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Prospective students are invited to explore the educational opportunities at Drake University by arranging a campus visit. During an individual campus visit, students can meet with an admission counselor and tour the campus with a Drake student. During the week, prospective students may meet with faculty to discuss academic programs and major areas of interest or attend a class. Additional meetings may be arranged if requested when scheduling the appointment. The Office of Admission is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year-round except holidays. Campus visits are also available on selected Saturdays in the fall and spring. Visitors are encouraged to schedule appointments two weeks in advance of their visit.
In addition to individual visits, students are welcome to attend one of Drake's visit programs, designed to showcase the academic and extracurricular experience at Drake. The visit programs include sessions that cover academic offerings, admission process and criteria, campus environment, extracurricular options and financial assistance programs. In addition, students tour the campus with a Drake student and have an opportunity to meet many members of the Drake community. These programs are held on specified dates, which are listed on Drake's admission web site.
To schedule a visit or register to attend a specific visit program, please contact Drake's Office of Admission at 1-800-44-DRAKE, extension 2095, toll-free; please use 1-515-271-2095 to call locally and from outside the U.S. or visit the admission web site.
Application for admission to most undergraduate degree programs may be made for any fall, spring or summer term. The deadline for admission into the pre-pharmacy or PharmD programs is granted only in the fall term (see below for specific information). Applications may be obtained by contacting the Office of Admission, or through the Web site:
Office of Admission
Drake University
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311-4505 U.S.A
Toll-free: 1-800-44-DRAKE, extension 3181
Local/outside the United States: 1-515-271-3181
Fax: 1-515-271-2831
E-mail: email@example.com
Students may choose to complete an undergraduate application by using one of two options, and each will receive equal consideration:
Drake University does not require all applicants to submit a standardized test to be considered for admission. Most students will be able to take advantage of the test-flexible path, which allows them to substitute the ACT or SAT with an interview as part of the application process. First-year applicants may apply to Drake University via one of two pathways:
Regardless of the pathway, all first-year applicants are required to submit the same documents. However, for a student opting to submit a test-flexible application, an interview will be required in lieu of the ACT or SAT test scores. Standard application students will be required to submit an ACT or SAT score report. A listing of these requirements is given below.
Applications and all supporting documents should be on file in the Office of Admission by the following dates:
First-year and transfer students, for all undergraduate programs except pre-pharmacy and PharmD:
Fall Term: March 1 to receive priority consideration for admission, financial aid, scholarships and housing.
Spring term: December 1
Summer term: April 15
Applications submitted after March 1 will be considered on a space-available basis.
Pre-Pharmacy and PharmD applicants:
(Please note that health sciences applicants follow standard first-year and transfer application procedures.)
First-year pre-pharmacy students: Priority deadline - December 1. Applications for pre-pharmacy may be considered after December 1 only on a space-available basis. Students seeking a pre-pharmacy major are strongly encouraged to apply by December 1.
Transfer PharmD students:
Admission consideration is only at the professional program level; pre-pharmacy admission is not available to transfer students. Applications are submitted through Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) at http://www.pharmcas.org. A supplemental application and fee are required.
The deadline for the PharmCAS application and supplemental application and fees: December 1.
Admission to Drake University is selective and considers the complete record of a candidate for admission. Since the University prefers students with varied talents and interests, there is no single and inflexible set of admission standards applied to all candidates for admission. Prospective students bring a variety of academic preparation; therefore, Drake reviews the full record of each candidate for admission and makes a decision based on the qualifications of each individual. Admission is granted without regard to sex, color, creed, religion, race, age, national or ethnic origin or disability. Drake University admits students without regard to sexual orientation, to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at the University.
Beginning October 15, applicants to all programs of study, except to the pre-pharmacy and the PharmD programs, are notified of an admission decision within 4 to 6 weeks after all required materials have been received in the Office of Admission. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all required documents are forwarded to:
Office of Admission
Drake University
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311-4505. U.S.A
High school seniors are admitted for the fall and spring semesters as well as the summer terms. Students are encouraged to apply for admission in the fall of the academic year. March 1 is the priority deadline for admission, financial aid, scholarships and housing; however, applications may be accepted after that date on a space-available basis.
Drake University reviews each application for admission individually. There is no single, inflexible set of standards, such as GPA, test score, or years of courses. Instead, first-year applicants will be asked to choose which application pathway to follow: Standard Application or Test-Flexible Application. Most students are free to choose the application pathway that best reflects their abilities, skills, life experiences, and potential for success at Drake. Note: the following students are not eligible to apply to Drake through the Test-Flexible Path:
Each completed application for admission is reviewed individually. Drake University considers this criterion to be important in evaluating qualifications for admission:
The admission of high school seniors is contingent upon successful completion of graduation requirements with grades comparable to those upon which the admission decision was based. After graduation, students must provide final, official transcripts showing graduation date, final semester course grades and final rank in class, if applicable. Failure to provide all necessary documents may result in the cancellation of admission or registration. It also precludes the release of a Drake transcript.
Health Sciences applicants follow standard first-year student application procedures. Admission to the pre-pharmacy program in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) is offered only for the fall term.
Applying for direct admission to the pre-pharmacy program within the CPHS differs from applying to all other undergraduate programs of study in two ways. There is a strict application deadline, and students are selected from a pool of applicants rather than on a rolling-admission basis. Admission may be granted directly to the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences or to one of Drake's other colleges and schools.
Prospective students who graduated from high school four or more years prior to applying for admission and who did not take the ACT or SAT examination should contact the Office of Admission.
Students who were enrolled at other colleges or universities during high school must submit official transcripts from each institution attended. Failure to provide official transcripts from each institution attended or any misrepresentation on the application for admission may result in the cancellation of admission or registration. It may also preclude the release of an official Drake transcript.
Equivalency Diploma
Candidates for admission who are at least 18 years of age and hold equivalency diplomas issued by state departments of education are eligible for admission consideration. To be considered, candidates must submit an official transcript of all high school work attempted and a transcript of General Education Development (GED) or HiSET credentials. Prospective students who did not take an ACT or SAT examination while in high school or within four years of leaving high school should contact the Office of Admission.
Veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have completed the GED, the Comprehensive College Test or the General Examinations of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) should apply to their state department of education for equivalency diplomas. Official certification should be sent by the state department of education directly to the Drake Office of Admission.
Drake welcomes transfer students from two- and four-year institutions. Consideration for admission is given to transfer applicants with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, for all college work attempted at an accredited institution. However, a 2.5 minimum CGPA is recommended for admission. Transfer applicants must be in good academic standing at the last institution attended.
Transfer students must request that a transcript bearing the official seal and signature of the official in charge of records be sent directly to Drake's Office of Admission by each college or university previously attended. Transcripts that have been in the student's possession are not considered official documents.
Transfer applicants are encouraged to submit the application for admission and all required documents by the following dates:
Priority Filing
Final Deadline*
March 1
July 1
December 1
December 1
April 15
April 15
*After the final deadline, applications may be considered on an individual basis. For assistance, contact Admission by using 515-271-3181 or 1-800-44-DRAKE, x3181.
A final, official transcript of all college work must be provided prior to enrollment.
A student suspended for academic or other reasons at another institution, or otherwise not in good standing, is not eligible for admission consideration, or enrollment in Drake University for one year following the imposition of the suspension.
Transfer applicants must request that each postsecondary institution previously attended send an official transcript of all work attempted directly to the Office of Admission. Attendance at each institution must be reported whether credit was earned and regardless of the applicant's preference. Failure to report all previous academic work is considered sufficient cause for rejection of an application or cancellation of admission or registration. It also may preclude the later release of a Drake transcript.
Transfer students are considered for admission only to the professional level of the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program. Admission is not offered to transfer applicants at the pre-professional level. All professional-program applicants must complete an application through the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) available at http://www.pharmcas.org. All PharmD applicants also must complete the Drake Supplemental Application and submit appropriate application fees. The Drake University undergraduate transfer admission application cannot be accepted for this program.
Drake's application deadline is December 1, 2016, for fall 2017 admission, and early application is strongly recommended. Applicants must complete the PCAT no later than January 2017, and scores must be submitted directly to PharmCAS at code [0104].
Applications for admission to undergraduate degree programs are submitted to the Office of Admission. The priority deadline for scholarship and financial aid consideration for fall (August) admission is March 1. The priority deadline for the spring (January) term is November 1. The pre-pharmacy and PharmD application deadline is December 1. Applicants should refer to the first-year and transfer-student sections for specific information on application guidelines and deadlines.
International undergraduate students are eligible for all merit scholarships awarded by the Office of Admission with the exception of National Merit Scholarships. Please refer to that section for detailed information about these awards. Students also are eligible to receive aid based on financial need. For more information, see the Financial Aid section of the catalog.
Applicants wishing to improve language proficiency before beginning an academic program may apply for admission to both an academic program as well as Drake's Intensive English Program. Drake offers conditional admission to all undergraduate programs of study at the undergraduate level (except pre-pharmacy) to applicants who meet the University's academic requirements but first need to improve their English. To enroll in Drake degree courses on a full-time basis, students must achieve a TOEFL score of at least 71 (iBT) or 530 (PBT). Students with scores between 54 and 71, or 480 and 530 may be approved to enroll in both degree courses and English classes, each on a part-time basis. Students whose TOEFL scores are less than 54 or 480 are asked to enroll in English classes on a full-time basis. The IELTS required score for full-time study is 6.0.
Drake University is authorized by federal law to enroll non-immigrant students and exchange visitors. International students are required to submit proof of financial resources before an I-20 or DS-2019 is issued respectively for the F-1 or J-1 visa.
Students who have sat for the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examinations can be awarded six to eight hours of credit per subject passed at the Advanced Level with a qualifying grade. Credit is also awarded for the German Abitur, French Baccalaureate, and selected other national examinations. Applicants who have completed the full International Baccalaureate diploma program are eligible for approximately one year of advanced-standing credit. Credit for both higher and standard levels is awarded through a course-by-course evaluation. For more information, see the AP, IB, CLEP Credit section of the catalog.
A student enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours of coursework during any fall or spring semester is considered a part-time student.
Part-time degree applicants are required to meet the same standards for admission as full-time applicants.
Once a student is admitted, the Office of Admission coordinates the evaluation of official transcripts documenting previous college-level work completed.
Drake University considers full transfer credit for courses in which the applicant received a minimum grade of "C-", or the equivalent of "P" on a pass-fail system where "P" is specifically designated as indicating a quality of work no lower than "C-" on a conventional grading scale.
Grades earned in courses accepted for transfer are not included in the GPA to be maintained at Drake University. The credits, however, do count toward the total number required for graduation. Because of differences in major requirements for various degrees, there is no assurance that all courses transferred will apply toward the college/school or major degree requirements.
Students may receive credit for academic courses taken at postsecondary institutions that were regionally accredited at the time the courses were taken. Courses accepted for transfer credit must parallel courses offered at Drake University or otherwise be appropriate for college-level credit. Additional courses may be accepted for credit at the discretion of the dean of the Drake college or school in which a student is enrolled.
Credit may be granted for a combination of relevant work completed in (a) college-level non-degree, extension or correspondence courses offered through an accredited collegiate institution that accepts the credit for its own degree or (b) courses satisfactorily completed in non-collegiate organizations that are recommended at the baccalaureate level by the American Council on Education.
Students may be awarded credit for satisfactory scores in subject-matter tests of the College Level Examination Program. For more information, see the AP, IB, CLEP Credit section of the catalog.
Drake University accepts a maximum of 66 semester hours of transfer credit from two-year institutions if the courses completed are parallel to courses offered at Drake, appropriate for college-level credit or are in accordance with current course articulation agreements with a specific community college. A total of 16 semester hours of elective credit may be granted for career-technical courses at the discretion of the dean of the Drake college or school in which a student is enrolled.
A maximum of 94 semester hours of transfer credit may be applied to any Drake degree (with the exception of pharmacy students, where up to 179 hours of transfer credit may be applied). A maximum of 66 hours of acceptable college credit may be transferred from courses completed at two-year institutions as any part of the first 94 semester hours (179 hours for pharmacy) toward a bachelor's degree.
Transfer students must successfully complete their last 30 hours in residence at Drake University.
A course-by-course review of all courses attempted and completed is prepared for each admitted transfer student by his or her college or school. Students receive details on how to access their unofficial Drake transcript online along with contact information for their respective college or school. When final official transcripts are received for any additional courses completed after the point of admission, their Drake unofficial transcript is updated accordingly.
In consultation with the dean, transfer students may elect to satisfy either the major requirements outlined in the Drake catalog from the time of matriculation at the first college or the major requirements in the Drake catalog current at the time of transfer.
A student interested in taking courses for academic credit but who is not seeking a degree is welcome to enroll as a non-degree-seeking student. Students who have been denied admission to Drake are not eligible to enroll as unclassified students without the permission of the Dean of Admission. Non-degree-seeking students are held to the same probation and suspension standards as admitted, degree-seeking students. Hours earned as a non-degree-seeking student may or may not apply toward a degree program.
Non-degree-seeking students may not enroll in more than nine credit hours per semester. Students seeking an exemption from this policy must request permission from the Dean of Admission.
Once 24 credit hours have been accumulated, the student will be contacted concerning his/her academic goals, past performance and intent to seek admission for earning a bachelors degree. If the student does not intend to pursue a Drake degree, he/she may continue as an unclassified student. Non-degree-seeking students who want to become degree-seeking candidates must submit the application for admission and official transcripts of all courses attempted for all terms at all postsecondary institutions attended.
Applicants are required to meet the same standards for admission as transfer students. The Office of Admission coordinates the transcript evaluation process with the respective colleges and schools. The dean's office of the appropriate college or school decides how each course accepted applies toward Drake's degree requirements.
Students who regularly attend other colleges or universities and register at Drake University for the purpose of earning credit to transfer to their home institution are required to complete the Non-Degree Seeking Student Registration Request Form available at the Office of Student Records. Visiting students are encouraged to seek course-by-course approval from their home institutions prior to registering for specific courses at Drake.
Students who want to attend Drake University beyond one summer session or fall or spring semester must submit the application for admission and required documents.
Drake University follows the recommendations for baccalaureate credit in the Guide to Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services of the Office on Educational Credit of the American Council on Education. Credit is allowed as specified in the upper-division baccalaureate category and the lower-division baccalaureate/associate degree category.
Degree-seeking full- or part-time undergraduates whose studies are interrupted for a period of one or more fall or spring semesters are required to submit an application for re-enrollment through the dean's office of the college or school of their last enrollment. Students are encouraged to begin the re-enrollment process at least two months prior to the beginning of the semester or summer session in which they intend to re-enroll. Re-enrollment forms are available from the Office of the Student Records and Academic Information. Returning students who intend to apply for financial assistance are encouraged to submit all required documents by March 1.
Re-enrolling students who have registered at other college(s) after leaving Drake must provide official transcripts from all institutions attended. Students must request that a transcript bearing the official seal and signature of the official in charge of records be sent directly to Drake's Student Records Office by each college or university previously attended. Transcripts that have been in the student's possession are not considered official documents. Students are subject to the academic regulations and requirements in effect at the time of re-enrollment.
Drake University provides students who are currently enrolled in high school and desire the challenge of academic study above and beyond what is available in the high school curriculum to investigate the opportunity of dual enrollment. Students are eligible to take a maximum of two courses during the fall and spring semesters in day or evening courses and one course per summer session as visiting students at Drake University while completing their remaining high school graduation requirements. Enrollment in requested courses is subject to course availability. Students in the Visiting Student Program also may qualify under the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Act for financial assistance.
To qualify as visiting students to take courses while still in high school, students must be in their junior or senior year, provide a copy of their high school transcript, rank in the top one-third of their classes and have scored a composite of 115 on the PSAT, 1150 (critical reading and math only) on the SAT, 25 on the ACT PLAN or 25 on the ACT. Applicants to this program must complete a Post Secondary Enrollment Application, available in the Office of Admission or at their high schools, and receive approval from their school counselor.
Additional information is available on the admission website.
Prospective students who want to begin a Drake degree program during the summer session must apply for admission through the Office of Admission. Students who wish to enroll in Drake summer courses for personal enrichment or for transfer to another institution may do so without formal admission to a Drake degree program. Please see information above regarding Unclassified (non-degree) enrollment.
Information on merit scholarships and financial aid is available on the admission website.
First-year applicants (including first-year pre-pharmacy) eligible to compete for the National Alumni Scholarships must submit the separate scholarship online application and all other required admission application documents by the December 1, 2016 postmark deadline.
Drake University supports the National Candidates Reply Date, which allows admitted students to choose without penalty among offers of admission and financial aid until May 1. Full-time admitted students planning to enroll at Drake for the fall semester are required to submit the Enrollment Reply Card with a nonrefundable $250 tuition deposit. Professional PharmD transfer students are encouraged to submit the Enrollment Reply Card and required enrollment deposit of $350 by May 1. The nonrefundable deposit is credited to the first semester's tuition account. Part-time students must return the Enrollment Reply Card, but are not required to submit the deposit. Comprehensive instructions for replying to the offer of admission are mailed with admission notification.
Full-time students must live in the Drake residence halls during any period of University enrollment within two years following high school graduation unless they are married or live with their parents or legal guardian within a 45-mile radius. Other students may choose to live in student residence halls if space is available.
Residence hall contracts are mailed to students with notification of admission. The contract should be submitted with the required $250 housing deposit to the Office of Residence Life. Students are encouraged to return the student residence contract and housing deposit as soon as possible after admission. The $250 housing deposit is fully refundable when a written refund request with a postmark no later than May 1 is submitted to the Office of Admission.
For more information about Drake University, write:
Office of Admission
Drake University
2507 University Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505 U.S.A
Or call:
Toll-free: 1-800-44-DRAKE, extension 3181
Local/outside the U.S.: 1-515-271-3181
Fax: 1-515-271-2831
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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LA backs deal for downtown NFL stadium
City Council votes 12-0
Los Angeles has taken a major step toward building a downtown stadium to lure an NFL team back to the nation's second most populous city.
The 12-0 City Council vote Friday came despite questions about how a 72,000-seat stadium in the city's dense urban core would impact notorious freeway traffic, nearby housing prices and air quality.
But supporters predicted the deal with developer Anschutz Entertainment Group would lift the city's struggling economy with thousands of jobs and new tax dollars for cash-starved City Hall.
The Raiders and Rams fled Southern California in 1994 and, for now, there is no one to play in the proposed stadium.
But supporters hope the agreement with AEG will eventually attract a team to one of the nation's most lucrative media markets.

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Visit Narrabri NSW - it is set in the heart of the rich Namoi Valley, in North West NSW, Australia. Narrabri NSW is home to 7,300 residents who enjoy good shopping, good sporting facilities and a very good way of life. Narrabri is situated 100 kms from Moree in the north and 110kms from Coonabarabran in the south on the Newell Highway. Gunnedah is 95kms to the east and Wee Waa is 45kms west on the Kamilaroi Highway. It is the home of the Narrabri Shire Council, The Crossing Theatre, and the untamed beauty of Mt Kaputar National Park, Pilliga National Park and the Australia Telescope. Narrabri services the surrounding towns of Boggabri, Bellata, Wee Waa, Pilliga and Gwabegar.
Narrabri has daily Country Link Rail, air services and interstate coaches. The district has an average summer minimum temperature of 17° and a maximum of around 37°. Recorded average winter minimum and maximum temperatures are 3° and 17° respectively. The district can also expect a rainfall level of approximately 635 millimetres in one calendar year. It is 190 m above sea level.
Narrabri tourism includes an amazing amount of interesting places to visit, a wide selection of eating experiences. Some menus include fine local produce such as olives, wine and superlative pasta which is made from the high quality durum wheat grown in the Bellata area. Accommodation is plentiful and of excellent standard. It includes motels, caravan parks, B & Bs and farm stays, either self catering or fully pampered!
Photos in this website are supplied by Margo Palmer, John Burgess, Rohan Boehm and the Narrabri Information Centre
Narrabri NSW is the headquarters for two major agricultural research stations, the Australian Cotton Research Institute and the IA Watson Grains Research Centre. Narrabri's growth and development is strongly tied to the success of its agricultural and commercial industries, and is moving ahead towards a prosperous future with the current population being approximately 7,500.
On a regional scale Narrabri NSW is encompassed by Regional Development Australia - Northern Inland NSW. This entity undertakes the promotion of the region
The Narrabri NSW District is a major producer of a variety of agricultural commodities including cotton, wheat, beef cattle and sheep and pulse crops.
Narrabri NSW always has houses for sale and houses for rent on a wide range and commercial blocks and shops also come up for sale. The variety is amazing.
The Business directory encompasses the towns of the Narrabri Shire, if you own a business the cost to have a landing page and or a listing is very minimal.
You've studied well.
You know your stuff and you're feeling confident heading into the exam.
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The decision to backflip on an embargo and waive restrictions on take in several tributaries and parts of the Peel, Namoi and Gwydir rivers doesn't pass the pub test according to Member for Barwon Roy Butler.
"Minister Pavey pushes out information in the media about doing all she can to support communities through this drought then comes along with a decision like this that severely impacts on the mental health of everyone in Barwon.
"What Minister Pavey has achieved here is the creation of conflict between communities. Who does that benefit?
"What's the point of creating this perfect storm of misinformation?
"I haven't received a single call from anyone in Barwon that's happy with this decision, what I have received are calls and messages from many people from farmers and irrigators, to people in towns and Aboriginal Elders asking what the Minister is playing at.
"There is a complete lack of transparency from Minister Pavey and the Department of Planning Industry and Environment about this decision.
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New South Wales water officials have acknowledged that decades of unregulated and unmeasured floodplain harvesting by irrigators was illegal, the minutes of recent meetings show.
At a January meeting, a week before the first drenching rains in northern NSW, members of a senior government water group discussed the legal implications of irrigators harvesting floodwaters, a widespread but unregulated method that accounts for up to a third of the water used by operators in the northern part of the Murray-Darling Basin.
The practice of irrigators collecting floodwaters using banks and levees to divert the water into large storages and dams has been blamed for contributing to declining flows further down the Murray-Darling River system. The 2018 South Australian royal commission described floodplain harvesting as "one of the most significant threats to water security in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin to both licence holders and downstream states".
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India's Tata Motors Ltd. said quarterly profit fell by more than half as earnings dropped at its Jaguar Land Rover business and a weak economy sapped vehicle sales at home.
The automaker on Thursday reported that its October-December net profit fell to 16.2 billion rupees ($302 million) from 34 billion rupees a year earlier.
Jaguar Land Rover, which contributes the bulk of Tata's earnings, suffered a 25 percent fall in quarterly profit to 296 million pounds ($459 million) partly due to marketing and launch costs for a new line or Range Rover vehicles.
Tata said demand for JLR vehicles remained strong, particularly in China, and its Range Rover Evoque and Freelander were strong sellers. Quarterly JLR sales grew 9.9 percent to 94,828 vehicles.
The automaker's Indian business, which makes passenger cars and commercial vehicles such as buses, reported a quarterly loss of 4.5 billion rupees ($85 million) compared with a profit of 1.7 billion rupees the previous year.
It said sales of Tata brand vehicles including exports fell 11.3 percent from a year earlier, hurt by competition and slowing economic growth.
Demand for vehicles in India has also been hit by rising fuel costs, high interest rates and tax increases.


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These are the hottest gifts around. Get blue and red for a guy to use as a cool conversation piece. or get the pink and purple for the girl that has everything. A simple, harmless comb at first sight, this covert piece transforms into a useful knife measuring almost 7 inches in length. The blade is 3.5 inches and features half-serration for any task. It is also the perfect product to buy for beginners or anyone who is not familiar with knives.
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Car enthusiasm is a global cultural phenomenon that never runs out of ways to show appreciation for favorite models. Sometimes those ideas start from one thought, become increasingly twisted, and end up as a very different kind of horse than anyone expected.
Matthew Ungar, who lives in China and is a regular Jalopnik reader, was bicycling between Dongguan and Shenzhen when he spotted this unusual silhouette in front of an auto parts store. As he got closer, the car proved to be even stranger than the shape initially promised.
Ungar thinks that the basis of this homebuilt sportster may be some sort of Volkswagen. It's very hard to tell at this point; almost every body panel has been heavily modified. That's not tint on the windows; that's opaque sheet plastic. It's likely that those taillights are there just for decoration. That enormous intercooler? Your guess is as good as ours.
Whatever the platform, the original inspiration is as clear as the windshield banner and grille ornament: Someone who loves hot-rod Mustangs wanted to build a tribute to Ford's pony car. The end result is much more Mandarin than Mustang, but it's oddly endearing.
Ungar spent fifteen minutes examining and photographing the creation and has posted some remarkable pics (along with a few other interesting cars) in his blog's gallery.
Laugh if you want at this proud little project — and the clash between the shape and the labeling probably will take a bit of time to process — but it won't be long before China moves way beyond extended-wheelbase sedans and disposable Lamborghinis into its very own authentic take on auto culture. The potential and desire are already there.


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The results from ARRL contests are available here. Items noted with the Members Only tag are the full expanded web results available to ARRL members. Adobe Acrobat files of the various QST results articles and a set of line scores will be made available to all amateurs when the issue of QST in which they appear is mailed to members.
Downloadable Versions of ARRL Contest Databases
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BC Picks up Key Divisional Win
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Boston College improved to 2-0 under new head coach Steve Addazio with a victory over Wake Forest Friday night.
BOSTON -- Andre Williams ran 35 times for 204 yards and a touchdown, and cornerback Bryce Jones had an interception and a fumble recovery to lead Boston College to a 24-10 victory over Wake Forest on Friday night.
Alex Amidon caught five passes for 93 yards and a touchdown for BC (2-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Eagles matched their victory total from last season, when Frank Spaziani was fired and replaced by Steve Addazio.
Michael Campanaro caught five passes for 86 yards and a touchdown for Wake Forest (1-1, 0-1). Tanner Price completed 18 of 30 passes for 191 yards, but he also threw an interception and had a hand in two poor pitches that led to fumbles deep in Demon Deacons territory.
Kevin Pierre-Louis had 11 tackles for Boston College, and Steele Divitto and Steven Daniels had 10 apiece. Chase Rettig completed 7 of 14 passes for 123 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Wake Forest, coming off a 31-7 victory over FCS opponent Presbyterian, was sloppy early to help the Eagles take a 17-7 halftime lead.
The Demon Deacons fumbled the ball away on a sloppy pitchout on their second play of the game, giving BC the ball at the 27. Two plays later, Rettig connected with Amidon for a 26-yard touchdown pass.
Wake Forest tied it when Campanaro went down the middle and made a diving 30-yard touchdown catch. BC added a field goal, and then Price made a bad pitch that Jones pounced on at the Demon Deacons 22.
Rettig hit Spiffy Evans for the 22-yard score to make it 17-7.
That's when the Eagles got sloppy.
Taking over with 76 seconds left in the half and the ball at their own 30, the Eagles burned only 24 seconds off the clock before being forced to punt. Nikita Whitlock got through to block the kick, and Steve Donatell gathered it in at the 3.
But BC kept Wake Forest from scoring, stopping Josh Harris after 2 yards on first down, for no gain on second and then forcing an incomplete pass on third. The Demon Deacons went for it on fourth down, but Harris was stuffed short of the goal line by Kasin Edebali and Divitto.
Williams ran it in from 2 yards out with 2 minutes left in the third quarter to make it 24-7, and then BC again stopped the Demon Deacons inside the 5, forcing them to kick a field goal.
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The Lipscomb Bisons have several talented parts, but getting those parts to play consistently as a unit is still a work in progress.
Saturday night in a 60-56 Atlantic Sun Conference loss to Jacksonville at Allen Arena senior center Adnan Hodzic had what would be an off-night for him, though most players would be more than thrilled with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
"Adnan was not himself," Bisons' coach Scott Sanderson said. "He did not play very well. He did not catch the ball very well. He looked sluggish and tired to me."
Senior guard Josh Slater stepped up in the second half scoring 16 of his game-leading 21 points. But the Bisons' coaching staff is still looking for consistent No. 3 and No. 4 scoring options.
"The way we are playing right now is something tough teams shake themselves out of," Sanderson said. "I don't know how tough we are. That's a sad thing to say when you have four seniors who have played a lot of basketball."
The Bisons fought back and tied the game at 56-56 with 1:11 left to play on a pair of free throws by Slater. But they couldn't capitalize as Slater missed a 3-pointer with five seconds left and Jordan Burgason missed one with two seconds remaining in an effort to send the game into overtime.
"Against a top-ranked team in our league you can't play just 20 minutes," Sanderson said. "The problem we had was we were fighting uphill the whole time. And when you are fighting uphill that takes the gas out of you.
"The bottom line is we are not playing very good right now. To be honest we haven't played a complete game on both ends of the floor since the Alabama game."
The Bisons shot only 34 percent from the field hitting 18-of-53 shots. They were only four-of-20 from 3-point range, a 20 percent success rate.
Jacksonville wasn't that much better hitting 35.6 percent from the field, 21-of-59; and 15.8 percent from the 3-point arc, three-of-19.
In the first half the Bisons fell behind 37-25 at intermission sparked by 14 turnovers and a nine-for-28 performance from the field.
"The first half set the tone," Sanderson said. "They completely outshot us and beat us up pretty bad on the boards."
In the second half Jacksonville did not score until 14:07 of the second half, but the Bisons managed only two points during that streak.
"We held Jacksonville to 30 percent in the second half and which is plenty good enough," Sanderson said. "But when you give up 16 offensive rebounds that's not good enough."
The Bisons were out-rebounded 42-36.
Four Jacksonville players scored in double figures led by forward Ayron Hardy with 16. Guard Travis Cohn chipped in with 12. Guards Russell Powell and Keith McDougald each scored 10 points.
The loss dropped the Bisons to 8-6, 3-2 in the conference. Jacksonville is 10-3, 4-0 in the A-Sun.
The Bisons are back in action against North Florida which is coming off a 91-59 loss at Belmont Saturday night. North Florida is 5-10, 2-2 in the conference.
"North Florida is a very good team," Sanderson said. "They will be tough and physical. The way we are playing right now everybody is going to be a challenge for us."
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According to confidential sources in the White House, the President is suspected to be suffering from a rare new disease that afflicts those who have risen to high places and affects the victim's ability to see his own behavior and actions as others do.
Aides first noticed that something was amiss when the liberal press began to hint that Obama's policies increasingly resembled those of George Bush -- with the aggressive use of Federal power to spy on Americans in the name of anti-terrorism, the continued use of Guantanamo Bay to hold terrorists, and the plan to attack a middle eastern country in order to suppress weapons of mass destruction. When challenged by supporters who saw the fundamental transformation of America heading in the wrong direction, the President replied with scorn and derision that his polices "in no way resemble those of Bush. My policies are completely different." But aides and supporters became alarmed when further symptoms of the irony deficiency disease emerged. According to one rumor circulating on Twitter, Obama was seen practicing his laugh before a mirror, moving his shoulders spasmodically while muttering to himself, "fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice…" According to physicians, the iconic symptom of the disease is the inability to correctly repeat the Fool Me Once, Fool me Twice aphorism.
In the meantime, in an effort to shake the President from this malady, copies of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis -- a novel about a bureaucrat who wakes up one morning and finds that he has been fundamentally transformed into a large bug -- have been arriving anonymously and piling up in the oval office. "I've read the Metamorphosis," a baffled Obama reportedly confided to his aides, "and I don't understand why my friends are now all sending me copies of it."
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Lucy was born 29th March 1853 in Shoreditch in London and her parents moved to a few different places. She married Edward George Dartnell on Christmas Day 1874 in Lambeth, Surrey and they had five children, one of which was my dear Gran, Lucy Sinclair. (Just out of interest, the father of Lucy's husband is the one mentioned in the Surprises! Category in the menu on the right who worked at the Atheneum Club).
Lucy died aged only 41 in 1894, and her husband went on to marry two other ladies later, but that's another story!!
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There's a saying that a watched pot never boils. You could also say that a watched plant never grows—unless it's being watched by a laser-wielding, 3D plastic sculpture-printing, growth-tracking megarobot.
David Bowen's "Growth Modeling Device" uses a circular rig to scan an onion once a day with a laser, then employing a "fuse deposition modeler" to generate a plastic sculpture of that scan. When the model is done, a conveyor belt burps into action, moving the recreated onion out of the way and making room for the next day's piece.
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MANATEE COUNTY — Nick Dzembo keeps a small shrine of sports memorabilia at his office at Cadence Bank. A former football, baseball and lacrosse player, Nick has spent most of his life loving athletics of all kinds.
But now, he and his wife, Samantha, are facing the possibility that their son, Connor, 2, one day won't be able to share that love.
Three weeks ago, a DNA test confirmed that Connor has the genetic mutations consistent with ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare, genetic neuromuscular disease that affects several body systems. The family will see doctors at The Johns Hopkins Hospital this Saturday for a clinical diagnosis.
Most A-T patients exhibit wobbliness that worsens and eventually confines that child to a wheelchair — often by age 10. A-T patients also have immune system problems, which cause respiratory problems and leave them 1,000 times more likely to develop malignancies in the blood system.
Many A-T patients die from respiratory failure or cancer by their teens or early 20s. A-T is extremely rare, with only about 500 children in the United States currently living with it.
"Talk about a reverse lottery," Nick says.
Now, the Dzembos have dived headfirst into trying to save their son. They've connected with the A-T Children's Project, an organization that raises money to fund research for a cure, and are raising money as Team Connor for participation in the 2010 Disney Marathon in January. In just two weeks, Team Connor has raised more than $4,200 — almost double their goal.
They also will launch a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to raise more funds and awareness.
"This is life-changing," Nick says of the diagnosis. "(After the news) we had two options — we could curl up into a ball and hide, or we could jump in and try to raise funds and awareness to find a cure. We've taken the latter."
Born Oct. 8, 2006, Connor brought unparalleled joy to the Dzembo family. He's their first and only child; Nick and Samantha call him "the light of our lives."
From early on, Connor had frequent respiratory infections, and as he developed and learned to walk, the Dzembos noticed the telltale wobbliness in his steps.
"He just didn't seem to be able to catch his balance," Nick says.
Connor endured many tests as the Dzembos searched for answers. The Dzembos spent last New Year's Eve in a hospital getting an MRI of Connor's brain. They were looking for a tumor but found none. Obviously, that was good news. But it still left the Dzembos without an answer.
"We've kind of been on a roller coaster since his birth," Nick says.
Finally, a neurologist at Shriners Hospital in Tampa recognized the symptoms. Subsequent DNA tests revealed the specific genetic mutation for A-T.
"It was devastating news," Nick says. "But knowing does bring relief — be it miniscule. Now, we know what it is. There's a name to it, a focus to it. Now, we can put a game plan in place to keep him healthy."
Game plan
Aside from the respiratory problems and slight wobbliness, at this time, it's hard to tell there's anything wrong with Connor. He loves playing with his cars, watching baseball and playing catch with his dad. He plays soccer at Lil' Kickers and attends Kids R Kids in Lakewood Ranch, where he loves to play with friends.
Connor also participated in the Early Steps, a program that assists infants and toddlers who exhibit developmental delays. Next month, when Connor turns 3, he will transition from Early Steps into the school system.
The Dzembos will keep Connor in occupational, physical and speech therapies.
"His cognitive skills — he's right there," Nick says. "We want to keep him challenged; we don't want to set him back."
And through the A-T Children's Project and the Dezmbos' own non-profit, they hope to do their part in finding a cure and raising awareness about the disease itself. A-T is so rare that some of the doctors the Dzembos met in the last two years had never seen a case. Studies have shown that finding a cure for A-T could also be beneficial to research on other diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Nick also has spoken to Tel Aviv, Israel-based Dr. Yoseh Shiloh and UCLA's Dr. Richard Gatti — two of the top A-T researchers in the world. Both said significant gains have been made in understanding the disease.
"Five years ago, they were still trying to understand this gene, and current research now is on finding a cure," Nick says. "As a parent of a child with A-T, that gives me a shred of hope."
Researchers also are examining the effects of antioxidant therapy on A-T patients, so the Dzembos are filling Connor up with antioxidant-rich berries.
And when he's old enough, Connor is going to try his hand at T-ball.
"We're going to try everything," Nick says. "The biggest thing is we want his life as normal as possible — however we can do that.
"We have to be strong about it," he says. "We can't feel sorry for ourselves. We have to do everything we can for Connor."
Contact Michael Eng at [email protected].
What is ataxia-telangiectasia?
A-T is a genetic neuromuscular disease that affects several body systems. A-T surfaces when both parents are carriers of a specific genetic mutation and pass it on to their child. It is extremely rare, with only about 500 children in the United States currently living with A-T.
Ataxia causes the degeneration of the cerebellum that leads to a lack of muscle control, which causes slurred speech, wobbliness and eventually confines the patient to a wheelchair.
Telangiectasia appears as red spider veins in the corners of the eyes, on the ears and cheeks.
Children with A-T often have immune system problems that leave them more susceptible to respiratory infections. A-T patients are 1,000 times more likely to develop malignancies of the blood system. Lymphoma and leukemia are particularly common.
Source: A-T Children's Project
How you can help
Currently, the Dzembos are in the process of setting up a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to raise money and awareness of A-T locally.
To donate or for more information, contact Nick Dzembo at 447-0573 or be e-mail at [email protected].


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I am presently lodged in a small frontier town of ~30,000 called São Felix de Xingu, in the Northeastern state of Pará, Brazil. The roads are mostly dirt, but it is very lively on a Friday night, with motorbikes driving everywhere and crowds of people at the local boîtes. We had dinner (delicious fish pulled from the Rio Xingu that flows through the town) with the local mayor, who governs a municipal region that is the size of Panama (or about the size of Maine), the second largest municipality by area in Brazil, and perhaps in all the world. According to the mayor, it is less than 14 percent deforested, which marks it as among the best preserved areas in Pará, the location of nearly half of the deforestation in Brazil.
The Conservancy is working here with the local, state and national governments and with local meatpacking companies to systematize land tenure as a means of ending deforestation. Cattle ranching is one of the largest causes of deforestation in Pará, and the federal government is enlisting the meatpackers to impose restrictions on their suppliers — the ranchers — to document their compliance with the Brazilian forest code. The code requires 80 percent of land parcels in the Amazon region to be reserved as native forest.
This law is routinely violated, in part because records of land ownership have historically been poor, much of the land is lacking title, and in some cases there are competing government-sanctioned claims on the land. The government is now focused on rectifying this situation by regularizing the land titles and encouraging the reforestation of degraded land. But how are they going to make this happen?
The level of engagement by all parties is impressive for such a lightly populated area. No fewer than six federal and state environmental officials joined us in São Felix. The local government is also significantly engaged on the issue, with a staff of three dozen working on deforestation and environmental issues.
Earlier in the day, we visited a slaughterhouse near Marabá that was featured in a recent Greenpeace report on the destruction of the Amazon. We met with the very sophisticated sales manager and their sustainable projects coordinator. They are taking a great interest in the prospect of some sort of green label that would certify that the beef comes from a cattle producer who is complying with the law, or perhaps going further by reforesting part of his land.
The meat industry is not without controversy, and arguably a contributor to deforestation, but they are also an important lever in the process of changing behavior in the Amazon. One reason is that cattle ranches in Pará typically graze only 4 cows for every 10 acres, about 1/2 or less of the density elsewhere in Brazil. The government is working with these ranchers to use their relationships with the suppliers to help with regularizing land tenure, improving land management and compliance with the forest code and reforesting degraded areas.


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Anyone planning on checking out the new Jet Li movie Hero this weekend? I saw the trailer last night and it looked pretty decent, similar to Crouching Tiger in some aspects (with the flying fight scenes and stuff)
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Got burned on Crouching Tiger. It was average to me and not Theater worthy. Wish I waited for video release.
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Studio City, CA, October 23, 2012 - Multiple Grammy Award-winning Producer and Entertainer will.i.am is set to re-orchestrate the iconic theme song from CBS Television Distribution's ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT which he will debut on ET on Thursday, October 25.
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The ET theme song was originally composed by Michael Mark in 1981 and was re-orchestrated in 1990 and 1994 by former ET host and musician John Tesh.
will.i.am, a multi-faceted entertainer and creative innovator, is a seven-time Grammy Award winner and the front man and founder of the Black Eyed Peas who have sold 31 million albums and 58 million singles worldwide. will.i.am also works with some of the industry's biggest names including Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Usher, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears, David Guetta, and film composer Hans Zimmer. In addition to his multiple Grammy Awards and an Emmy Award, will.i.am is the recipient of two NAACP Image Awards, the BMI President's Award and a 2008 Webby Award.
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Over the past five years, six of Luke Keller's students worked with him on both hardware and software that is currently being used on the SOFIA project.
Dan Varney '06, physics, designed and built an optical test system used to measure the performance of several custom-made light filters designed for the FORCAST camera, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Texas at Austin. Varney's design used an infrared laser and several lenses to focus light into the camera, simulating light coming from the SOFIA telescope, which at the time was not yet installed in the aircraft.
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Jordan Hyatt '10 and Kevin Geidel '10, physics majors, collaborated in continuing with Chitrakar's design. Hyatt and Geidel helped Keller bring the software to its final stage. Hyatt is currently a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington State. Geidel is living in northern California and plans to attend graduate school in medical physics.
Preston Barrows '10, physics, worked on both the software (designing an algorithm that helps sharpen SOFIA images that have been blurred due to aircraft motion) and on the hardware (working with Keller and Cornell University mechanical engineer Chuck Henderson to design, prototype, and build a calibration system for the FORCAST camera). Barrows's calibration box is used to ensure that the camera's sensitivity to very faint astronomical light sources is maintained during SOFIA observations in flight. Barrows also assisted Keller on the optical design, completed the computer models and drawings of the mechanical system, and specified the custom fabrication of the instrument. During the summer of 2009, Barrows tested a prototype he built and then finalized his design before helping Henderson build the final product. The calibration box is now a permanent part of the FORCAST camera system and is used on all SOFIA/FORCAST flights. Barrows is currently in the applied physics graduate program at the University of Wisconsin.
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Prop Zero and your blogger were criticized by the California Budget Project for this post about the realignment provisions in Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary-tax ballot initiative.
CBP's problem? That Prop Zero said the temporary tax hikes in the initiative are connected to his realignment plans. CBP also said Prop Zero's analysis of Brown's initiative -- that it was a temporary tax tied to a constitutional change in spending -- was off.
Your blogger's response: CBP has a point about one thing Prop Zero reported, and is wrong about everything else. And the way that the usually reliable budget project was wrong speaks volumes about what's wrong with Sacramento's thinking about the state's budget crisis.
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Let's look at the heart of CBP's criticism, which says that Prop Zero was confused about the nature of Brown's initiative and its connection to the governor's plan for "realignment" -- the term for turning over some state government duties, particularly in corrections, to local governments.
A recent post on Prop Zero, for example, claims that "much of the tax revenues [the Governor] would raise in his measure go to providing funding to locals for his realignment plans." The post further argues that the Governor's measure makes "the mistake of establishing a permanent change in governance … with temporary taxes." This analysis is off the mark. As explained above, the Governor's measure would place in the state Constitution the current, ongoing revenues that were already shifted to counties as part of last year's realignment. In other words, the measure would combine a permanent change in governance with a permanent source of funding for counties' new responsibilities. In contrast, the Governor's proposed temporary tax increase has nothing to do with realignment. Instead, it would raise revenues in order to help balance the budget and stabilize the state's fiscal situation. In short, the Governor's initiative encompasses two separate sets of revenues with different purposes and time frames – and never the twain shall meet.
Now let's break this down, to show how CBP is advancing an argument -- an argument that Brown and his allies make -- that is profoundly misleading.
Here's the truth of it: the specific tax revenue that would be derived from the temporary tax increases in Brown's would not go directly to funding the constitutional guarantee of money for realignment of state functions to local functions. The money to fund that guarantee comes from a different source -- at least at first. Prop Zero was wrong to suggest otherwise.
Full stop. That's the only thing CBP gets right.
CBP takes that specific point and uses it to make claims that could be called misleading at best. The central claim is: "the governor's proposed temporary tax increase has nothing to do with realignment." That's wrong to the point of being preposterous, since it's contradicted by the plain text of -- and indeed the very existence of -- Brown's measure.
Three ways CBP is wrong:
1. The temporary taxes and the constitutional guarantee of money are in the very same initiative. They are connected in that fundamental, undeniable way: you can't pass one without passing the other.
2. Money in the budget is money in the budget. The constitutional guarantee of funding for realignment takes tax sources that were dedicated to realignment via the state budget process -- and commits them instead via the constitution. So that side of the initiative takes money from the budget and puts it into the constitution. On the other side of the initiative, the temporary taxes feed back into the budget, to fund things like schools and higher education. So the initiative takes from the budget with one hand (to fund realignment constitutionally), and then gives to the budget (albeit only temporarily, via taxes) with another.
3. The plain language of the initiative says that if the funding sources for the constitutional guarantee don't prove to be enough, the realignment must be funded by drawing from the budget. Temporary taxes are providing funds for the budget.
This third point shows the problem with CBP's claim that Brown's initiative is merely a "permanent change in governance" with "a permanent source of funding for counties' new responsibilities." The guarantee for the realignment money is constitutional -- and forever. But the source of funding remains state taxes that were part of the larger budget. And while the initiative is taking money out of the budget that could have been available for other programs forever, the money coming into the budget -- the initiatives' taxes -- are only temporary.
This sort of thing is very common to California ballot initiatives that promise reforms. Also common: constitutional guarantees. But such guarantees are not cures; they are the disease. All the guarantees in the constitution create obligations for the state and make the state difficult to govern.
Think of it this way: In seven years, when the temporary taxes go away, the state will be left with a structural deficit, and this constitutional guarantee on the books. And so the legislature -- because of this constitutional guarantee of funds-- will have even less flexibility than it previously had to deal with the budget deficit. And (irony alert!) the budget deficit is the problem that CBP and Gov. Brown say his initiative will address.
The legislature won't have the option of taking back the specific tax sources for realignment that will have been baked into the constitution by this initiative. It will have to draw on a diminished state budget, and it won't have permanent tax increases to make up the difference.
Of course, to CBP's way of thinking, the above paragraph would be evidence that CBP's original claim is right. Yes, the temporary taxes aren't really connected to the constitutional guarantee -- because the temporary taxes will be gone in seven years and the constitutional guarantee will still be there.
As CBP says, "Governor's initiative encompasses two separate sets of revenues with different purposes and time frames – and never the twain shall meet."
That is at once true -- and a misleading sleight of hand. Yes, there is a disconnect between the temporary taxes and constitutional guarantee. But that disconnect is in fact the connection between the two. The constitutional guarantee draws down the budget and the flexibility of lawmakers -- but the temporary taxes only feed the budget for a little while.
If this explanation confuses you, don't worry. Everyone is confused, even the smart people writing these initiatives. The California state budget system is a complicated, Kafkaesque alternative reality, which is why California needs a new constitution, and a simple budget system that can be explained and understood.
Your confusion is also why measures like Brown's aren't reform; they add confusion to a confused system. They add complexity to a too-complex system. They are more of the same.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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For most Americans, the German autobahn is a near-mythical beast, a serpentine wonderland of multi-lane blacktop where the speed limit has been slain and the fiery horses under the hood can be unleashed.
It sounds almost too good to be true. A public road, in a notoriously buttoned-up country, where a person can drive as fast as their engine size and nerve will allow? Yes, dear readers, there is an autobahn. And these 10 vehicles have been pushed to their limits on this fabled road.
The thing is, it's just a highway, like almost any you're familiar with. It's not a closed course or a race track with rubber tires stacked on the shoulders of the road. So anyone who lets the horses out to play and nears 200 miles per hour is risking not only their own life but also the lives of the poor suckers in the Citroens and Fiats in the next lane. A mistake at that speed is usually, well, pretty terrible.
But that doesn't stop people from putting the super in supercar. Here the 10 fastest times clocked on the fabled autobahn -- and just to keep you interested right to the end, the top two speeds will knock your high-tech, twenty-first century socks off.
192 miles per hour (309 kilometers per hour): Corvette ZR1
USA! USA! The only American entry on this list of top speeds is of course the Corvette ZR1, one of the most powerful production cars available, making more than 600 horsepower. In a land of Porsches and Mercedes-Benzes and Audi R8s, the 'Vette we take for granted is a special kind of speed demon in Germany. Granted, the ZR1 is a special kind of speed demon no matter where it is.
In 2008, a team from the Dutch autoblog (ABHD) took one of the first ZR1s to hit Europe on the autobahn for a little high-speed test. Thanks to some pesky traffic and a few work zones (it's probably safe to say those guys were happy they wore helmets that day), the team only managed to get the ZR1 up to 192 miles per hour (309 kilometers per hour). "Only" 192 miles per hour because the car is engineered to hit 205 miles per hour (329.9 kilometers per hour). Even so, I doubt the guys driving the car were sad to be 13 miles per hour below the car's full capability. How sad would you be at 192 miles per hour? You can check out the video, too.
199 miles per hour (320 kilometers per hour): Lamborghini Aventador
You might expect the latest car on the list to also be the greatest, but alas, it's not. The 2012 Lamborghini Aventador might be pretty great for a lot of reasons, but the 199 miles per hour (320 kilometers per hour) achieved by the reporter at Inside Line only gets this Lambo to number nine.
Surely the engineers in Sant'Agata, where the Aventador was built, are crying, "It was daytime! There was traffic! How could you expect the 690-horsepower V-12 to reach its full speed of 217 miles per hour in such conditions? Cavolo!" (That's Italian for "crap!" It's also Italian for "cabbage.") But all the other cars on this list (exceptions noted, of course) were subject to the same conditions, and sometimes worse.
Besides, the reporter got to drive the Aventador from home base in Italy to the autobahn in Germany and back. There are worse ways to spend two days.
200.7 miles per hour (323 kilometers per hour): Porsche 911 GT3 RTS 4.0
When the autobahn is in your backyard, you're going to build some pretty insane cars to drive on it. There are lots of German automakers who build very fast cars, but Porsche and its tuner friends have taken nearly half the spots on this list.
The 911 GT3 RTS 4.0 is a factory-prepped car, and the Porsche guys really poured all they had into it. Thanks to their passion (or insanity; it is so hard to tell the difference sometimes), the Road & Track testers were able to push this car to a hair over 200 miles per hour. If you watch the video, you can hear the exhilaration of the guys in the cockpit when the speedo hits 323 kilometers per hour and the driver starts to back off the throttle. Also note that this run was done at night, when traffic was a bit lighter.
201.3 miles per hour (323.96 kilometers per hour): Ruf CTR Yellowbird
What did you do at work today? File something? Maybe make a phone call? Have a team meeting in the conference room, which for some reason always smells like onions? Well, automotive journalist James M. Clash's spent a workday taking the Ruf CTR Yellowbird for a jaunt on the autobahn. Not quite a PowerPoint presentation, is it?
Ruf Automobile is a German car company that, in addition to building its own sports cars, takes the skin and chassis from Porsches and builds nearly unrivaled supercars using its own blend of automotive performance parts. The CTR, which is better known as the Yellowbird, is based on a 1987 Porsche 911.
In 2003, Clash was invited by Alois Ruf, the owner of Ruf Automobile, to take the Yellowbird on an autobahn speed run. On the A81, a section of autobahn that runs between Würzburg and Heilbronn, Clash got the Yellowbird up to 201.3 miles per hour (323.96 kilometers per hour). He described the experience as nerve-wracking, but such a run is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience -- unless you're automotive journalist James Clash.
206.3 miles per hour (332 kilometers per hour): Kelleners BMW M6
If you're a real exotic car fiend, or a real racing game fiend, you're probably familiar with Kellener's wheels. In the real world and the race game world, their lightweight wheels are coveted for reducing weight and looking freakin' cool.
Kelleners specializes in prettying up BMWs, but it also tuned a beast of an M6 and took it to the autobahn. Given that we're halfway through the list, you know what's coming. This BMW M6 hit the pavement in 2009 and flew to 206 miles an hour (332 kilometers per hour). There is, of course, a video, which helpfully provides GPS verification in the upper right hand corner.
208.7 miles per hour (335.87 kilometers per hour): Ruf R Turbo
"Hey, James Clash, remember that time you drove the Ruf Yellowbird to a record-setting speed on the autobahn?"
"Yes, Alois Ruf, I remember. It was a few minutes ago. Also, it was mentioned earlier in this top 10 list."
"How would you like to do it in another of our cars? One that maybe goes...faster?"
"Um, yeah!"
The above is the imagined conversation that happened right after that run in the Yellowbird in 2003, because Clash hopped into a Ruf R Turbo, which has 50 more horsepower than the CTR, and hit 208.7 miles per hour (335.87 kilometers per hour). Keep in mind, this was Clash's workday. It wasn't some midnight run; it was daytime on an open, public road, with traffic and construction and people just trying to get to their boring jobs as anything but automotive journalists hanging out with one of the premier super car tuners in the world.
219 miles per hour (353 kilometers per hour): Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron is the king of the beasts, as far as exotic cars go. It tops most of the lists out there, from most expensive to most exclusive to most horsepower to most coveted. But it doesn't top this list.
It is included on this list as a proud representative of all the questionable amateur videos on the Internet showing people doing dangerous things in powerful cars. For instance, in this 2011 video you can see flashing lights on the right side of the screen. There are two explanations for this in the comment-verse: either the police are chasing him (doubtful) or he has a police motorcycle escort (more doubtful; what motorcycle could keep up with him?) or he affixed flashing lights to convince other drivers to move over out of his way (pretty likely). And is he really holding his own camera while he drives?
In any case, the speedometer reads 353 kilometers per hour, which is 219 miles per hour. That's believable for a Bugatti, since they've set records above 250 miles an hour on the track. But it's a classic case of "don't try this at home" -- not that many of us have a Veyron sitting around waiting for us to do ridiculous things at high speeds.
236 miles per hour (381 kilometers per hour): Porsche 9ff GTurbo850
Yet another tuned Porsche kicks passes on the autobahn. Ho hum. This one is tuned by a company called 9ff. The car started its life as a mere Porsche 997 Turbo (that's a recent 911 incarnation, in case you weren't sure). Then 9ff got their hands on it and upped the horsepower to 850. Yikes.
The 9ff GTurbo850 goes so fast, it doesn't need spaces in its name. It also managed this record-setting time during daylight hours in 2010, with other cars on the road. It's the fastest time in 72 years, and the top two record holders had a couple of advantages. It's hard to believe advantages over a tuned Porsche are possible, but you'll see what I mean.
268.432 miles per hour (432 kilometers per hour): V-16 Auto Union
Here's where the reality-show-style shockers come in, right at the end, when you least expect it. (Except that if you've seen enough of those shows, you know that there's always a twist in the last two episodes, so maybe it's actually when you most expect it.)
The fastest times on the German autobahn weren't set yesterday, or a year ago, or even a decade ago. They were set in 1938. On the same day. By Mercedes Benz and Auto Union (which would eventually become Audi).
Bernd Rosemeyer drove an Auto Union streamliner that had a mid-mounted V-16 engine, two superchargers and an estimated 400 horsepower -- not too shabby even today. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche. What the streamliner didn't have, unfortunately, was enough downforce to keep it planted on the road at high speed. Rosemeyer managed to hit 268.432 miles an hour (432 kilometers per hour) when word came in that the Mercedes-Benz driver had managed a faster speed.
The shockers don't stop there, though. Rosemeyer headed out again, and on that run, tragedy struck. He lost control of his car in crosswinds and was killed.
268.8 miles per hour (432.59 kilometers per hour): Mercedes-Benz W125
How fast was Rosemeyer's rival? A half a mile an hour. No joke. A record so close it seemed sane to set out again to try to break it.
Ninety minutes before Rosemeyer made his final run, driver Rudolf Caracciola set an autobahn speed record of 268.8 miles per hour (432.59 kilometers per hour) that has not been broken since in a Mercedes-Benz W125 with a V-12 engine.
How is it possible that these two could set records that have stood for the better part of a century? Well, first of all, they were using cars built for the purpose of vanquishing a rival, not production cars like half the rest of the guys on this list. Second, Rosemeyer and Caracciola didn't have to deal with traffic. They had sections of the autobahn shut down so these guys could go all out. And there were certainly no construction crews around.
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Author's Note: Top 10 Speeds Clocked on the Autobahn
In order to compile the top 10 times on the autobahn, I had to comb through video after video on the Internet, trying to find the fastest times on speedometers, checking to see if there was GPS or other verification, looking for a reliable source -- like a car magazine -- to verify the results. It was a tough slog.
Try telling that, though, to your friends crunching numbers in cubicles all day. Try convincing them that your job, which involves watching YouTube videos of fast cars for a couple hours, is a slog. Trust me, it does not work. You get a lot of tiny violins playing the world's saddest song for you.
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- 9ff. (May 2, 2012) http://www.9ff.de/en.html
- ABHD. "Corvette ZR1 Autobahn Shakedown." (Feb. 9, 2010)http://www.abhd.nl/video/corvette-zr1-autobahn-shakedown/
- Arnold, Mark. "Corvette ZR1 Blitzes Europe with 190 mph Autobahn Run." Jalopnik.com. Sept. 11, 2008. (Feb. 9, 2010) http://jalopnik.com/5048342/corvette-zr1-blitzes-europe-with-190-mph-autobahn-run
- Autoblog.com. "Video: German Veyron Owner's Crazy 220-miles per hour Autobahn blast." Feb. 2, 2011. (May 2, 2012) http://www.autoblog.com/2011/02/02/video-german-veyron-owners-crazy-220-miles per hour-autobahn-blast/
- Borroz, Tony. "January 28, 1938: The Passing of the Silver Comet." Wired. Jan. 28, 2009. (Feb. 9, 2010) http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/01/jan-28-1938-the-passing-of-the-silver-comet/
- Clash, James M. "Achtung! Don't Try This at Home." Forbes. Sept. 15, 2003. (Feb. 8, 2010) http://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0915/116.html
- Clash, James M. "Joy of Autobahn." Forbes. Sept. 15, 2003. (Feb. 8, 2010) http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/0915/224.html
- GTSpirit.com. "Video of the Day: 9ff GTurbo850 Does 381 km/h on German Autobahn." Nov. 14, 2010. (May 2, 2012) http://www.gtspirit.com/2010/11/14/video-of-the-day-9ff-gturbo850-does-381kmh-on-german-autobahn/
- Landler, Mark. "Call for Speed Limit Has German Blood at 178 M.P.H. Boil." The New York Times. March 16, 2007. (Feb. 9, 2010)http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/world/europe/16autobahn.html
- Orosz, Peter. "Remembering Bernd Rosemeyer." Jalopnik. Jan. 28, 2010. (Feb. 8, 2010) http://jalopnik.com/5458030/remembering-bernd-rosemeyer
- Road & Track. "Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 - A 200 miles per hour Top Speed Run on the Autobahn." Aug. 22, 2011. (May 2, 2012) http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/video/porsche-911-gt3-rs-4.0-a-200-miles per hour-top-speed-run-on-the-autobahn
- Taylor, Michael. "Lamborghini Aventador on the Autobahn." InsideLine.com. Sept. 27, 2011. (May 2, 2012) http://www.insideline.com/lamborghini/aventador/2012/lamborghini-aventador-on-the-autobahn.html