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Oil and safe drinking water are on parallel courses to depletion – a scarcity that will lead to starvation, disease and warfare.
It sounds counter intuitive to compare the two, considering the constant global cycle of evaporation and precipitation that means the amount of water on Earth remains remarkably constant over millions of years. But the issue here is drinking water. And there is a lot less of that than seawater. Due to a number of management issues, made worse by climate change, drinking water is fast becoming a geopolitical resource to rival oil – a flashpoint at various places around the globe. There are currently calls for international mediation over the flow of the Indus (India and Pakistan), Ganges (India and Bangladesh), Nile (Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia), Jordan (Syria, Israel and Jordan), Tigris-Euphrates (Turkey, Syria and Iraq) and the Mekong (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam), and less aggressively stated diplomatic tensions between many other nations (Canada, US and Mexico spring immediately to mind) over shared access to drinking water. In addition, a report published July 2010 states that one third of US counties in the Lower 48 will face a water crisis by mid century shows this is not a developing world issue, but something every bit as insidious and universal as soil loss.
Water is essential for food security and sanitation, not to mention the fact that humans die after three days without it. And with 80 countries and 40 per cent of the world's population currently facing chronic water problems, billions around the globe arguably regard the availability of water as more critical than that of oil.
But can the two be compared in this way? The concept of peak oil, based on the work of M King Hubbert, is simple enough: a bell chart curve plotting the point at which half of the world's oil will have been extracted; it marks the time of maximum production of this non-renewable resource that can only be followed by a slump in output. But peak water? At first, is sounds laughable. Three-quarters of the Earth's surface is water, and most people would place the stuff top of the list when asked to cite renewable resources.
But don't forget the issue here is drinking water – 97.5 percent of all the Earth's water is not suitable for human use. Freshwater makes up the remaining 2.5 per cent, but the vast majority of this is inaccessible – 99 per cent of it is either frozen in the ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica, present as soil moisture, trapped deep underground or in the form of atmospheric water vapor. Only about one percent of the world's fresh water, less than 0.01 percent of all of the world's water, is available for human use. And it is not fairly distributed. A 2005 Wired magazine article on peak water observed:
Like oil, water is not equitably distributed or respectful of political boundaries; about 50 percent of the world's freshwater lies in a half-dozen lucky countries.
Freshwater is the ultimate renewable resource, but humanity is extracting and polluting it faster than it can be replenished. Rampant economic growth — more homes, more businesses, more water-intensive products and processes, a rising standard of living — has simply outstripped the ready supply, especially in historically dry regions. Compounding the problem, the hydrologic cycle is growing less predictable as climate change alters established temperature patterns around the globe.
Much of the world's drinking water is extracted from underground aquifers or lakes and is a finite resource that's being depleted. I'd argue that the terminology of oil depletion can be used to describe access to drinking water, along with other declining natural resources, and that it is fair to consider the point at which a renewable supply will be outstripped by demand.
And it's happening right before our eyes. According to the United Nations Human Development Report 2006:
Access to water for life is a basic human need and a fundamental human right. Yet in our increasingly prosperous world, more than 1 billion people are denied the right to clean water and 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation. These headline numbers capture only one dimension of the problem. Every year some 1.8 million children die as a result of diarrhoea and other diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. At the start of the 21st century unclean water is the world's second biggest killer of children. . .
At any given time close to half the people in the developing world are suffering from one or more of the main diseases associated with inadequate provision of water and sanitation such as diarrhoea, guinea worm, trachoma and schistosomiasis. . . These diseases fill half the hospital beds in developing countries.
What's more, it's going to get worse. According to the UN's Global Environment Outlook:
By 2025, about 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world population could be under conditions of water stress – the threshold for meeting the water requirements for agriculture, industry, domestic purposes, energy and the environment. . .
Ismail Serageldin, a World Bank official, famously warned in 1995: "Many of the wars this century were about oil, but wars of the next century will be over water."
A current flashpoint is the Indus (left), which flows some 2,900 km from Tibet to the Arabian Sea through India and Pakistan. The source of the conflict between these two countries dates back to colonial times, when British engineers constructed an irrigation network that turned the Punjab into the Subcontinent's "breadbasket."
This fertile region was divided between India and the newly formed Pakistan in 1947, with both countries agreeing to maintain water supplies at pre-independence levels. The first water dispute arose as early as 1948, with India cutting off the flow of canals flowing to Pakistan. A treaty was signed in 1960, but this is becoming an increasingly tense issue, with Pakistan accusing India of stealing its water and India accusing Pakistan of attempting to hide its own mismanagement behind this angry rhetoric.
An item in the Globe & Mail newspaper of July 2010, Pakistan's drinkers of the dust, expands on the issue:
Water scarcity in the Indus basin may be the world's most dangerous environmental phenomenon. If anything will cause a civil war in Pakistan, or a conflict with its nemesis, India, many analysts believe that it will be water.
Civilization in this region depends on snow melting from the Himalayas, feeding tributaries that join the Indus. These pour into the largest continuous irrigation system on the planet, transforming the desert into fields of rice and wheat.
But the system is breaking down. Dry conditions in the past few years have prompted bitter conflicts: Southern Pakistan accuses the north of grabbing more than its share of water; many in the northern regions, in turn, blame their upstream neighbours in India for stealing water. In the mountains that give birth to the rivers, struggles over hydroelectricity are spurring rebellion in Kashmir.
This looks at the causes of the conflict, citing global warming, mismanagement and over population ("Pakistan's irrigated lands have almost doubled since the country's birth in 1947; during the same period, its population grew fivefold. Populations have also exploded across the border, in Indian states that rely on the same rivers.") It also considers the ecological damage being done to the waterway, with the consequent loss of diversity.
The Wall Street Journal of reported March 2010, under the headline India and Pakistan Feud Over Indus Waters, that:
The latest dispute revolves around India's plans to build a 330-megawatt hydroelectric power project on the Kishenganga River, a tributary of the Indus. India says it is well within its rights to build the dam. The project has been on the drawing board since the late 1980s and is expected to cost about $800 million.
Pakistan says New Delhi's plans to divert the course of the river will reduce its flow by a third in the winter. That would make it unfeasible for Pakistan to move ahead with its own plans for a hydroelectric dam downstream.
The current ongoing flooding in Pakistan, which the UN believes has affected an estimated 3 million people, is for now obscuring the long-running tensions over water supply in the area – but it hasn't gone away. Climate change is bringing in weather extremes, with droughts getting longer and floods more severe. Over the next few decades, drought will threaten millions across Asia; snowmelt from the Himalaya feeds the areas major rivers – Indus, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Yangtze and Yellow rivers – which in turn supplies drinking and irrigation water to 1.4 billion people. These glaciers are retreating due to global warming. According to the latest thinking, cited in a June 2010 New Scientist report, suggestions that these glaciers will have vanished completely by 2035 are inaccurate – they will probably last longer than that. However, according to a recent study, "the five rivers will be able to water crops for almost 60 million fewer mouths by 2050."
That's less food for 60 million people, in an area of rapidly growing population. Food scarcity is already a major concern during an ongoing period of extreme weather; in August, the Russian government banned the export of wheat to protect home consumers, following drought. In addition, China is reportedly "proceeding with plans for nearly 200 miles of canals to divert water from the Himalayan plateau to China's thirsty central regions" and planning "the world's biggest hydro-electric project on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra," which will, of course, be diverting water currently flowing into India and Bangladesh. This would be a major geopolitical issue – but then, China is running out of water, too. The water table beneath Beijing has dropped by nearly 200 feet in the last two decades, and the city is predicted to completely run out of water in five to 10 years' time.
Meanwhile, African nations are reportedly drawing up battle lines over the River Nile, in an attempt to overturn colonial-era treaties that promoted British interests in Egypt and Sudan at the expense of upstream countries. Essentially, these two countries were given rights to nearly 75 percent of the Nile's annual flow. In May 2010, five upstream countries - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda - signed a Cooperative Framework Agreement giving themselves equal access to the water; Egypt and Sudan refused to sign.
The Nile flows through 10 nations, and 300 million people depend on its waters. The upstream nations need the water for irrigation, hydro and industrial uses – but the people of Egypt cannot afford to go without their allocation, which they control via the Aswan High Dam (right).
A July Boston Globe report, headlined The threat of a water war, calls for international intervention to "forestall hostilities between the countries," while an Online Opinion essay, Does Egypt own the Nile? A battle over precious water, looks at the issue of sustainability in more depth. It states:
Yet as the nations of the Nile bicker over its future, nobody is speaking up for the river itself - for the ecosystems that depend on it, or for the physical processes on which its future as a life-giving resource in the world's largest desert depends. The danger is that efforts to stave off water wars may lead to engineers trying to squeeze yet more water from the river - and doing the Nile still more harm. What is at risk here is not only the Nile, but also the largest wetland in Africa and one of the largest tropical wetlands in the world - the wildlife-rich Sudd.
It continues that the Nile's "entire annual flood is captured behind the High Aswan dam," and released as required for agriculture. The river's silt, which historically kept the Nile delta fertile, is accumulating behind the dam. "Most years virtually no water reaches the sea," and Egypt's rapidly eroding farmland is maintained by fertilizer.
And water is "an ever-present source of tension" between Israelis and Palestinians (Palestinain youth seen collecting water, left), according to a report aired on Canadian television, Water shortages frustrate Palestinians in West Bank, which claimed:
As a result, the executive director of Jerusalem-based human rights group B'Tselem says most of the water goes to the Israeli population.
"About 70 per cent of all water resources are being used by Israel, and as a result there simply isn't enough water for the Palestinian population," Jessica Montell told CTV News.
So, while the World Health Organization recommends daily access to 100 litres of water a day per person, Palestinians come closer to an average 70 litres per day. In the neighbouring Israeli settlements daily consumption is up to four times higher.
A July commentary in Lebanon's Daily Starspeaks of the Middle East in apocalyptical tones as "a region heading toward collapse and irrelevance" with problems including: "creeping ecological disasters; water scarcity and poor water management; high urban density; heavy pollution; economic torpor while the rest of the of the planet progresses exponentially."
The lower reaches of River Jordan, flowing 251 kilometres (156 miles) between Israel, Syria and Jordan – with the flow diverted by all three countries – is too polluted for Biblical-style baptisms, according to Israel's health ministry and various environmental groups. According to an AFP report:
In recent years the flow of the river has slowed to a dirty trickle as fresh water running into the river has been replaced with sewage.
"Sadly, the lower Jordan River has long suffered from severe mismanagement with the diversion of 98 percent of its fresh water by Israel, Syria and Jordan and the discharge of untreated sewage, agricultural run-off, saline water and fish pond effluent in its place," the statement said.
(Neither would you want to be doused in the holy waters of The Ganges, for two millennia a symbol of spiritual purity, due to it's sheer level of pollution. "In Varanasi, India's most sacred city, the coliform bacterial count is at least 3,000 times higher than the standard established as safe by the United Nations world Health Organization, according to Veer Bhadra Mishra, an engineer and Hindu priest who's led a campaign there to clean the river for two decades.")
Some of the world's largest cities – those exceeding 10 million people – are experiencing water shortages: Mexico City, Calcutta, Cairo, Jakarta, Beijing, Lagos, Manila. But don't go thinking water scarcity is solely a developing country problem. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a report in July 2010 stating that the Western and Southwestern United States was facing urgent water shortages. (See the graphic, left, illustrating the nation's water sustainability index; essentially the areas that are going to suffer water shortages in coming years.)
Their release stated:
"Global warming will make it harder for farms and cities to find water," said Barry Nelson, study co-author and co-director of NRDC's western water project. "The latest global warming science is clear: drought-like conditions are likely to increase. This means that conservation and water use efficiency will become our most important sources of new water supply."
Concern over droughts and global warming is increasing across the West. Over the past eight years, the Colorado River, which supplies water to parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, has received just over half its average flow. Southern California is experiencing its driest year on record. The Department of Water Resources predicts that every river in the southern Sierra Nevada will receive less than half of normal runoff this year.
Civil engineering website publicworks.com, in the article Report: More Than One Out Of Three U.S. Counties Face Water Shortages Due To Climate Change, stated:
Washington — More than 1,100 U.S. counties — a full one-third of all counties in the lower 48 states — now face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as the result of global warming, and more than 400 of these counties will be at extremely high risk for water shortages, based on estimates from a new report by Tetra Tech for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
The report uses publicly available water use data across the United States and climate projections from a set of models used in recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) work to evaluate withdrawals related to renewable water supply. The report finds that 14 states face an extreme or high risk to water sustainability, or are likely to see limitations on water availability as demand exceeds supply by 2050. These areas include parts of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In particular, in the Great Plains and Southwest United States, water sustainability is at extreme risk.
Activists in Canada have long been lobbying to protect their water supplies from the US, which, it is feared, could accessed under the NAFTA free trade agreement. As ab aside, Canada's claims to 20 per cent of the world's freshwater, just like its claims to have oil reserves second only to Saudi Arabia, are questionable. An Innovation Canada article, The Myth of Abundant Canadian Water, suggests:
The true measure of water that we can use sustainably is the annual runoff from land. If we exceed that value, our water use is unsustainable. Canada has seven percent of the world's land mass, and produces seven percent of the world's terrestrial runoff. In other words, we have just an average supply of sustainable freshwater by global standards
Putting international politics aside, reports on diminishing drinking water tend to contain the following common strands:
В· Population pressure: demand is increasing all the time, with the global population set to pass 8 billion by 2025
В· Increasing pollution: contamination that is effectively decreasing the amount of available drinking water
· Poverty: it's incredibly expensive to tap new sources of water, and it's the world's poorest that are suffering water shortages
В· Climate change: many parts of the world are getting dryer
В· Mismanagement: much of the water tapped for irrigation leaks or is lost to evaporation.
· Conflict between domestic users: power generation, industry and agriculture – all heavy consumers. This is going to become more of an issue, with hydro being promoted as a clean power source.
Respected – and greatly missed – peak oil guru Matthew Simmons made, as ever, penetrating observations about declining global resources. His February 2010 presentation, Twin Threats to Resource Scarcity: Oil & Water, noted the "historical irony" of the intertwining of oil and water. "The two do not mix and we can not get along without both."
Having noted the global importance of oil, the long-time energy investor notes "water is even more priceless" – as it is central to both food growing and energy generation. "For a century mankind ignored depletion of both precious resources."
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Currently I am creating a script for dynamic page out put using c++. It is just about finished and the last part is to create a technique to download a dynamically generated file from the client. I have the interface set up for this, but to do it, I first create a temporary file in a temp folder and then linnk to this file.
This is fine.
What I have heard is that there is a way using HTTP or Apache commands to delete the file after a delay. kind of like a "Delay Delete" command. I have scoured the web and can't find what I am looking for. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

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Seasonal flu jabs … or seasonal or unseasonal flu?October 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 4 Comments
Tags: flu, H1NI, swine flu
Today Mum and I had our seasonal flu jabs. Because hubby isn't entitled to one on the NHS he got one privately last Friday. 'You might get some mild flu-like symptoms two to three days after the jab,' he was told.
Last night (for anyone having trouble counting, that would be four days after the jab ) he started to cough and a slight sore throat. He went to work today, came back 'freezing cold' and shivering, had a bath and went to bed. I just took his temperature – 102.
Now the question is does that constitute mild flu-like symptoms, or are we talking flu, or swine flu or what? I don't know, but what I do know is that if Mum and I come down with similar 'mild flu-like symptoms' on Saturday she's not going to be best pleased … it's her birthday!
Another bad swine flu joke?July 25, 2009 at 7:46 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | Leave a comment
Tags: arthritis, diarrhea, flu, H1NI, pain, RA, Rheumatoid arthritis, swine flu, vomiting
One benefit of suffering from RA is that you don't really notice the aches and pains when you go down with swine flu!
This time 'the yolk's on me' though, because I'm just getting over a bout of (presumed) swine flu as I type. I'm one of the awful people that had the flu and went to the surgery … but then again I think that's where I picked it up in the first place!
When I went for my blood test last week the nurse said, 'Hey, aren't you impressed? I'm running on time!' I said no, actually, I'd just settled down with a rather good magazine and was enjoying the break! She said she'd been trying to do me a favour because, as a 'valued customer' she didn't want me sitting out in the waiting room too long or I'd catch swine flu! We both had a chuckle, but looks like she wasn't kidding as by Wednesday I felt really ropey with a dicky tummy, and suddenly on Thursday afternoon I felt violently sick and had to come home. To cut a long story short, I phoned the surgery Friday morning and said I'd had a dodgy tummy for about a week and thought it might be my medication. Saw the doc (after fighting my way through the receptionists' blockade), and she said 'Lots of people with swine flu only have symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, as well as the fever; might be that.'
'Oh no,' says I, confidently, 'I haven't got a fever … interesting though, I thought you had to have flu symptoms.'
'I'll take your temperature anyway,' says she, and sure enough I DID have a fever, though only a little one.
I went home, felt gradually worse, went to bed, felt MUCH worse, and ended up, after a period of violent shivers that felt more like convulsions, with a temperature of well over 101.
Still feeling like death warmed up today but temperature almost back to normal – good job I'm a fast typist or I wouldn't have made it through this post! I'm off to bed now.
Funnily enough I'd booked Friday off as holiday so had tied up all the loose ends at work … however, think I'll have to have Monday off too. Hubby nearly fainted when he said that and I agreed! That told him how ill I was feeling!
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By John Galt
December 16, 2011 – 16:30 ET
Cue Greek Music like….
Now burp, then try to digest the truth instead of the ECB and Federal Reserve/Mainstream Media lies and distortions….
"Hole" almost 2.2 billion in Social Security
That story, translated from Google via Prothema.gr spells out the disaster about to hit the Eurozone…
From the translated article:
Indicative of the problem is the fact that so far in 11 months ie by early 2011, the "hole" in the Social Security funds reached 2.177 billion, which translates to a reduction in inflows over 14.5% compared with corresponding period of 2010. Indeed, according to data from the Labor Department, the deficit has not included the subsidize insurance premiums OAED, who led the Foundation to an additional deficit of 1 billion.
Ouch. So they adopted the American model except they forgot about giving up their sovereignty and right to print like insane Weimarians. Well after that story, could it get worse?
Translated in the English version from the same Greek online newspaper as the article above:
Threat of bankruptcy with elections in the background
Papademos' government is now sailing in deep waters. In his evening speech at the conference of the American Hellenic Chamber, and at tomorrow's cabinet meeting, the PM will ascribe responsibilities to his ministers: "We work or we fall!" According to his associates, the government is deadlocked. The reason? ND ministers are washing their hands and PASOK members are involved in the succession race.
Whew, I thought this was getting serious.
Of course, it really is, per recent articles in The Athens News:
Budget deficit widens despite new taxes
All you need to know from this story is in the following excerpt:
The budget gap of the central government widened 5.1 percent year-on-year to 20.52bn euros, according to finance ministry figures for January to November.This means that the state will likely miss its 2011 deficit targets and may need additional austerity measures to catch up with its budget goals next year.The country has been consistently missing the deficit targets set by its international lenders under a bailout plan agreed last year, partly due to a deeper-than-expected recession but also because of its own failure to quickly implement reforms and crack down on tax evasion.
Unemployment at record high, seen rising further
The link to the news story above doesn't do the damage justice.
Total persons unemployed in this tiny nation has almost doubled in just over a year:
Think that chart is ugly? Break that out by age:
(charts from the Hellenic Statistical Authority)
Reading that chart does not take rocket science; about 50% of the nation of Greece under the age of 45 is unemployed. The problem with that? That is your primary group of individuals capable of throwing Molotov cocktails or worse in a full blown revolution.
Of course the ECB's "Trokia" has the perfect solution per this story, also from The Athens News:
Debt inspectors tell Greece to axe jobs, wages
Do what? From the insanity of an article:
Greece's debt inspectors have told the troubled country to axe public sector jobs and wage guarantees, after conceding that its austerity program had failed to drastically reduce budget deficits.
IMF envoy Poul Thomsen told a fiance conference that the government now had no choice other than to sack public servants, having exhausted its tax-raising abilities."Greece might have to accept involuntary redundancies … and address the legacy of too high and inflexible wages," Thomsen said.
Now I'm no fan of Keynes, but isn't this the extreme opposite of what a globalist command control economist would recommend? In other words, the Greek government can not collect more taxes, so laying people off that they can not afford to pay will cure the problem of their version of Social Security which is insolvent by putting more people into the streets that have nothing better to do than burn down government buildings or engage in attacks on government officials.
Like this story illustrates from the Greek newspaper, Ekathimerini:
Bomb damages justice minister's office
Never mind. Greece is screwed. The PIIGS are toast.
And what we see in Greece is nothing more than a test drive for what is coming to the U.S. when everyone realizes we are insolvent and collapsing also.


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Halibut with Basil Tomato Sauce Recipe
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A well-seasoned tomato salsa dresses up these tender, flaky fillets. I'm an empty-nester now, but my sons love this recipe. My husband, Ron, never complains when I make it either! —Carolyn Schmeling, Brookfield, Wisconsin
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- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- 2 halibut fillets (6 ounces each)
- 1/4 cup diced seeded tomato
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- 1-1/2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon grated orange zest
- In a large bowl, combine the lemon juice, rosemary, oil, salt and pepper. Add halibut; turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate for up to 1 hour.
- Drain and discard marinade. On a lightly oiled grill rack, grill halibut, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 4-5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- In a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Cook over medium heat until heated through. Serve with fish. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Halibut with Tomato-Basil Sauce in Cooking for 2 Winter 2008, p53
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I'am checking the feasibility of introducing gcc compiler for sophomores in undergraduate course instead of TurboC compiler.Kindly advice me if OpenGL can serve as replacement for graphics.h header file in TurboC?
I'am checking the feasibility of introducing gcc compiler for sophomores in undergraduate course instead of TurboC compiler.Kindly advice me if OpenGL can serve as replacement for graphics.h header file in TurboC?
I haven't used Borland Turbo Pascal/C for decades, but scanning the graphics.h functions, it looks like basically yes. Drawing points, lines, polygons, etc. The graphics.h functions are more pixel centric though (flood fill ops, fill style, etc.) whereas in OpenGL you'd define the region you want to fill and draw triangles/polygons on it. The one thing that you would have to pull in another library for is text rendering as that's not part of core OpenGL, and there are a number of choices there (such as those built on freetype).
What are your specific needs here? What type of applications have you got in mind?
And please be aware: The stuff Dark Photon is referring to is all legacy OpenGL functions.
There's more helper tools in the compatibility profile (the default), which you can use when getting your graphics legs. Think of them as training wheels, which you can jettison when you know what's going on (and know why there's a benefit to doing so). Or you can be a purest and build all your own furniture from scratch from the get go.
Like thokra says though, what you want depends on your needs. What are you trying to train your students to do, and what kind of students are they (e.g. CS majors learning GPU rendering, or some other major/specialization aiming toward a different goal)?
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Just to be clear, I wasn't arguing that there isn't a triangle or a line primitive type in core OpenGL - of course there is and of course there are ways to render such primitives. I overreached a little and I think it's because I was thinking of Qt and the rendering functions QPainter offers when writing my comment. I should sleep more.Nah, not all. Drawing triangles is meat and potatoes stuff, whether compatibility profile ("legacy") or core profile
But yeah, there's nothing like a drawLine() or fillQuad() OpenGL function which handles everything for you, like many software graphics APIs offer(ed) - including the ancient TurboC stuff layered on top of Xlib if I got it right.
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tbh, i don't know turboc at all, but i suppose the graphics.h you mentioned serves for 2D graphics.
in linux, there are loads of 2D graphics functions, check this page for details: http://tronche.com/gui/x/xlib/
those functions do not use OpenGL.
and of course, you can use OpenGL for 2D graphics too.
so, it's up to you to choose what would be better.
in Xlib, you would draw line with
XDrawLine(display, d, gc, x1, y1, x2, y2)
in OpenGL, it looks like
glVertex2i(x1, y1);
glVertex2i(x2, y2);
in my opinion, the xlib version might be more comprehensive for a beginner.
and, if you use xlib, you learn more about the linux system than when you use OpenGL.
but OpenGL is, in my opinion, the better choice. it can be used in linux, unix, windows, and on mobile phones.
it is usually hardware-accelerated. and while xlib is limited to 2D graphics, you can do 3D stuff with OpenGL using
*exactly the same commands* a line in 3D would be
glVertex3f(x1, y1, z1);
glVertex3f(x2, y2, z2);
glEnd()and, in OpenGL you have full access to all the cool stuff (shaders etc)
It depends. OpenGL is a better choice if you opt for high performance applications that need a lot of computational power. If you're fine with drawing some primitives (and honestly, the TurboC stuff isnÄt good for anything else), something like Qt is much more suitable. You get cross-platform, convenience window system abstraction which is reasonably fast in a lot of cases on the desktop and mobile platforms.Originally Posted by RigidBody
qt is basically a widget library which requires good understanding of c++, including inheritance, virtual functions and all that stuff.
i would not recommend making students learn how to use it if you just want to make them draw something.
qt is a great lib which makes programming GUIs pretty easy (if you know how it works), but i wouldn't use
it for an application that does not have a GUI with at least one button.
Looks like OpenGL and Xlib are good alternatives for graphics.h!!!


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PHILADELPHIA -- Usually, people like to see good service in front of them.
But it was not that way when the swimmers stood on the blocks for the final heat of the 100-yard breaststroke at Friday�s District 1 boys Class AAA Swimming Championships at La Salle University�s Kirk Natatorium.
West Chester Rustin�s Ben Service had just finished swimming in the next-to-last heat and touched first with a clocking of 57.68. His time was almost a full second faster than any of the seed times in the final heat.
When the last heat concluded, Service still had the fastest time of the day and the gold medal that went along with it.
�My goal was to get at least a 58,� said Service, a junior. �It was a great race. I got a little tired with 12-and-a-half to go but, other than that, everything went really well. I started good. My turns were great and my timing was perfect. Still, I was amazed when I saw my time.�
In other Rustin action, Frank Dello Buono was ninth in the 500 freestyle with a clocking of 4:45.62 and Tyler Cummings placed 10th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.75. The Golden Knights� foursome of Dylan Rudisill, Cummings, Dello Buono and Service finished 11th in the 400 free relay at 3:15.45.
Avon Grove�s Ryan Hausler placed first in the fastest heat of the 100 breaststroke at 58.15, but finished second behind Service.
�I�m happy with my time,� said Hausler. �That guy in heat six (Service) came out of nowhere. Me, Thomas (West Chester Henderson�s McCormick) and Cooper (Upper Dublin�s Tollen) all swam well. I was just focusing on the guys in my heat. I felt great in the first half but the last 25 was rough.�
Hausler�s Red Devil teammate Matt Brinton won the silver medal in the 100 backstroke with a time of 50.83.
�I�m happy with it � not being shaved or tapered and being able to go 50.8,� said Brinton. �I had a good start and almost all my walls were perfect. But, I came in a little quick on the third wall and that messed me up. My time today was my best untapered time.�
McCormick finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.86.
�I�m not disappointed,� said McCormick. �My time was all right. I think I went out with less leg power and I felt it on the second 25. And, I knew that Ben (Service) was shaved and tapered and that he was going to go fast.�
Coatesville�s Hunter Mountain finished seventh in the 100 freestyle with a clocking of 47.33. He also joined with Trevor Gordon, Logan Schul and Nick Lucash on the Red Raiders� 400 freestyle relay that finished fourth at 3:10.98.
�It was a pretty good race but I still have stuff to work on,� said Mountain. �My start was pretty decent but I need better turns. I was trying to be under 47 today but I didn�t quite get there.�
Conestoga�s 400 free relay placed ninth when Michael Ashmead, Raju Kolluru, Brian Jay and Alex Schon combined for a time of 3:14.75. Waylon Jin finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke at 59.88 and teammate Brian Jay was 11th with a time of 1:00.94. Additionally, Ashmead placed 12th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.87.
In local action in the 100 backstroke, Unionville�s Greg Buckley was 12th at 53.73, his Indian teammate Ben Halkowski was 13th at 53.86 and Great Valley�s Kyle Hoops was 15th at 54.13.
Downingtown East�s Quentin Cody finished sixth in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:44.39 and his teammate Mark Steffl was 13th in the 100 breaststroke at 1:01.55. Also in the 100 breast, Downingtown West�s Ken Richardson placed 12th at 1:01.38.
In the Class AA meet, Devon Prep�s Michael Knaus won the gold medal in the 100 backstroke with a clocking of 53.79.
�My time was a personal best today,� said Knaus, a junior. �I really wanted it this year because I was second as a sophomore. I took it out harder than usual. Then, the second 50 hurt. The last lap was screaming in pain.�


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Ron Guth: In 1871, the Mint produced only 561,000 Nickels for circulation. This was a new record low for the series, by far; the previous low was the year before when the Philadelphia Mint produced nearly 5 million Nickels. Naturally, this is one of the more sought-after of the Shield Nickel dates. The overall population is sustantially lower than in previous years, and the number of certified Mint State examples dropped by nearly a half. Surprisingly, a fair number of MS64 to MS65 examples are known, and even the MS66 grade is on par with more common dates such as 1869 and 1870.
The strike quality on this date is generally quite good, although an occasional piece will show weakness on the stars on the upper to upper right reverse. As usual, die cracks appear frequently.
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Addington Street, Dewsbury Road (Hunslet) (5 comments)
28th November 1958 On the left a wooden cart loaded with ladders stands in Addington Street. On the corner is number 119 Dewsbury Road, the H. Moorin and Son butcher using a large set of scales. Cuts of meat are visible in the window. On the right at number 121 is the M. Kirby run Marie ladies hairdresser. Here is Addington Place with the T. Ward pork butchers at number 123 Dewsbury Road. A motorcycle is parked on the left while women look in the front window. Overhead cables and tram lines are visible on Dewsbury Road.
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Addington Street, Dewsbury Road (Hunslet)
27th February 1959 Image shows closed double doors with a yard behind. Barbed wire prevents entry from over the high wall and on the far right is a door. This yard is at the rear of the H. Moorin and Son Butchers Shop, 119 Dewsbury Road visible on the right.
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Admiral Street, Dewsbury Road (Hunslet) (12 comments)
28th November 1958 The image shows a car reg: TYG 50 is parked at the end of Admiral Street. On the right at number 129a Dewsbury Road is Leslie M. Page, Opthalmic Optician with the opening times advertised on the door. At number 131 is a laundrette is the Maple Clothing Co. Ltd blouse factory. At the end of the road is the Junction Hotel and visible in the distance is the spire of St Peter's Church.
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Undated. Aerial view of the Old Tingley Roundabout to Woodkirk. Tingley Roundabout is seen in the top left hand corner. The Wakefield/Bradford Road runs along the left edge. Dewsbury Road crosses diagonally from top left to bottom right. As it leaves the roundabout there is a row of substantial houses before the junction with Hesketh Lane which runs diagonally towards the top edge where it meets Westerton Road. Syke Road then runs from Westerton Road down to Dewsbury Road. These four roads form a square, right of centre. Part of this square is Upper Green. Baghill Road and Baghill are in the centre of the right edge. Towards the bottom edge Woodkirk Beck crosses the railway line and Dewsbury Road. Rein Road runs from the bottom left hand corner to join Dewsbury Road. The area along Dewsbury Road from the junction where Rein Road meets Syke Lane is a miniature golf course. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.
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Aerial view of Tingley Roundabout looking towards Morley (Tingley) (3 comments)
1966. Aerial view of Tingley Roundabout looking towards Morley. From top to bottom is Bradford Road and from left to right, Dewsbury Road. The New White Bear public house is visible to the left of the roundabout. Above the the roundabout on the left side of Bradford Road is Tingley Working Mens' Club and Institute and the Bowling Green. The Lodge of Tingley Hall can be seen just below the roundabout. To the right of the roundabout is a set of buildings that were the premises of Bill Bailey's garage. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive.
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You guys are forgetting that we traded for Matt Ford remember? The guy should be ready for a NHL role this year
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Being that I'm a hockey noob my first reaction when I saw the headline was disappointment because I really liked JVR, but at the same time I don't really know anything about Schenn.
From what I'm seeing in here so far it doesn't seem to be that bad of a move. Can anyone throw down a quick scouting report on Schenn?
What has to be remembered is this: is while everyone will tell you JVR is a power forward, and they take a while to develop, so does being a shut down defensemen. If they can get L.Schenn to stay into position, he's a near ideal linemate for Matty Carle. This will allow Carle to do what he does best (breakout passes, pinch, set up goals) while Schenn (shot blocking, physical, stay at home) does the dirty work.
Schenn's got number 1 defense pairing upside. Just as JVR has 30 goal upside.
If we want Ryan or Nash, we would have to give up possibly two players and picks. Are they worth it? Best case scenario may be to add depth to the forwards or sign a fa
there may be a slight chance they push for Parise on July 1, but outside of that, maybe bring Jagr back....
i don't know. it really does put an interesting spin on things.
Hey Flyer fans just coming over from the Leafs thread.
What should we expect from JVR? I mean... don't bash him be honest hahaha.
Anyways, I think it's a good deal for both teams. Schenn will do well under Laviolette you can count on it.
The ceiling for Schenn is a number 1 shut down d-man imo, and the ceiling for JVR is a 35 goal scorer. What's the more coveted of those 2? Clearly its d-man they are much harder to come by than forwards. That's why I like this trade. Part of me thinks people are disappointed because Homer didn't commit highway robbery again some trades are going to be even for both teams people.
Schenn is very simple. Stay at home guy. He won't lead the NHL in points for a D man but he is reliable for the most part. He struggled last year consistency wise for us but hey we did was Wilson as a coach.
He was just not a fit. He should do well under you guys with Pronger mentoring him.
Tried My hand at a CapGeek Roster. Instead of the 70.3mil cap they have I used a 66.3
C28G Flyer 2012-13 Line-Up Thought
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Zach Parise ($6.500m)
Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Danny Briere ($6.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m)
Matt Read ($0.900m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Jakub Voracek ($3.000m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m) / Ben Holmstrom ($0.805m)
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m)
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Erik Gustafsson ($0.900m)
Luke Schenn ($3.600m) / Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m)
Andreas Lilja ($0.738m) /
Ilya Bryzgalov ($5.667m)
Martin Biron ($0.875m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $1,967,500
So what do you guys think^
Honestly, I just don't see us getting Parise. It would be awesome though. Sign Biron, and a defenseman+forward in free agent.
Can Schenn play on the power play? It would be great to have a good right handed shot on the point for the pp


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"I'm starting to feel a lot better. I'm starting to feel a lot more explosion and I've got some fire in my knee back," Whitworth said Monday. "I tried to push it a little too hard and a little too fast."
Whitworth is feeling like his old self and that's where he'd like to play. With new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson talking about committing to the run, Whitworth recalls how effective the Bengals were running over his spot at left tackle in 2009, their last top 10 NFL rushing performance.
"I'd prefer to play left tackle. I'm a long, lean-lever guy without thick arms or legs. I'm built to play tackle," Whitworth said. "I feel like that's where I'd like to stay. That's not a firm thing. It's just what I would prefer."
Whitworth says it's too early to delve into the issue. Jackson and head coach Marvin Lewis have been saying the same thing when asked where Whitworth is going to play in 2014. That would indicate the Bengals have yet to decide what they're going to do with their Pro Bowl left tackle and the rest of their offensive line as other issues bubble.
After Boling got hurt in the Dec. 1 win in San Diego, Whitworth addressed the coaches' concerns about compromising his chances for a second-straight Pro Bowl berth at left tackle and he played guard the rest of the way when he told the coaches he was willing to do it if they thought it was best for the team. Whitworth, who broke in with the Bengals as a guard in his rookie year of 2006, showed Pro Bowl physicality inside. He says he can be just as physical outside.
"I know this is a business and they have to do what they think is best for the future of the team and not for just one or two years," said Whitworth, who is signed through 2015. "I know I turn the big 33 this year (Dec. 12) … I feel like I can play tackle for a long time."
If Whitworth had to do it all over again, he says he wouldn't have played in the 2013 Pro Bowl and would have had the surgery to deal with bone spurs right after the season instead of waiting.
"I just wish I realized that until you truly get on the field, even though you feel good, the strength and stability is not quite there yet," Whitworth said. "I should have eased my way in. It's not anybody's fault. It's really my own. I rushed back and re-injured it."
It's amazing, really, that Whitworth only missed the opener (he missed the Oct. 31 game with an unrelated injury). He came oh so close to not playing a down in 2013. Whitworth says late in training camp there were wide-ranging discussions about his fate that included putting him on season-ending injured reserve. While the injury wasn't bad enough to shelve him it also prevented him from practicing "position specific" techniques.
When he gave up his first multiple sack game since his rookie year working against Baltimore's Elvis Dumervil in Baltimore last Nov. 10, Whitworth realized "my sets were awful. That's the thing that let me know that's what really hindered me being able to work on the technique things I needed to play the position."
"I was working on having strength in my leg and having balance," Whitworth said. "Was it better than 90 percent of the guys in the league? Yes. But I want to play great, not just good."
Whitworth likes the sound of Jackson's emphasis on being physical in the running game.
"In our offense under Jay (Gruden), we were more of a true pro style, West Coast, right-formation offense. Most of the things we did were run to the right. As a left tackle, you're not going to get involved in that kind of stuff," Whitworth said.
"So when I got in at left guard and got to pull and got involved, people got to see some of that. That's always been there. If I get that opportunity, I feel like anywhere I play, I could play center for God's sake (and be physical)."
GROUNDBREAKING: Whitworth, the Bengals representative to the NFL Players Association, said Monday he doesn't expect the locker room to have a problem with a gay teammate.
All-American Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, a consensus mid-round pick, is slated to become the NFL's first openly gay player after the May 8-10 draft. Sam disclosed his orientation in an interview with ESPN Sunday night.
"I have no question," Whitworth said when asked if the Bengals would welcome a gay player. "We have plenty of practice dealing with different personalities over the years. Being accepting of people is something that is special about our locker room and special about Cincinnati where we've created an environment where most guys are always accepted and we're worried about playing football.
"We have a family group. That's why we have a 100 percent track record of every veteran I see that has shown up from a different team that has said, 'Man, this locker room is (unified) and the closeness of this family is special.' We want to keep that."
Whitworth doesn't see it as an issue because it hasn't been one and he thinks the numbers would suggest he has already had a gay teammate at some point.
"I don't think anybody is naïve enough to think that we haven't," he said. "I think guys have always assumed that they're in the locker room and they were around us and that they just haven't felt comfortable voicing that.
"I don't care about the sexual preference of anybody in our locker room. It doesn't have any concern to me and I think the majority of football players will be that way. That's the last thing they're worried about. In our sport, we don't take batting practice or go shoot around and just show up and play a game. We're there eight hours a day together in a work environment, watching film, studying people. It's just a much different environment. We have to spend so much time together. The last thing you're worried about is someone's habits, unless they're being detrimental to the team."
The Bengals had a similar reaction when asked about the Sam announcement on Monday.
"The Bengals are about winning football games and we are a welcoming workplace that supports the concept of the NFL as a football meritocracy," the club said. "Purely personal factors will not affect the prospects here for someone who shows ability, determination and a commitment to be a good teammate in the club environment."


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WALTHAM, Mass.- The Brandeis men's tennis team fell in their home opener to Bentley University, 7-2. Despite some strong fill in performances, the Judges struggled with three of their top players missing for the match. Still, Brandeis was led by junior Josh Jordan (Northboro, Mass./ Algonquin Regional) and rookie Alec Siegel (Deerfield, Ill./ Deerfield) who took home singles victories. The Judges fell to 2-5 on the year while Bentley improved to 8-4.
Filling in at #1 singles, Jordan played a tough match against a very good opponent. After losing the first set 6-2, he rallied to take the second set 6-4 and finish off the match with a gritty 10-7 victory in the super tiebreaker. Siegel had an easier time as he breezed to a straight set 6-1, 6-4 win in his first start at #2 singles. Brandeis also put a scare in Bentley's #1 doubles team when rookies Michael Secular (Bronx, N.Y./ Plant (Fla.) and Siegel teamed up for a hard fought match but they eventually fell 8-6.
The Judges will continue their season on March 24th in their second home match of the season against the Coast Guard Academy with the matches beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Bentley University vs Brandeis
Mar 21, 2012 at Waltham, Mass.
(Rieger Tennis Courts)
Bentley University 7, Brandeis 2
Singles competition
1. Josh Jordan (BRMTEN) def. Lucas Wever (BENT) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
2. Alec Siegel (BRMTEN) def. ZachTuckman (BENT) 6-1, 6-4
3. Rodrigo Ribero (BENT) def. Michael Secular (BRMTEN) 6-3, 6-3
4. Jimmy Rindo (BENT) def. Adam Brown (BRMTEN) 6-7 (8-10), 6-4, 10-7
5. Alex Spycher (BENT) def. Michael DeFeo (BRMTEN) 6-4, 6-3
6. Andrew Waddington (BENT) def. Matthew Zuckerman (BRMTEN) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. ZachTuckman/Rodrigo Ribero (BENT) def. Alec Siegel/Michael Secular (BRMTEN) 8-6
2. Lucas Wever/Andrew Waddington (BENT) def. Ben Fine/Josh Jordan (BRMTEN) 8-2
3. Victor Suski/Peter Koopman (BENT) def. Evan Berner/Michael DeFeo (BRMTEN) 8-3
Match Notes:
Bentley University 8-4
Brandeis 2-5


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Stanford Dean to Address the New Era in Global Change Science
- 01-23-2013
- By University Communications
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, Pamela Matson, dean of the School of Earth Sciences and Goldman Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University, will deliver a Burack President's Distinguished Lecture, "A New Era in Global Change Science: Linking Knowledge and Action for Sustainability."
The talk, free and open to the public, will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Davis Center's Jost Foundation Room. A reception will immediately follow.
Matson's research addresses a range of environment and sustainability issues, including sustainability of agricultural systems; vulnerability of particular people and places to climate change; the consequences of tropical deforestation on atmosphere, climate and water systems; and solutions to global change in the nitrogen and carbon cycles.
Matson serves on numerous boards and committees, including the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has produced nearly 200 publications, including Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution.
See videos of past speakers in the series on the Burack Distinguished Lecture website.
Information: (802) 656-2906.


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There are many playground skills and recess games that our children can learn today that will help them enjoy their recess and PE time at school as much as their mainstream peers. When my son was in second grade, he had a wonderful school O.T. (Occupational Therapist) who was dedicated to inclusion for children with developmental disabilities.
She would take the time to teach him how to play the most popular games on the playground, and let him practice during part of his therapy session. This is an opportunity he would not have had during recess, when the most popular equipment was in high demand.
Many children on the playground do not know even how to get into a game, whether they have special needs or not. There is a certain etiquette that is often based on local or regional ways of doing things or may be unique to a certain age group or gender, whether it is waiting in line; do-overs and start-overs; or what is considered good sportsmanship. When he was somewhat familiar with the rules and skills, she would invite a mainstream classmate to participate in part of his O.T. session.
For instance, in tetherball, she explained where to stand, how to hit the ball as it circled around, and what was considered a win. It took a session for him to practice the skill of hitting the ball, and another to change the direction of the spin.
But when a classmate was invited to participate in a practice session, that is when my son learned the unwritten playground rules and strategies that did not occur to the O.T. Because my son was told not to try to hit the ball to stop it on the first pass, he was one of the few boys in his grade who did not suffer a bloody nose or a lost tooth to the tetherball.
Other students would make sure he got his turn to play in what could be a very competitive waiting line, because there was always the possibility that they could be chosen to take time out of class to practice the next season's game - in this case, basketball.
Recently I had an invitation from a local parent group to attend a meeting entitled "Surviving the Playground - Recess Strategies and Learning the Rules." They had invited students from an 'athlete outreach' program, and also mentioned that children with special needs could learn from one another as well as from older brothers and sisters, and teach the younger and less experienced. This is an excellent meeting idea for any parent group or PTA.
Remember that socialization during recess and learning games and sports in PE or Adaptive PE is an important part of every child's IEP. Inclusion, socialization and physical skills can be written into any part of your child's day, including lunch and waiting for the bus - and most certainly, recess and physical education.
Browse at your public library, local bookstore or online bookseller for books like Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato, & Ha Ha Ha: A Rulebook of Children's Games
Great Games! 175 Games & Activities for Families, Groups, & Children!
Study Weighs Benefits of Organizing Recess
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Dear Editor,
I understand that the letters from Rock Island Clean Line are being sent out in the remaining 10 counties in Iowa. Letters in the first 6 counties including mine went out in July. I am a landowner in Palo Alto County and I was as stunned in July as I'm sure recipients of these letters are now.
Please be advised that this can be fought. Rock Island Clean Line does not have a utility franchise and they do not have Power of Eminent Domain at this point. There is an involved process they must go through before the Iowa Utilities Board. Your dissenting voice is important and will be heard. But you need accurate information. Information is available on the Preservation of Rural Iowa website. This nonprofit group formed to fight this transmission line.
I know these letters hit hard in your very soul when your land, quality of life and livelihood are affected. Please don't think all is lost and this is inevitable. Become informed and attend your county informative meeting. Working together in opposition we can be a powerful group. The website is iowastopricl.com or call 712-262-5229 or the address is P.O. Box 303, Ayrshire, Iowa 50515. There is also an email address firstname.lastname@example.com.
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More than 150 conservative Christian leaders spent the weekend in Texas meeting about the presidential race and the possibility of coalescing around one Republican candidate. In the end, they rallied for Rick Santorum. Host Rachel Martin talks to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council about the decision.
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HONESDALE- Historic Honesdale rolls out the pumpkins, hay bales, cornstalks, fall colors, and SCARECROWS, for its annual "Harvest & Heritage Days", Saturday, October 6 and Sunday, October 7, sponsored this year by The Dime Bank with support from Wayne County Tourism.
There will be lots to do this fun, fall weekend. Shoppers will want to explore the greater Honesdale area, which offers lots of wonderful shops, stores, eateries, and fine services.
Craft vendors will line Main Street on both days, and you are invited to delight in the many creative scarecrows that our merchants have made for your enjoyment. Visitors can find the location of each scarecrow in the October 4 and 11 editions of The Wayne Independent, available at newsstands everywhere, or beginning October 8 on local radio stations 95 -3 DNH and Classic Hits 105.
Old-fashioned hayrides will be offered, for a small fee, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. On Saturday and from noon to 4:00 p.m. On Sunday.
Railroad buffs can enjoy railroad exhibits at the Wayne County Historical Society Museum on Main Street. The newly expanded and renovated museum also offers many other exhibits and is open from 10:00 a.m. To 4:00 p.m. On Saturday, and from noon to 4:00 p.m. On Sunday.
We invite you to visit the Wayne County Farmers' Market on Saturday, October 6, from 9:30 a.m. To 1:30 p.m. Where you will find fresh produce, flowers, plants, herbs, and many more locally grown and handmade items.
The market is located next to the Visitor's Center, trackside, just one block off Main Street.
History buffs should visit Honesdale's Historic Old Stone Jail, located next to the Wayne County Court House for a tour from 10:00 a.m. To 1:00 p.m. On Saturday as well.
And for the kids, there will be pumpkin painting in front of The Honesdale National Bank's Corporate Center on Main Street, courtesy of Connections Magazine. Pumpkin painting will be available on Saturday, from noon to 4:00 p.m.
There will be live music under the Fred Miller pavilion on Saturday with Dan Enveldson, and DJ Tom Emanski will be belting out the tunes in front of The Hanson Gallery & Decorium, 1137 Main Street from 11:00 a.m. To 5:30 p.m.
Also on Saturday, have some fun with the 8th Annual Corn Shucking Contest being held under the Fred Miller Pavilion from 1:00 p.m. To 3:00 p.m. Come and see how you "stalk up" against the competition! Ben "Kentucky" Morgan of Glasgow, KY took home the trophy last year in the Adult Division, while Beau Friermuth of Damascus was the winner in the Youth Division. The Corn Shucking contest is co-sponsored by Yatsonsky's Farm.
Saturday evening will also feature an antique car cruise around Honesdale's beautiful Central Park from 5:00 p.m. To 9:00 p.m. More than 75 antique cars are expected. D.J. Rickie Z will play music from the fifties and sixties starting at 5:00 p.m. To bring back some good old-fashion memories.
On Sunday, October 7, taste some of the best homemade wings and chili as several of our area restaurants and local chefs compete to see who makes the best. Last year in the Judges Choice category, 1st Alarm Security of Honesdale walked away with first place with their 1st Alarm 3 Alarm Wings and Nicole Cush & Emma Spittel of Honesdale took the prize in the chili category with their Wild west Cowgirl Chili.
In the People's Choice category Fiesta on Main Mexican Restaurant of Honesdale took first place in the wing category with their Explosive Mexican Wings and George Knickerbocker, also of Honesdale, took the prize in the chili category with his George's Knicker Kicken' Chili.
The Wing & Chili Taste-off takes place from noon to 4:00 p.m. And is co-sponsored by Rent-E-Vent by Rent-E-Quip. For information on how you can participate, please contact Terrie Murray at 570-253-6363, Michelle Bonham at 570-251-8994 or the GHP at 570-253-5492. The contest is open to both individuals and restaurants. Deadline for registration is September 14.
Even the critters are excited about Harvest & Heritage Days and they invite you to the Dessin Animal Shelter's 6th Annual "Pets on Parade" costume competition. The parade down Main Street begins at 1:00 p.m. On Sunday, October 7, with the costume judging under the Fred Miller Pavilion at approximately 2:00 p.m. The Dessin friends are anxious to show you what they've got! For more information, please call Dara at 570-647-0057.
Also under the pavilion on Sunday, Dan Engveldson will be back to entertain you from 11:30 a.m. To 2:00 p.m. And then again from 2:30 p.m. To 4:00 p.m. And DJ Lori Gabriel will be playing all your favorites in front of The Hanson Gallery & Decorium 1137 Main Street from 11:00 a.m. To 4:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the music, craft vendors, food, and all the wonderful shops and services that Historic Honesdale has to offer.
This year's "Harvest & Heritage Days" is proudly sponsored by The Dime Bank with support from Wayne County Tourism, and is brought to you by the Greater Honesdale Partnership. For more information about Honesdale's "Harvest & Heritage Days" or other downtown special events, please call the Greater Honesdale Partnership at 570-253-5492. Handmade craft or specialty food vendors who wish to participate in Honesdale's special events should contact the Partnership.
Other upcoming events in historic Honesdale for 2011 include "Honesdale for the Holidays" on November 23 & 24 with activities continuing throughout December. Eat, Shop & Play in Honesdale, PA!
Harvest & Heritage Days this weekend
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An "onus" is a burden, obligation, etc. The eggcorn "ownus" or "own us" conjures up the notion of the burden created by an external power that would "own us." (Think of the folk notion of being owned by the company store). The other notion in play here is in regard to "owning" the responsibility to something. Perhaps it even leans toward the construction "own -ous."
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I can add
you finally accepts the fate that you were holding on to something that didn 't want to be held on to in the first place, so the owners is on YOU
Anyway, as long as it been advised to the couple, the owners is on them not the cameraman or editors
God always is patient to allow us to repent but the owners is on us
The semantics are clear -ish
"Onus" is remarkably productive. I see that ownerous has been done before but in all the various "onus" threads I don't recall "owners"
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Well, they're long from being installed on the wagon, but they've been sitting on the truck as long as I can remember (probably longer than I've been alive) and never worked, then I noticed they weren't wired in, so I put that thought with the one about that stock fog relay left on my car from when the lights were broken off. I pulled the lights off, and spliced the wires into the relay, and they both work!!! and well.
What I'm wondering, is if the stock fog light system is actually a relay, and how should I mount these, just drill biga__ holes in my bumper and bolt them on is probably my best bet, short of some sort of a custum bumper
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Posted 08 November 2004 - 01:04 AM
Have you ever taken one of these bumpers apart? Unfortunately, I have, and there is not much there to mount to. There is a sheet metal box for the first inch or two, then it is just foam and plastic cover.
... and how should I mount these, just drill biga__ holes in my bumper and bolt them on is probably my best bet, short of some sort of a custum bumper
In other words, it might be really tough to find a solid mount in this style of bumper. You might be able to take the cover off and fab up some mount bracing inside.
Good luck, and be sure to post some pics of how you did it and what the finished product looks like.
Posted 08 November 2004 - 10:02 AM
Just say the words man and we can whip up some custom bumpers for those lights
Posted 08 November 2004 - 10:55 AM
strip off the plastic to reveal the thin metal and drill the correct size holes, it works
Posted 11 November 2004 - 07:28 PM
I got some lights on the underside via the sheet metal near the rear of the bumper as previously noted. took some work, but if you drill some holes you can fish inside the bumper to stick on some bolts. ill try to get some pics when i get home.
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Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua will leave behind the head guard and vest for a pair of ten oz gloves, as he fights unbeaten Italian Emanuele Leo at the O2 Arena in his professional debut on Saturday night.
Leo, who has an unbeaten record after eight fights, does not seem to faze the London 2012 hero, but sees the bout as an opportunity to prove his worth right from the start of his career in the paid ranks.
Joshua told Sky Sports: "I want to get respect by beating an opponent that I shouldn't be beating," By fighting an opponent with that type of record I'll get respect.
For Leo, it will be his first experience fighting outside of his home soil, a contrast to the atmosphere on Saturday which will bring Britain back together supporting one of last summer's superstars as Joshua enters the ring.
Joshua, 23, has been in his training camp for seven weeks and brings forth the mental attitude that he still has to prove himself in the sport to gain admiration in the boxing world.
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Jean Frank wins Table of the Day Award for second Sitka Farmers Market
The Table Of The Day Award being presented to Jean Frank of Jeans Jellies Etc.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Sitka Local Foods Network
Sitka Farmers Market Co-Managers Garrett Bauer, left, and Sabrina Cimerol, right, present the Table Of The Day Award to Jean Frank of Jeans Jellies Etc. at the second market of the season on Saturday, July 20, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall in Sitka.
Jean has been a regular vendor at the Sitka Farmers Market since it started, selling jellies, jams, honey and more. She received a gift bag with fresh produce, fresh rhubarb jam and a copy of the Alaska Farmers Market Cookbook. This is the sixth year of Sitka Farmers Markets, hosted by the Sitka Local Foods Network. The next market is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall, 235 Katlian St. For more information about the Sitka Farmers Markets and Sitka Local Foods Network, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org/.


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Friday, March 27, 2009
Gulfstream Park's Barbaro Foundation Names Its Three Winners for 2009
Gulfstream Park, in conjunction with the University of Florida, has named Erica Rosen and Megan Murphy Lamb winners of its annual Florida Derby Scholarship and Astrid Groshe winner of the Barbaro Scholarship.
Ms Rosen and Ms. Lamb will each receive $12,500 as winners of their scholarship, and Ms. Grosche will receive $5,000 for her award.
The three winners will be on hand at Gulfstream Park Saturday, Florida Derby Day, where their achievements will be honored in winner's circle ceremonies after the fifth race.
Ms. Lamb grew up on her parent's thoroughbred breeding farm in Reddick, Fla., and started riding at an early age.
In addition to attaining an "HA" rating in US Pony Club, she competed successfully for many years in hunters and eventing. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colgate University, earning a B.A. in Classical Studies with a minor in Biology. While at Colgate, she participated in animal-behavior research projects in both Thailand and Belize.
She has been an active member of the student chapter of AAEP and UF colic team during her time in veterinary school.
After attaining a DVM degree from the University of Florida in May, she will complete an internship at the New Jersey Equine Clinic in the interest of working toward board certification in either equine surgery or medicine.
Originally from New Paltz, N.Y., Erica Rosen graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University in 2005 with a degree in Animal Science and will be awarded her DVM from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine this May.
She grew up with horses, showing hunter/jumpers throughout the northeast, then went on to become captain of Cornell's Varsity Equestrian Team. During her undergraduate years, she worked alongside equine veterinarians in private practice as well as in the clinical research field. Erica entered the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine with plans to become an equine practitioner and has been active in equine clubs and activities.
During her time at UF she has also worked closely with surgical faculty on a research project pertinent to the equine athlete. She plans to return to her horseshow roots and looks to pursue the field of sport-horse medicine, focusing on lameness, diagnostic imaging and surgery. Upon graduation, she will be starting an internship at Fairfield Equine and Associates in Connecticut.
After finishing an apprenticeship at a dairy farm in 1986, Astrid Grosche studied Biology with specialization in Neurobiology and Veterinary Medicine at Leipzig University in Germany, and graduated with a veterinary degree in January 1997.
In 2001, she completed her doctoral thesis on "Colic in Horses: A Retrospective Study at the Department of Large Animal Medicine of the University Leipzig (1994-1998)."
She went on to work as a scientific collaborator and as a scientific assistant in the Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine at Leipzig University with specialization in Veterinary Internal Medicine and Clinical Laboratory Medicine. In addition to her interests in pulmonary, renal and neurological disorders, her studies were predominantly focused on gastrointestinal diseases in horses.
Accordingly, her research focused on the diagnosis and pathology of gastrointestinal inflammation. The results of her research were presented at the 7th and 8th International Equine Colic Research Symposium in 2002 and 2005, and at the European College of Equine Internal Medicine in 2005.
In 2006, she was awarded a grant from the Max-Kade-Foundation in New York, an American-German Scientific Exchange Foundation that supported her stay as a research scholar at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine from 2006 - 2007. In 2008, she became the Deedie Wrigley-Hancock Equine Colic Research Fellow in the College of Veterinary Medicine's PhD graduate program.
She has authored and coauthored 14 original publications and abstracts, and has presented her results at the AGA Institute International Conference "Gastrointestinal Response to Injury" in Quebec in 2007, the 9th International Equine Colic Research Symposium in Liverpool, England in 2008, and the American College of Veterinary Surgeon Meeting in San Diego in 2008.
She will continue her studies on inflammation, cell death, and tissue repair during ischemia and reperfusion focusing on the mechanisms initiating the inflammation, and the influence of inflammatory cells and apoptosis on the severity of mucosal injury in horses.
The Barbaro Foundation's namesake was the 2006 Florida Derby winner who went on to win the Kentucky Derby, then suffered a broken leg at the start of the Preakness. He made fans throughout the country and his battle for recovery captured the nation's hearts over the next several months. He succumbed to laminitis, a complication that arose from the fracture, in January, 2007.
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Albany Times-Union Highlights Hard Cider and Brookview Station Winery
Sue Goold Miller of Goold Orchard shows the hard cider making process on Wednesday March 13, 2013 in Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)
Tapping into hard cider market
Schumer pushes legislation to expand opportunities for New York apple growers
By Kristen V. Brown
Published 8:41 pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Albany Times-Union
ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced legislation on Wednesday aimed at positioning New York to capture a bigger pour of the hard cider market, by many accounts the fastest growing sector of the alcoholic beverage industry.
Schumer's plan, the CIDER Act, seeks to modify the definition of what, exactly, qualifies as a hard cider, a move that would decrease taxes on the product and, Schumer said, boost business for New York state apple growers and cider producers.
"Apples that might otherwise be sold at a loss are ripe for the cider press," said Schumer. "It seems like a no-brainer. You'd expect New York to already be at the core of cider production."
New York state is the second largest apple producer in the nation, but boasts just over 20 hard apple cider producers. Meanwhile, sales of domestically produced hard cider tripled between 2007 and 2012.
Current federal regulations provide some discouragement to would-be hard cider makers. Under current federal law, hard cider is taxed at 23 cents per gallon, but if its alcohol content exceeds 7 percent the tax jumps to $1.07 per gallon, the same rate as wine. And ciders with carbon dioxide levels exceeding 39 percent are taxed at $3.30 per gallon, the same rate as champagne.
Schumer's proposal would expand the Internal Revenue Code's definition of hard apple cider to include those with alcohol content up to 8.5 percent, while removing carbonation limits, and tax them at the lower 23 cents per gallon rate. It would also maintain the discounted 17 cents per gallon rate for the smallest producers.
Such changes had long been called for by cider producers across the state and national organizations like the National Board of Cider Makers.
Goold Orchards in Castleton first started making hard cider this past fall, citing the growing demand from customers as well as the revenue-adding potential of the product. Last year, when 98 percent of the orchard's apple crop failed, it was the orchard's non-alcoholic cider and apple wine — made with apples bought elsewhere — that kept the farm afloat.
With a faster fermentation process than apple wine and higher price tag than non-alcoholic cider, the orchard anticipates that hard cider could be a real boon for business. Hard cider also gives orchards a use for apples not quite pretty enough to sell in markets.
Schumer's proposed changes, said owner Sue Goold Miller, makes hard apple cider production "even more attractive."
Steve Ammerman, spokesman for the New York Farm Bureau, said the proposed plan would give New York apple growers more opportunity to diversify and take advantage of an under-exploited market for hard cider in the state.
"We're seeing a larger consumer interest in hard ciders, and with the number of fruit farmers in New York state we're fertile ground for this business to take hold," he said.
The number of hard cider producers in the state has already increased in recent years as the interest in hard cider has expanded. In 2011, the state held its first annual "Cider Week," heralding the craft "cider comeback."
"I think we've just started to touch the tip of the iceberg," said Goold Miller of the cider boom. "There's a huge market demand. There's going to be a huge push."
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On July 15th the latest Android super-phone was released by Motorola and Verizon Wireless. All hail the Droid X. The release was not without controversy though. The Droid X, while greatly raising the bar for Android phones in general, does so at the expense of the very power users and community that made the original Droid the gotta-have phone it became. Alienating this group may have far reaching consequences for Motorola.
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RE[4]: Don't freakin buy the damned thing then
by David on Wed 21st Jul 2010 15:00 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Don't freakin buy the damned thing then"
A consumer also wants to buy something that has some value on ebay when they upgrade. A phone that can't have its software upgraded when it's a couple years old is worth a lot less than a phone that can. Which makes it a bad deal.
I have never failed to sell my old iPhone for at least the $200 I paid for it when I upgraded to the new one. That's an important consideration.