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NYSERDA contract to support BU data center research
Over the next two years, researchers at Binghamton University and partnered institutions will help protect life by optimizing the work of data centers. A $437,270 two-year project backed by a $247,533 contract from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will help improve the design, energy efficiency and information-processing efficacy of such centers.
Just now approaching adolescence, data centers have become the heart and central nervous system of the information age. Thousands of data centers all process information critically important to much that drives our daily lives from world financial markets, and government and military operations, to business and industry, worldwide shipping and transportation, health and human services, and entertainment even organized athletics and religion. Without these data storage and processing strongholds, the Internet, for example, would be reduced to a network where end users would share sketchy information available to few and meaningful to even fewer.
The project, "Optimizing Airflow Management Protocols in New York Data Centers," will team researchers at the University, Georgia Tech, Lawrence Berkley Labs and IBM to survey, model, and test design improvements to an existing Manhattan data center, in hopes of devising new design strategies to employ the world over.
Peter R. Smith, NYSERDA's president, said the project is one of several high-tech, but fundamentally important, research projects sponsored by the public benefit corporation. "These data centers are high electric-demand nerve centers whose utility service is large," Smith said. "They require stable and secure electric power for machine operation and cooling. Considering New York's prime financial center role, NYSERDA seeks to find ways to serve these centers efficiently and securely, and then replicate those designs at universities and other large computing power centers around New York."
Bahgat Sammakia, BU interim vice president for research and director of the Integrated Electronics Engineering Center, has spent much of his career working to improve thermal management strategies in electronics packaging by devising ways to keep computers and other electronics cool. He believes improvements to the data centers on the order of 20 to 25 percent are "very doable."
To reach that goal, University researchers will build numerical, computer models of the Manhattan data center during the project's first year. Their models will then be used to enhance the ability to predict the efficacy of design changes proposed throughout the remainder of the project.
Researchers at Georgia Tech will confirm modeling accuracy by building an actual room at scale and taking appropriate measurements. In year two, researchers will take measurements in the actual data center and will write a design guide to help improve energy efficiency in all data centers. IBM, an established leader in energy metrics, will mentor modeling and measurements, while Lawrence Berkley Labs, a prominent name in data center research and design in California, will help benchmark the Manhattan data center.


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Each Site of the Month interview offer insights and ideas from the creators and developers of projects accepted into the PRIMO database. The PRIMO database, which showcases exemplary online instruction materials, is maintained by the PRIMO Committee of the Instruction Section.
June 2015: Research Success Tutorials
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State lawmakers reject Circus World plan
Historical site won't get more money
MADISON, Wis. - State lawmakers have rejected a suggested state takeover of Circus World Museum, but they also aren't giving the historical site any more money.
The legislature's budget-writing committee was considering a provision in Gov. Scott Walker's budget Tuesday that would have handed control of the museum from a private foundation to the State Historical Society, along with nearly $2.5 million and 10 state positions. Instead, lawmakers voted unanimously to remove the provision, allowing the foundation to continue to raise money on its own to fund operations at the site.
"The governor felt this proposal was the best option for sustaining the historic site and its collection, while maintaining accountability over the proposed state investment," said Walker's spokesperson, Tom Evenson, in an email to WISC-TV.
"I don't believe there is a level of comfort in either caucus with continuing to make investments in something that even the organization themselves says is questionable," said Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette and co-chair of the finance committee. "If they're going to make it, they have to make it on their own."
Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, proposed an alternative that would have allowed the foundation to stay in control, but give the museum a half a million dollars in funding and loans if they could raise that much money themselves.
"I think it is an important site to have in the state of Wisconsin," said Olsen. "We spend money on history in this state, and this is just one site we've been lucky enough for years we haven't had to, but now we do."
Other lawmakers on the committee disagreed, and voted down that motion 4-12.
"I think there's a legitimate question to be had about who is running the place and who can do that better, but why either option requires the state to hand over millions of dollars to buy a circus seems ill-timed at best," said Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine.
In the end, lawmakers voted 16-0 to remove the provision entirely from the budget. Circus World officials said they will find other ways to make the show go on.
"It wasn't exactly what we were planning as the outcome," said Steve Freese, executive director of Circus World Museum. "It goes back to what our board was saying, that we need to work with the Historical Society to develop a plan and take it to the administration so we will be able to come together on this."
Freese said the museum needs more flexibility to keep non-historical items like vehicles or maintenance equipment to serve as collateral for loans to get through the off-season, rather than handing over ownership of all assets as required by state law.
He said he will ask his board and the Historical Society board to begin discussions on that in the next two weeks.
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Bush impeachment is topic, March 8
Posted February 28, 2007; 05:39 p.m.
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman, who participated in impeachment hearings on President Nixon, will argue a case for the impeachment of President Bush in a lecture set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Holtzman's lecture is titled "George W. Bush: High Crimes and Misdemeanors?" She is the co-author, with Cynthia Cooper, of "The Impeachment of George W. Bush," which argues that Bush misled the country in pursuing the war in Iraq and engaged in other impeachable offenses.
Holtzman represented New York in Congress from 1973 to 1981 and was a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of Nixon. She is a former Brooklyn district attorney and currently practices law in New York City.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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7 Vegetarian School Lunch Box Ideas for Kids
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Elvis Sandwich
Some kids are sandwich obsessed and would happily chomp on PB & J every day of the week. Add some variety to their diet by introducing some equally tasty PB & J alternatives. Try swapping the type of bread you use for example – maybe whole wheat one day and then rosemary with flax seeds another. You can also try some variations that won't rock the boat too much – like adding avocados to a grilled cheese sandwich or making a vegetarian Elvis sandwich. Spread nut butter on one or two pieces of bread. On one piece, add slices of banana. Drizzle with honey and add the other slice. If you've got a Panini press, now's the time to use it! The traditional Elvis sandwich also included slices of bacon, so you can substitute some veggie bacon for adventurous eaters.
Yogurt Parfait
Yogurt is a popular lunchtime choice, but it is not usually enough to fuel your tot for the rest of the day. That can be easily remedied by making a yogurt parfait. Choose one of the unsweetened (or less sweetened) options out there, such as So Delicious's Plain Cultured Coconut Milk Yogurt. Then add fresh fruit such as bananas and blueberries. Add a layer of granola on top (and on the bottom if you like), preferably one made with nuts. My favorite homemade granola version (from Vegan Soul Kitchen) uses coconut oil and almonds, which both contain healthy fats to keep your child's hunger satisfied.
Veggie Sushi
Vegetable sushi is available at most grocery stores now, but you can personalize it with your child's favorite veggies at home (and it's also a lot less expensive than store-bought versions). Making hand rolls is especially easy. Another fun option is inari, which is simply a soybean wrapper stuffed with rice. For those mornings when assembling and rolling sushi is not happening, have the makings of a deconstructed sushi bowl on hand. The night before: prepare some rice and toss with a minimal amount of sesame oil or brown rice vinegar to keep rice from sticking and clumping together. Cube some seasoned tofu, and thinly slice carrots, cucumbers, red peppers, and any other veggies your child will chomp on. Throw it all in a container and drizzle some teriyaki sauce on top along with strips of nori.
Sometimes we find ourselves without a lunch centerpiece, or what we call an "Odds and Ends Lunch." On those days, declare your child's lunch tapas-style. Kids love finger foods and being able to pick and choose, so give them a little sampling of some delectable treats. Try containers of chopped olives, hummus, cucumber and carrot spears, sun-dried or regular chopped tomatoes, and a dinner roll, pita chips, or part of a baguette. Kids will get a kick out of assembling their own foods, and they also can nibble some of the offerings as a snack if they can't wait until lunchtime!
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Saturday, March 2, 2013 (All day)
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Grow a mullet or sport a wig for a five- or 10-mile race along the scenic trails of the Mullet Hall Equestrian Center at John's Island Country Park. Afterward, enjoy beverages and live music as well as an awards ceremony—where not only the fastest racers, but also the best mullets are honored. Registration ends March 1. Participants ages 10-15 must be accompanied by an adult. Mullet Hall Equestrian Center, 2662 Mullet Hall Rd., John's Island. Saturday, 10am. Five-mile run: $34; $28 member; 10-mile run: $44; $36 member. (843)768-5867, www.ccprc.com


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starting safety for Alabama Ha Ha Clinton Dix suspended for violating team rules...was projected as the top safety in the NFL draft
In all seriousness, it's certainly not good when one of your upperclassmen is getting suspended for any reason. They are supposed to be the ones keeping the knucklehead underclassmen out of trouble.
Steve Wyatt
HR Belle's Rolling Big Rig MH "Jimmy"
Last Saturday, thr receivers were wide open. The fact is both defenses suck.
Finally, last year, everyone knew that the Irish really sucked. Almost every victory was eked out at the last moment. Their entry in the national championships is a product of a failed system that ranks so many SEC Teams so high
Aggies have a bye week so I can relax.
Wayne Nutt
Go Nutts with dog training
HRCH Patton's Parker Co. Shadow "Shadow"
HRCH Clineline Hijacker "Jack"
HRCH Marks a Lot Midnight Hudson, SH "Hudson" RIP (5/26/01-6/18/15)
Castile Creeks Rawhide, MH "Rowdy"
as for the "ordinations", remind me who the AP ordained in the preseason of 2012? was it an sec team? nope, the constant, west coast, good God we media members wish someone would beat an sec team, bias, ranked the mighty university of southern california trojans #1 in the pre season of 2012. alabama may not be, in truth and fact the best team in the nation at this particular time.....but they have sure taught the poll voters not to make complete fools of themselves by voting someone else ahead of them!
when the scores are 9 to 6 (lsu beating alabama in 2011) the "offenses are pitiful" or "it's so boring". when the scores are 44 to 41(georgia beeating lsu) or 49 to 42(alabama beating ta&m) no one says the quarterbacks, recievers and running backs are the most significant conference grouping in history, just the "defenses suck".
just one question to help clarify how good sec offenses are this year:
q: what is the most significant accomplishment of the sec's fourth best quarterback?
a: two bcs title wins!!!!!!
"TO BE THE MAN.......YOU GOTTA BEAT THE MAN! WOOOOOOO!"-Nature Boy Rick Flair kiss the rings and live with it schaffer!
john mccallie
I couldn't help but notice that you skipped right over the question about OSU's schedule. According to everybody I have heard speak about it, the only real challenge they have all year is Michigan.
I think it's funny that everybody else now complains that the SEC has teams ranked high just because and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It hasn't been that long ago that we all thought if OSU, Michigan, and Notre Dame could fog a mirror they would be in the Top 10. The SEC has won a couple championships lately, on the field, so there is that.
I also wonder how all the folks who are trying to "structure" the new playoff system to make sure 2 SEC teams won't make it will feel when the inevitable down cycle occurs and their rules exclude a deserving Big 10/11/whatever it is now team or God forbid Notre Dame.
Steve Wyatt
HR Belle's Rolling Big Rig MH "Jimmy"
Steve Wyatt
HR Belle's Rolling Big Rig MH "Jimmy"
Someone, remind me which Conference has dominated the first two rounds of the NFL Draft over the last 15 years And, how many D players were drafted from LSU, UGA and Bama in the last NFL Draft?
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke


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02-14-2013, 05:08 AM #1Junior Member Guppy
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Moving in the future, am I crazy?
Hi all. I go to a big marine bio school (not a marine biologist though!), live at the beach, and work at an aquarium on the weekend...It has finally gotten to me and I want to start a small aquarium for myself.
I've been doing research and I am definitely going freshwater, I am thinking 20 gallons. I have a large budget, but of course would like to keep costs down as much as possible.
I am really interested in doing a planted aquarium. I think this would be much more fun and look much nicer than plastic stuff.
According to my research, I was planning on putting a small group of Danios, a small group of Barbs/something else peaceful and good for a community aquarium, and possible a cory/an invert or two.
Here is the kicker, I am moving a couple of hours away in about half a year. I am worried about moving everything. How much of a nightmare am I setting myself up for with moving a 20 gallon planted aquarium with 10 or so small fish in it? (I know I would obviously have to drain it and have to put the fish in bags and such)
Also while I am being an annoying forum noob:
Should i get an acrylic tank or glass tank?
Welcome to AC!
The type of tank you get is up to you. Acrylic is usually more clear, but also more expensive. Acrylic is sealed differently and more seamlessly than glass, which uses silicone. They'll both require bracing, etc.
If you're doing a planted tank, you'll probably have more fun doing a 20 gallon long, since that'll give you more surface area to plant/scape. This will give you more options on fish choice, as well.
Are you nuts for getting one, setting it up and stocking it prior to moving in 6 months? Probably, but who cares, right? Moving a 20gal (tall or long) won't be that big a deal, since it'll be relatively light (when drained), and you won't have that many fish. I say go for it. =]
Since you're going for planted, it's a good thing you have a big budget. ;P As soon as you get into this hobby, you start figuring out exactly what you need. You'll start buying things you never thought of before and wouldn't you know it, you just dropped $200 on a 10gal tank that cost you $13. Well worth it, though, if you ask me. Very fun, relaxing (usually depends on your personality) hobby which keeps you thinking. You'll never stop learning once you start.
Danios & Cherry Barbs sound great. If you're going to get a Cory, you'll need to add several more, since they're a schooling fish. I don't think you'll regret it, though. They're quite interesting. Inverts are great, because they have such low bio-load and definitely add a little flare to your tank.
If you have any questions, just let us know. That's what we're here for. =]Adventures in Aquaria - The KevinVA Story
When in doubt, ask yourself... W.W.L.S (What would Lee Say)?
Have a fish problem? Fill out and post this completed questionnaire in the General Aquarium Forum, when you start a new thread.
Even a 20 gallon long is only 60cm wide. Personally I'd consider it a bit small for danios. You could do barbs or rasboras.
Planting can be as expensive as you want it to be. Best thing would be to find one or two local fishkeepers that do planted tanks and see about getting some cuttings.
Don't skimp on the lights. When you go tank shopping try to find something that comes with a hood with dual T5 lights over the entire length. T8 is an acceptable alternative if you want to go for something more dimly lit Asian style.
One tip for me. Plan! Sketch, look at pictures, get inspired. Sketch some more and only then start buying and building
Many people have moved their set-ups a few hours drive away without any looses. Even tho it puts the fish under extra stress, It can be done safely. It will take extra effort on your part, and maybe a little extra expense as well.
As long as you are prepared to put in that extra effort, I would not see a problem if you set-up your tank before or after you moved.If you take your time to do the research FIRST, you can successfully set-up and keep ANY type of aquarium with ease.
"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo
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Given your excellent situation, I am willing to bet you can get a hold of plants for the tank for pennies, if not free.
Given that, I would research precisely what kind of fish I wanted, and then get a tank that suits their needs, instead of getting a tank and looking for fish that suit it. Far too often, the latter results in boredom and walking away from the hobby. It is also difficult to change themes, say from some rasboras to a predator tank... and then discovering your tank is too small for the fish you REALLY want.
As for moving... the best tool for a 2-3 hour trip is a clean cooler. Ask for the details about a month before you move and I am certain you will get the advice you need to make it fairly painless.Looks about 40 Gallon Tank
Betta, Buenos Aires Tetra, Neon Tetra, Harlequin Rasbora, and Otocinclus
Wisteria, Amazon Sword, Java Fern, and my unstoppable Trumpet Snail Army
Looks about 75 Gallon Tank
Wet and Empty; thinking Scalare, Corydoras, Otocinclus
02-14-2013, 07:45 PM #6Junior Member Guppy
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I like you idea of the 20 long. I have seen a lot of setups that are very dense and basically looks like a messy jungle. I don't want that. I'm liking the ones that are more open. Thank for for the advice on the cory.
Ok, some more questions for you guys because you are so helpful.
1. I am worried about breeding. I never really had the idea of putting groups of fish in an aquarium before I recently started doing my research. I have read a lot about the fish breeding. I definitely do not want to have to mess with ending up with 20 new fish in my aquarium after a couple months. What is the best way for me to do this? I know its hard to stop, but I read for instance that it is basically impossible for Amano shrimp to breed in an aquarium, so I am definitely looking at those. Are there any fish like this that basically will not breed/be able to breed in this setup? Can I get all of one sex for the groups of fish if I was to get the Danios/Barbs? Have I been mislead to think that putting a group containing males/females in my tank, I am going to end up with a ton of fish?
2. What fish would be good to put in solo/two of in this community tank.
3. I have no idea how many fish I should put in here. Say like we were discussing I got a group of Danios, and group of Barbs, a group of Corys, and a couple shrimp. How many Danios/Barbs/Corys would you suggest getting?
Asking a foreigner where to go shopping is a bit pointless. Over here chain stores are often decent enough for hardware but not very good for livestock.
If you keep barbs or other cyprinids and you don't take any special care of fry the population growth will be extremely slow.
Red cherry shrimp can breed and will but they're very easy to sell on.
2. What fish would be good to put in solo/two of in this community tank.
3. I have no idea how many fish I should put in here. Say like we were discussing I got a group of Danios, and group of Barbs, a group of Corys, and a couple shrimp. How many Danios/Barbs/Corys would you suggest getting?
Another and possibly more realistic option, go a few degrees cooler, get 8 white cloud minnows and 6 Corydoras paleatus. Set the heater to 21c, 70f. Make sure there's some flow in there. Get a few 3-4 inch pebbles, some oak leaf. Plant an amazon sword in one corner and some tall plants in clutches here and there. rotala rotundifolia would do well.
Danios are minnows that like fast moving water and lots of room to swim. A 20 Gallon tank isn't going to provide that... even a long. You would really want a tank closer to 4' long and 2' wide. I believe that is the 55ish gallon territory. And that is for the smaller zebra danios... larger species like giant danios probably need more... I don't really know that much about danios, so I might be slightly off. but, I doubt I am off by much.
If you are liking the active swimmer part of the danio, but need a fish that fits within your 20 gallon long proposed set up, you might want to look at the Harlequin Rasbora (Rasbora Hetromorphia or some such spelling). I believe dutchie mentioned them above. The are active swimmers with great color... bigger is better, but I am sure they would be OK in a 20gL.
Bracing is the metal or plastic you see at the edges, top, and bottom of the tank. Regardless of the material, you are going to have these. Some people get the idea of gleaming crystal stacks of water where the tank is invisible when looking at acryllic. These exist, but they cost more than is sane.
Most fish eat eggs and fry... to the point that you have to try, very hard, to have babies. Avoid guppies and a lot of cichlid species if you don't want fry, and you are fine.
Tanks, filters, and other such things are easily gotten online, or in box stores, from WalMart and Costco to PetSmart and PetCo. They usually have excellent prices for the same things you would pay more at LFS. Basically, get the hardware wherever it is cheapest, the gear is usually the exact same. It's the living stuff that you have to try to find a reputable source, or play with the hand you are dealt.Looks about 40 Gallon Tank
Betta, Buenos Aires Tetra, Neon Tetra, Harlequin Rasbora, and Otocinclus
Wisteria, Amazon Sword, Java Fern, and my unstoppable Trumpet Snail Army
Looks about 75 Gallon Tank
Wet and Empty; thinking Scalare, Corydoras, Otocinclus
Rasbora heteromorpha.. that's a name from the early days. These days the three similar species are moved to Trigonostigma . (I've got espei myself but Trigonostigma heteromorpha is more commonly sold in the USA I think).
Good option. It likes a longer tank but will easily adapt to a 20 long. You could house 8 of those. Plant mainly on the back and sides to leave a lot of swimming space. Add 6 cories and you've got a nice mix and you're not stocked so high that there's no room for error.
If you choose to go with an acrylic tank odds are good it will be cheaper online than at a store. Plus no stores around me stock it since it is more money. A couple places online to look are petsmart.com and fishtankdirect.com. If you go with the second site you can have them customize it with either a blue or black back panel for not too much more money. Last time I looked a 20 gallon tank was about $170, but I dont think it was a 20 long. With 6 more inches you can get a 30 gallon tank (36" long).
There are someoff brand led light fixtures coming down in price that have the right spectrum for plants.
If you go with an acrylic tank you will have to look at how many filter openings and such they have. I have a 42" long acrylic tank and it only has one filter opening, and it is kinda small so I cant fit the larger hob filters on it. If you get one with only one opening you may want to look at a canister filter for it.
I hope that doesnt confuse you. I am typing on my phone and it gets hard to double check my responses. Good luck.


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Did anyone watch the R&R Hall of Fame inductions on VH-1 yesterday? I thought it was somewhat cheesy and staged.
I mainly watched it to see The Police perform. I thought they did a very good job, but I wouldn't expect a reunion tour anytime soon. It was interesting to see Sting interact with the other two. Sometimes he looked bothered by being there with them, and other times he appeared to slightly enjoy it.
I had no interest in the Righteous Brothers or AC/DC some interest in The Clash, and a bit of interest in Elvis Costello.


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Author's Note: This is a really old article that I'm bringing back to life for a different project. If you've read this before, ignore.
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Author's Note: This is a really old article that I'm bringing back to life for a different project. If you've read this before, ignore.
Scooter numbers - breaking even?
Assumptions are my business and business is good. So let's get down to something that has been on my mind for a while - when does my purchase of a scooter break even? There's a number of items to consider here:
It's not a terribly difficult forumla. My break even comes when the money saved on gas + the current value of the scooter becomes greater than the initial investment in the scooter. (This is where the 'assumption' business comes in - scooter devaluation, variable price of gas, inflation, etc., etc.) Fortunately, we have Google Spreadsheets to the rescue. Look at the chart above - it's the $3/gallon gas chart and the green line is my 'break even' line. If a new car (scooter) loses half it's value when you drive it off the lot, then my break even point is out there a ways. 13,000 miles. Considering that I've been putting 500 miles a year or so on my scooter, that's 26 years.
...which is a long, long way out there. But hey, high priced gas to the rescue:
This is UK-style $5/gallon gasoline. This break even point is just 6000 miles. If you tend to be gas-pessimistic like I am, then $5+/gal gas is something that's not far around the bend.
And when gas prices continue to rise, I'd bet that I'd put more than 500 miles per year on my scooter.
Dukes Site Relaunches. Also: Timezone Hatred
This shouldn't have been here.
I updated the webpages for PyGS, my Gopher server.
Of course, I haven't worked on it in years, but I got a few emails recently from people wanting access to it. The page had disappeared, but links to it still hung around on places like Freshmeat.
So I brought it back up again. I still want to improve it... but I dunno. Maybe it would be a good project to learn Ruby with? That's an idea right there...
Two small things to note:
I wrote an SSH presentation for NORLUG. LaTeX again, just like my old Vi presentation. You can download the SSH presentation here and get the 'source' for the presentation here.
I've been doing some Civicspace hacking, for Northfield.org. We're going to roll out a CS site within about a month or so, and I've been doing some extensive theme modifications. There's only a few changes left and things we be much better for us. :) I also blogged the process that I went through to install the Drupal banner module into Civicspace for various sponsors. The documentation that comes with it is a little behind the times, so this is a nugget out there for the searchers to hit upon.
I'm currently knee-deep in trying to find out if there exists a Redbrick DB client/ODBC-hoohaw for Linux. This is all complicated by the fact that while some people claim that Redbrick == Informix compatibility, others say Redbrick != Informix compat.
The Python InformixDB client hasn't been updated this millenium, which either means it's perfect or dead.
Willing to pay $$$ for Redbrick connectivity, contact email@example.com!
It's the wave of the future - file your patents now. ;)
It doesn't have file system integration, but from what Jobs was hinting at during the last WWDC, something like that is on the table, FWIW.
There was a KDE-based metadata filesystem thing that got some play on /. some time ago. Don't recall what the name of it was - I followed it for a while until the author decided to call it quits. Good stuff, tho.
On a different note, Opera's mail-client-formerly-known-as-M2 operates on a database-like interface. It's a real love-hate thing, but I like it quite a bit.
Ack. FOSS content of post: 03%.
So, there came a need for a bit of bug-tracking to be done at work. I wanted small and easy - I found 'What Bugs?', which worked well, but still had a number of bugs itself. I contacted the author, who told me that he wasn't maintaining it anymore. He pointed to someone else who had contacted him about it. Ex-maintainer had sent Other Guy an unreleased tarball of what would have been 0.5. After talking with Other Guy and getting 0.5 (lots of unfinished changes - didn't work), we decided to pick up with 0.3 and add features to that. We're this close to being able to ship 0.4, but you can play with it now, if you want (user/pass advogato/advogato if you want to log in). It's got some nice features with just a few more on the way. KISS is the guiding principle for this one - there are some big fish out there that there's no need to replicate. The 0.4_pre1 was 21k, compressed. ;^)
Good. Thinking about buying my first computer in nearly five years. It just might be a dual G5.
Finally updated some of my (very old) Python modules for to use distutils. Took me long enough...
Using a combination of Christmas and birthday money, I bought myself a Lesche and a GPS for this summers metal detecting expeditions. They didn't tell me that they came with a bad case of Sudden Cabin Fever.
I tossed a few improvements into EZGallery - you can see an online demo right here. It's not perfect yet, but I can crank out baby picture galleries like never before... 8^)
Gurno.com has been joe-jobbed and rendered pretty much unusable for the last three weeks or so. Chaos has ensued. There is a burning nugget of hatred inside of me for spammers. I'm about to start banging the 'email is broken' drum.
I've got a few things queued up to update once gurno.com returns to functional.
Let's just say that lots of people don't realize the power of simple tools and Free licenses.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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Updated on 4 December 2012
Mr Jack Lief, president and CEO, Arena Pharmaceuticals
Arena Pharmaceuticals, a US-based biopharmaceutical company focused at discovering, developing and commercializing novel drugs for weight management, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and other disorders, has made significant developments in the year 2012.
In June 2012, the US FDA approved the company's internally discovered drug Belviq (lorcaserin HCL), which is currently under review for marketing approval in the European Union and Switzerland. Belviq is believed to decrease food consumption and promote satiety by selectively activating serotonin 2C receptors in the brain. Activation of these receptors helps a person eat less and feel full after eating smaller amounts of food.
In November 2012, the company entered into a marketing and supply agreement with IIdong Pharmaceuticals for Belviq. Under the terms of the agreement, Arena granted Ildong exclusive rights to market and distribute Belviq in South Korea, subject to regulatory approval of the drug by the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFFDA).
Mr Jack Lief, president and CEO, Arena Pharmaceuticals, speaks with BioSpectrum about the company's latest partnership with Ildong and how the company is going forward to introduce this drug in other markets.
Could you please tell us in detail about Belviq?
Belviq is a novel single agent discovered and developed by Arena that selectively targets specific receptors (5-HT2C) in the brain to decrease food intake in combination with a reduced calorie diet and exercise. The clinical trial program for Belviq was initiated in 2004, with Belviq achieving FDA approval in the US in June, 2012.
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Any biologists that can explain this behavior in dogs?
It is interesting that puppies at 4 week this behavior already shows up.
Any biologists that can explain this behavior in dogs?
It is interesting that puppies at 4 week this behavior already shows up.
KARMA - The return on your entries will increase the sooner you decide to contribute one of your weekends to be in the judge's chair and judge others who have done the same for you.
I have not the faintest idea about what you are referring to.
Lonnie Spann
..my guy walks thru the tallest grass to get it thru his back legs, trying to leave his pile on top of it. I was told its a male dominance thing, leaving their scent the highest. Ive seen Coyote and Fox do the same atop stumps,etc...
But the real question is: Do any of you out there have a male who will lift his left and then take a crap at the same time? Mine will not always do it, but it seems like he is trying to multitask more and more lately.
My Golden always liked to back his rear end up to tall grass to do his business and my buddies lab does the same thing. We just thought they were shy....
My yellow doesn't exhibit any such behavior as of yet.
I always think of it as a male thing. None of my bitches have done it.
Howard Niemi
You really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013
get your dog out and TRAIN! caryalsobrook 2013
I have a 13week old puppy who got baptised the second day home! He walked underneath the older male as his was lifting his leg! Kinda funny and only happened once.He looked at me as if to say moms belly never did that.


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A native shrub of the Mediterranean area, Ruscus Aculeatus is more commonly known as Butcher's Broom. Other common names include Knee Holly, Kneeholly, Sweet Broom, Jew's Myrtle, and Sweet Broom. The names Knee Holly and Kneeholly came about because this shrub reaches to the height of the average-sized man's knee. Today, it is commonly grown by gardeners in the United States and parts of Europe, particularly southern England. It can be cultivated by seed or more quickly by dividing the roots.
Oddly enough, the Ruscus Aculeatus resembles both the asparagus and the lily, members of the Ruscaceae family. The nickname Butcher's Broom came about because tiny bunches of this plant had been used to sweep cutting boards clean from the debris leftover after cutting meat. It was also used to help keep mice from eating meat that was being preserved for later use. It resembles holly as well, although the two plants are not related;its tough leaves are prickly to the touch with small spines at the ends of each leaf.
Ruscus Aculeatus is a low-growing evergreen plant with the capability of reaching 2 feet 7 inches in height. However, rare specimens of this plant have reached a height as tall as 3 feet. In the spring, the shrub produces tiny greenish-white flowers that grow individually. When fertilized, the flowers, which are dioecious, produce scarlet berries that ripen in the fall month of September. The berries remain on the shrub throughout the entire winter without falling off. Therefore, branches of the plant are sometimes broken off for decorative purposes.
The Ruscus Aculeatus shrub requires soil that drains well, including sandy, loamy, and clay-based soils. Since it can thrive in dry or moist soil, it prefers woods and bushy locations, and is very drought resistant. It prefers semi-shade to full shade as an optimal growing environment;however, it grows well in both types of shady areas.
The stems are edible when they are still young, and are sometimes used as a substitute for asparagus. However the taste is pungent and sometimes bitter. Roasted seeds from this plant are used to make a substitute for coffee, also bitter in taste.
In Europe, the roots and stems of the Ruscus Aculeatus have been used for centuries to induce bowel movements and reduce the inflammation of hemorrhoids. The plant has also been used for its capabilities as a diuretic to reduce water retention. It has also been ingested in order to treat a variety of disorders including jaundice, kidney stones, bladder stones, and gout. During ancient times, it was commonly used to treat dropsy and urinary problems.
The rhizome or root is quite thick and goes deeply into the ground, so it must be dug out. The root and stems are dried and ground to a powder that could be taken internally or used topically. Although the roots do not produce an odor, they initially appear to offer a sweet taste, which then turns sharply acrid in flavor. The entire shrub is gathered for medicinal purposes, sometimes being made into a poultice that is then applied to the skin.
Although Butcher's Broom has a history in traditional herbal medicine, it is not as commonly used in such procedures as it used to be. It has been used topically to treat varicose veins and hemorrhoids due to its potentially anti-inflammatory capability created by the saponin glycosides (neoruscogenin and ruscogenin) found in it. The capillaries and blood vessels contract and tighten, relieving the pain associated with both varicose veins and hemorrhoids. As a result, the extract from this plant has been used to relieve the discomfort of itching and muscle cramping as well. Moreover, this extract has been found useful in reducing the appearance of under-the-eye dark circles, spider veins, and the redness that occurs with the skin condition rosacea. Therefore, it is found in various skincare formulas designed for these purposes.
Although adverse side effects have not been discovered with the use of this product, it is not currently recommended for individuals who suffer from high blood pressure. At the very least, a physician should be consulted before someone with a history of high blood pressure attempts to use a product containing Butcher's broom.


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3.2: The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Fourteen major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The participating libraries have over two million volumes of biodiversity literature collected over 200 years to support the work of scientists, researchers, and students in their home institutions and throughout the world.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) consortium cooperates to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global "biodiversity commons." Because of the BHL's success in digitizing a significant mass of biodiversity literature, the scientific documentation of the study of living organisms since the time of Linnaeus has became easily accessible.
Anyone can access the BHL website directly or link to it from any EOL species page. When on a species page, click on the "References" tab to access literature directly related to the species under consideration.
The published literature on biological diversity has limited global distribution; much of it is available in only a few select libraries in the developed world. These collections are of exceptional value because the domain of systematic biology depends more than any other science-upon historic literature. Yet, this wealth of knowledge is available only to those few who can gain direct access to significant library collections. Literature about the life that exists in developing countries is often not available within their borders. Biologists have long considered that access to the published literature is one of the chief impediments to the efficiency of research in the field. Among other results, free global access to digitized versions of the literature would make available information about the Earth's species to all parts of the world. Many of the texts digitized by the BHL have until now only been held in a few European or North American libraries. Now, with this resource, scientists and student in the developing world have access to them, thereby accelerating biodiversity research.
Since 2009, the BHL has expanded globally. The European Commission's eContentPlus program has recently funded the BHL-Europe project, with 28 institutions, to assemble the European language literature. Additionally, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Atlas of Living Australia, Brazil (through SciELO and BIREME), and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina have created regional BHL sites. These projects will work together to share content, protocols, services, and digital preservation practices.
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Vendetta VI This Weekend: Fight Card
- Written by Rian Scalia
Vendetta holds their sixth fight card this weekend in Vienna, Austria and it's undoubtedly their best one yet. The card features fighters from all over Europe, including four from FF Carbin in Holland like Sergio Wielzen, Duoli Chen and Aziz Kallah.
The main event sees the always active long time veteran Fadi Merza in his home country against England's Jason Woodham at 72.5kg. Merza comes off a September win in Austria over Mohammed El Mir. He was scheduled to fight Steve Moxon n October but had to pull out.
At 63.5kg, Sergio Wielzen once again fights at a pretty high weight for him against Austria's Sasa Jovanovic. Jovanovic has been around for a long time around Europe and usually is a good test no matter who he fights. Wielzen is winless this year so he'll really want to get a win and get some momentum going for 2013.
Also from FF Carbin is Duoli Chen, who's been featured on It's Showtime this year as one of the up and coming 77kg fighters. Chen will fight Austria's Shodran Veseli at 76kg and looks to make it two wins in a row after his win at It's Showtime Brazil last month.
At 74kg, FF Carbin's up and comer Aziz Kallah fights Foad Sadeghi, again from Austria. Sadeghi lost to Maximo Suarez in September and this is a similar fight, as Kallah is in a similar career position to Suarez as a promising up and comer. At 84kg there's another Holland vs. Austria match-up, as Errol Koning fights David Keclik in full Muay Thai rules. All the rest of the fights are K-1 rules.
72.5kg: Fadi Merza vs. Jason Woodham
63.5kg: Sergio Wielzen vs. Sasa Jovanovic
74kg: Aziz Kallah vs. Foad Sadeghi
75kg: Lirim Ahmeti vs. Mika Tahitu
75kg: Serdan Dedecan vs. Ales Zavec
76kg: Duoli Chen vs. Shkodran Veseli
81kg: Adam Evloev vs. Alen Belec
81kg: Aleksander Stankov vs. Fahir Batjari
84 MT: Errol Koning vs. David Keclik
HW: Muamer Tufekcic vs. Antonio Copeta


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Jim Wallis is a preacher, an activist, an author, the convener of Call to Renewal, and the editor in chief of Sojourners magazine. His previous books include Who Speaks for God?, The Soul of Politics, and The Call to Conversion. He has just completed a year as a fellow at the new Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School and now teaches at the university's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Wallis travels extensively, giving more than two hundred talks each year. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Joy, and son, Luke.


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All 56 of Hasbro's basic Revenge of the Sith line have been released, not including the 12 repaints that will be coming soon. However, that doesn't mean we've all found the figures we want yet, figures after #44 haven't been as easy to come by so far for all of us. So this week's poll is asking you guys which figures you have found as of right now, the voting will be done by a rough breakdown of case assortments and this is a multiple-choice poll so vote for all the ones you've found in stores.
By the way, here's what is in each of those waves...
41-44 (Neimoidian wave)
Super Poseable Clone Trooper
Neimoidian Warrior
Wookiee Warrior
Destroyer Droid
45-47 (Tarkin wave)
Governor Tarkin
Senator Ask Aak
Senator Meena Tillis
48-50 (Mustafar Anakin wave)
Electronic R2-D2
Commander Bacara
Mustafar Anakin
51-53 (Zett Jukassa wave)
Captain Antilles
Zett Jukassa
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54-56 (Obi-Wan Pilot wave)
AT-RT Driver
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Binghamton University student philanthropy program awards $13,000
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University philanthropy students have announced the recipients of $13,000 in grant awards for 2013.
The University's Philanthropy Incubator program consists of undergraduate and graduate students from three separate courses who learned about community needs, the role nonprofit organizations play in addressing those needs, and ways in which to manage and lead nonprofit organizations effectively. The students also learned the importance of contribution philanthropy, the giving of time or money, to ensure charitable organizations have the resources they need, in order to make a difference for communities.
The undergraduate philanthropy class is funded by the Learning by Giving Foundation (www.learningbygivingfoundation.org). The graduate courses were funded with money raised by students earlier this year. Organizations receiving grants were selected for funding based upon issue areas of concern to students, assessment of community needs and the performance of selected organizations in addressing those needs.
This year the students have selected the following organizations for grants:
SOS Shelter - $ 4,200. The SOS Shelter provides a safe and secure housing for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence. The organization will use its grant to improve the security of its shelter.
Family Enrichment Network (FEN) - $2,300. FEN is dedicated to enhance family development. FEN will use its grant to expand the playground utilized by children in its Head Start and Early Head Start Programs.
Hope Dispensary - $2,000. The Hope Dispensary of the Southern Tier, operated through Lourdes Hospital, is committed to provide affordable medical care. The organization works with each individual extensively through medical assistance and advocacy. The organization will use the grant to cover expenses need to operate the dispensary.
Kopernik Observatory and Science Center - $1,500. The grant will be use towards repairing their telescope. The lens replacement will help Kopernik expand its capacity to utilize all of the telescopes.
VINES - $3,653. Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments, INC (VINES) is an organization committed to developing a sustainable and just community food system. The organization advocates for social and environmental justice. VINES brings together diverse groups of people with a focus on youth development, to establish community gardens, urban agriculture and community green spaces. VINES also strives to develop and beautify urban sites and empower community members of all ages and abilities.
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Betty Crocker's Heart Healthy Cookbook shares a recipe! Scrumptious skillet dinner made using pork, rice and vegetables - a wholesome meal!
"Knowing that weight is also a heart concern, I look at main dishes and keep them under 400 to 500 calories, which is a good thing for my whole family. I am trying to include the kids in our choices, so they learn about healthy eating, too." Nancy D.
You may have heard of the DASH Diet. Key findings from it showed that when people ate more fruits and vegetables, more low-fat dairy products and less saturated fat than a typical American diet, their blood pressures dropped significantly. More good news: If salt was also reduced, their blood pressure dropped even more.
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There is 4 flights. Will not get 6 series in, but that is the agreement with AKC. Every year there is somewhat of a limit to run about 6 minute test. This year on quite a few test, it has been 8 to 10 minute test. Not good planning on Head Marshall or the judges.
NO, all flights will NOT run the same test! Lots of controversy over that. To make it worse for example, C ran the Having fun yet test first, the long bird up the middle flyer was the MEMORY bird, lots of handles. D group came over, the Chief Marshall's flight, and the tough MEMORY bird got CHANGED to be the GO bird. I asked the CHief Marshall about this, was told 3 different times, no test had been changed. Later, confirmed it was!! Also told by this person that AKC does not require all flights run the same test. Was also told if I can do a better job, to run for the board. I'm not from that persons region, and I'm totally happy with my regions rep. Told that person, if they can't do the job, they need to resign.
I've been to 5 Nationals now, and by a wide margin, it's my least favorite.
Who was the Chief Marshall?
Tom Dorroh
Boston, GA
You would think that all the flights should run the same tests or at least the same concepts, with over 4,000 acres available and experience running 6 or 7 different flights on those grounds that there is similar areas that the same concepts could be set up. While it doesn't appear to be a requirement from the AKC that all the same tests are run it should be a standard in events of this level, at a minimum all flight should be tested on the same concepts. Nothing wrong with good challenging tests and concepts but all should have the same opportunity.
Tom, if you look at Master National web page, under the premium, you can find it.
Carol Hynes
Mark, how did your girls do at the MN. Hope to see you at No Ala hunt in 2 wks
I think the word "requirements" is a better word than concepts. Most people think about training concepts when they hear the word concepts. If the same training concepts would have been put in to everybody's test, that would have eliminated a lot of the bickering. Our group didn't run a poison bird blind but some did. Our group did run two pheasant series and some did not.
Ray, you had a very good run at the Master National....Congrats on qualifying your dogs!
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The Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission is now accepting application to fill a circuit vacancy resulting from the resignation of Judge Jeffrey M. Fleming.
Applicants must have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding five years, a registered voter, and a resident of either Orange or Osceola county at the time that he or she assumes office.
Applications may be downloaded from The Florida Bar's website at www.floridabar.org and are also available from the office of Tad A. Yates, JNC Chair, 3117 Edgewater Drive, Orlando 32804, phone (407) 608-7777.
An original and an electronic copy of the completed application and attachments must be delivered to Yates no later than 3 p.m., November 2. The electronic copy of the application and attachments should be in PDF format and should be submitted on a CD or a thumb drive. Use a photograph on or as the cover page to the application.
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The Department of Labor's Secret Risk-Assessment Rule
On July 7, 2008 a most curious item appeared on the White House's Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) webpage, signaling that the Department of Labor is proposing to change the way OSHA and MSHA assess workers' risk of developing occupational health disorders. The item was listed as a proposed rule entitled: "Requirements for DOL Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks" (screenshot) and was first reported on The Pump Handle as "Secret Rule on OSHA Risk Assessment?". Thanks to the diligent work of Carol Leonnig at the Washington Post, the public now has a copy of DOL's proposal (here). Carol Leonnig's reporting provided a front-page story on July 23, 2008 (here), and follow-up articles on July 24 (here) and July 25 (here).
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Why it matters
The system for protecting people's health from contaminants in the workplace is in disarray. In the last 10 years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued just one health standard (chromium VI) ---and it was required to do so under a federal order; the first and only health standard issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) (diesel particulate matter) was completed in January 2001 at the end of the Clinton term.
The current protections for workers' health are either outdated or non-existent. Workers in the U.S., for example, are exposed to known human carcinogens, including crystalline silica and beryllium, yet there are no comprehensive standards in place to protect exposed workers. The draft proposal prepared for Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in the summer of 2008 contained two extreme provisions which could have had a detrimental affect on workers' health and safety.
First, it would have put in place an additional step at the front-end of the rulemaking process which would delay protections for workers by at least 2-3 years. Specifically, the guidelines would have required that OSHA and MSHA issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, for all health standards; this extra step would have been required even for well-understood contaminants like coal mine dust, where it would have served no useful purpose for workers.
Second, it would have dumbed-down health risk assessment to the detriment of workers' health, by reinterpreting the prevention framework established by Congress when it established OSHA and MSHA. The OSH Act of 1970 and the Mine Act of 1978 specifically require the Secretary of Labor to set standards dealing with "toxic materials or harmful physical agents" so that they protect against "material impairment of health or functional capactity..."
"even if such employee has regular exposure...for the period of his working lifetime." (1)
This is the model that has been used in the past by OSHA and MSHA, relying on risk estimates which consider workers' cumulative exposure to a contaminant, even up to 45 years of exposure. How would this play out in the real world? Think about a coal miner who begins working at age 20 (or younger) and spends his entire career in the mines and retires at age 65. Or a high-school graduate who is trained as a welder and works well into his 60's in this skilled trade?
Under the proposal advanced by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in 2008, health standards should be based on an AVERAGE number of years of exposure in an industry. So if the average coal miner works 20 years, the health standards issued by MSHA only need to build in protections for the AVERAGE worker, not subpopulations of workers who work much longer than the AVERAGE. This is NOT the occupational illness prevention model that Congress envisioned when it established OSHA and MSHA.
The Secretary of Labor tried to masquerade her risk assessment guidelines as "good government" and "sound science," in the same way that the White House's OMB tried to sell its 2006 risk assessment bulletin (here). This earlier government-wide effort at a overhauling agencies' risk assessment procedures with a one-size-fits-all requirements for agencies involved in health, safety and environmental protection. It was woefully lacking details about the alleged problems it was designed to fix, but more importantly, it would have added new steps to the rulemaking process, making a dysfunctional system more so, and creating administrative obstacles for health protective rules. When the scientific community, public health researchers, environmental health proponents and others objected vigorously to the White House's plan, the Administration tried to save face by asking the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review their plan. Ultimately, the NAS panel called it "fundamentally flawed," and OMB was forced to issue in September 2007 a scaled back version (here).
[UPDATE January 2010]: The G.W. Bush Administration did not finalize this rule before leaving office. After Hilda Solis became Secretary of Labor under the Obama administration, the Department of Labor formally withdrew the proposed rule - and worker health advocates breathed a sigh of relief.
July 8, 2008: Screenshot of OMB website when DOL's 'Secret Rule' was first noticed and reported at The Pump Handle and was first reported (here).
July 8, 2008: Draft DOL proposed rule entitled: "Requirements for DOL Agencies' Assessment of Occupational Health Risks" (here).
July 18, 2008: Op-ed by former DOL Chief Economist, Diane Furchtgott-Roth, advocating the risk assessment changes would allegedgy "set higher standards for assessing dangers to employees." See: New Rules for OSHA, The NY Sun, (here)
July 23, 2008: Leonnig C. U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxins Rules. Washington Post.
July 24, 2008: Leonnig C. Democrats ask Labor to Forgo 'Secret Rule'. Washington Post, July 24, 2008.
July 24, 2008: Correspondence and News Releases from Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Congressman George Miller (D-CA) to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao concerning DOL's Risk Assessment Proposed Rule (here).
July 25, 2008: Leonnig C. Lawmakers Pledge to Block Secret Rule. Washington Post.
July 25, 2008: News Release from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) "AIHA Urges Caution as DOL Ponders Workplace Toxin Rule Proposal" (here)
July 28, 2008: Response from DOL's Asst. Secretary for Policy, Leon Sequeira, to the Miller/Kennedy letters (here)
July 28, 2008: Second Op-Ed by former DOL chief economist defending the proposal rule. See: "Battleground for Sound Science," The NY Sun (here)
July 28, 2008: Op-Ed by former long-term career DOL employee, Peter Galvin, arguing that proposed changes would obstruct protective standards for workers. See: Proposed black-lung rule would be setback for miners, Louisville-Courier Journal.
July 29, 2008: Furchtgott-Roth D. Letter to Editor. Washington Post.
July 31, 2008: Statement of Cong. George Miller (D-CA) introducing H.R. 6660
July 31, 2008: Letter from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine to Secretary of Labor Chao (here)
August 4, 2008: Editorial "Last-Minute Mischief for Labor," NY Times
August 5, 2008: AFL-CIO Executive Council statement, urging withdrawal of proposed rule on risk assessment (here)
August 5, 2008: Letter from Asst. Sec for Policy Leon R. Sequeira to Cong. Miller/Senator Kennedy (here)
August 12, 2008: Letter from APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (here)
August 14, 2008: Letter from 80 public health scientists to Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (here) and DOL's response dated Sept 29 (here)
August 18, 2008: Washington Post editorial "A Toxic Proposal" calling on DOL to withdraw the proposed rule (here)
August 25, 2008: American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) letter to Secretary Chao on DOL risk assessment proposal (here)
August 25, 2008: Screenshot of OMB website showing approval "consistent with change" of DOL proposed rule (here)
August 29, 2008: Fed Register notice of proposed rule (here)
August 29, 2008: "Contested Proposal on Safety Proceeds," Washington Post
August 30, 2008: "Safety Rule Riles Unions," NY Times (here)
September 4, 2008: Letter from UAW to DOL/Sequeira requesting an extension of time for the comment period and a public hearing (here)
September 5, 2008: Letter from interest groups and Center for Progressive Reform to DOL/Sequeira requesting extension of time for the comment period and a public hearing (here)
September 8, 2008: Letter from the United Mine Workers to DOL/Sequeira requesting an extension of time and a public hearing (here)
September 17, 2008: Hearing before the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections (here)
September 17, 2008: Letter from Senator Barack Obama to Sec. Chao requesting an extension of the comment period (here)
September 24, 2008: Senator Patty Murray introduced S. 3566 prohibiting DOL from issuing or enforcing the proposed risk assessment rule. Six co-sponsors including Senator Barack Obama.
September 29, 2008: Letter from 18 Members of Congress (including Senator Barack Obama) opposing proposed rule (here)
September 2008: Selected written comments on the proposed rule:
- AFL-CIO (20-page letter)
- AFSCME (2-page letter)
- American Association for Justice (5-page letter)
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (4-page letter)
- Burns K, Harbut MR. (1 page letter)
- Chamber of Commerce (6-page letter)
- Congress of the U.S. (12 U.S. Senators and 6 Representatives)
- Finkel A. (Former director of OSHA Health Standards) (10-page letter)
- Galvin, Peter. (Former counsel for administrative law, US Dept of Labor) (4-page letter)
- Gordon, Chuck. (Former counsel in DOL's Office of the Solicitor) (8-page letter)
- Institute for Policy Integrity (14-page letter)
- Int'l Chemical Workers Union Council (3-page letter)
- Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America (4-page letter)
- McAtter, Davitt (Former MSHA chief and acting Solicitor of Labor) (3-page letter)
- Mirer F. (Professor, Hunter College) (2-page letter)
- Monforton C. (10-page letter)
- Nat. Assoc. Home Builders (4-page letter)
- Nat. Assoc. of Manufacturers (10-page letter)
- NIOSH (3-page letter)
- ORC Worldwide (5-page letter)
- Public Citizen (5-page letter)
- United Auto Workers et al (4-page letter)
- United Mine Workers of America (5-page letter)
- United Steelworkers (5-page letter)
- United Auto Workers et al (4-page letter)
- WORKSAFE (3-page letter)
September 25, 2008: Letters from DOL's A/S Sequeira to Cong. George Miller (here) and the Center for Progressive Reform (here) rejecting requests for public hearings and extension of comment period.
Sept 29, 2008: Response from A/S Sequeira to letter from 80 scientists (here)
August 31, 2009: DOL Federal Register notice announcing withdrawal of proposed rule. (74 Fed Reg 44795)
Background Materials
Jan 9, 2006: White House news release announcing release of draft OMB bulletin on risk assessment
Jan 9, 2006: OMB Draft/Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin
Jan 2007: The National Academies News Release recommending to OMB to "withdraw" the bulletin because it is "fundamentally flawed"
Jan 2007: The National Academies document reviewing the draft OMB risk assessment bulletin (link to NAS document)
Sept 2007: Final OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin
1997: Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Final Report, Volume 1: "Framework for Environmental Health Risk Assessment"
1997: Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Final Report, Volume 2: "Risk Assessment and Risk Management in Regulatory Decision-Making"
Links to Post at The Pump Handle Blog
"Secret Rule on OSHA Risk Assessment?" (July 8, 2008)
"Congress demands briefing on Chao's mystery proposal for risk assessment" (July 10, 2008)
"Rushing NOT! to protect workers' health" (July 23, 2008)
"Chao's 'secret rule' and your favorite workers" (July 29,2008)
"Next steps for Chao's Secret Rule" (August 26, 2008)
"Chao flips us the bird. Happy Labor Day" (August 28, 2008)


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My colleagues cracked open the champers and my girlfriends are planning a freedom party for me on Friday night.
Almost 2 years from DD and 18m from final S. I've been waiting for the papers since October.
Finally!! WOOWHOO!!
Its a fucking marvelous day when those papers arrive .
"Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". Maya Angelou
Best thing I gained in my divorce - my freedom.
Life's good.
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Divorced 1/17/2013
"Diamonds aren't a girl's best friend, freedom is."
[This message edited by Abbondad at 8:19 AM, January 22nd (Wednesday)]
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
You deserve a happy, fresh, new beginning.
The best thing about hitting rock bottom is that everything after that looks fucking fabulous!
Way to go SBB - FREEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!
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Memorial Day has always been a day that our family observed beyond the BBQ and long weekend event. My Dad was a career soldier and served in Vietnam, and having lost many of his friends there, Memorial Day had special meaning. My Grandfather served in World War II and honored that generation of American Warrior that gave so much for the cause of freedom.
But Memorial Day took on a new or at least a special meaning to me once I returned from Iraq… and more so once I retired from the Army.
It was a hot early morning 18 miles south of Baghdad, I was returning with a Patrol from B CO. We had been patrolling a sector looking for insurgents that had been placing IED's along MSR Tampa, the main supply route in and out of Baghdad.
We had turned the corner and were on the side road that led into our camp when all of a sudden the whole world came unglued. An RPG hit the HUMMV in the lead of the convoy flipping it over. The young soldier in the turret's name is SPC Wright. He was severely wounded. The driver and co driver were shaken up pretty bad. The patrol dismounted and returned fire, in what seemed like an hour (it was actually about 2 minutes) it was all over. The insurgents fled.
Now this was not the first time we had engaged the enemy in and around our sector, but this day was the day that we really did not want to make contact.. we were heading home in a few days. Specialist Wright lay on the ground surrounded by medics covered in blood and transmission fluid from the HUMMV. I was looking down at the young man, he was only 20 at the time. His eyes stared at me and he asked me if he was ok. "You'll be fine" I told him. The medic handed me an IV bag and I held it up as they opened it up to a full drip. "Am I going to die Sergeant Major?" he asked. "Not today" I told him. The Blackhawk with the big red cross on it arrived and we loaded him in. As he flew away I thought that this day would be one I never forget. I had seen death, destruction, and what the worst in human nature could do to other humans, but this was close. When we got back to the states I saw Wright, he is alive a well. He told me that all he could remember of that day was me standing over him telling him he would be ok.
Today we remember all of the men and women that paid in full for our Freedom. I lost a dear friend, SSG Brad Lindsey in the fight against Global Terrorism. He was a soldier in my company when I was a First Sergeant. He was my radio operator. On his second tour in the Global War on Terror he was killed in Action in Afghanistan. It was a hurt that I will never forget.
We have all been touched by the loss of a service member. So today, unfortunately is the one day that we all choose to remember.
So enjoy the BBQ, have a great day off… but some time today, look to the heavens (cause that's where they are) and say thanks to those that paid the price for our freedom.
Last Thursday, the Scouts of my Troop, and the Scouts of the entire Thunderbird District placed a Flag on every head stone at the Willamette National Cemetery. A few hours of our Scouts showing that they really care and an opportunity to reinforce in this next generation the idea that freedom has a price and someone has to pay it.
I hope to God that none of the Scouts of my Troop ever have to go off to war. But I never want them to forget the men and women that did.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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There are so many books I want to read! I feel like this stack of books is next to my bed.
Though it seems that since I've been in New York, my days have been so packed with other endeavors that (shamefully), reading often doesn't make the cut. On the other hand, Danny has read about 100 books in the last year. He reads in bed every night while I get cozy next to him.
Well, it's time to dive in to reading more books...because we just started an official Book Club for A BLOG ABOUT LOVE. Yes, it's on! And we promise the books will be awesome. The first book is one of our lifetime favorites.....Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It's a short read, but life-changing, I tell you!
Amazon Prime that thing to your door, because the book club discussion will commence on AUGUST 1! So go find yourself a beach. Or a bubble bath. Or a hammock (ahhh!) And join us for this end of summer greatness.
The Book Club discussion will take place over on a separate Book Club Facebook Page, so join in there. We plan on the discussion being awesome. :) For one, you readers are some of the most insightful around (we go nuts over your comments and emails every day.) Also, Danny and I will chime in AND one of our favorite women ever will be on board, too....her name is Lisa Riley. She's one of our fantastic readers and...she's a book club extraordinaire (!). So much so that she is helping us launch this project and wants to help us make it awesome. We couldn't be more grateful to have her on board.
Have a fantastic Olympics weekend, friends.
Danny & Mara
P.S. We have some ideas for the next book, but if you have suggestions for the future, we'd LOVE to hear.
(Awesome art exhibit by Adam Bateman, an old friend from Brooklyn)
Update: I reread this post the day after publishing it. And I see that I used the word "awesome" (4) times. Oh dearie. And now I'm hiding behind the stack of books. That's the life of being a blogger. :)
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Honoring the Women Who Fight for Our Ocean (Part 3)
Posted On March 31, 2014 by Brett Nolan
In honor of Women's History Month, Ocean Conservancy will be publishing a three-part series highlighting some of the amazing women who study and protect our ocean.
Dr. Anne Salomon
Dr. Anne Salomon grew up right by the sea in Vancouver, British Columbia, and it's where she fell in love with the coast and the outdoors. She studied general biology at the landlocked campus of Queen's University. She missed the coast and went west for her master's degree at the University of British Columbia where she studied marine ecology. After completing that degree, Salomon was U.S. bound and received her Ph.D. in zoology.