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We just went through this back in December and prior to picking out our new pup I was putting way to much on it and once I got there I just went with the one that felt right. The funny part was my wife and son picked Jackson out within a minute but never said anything. It took me about 10 minutes. If you have done your home work on the breeder any pup has what you want in them, now you just have to bring it out - well that is what they keep telling me. Anyway I picked Jackson because he was outgoing, investigated everything, interacted with everyone and he even stole my camera. He just seemed more even keel the the other two (I had first pick of the males). He has only been home for a month but he is every bit of what he was and coming along nicely. My Hannah who is 7 was an easy pick as I had the last pick of the females and she turned out good. My shorthairs I picked somewhere in the middle on both. All 4 pups had good lines and breeders which i why I think I was happy and successful.
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Pentagon mulls whether to prosecute troops for failed suicide attempts
posted at 2:16 pm on November 28, 2012 by Allahpundit
Of all the strange dark questions to come from years of war, this is among the darkest.
"If suicide is indeed the worst enemy the armed forces have," Senior Judge Walter T. Cox III said, "then why should we criminalize it when it fails?"
For 40 minutes Tuesday morning, Cox and the four other members of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces sounded deeply ambivalent about the complexities involved in prosecuting members of the military who try to kill themselves. While several judges sounded skeptical about the government's claim that Caldwell's actions brought discredit to the Marine Corps, judges also sounded hesitant about ruling out prosecution altogether.
"I question whether it's up to us to say that under no circumstance can someone be prosecuted," Judge Scott W. Stucky said. "Isn't that up to Congress?"
I can think of two reasons to do it and neither is convincing. One: Convicting a soldier for attempting suicide might be a quick and dirty way to force him into government facilities where he can get intensive therapy for depression, which may end up saving his life. Problem is, the prospect of prosecution could backfire by raising the stakes of a failed attempt sufficiently that troops who try to kill themselves end up taking extra care to make sure they succeed. If someone's conflicted about dying but intent on trying anyway, you want their attempt to be as half-assed as possible. The promise of punishment makes that less likely. And needless to say, if a soldier's receiving intensive therapy only after a suicide attempt, something's gone badly wrong somewhere in the military's mental-health system.
Two: Only military members can answer this question definitively but there may be some suicidal servicemen and servicewomen who feel so strictly honor-bound to do their duties that they refrain from suicide purely because the military prohibits it. They've been given an order — no self-injury — and they're going to obey it because they're good soldiers and that's what good soldiers do. I'm skeptical that this would weigh heavily on someone whose thoughts are so clouded with depression that they're thinking seriously of killing themselves, but if it weighs even a little then there's some deterrence there. (The same may hold true for the military's prohibition on adultery. Some troops may follow the rule simply because it's a rule, even if they're otherwise inclined to disobey it.) Having a rule forbidding self-injury and prosecuting someone for violating that rule are two different things, though. A soldier who feels honor-bound to follow it will follow it as a matter of duty, not because he fears court-martial — although maybe the threat of court-martial "helps" in that it would bring added dishonor later. But that just brings us back to the point made above: Would a soldier who fears the dishonor of a court-martial refuse to attempt suicide or would he just make extra sure that his attempt is successful? My strong suspicion is that prosecuting people will mean more deaths rather than fewer because suicide attempts on average will become more lethal even if there's some small group who are steered away from attempting it in the first place as a question of duty.
Exit question: Does the Pentagon seriously want to deal with the kind of publicity it's going to get for putting troops who have survived a suicide attempt on trial?


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Heres a thought that should delight variation hunters and Star Wars figure purists (like me) alike. Hasbro was goodly enough to answer fan concerns that the Scout Trooper (Imperial Patrol) was, well, just too clean to have been trapesing around the forests of Endor all day and dirtied him up for us.
Well I want to be the first to voice an impassioned plea to our friends at Hasbro to clean up K-3PO. Sure there is that handy production shot of the Hoth Rebel Base protocol droid with a black and gaping hole in his shell, but of the brief moments this character graced the silver screen, the bulk was in a pristine, undamaged form. PLEASE do something similar with future releases of K-3PO and get rid of that awful "ink-smudge" on the droid's chest! Sure it looks just like ONE picture of the character, but not MOST of them! As it stand K-3PO looks like the victim of an Acme Trick Pen with Disappearing/Reappearing Ink.


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Q, Yes I know that saying. Frustration continued Friday when I took my son there and he couldn't get them with a night crawler and I couldn't with a variety of dark side lures.
Fly fishing at Wachusett is possible in many spots, but with the amount of shoreline, ~ 17 miles, it takes a long time to learn where to go. Normally the farther from the car the better. Also if the water level is down its better.
Well, I'm sure you've heard that old saying about a bad day of fishing . . .
It is frustrating when you know the fish are there and are probably catchable but you don't have the right stuff to get 'em.
I have never fished Wachusett but have read many reports about nice fish being caught there. Most of those reports make no mention of fly fishing, however, so I've wondered how fishable it is with the fly rod.
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Wachusett Reservoir, or poor planning promises poor performance
This morning was going to be a trout morning until I slept late and realized that for family harmony I'd better wait until my son left for school to leave. After the late start I headed to Wachusett reservoir for the morning. For those who are not in Massachussetts this reservoir is a source of water for Boston & the region. Over the years it has produced several state record fish despite being limited to shore fishing only.
Arriving at a favored parking location on the reservoir I gathered my stuff and headed off after realizing that the bug spray and sunscreen were in the bag for fishing with the kids along with my hat at home. I then compounded that by leaving the stripping basket and a spare spool with a sinking tip line in the car.
I walked to one of my favorite spots stopping along the way to pick up a small small mouth and a chunky sunfish. It was a good start to the day. The favorite location was baren so I headed on to a sandy peninsula where in the past I've picked up yellow perch. 3 casts after arriving on the sand bar I hooked a nice bass ~ 16" long that I Ldr'd after deciding that I should put it on the spool rather than horsing it in.
After some observation that sure would have been easier with a hat I observed that there was a school of bass pushing fry into the shore, and traveling back and forth along the shore as the fry moved. So back and forth along the shore I followed cursing leaving the stripping basket in the car every time I snagged a branch. I managed to pick up 1 more smally durring this back and forth then decided it was time to head back to the car before the sunburn started.
Passing by the favored spot mentioned earlier I saw that bass were in deep water and moving about. I couldn't get the fly down to them in time to present it on the floating line I had on so once again I cursed my poor planning for leaving the sink tip in the car. After about 15 minutes of frustration and realizing that I didn't have any clouser that approached the forage colors I walked back to the car. Once there I pulled the ticks off and headed home frustrated by my poor planning.
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Looks like my dissertation went well... :) Should know for certain soon.
Now that New Architect is out, I find that I actually * miss* writing articles. I've had a few people contact me about doing some more writing, so maybe I'll look into it.
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One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
I don't "hate" anyone.
I do not "hate" any union member.
In specific, trade unions are needed for a variety of reasons.
Many contracters can get needed labor from the hall, a way for guys to get work in the trades.
"DA UNION" is a reference to the type tactics used recently in WI and currently in MI.
And many places and shops daily.
The earlier comment about $150 to plug in computer in Chicago is a fact.
We do trade shows at McCormack place, DA UNION runs DA show.
I also have an issue with the fact DA UNION has become a "cash cow" for the secular progressives.
Some of my best friends are in unions, some are not.
AS far as hating people with money, very poor reason to judge a man.
Judge them by their heart and soul, not their bank account.
I consider myself one of tremendous wealth, do you hate me because of that?
Do you hate menmon??
He reminds us often of his income and finacial stature.
It's all a matter of perspective.
And again, I hate no one.
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I know that I come off as a total union supporter on here. Far from the truth. I have had sort of a bad taste in my mouth since the mid '80s about unions. I was just getting my start as a young twenty something working for a non-union shop in Detroit. I had moved back down there from Northern Michigan and was staying with my grandpa for 6 months, saving up the money to move into an apartment. I was making about $10/hour at the time. It was back when Lopez was in charge of purchasing at General Motors. Our company's owner had frozen wages at the time. The economy was not good. Also at the time GM was imposing pricing cuts on their suppliers. The owner having frozen wages posted a letter that he received from GM purchasing. The letter did not ASK for price cuts, the DEMANDED them, stating that if our prices were not cut by something like 10-15%, we would be removed from the approved vendor list.
At that time, GM went on strike. I had to drive past factories with picket lines out front. Knowing at the time that those guys were bringing in eighteen to twenty something an hour, and had awesome benefits, my blood boiled. Their management was MANDATING price concessions from us and the workers were DEMANDING higher wages at a time when the economy was really struggling. I wanted to stop, get out, and throw a few punches at those asshats that were out picketing.
I talked about it with Grandpa while we were watching the news and they were discussing the strikes. Grandpa was one of the original union supporters. He was foreman in a big machine shop at Cadillac Motors before they were part of GM. He told me stories about management lining up the machinists periodically for military type inspections. Guys would get picked on publicly, and periodically they would fire someone during the inspections to instill fear into the ranks. He told me a story about a guy who was supporting a family at home. The guy had an accident and his legs were permanently crippled. The guy could not stand in front of a machine all day. My grandpa said that there was no reason for the guy to stand all day long. He got the guy a stool. The guy was loading parts and then sitting down while the part was being machined. He would get up to make adjustments between cuts, then sit back down. Then back up again to switch out parts. The boss came down and had a fit & took the guy's stool away. Grandpa tried to explain the guy's situation and the big boss says NO ONE will sit on a stool in my shop, I don't care who they are or what their situation. He fired the guy on the spot. That's when Grandpa decided to support the union movement. Anyhow, when we were discussing the strikes that were going on, he looked at me teary eyed and said, this is not what we had in mind.
But in the end, over all, I think the good outweighs the bad. My Dad was a union firefighter. The union forced the city to upgrade working conditions, forced them kicking and screaming to provide adequate safety equipment, etc. I have worked in shops unionized by the IEBW. They were a pain in the arse sometimes, but they did provide very good apprentice training for the employees. There were some in the union that were dead wood, but more often than not they were taken care of with peer pressure from fellow union members. Remember, when someone drags butt, it just puts pressure on the others who work hard to pick up the slack.
The union members are not angels. But I have been in management too, and from what I have heard in meetings, there are some real asshats in that position too. And in the end, I feel it would be much easier for our society to fall back into the practices that took place before the union movement than you might think.
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It's interesting that labor unions are at a historic low point any way you measure it; in terms of membership, workplaces represented, influence on the economy or influence on government. Members in general are far less interested in the workings or importance of their union, I believe because the younger members never had to go through the struggles to gain what was just there for them when they hired on. They take everything for granted.
(I compare this to retriever clubs having trouble getting members motivated and involved in the work of the club ... it's mostly the "old guys" who carry the load because they are the ones who realize it's "do it or we die". Same syndrome.)
The enigma with the perception of unions is that despite the declining influence of labor, so many people rage on about the terrible conditions of the country and blame it on the unions!!
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19 August 2011
Recession Cake - Not Quite Depression Cake - Vegan Applesauce Spice Cake
Recession Cake is my new name for this recipe I developed years ago after a discussion with my Aunt Irene about an old recipe she had from the time of the Great Depression. Of course, I could never have served anything called Depression Cake to my parents. It was kind of a sore subject when I was growing up.
As a child, I dreaded anyone mentioning The Depression. Even though it was ancient history long before my time, it still had a grip on my father. If anyone mentioned the subject and my mother joined in the conversation at all, my father (whose experience had been so much worse) would feel compelled to jump in and tell her (and everyone within range) that she didn't know anything about it! The way that vein popped up on his face, I was always afraid he was going to have a stroke or something! Anyway ... back to the cake ...
Milk, butter, eggs and sugar were hard to come by for many people during those years. Homemakers learned to bake with smaller amounts, or even none, of those ingredients. Raisins and apples were often used to make up for some of the sugar. They came to be called depression cakes. Talk about comfort food--the most basic cake must have been a real treat.
Starting with my aunt's recipe, I experimented with the concept until I came up with a recipe that had the lightness of a cake made with eggs. I make it with all organic ingredients and serve it to everyone, not just vegans, no explanations necessary--it "passes" easily for a "regular" cake! Of course, back then they didn't have organic canola oil and would have used solid shortening or so-called vegetable oil.
It's delicious plain, and a mere dusting of powdered sugar is pretty enough, but I like to serve it with a little organic whipped cream. After all, this is only the Great Recession, not the Great Depression! I'd love to hear your comments on the cake, that era, vegan cooking, your parents' favorite recurring arguments, whatever!
Vegan Applesauce Spice Cake AKA Recession Cake
(Makes one 10-inch round layer)
2 packed cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon mace
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1 cup raisins OR 3/4 cup raisins and 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce (I use Santa Cruz Organic)
1/2 cup organic canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla, optional
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease well and lightly flour one 10-inch round pan (or one 9-inch, not 8-inch, square pan).
2 In large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, soda, salt and spices. Stir in the raisins and walnuts, separating the raisins. Add the applesauce, oil, and vanilla. Blend well. No electric mixer needed.
3 Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes or until it tests done.
4 Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack for an hour.
22 comments:
- Cranberry Morning said...
What an interesting post! I think if you'd waited a month or two you could have called it Depression Cake - but let's hope not. One thing people had going for them during the Great Depression was 'community.' Now, very few people know their neighbors and many don't know how to do simple things like gardening, preserving, doing without, etc. Both of my parents grew up during the Great Depression. It seems that what many people call hardship now is absolutely nothing in comparison to what those who lived through the Great Depression experienced.
P.S. My mom used to make this cake too. :-)
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Yes, Judy, I doubt that our current society could handle a depression as well as that generation did. As a whole, they had an unmatched strength and character. I just hope, if we have a depression, I won't whine too much!
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Richard Sheppard said...
My motto over the past few years is "Half is the new Whole." Which can be interpreted on many levels. Having said that, for my slice, I'll take half of that delicious looking cake! My dad is vegan and is living with me and my wife at the moment so this is perfect. Back in the Depression, families often lived together to make ends meet and apparently, they are in todays economy too.
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thanks, Richard! I hope your dad enjoys the cake. Multi-generational households have always seemed so interesting and fun to me. (Having no living parents or children, we are "safe" saying that! LOL)
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Thomas "Sully" Sullivan said...
Oh, I was gonna crack wise, but Judy beat me to it -- wise...and sad. Depression cake revisited. Blah. But I do love applesauce cake, if it's moist to the point of being a dough ball. Yes, my mother's recipe, and she grew up in the Great Depression...of 1608 in Jamestown. For some reason I've never cared for powdered sugar sprinkled on anything. I think that it's because I have a sugar quota in my subconscious, and powdered sugar does not strike me as taste effective, i.e. having enough zing to be worth biting into the quota, so to speak. And I find your sidebar about the depression and your father most interesting. You really should lean on the narrative side of your postings a little more. Just sayin'.
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Hi, Sully! Yes, it is *very* moist. Nothing worse than dry cake. About the powdered sugar: I sifted about 3 teaspoons over the *entire* 10-inch round cake. So if you ate a 3-inch slice like in the photo, you would be getting about 1/4 teaspoon--not even a bleep on your sugar quota radar! Thank you for your encouragement to "lean on the narrative side ... a little more." It takes a while for me, but I'm starting to open up a bit more.
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- The Procrastobaker said...
LOVE the look of this! The texture looks perfect and it looks like such a comforting little cake. Gorgeous recipe and photos too :)
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thanks! I'm enjoying taking pictures of food. Seems like that's all I ever take pictures of!
- Friday, 19 August, 2011
- Ana said...
This looks amazing! I'm always looking for vegan-friendly desserts (I made a vegan dark-chocolate zucchini bread yesterday) this is definitely something I'll be making. GFC'd you! ;)
- Saturday, 20 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thanks, Ana! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
- Saturday, 20 August, 2011
- Angie's Recipes said...
I really didn't know there's such a thing called "depression cake". I meant..cake is usually something sweet, comforting and satisfying.
Your applesauce cake looks very pretty and so inviting that I want a large slice now.
- Sunday, 21 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thank you, Angie! I'd like a slice right now, too. Good thing it's so quick and easy to make!
- Sunday, 21 August, 2011
Hi Jean,
Looks delicious! But let's hope we don't need too many of these 'recession cakes'...
My parents came through the war and the depression, and while the starvation they experienced during those times definitely affected their food decisions throughout the rest of their lives, they never had specific recipes that were obviously influenced by those hard and austere times.
Your blog always provides a fascinating read!
smiles, Grant
- Sunday, 21 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thank you, Grant! Perhaps one day you'll do a post that includes a bit about your parents' Great Depression/WWII experience and how it affected their life choices?
- Monday, 22 August, 2011
- Mrs. Tuna said...
I started using applesauce instead of oil in banana bread, makes it so much lighter.
- Monday, 22 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Yes, I think we can make a lot of things with a lot less fat (and sugar) than called for! (I love banana bread.)
- Monday, 22 August, 2011
- Jenn said...
I love this cake! Too bad it's named after such a low time in America's history - but what a great way to show how we can overcome certain obstacles. :)
- Tuesday, 23 August, 2011
- Jean said...
Thanks, Jenn! I hope we never have to go through anything close to what that generation had to. I don't think we'd handle it with nearly so much grace as they did. Rationing doesn't sound like much fun either!
- Wednesday, 24 August, 2011
- Erica said...
I only have 8in pans...can this be done or modified for 8 in pans?
- Friday, 30 September, 2011
- Jean said...
Erica, I would think you could divide the batter between two 8-inch rounds and have two thinner layers, perfect for a layer cake. Let me know how it works for you.
- Friday, 30 September, 2011
- Erica said...
Hey I just wanted to report back - I ended up making in a 9 x 13 glass baking dish and it turned out beautifully. So tasty! Thanks for the recipe!
- Wednesday, 12 October, 2011
- Jean said...
Erica, thanks for letting me know. I'm so glad you liked it.
- Thursday, 13 October, 2011


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Officers execute drug search warrant, multiple people arrested
SPOKANE, Wash. - Early Thursday morning, the Spokane Violent Crime Gang Enforcement Team executed a drug search warrant on a house in North Spokane.
The house is on the 300 block of East Queen Avenue, near Northtown Mall.
Officer Jen DeRuwe with the Spokane Police Department said this is a joint agency investigation. She said this house "has been an issue for quite some time."
Officer DeRuwe said investigators and the drug unit have responded to this house multiple times. She said there has been a lot of drug activity in and out of the house. Police said the bust is meth-related.
Police said multiple people were arrested in connection to the search warrant. Police arrested Lucky Guzeman, 29, and Casey Wescott, 35, for oustanding warrants. Sean Watson, 43, was arrested for delivery of a controlled substance.
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A radio station in the eastern Guinean city of Kankan was raided and attacked twice in three days in mid-August, according to news reports. At least three journalists reported being briefly detained.
A radio station in the eastern Guinean city of Kankan was raided and attacked twice in three days in mid-August, according to news reports. At least three journalists reported being briefly detained.
At least four journalists were attacked in separate episodes on June 19, 2013, amid clashes in the Guinean capital, Conakry, between opposition militants and supporters of President Alpha Condé, according to CPJ interviews and news reports. The clashes erupted between opposition groups, mostly of Peul ethnicity, and the Guinean ruling party, mostly of Malinke ethnicity, following the much-delayed elections originally scheduled for July 8, 2012, and now set for June 30, 2013.
Several journalists and news outlets covering political unrest in the capital, Conakry, were attacked in late February and March 2013, according to local journalists and news reports.
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EWU women drop road game at Sac State
SACRAMENTO - The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team started hot, but ended cold.
In a Big Sky Conference showdown between the Eagles and Hornets of Sacramento State, the home team had the edge, defeating Eastern, 85-70, on Saturday (Jan. 12) in Sacramento, Calif.
Eastern (7-8, 3-3 Big Sky) made six of its first eight shots of the game, and enjoyed an 8-0 lead within 90 seconds after tipoff, but the Eagles could not sustain that momentum on the road, especially in the face of a suffocating Hornet press.
Along with conceding 29 points off turnovers in Saturday's game, the Eagles went more than six minutes at the start of the second half without a bucket. During the drought, the Hornets scored 11 unanswered points to build a double-digit cushion, which they maintained the rest of the way.
"We were working hard and actually getting good looks, but we could not buy one," said EWU head coach Wendy Schuller. "Sac was able to extend their lead, and then every time we felt like we were going to make a run, one of their kids would step up and hit a huge three. But credit to them for knocking down those big shots."
The Hornets were 10-of-21 from behind the 3-point arc, including a sizzling 6-of-9 in the second half. They capitalized on the notorious high-tempo style employed by fourth-year head coach Jamie Craighead, as Sac State took 72 total shots - the most by any EWU opponent this season. The Hornets knocked down 43 percent of them, and made 13-of-15 from the charity stripe for a season-high 85 points.
After the hot start, Eastern went into the locker room shooting 46 percent from the field, but its 14 turnovers in the first 20 minutes allowed the Hornets to enjoy a 43-38 edge at the break. EWU then made just 31 percent of its shots in the second half, and was also out-rebounded 26-20.
"I was a lot happier with our effort tonight than what we saw at Northern Arizona," said Schuller. "We played hard and went after more balls, but you can't shoot 31 percent and expect to win on somebody else's floor. In the end, it really comes down to who can knock down shots."
In spite of the unproductive second half, the Eagles did have five different players reach double figures. Sophomore point guard Kylie Huerta led the way with 14 points, while junior guard Lexie Nelson chipped in 11.
Coming off a career-high 16 points against NAU, redshirt-freshman Hayley Hodgins continued to impress with 10 points in Sacramento.
Junior Laura Hughes also had 10 points, as did her classmate, Melissa Williams. Williams also led the team on the glass with 11 rebounds for her second-straight double-double. But the junior forward was forced to leave the game early after going down with an injury late in the second half.
Suffering its third-straight loss, Eastern will look to end this skid on Thursday (Jan. 17) when it takes on Big Sky newcomer North Dakota at 6:05 p.m. at Reese Court in Cheney.


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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of 3-D printer maker 3D Systems (DDD) are up 29 cents, or 0.7%, at $50.45, after the company this morning took the occasion of its analyst day presentation, taking place in New York, to raise its outlook for this year's revenue to a range of $695 million to $735 million, from a prior $680 million to $720 million, offered back in late April.
The company is sticking with the prior forecast for profit, however, of 73 cents to 85 cents this year. 3D Systems said its still intends to double its annual revenue between last year and next year, to $1 billion or more.
Shares of RadioShack (RSH) are down 15 cents, or 9.4%, at $1.40, after the company this morning reported Q1 revenue of $736.7 million, and a 98-cent loss per share, missing analysts' average estimate for $767 million and a 49-cent loss.
CEO Joseph Macnacca said the quarter had been "challenged by an industry-wide decline in consumer electronics and a soft mobility market which impacted traffic trends throughout the quarter."
Within the mobile market, RadioShack saw "intense" competition, it said, for wireless customers among the various operators.
Still, he said, the company was "making progress on our turnaround strategy," by "building the pipeline of new products that will bring differentiation and newness to our stores in the form of high-margin private brand and exclusive items."
Of note, the company said Apple's (AAPL) AppleTV and Google's (GOOGL) Chromecast, and other kinds of streaming media players, continue to see interest from consumers.
Meantime, shares of Best Buy (BBY) are up 45 cents, or 1.6%, at $29.25, after the company this morning said it raised its dividend by 12% to 19 cents per share per quarter, starting with the payment to be made on October 2nd of this year, to shareholders of record as of September 11th. CEO Hubert Joly said the increase reflects the company's "improved cash position and our confidence in the cash-generating power of our multi-channel business model."
Shares of Sprint (S) are up 9 cents, or 1%, at $8.86, after Macquarie Capital analyst Kevin Smithen raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from Neutral, expresses surprise at the negativity in the media and among analysts regarding a potential Sprint merger with T-Mobile US (TMUS). Smithen thinks the deal can get done, and "We would be aggressive buyers of S stock into this pullback and ahead of an official merger announcement likely this summer."
"We now think the chances of regulatory approval are ~70% based on our analysis of the DOJ complaint against AT&T, and the emergence of Comcast (WiFi) as a provider of mobile wireless telecom services, as defined by the DOJ, which sharply reduces HHI and mkt. concentration concerns in top CMAs."
Shares of Twitter (TWTR) are up 74 cents, or 2.2%, at $35.22, after Wells Fargo's Peter Stabler raised his rating on the shares to Market Perform from Underperform, writing "While we remain concerned about user growth and engagement, we believe Street expectations have declined substantially following two quarters of relatively modest user growth."
Shares of eBay (EBAY) are down $1.31, or 2.7%, at $48.27, after the company yesterday afternoon said the head of the PayPal payments division, David Marcus, will leave to join Facebook (FB). Following that revelation, Jillian D'Onfro of Business Insider reported late yesterday that April Chang, head of engineering at PayPal, will leave to join startup Eventbrite.
UBS's Eric Sheridan stepped in this morning to defend the stock, albeit modestly. Sheridan, who has a Buy rating on eBay, cut his price target to $60 from $64, observing that Marcus's departure is just part of the current problem with eBay, with the "Marketplaces" business probably turning out weaker than expected.
As a consequence "we expect eBay shares to be range-bound in the near-term," he writes, but "we see an attractive risk/reward in eBay shares for investors with a 12 month time horizon, with potential catalysts including: a) possible strategic M&A (especially in the payments space); b) potential to increase its commitment to the buyback; and c) improved operating results on easier comps in 2H14."


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- Minimizing the Number of Apertures in Multileaf Collimator Sequencing with Field Splitting (2015)
- In this paper we consider the problem of decomposing a given integer matrix A into a positive integer linear combination of consecutive-ones matrices with a bound on the number of columns per matrix. This problem is of relevance in the realization stage of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) using linear accelerators and multileaf collimators with limited width. Constrained and unconstrained versions of the problem with the objectives of minimizing beam-on time and decomposition cardinality are considered. We introduce a new approach which can be used to find the minimum beam-on time for both constrained and unconstrained versions of the problem. The decomposition cardinality problem is shown to be NP-hard and an approach is proposed to solve the lexicographic decomposition problem of minimizing the decomposition cardinality subject to optimal beam-on time.
- A well-balanced solver for the Saint Venant Equations with variable cross-section (2014)
- In this paper we construct a numerical solver for the Saint Venant equations. Special attention is given to the balancing of the source terms, including the bottom slope and variable cross- sectional profiles. Therefore a special discretization of the pressure law is used, in order to transfer analytical properties to the numerical method. Based on this approximation a well- balanced solver is developed, assuring the C-property and depth positivity. The performance of this method is studied in several test cases focusing on accurate capturing of steady states.
- Homogeneous Penalizers and Constraints in Convex Image Restoration (2012)
- Recently convex optimization models were successfully applied for solving various problems in image analysis and restoration. In this paper, we are interested in relations between convex constrained optimization problems of the form \({\rm argmin} \{ \Phi(x)\) subject to \(\Psi(x) \le \tau \}\) and their penalized counterparts \({\rm argmin} \{\Phi(x) + \lambda \Psi(x)\}\). We recall general results on the topic by the help of an epigraphical projection. Then we deal with the special setting \(\Psi := \| L \cdot\|\) with \(L \in \mathbb{R}^{m,n}\) and \(\Phi := \varphi(H \cdot)\), where \(H \in \mathbb{R}^{n,n}\) and \(\varphi: \mathbb R^n \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \cup \{+\infty\} \) meet certain requirements which are often fulfilled in image processing models. In this case we prove by incorporating the dual problems that there exists a bijective function such that the solutions of the constrained problem coincide with those of the penalized problem if and only if \(\tau\) and \(\lambda\) are in the graph of this function. We illustrate the relation between \(\tau\) and \(\lambda\) for various problems arising in image processing. In particular, we point out the relation to the Pareto frontier for joint sparsity problems. We demonstrate the performance of the constrained model in restoration tasks of images corrupted by Poisson noise with the \(I\)-divergence as data fitting term \(\varphi\) and in inpainting models with the constrained nuclear norm. Such models can be useful if we have a priori knowledge on the image rather than on the noise level.
- The Generalized Assignment Problem with Minimum Quantities (2012)
- We consider a variant of the generalized assignment problem (GAP) where the amount of space used in each bin is restricted to be either zero (if the bin is not opened) or above a given lower bound (a minimum quantity). We provide several complexity results for different versions of the problem and give polynomial time exact algorithms and approximation algorithms for restricted cases. For the most general version of the problem, we show that it does not admit a polynomial time approximation algorithm (unless P=NP), even for the case of a single bin. This motivates to study dual approximation algorithms that compute solutions violating the bin capacities and minimum quantities by a constant factor. When the number of bins is fixed and the minimum quantity of each bin is at least a factor \(\delta>1\) larger than the largest size of an item in the bin, we show how to obtain a polynomial time dual approximation algorithm that computes a solution violating the minimum quantities and bin capacities by at most a factor \(1-\frac{1}{\delta}\) and \(1+\frac{1}{\delta}\), respectively, and whose profit is at least as large as the profit of the best solution that satisfies the minimum quantities and bin capacities strictly. In particular, for \(\delta=2\), we obtain a polynomial time (1,2)-approximation algorithm.
- Complexity and Approximability of the Maximum Flow Problem with Minimum Quantities (2012)
- We consider the maximum flow problem with minimum quantities (MFPMQ), which is a variant of the maximum flow problem where the flow on each arc in the network is restricted to be either zero or above a given lower bound (a minimum quantity), which may depend on the arc. This problem has recently been shown to be weakly NP-complete even on series-parallel graphs. In this paper, we provide further complexity and approximability results for MFPMQ and several special cases. We first show that it is strongly NP-hard to approximate MFPMQ on general graphs (and even bipartite graphs) within any positive factor. On series-parallel graphs, however, we present a pseudo-polynomial time dynamic programming algorithm for the problem. We then study the case that the minimum quantity is the same for each arc in the network and show that, under this restriction, the problem is still weakly NP-complete on general graphs, but can be solved in strongly polynomial time on series-parallel graphs. On general graphs, we present a \((2 - 1/\lambda) \)-approximation algorithm for this case, where \(\lambda\) denotes the common minimum quantity of all arcs.
- Eine transfinite Zahl als Grenzwert (2010)
- Wir zeigen, dass Aleph-Null diejenige transfinite Kardinalzahl ist, gegen die alle Zahlenfolgen streben, die (nach gängiger Definition) gegen (positiv) unendlich streben, und beleuchten dessen Konsequenzen. Diese beinhalten u.a., dass die Exponentialfunktion im Unendlichen unstetig ist.
- A Mathematical Model for Diffusion and Exchange Phenomena in Ultra Napkins (1992)
- The performance of napkins is nowadays improved substantially by embedding granules of a superabsorbent into the cellulose matrix. In this paper a continuous model for the liquid transport in such an Ultra Napkin is proposed. Its mean feature is a nonlinear diffusion equation strongly coupled with an ODE describing a reversible absorbtion process. An efficient numerical method based on a symmetrical time splitting and a finite difference scheme of ADI-predictor-corrector type has been developed to solve these equations in a three dimensional setting. Numerical results are presented that can be used to optimize the granule distribution.
- A Model for the Cloudiness of Fabrics (1995)
- Cloudy inhomogenities in artificial fabrics are graded by a fast method which is based on a Laplacian pyramid decomposition of the fabric image. This band-pass representation takes into account the scale character of the cloudiness. A quality measure of the entire cloudiness is obtained as a weighted mean over the variances of all scales.
- Wirkungsnetze dynamischer Systeme (2000)
- Aufgrund der vernetzten Strukturen und Wirkungszusammenhänge dynamischer Systeme werden die zugrundeliegenden mathematischen Modelle meist sehr komplex und erfordern ein hohes mathematisches Verständnis und Geschick. Bei Verwendung von spezieller Software können jedoch auch ohne tiefgehende mathematische oder informatorische Fachkenntnisse komplexe Wirkungsnetze dynamischer Systeme interaktiv erstellt werden. Als Beispiel wollen wir schrittweise das Modell einer Miniwelt entwerfen und Aussagen bezüglich ihrer Bevölkerungsentwicklung treffen.
- Wavelet Smoothing of Evolutionary Spectra by Non-Linear Thresholding (1999)
- We consider wavelet estimation of the time-dependent (evolutionary) power spectrum of a locally stationary time series. Allowing for departures from stationary proves useful for modelling, e.g., transient phenomena, quasi-oscillating behaviour or spectrum modulation. In our work wavelets are used to provide an adaptive local smoothing of a short-time periodogram in the time-freqeuncy plane. For this, in contrast to classical nonparametric (linear) approaches we use nonlinear thresholding of the empirical wavelet coefficients of the evolutionary spectrum. We show how these techniques allow for both adaptively reconstructing the local structure in the time-frequency plane and for denoising the resulting estimates. To this end a threshold choice is derived which is motivated by minimax properties w.r.t. the integrated mean squared error. Our approach is based on a 2-d orthogonal wavelet transform modified by using a cardinal Lagrange interpolation function on the finest scale. As an example, we apply our procedure to a time-varying spectrum motivated from mobile radio propagation.


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Always looking for different ways to help myself keep the weight down...
Over the last year I dropped over 30 lbs....
Just started counting every calorie I consumed....for years I could not lose weight even when walking a lot.... but when I started counting calories and tried to keep it down to around 1500 calories per day I started dropping and its been easier than I thought..
Sometimes I plateau and as I stated before always looking for good tasting foods that are good for me but meet the low cal test...
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Antioxidants and Ginseng w/ zero cals
Arizona brand diet Green Tea w/ ginseng has been a huge part of my recent fitness regimen (2 pounds off my high school weight) and with all the negatives I've been reading/hearing about diet soda lately I've cut that down to an occasional one vs. used to drink several diet cokes per day. Great after a workout!
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hmmm... having a quite difficult time getting motivated today. so very much to do, and all i want to do is veg. :( must fix.
i *still* despise solaris. it's making my day suck. again. :)
i'm currently making a buttload of rpms for solaris and its compiler is sooooooooo bad. i swear, this is hell on earth. can't wait to be done and work on managable unices again (linux, irix).
"so matt, how do you *really* feel about solaris?"
my work ethic has returned! yahoo. i guess. still lots to do. i'm kinda surprised i haven't had any name suggestions from the request yesterday. oh well. :) back to admin'ng here at the uni.


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Hanford, White Bluffs, and Hanford Nuclear Site Images
1900-1980 ca. (bulk 1909-1945)
The collection is of unknown provenance and contains an eclectic assortment of historic images both of the Hanford area before the creation of the Hanford Nuclear Site in 1943, during the wartime construction, and into the Cold War expansion of Hanford facilities. Carol Lichtenberg performed preliminary processing of the collection in the 1980s and Susan Vetter completed it in 2010.
Number of Containers: 1
Linear feet of shelf space: 0.5
Number of Items: 175
This small photographic collection includes images from the area of the Hanford Site in south-central Washington with views of Native Americans, of life in the towns of Hanford, White Bluffs, and the surrounding area from the early 20th century, and of the Second World War construction and Cold War nuclear facilities at Hanford. The few Native American images document fishing practices and some prehistoric archaeological sites. The pre-Hanford Site Euro-American images reveal the often untold story of 20th century homesteading, the process of town founding, and the sometimes grandiose visions of those early residents about the returns their back-breaking labor could produce. Turn-of-the-century irrigation plans called for a million acres, the same figure promised at mid-century by Columbia Basin Plan advocates after the construction of Grand Coulee Dam, and one still not reached in the 21st century to the chagrin of many Tri-Cities boosters.
Many of the images from before the 1943 creation of the nuclear site appear in histories of the area, especially Martha Berry Parker's Tales of Richland, White Bluffs & Hanford 1805-1943: Before the Atomic Reserve (Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon Press, 1979). A few of the Hanford Site images can be found in Michele Stenehjem Gerber's Legend and Legacy: Fifty Years of Defense Production at the Hanford Site (Richland, Wash.: Westinghouse Hanford Company, 1992) and her On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanford Nuclear Site, 2nd ed. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002).
The secrecy associated with the Hanford Site restricted public circulation of area images for decades until the Department of Energy (DOE) began releasing documents in the 1980s. After those documents exposed decades of radioactive releases and contamination, state and federal investigations resulted in the availability of more Hanford historical documents. In 1994 the Richland office of the Department of Energy initiated the Hanford Declassification Project (HDP) to make public as much previously classified operations information (documents and photographs) as possible through the Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System (DDRS). Albeit DDRS is not tailored to image searches, the Richland office of the DOE also maintains a Web site under its Newsroom page called "Photo Gallery" for image-specific searches: http://www.hanford.gov/c.cfm/photogallery
Here many of the early Hanford images in this collection are accessible. The Photo Gallery includes historical images predating the Hanford Nuclear Site as well as those documenting the creation, expansion and current cleanup efforts, although the pre-Hanford Site and current cleanup images predominate. The Container List below includes the Document Numbers from the Photo Gallery when images in this collection were located. Many of the images from before creation of the Hanford Nuclear Site are also found in the Parker volume and those are noted as well. For some images, the Document Number from the Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System is recorded. The Photo Gallery Document Numbers and DDRS Document Numbers do not coincide.
While many of the pre-World War II and wartime images here can be found on the Department of Energy sites, the Cold War images are less accessible. This collection contains images of various sections of the Hanford Site such as the 300 Area, the Fast Flux Test Facility, and "tank farms" for radioactive waste disposal. Though the dates of most are unknown, these images document the Cold War expansion of Hanford that resulted in its current status as the "world's largest environmental cleanup" (Department of Energy).
Preliminary processing organized photographs into labeled folders and, in some cases, into labeled negative sleeves. Because the collection's provenance and thus original order is unknown, final processing approached the collection as a subject file on what is now the Hanford Site. When the preliminary processing folder labels/sleeves contained the only information available about the contents, they were retained. When searches located the images with identifications differing from the folder label then those identifications were used and the folder/image label was corrected.
The collection is arranged in four series by subject matter and date and a fifth miscellaneous series. Thus, those images associated with Native Americans living in the Hanford area from pre-contact to the modern era compose the first series and include photocopies from unidentified works as well as images of prehistoric archaeological sites.
The Euro-American settlement era that preceded the Hanford Nuclear Site with images of both people and activities constitutes the second series. Photocopies from publications of the time period appear here.
In the third series, wartime construction of what was then known as "Hanford Engineer Works" (HEW) takes center stage. All those who lived in the small towns of Hanford and White Bluffs were forced to move in the spring of 1943 and in two years the Manhattan District of the Army Corps of Engineers (MED) built the massive Hanford plutonium production complex and the government-owned town of Richland employing a work force that reached 51,000, most living in temporary housing. By August 1945, Hanford-produced plutonium for the Fat Man Bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan. Many of the wartime images are identified by the "D" numbers used by MED to designate areas condemned when HEW was created.
The next series aggregates images from the Cold War era when expansion at Hanford continued. Images document both nuclear facilities as well as the remnants of features from pre-war activities.
The final series catches miscellaneous images whose time context as Second World War or Cold War Hanford Site is unclear and any unidentified items.
In 1994 the Richland office of the Department of Energy initiated the Hanford Declassification Project (HDP) to make available as much previously classified Hanford operations information (documents and photographs) as possible. The declassified information is scanned and the images made available directly through the Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System (DDRS) Web site: http://www2.hanford.gov/declass/
In addition to DDRS, the DOE also maintains the DOE Digital Photo Archive for the retrieval of images from DOE facilities such as Hanford, but in early 2010 the site contains no Hanford images before 1960: http://www.doedigitalarchive.doe.gov
The Tri-City Herald newspaper makes available many DOE-released photographs as well as others through its online galleries. These include many wartime images of the Hanford Nuclear Site including 60 images in a gallery called "Gallery: Hanford Work in 1944" and another 50 images as "Gallery: Life at Hanford in 1944"and then hundreds of Cold War era photos: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/coldwarhanford/
The collection is open to researchers. Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Hanford, White Bluffs, and Hanford Nuclear Site Images (PC 104)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA
|Indian Drying Fish - White Bluffs. Numbered 98-042 and 85202-2. Image numbers produced no PG or DDRS matches.
|Fishing Platforms, Yakima River, Horn Rapids Dam. Single Fish platform at Horn Rapids. DDRS 682285-11.
|Fishing Platforms, Yakima River, Horn Rapids Dam. Horn Rapids (?) with at least 10 fishing platforms. Photos labeled 36419-53 produced no PG or DDRS matches.
|Rock art on Hanford Reservation, Hunter-gatherer assemblages, pit houses. Photos by Jason Hare. Unlabeled slides documenting archaeological sites. Jason Hare had an internship with Hanford in 1992.
|Photocopies of Native Americans at Hanford-White Bluffs area. Unidentified source for copies. 1 is labeled "Johnny Buck d. 1952 last of Wanapums.". Some numbered but produce no matches on DDRS or PG.
|Photocopies of early hunter gatherers along the Columbia River, near White Bluffs (from original sketches?). Line drawings. Source not identified.
|Hanford and White Bluffs High School Sports. White Bluffs Baseball Team 1908. Front Row: Jimmie Sells. Middle Row: Mr. Wiehl, Matt Wiehl, Eula Byrd. Back Row: unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Harry Hoffman. PG 79190-7.
|Hanford and White Bluffs High School Sports. White Bluffs High School Basketball Team 1924. Left to Right: John McFee, Bob Sutherland, Russ Brown, Heg Swanson, Winston Brown, Alvin Barge. PG 79190-11.
|Hanford and White Bluffs High School Sports. Two Hanford High School Baseball Players. PG 79190-18.
|1925 ca.
|Hanford and White Bluffs High School Sports. Two Hanford High School Girls Baseball Players. PG 79190-24.
|1925 ca.
|Planting Grass, Hanford, 1911. Asparagus Planting at Ballygreen Farm, White Bluffs. PG 79190-13.
|Main Street, White Bluffs 1922. Picture of Main Street White Bluffs looking east towards the river. The Commercial Hotel (former Oasis Saloon), on the left, and the Leggett Mercantile Store, on the right were moved from East White Bluffs (Old Town White Bluffs). PG 03080006-003df.
|E.E. Meeker well near Hanford, Wash. Photo label on print is "E.E. Meeker Well near Hanford, Wash. Drilled by Coal Creek Drilling & Development Co.". PG 74155-8.
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation. Vineyard & Orchard, White Bluffs. The orchard in the distance is recently planted. PG 79190-5.
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation. C.I. "Irvy" Wright with Hay Sled. PG 76783-2.
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation. Messrs. Young and Thumm at their Riverby Ranch on the east side of the Columbia from White Bluffs. Corn was one of the crops they raised. PG 74155-3.
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation, orchards, spraying. Horse-drawn sprayer for fruit orchards. Parker caption: "The first spray rig in the Priest Rapids Valley, owned by GusBurford [sic] in 1915. It was horse-drawn and was operated by a gas motor. It was made by the Bean Company.". Parker (182).
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation, orchards, spraying. Spraying Fruit Trees. PC 76719-4, 76719-6, 76719-7 but 76719-8 not on PG.
|Agriculture, pre-Hanford Reservation, orchards, spraying. Unidentified Man with Fruit Tree. PC 76719-3.
|White Bluffs, Washington, Band. White Bluffs Band. PG 79113-8.
|Early Homes, Hanford area. 2 Hanford homes Parker: "Two gracious Hanford homes bring back nostalgic memories of the early 1900's. The house on the right is the old Haynes home later known as the Larsen home.". Parker (88).
|early 1900s
|Early Homes, Hanford area. House. PG 79190-19.
|Early Homes, Hanford area. House. PG 79190-17.
|Early Homes, Hanford area. House. PG 79190-15.
|Early Homes, East White Bluffs and White Bluffs. Matt Wiehl Home, East White Bluffs (Old Town White Bluffs). PG 79231-11.
|Early Homes, East White Bluffs and White Bluffs. Farm House and Windmill, East White Bluffs (Old Town White Bluffs). PG 79231-2.
|Early Homes, East White Bluffs and White Bluffs. House, White Bluffs. PG 79231-10.
|White Bluffs Inn (w/ car). White Bluffs Inn (Old Town White Bluffs). PG 88091335-11.
|Steam Train Engine. Parker identifies this as "Sagebrush Annie," which ran on a spur into Priest Rapids Valley that started at Beverly and ended below Hanford. First train in valley in 1913. 111655-19 not on PG Parker (164).
|after 1913
|Homesteaders at Hanford c. 1908-1913. "Bales of Alfalfa, Washington" on image. 76573-9 not on PG.
|Homesteaders, Hanford Area 1907-1913 ca. Land Clearing at East White Bluffs. Helsom homestead beyond. PG 79190-14 Parker (52).
|Homesteaders, Hanford Area 1907-1913 ca. Ocheltree Homestead, Richland. G.P. Calley residence in the background on the Von Horn place. PG 111655-14.
|Homesteaders, Hanford Area 1907-1913 ca. Frank Hensley's Red Apple Ranch, White Bluffs. This ranch was located between Hanford and White Bluffs. PG 79113-5 Parker (169).
|Homesteaders, Hanford Area 1907-1913 ca. Log cabin. 76573-4 not on PG.
|River boats. "Twin Cities" Riverboat at Hanford Landing. PG 111655-2.
|River boats. Unidentified river boats at landing. 76783-1 not on PG.
|1910 ca.
|White Bluffs Ferry. White Bluffs Horse-powered Ferry. PG 69547-4.
|Old Town (East) White Bluffs. Old Town White Bluffs as seen from the Columbia. White Bluffs Inn is in center back with the Presbyterian Church and grade school to the right. Approximate date of picture is 1913. PG 86746-10.
|1913 ca.
|White Bluffs, Wash., Main Street. Street scene Note: White Bluffs was relocated from east of the Columbia River to the west side in 1907. This new location of White Bluffs soon became known as East White Bluffs or Old Town White Bluffs when White Bluffs was moved to higher ground in the 1910s. 76646-2 not on PG but appears in Parker (186).
|Hanford, Wash. George McConnachie's "Cash Store" (general merchandise). 79113-1 not on PG but appears in Parker (219).
|Hanford, Wash., town scenes. street scene with water tower seen in Planters Hotel images.
|Hanford, Wash., town scenes. Main business street of Hanford. Fenced city park in foreground. Hanford Cafe awning in center. Parker (148).
|Hanford, Wash., town scenes showing Planters Hotel. Looking up to the town and Planters Hotel from Columbia R. Parker (140): "The new town of Hanford taken from the top deck of a riverboat. Planters Hotel in center, Columbia Hotel to the left. Incoming freight is visible in the foreground.". Parker (140) Note that PG 79113-4 labels as Planters Hotel 1932 but other images place this image right after construction of hotel.
|1907 ca.
|Hanford, Wash., town scenes showing Planters Hotel. Planters Hotel Parker has this picture with date and notes hotel torn down in 1939. 76783-5 not on PG. Parker (140).
|1907 ca.
|Hanford, Wash., town scenes showing Planters Hotel. Community of Hanford as seen from the Riverboat with Planters Hotel. PG 111655-20.
|1910 ca.
|White Bluffs Bank. White Bluffs Bank Parker identifies this as the White Bluffs Bank built in 1907 and states that shell of building still stands on Hanford Reservation. 69547-3 not on PG Parker (62).
|[1907-early 1940s]
|Blacksmith Shop, White Bluffs, Wash. (east side of river). Images and photocopy from unknown source of this 1850s era log structure on east bank of Columbia River at White Bluffs ferry. Identified as associated with the military depot camp there at time of Yakima War. Parker identifies photo date. 111655-4 not on PG. Parker (14).
|Sawmill. Sawmill on River. Used logs washed downstream by the river. PG 79190-12 Parker (50).
|Early schoolhouses. Parker identifies as first school house in Priest Rapids Valley after flood of 1894. May be same school house as below. Parker (35).
|1890s ca.
|Early schoolhouses. First School House in Benton County. It was built at White Bluffs in 1890 from logs salvaged from the Columbia River. Note: White Bluffs on east side of Columbia at this time. PG 03080006-032df.
|Richland, Wash. Street Scene at Richland, Wash., Columbia Ave. (now George Washington Way). Parker identifies buildings. 76518-13 not on PG. Parker (152).
|Richland, Wash. Main Street, Richland, 1910. Picture taken looking north down George Washington Way. The "Big Red Apple" real estate office is the white sided building at the far end of the street. PG 76573-13.
|Richland, Wash. Orchard in Richland. Postcard showing one year old orchard in the Highland of Richland, Washington. PG 76573-15.
|Richland, Wash. Richland Transfer & Storage horse-drawn wagon hauling boxes for Yakima Valley Growers Association. 76702-3 not on PG. Parker (216).
|Richland, Wash. Hotel Richland. Parker (46).
|Richland, Wash. City Dray - Richland Transfer. PG 65881-1.
|Richland, Wash. Aerial view of Richland (700 Area) before Hanford Engineering Works. 47723 not on PG.
|1940 ca.
|Unidentified farm scene. Ranch hands, one holding baby. Not on PG or in Parker.
|White Bluffs-Hanford Land Settlement Project (Soldier Settlement). Floor plans of settlement houses and photographs. Part of state land settlement program. 76646-7 not on PG.
|1920s ca.
|Equipment. PG identifies as County Road Maintenance Equipment, 1932 Parker identifies as 1910 with Holt 75 tractor on its way to Richland from freight depots. PG 76573-14 Parker (146).
|1932 or 1910
|Hanford Ferry. "Doris" - Hanford Ferry. PG 87373-7.
|Photocopied articles - The Beginnings of Yakima County. Splawn, A.J. "Beginnings of Yakima County." The Coast: an Illustrated Monthly of the West 17.1 (Jan. 1909): 3-6.
|Photocopied articles - The Beginnings of Yakima County. Editorial. "Yakima County, Washington." The Coast: an Illustrated Monthly of the West 17.1 (Jan. 1909): 84.
|White Bluffs Train Depot. D 8530 designation is a Manhattan District of the Army Corps of Engineers (MED) Manhattan Engineer District Condemnation no.
|ca. 1943
|Original Christian Church at Hanford. D 226 Original Christian Church at Hanford. Community Hall on right, formerly grade school.
|ca. 1943
|Hanford Irrigation Project Power House. D-454 Power House. H.I.P. Co. is Hanford Irrigation and Power Co. 76518-12 not on PG.
|Man Studying Indian Artifacts. Man (w/ MED?) at a desk holding prehistoric axe with another on table along with chipped stone tools. DDRS D-274-NEG.
|ca. 1943
|Hanford, Washington, Street Scene. D230 Camp Hanford w/ original McConnachie Bldgs. on right, across from town park. [See folder 22].
|ca. 1943
|Markers showing the subdivision of Hanford, Oct. 12 and 14, 1943, by the Army. D designations by MED (D 10, 13-24) for areas in newly created Hanford Engineering Works.
|1943 Oct. 12 1943 Oct. 14
|Hanford High School. D-228 high school was built in 1916.
|1943 ca.
|Initial ferry at White Bluffs, WA. Built by Army Corps of Engineers 1944 ca. Identification based on folder label only. 85677-5 not on PG.
|1944 ca.
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. Hanford Theater. 53611-13 not on PG.
|1944 ca.
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. HEW workers in cafeteria at Hanford Construction Camp. Gerber identifies photo. Gerber 1992 (8).
|1944 ca.
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. Day's Pay - B-17 bomber paid for by HEW workers donating a day's pay. Dedication July 1944. Gerber identifies photo. DDRS D-128-NEG Gerber 1992 (16).
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. Bank for HEW Workers. Identified from Tri-City Herald photo gallery.
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. People waiting in line to see "South of the Border," a Gene Autry 1939 film.
|Miscellaneous WWII-era HEW. Front page of The Villager (Richland, Wash.) the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and that President Truman announced HEW's involvement in production.
|1945 Aug.6
|Hanford Site, Cold War Era Housing. Aerial images of housing construction.
|late 1940s-1950s
|Hanford Site, Cold War Era Housing. Trailer home for construction worker families in North Richland. Gerber identifies photo. Gerber 1992 (24).
|Hanford Site, Cold War Era. Various images of facilities and operations at the Hanford Site through the decades of the Cold War.
|late 1940s-1980s
|Hanford Site, Cold War Era. View of former White Bluffs, Wash., on Hanford Site. Identification from folder label. 90244-1 not on PG.
|1965 ca.?
|Hanford Site, Homesteader's Shack (100D or F area, north tip of Hanford). Identification from folder label. Reactors in background.
|Hanford Site, Hanford High School. Shell of Hanford H.S. standing for 1980 reunion (?). 111655-7 not on PG.
|White Bluffs-Hanford 37th Annual Reunion Album. Program from reunion in 1980 of the White Bluffs-Hanford Pioneers.
|Unpublished Hanford-Site Related Documents. Cicotte, George I., David Dunham et al., "Rattlesnake Mountain Wind Farm: Draft Environmental Impact Statement," prepared by students in Environmental Science & Regional Planning 444/544 for Dr. Emmett B. Moore, Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., 1992 Nov. 12.
|Unpublished Hanford-Site Related Manuscripts. "Findings of Records Search of Survey Area Between 100N and 100F Reactors," unpublished manuscript, n.d. Item appears to be a result of literature search and review of plats from towns of White Bluffs, East White Bluffs, and Hanford made by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1948 to determine the types of land use and extent of cultivation in those towns before the creation of Hanford Engineering Works in 1943.
|Hanford Site Images with no date. Images of Hanford Site either during World War II or in the early Cold War years: Hanford workers, and people on the site.
|Unidentified photocopies. No identification information other then E 58 on photo.
The list above includes information indicating when an image in this collection was identified using the hanford.gov Photo Gallery maintained by the Richland office of the DOE (see above), the Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System (DDRS), or published works.
PG = hanford.gov "Photo Gallery"
DDRS = Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval System
Parker = Parker, Martha Berry. Tales of Richland, White Bluffs & Hanford 1805-1943: Before the Atomic Reserve. Fairfield, Wash.: Ye Galleon Press, 1979.
Gerber 1992 = Gerber, Michele Stenehjem. Legend and Legacy: Fifty Years of Defense Production at the Hanford Site. Richland, Wash.: Westinghouse Hanford Company, 1992.


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I have a vague recollection of the moon landing. I remember being on the floor of our apartment in Richmond Heights, Ohio and laying underneath the coffee table with a blanket.
I have a vague recollection of the moon landing. I remember being on the floor of our apartment in Richmond Heights, Ohio and laying underneath the coffee table with a blanket.
Bad stuff, kiddies. A friend of mine here at work has friends who work at Scaled Composites. We still don't know identities of the victims. Scaled is big stuff here in the county....
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Came across http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html Celestia, an open source program that allows you to view the various stars, planets, etc. It also allows for modification to insert your own fictional stuff, or whatever you want. Heard about it while watching NCIS, and just searched for it thinking it was fictional, but it is real.
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The lunar eclipse was cool the other night; it's been a loooooong time since I've seen one here on the west coast.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Here's a short article on adaptive optics I enjoyed because of the images. It doesn't say much about how it's really done, but oh well. Another good reason to mention it is because of some of the early work done in this field was a major of Reagan's Star Wars program. The US DOD flipped out when astronomers starting do the same research and publishing it. Any way, enjoy the photos.
"I'm sick and tried of these motherfrakkking Sith on this motherfrakkker plane!"
Mace Windu - Episode 2.5: Sith on a Plane
Very cool and interesting stuff! Thanks for sending it along, LS!
I'm still amazed at how far we've come optically. I grew up seeing fuzzy images of Mars and being able to make out the polar ice caps and thought that was cool at the time!
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I was out on a death investigation last night in the Mojave desert. In spite of it all, it was a beautiful, clear night! A gazillion stars with the Milky Way easily seen, as was Mars. A nice little splash of light from an asteroid, too! Such a spectacular sight I wish I could see every night, but living in a city of about 400,000, all those city lights makes it impossible.
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Kind of a cool honor, IMO.
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Saw the International Space Station being followed by Space Shuttle Discovery (about 10 minutes later) beginning around 7:30 tonight before going to work. It's always cool to see!
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to tell the GOP centrists to piss off. Is working with the Republicans a good or bad thing?
Btw, Gitmo isn't closed, a stimulus package isn't passed, and Bush's first press conference wasn't 9 months in; it was in February. But yes, you're right...thank goodness Obama intervened with that crazy Bush executive order and the American taxpayers are once again subsidizing abortions in various third world stench holes. Whew!
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So Jeff...is that the way it's gonna be? BHO is NOT to be held accountable if Bush 43 did the opposite (or the same, depending on what the Dems need to bitch about) at ANY time during his administration?
BHO said in his press "conference" (a staged address with planted questions...I loved it.....) that our current financial situation might not turn around regardless of what happens during his administration. Now if that is not setting us up to accept failure under his watch, I don't know what is......he's been in office three weeks and he's already telling us that failure will be the fault of the situation that he inherited.
So that's what "change" is.....glad to know the current definition, 'cause that sure isn't what was being said when the campaign was going on.
And I loved the comment from the woman from Elkhart, IN, who wanted to know when all that stimulus money was going to be coming to her town....did he leave them an IOU?
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K-1 World Grand Prix in Los Angeles Delivers and Looking Ahead
- Written by Dave Walsh
There were a lot of doubts leading into this Saturday's K-1 World Grand Prix in Los Angeles show, and a lot of them seemed valid at the time. The arena selected was not only in a bad part of town in Los Angeles, but it was huge, seating 17,000 fans, which it seemed like there was no way they could hope to fill it. The fighters that were selected to fight on the card were either old and past their primes or young and incredibly unknown, to the extent where one of the main card fighters was making his debut against a seasoned veteran. All of this was compounded by the fact that K-1 Global had yet to put on a show of their own, with the May show being essentially an all It's Showtime production crew.
Would anyone be there? Would anyone watch this? Would anyone care? Would the fights suck?
These questions were not only asked by fans, but you'd have to believe that they were coming up in the minds of those involved with K-1 as well over the past few months. Those months have been difficult ones, to say the least. In June, after their first show, their partner in It's Showtime up and sold their company, along with management contracts of fighters, to rival promotion GLORY. This seemed like a death blow to them, with It's Showtime's Simon Rutz making a public statement calling K-1 Global's Mr. Kim a liar and a thief, claiming that payment was never made to the fighters and promoters. It was bringing back the ghosts of K-1 past, where the big issue that brought them down was late payment to fighters and partners. In this case, the payments were made, albeit not within a certain timeframe, and it seemed like a big misunderstanding that turned into a war of words.
Then, to top it off, the one big star they had left -- the biggest one in the sport -- in Badr Hari is currently in prison and won't be out anytime soon. Going into last night, they were taking a lot of risks, but worked hard to promote the event and the fighters that they did have. On top of that, they made sure to carefully match up fighters to make for exciting fights. A partnership with Romania's SuperKombat and a new television deal with Spike TV seemed to help invigorate things, and when it came time for showtime last night, it felt like things were really coming together. The press events saw a decent and enthusiastic turnout and as the event unfolded last night, more and more people began filing into the arena.
Sure, there were issues with the stream, and it should have never been a PPV, but things can't be perfect. With a good, solid crowd watching, a night of exciting fights unfolded and there might have even been a few new stars who were born at this event, with Damian Earley, Gabriel Varga and Jarrell Miller. Looking ahead, I think this event was very important for restoring faith in the K-1 brand and those in charge of the promotion. The K-1 Final 16 will see some of the names we know and love, and while it won't feature them all, as long as the show is done properly, I'm not sure that it will really matter.


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[FONT=Arial Narrow]MOM, THROW DOWN SOME MONEY! THE ICE CREAM MAN IS COMIIING!!!![/FONT]
I notice that people from other states and countries always "hear" that Arnold is doing a good job, but that's all media hype because he's a sideshow attraction. The truth is, he's an ineffective governor, and the 1 thing that got the last guy booted out of office - his desire to raise car registration fees to offset budgetary losses that would have hit everything from vital road services to education - has gotten steadily worse and worse until we're in the crisis we're in now thanks entirely to Schwarzenegger's inability to manage or get anything done, but hey, at least we've saved a hundred bucks on registration fees for a few years. It's not even a "Democrat or Republican" thing, Arnie's screwed over both parties - is there such thing as an equal-opportunity failure?
Anyway, gas prices seem to be rising again here in the Golden State.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Gas prices have stayed steady here at $3.78/Gal for the past 3 weeks.
As for my friend, he's a bit dissillusioned on things of that sort. He's an Arnold fan so he thinks that Arnolds the best thing for Cali. He thinks Bush has been great for the country as well, so that should tell you a bit about him.
[FONT=Arial Narrow]MOM, THROW DOWN SOME MONEY! THE ICE CREAM MAN IS COMIIING!!!![/FONT]
Arnold is great for the state of Collyfornia, if you don't happen to be a state employee right now.
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Cheapest gas I have seen around here within the past few days has been $3.59 a gallon.
"That's the best deal you're gonna get. I won't tell you you can save yourself, because you can't."
And, if you believe the history of the area being based on the Arabic word "caliph" (meaning king or ruler), then Ahnold's actually correct (about at least one thing).
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
As I understand it, the way the teacher payroll is divied up by district, and the strength of the teachers' unions, that's not especially likely.
At least I hope it's not, or we're in some pretty deep poodoo. Think the bank will take IOU's on a mortgage?
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Lloyd Platt & Co is one of the UK's leading firms of family, divorce and criminal solicitors. Based in London we pride ourselves upon our caring approach to all of our clients. Going through the divorce or criminal process can be a stressful experience for all parties concerned. At Lloyd Platt & Co we identify the most efficient strategy to make what can be a difficult process easier. There is always a solution.
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