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California teachers pension plan has $64 billion deficit
Original post made by watching, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2013
Even the Legislature budget analyst went after Governor Brown's " balanced budget" since it did nothing to address the CalSTRS (Teachers Retirement System) or CalPERS (Public Employee Retirement System).
In addition to all of the unfunded liability issues at the State level, we have our own problems in Pleasanton with underfunded retirement funds as well as underfunded retiree medical plans. Even with the changes to the employee union contracts at the city, our unfunded liability has increased. If our council does not do something shortly, are services will keep dwindling down so that we can make the payments for the retirees. The city should be showing the fully burdened cost of employees, not just what they are paying out. It is so hard to get from them what it really is costing us for the employees if we did pay the actuarial costs of these retirement plans.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Oh my gosh! Keep watching, and then fill us in in another 33 years, if nothing is done. We'll be waiting for your report.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Feb 5, 2013 at 8:41 am
This is not just a problem with the teacher union but all of state and city unions.
Said to say but most people do not get it or do not care. Each time someone wants to fit the problem the teacher or fire unions spends millions on add on how the big bad GOP is picking on this helps school teacher.
It easy to fix.
1) make cut to the programs
2) raise our taxes to cover the cost
3) Let the state go bankrupt.
I would my kids to be able to live in this state, but it could be come more difficult. Some of this problem need to be fixed, but as long as the DEM or run the state are in bed with the unions this problem will not be fixed.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 5, 2013 at 9:19 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Substitute CalSTRS with Social Security in this article and let's see if 'very alarmed' wakes up and realizes the dems have mortgaged his future.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 11:28 am
"Very Alarmed" says "Keep watching, and then fill us in in another 33 years"
Just great. Charge everything now and give the bill to our kids... Sounds like this might be a union rep saying "Give me everything now as I will not be here in 33 years and don't care what happens then as long as I get mine now."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Old you-know-whats worried about 33 years from now. Yeah, I bet. I wonder where they were during the Reagan and Bush years of steep deficits? Oh, under a rock? Thought so! Then along came Bill Clinton.
An improved economy, increased revenue streams, and some necessary tax hikes for the wealthy and the problem is fixed. But the old you-know-whats refuse to acknowledge possibility of an improved economy (unless they can somehow distort it as a Republican contribution, which they can't), are mum on the reality of increased revenue streams (which comes from an improving economy), and are too morally deficient to acknowledge how the wealthy should be paying higher taxes.
So, simpletons, let's pretend that nothing good will happen over the next 3+ decades. Check back in 33 years and tell us how that's workin' for ya.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Boy, that gunk just spills out from you as if you can't prevent it. Get help.
Apologies to PW Editors. I sincerely hope you don't find my response inappropriate. I considered citing some academic sources that would shine light on how Tell's comments are racist, and perhaps too arguing that racism is still alive and kicking. But I realize you might find such offensive. Happy Black History Month!
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 5, 2013 at 6:40 pm
Don't waste your time on him. Just tune him out.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2013 at 9:46 am
Don't fear for our children's future. Just don't bet on the dollar!
Let the Euro and the Yen guide your financial future. The dollar will be extinct in 33 years. But we'll still be living here either retired, working, or raising kids playing sports or marching band....all the while buying our groceries with a Yen-based ATM card!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2013 at 11:54 am
CalSTRS has a big deficit because State Government has been robbing the fund, and not contributing to the fund. The Democrats that have absolute control of the State Government should be locked up in San Quentin for Grand Theft. Now, once again, the taxpayers will be stuck with the tab.
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 7, 2013 at 1:01 pm
Teachers work hard and receive minimal compensation. They deserve every penny that they earn.
If you're so dissatisfied with American teachers, please consider moving back to your ancestors cave. Maybe you would love Texas!
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The Pacific Northwest Inlander looks at four types of winter cyclist:
Stealthy, swift and undeniably easy-going, the Metaphysicist doesn't own a car. This type rides for pleasure — defying the norms of everyday transportation. You can spot him by the twinkle in his eyes, the ease with which he rides, his lack of concern over distance and weather.
This breed of winter commuter has a bike for every occasion. These specialized rides cost more than a lot of people's cars, and they rip through the ice and snow better than any vehicle on four wheels. The Bike Guru is identifiable by his bicycle tattoos and his mastery of technical lingo.
This winter cyclist is equally at home in the conference room and the intersection. For Mr. Business-Casual, commuting is practical and efficient. His bicycle, like his briefcase, is an extension of his being — like an extra arm or a leg. Look for him to be wearing dress slacks and a sweater vest beneath his cycling jacket.
This winter warrior rides because it makes her happy. Mary Poppins takes her bike into the grocery store, to work, and into her friends' houses, because she forgot her lock and no one has the heart to tell this merry nanny "no." She rides in dresses, baskets and bells.
Read the full article here: Winter Warriors
Where do you fit on the list? Personally, I'm trying to be a "Mary Poppins" but no one is letting this guy bring his slush covered bicycles inside anywhere!
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Prep Team of the Month: Lodi Baseball
Blue Devils win first state baseball title ever in June
MADISON, WIS - It's been quite the year for Lodi athletics. Both boys and girls basketball teams made it to state. The baseball team saved the best for last, winning the Division Two state baseball title in June. It's the school first baseball title.
"We just knew right away that was our year. Words can't describe it [winning state.] its the best feeling in the world, nothing can compare, " said senior Fred Manke.
"With this group of guys, its really a special feeling. You work so hard. It's been such a tight knit group, I am just so happy for them right now," said head coach Kip Nordstrom.
"At the beginning of January we had guys over to my house to hit and we said we weren't going to have have any senior slumps and we are going to turn the freshmen into men. We just came out on the biggest stage and we hit the ball and we are the best team in the state in Division Two," said senior pitcher Donnie Manke.
The Blue Devils took home second in the state basketball tournament in the winter, so taking home gold in the spring was very satisfying.
"It would have been awesome to get gold in basketball and baseball, but to get second in basketball then right away to get first in baseball, it's unreal," said senior Brady Moses.
Lodi's only other state baseball appearance was back in 1982, so this gold means a lot to the community.
"It brings a small community together, you know, even if it's just for a few days. It's just something that is really hard to put into words. It means so much to the community and it means so much to the kids to be able to be a part of it and to see the little kids look up to these guys-- there are just so many things that make it a really special memory," said Nordstrom.Prep Team of the Month: Lodi Baseball


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Tupelo has several events planned to celebrate the birthday of Elvis Presley.
On Jan. 7 at 1 p.m., there will be a Tupelo presentation at the Bijou Theatre at Graceland with Roy Turner, Sam Bell, Guy Harris and the Tupelo Unity Choir. Tickets are free and available in the ticket pavilion.
On Jan. 8, the festivities are in Tupelo. At 1:30 p.m., officials at the Elvis Presley Birthplace will have cake for the public. At 2 p.m., the Tupelo Unity Choir video will debut in the EP Birthplace Theater, followed by a live performance from the choir at 2:15 p.m.
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RE:New Hampshire Trout?
Roop -
My dad used to visit Dartmouth and drop the family off in Georges Mills. There was a native brookie stream one of the local boys I befriended showed me, they went nuts over hoppers. I drove by it last year on my way to my son's basketball camp in VT, and it was heavily guarded for it's native brookies (reassuredly).
I recall that there were tribs all around the region in particular one that ran into the lake at Sunapee center. It was full of trout and I believe it is open to fishing upstream. I don't think you'll have to dig too hard to find good fishing up there.
If you don't mind the drive, I used to fish Sugar and upper Swift Rivers as well as the Ammonusuc (sp?) which were chock full of trout. The further out you go toward Lisbon and Littleton (to the north) the more naive the trout became. My wife-to-be and I used to camp up there, the area up there holds a lot of good memories for me. Of course two daughters later... camping means hot running water and electricity for hair dryers!
Sorry I can't help you more. Have you thought about calling the Hunter's gang in New Boston?
New Hampshire Trout?
Trying to get back to the fish that got me started on this adventure 15 years ago.
I will be in New London, near Mt. Sunapee with a buddy doing some work and was looking for advice on area streams & flies.
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Family: Pinaceae, Pine view all from this family
Description Large deciduous tree. Crown narrow, conic. Branches level to upswept, side branches often drooping. Shoots dimorphic, growth divided into long shoots 10-50 cm. long bearing several buds, and short shoots only 1-2 mm. long with single bud. Needles light green, 2-5 cm. long, slender; bright yellow in the fall, leaving the pale orange-brown shoots bare until the next spring. Cones red, turning brown, ovoid-cylindric, 2-5 cm. long, 40-80 seed scales; each bearing 4-8 mm. bract. Scales open flat or reflexed to release seeds. Old cones remain on the tree for many years, turning dull gray-black.
Dimensions Height: 24-46 m. (80-150 ft.)
Diameter: 0.5-0.9 m, (1 1/2-3 ft.) sometimes larger.
Habitat Canyons & valleys, Mountains.
Range Western Canada, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Northwest.
Discussion Seeds important for some birds, notably Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll and White-winged Crossbill. Plateau Indian tribes drank an infusion from the young shoots to treat tuberculosis and laryngitis.
Particularly valued for yacht building; wood must be free of knots, and can only be obtained from old trees that were pruned when young to remove side branches. Small larch poles are widely used for rustic fencing.


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loved hearing how Oregon was clear cut #2 in country.
loved hearing how Oregon was clear cut #2 in country.
Stanford plays gorgeous football. That game fit my favorite first half betting angle, the Fury of Anti-Revenge (FAR). I've mentioned it here many times. It produces the greatest intensity level disparity you'll ever see to open a game. This game tonight was very similar to Boise State's clubbing of Oregon in the 2009 opener. That was also FAR.
Kudos to Alabama and Stanford for their physical approach, salvaging this era of football. Can you imagine the conventional wisdom garbage we'd be treated to, if Saban and Jim Harbaugh hadn't taken those college jobs and built the two programs? It would be spread-this and spread-that. At least Oregon's spread has a chance, with such a high percentage of running plays. Mike Leach tilts the other way and is the ultimate fraud.
I can't imagine a better night than Oregon losing and Robert Griffin blowing a halftime lead. Only problem was my high school alma mater Southwest blew a 7 point halftime lead and lost to Coral Gables, preventing an unbeaten regular season for the first time in school history. The two quarterbacks of those teams are worth looking at as college prospects, as athletes if not necessarily quarterbacks.
Wonder how the sales on those"We Want Bama". T-shirts are going now?
If both teams win out I think a FSU/Bama game would be very exciting...not because of Winston, but FSU defense give them a shot, plus they can run the ball.
Many thanks to Shifty!
Since this a general NCAA thread and therefore not limited to football, how about basketball? God I'm ready for some basketball.
Sorry man. Between the Phins, Gators, and my fantasy teams this football season has been absolutely miserable. I'm done. I am in full-on basketball mode now.


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Barack Obama has proven he is more efficient than his predecessor in one area: He managed to diminish the history of two Christian nations in one presidential proclamation — on the eve of Easter. Obama campaigned in 2008 on a promise to call the Ottoman Empire's systematic destruction of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-23 a "genocide," something none of his predecessors since Ronald Reagan had done. President Obama has broken that vow ever since. The day of remembrance of the genocide, April 24, fell on Easter Sunday this year, and Americans of Armenian heritage pressured Obama to follow through with his pledge this year.
Obama's statement, issued on Holy Saturday, declined to commemorate the Muslim genocide by name, but instead denigrated "the dark chapters in our own history."
Obama's "Statement by the President on Armenian Remembrance Day" referred instead to "horrific events." Although he wrote "I have consistently stated my own view of what occurred in 1915, and my view of that history has not changed," he decided to keep his own view to himself (for once). Instead, ever-so-gently beckoned the aggrieved parties — the offenders and the survivors — to resolve their "contested history."
Obama's solution to genocide: the Turkish Coffee Summit.
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The feta cheese and olives really add to the flavor and seasoning level of this soup, so don't be tempted to add more salt to the soup until you've tried it first.
A fresh fruit salad is a nice choice to serve with this hearty soup.
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Music critic Nike Wagner to speak, March 24-26
Posted March 20, 2003; 07:15 p.m.
Music critic and cultural commentator Nike Wagner will present two lectures and participate in a roundtable discussion Monday through Wednesday, March 24-26. Wagner is the great-granddaughter of German composer Richard Wagner and the author of the book, "The Wagners: The Dramas of a Musical Dynasty" (Princeton University Press, 2001).
On Monday, in a lecture titled "Richard Wagner's Posterity," she will discuss how Wagner's influence marked artistic production since his death in 1883. Her second lecture on Tuesday, "The Political Dreams of Theodor Herzl," will explore the Viennese roots of the founder of Zionism. Both lectures will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 105 Bobst, 83 Prospect Ave.
At 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, she will participate in a roundtable discussion on Wagner in 102 Woolworth with Carolyn Abbate, professor of music at Princeton, and David Levin, associate professor of Germanic studies at the University of Chicago.
Wagner's visit is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures with support from the Department of Music and the Program in Jewish Studies .
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Family: Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes view all from this family
Description Black, brown, blueish-green. Long and slender. Yellow-gray underside. 17 rows of smooth scales. Divided anal plate.
Dimensions 86.4-195.5cm. (34-77")
Subspecies Northern Black - Black, brown iris. Maine through to Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
Buttermilk - Black-bluish green, yellow spots. Arkansas, Louisiana through Texas.
Tan - Tan, lightly spottes. Louisiana to Texas.
Eastern Yellow-bellied - Blue-bluish green, gray or brown above. Cream/yellow belly. Montana through to North dakota, Irwa,Arkansas, Gulf coast, Texas and Louisiana.
Blue - Bluish-green, whitish underside. Ontario to Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa to Illinois.
Blue - Bluish green, whitish/blue on underside. Ontario, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa through to Illinois.
Brown-chinned - Black. Brown/tan lip scales. Florida panhandle to Georgia.
Black-masked - Gray, belly pale blue. Louisiana.
Western Yellow-bellied - Green/olive to brown/yellow. British Columbia to Baja California. Also Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
Mexican - Back greenish/gray, light sides. 51-102cm (20-40") long. Texas to Mexico.
Everglades - Green, brown or bluish, whitish belly. Florida Everglade to Cape Canavernal.
Southern Black - White chin, red/orange iris. North Carolina to Florida Everglades coastal plain. Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi Valley, Illinois and Indiana.
Breeding Breeds April-May. 5-28 eggs laid June-August in rotting tree stumps or sawdust piles. Incubated 6-9 weeks. Hatchlings 20-33cm (8-13") long. Mature after 2-3 years.
Habitat Fields, grassland, brush areas and prairie land.
Range British Columbia, Ontario through United States.
Discussion Diurnal. Terrestrial. Mostly on the ground but a good climber. Hibernates in large numbers. Diet of frogs, lizards, rodents and birds. Not a constrictor, despite its name.


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Alternate name: Alaska Fur Seal
Family: Otariidae, Eared Seals view all from this family
Description Head is short and nose is very sharply pointed. Also distinguished from Guadalupe Fur Seal by having fur that forms a straight line at the base of the foreflipper, rather than extending to a point. Females are brown; males grow darker as they age, some appear black, especially when wet. Pups are born black, molt to a silvery color in late summer, and become golden brown over winter. Toes on hind flippers are all similar in size.
Dimensions 1.9-2.1m, 175-275kg; / 1.2-1.5m, 30-50kg
Habitat Beaches, shorelines & estuaries, Offshore waters
Range California, Northwest, Western Canada, Alaska
Discussion Congregate on the shores of the Pribilof, Aleutian, and Channel Islands to breed and pup, then scatter to feed at sea. Seals tagged as pups do not return to their natal rookery to breed, unlike sea lions.


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Thanksgiving gospel concert set for Nov. 23
Posted November 21, 2003; 05:49 p.m.
The IllumniNations, a gospel group from New York City, and the Princeton University Gospel Ensemble will perform a Thanksgiving concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, in Murray-Dodge Hall.
The concert is sponsored by the Religious Life Council and is open to the public.
The concert is part of the "Spirit Into Sound" series organized by the Office of Religious Life, the International Center, the Center for Jewish Life and the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life.
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I believe there is a time and a place for this conversation, and it is neither here nor now.
This tweak seems appealing to me since my fat thumb seems to screw up the hold-down-for-3-seconds thing by moving the app. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this a big feature in whited00r and other jb tweak background-switchers for iOS 2 and 3?


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file size is 26 mb mean that is not webpage but a file.
file size is 26 mb mean that is not webpage but a file.
Add mirrors
APK + SD card
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Thank God.... uploading tha file is somehow hard for me cos of my network instability!!!
...Real Eyez realise Real Liez
thanks to upload but offline audio still not working.
did yhu click on tha Audio logo???
...Real Eyez realise Real Liez
yes i click,then data unavailable error appeares
It seems like this dictionary is not offline. It requires internet to use the dictionary. Can you verify? Because, I can use and hear the sound when on wifi but if I turn off my internet, it gives a message that it requires internet connection.
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DNA on smoothie straw leads to robbery charge
LACEY, Wash. - A smoothie beverage that proved irresistible has led to a first-degree robbery charge against a man accused of stealing $4,000 from a Lacey, Wash., plumber in 2011.
Lacey police say the robber left his DNA on the victim's smoothie straw and it was recently matched to a profile in a national DNA database of felons.
Thurston County prosecutors recently charged 30-year-old Roger Taylor with the robbery count. The Olympian reports that Taylor was served with the arrest warrant in the Clark County Jail, where he was in custody due to state Department of Corrections violations.
Court papers say Taylor is accused of accosting the plumber at gunpoint in a Tacoma parking lot in August 2011, then forcing the man to drive to his Lacey credit union and withdraw the money. The documents say the victim had just bought a smoothie in Tacoma.


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Caesar salad—with a few yummy surprises. This is the perfect salad to toss for unexpected lunch company.
The varieties of tortellini available in the refrigerated section of the supermarket are growing. Try some of these other flavors, as well, in this recipe.
Add grilled chicken or beef, cut into strips, for a heartier meal.
Surprise everyone by serving apple or cherry crisp for dessert--no one will know you didn't even bake it! Heat canned apple or cherry pie filling, and top with granola and whipped cream.
How do you grind peppercorns? It's easy using a mortar and pestle, mini-food processor or spice or coffee grinder. Or place them in a resealable plastic bag and pound with a meat mallet or rolling pin.
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Electrix Pro Repeater
Repeater is a new loop-based digital recorder/sampler from Electrix. It is also their 6th product in a series of outstanding and beautiful rack-mount processors. Repeater uses cutting edge DSP technology with MIDI sequencer style control over your audio loops by offering independent, real-time manipulation over tempo, key and track offset.
Repeater is not your ordinary sampler. It truly is a digital delay unit. You can trigger it in various ways to record any audio source for any amount of time you choose (up to 50 minutes of record time via CompactFlash media). The recording repeats as a loop synced to a tempo. You can overdub additional sounds to arrange and mix layers of loops and you can tweak each loop-recording in real time. Loops can also sync to MIDI clock or to Audio Beat Detection. This makes the Repeater perfect not just for musicians, but DJs too! Changing the Tempo will adjust the samples and loops without degrading the sound quality!
In the Project Studio, musicians may find the Repeater useful as a scratchpad. Play some chords into it, overdub a bassline, then jam along! It may also be useful for creating delay effects to a mix with unprecedented control. The DJ may find the Repeater great for sampling a loop off a record using the Audio Beats Detect mode to match the tempo, and then replaying that loop over another section of that song or over an entirely new record to create entirely new ways of mixing! It is used by Richie Hawtin and Imogen Heap.
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Audio Clip 1 - Demo of the Repeater in use, from the Future Music CD, issue 117.
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- Sampler - Stereo 24-bit 44.1kHz sampling with an 8-minute (40 MB) loop limit
- Filter - None
- LFO - None
- Effects - Pitch-Shift (+1 to -2 octaves), time-stretching (1.5x faster to 4x slower), Reverse, Slip, Overdub, Resample; Stereo FX insert (no built-in multi-effects)
- Keyboard - None
- Memory - 999 loops, 4 tracks, external CompactFlash Memory cards
- Control - MIDI, Audio Beats Detection
- Date Produced - Fall 2001
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If you thought that all the power outages meant that you'll be a getting a bit of a break on your electricity bill this month, then you might be in for a nasty shock.
That's what happened to Dan O'Rourke, who opened his bill to find that it had jumped by 56 per cent from the month before.
He thought it must be wrong, because he'd kept the thermostat steady, and tried to conserve power during the rolling blackouts. Just like nearly everyone else, he said he got hit with multiple blackouts in the past few weeks.
"This is nuts," he said.
He called Newfoundland Power, but he was told that the number on the bill is what he had to pay.
"I spoke (to them) twice, and the two of them have got the same excuse: It's cold out, and your Christmas lights are running up your light bill," O'Rourke said.
He said when the utilities were asking people to conserve, he had one night light on in the bedroom because he uses a walker, and a light on in the living room, and that's about it.
His neighbour in Pouch Cove, Pauline Lavoie, said her power bill jumped from $295 last month to $544 this month.
She said she wants answers from Newfoundland Power, too.
"I was expecting it to be more, but not that much," she said. "We have two heat pumps in, right? And they say they're supposed to be efficient."
Newfoundland Power spokeswoman Michele Coughlan said the outages were a relatively small part of the past month, but the bitterly cold temperatures have a much bigger impact on power bills.
"Particularly with the rotating outages, you know, the power was off for an hour at a time," she said. "It's not going to have a big impact on your overall monthly bill."
On the other hand, Coughlan said, the wind and the cold temperatures really cause houses on electric heat to draw a lot more juice from the system.
"When people are experiencing outages, obviously they're not using energy. Really, the impact on the December bills that we're seeing are resulting from that extremely cold temperatures," she said. "We really, basically, had winter in December this year. You know, we had several early December storms."
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You mean the ONLY tabs on the whole toy?As far as transformation, it was fairly easy. I had a little bit of trouble getting him back into tank mode because a couple of the tabs on his legs were tough to line up, but it wasn't time consuming at all.
I have the originals of that mold, it's fun but not outstanding. Still, the set looks decent and is an ACTUAL combiner unlike Devastator, so if you have the funds and don't have the original, you may wanna check it out.Target exclusive Superion has been really tempting to pick up everytime I'm at Target but he seems too puny. And at the risk of sounding like Tycho, if the planes were deluxes, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Once you've monkeyed with him enough, the only parts that come off regularly are the dozer blade halves and even that is manageable. However, the chest pistons regularly flop about even when you lock it down in either mode (robot mode doesn't lock so much as wedge).
So, here's my Voy Megs review:
I had wanted a Megatron figure to go at least against my m1 Voy Prime.
Alt mode:
Megatron is a cybertronian tank, which means he's got treads and a cannon and is otherwise a big tangled mess of plates - oh, and Megatron's head at the very front between the treads peeking out behind a cage. Adding to the mix are jet elements, there are thrusters and stubby wings; the rear of the vehicle seems to be large jet engines, but they are mainly hollow and look more like closed, spring-loaded feet (and yet they aren't). Sculpted details are plenty, but feel a little shallow. The tank's overall look is wide and sleek and round, it borrows more than a little from Batman Begins' The Tumbler, especially the front end. The cannon pivots up and down, and can rotate on its Z-axis so it could look left or right as well (but not up at the same time). The whole thing rolls on 4 small wheels under the treads, minimal ground clearance but the wheels do roll. And the vehicle is fairly solid.
That all sounds good, right? Well, unfortunately, all is not paradise. While exciting at first look, a closer inspection reveals some ugly truths, the greebles on the front of the cannon are warped and its red projectile looks like a club, there are big cuts into the tops of the larger set of tank treads, the whole thing is slightly off-center and not in an intentional manner, a lot of the look comes from 2 panels on arms floating out at the front, and the vehicle mode is mainly a single big shell piece sitting on top of a robot doing a yoga pose. The color is a grayish, greenish, bluish affair with a few touches of a mettalic version of that (which looks a lot better than the plastic version), lots of black, a little silver, gold, and red translucent accents. The silver is sprayed only in a few places as a true accent, and there just isn't enough to go around.
All in all, I like the alt mode for how it looks and what it's trying to be (fast flying tank? cool), but I am frustrated by what it truly is, which shows when you keep looking at it.
Surprisingly, the shell is held on by just 2 pegs on either side into the tenuously-attached treads, unpeg them and the once-solid tank is now ready to flop apart by your command. It's a rather basic transformation, rotate the treads around and fold a few ways, fold the shoulders out, flop up the back kibble, and rearrange the neck a little. There's just not enough going on for a $20 figure. And considering how little is going on, why have the backpack vague or leave no stops for the toes or right shoulder? And I really hate how the right arm just folds around like Megs is holding it behind his back in alt mode, very lazy.
Robot mode:
This is a small voyager-class figure, putting him next to voy OP is embarrassing, Megatron is over a head shorter, standing just 6.5" tall. On his own merits, it's more silver spray on gray-green, a few bland gray plastic joints and such, a moderately-detailed chest with a lot of cutaways, a giant right arm, a tiny left arm, digitigrade tank tread legs, and a wide backpack/cape that used to be a flying tank. The whole robot mode looks simplistic, like a FAB or something designed for younger kids who won't be dropping $22 on this thing. A Decepticon logo ends up on his right front thigh armor, it feels out of place. Megs gains an uncovered face of sloppily-applied silver, gold, the gray-green plastic, and red. The face is a little more recognizable than the M1 version, but it looks like he's smiling which is offputting (he's actually got a mouth full of pointy teeth and then it's supposed to be separate plates next to that, but the cuts look smiley), the eyes have the eyebrow line, and the eyes, mouth, and sides of the face are light-piped. The figure is designed to sit the head right onto the body with no neck, which makes him look more kiddified, but it can be raised up to look acceptable. The left arm is the tank cannon, and it's small with the cannon opening vaguely pretending to be robot fingers. The right arm is a big, vaguely crab-like affair that's sculpted to be a cannon with a big movable crab-thumb, but the cannon is a tad underwhelming. The chest is pointy things with a few small cutaways revealing caramel gearing inside. The body tapers down to the waist, and then the hips and legs are uniformly big and chunky and limited in detail. The thigh armor is made up of spring-loaded panels front and back, the leg itself is the fatter tread now bent in the middle ending at a separate toe piece, and with the smaller tread jutting out the back as a heel. I like the tread-legs, it's what sold me on the whole concept really, but it doesn't quite impress as much in person, and the toes far too often end up flipping up which looks silly.
The back has a big hollow near the top that's ineptly covered by the face-cage halves. There is a shameless amount of backpack shell attached by a hinged panel to the lower back, which officially folds halfway up to stick far out and fold back on either side. The official Hasbro instructions say to fold the backpack shell halves all the way back, leaving you with more backpack than figure. If you fold out the sides back out, you could call this a cape, it juts out about 30 degrees back like a cape in the wind, but it reveals how little of an actual torso is there. You can fiddle with it so that the backpack sits up as high as it goes and closer to the body, this is "angry winged" mode I guess and it works for that, adds a lot of width and bulk and danger, as well as bringing the cape closer, but it's still blatantly a big piece of kibble. Honestly, the best thing to do is leave it where it started, fold the sides partway back, giving you a cape that holds against the body and hiding Megs' lack of back. The alt-mode "tongue" which normally would fold all the way into the cape can be used to hold the cape upright in any of the 3 positions by folding into the back gap.
Mech Alive:
The inside of both biceps is cut away to reveal the internal peg's details, which change as you rotate them, but this gimmick is pretty flat. The main MA gimmick is that when you turn the waist, the caramel gears in the chest all rotate. To me, this is just stupid, it requires peering into Megatron's chest to see it, and all you get is some over-scaled gears turning and an obviously hollow chest that cheapens the figure. Finally, there's the right arm, straighten the elbow and from his cannon forearm folds a blade. It's a nifty exercise, but the end result is a rather underwhelming green-gray plastic blade with silver spray on some thin supports. I think the biggest problem is that the blade itself is not much to look at, they gave it the same sculpt as the rest of the arm, and the angle makes it seem underwhelming. So it's more fun to scissor out than actually leave out. If I didn't mention before, the left arm is a spring-loaded missile launcher, the missile translucent red and has a bit of a scepter thing going on, but not really in an exciting way.
Megs is fairly articulated, but not in a satisfying way. The head sits flat and officially has no articulation, but raise up the neck and he has a semi-limited ball joint on a hinge giving him a decent range of motion (just don't raise the neck too high or it looks terrible). The shoulders are universal joints, but they end up rotating on transformation joints more than on official robot shoulder joints, making him look odd. Upper arms swivel, elbows hinge (the right elbow hinges all the way to 155 degrees, it looks cool, and it's a generous ratchet so it's easy to have sword out or sword in at any angle), the right thumb is hinged. Waist rotates, backpack is on a dual-hinge plate and has hinges just off the center panel with a few movable winglets here and there. Hips are universal joints, ratcheting sideways and "frontways". The upper thigh rotates, and the digitigrade knees are on limited hinges backwards. The leg articulation doesn't work well with the rest of the figure thanks to limited range and non-movable heels, so ultimately Megs isn't all that poseable.
Overall: C
There's something about every aspect of this figure that says "almost". The tank looks exciting at first but doesn't have much going on. The transformation is bland and way too simplistic. Robot mode is small and not impressive, looking more like a kiddie toy than a $22 Transformer. The bot mode is saddled with odd proportions and a big backpack of kibble, underwhelming moving gimmicks and detailing, and suffers weak articulation. I guess he could be somewhat menacing when put next to smaller figures, but the lower body doesn't share that opinion. The deco isn't hideous, it's cold but it's not silver enough, so while it works in tank mode, it's pretty bland and underwhelming in robot mode. "Underwhelming" seems to be this figure's mantra, it's not horrible, just not good either.


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Gene Starwind 21122 wrote:I'm reviewing one of your videos now.
I have a few vids you can watch. They are from 7 to 8 years ago though. lol.
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I've finished your opinions. Thank you for sharing with me. I love watching Retro AMV's! I especially love "Sending Freedom"!
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The MRI results are back and it is not good news. Clinton Portis suffered a 3rd degree separation on his groin and will be out 4-6 weeks. With this in mind, the Redskins have added 2 RBs to the practice squad: Keiland Williams is back (released earlier to sign Brandon Banks) and Javarris James.


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by the way i'd expect and plan for a run on corners also in round 2...can't sleep on either position...better be proactive
by the way i'd expect and plan for a run on corners also in round 2...can't sleep on either position...better be proactive
Hoos, I understand your point, I too consider Woods a 2nd round talent, but weird things happen in the draft (Like Lamar Miller lasting to round 4). There is a supply demand thing going on here. I think many clubs will wait on WR as there are so many that are so close. We could see some serious talent last to round 3. That is the dream situation for the Fins. We can address other needs Rd 1 & 2 and pick the best of what's left round 3. By simple supply and demand, several will drop. I expect a run in Round 3 at WR, with clubs waiting due to supply.
guys that could lock up 2nd round picks today at cb are poyer (depends on his speed as to how high he goes) robert alford (big fan of this kid...long and wiry like keenan lewis but with better tools than lewis coming out) and the rutgers kid...bj webb of william and mary could really help himsel today also
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if woods gets to the 3rd round you run the damn card up...i see no real chance a guy that productive and that good on tape at 6 ft and over 200 lbs and under 4.5 gets to round 3...heck i think him getting to #42 is a stretch
I'm liking the William & Mary corner too. Yes, if Woods or Hopkins is there at the top of Rd 3 I would be tempted to trade up to the top of the round to get him.
Yep. We have got so many needs, its irresponsible to mock right now, without waiting for this DEEP FA class to show its face. Theres depth everywhere!
I doubt that many receivers will go in the 2nd round. Some of them will just drop to the 3rd or 4th.
I will be surprised if Okafor makes it out of round 1. If he does, he should go shortly in.


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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:53 PM GMT on February 11, 2013
The historic Nor'easter that buried New England under up to 40" of snow Friday and Saturday was the most intense winter storm event on record for southeastern Maine, and second most for Long Island, Connecticut, eastern Massachusetts, and perhaps Rhode Island, writes wunderground's weather historian Christopher C. Burt. His rating was based upon both snowfall amounts and winds. For Long Island and Connecticut, the Blizzard of 1888 remains unparalleled, whereas for Rhode Island and eastern Massachusetts, the Blizzard of 1978 remains the top event. His rating took into account snowfall and winds, and took into account historical storms going back over 300 years. So, what impact is climate change having upon these great storms?
Figure 1. Is it a hurricane or an extratropical storm? Satellite image of Winter Storm Nemo taken at 3 pm EST Saturday, February 9, 2013 shows a very hurricane-like storm. The storm had undergone a process known as "occlusion", which trapped a shallow area of warm air near the center. These "warm air seclusions" are not uncommon in intense wintertime extratropical storms, and Nemo was not very hurricane-like in structure, despite the appearance of this satellite image. Image credit: NASA/GSFC.
Climate change impact on Nor'easters: an increased storm surge threat
We should not be surprised to see climate change causing significant changes in the frequency and intensity of Nor'easters, since the atmosphere is undergoing great changes in its circulation patterns and moisture content that will affect all storms. As I wrote in my post, The future of intense winter storms, climate models predict that intense winter storms will become more common globally, and will shift closer to the poles. However, in the Atlantic, intense Nor'easters affecting the U.S. are not predicted to increase in number (but several studies predict an increase in intense winter storms for Northwest Europe.) The number of intense Nor'easters affecting the Northeast U.S. has not increased in recent decades, according to several studies. This analysis is supported by the fact that wintertime wave heights recorded during the period 1975 - 2005 by the three buoys along the central U.S. Atlantic coast showed little change (Komar and Allan, 2008). The damage potential from the storm surges associated with Nor'easters and hurricanes in New England is steadily increasing, though, due to global warming.
Figure 2. Surf from the infamous blizzard of 1978 pounds the coast of Scituate, Massachusetts on February 9, 1978. The storm brought Boston's highest water level on record. Hurricane Sandy brought a higher storm surge to Boston, but the storm hit when the tide was going out, and thus did not set a record high water mark. Image credit: NOAA Photo Library.
An increased storm surge threat for Boston
Of the top ten water levels measured in Boston Harbor since 1921 (all due to Nor'easters), all but one of these events occurred during the the second half of that 92-year period. That's due to rising sea levels. The official top ten storm tides since 1921 at the Boston tide gauge, relative to high tide (Mean Higher High Water, MHHW):
1. 4.82' - February 7, 1978 (Blizzard of 1978)
2. 3.92' - January 2, 1987
3. 3.86' - October 30, 1991 (Perfect Storm)
4. 3.76' - January 28, 1979
5. 3.75' - December 12, 1992
6. 3.70' - December 12, 1959
7. 3.62' - February 2, 1972
8. 3.52' - April 4, 2007
9. 3.51' - May 5, 2005
10. 3.43' - December 12, 2010
Sea level at the Boston tide gauge has risen about a foot (.25 meters) since records began in 1921. Most of that rise is due to the expansion of ocean waters due to global warming, plus increased melting from glaciers and icecaps. According to an excellent analysis by Andrew Freedman of Climate Central, continued sea level rise in Boston will increase the odds of a 1-in-100 year coastal storm surge flood by a factor of 2.5 by the year 2030. Even given the low end of sea level rise scenarios, and without assuming any changes in storms, 1-in-10-year coastal flooding events in the Northeast could triple by 2100, occurring roughly once every 3 years, simply in response to higher sea levels (Tebaldi et al. 2012). Nemo arrives just days after a report the nonprofit Boston Harbor Alliance warned of the region's growing vulnerability to such storm surge events. The report found that coastal flooding of 5 feet above the current average high tide--a 1-in-100 year flood--would inundate 6.6 percent of the city of Boston. At 7.5 feet above the current average high tide, more than 30 percent of Boston could be flooded, the study found. Boston has gotten lucky two storms in row now--both Hurricane Sandy (storm surge of 4.57') and Winter Storm Nemo (storm surge of 4.21') brought their peak surge near low tide, so the water level during these storms did not make the top-ten list, even though these were two of the four highest storm surges ever measured in Boston. Mr. Burt comments, "it is a bit unsettling that two of the most significant storms in the past 300 years to strike the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. have occurred within just four months from one another." Rising sea levels are already making coastal living at low elevations an increasingly precarious proposition in the Northeast. If Sandy and Nemo are harbingers of a new era of stronger storms for the Northeast U.S., the double-whammy combination of bigger storm surges riding in on higher sea levels will make abandoning higher-risk portions of the coast a necessity.
Figure 3. Severe beach erosion on Plum Island, MA, observed on February 10, 2013, in the wake of Winter Storm Nemo. It was lucky the peak storm surge hit near low tide, or else the coastal damage would have been far more severe. Image credit: Mike Seidel.
Figure 4. Sea level at the Boston tide gauge from 1921 - 2011 shows 2.77 mm/year of rise, or .98 feet (.25 meters) in 91 years. Image credit: NOAA Tides and Currents.
Links and references
My blog post, The future of intense winter storms
My blog post, Heavy snowfall in a warming world
Andrew Freedman of Climate Central's post, Blizzard of 2013 Brings Another Threat: Coastal Flooding
Joe Romm of climateprogress.org has a post, Climate Change and Winter Storm Nemo that has an excellent discussion of how climate change has modified the environment within which storms form, increasing their potential to cause heavy precipitation events.
Komar, P.D. and J.C. Allan, 2008: Increasing hurricane-generated wave heights along the U.S. East coast and their climate controls. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(2), 479-488.
Tebaldi, C., B.H. Strauss, and C.E. Zervas, 2012: Modelling sea level rise impacts on storm surges along US coasts. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 014032
Tom Niziol has an interesting post showing why Connecticut got so much snow from the storm: Northeast snow storm--the pivot point
Lee Grenci discusses how the two winter systems that combined to create the mighty snowstorm didn't really merge, but instead rotated around each other: Looming Snowstorm and the Fujiwhara.
Jeff Masters
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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"According to a posting at the official Ozzfest web site, Ozzy Osbourne will be making a "big announcement" this Friday, May 14 via the first OzTV episode of Ozzfest 2004. Although presently unconfirmed, it is believed that the announcement will consist of the official confirmation of BLACK SABBATH as the headliners of this year's festival, which is scheduled to kick off July 10 in Hartford, Connecticut."
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12.34: Human Causes of Extinction
Why are these polar bears threatened?
These polar bears are threatened because of global warming. They depend on the sea ice for their hunting grounds, and this ice is melting away. Plus bears have to make a longer and more hazardous journey to get to the remaining ice.
Other Causes of Extinction
In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution, and over-population.
Global Warming
Another major cause of extinction is global warming. During the past century, the Earth's average temperature has risen by almost 1°C (about 1.3°F). You may not think that is significant, but to organisms that live in the wild and are constantly adapting to their environments, any climate change can be hazardous. Recall that burning fossil fuels releases gasses into the atmosphere that warm the earth. Our increased use of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, is changing the earth's climate. Any long-term change in the climate can destroy the habitat of a species. Even a brief change in climate may be too stressful for an organism to survive. For example, if the seas increase in temperature, even briefly, it may be too warm for certain types of fish to reproduce.
Pollution adds chemicals, noise, heat, or even light to an environment. This can have many different harmful effects on all kinds of organisms. For example, the pesticide DDT nearly eliminated the peregrine falcon in some parts of the world. This pesticide caused falcons to lay eggs with thinner shells. As a result, fewer falcon eggs survived to hatching. Populations of peregrine falcons declined rapidly. DDT was then banned in the U.S. and peregrine falcon populations have recovered.
Water pollution threatens vital freshwater and marine resources throughout the world (Figure below). Specifically, industrial and agricultural chemicals, waste, and acid rain threaten water. As water is essential for all ecosystems, water pollution can result in the extinction of species.
A bird that was the victim of an oil spill. About 58,000 gallons of oil spilled from a South Korea-bound container ship when it struck a tower supporting the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in dense fog in November, 2007.
Finally, soil contamination can also result in extinction. Soil contamination can come from toxic industrial and municipal wastes (Figure below), salts from irrigation, and pesticides from agriculture. These all degrade the soil as well. As soil is the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems, this can result in extinction.
Soil contamination caused by petrochemical products.
Human Overpopulation
Human populations are on the rise. The human population passed the 7 billion mark in October of 2011, and will pass 8 and 9 billion probably before the middle of the century. All these people will need resources such as places to live, food to eat, and water to drink, and they will use energy and create waste. Essentially, human population growth can effect all other causes of extinction. For example, more people on the Earth means more people contributing to global warming and pollution. More people also means more clearing of land for agriculture and development. Recall that development by humans often causes habitats to be destroyed. This destruction can force species to go extinct, or move somewhere else.
- acid rain: Low-pH precipitation that forms when air pollution combines with water.
- climate: Typical weather in an area over a long period of time.
- fossil fuels: Remains of long-dead organisms that now serves as an energy source, such as as oil, coal, or natural gas.
- global warming: The global rise in Earth's temperature due to increases of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.
- Global climate change is a major cause of extinctions.
- Pollution of chemicals, noise, heat, or even light to an environment can be harmful to organisms.
Use the resource below to answer the questions that follow.
- Wildlife Response To Climate Change from USGS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYeT70AuLaw (7:41)
- How has the checkerspot butterfly responded to changes in climate?
- What has caused some checkerspot butterfly populations to become isolated? What affect has this isolation had on these populations? How do you think this situation affects the chances of the checkerspot butterfly species going extinct?
- Why may lowering stressors on ecosystems other than climate change help the ecosystems deal with climate change? How could this help speciation?
- How could the high human population growth rate drive further extinctions of plants and animals?
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Dimensions Height: 9.1-18 m. (30-60 ft.)
Diameter: up to 1.5 m. (5 ft.).
Habitat Mountains.
Range California, Rocky Mountains, Southwest.
Discussion Great Basin bristlecone pine has the longest life span of any nonclonal species in the world. The oldest known living Great Basin bristlecone pine had 4,862 countable annual rings when it was cut on Wheeler Peak in 1974. Downed trees in the White Mountains lived over 5,000 years before they fell. The oldest living organism known is a bristlecone pine tree nicknamed "Methuselah". Located in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of eastern California; its precise location undisclosed to protect the tree. Three closely related species of bristlecone pine:
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RE:Great Gift Idea!
For those who are interested, the (I think it's a Borders) on 132 in Hyannis had some signed copies when I was in there the week after Thanksgiving. Lot's of great statistical and functional info as seen through the eyes of an avid SWFF.
I also pickd up a copy of a book "Whitefish Can't Jump" by Thomas E. Donell Jr which was a very fun read.....
RE:Great Gift Idea!
The Fisherman's Ocean
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Great Gift Idea!
Great Gift Idea!
The preverbal question, "What do I buy a fisherman this time of year."
If your like those of us who have been around, the question becomes a difficult one. With newbies the field of gifts is pretty wide open. What we all have in common, regardless of our experience. is the success of our fishing trips. Knowing about fish behavior and their environment becomes paramount to all of us. Do we ever know enough on the subject?
There's a wealth of information and facts in a Book titled, "The Fisherman's Ocean," written by Dr. David Ross. A very well written, informative source, you will spend hours reading for your enjoyment. The book is a great source to refer to when all other tactics fail.
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There was a whole lot of zealous hand-clapping going on at the Paradise on Monday night -- and much of it was coming from the guys onstage. That night, all five members of the headlining band sported name tags pasted to their upper left thighs that announced, "Hello, my name is: Rogue Wave." Those badges might as well have read: "Hello, my name is: Super Stoked to Be Here," because clearly, they were. Boston was Rogue Wave's first stop on their first tour in almost two years; they kicked things off here just one day before their new album, Permalight, hit stores on March 2. Rogue Wave bounded onstage with what can only be called sheer delight, greeting the crowd like old friends they were pleasantly surprised to run into.
Lead singer and adroit crowd schmoozer Zach Rogue faced his fans with a grin that stayed in place for the entire two-hour show. They opened with "Stars and Stripes," a track off Permalight that was almost jarring in its unexpectedly poppy, chorus-driven sound. It soon became very clear that Permalight marks a drastic departure from the band's signature brand of atmospherically melancholy rock-- which is sort of a shame, because it's a sound Rogue Wave does well. But considering the rough breaks they've been dealt lately (drummer Pat Spurgeon has suffered from debilitating kidney problems; Rogue was temporarily bed-ridden after enduring two slipped discs in his neck; their friend and former bass player, Evan Farrell, died tragically in an apartment fire), one can hardly fault Rogue Wave for trying to infuse their music with a little sweetness and light. The first five songs the band cranked out -- all pulled from their just-dropped new album -- were marked by buoyant hooks and a distinctively beach-rock vibe. And the crowd quickly warmed to the new material, no doubt spurred on by Rogue's infectiously positive energy.
During a pause between songs, a girl in the back recesses of the club screamed out, "Show us your tits!" Rogue countered, "Where were you in high school?" In Catholic school, it turns out. Upon hearing her answer, he grinned and said, "See, in high school, I couldn't get any because girls wouldn't give me any ... and you couldn't get any because God wouldn't let you!" The crowd laughed as he lamented: "And never the twain shall meet." Props to Rogue for somehow using the word "twain" in conversation without sounding like a complete douche, and further props to the band for then rewarding the attentive audience by playing a succession of old favorites -- including "Bird on a Wire," "Lake Michigan," and "Love's Lost Guarantee" -- off Descended Like Vultures and Asleep at Heaven's Gate.
The band hit their stride mid-show, at their best when drawing upon older material. Rogue and guitarist Dominic East bopped around the stage with unbridled glee for the entire show, while Steve Taylor (a solo artist who's been playing the keyboard and the guitorgan for the band since mid-summer) manned the electric ivories while throwing back beers. At one point, the band jammed out for a spell, hitting amps and mic stands with drumsticks and clapping in time while Taylor put his collection of beer bottles to good use, blowing into the empties (and "tuning" the half-empties with measured sips) for accompaniment.
The boys came back onstage for a medley of encores, pulled from albums new and old. Rogue described their final song of the evening, "Permalight," as an ode to "feeling really good about the present ... which I am feeling really good about." To illustrate the point, Rogue beckoned audience members onstage. "I want to make it a dance party!" he said, as about 20 kids clambered aboard. That it was, albeit an extremely awkward dance party, replete with aimless hand-waving and jerky hip movements. Nonetheless, everyone up there -- musicians and uncoordinated dancers alike -- seemed to be feeling pretty fine. Mission accomplished, Rogue.
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Mi hunting applications, rules and regs are clear as mud.
You got that right. The Dept. of Rules, Regulations and Restrictions is all over it. I'm fairly sure it's intentional to limit the harvest.
I recently attended a seminar conducted by Al Stewart, the Michigan DNR head turkey biologist. He revealed that the MI turkey hunter success rate last year was 38%, the highest in the country and way above the national average of 20%. Part of the reason is that MI turkey numbers are at an all time high and should level off in a few years, but harvesting at that continued rate would cause a problem in just a few years. Hence the mud.


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Having trouble understanding W3AF Pen-Test Results
While I am not a frequent poster around here, I am a frequent "lurker" and have enjoyed the generous contributions from forum members here.
I finally have a question of my own, and have searched the boards here, unable to find an answer to my specific question. So, here goes....
I have been asked to conduct a Penetration Test on a friend's website. I have his full consent to go "whole hog" in order to find potential vulnerabilities. He is aware of my knowledge level (strong theory, little hands on experience with Pen-Testing). He hopes that this project will bring me some much needed experience.
We decided to use W3af for our pen-test. Now that we have made our first attempt with W3af, we have now encountered the dilemma of how to read and interpret the results.
I am signed up with the W3af mailing list and I have asked this same question there. While the people there were helpful, I was unable to come across any solid resources on how to understand the actual results spat out by W3af.
I am a Windows user migrating over to Linux. I have limited Linux experience, but hope to change this around very soon. Lastly, I just want to point out that when we did the first W3af Pen-Test, we chose the most generic settings available. In fact, I think we just went with full defaults set and let it run for awhile. If this is a silly thing to do, I would appreciate the head's up on this. We are completely clueless!
A brief sample of our results generated by first W3af attempt (IP has been blanked out for privacy reasons):
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:11:17 AM UTC] Found a new virtual host at the target web server, the virtual host name is: "webmail.example.com". To access this site you might need to change your DNS resolution settings in order to point "webmail.example.com" to the IP address of "example.com". This vulnerability was found in the request with id 269.
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:02 AM UTC] Fingerprinted this host as a Microsoft Windows system. This information was found in the requests with ids 377 and 378.
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:02 AM UTC] A robots.txt file was found at: "http://example.com/robots.txt". This information was found in the request with id 379.
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:21 AM UTC] The target site *has* a DNS wildcard configuration. This information was found in the request with id 450.
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:21 AM UTC] The contents of http://xx.xxx.xx.xx/ differ from the contents of http://example.com/. This information was found in the request with id 451.
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:19:17 AM UTC] The URL "http://example.com/music/" has the following allowed methods: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS,
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:42 AM UTC] : 2 real server(s)
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[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:42 AM UTC]
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:42 AM UTC] server 1: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.15 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/18.104.22.16835
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:12:42 AM UTC]
[Sun 04 Apr 2010 05:19:17 AM UTC] The URL: "http://example.com/pqd_dl.php" has an object tag.----------------------------------------------------------------------
And on and on it goes. The site consists mainly of PHP files. This site uses shared hosting. W3af was able to locate a few files and folders that were not intended for public viewing or use. This is very concerning. At this point, we just want to be able to decipher a very detailed log out out by W3af. Any insight is GREATLY appreciated!
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Gonorrhea is caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Any type of sex can spread gonorrhea. You can get it through contact with the mouth, vagina, penis, or anus.
The bacteria grow in warm, moist areas of the body. This can include the tube that carries urine out of the body (urethra). In women, the bacteria may be found in the reproductive tract (which includes the fallopian tubes, uterus, and cervix). The bacteria can also grow in the eyes.
Health care providers are required by law to tell the State Board of Health about all cases of gonorrhea. The goal of this law is make sure the patient gets proper follow-up care. Sexual partners also need to be found and tested.
You are more likely to develop this infection if:
Symptoms of gonorrhea usually appear 2 - 5 days after infection. However, it may take up to a month for symptoms to appear in men.
Some people do not have symptoms. They may not know that they have caught the infection, so do not seek treatment. This increases the risk of complications and the chances of passing the infection on to another person.
Symptoms in men include:
Symptoms in women can be very mild. They can be mistaken for another type of infection. They include:
If the infection spreads to the bloodstream, symptoms include:
Gonorrhea can be quickly detected by looked at a sample of discharge or tissue under the microscope. This is called a gram stain. This method is fast, but it is not the most certain.
Cultures (cells that grow in a lab dish) provide proof of gonorrhea.
DNA tests are useful for screening. The ligase chain reaction (LCR) testis one of the tests. DNA tests are quicker than cultures. These tests can be performed on urine samples, which are easier to collect than samples from the genital area.
If you have gonorrhea, you should ask to be tested for other sexually transmitted infections, including chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV. If you are a woman age 21 or older, you should be sure you have had a recent Pap smear.
A number of different antibiotics may be used for treating this type of infection.
About half of the women with gonorrhea are also infected with chlamydia. Chlamydia is treated at the same time as a gonorrhea infection.
You will need a follow-up visit 7 days after if your symptoms included joint pain, skin rash, or more severe pelvic or belly pain is present. Tests will be done to make sure the infection is gone.
Sexual partners must be tested and treated to prevent passing the infection back and forth. You and your partner must finish all of the antibiotics. Use condoms until you both have finished taking your antibiotics.
All sexual contacts of the person with gonorrhea should be contacted and tested. This helps prevent further spread of the infection.
A gonorrhea infection that has not spread can almost always be cured with antibiotics. Gonorrhea that has spread is a more serious infection. Most of the time, it gets better with treatment.
Complications in women may include:
Complications in men may include:
Call your health care provider right away if you have symptoms of gonorrhea. Most state-sponsored clinics will diagnose and treat STIs without charge.
Avoiding sexual contact is the only sure way to prevent gonorrhea. If you and your partner do not have sex with any other persons, this can greatly reduce your chance also.
Safe sex means taking steps before and during sex that can prevent you from getting an infection, or from giving one to your partner.
Ash your healthcare provider if you should receive the hepatitis B vaccine-link and the HPV vaccine-link.
Shrestha RK, Englund K. Infectious disease. In: Carey WD, ed. Cleveland Clinic: Current Clinical Medicine 2010. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:section 8.
Workowski KA, Berman S; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Dec 17;59(RR-12):1-110.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for Gonorrhea: Recommendation Statement. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2005. Accessed April 17, 2011.
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