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The Glass Mountain Pipeline would carry crude oil from Arnett and Alva, Okla. to the storage and distribution hub in Cushing.
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The Glass Mountain Pipeline would carry crude oil from Arnett and Alva, Okla. to the storage and distribution hub in Cushing.
Joe Wertz / StateImpact Oklahoma
Landowners in Major County who depend on aquifer water say a planned crude oil pipeline threatens the Cimarron Aquifer — their primary water source.
Rural homeowners use well water from the aquifer, which also feeds nearby towns and comprises about 87 percent of nearby Enid's permitted water production.
Oklahomans in the area are puzzled about the Glass Mountain Pipeline route, the Enid News & Eagle's James Neal reports:
Landowners, conservationists and Cimarron Aquifer consumers may wonder why any regulatory agency would approve a pipeline route through the "heart of our aquifer."
But no state or federal agency or entity has authority over Oklahoma pipeline projects until construction has started, or until there's a problem — like a leak.
The biggest pipeline project in Oklahoma, the Keystone XL pipeline, is up against federal regulation because it crosses the international border with Canada. The State Department, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers all have a say in various stages of that crude oil pipeline, which passes through the Cushing storage hub on its way from Canada's oil sands to refineries along Texas' Gulf Coast.
But intrastate pipeline projects — like the Glass Mountain Pipeline — aren't regulated until construction has started, or until there's an environmental problem.
The Glass Mountain Pipeline — a joint venture of Chesapeake Energy, Tulsa's SemGroup and Gavilon — is a 210-mile pipeline that will carry crude from Arnett and Alva to the Cushing storage hub. The Arnett and Alva pipeline segments will join near Cleo Springs, which sits atop the Cimarron River Aquifer.
The pipeline project was announced in May. The Arnett and Alva pipeline segments are expected to carry about 90,000 barrels of crude each day. The combined pipeline will have a 180,000 barrel-per-day capacity.
But when it comes to pipelines, route is everything.
Keystone XL was waylaid by environmental concerns in Nebraska, where it was originally planned to cross the ecologically sensitive Sand Hills and parts of the Ogallala Aquifer. The company behind the pipeline, TransCanada, had to reroute Keystone XL, which had become a presidential campaign issue.
Keystone XL has faced other routing issues, including fights with Oklahoma and Texas landowners over eminent domain, and concern among tribal leaders that construction could unearth unmarked graves or expose sacred archeological sites.
But route alone isn't enough for a pipeline project to be regulated.
Oklahoma's Corporation Commission, which regulates oil and gas drilling, doesn't have any authority in the early stages of pipeline construction, the Eagle reports:
Once the pipeline is built, we make sure the line is operated properly and meets material safety rules … but we don't have much to do with it until it's built," said Matt Skinner, spokesman for Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
What about the state Department of Environmental Quality?
… DEQ only becomes involved with pipelines if there is a spill, and then only in a support role to the corporation commission.
Since the aquifer is a primary concern among landowners in Glass Mountain's path, maybe the Oklahoma Water Resources Board?
Brian Vance, director of information for Oklahoma Water Resources Board, said OWRB has no authority over pipeline routes or their potential impact to groundwater.
On the federal level, representatives from both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tell the Eagle they have no authority over a private pipeline project that doesn't cross state lines. And no representative from any state or federal agency could think of any other state or federal agency with authority over a project like Glass Mountain, Neal writes.


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Life has been super hectic lately. Rudi has been permanently appointed at his new job. This is absolutely great news for us! It means that we will at least have a basic salary to rely on at the end of each month as opposed to the drips and drabs we have been getting since the beginning of the year. He was supposed to be permanent from the first of June, but an administrative balls up at the office means he only signed his contract on the 16th of June. This means that all the work he did from the 1st to the 16th he was still classified as a contractor and will be paid less than he would have if his contract had been signed on time. It is so very annoying because we finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel, only for the light to be switched off. Not by Eskom, mind you! So he'll likely only get half a salary this month and since the overtime cut off is the 16th of the month, any overtime he has worked while permanent will only be paid out at the end of July. Now we'll be wishing another month away in the hopes of having some extra cash flow. He has been working so very hard. We barely see him. From the first of June he did not have one day off until the 21st where he finally got one day off, only to return back to the grindstone the next day. I have been concerned about him not having any time off and not getting enough rest, but he insists he is fine.
I don't know who this is harder for, me or the kids. Elijah has always been very close with his dad. Since he was a baby, really and never having him around has been really hard on him. He regularly expresses sadness because his father is not home with us. Often Rudi only comes home after they have gone to bed and leaves again before they get up in the morning, sometimes days go by without them seeing him. Since Gabby is very attached to me it doesn't seem to bother her too much, but she is still really excited when daddy does come home before bedtime. As for me…while I do miss Rudi, we chat during the day via Whatsapp and phone, so we do have constant contact. Rudi used to be very hands on when he was home. He used to cook and help out bathing the kids. Now I'm doing it all alone. Do we need something from the shop? I'll get it. Do we need to eat? I'll cook. Kids need to bath? I'll bath them. The day mother needs bags packed? Sure thing (this has always been my responsibility). Dishes? Here, let me. Clean the house? I'll get it! Kids sick? I'll get them to the doctor, get meds and administer them. It is chaos. All.The.Time. I knew I had it easy with all the help I had before. I appreciated it then, but even more now. Throw loadshedding into the mix and I am totally screwed some evenings. If we have the 18:00 – 20:30 slot and I don't get home around 17:00 like we do most days, I can forget about cooking, we have to bath/shower in the dark and the kids go to sleep super early because it is dark and they are bored. If we have the 16:00 – 18:30 slot, I have to start cooking much later and that delays everything. I can't exactly bath the kids at 17:00 and keep them indoors. Elijah wants to play with his friends outside/at their house so I have to wait. Thanks Eskom!
Sometimes my evenings look like this:These 2 photos above were taken within seconds of each other. A lot of my evenings look like this at some point. Sometimes Elijah is playing with friends in the complex and they possibly look like this (if I actually have time to give them my undivided attention between the cooking/cleaning/preparing for the next day):Rudi has migrated Elijah into our bed since he is often not there or gets home too late to go and lay down with him until he falls asleep. It's a tight squeeze. All 4 of us in one king size bed. Although, I must admit while it is winter this is a warm arrangement. Heaven knows what we'll do in summer. Before Elijah came over, I was able to turn around and cuddle Rudi if Gabby was content sleeping unlatched by herself. Now I turn around and am faced with Elijah, which means zero cuddle time for Rudi and I. I miss that. While I realize some people may cringe at the idea of having their children in their bed and will cluck their tongues and say "You'll never get them out of there", this arrangement is working for us right now. It means nobody feels left out and everybody gets a good night's sleep. In fact, I listened to advice from people before Elijah was born and moved him into his own room when he was 4 months old. I also made sure he always slept in his cot before he moved out of our room. With Gabby co-sleeping was the only option for me as I successfully breastfed her and I'm all about that convenience. No getting up out of a warm bed for feeds for me thankyouverymuch. After co-sleeping with Gabby for a while I regretted not doing it with Elijah. I really felt like I had missed out on something special with him. My mornings look like this:I have been getting a lot of comments lately from people about still breastfeeding Gabby. Actually, the comments are usually directed at her. "When are you going to stop drinking boobs?" "Gabby, it's time for you to get off the boob now". Really? I just don't understand how it affects anyone other than Gabby and myself. Breastfeeding is the most wonderful thing in her life and the most useful mothering tool for me. Another thing I missed out on with Elijah. No matter what crops up with Gabby, breastfeeding is the answer. Tired? Boob. Get hurt? Boob. Overstimulated? Boob. Thirsty? Boob. Bored? Boob. Tantrum? Boob. Best.Thing.Ever. When people ask ME when I plan to wean her, I usually just answer "Maybe when she is in high school". This is normally followed by nervous laughter. I'm starting to wonder if people think I'm serious. Perhaps the statement makes them realize that nursing a 30 month old isn't so ridiculous after all. I don't know and I really don't care. My circus, my monkeys – Mind your own tits.
Breastfeeding selfie…can you even tell?Rudi's work schedule is still completely unpredictable, so we cannot plan our lives at all. He is always at work, so if we are invited somewhere or try to make plans, I usually have to exclude him from the equation. If he is able to come along, it's a bonus. It isn't like we had a roaring social life before, but it is rather limiting. We cannot, for example, plan to take the kids somewhere over the weekend, or commit to popping around somewhere for a braai. I can't even plan something for myself as we do not have anyone at our disposal that can watch the children if Rudi isn't there to look after them if I go out. It just isn't logistically possible. While this part is sucky, I'm sure we will adapt. It is the kind of sacrifices we'll have to make to have more money and to progress.
Rudi has big dreams. He dreams of buying a house of our own. I have learnt to have faith in his dreams. At the beginning of this year he said "2015 is my year. I can feel it." I didn't believe him. He was relentless and worked extremely hard and here we are. His first goal achieved, his first dream realized. Onwards and upwards!

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My Sons' Happy Birthday Celebrations
Hello my dears! This is such a long overdue blog post from me. September went by so quickly! Why? It's a month filled with happiness...
Hello my dears! This is such a long overdue blog post from me. September went by so quickly! Why? It's a month filled with happiness and celebrations in the family. September is the birthday month of my two sons, Dandre, who just turned ten, and my toddler Wes, now three years old.
Because it's both their natal month, we decided to celebrate it at Boracay. It was a perfect family getaway because Daddy Practicality and I both filed our mandatory leave two weeks ago and my tweener's field trip was also scheduled during our weekday trip to our vacation destination. I couldn't express how happy that family trip made us. That's why I recommend, if you could save up a bit for a vacation, do so! It will create wonderful childhood memories for your children and also it's a great honeymoon-like-bonding time for you and hubby.
Dandre Turns 10
Let me tell you a funny story about my 10-year old son. He shocked me a little when the night before his birthday, he told me that he announced in his class that he will be treating them for lunch for his birthday.
Me: What? Baket mo sinabi yun anak? Diba, we're going to Boracay na nga to celebrate it and we're just going to have dinner at home?
D: Oh! I thought po kasi, that's the reason why you filed for leave on my birthday. I thought you will all go to my school and celebrate it with my classmates
Me: Moment of silence. Moment of Budget 101. Moment of nga-nga. Moment of pagkahabag. Zzzzz...
Of course ayoko naman siyang mapahiya sa classmates niya. Good thing, I saved some extra, but just enough to feed around 30 persons (including his teachers na yan!) Whew! So the following day, ayun, aligaga to go to his school early to get a permit slip to deliver Jollibee meals in his class.
Wes Turns Three
I just noticed, that I wasn't as emotional with Wes turning three, as I was when my Dandre turned three seven years ago. I think it's because I know better with my second child that no matter how I wish they won't grow up that fast, we cannot stop it eh!
Wes turned three last September 18 while we were at Boracay. It was a fun-filled day for us. That was the day I scheduled our island hopping activity.
I bought a cake at our hotel's bakeshop and brought it with us during the boat ride to the first island we went to, Ilig-Iligan Island. The candles were bought at Puregold in Manila for less than P30.00! We had dinner that day at D' Talipapa for delicious fresh seafood! It was a great day indeed!
That weekend, we had family and friends over the house to celebrate his birthday. Since I am a self-confessed Eats-Better-Than-Cook kind of a mom, CCME Homemade Foodstuff was a lifesaver. We ordered a food package two days ahead for 25-30 people. The six courses package only cost us P3,565.00 (with delivery charge already.) The Fiesta Filipino package had the following courses: Kalderetang Baka, Lechon Kawali, Rellenong Bangus, Pinaupong Manok Sa Asin, Laing Bicol and Adobong Manok at Baboy. No sweat, less hassle of going to the market to buy ingredients, chop and cook all of them, and no haggardo versoza face when greeting guests.
Because I save a lot of time, I DIY the house decors including the balloons. We bought cake from Goldilocks this time and as a treat to the children, I filled a big bowl with cookies, mallows, chocolates and gummy candies!
When you think of birthday parties, other than cake, you think of Ice Cream to right? I am blessed to receive an Ice Cream Party Package from Nestle Ice Cream It's got our favorites, Kimy, ice cream cups in Mango, Chocolate and Ube, and Twin Pops! It was a blockbuster during the party for kids and kids-at-heart
We know that even years from now, our kids will always remember good memories from the Boracay trip. After all, that's what really matters right? Living the NOW and creating unforgettable events in our children's lives. So when they get older and have their own families, they will also pass on the unconditional love we have for them to their own kids.
Our wishes for the boys would be that they would grow up to be responsible, honorable, respectable, successful, and God-fearing gentlemen. We love you both Dandre and Wes!
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- Jocris MangubatSeptember 28, 2013 at 5:23 PM
Wow.. I will take note of that CCME homemade food stuff ,not that expensive huh...Thnx Mommy.ReplyDelete
Happy birthdays! I agree that we should save time and money for a family trip that can add up bonding moments to their memory bank.=)ReplyDelete


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Firms find open source way to save over HP OpenView
For one-tenth the cost of systems management software from Hewlett-Packard and the like, IT managers chose an outsourced solution based on the open source Nagios stack.
When server and network management software from a proprietary software vendor costs ten times as much as an open source alternative, the decision to go the open source route might seem obvious.
Make that open-source alternative a hosted offering, and you lighten the load even further, freeing the IT staff of server and network management duties.
For Cliff Bell, the chief technology officer of Phoenix Technologies Ltd., a Milpitas, Calif.-based BIOS software manufacturer, something had to be done to better monitor his internal systems.
"What I told my department was, I don't think we should be good at fixing things, I think we should be good at not making them break," Bell said. At Phoenix Technologies, internal IT maintenance had taken precedence over pushing out better products.
Bell wanted an application that allowed him to monitor every aspect of his data center so that his IT department could shift its primary focus from troubleshooting to working on applications that would garner more business for the company. Like all c-level executives, he also wanted to save money.
Bell began by vetting proprietary options from vendors like Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and CA Inc., but their products were expensive and had unnecessary features.
"We could not afford HP OpenView and applications like it that were $100,000," Bell said. "For $100,000 I would want no downtime, but with [those applications] our machines would still break."
Thomas Lamb, the chief technology officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was also in the market for a server and network management tool. "Over the last three years, we had evolved from an old mainframe system to a more complex server-based environment. We changed our OSes, ERP packages -- changed pretty much everything we did," he said.
But in making those changes, Lamb said the number of complexities rose exponentially, and managing them all became difficult for his staff. He needed an end-to-end application for monitoring that mitigated the complexities his evolving data center had created.
Lamb looked into IBM Tivoli, Compuware Corp. and most notably, HP OpenView for managing and monitoring his array of Sun Solaris and Windows servers.
"We're a big HP customer, so we had a look at OpenView, but the price seemed to grow and grow with each meeting. It also appeared as though it would have taken a small army to run it, and that's something we were trying to avoid," he said.
Monitoring and reporting done the open source way
So, when confronted with exorbitant costs and staffing requirements, what's a user to do? Outsource your server and network management.
At Phoenix, Bell started by looking at Nagios, an open source network monitoring application, and ended up with a commercialized version from San Francisco-based GroundWork Open Source Inc.
"GroundWork had this idea to take an open source project [like Nagios] and turn it into a company. We are an SMB with our own small staff. We wanted to know that [our monitoring and metrics] were going to be outsourced to GroundWork," Bell said. "We called it open source with adult supervision."
Updates and upgrades
UNC Chapel Hill's Lamb also eventually found his way to GroundWork and has been working with the company to deploy the product for the better part of 2006. Lamb and his staff worked with GroundWork employees to set up the application on his servers in "a matter of weeks." From then on, the process was a series of rolling upgrades as GroundWork added components to the software. There was also some custom console work Lamb and his staff had to complete that was rolled into the GroundWork deployment later in the year.
"We had some custom work, and we basically wanted one-off views, so [GroundWork] worked it up in conjunction with the manager that runs that for me," he said. That job took about three months, Lamb said, which was about what he had expected.
Back at Phoenix Technologies, Bell was impressed with a new reporting feature that GroundWork introduced in September as part of version 5.0.
That said, Bell would really like to see GroundWork come through with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance support in the near future. It's one of the few areas he sees as a challenge in his data center when it comes to monitoring, reporting and metrics. He would also like to be able to use a secure shell, or SSH, to log in to his environment.
In fact, ensuring basic security for services and data is still a key concern for firms deciding whether to buy or outsource, said Stephen Elliot, a vice president with Framingham, Mass.-based IDC. And with smaller, developing companies like GroundWork, Elliot said, addressing these areas is still a work in progress. But for small to medium businesses, going with a company like GroundWork might make a lot of sense, especially when compared to the OpenViews of the world.
All in all, Lamb is "reasonably satisfied" with his deployment. And, today at Phoenix Technologies, Bell said GroundWork provides "about 90% of the functionality of applications like OpenView for a tenth of the cost."
Lamb has had a similar experience, but was not as specific regarding how much UNC had saved. "The pricing and performance was as expected," he said -- "an order of magnitude" better than the proprietary alternatives.


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People enjoy a trip on Maud in lots of different ways, and I hope the following will give you the flavour of our trips so far this year. Next time I write I will choose photos that illustrate other more serious ways of enjoying ourselves, watching the wildlife and learning about sailing a trading wherry.
With the exception of the final photo, all the pictures were taken on my mobile phone.
Here is the chilled out way, best suited to a sunny day :
And then there's eating cakes, even better when on board boat and in good company :
Seeing the wherry's rig from an unusual angle :
Sheltering from a chilly breeze :
Or even helming the wherry under the watchful eye of Neil Thomas :
It has been a wonderful start to the season and we hope for many more trips with a happy group photo at the end just like this one :
Written by Linda Pargeter, Trustee of Wherry Maud, May 21 2017.


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Cole Honl of Valley City State (N.D.) and Scott Petry of Mayville State (N.D.) were selected to the sixth edition of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Baseball weekly honors, announced Monday.
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Cole Honl – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6'2" – Senior – First Base/DH – Moorhead, Minn. – Honl batted .500 at the plate and recorded a slugging percentage of .714 as Valley City State went 2-2 for the week against Presentation College.
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Presentation (S.D.) and Valley City State (N.D.) split their NSAA four-game series in Valley City, N.D. on April 18-19. The Saints won the first game on both days (5-3 and 12-8), while the Vikings won the second game of the doubleheader on each day (6-5 and 14-0). VCSU is 17-24 overall record and 5-5 NSAA record (8-6 NSAA/Frontier conference record). PC is 9-36 overall record and 3-9 record in NSAA conference play (3-13 NSAA/Frontier record).


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I know I don't normally do out-of-the-blue blog posts like this (If you're new to jessiecrescent, I do book reviews on Wednesdays, and lifestyle posts on Friday) but this morning I was walking my dogs, and felt so relaxed; I wasn't thinking about school work, or writing, just where I was going to walk (not even that – I've lived where I currently live since I was a baby so I know it like the back of my hand).
Have you ever just left your phone at home, put on some super comfy joggers, a big coat, wellies (or whatever you feel like) and left your life. The serenity and purity of the air clearing out your lungs and mind.
I know you're worried, but it's OK to take a minute to yourself. It's OK to get some fresh air. It's OK.
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|Muirfield, the venue for the 2013 Open. Photo: Ross Kinnaird
Misunderstandings (arguments!) often occur between golfers, due to the Rules of Golf that they watch on television appearing to be different to those that apply at their Clubs, societies or when playing casual golf. Let me emphasise that the 34 Rules of Golf are the same wherever golf is played in the world and whoever is playing the game. The last remaining Rules difference between the USGA (US and Mexico) and the R&A (rest of the world), which concerned a limit of the monetary value of a prize for a hole-in-one, was removed in 2012. So, why is it that we hear golfers arguing as to whether they can change from a hard ball to a soft ball between holes, practice a putt between holes, or take line of play relief from an immovable obstruction close to the putting green? The reason is that Pro Tour events often operate Conditions of Competition that are rarely used in the amateur game. Specimen Conditions of Competition can be found in Appendix l, Part C. The subjects include the following;
• One Ball Condition: For when it is desired to prohibit changing brands and models of golf balls during a stipulated round.
• Practice between Holes: Prohibiting a player from making any practice stroke on or near the putting green of the hole last played, as per Note 2 to Rule 7-2.
• Transportation: Prohibiting players from riding on any form of transportation during a stipulated round, unless authorised by the Committee.
• Pace of Play: The Committee may establish pace of play guidelines to help prevent slow play, in accordance with Note 2 to Rule 6-7. For example, the US PGA Tour's Condition of Competition for pace of play permits a player to take 40 seconds over a stroke with an additional 20 seconds under certain exceptions, such as for the first putt on the putting green, as not all shots take the same amount of time to play.
• (Edit July 12th 2013) Embedded Balls: In USGA, and PGA Tour events, relief for an embedded ball is provided through the green and not just from closely mown areas.
Another misunderstanding that can arise from watching golf on TV occurs when non-permanent artificial objects have been erected in conjunction with the competition (such as tents, scoreboards, grandstands, television towers and lavatories). In these situations there will be a Local Rule in operation providing line of play relief from these temporary immovable obstructions (TIOs). When amateur golfers see the Pros getting this line of play relief they sometimes assume that the Rules of Golf must offer similar relief from all fixed, artificial obstructions that are blocking their intended shot. Of course, the only relief that can be taken in these circumstances is when the immovable obstruction interferes with the player's stance or the area of his intended swing, under Rule 24-2, not their line of play.
Good golfing,
If you are involved in assisting Junior golfers you might be interested in purchasing my 36-hole Quiz for Juniors, which includes 9 questions on etiquette. This quiz has now been successfully run at several clubs worldwide. Please check out the details at this link.
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The caves can be accessed through the village Nagou where visitors can try the locally brewed alcoholic drink, Tchokpa. Though travelers can take a road to the plateau, it is also possible to climb up the rock face to achieve an intimate engagement with the landscape. The start of the trail is marked by a water tower near the village of Djabire at the base of the mountain.


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to the see, though not approaching it within thousands of miles, but others were certainly bishops of a different diocese, which has been confounded with that of Cambalec.1
There is a curious notice of the proceedings and success of John of Montecorvino to be found in the chronicle of John of Winterthur, a Suabian Minorite,2 who finished his annals about the middle of the century. After mentioning the death of the friars at Tana in India, he goes on to say that a few years before that event, a certain Franciscan of Lower Germany had set out on a pilgrimage of evangelisation, and had written a letter to the chief of the Northern Vicariate, which the chronicler had seen, and in which a detailed account was given of the traveller's proceedings. The substance of this letter is then recited, and we find it to be in fact the same as that of the first letter of John Montecorvino from Cambalec, though his name is never mentioned but all is supposed to relate to the acts and sufferings of the Low German friar. Professor Kunstmann3 identifies this person with that Friar Arnold of Cologne whom Montecorvino mentions as having joined him about the year 1303-4. It is possible that this Arnold is in some way connected with the mistake, but it seems pretty certain that what the chronicler had seen was merely a copy of Montecorvino's letter. There are one or two slight circumstances in the chronicle which are not mentioned in that letter but they look very like such amplifications as would be natural in such a case.
John in the first of these letters makes interesting mention of a certain King George of the family of Prester John. • This George is mentioned by Marco Polo as exercising a secondary sovereignty in Tendue, the position of which has been explained in a note on Odoric (p. 146). Marco also names the same George as one of the generals of Kublai's army in a great battle with Kaidu, the Khan's inveterate rival.' This seems the most suit-
' Le Quien, iii, coll. 1346-1356. This see, as Prof. Kunstmann points out, is that of Cembalo in the Crimea (I presume the Symbolön Limèn of
Strabo), and now famous under the name of Balaklava.
2 In Eccard, Corpus Historicum, etc., i, coll. 1895-7. Winterthur is in
the modern Swiss canton Zurich.
3 Phillips and Görres, xliii, 677. 4 Marco Polo, ii, 50, iii, 44.
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Published: in Solidarity, III, 9 (June 1965).
Transcribed: by Jonas Holmgren
Proofed: by George Poulados
"Until he has witnessed an Easter march, the average citizen can have no idea of the number of groups hell-bent on the balkanization of Utopia and the diversity of magazines and badges which they produce. Yesterday Ilford Liberation Group, the Fellowship Party, and the Anarchists were groups for the connoisseur, while the Young Communist League, the district committees of London area Communist parties, and the Young Socialists provided more familiar forms of dissent" (Guardian, April 19, 1965).
The Press, the police, and representatives of the established political parties must share a certain incredulous surprise on occasions like Aldermaston. For there, surfacing into broad daylight, emerging from the anonymity of their daily lives, are literally dozens of different political (or anti-political) groupings, scores of rank-and-file papers, subversive to various degrees of the Established Order, and thousands upon thousands of individuals - with strongly felt opinions of their own - united in their opposition to the Bomb and in their determination to take responsibility for their own actions.
What vision of the future do these people hold? The categories of traditional politics are quite inadequate to define them. These crowds are unlikely to be demonstrating for either Mr. Wilson's or Mr. Gollan's "alternatives" to the established order. This mass of humanity on the road, "hell-bent on the balkanization of Utopia", must be a bureaucrat's nightmare.
The procession - as is well-known - is filmed and photographed from every angle, dissected, enlarged, submitted to the most refined technologies of identification known to the Special Branch. This rabble, this horde of potential troublemakers must be identified, their affiliations established, the files kept accurate and up to date. How much easier it would be to treat them all as "reds" or "pacifists", as "communists" or "anarchists", without having to worry about the finer shades of doctrinal difference, without having to document this massive dissent.
But that wouldn't do in this scientific age! The clerks and computers must be kept busy. Tagged, the rebels must be. Who is "dangerous" and who is "daft"? Who owes allegiance to Moscow and who to Transport House? Who lives in the past and who in the present? Who believes in non-violence and who doesn't? Who believes in Parliament and who does not? Who are the "resolutionaries" and who the "revolutionaries"? And how the hell can we make sure their beliefs remain static, and that they won't split, and shift allegiance, and bugger up the card index? Who are sheep? Who are goats? And in which pigeonhole do we put the hybrids?
The politicians must view it much as the police does. Why don't all these people just stay at home and leave it to us? Why don't they trust their elders and betters? Why aren't they happy just to vote for us every few years? Why do they argue so much - and in the streets too?
And is all this just the tip of the iceberg? How many others, today, think as they do? How many will, tomorrow? Could this scruffy lot be the "don't knows" of the Gallup polls? Are these the solid core of non-voters? How often does their "don't know" mean "won't tell"? And how often does "won't tell" mean "fuck the lot of you"?
Why, oh why, won't all these people accept our "realistic", parliamentary alternatives? Why don't they leave complicated things - like their own life and death - to the professional politicians? If they must have their Utopias, why can't they accept our standard models, prefabricated, provided and priced by official society itself? We may bemoan their apathy, but surely this is better than having them turn up in hundreds at May Day and shout us down, or make awkward comments about "Vietnam" or "MPs' salaries" or "old age pensioners" or other unpleasant subjects.
The press - although aware of the newsworthiness of the esoteric - is less concerned about getting facts straight. They worship at the altar of power. They are the mouthpieces of those who have arrived. And these marchers are getting nowhere. They are all "weird" anyway. Why bore our readers (and tax our own grey matter) by going into their beliefs more fully? Our political vocabulary is limited, our knowledge of sects' anatomy more limited still. We have so consistently got things wrong when venturing to the left of the Communist Party that we had better keep to safe ground. So let's tidy up reality a little. Let's just call them all "beatniks", "anarchists", the "lunatic fringe". After all Gaitskell called them "peanuts".
And what about the demonstrators themselves? The "balkanization" of their respective Utopias is too obvious to deny. Geography and history get muddled. For some Mecca is Moscow, for others Peking. Some live in Petrograd (in 1917) - others in Barcelona (in 1936). Internationals and ideologies interpenetrate. Revolutionary Gods (Marx, Bakunin, Luxemburg, Malatesta, de Leon, Lenin and Trotsky) jostle one another on the narrow summits of a revolutionary Olympus. The truly godless are also clamouring for room to breathe.
For some, this fragmentation has solely negative aspects. These groups echo the views of the powers-that-be: dissent should be centralized, co-ordinated, channeled along the lines of one particular revolutionary development, which they alone, of course, have grasped. Everything else is diversion and irrelevance. They alone are the conscious agents of an Almighty Historical Providence. They alone have understood the "laws" of history. They alone are carried forward by the historical floodtide. Such groups are elitist to the core. They (and they alone) are potential leaderships. Other groups are dangerous competitors in the permanent auction for revolutionary clientele. The masses, by themselves, can do nothing. They are but an amorphous infantry at the disposal of a self-appointed general staff of revolutionary generals. That ordinary people could themselves make history - and could make it in ways unforeseen and unsuspected by the professional revolutionaries - would never occur to the residual legatees of Bolshevism. History is thus turned upside down. Monolithic conceptions of the road to "utopia" foreshadow Utopias in their own image, i.e. monolithic to the core.
For others in the movement "men make their own history" - and in ways much wider and fuller than is usually conceded. There is no one road to utopia, no one organization, or prophet, or Party, destined to lead the masses to the Promised Land. There is no one historically determined objective, no single vision of a different and new society, no solitary economic panacea that will do away with the alienation of man from his fellow men and from the products of his own activity.
For groups holding such views the "balkanization of utopia" need convey no disparaging overtones of incapacity or futility. Established society is being corroded at many points, in many ways, here and now. Hundreds of thousands are contributing to the process, both consciously and otherwise: brick-planting policemen and lying Labour politicians, young people rejecting traditional sexual morality and students questioning the categorical imperatives of death "for Queen and Country", train robbers and "Spies for Peace" evading arrest month after month, and well-paid trade union officials pontificating about the merits of an "incomes policy" for their members. All are playing a worthy part in a vast and essential process of demystification.
So are South Bank clergymen de-godding God and Catholic priests acting as salesmen for Durex. So are Trots still building left-wings in the Labour Party and calling on Labour leaders to legislate for workers' control, while Labour MPs vote themselves a £30 a week wage increase and thunder against those who "rock the boat". So are French Stalinists supporting de Gaulle and Chinese Stalinists supporting the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution, Negroes exposing the whole fraudulent nature of the American judicial system and White House politicians showing the world their notion of the "rule of law" in the Dominican Republic. So too, finally, are workers at Paisley using sit-in tactics and having to be carried out by the police, while Labour leaders lambast latent Luddites, confer baronetcies on the Brockways and Sopers of this world and encourage the half-pissed platitudes of "brother" Brown.
For those who hold that mass consciousness rather than a change of leadership is an essential precondition of social change, the events of the last few years can be viewed with reasonable satisfaction. Starting from very different premises, various groups are making fundamental critiques of established society. Some have been through the mill of traditional "left" politics, others not. Some start from their experience in production, others from their experience in the anti-Bomb movement, some from the total crisis of culture and values in the admass society, and others still from the void of their own daily lives. These critiques are slowly converging. They are literally ploughing up every acre of established thinking, including the so-called revolutionary ideologies. They are preparing a resurgence of libertarian thought and action, based on more genuinely socialist objectives than at any previous period of history. The era of closed ideologies (including totalitarian "revolutionary" ideologies) is slowly coming to an end. The cults of efficiency, of hierarchy, of production for production's sake, of consumption for consumption's sake, of organization for organization's sake, of "ever more" (of the same) are slowly being subverted and replaced by genuinely human values.
The "balkanization of utopia" bemoaned by bourgeois and Bolsheviks alike is therefore neither tragedy nor farce. It is the sole guarantee that "utopia", if we ever get near to it, will be worth living in.
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HKUST Career Mosaic 2015
On 8 October 2015, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) invited Hong Kong Science Park's companies to participate in the "HKUST Career Mosaic 2015" held by the Career Center of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). ISL was one of the participants of Hong Kong Science Park.
The objectives of this career fair are to provide an effective platform for the promotion of corporate branding and on-campus recruitment as well as to enhance the career opportunities of the HKUST students. More than 110 companies had provided jobs for the graduates and internship opportunities from industries including the information technology, Manufacturing, Property/Real Estate, Retail/Wholesale/Trading and Financial Services, etc.
Many HKUST students with major in computer science were interested in the mobility solution regarding how ReportNOW can link up with the company's existing database system and generate reports with real-time information or capture instant data from the mobile devices. Further information of e-M-POWER on Demand and ReportNOW was provided to the applicants for a better understading of the Cloud solution and mobility solution.


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Your camper van insulation and ventilation is integral to the comfort level of your van life. A well ventilated van will help remove hot air, cooking smells and water vapour so will smell fresh.
A well insulated van will be warm and cosy in the cold and cool in the heat. Insulation and ventilation work hand in hand so consider both before you start your installation.
This post will guide you through all you need to know and camper van insulation and ventilation to help you in your own conversion.
Why is ventilation in your camper van important?
Condensation is a camper van's enemy because it leads to rust. Cooking, wet areas and even people breathing in the camper van create water vapour. With so many potential sources, an effective ventilation system will prevent a huge problem.
If there isn't enough air flow in a camper van, condensation will build up and cause damp, mould and rust. Avoid condensation by improving airflow with a good all round ventilation system.
How much ventilation does your camper van need?
How much ventilation a camper van needs depends on a few factors so there's no hard and fast rule. Yet the fundamental principles of ventilation remain the same.
A good ventilation system means bringing in air from outside and creating circulation.
A camper van needs enough ventilation to keep air circulating and to remove hot air, water vapour and pollutants.
The more people using the camper van, the greater the ventilation system needed.
Because cold air sinks, hot air gathers at the ceiling of the camper. So roof vents are perfect to expel air from the camper van. Place vents to bring fresh air in lower down on the camper van walls or floor.
What type of ventilation is best for my camper van?
The most basic type of ventilation for a camper van is to open the doors and windows. It's a low cost but incomplete approach.
During the winter months, it's not practical to keep your windows and doors open and it leaves you without any security. So what options do you have to ventilate your camper van?
Wind deflectors for your windows
You can gain a little security by installing wind deflectors to the side windows so you can leave them open a little at night. Every bit of fresh air intake counts when it comes to ventilating a camper van.
Louvred air vents
A few louvred air vents fitted in strategic positions in the walls of your camper van will give a constant fresh air intake.
You'll need to cut holes in the side of the van where you want to fit the vents but the products are low cost. Make sure you fit fly screens behind each vent to stop unwanted bugs entering your camper van.
Wind powered roof vent
These wind powered roof vents are small so ideal for ribbed roofs such as those on a Sprinter van.
Powered only by the wind, these vents won't drain your batteries and pick up quite a speed whilst driving.
The extraction rates can get quite high so they're more effective than the louvred air vents.
Pop top roof vents
Our Unimog, Mowgli had 4 of these pop up roof vents. They open on all 4 sides so can provide constant ventilation and they had fly screens already fitted.
We used to drive with them open so we know they're strong and robust. Again, you'll need to cut holes in the camper van to fit these vents.
Extractor vents
Our Sprinter van conversion has one of these extractor vents installed. Fitted with a 12v motor the fan can rotate in either direction so air is either expelled or drawn.
Because our Sprinter van Baloo was a minibus in a previous life, we bought her with an extractor fan already fitted. Baloo has loads of ventilation now. We'll keep you posted on how it all performs.
Chances are you'll use one or two of these together in your camper van ventilation design. The important thing is to have enough movement of air into and out of the camper van to get rid of any lingering water vapour.
Essential reading: how to plan your camper van conversion
Why is insulation in your camper van important?
Base vehicles, ripe for conversion, tend to have little or no insulation installed. It may have started life as a courier van or something of the like.
It never needed to be warm and cosy because it was never intended as a home. Now we want to turn our van into a comfortable camper van.
So how do we turn a metal shell into a home to keep us warm in the cold and cool in the heat?
Decent insulation combined with good ventilation, we create an environment anyone would be proud to call home.
Also read: choosing a base vehicle for your camper van conversion
How much insulation does your camper van need?
How much insulation you need depends on where you intend to take it. You'll need better thermal performance if you want to live in your van during cold winter months.
The primary aim of insulating your camper van is to reduce heat loss in cold weather and to keep the inside cool when it's hot outside.
What type of insulation is best for my camper van?
A nightmare of a question! You only have to google it and you'll find a multitude of answers, everyone with an opinion on what is right and wrong and yet all inconsistent.
It drove us mad when we started to research how we would insulate Baloo. So here we're not going to even try to tell you what's right or wrong.
Instead, here's a list of the materials you can use to insulate your camper conversion. When deciding what combination of materials to use in your own conversion, consider your ventilation at the same time.
Avoiding and managing condensation is critical in maintaining a pleasant home.
Reflectix foil wrap
This material is like silver bubble wrap. Because it's a radiant barrier, Reflectix is often used as sun shade on the inside of camper van windows.
There's a lot of debate on how effective this stuff is as an insulator on the camper van walls though.
It is most effective with an air gap so this needs to consideration before adding the next layer of insulation.
The inside of most camper van walls consist of large flat(ish) panels and lots of smaller spaces too. Reflectix is easy enough to install on the larger panel areas with adhesive tape or spray.
Rigid Panels
Polystyrene and styrofoam boards are low cost and quick and easy to fit to the large panel in the camper van. We used 25mm on the roof of our Sprinter van conversion and 40mm thick board in the walls.
In Mowgli our Unimog camper, we had 40mm boards all round. We used the boards that are foil lined on both sides as it gives a slight improvement on the thermal protection.
Loft insulation
This is the flexible rolls of material we find in many lofts. The advantage of loft insulation is you can squeeze it into all the nooks and crannies you can't fit the boards into. Again, the choice of materials is wide.
You can choose fibreglass, recycled plastic, recycled denim or wool. They all have different properties and R-value.
Wool tends to have the highest R-value (thermal protection). Fibreglass is nasty stuff to work with because it makes you itch and you need to wear a mask and gloves to install it.
It doesn't handle moisture too well either. We used the recycled plastic bottle material in our Sprinter van conversion.
Vapour barrier
Many camper conversions add a vapour barrier over the top of the insulation and before lining the walls and ceiling. This will prevent any water vapour not ventilated making it's way to the metal and eroding it over time.
Many converted camper vans use a combination of insulation materials. In our Sprinter van Baloo, we've used rigid panels with recycled plastic bottle loft insulation.
We have refitted the original headliner and it is also insulated with wool and a vapour barrier too. We've not used a vapour barrier on the walls.
Your camper van insulation and ventilation work together to help provide a clean, warm and dry home. Because you'll only install the insulation once, our advice is to do it well.
Have plenty of ventilation and the structure of your camper van will give you many, many comfortable van life years.
Read next: how to register your converted camper with the DVLA.
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Last night I was cleaning up and shredding old papers when I found a "good job" letter from an old supervisor of mine. I read over it and laughed out loud as I thought about this call. I dig my job and I dig helping people but some people are just crazy and well…dumb. I know this sounds bad and don't get my words twisted but some people just don't think about anything or what they are doing. This is especially true when it comes to those who call when intoxicated. If you would like to know an easy way to get arrested, this is one of them.
It was December 2006 around 2am or so and I received a 911 call. It had actually been dead most of the night because of the weather and people were playing it safe by staying home. Some people were out and about either way and the fun apparently had been happening at an old country bar in the southeastern part of the county. I know this because of the 911 call.
"911 where's your emergency?"
"Uh…well there's no real emergency."
"Ok well…"
"Hey! You listening to me boy?"
"Yes sir, what seems to be the problem?"
"Well DISPATCHER, I was kicked out of a bar and I want you to send an officer to my house so that he can give me a PBT and prove I was not as drunk as they said."
So…you read that right? You understood what he was looking for? I could tell that this fool was obviously drunk and he wanted me to send an officer to his home and breath test him so that he could prove he was not as intoxicated as the people at the bar claimed. Ok, we're on the same page.
"Sir, I'm not sure that the officer is going to go out there for that."
"What!? Do your job DISPATCHER, do your job! Get his ass out here!"
I had to hold back from laughing because I couldn't believe that this guy was calling for something this stupid.
"Sir, I can have an officer call you if you want to know what rights you might have but…"
"NO! I pay my taxes, and I pay your salary so you get him out here! You see my address on your screen?"
"Yes sir I do."
"Send him here now!"
The guy who I will call Punchy hung up on me and I had one of the troopers call me in dispatch. When he called I told him the situation and he said he was not going to go out there but that if he called on 911 a few more times that he would go out there for a misuse of 911.
"911, where's your emerg…"
"HEY! DISPATCHER! He coming yet?"
"Sir, the officer is not going to go out there."
"I pay for everything you do and I order you to get him out here now! I bet if I was dying or fighting with someone you would get someone out here right?"
"Yes sir I would because that's what I do and besides, that's a whole different situation."
"I know that you asshole! Look I know this is somewhat stupid but I have something to prove here! I paid a lot of money and then they thought I had too much so that stopped serving me and kicked me out because I got mad."
"So…you spent a lot of money, you drank a lot, and you got kicked out. Are you by yourself sir?"
"Well yeah, what does that matter?"
"So…you drove yourself home after drinking?"
"LOOK DISPATCHER, THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT! None of that matters!" *click*
I hung up the phone and laughed at the entire situation. How could someone call for something so dumb? He even said that it was dumb yet he had something to prove. Punchy called two more times and the conversations were full of him yelling and swearing at me. After the fourth time I sent the trooper a message and he said that he was enroute to the guys house.
*holding chuckle back* "Yes, sir."
"Is he on his way?"
"Yes sir he is."
"Good! You make sure to tell him to watch out because I don't mess around. I'm glad you are finally doing your job DISPATCHER."
"Oh, I always do my job sir. That's what we do here, we take the call and serve the public. I'm sure you will get exactly what you asked for when the trooper gets there."
"Excellent! You're not such an asshole after all." *click*
I hung up and waited for the outcome. I advised the trooper of what Punchy had said and he pleasantly responded with,
"Oh I'll make sure to keep that in the back of my mind."
The trooper had only been out there for a little while when I heard,
"Central…one in custody."
The guy had admitted to driving drunk and I don't know if he got pinched for that since he wasn't driving at the time the trooper was out there with him but he definitely got hit for misuse of 911. It amazes me how dumb some people are. Even you can admit that Punchy was stupid for making this call. I never heard from old Punchy again but if you want to know an easy way to get arrested, this is one of them.


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A video of a woman facing off against numerous workers at the Five Guys Burgers & Fries restaurant on South Beach's Washington Avenue has gone viral with little information about what actually
The video opens with an employee throwing what appears to be a stack of cups from behind the counter at a woman in a tight black outfit. Other Five Guys employees emerge from behind the counter and confront the woman, with one employee repeatedly hitting the woman and pulling her hair. Other employees join in the melee and eventually pull the woman's wig off.
What appears to be a security guard steps in and tries to break up the fight.
The victim eventually walks out with wig in hand to shouts of "World Star."
The restaurant certainly seems to be the South Beach location. The store is located near the heart of Miami Beach's nightclub district and is open daily until 4 a.m. The fact that a couple of customers in the background can be seen in costume suggests it was taken over the Halloween weekend.
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Yet the Miami Beach Police Department confirms it didn't receive any reports of the fight until the video went viral.
A phone call to the restaurant this morning went unanswered, but a corporate spokesperson spoke to NBC Miami.
"The actions displayed in the video are simply unacceptable," the spokesperson told the station. "We are working with the franchise owner to do a full investigation and ensure appropriate disciplinary actions are taken. "
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Two upcoming workshops this spring for felting around a resist Not to worry if you missed the Felted Hat class at Society of Contemporary Craft. Soon, I will be teaching two felting around resist workshops. While these classes will not … Continued


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The Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven will a host a Fitness Food Drive on Saturday, 11/23 and Sunday, 11/24. One can of non-perishable food gets you 30 minutes of fitness -- as well as a fulfilled heart and spirit. :) You can always donate more to party more! Non-members are welcome to join this event.
Saturday will be a Four Hour Spin Marathon with new instructors every 30 minutes from 7:30-11:30am. Sign up is required for Spinning. Sunday is the Zumba Dance Marathon portion (yay!) with new instructors every 45 minutes. Sign up is not required for Zumba.
Please note for Zumba: A couple of blocks feature specialty Zumba classes. The 10:30-11 block is Zumba® Toning, in which Toning Sticks are used to provide lightweight resistance. The 11-11:30 block is Zumba Sentao™, in which a chair is used to provide targeted resistance training. Toning sticks and chairs will be provided by the JCC.
I will be there on Sunday, and I hope to see you, too!
JCC of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Main Office: 203-387-2522
Update 11/25/13: What a fun event! Several boxes of food were collected, and Zumba fans of all levels shook, shimmied and squatted their way through the morning. Congrats to instructors April, Heather, Joy and Julie on a great job. Thanks to Fitness Director, Susan Donovan, for alerting What's Up New Haven to this high energy event!


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Fine Art of Choosing a Wall Mounted Bathroom Vanity
Every establishment, from a private home to an apartment complex to a public building is found to favor the Wall Mounted modern bathroom vanity. The appeal is difficult to miss, since Wall Mounted vanities are easy to install, require very little maintenance, and are designed to fit within your space, as well as your budget.
Surely, the urge to renovate is bound to manifest itself even at the most unexpected point in your life, whether or not you explicitly make the decision to spruce up your bathroom with a contemporary wall mount vanity, or perhaps the reason for this change is combination of necessity and opportunity. Perhaps you are moving into a new home or apartment, and the bathroom calls for a compact and cozy centerpiece; perhaps the bathroom in your home has a layout that is smaller than anticipated, so you are more likely to get creative in terms of how the amount of available space is utilized. That is where Wall Mount modern bathroom vanities readily step in to do their job.
Wall Mounted vanities generally fit well within their surroundings; granted, it behooves any home decorator to pay attention to such factors as dimensions and color schemes. A white wall, for instance, will mesh well with a vanity of any color, particularly those with a brighter finish. These fixtures are often associated with the free spirit and spunkiness of modern design, which tends to place emphasis on the functionality of home furniture, rather than its size and the presence of overly elaborate details and carvings (or lack thereof). Wall Mounted bathroom vanities are available in every size and shape; whether they are single-sink or double-sink, Mounted bathroom vanities offer up ample room with their sturdy-sleek countertops that are usually fashioned from chrome, glass (clear or frosted), and stainless steel.
Beautiful Wall Mounted vanities are made all the more special by the presence of unconventionally shaped sinks. A particular characteristic of contemporary furniture is shapes and shades that are atypical of the classic stock. Wall Mount vanity cabinets come in a wide gamut of hues, and the vessel sinks serve as particularly eye-catching trait of the simple yet luxurious Wall Mounted Vanities that can easily fit into any home. Most definitely, a utilitarian vanity does not have to be boring; quite the contrary, the wealth of exceptional products, found in a wealth of online catalogs can only feed the flare for giving your bathroom a transformation worthy of envy and awe.


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As we have previously reported, the FCC's rules require the
closed captioning of certain video programming delivered via
Internet Protocol (IP) if the programming is first aired on
television with captions. The rules have taken effect on a
phased schedule of compliance beginning last fall: As of
September 30, 2012, stations have been required to display closed
captioning forfull-lengthprogramming delivered via IP if that
programming was first closed captioned on a broadcast platform on
or after April 30, 2012.
Beginning March 30, 2013, the next phase of
deadlines will take effect. As of that date, all "live" and
"near-live"full-length programming must be captioned when it is
delivered via IP if it airs on television with closed captions.
Stations should ensure that they have equipment and procedures in
place to provide closed captioning for "live" or "near-live"
full-length program that is streamed on their station websites or
otherwise distributed via IP.
It is important to understand that, for purposes of these rules,
"live programming" is defined as "video programming that is shownon
televisionsubstantially simultaneously with its performance," and
"near-live" is defined as "video programming that is performed and
recorded less than 24 hours prior to the time that it was first
airedon television." Thus, the terms "live" and "near-live"
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aired live on television with closed captions (such as a newscast)
and then, later, posted on the station's website as a full-length
program, is also subject to the March 30, 2013, deadline because it
aired live on television (even though it is not streaming live on
the Internet).
Under the rules, a full-length program is defined as "video
programming that appears on television and is distributed to end
users, substantially in its entirety, via IP."
Video clips and outtakes from the programming that appeared on
television are excluded from this definition.
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rules will take effect on September 30, 2013. For more
information about the Internet closed captioning rules, please
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Lo Hice!March 20th, 2010
I did it! I found a way to make my blog even more dull. We are going to watch the grass grow together. Okay, not grass but probably something just about as interesting…our attempt at a garden. We've been talking about wanting one for the past couple of years – mostly likely because we can't plant one. Stupid lease.
To make a short story long, our lease is up April 30th. We looked at houses and thought very seriously about building or buying one…then chickened out. We decided to stay put for 1 more year to further reduce our debt before we take on another mortgage. (Being a grown up sucks sometimes.) But right after we made the decision, we saw an interesting house go up on the MLS. We live in an area where 95% of the homes were built in the past 20 years. It is subdivision city where you are guaranteed a cookie cutter house and a home owner's association. We dislike those 2 things immensely but there are enough things about this area that we like that we are willing to put up with them. But this house wasn't in a subdivision and it was over 100 years old. Guaranteed plumbing and electrical issues character – instant lust from us.
We went to see it. The yard was wonderful. Large but not too much mowing, mature trees (even a swing hanging from one which Sabrina liked), a garden all fenced off, and around the house itself an actual picket fence (no longer white but it could be). But alas, the house itself wasn't the dream. Without adding on at least 1 room, it wouldn't work for our family so we had to pass on it.
That night we went to bed with visions of gardens dancing in our heads. I couldn't let it go. I started thinking about a container garden but some quick pricing on large planters proved that for 1 year (next year we hope to have our own yard so that we can plant in the actual ground) it was too much of an investment. It would be cheaper just to make our weekly trips to the farmers market. Then I had 'another one of my brilliant ideas' (80′s sitcom reference – anyone?) for a rather inexpensive (but not pretty) way to do a container garden. Today we bought seeds and planted them. We'll move them outside when they are ready. The ultimate hope is that this year we learn a little something about gardening while reaping a few veggies for our efforts so that we can have a nice garden next year. We also hope that involved Sabrina in the process will get her excited about vegetables and she might actually allow a few to pass through her lips without an argument.
Aside from my herbs, we are trying tomatoes, green peppers, jalapenos, green onions, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, and 2 kinds of lettuce. I know nothing about gardening except I hated it when my dad used to make up get up really early on the weekends to work in the garden – especially we didn't want to eat most of what he was growing.


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2 Chronicles Chapter 29 | Parsha:
1Hezekiah became king at the age of twenty-five, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2He did what was pleasing to the Lord, just as his father David had done.
3He, in the first month of the first year of his reign, opened the doors of the House of the Lord and repaired them. 4He summoned the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the east square. 5He said to them, "Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves and sanctify the House of the Lord God of your fathers, and take the abhorrent things out of the holy place. 6For our fathers trespassed and did what displeased the Lord our God; they forsook Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling-place of the Lord, turning their backs on it. 7They also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lights; they did not offer incense and did not make burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8The wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem; He made them an object of horror, amazement, and hissing as you see with your own eyes. 9Our fathers died by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity on account of this. 10Now I wish to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that His rage may be withdrawn from us. 11Now, my sons, do not be slack, for the Lord chose you to attend upon Him, to serve Him, to be His ministers and to make offerings to Him."
12So the Levites set to—Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah of the sons of Kohath; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah; 13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel— 15and, gathering their brothers, they sanctified themselves and came, by a command of the king concerning the Lord's ordinances, to purify the House of the Lord. 16The priests went into the House of the Lord to purify it, and brought all the unclean things they found in the Temple of the Lord out into the court of the House of the Lord; [there] the Levites received them, to take them outside to Wadi Kidron. 17They began the sanctification on the first day of the first month; on the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord. They sanctified the House of the Lord for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18Then they went into the palace of King Hezekiah and said, "We have purified the whole House of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table of the bread of display and all its utensils; 19and all the utensils that King Ahaz had befouled during his reign, when he trespassed, we have made ready and sanctified. They are standing in front of the altar of the Lord."
20King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the officers of the city, and went up to the House of the Lord. 21They brought seven bulls and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin offering for the kingdom and for the Sanctuary and for Judah. He ordered the Aaronite priests to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22The cattle were slaughtered, and the priests received the blood and dashed it against the altar; the rams were slaughtered and the blood was dashed against the altar; the lambs were slaughtered and the blood was dashed against the altar. 23The he-goats for the sin offering were presented to the king and the congregation, who laid their hands upon them. 24The priests slaughtered them and performed the purgation rite with the blood against the altar, to expiate for all Israel, for the king had designated the burnt offering and the sin offering to be for all Israel. 25He stationed the Levites in the House of the Lord with cymbals and harps and lyres, as David and Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet had ordained, for the ordinance was by the Lord through His prophets.
26When the Levites were in place with the instruments of David, and the priests with their trumpets, 27Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord and the trumpets began also, together with the instruments of King David of Israel. 28All the congregation prostrated themselves, the song was sung and the trumpets were blown—all this until the end of the burnt offering. 29When the offering was finished, the king and all who were there with him knelt and prostrated themselves. 30King Hezekiah and the officers ordered the Levites to praise the Lord in the words of David and Asaph the seer; so they praised rapturously, and they bowed and prostrated themselves.
31Then Hezekiah said, "Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord; come, bring sacrifices of well-being and thanksgiving to the House of the Lord." The congregation brought sacrifices of well-being and thanksgiving, and all who felt so moved brought burnt offerings. 32The number of burnt offerings that the congregation brought was 70 cattle, 100 rams, 200 lambs—all these for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33The sacred offerings were 600 large cattle and 3,000 small cattle. 34The priests were too few to be able to flay all the burnt offerings, so their kinsmen, the Levites, reinforced them till the end of the work, and till the [rest of the] priests sanctified themselves. (The Levites were more conscientious about sanctifying themselves than the priests.) 35For beside the large number of burnt offerings, there were the fat parts of the sacrifices of well-being and the libations for the burnt offerings; so the service of the House of the Lord was properly accomplished. 36Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had enabled the people to accomplish, because it had happened so suddenly.


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Modern SCG IQ hosted on 8/26/15 at Kirwan's Game Store in Catskill, NY.
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Owner of Kirwan's Game Store. I first opened in 2008 in Catskill, New York. Since then I have been in three different locations, 369 Main St. being by far the largest!
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A village in the Bantwal district of Karnataka, Vitla is famous for its Panchlingeshwar Temple. The nearest urban region and the popular tourist hub, Mangalore, is located at a distance of 44 km. The capital city of Bangalore is about 323 km and the district headquarters, Bantwal, is about 20 km away from this village.
Places to Stay
Vitla hardly has any budget hotels and lodges. However, some of the options that are worth trying out in Bantwal are Hotel Sama Deluxe Boarding and Lodging (Tariff-Rs.600), Hotel New Blue Star (Tariff-Rs.500) and Hotel Surya (Tariff-Rs.500).
Tulu is the official language of this region. Kannada is also widely spoken.
Some of the major festivals of this region are Ugadi (April), Ganesh Chaturthi (August) and Diwali (November).
Places of Interest
Panchlingeshwar Temple is the major attraction of this village. One can also travel to Bantwal to visit major points of interest like Shri Mahalingeshwara Temple, Shri Tirumala Venkatramana Swamy Temple, Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba Temple, Shri Seetharam Temple, Rakhteshwari Temple, the Holy Saviour Church, Our Lady of Loretto Church and several other places of worships.
How to Get There
Bajpe Airport in Mangalore based at a distance of 35 km is the nearest major airport.
The nearest railway station is the Kabaka Puttur Railway Station located at a distance of 12 km.
Both state buses as well as private buses operate in this area. Sugama Travels is one of the major operators catering to this place.