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echo "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com" | sed -e's/%\([0-9A-F][0-9A-F]\)/\\\\\x\1/g' | xargs echo -e
Works under bash on linux. just alter the '-e' option to its corresponding equivalence in your system to execute escape characters correctly.
It can be hard to spot differences in reformatted files, because of all the diff noise created by word wrapped lines. This command removes all the noise and performs a word-by-word diff. To ignore empty lines, add -B to the diff command. Also, if this is something you do often, you might want to check out the wdiff(1) program.
This is one way to find out. Show Sample Output
This uses Bash's "process substitution" feature to compare (using diff) the output of two different process pipelines.
This command create a new temp directory using mktemp (to avoid collisions) and change the current working directory to the created directory. Show Sample Output
With this command you can use shell variables inside sed scripts. This is useful if the script MUST remain in an external file, otherwise you can simply use an inline -e argument to sed.
This opens up nautilus in the current directory, which is useful for some quick file management that isn't efficiently done from a terminal.
The colors are defined as variables. e.g. RED="\[\033[01;31m\]" BLUE="\[\033[01;34m\]" Show Sample Output
Since bash 4.0, you can use ** to recursively expand to all files in the current directory. This behaviour is disabled by default, this command enables it (you'd best put it in your .profile). See the sample output for clarification. In my opinion this is much better than creating hacks with find and xargs when you want to pass files to an application. Show Sample Output
This is the alias command that I discussed in my prior release which you can add to your ~/.bashrc. This command asks for the station name and then connects to somafm, Great for those who have linux home entertainment boxes and ssh enabled on them, just for the CLI fiends out there ( I know I'm one of them ;) You can find future releases of this and many more scripts at the teachings of master denzuko - denzuko.co.cc.
This is a working version, though probably clumsy, of the script submitted by felix001. This works on ubuntu and CygWin. This would be great as a bash function, defined in .bashrc. Additionally it would work as a script put in the path. Show Sample Output
I use terminal with black background on the Mac. Unfortunately, the default ls color for the directory is blue, which is very hard to see. By including the line above in my ~/.bash_profile file, I changed the directory's color to cyan, which is easer to see. For more information on the syntax of the LSCOLORS shell variable:
man ls
I tested this command on Mac OS X Leopard
This command asks for the station name and then connects to somafm, Great for those who have linux home entertainment boxes and ssh enabled on them, just for the CLI fiends out there ( I know I'm one of them ;) Also, don't forget to add this as alias(ie alias somafm="read -p 'Which Station? "; mplayer --reallyquite -vo none -ao sdl
This command looks for a single file named emails.txt which is located somewhere in my home directory and cd to that directory. This command is especially helpful when the file is burried deep in the directory structure. I tested it against the bash shells in Xubuntu 8.10 and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6
Change your wallpaper every thirty minutes (or however long you like, I suppose) to a randomly selected image in a directory and subdirectories. Bear in mind this is not safe to use if anyone else has write access to your image directory.
This command list and sort files by size and in reverse order, the reverse order is very helpful when you have a very long list and wish to have the biggest files at the bottom so you don't have scrool up. The file size info is in human readable output, so ex. 1K..234M...3G Tested with Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Edition)
If you're a moron like me, sometimes your fingers get away from you and you, for example, enter your password when you're already authenticated to ssh-agent, sudo, etc., and your password ends up in shell history. Here's how to get it out. Show Sample Output
The command is useful when, e.g., booting an existing system with a rescue or installation CD where you need to chroot into the hard-disk and be able to do stuff which accesses kernel info (e.g. when installing Ubuntu desktop with LVM2 you need to mount and chroot the hard disk from a shell window in order to install packages and run initramfs inside chroot). The command assumes that /mnt/xxx is where the chroot'ed environment's root file system on the hard disk is mounted.
If you're like me and want to keep all your music rated, and you use xmms2, you might like this command. I takes 10 random songs from your xmms2 library that don't have any rating, and adds them to your current playlist. You can then rate them in another xmms2 client that supports rating (I like kuechenstation). I'm pretty sure there's a better way to do the grep ... | sed ... part, probably with awk, but I don't know awk, so I'd welcome any suggestions. Show Sample Output
After seeing the command you wish to repeat, just invoke it using the ! syntax.
the middle command between the ; and ; is the vi commands that insert that line into the last line of the file, the esc with the carets is literally hitting the escape key, you have to have the smbfs package installed to do it, I use it to access my iTunes music on my mac from my linux PC's with amarok so I can play the music anywhere in the house. among other things, it allows you to access the files on that share from your computer anytime you're on that network.
Reads a username from Show Sample Output
Echos the number of seconds from the current time till the specified time (Example in command is (2**31-1)) aka the Unix epoch. Just replace that number with the specified date (in seconds past Jan. 1st 1970) and it will return the seconds. NOTE: Only works in bash Show Sample Output
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has contracted two days of an aerial herbicide application to control 800 acres of giant salvinia growth on Toledo Bend beginning Thursday, November 29. Efforts will concentrate on shallow backwater areas void of trees, and a follow-up herbicide spray via airboats will address the remaining tree-filled waters and edges of the treatment area.
Giant salvinia is a free floating plant that does not attach to the soil, but instead remains buoyant on the surface of a body of water. It was first discovered on Toledo Bend in 1998 and was the first established population of the plant in Louisiana.
The recent drought and resulting extremely low water levels helped to keep giant salvinia growth at a minimum. However, water levels are beginning to return to normal, providing lots of open water for the plants to reproduce. Backwaters and marsh areas on the extreme north end of the lake contain large quantities of the plant, and changes in wind direction and rain can push the plants out into the main lake where it can reproduce at an alarming rate.
With cooler temperatures moving in, results may be delayed, but the overall effectiveness of the herbicide will not be impacted. Results are expected within three days, but it could take up to three weeks for the plants to completely sink.
None of the herbicides to be used are harmful to lake ecosystems, animal life or humans, and are approved by the EPA. Activities will not be restricted on the lake, but notices indicating the areas to be sprayed will be posted at all boat ramps in the area. Department personnel will also be on hand to ensure no boaters are in the areas to be sprayed.
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At the gruesome Battle of Gettysburg, 7,863 American soldiers were killed. Yet one would have to imagine sixty-four Battles of Gettysburg at once to equal the almost unfathomable carnage at the (slightly less famous) Battle of Mount Zemaraim where 1.2 million of God's chosen people fought against each other, and after which 500,000 lay dead.
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A MUAer asked about my favourite mascara, which I said is SANA's (a Japanese brand) Big Lash mascara.
I have a ton of mascaras! The one that got me started was Shu Uemura's length and waterproof -it was the only mascara I had ever tried at that point that made my lashes curl and didn't run.
Since then I've aquired quite a collection! I do love Japanese mascara's because they are SUPER waterproof (Maybelline and Loreal waterproof mascaras run on me) but that means they are a bugger to get off, and they are also better at holding curl – I tend to find that the formulas are lighter which may be why. Infact recently I bought the Lancome Virtuoise mascara, its selling point being that it holds curl and it was flop city for me. I actually think Shiseido lash base and YSL Faux Cils which is a HEAVY oily mascara holds curl better than the Lancome one…
Anyway – my point was, I love SANA because it 100% holds and enhance curl and really lengthens yet the fibres do not irritate or get into the eye (I cannot use Deja-Vu Fiberwig which is also fibery but it gets straight into my eye.)
So here is my (very red) eye with no mascara. A very sad set of short, non curl lashes:
One light coat:
Two quick coats:
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The product so you don't get confused!:
Some people have divine long lashes but remember that my lashes have zero definition, and has NO curl, does NOT hold curl well and is short and stubby so to have long difined lashes is difficult so this mascara gets a gold star from me!


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The Chippewa County Board of Commissioners approved the 2013 property tax levy following a public hearing during Monday's afternoon session and also threw its support behind a trio of Upper Peninsula Association of County Commissioners (UPACC) resolutions which realistically amounted to a wish list of things they would like to see happen.
Chippewa County Equalization Director Sharon Kennedy provided a breakdown of the county-wide assessment — including 6.15 mills for county allocation — as follows with .4275 for EMS, .9879 for roads, .5000 for the recycling program, .6000 for the county jail, .4994 for the senior meals and other associated programs and .55 mills for community safety — assuming passage of a millage request in November for an expanded law enforcement presence in Chippewa County schools. The final .55 mills would not be assessed if voters reject the proposal, according to county officials.
The commission also unanimously backed a UPACC proposal to improve Michigan roads, noting the state is losing $3 million per day and more than $1 billion per year due to maintenance costs and increased wear and tear on roads and bridges. The resolution further states that nearly one-third of Michigan roads are currently ranked as in poor condition and by 2018, unless something is done, nearly two thirds of the state's road network will be in poor condition.
The resolution calls for a $10 billion investment over the next decade — earmarking that money specifically for roads with the revenue to be shared equally on a per mile basis.
The second UPACC resolution called for an increase in the taxes assessed to lands enrolled in the Commercial Forest Act. The Upper Peninsula currently has nearly 2.2 million acres and various counties are interested in pursuing the full market value tax rate on all of this acreage, collecting those funds directly from the State of Michigan.
Finally, the third UPACC resolution called for increased access to health insurance coverage for low income workers, families and veterans through increased Medicaid health coverage.
Despite gaining unanimous approval from Chippewa County Commissioners, there are no guarantees that this UPACC wish list will be granted once it moves beyond the local units of government in the Upper Peninsula.
"I guess we should ask for a pony, too," said Chippewa County Chairman Scott Shackleton, seemingly underscoring the likelihood of having these requests approved.


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Rhakios wrote:My head is aching now. Before nelz can pop in with another bogglingly complicated solution, I just want to say, back up and sort it out with a complete reinstall.
If the disk is damaged, I'd say back up and replace the disk ASAP. Bad blocks have a tendency to breed like tribbles.
If you really want to use this disk, just use badblocks to map out the damaged areas. It generates a list of no-go areas on the disk that you then pass to mke2fs so it knows to mark those blocks as unavailable when it creates the filesystem.


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"The Buddha without the Boo."
19 comments:
- traditionalguy said...
Crack is very interesting read. He is determined to live in a ruthless reality, and a personal fight against Deception. He notes that Deception morphs into a new variations/forms every few months, but targets the same "lost" people all of the time.
- rhhardin said...
I can't keep track of whether the captions are above or below the picture.
It's a constant reappraisal reading it.
- NKVD said...
Deception, there are plenty of lost people here. Get busy.
- Paddy O. said...
"never once..."
I quibble with this one. Had he added, "that I have seen or heard" that might make it accurate and probable.
But, I read that and I read pretty unoriginal thoughts. Not that they're not his own thoughts, but that I've heard those same exact words coming out of a lot of Christians, and no few pastors, the last ten years or more.
There's a huge understanding, within the church, of these things and there's a lot of questions and conversations about what it means.
Sadly though the folks best at making their message public are precisely the ones who are doing it as sales or for power or such. There's all kinds of people who aren't in it for the power or the influence or to make notches on their religious text of choice. But, such people also don't have power or influence or are pushy enough to try to force some change.
One group of Christians like this have tended to gather around the label "emerging church". But, within that there's still folks who are about power and influence and such--but at least that's not considered a positive trait.
What's interesting about some the key original religious leaders is that they're a lot more blase about followers. Jesus said what he had to say, people followed him, and if they thought it too hard they walked away. He just watched them walk away. No army, no force, no "please, please". Just offered his bit of wisdom about how to live life and people could follow or not follow as they wanted. If they wanted to listen, he had more to teach.
People in religious power, who don't have too much faith, try to overcome their lack of faith by asserting themselves.
- Laura(southernxyl) said...
"Buddha" without the "boo" is "duh", is it not?
- k*thy said...
You cannot power-drive another person into accepting a viewpoint. You cannot insist, persuade, cajole, debate. It just doesn't work. Its only when you stop pressurizing others or trying to control how they see things that they are able to consider what you are telling them with any degree of impartially.
It takes a lot of self restraint, (and could relieve some high blood pressure – is he gonna blow a gasket?). "Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices," a friend of mine likes to say.
- Chip Ahoy said...
You were probably a chubby little baby that looked like Buddha. That is all. Maybe didn't cry very much so appeared stoic, and possibly even *gasp* cheerful waaaaaaaaaaaaay back then.
- tim maguire said...
Great rant, great graphics (they didn't always make sense with the words, but still evocative).
He sounds like an over-passionate 19 year old who hasn't learned enough to realize how much he doesn't know with his trite tired declarations pretending to originality, like the photo-negative of a liberal arts student with a Chomsky tome in her backpack.
But load of crap though it may be, still a good rant.
- bagoh20 said...
If you were born and lived in some hidden tribe in the Amazon, you would be free of it all. The search for truth may be shortest by simply sailing around the lies. Regardless, I am glad your fighting for those afraid to turn the rudder.
- Cabbage said...
More like Zarathustra without the thirst.
- knox said...
All that linking finally paid off. Kudos, crack!!
- knox said...
That's how I'm gonna increase my profile views.
- Bissage said...
I'm with knox on this one.
You know how it is. There you are, just kind of doing your own thing . . . minding your own business . . . not bothering anyone . . .
And then . . .
When you least expect it . . .
- blake said...
Yeah, pretty much agree.
Sort of amused at the notion that The Buddha was interested in power.
Anyone go through a phase where they were controlled by their parents, through indirect means of doing exactly the opposite of what their parents would want?
- The Crack Emcee said...
Thanks. It's funny how Christians can hear me (I was recently invited on an online Christian radio broadcast for what was a great interview) while even atheists will attack.
I feel like a canary in a coalmine: I know what I see is real, though others may express it differently or partially. I'm like this taxi driver: Seeing what those in cultish thinking - insecure about fitting in, or being thrown out - miss. As this article states, the cost can be heavy, and I've suffered them. And, as this video shows, the reaction can be harsh (I can't believe this commercial was such an accurate picture of how the Nazis got started).
The captions are below the photos.
Paddy O,
Just because Christians hold an idea doesn't make them wrong. I agree with them about abortion and NewAge: Just murder and evil, dressed up smartly.
And there was no Jesus.
Nope. Accepting a belief system is what reduces you to "duh". (Haven't you noticed, if you question Buddhists long enough, they always say "It's a mystery"?) My thinking on a bumper sticker: "Stop Believing In Believing."
So let's let the killing continue until killers become sick of themselves. Fine, as long as you allow the right to kill them as well - I'm not against it, but the laws are - which favors the bad guys. No reason for self restraint under such circumstances.
Chip Ahoy,
Agreed. But you're leaving out my ex-wife's reaction, the "spiritual" believer's reactions, the reaction to "The One", etc. I think you're refusing to accept me as a reliable messenger. You're cynical and looking for a way out. It's cheap, if you ask me.
tim maguire,
No, the words and the graphics don't always match up, but evoke a reaction. That's art.
And I know there's stuff I don't know. The thing is, I encounter few people who give group-think a thought - regarding themselves. Survivors of People's Temple say they don't want to think it could happen to them. It's easy for a Buddhist to say, if someone isn't going for their schtick, that they have problems, rather than asking why they follow cliche'd aphorisms from an illiterate who never saw a computer or stoplight. An intelligent 10 year old, today, knows more but adults are acting like "Both speech and silence transgress" is so-fucking-deep. Sorry, but I haven't dropped acid in years but, even then, I was able to see through that.
I hate Chomsky.
I ain't on no "search for truth". It's those who can't see who are lost searching. Bono: "But I steeeel haven't fouuund what I'm looking fooor!"
Second, that's saying "Look out for Number One", which is Buddhism at it's worst. If you accept life as suffering then stay away from my 401k. You're a loser with a built in fuck-up-o-meter. Michael Jordan ain't "Michael Jordan" because he accepted - he rose above. It's believing nonsense that's destroying this country. We're becoming losers.
I got to look up Zarathustra.
Yea, I knew somebody was gonna say that. And when I say Luv I mean Luv, L-U-V. ;)
Yea, buddy!!!
Sorry, Buds, but I wasn't a child rebelling against my parents (I didn't meet my moms until I was 40 - and I knew I was an atheist by 10) nor am I at war with God (There is no God.) but someone fascinated, and repulsed, by the simple-mindedness regarding these subjects. My ex-wife killed three people, based on beliefs. That so many adults would ignore where this shit fails intellectually, as well as the MAJOR down-sides (like murder) in 2009, in order to feel community, is gross to me. And attempts at oversimplification are no defense.
As far as I'm concerned, we should be ashamed at what mental pygmies we've become.
- John Lynch said...
Ever notice that most critics of religion know almost nothing about it?
People have been thinking about religion for thousands of years, and there are a lot of really deep theologies out there. I hear questions and statements from atheists that are akin to what I wondered in Sunday school as a child. This post was no different.
It's too bad most critics reinvent the wheel and make the same arguments that have been answered thousands of times.
You don't have to agree with a religion. At least give it enough respect to actually, you know, understand it. Otherwise you fall into the trap that you are smarter just because you're an atheist. No, not necessarily.
I like the modern Western tradition of keeping religion out of positions of power. I think that's better for everyone. It's better government (more freedom of conscience) and religion (less entanglement with day to day life.) Religion is how things should be and what we should strive for. Government and politics is the art of the possible.
On a practical level I probably agree with Crack Emcee on a lot of things. I'd certainly rather live in a place where I can believe what I want and speak what I want. He's also right that people typically don't apply rational thought to a lot of things that they should. Faith is no substitute for what we can see empirically. It's for what we can't see that religion has a role.
I don't agree with the bigotry against people who believe in something that isn't empirical. There's a lot of bigotry out there. It doesn't make you stupid to be religious.
Western Europe was one of the few places where the Church wasn't an arm of the State, even in the Middle Ages. It is a unique religion both in its popularity and it's compatibility with modernity.
How many theocracies are there in the entire world? Yet there's all this hate and fear of religion. When people have to bring up events that happened centuries ago (Crusades, Inquisition, etc.) you can tell there's not much there there.
Even the Islamic radicals are losing. Might be time to reevaluate just how dangerous religion is.
- blake said...
I didn't say you were rebelling against your parents. "Rebelling" isn't really the word I'd use, anyway.
But your rant reminds me of someone who's so opposed to the idea of being controlled, he doesn't see he's still being defined by his opposition to something.
Not saying that's you; just saying that's what that rant sounded like.
Here's a fun thought: Power and control aren't really bad things. Human organization pretty much requires both. Sometimes you're the boss, sometimes you're the grunt.
You've seem to have decided that these endeavors are evil when they're based on theism or spirituality. History suggests otherwise.
- The Crack Emcee said...
"Your rant reminds me of someone who's so opposed to the idea of being controlled, he doesn't see he's still being defined by his opposition to something."
So? What's wrong with being "defined" that way? And I served in the military, so it can't be power and control I'm against, can it? Basically, you've got it all backwards:
Theism and spirituality are (not only non-existent but) evil because they're expressed through power and control. Believers can deny it all they want but, as their explanations of spirituality-based murders, etc., prove, they're not the most helpful bunch when it comes to investigating their beliefs and the behaviors that spring from them.
- blake said...
So, you're cool if I associate atheists with the behaviors of the crazy and evil people who adhere to it?
I mean, you do realize that the drive to erase man's soul is a favorite among totalitarian dictators, right? If man has no soul, there's no issue with killing him. He's just a piece of meat.
I'm not saying that all atheists/materialists believe this (though I'm at a loss to figure out the basis on which they value Man over any other organism or inert matter), but do you really want to duel crazies in support of your point?


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Woman drives off boat ramp: 10 News gets answers | News
Tampa, Florida -- Few street lights and no warning signs confronted a woman who drove down a boat ramp and died. We asked whether changes are due at Lowry Park.
A combination of confusion led Tampa mother Magdalia Mendoza to the accident that took her life.
Rain poured and darkness enveloped everything at 7:30 Wednesday evening.
She was lost and on the phone when she inadvertently steered her minivan down the Lowry Park boat ramp and into the Hillsborough River.
10 News went back to the park just hours later, when it was dry but still dark, to see what she saw.
According to a friend who was on the phone and heard Mendoza's final cries for help, the last coherent word Mendoza said was "Flora." It's the name of the street that leads to the boat ramp.
Turn down Flora Street off of North Boulevard and only a small sign shows what's in store. "Boat ramp" and an arrow point down the street, along with more words and arrows that point to other areas.
Scattered street lights do little to light the way. The speed limit on Flora is posted at 25 mph, which doesn't give the impression the road ends just a block or so away.
Pass one more sign that's mostly text with boat ramp rules, two curves, and you're right at the rippling edge of the murky river.
10 News went to City of Tampa Parks Director Greg Bayor and asked, is that enough?
"In that area there are not a lot of street lights. There's not a lot of signage -- there's no signage, really -- that tells you that the road is coming to an end. Is that something that needs to change?" I asked.
"It's very similar to all of our boat ramps. And so I think when we see the report comes in, we'll take an analysis of the situation and make corrective measures if we need corrective measures," Bayor answered.
Bayor pledged to learn from this death.
"It's a bigger picture of all of our boat ramps. We have to take a look at all of them to make sure that this doesn't happen again,"
He said no one on his staff can recall anything like this before at the city's five boat ramps.
And while it's too early to get specific about this accident, in general, he says safety reviews can bring life saving changes.
"Certainly, we'll look for some national standards and see if we're meeting those national standards. And if there's anything that we can do that just common sense and logic says, 'You know, we ought to do this.'"
Bayor told us the city's parks staff will start its own investigation -- possibly working alongside other city departments -- once it receives a report on the incident from Tampa police. That report is expected in three days or less.


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Pella saw their five game win streak and District Title hopes slip away with a 17-14 loss at Winterset to close the regular season last night.
Pella took a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter on a 10 yard toss from Josh DeWaard to Dan Langenfeld capping an impressive 93 yard drive and were able to hold that lead into halftime thanks to an impressive defensive performance holding the Huskies to just 35 first half yards.
Winterset's lone offensive score came in the third quarter on a 33 yard field goal, but it was the Husky defense that stole the show in the fourth quarter. With Pella leading 7-3 the Husky defense turned back to back Pella turnovers into touchdowns, a 50 yard interception return, and a fumble in the end zone, and all the sudden Winterset claimed a 17-7 lead with five minutes remaining in the game.
Refusing to go down easy, Pella closed within three on a run by DeWaard with under three minutes to play. Following an unsuccessful onside kick attempt, the Pella defense forced a three and out giving the offense one last shot to tie or win.
With no timeouts and only 90 seconds to work with, Pella took over at their own 10 yard line. Three quick plays later they were at midfield with momentum, however the Huskies forced yet another turnover recovering a Pella fumble to end the game.
Pella outgained the Huskies in total offense 303-102 and the defense held the district's leading rusher to just 40 yards while only allowing a field goal, but it still resulted in a loss. Coach Jay McKinstrey says that's tough to swallow. "This is a hard loss for the kids," McKinstrey said. "They worked really hard. I feel like we outplayed them tonight. I feel like the better team tonight didn't win, and that makes it more difficult when you feel like you played better than they did, and a couple big plays hurt you a lot."
With the win Winterset claimed the Class 3A District 8 title, while Pella settles for second ending the regular season 6-3 overall and 5-1 in district. Pella will be home to open the Class 3A playoffs Wednesday night when they host Keokuk with kickoff at 7pm.


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A state agency ordered a Vernon battery recycler Wednesday to halt work, saying that hazardous waste and emissions are seeping into the soil and air, posing a public health risk.
The state Department of Toxic Substances Control alleges "metal bearing" waste is leaking from underground pipes at Exide Technologies, 2700 S. Indiana St., and the continued operation of the plant is unsafe.
Exide was served with an order to suspend operations because of "significant ongoing releases to the environment" and "unacceptable" health risk from airborne emissions to the community and workers, said the agency's director, Deborah Raphael, during a conference call with the media Wednesday morning.
In March, the South Coast Air Quality Management District cited the facility for releasing arsenic into the air. Exide was ordered to immediately reduce its dangerous levels of arsenic emissions and to notify 110,000 residents in Southeast Los Angeles County of their exposure to chemicals and pollutants known to cause cancer.
"We made a determination that this facility poses an imminent and substantial danger to public health, worker safety and the environment," Raphael said.
The plant recycles 22 million automotive batteries a year and has been operating in Vernon since the 1920s. Exide, a publicly traded company with operations in 80 countries, took it over about 10 years ago.
A representative at the facility declined to comment, and an Exide spokesperson was not immediately available.
The latest order by DTSC was hailed by local elected officials whose constituents have complained for years of health and environmental issues related to the Exide plant.
State Assembly Speaker John Perez called the order a "major victory for the residents and workers" in the southeast area. His district includes Vernon and other southeast cities.
Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar also lauded the suspension, but added he was unsatisfied with the toxic control agency's handling of Exide's permitting process over the years.
"I do question why the company was allowed to operate with an interim permit," said Huizar, who represents neighborhoods bordering Vernon.
"Boyle Heights, East L.A. and our Southeast Communities already bear more than their fair share of harmful emissions and contaminants," he said.
The battery recycling plant has been operating under a temporary DTSC permit for the past 32 years and is the only facility left in the state that has not been fully permitted, the agency's spokesman Jim Marxen told City News Service.
He could not explain why the agency initially did not complete the permitting process on the plant, but said the facility has operated since the 1920s and has a "complex" set of issues that were not faced by other facilities required to obtain permits under a 1981 federal hazardous materials
An effort was made in 2002 to bring the plant up to standard so that it could qualify for a full permit, but that process was stalled in 2006, he said, adding there were extensive public hearings held at the time.
A renewed effort was made to get the company into compliance in 2011 when Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Debbie Raphael as the new DTSC director, he said.
"She came in and she began asking, 'Why isn't this permitting process moving? What's the problem with it?"' he said.
The latest order to shut down the battery plant came as the permitting process started up again, but "it just got to a point where problems were at a level where it was an unacceptable risk" for the company to continue operating, Marxen said.
Perez also sent a letter to the toxic control agency earlier this month, urging a "rapid resolution" to arsenic emissions and calling it "one more chapter in this terrible story of ongoing pollution and malfeasance."
Perez called for fixing "all past and present contamination" with Exide paying for the cost of the cleanup and "immediate action" on finalizing the facility's permit "so that we can start anew … with the most rigorous standards and protections for the neighborhoods and workers in place."
A Los Angeles City Council committee headed by Huizar is considering legal action against Exide over the arsenic allegations. The AQMD estimated the airborne arsenic could affect about 110,000 people.
Boyle Heights resident Sal Martinez told EGP he is elated about the closure. Martinez said he and his fellow parishioners at Resurrection Church in Boyle Heights had "had enough," and were in the process of organizing protest marches to demand something be done about Exide's continued "polluting of their neighborhood."
"We wanted their permit revoked immediately and we were prepared to march against them just like we did against the [failed proposal to build a] power plant in Vernon," he told EGP.
The politicians "heard our voice and acted immediately" to bring about this decision, Martinez said, adding members of Resurrection Parish had been contacting local officials, "Huizar, Perez, City Attorney Trutanich, anyone we could get to listen," to urge them to shut the plant down.
Officials in the mostly-industrial city of Vernon said they agreed with DTSC's decision to shut down the plant.
Vernon's health and environmental control officials will "closely monitor the work of state DTSC inspectors to ensure that workers at Exide Technologies and the environment surrounding the plant are made completely safe before the facility is cleared to resume operation," City Administrator Mark Whitworth said in a statement Wednesday.
Whitworth said the city asked AQMD in March to issue a health advisory, adding they did it "because our top priority is the health and safety" of Vernon's 100 or so residents and the 55,000 people who work at businesses in the city.
A study released Monday by the California Environmental Protection Agency revealed that Vernon is home to the fourth most polluted zip code in the state, and the most polluted area in Southern California. Neighboring communities, including Baldwin Park and East Los Angeles, joined the industrial city on the list, ranking seventh and eight, respectively.
Vernon Spokesman Fred MacFarlane told EGP that although air quality conditions have improved in the city, more work is needed to improve air quality in the Southeast communities that are surrounded by a "collection of freeways."
"The biggest factor is not the industry in Vernon as much as it is the mobile-source pollution," he said.
MacFarlane told EGP that the temporary loss in wages by the workers at the facility is "problematic," however, the city's priority is the public's health and safety.
Martinez, meanwhile told EGP that a group of residents from Boyle Heights were preparing to rally in front of Exide, "or somewhere close to there" Wednesday evening.
"We have been waiting a long for this," he said.
EGP Staff writer Nancy Martinez & CNS reporter Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou contributed to this story.


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The Washington Demon boy's basketball team ended their season last night after losing to Solon 58-40.
Washington came out in the first quarter, and it looked like a new team. Washington was out hustling, working and staying shot for shot with a large Solon team and was tied at 18 after one with the help of four three pointers made during that time.
In the second quarter, there was less scoring by both teams, but the Demon continued to push as after the first half Washington came away with a lead 29-28.
Unfortunately Washington has been plagued with that one quarter all year long, and against Solon it was no different, as out of the break Solon turned up the intensity, and Washington did not shoot the ball. The Spartans went on a 19-2 run that lasted the entire quarter, with the Demons scoring their only two points in the third with a minute left.
In the fourth quarter, the deficit was too much to overcome as the Spartans went to the bonus and continued to score while passing and avoiding the Demons and wasting 1:30 off the clock.
Washington put up some points to get behind 17, but that was the closest they got.
Roder was the leading scorer for the Demons with 11, all in the first half.
Demon head coach Bryce Smeins talked after the game about the first half and the difference in the third quarter.
"I thought we played probably our best half of the year in the first half, our plan was to come in and take care of the ball and play patient basketball and play with the ball in our hands and not play defense all night, and I thought we did a great job of that in the first half, we shot it pretty well," Smeins said. "Third quarter Solon came out with a little more pressure, it got a little more physical in the third quarter, close to losing control maybe for a little bit there, but they got some buckets out of that and we got down by 10 or 14 and they are a hard team to come back against."
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Both Lampard and Hazard were on the scoresheet as the Blues triumphed 2-0 over West Ham on Sunday afternoon, and Lampard, whose header marked his 200th Chelsea goal, is of the opinion that Hazard could go on to become a legend at Stamford Bridge.
"Eden is 22. He has got the world at his feet and he can handle the pressure because he is that good," Lampard told Sky Sports. "His ability and speed off the mark and the way he is able to turn on a sixpence is what all great attacking players have and he's got it in abundance.
"He is very laid back, a great character and not too much bothers him by the look of it. That's the way he plays and it reflects in his game.
"I hope he carries on doing it because he's an absolute pleasure to play with."
Lampard, whose contract with Chelsea expires at the end of the season, went on to compare Hazard to former Chelsea hero Gianfranco Zola.
"Zola did it throughout his career while Eden's at a relatively early part of his career," Lampard said. "But what he is showing now are glimpses that he can be in that bracket and be one of the top players in the world."


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House Republicans opposed to President Barack Obama's Wall Street reform law have tried to slow down the implementation process and defund parts of the law. And that hasn't made the Treasury Department very happy.
In a blog post today, Treasury Department spokeswoman Suzanne Elio called cuts by House Republicans "penny wise and pound foolish." Specifically, Treasury is opposed to legislation proposed by the HouseAppropriations Committee to cut proposed budgets for the Securities and Exchange Commissionand the Commodity Futures
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To put these cuts in perspective, the $323 million in proposed cuts reflects less than 0.002% of the $19 trillion in household wealth lost between the middle of 2007 and the beginning of 2009. In an effort to safeguard against another financial crisis, any cuts to these agencies' budgets would be shortsighted and undermine the enforcement of Wall Street reform.Republicans opposed to Dodd-Frank say the law is a job killer.
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Barcelona midfielder Xavi has won almost every trophy at both club and international level, but has revealed he is more concerned about his side's style of play.
The experienced midfielder has won six La Liga titles, the World Cup, two European Championships and has lifted the Champions League three times during his illustrious career.
Despite the Spaniard's success for both club and country, Xavi insists playing exciting football gives him more satisfaction than lifting trophies.
Xavi, speaking to FIFA.com, said: "Other teams win and are happy, but it's not the same. The identity is lacking.
"In football the result is an impostor. You can do things really, really well but not win. There's something greater than the result, more lasting: a legacy."
Xavi is currently gearing up for his sixth successive Champions League semi-final as Barcelona face Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night.
The 33-year-old is likely to be rested for Barcelona's league match against Levante on Saturday along with fellow stars Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, as manager Tito Vilanova casts one eye on their upcoming encounter against the newly-named German champions.
The Catalan giants can afford to rest star players domestically, with the La Liga title all-but assured after a fantastic start to the campaign.
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HASHELA Kumarawansa won't soon forget the 17th of January - the day she was offered a place studying journalism at RMIT.
Her Australian tertiary admission rank of 91 was below the clearly-in range of 96.25 but a portfolio of work amassed partly through her time with The Under Age helped secure her first preference and move her closer to one day becoming a newsreader. She was ''over the moon'' when she logged on to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre website.
Hashela is one of six school leavers Fairfax Media followed as part of its Year 12 Club series.
All six are happily bound for their first preference courses in fields, including science, business, media and arboriculture.
Phillip Kareroa, who completed the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, was forced to head to a fast food restaurant to learn he had been accepted into youth work at RMIT.
''My internet just died so I went to Starbucks and there was no free Wi-Fi there, so then I went to Hungry Jack's,'' Phillip said. ''None of my family ever went to university so it was quite exciting.'' After he found out, Phillip called his sister.
''She was about to cry and I was just excited. I was like, 'Oh my gosh I can't believe I got in.'''
Since examiners called ''pens down'' the Year 12 Club have been relaxing, travelling, cleaning and beginning the job hunt.
''I need to earn some money because I will have to afford my own food and rent and all those I'm not quite used to yet,'' Clara Haberberger said.
She hopes a bartending course will lead to hospitality work for six months before she begins an arts and sciences degree at Leiden University College in The Hague. ''It's the international city of peace and justice and it really allows me to study my two greatest passions, politics and languages, which will hopefully lead me to the UN and interpreting there.''
Miranda Zhang's International Baccalaureate score of 44 out of 45 meant she was assured her first preference of commerce at Melbourne University, but that was little consolation as the VTAC website clunked along under the weight of thousands of visitors. ''I checked Facebook to see if it was just me, but so many of my friends were saying 'VTAC, you should know better''', Miranda said.
A text message similar to that which students received in December with their results might be more effective, she said, but in the end the five-minute wait was tolerable.
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Servlet Best Practices, Part 1
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4
High-profile frameworks
While it would be wonderful to do a full comparison between frameworks here, that's not what this book is about. What we can do instead is briefly discuss the four most popular servlet frameworks available today: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) BluePrints, Apache Struts, JavaServer Faces, and Apache Turbine.
You might be thinking to yourself, "Just skip the summary and tell me which is best!" Unfortunately, there's no all-encompassing answer; it depends entirely on your application and personal taste. This is one place where working with server-side Java follows Perl's slogan: "There's more than one way to do it."
J2EE BluePrints
J2EE BluePrints is more accurately described as a guidebook than a framework. Authored by Sun engineers, the book provides guidelines, patterns, and code samples showing how best to use J2EE and the constituent technologies. For example, the book shows how to implement a Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework that encapsulates back-end web operations into three parts: a model representing the central data, the view handling the display of the data, and the controller handling the alteration of the data. To support this MVC model BluePrints suggests using an
Action class in the style of the "Command" pattern:
The sample application defines an abstract class Action, which represents a single application model operation. A controller can look up concrete Action subclasses by name and delegate requests to them.
The book gives code samples for how to implement an
Action but doesn't provide any production-quality support code. For production code, the J2EE BluePrints book points readers to Apache Struts.
Apache Struts
Apache Struts might very well be the most popular servlet framework. It follows very closely the MVC pattern discussed in BluePrints (from what I can tell, the ideas have flowed in both directions):
Struts is highly configurable, and has a large (and growing) feature list, including a Front Controller, action classes and mappings, utility classes for XML, automatic population of server-side JavaBeans, Web forms with validation, and some internationalization support. It also includes a set of custom tags for accessing server-side state, creating HTML, performing presentation logic, and templating. Some vendors have begun to adopt and evangelize Struts. Struts has a great deal of mindshare, and can be considered an industrial-strength framework suitable for large applications.
In Struts, requests are routed through a controller servlet.
Action objects control request handling, and these actions use components such as JavaBeans to perform business logic. Struts elegantly creates a full dispatch mechanism on top of servlets with an external configuration, eliminating the artificial tie between URLs and online activities. Nearly all requests come in through the same servlet, client requests indicate as part of the request the action they'd like to take (i.e., login, add to cart, checkout), and the Struts controller dispatches the request to an
Action for processing. JSP is used as the presentation layer, although it also works with Apache Velocity and other technologies. Struts is an open source project and was developed under the Apache model of open, collaborative development.
JavaServer Faces
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a Sun-led Java Community Process effort (JSR-127) still in the early development stage. It's just reaching the first stage of Community Review as of this writing, but already it's gaining terrific mindshare. The JSF proposal document contains plans to define a standard web application framework, but the delivery appears to focus on the more limited goal of defining a request-processing lifecycle for requests that include a number of phases (i.e., a form wizard). It's a JSF goal to integrate well with Struts.
Apache Turbine
Apache Turbine might be one of the oldest servlet frameworks, having been around since 1999. It has services to handle parameter parsing and validation, connection pooling, job scheduling, caching, database abstractions, and even XML-RPC. Many of its components can be used on their own, such as the Torque tool for database abstraction. Turbine bundles them together, providing a solid platform for building web applications the same way J2EE works for enterprise applications.
Turbine, like the other frameworks, is based on the MVC model and action event abstraction. However, unlike the rest, Turbine provides extra support at the View layer and has dubbed itself "Model 2+1" as a play on being better than the standard "Model 2" MVC. Turbine Views support many template engines, although Apache Velocity is preferred.
We could discuss many more frameworks if only we had the space. If you're interested in learning more, Google away on these keywords: TeaServlet, Apache Cocoon, Enhydra Barracuda, JCorporate Expresso, and Japple.
Use Pre-Encoded Characters
One of the first things you learn when programming servlets is to use a
PrintWriter for writing characters and an
OutputStream for writing bytes. And while that's stylistically good advice, it's also a bit simplistic. Here's the full truth: just because you're outputting characters doesn't mean you should always use a
PrintWriter has a downside: specifically, it has to encode every character from a
char to a
byte sequence internally. When you have content that's already encoded--such as content in a file, URL, or database, or even in a
String held in memory--it's often better to stick with streams. That way you can enable a straight byte-to-byte transfer. Except for those rare times when there's a charset mismatch between the stored encoding and the required encoding, there's no need to first decode the content into a
String and then encode it again to bytes on the way to the client. Use the pre-encoded characters and you can save a lot of overhead.
To demonstrate, the servlet in Example 3-1 uses a reader to read from a text file and a writer to output text to the client. Although this follows the mantra of using
Writer classes for text, it involves a wasteful, needless conversion.
Example 3-1: Chars in, chars out
import java.io.*;
import java.util.prefs.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class WastedConversions extends HttpServlet {
// Random file, for demo purposes only
String name = "content.txt";
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String file = getServletContext( ).getRealPath(name);
PrintWriter out = res.getWriter( );
returnFile(file, out);
public static void returnFile(String filename, Writer out)
throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
Reader in = null;
try {
in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(filename));
char[ ] buf = new char[4 * 1024]; // 4K char buffer
int charsRead;
while ((charsRead = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
out.write(buf, 0, charsRead);
finally {
if (in != null) in.close( );
The servlet in Example 3-2 is more appropriate for returning a text file. This servlet recognizes that file content starts as bytes and can be sent directly as bytes, as long as the encoding matches what's expected by the client.
Example 3-2: Bytes in, bytes out
import java.io.*;
import java.util.prefs.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class NoConversions extends HttpServlet {
String name = "content.txt"; // Demo file to send
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String file = getServletContext( ).getRealPath(name);
OutputStream out = res.getOutputStream( );
returnFile(file, out);
public static void returnFile(String filename, OutputStream out)
throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
InputStream in = null;
try {
in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
byte[ ] buf = new byte[4 * 1024]; // 4K buffer
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
out.write(buf, 0, bytesRead);
finally {
if (in != null) in.close( );
How much performance improvement you get by using pre-encoded characters depends on the server. Testing these two servlets against a 2 MB file accessed locally shows a 20% improvement under Tomcat 3.x. Tomcat 4.x shows a whopping 50% improvement. Although those numbers sound impressive, they of course assume that the application does nothing except transfer text files. Real-world numbers depend on the servlet's business logic. This technique (illustrated in Figure 3-2) are most helpful for applications that are bandwidth- or server CPU-bound.
|Figure 3-2. Taking advantage of pre-encoded characters
The principle "Use Pre-encoded Characters" applies whenever a large majority of your source content is pre-encoded, such as with content from files, URLs, and even databases. For example, using the
getAsciiStream( ) method instead of
getCharacterStream( ) can avoid conversion overhead for ASCII strings--both when reading from the database and writing to the client. There's also the potential for cutting the bandwidth in half between the server and database because ASCII streams can be half the size of UCS-2 streams. How much benefit you actually see depends, of course, on the database and how it internally stores and transfers data.
In fact, some servlet developers preencode their static
String contents with
String.getBytes( ) so that they're encoded only once. Whether the performance gain justifies going to that extreme is a matter of taste. I advise it only when performance is a demonstrated problem without a simpler solution.
To mix bytes and characters on output is actually easier than it probably should be. Example 3-3 demonstrates how to mix output types using the
ServletOutputStream and its combination
write(byte[ ]) and
println(String) methods.
Example 3-3:
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
public class AsciiResult extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException {
ServletOutputStream out = res.getOutputStream( );
// ServletOutputStream has println( ) methods for writing strings.
// The println( ) call works only for single-byte character encodings.
// If you need multibyte, make sure to set the charset in the Content-Type
// and use, for example, out.write(str.getBytes("Shift_JIS")) for Japanese.
out.println("Content current as of");
out.println(new Date( ).toString( ));
// Retrieve a database ResultSet here.
try {
InputStream ascii = resultSet.getAsciiStream(1);
returnStream(ascii, out);
catch (SQLException e) {
throw new ServletException(e);
public static void returnStream(InputStream in, OutputStream out)
throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
byte[ ] buf = new byte[4 * 1024]; // 4K buffer
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = in.read(buf)) != -1) {
out.write(buf, 0, bytesRead);
Although mixing bytes with characters can provide a performance boost because the bytes are transferred directly, I recommend you use this technique sparingly because it can be confusing to readers and can be error-prone if you're not entirely familiar with how charsets work. If your character needs to extend beyond ASCII, be sure you know what you're doing. Writing non-ASCII characters to an output stream should not be attempted by a novice.


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UNH skaters face tough test against BU this afternoonBy ALLEN LESSELS
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 17. 2012 8:36PM
DURHAM - Casey DeSmith and the University of New Hampshire matched some serious hockey history with Friday night's 3-0 win at UMass-Lowell.
The shutout was the third straight for the Wildcats. The only other time New Hampshire blanked three consecutive opponents was in the 1928-29 season.
The Wildcats beat Bates, 1-0, tied Amherst, 0-0, and knocked off Massachusetts, 1-0, that time in a span that ran from Jan. 29, to Feb. 2, 1929.
The challenge for Dick Umile's team is to keep history from repeating.
The 1929 run ended with a 5-1 loss to Boston University.
Ironically, UNH takes on BU at Agganis Arena in Boston today at 1 p.m.
"It's another great opportunity for us," said UNH coach Dick Umile on Saturday. "It's another tough place to play. We always seem to have great games down there."
UNH's season ended at Agganis last March when the Wildcats dropped a best-of-three series in the Hockey East quarterfinals. UNH won the first game of the series in double overtime and lost the third in the same fashion.
DeSmith, the sophomore from Rochester, has been on fire for the Wildcats.
He's been in the net for all three shutouts and has four for the season.
"He's playing with an awful lot of confidence right now," Umile said.
UNH has been playing tight defense in front of DeSmith, too.
He made 23 saves on Friday night, 11 of them in the third period.
"The majority of the shots were from the outside," Umile said. "But there were probably a couple that would have been in the back of the net against most anyone else. The defensemen are doing a real good job in front and in breaking out of the zone."
DeSmith has a superb 1.21 goals against average and a .957 save percentage.
The Wildcats finished Friday night's game playing with three lines after senior forward Greg Burke and sophomore forward Jay Camper left the game with injuries.
Neither will play against BU. Burke banged up his shoulder and had X-rays and will see a doctor Monday morning, Umile said.
Sophomore defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk opened the scoring with 4:07 left in the second period against Lowell. Sophomore Grayson Downing and senior Austin Block added third period goals.
Block leads the team with eight goals and has five in the last three games.
The Wildcats were ranked No. 5 in the country last week and improved to 7-1-1 overall and 5-1-1 in Hockey East with the victory at Lowell.
BU upped its record to 6-3-0 and 5-2-0 in the league with a 6-3 win at Vermont on Friday night.
The Terriers trail second-place UNH by a point in the league standings. Boston College leads UNH by five points with an 8-1-0 Hockey East record.
UNH knocked off BU 4-1 at home in the Whittemore Center on Oct. 20. DeSmith had 24 saves that night.
Freshman Matt O'Connor came on in relief of fellow freshman Sean Maguire in goal for BU.
O'Connor has a 1.88 goals against average and .938 save percentage.
After today's game, UNH finished out a road-heavy stretch of games at Colorado College in Colorado Springs on Friday and at the University of Denver on Saturday.
The Wildcats return home to play UMass-Lowell on Nov. 30.


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LA JOLLA, Calif., August 12, 2009 -- Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and the University of Connecticut Health Center (U.C.H.C.) have gained new understanding of the role hyaluronic acid (HA) plays in skeletal growth, chondrocyte maturation and joint formation in developing limbs. Significantly, these discoveries were made using a novel mouse model in which the production of HA is blocked in a tissue-specific manner. The Yamaguchi laboratory genetically modified the Has2 gene, which is a critical enzyme for HA synthesis, so that the gene can be "conditionally" disrupted in mice. This is the first time a conditional Has2 knockout mouse has been created, a breakthrough that opens vast possibilities for future research. The paper was published online in the journal Development on July 24.
HA is a large sugar molecule that is produced by every cell in the body and has been thought to play a role in joint disease, heart disease and invasive cancers. Yu Yamaguchi, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the Sanford Children's Health Research Center at Burnham and Robert Kosher, Ph.D., a professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development at U.C.H.C. and colleagues showed that transgenic mice, in which Has2 was inactivated in the limb bud mesoderm, had shortened limbs, abnormal growth plates and duplicated bones in the fingers and toes.
"Because hyaluronic acid is so prevalent in the body, it has been difficult to study," said Dr. Yamaguchi. "Systemic Has2 knockout mice died mid-gestation and could not be used to study the role of HA in adults. By inactivating Has2 in specific tissues, we give ourselves the opportunity to study the many roles HA plays in biology. This mouse model will be useful to study the role of HA in various age-related diseases and conditions, such as arthritis and skin aging, as well as cancer."
To create the conditional knockout mice, the Yamaguchi laboratory genetically engineered the Has2 gene to create the Has2flox allele. The team then added the Prxl1-Cre transgene, which is associated with early limb bud mesenchyme to produce the conditional Has2 knockout mice.
|Contact: Josh Baxt
Burnham Institute


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WASHINGTON - A member of President Barack Obama's advisory committee on signals intelligence, the panel that recommended major restrictions on the National Security Agency's data collection, countered the notion that the panel had found no value in the agency's activities.
WASHINGTON � A member of President Barack Obama�s advisory committee on signals intelligence, the panel that recommended major restrictions on the National Security Agency�s data collection, countered the notion that the panel had found no value in the agency�s activities.
Michael Morell, a former acting director of the CIA, said yesterday that although the panel of independent experts did not find evidence that the National Security Agency�s efforts had helped stop a terrorist attack, the ability to monitor whether foreign terrorists were calling Americans remains important. The panel released its report Wednesday.
Among its 46 recommendations to Obama, the panel suggested that a third party, like the telephone companies or a private consortium, hold the logs of phone numbers and call durations gathered by the agency. Officials then would have to obtain a court order each time they wanted to access such information.
Such a change would be the first significant restriction on the agency�s surveillance powers since 9/11. Morell said on CBS� Face the Nation that it would add only a few days to the process of obtaining that data, with emergency exceptions.
�We think that better protects privacy and civil liberties while at the same time allowing the government to do what it needs to do to protect the country,� he said.
Emphasizing that the panel had uncovered no evidence of abuse within the agency, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., who heads the House Intelligence Committee, said that the discussion over control of the information was worthwhile, but that he was not sure whether he agreed with the recommendation.
�I�m reluctant, because I think it opens up to more privacy violations when the companies hold it,� Rogers said on the ABC program This Week.


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The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 24-18 last Saturday night at AT& T Stadium in Arlington in the tune-up game for both teams prior to the start of the regular season, on Sunday, September 8th.
The first team offense finally showed some signs of light for Dallas, but the big question still remaining for the 'Pokes is whether or not their makeshift offensive line can perform well enough to give Tony Romo time in the pocket to successfully move the offense down the field for touchdowns on a consistent basis.
Defensively, there is no doubt the move to the 4-3 by bringing in defensive guru Monte Kiffen in has been a good move. Once the players settle into the new scheme this defense will keep Dallas in the game ever week.
Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett was pleased with what he saw on the field following the conclusion of the game.
"I thought we did a good job controlling the football, and we did a good job of really just sticking with the run. We had some positive runs, we had some negative runs, we had some ok runs. We did a good job staying persistent with that. I thought that was good for our football team. We're stronger up front than we've been in the past, and I think it showed more as the game wore on."
The starters played the first half and the second team played a good portion of the second half. One exception to that was running back DeMarco Murray. He played most of the second half. Garrett was asked why that was the case.
"We took DeMarco out in the first half because he put the ball on the ground, so we gave Phillip Tanner a chance to play with the ones in the first half, so we talked to DeMarco at halftime and gave him a chance to play in the second half and he did a good job when he came back in. He's a pro; he's a damn good football player. I thought he responded well to it."
Dallas hits the field again Thursday night at home to close the preseason when they entertain the Houston Texans. Fans will enjoy watching the game, but the second teams will play for both Dallas and Houston in the first half and the second half will feature players on the bubble of making the team, meaning that most of the players you see then won't be on the team after the final roster cuts down to the 53-man roster.


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The Washington Demon boys ran into a hot Mt. Pleasant team last night and fell 65-38.
The Demons started quick, and held the lead for most of the first quarter, but started to succumb to the speed of Mt. Pleasant as the Panthers took the lead after one 11-8 and never looked back.
In the second quarter the story was offensive boards, where the Demons gave up eight points on four offensive rebounds. Washington went into the halftime break down 10, 29-19.
In the second half it was all Mt. Pleasant, putting on a show for their fans with three players recording dunks.
Despite the loss, Washington had two players score 10 points, and seven players on the score sheet. Thomas Bump scored 10 points filling in at point guard for the injured Michael Hall, and Kyle Roder had 10, with eight in the second half.
The Panthers were led by Ryan Hanna and Cameron Frank both with 14.
Demon head coach Bryce Smeins said there are two things offensively that could help his team, plus ball security.
"We have a lot of guys who can play and play hard, we just have to learn how to score more points," Smeins said. "If you make layups and free throws, and we'd be in the 50's at least, do we win? Probably not, but it is a lot tighter ball game."
Washington doesn't have any time off as they will play Tipton tonight.
Tipton is 0-7 and is shooting 37.6 percent from the field.
You can hear this game on AM and FM KCII and KCIIradio.com with pregame starting after the girl's game and tip-off to follow, the one to count on for today's local sports coverage is AM and FM KCII and KCIIradio.com.


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I saw "Man of Steel" over the weekend. As you probably know, after his parents on Krypton send him to Earth as an infant, Clark Kent grows up in a farm family in Kansas. In one scene, you see him wearing a weathered Kansas City Royals T-shirt. Clark of course grows up to be Superman and saves the world. But that T-shirt made me wonder, what if ...
Jan. 7, 2013 (Royals Newswire) -- The Kansas City Royals announce the signing of OF Clark Kent after an open tryout in Smallville, Kan. "It's very rare that we sign a player from a tryout," said Royals director of scouting Lonnie Goldberg. "Kent is a raw prospect, but he shows good potential. We were especially impressed by the home run he hit over the Smallville water tower. Especially considering the baseball field is on the other end of town."
Feb. 24 (Royals Newswire) -- Royals prospect Clark Kent went 4-for-5 with four home runs in his first spring training game. He also hit the ball out of the park on his fifth at-bat, but on the way to first, he flew into the stands to catch a toddler who had fallen out of the upper deck. He was called out for running outside the baseline. "It was a good start," says Royals manager Ned Yost. But Yost noted that all of Kent's home runs were on the first pitch: "We'd like to see him show a little more plate discipline."
March 28 (Royals Newswire) -- OF Clark Kent was assigned to Triple-A Omaha despite leading all players in spring training with an .882 batting average and 47 outfield assists. "Our team needs a veteran presence," manager Ned Yost says. He announced that nine-year veteran Jeff Francoeur would start in right field.
May 20 (Royals Newswire) -- OF Clark Kent was called up from Omaha and started in right field over the weekend in place of Jeff Francoeur, who was hitting .209/.250/.295 as of May 19. Kent hit a Pacific Coast League-leading .908/.996/3.725 over two months in Omaha, winning eight consecutive PCL Player of the Week awards. However, Kent did not get a hit in his first three Major League games, as he bunted in his first 11 plate appearances against Oakland. "He has to learn to manufacture runs," hitting coach Jack Maloof said. "There is just no reward here [for us] trying to hit home runs."
June 17 (Royals Newswire) -- OF Clark Kent is listed as day-to-day after being hit in the head with a pitch in a game against Cleveland. Five players were hit by pitches and seven players were ejected in the Royals' 6-5 loss. Both benches emptied in the ninth after Kent was hit with a fastball by Indians pitcher Joe Smith. Kent remained upright, and catcher Carlos Santana picked up the ball to find that it had been neatly split in two. Both teams quietly returned to their benches.
July 7 (Royals Newswire) -- Royals OF Clark Kent, who leads Major League Baseball in all hitting categories, finished fourth among AL outfielders in All-Star Game voting, behind three New York Yankees.
Aug. 4 (Royals Newswire) -- Royals officials denied media reports Sunday that OF Clark Kent is a user of anabolic steroids. The Boston Herald, quoted an anonymous courier for a bagman for a bookkeeper for a landlord of an unlicensed pharmacist as saying: "Come on. That guy has GOT to be juicing." Royals owner David Glass said he has faith that Kent is clean, although he understands how some might be skeptical, especially after Kent's recent home run that crashed through the Citgo sign 1,200 feet beyond the left-field fence at Fenway Park. "Plus he does that laser thing with his eyes," Glass said. "That's a rare gift. The only other player I can remember who could do that is Bob Gibson."
Aug. 20 (Royals Newswire) -- Royals OF Clark Kent set a major-league record by being intentionally walked for the 37th consecutive time in Tuesday's game against the White Sox. Kent was then booed by home fans for refusing to steal second, despite his exceptional speed -- he has been timed going from home to first in 0.00000001 seconds. Asked after the game about his decision, Kent said simply: "Stealing is wrong."
Sept. 5 (Royals Newswire) -- OF Clark Kent went hitless with 15 strikeouts during a four-game series with Seattle, dropping his league-leading batting average to .921. "He barely got the bat off his shoulder. It looked like he could hardly stand up out there," manager Ned Yost said. "But then he'd go back to the trainer's room and he'd be fine. I don't get it." In other news, the Mariners replaced their normal home plate with a glowing green version for the series, honoring Irish history in Seattle. Asked how he came up with the idea, Mariners owner Max Mxyzptlk declined comment.
Sept. 19 (Royals Newswire) -- The Royals' Clark Kent became the fifth player in Major League history to play all nine positions in one game on Sunday against the White Sox. Kent added to the feat by playing all nine positions at the same time.
Kent pitched eight perfect innings but was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the ninth, and Chicago scored in the bottom of the ninth to win 1-0.
Kent finished with a .921 average, 147 home runs and 492 RBIs -- all major-league records.
The Royals finished 72-90.
Nov. 11 (Royals Newswire) -- Clark Kent announced his retirement from baseball Monday. "Baseball was fun, but I have other matters to attend to," he said as he kept a flaming oil rig from collapsing on the gathered media.
To replace Kent on the 40-man roster, the Royals signed SS Yuniesky Betancourt off waivers from Milwaukee.
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Questions? Comments? Challenges? Taunts? You can reach me at email@example.com or on Twitter @tommytomlinson. (Something else you discover in the movie: Clark Kent follows Kansas football. We didn't have the heart to go there. One lost cause at a time.)


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VMware to Present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
By: Marketwired .
Feb. 11, 2013 04:05 PM
PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/11/13 -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Pat Gelsinger, VMware's Chief Executive Officer, will present as a keynote speaker at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco, CA on Monday, February 25th, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. PT/ 3:00 p.m. ET.
A live webcast will be available on VMware's Investor Relations page at http://ir.vmware.com. The replay of the webcast will be available for two months.
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