMUR, lawmakers passed a privacy law in 2014 which was vetoed by the governor. While they think they may be able to pass a law to protect the identity of future winners, it might be a tough sell to make it apply retroactively.
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The U.S. Department of Labor's recent decision to withdraw the proposed rule dealing with family farms and child labor calmed a months-long storm in rural America. Accused by opponents of being a hyper-regulatory overreach, the rule would have prevented the children of farming families from many work-related activities.
But even as the DOL announcement was welcomed in farm country, it still leaves plenty of agricultural labor issues to resolve.
"The decision to withdraw this rule -- including provisions to define the 'parental exemption' -- was made in response to thousands of comments expressing concerns about the effect of the proposed rules on small family-owned farms," a DOL statement said. "To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration."
For more, see here.
In lieu of the new rules, the DOL plans to work on educational efforts with leading farm organizations "to reduce accidents to young workers and promote safer agricultural working practices."
In early May, Frank Gasparini, Executive Vice President of the National Council of Agricultural Employers (NCAE), spoke with Farm Press on the importance of farm groups standing strong, ranching families' big role, the DOL's promised outreach, and where H-2A/H-2B and E-Verify legislation stands. Among his comments:
On the DOL's withdrawal of proposed child farm labor rules…
"The DOL was invited – and I use that word facetiously – to talk to several congressmen about (the rules). I hate to name any because I'll leave some out, but (Montana Rep.) Denny Rehberg and a number of others really put pressure on DOL asking 'what are you doing? Why are you doing this – it's bad for family farms.'
"Over the course of this, I found it remarkable how well agricultural groups stuck together and how much pressure people kept up through writing letters to newspapers, calling their congressmen and all the rest.
"Despite the fact that it looked like USDA wasn't standing up to DOL on this, apparently there was a lot more going on behind the scenes than most of us realized. I've heard that USDA continued, through back channels, to tell DOL this wouldn't be good. And apparently that pressure finally filtered throughout the (Obama) administration and they decided not to promulgate the rules.
"I suspect the fact that this is an election year helped them make that decision."
On the DOL saying the rules won't be revisited as long as Obama is in office…
"DOL says it won't promulgate the rule but that (could provide wiggle room).
"This is an important victory for agriculture. Maybe the biggest victory is that so many different agricultural groups and individuals not only hung together, but did so for so long. That proves the strength of a unified agriculture.
"A lot of times, the commodity groups and associations and farmers from different states compete with one another. It isn't always easy for such unification on the same issue for so long.
"My concern is that the actual definition of the family farm exemption hasn't changed. That was what the DOL, the USDA and others kept telling us when agriculture became angry about this. They said 'well, we understand why you're so angry. But you don't understand what we're doing because the definition for "family farm" hasn't changed.'
"Well, we feared and know that they were starting to reinterpret the definition and to enforce it differently than they had in the past. And they could still do that.
"We hope they won't. We hope the marker has been put out that agriculture will be very angry (if they continue).
"The way the definition is written, children are still not exempted on their grandparents' or aunts' and uncles' farms. By strict interpretation, if your family farm is an LLC -- or some kind of limited partnership, which so many are – that is partly, or mostly, owned by the grandparents and the child's parents aren't the sole operators/decision-makers, the (law) is still murky. There is still some risk for the family farm exemption – it doesn't exist as most people perceive."
Will Congress pass legislation regarding this?
"Many of our allies have been talking to Congress. They've been warning – and will continue to – lawmakers about this. A lot of folks in Congress are watching.
"So, (the DOL announcement) was a really good thing. But we can't just walk away and forget about it. It requires more vigilance. That's a good thing because it will help keep the coalition of disparate agricultural groups together."
Ranchers, outreach, H-2A/H-2B/E-Verify
On ranchers' big push to end the rule change…
"Many people were concerned about this but (ranchers) were very exercised. I didn't keep good statistics but it appeared that the preponderance of really good letters to editors, really good interviews in small hometown newspapers, tended to revolve around livestock.
"I think the reason for that is there were 13 so-called 'hazardous operations' listed (by DOL) that youth would have been virtually prohibited from working on. While a number of those involved equipment that cut across all farms, they were harder to understand…
"The ones that really had an impact, ones that were really in your face, were those like no dealing with animals in a way that could cause pain -- dehorning, docking tails, anything like that. The rules would have even prevented the herding of chickens. They would have prevented children from handling any sexually-intact animals over six months in age.
"Those restrictions would have virtually taken youths out of F-H, FFA and livestock showing and handling. I think that's why this really raised the hackles of those who own horses, the dairy producers, pork and cattle.
"There was a huge group of organizations – probably 40 or so – that conference-called regularly. We were sharing written comments back-and-forth.
"Probably, the groups that added the most flesh to our comments were up to a dozen state Farm Bureaus. Some of the people from those really understood the issues well and did some very good writing that many of us used. They kept it up throughout."
Shortly prior to the DOL's backing down on the new rule, the USDA's National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) released a study showing a decrease in youth farm accidents. NASS found that "agriculture-related injuries to youth under 20 years of age on United States farms have decreased from 13.5 injuries per 1,000 farms in 2001 to 7.2 injuries per 1,000 farms in 2009. … An injury was defined as any condition occurring on the farm operation resulting in at least four hours of restricted activity or requiring professional medical attention."
For more, see here.
Your reaction to the study? Do you suspect that was the final nail in the proposed rule's coffin?
"I don't know that for sure, but it certainly didn't hurt.
"We'd already seen bits and pieces of those numbers from the ag-safety experts at universities. For example, the injury rate in youth working agriculture had been cut more than half in five years.
"But it was a nice coincidence that study was released (when it was). I can't say for sure it had an impact (with DOL) but it certainly didn't hurt."
On the need for farm safety…
"Accidents and injuries usually result from poor training or preparation, inexperience, haste or fatigue.
"Well, on a farm, you have to do everything. Often, you must be in a hurry because things are seasonal. It's routine to push yourself beyond what a paid employee in a factory would. That's because it's your operation – if you don't do it, it won't get done.
"Everyone in agriculture should keep at the front of their minds to do everything possible to create a culture of safety around farms. We could make a lot of progress on that and do much better than we have."
On the DOL's plan to work on farm safety through agriculture groups in lieu of the proposed rules…
"The DOL says it will now engage in a stakeholder outreach (on safety).
"It might have taken some time, but if DOL's goal was results (in safety), the best way to do that was a stakeholder outreach begun a decade ago. You know, pull in growers, leading grower groups and maybe some equipment companies. If the people who are actually doing the work – and whose kids are doing the work – had been involved, I think we'd be in a much better place (already)."
Details on the outreach are yet to be released. Gasparini, who has been involved with such things in the past, "hopes the outreach is very broad. … They aren't always easy and can be a lot of work. There has to be give-and-take and egos must be checked. In the end, though, some really good guidelines or rules are produced."
On the latest regarding H-2A/H-2B farm labor programs and E-Verify…
Some in Congress "would still love to pass mandatory E-Verify. It's still the law in several states and South Carolina will join them very soon.
"The U.S. Supreme Court is still discussing the constitutionality of certain pieces of the Arizona law. If it upholds that later this summer, we expect more states to move very quickly.
"At the federal level, E-Verify is stalled with leadership. Agriculture is telling them 'we can't support this unless we have a workable program to both make our current workforce legal, somehow, and have a future flow of non-immigrant workers.
"H-2A remains very difficult with a lot of delays. Nearly everyone who uses H-2A employees is audited. But that program still provides less than 5 percent of the workers.
"Even a better H-2A program is not a solution for mandatory E-Verify. We need more than that. We need a way to keep our existing workers.
"As for H-2B, a judge in Florida issued a temporary injunction (the last week of April) against implementation of the H-2B rule. She will likely rule sometime over the summer on whether that injunction will become permanent. H-2B users will operate under the old law at least through the rest of this season and into 2013."
For more on farm labor, see here.


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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Arizona wide receiver Anquan Boldin laughed off the negative reaction to his nationally televised run-in with offensive coordinator Todd Haley, calling it "hilarious."
Boldin's shouting match with the coach on the sideline came as Arizona drove for the winning touchdown in Sunday's 32-25 victory over Philadelphia in the NFC championship game.
Boldin didn't stay on the field in the postgame celebration, making a quick exit through the locker room. He said that he did congratulate his teammates and left quickly only to avoid questions about the Haley incident.
Instead, he acknowledged after Thursday's practice, his abrupt departure "made it worse."
"For me it's hilarious," Boldin said of the criticism he's received. "I mean, I don't want to sit here and dwell on it because for me it's in the past, but that's something that goes on every week in the NFL whether people know it or not.
"Every week, somebody on the sidelines gets into an argument, but it's in the heat of the moment, it's part of football and once it's done, it's dead on all sides."
Team leaders Adrian Wilson and Kurt Warner strongly defended Boldin.
"I think people are making a lot out of nothing," Wilson said. "That stuff happens all the time. Q is very dedicated to this team, very dedicated to the players. I think it's a non-issue."
Warner said it was "crazy" for people to define Boldin's personality by this one incident after "everything that guy's done all year and the character he's displayed all year long."
Boldin acknowledged it was a lesson in how things are magnified when a team reaches this point.
"The attention has grown," Boldin said. "Do you have to be careful? I guess so, but at the same time you can't alter who you are. You can only be you and let the rest take care of itself."
He added: "Guys in the locker room know what kind of guy I am and they know exactly what went on."
Boldin said he was upset that Haley had gone to a personnel group that didn't include him.
"I was mad because they took me out of the game," Boldin said. "I mean, I think any competitor would have had the same reaction. A game of that magnitude, how close the game was, potentially driving to score a touchdown, I wanted to be in there. That's just the type of guy I am."
He was back on the field for the winning touchdown, serving as a decoy when Warner faked an outside screen, then threw up the middle to Tim Hightower on an 8-yard scoring play.
Haley also has downplayed the run-in as a "heat of the moment" thing. The offensive coordinator has a fiery temperament and shouting matches are not uncommon for him. He had one with Warner in the first quarter against the Eagles.
"Like I said, it's normal," Boldin said. "He gets into it with Kurt, he gets into it with defensive players, he gets into it with tight ends, other coaches. It's common around here. ... Everybody blowing it up and making a big deal about it, it was funny to me."
Boldin has long been considered a leader of the team and was a co-captain in the 2007 season. However, at the start of this season's training camp he accused Cardinals management of lying to him by failing to follow through on what he said was a promise for a new contract in the offseason.
Teammate Larry Fitzgerald, on the other hand, got a four-year, $40 million contract with $30 million guaranteed.
Boldin, who has two years left on his contract, said then he would never re-sign with Arizona.
He brought the subject up again once during the season, but has vowed it would not affect his attitude in the locker room or play on the field.
Boldin injured his face on a brutal hit from Eric Smith of the New York Jets. Smith was suspended a game and fined $50,000 although Boldin said the hit was "just football."
Boldin had seven plates and more than 40 screws inserted to repair multiple facial fractures. But he missed only two weeks. In all during the regular season, he caught 89 passes for 1,038 yards and 11 touchdowns despite missing four games with injuries.
He sat out Arizona's 33-13 divisional playoff victory at Carolina with a strained left hamstring, but returned for the NFC championship. He said his hamstring felt fine and he was able to go through a full practice Thursday.
When asked immediately after Sunday's game if he had changed his mind about staying with the Cardinals, Boldin said, "Next question."
On Thursday, he said that reaction came because he felt it was an improper time for such a question.
"We just won the NFC. I mean, we're going to the Super Bowl, and a guy brings up that question `Are you coming back next year?'" Boldin said. "First of all, that's out of my control. I'm playing in the Super Bowl."
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National Be Nice to Nettles week took place 14 - 25 May 2014, and the Museum will be running its own be nice to Nettles Weekend on 31 May and 1 June 2014. It's a free event, open to everyone and there will be a range of displays, activities and talks in the Wildlife Garden and inside the Museum. You can read more about the Wildlife Garden activities on Caroline's blog.
Misunderstood stingers
It's easy to label the nettle as an unfriendly plant, after all its stinging property and tough habitus don't help much in giving it the elegance, gentleness and fragility we wish to see in beautiful plants with delicate flowers.
The ability to sting is due to the fine hair-like structures covering every part of the plant. These hollow hairs and their swollen base contain a cocktail of chemicals, such as histamine, formic acid, acetylcholine and others. The hairs are very brittle and break easily, and once broken the sharp fragment that remains will readily enter the skin dishing out the irritant mixture, this causes the familiar and unpleasant rash.
The hairs on the stinging nettle are a great defence against many herbivores and can cause a severe rash if brushed.
The genus Urtica to which the nettle belongs comprises around 80 species distributed in tropical and temperate regions throughout the world. Only 2 species are found in the UK, the perennial stinging or common Nettle (Urtica dioica) and the more local, annual small nettle (Urtica urens).
There are a few differences between them. U. dioca has almost invariably separate plants bearing either male or female flowers, while U. urens has both male and female flowers on the same plant. The latter is also smaller and its leaves are less pointed and more deeply toothed. But they do have a thing in common: the propensity for stinging!
Common nettle on top and small nettle at the bottom. Note how the leaves of the common nettle are more pointed and less deeply toothed compared to the ones of the small nettle.
However, there's more to nettle than its bristliness and if we consider carefully we would discover that the nettle is in fact an unadorned but interesting plant with many useful properties, and which plays a very important role in nature.
Nutrition and knickers
In fact in the UK over 100 species of insects have been recorded feeding on nettle (see the list here). This of course means that the community of organisms depending on - or somehow benefitting from - nettle patches is indeed very large; just think of all the birds, amphibians, predaceous insects, arachnids and others creatures which readily take advantage of this tasty myriad.
Aphids love nettle, particulary new shoots. The picture shows a common nettle aphid (Microlophium carnosum) on nettle.
© influentialpoints.com
Many insects and other organisms benefit from nettle. In this picture on the left Common Red ants (Myrmica rubra) tending a colony of aphids on nettle. On the right adult and larva of 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) feeding on aphids on nettle.
Nettle also provides an excellent fibre which can be easily woven, spun and twisted to make clothes, sacking, fishing nets and even knickers - although I'm not sure about a pair of nettle knickers as it sounds too much like wearing one of those religious cilices for repentance and atonement.
Several species of nettle are used to produce fibre for making textile and clothing.
The leaves and other parts of the nettle plant are rich in compounds which have remarkable nutritional and medicinal value, and for centuries nettle has been used as a versatile culinary ingredient and as an alternative to conventional medicines.
An earthy nettle soup.
Nettle also has a variety of uses in gardening:
- It can be used to prepare a fertilizer rich in nitrogen and iron.
- It can be chopped and mixed in a compost heap to help speed up the decomposition process.
- Nettle in the garden can be planted to lure aphids (these sucking green insects love nettle) therefore reducing the risk of other garden plants being attacked, moreover the aphid will also attract beneficial insects and birds which readily feed on them.
So it is not surprising that nature lovers and conservationists organise public events and fairs to celebrate the nettle's qualities and educate people in the importance of this plant.
And the Museum will be again joining in the celebrations with a weekend dedicated to this formidable plant. Nettle Weekend is taking place on 31 May and 1 June at the Museum. It's a free event, open to everyone and there will be a range of displays, activities and talks in the Wildlife Garden and inside the Museum.
So come and visit us. I'll be there too, in the Wildlife Garden near the pond, with a display about insects and nettle, with emphasis on moths and butterflies of course.
The display about insects and nettle in the Museum's Wildlife Garden.
Here's some information about Lepidoptera and nettle:
According to the Database of Insects and their Food Plants, in the UK there are 56 species of Lepidoptera whose caterpillars have been recorded feeding on nettle. Most of these species are polyphagous, this means that the caterpillars feed on a variety of host plants, which are often - but not always - related.
However, for the following species of butterflies and moths nettle seems to be the favourite food-plant.
- Comma (Polygonia c-album)
- Peacock (Inachis io)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
- Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
- Paignton Snout (Hypena obesalis) A rare immigrant moth. Only 4 British records
- Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)
- Dark Spectacle (A. triplasia)
- Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis)
- Dewick's Plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa) An immigrant moth. Around 50 British records
- Mother of Pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis)
- Nettle Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
- Small Magpie (Anania hortulata)
The caterpillar of the painted lady (Vanessa cardui), on the left, feeds mainly on thistles, but occasionally uses common nettle, mallow and other herbaceous plants as food. On the right a female peacock (Inachis io) is laying eggs on nettle, the primary larval foodplant for this species.
© Vince Massimo
The garden tiger (Arctia caja), on top, is a polyphagous species whose larva feeds on various herbaceous plants, including nettle. While the snout (Hypena proboscidalis) caterpillar feeds preferably on nettle.
© Shane Farrel & © Jeroen Voogd respectively
Thanks for reading and I hope to see you at the weekend!


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TAPR's 1995 Annual Meeting Proceedings, St Louis, MO
Keith Justice, KF7TP (editor)
77 pages.
Keith Justice, KF7TP (editor)
77 pages.
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Table of Contents
- A Simulation of the G-TOR Hybrid ARQ Protocol. Phile Anderson, W0XI, Kantronics
- DSP-based Multimedia Sound Cards for DSP Development PLatforms: Possibilities and Future Trends. Johan Forrer, KC7WW
- The National Weather Service St Louis, MO, POacket Weather Wire. James Kramper, KB0NMT
- Modem Channel Response. Tom McDermott, N5EG
- D93WE Windows Development Environment for the TAPR/AMSAT DSP-93. Tom McDermott, N5EG
- DSP-93 Control Macintosh Development Environment for the TAPR/AMSAT DSP-93. Ron Parsons, W5RKN
- Considerations for Automatic Gain Control in DSP Receivers and Modems. Glenn Prescott, WB0SKX, and Richard Huslig, Kantronics
- SETI Made Simple: What Can We Do?. Dr H. Paul Shuch, N6TX
- Advances in APRS Technology. Keith Sproul, WU2Z and Mark Sproul
- Hierarchial Addressing Protocol. Dave Wolf, WO5H, ROy Engehausen, AA4RE, Hank Oredson, W0RLI, and Greg Jones, WD5IVD
- Regional Digital Organizations List


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Hope College President Jim Bultman and his wife Martie have been invited to be the grand marshals of the GMB Tulip Time Muziekparade in Holland on Saturday, May 12.
The 82nd Tulip Time festival will be held May 5-12. During the festival there are three parades through the central business district. The Muziekparade occurs on the final day of the festival and draws tens of thousands of people to the community.
The grand marshall of the Volksparade on Wednesday, May 9 will be recently retired Holland City Manager Soren Wolff and the grand marshal of the Thursday, May 10 Kinderparade will be Holland public schools superintendent Brian Davis.
Dr. and Mrs. Bultman have been active members of the campus community for the past 13 years. Particularly committed to students, they can regularly be seen attending many Hope and community events. Dr. Bultman is the 11th president of Hope College and will be retiring June 30, 2012.
A 1963 Hope graduate, he assumed the office in 1999 having already had more than two decades of direct experience with the college, including his student days. During his tenure as President, Hope has pursued the two largest single fund-raising efforts in the college's history. In 2000 the college launched the "Legacies: A Vision of Hope" comprehensive campaign which included construction of the A. Paul Schaap Science Center and renovation of the Peale Science Center, construction of the DeVos Fieldhouse, construction of the Martha Miller Center for communication, and restoration of the historic Graves Hall and Lubbers Hall. In 2011 Hope launched its current "A Great Hope" comprehensive campaign. The $175 million effort will benefit every student as it strengthens the college's endowment, adds several new buildings, and supports immediate needs through the annual Hope Fund. He has been involved in the community and is a member of the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce and the Holland Rotary Club, and serves on the Board of Directors at The Bank of Holland, the Board of Directors of the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, and the Board of Governors of the Van Andel Institute. The past 12 years have also been a period of steady growth in enrollment, from 2,943 students in 1999 to a record enrollment of 3,249 during the current school year.
Martie Bultman is also a Hope College graduate with a passion for children and teaching. She has taught elementary age special-education students, high-school students, and has co-authored the "Friendship Series," a religious curriculum for those with disabilities, that is used throughout the English speaking world. The past few years she has served on the Board of Directors for Friendship Ministries and the Holland Area Arts Council Board of Directors, and as chairwoman of the Kate Garrod Post Educational Scholarship Fund for the Woman's Literary Club. She is the co-advisor for the college's Alcor chapter of the national Mortar Board organization. The chapter has received multiple national awards, including being named the top chapter during the national conference in July 2010.
Soren Wolff served the City of Holland as City Manager from 1988 until his retirement in September 2011. Mr. Wolff was born in Denmark and immigrated to the United States at the age of 11. He graduated from Central College in Pella, Iowa with a degree in political science and economics, and then went on to Kansas University where he completed a Master of Public Administration degree specializing in city management.
He served as Assistant City Manager in Grand Haven for 3 years before coming to Holland as Assistant City Manager in 1975. He served in that capacity until accepting the position of City Manager of Muscatine, Iowa in 1979. He remained there until he was rehired by the City of Holland as City Manager in 1988. During his 23 year tenure as City Manager, Mr. Wolff participated in the implementation of Streetscape, Snowmelt, and the construction of a parking ramp in downtown Holland. He oversaw the improvement and upgrade of nearly every City Park and recreational facility, including construction of the boardwalk from Heinz to the Window on the Waterfront. He later directed the renovation of Holland City Hall, and the development of a new police and court complex downtown, and most recently presided over the consolidation of the police and fire departments into a single public safety department. He was a part of numerous collaborative efforts with local private businesses, non-profit organizations, and neighboring governmental units. The Sponsor of the Volksparade is Fifth Third Bank. The Street Scrubbing that precedes the parade is sponsored by Tennant.
Brian Davis is the current superintendent of Holland Public Schools. Superintendent Davis was born and raised in Hillsdale County. He grew up on a forty acre farm assisting his parents in raising crops and livestock throughout his childhood and high school years. He was very involved with 4-H and many extra-curricular activities in high school, especially music. In high school, he was the drum major of his high school marching band for three years and was the recipient of the John Phillip Sousa Award.
Superintendent Davis earned his first degree, a Bachelor of Science in Education, from Central Michigan University majoring in mathematics with a minor in reading. In 1996, he completed his Master of Arts in K-12 School Counseling from Eastern Michigan University and served as a middle school counselor in Zeeland Public Schools. In 2000, he completed his Educational Specialist Degree from Michigan State University in Educational Leadership and is currently working on his doctorate from Western Michigan University.
In 2000, Superintendent Davis began his career at Holland Public Schools as an elementary principal at Lakeview School. He then served as the Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning for 5 years. In 2008 he began his current tenure as the 12th Superintendent of Schools. Recently, Superintendent Davis was named by the Michigan Association of School Administrators as the 2011 Michigan State Superintendent of the Year. Since this acknowledgement, he has had the opportunity to participate on a state and national level in assisting and shaping education policy and school reform efforts.
In addition to his public school commitments, Superintendent Davis serves on many community boards and councils including the Holland Area Chamber of commerce, Ready for School, Kids Hope USA, Wavecrest Career Academy, Tulip Time Board of Directors and the Ottawa Area Superintendents Association. He can be followed on Twitter at bdavisHPS or with Juke VanOss on Talk of the Town WHTC Radio every third Tuesday of the month to learn and discuss significant issues regarding public education. The Kinderparade is sponsored by Johnson Controls.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > October 2001 > Wayland celebrates renovations to Hutcherson Center with dedication ceremony
Wayland celebrates renovations to Hutcherson Center with dedication ceremony
Wayland Baptist University's Plainview campus celebrated the newest facility on campus to undergo a facelift with a dedication ceremony outside the Hutcherson Physical Education Center.
Hutcherson Center received the same portico and columned exterior that have been added to Harral Memorial Auditorium and the Van Howeling Education Complex. The renovations are part of a master plan to improve and unify the campus look. The facility's two concession stands were also renovated to create more room and a more efficient service area.
During the dedication ceremony, several Wayland officials spoke about the contributions of those who made the facility and its renovation possible, as well as those who call Hutcherson Center home on a daily basis.
"For 30 years, the Hutcherson gymnasium has been a place for young men and women to grow through athletic competition and exercise," said Dr. Paul Armes, Plainview president, in opening remarks following a hymn and song by the musical recruiting ensemble Rejoice.
"The athletes say thank you to all who had a part in this renovation," added Dr. Greg Feris, athletic director at Wayland and chair of the Division of Physical Education and Recreation. "Hutcherson Center has a rich and proud heritage. We look forward to many more years of service to our students, our city and the West Texas region."
Dr. Russ Gibbs, vice president for institutional advancement, thanked those who had supported the project monetarily, including David and Myrt Wilder, who headed the Plainview 2000 campaign which raised $1,000,000 toward campus beautification and renovation projects. He also credited the families of Claude Hutcherson and former coach Harley Redin, saying, "This building exists because of their vision and dream."
Gibbs also led the crowd in a round of applause for an anonymous donor who contributed $200,000 toward the project.
After congratulations from Plainview Mayor Lloyd Woods, Wayland chancellor Dr. Wallace Davis encouraged the student athletes who gathered for the dedication.
"The credit for this goes to our student athletes who have worked so hard over the years. The athletic programs on this campus have added so much to us," Davis said. "The façade of this building is only a reflection of the beauty and the dignity that goes on inside. You are good representatives of Wayland, and people know us because they know you."
Feris, Davis and Armes joined Harley and Wilda Redin in an official ribbon-cutting before a reception for guests was held inside the facility.
Originally built in 1971, Hutcherson Center was named for Claude Hutcherson, who owned a flying service in Plainview and had sponsored the Flying Queens women's basketball team for decades by shuttling them via air to games.
"The Hutch," as it is known among the Wayland family, is home to the Lady Pioneers volleyball team and the Pioneer and Flying Queen basketball teams. It also features a training room, athletics offices and locker rooms, a hospitality room and classrooms. Annual events such as the Plainview Queens Classic and the Lions Pioneer Classic basketball tournaments and the Coca-Cola Classic Volleyball tournament are held in Hutcherson Center, as well as regional high school basketball playoff games, graduations and other special events.


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"Back in the day" it was common to have a "racing bike", or at least "racing wheels", and a set-up more generally used for training. The idea was the training bike would take more wear & tear, while the racing bike was kept in more refined condition for racing where small efficiency gains were truly important. Examples of tradeoffs include:
- cost: given a fixed amount of wear & tear or damage risk, it's better to use a cheap part than an expensive one, since the cheap one is easier to replace. Examples of this include wheels, cassettes, and chains: these parts wear out (wheels from rim brakes, drivetrain from normal use) and if the performance gains of expensive stuff aren't important in a particular ride, it makes sense to go with the cheaper parts for these.
- reliability: lighter parts tend to be less reliable, with less wear life, so even at the same cost (which they're not) it makes sense to stick with more durable stuff if the truly marginal advantages of grams saved are unimportant. Thicker innertubes or tires are another example of trading reliability for performance.
- condition: Unworn, clean parts tend to be more efficient than worn, dirty parts. Consider chains. Chains stretch and wear, and as they do, drivetrain efficiency suffers. Losing 0.5% of your power because of worn equipment may be irrelevant on a solo training ride, but may be critical in a challenging road race or time trial. It makes sense to get more use out of parts in a training context than in a racing one.
In addition to these quantitative differences in economic optimization there's an additional issue, which is psychological. Riding a training bike for awhile, then getting on a racing bike, feels like a performance boost: the racing bike feels faster, whether it actually is or not. This little dose of confidence can be valuable in challenging performance-critical situations.
Training tends to be divided between group rides and solo, with the group rides fairly often race simulations where riders would compete with each other. The importance of these competitions was subject to debate: for example, if one bike had a 10-second penalty climbing Old La Honda, but the result was you were waiting 10 seconds less for the the slowest rider to arrive, was that undesirable? There's a strong argument that, to the contrary, it's desirable: 10 seconds of extra climbing is 10 seconds extra training which means 10 seconds more fitness, assuming you still finish the ride. But for the last rider, it might be undesirable, since it may mean the group leaves before you arrive, or you keep them waiting longer, or you're denied 10 seconds of much-needed recovery at the top.
So "back in the day" riders would time themselves up climbs, or keep track of how they finished in town line sprints. Typically these results were completely unimportant, but other times, for example getting a PR on a climb, results had a more lasting impact. But generally it didn't make much sense to use top-tier equipment on training rides.
Then came an era where among a certain segment of the riding population started using power meters. With analysis of power data, actual speed took a back seat. Focus was shifted to how many watts/kg of body mass could be sustained for a certain time, or if you were sloppy on the body mass part, just watts. Heavier bike? No problem. Inefficient drivetrain? No problem if you measured power upstream of the drivetrain (for example, at the crank as opposed to the hub). Rolling resistance because of thicker inner tubes or tires? No problem.
But now we're in the Strava era. Every segment of road is measured and documented. For some, actual events are more opportunities to score good Strava times than to generate event results few will see or care about. Unlike the power era, time matters again. And unlike the pre-power era, the time doesn't matter just on your favorite climb or sprint (for example, Old La Honda times) but on virtually every ripple in the road. There's added incentive for riders to bring out the high-performance hardware, for example carbon-rim wheels and lightweight cassettes, on relatively normal rides, even commutes.
But I cling to the tradition that a training bike should be about training and not about shaving seconds. On MDR, which I just completed, I brought my tried-and-true steel Ritchey Breakaway. The carbon Fuji SL/1 was safe & sound on the bike rack, carbon tubulars and associated brake pads in place, saving it in case I decided to do the Pescadero Road Race, this coming weekend. When I struggled to stay with the group on a climb, I was in theory working slightly harder than I would have otherwise, and in the end that has the potential to make me stronger.


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Canadian Forest Service Publications
Publications by A.M. Way
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The Nature and Impacts of Thunderstorms in a Northern Climate
Kochtubajda, B.; Flannigan, M.D.; Gyakum, J.R.; Stewart, R.E.; Burrows, W.R.; Way, A.M.; Richardson, E.; Stirling, I.
Year: 2008
Catalog ID: 28624
Available from: Great Lakes Forestry Centre
CFS Availability: Print (free)
This may not be a complete list of the author's publications. This list provides the author's publications since he or she joined, or worked in cooperation with, the CFS. When available, another link is provided for periods of work elsewhere.
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