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LCHS speech team members advanced to finals in 10 events
Saturday in Bloomington: (front) Matthew Langdon and Wyatt
Phillis, champions in humorous duet acting; (back) Sara
Shane, champion of radio speaking and sixth in oratorical
declamation; Grace Sheley, fourth in prose; Tegan Follis,
third in poetry; Jacqueline Keysear, JV champion in
oratorical declamation, fifth in dramatic duet acting with
Madison Bishop and eighth in impromptu; and Kendall Katz,
seventh in humorous interpretation and eighth in poetry.
LCHS speech team places 6th in 'Princesses of Speech' tournament
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BLOOMINGTON -- The Lincoln
Community High School speech team placed sixth overall at
Bloomington High School's "Princesses of Speech" tournament
Saturday. The 16-member team had 10 events break into the final
rounds during competition and claimed three events as tournament
Varsity champions were senior Wyatt Phillis and junior Matthew
Langdon in humorous duet acting and senior Sara Shane in radio
speaking. Senior Jacqueline Keysear was the junior varsity champion
in oratorical declamation.
Other medalists were senior Tegan
Follis, third in poetry; senior Grace Sheley, fourth in prose
reading; senior Kendall Katz, seventh in humorous duet acting and
eighth in poetry; and Shane, sixth in declamation.
Junior varsity member Madison Bishop competed so well this
weekend that she advanced to the varsity finals in both her events.
With Keysear, she placed fifth in varsity dramatic duet acting, and
individually she placed eighth in varsity impromptu speaking.
"Several of the team members were trying out new material this
weekend, and many saw their hard work pay off," said head coach
Jennifer Keith.
"I expect to see students from all schools revising, improving,
and I would love to see more of our team get into the medal
competitions," she continued, "but taking home three champions was
truly exciting."
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The LCHS speech team will compete Dec. 8 at Normal Community
before taking almost a month off due to finals and Christmas break,
but that break will not be all relaxation.
"Several of our own kids will be selecting new pieces to start
fresh in 2013," said Keith. "It's always fun to try to begin anew in
the new year."
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Jennifer Keith, Lincoln Community
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Anything but first place just wasn't an option for Clearwater tourism officials. They used everything in their social media arsenals to get the votes they needed to get Clearwater Beach named the best in Florida.
CLEARWATER ?| Anything but first place just wasn't an option for Clearwater tourism officials.
They used everything in their social media arsenals to get the votes they needed to get Clearwater Beach named the best in Florida.
It worked.
Clearwater Beach was named the state's best beach town in a survey conducted by USA Today, beating out Siesta Key, Key West and South Beach.
"This just verifies what we have always been saying about how great Clearwater is," said Clearwater Mayor George Cretekos.
Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, Pinellas County's tourism agency, as well as the area chambers of commerce, used Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email and anything else they could think of to remind residents and visitors to go online and vote. Visit St. Pete/Clearwater even hired a plane to fly a banner over the Gulf of Mexico.
In the end, Clearwater won about 25 percent of the roughly 30,000 votes cast, according to the announcement USA Today made Friday.
"It's nice to know that we do have that kind of support, and not just locally, but nationally, internationally and online," said David Downing, the deputy director of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater.
This award will help in marketing campaigns and hopefully draw visitors to the area, tourism officials said.
"If we're saying (Clearwater is the best), it's one thing, but when USA Today and other publications talk about it, it really gives us great credibility," said Bob Clifford, president of the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce. "Now it's up to us to take that opportunity to turn it into a driver of the economy and boost tourism numbers."
This isn't the first time Pinellas County has been recognized for its beaches.
TripAdvisor named St. Pete Beach the nation's top beach destination in 2012. In 2011, Parents Magazine named Fort De Soto Park the nation's best beach for families.
Darlene Kole, executive director of the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce, said the award is well-deserved.
"We have so much going for us," she said. "Our sugar-white sand, all of our restaurants. It's pedestrian-friendly. When people enter the beach and they park their car, they can't wait to get out and stroll along BeachWalk."
For the mayor, the recognition means a lot, but he said he wasn't surprised.
"I think the beach speaks for itself," Cretekos said. "Just the energy, the sand, the gulf. It's an ideal place to vacation or take a walk after a busy day."
The beach and the nearby shops and restaurants were busy Friday afternoon. The sun was bright and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
It was a welcome change for Bob and Lori Johnson, who were visiting from Davenport, Iowa. (Local weather: 36 degrees.)
Bob Johnson, 58, discovered Clearwater Beach while in Tampa on business a few years ago. This was the couple's second vacation on the beach.
"We just love the powdery sand and that it has all the restaurants and bars right up on the beach," said Lori Johnson, 55. "The water is so blue. It's beautiful here."
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Welcome to Turin!
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: booking on Event brite does NOT guarantee the tour.YOU need to wait for an email reply in order to be sure that tour is confirmed and to get details.
Overview: I discovered the fun of wandering in a city with a local guide who brings you around the places not written on a guide and let you discover hidden smiley gems of their neighborhood!I have taken part in some free walking tour around the world, and I would like to do the same in my city.
So my idea is: meeting with you, chattering in English about Turin in an informal way but giving you information on where you are and what's happening in the city. We can walk together sipping a coffee and tasting some chocolate (by the way, do you know that Nutella is a regional product of ours?I will be available on weekend days and if you contact me beforehand we can arrange the meeting point and time.
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The Latest News From The Industry
First Look: '15 Jeep Renegade
Renegade is Jeep's first entry into the small SUV segment, built (in Italy) on a platform shared with the Fiat 500L. Jeep calls the Jeep Renegade proportions "small-wide 4x4 architecture" and says the design will deliver both excellent road manners and off-road capability.
The 2015 Jeep Renegade sits on a fully independent suspension that offers 8.7 inches of ground clearance and 8.1 inches of articulation in Trailhawk models. That's right, the Jeep Renegade is borrowing several pages from the Cherokee's playbook, offering a Trail Rated Trailhawk model with an Active Drive Low 4x4 system and a Rock mode in the Selec-Terrain system. It also has those snazzy red towhooks.
The Jeep Renegade was designed to sell worldwide, and as such will be available with 16 different powertrain combinations globally. Here in the U.S. we expect to get two four-cylinder gas engines, including the 2.4L MultiAir2 mated with a nine-speed automatic transmission.
This Just In
• Tire company Maxxis recently signed on to sponsor Jeremy McGrath in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series. The dirt-bike legend has started his own race truck team this year to compete in the series and at the Crandon race in the spring. He will also serve as a consultant in the development of Maxxis motorcycle tires. "Hopefully I can be of assistance to Maxxis in all areas," said McGrath. "One of the things I'm so excited about is that I do a lot of mountain biking and I ride a Polaris ATV, too, so Maxxis makes tires for everything I do."
• Off-road racing pioneer Drino Miller passed away in March after a long fight with cancer. He was 72. Miller was among a group of Southern California off-roaders—including Bruce Meyers, Ed Pearlman, Dick Cepek, and others—whose mid-'60s excursions into the Baja peninsula led to the running of the first Mexican 1000 rally in 1967. Miller drove the Hurst Baja Boot in that first 1000, did not finish, and came back just a few years later to win the race in a single-seat buggy he designed and built. He is also credited with designing the original Baja Bugs.
• A new off-road driving school has opened in Southern California. Backcountry 4x4 offers a series of classes in the Big Bear Lake area covering a wide range of topics, from driving skills to vehicle recovery and winter wheeling. Total 4x4 Adventure Classes are three-day immersions into trail driving, with a ratio of two vehicles to each instructor so that participants get a lot of one-on-one instruction. We will list the school's classes in our calendar; for more information, visit jeep4x4school.com.
• To commemorate the 4Runner's 30th birthday, Toyota is offering discounts on all '14 4Runner models. Discounts vary from $500 off the price of a SR5 4x4 model to $1,000 off a Limited 4x4.
First Look: '15 Ford Expedition
When Ford unveiled the next-generation Expedition at the Dallas–Ft. Worth Auto Show the press release was pretty skimpy. It didn't even say if there would be a 4WD version. We had to blow up the interior photo to look for a transfer-case dial to be sure there would be a 4x4. But Ford did drop this bomb: no more V-8 in the Expedition. All models, including the long-wheelbase EL, will be powered by a 3.5L EcoBoost V-6 mated to a six-speed automatic. Ford said the six-banger will deliver "more power and performance than the current 5.4-liter V-8, and is designed to be more efficient."
Other innovations for the new Expedition include continuously controlled shock damping, which allows drivers to select one of three ride comfort modes: comfort, normal, and sport. Ford is also introducing a high-end Platinum version to the lineup, which will also include XLT, Limited, and King Ranch editions.
Jeeps Return to Heritage Festival
Butler, Pennsylvania, will once again host the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, held this year over Father's Day weekend (June 13-15). The show promises even more fun stuff for Jeep owners and fans, including a new mud pit "for any and all Jeeps." On-site trails, a history exhibit, a WW II encampment, a show 'n' shine, a road rally, and a mock invasion of the streets of Butler are just a few of the activities in store. There's even a Father's Day breakfast. Find out more at www.bantamjeepfestival.com.
Earth Watch
• The California Off-Road Vehicle Association (CORVA) has a new website, www.corva.org, full of good information about wheeling and land-use issues. The "Hot Button Items" link is the place to go for the latest news on keeping our lands open for OHV use.
• Speaking of which, we learned on the CORVA site that a bill has been introduced to further protect 4-wheeling in Johnson Valley. Now that the battle between recreationists and the Marine Corps is over, State Senator Jean Fuller has introduced SB 1289, which would transfer certain state lands that are currently under control of the State Lands Commission to the OHV Division of the State Parks Department. CORVA is supporting this bill in hopes that OHV access within the congressionally designated Johnson Valley OHV area will extend to all lands within the area whether owned by the state or managed by the BLM.
• SEMA reports that the EPA has approved emissions regulations written by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for off-highway recreational vehicles—motorcycles, ATVs, and UTVs (side-by-sides). The new standards will be phased in between 2018 and 2021. Noncompliant dirt bikes and ATVs are eligible for CARB's OHV Red Sticker registration and are subject to usage restrictions. The emissions exemption for "competition vehicles" will be narrowly applied to "race-only vehicles" or "racing vehicles" operated exclusively on closed courses in sanctioned racing events.
Cummins Frontier Concept
Looks like Nissan is investing in diesel. After announcing there would be a 5.0L Cummins available in the next-generation Titan fullsize pickup, the maker displayed a Cummins-powered Frontier Desert Runner "project truck" at the Chicago Auto Show. The four-cylinder, 2.8L turbodiesel is good for 200 hp and more than 350 lb-ft of torque, a healthy increase over the 281 lb-ft made by the 4.0L gas V-6 offered in the truck now. Plus, says Nissan, the diesel should be good for a 35 percent increase in fuel economy over the gas motor. The diesel Nissan Frontier is a "technical study project," says Nissan, "to explore what is possible for the next-generation Nissan Frontier."
New Salvo Fired in Towing Wars
The latest shot comes from Ford: Improvements to the 6.7L Power Stroke diesel bring its output to 440 hp and 860 lb-ft of peak torque. That, in combination with revisions to the truck's chassis, raises the '15 F-450's gooseneck trailer tow rating to 31,200 pounds and fifth-wheel tow rating to 26,500 pounds. The '15 F-350 gooseneck/fifth-wheel rating also climbs to 26,500 pounds when the truck is equipped with the maximum tow package.
New TRD Packages
Celebrating its 35th birthday, Toyota Racing Development (TRD) announced a new line of Pro Series off-road performance accessory packages for the Tundra, Tacoma and 4Runner. Some Pro Series components will be common among all three vehicles—remote-reservoir Bilstein shocks, skidplates, unique grilles, and blacked-out wheels. Vehicle-specific products include decreased spring rates, 18-inch wheels, dual exhaust, and special interior fabric for the Tundra; lower spring rates, 16-inch beadlock-style wheels, and a TRD exhaust for the "Taco Supreme" Tacoma; and a 1 1/2-inch lift, 1 additional inch of wheel travel, and 17-inch TRD wheels for the 4Runner (seen here). Look for the factory-installed TRD packages in the fall on '15 trucks.
• May 31–June 1: Ventura County Off-Road Show, Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA.
Info: www.venturacountyoffroadshow.com
• May 31–June 1: Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks race, Detroit, MI.
Info: stadiumsupertrucks.com
• May 31–June 1: Big Bear Backcountry Expo, Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 5-7: Badlands Jeep Jamboree, Attica, IN.
Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• June 5-8: Tecate SCORE Baja 500, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Info: www.score-international.com
• June 7: Off-Road Show by the Grand Mesa Jeep Club, Mesa County Fairgrounds, Grand Junction, CO.
Info: gmjc.org
• June 7: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hungry Valley SVRA, Gorman, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• June 7: Dirt Riot Southeast, Sturgis, KY.
Info: www.werocklive.com
• June 8: Speed Energy Stadium Super Trucks race at the X Games, Austin, TX.
Info: stadiumsupertrucks.com
• June 8: Great Willys Picnic, Kempton, PA.
Info: www.cj3a.info/picnic
• June 8: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Mojave, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• June 8: Holcomb Valley History Tour by Backcountry 4x4, near Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 9: Winch Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Mojave, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• June 13-15: Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, Butler, PA.
Info: www.bantamjeepfestival.com
• June 14: Crawlfest Competition, Kansas Rocks Recreation Park, Mapleton, KS.
Info: www.ksrockspark.com
• June 14: Dirt Riot Mountain, Colorado Springs, CO.
Info: www.werocklive.com
• June 14: Rock Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Johnson Valley, CA.
Info: 310.374. 8047, www.4x4training.com
• June 14-15: GrizzlyCon Trail Adventure by Backcountry 4x4, near Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 19-21: Drummond Island Jeep Jamboree, Drummond Island, MI.
Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• June 19-21: Penn's Woods Jeep Jamboree, Bradford, PA.
Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• June 20-22: Total 4x4 Adventure Class by Backcountry 4x4, Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 21: Jeep Owner Orientation Class by Backcountry 4x4, Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 21-22: 4 Wheel Jamboree, Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Springfield, MO.
Info: www.4wheeljamboree.com
• June 21-22: Iron Range Offroad driving school, near Minneapolis/St. Paul. MN.
Info: www.ironrangeoffroad.com
• June 21-22: Two-day Rock Crawl by the Cascade County Four Wheelers, Great Falls, MT.
Info: email firstname.lastname@example.com
• June 26-28: Silver Valley Jeep Jamboree, Mullan-Wallace, ID.
Info: jeepjamboreeusa.com
• June 28: Rattlesnake Canyon, Blackhawk Mountain, New Dixie Mine Adventure by Backcountry 4x4, Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• June 28-29: WE Rock Eastern Series, Attica, IN.
Info: www.werocklive.com
• June 29: Gold Mountain Jeep Trail, John Bull, Holcomb Creek Black Diamond Challenge by Backcountry 4x4, Big Bear Lake, CA.
Info: jeep4x4school.com
• Note: If you have a 4WD event you want us to publicize, please send the date, location, a description of the event, and contact info—phone numbers and/or email/website address—to Calendar, 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245; fax 818.566.8501; email firstname.lastname@example.com. Please submit your info at least four months in advance of the event due to our press lead times.


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19 Actors Who Turned Down Life-Changing Roles (PHOTOS)
January 7, 2014 by Rachel McRady
In this constantly changing world, it's nice to have some solid truths. Sarah Jessica Parker will always be Carrie Bradshaw, Russell Crowe still comes to us in our dreams as Maximus in Gladiator, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, 1992 comedy film excluded, will always be Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
But our present realities weren't always a given. Some actors that played iconic roles were only allowed to shine because some A-lister stepped aside first!
Click through for 19 celebs who rejected life-changing roles.


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Having the Wabash basketball team participate in the CC/Clarion Thanksgiving Classic at Colorado College in Colorado Springs gave alumni and friends far from campus and opportunity to see the Little Giants in action and share some time with the student/athletes.
On the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving the Little Giants lost a hard fought game to Bethany College (KS) in the opening game of the tournament. Later that evening area alumni joined the traveling party (the team and parents who made trip) at Giuseppe's Old Depot Restaurant near the Colorado College campus for a wonderful dinner. The alumni had an opportunity to converse with the players and coaches allowing each to learn more about the other.
Thank you to the alumni and spouses, the coaches and players, and the families who came together for a great evening. Special thanks to Harry Phillips '65 who set us up at Giuseppe's.


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Phew, what a week that was! As I mentioned last week in my menu plan post, Jon had the stomach flu. Well, within a few hours, Aaron had it and so did I, for the second time! What is that all about? The same thing happened to me last year. I am officially over winter and ready for Spring. Everyone hear that? Fortunately we were all better by my birthday on Friday. Needless to say, I have some things on my menu plan this week that we never got to last week due to the illness in our house and going out to dinner on Thursday with my Dad & fam and Friday night for a "date". 🙂 I also didn't go my baking last week. Geez, I am slacking big time! Guess I will be playing catch-up this week. 🙂
Fresh Ginger is hosting this week's gluten-free menu swap and has chosen "locally grown" as the theme. Seeing as it is mid-January here, not sure that I will be able to participate in that. Next year I hope to plan ahead and be able to freeze and can some of my tomatoes. I was browsing her site and was very interested in the "brittle". I may have to give that a try. YUM!
Here is my menu plan for the week. Let's see if I can stick to it this week. 😉
Sunday ~ Breakfast for dinner (omelets, bacon, pan-fried hashbrowns, gluten-free toast ~ Pamela's Wheat Free Bread or TJ's gluten-free French Rolls) with Orange Juice
Monday ~ Crockpot Taco Soup & salad (this is one I didn't get to last week)
Tuesday ~ Grilled Salmon, steamed brown rice, steamed broccoli & spinach salad
Wednesday ~ Grilled Chicken marinated in balsamic dressing, roasted potatoes, steamed green beans & salad
Thursday ~ Burgers on lettuce wraps, sweet potato fries & salad
Friday ~ Homemade Pizza and salad
Saturday ~ Probably Pei Wei Asian Diner OR Uno Chicago Grill's new GF pizza!!
Baked Goods for the week
Pamela's Bread
Scones from Carol Fenster's 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes
As always, don't forget to check out Orgjunkie for more great menu plan ideas. 🙂 Have a wonderful week!
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It's spring – the birds are chirping, the temperature has finally risen above 50, and – of course – construction zones are everywhere.
Four of the major projects in the Valley are:
- Route 54 through Danville
- Route 11 into Northumberland from Danville
- The Selinsgrove bridge work
- Mifflinburg work on Route 45
That's a lot. But how much do they affect your commute?
The Route 11 work does cause a litle hold-up heading into Norry, but traffic does seem to flow – it appears to be the same way with the Route 54 work, though traffic does stop frequently near the light at 11 and 54.
One zone I've heard horror stories about is the bridge work in Selinsgrove – people are being delayed – in some cases – over an hour in their journeys.
I haven't heard about Mifflinburg, though apparently that's a bad one too.
So now I ask you – what have you seen? What are your tips for getting through them?


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I had the good fortune of running into a fabulously talented baker, and cook by the name of Sol about two years ago on a popular message board. I have never been disappointed with any recipe she so generously shares, and this is one of them.
I've made these several times, in both sizes ~ they always receive raves.
.Sol's Blackberry Crumb Buckles
12 regular size muffin/cupcake or 6 jumbo muffin size Cakes
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter
Vegetable oil cooking spray
Cut butter into small pieces, and in a bowl, blend together with sugar, flour and cinnamon until mixture resembles coarse meal. Chill mixture while preparing batter.
In a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, lime zest and a pinch of salt. In a measuring cup whisk together milk, cream, beaten egg and vanilla. In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk mixture and flour mixture, each in 3 batches, adding each mixture separately.
A quick way to remove the buckles from the pan is to (after running a knife around the edges) lay a piece of parchment on top of them. Then place a cookie sheet over the parchment, and flip them over at once. Then gently turn them right side up again.
My notes: I've made these both ways, 12 cakes and 6 cakes, they are soo good and make the kitchen smell marvelous while they are baking ~ and for as long as they last, which is never long. I use wild blackberries which grow on my property for this, but it is a wonderful recipe for Marionberries, and raspberries too. Sometimes I make extra crumb topping because I love it! I bake it off in a shallow baking pan, and then sprinkle additional on top of the buckles after they are baked, as I did this time.
I usually bake the buckles at 375-degrees (F), otherwise they brown too quickly in my ovens.
This one gets 5 stars out of 5, in my opinion, and thanks again Sol!
Sol's website ~ http://www.memoriesinthebaking.com/galleries.html
And her blog~ http://memoriesinthebaking.blogspot.com/


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seahorsemedia necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 3 diseñadores freelance.
This is a total redesign of an existing website called Ultimate Travel Magazine (http://www.ultimatetravelmagazine.com). As you'll see we've developed a good content base, but it really needs to be spruced up and updated and we're aiming for a whole new look and design to give it the "wow" factor it's currently lacking, with a design that's sophisticated, elegant, evokes luxury, and is ultimately engaging.
Ultimate Travel Magazine
What we need:
We need four components of our site to be designed in Photoshop - no coding necessary. Our original high res images can be downloaded as a 72 MB pdf from http://www.seahorsemedia.com.au/photography.html . The link is near the bottom of the page. Other generic non-copyright photos are fine as well, if needed.
1. The home page - which will obviously set the tone for the other three bits. Our "latest features" will form the basis of the content on the home page with thumbnails of 100px X 75.
2. Section/Department page - this will list all the feature articles in a particluar section.
3. Feature Article Page - we'll need a headline and body copy. There will be one lead-in or main photograph, 350px X 240px, placed right at the top of the article, with a two-thirds length caption with a link to a photo gallery (as outlined below).
Somewhere on this page it would be great to have a "Fact File" box where we can put our information: "Getting There", "Where To Stay", "Tours", and "More Information". It would be good to have some icons for these items as well. This info will contain links to external sites.
4. Slideshow Photo Gallery - about 12 high res images
What the website is about:
Ultimate Travel is a combination of real travel experiences, high quality photography, topical information and practical advice which needs to be presented in an eye-catching, contemporary format which is easy to use, with links to relevant sources of information to help the reader research an experience or destination.
Our Target Audience:
Our subscribers and readers are typically between the ages of 30 and 60 who range from middle income earners who are looking for one special trip each year, to high wealth individuals who travel several times a year, and often on business trips.
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* Sophisticated and elegant design, evoking images of high end travel. Open to ideas. Something like http://www.luxurytravel.com as a rough guide.
* Easy navigation
Menu 1: Home, Advertising, Media, About Us.
Main Menu: Travel Features, Cruising, Gourmet Travel, Hotel Heaven, Spa File, Global Style, Travel News, Competitions, Charities and Blog
A destination search menu, with a generic search function as well.
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Jergosh the Invoker is a level 16 elite orc warlock found in Ragefire Chasm.
Jergosh the Invoker has rejected the ideals of the orcs and practices the dark and demonic arts of the warlock. A leader of the Searing Blade Cultists, Jergosh dwells within Ragefire Chasm, concocting a scheme dangerous enough to draw the attention of Thrall himself. He's guarding the Blood Filled Orb, which is needed to summon Zelemar the Wrathful if you have the quest [23D] The Path of the Adept.
- [Immolate]ω ϖ—Burns an enemy, then inflicts additional Fire damage every 3 sec. for 21 sec.
- [Curse of Weakness]ω ϖ—Reduces the Physical damage dealt by an enemy for 30 sec. Only one curse per warlock can be active on any one target.
Combat Info
Jergosh is identical to the other Searing Blade Warlocks in Ragefire Chasm, except that he doesn't have a Voidwalker pet, has a few more hitpoints, and he hits a bit harder. He will cast Immolate and Curse of Weakness throughout the fight, which are identical to the Warlock versions and equally strong. Immolate is a somewhat strong DoT spell, and Curse of Weakness will reduce the damage dealt by the target by 6.
Be wary of the other Searing Blade Cultists around him. It is best to clear the area around him until only Jergosh and his close followers are left. Once that happens, take down Jergosh, and eliminate the cultists around him. Be careful of the curses he will apply, and his spells, which do slightly higher damage.
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- [16D] Hidden Enemies (3)


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Light as a feather, stiff as a... wait, what game is this again?
I might be the only one who watches "Eureka" but I don't care, Colin Ferguson is a dream boat and someday he's going to marry me. More proof of his dreaminess can be found in these news clips from "Lake Placid 3", by far the most awe inspiring clips of the entire "Lake Placid" series to date.
Remember those "Witchboard" movies from the 80's? The only reason anyone watched them was in hope that you might get to see Tawny Kitaen naked. Spoiler alert, you didn't. "Ouija Board" apparently has nothing to do with those films but word has it Pierre Morel, who directed "Taken" will also take the helm of this one. That tied in nicely, didn't it?
I'm pretty sure at this point every women in Hollywood has been rumored to be taking the lead in the "Alien" prequel and today it's Anne Hathaway. I think the producers are just getting drunk and looking at their DVD collection and randomly screaming out names. "'The Princess Diaries'! That movie changed my life, get me that girl. Oh god I just messed myself"


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Utopia: Scholar & Feminist Conference at Barnard
Strategies for bringing about better environments, from imagining ways to educate children and adults that focus on creativity and curiosity, to keeping the general population safe without prisons, to developing affordable housing options.
The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) presents "Utopia," a two-day conference featuring plenary presentations that pair academics and activists with artists and performers, who will work together to express feminist visions for the future.
The Scholar and Feminist Conference takes place on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. On March 1, the conference will launch with a screening of Wu Tsang and Roya Rastegar's film Wildness, an exploration of "safe space," queer community, creativity, and class. A conversation with the filmmakers will immediately follow.
On March 2, community leaders from a wide range of fields will invite participants to brainstorm strategies for bringing about better environments, from imagining ways to educate children and adults that focus on creativity and curiosity, to keeping the general population safe without prisons, to developing affordable housing options.
Participants include: Youngsuk Altieri, Indiana University, Human Computer Interaction-Design; Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University School of Informatics & Computing; Melanie Cervantes, Dignidad Rebelde; Pam McMichael, The Highlander Center; Jennifer Miller, Circus Amok!; Marisa Belausteguigoitia Rius, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Wu Tsang, filmmaker; Gwendolyn Beetham, independent scholar; K. Tempest Bradford, writer; Francesca Coppa, Organization of Transformative Works; Reina Gossett, writer and activist; Amber Hollibaugh, Queers for Economic Justice; Valery Jean, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality; Ileana Jiménez, FeministTeacher.com; Simone Kolysh, CUNY Graduate Center; Elisa Kreisinger, PopCulturePirate.com; Victoria Law, writer; Rickke Mananzala, activist; Pamela Phillips, BCRW; Kavitha Rao, The Common Fire Foundation; Roya Rastegar, Bryn Mawr College; Dean Spade, Seattle University School of Law; and activists from the Barnard chapter of Design for America, among others.
WHEN: Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2
WHERE: The Diana Center, Barnard College, 117th & Broadway, NYC
For the full schedule of events and more information, visit Barnard Events are open to the public but registration is required. Cost of the conference is on a sliding scale and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
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SHERMAN, TEXAS -- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Malcolm Bales says today's guilty plea is a victory for the public trust.
"I'm going to start with a quote from the Book of Proverbs. 'The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes a crooked path will be found out,' and today in a federal court room in Sherman, Texas, the former mayor of Melissa, Texas, David Dorman, has discovered that scripture," Bales said.
David Dorman, the man who led Melissa for a decade, pleaded guilty to mail fraud.
"More specifically, Mr. Dorman has admitted that he used his office as mayor to orchestrate a real estate transaction that not only benefited a crooked real estate developer, but himself as well to the tune of $30,000 in illicit payments," Bales said.
Prosecutors say in 2006, local real estate broker John Christie was interested in 33 acres of land off Highway 5 and 121.
Christie paid Dorman $30,000 to annex that land from McKinney to Melissa. The deal was completed by September 2007.
"This investigation was made possible because someone came forward. They took action to report troublesome activity and were able to use this information to open and conduct an investigation," FBI Special Agent for the Dallas Division Diego Rodriguez said.
Ashley Neal says he's one of the Melissa residents who contributed to the FBI's investigation.
He says when Dorman was mayor, Dorman refused to give Neal's stone and tile business a certificate of occupancy.
Neal says that made him lose his one point five million dollar property and his entire business.
"So I then began fighting him, obviously going to city hall meetings and exposing what he was doing. He obviously was involved with people, like John Christie, that did take in bribes and we refused to give him a bribe, but that wasn't part of our business plan," Neal said.
Neal says he wasn't surprised by Dorman's extortion indictment.
"But I was impressed the FBI did their job and actually got a bad guy this time," Neal said.
Dorman will be sentenced at a later date.
Bales says they'll continue investigating Dorman to see if there were more illegal transactions.
"Public service cannot be permitted to abuse their authority, or their positions, for their own personal benefit. That's the bottom line message of the Dorman case. You can be sure, as well, that Dorman will forfeit the $30,000 in ill-gotten gain to the U.S. Treasury," Bales said.


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Or the ability to hit the ground really quickly. You decide.
There's obviously some long analogy here, about Drake's character on Degrassi: the Next Generation: He was the school's basketball star until a deranged lunatic with shaggy hair (anyone from Dirk to Dan Gilbert to Mike Miller) shoots him in the back, at which point he becomes an assistant coach (second fiddle in Big Three) on the school's basketball team. Then a young player (James Jones?) says he can't take basketball lessons "from a cripple," so Drake's character wins in HORSE (beats the Celtics?) despite being wheelchair-bound. Of course, then he skips out on tryouts for the Toronto wheelchair basketball team (Team USA?) so he can paint (sell Vitamin Water) with his new crush (Maverick Carter, or, I suppose, Drake). His dad (Pat Riley) gets mad at him. He also soon finds that his paralysis (having to play with Mike Bibby) means he can't maintain an erection (maintain an erection). There's more (from which I'll spare you), because this all happened in half a season or so.
All of this is to say that Degrassi never made any fucking sense, and that LeBron will eventually become a successful, fictitious underground rapper in Toronto.
PREVIOUSLY: LeBron James Is Friends With Drake. Of Course He Is.


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by Mike Todd
"Why's Daddy hitting the Christmas tree?" my son Evan asked from the kitchen. He could only see my legs sticking out from under the tree as it jostled and swayed in the living room, so he could be forgiven for thinking that the tree was trying to devour me, and I was doing my best to fend it off.
"He's just frustrated right now," my wife Kara replied.
"Because the stupid tree stand is stupid and we should have bought a normal one," I answered, slapping the stupid broken pedal on the dumb thing.
"AAAAHHHH!" Evan screamed as the tree fell down again.
Last year, Kara bought a fancy tree stand that's supposed to let you position the tree while you press the foot pedal; then it holds the tree in place when you step off. We should have paid a few bucks more for the deluxe model that comes with a tree surgeon who shouts "TIMBER!" every time the tree falls down.
"Oh, #&$@%," I said, looking at the fallen tree. Evan's eyes widened. I knew he was within earshot, so I actually said, "Oh, heck. This is such a darned disappointing enterprise." It takes a long time to cuss when your kids are listening.
With the foot pedal hopelessly jammed, I pulled the tree back up and got it to stay put, but gravity wouldn't be denied for long. The tree would easily have been felled by a single creature stirring, even a mouse, and definitely a three-year-old.
Fortunately, it was easy to lock everyone out of the living room. Our house has enough baby gates to qualify as a maximum security prison. And our inmates aren't allowed to use pointy silverware, either.
The next day, I called the tree stand company, which had printed its phone number (how quaint!) on the stand. The operator bounced me to another operator, who bounced me to Matt, who advised me how to fix the stand with a butter knife. "Nothing sharp," he added, as if he'd known me my whole life. I thanked him and hung up, skeptical.
"If this works, I'll eat an ornament," I said as I approached the tree with a dull knife, doing nothing to allay Evan's concerns that I was engaging in mortal battle with our holiday decorations.
That Matt's butter knife trick fixed our tree stand in two seconds was nothing short of a Christmas miracle. Too bad the skirmish that started the next day couldn't be solved that easily. All else being equal, though, it's best to solve family disputes without involving cutlery. Even dull cutlery, if you can help it.
"Aunt Sister and Uncle Charles sent you your first present. We'll put it here until Christmas," I told Evan, sliding the box under the tree.
"But I want to open it now," Evan said, sliding it back into the room.
"Waiting to open Christmas presents is part of the fun. Then you get to open your presents all at once on Christmas morning. Won't that be awesome?" Kara said.
"Actually," Evan said, pausing to feign consideration of Mommy's wisdom, "I want to open it now."
It's almost as if three-year-olds have no appreciation for the joys of personal discipline and delayed gratification.
"Evan, we call them Christmas presents because we open them on Christmas," I told him.
"WANNA OPEN IT NOW!" he responded. Clearly, Mommy and Daddy were not getting it.
"Well, you have to wait until Christmas. It'll be good for you to practice some patience," I said.
"WANNA OPEN IT NOW!" he responded, throwing himself on the floor and writhing around, experiencing the severe growing pains of his rapidly building character.
A week prior, Aunt Sister had sent an email saying that Evan could open his present whenever he'd like, but his tantrum had ensured that he'd be waiting another couple of weeks (if not months). Sometimes, it's good to take a break from punching your Christmas decorations to teach your kid some self-control.


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Should just make it up as we go along? Sounds fun.
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Diesel Engine, any internal-combustion engine in which air is compressed to a sufficiently high temperature to ignite diesel fuel injected into the cylinder, where combustion and expansion actuate a piston. It converts the chemical energy stored in the fuel into mechanical energy, which can be used to power freight trucks, large tractors, locomotives, and marine vessels. A limited number of automobiles also are diesel-powered, as are some electric-power generator sets.
Diesel Combustion
The diesel engine is an intermittent-combustion piston-cylinder device. It operates on either a two-stroke or four-stroke cycle (see figure); however, unlike the spark-ignition gasoline engine, the diesel engine induces only air into the combustion chamber on its intake stroke. Diesel engines are typically constructed with compression ratios in the range 14:1 to 22:1. Both two-stroke and four-stroke engine designs can be found among engines with bores (cylinder diameters) less than 600 mm (24 inches). Engines with bores of greater than 600 mm are almost exclusively two-stroke cycle systems.
Four-stroke diesel engine. The typical sequence of cycle events involves a single intake valve, fuel-injection nozzle, and exhaust valve, as shown here. Injected fuel is ignited by its reaction to compressed hot air in the cylinder, a more efficient process than that of the spark-ignition internal-combustion engine.
The diesel engine gains its energy by burning fuel injected or sprayed into the compressed, hot air charge within the cylinder. The air must be heated to a temperature greater than the temperature at which the injected fuel can ignite. Fuel sprayed into air that has a temperature higher than the "auto-ignition" temperature of the fuel spontaneously reacts with the oxygen in the air and burns. Air temperatures are typically in excess of 526 °C (979 °F); however, at engine start-up, supplemental heating of the cylinders is sometimes employed, since the temperature of the air within the cylinders is determined by both the engine's compression ratio and its current operating temperature. Diesel engines are sometimes called compression-ignition engines because initiation of combustion relies on air heated by compression rather than on an electric spark.
In a diesel engine, fuel is introduced as the piston approaches the top dead centre of its stroke. The fuel is introduced under high pressure either into a precombustion chamber or directly into the piston-cylinder combustion chamber. With the exception of small, high-speed systems, diesel engines use direct injection.
Diesel engine fuel-injection systems are typically designed to provide injection pressures in the range of 7 to 70 megapascals (1,000 to 10,000 pounds per square inch). There are, however, a few higher-pressure systems.
Precise control of fuel injection is critical to the performance of a diesel engine. Since the entire combustion process is controlled by fuel injection, injection must begin at the correct piston position (i.e., crank angle). At first the fuel is burned in a nearly constant-volume process while the piston is near top dead centre. As the piston moves away from this position, fuel injection is continued, and the combustion process then appears as a nearly constant-pressure process.
The combustion process in a diesel engine is heterogeneous—that is, the fuel and air are not premixed prior to initiation of combustion. Consequently, rapid vaporization and mixing of fuel in air is very important to thorough burning of the injected fuel. This places much emphasis on injector nozzle design, especially in direct-injection engines.
Engine work is obtained during the power stroke. The power stroke includes both the constant-pressure process during combustion and the expansion of the hot products of combustion after fuel injection ceases.
Diesel engines are often turbocharged and aftercooled. Addition of a turbocharger and aftercooler can enhance the performance of a diesel engine in terms of both power and efficiency.
The most outstanding feature of the diesel engine is its efficiency. By compressing air rather than using an air-fuel mixture, the diesel engine is not limited by the preignition problems that plague high-compression spark-ignition engines. Thus, higher compression ratios can be achieved with diesel engines than with the spark-ignition variety; commensurately, higher theoretical cycle efficiencies, when compared with the latter, can often be realized. It should be noted that for a given compression ratio the theoretical efficiency of the spark-ignition engine is greater than that of the compression-ignition engine; however, in practice it is possible to operate compression-ignition engines at compression ratios high enough to produce efficiencies greater than those attainable with spark-ignition systems. Furthermore, diesel engines do not rely on throttling the intake mixture to control power. As such, the idling and reduced-power efficiency of the diesel is far superior to that of the spark-ignition engine.
The principal drawback of diesel engines is their emission of air pollutants. These engines typically discharge high levels of particulate matter (soot), reactive nitrogen compounds (commonly designated NOx), and odour compared with spark-ignition engines. Consequently, in the small-engine category, consumer acceptance is low.
A diesel engine is started by driving it from some external power source until conditions have been established under which the engine can run by its own power. The simplest starting method is to admit air from a high-pressure source—about 1.7 to nearly 2.4 megapascals—to each of the cylinders in turn on their normal firing stroke. The compressed air becomes heated sufficiently to ignite the fuel. Other starting methods involve auxiliary equipment and include admitting blasts of compressed air to an air-activated motor geared to rotate a large engine's flywheel; supplying electric current to an electric starting motor, similarly geared to the engine flywheel; and applying a small gasoline engine geared to the engine flywheel. The selection of the most suitable starting method depends on the physical size of the engine to be started, the nature of the connected load, and whether or not the load can be disconnected during starting.
Major types of Diesel Engines
Three basic size groups
There are three basic size groups of diesel engines based on power—small, medium, and large. The small engines have power-output values of less than 188 kilowatts, or 252 horsepower. This is the most commonly produced diesel engine type. These engines are used in automobiles, light trucks, and some agricultural and construction applications and as small stationary electrical-power generators (such as those on pleasure craft) and as mechanical drives. They are typically direct-injection, in-line, four- or six-cylinder engines. Many are turbocharged with aftercoolers.
Medium engines have power capacities ranging from 188 to 750 kilowatts, or 252 to 1,006 horsepower. The majority of these engines are used in heavy-duty trucks. They are usually direct-injection, in-line, six-cylinder turbocharged and aftercooled engines. Some V-8 and V-12 engines also belong to this size group.
Large diesel engines have power ratings in excess of 750 kilowatts. These unique engines are used for marine, locomotive, and mechanical drive applications and for electrical-power generation. In most cases they are direct-injection, turbocharged and aftercooled systems. They may operate at as low as 500 revolutions per minute when reliability and durability are critical.
Two-stroke and four-stroke diesel engines
As noted earlier, diesel engines are designed to operate on either the two- or four-stroke cycle. In the typical four-stroke-cycle engine, the intake and exhaust valves and the fuel-injection nozzle are located in the cylinder head (see figure). Often, dual valve arrangements—two intake and two exhaust valves—are employed.
Use of the two-stroke cycle can eliminate the need for one or both valves in the engine design. Scavenging and intake air is usually provided through ports in the cylinder liner. Exhaust can be either through valves located in the cylinder head or through ports in the cylinder liner. Engine construction is simplified when using a port design instead of one requiring exhaust valves.
Fuel for Diesels
Petroleum products normally used as fuel for diesel engines are distillates composed of heavy hydrocarbons, with at least 12 to 16 carbon atoms per molecule. These heavier distillates are taken from crude oil after the more volatile portions used in gasoline are removed. The boiling points of these heavier distillates range from 177 to 343 °C (351 to 649 °F). Thus, their evaporation temperature is much higher than that of gasoline, which has fewer carbon atoms per molecule. In the United States, specifications for diesel fuels are published by the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM). ASTM D975 "Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils" covers specifications for five grades of diesel fuel oils:
- Grade Low Sulfur No. 1-D—A special purpose, light distillate fuel for automotive diesel engines requiring low sulfur fuel and requiring higher volatility than that provided by Grade Low Sulfur No. 2-D.
- Grade Low Sulfur No. 2-D—A general-purpose, middle distillate fuel for automotive diesel engines requiring low sulfur fuel. It is also suitable for use in non-automotive applications, especially in conditions of varying speed and load.
- Grade No. 1-D—A special purpose, light distillate fuel for automotive diesel engines in applications requiring higher volatility than that provided by Grade No. 2-D fuels.
- Grade No. 2-D—A general-purpose, middle distillate fuel for automotive diesel engines, which is also suitable for use in non-automotive applications, especially in conditions of frequently varying speed and load.
- Grade No. 4-D—A heavy distillate fuel, or a blend of distillate and residual oil, for low- and medium-speed diesel engines in non-automotive applications involving predominantly constant speed and load.
Water and sediment in fuels can be harmful to engine operation; clean fuel is essential to efficient injection systems. Fuels with a high carbon residue can be handled best by engines of low-speed rotation. The same applies to those with high ash and sulfur content. The cetane number, which defines the ignition quality of a fuel, is determined using ASTM D613 "Standard Test Method for Cetane Number of Diesel Fuel Oil."
Development of Diesel Engines
Early work
Rudolf Diesel, a German engineer, conceived the idea for the engine that now bears his name after he had sought a device to increase the efficiency of the Otto engine (the first four-stroke-cycle engine, built by the 19th-century German engineer Nikolaus Otto). Diesel realized that the electric ignition process of the gasoline engine could be eliminated if, during the compression stroke of a piston-cylinder device, compression could heat air to a temperature higher than the auto-ignition temperature of a given fuel. Diesel proposed such a cycle in his patents of 1892 and 1893.
Originally, either powdered coal or liquid petroleum was proposed as fuel. Diesel saw powdered coal, a by-product of the Saar coal mines, as a readily available fuel. Compressed air was to be used to introduce coal dust into the engine cylinder; however, controlling the rate of coal injection was difficult, and, after the experimental engine was destroyed by an explosion, Diesel turned to liquid petroleum. He continued to introduce the fuel into the engine with compressed air.
The first commercial engine built on Diesel's patents was installed in St. Louis, Mo., by Adolphus Busch, a brewer who had seen one on display at an exposition in Munich and had purchased a license from Diesel for the manufacture and sale of the engine in the United States and Canada. The engine operated successfully for years and was the forerunner of the Busch-Sulzer engine that powered many submarines of the U.S. Navy in World War I. Another diesel engine used for the same purpose was the Nelseco, built by the New London Ship and Engine Company in Groton, Conn.
The diesel engine became the primary power plant for submarines during World War I. It was not only economical in the use of fuel but also proved reliable under wartime conditions. Diesel fuel, less volatile than gasoline, was more safely stored and handled.
At the end of the war many men who had operated diesels were looking for peacetime jobs. Manufacturers began to adapt diesels for the peacetime economy. One modification was the development of the so-called semidiesel that operated on a two-stroke cycle at a lower compression pressure and made use of a hot bulb or tube to ignite the fuel charge. These changes resulted in an engine less expensive to build and maintain.
Fuel-injection technology
One objectionable feature of the full diesel was the necessity of a high-pressure, injection air compressor. Not only was energy required to drive the air compressor, but a refrigerating effect that delayed ignition occurred when the compressed air, typically at 6.9 megapascals (1,000 pounds per square inch), suddenly expanded into the cylinder, which was at a pressure of about 3.4 to 4 megapascals (493 to 580 pounds per square inch). Diesel had needed high-pressure air with which to introduce powdered coal into the cylinder; when liquid petroleum replaced powdered coal as fuel, a pump could be made to take the place of the high-pressure air compressor.
There were a number of ways in which a pump could be used. In England the Vickers Company used what was called the common-rail method, in which a battery of pumps maintained the fuel under pressure in a pipe running the length of the engine with leads to each cylinder. From this rail (or pipe) fuel-supply line, a series of injection valves admitted the fuel charge to each cylinder at the right point in its cycle. Another method employed cam-operated jerk, or plunger-type, pumps to deliver fuel under momentarily high pressure to the injection valve of each cylinder at the right time.
The elimination of the injection air compressor was a step in the right direction, but there was yet another problem to be solved: the engine exhaust contained an excessive amount of smoke, even at outputs well within the horsepower rating of the engine and even though there was enough air in the cylinder to burn the fuel charge without leaving a discoloured exhaust that normally indicated overload. Engineers finally realized that the problem was that the momentarily high-pressure injection air exploding into the engine cylinder had diffused the fuel charge more efficiently than the substitute mechanical fuel nozzles were able to do, with the result that without the air compressor the fuel had to search out the oxygen atoms to complete the combustion process, and, since oxygen makes up only 20 percent of the air, each atom of fuel had only one chance in five of encountering an atom of oxygen. The result was improper burning of the fuel.
The usual design of a fuel-injection nozzle introduced the fuel into the cylinder in the form of a cone spray, with the vapour radiating from the nozzle, rather than in a stream or jet. Very little could be done to diffuse the fuel more thoroughly. Improved mixing had to be accomplished by imparting additional motion to the air, most commonly by induction-produced air swirls or a radial movement of the air, called squish, or both, from the outer edge of the piston toward the centre. Various methods have been employed to create this swirl and squish. Best results are apparently obtained when the air swirl bears a definite relation to the fuel-injection rate. Efficient utilization of the air within the cylinder demands a rotational velocity that causes the entrapped air to move continuously from one spray to the next during the injection period, without extreme subsidence between cycles.
Price's engine
In 1914 a young American engineer, William T. Price, began to experiment with an engine that would operate with a lower compression ratio than that of the diesel and at the same time would not require either hot bulbs or tubes. As soon as his experiments began to show promise, he applied for patents.
In Price's engine the selected compression pressure of nearly 1.4 megapascals (203 pounds per square inch) did not provide a high enough temperature to ignite the fuel charge when starting. Ignition was accomplished by a fine wire coil in the combustion chamber. Nichrome wire was used for this because it could easily be heated to incandescence when an electric current was passed through it. The experimental engine had a single horizontal cylinder with a bore of 43 cm (17 inches) and a stroke (maximum piston movement) of 48 cm (19 inches) and operated at 257 revolutions per minute. Because the nichrome wire required frequent replacement, the compression pressure was raised to 2.4 megapascals (348 pounds per square inch), which did provide a temperature high enough for ignition when starting. Some of the fuel charge was injected before the end of the compression stroke in an effort to increase the cycle timing and to keep the nichrome wire glowing hot.
In the meantime many engines of the two-stroke-cycle, semidiesel type were being installed. Some were used to produce electricity for small municipalities, while others were installed in water-pumping plants. Many provided power for tugs, fishing boats, trawlers, and workboats.
In the early 1920s the General Electric Company suggested to the Ingersoll-Rand Company, for whom Price was working, that they cooperate in the building of a diesel-electric locomotive. At that time many of the locomotives in service were powered by gasoline engines. A diesel-electric locomotive with Price's engine was completed in 1924 and placed in service for switching purposes in New York City. The success of this locomotive resulted in orders from railroads, factories, and open-pit mines. The engine used in most of these installations was a six-cylinder, 25-cm (10-inch) bore, 30-cm (12-inch) stroke system, rated 300 brake horsepower at 600 revolutions and weighing 6,800 kg (15,000 pounds).
Subsequent developments and applications
Many diesel engines were purchased for marine propulsion. The diesels, however, normally rotated faster than was desirable for the propellers of large ships because the high speeds of the huge propellers tended to create hollowed-out areas within the water around the propeller (cavitation), with resultant loss of thrust. The problem did not exist, however, with smaller propellers, and diesel engines proved especially suitable for yachts, in which speed is desired. The problem was solved by utilizing a diesel-electric installation in which the engines were connected to direct-current generators that furnished the electricity to drive an electric motor connected to the ship's propeller. There were also many installations in which the diesel was connected either directly or through gears to the propeller. When diesel engines with larger horsepower and slower rotation speeds became available, they were installed in cargo and passenger ships.
The diesel engine became the predominant power plant for military equipment on the ground and at sea during World War II. Since then it has been adopted for use in heavy construction machinery, high-powered farm tractors, and most large trucks and buses. Diesel engines also have been installed in hospitals, telephone exchanges, airports, and various other facilities to provide emergency power during electrical power outages. In addition, they have been used in automobiles, albeit on a limited scale. Although diesels provide better fuel economy than gasoline engines, they do not run as smoothly as the latter and emit higher levels of pollutants.
Diesel Engine
Written By: Lloyd Van Horn Armstrong & Charles Lafayette Proctor
Original Article Here…
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Little Big Town are bringing it on home this season with the Child Hunger Ends Here campaign.
"There were lean years when we didn't know how we were going to pay mortgages by making music for a living and chasing a dream," says Karen Fairchild. "But the families that we're talking about and these children, they're struggling. I mean, they don't know what they're going to eat for supper tonight. It's not even about the month. It's about right now, filling those bellies so they can do great things with their lives."
During a recent visit to the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville, the quartet chatted with reporters about the new initiative which helps raise awareness that nearly 17 million children in the U.S. are hungry. The campaign is co-sponsored by ConAgra Foods. And right after the informal interview session, they started grabbing boxes of food and dropping them into backpacks.
Can you share why you're here today?
Phillip Sweet: We're here trying to raise awareness that this is going on in our own backyard. Coming to this food bank, we're going to stuff some backpacks and do some work. There are kids back there packing up groceries right now as we speak. We're just trying to bring awareness that one in five kids are hungry in our backyard and our country, and we need to act on it.
What was it about this particular organization that drew you in?
Jimi Westbrook: I think it's because we are parents and we have kids. Especially with young kids, it's all about protecting them and keeping them healthy and safe. That's what's on your mind as a parent, especially with the little ones you have. And then you think about how you can't provide the most basic need of food. There are children who are coming to school — and they may be hiding it because they're embarrassed — but they haven't eaten. They didn't eat the night before and they don't have much for lunch. You have to do something. I think awareness is the best thing because I think a lot of Americans don't know this is going on. We always want to go to other countries and help — and that's great — but we've got to help our own, too. It's so prevalent in our country.
How does social media help you interact with fans when you're raising that awareness?
Fairchild: It's instantaneous. If we want to try something out — whether it's a song or an idea or merchandise — instantly, they're like, "I love that" or "I hate that." So it's great when we can use it for something that is meaningful, like today. ChildHungerEndsHere.com is the place where people can get involved. It can be cash if you can give it. Or it can be your time. You can come to a place like Second Harvest and pack grocery sacks or backpacks for a couple of hours.
The holidays are coming up, which can make this cause even more important, right?
Sweet: Yeah, it's important all year long but even more so this time of year. I think one good thing is to bring awareness because we're all thinking about being with our family and being together, feeding and feasting and eating turkey. And to think there might be others out there who don't have that beautiful gift, it's not right. We've got to do something about that.
Kimberly Schlapman: It's the time of year for just abundance. Our kids are making Christmas lists and, thank God, there's not food on those Christmas lists. But for some kids, there are [those requests] because that's not something they have on their shelves every day. Kids will be out of school more on these holidays, and they're going to need to be fed more than they are because they won't be at school. And when their friends are talking about what they're getting for Christmas. … I think the sweetest and saddest part about today is that we're stuffing backpacks. It's great that we're taking care of kids, but it's sad that we have to stuff backpacks for them to take food home. That shouldn't be happening in our country, and that's what we want to get out there. Kids in our very own country are hungry! We can fix that. We have to.
Fairchild: We can talk about education in this country. We can talk about music in schools. All those things are important, but if you're hungry, your brain doesn't work right. You can't be creative. You can't learn. You don't feel things the way you should. The basic way to love someone, to me, is to feed them. In its most primitive form, we have to feed someone if we're going to say that we love them.
What can families do together for this cause?
Sweet: I think it's really awesome if a family came out here and did this together. Not only are you helping by spending your time and volunteering, but you're teaching an example to your children that you bring with you. We're all here together, and we're helping our community. And we're helping kids that might be in their classrooms, or it could be their friends. We just don't know. So that's an awesome thing to get to do.
Fairchild: I know everyone's so busy, especially during the holidays, and you get inundated with mailers that say, "Give to this, give to that." But if you're checking out at the grocery store and see those little sacks there that are already pre-filled, they might be for your local food bank. And if you can afford the extra $10, maybe that's the way you do it. You pick it up and put it in your cart, and you teach your children.
Schlapman: Or you put something back that costs $10 that you really don't need and get kids that essential food.


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Brendon S necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
We require a website design for a Membership website with health tools and personal files. The design must have a secure look and feel.
The website is a member login area that allows the member to view, edit and download their personal records. A local doctor will created a secure account and will provide the patient with a username and password to access their records and to manage their health on an ongoing basis via a secure online database and tool set.
This front end for the patient is what we require a design for. Please ensure it has a very secure feel.
When you login, we will want the patient to see the following functionality: (It is this page that we require designed...NOT the login page.
- Main area that will contain the 8 medical database icons (icons supplied here http://www.tailored.com.au/vivite/icons.jpg)
- A large image/link to 'Print your Records'
- Area to display 4 Medical Related Tools (For example, a Body MassIndex calculator and a link to 'Graph of Results')
- My PersonalProfile link/image
- Logout link/imagePlease use the logo supplied here (http://www.tailored.com.au/vivite/logo-small.jpg or http://www.tailored.com.au/vivite/l…large.jpg)
Please ensure the design is modern, white, clean, clinical, with a secure feel.
Please incorporate a security logo of some description that we can replace once the certificate has been purchased.
- We do not require a login page, simply the page that the member sees upon successful login.
- No flash or animation


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Below is another reflection on the life of a publicist from Michelle Rafferty. Rafferty has been a Publicity Assistant at Oxford University Press since September 2008. Prior to Oxford she interned at Norton Publishing and taught 9th & 10th grade Literature. Every Friday she is chronicling her adventures in publishing and New York City, so be sure to visit again next week. Follow Michelle on twitter here. Follow the OUPblog here.
This week the founders of Twitter defended the decreed "viral craze du jour" with responses ranging from tweeting yourself out of natural disasters (see Maureen Dowd's grilling session) to mending relations between the United States and Iraq (see Jack Dorsey on CNN). It's a good thing I finally decided to take this social networking craze seriously. I signed up for Twitter about two months ago, but I could never really make myself commit. I came up with a few forced posts, but the whole time I was thinking "I really don't have the time for this" and "there isn't enough room" and "what the heck is RT?" I had trouble making myself stay on the thing for more than five minutes. Then I found Perez Hilton.
It began Tuesday morning. I was haphazardly scrolling through my tweets when I noticed that The Today Show tweeted Matt Lauer's interview with Miss California Carrie Prejean and Perez Hilton. I wanted to know what Hilton thought of all of this, so I went to his Twitter profile and began scrolling through his posts, which essentially gave me a play-by play of his reactions as the Miss America debate swept America. Throughout the day I continued to return to his profile while I pestered Oxford's fearless blog leader Becca for tweeting tips (how do you retweet? How do you cram a URL into 140 characters? And what does the "@" mean?) By the end of the day I was reading Heidi Montag and Miley Cyrus's opinions on Perez and Jesus (in case you are wondering, they support both).
After work I came down from my Twitter high and had the same sense of regret I felt in college after spending two hours on Facebook instead of working on a paper that was due the next day. Shel Silverstein's poem "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set" came to mind: He watched till is eyes were frozen wide,/And his bottom grew into his chair./And his chin turned into a tuning dial,/And antennae grew out of his hair. Silverstein is no doubt rolling in his grave.
I also had a strong sense of déjà vu—hadn't I seen this on the cover of US Weekly before? I realized that Twitter was doing what blogs had started years before: transform the static, speculative, and photo shopped tabloid duals into real time virtual wars. Although I would argue that this event is a whole lot more complex and substantive than the never ending Jen and Angelina showdown, it is similarly PR driven: in her Today Show interview Prejean admits she wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit next to Lauer if this all hadn't happened; Perez comments on how good he looks on Larry King; and is it really a coincidence that notorious celebrity feuder Donald Trump is involved? There are serious issues at hand, but all of these players also have images to uphold, promote, and protect.
I know I shouldn't be admitting that the Miss USA pageant debate is what finally got me into Twitter, but when I analogize it to the Young Adult novel argument, it don't think it seems so bad: people who support YA Literature think of it as a stepping stone, a hook for young leaders, Stephanie Meyer will lead them Bram Stoker. In the same way I have moved from "Celebrity Twitter" to "Muck Rack"—an amalgamation of tweets from the most influential members of the news media. This week I've learned that I can use Twitter to find out what editors, journalists and bloggers are writing and thinking about (the aforementioned "Muck Rack" makes this especially easy). And while Twitter seems to be the latest and greatest way to get the news, it also shows promise for being the book publicist's best new tool. I can use tweets to figure out who might want to cover a particular book or interview a certain author. This type of information is especially useful for newbies like myself who are still trying to learn names and personalities in the media industry. Twitter can also be another element of the publicity campaign—I can tweet our Oxford author reviews, interviews, and events—and in a best case scenario get some retweets (that is, after I get some followers). If I make an effort to limit my time on Twitter (no "Twitter head"!), I think it could be something that actually makes me more productive at work.
There does seem to be some cognitive dissonance going on among Twitter users. We laugh at the satirical YouTube shorts and the absurdity of the word "Twitter" and all its variations; I had to mock shame when passing up on a lunch with co-workers after my Twitter rampage ate up all of my morning work time. So, until Twitter starts getting us out of earthquake rubble and initiating world peace, it looks I will need some sort of justification for my tweeting. Luckily it has become my newest job requirement.


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We all know there is no such thing as 100% hacker proof system. In the past, I have written several articles about how to protect your data from many threats, one of them is "Thanks For The Memory ~ Digital Amnesia" that I posted back in 2011, that tells you not to put all your eggs (information/data) in one basket, meaning trusting just your hard drive to keep all of your information. A study by Carnegie Mellon University shows that hard drive failure rates are much higher than manufacturers let you know. Relying on just one with all of your information is total folly.
USB Flash drives are even more volatile. Just last week, in the column "Why Flash Media Will Burn You", I warned about the dangers and perils of counting on Flash media to store all your important information on.
Data loss due to physical hardware failure or fire/flood/natural disaster is just one of the threats awaiting to attack your data. What about all the hackers and viruses and other virtual threats? It seems like every day in the news there are more and more incidents of data loss and theft.
This week, I am going to show you how, step by step, to use two amazing tools to make a free FREE 500MB (or larger) encrypted cloud storage drive accessible from any PC, and we are going to do it together. We are going to combine DROPBOX with TRUECRYPT.
This will make a virtual encrypted vault that you can access from your work PC, home PC, tablet, laptop, etc., keeping all your critical information fluid and cloud mobile between all your devices, keep it safe at the same time. As I stated at the beginning, there is no such thing as 100% hacker proof, but this method is as safe as you can get.
First of all, open up Notepad on your Windows PC, or Textedit on your MAC, (or whatever your favorite text editor happens to be), and enter in just a few random words, and save it as a .txt file. Name it something like "passwords", or something similar. You aren't going to actually use this file for anything but some smoke and mirrors diversion to foil potential hackers later in this how to.
Next, if you haven't done it already, high tail it over to DropBox and set up a free account, which gives you a minimum of 500mb of FREE storage. You can use my referral link here.
Next, download Truecrypt: Run it, do NOT install it, but instead EXTRACT IT to your new DropBox folder.
Next, we are going to make an encrypted volume. This is going to let you run TrueCrypt and mount your new DropBox encrypted volume on any machine.
Go ahead and run the extracted TrueCrypt.exe file you just saved to DropBox.
When TrueCrypt starts, click CREATE VOLUME. Select the options CREATE AN ENCRYPTED FILE CONTAINER, and HIDDEN TRUECRYPT VOLUME, and NORMAL MODE.
TrueCrypt will now create an "outer Volume".
Use the FAT file system with DEFAULT CLUSTER, lets pick a
FILENAME for the VOLUME, the SIZE, and a good strong PASSWORD.
TrueCrypt will have you wiggle your mouse around in a window (the randomness sets up the encryption) and then click FORMAT, and your DropBox will be formatted.
After the outer volume is complete, we rinse and repeat to create the hidden volume within the outer container.
Select a size for the inner volume that is just a tad smaller (like just a few kb) that provides enough room to leave some "dummy" data in the outer volume, and create a completely different passphrase than the outer volume.
This is where our fake PASSWORD.TXT file that we made earlier will come in handy! This is used as a blind facade. Deception, basically, to fool a hacker.
If a hacker somehow did manager to breach the outer container, he would just see your PASSWORD.TXT file and fool him into thinking you are using DropBox to store your password list on… totally missing the hidden inner volume with a different password we are making now. See? There is a method to the madness.
VOILA! That's the hidden volume, accessible at any time, on any PC, just click SELECT FILE, browse to the volume, and click MOUNT from the TrueCrypt screen. You can enter either the outer or inner passphrase.
I hope this information gives you the freedom and flexibility to use your critical data and share it between multiple machines and devices, using cloud storage, and keep it locked down from prying eyes.
J. D. Redmond ~ "Dr. Tech" ~ http://www.DrTech.co


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- Advance Zero armies button
- I want an advance 0 armies button! Generally speaking, you will for the most part advance all your armies or none at all. Why force players to pull down the menu and scroll up to zero, when this could be done with a single press? It will also save vital time in speed games.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
- Less time spent pulling down and scrolling through tedious menu's and more time killing opponents!
- Improved mobile gaming interface.
Original OP wrote:basically what is in the topic name
i think a advance none button would be good rather than having to select 0 from the list then clinking on advance


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Meredith Rodriguez has joined the Marketing 2 Go team, the company announced in a news release.
Marketing firm adds media pro
Meredith Rodriguez has joined the Marketing 2 Go team, the company announced in a news release.
"Meredith is a great addition to our growing team and we are extremely happy to have her on board," said Cindy Dalecki, owner of Marketing 2 Go. "She brings all of the talents we are looking for in a social media marketing professional, including top-notch writing skills."
Rodriguez will serve as community and sales manager — the "community" referring to the business social media community. Rodriguez comes to Marketing 2 Go after heading the communications department at Bethune-Cookman University for the last four years. Prior to that, she served as communications director for the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce.
Marketing 2 Go is a social media strategy, public relations and marketing firm. The company also offers social media management and training. Marketing 2 Go can be reached at 386-566-3466 or online at marketing2go.biz.
Insurance firms announce merger
Tilton & Unger Insurance, owned by Patricia Tilton and Patricia Unger, has merged with First Prime Insurance Agency, owned by Antonio and Lasalette Resendes.
First Prime Insurance, Independent Agency, 50 Leanni Way, Palm Coast has moved to a new location at 3 Cypress Branch Way, Suite 101, Palm Coast.
"This merger into the Tilton & Unger family creates expansion and opportunities for our customers," Tilton said.
"We are excited about continuing to provide top-notch customer service to our new customers as well as the community," said Unger.
Tilton & Unger is a full-service agency offering Personal, Business, Life, Health, and Financial Services. The business can be reached at 386-447-4448, or online at tiltonunger.com.
Longtime resident joins economic team
Longtime Flagler County resident Kristina Bowen has joined the Flagler County Department of Economic Opportunity as project manager. Bowen replaces Greg Rawls at the county agency.
Bowen has more than seven years of experience working in local government, planning and development and has worked as a project manager on developments of regional impact.
Bowen earned a bachelor's degree at the West Virginia University and a master's degree in urban and regional planning at the University of Florida.
Wine & cheese shop gets new owners
Elke and Stephen Gallagher are the new owners of the Hammock Wine & Cheese Shoppe, according to a news release.
The couple came to Palm Coast from Rumson, N.J. Elke raised the couple's three children — Stephen Jr., Emilie and Julia — while Stephen retired in 2011 after a 25-year banking career.
"We plan on continuing to offer live entertainment and we are revitalizing the art gallery," Elke said. "We have a lot going on right now bringing in new landscaping and updating the gallery."
The business will continue to offer gift baskets as well as new holiday gift items.
Hammock Wine & Cheese offers wines, cheeses, imported beers, gourmet foods, artwork, furnishings, and cigars. The shop is at 5368 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast. The Gallaghers can be reached at 386-445-3357 or online at HammockWine.com.


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Critical Thinking: Has Social Media Diminished Journalistic Integrity?
By: Nu Yang
Q: Has the need to break news first through social media diminished the integrity of the journalism profession because of reporting errors?
Christina Downs, 21, senior, Howard University (Washington, D.C.)
Downs is a print journalism major and photography minor. A native of Athens, Ga., she is editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, The Hilltop. The American Society of Magazine Editors selected Downs for an internship at AARP magazine. She was also awarded a White House Correspondents' Association Scholarship.
A: In a world where journalists have seconds to catch the attention of a reader, social media is a blessing. It's brief. It's interactive. It's fast.
But the immediacy of social media tools such as Twitter can also be a journalist's worst enemy. Since the pressure to break news is a heavy burden cast on the media professional, social media should be carefully considered and studied before it's used for reporting.
Technology is based on the notion that faster is always better. As a society we have adopted this mentality for almost every facet of our lives. We want our food sooner, our careers faster, and our news now.
To 21st century journalists, charged with serving both the needs and wants of their audience, it's easy to become swept away by this speedy mindset. Soon we begin to justify bad choices, such as overlooking potential biases or points of inaccuracy, based on the public's perceived need to get the news immediately.
As we charge forward, we must greatly question the motives behind our reporting decisions. Reporters are not athletes, and therefore the two should not behave the same. Our goal should not center on beating our opponents to the finish line.
A journalist's only goal should be telling the truth in the most accurate and ethically sound way possible. Social media is an undoubtedly amazing addition to the storytelling inventory of the 21st century journalist, but consider this: After a while, people do not necessarily remember who broke the story, but they certainly remember who made the errors.
Vickie Schaffeld Holbrook, 56, managing editor, Idaho Press-Tribune
Holbrook is managing editor of the Idaho Press-Tribune, a daily newspaper in Nampa, Idaho. She graduated from Oregon State University and started her journalism career at the Nampa newspaper in 1979.
A: No, but we must work harder to protect that integrity. Let's face it: Social media is one of the greatest tools and greatest banes of traditional journalism.
In today's push for instant gratification, people want to know breaking news as it develops. Television and radio gave bits and pieces of news as it became available long before social media became part of the information mix. Hence, the "must-report-it-first" mentality has certainly escalated. But I don't think the credibility suffers. Legitimate news organizations know a reputation for getting it right is essential.
Gossip television shows, bloggers and citizen journalists are in the game as well because they aren't always differentiated from credible media sources; the public's perception may be skewed.
Professionals qualify developing news phrases such as "initially reported," "early reports indicate," or "check our website for more details." It's our job, as professional journalists to get it right — in social media as well as our print and online products.
Now we have to work harder to present that breaking news in 140 characters, short Facebook posts, or tiny bytes of information. Sometimes the greater picture is lost or misunderstood until the more complete story is finally released. The rush to be first can also mean journalistic disaster if there's a misplaced word or someone jumps the gun and reports inaccurate news.
Professional journalists have always made mistakes, but I don't see more mistakes being made because of social media sites. Those mistakes are just magnified on the Internet because they can't be deleted; they've already been retweeted and Facebooked en masse.
Professional journalists and news organizations must underscore the importance of accuracy and differentiate themselves from the rabble.


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Lorenzo Clayton
Adjunct Professor
Lorenzo Clayton is a printmaker and painter whose work has evolved from single canvases and prints to assemblages and installations. A native of Santa Fe, he received his BFA from The Cooper Union, worked in a printing business, and then returned to teach printing at Parsons School of Design and at Cooper Union.
A belief in the importance of process informs all of Clayton's work. This is associated with his understanding that process includes examining, researching, and reexamining questions arising from the creative endeavor. For Clayton, this process ends in abstract creations which contain the essence of the subject.
Clayton has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Clayton's work is in the permanent collections of the Heard Museum, the Museum of Northern Arizona, the Tucson Museum, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Morris Museum, the Newark Museum, and the Eiteljorg Museum. He is one of five charter recipients of an Eiteljorg Fellowship.
Lorenzo Clayton derives enormous satisfaction from his work as a teacher and artist working with professionals from other disciplines as well as independently.


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The Weather Channel's current snowfall projections, of which I generally agree, and will be adding a roundup of site-by-site predictions for the Mid-Atlantic this evening, along with analysis and potential impacts to school on Friday as well as Saturday activities.
As with every Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Storm, this one is bound to be just as complex as all it's predecessors. It has been a busy week and I will endeavor to revise my analysis from the previous post below for this late-season blockbuster which I have maintained since Sunday has the potential to deliver some areas their highest 24-hour snowfall of the year thus far.
Into NYC, it looks like there will be advisories and warnings being posted, especially just to their north and northwest. Snow Advisories and Winter Weather Advisories will likely extend all the way down in MD and VA as well. Instability flurries and snow showers will encompass all of the OV and Great Lake states this weekend and will likely deliver a couple inches of snow to this region as well. Eastern TN may even see some accumulating snows this weekend as well! Winter is not over yet.
NORTHEAST SUMMARY: by Forecasting Correspondant Mr. E.H. of Boston, MA.
THURSDAY: ROUND 1. Starts in earnest tomorrow afternoon with rain, moderate to heavy falling along with falling temperatures into the mid 30's by late PM. Rain changes to snow late Thu night and accumulates to the tune of 2-4" Boston metro by the Fri AM rush.
So, my preliminary forecast is for a general 8-14" of snow for the Boston-Worcester-Providence-Hartford areas by the end of the storm late St. Patrick's Day night.