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60th Birthday Extravaganza & MyFittnessPal ap
Don't faint! Yes, I'm actually posting! After years of daily posts, I've been silent for a while now. My husband wouldn't believe it, but I ran out of things to say and other things required my time. I do so appreciate how many people are still dropping by every day. You are so amazing! FYI, there are still tons of freebies if you scroll back.
The reason I am posting today is to share something wonderful. Well, now that I start, actually there's a lot of good to share and I guess I could share a bit more than I intended, just to lay the groundwork. Yeah! Happy things!
So, it all started at the beginning of the year. My daughters conference called me and wanted to talk about this year's birthday being a big one for me. I hadn't thought about it, but indeed it is. God will have blessed me with 60 wonderful years this Tuesday, the 5th. I can't believe it. I truly can't believe it! He is ever present, always loving and guiding me through this crazy life. Through the ups He has been my joy and through the grindingly painful times He has been my everything, carrying me through and making sure it all works out for my good. He has provided for me and forgiven my countless sins. There is no possible way to express my gratitude for all He is and does in my life and the lives of my loved ones.
The girls wanted to know what had I always wanted to do and never got to or where had I always wanted to go and hadn't gotten to. That stumped me. I actually had to take a couple of days to come up with anything - I'm pretty satisfied! Then I remembered a tiny article I saw on TV when they were growing up. It talked of a place where all manner of parrots were free (uncaged that is, not free to take home!), and it was in a state near to us. A couple of times I have looked for it on the internet, but not knowing it's name or exact location, to say nothing of my title as worst Googler ever, I never found it. Don't you know that within minutes of mentioning it to the girls, they'd found it on line! To my surprise, it was in the Smokys! Parrot Mountain!
They left it up to me when we would have what they wanted to be my "birthday extravaganza". August is too hot for me, so I chose the end of April when all the flowers would be blooming at Parrot Mountain. They planned this year's time off work just for me! They rented the most luxurious place I've ever been, an opulent cabin in the Smokys, and we spent an entire week!
We planned our meals and brought everything with us. This turned out to be a much better idea than just to enjoy cooking together - the drive up and down from it was so terrifying that I never once made it all the way with my eyes open! Kudos to the girls who had no trouble with it and did all the driving! But it was a very long drive and doing it regularly for meals would have ruined the trip.
We had a view of 50 miles of mountains and valleys from three different decks, each giving it's own breathtaking view. What a marvelous time! We also had new black bear paw prints on the car every day! It was thrilling, but I do praise God for protecting us. Cades Cove was wonderful too.
It was the first time we had been to the Smokys together since the time we had brought them when they were small. It was so strange walking around Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg with them...I would look at them and see the precious little girls they were in that spot when we were there before, and also see the amazing women they grew up to be, all at the same time. It was tremendously odd and richly blessing.
Parrot Mountain not only held a wide variety of parrots, most of which were indeed uncaged, but they had my dream bird! I had always wanted a Moluccan Cockatoo and had never even seen one in person, much less touched or held one. It had not crossed my mind that they might have one. I was over the moon at the thought of actually seeing and getting to touch all those parrots. They not only had a Moluccan Cockatoo, but he was perfect! I was in absolute heaven holding him for three hours! Once I found him, I missed all the other birds for not being able to part with him. It was beyond anything I could have imagined and will always be a tremendously sparkling memory. The entire trip was the same. What daughters I have! God has been so good to me! And just for the record, this was an incredible sacrifice on their parts. Nuf said. Naw...one more THEY'RE AWESOME!!!
So, as if all that wasn't enough, my camera died while there. They had been trying to get me to buy an iPhone for years, but I wasn't going to because of the expense. The morning after my camera died, we were on our way somewhere when they suddenly turned into an AT&T store. They took me in and bought me the newest phone! They wouldn't take no for an answer and said that's why they didn't let me know they were going to do this. So now, I have an iPhone, and it has a camera in it, so I don't need a new camera!
All right! Now we're up to why I began this post! There was just so much wonderful that I ended up sharing more. So, they showed me enough to get started with the phone before we had to part. My daughter who lives near enough to visit continues to help me. And here's the truly exciting part!!!!
I have been working hard on an entirely new way of eating for weight loss and an extreme exercise regime. The eating plan is radically different and involves a lot of math keeping track of nutrients (not calories, nutrients). I have been really struggling and feeling overwhelmed with that part, the keeping track so I can meet goals of how much each day.
It must have been God that prompted me to look for an ap for the phone the other day. The girls put some aps on originally (that I don't use :) - a little overwhelmed), but I hadn't done one myself. Well, I found an ap I wanted to try and failed installing it. She came and helped me get it installed and learn to use it and that's why I'm posting! MyFitnessPal is astonishing! And it's FREE!
This ap is so easy to use! It allows you to record everything that goes in your mouth and all your exercise, then does all the math for you! At the end of each day you can view your overall stats and see if you got enough of each nutrient and a lot more data! To make it even crazy better, you can just scan bar codes on your food and POOF the info is right there in the phone! Just say how much you ate! Then, she showed me how to enter recipes! The ap figure the nutritional values! The foods you frequently eat stay visible to make recording in your diary fast and easy. The exercise part is so detailed that you can really specify exactly, down to how many reps, how much weight or minutes, etc. You can set goals for yourself and it gives you feedback and predictions at the end of the day, like, "if you do every day like today, you'll weigh this in 5 weeks". I could go on, but you get the idea. IT'S FANTASTIC and has taken a mountain of stress (and failure to actually do the math) off me! And though it's not a big number yet, I have already lost 6 lbs. in 3 wks. and so many inches I wish I'd measured before I started (but it was too depressing and I didn't).
Another thing that might bless you, is my "gym". I don't have funds to join a gym. I started thinking, once I turn 60 I could join the senior center and they have a weight room. But it's across town and I'd have to wait for my birthday to start. I also pictured the environment. No very energizing. As I was searching for contact info to ask them questions about how to go about using the facility, I saw something else. There are Community Centers here. I have "known" that, but never wondered what they were about. I phoned and found out they had a weight room with the elliptical machine I need and it's FREE!
It's near my house and it's not a good area. I know God is my Protector and Provider, but it took a bit of courage to go. Ok, a lot of courage, for many reasons. But I have to say God has blessed me again. They majority of people I'm meeting there are different, at least while in the weight room. Most keep to themselves. Some are friendly. None have bothered me.
There is a real atmosphere of energy there. Every one is there to improve our health and our bodies and that's what we do. I started taking my phone and the ear buds that came with it and I listen to praise and worship music and pray for the people there as I exercise. Another blessing from my girls! (The phone, with music in it and ear phones). I am finding the atmosphere encouraging and so much better than the senior center would be. There are several people there that I am very happy to see every day and I am grateful to God for helping me with this attempt to loose weight and feel better.
After just four days (50 min. each) on the elliptical machine the pain in my hip and flexibility improved so much that I was able to sit cross legged on the sofa again! I haven't been able to for years! I know it will be a long journey, but so far God has motivated me, provided all I need to do it FREE, protected me from injury or harm and sprinkled my path with nice people. I took 65 lbs. off when I was 41 and am happy to once again be on this journey and believe it will go well.
There's one more very happy thing happening in my life just now...my baby girl is getting married! God has sent a fine young man who loves her dearly and treats her like a princess. I am so happy for them both and my heart is just about to explode with joy and praise to my God! It is good to be able to share such wonderful times after so many at the other end of the spectrum. I pray abundant blessings on you and your loved ones too!!! Hugs and it was so nice seeing you again!!!
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Mace® Pepper Spray broke the mold and started the Defensive Chemical Spray concept. It does cost a little more than other sprays. However, if you have never had a chance to hold a canister of Mace®, or you've only bought other brands of spray, then you owe it to yourself to give Mace® a try. It is still the most reliable self-defense spray on the market.
Mace® started using CN Tear Gas, OC Pepper, and UV Dye right from the start. The real difference comes from distinct features such as the Finger Grip Dispenser, Flip-Top Cap, and Glow-in-the-Dark firing buttons. When will you need your spray? That is a hard question to answer, but you can bet that 98% of the time - you will need it in a hurry! The features above were invented and added to most Mace® sprays with just that intention....Survival! It is you against the 'Bad Guys', and we all know that the 'Bad Guys' don't play fair. Protect yourself or loved ones tomorrow; buy Mace® Pepper Spray today!
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I have a number of paper test result records that I would like to enter into our Patguard Elite 1.0 software, however when I add a test result it automatically adds it with today's date and there is no way to alter this as far as I can see; the tests were performed as far back as May, the testing is still not complete (I have a day job too) but I wanted to make a start on entering the data. This is not practical and I don't want to have test dates that are inaccurate on the system as they won't tie in with the labels on equipment.
Is there any way to adjust these dates during or after manual data entry or are they just hard coded by the system?
Thank you for any assistance with this.


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Councillors stand down from hearing
Two Environment Waikato councillors have volunteered to stand down from a resource consent hearing on the proposed men's prison in the north Waikato.
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Two Environment Waikato councillors have volunteered to stand down from a resource consent hearing on the proposed men's prison in the north Waikato.
Environment Waikato is having a blitz on the plant pest woolly nightshade this summer.
Introduced wasp species are causing problems throughout the Waikato, particularly over the summer, according to Environment Waikato.
The Waikato Biodiversity Forum will use a $110,000 grant received from Government to set up a biodiversity advisory service for the Waikato Region.
Environment Waikato is concentrating on reducing the number of ferrets and stoats damaging the environment over the summer months.
Coromandel residents and visitors should keep a lookout for the invasive pest wild ginger which is rife in the area.
Environment Waikato's Flood Response team is keeping a close watch on all the rivers in the Waikato as rain continues to fall throughout the Region.
Waikato's Medical Officer of Health, Dr Felicity Dumble, has issued a health warning advising people to avoid recreational contact with the Waikato River.


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Store open Monday through Saturday
The old adage � you are what you eat � is the basis for a passion of Judy B. Johnson.
Johnson owns Living Well Down East, a full-line health food store downtown. She opened the business in March 2010 � the culmination of a dream she had for years.
�This was a passion of mine,� she said. �I wanted to do this my whole adult life.�
After spending a number of years developing and �tweaking� a business plan, her husband Wyles convinced her to work at a local health food store to find out if that�s what she really wanted to do.
�It was great advice,� Johnson said, �and I took it and I loved it, and here we are.�
While Living Well carries a full line, Johnson specializes in special needs, such as gluten-free, dairy-free and other sensitivities. She also focuses on organic and local grown and handmade items.
�I have always been a personal consumer of natural and whole foods, supplements and herbs,� she said. �Going organic came later. � I don�t want pesticides, hormones, antibiotics and fertilizers sprayed on foods or fed to animals.�
Organic means no synthetic or sewage sludge fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, bioengineering or ionizing radiation are used on produce and no growth hormones or antibiotics are given to animals, according to the USDA National Organic Program. Farmers use renewable resources and soil conservation.
Johnson said, to her, organic food tastes better and she eats less because it fills her up sooner.
�I feel better eating organic foods,� she said.
She recently purchased a peanut butter machine, after looking for a good price for nearly two years. She uses dry roasted, organic peanuts.
�It is unbelievable how fresh organic peanuts are,� she said. Customers can buy small tubs of the freshly-made peanut butter. Her next venture is to make almond butter from California almonds.
Many of the items she stocks are grown by local farmers � produce, honey, pecans, eggs, coffee, meats and prawns, in season. She also carries pottery, candles, soaps and greeting cards from local artisans.
There are bulk bins of spices, herbs, teas, nuts, grains, dried fruits and granolas, as well as 14 varieties of bulk dried beans packaged in 1-pound bags.
Periodically, the shop offers wine tasting and food samples � there are organic wines, too � and guest speakers.
Customers can save money by purchasing community-supported agriculture, or CSAs. Purchases are made at the beginning of a six-week period and customers pick up locally-grown produce or meat once a week at a cost savings.
Brothers Farm in Institute and Nooherooka Natural in Shine are participating growers. Their products are also available to purchase individually, as well as chicken from the Amish country.
The store also carries supplements; health and beauty products; and distilled, spring and reverse osmosis bottled water.
�I think more and more people are finding,� Johnson said, �they are what they eat.�
Living Well Down Under, 127 W. Gordon St., is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information, call 252-522-1100.
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.


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12 most gnarly blogging lessons I learned from Bruce Springsteen
Few musicians can rock a concert like the Boss. Here are some of the things he does to make performances a success, and how they can do the same for your blog.
Bruce Springsteen continually provides content that stands the test of time. His songs remain popular through the decades.
If a blog could provide relevant content like Springsteen provides music and entertainment, it would be a raving success. With 20 Grammy awards and more than 65 million albums sold in the United States, Springsteen has a very wide audience base.
While I was at the Minneapolis/St. Paul concert on Springsteen's most recent tour, I noticed that the principles that made the show a success parallel those that make a blog successful.
1. Know that audiences come in all shapes and sizes.
At the concert, there were kids under 10, old men with beards longer than my hair, and 20-somethings. Remember that the majority of your blog's readership may be your target audience, but people outside of your target audience may view your content, too.
2. Cater to the whole audience.
At the concert, everyone listened and viewed from different locations in the arena. When it comes to your blog, ensure everyone can see and hear your content. Make sure your website lends itself to Mac, PC and mobile users alike.
3. Incorporate fans.
Springsteen pulled a little boy up on stage, then slow danced with a middle-aged woman and picked her up. He also brought a little girl on stage to sing a section of a song.
Provide opportunities for fans to get involved with the blog—host contests, allow comments and create a sense of community.
4. Supplement the main event with aesthetically pleasing things.
Springsteen had strobe lights that moved in conjunction with the music. Supplement your blog with clean graphics, complementary colors and thought out, pertinent photos.
5. Know all audience members have different perspectives and backgrounds.
Some people have been listening to Springsteen for years, and some recently heard his music for the first time. This is how your blog audience is, as well. Some of your fans have been following you since your blogging debut, and others clicked on a link for the first time today.
Keep true to your voice, but provide new thoughts and ideas. Springsteen sets a great example with his newest album, "Wrecking Ball." It is Springsteen's 10th No. 1 album in the United States.
6. Provide a distraction from life.
The entire audience stepped out of their daily routine for three hours for the concert. Your blog also allows people to take a step back from the daily grind. They can laugh at your jokes, ponder your thoughts and enjoy your content. Your content can cheer people up and make them forget about their problems for a while. Be a distraction.
7. Interact with the audience.
Invite people to dance with you on stage. Let the little girl with glasses sing part of your song. Feed off the energy in the room or, shall I say, the energy transmitted through the computer screen.
8. Add guest appearances to excite the crowd.
Springsteen did a roll call of the entire band in the middle of the concert. He recognized everyone on his team.
Give credit where credit is due. Thank your editors, guest bloggers, commenters, the people who share your content and the people who consume it.
9. Sell supplemental merchandise.
Springsteen, like many famous musicians, has concert swag—t-shirts, buttons, key chains, you name it—available for purchase at the concert and online.
Consider selling some items on your blog. Sell an e-book, relevant advertisements, cross-advertising, promotions or anything else you can dream up. Get creative, but don't be too sales-focused.
10. Make sure your show works in all areas of the U.S.
Springsteen preforms all over the U.S. and internationally. His content needs to translate to other markets, as does your blog. Think about how people in different parts of the country and world would receive your voice and content. Also, hit the publish button with time differences in mind!
11. Know it takes a team of people to be successful.
The lighting and sound crew, Xcel Energy Center staff, security, the band members and, of course, Springsteen himself made the concert successful. Use a team—have people edit your work or guest post on your blog.
12. Think vintage.
Springsteen used traditional rock moves, including guitar spinning, fist pumping and crowd surfing. Old school can be effective. Traditional elements such as proper grammar, compelling photos and traditional topics can go a long way.
Bonus: Collaborate.
It's great when Springsteen sings by himself, but it's much more exciting and dynamic when one of the band members joins him at the microphone. Think of ways you can collaborate.
What other lessons can music idols teach about generating blog content that withstands the test of time?
Jenny Kay Pollock is the social media specialist at Four51. This article is republished with permission, courtesy of 12 Most.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- As Asian countries garner the majority of the world's attention, global growth opportunities in Latin American countries have been treated with "benign neglect," according to foreign policy and financial experts who spoke at a panel Monday.
The economic community has been "too transfixed with Asia and China" -- and the result is a wealth of investment opportunities left on the table, said Antoine W. Van Agtmael, a senior adviser at Garten Rothkopf and author of "The Emerging Markets Century".
The panelists at the event, hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, agreed that the economic progress of Latin American countries has largely been overlooked by developed nations, despite continued growth and progress towards stabilizing the region's economic outlook.
The reduction in poverty and rise of the middle class have added stability in the region, said Claudio M. Loser, president of Centennial Group Latin America and former director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund.
Latin America has seen improvements in commodity prices in recent decades and implemented a system of banking supervision that has helped to improve the region's macroeconomic outlook, said Loser.
Loser named Mexico one of the most important countries in the region, saying that it "has better prospects than Brazil at the moment."
The positivity surrounding the country is due in part to the presence of shale gas, which can also be found in Argentina. The availability of shale, which can be mined cheaply in the region will "dramatically change" views on energy production in Latin America, Van Agtmael said.
Growth prospects in Latin America, particularly Mexico, will be helped by a slowdown in China, which will reduce growth to about 6% from the previous rate of 10-12%, said Van Agtmael. As tail winds that once benefitted Brazil decline, Mexico is poised to regain an economic advantage, he said.
The greatest threat to Latin American growth is complacency, said Loser, who emphasized that the region has changed enormously in recent years. While many countries have suffered as the economies of the United States and Europe faltered, Latin America has had "a fairly resilient reaction" he said.
When it comes to big picture economic policies and overall resilience, the region gets high marks. Latin America has "gotten their macroeconomic house in order" Van Agtmael said.


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One Of The Biggest Stories To Watch In 2013.
For years, people have been predicting the death of Microsoft's Windows dominance. And in the last two years, it's finally happened. The rise of iOS and Android have made Microsoft's operating system significantly less important.
Luckily for Microsoft, this hasn't meant the death of its business overall. Thanks to the strength of its Office franchise and its Servers and Tools business, Microsoft is still very healthy.
But, there's no escaping that Windows is what drives the whole company. CEO Steve Ballmercalls Windows, "the heart and soul of Microsoft from Windows PCs to Windows Servers to Windows Phones and Windows Azure." And that heart is beating a little bit more weakly today than it was in say, 2005.
This chart from Asymco earlier this year illustrates the decline of Microsoft's Windows monopoly as Apple has risen. There are other illustrations of the same thing here and here.
Going into 2013, this will be one of the major stories to watch. Microsoft released Windows 8 in an attempt to reverse the decline of Windows' importance. It has touch elements which are meant to mitigate the rise of the iPad, and Android. But so far, it's off to a slow start. Can Microsoft reverse it in 2013? Or is this time different? Are we really, finally, seeing the end of Windows?


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The Cleveland Browns placed running back Dion Lewis on the season-ending injured reserve list, The Plain Dealer reported Monday.
Before suffering a fractured fibula in a preseason tilt against the Detroit Lions, Lewis had been having a very strong training camp. While was little hope he would see the field this season after the injury, the Browns made certain of that with the designation.
Lewis' elusiveness, speed to threaten the edges of a defense and ability in the pass game made him an ideal Robin to Trent Richardson's Batman.
A group that once looked deep has been decimated by injury. Monterio Hardesty, who Lewis was threatening to push off the roster, suffered his own knee injury. Brandon Jackson also has struggled to stay healthy in the past.
Richardson, with his own injury history, always was penciled in as the bell-cow back, but not having a scat back to change gears will hurt the Browns. However, offensive coordinator Norv Turner has unearthed players in the past.
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UniMeasure manufactures a broad line of wire rope actuated linear position and linear velocity transducers as well as analog output rotary position transducers. In addition, UniMeasure offers a selection of digital panel meters that interface easily with all UniMeasure transducers.
UniMeasure Linear Position Transducers
Often referred to as string pot, yo-yo pot, draw wire transducer, cable extension transducer, cable actuated transducer, UniMeasure extending wire rope linear position transducers have proven to be an attractive approach for a multitude of applications in many different industries. With relatively non-critical alignment requirements, compact size, and ease of installation wire rope actuated transducers are the linear position measurement system of choice in applications as diverse as bone densitometers in the medical industry, crash testing in the automobile industry, pump jacks in the crude oil extraction industry and irrigation and flood control in the water management industry. With a wide variety of electrical outputs, UniMeasure linear displacement measuring products provide an extremely cost effective method for linear position feedback.
UniMeasure Rotary Position Transducers:
UniMeasure rotary position transducers provide an analog output signal that is directly proportional to the angle of rotation of the shaft of the device. With a voltage or 4 to 20 mA analog electrical output, UniMeasure rotary position transducers are also known as angle sensors, analog rotary shaft encoders and analog multiturn analog shaft encoders and absolute angle encoders. These devices are commonly used in applications where an absolute output signal is a must. Typical use occurs in closed loop process control and in testing applications where oscillatory rotary motion occurs. UniMeasure absolute analog rotary position transducers have proven to be an extremely cost effective alternative for measuring rotational positioning.


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American Graduate: Let's Make it Happen
AMERICAN GRADUATE CHAMPIONS An American Graduate Champion commits their time, skills and resources to make sure that young people succeed. He or she is an individual who plays an active role in improving educational outcomes for students. A champion is a parent who is active in the lives of young people or a volunteer who creates a positive environment daily for youth in their community.
October 3, 2015: AMERICAN GRADUATE DAY 2015 is a live, seven-hour multiplatform broadcast that leverages the power and reach of public media to focus on those organizations and individual Champions keeping kids on the path to graduation. American Graduate Day centers around the critical themes of: Career Readiness and College Completion, Caring Consistent Adults, Dropout Prevention and Re-engagement, Early Education, More and Better Learning, Special Needs, and STEAM. Journalists, thought leaders, and celebrities join together to raise awareness of the incredible work being done across the country to keep kids in school. The broadcast and online event features a mix of national and local segments from across the country that showcase how community organizations and individual Champions provide support, advice, and intervention services to at-risk students, families, and schools.
Throughout the day, viewers are invited to engage with their local public television stations and the featured community organizations. Viewers can participate in the event by asking questions and sharing ideas before and during the broadcast onTwitter and Facebook, using the hashtag #AmGrad.
Watch on WILL-TV on Saturday, October 3rd from 10am - 5 pm.
Below the our the 2015 American Graduate Champions recognized by Illinois Public Media.
Watch videos of our 2014 education champions from Illinois:
Read more about Christopher Koch's journey.
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Regulatory Solutions
Making the software part of the solution, not part of the problem.
The nature of regulation in the UK has been changing for a number of years. Increasing operational efficiency and reducing the burden on the regulated, whilst maintaining focus on those who flaunt regulation, is now the standard approach. This way of working is encapsulated by the term "risk-based regulation". This approach has been in evidence since the publication of the Hampton and Gershon reports and has received a new impetus as the impact of the financial crisis is coming to bear on the public sector and even greater efficiencies are being sought. SCISYS remains at the forefront of the evolving regulatory landscape through its proven regulatory framework, which we call Regulys.
See below for more details on Regulys, and the links in the right hand column for more information on our approach to delivering regulatory software in the Environment and Government domains.
Features of the Regulys framework.
Regulys incorporates a business process model that means the system matches the way you work, not the other way round. The model is flexible, adaptable and can be tailored to your specific needs.
- Workflow and automation: releasing staff to the front line - Regulys uses workflow and scheduling to ensure the right jobs go to the right people. Workloads can be monitored and any element of Regulys can run manually or automatically, allowing the system to be tuned to increase automation and release more staff to the front line.
- Automatic issue of permits and licences based on risk - A set of rules are applied to licensee and previous monitoring data to define the risk for granting a licence. "Simple" notification licences (registrations) are available on-line, and more complex or "Bespoke" licences can be granted efficiently based on the operator's past performance.
- Inspection only when it is needed - The same rules process is applied to inspection. Random inspections and inspections of new licensees can be built within Regulys. Inspectors are empowered with mobile solutions, giving them all the relevant data and forms to report back.
- Getting the right information at the right time - Regular reporting can be driven straight from operational data, removing the need for intermediate spreadsheets and reporting mechanisms. Investigative and ad hoc reports are also available.
Regulys is designed to be easily adaptable between regulatory domains. It covers all parts of the regulation process and is "model driven" allowing rapid adaptation to cover the unique areas of your activity. This move from expensive, one-off, bespoke development has other cost advantages: changes and additions are made easily, with production and testing largely automated.
See our environmental regulation pages for more information, or contact the Environment team on +44 (0)1249 466466 / environmentscisys.couk
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So, it's been a long time since the last update. Over recent months, I've been receiving many messages, both on the forum, privately and in the IRC channel, about the status of the project. People seem to mostly be assuming that it is either dead, or come to a permanent standstill. The short answer is, no, it isn't dead… it has just been progressing very slowly for the past year and a half.
But in my mind, that in and of itself isn't a good enough explanation. I know there are fans out there whom have desperately yearned for a second release on this project to come to fruition, whom have probably checked the website regularly over the two years since the last news update, and wondered what was going on. They deserve to know exactly what is holding this project up, and so I will do my best to explain.
Though we've had many team members come and go over the years, the one area we've always struggled with the most consistently was in getting new mappers. Mappers for the Doom 3 engine are already a scarce commodity, and when you throw in the fact that nobody is getting paid a cent for any of their work, it can become an especially challenging task to find people who are truly dedicated. Mapping and level design take time, energy, hard work, discipline, creativity, and a willingness to scrap work of your own that isn't up to par. People have lives of their own, jobs, relationships, hobbies, other things to work on, so when something as demanding as 'make a game for free' enters their lives, it really becomes a question of just how dedicated someone is, and how much they are willing to sacrifice. Which brings me to my main point.
For the last 3+ years, I (Caffeine Freak) been the only active level designer on EOC. Though much of the other work on the mod is completed and the levels comprise roughly 85% of the remaining work, the fact is that it has been somewhat of a slow haul due to a) me being the only one working on level design, and b) it being an extremely challenging task to divide my life between Hexen: EOC and Doom 3: Phobos (which I joined in May 2010, also as a level designer), not to mention balancing both of these with the other areas of my personal life. There's more than enough work involved in a mod of this scale to comprise the hours at a full-time job; working on two simultaneously sometimes means you don't have much of a life outside of modding.
All of that aside, I'm determined to finish this. If the project is left to die, then all the countless hours of work that myself and others have put in since our demo release in November of 2010 will never see the light of day. That is simply unacceptable. As for an estimated release date, I can't say at this point. The end is in sight, and while I'd like to be able to finish and release this in 2016 and see that as being very possible, I can't give any specific release estimates. For now though, I'd like to post some screenshots of both some as-yet-unseen work and also some revised and re-polished areas to let you all know that progress is being made. And I promise you that I will do my damndest to see this all through to the end.
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Woohoo, i look every screenshot and for each i tell in my mind "its so cool", "its so amazing", its looks much better than 2010 release, its professional work. =0
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Ok so I have a peanut butter problem as in I can't get enough of it. I won't keep it in my house for too many reasons and this goes for pb2 as well. So this is what I've been doing on all of my carb loads....making protein pb and jelly (sugar free) sandwiches.
I take a half scoop of Dymatize Iso 100 peanut butter flavor and add just a tiny amount of water and one packet of splenda(not entirely necessary) and mix it up so it's the same consistency as pb...careful not to add too much water. This is a God send for me, it's pure protein and the taste is amazing. I use smuckers sugar free grape jelly and together this is so close to the real thing. I also do the same thing with Dymatize Iso 100 fudge brownie flavor and sugar free strawberry jelly...so good!
One sandwich is about 30/15/1 c/p/f. Perfect numbers for pre and post workout on carbload days and perfect for on the go...I drive a truck all day so they're very convenient.
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A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians has developed a new general anesthetic that may be safer for critically ill patients. In the August issue of Anesthesiology, they describe preclinical studies of the drug called MOC-etomidate — a chemically altered version of an exiting anesthetic — which does not cause the sudden drop in blood pressure seen with most anesthetics or prolonged suppression of adrenal gland activity, a problem with the original version of the drug.
"We have shown that making a version of etomidate that is broken down very quickly in the body reduces the duration of adrenal suppression while retaining etomidate's benefit of keeping blood pressure much more stable than other anesthetics do," says Douglas Raines, MD, of the MGH Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, who led the study.
Almost all general anethetic agents reduce blood pressure immediately after they are administered, which is not a problem for young and healthy patients but can have serious consequences for those who are elderly, critically ill or suffering from blood loss. For such patients, etomidate is often used to induce anesthesia, but since adrenal suppression sets in quickly and can last for several hours to days, other agents are used to maintain anesthesia during a procedure, requiring very careful monitoring to avoid dangerous blood pressure drops.
In their search for a safer version of etomidate, the research team mimicked the chemical structure of other "soft analogue" drugs — derivatives of parent drugs designed to be rapidly metabolized ? by adding a molecule that causes the drug to broken down by natural enzymes soon after producing its effects. Experiments in tadpoles and rats showed that the new agent, MOC-etomidate, quickly produced anesthesia from which the animals recovered rapidly after administration ceased. The rat study verified that MOC-etomidate had little effect on blood pressure levels and no effect on adrenal activity, even when administered at twice the dosage required to produce anesthesia.
The researchers note that, since the study only examined the effect of a single dose of MOC-etomidate, their next step will be to study continuous infusion of the drug. Additional data must be gathered from animal studies before testing the agent in human patients is feasible. "If all goes well, we expect that we could give a large dose of MOC-etomidate to induce anesthesia and then run a continuous infusion to maintain anesthesia without reducing blood pressure in even very sick patients," Raines says. "We also anticipate that patients will wake more quickly and with less sedation after surgery and anesthesia."
Raines is an associate professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Co-authors of the Anesthesiology study ? supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research ? are lead author Joseph Cotton, MD; Shaukat Husain, DPhil; Stuart Forman, MD, PhD, Keith Miller, DPhil; Elizabeth Kelly and Hieu Nguyen, all of the MGH Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine. The MGH has filed a patent application for MOC-etomidate and other etomidate analogues.
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QUINNIPIAC POLL: Connecticut fans prefer Yankees over Red Sox
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Connecticut baseball fans back the New York Yankees over the Boston Red Sox 43 - 38 percent, the fourth straight year of Yankee dominance in the state, according to Quinnipiac University's annual Connecticut Baseball Poll.
While the Red Sox are the favorites, 46 - 34 percent, of fans over 65 years old, the Bronx Bombers lead in other age groups, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Women fans prefer the Yankees 45 - 39 percent while men back the Bombers 42 - 37 percent.
A total of 53 percent of Connecticut adults say they are "very interested" or "somewhat interested" in Major League Baseball. Trailing the Yankees and Red Sox in that group are the New York Mets with 7 percent. No other team scores above 1 percent.
The Yankees are on top 54 - 18 percent in Fairfield County and 46 - 36 percent in New Haven and Middlesex Counties, while the Red Sox lead 47 - 37 percent in Hartford County and 57 - 29 percent in Tolland, Windham and New London Counties.
"The New York Yankees have topped the Boston Red Sox in every one of Quinnipiac University's 10 annual polls of Connecticut baseball fans, except for a 41 - 40 percent split, tipping to the Red Sox, in 2008," said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, PhD. "The Yankees lead is due to their big advantage in Fairfield County. The Yankees continue to do better among younger fans while the Red Sox are stronger among older fans."
From April 18 - 23, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,933 Connecticut adults with a margin of error of +/- 2.2 percentage points. Live interviewers call landlines and cell phones.
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Players and coaches have come and gone over the past 70 years, but there is one special personality that has remained constant at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. His name is James Bradley, but everyone calls him Brad. He jumped on the Southwest Conference football beat in the fall of 1947 and covered his first Cotton Bowl game on New Year's Day, 1948, when the legendary Doak Walker was in his heyday. Through the years, Brad became college football's favorite photographer. Few can match his years of service to a bowl game. A permanent fixture at the AT&T Cotton Bowl, his streak of consecutive games worked has reached an unprecedented 59 games.
Bob Fenimore Oklahoma A&M
Classic MemoriesHt. 6-1 Wt. 188 Class: Sophomore Position: Back Hometown: Woodward, Okla. 1945 Classic: Oklahoma A&M 34, TCU 0
StatisticsRushing: 16 attempts, 63 yards, 2 TDs Passing: 6-13-1, 136 yards Punt Returns: 1 return for 21 yards Punting: 5 punts, 144 yards, 28.8 average
Bob Fenimore more than lived up to his All-America billing in the 1945 Classic. The nation's total offense leader as a sophomore, Fenimore ran and passed Oklahoma A&M to a resounding 34-0 victory over TCU. The single-wing tailback scored twice on runs of one and eight yards. He was 6-13-1 passing for 136 yards, rushed for 63, and was responsible for 199 of the Cowboys' 494 yards. With the game well in hand, Fenimore and the A&M regulars retired to the sideline at the end of the third quarter to celebrate the Classic's first shutout.
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Classic MemoriesHt. 6-4 Wt. 205 Class: Junior Position: Wide Receiver Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Statistics1995 Classic: USC 55, Texas Tech 14 Receiving: 8 receptions, 222 yards, 3 TDs
Spectacular doesn't even describe the kind of day Keyshawn Johnson enjoyed in the 1995 Classic. Texas Tech found the graceful, 6-4 receiver from USC impossible to stop. Johnson caught eight passes for 222 yards for the Trojans with three of them going for touchdowns. His first score came on a diving 12-yard grab in the corner of the end zone where he somehow managed to keep one foot inbounds. Johnson's second touchdown play, a 22-yard reception, was just as remarkable as his first. Johnson leaped high in the air to make the catch and then backpedaled four yards into the end zone while dragging a Tech defender with him. His last touchdown was an 86-yard sprint up the middle. Come to think of it, incredible may be the best word of all.
Dat Nguyen Texas A&M
Classic MemoriesHt. 6-0 Wt. 216 Class: Junior Position: Linebacker Hometown: Rockport, Texas
Statistics1998 Classic: UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23 Defensive Statistics: 20 tackles, 15 unassisted Tackles For Loss: 7 tackles for -20 yards Interceptions: 1 interception, 19 return yards
Dat Nguyen was the classic example of big things coming in small packages. At 6-0, 216, Nguyen was an undersized middle linebacker on Texas A&M's celebrated 'Wrecking Crew' defense. What he lacked in size, Nguyen more than made up for in heart. In the 1998 Classic, Nguyen was absolutely sensational against UCLA. He made 15 solo tackles, a Cotton Bowl record, and added five more assists for a grand total of 20 tackles. Seven of them resulted in 20 yards in losses. Late in the first quarter, UCLA was driving when Nguyen intercepted a pass at the A&M 17-yard line. After a 19-yard return, Nguyen turned to his left and pitched the football to a teammate who dashed the remaining 64 yards for the Aggies' first score. Nguyen's efforts in the AT&T Cotton Bowl can be summed up in one word...remarkable!
Coach Ara Parseghian Notre Dame
Classic MemoriesHometown: Akron, Ohio Classic Coaching Record: 1-1-0 1970 Classic: Texas 21, Notre Dame 17 1971 Classic: Notre Dame 24, Texas 11
A meticulous strategist and fierce competitor, Ara Parseghian hated to lose. After Notre Dame's last-minute loss to Texas in the 1970 Classic, Parseghian longed for a second chance to derail the top-ranked Longhorns. One year later, he got his wish. For the 1971 rematch, Parseghian came up with a defensive plan to stop the vaunted Texas Wishbone. His scheme worked flawlessly. The Irish held Texas to 216 rushing yards and forced the Horns into nine fumbles. The 30-game Texas winning streak came to an end, and finally, Parseghian had reason to smile.
Jerry Sisemore Texas
Classic MemoriesHt. 6-4 Wt. 260 Class: Sophomore/Junior/Senior Position: Offensive Tackle Hometown: Plainview, Texas 1971 Classic: Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 1972 Classic: Penn State 30, Texas 6 1973 Classic: Texas 17, Alabama 13
Statistics1971 Team Statistics: 216 yards rushing, 210 yards passing, 426 yards in total offense 1972 Team Statistics: 159 yards rushing, 83 yards passing, 242 yards in total offense 1973 Team Statistics: 317 yards rushing, 61 yards passing, 378 yards in total offense
Press clippings come in abundant supply for quarterbacks, but for offensive linemen, individual recognition is a rare occurrence...unless the lineman's name is Jerry Sisemore. A consensus All-American throughout his college career at Texas, Sisemore possessed great balance, coordination and agility to dominate defenders at the point of attack and downfield. He was so quick off the ball opponents insisted he was offsides. In his final Classic performance in 1973, Sisemore literally bowled over Alabama, helping Texas pile up 317 rushing yards and earn a 17-13 victory.


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Last year's Lock-In was a success. Every Lock-In has been a success. But Saint Louis Bike Polo thinks it may be time for some Real Talk about the happenings inside and outside of the Skatium.
We love partying.
Saint Louis Bike Polo lives to party…and occasionally, to play bike polo on the side.
We love partying, and we want you to love partying too.
If there is any way that we can help you facilitate your party urges, we want to be your tag-team-partner in the steel cage of partying. Together, we have the spirit, creativity, and gumption to create party memories that will last the rest of our lives.
But if we are being honest, there is a dramatic difference between partying and having fun –VS– being careless and destructive for the hell of it.
Lines were definitely crossed last year.
Partying for 24-hours at the Skatium is not a no-holds-barred-anything-goes main event where carnage is free to run rampant all night and the Skatium staff is left to clean up the mess in the morning.
The Skatium is a rare gem of a party spot. It is a location that those of us in Saint Louis visit multiple times throughout the year. Mouse is a friend of ours, and Robert (the Skatium's owner) appreciates our business and trusts us to respect his property during our stay.
So it really sucks to see and hear their disappointment over some of the events that transpired last year and the mess they had to clean up after we left.
It sucks to have to apologize for the actions and poor decisions of others.
It also sucks that the Saint Louis club is being charged more to rent the Skatium for Lock-In #5 after what happened at last year's event. Everything you do at the Saint Louis Bike Polo Lock-In has a ripple effect. That effect can be positive or negative. Last year, the lasting impression was more negative than positive.
We can redeem ourselves. We can still have fun…because having fun is easy! But it may be time for some common sense ground rules.
If breaking chairs is your idea of fun and partying, great! Bring a stack of your own chairs and smash away. But breaking and destroying Skatium property is unacceptable and has consequences.
If you love setting off explosives in the heat of partying, that's cool. We love a good explosion. The Skatium, however, does not. Explosives sound like gunshots. And neighbors call the police when they think they hear gunshots. The Skatium does not want nor need police making unannounced visits.
Speaking of unannounced visits, showing up to Lock-In #5 without registering will not be tolerated. Last year, several people thought they were important enough to show up at the door the day of and weasel their way into the 24-hour party. Unfortunately for us, we were too kind to turn them away.
This year will be different.
If you attempt to show up at Lock-In #5 without registering and without being accepted, you will be turned away. This is not an empty threat. Having people crash our party throws a wrench into our plans. We budget beer and food based on our planned attendance, so showing up the day of is a selfish dick move that takes away from the Lock-In attendees that followed directions. If you think you will be able to show up to Lock-In #5 unannounced, please realize you are greatly mistaken.
With a few minor tweaks from last year, Lock-In #5 will be fantastic experience that will provide memories that we will laugh about and celebrate for years to come. Please do not think that we want to squash your fun. We just need to be on a similar page in regards to what kinds of fun are allowed and encouraged at our 24-hour party. We look forward to sharing this amazing experience with you in January.
If you still want to party with us at Lock-In #5, here is how you can register:
Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com at 7:06PM CST on December 1 with the following information:
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We have 55 spots open this year. After the initial rush of registration, we will sort through the chaos and send confirmation emails.
You must sign up yourself. Do not sign up yourself and eight of your friends.
Incomplete submissions will be deleted, and no confirmation will be sent.
Confusing submissions will be deleted, and no confirmation will be sent.
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Then you watch today's Ohio State-Wisconsin game and realize, hey, maybe those things really do have a purpose. [ESPN]
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The governor of Jakarta, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, recently had to turn over his autographed METALLICA bass guitar to the government temporarily, while authorities determined whether the instrument was merely a gift or a violation of ethics rules. Widodo received the bass from METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo, but had to give it up to the state within 30 days, according to laws regarding gifts to state officials.
According to Jakarta Globe, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has made the determination that the guitar is state property because it exceeded the Rp 300,000 limit for gifts and there was a mysterious note on the guitar, separate from Trujillo's message that said: "To Jokowi, keep playing that cool, funky bass." Jokowi is the governor's nickname.
"Because there is [a note on the guitar that reads] 'Giving Back,' which has different handwriting than Trujillo's [note]. There is someone else who added it. In Indonesian, the words could have a meaning of asking for something in return," Giri said.
Giri said that the KPK was deciding between two options of what to do with the bass. One proposal is to move it to a museum, while the other option is auctioning the bass through the Ministry of Finance.
"Jokowi can have it again but with a higher price [if he buys it at the auction]," he said.
Jokowi estimated that the guitar is worth around Rp 8 million (approximately $816). If the guitar is auctioned, people might bid billions of rupiah for the instrument.


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PEARISBURG –– Galax advanced both its girls' and boys' teams to the state meet and the Maroon Tide's Travis Cockerham missed by a whisker winning the boys' individual championship, finishing a close second to Glenvar's James Kasper at the Region C cross country championships in Pearisburg.
Cockerham, a junior, led throughout most of the 3-mile course until Kasper made a late charge, nipping the Maroon Tide runner at the finish despite Cockerham's diving lunge at the line.
Kasper was credited with a winning time of 16 minutes, 44 seconds, with Cockerham also clocking a 16:44. Bath County's Matt Persinger was eight seconds back in third.
The Maroon Tide's Kevin Loftin placed sixth overall, also crossing the line in a virtual dead heat with his closest competitor. Frank Poth of Auburn edged the Galax senior at the stripe to take fifth, with both runners posting a time of 17:07.
Galax's boys placed third as a team with 97 points, six points behind second-place Auburn. Radford claimed the boys' team championship with 58 points.
Cockerham, Loftin and Grayson County's Tyler Pauley (15th) earned all-region honors for their top-15 finishes. Pauley had begun the fall sports season as a football player before being sidelined with a shoulder injury, but found his niche as a distance runner and qualified for the state meet in his first attempt with a personal-best time of 17:35.
Justin Ayers was third for the Maroon Tide, 27th overall in 18:10, followed by Trevor Quesenberry (33rd, 18:23) and Dyllan Taylor (34th, 18:23).
Grayson County's Carley Smith was the region runner-up in the girls' race, placing second with a time of 28:38. Kaitlin Smith of Radford built a comfortable lead and outran the field with a winning time of 19:55.
A junior, Smith garnered all-region honors for the third time, steadily improving from a seventh-place finish as a freshman and fourth place last year.
Galax's girls finished fourth in the team standings and advanced to the Group A meet with 133 points, just six behind third-place Patrick Henry. Radford had three of the top five finishers and was the girls' team champion with 42 points, well ahead of runner-up Parry McCluer (79).
Megan Boyles paced the Maroon Tide girls with her 17th-place effort, finishing in 21:45. Lindsey Ayers was second among Galax runners in 20th (21:56), followed by Marleigh Durham (27th, 22:30), Alexandra Moreno (38th, 23:04) and Jennifer Laws (43rd, 23:21). A senior, Durham saw her season extend to the state championships for a fourth time.
Grayson County finished fifth as a team with 147 points. Layken Parks was 19th individually in 21:50, followed by the Blue Devils' Hayley Reavis (41st, 23:18), Olivia Wyatt (46th, 23:40) and Melody Mallison (52nd, 23:54).
Despite running the championships in cold, wet, muddy conditions, most area runners posted times significantly quicker than those recorded on the same course under dry conditions earlier in the season.
"Most of our kids improved from a minute to a minute and a half from last time, which was incredible, considering the course conditions," said Galax coach Tony Quesenberry.
The Maroon Tide boys advanced as a team to the Group A meet for the 18th time in the program's 22-year history, and the girls' team reached the state meet for the first time since 2001 and for the 10th time overall.
"Coach [Mary Jane] Ballard and I have always stressed to the kids the importance of the end of the season and being your best when it counts," Quesenberry said. "These kids have responded this year to every challenge we have given them.
"This has truly been one of the most enjoyable years of coaching due to the work ethic of both our girls' and boys' teams."
Carroll County advanced two girls and its entire boys' team to the Region IV meet, held at Dan Daniel Park in Danville.
The Cavalier boys placed third as a team in the Southwest District meet, with Kendall Haynes earning all-SWD honors with his eighth-place finish in 19:35. Haynes was followed by Logan Utt (21:48), Kenneth Horton (22:01) Benny Bolen (23:28) and Hunter Blessing (23:37).
Elise Zyvlosky (24:07) placed fifth in the girls' race and Lindsey Brumfield (26:07) was 14th for the Cavalier girls, earning all-district recognition and advancing to the Region IV meet.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Months of wrangling over the best way to curb pollution from a PNM Resources Inc. coal-fired power plant that serves more than 2 million customers in the Southwest have given way to a proposal that could see New Mexico transition to cleaner sources of energy to meet its electricity demands.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration on Tuesday unveiled details of a proposed settlement involving pollution controls at the San Juan Generating Station in northwestern New Mexico.
It calls for retiring two units at the plant by December 2017 and installing less costly equipment for cutting pollution on the plant's remaining units.
At issue is an order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that calls for PNM unit Public Service Company of New Mexico to equip the plant with certain technology to cut pollutants that cause regional haze and visibility issues in national parks and wilderness areas. The rule, issued in August 2011, gave PNM and the plant's other owners five years to come into compliance.
The utility and the Martinez administration challenged the order in federal court. They favored a state plan for trimming haze that would have been less costly.
The proposal unveiled Tuesday is a compromise meant to address pollution concerns while ensuring the costs of environmental upgrades are not unbearable for ratepayers, said Ryan Flynn, general counsel for the New Mexico Environment Department. He called it a "long-term vision."
"We could invest in some really costly proposals and keep the state bound to coal for the next 45 to 50 years or we can take a step toward transitioning the state to other sources of energy like natural gas," Flynn told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
It will be up to the EPA to clear the way for the proposal to be formally considered in a process that would include public comment and input from state regulators. PNM also has to buy in.
PNM chairwoman, president and CEO Pat Vincent-Collawn said she hoped the state's announcement will serve as the basis for a new plan.
While environmental groups have yet to endorse the alternative, some groups that have been pushing for PNM to retire the plant describe the proposal as a positive first step.
"The economic realities are really starting to come to a head," said Jeremy Nichols of the group WildEarth Guardians. "Businesses and the Martinez administration are recognizing that this is a major liability, and we need to deal with it more effectively. We can't just keep putting Band-Aids on these problems and slapping on additional air pollution controls."
The 1,800-megawatt plant is New Mexico's single largest source of electricity, and also provides power to customers in California, Arizona and Utah.
Regulatory pressures have been mounting against coal-fired power plants in recent years. An Associated Press survey found last year that more than 32 plants in a dozen states will be forced to close because of federal pollution regulations.
Those pressures have already affected the Four Corners Power Plant just a few miles from San Juan. Operators of that plant are working on decommissioning three units by 2014.
To prepare for the economic fallout of retiring San Juan's two units, the state's proposal calls for PNM to build a new peaking unit and natural gas pipeline. The utility would also have to make up the loss of power by purchasing electricity from existing gas-fired plants in New Mexico.
PNM would also have to provide $1 million to the neighboring Navajo Nation for job training.


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The Accidental Remodel Part 10 Wallpaper
Welcome back to Part 10 of The Accidental Remodel!
Ugggg! Wallpaper!
Before I started with any of the wallpaper, I watched a lot of YouTube tuts and talked to people at Lowe's and Home Depot. NOTHING worked!
The first nightmare was the over five hours working to get just the 13"x30" spot behind the stove off and utterly destroying the wall in the process. That was using DIF.
Of all the things we tried, the one that worked best was apparently dangerous too. The cabinet man told us his wive uses 50/50 ammonia and water. We had all the windows open and the ceiling fan on. We were doing the rest of the back splash, which now makes us want to cry. I'll explain later. It still only came off in the tiniest pieces and still tore up the wall, but was a little better than DIF.
When we finally are done, I'm feeling so badly that I start googling amonia in the middle of the night and find out just what serious stuff it is. The smell was STUCK in my head! The room didn't smell any more, but that's all I could smell. I actually called the poison line to ask if I was ok. I was surprised to hear later that DH had the same thing. We both smelled it for almost a full week!
You can see we replaced the stove vent with a shiny new black one! What a difference it made! And just a word about remodeling - there are so many organizations that can put what we remove to goo use. I gave this to a Veteran's associations and my sink/faucet to Habitat For Humanity (who picked it up from my porch - over 100 lbs.!). I mean really, why would anyone want to dump more into our landfills when there are those who could actually benefit from it?
I still couldn't decide what to do with the backsplash. We were getting a granite countertop, but not a granite splash as they'd done it so wrong on my daughter's counter after the tornado, that her new faucet has to sit at an angle! It's always upset me, (which becomes funny later in the remodel which is soooo full of irony!). So I didn't want a granite backsplash.
So what to do? Money is a HUGE issue in this remodel and is why I'm doing all the work myself. We didn't plan for this remodel, we don't have expendable funds, it wouldn't get done at all if I weren't doing it myself. So:
- No granite.
- Tile is expensive and I hadn't done it before and was concerned if I could do a good job. I was quoted $1,400 in labor alone for my existing counter, not even the little counter that will come after the cabinets are in. Wow!
- I combed the net for ideas.
- But in the end, the only other thing I knew to do was what I had done in both bathrooms. (Pictures are in my label cloud under "Money Saving Tips"). I had "painted" the walls with drywall mud and then painted several coats over it. It's held up perfectly in both bathrooms for many years and we don't have any exhaust fans. But I really didn't want that for the kitchen and I wasn't sure if it would hold up to that much water, even if I used several coats of hi-gloss.
So the long and the short of it is that we ended up trying so many ways to get the paper off all the walls, FAIL! And tried sanding down the wallpaper seams and giving it several coats of primer, FAIL! So in the end, I had to sand transitions where I'd removed paper and skim coat over the paper and the places where paper was gone - almost the whole room and sand and patch and sand and patch and sand ad-nausium! Mommmy!!!!
I have come to the conclusion that WALLPAPER SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!! And all this with my poor surgical hands and arthritis! I'm going to pout for a while now just remembering all this!
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Crime occurred: Thursday, July 17
Location: Canton office
Case details: Police are searching for a man who stole credit cards from a purse inside an office in Canton sometime after noon on July 17. The purse was left behind in a bathroom. The man went to Newport Avenue in Quincy where he charged goods using the stolen cards. The cards were discarded at Canton Avenue and Adams Street in Milton. Police described the man as a 40- to 50-year-old man, who is heavyset with a protruding stomach, and wearing a blue T-shirt bearing the word "Boston" and blue jeans. Police said the man, who uses reading glasses to read, may frequent the Newport Avenue area of Quincy.
Investigator: Detective Paul Gallagher
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(CNN) – 2012 was another a good year for Ford around the world.
The automaker said its Focus model will be the top selling vehicle worldwide when final figures for the year are in.
Ford said new Focus registrations totaled nearly 738,000 through September.
Also, Ford said it was on track to sell more than two million vehicles in the U.S. in 2012.
It's the second year in a row Ford has topped the number.
The automaker is the only brand to surpass two million in U.S. sales since 2007.


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Grants Pass, OR — Just three months after Casey Conrad left Healthy Inspirations, the company she founded in 2000, one of the company's franchisees, Scott Draper, has purchased the assets of the women's weight loss and fitness company from Jim Rowe. Rowe had merged Slender Lady, the company he bought in 2005, with Healthy Inspirations in early 2007.
"For over five years, the parent companies of Healthy Franchising LLC have been working diligently on improving our offering of weight loss and wellness for women," Draper said in an e-mailed statement to Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro. "Although we enjoyed success from day one in both of our Healthy Inspirations centers, we have learned much over the years, let go of those things that did not work, added new operations and offerings that do work, and ultimately now have scalable, working weight loss and wellness models that operate smoothly and efficiently, producing consistent and substantial profits."
Draper did not disclose the purchase price for the assets or whether Rowe will continue to have a role in the new company.
In addition, he did not comment on whether litigation pending against Slender Lady — related to Rowe's alleged nonpayment of money to franchisees from a previous lawsuit settlement — might affect the new owners. Healthy Inspirations was attached to this lawsuit earlier this year.
During the past year, Rowe had focused the company's growth at the regional level, opening 10 regions across the country, including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Diego, Tampa and cities in Hawaii and New Mexico, according to Rowe. Rowe had stated that he expected to open three to five additional regions by the end of this year.


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Reaffirming the great importance of the development and implementation
by all Parties of national strategies, plans and programmes in accordance.
with Article 6 of the Convention,
Welcoming the work already undertaken by the Parties in implementing
Article 6,
Recalling paragraph 5 of decision II/6, in which the Conference of the
Parties requested the interim institutional structure operating the financial
mechanism to facilitate urgent implementation of Article 6 of the Convention
by making available to developing country Parties financial resources for
projects in a flexible and expeditious manner,
Recalling also that in decision II/17 the Conference of the Parties
decided that the first national reports by Parties would focus in so far as
possible on measures taken for the implementation of Article 6,
Reaffirming that Article 8 of the Convention sets out a clear framework
of the necessary elements for in situ conservation, which should be addressed
in a coherent manner,
Noting that the reduction in the number of species and the
fragmentation and degradation of ecosystems and habitats call not only for
conservation but also for inter alia sustainable use and restoration of
habitats, including their biological diversity components, together with
other measures provided for by Article 8 of the Convention,
Noting the conclusions and recommendations of the United Nations-Norway
Conference on Alien Species, Trondheim, Norway, 1-5 July 1996, and suggesting
that Parties may wish to use these results in their implementation of
Article 8 (h) of the Convention,
Believing that a central role of the clearing-house mechanism should be
the sharing of experiences and dissemination of information relevant to
Articles 6 and 8,
Emphasizing that the compilation and dissemination under the Convention
of information relevant to the implementation of Articles 6 and 8 should
complement and enhance existing efforts, rather than duplicate them,
1. Stresses the need for Parties to ensure the cross-border
coordination of their respective strategies, on a bilateral as well as on a
regional basis;
2. Urges Parties to include in their national plans or strategies
and legislation measures for:
3. Further urges Parties to submit their first national reports on
4. Requests the interim financial mechanism under the Convention to
make available to developing country Parties resources to enable them to
facilitate urgent implementation of paragraphs 2 and 3 above;
5. Encourages all Parties to set measurable targets in order to
achieve biological diversity conservation and sustainable use objectives;
6. Requests Parties to take action to achieve the restoration of
habitats, including their biological diversity components;
7. Requests the Executive Secretary to explore ways of enhancing the
collection and dissemination to Parties of information on the implementation
of Articles 6 and 8 by involving in a more regular and systematic fashion
organizations already concerned with the collection and dissemination of such
8. Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare a paper for
consideration by the next meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,
Technical and Technological Advice, identifying existing conventions and
other international agreements relevant to the implementation of the various
paragraphs of Article 8;
9. Recommends the development of a thematic approach in the further
compilation and dissemination of information on the implementation of
Articles 6 and 8 and commends the inclusion of the following work areas
within this approach:
10. Encourages the Scientific Committee on Problems of the
Environment and the Invasive Species Specialist Group of the World
Conservation Union to continue their efforts to develop a global strategy and
action plan to deal with the problem of alien invasive species;
11. Decides that the first national reports referred to in
decision II/17 should be submitted no later than 1 January 1998, taking into
account decision III/25 of the third meeting of the Conference of the
Parties on the date and venue of its next meeting.
11. Decides that the first national reports referred to in decision II/17
should be submitted no later than 1 January 1998, taking into account
decision III/25 of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties
on the date and venue of its next meeting.


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We all go a little mad sometimes
FIVE THINGS ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S FILMS TAUGHT ME by Anne Billson.
Robert Bresson Notes sur le Cinématographe
My film is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
"If, on the screen, the mechanism disappears and the phrases you have made them say, the gestures you have made them make, have become one with your models, with your film, with you –then a miracle" (Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer, p. 33).
"Models. Mechanized outwardly, Intact, virgin within" (Bresson, 77).
"An actor needs to get out of himself in order to see himself in the other person. YOUR MODELS, ONCE OUTSIDE THEMSELVES, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN AGAIN" (Bresson, 43).
"Unbalance so as to re-balance" (Bresson, 33).
"Absolute silence and silence obtained by a pianissimo of noises" (Bresson, 38).
"Practice the precept: find without seeking" (Bresson, 56).
"Simultaneous precision and imprecision of music" (Bresson, 57).
"Provoke the unexpected. Expect it" (Bresson, 90).
"See beings and things in their separate parts. Render them independent in order to give them a new dependence" (Bresson, 84).
"Montaigne: The movements of the soul were born with the same progression as those of the body" (Bresson, 34-35).
"Unusual approaches to bodies. On the watch for the most imperceptible, the most inward movements" (Bresson, 34-35).
"Your camera catches not only physical movements that are inapprehensible by pencil, brush or pen, but also certain states of soul recognizable by indices which it alone can reveal" (Bresson, 97).
"The rhythmic value of a noise" (Bresson, 42).
"Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence" (Bresson, 52).
"One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life" (Bresson, 60).
"A locomotive's whistle imprints in us a whole railroad station" (Bresson, 72).
"The Soundtrack Invented Silence" (Bresson, 38).
"All husbands are ugly" (Bresson, 40).
"Your images will release their phosphorus" (Bresson, p. 82).
"The ejaculatory force of the eye" (Bresson, 12).
"Be sure of having used to the full all that is communicated by immobility and silence" (Bresson, 20).
"Don't let your background (avenues, squares, public gardens, subway) absorb the faces you are applying to them" (Bresson, 29).
"One does not create by adding, but by taking away. To develop is another matter. (Not to spread out.) (Bresson, 87).
"Empty the pond to get the fish" (Bresson, 87).
"Obvious travelling or panning shots do not correspond to the movements of the eye. This is to separate the eye from the body. (One should not use the camera as if it were a broom) (Bresson, 89).
All quotes by Robert Bresson are taken from Notes on the Cinematographer. 1975 With an Introduction by J.M.G. Le Clézio. Translated from the French by Jonathan Griffin (London: Quartet Encounters, 1986).
Andrei Tarkovsky:
Robert Bresson is for me an example of a real and genuine film-maker…He obeys only certain higher, objective laws of Art…Bresson is the only person who remained himself and survived all the pressures brought by fame.
Andrei Tarkovsky, printed in "Kinovedcheskie zapiski 14, 1992, quoted in Julian Graffy, "Private Lives of Russian Cinema," Sight and Sound March 1993, 29.


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After we posted that Verizon had begun their rollout of the Froyo update for the Droid X yesterday, a number of people told us they were having issues with music and ringtones on their devices. As this seems to be more than an isolated incident, we pinged Verizon to check if they were aware of the issue or had anything in the works. Unfortunately, all we received back was a curt "We're looking into it."
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Elkhart, Ind.-based supplier Patrick Industries Inc. announced today (July 24) the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Gustafson Lighting, a manufacturer and distributor of interior and exterior lighting products, ceiling fans and accessories including glass and glass pads, hardware and lampshades for the RV industry.
According to a press release, Patrick estimates Gustafson's annualized 2012 revenues to be approximately $12 million. Gustafson, also based in Elkhart, represents Patrick's fifth acquisition since June 2011.
"We are excited about partnering with the team at Gustafson, which has built long-standing trusted relationships with its customers and suppliers during its 50-year history," stated Todd Cleveland, Patrick president and CEO. "Gustafson commands a large share of the RV interior and exterior lighting market and will be an asset to our organization, providing the opportunity to increase our market share and per unit content and bring value to our customers through new and innovative products."
The business will continue to operate on a stand-alone basis under the Gustafson brand name in its current facility in Elkhart. The purchase price for the assets including the building approximates $2.8 million. The acquisition was funded under Patrick's revolving credit facility and was completed pursuant to a foreclosure and private sale under the Uniform Commercial Code with Capital Source Finance LLC.
"Gustafson is a natural fit with Patrick's existing RV and commercial businesses as it brings many competitive advantages to our company, including high quality product lines, strategic sales, design and supplier relationships, exceptional customer service, industry experience, and breadth and depth of products," said Cleveland. "We plan to capitalize on certain synergies that our two companies can bring to each other.
"Patrick will cover certain existing trade payables in order to maintain the integrity of Gustafson's quality relationships with its key supplier base and as a reflection of our commitment to the industry. We also intend to invest the capital needed for Gustafson to strengthen its position as the leader in the RV lighting industry."


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Never since the OJ murder trials has there been such a court room dream team. Professor Layton from the Professor Layton series, and Phoenix Wright from the Ace Attorney series will team up in the upcoming Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney scheduled for release in Japan on November 29.
The game will take place in the fantasy world of "Labyrinth City" where the puzzle-solving archaeologist and the hot-blooded defence lawyer will work to unravel mysteries and protect the wrongly accused (although, not necessarily together).
The game will be divided into two parts: The Adventure Part and the Trial Part. In the Adventure Part, the player will control Professor Layton and solve puzzles around the city while gathering clues. In the Trial Part, Phoenix Wright takes the main stage in a special courtroom called a 魔女裁判 (Majyo Saiban translation: "Witch Trial") where multiple witnesses take the stand simultaneously. As the story moves along, the player will switch between the Adventure and Trial parts.
For the Tokyo Game Show next week, Level 5 has announced that they will have a playable demo available and Capcom has announced a special stage event on Sunday.
Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney is scheduled for release in Japan on November 29th. No word on a western release yet.