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I was discussing this with K-oz on another thread and just seem like making a thread would be better..
There is a hole in Itachi's timeline when entering Akatsuki created by Naruto's author.
Everyone thought that Itachi entered Akatsuki by killing his clan but if you remember correctly he was part of it when Oro was still part of Akatsuki.
Oro left 7 years before the timeskip.. Itachi was 18 then. This means itachi was 11 when he fought oro and cut his hand off... which also means Itachi was not even part of Anbu yet AND he didnt kill his clan cause it was a requirement to enter Akatsuki.
So.. maybe this means something for the future story or the author made a BIG boo-boo..


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UNEP Year Book 2009 Makes the Green Economy Case16/
25th Session of UNEP's Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum 16-20 FebruaryNairobi, 16 February 2009 - The importance of realizing a Global Green New Deal and the urgent need for a transition to a low carbon and resource efficient Green Economy are spotlighted in the UNEP Year Book 2009, launched today at an international gathering of environment ministers.The Year Book, compiled at the request of the UNEP Governing Council, presents the hard facts and worrying trends while also underlining some of the transformational and innovative ideas already being piloted in both the developed and developing world.Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said:" The Year Book serves as a reminder to the international community as to why a Green Economy is so urgently needed from the bubbling up of methane gas in the Arctic to the shrinking availability of croplands"."But it is also about optimism and the power of positive policies: from the way a building in Africa passively cools itself by mimicking termite mounds to the way some countries and cities are pioneering industrial symbiosis-co-locating businesses and factories to recycle and re-use wastes as raw material inputs, saving finite natural resources, millions of dollars and the planet too," he added. Highlights Waste - Over two billion tones of waste are being generated throughout the world annually with someone in a developed economy throwing away around 1.4 kg of solid waste refuse daily. - This is however leveling off perhaps as a result of waste minimization and recycling measures.- Developing nations, in particular rapidly developing economies are producing more waste with China expected to produce 500 million tones of solid waste a year, and India about 250 million tonnes by 2030 based on current trends.Construction and BuildingsThere are some positive developments in particular in the building and construction sector, not least in energy efficiency improvements aimed at cutting the estimated 30 to 40 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions linked with the built environment.- A world-wide survey conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics found that one third of industry professionals believe more than 10 per cent of domestic construction is already moving to higher resource efficiency.- A further 50 plus per cent said principles of resource efficiency will be applied to 60 per cent of their projects in the next five years.- Canada, France and the United Kingdom are among several countries that have launched programmes to make buildings energy neutral-the buildings generate via technologies such as solar and combined heat and power systems as much energy as they consume- The United Kingdom for example has launched a voluntary industry agreement aimed at cutting by half (12.5 million tones) in 2012 the amount of construction waste going to landfill. It could recover materials worth an estimated $1 billion.The Year Book highlights how copying nature-so called biomimicry-can offer intriguing solutions. The Eastgate building in Harare, Zimbabwe has passive, self-cooling systems modeled on termite mounds.The building, a mixture of offices, shops and car parking, uses an average of 90 per cent less energy than a comparable structure saving more than $3.5 million since opening in the 1990s.'Materials substitution' is another emerging field with researchers around the world in a race to produce cement and concrete that can be made at temperatures lower than the current 1,000 degrees C.- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology are currently looking at using magnesium compounds-a waste material of many other industrial processes-as a substitute for conventional concrete's calcium-silicate-hydrate particles.- Others are looking at using substitutes based on silicon and aluminum harvested from waste by-products such as coal ash and iron slag. They have the potential to cut C02 emissions from cement industry by an estimated 20 per cent, while utilizing an industrial waste and producing a final product less prone to weathering-the kind of multiple economic and environmental benefits at the heart of the Green Economy initiative.Dematerialization is another term in the emerging area of industrial ecology. At its simplest it can be captured in consumers demanding less packaging for example on products. A producer of unbleached cotton, who uses fewer resources, might also be able to charge a higher price and certainly achieve higher profit margins. Industrial symbiosis, or what is known in China as the Circular Economy, is an off-shoot of this concept. The idea is to co-locate businesses and facilities in such a way that their wastes are raw materials for other nearby ones.- Pioneering Industrial Symbiosis Network in Kalundborg Denmark, now has more than 25 industrial waste management processes integrated in one system.- The United Kingdom's Industrial Symbiosis Programme involves more than 8,000 participant companies.- It has diverted more than four million tones of business waste from landfills.- Eliminated over 350,000 tonnes of hazardous waste from the environment.- Saved over nine million tones of water, avoided the use of 6.3 million tones of virgin raw materials and reduced carbon emissions by over 4.5 million tonnes.- Generated $208 million in new sales for members and saved them nearly $170 million.- Chicago in the United States and Shanghai in China have adopted similar symbiosis projects.China's Circular Economy initiative is also looking at labeling products for their resource consumption backed up by tough penalties for companies who use processes, materials and techniques on a so called 'eliminated' list.- If items on the eliminated list are used, the government can confiscate the equipment, materials or product; impose fines of up to $30,000 or shut the enterprise down.- Imported items on the 'eliminated' list must be returned and a fine of up to $150,000 can be imposed under the plan.- If the importer cannot be identified, then the carrier can be made responsible for returning the items or paying for their disposal.· Banks or other financial institutions are also banned from supporting enterprises that manufacture, import or distribute items on the 'eliminated' list.TransportTransport accounts for over 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2005 there were an estimated 650 million vehicles on the road with that number expected to double by 2030.The Indian city of Chennai is working with the Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation initiative (SMART) at the University of Michigan in the United States in order to tackle the twin economic and environmental challenges of congestion and pollution.· Railway and bus systems are to be kitted with wireless technology so that thousands of computer and software industry commuters can work en route.· At the stop closest to work, the commuters can choose from privately-run, low-polluting shuttle buses; taxis; rental cycles or walking paths.· The system uses the commuters' mobile phones to forecast anticipated transport and traffic conditions and needs. Eventually commuters will be able to use their phones to check up on the transport networks and choose the most efficient mode based on prevailing conditions. Industrial Water Currently close to 880 million people lack adequate access to clean water and 2.5 billion are without improved sanitation in their homes. By 2030, close to four billion people could be living in areas suffering severe water stress mostly in South Asia and China.Industry uses 10 per cent of water in low and middle-income countries and up to close to 60 per cent in high-income ones.· A Finnish paper mill has switched from chemical to thermo-mechanically treated pulp and installed a biological wastewater treatment facility-water savings of 90 per cent have been achieved.· An Indian textile manufacturer has switched from using aluminum to zinc in synthetic fabrics-water consumption has been cut by 80 per cent with the cleaner waste water produced suitable for irrigation uses on nearby farms.· By separating process water from sewage water, a Mexican sugar cane company has cut water use by 90 per cent.· A Spanish company, managing 300km of highways in Sao Paulo state, Brazil has designed the roads to funnel rainwater into 250 containment dams with a capacity of 2 million cubic metres. The system allows the rainwater to seep slowly into the ground, assisting in replenishing the Guarani aquifer while saving money in terms of reduced road maintenance. While some progress is being made, the Year Book underlines the scale of the challenge facing the world towards the end of the first decade of the 21st century.Climate Change2008 had the second smallest area of Arctic sea-ice left following the summer thaw since satellite monitoring began in 1979. The National Snow and Ice Center in the United States found that the minimum sea-ice cover, which occurred on 12 September, was somewhere over 4.52 million square kilometers."While 2008 saw 10 per cent more ice cover than in 2007, the lowest figure on record, it was still more than 30 per cent below the average for the past three decades. Taken together, the two summers have no parallel," says the Year Book.· For the second year in a row, there was an ice-free channel in the Northwest Passage through the islands of northern Canada. · 2008 also witnessed the opening of the Northern Sea Route along the Arctic Siberian coast-the two passages have probably not been open simultaneously since before the last ice age some 100,000 years ago. · The Greenland ice sheet, which could raise sea levels by six metres if it melted away, is currently losing more than 100 cubic km a year-faster than can be explained by natural melting. · Losses from the West Antarctic ice sheet have increased by 60 per cent between 1996 and 2006. · Losses from the Antarctic Peninsula increased by 140 per cent.In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that sea levels might rise by between 18cm and 59cm in the coming century. But many researchers now believe the rise even higher in part as a result of new assessments of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.· One study estimates a sea level rise of between 0.8 and 1.5 metres, while another suggests a sea level rise of two metres in the coming century from outflows of ice from Greenland alone.· A one metre rise in sea levels world-wide would displace millions of people. Around 100 million people in Asia, mostly Bangladesh, eastern China and Vietnam; 14 million in Europe and eight million each in Africa and South America. The Year Book argues that urgent action is needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions, not least because some of the natural carbon storage systems or 'sinks' may be losing their absorption capacity raising the spectre of a runaway greenhouse effect.· Studies in 2008 indicates that one key 'sink'-the oceans-are now soaking up 10 million tones less C02. The Year Book also flags up increasing concern among scientists about releases of greenhouse gases such as methane from the Arctic as ice melts and permafrost thaws in part as a result of new studies indicating that the western Arctic is warming 3.5 times more than the rest of the globe. This concern has taken on even greater importance as a result of two recently published studies.· A study focusing on North America suggests that upwards of 60 per cent more carbon could be stored in the permafrost than previously supposed.· An international study has now doubled the amount of soil-carbon in the permafrost across the entire Arctic.· Marine researchers have discovered more than 250 plumes of methane bubbling up along the edge of the Continental shelf northwest of Svalbard.· The International Siberian Shelf Study has found higher concentrations of methane offshore from the Lena River delta.· Researchers calculate that, once underway, thawing of the east Siberian permafrost-thought to contain 500 billion tones of carbon-would be irreversible and that over a century 250 billion tones could be released.Monitoring of methane levels in the atmosphere indicate that concentrations rose in 2007 and 2008 after nearly a decade of stability. Intriguingly higher concentrations were detected in both the northern and southern hemispheres.Meanwhile, the Year Book raises concerns over another carbon sink-forests. Rising temperatures may be stressing trees leading to photosynthesis and thus carbon sequestration halting sooner in summer months. Stressed forests may also be more vulnerable to pollution, disease and pests, again undermining their carbon storage potential.The Year Book also focuses on new research from the Amazon. · A doubling of C02 could warm the oceans to such a point that rainfall in the Amazon could decline by 40 per cent. · Overall an estimated 53 per cent decline in vegetation growth could occur. · Forest loss on this scale could in turn raise temperature 'locally' by up to eight degrees C triggering further droughts and putting pressure on the Amazon River, the world's largest river that carries one fifth of the world's river water.The melting of the world's icy regions, including mountain glaciers is also triggering other hazards above and beyond the very serious threats to water supplies if glaciers melt away: nearly a billion people in South Asia rely on seasonal melt waters from the Himalaya-HinduKush mountain system for example.· Hazardous substances, deposited from the atmosphere and locked away in glaciers, are now being re-released. · The pesticide DDT is turning up in unanticipated amounts in Adelie penguins that live in parts of the Antarctic coastline. · Organic pollutants are being carried back into the environment from melting glaciers in the Rocky Mountains of North America. · Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can be found downstream of European glaciers.Disasters and Conflicts The Year Book also discusses the links between natural disasters, environmental degradation, conflicts and human or social vulnerability as well as the importance of disaster preparedness-issues becoming of increasing concern in a climate-constrained world.· While geological disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes have remained fairly constant over the past century, hydro-meteorological disasters such as storms, floods and droughts have increased dramatically since 1950.· The frequency of these events has increased by an average of 8.4 per cent a year between 2000 and 2007.· Another new assessment says that the total number of disasters has increased from about 100 events per decade in the period 1900-1940 to almost 3,000 per decade by the 1990s.· A further study puts the total number of disasters between 2000 and 2005 at 4,850 and links this to both 'technological disasters' such as train wrecks and building failures as well as weather events.The Year Book spotlights Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar with a peak wind speed intensities of 215km per hour on 2 May 2008 leaving more than 140,000 people dead or missing and 2.4 million people homeless and 'catastrophically affected'.· As with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the loss of 'environmental infrastructure' made coastal communities more vulnerable.· In the early 20th century, mangrove forests covered an estimated more than 242,000 hectares in the Irrawaddy River Basin, but by the end of the century just over 48,500 hectares remained with the loss linked to clearance for charcoal and latterly for agriculture and shrimp farms. Ecosystems The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment concluded that 60 per cent of the Earth's ecosystems-from forests and soils to coral reefs and grasslands-are damaged or being degraded. The Year Book underlines that this trend is continuing through 2008.Increasing demand for food and agricultural production is, under current systems and economic models, triggering a dramatic increase in land under the hoe and the plough.Today farmland covers nearly a quarter of the planet's surface.· Entire forest systems have effectively disappeared in at least 25 countries and have declined by 90 per cent in another 29 countries.Marine fisheries are in a state of stagnation and have been that way for nearly a decade.· Since the onset of industrial fisheries in the 1960s, the total biomass of large, commercially-targeted marine fish species has declined by a 'staggering' 90 per cent says the Year Book.· Annual economic losses as a result of over-exploitation and near depletion of the most valuable fish stocks are estimated in 2008 at $50 billion.Biofuels and their impacts on food production, poverty and ecosystems can trigger polarized views with opportunities for income diversification and a way of reducing pressures on cropland possible in small-scale rural models.At industrial scales, different crops can have different impacts. A new study has assessed the impact on water use in 2030 based on growing industrial-scale energy crops under current trends.· An estimated 50 billion litres of maize-based biofuel produced in North America would require 20 per cent of the region's irrigated water supplies · Producing just under 34 billion litres of sugar-cane derived biofuel in Brazil would require eight per cent of irrigated water supplies. · Rapeseed-derived biofuel made in the European Union has perhaps the lowest potential water footprint. Producing just over 20 billion litres of fuel would require just one per cent of the EU's irrigated water.The Year Book points out that it is the poor, and especially the rural poor who depend on healthy and functioning ecosystems.· An estimated 90 per cent of rural poor depend on forests for at least a portion of their income.· In rural Africa, small-scale agriculture is the principal source of income for some 90 per cent of people.· Nature-based income accounts for more than half of the total income stream for the world's rural poor.Better and more intelligent management of ecosystems and their goods and services will become increasingly critical as the century unfolds and the population climbs to over nine billion by 2050.· On current projections the availability of cropland per person is set to drop to 0.1 hectares requiring a rise in agricultural production "unattainable through conventional means".Soil degradation, linked with intensification, has now and already affected all but 16 per cent of the world's croplands-healthy croplands are now confined to temperate areas of the midwestern United States, central western Canada, Russia, central Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, northern India and northeast China with a scattering across the Tropics. · One possibility is to manage land and landscapes as 'mosaics' in which food production is one of several central ecosystem services.So called eco-management as it is now being termed can date back in some cases millennia from the grasslands of Europe to the indigenous peoples of the Americas who managed woodlands to create meadows for deer grazing.· The Terra Preta soils of central Amazonia have three times more soil organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorous and 70 per cent more charcoal when compared with adjacent soils-the soils were generated by pre-Columbian native populations by adding "charred residues, organic wastes, excrement and bones" to the soils.Market mechanisms and financial instruments have a role to play including payment for ecosystem services.Clearing of forests continues at some 13 million hectares annually, equal to an area half the size of the United Kingdom. Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.· Countries are currently assessing the inclusion of funding for forests in the UN climate change arrangements to be agreed in Copenhagen later this year under the term Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.Granting fishing communities and fishers rights and responsibilities in a fishery may also be a way forward.· Surveys of various rights-based catch shares for example in Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Mexico and the United States, indicates that they reduce the risk of fishery ecosystem collapse while boosting livelihoods. Harmful Substances and Hazardous Waste2008 has been a year of food and product-contamination crises.· In March Italy was rocked by incidents involving dioxin-contaminated mozzarella cheese. Dioxins, substances linked with cancer, are by-products from a range of industrial processes including combustion.· The cases, centering on the region of Calabria, were tracked by authorities to suspected contamination of pastureland.· In September, China was involved in incidents where milk including baby formulas was found to be contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine.· In Japan in October two major companies recalled noodle products after discovering insecticide contamination.· Days later the country's largest meat processor recalled products after discovering that underground water used at a plant near Tokyo contained levels of cyanide compounds.· Meanwhile in December in Ireland, the authorities recalled pork products again after dioxin contamination via tainted feed.Over the past two decades, arsenic contamination has been detected in a growing number of countries in South Asia, says the Year Book.· About 30 per cent of private wells in Bangladesh show high levels of arsenic, at over 0.5 milligrams per liter, and more than half of the country's administrative units are affected by contaminated drinking water.· The Year Book indicates that deforestation is aggravating the situation in the Amazon. Here forest soils naturally contain up to three times more mercury than pastureland with deforestation releasing mercury to the air and to rivers.Notes to EditorsThe UNEP Year Book 2009 can be found at http://www.unep.org/geo/yearbook/yb2009It can be purchased at Earthprint http://www.earthprint.com To read previous UNEP and GEO Year Books, visit http://www.unep.org/geo/yearbook/ The 25th Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum takes place in Nairobi on 16-20 February 2009 http://www.unep.org/gc/gc25/ For more information on UNEP's Green Economy Initiative, visit http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/ For More Information Please Contact For More Information Please Contact Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson and Head of Media, on Phone: + 254-20 7623084; Mobile in Kenya: + 254 (0) 733 632755; Mobile when traveling: +41 79 596 57 37; Email: email@example.com Or Anne-France White, Associate Information Officer, at tel: +254 20 762 3088, Mobile: + 254 738 652793, or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com

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work...as usual.
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
Just so tired today that I barely got anythingf done!
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
nothing so far..
Being awakened at 4:15 and not being able to get back to sleep
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Been untangling 8 sets of lights, making sure they work..
Merry Christmas to all...


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By NED SCARLETCleveland
What does a war protester do these days? Their man, President Obama, the anti-Bush, who promised to immediately cease our war along with all its painful deeds, won the Presidency. Yet the war goes on the same as before, the only difference, we don't hear it reported everyday. The media apparently, like vultures, have moved on in search of new carcasses to pick to the bone.
So how do these peace warriors fill their day? They can't protest the war, wiretaps, renditions, Guantanamo, or military tribunals. Do they rehear the rhyming chants of past anti-war demonstrations while the media dutifully reported every utterance? Are their cleverly worded signs stashed away in the garage patiently awaiting the election of a new designated war monger, or are they decomposing in garbage dumps where they belong? How do they now contain their full reservoir of hate and anger aimed at President Bush's war, when before it could so easily be released?
Our current President and his party ran for office largely on the plank of abandoning the war. However now that he is in office he has quietly reversed himself on almost everything he promised to end. Has the heavy burden of responsibility, sitting on his shoulders, shined the light of error on his beliefs, or did he simply speak whatever he needed to say in order to win?
War protesters might now wonder if, possibly like our new leader, they were wrong in protesting the war. Should they seek a similar change of heart or should they face the grim realization they were only gullible pawns used by a man on his road to power?


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Traditionally people have either lamb or hamb for Easter dinner, but the breakfasts and lunches of the next few days usually feature all those eggs the Easter bunny either laid himself or stole from birds (we don't really know). Ever since Bangor's vegan-friendly Barking Cat Cafe closed, I've been searching for a go-to tofu scramble, but my previous attempts have been bland. I finally gave the Post Punk Kitchen recipe a try, substituting chopped bell pepper for the mushrooms and omitting the nutritional yeast because I was plumb out. The seasoning was just about right, though I might omit the lime juice--it was a little too fresh and lively, and I was really looking for a greasy spoon-style scramble. I'm excited to try this recipe with other vegetables; red pepper and broccoli would add a nice crunch. If you've never eaten tofu this way before, its bouncy texture is identical to that of scrambled eggs, and since tofu has little flavor on its own, it nicely accommodates whatever seasoning you care to add. It's an easy alternative to eggs and a nice vehicle for hot sauce.
If finding out things like this about your egg producer bums you out, try scrambling tofu instead.This recipe for steamed seitan sausages has been spreading like wildfire online, with rave reviews. I don't usually eat fake meat; I feel that if I'm always on a quest to replace the meat, eggs, and cheese I've given up, I'm still structuring my diet around animal products, albeit chemical-laden vegan imitations. I prefer to focus on beans, grains, and vegetables in all their natural glory, but this was a special occasion, and I don't object as much to meat substitutes I make myself from scratch. I like knowing what's in my food, and if I put the effort into making my own veggie sausages I know they don't contain unpronounceable texturing agents and preservatives. You'll find an instructive video at the link above. It's worth watching, especially if you've never worked with seitan or used a steamer.
I modified the recipe out of necessity (bare cupboards) rather than creativity, using black beans instead of pinto, water and salt instead of broth, and italian seasoning instead of oregano. I also cut the nutritional yeast to 2 tablespoons. And you know what? The sausages turned out beautifully. They are eerily similar to the real thing in flavor, texture, and appearance. Here they are, all wrapped up like Christmas crackers:
And here is a freshly-steamed sausage unwrapped and taste-tested:
Perhaps not the prettiest food, but no less appealing than real sausage. In honor of the new baseball season, you could serve these on a bun and top them with mustard and a big mess of fried onions and peppers. Bring them to the table shouting "HOT sauSAUGE! HOT sausage 'ERE!" at the top of your lungs.
Beside our protein-heavy tofu and sausage we needed some starch, so I fried potatoes with diced green pepper and onion. Toast was a must, but since Giacomo's is closed for renovation, I decided to make my own bread. I will do almost anything, including 40 minutes of kneading by hand, to avoid having to get in the car and go buy something. I used the basic bread recipe from The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. It was nutty and mildly sweet. Next time instead of molasses I'll try maple syrup.
Kneading is a workout, but it creates a bond of understanding between you and your bread. When you pull your hand-made loaf of out of the oven and see how warm and golden and fragrant it's become, you'll feel like a proud parent. Perhaps you get your kicks some other way, but my happiest Sundays are spent listening to npr and baking.
The bread was definitely the most photogenic part of the meal:
The morning's efforts added up to this:
A filling brunch, fit for a lumberjack. I wasn't hungry again until lunch the next day.
Coming up later in the week: experimenting with pizza dough, and I learned to knit entrelac. Whatever shall I do with it?


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B. B. King
News about B. B. King, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Bonnie Raitt on Time, Loss and Renewal on 'Dig in Deep'
For every bittersweet ballad on her new soul-rattling album, there's a steamrollering groove. Ms. Raitt took a break from rehearsing for a tour for an interview.
February 29, 2016, Monday
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What to Watch Friday
Sue Klebold speaks with Diane Sawyer about her son, who carried out the Columbine massacre. "American Masters" remembers B.B. King. And Marjorie Sturm zeroes in on JT LeRoy.
February 12, 2016, Friday
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Lady Gaga Will Pay Tribute to David Bowie at the Grammys
Ken Ehrlich, the longtime producer of the awards, said he was opting for a solo performance rather than a multi-act segment.
February 3, 2016, Wednesday
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In 2015 Obituaries, Distant Eras Were Evoked
Those whose lives were chronicled in The Times were unwitting agents of a kind, briefly connecting the present with the past.
December 30, 2015, Wednesday
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What's on This Week Around the World
An occult Renaissance artist gets a solo show in Florence, Italy; Ming Wong shows artwork in Beijing; and some of the world's most talked about choreographers show new works in Amsterdam.
June 26, 2015, Friday
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B.B. King Returns to a Mississippi Home, and Its Warm Embrace
Thousands paid respects to Mr. King in Indianola, where he once picked cotton and busked for dollars on a juke-lined downtown street.
May 30, 2015, Saturday
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B. B. King, Defining Bluesman for Generations, Dies at 89
Mr. King's world-weary voice and wailing guitar lifted him from the cotton fields of Mississippi to a global stage and the apex of American blues.
May 16, 2015, Saturday
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Artists Respond to B. B. King's Death on Social Media
A roundup of reactions to the pioneering blues singer and guitarist's death.
May 15, 2015, Friday
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B.B. King, in Hospice Care at Home, Is Focus of Court Battle
B.B. King, 89 and ailing, will remain under the guardianship of his longtime manager.
May 8, 2015, Friday
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Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta
A love of the blues led Margo Cooper to explore the Mississippi Delta, where she has photographed and interviewed the people behind the music.
March 27, 2015, Friday
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Last week I debugged a Node issue where under some conditions, fork() failure could result in some file descriptors being closed, leading shortly to bedlam. In the best cases, the program would immediately crash, but often it would just do the wrong thing. This happens a lot, of course, and in many ways it's worse than a crash because you have no core dump nor even a stack trace to go on.
Simple JPEG resizing on Manta and the speedup compared to my notebook, mjob share, tips on preserving image color, and uploading large data sets.
This post is the one of several about how we operate Node.js in production at Joyent.
This is part of a series of blog posts on cloud security. Carlos Cardenas is a security expert who came to Joyent from The Institute for Cyber Security ICS at the University of Texas, San Antonio. While at ICS, Carlos worked under Ravi Sandhu, PhD, one of the leading security experts in the world.
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As members of the Board of Directors of Emery Telcom, we feel compelled by recent events to respond to questions related to the investigation of the company's senior management currently being conducted by the office of the Attorney General of the State of Utah.
On Feb. 5, 2004, agents of the Attorney General of the State of Utah, executed a Search Warrant in connection with an investigation of Emery Telcom's senior management, Greg Killpack, chief executive officer; Ajay Tipnis, chief financial officer; and Gary Harrison, then network services manager and, now, chief operations officer. Prior to that time, the Board had no knowledge of the investigation, had not been made aware of any perceived problem by any employee, had not been asked for any information, and had not been asked to take any action. In addition, the employees had not raised these perceived problems with the independent auditor of the company.
As part of the search warrant process, individuals provided information in secret which was relied on by the Attorney General's office to prepare an Affidavit supporting the search warrant. The Affidavit was filed under seal, and was not available to the public or the Board until a few weeks ago.
To this point, we have refrained from public comment in consideration of the Attorney General's investigation and to protect all of the parties involved, including those few people who made the accusations as well as the people under investigation. We believe our constraint has been appreciated by the Attorney General's office. However, since the Affidavit was unsealed and distributed in our community this past week, we feel we can no longer maintain our silence in good conscience. It is important for the sake of our members, the community and the company, that we clarify the record.
From the beginning, the Board of Directors has taken this matter very seriously and has completely cooperated with the Attorney General's office. We have provided total access to all company records and have directed all employees to cooperate fully with the Attorney General's office. Mr. Killpack, Mr. Tipnis, and Mr. Harrison have also fully cooperated with the Board in this process.
The Board aggressively launched its own independent investigation and immediately engaged the services of highly respected and experienced outside attorneys and expert consultants specializing in telecommunication regulatory issues. Our purpose in directing this independent investigation was made clear and simple to those we hired: conduct a complete, fair and objective investigation, and call things as you see them without regard to the consequences.
During the course of their six-month, in depth investigation, these independent investigators have conducted extensive interviews with company employees, consultants, attorneys, and others having knowledge of the allegations raised by those providing information to the Attorney General's office. The independent investigators have interviewed all individuals who provided information referenced in the Affidavit with the exception of one individual who refused to speak to them on the advice of counsel. In addition, the outside investigators have met with the Attorney General's office on several occasions.
At this point, the Board's independent investigation is nearly complete. After months of investigation, while there were some instances of incorrect accounting-not unusual for the complex and highly regulated telecommunications industry-there is not any substantial or credible evidence of any criminal misconduct on the part of the three individuals under investigation. To the contrary, over and over again, the investigation has revealed that the criminal allegations provided to the Attorney General were incorrect, mistaken, and/or totally false.
Although we are still somewhat constrained by the ongoing Attorney General's investigation, we would like to provide some examples:
One allegation was that Greg Killpack directed an employee to falsely book the costs of a certain Marconi Router (a piece of equipment that routes data), in the amount of $150,000, to Emery Telcom rather than to ETV, so that the costs would be covered by the ratepayers. After investigating this allegation, and receiving the input of national regulators, it was determined that the Marconi Router was booked correctly in the first place to Emery Telcom. Therefore, this allegation is completely false.
In another allegation, Ajay Tipnis, was accused of fraudulently using 2003 minutes of use numbers to justify a 2002 rate increase for Emery Telcom before the Public Service Commission. Apparently, the employee providing the information to the Attorney General's office believed that a corporation could not use future numbers (in this case, 2003) for a 2002 rate case. This is absolutely false. In fact, Utah law expressly allows the use of such future numbers, and, further, the use of the 2003 minutes in Emery's case was fully disclosed in writing to the Public Service Commission.
Another allegation claimed that Gary Harrison was involved in the theft of Qwest property when Emery Telcom purchased the Price-area local phone service from Qwest in 2001. This allegation claimed that the "stolen" equipment was worth $237,000. This charge is completely false. In fact, when Emery Telcom took over the Qwest exchanges, there was equipment left behind. Qwest, on a number of occasions both before and after the date on which Emery Telcom acquired the Qwest exchanges, told Emery Telcom and other independent telephone companies acquiring Qwest exchanges at that time that any equipment left behind was not wanted by Qwest. The list referenced in the Affidavit with the so-called $237,000 "value" was only an estimate for new, similar equipment in order to determine whether Emery Telcom could add the equipment to its assets for rate base purposes. It determined not to do so. Therefore, any suggestion that the property was either stolen or worth $237,000 is totally false.
The Board of Directors is disappointed in the way these accusations have been made. The employees did not share their concerns with the Board, nor did they address these concerns with the independent auditor of the company. Had these employees first come to the Board to share their concerns and allow us the opportunity to address them, we believe far less damage and emotional stress would have been placed upon our employees, our members and the community at large. These costly accusations have divided our company, the community and compromised the integrity of three executives.
We are also concerned about on-going and sometimes inappropriate efforts to advance these allegations by individuals abusing their positions of trust in the community. We particularly deplore the personal attacks on senior management that have been, and continue to be, made by those making and disseminating these allegations. The only goal of those who continue to knowingly and purposely disseminate false information within the community must be to unfairly turn public opinion against the officers and directors of the company for personal gain.
Throughout the past several months, Emery Telcom has continued its commitment to providing its members with uninterrupted, quality service. We will maintain this commitment and look forward to a resolution of this trying ordeal.
Sincerely, Emery Telcom Board of Directors Paul Crawford, Kendall Mortensen, Kathy Justice, Olive Anderson, Randy Jensen, Darrell Gardner, Kevin Tuttle, Morris Sorensen, Delynn Fielding


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Market check: European stocks are mostly higher in spite of Standard & Poor's downgrade of Spain'sinvestment rating, which isn't telling the market much of anything new. But S&P did call Spain's bluff BTIG strategist Dan Greenhaus sniffs something new: It's gotten harder for heavily indebted European countries to get unrealistically rosy growth-and-spending assumptions. In the past, Spain or Greece would come out with a "plan," one that "invariably contain overly optimistic assumptions about growth and spending cuts," he writes. Economists would note their unrealism, but the market appeared to take them at face value. "That no longer appears to be the case and could certainly complicate resolution mechanisms going forward," he writes.
Fund watch: Stocks are posting a banner year, but mutual fund flows continue to suffer. Scratch that — they appear to be worsening. Long-term mutual fund flows picked up for the week ending Oct. 3, notes Citigroup's William Katz, but that owned to fixed-income and hybrid volumes. Equity fund outflows totaled $11.1 billion. "[W]e believe some of the equities attrition may be due to investors selling to avoid capital gains on MFs that have a fiscal year end in October – though we note the equities outflows are more than double the level seen last year," writes Katz, whose takeaways include the unmipeachable "investors are reluctant to re-risk into equities."
In the news: Pimco Total Return ETF (BOND), launched earlier this year, hits the $3 billion market in assets under management.
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The temple is finished, and the ark of the covenant is placed in the holy of holies—The glory of the Lord fills the temple.
1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
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3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the
6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the
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9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11 ¶And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white
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Contractor testing traffic management system was fired after six "inappropriate" warnings went public.
A technology contractor testing North Carolina's traffic alert system was fired Wednesday after erroneously posting six made-up public warnings, including one that blamed an accident on "Women Drivers, Rain, Obama Care."
"Stay Home," the next errant message advised drivers bound for the Interstate 440 Beltline.
The blunder occurred just before 4 p.m. Wednesday in Raleigh, where the sun was shining, the News & Observer reported.
The state Department of Transportation said it "sincerely apologizes" for the "inappropriate test message content," which appeared because the unidentified contractor did not turn off the external e-mail and RSS feed on the Traveler Information Management System.
The contractor, hired less than six months ago, "was let go immediately for this action," the agency said.


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Super Comet: After The Comet DVD
Imagine a world cloaked in complete darkness. Food and water supplies disappear, tsunamis and fires rage, and scorching temperatures plummet to an Ice Age cold within months. Many scientists believe these cataclysmic environmental changes wiped out the dinosaurs after a gigantic asteroid struck the planet millions of years ago...and some say humans could be the next species to face extinction. SUPER COMET: AFTER THE IMPACT dares to bring the unthinkable to life in a fascinating look at how humans could adapt to a new world plagued by devastation on a global scale. You'll be riveted as you watch this unfolding of ultimate destruction that also celebrates the will of our species to survive despite incredible odds.
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Jason Gregor
September 28 2010 02:35PM
WIth only three preseason games left, the bubble boys have precious time to try and convince Tom Renney to keep them here or receive, what is most likely a one-way ticket to the OKC. Depending on injuries, most of the remaining cuts won't see the light of Rexall Place again this season, so they need to be at their best Wednesday and Friday.
The reality is that even their best won't be good enough.
The Oilers were on the ice for just under two hours this morning at Millenium Place in Sherwood Park, and here's how the lines look to shape up for tomorrow's tilt v. Phoenix.
Ales Hemksky/Sam Gagner/Magnus Paajarvi
Dustin Penner/Andrew Cogliano/Gilbert Brule
Liam Reddox/Colin Fraser/Ryan Jones
Alex Giroux/Ryan O'Marra/Colin McDonald
Ladislav Smid/Alex Plante
Taylor Chorney/Tom Gilbert
Richard Petiot/Kurtis Foster
Jeff Deslauriers
Martin Gerber
Look for Deslauriers to play the entire game. He has only faced eight shots so far this preseason and the Oilers need to see how he looks. Renney liked how he played in his 30 minutes against the Canucks, but this will most likely be Deslauriers only chance to shine. He needs to play well tomorrow, but even if he does I still think it won't be enough. Renney said he has tried to evaluate his goalies based on how they play this camp, so JDD needs to play well tonight of Renney will have an easy decision on his backup.
The top two lines seemed destined to start the regular season together, and don't be surprised to see Brule and Penner take some of the draws in place of Cogliano. Brule will most likely take the draws on the right side of the ice, because he'll be on his backhand, while Cogliano/Penner will take the draws on the left side. Renney will give Cogliano a chance to show he can win draws, but Brule told me today that he and Cogliano have already discussed some faceoff strategy that should put both of them in a better position to win draws.
It will be interesting to see how Reddox and Jones play. Only one of them will make the opening night roster, and maybe neither if Renney's dresses Steve MacIntyre v. Calgary, but Jones and Reddox are battlling for the RW spot on the 4th line. Ryan Rishaug mentioned on my show yesterday that he thinks there might be a slight disconnect between the coaches and management when it comes to Reddox and Jones.
Renney really likes Reddox, while management picked Jones off waivers last year so they would like to see what he can do. Ultimately it will be Renney's decision, but I can see how the politics/protect assets argument will come into play. Reddox is a better penalty killer, and at this point I'm not sure what Jones does better to be honest. He isn't an agitator, he isn't big enough to be a banger and he doesn't fight. He might be better suited as a 3rd line winger, but that won't happen on this team.
I don't see Giroux, O'Marra (sorry LT) or McDonald being in the mix at all. Giroux hasn't shown the offence needed to stick, while O'Marra and McDonald have just been okay. Neither one has stood out to this point, and I don't see them sticking through the weekend.
The blue line has three pairings with guys who are locks to make the team in Smid, Foster and Gilbert, while the other three are longshots. Petiot played well with Gilbert last Thursday, and he needs to continue playing the same way. "He can play. If we can see some consistency in some of the things that have been lacking in the past, he's got a shot to play in the NHL. I like his mobility, he passes it well, he shoots it well and I think what he has to do is be real confident and assert himself," said Renney.
Plante has shown lots of improvement since last year, but he is still a year away from really pushing for a job. Chorney, in my mind, has fallen down the depth chart and I don't see him being a part of the future of this team. Jeff Petry has surpassed him as a puck mover, and Chorney isn't big enough to play a physical game. You can never have too many puck movers, but Chorney hasn't stood out at all in this camp and is probably 10th or 11th on the depth chart now.
- Ryan Whitney didn't skate today. He rode the bike for brief stint before practice, but he still has a slight headache from taking that puck in the face on Sunday. He doesn't have a concussion, but they are going to ease him back in to the daily routiine. Renney expects him to be fine by the weekend.
- Renney hinted that he'd like to give JDD, Khabibulin and Dubnyk a full game each in the remaining three. I wonder if he'll play Khabibulin on Friday and if he plays well go to Dubnyk on Sunday, but if Khabibulin struggles maybe he'll get a third start just to be sharpen up for the season. We will see.
- Steve Tambellini didn't want to discuss if he's had conversations with Minnesota regarding goaltending, but Jim Matheson asked him so I wonder if the Wild are sniffing around now that Josh Harding is out for the year.
- Renney is really big on leadership, so expect Jason Strudwick to make the team. It is an intangible that many don't understand, but Renney loves how Strudwick can make the rookies feel welcome and comfortable, but also help the leaders lead.
- Shawn Belle and Theo Peckham will most likely play Friday v. the Flames. Both guys need to play better than they have, but I still think Peckham has a slight edge as the number seven.
- There has been so much focus on the rookies so far, and they have delivered, but I can't help but think Gagner is a guy who needs to emerge this season. It looks like he'll start with Hemsky and Paajarvi on his wings. He has slimmed down and looks quicker, but he needs to make an impact on the ice this year and he won't get a better opportunity than starting with Hemsky.
I was scanning the blog world yesterday and came upon David Staples article that referenced this article on MC79hockey.com I've seen many bloggers question the thoughts of other bloggers or MSM guys, so I thought I'd chime in on Dellow's idea to send down Hall and Paajarvi.
I had tried to go to his site this morning and read the article in it's entirety but kept getting an error message saying that the bandwidth for the site had been exceeded. I guess writing a bunch of inaccurate statements and having it referenced at the Journal brought the house down.
Anyways, here is his opening line courtesy of Staples' site.
"I've made the argument about burning years off the entry level contracts of rookies before. It's a simple enough proposition: you only get three years with these guys on entry level contracts and you might as well use them when the player in question is a stronger player.
As I've pointed out before, on teams like Detroit and New Jersey, teenagers virtually never make the team. There was lots of talk, when the Oilers installed Tambellini as general manager, that they were moving towards more of a Detroit model. I made this point then, but there's more to doing what Detroit does than having a lot of people in your management group. They do smart things, like not forcing teenagers into the lineup and wasting their cheap years on 45 point seasons."
Comparing what the Devils and Red Wings have done with their kids to Hall and Paajarvi is inaccurate and completely off-base. Since 1992 the Wings haven't had one pick in the top twenty, Jakub Kindl went 19th in 2005, while the Devils have only had one Zach Parise, 17th overall in 2003, top twenty pick since 1996. And FYI, Zach Parise spent one year in NCAA and then his ECL kicked in when he played in the AHL during the lockout. So I can't help but think that the Devils did the exact same thing with Parise that the Oilers are going to do with Paajarvi.
And come on - of course the Wings haven't rushed any players, because none of them were ready to play in the NHL at 18. A perennial top-five hockey team is blessed with lots of talent and then can bring along players slowly. Bottom feeder teams don't have that luxury.
Suggesting the Oilers send Hall down, and Paajarvi back to Sweden so they get a more mature player is nothing more than speculation.
Sure players will be a year older, but by playing in lower leagues will their games get better and prepare them more for the NHL? I don't see how Hall would be able to adapt to the speed and quickness of the NHL next year any better than this year. He needs to experience it first hand and adjust accordingly. And if he is ready now, let him play.
And can anyone name the last top-ten pick who stayed a year in Europe after being drafted, then came to camp as a 19-year-old, had a great preseason, but then was sent back to Europe, just to delay the start of his ELC? It doesn't make sense on so many levels. You don't send a player back to Europe who is better than the guy you would keep in his place, just to delay the start of his contract.
Another FYI...Datsyuk scored 35 and 51 points his first two years in the league. So even having him come over as 23-year-old didn't prevent the Wings from avoiding wasting his "cheap" years on 45-point seasons. Zetrterberg was a 22-year-old rookie and tallied 44 and 43 points his first two seasons. Again those "cheap" years still garned around 45 points.
The last forward who was taken 1st overall who didn't play in the NHL in his draft year was Eric Lindros. He didn't play because he wasnt' good enough, it was because he refused to go to Quebec. And playing that extra year out of the NHL didn't make him realize he needed to keep his head up anymore now did it!
The reason first overall picks go straight to the NHL is because they can compete and are better players than guys picked late in the first round like or later rounds like the Wings have drafted. Not to mention the the teams that get the first pick rarely have more talented players to keep ahead of them.
Suggesting that the Oilers would get more bang for their buck by sending Hall and Paajarvi away just to delay the start of their contract in an attempt to stretch a dollar is just nonsense.
September 29 2010, 03:19PM
Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf.
Perry Put up 54 points in 07-08 and was signed July of 08 to his current deal (5 years 5.325 mil).
Getzlaf put up 39 points and was in the middle of a season where he scored 58 when he was signed to an extension in Nov 2007 (5 years 5.325 mil).
And just because the team won't be competetive doesn't mean that by the end of the contract he can't put up good personal numbers.
So are those contracts good deals in your mind?
So if Hall gets a similar deal to Perry, he'll be about a 1.6 million cap hit more then his ELC is right now.
So you're saying that this team has a better chance of being a cup contendor because they will save 1.6 million 3 years from now if they hold Hall back?
September 29 2010, 03:31PM
So are those contracts good deals in your mind?
So if Hall gets a similar deal to Perry, he'll be about a 1.6 million cap hit more then his ELC is right now.
So you're saying that this team has a better chance of being a cup contendor because they will save 1.6 million 3 years from now if they hold Hall back?
What does $1.6 mil in cap space represent to you?
That could be a veteran centre (similar to Madden in Chicago last year). Maybe it's a deadline rental of a pretty good player.
And if MPS is also as advertised (remember, the argument is to hold him back as well), that could be an additional $3.5mil or so in cap space.
Going further ahead. What if Hall does way better than Perry? what if instead of $5.2 mil he gets $6.7 mil (ala Backstrom)? That's even more money we are talking about saving here.
Hey, if Hall is a 50 point player 4 years from now it's a moot point. But if he is that franchise player, it can make a world of difference.
September 29 2010, 03:48PM
That's year 2.
How much worse off would he have been if that was his rookie year?
How much worse would Tampa have been if that was his rookie season?
The answer to both is probably none. So what if Stamkos only scores 30 his second year, does that hurt the lightning at all?
Probably not. In fact it probably helps them more in 11-12. Where instead of being on the first year of a new deal paying him in the neighbourhood of $7 mil he'd be on his ELC. That could have represented an opening the Lightning could have shot for to make another cup run. Allowed them to add couple of key veterans.
Your speculating. It didn't happen so we won't know. At this point Tampa know they have a superstar in Stamkos and can build their team accordingly. If he was sent back he would still be an unkown commodity.
September 29 2010, 10:36PM
Your speculating. It didn't happen so we won't know. At this point Tampa know they have a superstar in Stamkos and can build their team accordingly. If he was sent back he would still be an unkown commodity.
Of course it is speculating.
Any time you talk about the future, or doing something different it's speculating.