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U.S. beverage market: four key growth factors
Leading beverage market trends according to Packaged Facts
While seemingly overshadowed by the whirlwind developments in the food segment, innovation and trends in the beverage market are equally impressive and just as likely to resonate for years to come. Hybrid beverages that cross categories, savory and health boosting formulations, clean labels, and environmental concerns are among the leading beverage market trends.
In the new report U.S. Beverage Market Outlook 2018, market research firm Packaged Facts provides comprehensive trend analysis of seven leading categories in retail packaged beverages, including Bottled and Enhanced Waters; Carbonated Beverages; Energy & Sports Drinks; Juices; Coffee & Ready-To-Drink Coffee; Tea & Ready-To-Drink Tea; and Dairy Beverages & Non-Dairy Milk Alternatives.
Here are four of the most essential key growth trends for the U.S. beverage market identified by Packaged Facts:
The trend toward crossing one beverage category with another is well underway and appears likely to expand. Carbonated juice drinks, plant milk and coffee combinations, dairy-based energy drinks—the mixing has only just begun.
Savory beverages are among the categories that appear to be on the brink of a major breakthrough. Consumers looking for alternatives to sweet beverages, and ones that offer health benefits as well.
Clean labeling is still in a relatively early stage of development as a critical factor in beverage purchasing decisions. But it is almost certain to accelerate and reach a tipping point in the very near future as an element in marketing and packaging, as well as in the production process itself, that all food manufacturers must address. Consumers, in an environment where trust is hard to come by, want more certainty than ever before that their foods are safe.
The transparency that clean labeling represents extends to the methods of production in terms of environmental friendliness and conditions that support animal welfare, factors that are of increasing importance to a growing number of consumers and also likely to reach a tipping point that makes them a must for manufacturers. Note how some plant-based beverage manufacturers, for example, are already using the smallness of their environmental footprint as a competitive factor.
Going forward, expect that regenerative agriculture – the use farming techniques that rebuild and restore soil biodiversity – will become especially important to the beverage industry. Manufacturers will join the movement to use techniques that reduce and possibly reverse damage to soil, water, and even the air.

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informative and hands on. Hi Sammy, Thanks very much for spending the time and giving us all the run down on all the printers & Zahn. It really illuminates the range and differences in quality and of course cost. Also you provided some historical perspective seeing how 3D printing has evolved i.e. the Object/Eden. I thought the comparison between the Stratasys & Makerbot was interesting. considering that larger printers are now becoming "affordable" e.g. Gordon's Max and the 2x2 foot monster I saw at Makerfaire, it really shows how far the industry has come and is moving. I would have liked to see the polished objects (using Armorall) you mentioned to see an example of post processing 3D printed objects which is an area I'm interested in investigating down the road. Afterall, ABS is the new wood. Thanks Jenny for setting up such an interesting road show. See you all soon. *_Phil+= aka "Have guitar - will travel"

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I’m reading the e-book Give and Take: Why Serving to Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant. The ebook explains three types of interpersonal dealing: taking, matching, and giving. Givers are people who give greater than they take. Matchers are individuals who attempt to give and take proportionally and conditionally. Takers are individuals who take more than they offer. Givers are primarily other-centered. Matchers are different-centered in order to get what they want, that means I will assist you once I suppose you’ll assist me. Takers are those who are primarily self-centered. However, if the particular person you’re modeling your self after is motivated by greed, you do not need to follow in their footsteps completely. You possibly can pick and choose which characteristics to emulate. You can emulate their ambition, however not their greed. You possibly can incorporate their strategies with out incorporating their ethics. Department of Client Affairs, in the proper care of devices and the prevention of infectious ailments. I believe Mexican is a good thought. You’d most likely know there are a couple of Mexican restaurant chains in Bangkok. I consider there is room for extra. Even empanadas would work nicely I believe. Cost should be low cost and margins could possibly be excessive depending on where you open.
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LAHORE: Protracted delay in the execution of various projects sanctioned for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) could result in their escalated costs, and hinder the state’s economic development and regional connectivity, reported The News.
Four mega projects in AJ&K envisaged under CPEC framework face roadblocks due to one reason or another. The likely cost overrun and delays might provide opportunities to certain vested groups to ‘politicize’ such projects at the cost of economic development in the area, claimed the report.
One of the important projects includes Mirpur-Muzaffarabad-Mansehra Motorway, which would connect the state with the main CPEC route. Amongst the eight industrial zones under the CPEC, one is to be set up in AJ&K. Moreover, 1,124 megawatts (MW) Kohala dam and the 720 MW Karot dam were also envisaged under the CPEC framework.
A report, titled “CPEC in Azad Jammu & Kashmir: a gateway to regional connectivity and beyond”, also expressed concern over obstacles in the proposed projects. The report, authored by Sabur Ali Sayyid and published by Islamabad-based Centre for Peace, Development and Reforms (CPDR), provides a comprehensive critique of the CPEC projects in AJ&K, including Karot and Kohala hydropower projects, construction of motorway and a special economic zone in Mirpur.
A conservative estimate said AJ&K is expected to earn Rs2.19 billion a year after the construction of Kohala hydropower project. Similarly, construction of the special economic zone is expected to provide a strong industrial base to Kashmir and help it become an exporter, rather than a mere consumer-oriented society. To complement this, the motorway M4 would interconnect different parts of AJ&K in addition to shorten the existing distance between the central Punjab and CPEC by at least 50 kilometres.
Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to discuss with the Chinese leadership several matters, including progress on the CPEC coupled with regional issues, including the Kashmir dispute during a three-day visit to China on Monday. The visit by the premier comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s tour of Nepal and India. The issues related to several CPEC components are also expected to be sorted out during the visit.
Construction of the Karot hydropower project is expected to be completed in two years and start power generation by April 2021 as per the latest timeline. The project, with a total investment of $1.74 billion, is expected to help in solving the power supply bottleneck and provide sustainable and stable energy support in the country. Once completed, the 720 MW project that commenced construction in 2015 is estimated to annually produce some 3.2 billion kilowatt-hours of clean power, equivalent to 10 percent of Pakistan’s total energy output from hydropower stations.


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Streptococcus agalactiae, also known as Group B Streptococcus (GBS), is a commensal bacteria that is commonly found in the vagina of approximately 30% of healthy women. While GBS does not normally pose a health risk to humans, GBS infection is a serious risk for neonatal infants. This otherwise innocuous bacterium is the leading cause of neonatal septicemia, pneumonia, and meningitis. Neonatal GBS infection carries with it a 10% mortality rate, and meningitis caused by GBS leaves 25 to 35% of survivors with permanent neurological damage. Current treatment of GBS is focused on the identification of “at-risk” mothers and the prevention of mother-infant transmission through intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP). In IAP, a mother who has been identified as a GBS carrier is treated with antibiotics during her pregnancy, particularly during the third trimester. While this preventative treatment has been effective in reducing the incidence of early-onset disease (EOD), it is not without its problems. IAP has been unable to prevent a rise in infant mortality in the last decade due to late-onset disease (LOD), which occurs after the first week of life. Unfortunately, LOD is the most damaging form of GBS infection, as it tends to cause meningitis. At the same time, the rise of antibiotic-resistant strains of GBS has been linked to the widespread use of IAP as a preventative measure (11, 12).
Due to the problems with current GBS treatments, current research is focused on the development of an effective vaccine. While the fragility of the fetal and neonatal immune system makes immunizing the fetus itself impractical, neonates may develop immunity to diseases against which their mother has been vaccinated. This occurs through a phenomenon known as passive immunity, in which antibodies produced by the mother cross the placenta and enter the fetal bloodstream. Previous attempts to design vaccines for GBS have been met with difficulty due to the wide variety of infectious GBS strains. Ideally, a vaccine would target a protein that is both required for infection – also known as a virulence factor – and that is shared by all infectious strains of GBS. A second difficulty with promoting GBS immunity in infants is that the reasons for neonatal susceptibility to GBS have not previously been well-understood. While it is clear that GBS is able to prevent an effective immune response, the methods by which it does so had not been characterized.
In this paper, published in PLoS: Pathogens this November, Madureira, et al. were able to address both of these problems, identifying both the cause of neonatal susceptibility to GBS and a virulence factor that is conserved among all infectious strains of GBS. Additionally, the researchers were able to demonstrate that this structurally conserved virulence factor is a viable target for vaccination, reliably producing passive immunity in the offspring of vaccinated mice. Together, these findings represent a significant step forward in developing an effective vaccine against GBS.
Madureira, et al began their investigation of GBS infection by examining a protein involved in GBS metabolism: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). In a previous study, the researchers had identified extracellular GAPDH as a GBS virulence factor. In order for GAPDH to be a viable target for vaccine research, however, its structure needed to be conserved among all eight infectious strains of GBS. To confirm that GAPDH is present in all GBS strains, the researchers cultured each of the eight strains and tested the supernatant fluid from each culture with antibodies for GAPDH. In every case, the cultures tested positive for the presence of GAPDH. Additionally, analysis of each GBS genome confirmed that the GAPDH structure was almost identical in each GBS strain. Finally, the researchers demonstrated that the GAPDH produced by GBS was distinct enough from that of humans, mice and rabbits that antibodies produced for GBS-GAPDH would not cross-react with the GAPDH of other species.. Together, these findings suggested that GAPDH was a worthwhile target for continued vaccine research.
Having identified a vaccine target, the researchers moved on to testing whether or not maternal immunization against GAPDH could effectively counteract GBS infection in neonates. In order to test this, the authors treated pregnant mice with either heat-denatured rGAPDH or a placebo, and infected their offspring with a virulent strain of GBS. The results showed a significant reduction in mortality in the rGAPDH immunized offspring: 95% of those born from immunized mothers survived GBS infection, while only 18.5% of the control mice survived. To further confirm these data, the researchers repeated this experiment with a “hyper virulent” strain of GBS. Again, the results were conclusive: none of the control offspring survived infection with the hyper virulent GBS, while 78.6% of immunized offspring survived. While these results clearly indicated that vaccination against rGAPDH greatly reduced GBS mortality, the mechanism by which the vaccination – and the infection itself – were operating was still unclear.
Previous research had identified GBS-GAPDH as a trigger for the secretion of interleukin 10 (IL-10), an immunosuppressive cytokine in adult mice, but this research had not been applied to a neonatal model (29). In order to confirm that GAPDH was acting as an IL-10 agonist in infants, the authors injected neonatal mice with rGAPDH and measured the amount of IL-10 in the bloodstream. The researchers observed a significant increase in IL-10 secretion in the injected mice, compared to a control group. Additionally, Madureira et al confirmed that the production of IL-10 was essential to fatal GBS infection. When mice unable to produce IL-10 were infected with GBS, they were significantly more resistant to the infection than were their IL-10 producing counterparts.
The authors hypothesized that IL-10 secretion was increasing GBS virulence by inhibiting the function of neutrophils, an essential part of the immune response to bacteria. Neutrophils are a type of immune cell that moves through the circulatory and lymphatic systems, searching for and destroying extracellular pathogens. Ideally, these neutrophils would be able to seek out and destroy the GBS bacteria before a significant infection was established. In GBS-infected individuals, however, neutrophil activity appeared to be reduced. To test this hypothesis, the authors infected mice with no neutrophils with GBS. In the absence of neutrophils, the researchers were unable to prevent GBS mortality; neither treatment with anti-rGAPDH antibodies nor IL-10 blocking drugs were able to stop the infection from progressing. These data strongly suggest that rGAPDH increases GBS virulence by reducing the ability of neutrophils to clear the infection.
Taken together, the results of this research are a significant advancement in both the understanding and prevention of neonatal GBS infection. With the identification of GAPDH as a viable target for vaccines, and the elucidation of the methods by which GBS subverts the neonatal immune response, the prospect of a maternal GBS vaccine are brighter than ever. With luck, this research will be applied to produce a vaccine that can replace the current, somewhat flawed standard treatments, and effectively end GBS infection as a source of infant mortality.
Madureira P, Andrade EB, Gama B, Oliveira L, Moreira S, et al. (2011) Inhibition of IL-10 Production by Maternal Antibodies against Group B Streptococcus GAPDH Confers Immunity to Offspring by Favoring Neutrophil Recruitment. PLoS Pathog 7(11): e1002363. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002363
Jordan HT, Farley MM, Craig A, Mohle-Boetani J, Harrison LH, et al. (2008) Revisiting the need for vaccine prevention of late-onset neonatal group B streptococcal disease: a multistate, population-based analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 27: 1057–1064.
Baltimore RS (2007) Consequences of prophylaxis for group B streptococcal infections of the neonate. Semin Perinatol 31: 33–38.
Castor ML, Whitney CG, Como-Sabetti K, Facklam RR, Ferrieri P, et al. (2008) Antibiotic resistance patterns in invasive group B streptococcal isolates. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 727505 2008: 727505.


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Evolving the Backstage View
For those of you who are dogfooding the Technical Preview build, thanks for all of the great feedback you’ve sent us so far on the new Backstage view! We’ve been getting a lot of requests for a sneak peak at the design changes that we’ve been making to the Backstage view since the Technical Preview builds have been released. I’ll talk through some of these changes in this post. Please note that these screenshots are still subject to change - they are from an interim build on the way to our Beta later this fall. We continue to tweak the designs based on what we learn in our usability labs and appreciate continued feedback from those of you that are dogfooding the Technical Preview.
From the early days of this release, we have been working on making the common commands like Print, Save, and Open more discoverable than in Office 2007. When we created the Office Menu in Office 2007, we optimized for Fitt’s Law – making it super easy to put your mouse in the upper left corner and get to these commands. For those folks who discovered the Office Button right away, this was a great little feature that made Office easier to use. Unfortunately, because this design was unconventional and different from the rest of the Ribbon UI we added, it was hard for some customers to find the Office Button the first time. Many who saw the Office Button believed it to be a branding decoration, rather than a functional button.
In the Technical Preview build, we took steps towards addressing this feedback. First off, we put the Office Button within the same row as the other Ribbon tabs. The location of the Office Button contributed most to people confusing it with a decorative logo. Another thing that we changed was the shape – instead of a fancy round button, we turned it into a button that looked much more like a tab. Lastly, we added an arrow to the button to try to encourage people to click on it.
With these changes, we started seeing some significant improvements in the usability tests in terms of people finding this button quickly the first time. But we still thought the initial discoverability needed to be better - we want to be sure people have no trouble finding the functionality under this button. Over and over in the usability lab, customers told us the word “File” was something they were looking for in the UI – all the years of using the File menu to use commands like “Save As” and “Print” is a hard habit to break. So we’ve listened to our customers and in our Beta release you’ll see we’ve added the “File” label to the tab. This has been a tremendous success in the usability labs and we’ve seen an incredible surge in initial discoverability of the Backstage view.
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One of the things we’ve been working on has been improving the navigation to and from the Backstage. Because the Backstage view covers up the document, we created the Back button mechanism to allow you to navigate back to your document. Unfortunately, this design had some issues that we’ve been working through – it led to some confusion around what the “X” (close) button in the top right corner should do, set incorrect expectations around what “Back” actually implies (does it work like in the browser?), and was not an easy target to hit.
An important change has been to keep the Ribbon tabs visible and usable while you’re in the Backstage view. This makes the Backstage work much more like any other Ribbon tab – a metaphor people are already familiar with. In addition to clicking on the document thumbnail or pressing ESC, you can simply click on any one of the other Ribbon tabs to get back to your document and use those commands, just as you would switch between other Ribbon tabs.
We’ve also worked to implement our nearly final set of visuals for the Backstage view. Our designers have worked to develop a set of visuals that help make the Backstage easier to browse and make the transition between your document and the Backstage feel smoother:
Organization of Navigation Commands
We have also added a little bit more efficiency to the “Quick Commands” in the left side of the Backstage view. Commands like “Save”, “Save As”, “Open”, and “Close” are no longer located beneath the “Info” tab and are actually closer to the File button than they have been in previous versions. Options and Exit are also no longer associated with the last tab, which has been renamed to “Help” to better reflect the commands located on this tab (you can think of the Help tab as the replacement for the commands that used to be located on the Office 2003 Help menu.)
Most Recently Used Documents
For some of our customers, having very efficient access to their most recently used documents is super important. There are several ways to do this. First, you can add the “Open Recent File” command to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT). Just drop down the Quick Customize menu at the right of the QAT.
Clicking on the “Open Recent File Button” from the QAT will open the Backstage view directly to the Recent tab.
You could also choose to add a number of recently used documents directly to the navigation pane – the left hand side of the Backstage view. At the bottom of the Recent tab is a new feature that will allow you to choose the number of recent documents to show in the pane.
If you turn on this feature by clicking on the checkbox…
The number of documents you choose will be shown along with the other “Quick Commands” at the top of the Backstage navigation pane.
Turning this feature on also means that you’ll be able to use the keyboard sequence Alt+F+1 (or 2 or 3, etc) to open the most (or 2nd most, etc) recent document. And for those of you who use the pinning feature of the Recent Documents list (which keeps your favorite documents at the top of the list), you will be able to use the Alt+F+1 (or 2, or 3, etc) keyboard sequence to get to your favorite document, regardless of when it was last opened!
You can now use the keyboard to open your pinned and most recently viewed documents:
Thanks for all of the great feedback that you’ve been giving us so far and we hope that these changes help you become even more productive with the new Backstage view. Let us know what you think of these changes and we look forward to continue hearing your feedback on all of the work that we’ve put into Office 2010. We are listening closely and looking forward to the release of the beta version later this fall.
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Tais Teng has written more than a hundred books for both adults and children. He has won the Paul Harland Prize four times. His books have been translated in German, Finnish, French and English. One of his books, The Emerald Boy, has been published in the USA. He recently sold the stories Embrace the Night and And the Sky is filled with eyes to the Night Land site.
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Work to install concrete pavement at the KY 180 and I-64 interchange starts Friday, April 1, and will take place around the clock on weekends through April and early May, with additional work on weekdays through late May and early June. Specific project phases, with traffic changes and estimated dates, include:
-- April 1-3 and April 8-10 @ West I-64 off ramp (Exit 185) to KY 180: All left and right-turn traffic restricted to one lane 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Monday each weekend for blacktop removal and concrete pours.
-- April 29-May 1 and May 6-8 @ On ramp from West KY 180 to West I-64 and left-turn lane on West KY 180: The on ramp and KY 180 left-turn lane will be closed to all traffic this weekend for concrete work. Vehicles on KY 180 approaching from the underpass going toward Cannonsburg must proceed straight and turn around to access the westbound I-64 on ramp from eastbound KY 180, which will remain open.
-- May 9-21 and May 23-June 4 @ KY 180: One-lane traffic will be maintained each direction on KY 180 for concrete work on all thru lanes and shoulders. Watch for lane shifts.
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Traffic changes are in place for an $8.5 million Kentucky Transportation Cabinet upgrade to I-64 between Grayson and Boyd County.
Currently, eastbound I-64 is one lane from mile marker 173 east of Grayson to mile marker 178 near the Industrial Parkway exit. It’s expected that one-lane work zone will shift farther east toward the Boyd County line in the next week or two.
Westbound I-64 is one lane between Exit 181 at Coalton to mile marker 176, and will shift westward as work progresses.
Because of heavy I-64 traffic between Grayson and Ashland, motorists should expect delays during lane closures, and should drive carefully and plan trips accordingly. In addition, the speed limit will be reduced in work zones.
Motorists should heed warning signs and watch for traffic changes this spring and summer throughout the entire work zone from mile marker 171 just west of the KY 1 interchange to mile marker 181 at the Boyd County line.
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Watch for adjacent roadway detours and paving on Carter County bridges on US 60 at Reeves Branch and KY 2 at Jordan Fork. The US 60 project is finishing up with paving and traffic shifts within the next week or two. The KY 2 project has begun, with an adjacent roadway detour.
|Carter||KY 773 bridges: Closure, weight limit reduced|
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has closed the western KY 773 bridge over the Little Sandy River near Grayson and reduced the eastern bridge's weight limit to three tons following recent structural inspections.
The actions were taken as public safety precautions due to steel conditions on the 100-year-old structures. The bridges serve about 2,000 cars a day on KY 773, which connects KY 7 at Grayson to KY 1 at Hitchins in Carter County.
On the western bridge at mile marker 1.1, the one closest to KY 7 and Grayson, inspectors found significant deterioration of a load-carrying steel component. Engineers plan to retrofit the damaged area with steel plates. Until those repairs are complete, which could take between several weeks to more than a month, the bridge will remain closed to all traffic.
During the closure, thru traffic on KY 773 should detour using KY 1, KY 7 and US 60 to connect through Grayson
On the eastern bridge at mile marker 1.2, the one closest to KY 1 and Hitchins, continued deterioration of the steel structure necessitated the weight-limit reduction. No loads over three tons will be permitted to cross the bridge.
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Contractors have restricted the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge (KY 10) that connects US 23 in Kentucky to US 52 in Ohio to one-lane so old expansion joints can be safely replaced, which will mean traffic delays.
During construction, temporary traffic signals will be placed on each side of the bridge to route traffic into one lane to cross the river between US 23 in Kentucky and US 52 in Ohio.
The bridge will remain one lane and signals will operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week until work is complete, which is expected by mid-June.
Because the one-lane work zone could extend across the entire bridge, it’s likely wait times at signals will be lengthy – from 3 to 9 minutes, or longer depending on amount traffic. Motorists can seek alternate routes between Ohio and Kentucky, if possible, using bridges at Ashland, Russell or Portsmouth, Ohio, to avoid the wait.
In addition, no overweight or over-dimensional commercial traffic will be permitted across the bridge during construction.
|Greenup||US 23 at Russell viaduct|
On US 23 at Russell in Greenup County, the construction of the new Ironton-Russell bridge will create additional traffic impacts at the KY 244 (Russell viaduct) intersection beginning Monday, April 25:
-- Both northbound and southbound US 23 will be restricted to one lane past the intersection and bridge construction site. Turn lanes will allow US 23 traffic access to KY 244 and downtown Russell via traffic signals. All southbound US 23 thru traffic should keep right to stay on US 23 south, while Russell-bound traffic should keep left.
|Mason||AA Highway (KY 9) north of Maysville|
AA Highway widening project from US 68 (Heather French Henry Highway) at Maysville to just north of KY 435 at Fernleaf. Construction will continue throughout the year, and into 2017, with heavy road-building activities ramping up this spring and summer.
While two-way traffic will be maintained during all construction, the speed limit will be limited to 45 miles per hour in the work zone to protect workers as they build new travel lanes adjacent to existing ones. In addition, motorists should watch for occasional flagged traffic and other impacts:
-- Beginning the week of April 4, expect daily blasting through September. Each blast will require all AA Highway traffic to stop for 5 to 10 minutes. No blasting will occur before 8:30 a.m. or after 3 p.m. Motorists are advised to watch signs and message boards, and obey flaggers.
-- Trucks and heavy equipment will be entering and leaving the AA Highway throughout the project, especially after roadway excavation and drainage pipe work starts the week of April 18. Intermittent flagged traffic is likely.
-- Detours for KY 435 traffic where it intersects the AA Highway are likely in mid-April and by May 2 when paving starts on the new intersection. Some work will occur at night.
|Mason||Maple Leaf Road reconstruction|
Contractors are working to widen and reconstruction Maple Lead Road (KY 1448) between US 62 and the AA Highway in Maysville. Earth work is taking place now as preparation for primary road-building to begin in April.
Currently, motorists should watch for intermittent flagged traffic. Other traffic changes will be announced.
Work will include replacing that existing 1.5-mile section of Maple Leaf Road with a new, wider roadway adjacent to its current route to improve safety, capacity and downtown access.
Other improvements include a center turn lane for the entire road, an 8-foot multi-use path the entire length of the project along the north side and a sidewalk between Chenault and Straub on the south side.
|Rowan||KY 519 rebuild south of Morehead|
Contractors have begun work on a $10 million highway improvement project along KY 519 in Rowan County that includes a new roadway, drainage and other work between KY 801 near Cave Run Lake north two miles to the bottom of Clack Mountain where it ties in with a previous improvement project.
Motorists should watch for occasional flagged traffic, and reduced speeds through work zones.
Culvert, bridge work and roadway excavation will take place through spring, with the first paving and traffic changes expected by late summer. Construction will continue throughout the year. Project completion is expected by the end of 2017.


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The primary mission of the NAACFRC is to provide national leadership & excellence in community-engaged research to better serve African American children & families.
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) elevates the communities’ perspectives, preferences, & priorities for whom programs & policies are developed.
CBPR is defined as “a collaborative research approach that is designed to ensure and establish structures for participation by communities affected by the issue being studied, representatives of organizations, and researchers in all aspects of the research process to improve health and well-being through taking action, including social change.”
The Center uses Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) as the framework for its research priorities which are to identify, assess and measure:
- The needs, assets, & experiences of African American children & families in national datasets.
- Barriers & facilitators that impact human service provision to & utilization by African Americans
- Strategies to promote the social & economic well-being of African American children & families
- Approaches for service provision to African American children & families
The NAACFRC will produce and disseminate research that broadly focuses on child development (Early Head Start & Head Start), child care assistance, and social & economic mobility (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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The much anticipated Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad tablet computer was released today across the country. The device, which has been hailed as revolutionary by many and useless by a few, could have a huge impact on the technology and consumer electronics sectors. If successful, the product could open up a whole new market for content producers who have been struggling to increase sales in recent years. Many firms have already jumped onto the iPad bandwagon, including Electronic Arts (ERTS) (which will offer five games for the iPad’s release) and the New York Times (which will offer an app to readers in order to view its content on the device).
Regardless of the product’s effect on content producers, the product will unquestionably put significant pressure on Barnes and Noble and their nook device as well as Amazon’s Kindle which is cost competitive with the new Apple product.
While the iPad is still in its infancy, it could have a large impact on both the technology sector as well as Apple’s stock price. In fact, Trefis, a company specializing in allocating stock prices to specific products in a company’s lineup, has already given 4.3% of their projected value of Apple to the iPad product, projecting 4 million units sold in 2010.
We’re generally hesitant to speculate on the impact of company-specific developments on more broad-based ETFs, but the launch of the iPad has the potential to reshape the industry. “This beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop,” writes Walter Mossberg. As initial sales reports and consumer reviews continue to trickle out, look for the following technology ETFs to be in focus in coming months:
iShares S&P Global Technology Index Fund (NYSEARCA:IXN)
IXN tracks the S&P Global Information Technology Sector Index which follows global technology companies. The fund holds 118 companies and Apple makes up 7.7% of the total portfolio. The fund is up nearly 4% in 2010 and charges 0.48% for an expense ratio.
Select Sector Technology SPDR (NYSEARCA:XLK)
XLK allocates nearly 9.3% of its total assets to Apple while holding positions in 84 other firms. It focuses on mega cap companies and has a weighted average market cap of $117 billion. The fund is up marginally in 2010, posting a gain of just 0.6%. However, the fund charges one of the lowest expense ratios in the category at only 0.21%.
iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index Fund (NYSEARCA:IYW)
IYW focuses on technology companies in the United States by tracking the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index. The fund allocates just over 10.4% to Apple and it holds 168 other firms in its portfolio. IYW is evenly spread out between technology hardware (55.5%) and computer service firms (43%). The fund is up 1.5% this year and charges an expense ratio of 0.48%.
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NEW YORK, NY, September 16, 2009 � BIO Channel explores the paranormal world through the deeply personal stories of our favorite stars on "Celebrity Ghost Stories" premiering Saturday, October 3rd at 10PM ET/11PM PT. Nine one-hour episodes will feature celebrities' real life encounters with the paranormal; from deeply emotional and revealing encounters with departed loved ones to run-ins with angry spirits in haunted spaces.
In each episode of "Celebrity Ghost Stories," viewers will see several first-person celebrity narratives by respected actors, musical artists, and athletes. Cinematic recreations bring to life the personal accounts of stars who believe they have experienced the other side � and their narrations quite often reveal a side to the celebrity that has never been made public.
In the series premiere, David Carradine marries a widow and becomes frequently visited by the jealous spirit of his wife's ex, in a chilling twist of irony, the haunting takes place in his bedroom closet. Carradine, in one of his last interviews, goes on to give his views of life after death. Joan Rivers hopes that moving into her new apartment in Manhattan will have a life changing effect on her, but when she unknowingly angers the spirit of its former tenant, the niece of financier JP Morgan, Joan's life takes a frightening turn. A year after the death of his father, Scott Baio was still grappling with unresolved issues between them when his father began to appear in ways that would change their relationship forever, and Teri Polo recalls how at 8 years old, she got a terrifying visit that made her realize how perceptive she really is.
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Australia’s Tiger fleet resumes operations
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has announced that the Australian Army’s fleet of Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters (ARH) has returned to regular training activities following the lifting of a temporary suspension. The DoD made the announcement on 3 August.
The suspension began on 26 June 2012 as a safety measure following the precautionary landing of an aircraft at the Shoalwater Bay training area on 25 June when fumes were detected in the cockpit. The suspension was lifted after the Army Operational Airworthiness Authority received a detailed assessment and recommendation to resume flying operations from the Technical Airworthiness Authority.
According to the DoD, the investigation determined that the source of the detected fumes was a faulty capacitor in the power supply module in a cockpit multi function display (MFD). It said that the fleet has been examined and the faulty power supply modules will be returned to the manufacturer for modification.
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Brazilian armed forces training has been given a significant boost with a new order for Airbus H125 helicopters.
Poland aims to order three times as many AH-64E attack helicopters as previously expected.
Leonardo hopes to persuade the UK MoD that a range of AW149 survivability-related items makes the helicopter the best fit for the New Medium Helicopter programme.
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Bollywood actors leave no stone unturned when it comes to keeping themselves fit. Since Monday is known for giving some major 'Monday Blues', Kareena Kapoor Khan and Rakul Preet Singh are here to provide some major 'Monday motivation'. Kareena Kapoor Khan’s yoga trainer Rupal Sidhpura Faria took to Instagram and shared a picture of Kareena Kapoor performing a headstand.
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Valve has patched a bug in its Steam system that could easily allow an attacker to take over any account using nothing but the account’s username.
The hijacking exploit exploited a hole in Steam’s password recovery feature, which sends a recovery code to the registered email address associated with the account. That email code must be entered into a form via the Steam website, but an attacker could simply skip that code entry step, leave the recovery code area blank, and have full access to the password change dialog, as demonstrated in this video .
In a statement to Kotaku, Valve said it quickly fixed the bug when notified on Saturday, July 25, but that “a subset of Steam accounts” could have been affected since July 21. It is difficult to know exactly how often the attack occurred. used at the time, but several prominent ones Counterattack: GO streamers and others with known Steam usernames appear to be affected.
Valve says accounts that have seen “suspicious password changes” will be contacted individually via email to straighten out their accounts. The Steam store was also down for a few hours this morning, though it’s not clear if that was directly related to this bug or the fix.
This is the largest public vulnerability for Steam since 2011, when Valve confirmed that hackers had compromised a database of Steam usernames and encrypted passwords and credit card information.


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Wall Street has failed to snap its losing streak, with the top 500 stocks falling for the fifth straight session. It comes on the back of Apple shares falling over 2 per cent after UBS and a Guggenheim Partners analyst cut iPhone sales estimates. Coupled with that bank shares also copped selling amid US economic concerns, which put pressure on the broader market
Meanwhile, Warren Buffett’s investment company, Berkshire Hathaway snapped up more than 35 million J.P. Morgan shares for $4 billion last quarter. Aftermarket close its shares gained 1.5 per cent.
On the commodities front, oil has made gain of 1 per cent, after hitting a year low yesterday, after it fell about 7 per cent.US economic news
American consumer prices made the largest rise in 9 months with the Consumer Price Index rising 0.3 per cent as expectedASX
Futures pointing to a 5 points gain. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed lower with the S&P/ASX 200 Index closing 101 points lower to 5,733. Local economic news
Today markets await fresh employment data for October, with the unemployment rate tipped to rise to 5.1 per cent in October. Markets
Wall Street closed lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8 per cent to close at 25,081, the S&P 500 closed 0.8 per cent lower to 2,702 and the NASDAQ dropped 0.9 per cent to 7,136.
European markets closed lower yesterday: London’s FTSE fell 0.3 per cent, Paris dropped 0.7 per cent lower and Frankfurt was down 0.5 per cent.
Asian markets closed mixed, Tokyo’s Nikkei added 0.2 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 0.5 per cent and China’s Shanghai Composite was down 0.9 per cent.Company news
NZ based, electricity generation company, Infratil (ASX:IFT)
has allotted 11 million bonds at an issue price of $1.00. It comes after it raised $125 million via its infrastructure bonds issue. Shares in Infratil (ASX:IFT)
last traded at $3.42 on the 13 November.Ex-dividends
Plato Income Maximiser (ASX:PL8)
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Tilt Renewables (ASX:TLT)
is paying 1.6 cents unfrankedCurrencies
One Australian Dollar is buying 72.34 US cents, 55.66 Pence Sterling, 82.18 Yen and 63.94 Euro cents. (figures at 8:20am)Commodities
Iron ore price rose 0.2 per cent to US$75.91 and futures are pointing to 0.5 per cent gain
Gold gained $9.80 to US$1,211 an ounce.
Silver was up 14 cents at US$14.12 an ounce.
Oil added $0.63 to US$56.47 a barrel.Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin has dropped 12.4 per cent to US$5,576, Ethereum has fallen 14.9 per cent to US$176 and EOS shed 12.7 per cent to US$4.56, the last 24 hours.


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In a football season as odd and unpredictable as this one has been for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, perhaps it’s fitting that punter Jeff Lloyd, who lost his starting job for three games, may be the Mocs’ most productive player.
In Southern Conference play, the junior from Murfreesboro is averaging a league-best 43.6 yards per punt. Of the 23 individual statistical categories kept by the SoCon, it’s the only one in which a UTC player is on top.
“It feels good to be productive and to have at least one thing go right for us,” Lloyd said after Saturday’s 49-7 loss to No. 2 Appalachian State.
Lloyd was named the starter in the preseason but struggled at times in the first three games, prompting Mocs coach Rodney Allison to give freshman Mike Hammons a shot. Hammons started the next three games and had his own ups and downs, which resulted in Lloyd taking over again during the Oct. 11 Wofford game.
The Mocs (1-9, 0-6) have had as many breakdowns in the punting game as any other area — blocks, bad snaps, fumbled snaps — yet since Lloyd’s return, when he has been able to get a punt off, he’s been effective.
He had perhaps the best game of his career last Saturday, punting nine times for an average of 43.2 yards, with six downed inside the 20-yard line.
“Jeff continues to do well, and I’m impressed with that and what he’s done,” Allison said. “He’s a lot more confident now, and that’s good. I’m proud of that.”
Lloyd also showed some speed against the Mountaineers, calling his own fake punt on fourth-and-11 from the UTC 37 and running for 17 yards.
The Mocs have punted 72 times this season, trailing only North Carolina A&T (78) and Indiana State (73) among FCS teams nationally. Thanks in large part to Lloyd’s work, UTC is 16th in net punting with an average of 34.96.
Amazingly, opponents have totaled just 98 return yards on those six-dozen punts.
Saturday’s game at The Citadel (3-8, 1-6) will match two teams that have lost a combined 14 consecutive games, eight by UTC and six by the Bulldogs. But despite their common struggles, their respective seasons have been very different.
Three of the Bulldogs’ six SoCon losses have been by a combined 12 points — 27-23 against Elon, 44-41 in triple overtime against Georgia Southern and last Saturday’s 33-28 loss at Wofford.
“They’ve been close in a lot of their games, so it’s not like they haven’t been competitive,” Allison said.
The Mocs, meanwhile, have been getting hammered. In just their six SoCon games, they’ve been outscored by a combined 195 points, or 32.5 per game.
John Frierson is in his seventh year at the Times Free Press and seventh year covering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletics. The bulk of his time is spent covering Mocs football, but he also writes about women’s basketball and the big-picture issues and news involving the athletic department. A native of Athens, Ga., John grew up a few hundred yards from the University of Georgia campus. Instead of becoming a Bulldog he attended Ole ...


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Colombo (News1st): The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of Sri Lanka organized the Japanese Cultural Exhibition 2018 today (September 15).
The event saw the participation of Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma and several other dignitaries.
The Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka Kenichi Suganuma speaking about the cultural relations between Sri Lanka and Japan said he feels that the exchange between the countries has been increasing.
Not only high-level visits, on both sides, we have more Japanese companies coming into Sri Lanka, we also have more Japanese tourists, probably this year we will have 50,000 Japanese tourists per year, said Kenichi Suganuma.
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At a time when alarming numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seek help under cover of darkness, deeply ashamed of their plight, it is crucial to find ways to better comprehend and address the specific nature of stigma around HIV/AIDS in southern Africa.
Universal Service Agency telecentres were established to fulfill the 1996 Telecommunications Act aim of supplying low-cost, communication services to South Africa's townships and rural areas. This paper attributes the 30 per cent success rate since 1998 to the dedication of telecentre managers as it looks at the formidable challenges facing these centres.
A seminal study, The University in Development explores how the university is indeed 'in development': pursuing a new 'third' mission of external societal development (alongside its two existing missions of teaching and research), and experiencing a major internal revolution as this impacts on its structural organisation. Already prevalent in many institutions internationally, this third academic mission has begun to pose troubling challenges to existing academic research cultures and systems in South Africa.

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The first modern-type cafe was the Cafe Procope which opened in 1696.
They were highly regulated establishments that sold restaurants (meat based consommes intended to "restore" a person's strength) to people who were not feeling well.
Cook-caterers (traiteurs) also served hungry patrons. The history of these two professions is historically connected and often difficult to distinguish.
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Roomy and comfortable for four. Two recliners and convertible table to double bed. Queen bed in bedroom with wall mounted Smart TV. Full wall and door to bedroom for privacy. Memory foam mattress toppers. Refrigerator wi...
Retired teachers who enjoy traveling and camping especially with our granddaughters.
- Year - 2018
- Manufacturer - Keystone RV
- Make - Passport
- Model - 2520RL Grand Touring
- Class - Travel Trailer
- Sleeps - 4
- Total Number of Beds - 2
- Slides - 1
- Fresh water tank - 40.0 gal
- Length - 29.0 ft
- Height - 10.0 ft
- Gross weight - 4,930.0 lbs
- Cargo weight - 2,006.0 lbs
- Dry weight - 4,994.0 lbs
- Trailer connector type - bumper
- Trailer connecter adapter provided - Yes
- Electrical service - 30 amp
- Trailer ball size - 2"
- Anti-sway provided - Yes
- Dual Battery - No
- Hitch provided - Yes
- Kitchen Sink
- Slide Out
- Range (Stove)
- Bathroom Sink
- Hot & Cold Water Supply
- Roof Air Conditioning
- DVD Player
- AM/FM Radio
- CD Player
- Fire Extinguisher
Amazing experience. Russell went out of his way to make sure we had a great time!
We loved the RV! It was comfortable, clean & had everything we needed (even things we didn’t know we needed)! The owners were awesome & walked us around & showed us how to use everything & set everything up for us. Highly recommend!!!!
Thank you for your kind words and care of our RV.. We are very glad your trip was comfortable and enjoyable. That is our goal. We would love to have you as a camper anytime
Great owners and great RV! Excellent communication and very clean.
Thank you for your kind words and care of our RV. Glad that the RV provided the extra space you needed. We would love to have you as a renter again.
We had a fantastic time and loved the rental. 5 stars
Thank you for your kind words and care of our RV. We try to provide a comfortable and clean RV because we know how important that is. We would love to have you as a renter again.
Camper was very clean. Russell communicated very effective, I knew what to expect when I arrived. We briefed over the RV. RV was stocked to the brim with everything you need to camp and cook and hang out. Chairs, fishing poles, grill, even pillows if you so choose to not bring yo...
Thank you for your kind words and care of our RV. Very glad to know that we’re providing enough to make your trip easy, more enjoyable, and comfortable. We would love to have you as a renter again.
Best of the Best! Russell is very good people, like your favorite neighbor on the block!
Honest, and friendly with very clean and beautiful RV with great AC. The grill on the back is great!
Don't forget the Roku or Firestick, the RV has two nice HD TV's.
Can't wait for next time!...
Rules & Policies
- Minimum renter age of 25
- No pets allowed
- No smoking allowed
Rates & Availability
$18.00/day (sales tax not included)
Standard insurance is included in your booking. You’ll have a chance to upgrade your insurance package after you’ve booked your trip.
Any post trip fees incurred, including overages for mileage or generator use, are subject to an administrative fee and any taxes required by law.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cancellation policy for this RV?
Owners have the ability to choose between three different cancellation policies: strict, standard, or flexible. You can find the details of the cancellation policy for this RV in the Rules and Policies section.
Is this RV covered by RVshare Rental Insurance?
RVshare Rental Insurance coverage is activated on RV listings by the owner. If this RV is covered you can find the insurance fee in the Rates and Availability section. The cost for insurance coverage will also be listed on your quote.
Can I get a discount for booking a longer trip?
Some owners offer discounted rates for weekly or monthly stays. You can find the rates for this listing and if discounts are available in the Rates and Availability section.
Are there restrictions on mileage or generator usage?
Mileage and generator hours that are included in a rental vary by listing. You can view the nightly mileage and generator hours that are included when renting this RV, as well as fees for excess mileage and generator usage, in the Rates and Availability section.

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As a landmark work of immense significance for Jewish and Christian theology, gender studies, literature, philosophy and ecology, The Face of the Deep takes our originary story to a new horizon, rewriting the starting point for Western spiritual discourse.
Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology at Drew University, is a leading voice in contemporary constructive and feminist theology. Her books include Apocalypse Now and Then: A Feminist Guide the the End of the World and From a Broken Web: Separation, Sexism and Self.
Number of Pages: 368

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Solar LED street lights present the perfect and cost-effective solution for residential streets, parking lots, security, roadways, parking lots and other general area lighting applications.
Solar LED street lights, a technology meeting all expectations
Solar street lights can be economically viable and efficient in a number of applications, mostly in areas where the cost of providing electricity is expensive or problematic.
Due to their low power consumption and very long life-span, solar LED street lights are a good alternative to LPS (Low Pressure Sodium) or MH (Metal Halide) lamps.
Unlike LPS lamps that produce a yellow-orange light, solar street lights using LED technology generate a very powerful and targeted crisp white light of excellent quality, which significantly improves color rendition and night visibility.
Benefits of High Power LEDs
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We can help you with the design of solar street lighting systems that meet your requirements. Contact us for any inquiry you may have.
In solar street lighting applications it is crucial to accurately design and calculate the size and type of the different components.
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Once geographic and climate data of your area is obtained, you need to design your solar powered street lights system and make sure that it meets your particular requirements. The objective is to provide enough illumination every night and provisional energy for overcast days.
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Pasig River ferry
The Pasig River Ferry Service is coming on line on Wednesday with two boats, cutting travel time for them by as much as 80 percent. Fares, too, will cost at least a third less — another win.Ferry Passenger No. 1 will sail down the Pasig in air-conditioned comfort in a twin-hulled catamaran 24.5 meters long by 7 meters wide.
Catamarans are more stable than single-hulls, provide a wider deck, and are more comfortable. Each vessel has a capacity of 152 passengers. Two earth-friendly diesel engines of 355 horsepower each will run at an average operating speed of 10 knots.
Five of 10 terminals along the Pasig have been built and are ready for operation. These stations are located at the Escolta, Santa Ana, Guadalupe, Hulo and Lambingan. The average distance from a jeepney, bus or Metro Rail Transit (MRT) line is about 300 meters.
The service will please early birds, operating from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., as well to allow commuters to catch last-hour rides on the MRT. Total travel time includes a three-minute stop at each station.
Initial routes, with other routes to be announced later, are:
Escolta to Sta. Ana = 20 mins
Sta. Ana to Guadalupe = 15 mins
Guadalupe to Hulo – 13 mins
Hulo to Lambingan = 7 mins
Lambingan to Sta. Ana = 3 mins
The ferryboat operator will charge a minimum rate of P25 per short route inclusive of the station fee.
For longer routes, the rate will be P35 to P45.
When the project is completed later this year, in addition to the 10 terminals stretching from Plaza Mexico at the Pasig River’s mouth, there will be four more stations along the Marikina River all the way to Santa Elena.
Source and more: Inquirer.net
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Fight for $15
The America Rescue Plan was one of the largest relief bills in American history. It also had important progressive priorities like child tax credits and more assistance to the disadvantaged. But it did not include the $15 minimum wage increase. Some on the left wanted progressives in Congress to block this bill, which would not have killed it but could have delayed its passage, in order to fight harder for the $15 minimum wage increase. What do you think?
Should progressive legislators have delayed passage of the bill to fight for inclusion of the $15 minimum wage?

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Rare map of the United States, shortly after the Louisiana Purchase, published in Vienna and Budapast.
The map provides a fantastic transitional look at the United States, prior to the Adams Onis Treaty. East Florida and West Florida a still shown, with Georgia extending to the Misssissippi River. Ohio is not yet shown, with the only organized place names west of the Mississippi being Louisiana, New Mexco, Texas and Cuilla.
The course of the upper Missouri River reflects the limited knowledge of the region, being shown in the year of the departure of the Lewis & Clark expedition. The west is dominated by the names of dozens of early Indian Tribes, with only the occasional American, French or English fort noted.
The Illinois Company lands are shown, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Overall, the map provides a nice, if not necessarily accurate, depiction of the topography of the land between the Mississippi River and the Ohio River and in the area of the Great Lakes.
The map is very rare. This is the first example of the map we have ever seen.


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Millennials display a noteworthy optimism about their finances, but it’s not yet reflected in their reality.
Eighty percent of millennials think that they will be as well or better off than their parents, but more than half are still living paycheck to paycheck — and 35% are getting help from their families, according to the recent Bank of America/USA Today Better Money Habits Millennial Report.
“We were encouraged to see a lot of optimism among millennials about their financial prospects,” said Andrew Plepler, global corporate social responsibility executive, Bank of America. “The cautionary note is that they appear to be living very short-term paycheck to paycheck and not thinking as much about long-term financial savings.”
One of the biggest factors to putting these 18- to 34-year-olds in a financial tight spot is high student loan debt, with the average burden being $30,000. (Another recent study found that in six states, the average debt load is even higher than $30,000.)
Combined with a lackluster economy, three in four millennials are worried about their financial situation, and 57% find it “really difficult” not to overspend. In fact, 36% say that doing so is one of their top stressors. That financial anxiety is driving many of them to pick up good spending habits: half pay their credit card in full each month, and 35% pay in cash to keep a tight rein on their budget. One in five also live with their families, saving on rent, while 15% get help from their parents for their housing expenses and 25% for their phone bill.
However, the good money habits and financial help are not enough to boost their savings rate. The study found that only 31% say they are doing a good or excellent job at saving for retirement, and of those, only 16% have an IRA, and just one in three have contributed to a 401(k). More are saving for less financially important goals, such as for a vacation (33%) or a house (32%).
More sobering is the overall savings picture. Thirty-seven percent of millennials have less than $5,000 in savings, and 22% don’t save at all. Even many of those earning more than $75,000 a year have received family financial assistance.
“They’re not saving as much as you’d like to see, to get them to that financially successful and stable place,” said Plepler. “As many are saving for vacation as saving for a down payment on a house means that they are short-term thinkers in their savings habits.”
But millennials also seem to have values that don’t focus much on money: only four in ten believe that salary is more important than doing work you love.
Plepler recommends that millennials start participating in their 401(k)s as early as they can. Seventy-seven percent of employers offer a 401(k) match, which is free money that, properly invested, can grow for decades in a retirement account.
Bank of America also, last year, launched a free financial education website called BetterMoneyHabits.com, in collaboration with education startup Khan Academy. Featuring extremely accessible, even fun videos (at least for personal finance), it covers financial basics like budgeting, paying off student loans and boosting your credit score.
“The whole field of financial education is much talked about, but we as a society have struggled to make it very accessible,” said Plepler. “Part of the idea in partnering with Khan Academy is that that teaching method is very accessible to young people. It’s short videos, it’s easy to use and easy-to-digest language, it’s web-based so you can do it on your own time and on your own pace. The idea of having to go to the community center once a week for an hour to take a class can be, for many, that can be pretty cumbersome.”
Since launch a year and a half ago, the site has had five million visitors, and has been promoted not just on BankofAmerica.com and Khan Academy but also by non-profit partners including Points of Light Foundation, the NAACP and the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.


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Megyn Kelly made her first television appearance since her NBC talk show was canceled last year, and she didn't hold back. The former TV host told Tucker Carlson on Fox News that she believed Matt Lauer was a "sexual predator" and that an investigation should be opened into the former Today host.
According to Page Six, Kelly made a fiery television comeback on Wednesday night after being fired from NBC last year for comments she made about blackface. She and Carlson discussed whether NBC tried to cover up multiple rape and sexual harassment allegations against Lauer.
Kelly and Carlson also discussed whether the network tried to cover for disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, saying that NBC appears to have protected Weinstein in order to save their own employee, Lauer.
Carlson and Kelly were discussing Ronan Farrow's new book "Catch and Kill," which has been making headlines for its shocking accusations against Lauer. In the book, Farrow claims that NBC buried a documentary that would have exposed Weinstein because it may have resulted in revealing the accusations against Lauer. Kelly criticized the network, saying that NBC has tried to paint Farrow in a negative light to discredit his book.
"NBC has put out several statements saying that Ronan is a conspiracy theorist and this is all nonsense and he's got an ax to grind. But if that's true and there's nothing to hide, then get an outside investigator," she said.
Kelly said that the entire situation needs to be investigated and that the woman who were reportedly paid off should be released from their non-disclosure agreements so they can discuss their experiences. She also said that the network could have done more to enable the women to protect themselves and speculated how NBC could claim to be in the dark about the allegations against Lauer.


EPA Urged to Level the Playing Field for Energy Efficiency in the Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. : A diverse alliance is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to expand incentives for energy efficiency in the Clean Power Plan. Led by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), it argues that energy efficiency should receive access to the same credits as renewable energy through the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP). The CPP’s early-action program, as currently drafted, puts efficiency at a disadvantage.
“Recognizing the importance of the CEIP as an opportunity to spur early investment in low-cost emission reduction strategies, we recommend that the Renewable Energy Reserve (RER) be expanded to include energy efficiency policies and measures,” states the letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Signatories include a broad array of businesses, policymakers, localities, environmental groups, health advocates, and faith communities.
The CEIP rewards early investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that serve low-income communities. It offers an extra incentive to renewable energy, and the alliance requests that the EPA also include energy efficiency in this pool of credits.
“Energy efficiency is generally the least-cost option for states looking to comply with the Clean Power Plan, but efficiency is not yet being fully considered as a strategy for the Clean Energy Incentive Plan,” said Steven Nadel, executive director, ACEEE. “The Environmental Protection Agency should expand the pool of credits available to renewable energy to also include energy efficiency, which would help control electric costs and keep money in the hands of communities.”
“The Clean Power Plan goes far beyond protecting our climate, because decreased air pollution will have powerful benefits for public health,” said Catherine Thomasson, MD, executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. “By encouraging energy efficiency, the Clean Energy Incentive Program will help decrease the power sector’s reliance on fossil fuels—which decreases the particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and other harmful air pollution created by burning fossil fuels.”
“Children and local communities are why, as Christians, we care about the Clean Power Plan,” said Reverend Mitchell C. Hescox, president/C.E.O. of The Evangelical Environmental Network. “We believe that a clean energy future, which includes expanding energy efficiency and cutting pollution, profoundly impacts human life.”
The proposal requests that EPA treat energy efficiency as equal to renewable energy in the CEIP. The exclusion of energy efficiency is a significant oversight that could cause states to opt for more expensive compliance options.
Reducing emissions through energy efficiency costs significantly less than other means. These savings get passed down to customers, resulting in local job creation and economic development. The EPA’s latest proposal for the CEIP is an important opportunity to ensure that states can reward investments in energy efficiency while getting credit for the pollution it avoids.
Simply put, ACEEE and partners are seeking to put energy efficiency on a level playing field with renewable energy. To read the letter, visit: http://aceee.org/regulatory-filing/ceip-letter-091516
About ACEEE: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors. For information about ACEEE and its programs, publications, and conferences, visit aceee.org


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As state and federal governments struggle to find a solution to continually rising electricity costs, outback Queensland towns are looking for answers of their own.
Thargomindah, approximately 1,000 kilometres west of Brisbane, is at the end of the line on the electricity grid, and residents say it causes frequent blackouts.
"We get what they call dirty power — power dropping down where your lights will do down and they'll come up again and they'll go out and they'll come up again," Bulloo Shire Mayor John Ferguson said.
In order to tackle the power issue the local government has decided to establish a geothermal power plant, and work to flip the existing formula by pushing energy back into the network from the west to the east.
"In layman's terms what we're looking at is a glorified steam turbine with a solar load-following operation... so we're taking the water out of the ground which is the Great Artesian Basin at 83 to 86 degrees Celsius, and then running that through a power plant which converts the heat into energy," Bulloo Shire Council CEO Edwina Marks said.
Dr Marks said the project has reached the concept design stage, and has attracted some state government help with a $3.6 million dollar grant.
Other towns joining the movement
More than 900 kilometres north of Thargomindah, the town of Winton is also part of the push for reliable power.
Australia's first grid-connected geothermal power plant should be up and running in the town early in 2018.
Winton Shire Council's acting mayor Shane Mann said preparations are well advanced.
"The actual pad that the plant will sit on has been constructed," he said.
"It's up out of the waterway, out of the flood levels.
"The installation of the shed and the concrete slab that it will sit on should be completed hopefully late November, early December."
He said the cooling towers and the turbines are being constructed off-site in Sydney and the integration period for them will be in December and January, followed by an off-line test to check for any faults.
The commissioning of the power plant and its connection to the grid should take place in late January or early February next year.
The Queensland Local Government Association's corporate entity Peak Services is partnering with the councils to make the power plants a reality.
Jari Ihalainen, CEO of Technical and Advisory Services, said the Winton project is a small pilot plant but the aim is to eventually provide 100 per cent of power to the community.
Mr Ihalainen said other geothermal plants are being explored for Quilpie, Longreach and Normanton, and there are around 20 potential sites.