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Prestigious research projects underway by DSU faculty members serve to enhance DSU's land-grant mission and its contributions to the nation's research efforts.
View a sampling of ongoing research activity to see some of the interesting research going on at DSU.
The Office of Sponsored Programs [1] has more information about research and grant opportunities.
DSU's Hydrogen Storage Research Center
The primary focus of the Hydrogen Storage Research Center is finding novel materials that can store and release large quantities of hydrogen gas at moderate temperatures and pressures. These materials can be used on board vehicles for hydrogen fuel cell applications. Materials are being sought that will absorb at least 6 wt. % hydrogen by the year 2010 and 9 wt. % by 2015 (DOE objective).
The Research Center is involved in all aspects of hydrogen storage research including:
- fabricating and testing the hydrogen storage materials
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Sunmount man pleads not guilty to strangling worker
TUPPER LAKE – A Sunmount resident pleaded not guilty last week to charges that he strangled, assaulted and unlawfully imprisoned a Sunmount employee last September.
Christopher Chambers, 25, was indicted by a grand jury in January on charges of strangulation in the second degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree and assault in the third degree. He appeared again in Franklin County Court last Tuesday.
According to the victim's complaint, the male Sunmount worker saw that Chambers was giving other staff members a hard time, and he told him to stop. Chambers grabbed the man and dragged him into another room, where he strangled him to the point that he could not breathe, according to the complaint.
The worker had pain in his neck, a strained neck, dizziness and head pain, according to the Franklin County District Attorney's Office.
Chambers is back at Sunmount, according to Assistant District Attorney David Hayes.
Hayes said attorney Anson Rhodes asked Judge Robert Main Jr. to evaluate Chambers as to whether he is fit to stand trial. Main declined the request but left it open for Rhodes to make a written motion requesting the evaluation.
Hayes said Chambers "was coherent and at least appeared to completely understand the proceeding."
Chambers is due back in court Thursday.
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Grimalditeuthis bonplandi is very gelatinous and contains vesiculate tissue in the head, arms and mantle. It is generally Chiroteuthis-like in appearance (long neck, body and fin shape) but is distinguished by subequal arms and fusion of each funnel-mantle locking apparatus. Only scattered chromatophores are present, and the eyes are small. This species is infrequently captured but seems to have a world-wide distribution in tropical to temperate seas.
A chiroteuthid ...
- without suckers on clubs.
- with funnel fused to mantle at each funnel-mantle lock.
- without photophores except on arm tips in mature (?) females.


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Owners discuss issues, needs
ALPENA – Staff of Michigan Works, along with a group of manufacturing business owners and educational leaders, gathered Thursday for a roundtable meeting to find a way to work more closely together to improve the local applicant pool.
The business owners voiced their concern about the lack of qualified skilled trade workers available to them and explained some of the challenges they face when they need to hire, including few if any of the people who apply for the positions meet the company's needs.
Discussion also focused on if local students are being properly trained in school to pursue a career in trade manufacturing and if the industry in general is promoting and reaching out to future employees as well as it should.
Randy Patterson, who owns and manages Air Devices Company, said he has been advertising for more than five weeks to find a person familiar with common tools and machines in his shop. He said he has had many interviews and gave some perspective employees a chance to show him their skills, but all came up short. He said school cuts have left most without trade classes and it is showing in the workforce.
"I can't put my finger on one thing as to why there is such a small pool of qualified applicants. I do think kids are being steered more toward the health care profession or more the white collar careers," Patterson said."That and I don't think anyone wants to work. That would mean they would actually have to show up and do something. I think it starts at a young age and people have just lost their work ethic."
Patterson said he is shorthanded in the shop and the work often will fall on him, because he is the owner and his reputation is attached to his business.
"You have to work 14 to 16 hours a day," Patterson said. "As a privately owned business, that is what you have to do. You step up, you take care of the customers that are expecting their product, and in the meantime you interview people and waste your time doing that. You learn as you do it all."
Brian VanWormer, corporate representative for Employment Services, Inc., said the key to having a talented work pool is having the workers trained early in their employment career and reaching out to them before they have made a career choice. He said things are so bad many companies are settling for workers who may not be qualified, but can be counted on to work hard and be dependable.
"They are looking for someone who is ambitious and motivated, has a desire to work to earn a good living in this area," VanWormer said. "It is not as much about qualifications as it was, but about ambition and drive."
Michigan Works Business Services Coordinator Terry Basel said she believed the meeting was a good thing for everyone who took part. She said by communicating with one another it will help to find a solution to the problem and find ways to ensure the workers in future generations have the skills employers need.
"Today was set up for us to find facts. We wanted to find out what their talent needs are and what they are missing on the applicants they are seeing now," Basel said. "We want to know what we can do to help them find the talent they need. Once we know their needs we can educate the community, as well as the communities around Alpena to draw talent here.
"The participation was great and we spent the first hour and a half just listening to the employers share their needs. Now we can begin to work together to get them the people they need."
More meetings are expected to take place and more solutions and direction discussed, though none are scheduled right now.
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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES - SITTING VOLLEYBALL: Women's Team Ready to Improve on Bronze Medal Performance in 2004
The U.S. returns six athletes from the 2004 squad including Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.), Lora Webster (Cave Creek Ariz./Edmond, Okla.), Kendra Lancaster (Sheridan, Ind.), Gina McWilliams (Dallas, Tex.), Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.), and Brenda Maymon (Sellersberg, Ind.).
The team arrived in Beijing on September 1 and began practices the following day, practicing each day since. They were unable to get to the actual competition venue (China Agricultural University Gymnasium) for practice until Friday, September 5.
"Practices have gotten better every day," said Head Coach Mike Hulett (Chicago, Ill.). "We have focused on the basics and focused on getting used to the venue, which is going to be a great volleyball facility."
The U.S. will begin pool play competition on September 7, the first day of the Paralympics, taking on Lithuania at 09:30. The U.S. is 1-1 against Lithuania, losing to them at the Disabled Volleyball World Championships in 2006, but then redeeming itself at the inaugural Intercontinental Cup in Egypt earlier this year, beating them in three straight sets.
"We are prepared, finished with practice, and ready to compete," said Team Captain Brenda Maymon ( Sellersburg, Ind.). "Our goal is to win the gold and we certainly think we can. With our experience and the team morale we have, we are ready to take care of business."
The youngest of the players and first time Paralympian, 15-year old Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.) added "I'm so excited about this match because it will give us the opportunity to show to the world how good we have gotten this summer. We are ready to go."
After the initial day, Team USA will have a day of rest before competing against host country and no. 2 seed China at 17:30 on Tuesday, September 9. On the final day of pool play competition, the U.S. will play Latvia at 13:30. Once pool play has concluded, the teams will be seeded according to records for the semi-final games. The complete roster and schedule is listed below.
U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Olympic Roster
# Name (Hometown, Current Residence)
11 Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.)
6 Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.)
18 Alex Gouldie (St. Paul, Neb.)
5 Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash./Edmond, Okla.)
7 SuGui Kriss (Ravena, N.Y.)
15 Kendra Lancaster (Sheridan, Ind.)
8 Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.)
3 Brenda Maymon (Sellersberg, Ind.)
9 Gina McWilliams (Dallas, Tex.)
13 Nicholle Millage (Champaign, Ill./Edmond, Okla.)
10 Kari Miller (Washington, D.C./Edmond, Okla.)
1 Lora Webster (Cave Creek Ariz./Edmond, Okla.)
Head Coach: Mike Hulett (Chicago, Ill.)
Assistant Coach: Denise Van deWalle (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Team Leader: Roger Neppl (Evergreen, Colo.)
Women's 2008 Paralympic Games Sitting Volleyball Schedule
Date; Time; Teams; Venue
September 7, 2008; 9:30; USA vs. Lithuania; China Agricultural University Gymnasium
September 9, 2008; 17:30; USA vs. China; China Agricultural University Gymnasium
September 10, 2008; 13:30; USA vs. Latvia; China Agricultural University Gymnasium
September 11, 12, 13; various; classification and semi-final matches; China Agricultural University Gymnasium
September 14; 16:00; Bronze Medal Match, China Agricultural University 18:00; Gold Medal Match, China Agricultural University
For more information or to arrange an athlete interview, please contact Katrina Shaklee at 13910754730 (if calling from the U.S., dial 011 86 plus the local number).
Daily video highlights of the 2008 Paralympic Games are available at http://www.usparalympics.org/ and http://www.universalsports.com/.


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Debates of Nov. 5th, 2009
House of Commons Hansard #108 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was special.
- Question Period
- Government Performance Reports
- Government Response to Petitions
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Committees of the House
- Canada Pension Plan
- Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Supplementary Estimates (B), 2009-10
- Points of Order
- Fairness for the Self-Employed Act
- Points of Order
- Fairness for the Self-Employed Act
- Veterans' Week
- Teaching Excellence
- Renil Belisle
- Canadian Olympic Teams
- Service Organizations
- Robert "Bob" Beauchamp
- Remembrance Day
- Use of Wood
- Ray Leitch
- International Inuit Day
- Veterans' Week
- Daniel Paillé
- Bloc Québécois
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Jacques Saada
- Employment Insurance
- Health
- Political Party Financing
- The Environment
- Health
- Employment Insurance
- Firearms Registry
- Natural Resources
- Infrastructure
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Health
- The Environment
- Olympic Winter Games
- Natural Resources
- Government Advertising
- Employment
- Public Service of Canada
- Museums
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Employment insurance
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Veterans' Week
- Message from the Senate
- Privilege
- Fairness for the Self-Employed Act
- Criminal Code
Robert "Bob" Beauchamp
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise here today to thank Robert "Bob" Beauchamp for his loyal service to the members of the House of Commons.
Bob Beauchamp has worked on the Hill for the past 31 years. During this time he has seen eight Prime Ministers and many members of Parliament come and go.
A devoted family man, Bob Beauchamp is also a loyal volunteer at the Aylmer branch of the Canadian Legion and with the Knights of Columbus.
I would also like to take this opportunity to underscore the quality of the work of all employees of the House of Commons. Their dedication and skilful performance of their duties supports the work of parliamentarians, and Bob Beauchamp was part of that great team. His was a career marked by enthusiasm and commitment.
We all noted, however, that his enthusiasm was inversely proportional to how fast he drove his car—we are sure he has never received a speeding ticket while driving on the Hill.
My colleagues and I would like to wish Bob Beauchamp a happy retirement, and we hope he will enjoy every minute of it.
Remembrance Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Patrick Brown Barrie, ON
Mr. Speaker, on November 11 we remember the generations of Canada's most courageous who have answered the call of duty and served our country.
From World War I to our work in Kandahar and around the globe today, the constant has always been the valour, the courage and the sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform.
It is our duty to remember. That is why on Remembrance Day in communities like Barrie, throughout Canada, hundreds of families will stand before their cenotaph, like the one in Memorial Square in Simcoe County, to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
At this time I would like to pay respect to Pastor Jay Davis at Mapleview Church for his annual Remembrance Day service, Reverend Michael Cassidy, who conducts a moving service at Whispering Pines seniors residence, and of course our veterans organizations that lead Remembrance Day events on November 11.
I thank Jim Strang, president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 147; Neil McKinnon, president of the Army Navy Air Force Club; Bill Wuerch, sergeant-at-arms; the Auxiliary Corps ladies led by the lovely Rosemary Ashton; and our honorary colonel of Base Borden, Jamie Massie, who all play a big role in honouring our veterans in Barrie.
Use of Wood
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Robert Bouchard Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean is proud to be a forest region. Inspired by an idea proposed by the mayor of Saint-Félicien, Quebec's Department of Transport is building the first bridge ever made with glue-laminated wood beams in the municipality of Albanel. This initiative could be the start of a new generation of bridges built exclusively out of wood.
This is an example of daring and vision. However, we cannot say the same about the member for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and his party, who have problems and concerns with implementing such a measure in constructing or renovating federal buildings.
By supporting Bill C-429 introduced by the Bloc Québécois, the government would set an example by promoting the use of wood. This would show that it wants to help the forestry industry, which is in crisis. But it prefers to help the automotive industry in Ontario.
Ray Leitch
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Alice Wong Richmond, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the passing of Ray Leitch, a long-time Conservative activist and volunteer. Sadly, Ray passed away in Vancouver on Monday night.
Ray was a great example of what it means to be Canadian. He took pride in Canada's democratic process and devoted the majority of his life to volunteering for the Conservative cause.
Ray served in many capacities, from volunteering on campaigns to serving as a national councillor, and most recently to sitting as an EDA president in Vancouver.
He was more than a volunteer. Ray was also a friend, a confidant and a trusted adviser who helped many who have served in this House achieve their dreams of participating in Canada's political life.
Today I rise on behalf of the Conservative caucus to honour the memory of Ray Leitch and to offer my condolences to his family. He was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed.
International Inuit Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Todd Russell Labrador, NL
Mr. Speaker, in 2006, the Inuit peoples of the entire circumpolar world, assembled in Utqiagvik, Alaska. They proclaimed November 7 each year to be International Inuit Day.
This year, Inuit Day will be commemorated this coming Saturday. On this day, the Inuit peoples of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Arctic Russia celebrate their culture and heritage, and proclaim to their fellow citizens and to the world that the Arctic is the Inuit homeland.
At a time when climate change and resource development are altering the Arctic landscape, the Inuit peoples are acting together across international boundaries to defend the Inuit cultures, languages and way of life.
All nations would do well to follow the Inuit model of cooperation, consensus and concern for the environment.
On behalf of my constituents in Nunatsiavut and throughout Labrador and the residents of the other territories which make up Inuit Nunaat, Nunavik, Nunavut and the Inuvialuit region, I extend best wishes on International Inuit Day. Nakkumek.
Veterans' Week
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, this week Canadians across the country are marking Veterans' Week.
As we remember our Canadian veterans, we also pay tribute to the members of the Canadian Forces who serve our country today.
Let us join Canadians from coast to coast to proudly support our men and women of the Canadian Forces. We honour those who courageously put their lives on the line to bring peace and security to troubled areas around the world. These valiant men and women selflessly face danger and uncertainty to protect the rights and freedoms of others in need.
On November 11 we remember the culmination of two world wars. We celebrate the armistice that silenced the guns and ended the conflict. We remember the millions who mobilized and the 100,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. We remember those who fought in the Korean war and in many regional conflicts.
This year, as we honour our fallen and wounded warriors, may we also remember those who are serving on the front lines in Afghanistan today along with all those who sacrificed to secure our freedoms and way of life.
Lest we forget.
Daniel Paillé
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, who am I?
I want to be elected at all costs in a riding that I know nothing about.
I was the director general of the program for privatizing public corporations and recommended the privatization of the SAQ.
I locked out 365 Journal de Montréal employees.
My "Paillé plan" resulted in a $116 million loss to Quebec.
I vehemently opposed a day care on my street because it threatened my quality of life.
I was involved in the Société générale de financement du Québec debacle.
I was an advisor to the Conservatives and pocketed a great deal of money.
I have always lived outside Hochelaga.
Who am I?
I am Daniel Paillé, the parachute candidate.
Check it out at blocageintermittent.ca.
Bloc Québécois
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Sylvie Boucher Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Speaker, I must say that I am dismayed. Dismayed by the actions of the members from the Bloc Québécois. Dismayed also by their choice of motto: "Debout!", or "Stand up!"
When Quebeckers find themselves jobless and seek support from their members of Parliament to find solutions, the Bloc members remain seated.
It is our Conservative government that takes action, suggests solutions and stands up for the real interests of Quebeckers and Canadians.
We have added five weeks of employment insurance benefits. The Bloc voted against that. We have increased the number of weeks under the work sharing program. The Bloc voted against that too.
This week, the Bloc members remained seated, so to speak, by voting against extending EI benefits by 5 to 20 weeks for the self-employed.
Our Conservative government is taking action to help workers and does not remain—
Bloc Québécois
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Louis-Hébert.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Pascal-Pierre Paillé Louis-Hébert, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government is to blame for the chaos surrounding the H1N1 vaccination campaign, but it is desperately trying to pass the buck. It has accused GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of being slow in delivering the vaccines, even though this company is working at full capacity to produce the 50.4 million doses ordered.
The reality is that the federal government waited until the last minute to order the adjuvanted and unadjuvanted vaccines, and these last-minute decisions have delayed the regular production of vaccines. In other words, the government is using GSK as a scapegoat to shirk its own responsibilities.
In light of recent events, my thoughts are with the employees of GSK in my riding, in Sainte-Foy, who are working very hard to meet the demand for quality vaccines, but who must unfortunately contend with the difficult situation created by this government.
Jacques Saada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Alexandra Mendes Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the hon. Jacques Saada for being made a Commandeur de l'Ordre de la Pléiade, which promotes the Francophonie and cultural dialogue. None could be more deserving of this honour awarded by the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.
I had the privilege of working with Jacques Saada when he was the member for Brossard—La Prairie and minister for, among other things, the Francophonie. I know that all the work he did while heading up that department demonstrated to a lot of people just how important promoting and strengthening the entire francophone community was to him.
During his mandate as the federal minister responsible for the Francophonie, the hon. Jacques Saada actively promoted cooperation and a sense of community among the francophone peoples of the world. He did a lot to foster true multilateral diplomacy in the context of the Francophonie.
I would especially like to highlight his efforts to make Israel and the Palestinian authority full members.
Bravo, Jacques.
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
November 5th, 2009 / 2:15 p.m.
Lois Brown Newmarket—Aurora, ON
Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government has taken action to make sure Canadians hardest hit by the global recession have the support they need while finding a new job.
I am proud to inform the House that this morning Bill C-50 passed Senate committee without amendments. I hope it receives royal assent very soon.
This bill will provide unemployed long-tenured workers who have worked hard and paid premiums for years with five to 20 weeks of additional EI while they transition into a new job.
The Liberal leader fought against this bill and these Canadians the whole way through, but fortunately he did not succeed and long-tenured workers will receive the much needed help they deserve.
This bill is just one example of the actions taken by our Conservative government. Whether it is extending benefits, protecting jobs through work sharing or unprecedented investments in skills training, Canadians and their families know that it is our Conservative government that is helping weather the global economic storm.
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, we now know that more than half of the vaccines that have been produced are in fact in storage and not in the arms of people. Experts have also told us that the peak of the epidemic is expected to be at the end of November and not at Christmas.
Therefore, I would like to ask the Prime Minister, what exactly will change to ensure that Canadians in fact are inoculated before the end of November?
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, once again, as I said yesterday, the provision of the vaccine has been, at this point, quicker than the ability of the provinces to actually distribute it. I know they are focused on those challenges.
There is a list of recommended high priority groups. Those are the people who should be getting the vaccine first. Governments at all levels are working together to ensure that this happens.
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, it simply is not possible to say that the same old is working or that the plan in fact is beautiful and nothing needs to change. The evidence is very clear that it will require the inoculation of a million Canadians a day in order to get Canadians inoculated before the peak really hits at the end of November.
I ask the Prime Minister again, what exactly will change in order to produce a plan that will in fact work for Canadians?


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Big district attorney choice coming
Editor, OBSERVER:
In other countries, prosecutors are appointed by bureaucrats – here, we get to elect our district attorneys directly.
So, it is vital that Republicans turn out to vote in the Sept. 10 primary. The Democrats do not have a proposed candidate, so the Republican primary between Lori Rieman and Mark Williams will be vitally important in deciding who the next Cattaraugus County DA is going to be.
Lori Rieman was elected four years ago, promising to right the wrongs that she had witnessed as First Assistant DA for eight years in the DA's office. She won with a promise of change for the better. The problems that Ms. Rieman identified in her campaign against the then-DA – dropped prosecutions, lack of collaboration with police, lack of communication with victims and rising crime – have not improved, but have in many ways deteriorated during her four years as DA. Perhaps we were naive to think that someone from the previous DA's office could improve things substantially.
It is time for a new broom, not implicated in past failures, to clean up the office. Mark Williams has done an excellent job as Public Defender. He is always prepared for court and works closely with his clients, defending them with tenacity and compassion. He is respected by law enforcement officers who know that they must be well-prepared for court, because he certainly will be. The efficiency of the Public Defender's Office contrasts sharply with what we have seen from the DA – and all on a much smaller budget.
It is time to give Mark Williams the opportunity to work for victims and law enforcement with the efficiency he has shown as Public Defender. So Republicans, vote for Mark Williams on Sept. 10.


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Dangerous trip Friday night at Brigham Young awaits.
Long partnership to continue through 2018 season.
There are reasons the Mud Hens finished the 2016 season with a 68-76 record. There are explanations for the team's struggles this year, as well as the strong finish. But in the end, Toledo's baseball team continued its recent string of failures,
MOST VALUABLE HITTER: While Casey McGehee nearly won a batting title, and while Steven Moya ranked among the IL home run and RBI leaders, Chad Huffman was the Hens offensive MVP because he did both. Huffman finished with a .286 batting average with
Defense lets Zimmermann down; Tigers promote Moya, McGehee.
Columbus notches 10-2 win in Toledo.
Toledo clinches last-place spot in home loss to Columbus.
Clippers snap Toledo's 4-game win streak.
Toledo completed three-game sweep of Columbus Saturday.
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2006-07-06 / Regional News
Sweetpea golf tournament
Sweetpea, Friends of Rutland Animals hosts its fifth annual "Divots for Dogs, Birdies for Cats" Golf Tournament on Saturday, August 19, at the Quail Hollow Golf Course in Oakham. The $80 per person tax-deductible donation includes greens fees, golf cart, and buffet luncheon. Tournament is Florida-style bestball, with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Sponsors and raffle donations are welcome. Contact Sheila Dibb at (508) 886-2822 for more information and to register.


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Hoover had it right.
As a designer of production test equipment, I had to conceive it, sell it, spec it, budget it, design it, schedule it, sketch it, nurse it through drafting and fab, program it, write operating and calibration procedures for it, get it working, train its operators, and be the repair tech of last resort for it.
An engineer is both a dreamer and a hard core realist. When he fails there's no place to hide. You can't BS the laws of economics and physics.


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Wolf Creek - State Park
R. R. 1, Box 99
Windsor 61957
In east central Illinois-just minutes from Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Effingham and surrounding communities - the Wolf Creek/Eagle Creek sites, facing each other across the central portion of Lake Shelbyville, provide the perfect setting for outdoor recreation and natural relaxation for a day, a weekend, or even longer.
Eight miles northwest of Windsor, the sites encompass 11,100 acres of water, 250 miles of shoreline and large tracts of carefully maintained indigenous woodlands ideal for camping, horseback riding, snowmobiling, boat fishing, water skiing, pontoon boating, windsurfing or just plain bobbing and drifting on the glittering expanse of the lake itself.
In addition to visiting the small, friendly wooded campgrounds or taking part in the action on the lake, swimming is available from the beach. You can also take a leisurely stroll through nearby forests. An abundance of deer, pheasant, rabbits, wild turkey and songbirds are almost always visible.
Portions of the park have been cleared of physical barriers and are accessible to disabled visitors.
Like many other such areas, the Wolf Creek/Eagle Creek sites are perfect examples of the potential benefits of natural resource management. As a means of flood control, water supply and downstream water quality control, the Flood Control Act of 1958 authorized the Shelbyville Reservoirs Project, which involved construction of a dam and creation of a lake. These mundane necessities, however, would also allow for the actual conservation of fish and wildlife and the development of areas for all the recreational uses outlined above.
It was, of course, a monumental undertaking. Before actual work on the dam at Shelbyville could begin, several old mines in the area had to be completely relocated, two gas and oil pipelines and roads rerouted, the old Shelby Power Plant demolished and land cleared and leveled on the west side of the channel which hugs the bluff to the east of the river bottom. Construction of this $56 million project began in May of 1963.
The dam itself is an earthen embankment towering 110 feet above the original stream bed. Its 3,025 feet long with a reinforced concrete, gate-controlled spillway to manipulate water level and manage the 25,300 acres of its flood control pool.
Most of this work was done by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the land is now managed by the State of Illinois on a long-term lease from the federal government which began in 1968. By 1972, the area was open to the public and provided primitive camping facilities. In the years since then, the state has purchased additional surrounding lands and made extensive improvements in campgrounds, boat launches, day-use areas and hiking trails that make this a beautiful, well-tended and well-managed natural retreat in which to relax.
Family picnic areas are scattered throughout Wolf Creek State Park. Complete with grills, tables, water and sanitary facilities, youll find everything you need to have a great outing. Two areas are equipped with shelters and facilities for disabled visitors. The Lost Shelter picnic area is an isolated, scenic area and is available by reservation.
There are 304 Class A campsites with restrooms and showers, electricity and picnic tables, and 78 Class C sites. In addition, there are two family tent camping areas, an organized group camp, and an equestrian campground.
A 140-site area in the Lick Creek section has also been designated for reservations. Requests for reservations are accepted starting in January for sites to be reserved between May 1 and October 31.
From the four-lane launching ramp (adjacent to a 175-car parking lot), you can set out for any variety of water sports. Rental boats and motors are available from several private marinas on the lake, which also provide a full range of boating and fishing supplies.
The miles of flood brush, timber and rock rip-rap shorelines, the many points with submerged ridges, and the hundreds of tributary streams emptying into Lake Shelbyville provide prime and productive fishing areas. The lake is teeming with black and white crappie, largemouth bass, walleye, channel and flathead catfish, bluegill, muskie, bullhead, carp and sunfish. Special size and creel limits are in effect for some species, so please check with the site superintendents office for specific information on fishing opportunities and regulations.
Treat your whole family to a day at the beach. A developed swimming beach, open from the middle of May to the middle of September, is situated in the southwest section of the park. No lifeguards are available, so please remain in the buoyed area and be careful. Alcohol is not allowed past the main gate into the beach area, and pets, food and drinks are not permitted on the sand. Picnic tables and grills are available nearby.
For refreshing walks in the forests, Wolf Creek contains seven hiking trails. For invigorating winter time activity there is a 16 1/2-mile snowmobile trail, and for the equestrian there is a scenic 15-mile equestrian trail.


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Basic hollandaise
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: nutrition per serving (for 6)
- kcal336
- fat36g
- saturates22g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.02g
Boil the vinegar together with peppercorns and tarragon, reduce by half. Strain and reserve (see Secrets for success on storing, below).
Boil a large pan of water, then reduce to a simmer. Using a large balloon whisk, beat together the yolks and 2 tsp of the reduced wine vinegar in a heatproof bowl that fits snugly over the pan.
Beat vigorously until the mixture forms a foam, but make sure that it doesn't get too hot. To prevent the sauce from overheating, take it on and off the heat while you whisk, scraping around the sides with a plastic spatula. The aim is to achieve a golden, airy foam (called a sabayon), which forms ribbons when the whisk is lifted.
Whisk in a small ladle of the warmed butter, a little at a time, then return the bowl over a gentle heat to cook a little more. Remove from the heat again and whisk in another ladle of butter. Repeat until all the butter is incorporated and you have a texture as thick as mayonnaise. Finally, whisk in lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste plus a little warm water from the pan if the mixture is too thick.
Curdling tips
If the sauce mixture starts to 'split' or curdle, immediately scrape the mixture into a clean bowl and whisk in 1 tbsp ice-cold water, then continue whisking in the remaining butter just a ladleful at a time.
Salt breaks down the yolks if you add it too early, so season your sauce at the end.
Melting the butter
Heat a 250g pack chopped butter in a shallow pan. As it foams, scoop off the froth and scum using a small ladle or large metal spoon. Don't use a slotted spoon or the scum will slip back into the butter. (Don't waste the froth – it can be used in potatoes or for dressing hot vegetables). You should have around 200ml of warmed butter for the sauce. You can melt the butter in a microwave, but keep it covered as it melts or it will spit. Leave to cool a little before adding to the eggs.
Storing reduced wine vinegar
When vinegar has reduced, strain back into the bottle, cool and store as usual.
Olive oil hollandaise
Use 200ml of medium flavour olive oil (not extra virgin oil) instead of the butter, and heat until warm. Perfect with roasted vegetables and grilled fish.
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This recipe is completely off the mark. For one, it is for bearnaise--hollandaise is sans tarragon and white wine vinegar. For two, even if it were titled correctly, the 500ml measure of vinegar is at least 5x the correct amount.
For hollandaise, wisk together 3 egg yolks and the butter over a glass bowl double boiler and then season to taste with lemon juice, salt, and cayenne.
Tried this recipe and it is good. It makes a sauce with a smooth consistency - just runny enough - and delicious taste. But, I needed something a bit quicker this weekend. So, I used the suggestion from UncleVagrant (see below). I was lucky enough to have a bottle of tarragon infused white wine vinegar, bought cheaply from my local supermarket. Delia's recipe was a bit thick, so I would recommend using two or three times the quantity of vinegar and lemon juice that Delia does. Not as good as Gordon's but perfect with the piece of cod and broccoli that I poured it over.
Really great recipe! I've made this a few times now and have stopped manually whisking since it takes me too long. I cheat a little and use a hand held electric whisk on a low setting and it works just as well. Also, I use less than half of the 500ml vinegar to boil to a reduction. I prefer to make a fresh vinegar reduction rather than have it stored somewhere in the back of my kitchen cupboard till next use. One of my family's favourite sauces!
This recipe is another example of Ramsay over-complicating the issue. The butter-vinegar ratio is WAY out as well. Try this: 750g butter; 6 eggs, juice of 1 lemon, pepper.
Melt the butter in a pan. Put eggs (unseparated) with the juice & pepper into a food processor/liquidiser & switch on. Pour the hot melted butter evenly into the whisking wggs until the sauce has thickened.
Keep pan over simmering water until ready to serve. Add herbs/flavourings as required. Boom.
Hollandaise can be tricky but I think I've found a way to make it a bit easier for us novices. I use a glass jug in a pot of boiled water, not on the heat. Using an electric hand whisk the whole process is much quicker. After making the initial foam with the egg yolks and vinegar I drip the melted butter in slowly and constantly (from another jug) whilst constantly electronically whisking. As the heat is not on there is no need to take the jug out of the pot so it removes the extra fuss that can result in it splitting. I've had about a 8/10 success rate with this method, compared to my previous scrambled egg covered walls. If you are making eggs benedict it helps to poach the eggs in advance and keep them warm on a plate in the oven at a low heat while you make the hollandaise, or vice versa. Good luck, it's such a yummy sauce to make and it makes your friends feel special!
So much better to use the traditional method. Everything is so controllable that curdling is a thing of the past. Not only was the recipe easy to follow, it gave my arms a good work out, and tasted sublime. Made the sauce to go with Gordon's eggs benedict and with a glass of champagne, it was a fantastic meal - it really is worth the effort.
Thank you, Gordon, for a great, basic hollandaise the with good instructions & tips for rescuing!
After trying (& failing miserably) with a food processor technique, I decided an old fashioned, whisk approach would give me more control. The result, after averting scrambled eggs with a little iced water, is a deliciously silky smooth sauce!
This was an excellent tasting sauce, however I didn't get to enjoy it atop my english muffin. I had made the sauce which turned out perfectly, set aside while I made the rest of the dish, but the time the dish was ready for sauce, it was cold. I set the bowl of sauce over a pan of water once again just to warm and it turned runny and split. Stirring in iced water did not help at this point. This was the first time making hollandaise for me, so I undoubtably made a rookie mistake. How are you suppose to warm the sauce for re-use?
Personally, I think Mr. Ramsay is the best chef because of the precision he has taught himself and others while attaining the ability to show the art of mastering cuisines. Although not a fan of his imprecational ways, I do believe that he 'fires' on-screen and if you are adament about learning the proper way of fine cooking, he would be my number one choice. I use this recipe all the time and it is the easiest way to make a stunning breakfast affaire! :)
I found a Delia version a few years ago and TOTALLY swear by it. There's no excessive reductions and the only complex element is the requirement of owning a tiny wee blender. You won't split the mixture because you only heat the egg yolk through the warmed vinegar/lemon juice and then again with the frothy butter.
I'd pop a link here to it but the moderator probably won't allow it. Use google with Delia Hollandaise!
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Your observations are consistent with mine and others on the forum. I don't know the chemisty, but solid fats tend to make crispier crusts. You don't use oil to make pie crust.
and one doughball was let counter rise. i took this to my gf's work before i started dinner with the other two. this recipe will not come out 'pretty' in less than 3 hours by my standards, but the two remaining balls did. baked at 550, rotating two racks for two pizzas for even cooking


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The History of Mumford and Sons
Formed in London, England in 2007, Mumford and Sons started off playing in and around West London's folk community. They dropped their debut studio album "Sigh No More" in 2009 to critical success in the UK. This prompted them to release it in the U.S. the next year, where it reached Billboard's top five and earned Grammy nominations. Following collaborations and touring, Mumford and Sons dropped "Babel" in 2012, which went to number one in the U.S. and the UK. In this video, WatchMojo.com takes a look at the musical origins of Mumford and Sons.


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Solving polynomials with the unknown "b" from
Having learned about the basics of the Polynomials, Operations of polynomials, and Prime factorization in previous chapters, we are now more equipped to proceed to a more complex concept. In this chapter we will proceed to learning about factoring polynomial expressions.
Polynomials can be factored by looking at the common factors. So if we are given , using the knowledge we have about factoring we can be able to deduce that the common factor for each term in this expression is , thus the remaining part of the equation will be () which can be factored out again.
Factoring can also be done by grouping the polynomials. This would test our understanding of the FOIL method which we use in multiplying one polynomial to another. So if we are given an expression 3x + 7y – 21 – xy, we would get the factors, (3-y) and (x-7) by grouping (3x- xy) and (7y-21). We could always counter check the answers by applying the FOIL method.
In the proceeding parts of the chapter, after looking at the different ways to factor polynomial expressions, we will then look at the polynomial expressions: , and (the quadratic equation). We are going to learn how to factor these two expressions and also solve for b and c. There are also a number of applications for these two forms of polynomial equations so we would look into that as well.
We will be slightly talking about special products since Perfect Square Trinomials and Difference of Squares will also be tackled, specifically on how these should be factored. After we learn all of the basics about factoring polynomials, we will be answering exercises to test our understanding.
Solving polynomials with the unknown "b" from
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Autumn, the toughest season for recent college grads?
I never knew I could miss college this much.
Don't get me wrong; it was time to move on with my life. I have missed school – namely, my friends – since leaving last May, but the end of college didn't really hit me until the fall season arrived.
Autumn was my favorite time in college. Not only was it the time of returning to best friends after a long summer away, but fall was the best time for some of my favorite activities with my best friends. Visiting haunted houses, carving pumpkins, scary movie marathons until 2 a.m. on a Tuesday, random Wal-Mart runs, and of course, scavenging thrift stores for a creative yet inexpensive Halloween costumes.
But once you grow up and move away, it's difficult to find a perfect friend who loves getting scared and isn't embarrassed to scream her head off in front of you in the spook house. Living in an apartment complex means you don't have anywhere to display a pumpkin where anyone can see it, and even if you did have a place, who has the time for the mess it creates? Plus, my boyfriend isn't nearly as interested in cutting up plants as my college girlfriends were. Forget about 2 a.m. movie marathons of any kind – even on the weekend, I'm finding it difficult to stay up past midnight. And why scavenge and use creativity when time is short and I have enough money to purchase the perfect costume from the Halloween store?
It has just begun to sink in how much life changes once you move from college kid to adult. It's something that has to be done, but it is by no means an easy transition.
I don't want this to be a completely mopey post, so I'll end with some advice that I know college students hear so often: Cherish the moments you have in college as if they were your last moments on earth. There's a good chance you will meet and possibly live with some of your best friends during this time in your life, and once you graduate, everyone scatters and life moves on.
Yes, you should always keep your future career in mind during college, and you should use those four years to sharpen the skills you'll rely on heavily in the future. But jobs are jobs whether you find it two weeks or two months or two years after graduation. Your friends, while they'll never leave for good, will become depressingly more distant than they were during college.
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My October blog post [New IBM PureData Systems help clients harness data for critical insights] included a video on Enterprise Systems being "Data Ready" for analytics. That was the first of a series of videos I filmed in Austin. Here is the next in the series, a [YouTube video] focused on security:[]
In my blog post [The Three Different Meanings of "Protect"], I mentioned that to protect data, you need to protect data against unethical tampering, unexpected loss, and unauthorized access.
For the past three decades, IBM has offered security solutions to protect against unauthorized access. Let's take a look at three different approaches available today for the encryption of data.
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Server-based encryption has been around for a while. This can be implemented in the operating system itself, such as z/OS on the System z mainframe platform, or with an applicaiton, such as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for backup and archive.
While this has the advantage that you can selectively encrypt individual files, data sets, or columns in databases, it has several drawbacks. First, you consume server resources to perform the encryption. Secondly, as I mention in the video above, if you only encrypt selected data, the data you forget to, or choose not to, encrypt may result in data exposure. Third, you have to manage your encryption keys on a server-by-server basis. Fourth, you need encryption capability in the operating system or application. And fifth, encrypting the data first will undermine any storage or network compression capability down-line.
- Approach 2: Network-based
Network-based solutions perform the encryption between the server and the storage device. Last year, when I was in Auckland, New Zealand, I covered the IBM SAN32B-E4 switch in my presentation [Understanding IBM's Storage Encryption Options]. This switch receives data from the server, encrypts it, and sends it on down to the storage device.
This has several advantages over the server-based approach. First, we offload the server resources to the switch. Second, you can encrypt all the files on the volume. You can select which volumes get encrypted, so there is still the risk that you encrypt only some volumes, and not others, and accidently expose your data. Third, the SAN32B-E4 can centralized the encryption key management to the IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM). This is also operating system and application agnostic. However, network-based encryption has the same problem of undermining any storage device compression capability, and often has a limit on the amount of data bandwidth it can process. The SAN32B-E4 can handle 48 GB/sec, with a turbo-mode option to double this to 96 GB/sec.
- Approach 3: Device-based
Device-based solutions perform the encryption at the storage device itself. Back in 2006, IBM was the first to introduce this method on its [TS1120 tape drive]. Later, it was offered on Linear Tape Open (LTO-4) drives. IBM was also first to introduce Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on its IBM System Storage DS8000. See my blog post [1Q09 Disk Announcements] for details.
As with the network-based approach, the device-based method offloads server resources, allows you to encrypt all the files on each volume, can centrally manage all of your keys with TKLM, and is agnostic to operating system and application used. The device can compress the data first, then encrypt, resulting in fewer tape cartridges or less disk capacity consumed. IBM's device-based approach scales nicely. IBM has an encryption chip is placed in each tape drive or disk drive. No matter how many drives you have, you will have all the encryption horsepower you need to scale up.
Not all device-based solutions use an encryption chip per drive. Some of our competitors encrypt in the controller instead, which operates much like the network-based approach. As more and more disk drives are added to your storage system, the controller may get overwhelmed to perform the encryption.
The need for security grows every year. Enterprise Systems are Security-ready to protect your most mission critical application data.
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David Mason
NORWAY – David Mason, 54, of Norway, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital in Iron Mountain.
He was born Nov. 17, 1958, in Peoria, Ill., the son of Ruth Skoglund and Jerry Mason.
David graduated from Norway High School in 1977. He worked in construction as a carpenter for several years then worked for the former ISP, now SGI, in Pembine since 1985.
David found great satisfaction in the outdoors by hunting, fishing, and trapping. He also was an avid woodworker and was extremely skilled at turning trees into finished lumber. David's woodworking, along with his friends helped him build a home for his family. His work ethic was an inspiration to all who knew and worked with him as he would never quit until the job was done.
David leaves his wife of 29 years, Mary (Gronowski); son, David (Maygen Alm) Mason Jr. of Norway; granddaughter, Rozalynn Mason; mother, Ruth (Jim) Skoglund; father, Jerry Mason of California; and several nieces, nephews and friends.
David was preceded in death by his infant son, Mark Mason; sister, Michelle Pohlson; and brother, Mark Mason.
Family will greet friends on Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ortman Funeral Home in Norway.
A memorial service will be held on Friday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with Aaron Nowicki, seminarian of the Diocese of Marquette, officiating.
Interment will be held at the Norway Township Cemetery in the spring.
Condolences to the family of David Mason may be expressed online at www.ortmanfuneralhome.com
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3 Pics Level 99 Tips and Strategies
- App name: 3 Pics
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- Genre: Arcade
- Release: Jul 4, 2013
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Skip to comments.U.S. farmers use inmates to harvest fields
Posted on 08/22/2007 4:37:51 PM PDT by nypokerface
PICACHO, Ariz., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Western U.S. farmers are increasingly using inmates to harvest their fields as states crack down on hiring undocumented workers.
Colorado started sending female inmates to harvest onions, corn and melons this summer, and Iowa is considering a similar program, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
While inmates have worked for private farms in Arizona for almost 20 years, legislation signed this summer fining employers for knowingly hiring undocumented workers has brought growing numbers of farmers to the Arizona Department of Corrections for help, the newspaper said.
Unlike other sectors, where federal regulations require inmate workers be paid a prevailing wage and receive workers' compensation, agricultural companies can hire state inmates on a contract basis, the Monitor said.
The workers must get at least $2 an hour. Thirty percent of their wages go to prison room and board, with the rest going to court-ordered restitution for victims, any child support and a mandatory savings account.
The farms pay for transportation from the prison to the work site and for prison guards.
While farmers like the idea, the United Farm Workers of America says inmate labor undermines unionized labor.
"It's rather insulting that (Arizona) would look so poorly on farm workers that they would attempt to use inmates (to perform the work)," spokesman Marc Grossman says.
The Horror!
Just doing the harvesting that illegal aliens won't do...
I like it. China does the same thing.
Inmates are people who are incarcerated by the government because of crimes they have committed.
Illegal alien workers are people who should be *deported* by the government because of crimes they have committed (laws against illegal entry).
Good. Better than lifting weights and watching television all day.
I would like to see them picking all the trash off the highways. And the really bad dudes should be scrubbing public toilets with a toothbrush.
I grew up in the area around southern Michigan prison and the prison used to use inmate labor to grow their own crops. I was only about 6 years old and I had an old .410 single shot (disabled). I used to take that out and "help" guard the cons as they worked on the other side of a single strand of barbed wire.
And if there still aren't enough workers to bring in the crops, they can just arrest more!
I don't like hiring out prison labor to private business. It muddies the waters and creates a conflict of interest.
Yeah, sure.
Well if the people working the fields requested to be on the detail what is the problem with it?
I think the experience of an honest day of work would be good for them. Maybe a nice meal beyond the crap they normally get in prison for a hard days work?
Pelosi, Reid, and their Liberal moronic cohorts will be squealing like stuck pigs! It's unheard of in DC to actually solve America's problems. Congress ignores the American people while these worthless politicians suck up more power and feed their sick egos.
"And if there still arent enough workers to bring in the crops, they can just arrest more!
Well, don't arrest any criminals. They are lazy and don't do a very good job. Surely, we can get better convicts than that.
So does that mean food prices go down?
And where has this dip-stick been while all the illegals were pouring into the fields, the restaurants, the you name it...
Well, I guess there goes that "jobs Americans won't do" arguement, shot to hell.
Just following the trail laid down by Scarlett in Gone with the Wind.
"She ain't got nothin' but, nothin' but one safety pin holdin' that thing on. Come on safety pin, POP. Come on baby, POP!
It's stupendously insulting that Mr. Grossman and his ilk look so poorly on the U.S.A. that they would prefer to import illegal aliens to perform work that might actually do prison inmates, not to mention the rest of the country, some good.
The prisoners doing this have a choice.. the other choice is being locked in a cage the size of your bathroom for 23 hours a day. Of course they'll do it, they'd do it for free - which the 40 or 50 cents an hour they actually pocket essentially is.
OK, let's use welfare recipients.
LOL much better than the one I drug up!
All right. Let's start the 'Organ' Harvest next...
It effectively puts slave labor into competition with free labor, distorting market forces. It creates a pool of sub-minimum-wage workers that politicians can use to reward cronies. It distracts prisons from their core functions of protecting the public and rehabilitating offenders. It creates an incentive for prisons to hold on to the most profitable inmates, not the most dangerous.
The history of prison labor for hire is not a pretty one. From Dickensian debtors' workhouses to leased black work crews in the post-bellm South, it is a system that invites abuse. It is not a camel's nose that I want to let into the tent.
I have no problem with work as a condition of incarceration -- the state has plenty of jobs that need doing. Georgia is second, I'm told, after Texas in its use of prison labor -- they perform landscaping and maintenance at state parks, make and bottle cleaning products for use in state offices, build and repair furniture for state offices, and of course perform the classic duties like picking up litter on the highway and stamping out license tags. Running printing presses for state printing jobs. Tasks that both benefit the state and give them skills for when they get out.
When my dad worked at the prison in Buford, GA, there was one good ol' boy who took the work crews out each morning. They weren't chain gangs in the sense that they weren't chained to each other, but otherwise it's pretty much the same vibe. This' good ol' boy had the same routine day after day, with little variation.
"Men," he would say to the prisoners lined up alongside the reinforced school bus, "The state tells me if one of y'all tries to run, I am expected to fire a warning shot."
Shoosh-BLAM! as he racked his 12-gauge and fired it in the air.
"That was your warning shot. Get on the bus."
Personally, I would like to see the city of Detroit utilize chain gangs to clean up the neglected areas of the city. I think the reason they don't is due to a union thing.........
"She has no idea what she's doing"
"She knows exactly what she's doing."
A wise friend of mine dubbed Cool Hand Luke the sweatiest movie ever made. Can't argue. A distant second is A Time to Kill, which gets points for sweaty Ashley Judd. After that, Apocalypse Now, I guess. Brando certainly sweats enough for ten men.
"What we need is a better class of inmate."
-- Huey Long
Call your Congressional traitor and ask.
And Illegal Immigrant labor doesn't undermine unionized labor? Does the UFW represent illegals?
Good idea. I'll use that toll free # that was setup for all the illegals during shamnesty.
This story is a complete lie. ;)
Wait! I wonder if the prisoners are illegals...
Now if they would just pay farmers to harvest ILLEGALS we might have something.
ok by me. Welfare recipiens work program... at least they'd be earning their keep a bit.
Wonder how many inmates that are working the farms are also illegal aliens serving a sentence for crimes committed while here in the US as an illegal alien. Even one would be some kind of poetic justice, wouldn't it?
Say no more. Better to use American criminals than foreign criminals. So what's the damn beef?
Yes. UFW is the union founded by Caesar Chavez, the group that had liberals boycotting grapes through the '70s and '80s.
The Arizona State Prison at one time was almost entirely self-sustaining. They grew their own beef, vegetables, wheat and cotton. They made their own furniture and anything else that was needed on a regular basis. It was local businesses which insisted that the practice stop. They were missing out on the lucrative contracts for supplying the inmates.
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Continuing my coverage of the IBM Dynamic Infrastructure Executive Summit at the Fairmont Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, we had a day full main-tent sessions. Here is a quick recap of the sessions presented in the morning.
- Leadership and Innovation on a Smarter Planet
Todd Kirtley, IBM General Manager of the western United States, kicked off the day. He explained that we are now entering the Decade of Smart: smarter healthcare, smarter energy, smarter traffic systems, and smarter cities, to name a few. One of those smarter cities is Dubuque, Iowa, nicknamed the Masterpiece of the Mississippi river. Mayor Roy Boul of Dubuque spoke next on his testimonial on working with IBM. I have never been to Dubuque, but it looks and sounds like a fun place to visit. Here is the [press release] and a two-minute [video].
- Smarter Systems for a Smarter Planet
Tom Rosamillia, IBM General Manager of the System z mainframe platform, presented on smarter systems. IBM is intentionally designing integrated systems to redefine performance and deliver the highest possible value for the least amount of resource. The five key focus areas were:
- Enabling massive scale
- Organizing vast amounts of data
- Turning information into insight
- Increasing business agility
- Managing risk, security and compliance
- The Future of Systems
Ambuj Goyal, IBM General Manager of Development and Manufacturing, presented the future of systems. For example, reading 10 million electricity meters monthly is only 120 million transactions per year, but reading them daily is 3.65 billion, and reading them every 15 minutes will result in over 350 billion transactions per year. What would it take to handle this? Beyond just faster speeds and feeds, beyond consolidation through virtualization and multi-core systems, beyond pre-configured fit-for-purpose appliances, there will be a new level for integrated systems. Imagine a highly dense integration with over 3000 processors per frame, over 400 Petabytes (PB) of storage, and 1.3 PB/sec bandwidth. Integrating software, servers and storage will make this big jump in value possible.
- POWERing your Planet
Ross Mauri, IBM General Manager of Power Systems, presented the latest POWER7 processor server product line. The IBM POWER-based servers can run any mix of AIX, Linux and IBM i (formerly i5/OS) operating system images. Compared to the previous POWER6 generation, POWER7 are four times more energy efficient, twice the performance, at about the same price. For example, an 8-socket p780 with 64 cores (eight per socket) and 256 threads (4 threads per core) had a record-breaking 37,000 SAP users in a standard SD 2-tier benchmark, beating out 32-socket and 64-socket M9000 SPARC systems from Oracle/Sun and 8-socket Nehalem-EX Fujitsu 1800E systems. See the [SAP benchmark results] for full details. With more TPC-C performance per core, the POWER7 is 4.6 times faster than HP Itanium and 7.5 times faster than Oracle Sun T5440.
This performance can be combined with incredible scalability. IBM's PowerVM outperforms VMware by 65 percent and provides features like "Live Partition Mobility" that is similar to VMware's VMotion capability. IBM's PureScale allows DB2 to scale out across 128 POWER servers, beating out Oracle RAC clusters.
IBM AIX on POWER sytsems is also the most reliable UNIX operating system, which is 2.3 times more reliable than Oracle Sun Solaris on SPARC, HP-UX or Apple MacOS, and 10 times more reliable than Windows 2008 Server on x86 platforms. See the [ITIC 2009 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey].
- Analytics and Information
The final speaker in the morning was Greg Lotko, IBM Vice President of Information Management Warehouse solutions. Analytics are required to gain greater insight from information, and this can result in better business outcomes. The [IBM Global CFO Study 2010] shows that companies that invest in business insight consistently outperform all other enterprises, with 33 percent more revenue growth, 32 percent more return on invested (ROI) capital, and 12 times more earnings (EBITDA). Business Analytics is more than just traditional business intelligence (BI). It tries to answer three critical questions for decision makers:
- What is happening?
- Why is it happening?
- What is likely to happen in the future?
The IBM Smart Analytics System is a pre-configured integrated system appliance that combines text analytics, data mining and OLAP cubing software on a powerful data warehouse platform. It comes in three flavors: Model 5600 is based on System x servers, Model 7600 based on POWER7 servers, and Model 9600 on System z mainframe servers.
IBM has over 6000 business analytics and optimization consultants to help clients with their deployments.
While this might appear as "Death by Powerpoint", I think the panel of presenters did a good job providing real examples to emphasize their key points.
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ok guys, i finally made a paypal as i would like to start selling some stuff online. i just don't completely get the paypal process. now when yo uare striking a deal with someone, you give them your e-mail. when you are about to send money or recieve money which option do you use. like could someone just walk me through the process in a very detailed manner. i always see someone say you cover the paypal fees. i read on paypal its like 2% or something like that but when i went to the send money area on paypal just to check it out i didnt see anything like to select the person sending money covers the fees. i just dont get it lol. so please help a fellow baller out, i realize this is a "noob" question probably but yea i just always sold my stuff locally and never did the online stuff before. thanks in advance guys!!! have a great day!
Understanding the paypal process
Started by darkmatter, Mar 13 2013 10:35 AM
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Posted 13 March 2013 - 10:35 AM
Posted 13 March 2013 - 11:02 AM
Always use the "goods" option, that way you have buyer protection, as opposed to no protection at all if you "gift" someone the money. The fees come out of the money you send to the seller, so if you send $200, they'll get $193.90. However, no one is allowed to make the buyer cover fees on TechPB, so whatever price they have listed will already include any fees they have to deal with.
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Posted 13 March 2013 - 11:32 AM
thank you very very much! clears it up ALOT!
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Since Takeru's first day at Tenbi, Inaho has called him her fiancé. On a rainy night, the story of their past together is revealed, and Takeru's Elemental powers surface in order to protect his friend (and an adorable new addition to the household).
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