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The following is a transcript from Friday's Belgian Grand Prix press conference:
DRIVERS: Jean ALESI (PROST), Heinz-Harald FRENTZEN (JORDAN) and Jos VERSTAPPEN (ARROWS)TEAM PERSONNEL: Ron DENNIS (McLAREN), Jean TODT (FERRARI) and Corrado PROVERA (PEUGEOT)
Q. Jos, how do you see your future and that of the Arrows team?Jos Verstappen: At the moment I don't know. I am talking with the team where I am now, and also with another team. For next year I think I will be in Formula 1. Arrows must work hard. The car we had at the beginning of the season was good, but we lost something against other teams in terms of development. I hope we can make it good again over the winter.
Q. Heinz-Harald, in the last few races it has been getting very tight between you and your teammate. There is quite a challenge between the two of you ...Heinz-Harald Frentzen: Yes, that's how it should be. It would be boring the other way around. Jarno is certainly a very talented driver and he can smell a chance of winning races or at least of getting on to a podium. He's fighting for it. It's a great support for us both that the team can support him with a well-prepared car. He is also supporting me by making me get the best out of myself every time.
Q. Jean, this has been a disastrous season for you. How do you manage to maintain your sense of humor through so many difficulties?Jean Alesi: It probably helps that this is not my first season [in F1], because that helps me to understand how a team can go from bad to good between races. I try to do my job as I have done it in the past. I try to help my team mate as much as I can, too, and for the moment he's going OK. I would prefer to have a better car, but the situation remains the way it is. And I try to deal with it.
Q. Is your personal future allied to Prost?JA: I have a contract with Alain for next year. I will be staying with the team if Alain stays.
Q. Jean, Ferrari and Michael Schumacher have lost the lead of the championship just as we enter the final stages of the season. What are your feelings at this moment?Jean Todt: I am even more determined to get us back into the lead of the championship. It has been a very difficult championship. Every year we have had a very strong team competing against us and this year we are almost equal. The final five races will be very important. We talk a lot inside the team, of course, but Ferrari is now 600 people. The team is motivated and we are all working together with the same aim.
Q. There have been reports that Ferrari has offered a huge amount of money to Adrian Newey to join your organization. Do you wish to comment?JT: I like the question! But the last time Ferrari had discussions with Newey was in 1995, and since then there have never been any contacts with him. I am very proud of the team we have. The best thing for Ferrari would be to keep this team together and try to win races. We do not have any other intentions, and this is all speculation. It helps to try to destabilize the team, and it might help with other contracts, but there is no truth in [this story].
Q. Corrado. We hear that AMT has already started development on the engine project which it has taken over from you. What progress can you report on the new collaboration?Corrado Provera: Immediately after the announcement was made, a technical meeting was held between Enrique Scalabroni and his engineers on one side and Jean-Pierre Boudy and his team on the Peugeot side. Things are going very well: they have started working on the evolution of the engine for next year, which will be a consolidation of the current Peugeot 2000 engine. Plans are already in place to have a completely new engine for 2002. Technically speaking, a very good relationship has been established between AMT, the current Peugeot Sport people and Tom Walkinshaw's people. It is the intention to have a Peugeot engine running in an Arrows car in October. The AMT people expect to hold a press conference in Malaysia at which they will be able to offer you all the details of the structure they are creating and the means they will be devoting to it, which as far as we know are very [substantial]. It is expected that all the former Peugeot Sport employees will stay working in Velizy, which is a fantastic deal. The AMT people have committed themselves to [installing] two new engine [test bays], in addition to the ones we have there already. This shows how keen they are to reach an even higher level quickly.As far as our decision to withdraw is concerned, [engine development] budgets have exploded and strategically we have decided to withdraw. But this is not due to the fact that we felt we were not good enough at making F1 engines. Basically our team is good, [Now, with AMT,] they will have more money in order to invest [in improvements] and they will have long-term visibility as far as staying in F1 is concerned. The target of AMT is to stay involved in F1 for many years. [The Peugeot engineers] will then be better able to show people how competitive they can be in a different framework.
Q. Another rumor has suggested that Gauloises will leave Prost Grand Prix next year in favor of going into the World Rally Championship as Peugeot's sponsor ...CP: No. First of all, this is a Gauloises decision and can only come from them. As far as I know, for reasons connected with current legislation, the best place for a tobacco manufacturer is still F1. TV visibility remains the highest attainable target. But I am nothing to do with this and the question should be directed at our sponsor. It is true that our rally cars are now painted in the colors of Peugeot and Esso. But the car is already going fast enough without the support of a major external sponsor.
Q. Ron, do your drivers normally make decisions on strategic matters between themselves before the races?Ron Dennis: Each race is discussed at various stages, including between races, before the commencement of practice and after the decision in respect of the strategy under which we intend to run the race. Within that time period there are plenty of occasions for the drivers to discuss what they believe will be the correct behavior to adopt when running on the circuit. There is nothing better than to have two drivers [working together] as a team and being appreciative of each other's aspirations. It doesn't always go right, because on the odd occasions our drivers have squeezed each other and even touched each other's cars. But that's a price we're prepared to pay.
Q. (From the floor) - What were your thoughts when you read the reports of an offer to Adrian Newey from Ferrari?RD: Well, I think Jean's answer to the question was accurate. Ferrari has a very good team and I cannot imagine the circumstances under which they might wish to change it. I didn't read the report, although I was told about it, and it was the source of great amusement between Adrian and me last night. The banter that passed between us was quite amusing, too. I don't believe there's any truth to the story, by the way. This job takes so much time out of you and if you are committed [to F1] you're thinking about it all the time. Working with people whose company you enjoy, and who have a similar mindset to your own, is not easy to achieve. On many occasions Adrian has expressed how much he enjoys being part of McLaren. And he is truly a part of it. Though he is an employee - and before anyone asks the question let me say that he is not a shareholder - he is fully involved in every aspect of the Grand Prix team's operations, even when it's not a technical matter. We share all decisions together - Adrian, our Managing Director Martin Whitmarsh and I - and when appropriate Norbert [Haug] and Mr. Hubbert of DaimlerChrysler are involved too. It is a good ambience in which Adrian works, and of course we pay him very well. But not even in his wildest dreams would Adrian expect to be paid as well as that newspaper article [suggested he could expect to receive from Ferrari].
Q. (From the floor) - A question for Mr. Dennis and Mr. Todt. After Ferrari sent a letter to the FIA after the race at Zeltweg, have the two of your had any further discussions? Do disputes between the two of you arise purely because of your rivalry in the championship or is there anther reason for them?JT: Number 1, I can state again that both I and Ferrari as a team very much respect McLaren-Mercedes. It is the best possible challenge to be faced with such a strong combination. Having said that, we have to fight, and if you decide to make a comment it is important to feel free to do so. We simply asked for some clarification through a letter that was sent to the FIA and copied to the team involved. There was nothing private or secretive about it: it was something that was handled officially. We did not involve the press, of course, but in this world even if the press isn't brought in directly, it is not very long before it comes in.
RD: I am disappointed that this issue should have been raised again. I would have much preferred it if this question had not been asked, because I thought this was an issue that was behind us. But I have to correct a couple of the things which Jean has said. First, the letter WAS addressed to the Stewards of the Meeting [in Austria]. It may well have been transmitted to the FIA, but it was addressed to the Stewards.(Jean Todt attempts to intervene)RD (continues): If you so wish I will produce a copy of the letter to demonstrate that it WAS addressed to the Stewards of the Meeting. And unless a team appeals the decision of the Stewards, there is no provision for letters to be addressed to the Stewards. That is a fact. And as the Stewards themselves ruled in the first 30 seconds of their meeting, the letter WAS inadmissible and was disregarded. Except, of course, for the fact that they had already read it.
This is a statement of fact. I am more than happy now to put it behind us. It is not productive to Grand Prix racing, or to our relationship with Ferrari. The relationship is a difficult one - and we would like it to be better - but we are fighting. We will fight on or off the circuit in any way that is required. But the fact remains that the letter WAS addressed to the Stewards of the Meeting - and I don't see any point in protracting this debate.JT: I confirm what Ron has said. But in saying that the letter was sent to the Stewards, I sent it to the FIA for the attention of the Stewards. Secondly, we feel that he had the right and the duty to send our letter. I agree with Ron that we should put this behind us. It is part of the sport, though, that something similar will happen again. If it happens again, we would do exactly the same. We don't feel bad about having done this, just as our competitors don't feel bad about doing what they feel they have to do.


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On Monday, January 16, 2017 we will be going to the Port of Vancouver for a guided tour of the Port and its role in Vancouver. Following the tour, we will be seeing Fly Over Canada followed by Flight of the Dragon – a special limited screening provided for Chinese New Year. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend as this trip ties into our learning about Communities, British Columbia, and Canada.
The sign-up sheet and forms are at the Parent table.
For those M/W students who wish, we will have Noisy Reading and Read Aloud in class on Monday morning, leaving the school at 10:00 a.m.
For those meeting us at the Field Trip, please meet us in the front foyer of Canada Place – just inside the main front doors and we will proceed to the tour as a group.
We will eat lunch there, so please pack a bag lunch.
I need three adult volunteers for this trip, please contact me if you are able to act as a class volunteer.

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Canadian Subway® team weighs in on progress & charities that will benefit
Jericho, NY, October 15, 2010– Personal Training Institute® (PTI) started a chain reaction for people to improve their lives by combining nutrition and fitness, and a Subway® team from Canada just reported back their progress regarding PTI's weight loss challenge they accepted at the 2010 Subway® Convention July 21-25 in Chicago, Illinois.
"I am really proud of everyone on the Canadian Subway team," commented Carol Kur, MSRD, Co/founder of PTI. "They are proof positive that taking active steps to combine fitness and nutrition can yield great results!"
During the summer Subway convention, PTI's Kur presented two seminars on health and fitness, and she conducted body fat analysis, as well as provided nutritional advice to conferees. Her message resonated with four members from a Canadian Subway team (see attached photo L-R) Jim Weatherall, Barb Pineau, (PTI's Carol Kur, center) Mike Lopez and Steve Green, who were spurred on to lose weight. Kur donated a Tanita weight scale to the group. The foursome had their first weigh-in at the convention and has just completed a weigh-in at their Fall Field Meeting in Canada.
Barb, who has raised $2,730 to date, has lost 7.4 lbs and 1.1% body fat. Should she win the challenge, she wishes to split the money between her local food bank and the babies needs bank. Mike won an initial $60 side bet with his 15.8 lb weight loss and .3% body fat, and he has raised $1,520 so far. Should he win, Mike intends to commit his resources to Haliburton Highlands Health Services. Jim, who has raised $600, has lost 6.8 lbs and 1.2% body fat and has selected Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario as his charity of choice. Steve has lost 2.4 lbs and gained 3.1% body fat and plans to give the money to Pedal for Hope, should he win the challenge. The final weigh-in is scheduled at the Spring Field Meeting and will determine who wins and which charity will benefit from all of the money raised.


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Legendary country singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, from Emmylou Harris to Bonnie Raitt, and her songs have even been performed by Elton John. Now she's back with her brand new album, Hearts Of Glass.
The album opens with the midtempo Come To Mine, launching into Chapman's vocal as she sings about the state of the modern world whilst encouraging the listener to let go of their troubles. It's got a slightly more pop feel than you might expect from her previous work, with 80s-influenced synth-style beats and a sunny, welcoming vibe. I loved the warmth and richness in her voice on the song too.
Throughout the record Chapman explores themes of childhood and growing up, such as on the nostalgic Old Church Hymns And Nursery Rhymes with its organ intro and gentle guitar melody. She also covers relationships on the likes of Epitaph For Love, which balances a bright, wistful melody with melancholy lyrics. The musical style draws a lot from 1970s folk bands; in particular the soothing All For The Love is a song that I feel would fit in perfectly for a drive through the desert to San Francisco for a hippie festival back in the day, as Chapman's vocal almost glides over the steady melody.
What pulls the whole album together is Chapman's utterly gorgeous vocal, which is crystal-clear and smooth as honey. The simple arrangements of the songs mean that her voice is never overwhelmed by the production, meaning that she still has impact without having to put too much power into her singing. She also does a great job of bringing the characters and settings of her songs to life, such as the warring couple in the strange, haunting Rage On Rage, where her delicate vocal contrasts the dark narrative and add a disturbing edge. I particularly loved the tiny details such as her description of 'little squares of daylight' in Child Again, about an elderly woman in a nursing home, and the little vignettes that make up Life Holds On; there's one particular image in the latter that will stay with me for a while yet.
For me the highlights of the album are the trio of songs on the theme of being comfortable in your relationship. The joyous Enough For Me reminds me of 60s bands such as the Small Faces and is impossible not to smile at, whilst the bluesy yet lush You're Still My Valentine is a lovely ode to long-term romance and how, despite the ups and downs, the couple in the song is stronger for it. Chapman also hits a seriously impressive note at the end! Meanwhile, the Spanish-influenced If My World Didn't You You has a subdued feel, yet is still incredibly heartfelt and packed with lovely harmonies.
The final track on the record is Dancer To The Drum. It beautifully realises the album's theme of life coming full circle and interconnectedness, with an almost spiritual feel. I loved the slow, rhythmic guitar melody as well as the control in Chapman's voice and the sense of hope, which ties it back to the rest of the album.
Overall Hearts Of Glass is a wonderful album. It's an optimistic record with universal themes of growing up, growing old and being part of something much bigger than yourself, and is packed with gorgeous imagery and interesting characters. Chapman has a real gift for creating in-depth stories with very few words and is able to leave you completely immersed in the world of her songs. This is definitely an album for our times and one I'll be playing a lot over the coming months.
Track list: 1. Come To Mine 2. Old Church Hymns And Nursery Rhymes 3. Epitaph For Love 4. Enough For Me 5. Rage On Rage 6. You're Still My Valentine 7. All For The Love 8. Child Again 9. If My World Didn't Have You 10. Life Holds On 11. Dancer To The Drum Record label: Proper Records Release date: 9th February 2018


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Hepatitis B antigen and venereal diseases (A preliminary study)RS Shetty1, JP Bapat2, SH Joshi2, AJ Baxi2
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay-400012, India
2 B.G.R.C. Unit, Haffkine Institute, Bombay-400 012., India
Correspondence Address: Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None PMID: 615266
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
226 volunteer donors and 320 cases of syphilis (with positive VDRL test) were screened for hepatitis B antigen (HBs Ag, Australia antigen). The incidence of hepatitis B antigen in these groups was 0.88% and nil respectively. The present data, though small in size do not indicate any positive correlation between HBsAg and syphilis-as claimed by other workers.
Large number of diseases have been investigated for the presence of hepatitis B antigen (HB S Ag, Australia antigen) following the discovery by Blumberg and his colleagues. [6],[13] The age old hypothesis that serum hepatitis (type B) is transmitted through the parenteral route only has been belied after Krugman and his associates showed clearly that hepatitis F infection can be transmitted through faecal oral route also. [7] Recent studies [8],[9] have suggested that HB S Ag and/or hepatitis B viral infection can be produced by sexual route. While Vranckx [15] and others have obtained evidence of a high rate of HB S Ag positivity (9.1%) among the cases of syphilis, there are other reports, [1],[14] suggesting negative correlation of HB S Ag and venereal diseases.
We have reported HB S Ag status in a number of disorders including viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, leukemia, lepromatous leprosy and renal diseases previously. [4],[5],[12]
The incidence of HB S Ag and anti HB S Ag in patients suffering from syphilis from Bombay is obtained in this preliminary communication.
Blood samples were collected for the HB s Ag and anti HB S Ag detection from 226 healthy volunteer donors and 320 patients suffering from syphilis. Serologic tests specific for syphilis were done according to the standard routine testing (VDRL test).
Since the number of samples investigated is small no attempt has been made to classify the disorders. Clear separated serum was used for screening of HB S Ag and anti HB S Ag by counter immunoelectrophoresis (CEP) as outlined by Bapat et al. [2] Positive and negative controls were used with each batch of test samples.
No positive sample for HB s Ag was demonstrated among 320 patients of varying severity of syphilis. Under identical conditions, the healthy volunteer donors showed an incidence of 0.88%, which is in accord with earlier reports from this laboratory and others. [3],[4],[5] Absence of HB s Ag among patients of syphilis in the present study is rather surprising. A number of reports on the association of HB s Ag with venereal diseases including syphilis have appeared. [8],[9],[15] Positive association of high incidence of HB s Ag in venereal diseases have been shown by some workers-while a negative correlation was also reported. [1],[14] The decreased cell mediated immunity has been held responsible for higher incidence of HB s Ag in several investigations. [10] Reasons for the absence of HB s Ag in the present study are obscure. However two possibilities exist.
1. It is possible that HB s Ag may have been present during the early stages of disease and may have disappeared at the time of testing.
2. The HB s Ag may be present in a low titre and may have thus escaped the detection by CEP technique which is comparatively insensitive when compared to haemagglutination assay (HA) [3] or radio-immuno-assay (RIA). [11] This postulate has bearing on our previous work wherein we have shown that HB s Ag in the later stages of viral hepatitis is not detectable. [12] Anti-HB s Ag was also not detected in any of the samples. Present study indicates that a large sample of venereal disease may have to be investigated using more sensitive techniques like HA and RIA-in order to come to definite conclusion on HB s Ag status in venereal diseases.


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Opportunities in the Tourism Industry for Multicultural Businesses
Thursday, December 14, 2017
3:30 to 5 PM
Broward County Main Library
100 S. Andrews Ave., 6th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB), in conjunction with the Office of Economic and Small Business Development, is seeking culturally diverse local vendors to supply goods and services to conventions, family reunions, meetings, wedding events, fraternal organizations and other tourist/visitor groups.
Who Should Attend?
Professional event-related product and service vendors representing South Florida's ethnically and culturally diverse population.
Seeking vendors such as:
Artists / Musicians / Performers
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Event Planning
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Apart from my car crash effort at a South Coast Comedian of the Year heat in September, I haven't done any standup spots since March 2020. So when I entered Beat the Blackout at Up The Creek in Greenwich this week, it's fair to say I wasn't feeling entirely confident, given that I was a year out of practice, the whole world had changed in that time, and I had no idea what the mood in the room was going to be.
First things first – even though social distancing is still in place, Up the Creek put on a decent night. Chairs and tables were spread further apart than usual, so fewer people were in the room, but it still felt lively in there. Who knows how things will unfold over the rest of the year, but if clubs have to run like this for the near future, they've shown it's still possible to run a good comedy night under restricted circumstances.
Beat the Blackout is the club's weekly gong show. Up to 15 acts get five minutes of stage-time each, and after a two minute grace period members of the audience are allowed to vote you off by holding up red-cards. Three red cards and you're off. If you survive five minutes, you've beaten the blackout.
I did a spot there once in the before-times and made it to about 4 minutes before my racist-baby bit earned me an instant dismissal. It's a good night, but not ideal for a comeback after over a year off.
My plan for the show was to dust off some of my safest, most tried and tested material, try my best to commit five minutes of it to memory and just play it safe; get back into the swing of it before I start trying to be clever with new material.
I think I did a decent job of memorising a set in the days before the gig, and I spent the hour-long drive to the club just repeating it over and over again to myself. But I still had a few keyword prompts written on my hand, in case I stumbled under pressure.
When I got there it was great to see some old faces, Hubert Mayr, Harry Wright, Michael May – plus Alexandra Haddow, who I'd never met in person but sort of know a bit through social media. There were a few other recognisable faces, whose names have escaped me (sorry!) and an act I'd never met before introduced himself as a reader of the blog (Hussain Olad, I think? Sorry if I got your name wrong!)
So, good vibes all round in the green room, but I started getting really bad nerves – worse than any show I've ever done before. Not sure why. I felt comfortable with my material, and I knew it had all worked in the past. I kept doing breathing exercises to calm myself down, and once I'd got control of myself again I'd run through my set in my mind, just to reassure myself I could remember it all.
I went through that process a few times, and was feeling okayish when the show started, but as the host (Michael Legge) went up to announce me (as the final act of the first half) I felt a sudden, strong wave of panic and I swear to god I've never been so close to just quitting there and then on the spot. I was a heartbeat away from walking out of the club.
Up until that point all of the acts had been solid and nobody got voted off. I think I'd convinced myself that I wasn't up to the job, my nerves would show through, and I'd be the only one the audience hated.
But I managed to keep it together long enough for my legs to carry me up to the stage. I have a bad habit of making last minute changes to my set – throwing in new bits that I think will be funny, even though they're not tested. This time I used a lot of self-discipline to resist that – stick with the plan, stick with the material you trust.
That said… I knew my opener was a bit long winded before it hits the punchline, and it wouldn't be too much of a problem because of the two-minute grace period but, all the same, it would be nice to have something that could get a really quick laugh so I could start on the front foot.
So I took a gamble, and while I was taking the mic out of the stand I made an off the cuff one-liner addressing something that had been happening in the room all night. Thank fuck it worked – it got a decent laugh, and it was kind of nasty so it set the tone for the rest of my set. That's the holy grail of openers – quickly show them you're funny, and give them an idea of who you are.
Once that ripple of laughter started to spread across the room, my nerves evaporated, and I launched into my prepared material. I got into a nice flow, every punchline landed, and it magically felt like I was delivering my stuff in the relaxed, conversation style that I've always wanted, instead of woodenly regurgitating a script. I don't have a video, so I don't know if that's what really happened, but that's how it felt.
Although I didn't run any new material, I was able to change a few of my setups slightly to tie them into lockdown/covid, so they felt fresher than they really were, but the punchlines were all the same. Again, I'm not sure if this is how it really played out, but in my mind it feels like I didn't waffle as much as I used to – kept the bits tight, without rambling on unnecessarily. I think I had to look at my hand just once to get a prompt.
The stage lights were bright so I couldn't see much of the room, and it was hard to tell if anybody held up a card, but it turns out they didn't. About three quarters of the way through my set the music blared to let me know I'd beaten the clock – and the timing was perfect as I'd just finished delivering a bit that got a decent laugh. It caught me by surprise, so I probably wandered off stage looking a bit dazed and confused.
Despite spending the first half of it in terror, it turned out to be a fantastic night – I had a great time, all of the acts were on fire, seeing some old faces made me really happy, and holy fuck just being in a comedy club full of people enjoying themselves felt so good.
I don't know where we go from here. I'm doing Sam Rhodes Comedy Explosion at the Rocksteady in Dalston next Thursday night (June 10th) but don't have anything else booked – there still aren't many nights to get spots.
I wasn't sure if I even wanted to come back to standup after the past year. Whether I'd still be able to do it, or even if the scene would recover – but I'm feeling very positive now.


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Power transmission line project approved
PORTLAND, Ore. — In a move that will improve the nation's energy infrastructure, create nearly 500 jobs and boost local economies, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management has signed a Record of Decision for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project.
The B2H Project will provide additional electrical capacity between the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West regions.
The B2H Project, which will have a three-year development phase, will alleviate existing transmission constraints by providing sufficient electrical capacity to meet present and forecasted customer needs. The total capital expenditure for the B2H Project is approximately $1 billion to $1.2 billion.
"The Boardman to Hemingway Project is a Trump Administration priority focusing on infrastructure needs that support America's energy independence," said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. "Today's decision is the result of extensive public involvement and will support the environmentally responsible development of resources to meet the needs of communities in Idaho, Oregon, and the surrounding region."
The ROD allows the BLM to grant a right-of-way to Idaho Power Company for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the B2H Project on BLM-administered land. Located in eastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho, the approved route will measure approximately 300 miles long when constructed. The overhead electrical line will be extra-high-voltage (500 kilovolts) and will include an alternating-current transmission system. Because the new line will have increased transmission capacity, it will allow greater use of intermittent sources of renewable energy, such as wind and solar, to connect to the grid.
"This project will help stabilize the power grid in the Northwest while creating jobs and carrying low-cost energy to market," said Katherine MacGregor, acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. "It is a great example of the Administration's America First Energy Plan, which addresses all forms of domestic energy production."
"It's great to finally have an administration that recognizes the importance of working with states like Idaho to get important things done," said Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter. "I'm pleased that our federal partners are moving toward making this important infrastructure upgrade a reality. Meeting the electric transmission needs of our growing economy and population will require continued collaboration, and I'm confident that the BLM and Department of the Interior under President Trump will keep providing that kind of constructive leadership."
"BLM's approval of this interstate transmission line is a long overdue decision that will bolster our regional infrastructure and ensure that energy is delivered efficiently and reliably to customers," said Idaho Senator Mike Crapo. "This type of project is the result of a collaboration between multiple stakeholders to move to meet the energy demands of the region."
"The B2H Project will create jobs, provide for Idaho's energy needs and promote the region's energy infrastructure moving forward," said Senator James Risch. "I applaud the BLM for issuing their Record of Decision which is a critical step forward for the B2H Project."
"The Boardman to Hemingway project is critically important to Idaho," said Congressman Mike Simpson. "Providing the infrastructure to deliver affordable and reliable energy will benefit Idahoans and others in the West. I applaud BLM for prioritizing this important work."
The B2H Project will add approximately 1,000 megawatts of much needed bi-directional power capacity between the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West regions. The additional capacity will help improve the regions' ability to transmit low-cost energy from a variety of generation sources to serve residences, farms, businesses, and other customers throughout the region.
The 293.4-mile approved route will run across 100.3 miles of Federal land (managed by the BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Department of Defense), 190.2 miles of private land, and 2.9 miles of state lands.
The B2H Project is a national-level priority and an important component of the President's all-of the-above-energy strategy that includes encouraging projects that help to strengthen America's energy infrastructure. The transmission line connects the northern terminus, the Longhorn Substation, a substation planned by Bonneville Power Administration about four miles east of the city of Boardman in Morrow County, Oregon, to the existing Hemingway Substation, near the city of Melba in Owyhee County, Idaho. Construction of the B2H Project is targeted to start in 2021 and will take approximately two to three years once all final permits are acquired. The B2H Project includes construction of the new transmission line, access roads and gates, and communication regeneration sites. The project also includes the removal or rerouting of about eight miles of older transmission lines.
The selected route approved by the ROD is the Agency Preferred Alternative identified in the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Land-use Plan Amendments, which published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2016. The ROD represents the culmination of a comprehensive planning process, including a Community Advisory Process conducted by the Idaho Power Company that further refined the routing options. Comments received after public scoping in 2010 further refined routing and added variations.


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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Yesterday, I had the great opportunity to
sit amongst a table of four sommeliers and participate in a
blind wine tasting with them.Ā It was quite a learning
experience.Ā Along the way, I made the analogy that I was a
little kid with the sixteen color box of crayons while they
each had the deluxe set with two hundred fifty six colors
and the sharpener in the middle. Ā
When I
saw the sheet that they were using to narrow down what type
of wine it was, the first thing that intimidated me was that
to truly be able to do this, one had to have tasted, if not
consumed, a significant amount of wines from different
regions as well as different grapes.Ā Outside of
understanding the taste of certain grape varietals, there is
also the issue of being able to understand styles of wine
that deal with basic blends from various appellations,
tasting the different between oak and unoaked aging and
fermentation, and observations such as reading the physical
signs that a wine gives off to tell if it was produced in a
colder or warmer climate.
We started with
whites, where with the first bottle, I asked the question of
whether it was a blend, being that it reminded me of
something that I had with one blanc grape (meaning that
Blanc was in the grape's name); I was right on that part,
but that was all that I could deduce.Ā The second wine threw
me, because I detected more of what I felt was oxidation,
rather than anything else.Ā The last white reminded me of so
many things, but it turned out to be a combination of two
grapes, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillion, with that latter
importing it's character to mute the former.Ā The third
white reminded me on something, but in the back of my mind,
the first thing that I thought was I have not had enough of
this particular varietals, especially in various fashions to
be even able to make the call on it.
reds were probably as difficult, but more familiar to the
parties involved, and that's where I really understood the
value of trying more foods as well as more versions of wines
made from the same grape.Ā There was one Cabernet Sauvignon
that was about ten years old and at that point, loses the
common fruit level that a young Cab is known for; just about
anyone used to drinking wines less than five years old
outside of certain meritages and dessert blends would have
easily been fooled.
While I felt highly
intimidated amongst this group, they were very forthcoming
with their knowledge and encouraging me to just talk about
the wines from my own experiences.Ā This was one of those
experiences that many people fear and shies them away from
wine, and others try to fake based on reciting what they
read about in magazines such as Wine Spectator et al.Ā
However, no one should be intimidated with wine, you like
what you like, and if you are truly into wine, you'll start
reaching out for more in-depth sampling of more than you'll
normally find on the shelves of one store.
There were some other interesting things that
were voiced, and one major one was that all of the wines
picked were more traditional in nature, with no occasional
exceptions thrown in to rattle, or fake, anyone there.Ā An
example of this would be taking a wine from Italy that is
done with a different style than what is normal for that
appellation, or a wine from California where someone was
going for an Alsace rendering of Pinot Blanc.
One thing I saw was the similarity between
sommeliers and auto mechanics.Ā Of the latter, after years
of experience with a number of vehicles, there is the
advanced knowledge from decades of having to understanding
schematics, both electrical and mechanical and understanding
the nuances of different setups.Ā A good BMW mechanic can
tell you about every little design 'character' of any
particular year and model that the worked on.Ā They could
tell you cheaper ways to increase horsepower, torque, fuel
mileage, etc.Ā Some mechanics can tell you what a car has
under the hood based on simply hearing the engine at
different speeds.Ā Additionally, someone could tell you
every potential configuration for a car given a certain
year; remember Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny?
Well, sommeliers are like that, and
after they get their certifications, just like mechanics, it
doesn't end there.Ā It takes years of tasting wines to form
a great mental database of all of the nuances of a grape, of
a style, of a region, etc., to adequately be able to tell
certain things about a wine without knowing what it is.Ā
Just like knowing which parts are likely to fail inc ertain
cars and when based on their manufacture, a sommelier might
taste the same bottle year after year to see what changes in
general and what specifically (for those that don't know,
wines usually change after so many years in the bottle,
sometimes becoming duller before brightening up
I myself never want to become a
sommelier, nor an auto mechanic, though I did once work in a
place rebuilding engines, starters and alternators; you
should have seen me then folks.Ā I was happy as hell with my
air tools, my chain lift and hand-operated and electric
forklifts.Ā I am equally happy with a variety of wine
openers, some bottles of wine, and good folks to share it
Thanks again to the round table:
Marnie Olds, Bill Eccleston, Geoff Butler, and the woman
whose name that I forget.Ā They helped to refine an idea
that I want to use for some episodes of my television concept.
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Man Utd and Liverpool are actually in the same predicament
As we all quietly leave City to run off with another title and Utd and Liverpool fans continue our petty squabbles, here's a different take of how we are actually in the same predicament, It is just that Liverpool have a different and easier way out.
The top flight used to require a first XI and a few extras to make up the numbers from the bench. Then with the Premier league and its associated riches the top clubs could sprinkle some continental flair to spice things up. The next phase came with Jose who realised that you needed a whole squad and now we've moved on to a place where those squad players need to be good enough to get into the first XI on merit rather than a back up for the clear first choice. If you can't afford that then you're relatively stuffed unless you have a freak 'Leicester' season with little or no injuries.
City, over a number of years have bought into this, literally. Man Utd and Chelsea have spent enough to buy into this but not got anywhere close. And Liverpool/Klopp have bought very well to rather create a great first XI but with a squad who, with a few notable exceptions are noticeable downgrades on the starting XI.
While Liverpool can look forward to players returning from injury and probably a boost to the squad in the summer, many of their current problems will go away as their stars return. Some say they have been found out but I disagree. It is a bit hard to claim they've been found out when their injuries make the starting XI unrecognisable from last year. It is a lot easier for attackers to express themselves when they don't have to worry about what's going on behind them with peak Alisson and VVD behind you to give the ball back if you accidentally let it past you. All we've really discovered is that Liverpools midfield are not as good in central defence as their chosen central defenders – ground breaking stuff for sure. The psychological hit of all these losses is what may be tough to overcome and repair.
As for Utd, we have much bigger problems. We do have a depth of squad who can come in and replace first team players with little change to the overall quality. The problem however, is the overall quality to begin with. While Fernandes is clearly top class, Pogba is inconsistent, injured and needs to go, De Gea has an adequate replacement only because he has stumbled from his best, Mata/Matic/Fred are reliable but never going to scare opposition. We have a wealth of same-ish central defenders, none of who stand out, and we have a one dimensional attack. Fixing this is not easy and not cheap. Utd are not going to admit Maguire was an expensive mistake because he now can't be benched and we won't get any bidders for him because he probably earns a million a day and is contracted until at least 2050 with an option to extend so we're stuck with him. Utds long contracts on high wages is probably our biggest hamstring yet we keep doing it. We'll always lack creativity when we have to play 2 holding midfielders in an attempt to protect an above average yet regularly vulnerable defence.
7 and 8 out of 10 players (Fred, Macguire, Matic – on a good day they're an 8, normally a 7) can make up the numbers but you need at least 4 or 5 players to be 8 and 9 out of 10 performers (Fernandes, De Bruyne, Salah etc) Liverpool have that when all fit. Utd do not. City probably have about 15 of them.
Personally, I'd want Utd to run down the contracts of all the squad players over a certain age and give youth a chance. I'd rather have Shoretire and co taking a place on the pitch than the likes of Matic, Mata, Jones and co. Unfortunately that is a strategy that would have had to start years ago and it didn't. Can anyone explain the strategy of these long contracts for squad players? It's why we can't ship players on without taking a huge loss where Liverpool make profit from many of their sales – why won't utd learn?
Our biggest hope other than Fernandes is for Donny who can't get a game, Scott McTominay who is a class player all round, Rashford on one wing, Greenwood in kicking on and some very promising youth. But we've always had very promising youth and only a small number ever make it.
I may be enjoying Liverpools losses right now but they're still in a way better place than we are and will be stronger next season. Will we be?
Jon, Cape Town (at least we have progressed from needing to play Perreira and Lindgard from the start – wishing JLingz the best as he resurrects his career at the Hammers though. If City won the treble, would anyone notice?)
Liverpool faith being tested
I must admit as a Liverpool fan my faith is being tested a bit this year. The deep satisfaction of recent triumphs remains but this year has been a trial of fire. No game arrives without a fresh injury concern. Personal tragedy seems to stalk the squad like a crow. Luck feels like it is against us, the narrative has turned from wonder to disdain of Klopp, his methods and players.
Liverpool have been found out, are a tier 2 club, play one dimensional football that the most rudimentary defence can stop now and easily counter for a winning goal or two. We must discover how to become a decent mid table team one commentator opined. It doesn't get much grimmer as seasons go. No fans to support you, the low life opinions waking you every morning on social media, where to turn to, where to see hope. Walk on and all that.
I remember a few years ago writing a letter (can't remember if it was published) about Klopps evolution. At the time Liverpool were a devastating attacking team who would put score you but were vulnerable to shopping 2-3 goals a game. The jury were put on Klopp. He can only play one way, heavy metal football will only get you so far, he can't organise a defence. It was pretty dispiriting at the time.
My letter wondered if Klopp was in fact building from the front. Against common wisdom to build from the back, had Klopp and his team decided to sign cut price attackers and midfielders when they were available and before their system of talent spotting was recognised and prices jacked up. In time I speculated Klopp would spend big on his defence to complete his picture. You don't need me to tell you the rest.
This is not intended as a self-congratulationary email. The reason for writing is I feel now like a felt then. The jury is out on Klopp and his methods. In some ways it is better now (lots of nice trophies on the shelf) and in some ways worse (we look like a dogs dinner of a football team most weeks). But as they say the darkest hour comes before the dawn to here goes…
My theory is Klopp has had a plan for Liverpool's evolution since he arrived. From the first few years (see above) and arriving at their present incarnation as a squad. The covid happened, then VVD, then the whole Pooh snowball starring rolling as hasn't stopped since. What was meant to happen was this I suspect: Liverpool were to remain at their present incarnation for one more year, strong defence, geggenpressing, narrow wins with Thiago and Jota adding variety to the mix. Should've been enough in front of buoyant home fans to win the league again, maybe even champions league.
Klopp and his analysts are well aware opposition teams are figuring us out so a gradual move towards a new system was being considered. Contrary to some opinion Klopp is not a one trick pony, his preferred system at Dortmund was 4-2-3-1 but this relies heavily on an out and out no. 9 to spearhead the attack. Bobby Firmino for all his gifts it ain't. A new no. 10 had been signed (minamino) and was being groomed for next season. So I think the next step in Liverpool's evolution was to go big on a number 9 this coming summer.
Liverpool's sights are not on competing or challenging, they want to be the dominant club in England and Europe for the next 10 years. Make no mistake this is the target ambition. We've seen Real and Barca dominate with Ronaldo and Messi in tow. I am convinced Liverpool have been targeting either Mbappe or Haaland for some time and the relative parsimony of their spending has been to put money aside for this big transfer. Once in place the next step of the teams evolution wouldve taken place. This is what the Nike deal is about, this is the plan.
Now God laughs at mans plans we know, everything has gone to hell in a hand basket so the above may lay in tatters. Liverpool will do well to finish top 4 this year (city, United, Leicester and Chelsea look nailed on for me). I doubt whether one of the best players in world football would sign for a club without champions league football, unless this has been agreed long ago or Klopps powers of persuasion are completely off the chart. Liverpool may need to try and scrape top 4 or win the thing again for the fun of it (champions league no 7 anyone – very unlikely but a boy can dream) in order to keep the show on the road.
But I for one choose to believe there is a plan and Liverpool evolution has hit a bad patch but can still recover and next years will be brighter for us all, and us and city will have a title battle for the ages.
Dave LFC
Who should Chelsea sign?
Will Ford's article on the players Chelsea should sign got me thinking about what this Chelsea squad needs in the summer, and I can't think beyond two positions: striker and centre back. And both positions aren't as easy to fill as fans think.
Chelsea currently have Giroud, Abraham and Werner up front. The German is a left forward/left winger/centre forward (basically anything but a leading striker) which means it's just the ageless Frenchman and (the still) young Tammy. If someone like Erling Haaland has to come in (who will cost around £130 million in truth) then one of Giroud/Tammy has to go. And I am not sure if it'll be an easy call on either player! There's also Michy but that'll need an entirely new mail…
At the back, Chelsea need a new defender and for all of Rudiger's return to the squad, he kind of hot-and-cold in games and the team deserves better stability there. While signing a shiny, new toy will fix that, there's also one Tomori currently prancing around in Italy and, hoping Milan stick to their miserly self and not pay the agreed buyout amount, he is one that'd fit like a glove. I love Frank Lampard but his decision to bin Tomori to a third/fourth choice CB, ahead of the 'unwanted' Rudiger, but then bringing the German in over him, made zero sense. Easily one of the most baffling decisions Lampard made in his short stint. There's also the Marc Guehi at Swansea who has been one of the best Championship defenders, but he'd probably be sent on another loan (in a bigger league) before anyone at Chelsea start considering him.
Also, how much influence do managers at Chelsea have in signing players? And should they have any? Only asking because no one lasts long and (almost always) incoming managers get stuck with some, if not a lot, of the deadwood from the previous "era" that they are forced to work with/around.
Why United?
I love that certain fans call United fans 'Glory hunters'. Not every football club fan can be from the city where the team is. Nor do they have to support that team either. There are many different reasons why to choose a team, local, historical, family ties, childhood hero's, simple appeal or that 'je ne c'est quoi'.
I choose United as an Irish man because we are so close to England and we all support one of their teams as ours are shit. Irish football infrastructure is a joke. So we all usually go for either United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Leeds, Spurs and Everton. It is generally one of these clubs you will mostly find supported.
The teams I felt most attracted to both as a club, its players and style were United, pre roman Chelsea and Newcastle. I liked that they were thrilling, had passionate players and played attacking football. I chose United as they were very good, enjoyable to watch and I felt somewhat aligned with Ferguson as he reminds me of my grandad. They always give youth a chance and if you add in Roy Keane, John O shea and I was happy. You also got to see them on the tv often which was a plus.
Since choosing them all I have ever heard from Liverpool fans is that I am a glory chaser, that Liverpool are the biggest team in England because of what they've won, they're history…Talk about glory chasing ay?
The other part was that every single year was 'Our year'. Sometimes justifiably and most times not. Since United last one Liverpool fans try to paint United fans as old Liverpool fans when we are not. I had to hear all through my childhood about how the things some fans weren't alive to witness boast about. I had to hear that the Liverpool 'quadruple' was better than the United Treble. As you can read, I have no issue with debate, but as you may also be able to read, not a big fan of delusion.
Sad at the demise, yes. Sad with the manager choices and transfers? yes. If your team was the richest in the sport and still never came close you too would be mad when it seems so glaringly obvious. Liverpool started to do the right thing and it has paid off. United are following suit.
We have a former hero as our manager who is doing reasonably well, is growing into the role, and the team is looking and playing the best it has in years. Rashford is breaking barriers as an icon. The club was very helpful with the community before & during the pandemic. All of this makes me proud regardless of trophies. But please let's go and win some trophies again!
Happy 20th anniversary ENIC!
20 years of ENIC fun facts!
1) 1 trophy – a haul equaling the mighty Wigan, Birmingham and Portsmouth
2) Net spend past 5 years 17th in the premier league even behind the beloved Mike Cashley
3) stadium build financed by debt facilities in the club's name
4) yet property around the ground purchased by the Tavistock Group (ENIC)
5) Hmmmm…
6) until recently Levy highest paid chairman in the premier league and paid a £3m bonus for delivering an over budget and late stadium build.
7) Shrewd' Levy Part 1 (transfer market) – £42m Davidson Sanchez, Adebayor first player to be paid £100k per week on a permanent deal, Gedson Fernandez whose not Bruno Fernandez and collectively the Bale money p****d up a wall.
8) 'Shrewd' Levy Part 2 (managers appointed) – including Dim 'Gillet' Deadwood but not Pleat 10 managers in 20 years – Ramos, AVB, Santini anyone?
9) Regrettable leavers who went to clubs who invest meaningfully in their playing staff and win trophies – Carrick, Berbatov, Modric, Bale, Walker.
Happy anniversary!
David Harris, Sydney
Harry's questions answered
I enjoyed Harry's questions, so here's some answers that have absolutely no authority
What is a football club for?
Winning things?
Representing a city/area?
Making money?
Giving supporters something to dream about?
Producing 'content'?
Providing a sense of community and common ground between people?
To be a force for good?
Is it all of those things? And, if so, which is most important?
Most of those things really, apart from producing "content". And yet something different to everyone. I grew up relatively near my club (Manchester United for sake of clarity/accusations of bias) but not in Manchester (that said I still look out for the results of the various Northwich clubs when non-league football is actually taking place). I guess the locality and affinity with the city/area/region is a part of it. I want to be entertained, I want us to win things, I want the hope and even the destruction of that hope and everything in between. I enjoy travelling to places and meeting someone else who is a United fan, whether they're in Salford or Sussex or South East Asia (I once had a Balinese waiter give me an in-depth analysis of the performance of various youth players in a pre-season friendly, much to the bemusement/annoyance of my ex-wife), there is a real kinship. I've attended games with some regularity in the past without being a regular, and I know plenty of Arsenal/Brighton/Gillingham/Northwich Vics fans who pour scorn on that. But who is anyone to tell anyone what their club should be or mean to them? As long, ultimately, as football is a force for good. And I believe it is most of the time, and that's probably the most important thing
Does a Rashford goal mean more than a Martial goal?
No in the sense that they all count, Jeff. Yes in the sense that you always feel that bit more pride when "one of your own" (whatever that means, it's at times a very problematic phrase) comes through the ranks. To borrow a marketing slogan I once saw "This Means More" when its someone who grew up loving the club they play for, or takes what that club "embodies" (again, whatever that means) to heart and gives their all/becomes a part of the fabric of the club (I'm thinking your Cantonas, Henrys and to a lesser extent your Van Dammes)
Is Jurgen Klopp more or less fulfilled by his job than Chris Wilder?
Probably the same. They have a job to do at a certain level in certain circumstances and with certain circumstances and probably their fulfilment is intrinsically tied to that. Maybe Chris Wilder aspires to one day manage the Champions, maybe Jurgen Klopp would be happier back at Mainz, but they're probably just attached to the jobs they're doing
Does being knocked out in the semifinal of the Champions League (Man City) FA Cup (Spurs) or Championship playoffs (Derby) feel any different?
I doubt it, it's all relative. City aspire to be European Champions, Spurs aspire to win something, Derby want to be back at the top and Burgess Hill Town want to beat the Dog and Duck Vets XI. It's all relative, and it's always the hope that kills you
How will Arsene Wenger be judged by history?
As a fantastic, pioneering manager who's club got slightly left behind as footballing eras transitioned. Ultimately he probably should have moved on around 2006-08 when it became clearer that Arsenal weren't as well placed to compete with United/Chelsea and then eventually City. Would it have destroyed Arsenal? Who knows, guess it depends who would have got the job.
Is it better for a chairman to indebt a club in pursuit of glory, or to aim only for the financial stability of premier league survival?
Depends on the club but probably the latter. Ironically United/Liverpool are probably well placed enough to opt for stability given their enduring, eurgh, "brands". It's more for the clubs in between (from a purely recognition and commercial success perspective) them and the teams at the bottom to take the risk. Some have been successful, some haven't, guess it's whether you're the kind of person who's happy with what they've got or always wants more.
Is falling short with Pochettino any different from falling short with Mourinho?
Only in that Pochettino is a more endearing character. It probably hurts more for their fans that Tottenham didn't win anything under Poch, especially as with Jose you know it's likely to end in tears eventually. But I'm not a Spurs fan so not my place to say.
In what circumstances is it okay for a team to move to a new stadium?
Necessity, be that financial, to enable growth or the old stadium not being fit for purpose. Circumstances where it is not okay include moving your club to Milton Keynes, owners selling the land and not thinking/bothering to buy the land their new stadium is built on (which sadly happened to Northwich Vics, leaving them still without a permanent home to this day), vanity projects (see Darlington's 25,000 seater white elephant) and moving your club to Milton Keynes, a point that shouldn't need reiterating but seemingly should have been by the FA 20 years ago
Does the team who 'play the right way' deserve to win?
Philosophically yes, realistically no. Martha should be the number one band in the country but Coldplay are the ones whose albums are on sale in Tesco. It's not always a bad thing though, there's plenty of us who would take not winning a trophy under Ole over not winning a trophy under Moyes/LVG/Mourinho.
Is Malcolm Glazer's money better or worse than Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan's? Or Roman Abramovich's? Or Mike Ashley's?
Yes and no. Money is money, and in a perfect world the source of that money wouldn't be ladening clubs with debt, sports washing or creating an unlevel playing field. For every moneybags owner like Abramovich there's a story of clubs getting inflated wealth and then hung out to dry when the owner gets bored or arrested. Football should be sustainable, it should give the opportunity to achieve bigger things, but it shouldn't be a vanity project or an opportunity for the rich to do as they please. At least the first three mentioned don't sell massive mugs.
Does anyone still care about 3pm kickoffs?
Yes, for the tradition and for the protection of the football pyramid. Stick every game on TV when the world re-opens and we'll be saying goodbye to a significant number of clubs outside of the top flight as attendances dwindle and Sky/BT/Amazon take a further stranglehold on things. But that's another debate for another time
I'm sure that definitively answers those questions, but if you disagree well…that's the joy of being a football fan really isn't it? If we all agreed it would be boring.
Mike, Burgess Hill (the Northwich of Sussex)
Bicycle kicks
In answer to Mikey, CFC's question re- favorite bikes, my answer would be his very own Eidur Gudjohnsen against Leeds in 02-03. Giroud's and Alli's were nice of course, but the ball popped up very nicely for them. The added difficulty in connecting with a cross first time increases the impressiveness of Gudjohnsen's by order of magnitude. I beseech you to check it out on YouTube- besides being a great goal it guarantees a rush of nostalgia for fans of the early/mid 2000's PL.
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Kawasaki Ki 32 Mary
Very few of the combat
planes built in Japan during the war had in-line liquid-cooled engines.
This was only partly due to the greater reliability of radial engines,
which from many points of view were almost ideal for use in a theatre
of war characterized by vast expanses of ocean. In practice however,
this situation resulted from the lack of a specific technological
tradition, a lack that prevented the Empire of the Rising Sun's
aeronautical industry from keeping up with the more aeronautically
advanced nations. This is proved by the fact that the construction of
the most famous Japanese aircraft provided with an "in-line" engine
(the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter, an aircraft with a remarkable
performance) was made possible only by the availability of German
Daimler-Benz DB 601 engines (the same as those of the Messerschmitt Bf
109) built under license.
The only other
exception worthy of mention is the Ki-32 light bomber, also
manufactured by Kawasaki in the second half of the 1930s. This
aircraft, inspired by the same operative concepts that led, more or
less at the same time, to the development of the Fairey Battle in Great
Britain, was the last bomber in the Imperial army to be powered by a
liquid-cooled engine. In fact, its career was plagued by difficulties
in engine tuning that, apart from making it generally unreliable,
contributed to increasing the widespread indifference toward this type
of engine. From the second half of 1938 until May 1940, a total of 854
Kawasaki Ki-32s were built and, following their debut in combat during
the second Sino-Japanese conflict, they remained in front-line service
until the beginning of 1942, subsequently being relegated to training
and secondary roles. In the Allies' code the Ki-32 was known as "Mary."
Kawasaki Ki-32 "Mary" of the 6th Sentai (6th Attack Group) Japanese
Imperial Army Air Force - Manchuria 1941
The project was
launched in May 1936, when the Imperial Army's technical authorities
asked Kawasaki and Mitsubishi to develop a single-engine monoplane
fighter capable of carrying a maximum of 992 lbs (450 kg) of bombs at
186 mph (300 km/h) and at an altitude between 6,550 ft (2000 m) and
13,150 ft (4000 m); maximum speed was to be 250 mph (400 km/h) at 9,850
ft (3000 m) and the defensive armament was to consist of two
machine-guns. The prototypes presented were quite similar with the
formula chosen in both cases was that of an all-metal mid-wing
monoplane with fixed landing gear and a bomb hold inside the fuselage.
The only difference lay in the power plants. While the Mitsubishi Ki-30
was provided with a 950 hp Nakajima Ha-5 14-cylinder radial engine, the
Kawasaki Ki-32 was powered by an 850 hp Ha-9-11 "V-12" engine
manufactured by the company itself.
The first of eight
Ki-32 prototypes took to the air in March 1937, but right from the
start of operative tests the aircraft revealed serious problems in
tuning, caused by the unreliability of the engine, and these problems
led to the project being suspended and set aside in favour of
However, the threat of
war led to a change of idea by the army's technical authorities. In
1938, it was decided to put Kawasaki bomber into production, too, and
the first aircraft came off the assembly lines later in the year.
Paradoxically, the number of Ki-32s built was much higher than that of
its Mitsubishi rival, of which 704 were built up to September.
(Army Type 98 Single
Engine Light Bomber - Kawasaki Ki-32)
Allied Codename:
Type: Two Seat
Light Bomber
Pilot and Radio-Operator/Bombardier in an enclosed cockpit.
Design: Isamu
Imashi and Shiro Ota
Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo K.K. (Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company
Limited) which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K.
(Kawasaki Heavy Industries Company Limited). Production was
concentrated in two main plants, one manufacturing aircraft and engines
at Akashi, near Kobe and the other at Kagamigahara (Gifu) near Nagoya
which produced aircraft only. Smaller plants producing complete
airframes were located at Ichinomiya, also near Nagoya and at
Miyakonojo on Kyushu.
Powerplant: One
Army Type 98 (Kawasaki Ha-9-IIb) V-12 liquid cooled piston engine rated
at 850 hp (634 kW) for take-off, 775 hp (578 kW) at sea level and 950
hp (709 kW) at 12,470 ft (3800 m) driving a three-blade variable-pitch
metal propeller.
Maximum speed 263 mph (423 km/h) at 12,925 ft (3840 m); cruising speed
186 mph (300 km/h); climb to 16,405 ft (5000 m) in 10 minutes 55
seconds; service ceiling 29,265 ft (8920 m).
Range: Normal
operational range of 826 miles (1300 km) with a maximum range of 1,218
miles (1965 km).
Weights & Loadings:
Empty 5,179 lbs (2349 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 8,293
lbs (3762 kg). Normal loaded weight was 7,802 lbs (3539 kg). Wing
loading 21.3 lbs/sq ft (104.1 kg/sq m) and power loading 9.2 lbs/hp
(4.2 kg/hp).
Dimensions: Span
49 ft 2 9/16 in (15.00 m); length 38 ft 2 9/32 in (11.64 m); height 9
ft 6 3/16 in (2.90 m); wing area 365.972 sq ft (34.00 sq m).
Armament: One
forward-firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 89 machine-gun in the engine
cowling and one trainable rearward-firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Type 89
machine-gun and a normal bomb-load of 661 lbs (300 kg) with a maximum
of 992 lbs (450 kg) of bombs.
Variants: Four
production aircraft (March 1937) and 846 Ki-32 Army Type 98 production
aircraft (July 1938 - May 1940).
Avionics: None.
History: First
flight (prototype) March 1937; service delivery July 1938; production
terminated in May 1940; withdrawn from front-line service in 1942 and
then given employment in training units.
Operators: Japan
(Imperial Japanese Army).
Units: 3rd, 6th,
10th, 35th, 45th, 65th and 75th Sentais.
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Fun Studio Updates
Lots of things are going on around my business lately.
- I'm still working on my web sites and getting everything up and functional.
- I'm designing all my beginning marketing material to have printed for my opening.
- We've finally set a date for my business's ribbon cutting and open house:
Sunday, February 15th @ 3:00pm
- I've posted more photos to my Children gallery.
- I photographed a beautiful baby's baptism yesterday and will post a few sneak peeks here soon.
- I may have another wedding to photograph in September and am already looking forward to it!
- I just had three large canvases printed for display in my studio. Two are from my trip to Alaska this past summer and the other of the girls in the previous post.
The biggest news of all though is I have my first newborn photography session in about a week, (I just have to wait for her to be born)! I have so many ideas of things I want to try. A couple weeks ago I ordered some great textured blankets online that I think will be perfect with this new baby. I'm so excited!!!


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You know how some nights, when you can't sleep, you just want to go buy something? Well, this bear had the same idea.
Police spotted a 400-pound black bear on the roof of the Viewmont Mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania, early this morning. The male bear appears to have climbed up a fence after rummaging around in the mall trash looking for food around 2 a.m.
Game commission officers climbed up after him, tranquilized the animal, and used a forklift to bring him back to ground level. The bear will be released onto state game lands.
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At Home Workouts
May 5, 2020
Due to the pandemic Covid-19, school has been shut down and we've all been quarantined in our own homes. Classrooms have adjusted to this with providing online classwork. Athletics has been able to do the same thing and adapt for the athletes. Thanks to the great TrainHeroic app, our Spring Hill coaches have been able to program at home workouts to allow us to stay in shape over this long break. Here is the link to their website for more information about the TrainHeroic program: https://www.trainheroic.com/. Also provided is pictures that shows what the TrainHeroic app does.


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Dexia, Belgium's Largest Lender About to Become First Casualty of Greek Default; Emergency Meeting to Split Bank Now in Progress
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In recent (and totally useless) "stress-free" tests, Dexia passed with flying colors. Dexia passed those tests only because the tests did not include any writedowns of Greek debt. Tonight, an emergency board meeting is underway because Dexia is massively undercapitalized as a result of its Greek bond position.
Please consider Dexia Board Said to Meet as Sovereign Debt Crisis Curbs Funding
The board of Dexia SA, Belgium's biggest lender, is meeting to discuss options including a possible breakup after Europe's debt crisis reduced its funding, a person with knowledge of the talks said.Belgian Finance Minister Promises Another Bailout
Dexia, which finances municipalities in France and Belgium, may split off its French business partly under the oversight of state-owned Banque Postale SA, said the person, who declined to be identified because the matter is confidential. The discussions are complex because Dexia is based in Brussels and Paris, and has both governments as shareholders. An announcement may come as soon as tonight, the person said.
"Dexia is an extremely complicated file," said Benoit Petrarque, an Amsterdam-based analyst at Kepler Capital Markets with a "hold" rating on the shares. "The fact that two countries are involved, both under pressure from rating agencies, makes it even more difficult. We are not in 2008 anymore, when you could just inject multibillions of cash."
In September 2008, France and Belgium led the first rescue of Dexia, buying a combined 3 billion euros of stock. The bank's existing shareholders, which include Caisse des Depots et Consignations and Belgium's Holding Communal SA, provided an additional 3 billion euros.
Less than a month later, Dexia also obtained as much as 150 billion euros of debt guarantees from France, Belgium and Luxembourg, of which it tapped a maximum of about 96 billion euros in May 2009. The bank stopped issuing government-backed debt in June 2010. It still had 29 billion euros outstanding at the end of last month.
Euronews provides additional details in Dexia dragged down by Greek debt worries
The French and Belgian government will do the right thing to support bank Dexia in the current turbulent markets. So said the Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders.Bondholders Do God's Work
It is now looking more likely that Dexia's state shareholders will have to consider a second bailout of taxpayers' money.
Dexia is not the only European bank facing a need for capital as regulations become tougher, profits sag and lenders face losses on sovereign bonds if the euro zone crisis isn't resolved.
Banks face a 148 billion euro capital shortfall under a base case and a 227 billion shortfall under a stressed scenario, according to analysts at JPMorgan, who say Unicredit , Deutsche Bank, Lloyds, Societe Generale and Barclays each face a deficit of over seven billion euros under its stressed scenario.
Dexia, which received a six billion euro bailout from Belgium, France and other major shareholders at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, held 3.8 billion euros of Greek sovereign bonds at the end of June and had a credit risk exposure to the country of 4.8 billion euros.
Dexia's market capitalisation is only 2.5 billion euros, and its core capital is seen as insufficient to absorb big hits.
The company has taken a 338 million euro hit to cover a 21 percent loss on Greek sovereign debt maturing by 2020, part of a plan agreed by private sector investors in July.
But with market prices indicating investors could suffer a loss of 50 percent or more, Dexia's Greek bill could be more than one billion euros more.
Logically speaking, Dexia bondholders should have been wiped out in 2008. They should be wiped out again now. Instead, look for Belgium and France to throw more taxpayer money at bondholders.
The best explanation I can come up with is as follows: bondholder of banks do "God's work" just as Goldman Sachs does.
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(Assumption 2014: This homily was given on August 15, 2014 at St. Pius X Church, Westerly, R.I., by Fr. Raymond Suriani. Read Luke 1: 39-46.)
[For the audio version of this homily, click here: Assumption 2014]
That's not a word that we normally associate with Mary's Assumption into heaven.
But I think we should!
We celebrate this feast on the 15th of August—which means that summer, sad to say, is now more than half over.
For most people summer is an enjoyable time, given the fact that the weather is usually a lot more pleasant than it is in January and February. For many people it's also a restful time, a time for them to get their physical and emotional "batteries recharged," so to speak; although for some others it can be a season of great stress—especially on those days when they have more than one social event scheduled!
That's happened to me more than a few times this summer.
But for almost everybody living in our fast-paced society right now the summer can also be a very DISTRACTING TIME!
All those enjoyable, restful—and stressful—things can, unfortunately, get in the way of our relationship with the Lord.
And so the Church gives us this feast in the middle of August: a feast that can help us to REFOCUS our attention on God and on those things that are most important in life.
Let me give you a few examples.
The feast of the Assumption, first of all, reminds us of our mortality. It reminds us that we're not here forever; that, as the Letter to the Hebrews tells us, we do not have on this earth "a lasting city."
We can sometimes forget that—even in the winter.
The Assumption marked the terminal point of our Blessed Mother's earthly life; although the Church leaves open the question of whether Mary physically died or simply "fell asleep" before she was taken, body and soul, into heaven. In the official teaching of the Church, given to us by Pope Pius XII in 1950, it says, "when the course of her earthly life was finished [notice there's no specific mention of death there], [Mary] was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory."
So the Assumption focuses us on the fact that our lives on this planet will have a terminal point and that we should live them accordingly.
It reminds me of a saying I once heard: Live every day as if it were your last—and one day you'll be right.
This brings us to the second truth that the Feast of the Assumption focuses us on (or rather refocuses us on), namely, that the goal of this life is heaven!
Mary has already reached the goal. We celebrate that fact at this Mass. As she now is, so all those men and women who die in the state of grace will someday be. For us, however, the sequence of events will be a little different.
That's important to mention. Our Blessed Mother already has her glorified body in the kingdom of her divine Son. Those of us who die in the state of grace and whose souls go to heaven (either immediately after death or after being purified in purgatory) will have to wait until the end of time to receive our risen bodies.
That's one big difference between Mary and us.
But the goal for everybody—Mary and us—is (or at least is supposed to be) the same.
Another truth this feast refocuses us on is that our physical bodies are holy. They're holy because they've been redeemed by Jesus Christ, and are made to live forever in heaven in their glorified state.
This, incidentally, is why sins of impurity and violence are so wrong: we're using something which was made for heaven (our body) to put us on the road to hell!
Thankfully the sacrament of Confession is always available to put us back on the right road.
Finally, this feast refocuses us on the fact that we need Jesus Christ in our lives, and that we need to make every effort to stay connected to him (regardless of what season of the year it is!).
Mary did not save herself; she was saved by her divine Son. (Many of our Protestant brothers and sisters don't think we believe that, but we do!)
In her Magnificat (which we heard in our gospel reading a few moments ago) Mary says, "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my Spirit rejoices in God, MY SAVIOR." The Lord saved our Blessed Mother by preserving her from original sin in that event we call "the Immaculate Conception".
He saves us in a different way: by delivering us from original sin, as well as from our personal sins.
But then Mary went on to nurture her relationship with the Lord by living a sinless life of perfect love and perfect virtue: a life which was rooted in prayer. In other words, she always maintained a close and intimate connection with her God.
This means our Blessed Mother never, ever got "distracted" spiritually in the summer—or winter—or spring—or fall for that matter!
What about us?
How has your prayer life been lately? How has your Mass attendance been this summer? Have you taken a "vacation from God" (even a little one)? Have you been to Confession if you've needed to go? Have you been to Eucharistic Adoration recently? Has the Bible been on your summer reading list? Have you maintained your connection with Jesus since the warm weather set in?
Today is a day for all of us to make the personal commitment to "refocus" to the extent that we need to: the commitment to refocus our attention on the things that really matter in this life.
Mary, of course, had no need to refocus, simply because she was always focused—PERFECTLY focused!
May her prayers from heaven help us all to be more like her, not only during the summer months but throughout the entire year.


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BioRadio SDK - Java Android 1.1
Welcome to the BioRadio Java API for Android from Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies. This guide is intended for developers seeking to incorporate the BioRadio into their own applications. The API provides methods to scan, connect, configure, and stream data from the device.
The first task when working with a BioRadio is to identify its MAC address in order to establish a connection. If you already know your MAC ID, you can get a reference to a BioRadioDevice by instantiating a BioRadioDeviceManager and calling getBluetoothDevice(long).
If you do not know the MAC ID of your device, you can initiate a scan using the discoverBluetoothDevices() method. This method will return a list of discovered devices by their device ID and MAC ID.
The BioRadio can be configured in various ways depending on the intended application. The BioRadioConfiguration class is used to define the configuration of a device. The device's current configuration can be retrieved by calling getConfiguration() and it can be programmed using setConfiguration(BioRadioConfiguration value).
Once your device has been located and configured, you may start acquisition by calling startAcquisition(). The device will then begin streaming signal data to your application. The BioRadio API receives the data from the BioRadio and makes it available to applications using the various Signal groups. Signal groups are collections of signals that share certain properties, such as sample rate or physical location on the device. Each signal group contains zero or more signals, based on the configuration of the device. There are various ways to retrieve the data from the signals, based on your application requirements. A common method that can be used for this purpose is getScaledValueArray().
Data recorded to the BioRadio internal memory can be consumed using this API. To get started, create a VirtualDeviceAdapter using createVirtualDevice(String value). The VirtualDeviceAdapter serves as a wrapper around a device object from which data can be read.


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In 2001 I went on a MEDIA TRIP with the 165th Georgia Air Guard to Bosnia
Today, my brother and I ran into Ricky Bell at the Home Depot on Victory Drive – we met him on the MEDIA TRIP to Bosnia in 2001. Ricky was part of the 165th Georgia Air Guard (National Guard)
This is a picture of Ricky Bell and Dave Simons, taken in June, 2001 while we were in the Azores. We left Savannah, flew to Atlanta, then the Azores, then Germany, then Bosnia. It took 20 hours in a C130.
This was our wonderful plane – at our stop in Germany.
When we finally arrived in Bosnia, we exited from the back of the plane. That plane was so big, that it could fit tanks in it. John Carrington, a photographer for the Savannah Morning News, was in front of me.
Here is a group shot of everybody that was on the 10 day trip to Bosnia. It was made up of media from Georgia.
A photo of me in the Azores.
We interviewed a number of small businesses that survived the war. Our TV show, OPEN FOR BUSINESS (R) ran Oct 2001 – right after 9/11. This couple was a rug dealer in an outdoor market. I think it was 107 degrees that day.
Photo of Sam, preparing us to land.
I was video taping the inside of the C130, my brother Dave was behind me.
He was my "official" videographer on the media trip. We produced a thirty minute documentary about being in the national guard. I also kept a diary about the trip. Connect Savannah ran the entire diary in their publication.