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Greece/Uk/France, 2013, Colour, 74 min
Against a black screen, the first words ring out like a prophecy: "I saw a great epidemic. A chaos. I'd scream, people, it's not going well, great poverty is coming!" Yet this is no prophecy any more for the shepherds in the mountains of western Greece. Hunched in their dingy, dilapidated homes, they discuss spending their last Euros on cigarettes or beer, catalogue their debts and look for new lenders, all the time bemoaning the hopelessness of their situation. The deep lines criss-crossing their weather-worn faces recall the rugged scenery outside, whose rocky valleys are bisected by electric pylons and wreathed in unremitting fog. Although animals are their livelihood, it is they that bear the brunt of their owner's frustrations, a casual, everyday violence waiting to explode.
London, UK
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Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes
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Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes
Nikos Konstanstinou
Christina Koutsospyrou, Aran Hughes


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There aren't many reasons to visit Detroit in freezing January but BMW has just given us a reason to look up airfares after it announced the world debut of several new models will take place at the Motor City's auto show in January.
Leading the way will be the newly announced 4 Series Coupe - the renamed 3 Series Coupe, which will now be differentiated from the sedan with its own numbering system.
As we already highlighted in a news story here at www.europeancarweb.com, the 4 Series will feature a slightly longer wheelbase, wider stance and lower roofline than the 3 Series Sedan. The car will also be identified by satin-finish aluminum trim on air intakes, vents, exterior mirrors, etc.
Detroit will also see the arrival of the recently announced M6 Gran Coupe. This car was a badly kept secret for many months but it has tremendous presence in the flesh, promising spectacular performance from its 560hp twin-turbo V8 engine. The car also gets a characteristic carbon roof and other M signature additions such as side gills, quad exhaust tailpipes, larger intakes, etc.
Finally, we'll get to see the 2014 Z4 Roadster, which is more of a facelift to the existing model which will use the existing 2.0 and 3.0 turbo engines in three guises for the sDrive28i, 35i and 35is. You can read more about the features of this new model in the separate story here at www.europeancarweb.com

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2011-10-31 Conflicting info • DNA
Start: 12:07:43
Seventies Soulchild: good afternoon alt.
alt: Hello Seventies Soulchild, how are you this afternoon?
Seventies Soulchild: LOL right after I logged in yesterday I lost my isp. grrrr
alt: oh my, the 'weather' got ya, huh?
Seventies Soulchild: So I can only login from work... The entire area. People are still without power including the ISPs and cable company. We also don't have TV. Since Saturday night and all day Sunday.
alt: oh my, that's not good!!!!
Seventies Soulchild: Not at all.
alt: are the boys out of school today?
Seventies Soulchild: 2 hour delay. Our schools suffered a power loss as well. There were about 50 accidents yesterday and Saturday. It has been pretty bad.
alt: I know how that is... we had that problem last winter... hope it doesn't happen again this year.
Seventies Soulchild: I don't think that you all will have it as bad this year. but I don't know about the east coast. So far all sounds pretty bad.
alt: well, wishing you the best.
Seventies Soulchild: Me too. :} Alt I have a question for you. Have you ever had a CW record set that was conflicting in information?
alt: we've got sunshine here today, but it is a littl chilly ... low 40's.
Seventies Soulchild: supposed to be 50's here today. which means with the melting snow, black ice. When I say record set, I mean Pension, service record and regimental records.
alt: Not sure what you mean... I've seen information on a pension file that was 'different' from what I had in my records. I had marriages, but pension records said the folks weren't married, but living together.
Seventies Soulchild: I have a soldier who when his pension was applied for, his death was reported as march 1864. His service record says that he mustered out in 1866, his regimental records state that he was promoted in Aug 1864 and demoted in Aug 1865. Now how can a dead man be promoted and mustered out?
alt: hello vkn, how are you today?
Seventies Soulchild: I would guess that the pension file is incorrect. ???
alt: I would go with the service record Seventies Soulchild .. the folks applying for the pension may have their years mixed up.... service record is closer to the actual event.
Seventies Soulchild: ok thank you for changing your screen name. :}
alt: now we can recognize her, huh Seventies Soulchild? LOL LOL
Seventies Soulchild: lol exactly
vkn: Well one must experiment and explore to learn what is possible Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: I can't type that many letters in a reasonable amount of time lol
alt: vkn, we've been having some pretty good chat sessions lately from reading the logs.
vkn: Yes indeed alt we be doing beautifully Seventies Soulchild if you click the name no need to type lol
Seventies Soulchild: I suppose I can track down some additional records. I'm really glad that I copied the 5th Heavy Artillery records. They offer some good info.
alt: lots of 'good' information exchanged in the sessions lately.
vkn: and that is wonderful y'all
Seventies Soulchild: yes it is
alt: yeah Seventies Soulchild.. try and find as much information as you can surrounding any given event. there may be conflicts in the information, but at least you will have 'most' situations covered.
Seventies Soulchild: I am wondering if the records may have been for William Galoway. Another name of a soldier who served with James Galimore and the name originally used on the pension filing. so in the meantime I'm exploring these new Mississippi records on Family Search. Loving the tax records.
alt: hey Daviss, how ya doing today?
Daviss: hello alt, seventies and vkn!
Seventies Soulchild: hello Daviss. Still no internet or cable. No power at the school this weekend, so there was a 2 hour delay
alt: good Seventies Soulchild, I'm busy organizing and cataloging photos taken this past year... got some good ones from the NBGS to put up on AfriGeneas Talking
Seventies Soulchild: excellent.
Daviss: I figured that it would still be that way seventies.. Did you have trouble making it to work?
Seventies Soulchild: No got to work right on time. thank goodness for cell phones
Daviss: Isn't that the truth and charged cell phones at that lol
Seventies Soulchild: exactly! :}
alt: why did you go to bed early Daviss? trying to be the early bird? LOL LOL
Daviss: I got a major headache watching the cardinal game :? I had to take to bed early lol
alt: yeah, the Browns gave me a headache too LOL
Seventies Soulchild: Hey Selma. I was just thinking about you... wondering if you all had power and internet.
alt: Hello Selma, how are ya?
Selma: Good afternoon Lunch Bunch Regulars...
Daviss: hello Selma!
vkn: Well alt how do you figure my query re Millard Bell. Died in Paris France 1927. Circumstances unknown. Buried in Choccolocco AL Gaines Cemetery. Has what appears to be a USCT marker. Was at Philippines Manila in 1904-1911 with naval hospital unit.Shipped out on The Logan.
alt: now we're Regulars.. Friday we was a "Gang" LOL LOL
Selma: I am fine..we just got rain and winds and high tides in this part of VA...my sister lost power Saturday afternoon she lives in Jersey
vkn: Registered for Army in 1913 at Des Moines IA
Selma: They shipped his body back from France?
alt: really vkn .. I had a great uncle who was in the Philippines in 1911-1912.
Daviss: I read your query vkn.. its heavy
alt: gotta take a look at that query vkn.
Selma: When I was doing some indexing for Family Search, it was of records for soldiers in Philippines the dates you mentioned alt
alt: that's quite a bit of good information to have vkn.
vkn: We have a cursory service record showing him in a prison unit in Hardin KY. Family rumor is that he was a cadet at West Point
Seventies Soulchild: Oh I can check that for you vkn... what is the full name?
alt: is that right, West Point.
Daviss: lol @ seventies
Seventies Soulchild: hey what's so funny Daviss??
bearnut2: Mornin' everyone!
Seventies Soulchild: hello bearnut2
Daviss: hello bearnut2
Selma: Alt..tell Bennie Obama is designating Fort Monroe a National Monuement
alt: hello cuz'n bearnut2 , how are ya?
Selma: Afternoon bearnut
vkn: Selma nothing showing how body got back to US
Seventies Soulchild: Oh gosh.. I may as well spill the beans....
alt: okay Selma, but knowing Bennie I'm sure he already has that news LOL
Daviss: sheesh seventies
Seventies Soulchild: Not that you all care, but I work in the Admissions at West Point. And there are a lot of archival records at my disposal.
vkn: Howdy Daviss Howdy Bearnut
Selma: Obama is signing the papers tomorrow...folks did what the "whole" base a National Park
Seventies Soulchild: But none of the records I need! lol
Daviss: lol seventies
vkn: Well I care Seventies Soulchild
Selma: Was that a secret Seventies..you told us awhile ago.. LOL
alt: Ft. Monroe is finally getting it's "props" Selma
Seventies Soulchild: lol It must've been a long while ago! lol
bearnut2: I'm good cuz alt trying to get rid of this sinus headache thats been lingering for 4 days
alt: ohm that's too bad bearnut2, take care of yourself
bearnut2: That is great news Selma! Its a surprise for me lol oops Seventies
vkn: Interesting announce from CharBah about her blog on Alexandria VA
Selma: I was counting on you getting my Grandson a scholarship seventies..
alt: vkn, see you 'drop' some information out here in the Chat and 'wham' someone has a way to gather some more information on the subject.
Seventies Soulchild: We don't have scholarships... lol Its free thank you taxpayer! lol
Selma: Its a nice Blog vkn..she has done al ot of work on Alexandria Ok then you are my IN
alt: work it Selma.. lay the ground work LOL LOL
vkn: I like her introduction Selma. Very thorough. Yes alt chat is the place to be for learning whats happening
Seventies Soulchild: lol alt
bearnut2: so, Daviss were you surprised when you got that invite yesterday?
Selma: Hey..at the rate college expenses have risen we need all the help we can get
Seventies Soulchild: Unfortunately, I think that if our HBCUs don't get it together our people will be finding themselves out in the cold in regards to higher education.
alt: you bet Selma
Daviss: yes bearnut2 I was. I sent you email with a "WOW" lol so this is a cousin of yours?
bearnut2: lol I knew you would be! I told my cousin that when I saw you in her RF
Daviss: lol
bearnut2: yep shes my 2nd cousin 2x removed our common ancestors are Leyes Cage (Zack Cage's daughter) and Calvin Jenkins from Rutherford Co. TN
Seventies Soulchild: Daviss, I posed the same question I asked you to the chat here. RE: James Galimore records
alt: di you know of her before 23andme bearnut2?
Daviss: what was the answer seventies pose again
Seventies Soulchild: The conflicting information in the CW records for James Galimore. When he died? Why he was promoted, demoted and mustered out/
Daviss: gotta figure out how with me and cuzzie lol
bearnut2: oh yeah, alt, I found her earlier this year through a common cousin on Ancestry. I gave her the RITF test kit.
Daviss: vkn that new cheese sounds yummy
alt: okay great bearnut2, this is proving that the DNA can be verified thru a paper trail.... Great!!!!!
vkn: twas and tis lol
bearnut2: mmm cheese?
Daviss: lol
Seventies Soulchild: yucky... :P
Daviss: vkn did you get my snail mail
bearnut2: yep and it also "proves" the randomness of dna inheritance. I inherited much less dna that what I "should have" for us to be 2nd cousins 2x removed.
vkn: Not as yet daviss. Of course I only go to mail box once weekly so Monday is my mail day.
bearnut2: and you like peanuts Seventies Soulchild! lol
Seventies Soulchild: Yes I do! That's normal. lol
bearnut2: lol
Daviss: should be there then vkn lol Conference goodie
bearnut2: if I had been my only family member tested and didn't already know of our paper connection, I would have wrongly "assumed" that we were more distantly related because of the amount of dna we shared.
alt: I gotta read up on the amount of shared DNA in the 23andme stuff.... how much & on what chromosome.
Daviss: I sent a major call out to all my kin.. one side is more responsive than the other. Grrrrrrr
Seventies Soulchild: I just say keep in mind black people that we have a very wide range of dna combinations.
alt: and from what parent
bearnut2: grrr sorry Daviss
Daviss: thx bearnut2
bearnut2: If you have a few addresses you can use, it might just be easier to order them yourself and send em' out that we do Seventies Soulchild thats what I do Daviss
Daviss: I wonder if when we order and put names on kit can we change names if need be
bearnut2: yep Daviss the names aren't permanent
vkn: You mean email addys bearnut?
alt: what is interesting to me is those 100%'ers that have other RF matches than what the ethnic group is supposed to be.
bearnut2: You can even change your name on your kit now
Daviss: and also can we gather all the folks and put under one email
bearnut2: vkn no the most recent initiative is 2 per household (address)
vkn: Hmmmm
bearnut2: Daviss yes I put one email in when I order but I register them all under my email addy (for my immediate family only) alt do you mean 100% black or 100% white? vkn the one posted in Ebony has a 2 kits per household limit
alt: either way bearnut2.. I think it means someone else in their family line did some 'river crossing' or something. LOL lOL
Daviss: hahahahaha river crossing
bearnut2: right! thats exactly what it means! lol
Seventies Soulchild: lol we still have more genetic diversity.
vkn: Thanx bearnut2
Seventies Soulchild: Mixing with us is definitely a step up.
Selma: I would think that should not be a shock to black folks..
Seventies Soulchild: But funny it seems to shock every white person who has African ancestry in their family... lol brb
alt: Seventies Soulchild, my thing wiis with us now associating ourselves with the name of today's African counties, when it should be the varions Tribes and/or kingdoms we should associate with prior to colonization.
Daviss: but I don't think its a shock, I think they just don't want to know it happened in their family
Selma: I know..I think thats where this term "multi racial" is coming from ..a more politically correct term than the previous term
bearnut2: only some of em Seventies Soulchild I've seen a lot of them on 23andme who are excited and intrigued about having some "exotic" ancestry lol
Selma: Well I guess "exotic" is a considered politically correct
bearnut2: "multiracial" gives a new meaning to the mu designation? lol
Selma: Folks act like "biracial" is new..
alt: yes it does bearnut2, when I think in the beginning it simply referred to or meant 'not all white"....
Seventies Soulchild: Yes they do... and SPECIAL. Mostly because they are ignorant. oops did I give up too much honesty? lol
alt: not really Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: You know some people get offended if you tell them that they have African ancestry by virtue of their history. They act as if its shameful.
bearnut2: yeah there are those out there like that...I can think of a couple offhand...
Daviss: brb
Seventies Soulchild: Latinos are the #1 offenders, but that is changing.
alt: with me Seventies Soulchild, knowing and being multi-racial in my DNA composition it just that I don't have a 'better' position... all are equal genetically... now politically that's something else. not multi-racial, but multi-ethnic
Seventies Soulchild: well there have been genetic studies done in the past regarding the diversity. And well, politcally speaking its not benefical to have brown or black skin. Genetically speaking it is an advantage.
bearnut2: whats nice is, for the most part, the folks I've seen on 23andme are embracing all of their heritage, be it expected or not...
Seventies Soulchild: And I always remind my son that African people range from yellow to black. That's the way I was raised, black is black.
bearnut2: yeah, me too Seventies especially having a grandmother who could have passed
alt: well, again here Seventies Soulchild, I don't think folks really look at the continent of Africa in total... they/we tend to regionalize it.
Seventies Soulchild: In some ways it is regionalized, but in some ways not. Again politically speaking it is under the right circumstances. Like Egypt.
alt: like all European's are one way and neither are all Asians. are NOT one way
Seventies Soulchild: How can Egypt be in the Middle East, when its clearly part of the African continent? That's a long standing argument though.
alt: by and with whom?
Seventies Soulchild: Now for African-Americans, the majority of us have Western African Ancestry.
Daviss: back folks
bearnut2: wb Daviss
Seventies Soulchild: lol alt, don't get me started today... lol
alt: I'm trying lol lol lol
Seventies Soulchild: well quit! lol
alt: okay
bearnut2: lol
Seventies Soulchild: hey fierybug08!
bearnut2: Hi fierybug08
fierybug08: hello everyone. virtual wave to alt bearnut2 daviss seventies vkn
alt: well hello stranger, how are ya fierybug08 .. and a 'virtual' back atcha LOL
Daviss: well look at who I see lol if it isn't fierybug08 Hi fiery
fierybug08: lol....i know i have been busy at work...learning cataloging
Seventies Soulchild: good.
Daviss: I've been asking about you fiery so wb
fierybug08: but i did get a chance to spend time with my grandma i missed everyone dearly
bearnut2: ooh cataloging! fun! :p
Seventies Soulchild: I have been planning, still am, on coming down to D.C. for Kwanzaa
Daviss: wonderful fierybug08
fierybug08: *brain cramp*
alt: wonderful fierybug08, any 'new' oral history from grandma?
Seventies Soulchild: So my D.C. folks get ready to see me :}
Daviss: where does granma live fierybug08?
fierybug08: turns out my grandma went to Lexington Academy in Mississippi
Seventies Soulchild: ooh what county Fierybug?
fierybug08: my grandma now lives in metro atlanta
Seventies Soulchild: Sounds like upstate MS Its probably now closed though. Was this a college or a girls school?
Daviss: fierybug08 did you get a dna kit? Your granny would be a good fit for that
fierybug08: she told me how her grandpa would charge people to ride horses. she said in the mountains of MS...black hawk? I only found my grandpa Jim in Yazoo, MS with much fussing within myself...I gave in and ordered mine.
Seventies Soulchild: Yazoo City, MS?
Daviss: lol great!
Seventies Soulchild: lol
fierybug08: yep...I found him in the 1920 Census Seventies
bearnut2: good for you fierybug08!
alt: yes fierybug08, good for you, on all accounts.
Daviss: did you get the freebie
fierybug08: i think i might actually have to drive up and make a local trip. My grandma sounds like she wants to go back to visit
Seventies Soulchild: there is a website that lists now closed private black high schools. Something I came across before I started doing genealogy. Wish I could find it now. lol
bearnut2: even if in the end you decide not to use it, at least you have the option
fierybug08: yep...daviss...although I am a little hesitant about the 'free business'
Seventies Soulchild: fierybug08 yea I can definitely understand that.
fierybug08: well...just keep a look out Seventies...lol. no worries.
alt: it works fierybug08 .. bearnut2, Daviss & I will testify to it.
Daviss: I had that site also seventies and looked for it last week with no luck
fierybug08: my dad's sister also contacted me via facebook
Seventies Soulchild: Webpages come and go Daviss. .. ok
fierybug08: well alt...I know where to come to ask about figuring out the results.
alt: have y'all googled for 'black prep schools' lately?
bearnut2: Fierybug08 what 'free business' are you worried about?
Daviss: fierybug I am glad you decided.. Cass county just may hook us up as cousins lol
fierybug08: privacy issues...bearnut2
Seventies Soulchild: alt there are only 3, one in Troy, NY one in Philly, PA and Piney Woods, MS that's it.
bearnut2: ahhh--gotcha
fierybug08: daviss...we are kin...Cass County is the size of a sweetpea
Seventies Soulchild: lol wow!
Daviss: lol fierybug surrounded by several counties
fierybug08: i found a website about Lexington, MS...nothing too extensive. I have to make time to do some map hunting. I like to see things close up.
alt: how bout Wilberforce, New Albany, Ohio, Union Literary Inst. in Darke Co., OH and I could name a few more Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: they are public or private?
fierybug08: daviss...also LA & AK
Seventies Soulchild: These are the only three I've ever heard of.
Daviss: yep! tx has over 260 counties alone
Seventies Soulchild: that are still open.
alt: public, "for colored kids" in Ohio prior to schools being desegregated.
Seventies Soulchild: ok yes I"m talking about those that are still around.
alt: okay, I see Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: The school in Troy recently opened in about 1995 It would be great to have some of those schools back. Really all of them. yes high school drop out rates are at 50%. We are facing a disasterous situation with the kids.
alt: for sure Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: Oh did I tell you all that the town I live in is contemplating a "saggy pants" law?? :{ I probably did... lol
Daviss: lol seventies you told me
bearnut2: We've got a couple of those here in the school systems
alt: that's another story Seventies Soulchild.. the 'system' doesn't want educated black folks and too many of our families do not stress education. so it is a 'self-fulfilling' prophecy.
fierybug08: This is the website about Lexington, MS http://www.lexingtonms.com/history.html
Seventies Soulchild: Agree alt and we just need to do something about it. Its our future generations on the line.
Daviss: thx fierybug
bearnut2: can't say I disagree with it...
Seventies Soulchild: oh I do.
bearnut2: I figured that by the mad face lol
Seventies Soulchild: If they couldn't uphold the law before then why target our young men now?? They can kiss my saggy pants! LOL
alt: as Daviss says.. Each one, Teach one... and that starts with our respective families...
Seventies Soulchild: its all about equity and them doing their job in the first place. This is outright racism Especially where I live. that's that.
bearnut2: we've got young men of all races wearing their pants around their thighs here--I don't want want to see anyones draws! lol
Seventies Soulchild: Look even if they kids weren't wearing sagging pants, it would be something else. Its just a money making scheme. Period.
bearnut2: we'll just have to agree to disagree on this issue Ss
Seventies Soulchild: Me either, but there is a way to go about stopping that without criminalizing our kids yet again.
alt: dunno Seventies Soulchild, I upset a couple of my grandkids this weekend when I saw their boys 10 & 11 y/o and their baggy pants. I pulled their pants up and read the riot act about respectability to the
Seventies Soulchild: where did vkn go?
alt: grandkids about their children LOL
fierybug08: why did I find a reference to Juanita Bynum. She went to a school near Lexington, MS http://www.answers.com/topic/juanita-bynum
bearnut2: lol
Seventies Soulchild: alt I don't have a problem with that. they belong to you.
alt: not me,,, they belong to my grandkids.
bearnut2: if more parents did what they should be doing...
Seventies Soulchild: And there is a way to talk to young people respectfully about their attire. I've seen it done.
Daviss: fierybug08 thats good to know
Seventies Soulchild: Well you know what I mean alt.. lol
fierybug08: i still have the 'respect your elders' and that there is a certain way to act around
alt: yes i do Seventies Soulchild, I'm still messing with ya LOL
Seventies Soulchild: And the 'elders' (not all old people fall into that category) should carry themselves with respect.
fierybug08: whoops...alt you did right. I don't like seeing saggy pants or muffin tops
Seventies Soulchild: LOL fierybug08
bearnut2: lol fireybug08
fierybug08: i am for real. I am tired of seeing women wearing their little sister's clothings
bearnut2: or their daughter's clothing!
Seventies Soulchild: Like I said, this is a case of racism in my town. Most of these white folks can't speak to you when they see you so they can kiss my saggy pants. lol
alt: they may wer them baggy somewhere else, but I'll bet a 'dollar to a doughnu' they'll pull them up when they see me LOL
Seventies Soulchild: The same ones who are proposing this law. and they should alt... lol
fierybug08: i hope it stays cold for a 'hot minute'. I do not want to see anymore muffin tops or tight pants.
Seventies Soulchild: So I am writing a letter to the editor laying them out. almost done.
alt: go for it Seventies Soulchild , express yourself.
Seventies Soulchild: lol
Daviss: I am trying to remember what my mom did not like when we were teens lol
alt: well, let me get back to labeling and organizing these photos .. later y'all.
Daviss: I can't think of anything yet lol lol
Seventies Soulchild: alright have a good day alt huh??? lol
fierybug08: all right...it was great chatting. I got to get back on this work. see ya laters
Daviss: Just saying lol
Seventies Soulchild: ok well I am way past my lunch hour.. lol
Daviss: ok bye 7
Seventies Soulchild: Thanks to alt! lol bye all
bearnut2: looks like everybody's going! take care!
Daviss: bearnut2 wait a min
bearnut2: yep
Daviss: so how do I get to cuzzie is she on FB
bearnut2: yes... hang on...
Daviss: you can e me if you want to keep it to I will chat later
bearnut2: ok will do...I'm monitoring her 23 account for right now
Daviss: ok thx
bearnut2: later! cuz! lol
Daviss: lol later


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I have just come across a rather weird one that might interest you
The machine is a Pentium/ 128Mb RAM running WinME (fully updated) IE6 (fully patched).
On boot up it would either attempt to run scandisk and stall, or start the boot up and windows desk top load, then stall. On looking at the processes msgsrv32 had stopped responding. (sounds familiar?)
The strange part is that the system will boot if you go into safe mode, let scandisk run, then do a warm restart!
On powerdown, the "it is now safe to turn off your computer" message appears. On the next start up it attempts to run scandisk and stalls as previously described.
I have discovered that disabling the firewall (ZoneAlarm) automatic load on boot up, letting the machine boot, then starting ZoneAlarm manually resolves the problem and the machine boots and runs normally.
I am still trying to find out what ZoneAlarm is conflicting with.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Luke T. Surry, Captain, USAF MC, for earning his Master's Degree in Health Professions Education (MHPE), awarded during the USUHS graduation ceremony, 20 May 2017, and to Dr. Steve Durning and the Health Professions Education group for their very first graduate!
American College of Physician, US Army Chapter, Elects New GovernorCongratulations to the US Army Chapter Governor-Elect Designee, LTC Cristin A. Mount, MD, FACP. Our new Governor-elect Designee (GED) will do a year of training as a Governor-elect and then will start her four-year term as Governor in the Spring of 2017. As Governor, Dr. Mount will serve as the official representative of the College for the US Army Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. In the meantime, Dr. Mount will be working closely with COL Kent DeZee (the current Governor) and College staff to learn about the College and her duties as Governor. To learn more about the new GED, feel free to read her bio below.
LTC Cristin A. Mount, MD, FACP
EDUCATION: Univ. of Scranton, Scranton, PA - BS Biology, 1999 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD - M.D., 2003.
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Int. Med. Internship, Madigan Army Med. Ctr., 2004 Int. Med.
Residency, Madigan Army Med. Ctr., 2006 Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Walter Reed Army Med. Ctr., 2009.
CERTIFICATION: Int. Med., 2006 Critical Care Med., 2009.
PRESENT POSITION: Chief, Department of Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center
ACP CHAPTER INVOLVEMENT/LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES: Army Chapter Governor's Council - 2012 - current, WA Chapter Spring Scientific Research Meeting faculty - 2015, Local Site Coordinator, Army ACP Virtual Meeting - 2013, 2014, Army Chapter Abstract Reviewer/Judge - 2012, WA Chapter Abstract Competition Reviewer/Judge - 2013, 2014.
ACP NATIONAL ACTIVITIES: National ACP Abstract Reviewer - 2010 to current, FACP 2009.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS/ACTIVITIES: Int. Med. Residency Core Clinical Faculty 2013 - pres., Int. Med. Residency Program. Evaluation Comm. 2009 - pres., Int. Med. Residency Clinical Competency Comm. 2010 - pres., Transitional Year Program. Evaluation Comm. 2009 - pres., Transitional Year Clinical Competency Comm. 2011 - pres., Dept. of Medicine Research Comm. 2011 - pres., Assist. Prof. of Clinical Med., USUHS 2009 - pres., Madigan Critical Care Quality Management Group Chair 2009 - pres., Madigan Trauma Comm. 2009 - present, Madigan Provisions of Care Comm. 2012 - pres., Madigan Space Comm. 2012 - pres., Director, Critical Care Services 2009 - 2013, Peer Reviewer for Critical Care Med. and Journal of Critical Care 2013 - pres., AMSUS - lifetime member. Society of Critical Care Medicine member. 2007 - pres.
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Graduate Medical Education Clinical Research in critical care med. with a focus on sepsis, infectious disease and quality improvement Health systems administration.
American College of Physician, US Air Force Chapter, Elects New GovernorCongratulations to the new US Air Force Chapter Governor, Matthew B. Carroll, MD, FACP, who will take the reins from, William Hannah, Jr., in the Spring of 2017. As Governor, Dr. Carroll will serve as the official representative of the College for the US Air Force Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level.
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EDUCATION: Undergraduate: United States Air Force Academy USAF Academy, CO Bachelors of Science in Chemistry 1988 to 1992 Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD Doctor of Medicine 1992 to 1996.
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Internship & Residency: David Grant Medical Center Travis AFB, CA Residency in Internal Medicine 1996 to 1999 Fellowship: Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland, TX Fellowship in Rheumatology 2005 to 2007.
CERTIFICATION: Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine-Board Certification 1999, 2009 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology Board Certification 2007.
PRESENT POSITION: Designated Institutional Official, Keesler Medical Center GME and Chief of Rheumatology, Keesler Medical Center.
ACP CHAPTER INVOLVEMENT/ LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES: Invited Speaker, AF ACP Chapter Meeting, November 2011 Planning Committee Member for Tri-Service ACP Meeting, October 2012.
ACP NATIONAL ACTIVITIES: Fellowship in ACP, 2005.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS/ACTIVITIES: Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General for Rheumatology Institutional Review Board, Chairperson, Keesler Medical Center Associate Program Director, IM Residency, Keesler Medical Center.
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/ EXPERTISE: Actively involved in clinical research related to illnesses such as gout, erosive osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, myocardial infarction, psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis, and sub-acromial bursitis; Actively involved in leadership opportunities in academic medicine.
CAPT (ret) Angeline Lazarus, Receives, 2016, American College of PhysiciansAngeline Lazarus, MD, MACP, USU Professor of Medicine was recognized during the American College of Physicians, Internal Medicine Week, 2017, 30 March – 2 April 2017, San Diego, CA, as the 2016, Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award. This award is bestowed upon a Fellow or Master of the College who has demonstrated the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the acclaim and accomplishments of former students who have been inspired and have achieved positions of leadership in the field of medical education, primarily as teachers. This annual recognition is the only national-level "full-spectrum" award given by the American College of Physicians, which is one of the largest medical specialty society organizations in the world. The award can best be summed up as highlighting accomplishment not only in medical education in our specialty and subspecialties across undergraduate and graduate medical education, but also lifetime as an empowering "Teacher of Teachers." Dr. Lazarus is a former Governor and founding member of the ACP Navy Chapter, who has already achieved Mastership in the College. She is a former Program Director of the NCC Internal Medicine (Bethesda) Residency Program and former Chief of Medicine and Director of Medical Services at National Naval Military Medical Center (now Walter Reed) Bethesda. Dr. Lazarus is a Professor of Medicine in the Uniformed Services University and currently sees her patients and teaches residents, fellows and students in the Walter Reed Bethesda Pulmonary Medicine Service.
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The Department of Medicine, USUHS proudly announces the selection of the Recipients of the 2016 John Maher Awards for Research Excellence
Lara Varpio, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, USUHS
Associate Director, Research, Graduate Programs in Health Professions Education, Dept. of Medicine, for her original research on the impact of changing technology (EHR use) on both the understanding of education as well as clinical care as published in the April 28, 2015 issue of Medical Education.
"As electronic health records (EHRs) are adopted by teaching hospitals, educators must examine how this change impacts trainee development. This influence is investigated by studying clinician experiences of a hospital's move from paper charts to an EHR. Questions asked: how does each chart modality present conceptions of time and data interconnections? How do these conceptions affect clinical reasoning?"
LTC Jason Regules, MC, USA , Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, USUHS
Deputy Director, Division of Clinical Research, USARID, Ft. Detrick, for his original research in the field of infectious diseases as published in the New England Journal of Medicine, April 1, 2015, "Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus: Ebola Vaccine — Preliminary Report".
"The current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak has resulted in more than 24,000 cases and 10,000 deaths. We present a preliminary report from two phase 1 trials of an attenuated, replication-competent, recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV)–based vaccine candidate to prevent EVD".
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2016-17 Awardee: CAPT William ShimeallThe USUHS Dept. of Medicine is proud to announce that CAPT William Shimeall has been selected by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to receive the prestigious Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.
The Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award honors program directors who find innovative ways to teach residents and to provide quality health care while remaining connected to the initial impulse to care for others in this environment. Parker J. Palmer's book The Courage to Teach promotes the concept of "living divided no more," which has proven relevant to teaching in academic health centers. Only 10 Program Directors are selected each year for this prestigious award from approximately 500 nominations.
CAPT Shimeall is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and assigned to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
LTC Joshua D. Hartzell to receive the Army "A" Proficiency DesignatorThe Dept. of Medicine is pleased to announce that LTC Joshua Hartzell will receive the Army's "A" Proficiency Designator Award at a ceremony in November. Dr. Hartzell, an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Medicine's Infectious Diseases Division is also the Director of the Internal Medicine Selectives at Fort Belvoir.
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I hold some pretty strong opinions about how CAT bonds can serve investors. Succinctly put, there's a certain segment of the natural catastrophe market, the super-catastrophic, parametrically modeled, peak-perils, that all large institutional investors should strategically and tactically participate in, via CAT bonds.
FM: You are the co-author of "Inflation-Protection Bonds" and co-editor of "The Handbook of Inflation-Indexed Bonds" and once were responsible for trading $160 billion in TIPS [Treasury Inflation Protected Securities] for PIMCO. As an inflation expert, what's your outlook for the near- and long-term?
JB: Obviously the global economy is, and has been for five years, in the midst of one of the toughest deleveraging cycles of the past 100 years. This, combined with unprecedented monetary policy, not just at the U.S. Fed, but at all major central banks globally, puts inflation at a knife's edge. I suspect that inflation in the near term will remain contained, and there is even a risk of disinflation. However, my concern is the huge amounts of "dry gunpowder" in terms of excess reserves in, and lagged effects of, negative real interest rates globally, that speak to inflation risk on the upside and that would be difficult to control.


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Opinion: Some recent comments on Trump's Puerto Rico response are divisive and unnecessary
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - The president just visited Puerto Rico. The federal government has been criticized for its recovery on the island. Those efforts have not been perfect. The criticism is understandable.
What I don't understand are comments like this one:
"This isn't that complicated, man. It's hurricane relief. These people need help. You just did this for white people, twice. Do the same thing. Go tell Melania to put on her flood heels, get some bottled water, some food, pack up some extra Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl t-shirts and write them up a check with our money, you cheap cracker," comedian Michael Che said during Saturday Night Live.
Or how certain statements like these help those suffering in Puerto Rico:
Racist Trump is deliberately killing Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans?
Or how this statement causing for us to be more united as a country?
"This is what white nationalism looks like as policy. We've been talking about this all along. When you have a policy, when you have a belief, that only white people are true Americans - Puerto Ricans are Americans - Donald Trump doesn't care about that," MSNBC political commentator Jason Johnson said on AM Joy Saturday morning.
White nationalist policies? This is divisive race baiting at its worst.
The inference is that the response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma was somehow different from the response to Hurricane Maria because only white people were being helped. That is simply not true.
Are the over 12,000 federal employees aiding the recovery in Puerto Rico racist? No, they are not.
Texas and Florida, hit by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, are states where there is a huge minority population.
African Americans and Hispanics make up over 50 percent of the population in Texas and over 40 percent of the population in Florida.
The suggestion that the Trump administration's response to natural disasters is somehow race-based is ludicrous.
Here is the bottom line: we live in a free country where political discourse is vital and criticism of the government is important.
What is detrimental, however, is to deliberately try and make Americans more divided than we actually are.


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|Sunglasses {Vintage Versace}, Lipstick {Revlon Coral}, Leather Jacket {Mango}
Let me introduce you to the love of my life :)
Today we had 60 degree, sunshiny feel good weather and so we went on a nice long stroll and took a load of pictures of this handsome little man. He's the kind of babe you just wanna squeeze all day. He's got a few good cheeks for squeezing too, if you know what I mean.
After the stroll we got some Chinese food for lunch, visited the Great Grandpa and had yummy Sonic Happy Hour slushes for dessert.
A pretty great day overall.
On a different note, I am loving this Revlon Lipstick in Coral so much I wanna put it on everyday. It's super creamy and stays on forever. The bright red is so cheery putting it on is an instant mood lifter.
I bet people think it's maybe a little too much for a stroll with the family but hey, it makes me feel put together and pretty which isn't necessarily an everyday occurrence with an 8 month old.
So mommas go rock that red on your lips!


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A Royal Vampire
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- Published By: eXtasy Books
- Author: Gabriella Bradley
- Page: 120
- Word Count: 26753
- Publication Date: August 22, 2011
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- Categories: Erotic Romance, Fantasy, FREE STORIES, Paranormal, Romance , Shapeshifter, Vampire
After twenty-four years in captivity, Joshua must suddenly take on the task for which he was created and trained. Taking on the role of king is no mean task, though Joshua doesn't care. He will finally have the freedom he so longed for all his life. Paul, his nemesis, tells him how much he hates Joshua but can't destroy him. Paul's insane jealousy and hatred causes him to change his mind and send Joshua's throne tumbling. He decides to turn most of the population with the help of his army of vampires and recapture his royal title.
Joshua finds himself entangled in a web of deceit, murder and witchcraft. His biggest secret, that he has inherited the vampire gene from his nemesis, must remain so. Vowing he'll rid the island of murdering vampires and werewolves, he devises a plan to escape the castle and freely roam the city and forests without fear of recognition and exposure.
Much to his surprise, he meets the woman he's seen so many times in his dreams. Unsure of himself, wondering if she is really his soulmate or if the feelings he has for her are caused because he's never been with a woman, he makes plans to date Katarina Goddard.
The story continues... Book 2, Timothy,


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Ajunat needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Watch Over Me (http://www.givewatches.org)
I spent the last seven years in Manhattan as an ecommerce Product and Project Manager. While ecommerce provided great exposure to technology and business strategy, I always came home empty. Working 18-hour days on seemingly vacuous projects while others in this world lacked basic shelter, clothing and food never seemed right. I tried to assuage the purposelessness by tutoring math at a middle school on Saturday mornings, volunteering at a battered women home on holidays or donating to various charities, but it was never enough. I longed for my 'day job' to be just as fulfilling as my moonlighting activities.
Then a family medical issue and some much needed time off brought me to Houston on sabbatical for a few months. In this time, I started volunteering at the Beacon homeless shelter five days a week. My first day left me with a feeling I hadn't experienced in the last seven years. I was paralyzed with anger by all the things I couldn't do, but overwhelmed with joy by all the things I could. Suddenly I felt part of the solution instead of just a spectator. All my energy now goes toward a service instead of commodity. My ongoing experience at the Beacon reinforces that dedicated time and service go further than one-time donations.
Nearly 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year in the United States, The path to exiting a state of homelessness often involves appointments with a complex network of social, medical, employment, financial, and legal agencies. Missing an appointment means missing an opportunity to exit homelessness, so timing is of the essence. Unfortunately, a simple wristwatch can be luxury for someone without a home – yet vital to secure one.
Watch Over Me supplies homeless shelters with wristwatches for distribution to homeless persons. Partnering with the Beacon & Episcopal Homeless Initiative, the program that allows citizens to donate used watches (or cash towards the purchase of a simple wristwatch). We take both digital and analog watches, in working or repairable condition. For the safety of our clients, we trade any watches above a $15 value for cash and then purchase basic wristwatches. We'll also provide day planners so clients can track their appointments with various agencies and store contact information.
This organization will receive contributions from both individuals and corporations. I'm at the beginning of the social enterprise process, but the market is definitely professional. Once I have this up and running in Houston, it will scale to shelters across the country. Perhaps international one day!
Here are some thoughts, but please treat this as a blank canvas! I'm looking for the best idea, not just my idea.
- some kind of clock face in the logo?
- a mark that can stand alone from the organization name?
- must translate easy to all types of marketing collateral (cards, bags, planners, web, letterhead etc.)
- I've always imagined red and black, but that's just in my head. just simple color and black - not crazy multi-colors that will be hard to scale in the future
- an option with some integration of website domain as well (since it's not exactly the same as organization name)
Here are some designs I like:
- Salvation Army - simple, has the name in it so it achieves two things at once.
- Target
- Red Envelope (ok, I see that I just like the color red apparently)
- Kiva
Simple yet clear and memorable!
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My dear friend and tester Jeanne picked me up at the airport and immediately took me on a fantastic tour of SLC. I got to see downtown, the beautiful surrounding area, and a couple of fabric shops...all before lunch!
We had a very yummy lunch at the famous Ruth's Diner. Here we are outside. Yeah, I'm standing on a curb, and Jeanne is still a good 6" taller. No fair.
Jeanne's little daughter is an absolute angel child! She is so beautiful and sweet, and smart too! Check out the welcome note she wrote for Jennifer!
Thursday was our first big work day. We went over to the convention center and picked up our giant box of gorgeousness so we could get ready for our Schoolhouse Presentation.
For my science friends...giving a Schoolhouse is like giving a talk at a national meeting. You get up in front of a big group of your peers and talk about your latest breakthroughs. We made the Sis Boom Schoolhouse a group effort - Jen talked about her new book, Madeline presented the latest fabric lines, and I of course plugged patterns. Above is a pic of Jen out in the hall, waiting for showtime. She was as cool as a cucumber, but I have to admit I got a little nervous. It has been a long time since I have been in front of a group like that, but I settled right down once I saw the friendly faces streaming into the room.
It didn't hurt that we were handing out fat quarters...those babies would thrill any audience!
On Friday, Jennifer had her book signing. So many great friends turned out ! Pictured above is Jennifer with Jennifer from Bugs and Bees (and yes, she made that Patricia Tunic with her own two hands). Don't they look like sisters?
After the book signing, we were interviewed by Heidi from the Quilt Home crew! We talked about the new Sis Boom fabrics and our ePatterns, which are sold on their site. It was so much fun talking to her! We'll let you know when the video is live.
We managed to get in LOTS of socializing, of course. Every night we had a dinner or a meetup to attend. It was so great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Plus, the food was great everywhere we went!
Now I'm not one to pose for pics with every sewing celebrity I meet, but I just HAD to get a shot with Char from Crap I've Made. She is my bloggy hero - funny, interesting, mildy crass - and she is exactly the same in person!
Oh...did you notice the dresses we were wearing on book signing day? That pattern is in the works and should be ready in the next few weeks...I just need to come down from my Rocky Mountain Quilt Market High and transition back into work mode!
...and by the way, I was not in full-out Snookie mode - that is someone's head, not my bangs in that last shot (don't let Char tell you otherwise)!


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Oaxaca, Mexico is known for its moles. Most people are familiar with the dark brown one served with chicken in lots of mom and pop Mexican restaurants-the one flavored with bitter Mexican chocolate. In actuality there are 7 traditional moles from Oaxaca. Mole Amarillo or Yellow Mole is one of them-the sauce turned out a shade of dark red, so I'm not sure why they called it amarillo.
It might not be yellow, but it is tasty just the same. Moles are mysterious and complicated recipes-they are ancient concoctions which require patience and time to prepare. One exception is one of our favorite dips-Guacamole-that's right, Guacamole is a mole-so I recommend you approach any mole recipe just like you're going to mix up a bowl of Guacamole and the task will just fall into place. I modified this recipe from Saveur magazine.
10 dried guajillo chiles, seeded and washed
1/2 tsp of ground achiote
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp saffron
2 tbs oil
1 head of garlic, all cloved peeled
1 medium onion, peeld and roughly chopped
8 tomatillo, husked, washed, and roughly chopped up
1 ripe tomato, roughly chopped up
1 tbs yerba santa, ground
salt to taste and a pinch of sugar
Chicken stock as needed
Toast the peppers in a dry cast iron skillet, add the annatto and cover with 2 cups of hot water. Let the mixture seep for 20 minutes.
In a separate pan, heat 1 tbs of the oil and saute the onion and garlic over medium low heat until the vegetables are soft and begin to turn golden. Add the cloves, cumin, oregano, saffron, and yerba santa.
Add the toasted peppers, reserve the water, tomatillos and tomato, continue to saute until soft and browned. Add the reserved chilie water.
Puree in small batches and press through a strainer. This should be a fairly thick paste.
Saute the paste in the remaining tbs of oil for about 20 minutes, thin to sauce consistency with the chicken stock and simmer for up to 2 hours before serving. Add the salt and sugar to taste.
I ladled some of the mole into a deep soup plate and placed a split game hen on top. I served an herb green rice with peas from a Rick Bayless cookbook on the side.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
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Biofuels: The Ultimate in Recycling
by Jeanne Miller
Will there come a day when you can use the oil that your egg roll was fried in to power your car? How about the potato peels left over from making instant potatoes? Or the turkey guts poultry processing plants discard?
In fact, that day already has come. Facilities that convert organic matter, called biomass, into clean-burning fuels are more and more often choosing to use waste products from other processes to produce biofuels.
Ethanol and biodiesel are the most common biofuels, and they provide environmentally friendly alternatives to gasoline and to petroleum diesel fuel. Best of all, using surplus materials to produce biofuels solves another big problem: what to do with all the waste we generate.
Ethanol, an alcohol, is produced after yeast or microbes break down a plant's sugars and starches. Combined with gasoline, it adds oxygen to the car engine's combustion process, allowing the fuel to burn more cleanly. A company in Idaho makes ethanol using potato waste from a nearby potato processing plant. A cheese factory in California makes it from unused whey. Almost anything that ever grew can be processed to make ethanol.
Biodiesel, made from chemically-altered plant oil or animal fat, is an alternative to petroleum diesel and will work in any diesel engine. When used as a substitute for petroleum, it reduces total air pollution by more than 50 percent and cancer-causing substances in the exhaust by 94 percent. About half of the biodiesel that's produced in this country is made from used vegetable oil.
Most intriguing of all is the oil produced by a machine developed by Changing World Technologies that uses a thermal depolymerization process (TDP) to take materials apart at the molecular level. The machine was designed to turn almost any waste product into high-quality oil, pure minerals, and clean water. It applies heat and pressure, the same forces nature employed to turn ancient vegetation into fossil fuels.
However, what took nature thousands or millions of years takes this machine a couple of hours. The company's Philadelphia plant has been operating for four years, taking in waste of all kinds: turkey innards, tires, city garbage, muck dredged up from the harbor, medical wastes. What comes out is light oil, gas, and minerals, all pure and harmless. A larger TDP plant in Carthage, MI, expects to turn 200 tons of daily turkey-processing waste from the Butterball factory just down the road into 10 tons of gas; 21,000 gallons of water; 11 tons of minerals; and 600 barrels of petroleum and other oil. More plants are planned.
Although producing biofuels generally costs more than pumping petroleum out of the Earth, the added cost is offset by many benefits. These alternative fuels provide energy without harming our environment and depleting our country's resources. They offer the added bonus of solving our solid waste problems. It's a good deal for Planet Earth!
- combustion:
- The process of burning.
- whey:
- The watery part of milk that separates from the curds in the process of making cheese.
- What kind of energy is contained in biomass?
[anno: Potential energy is contained in biomass.]
- What does DTP do to waste products? What product is the result of DTP? What might be some of the benefits of using DTP instead of traditional methods to achieve this product? Write a short paragraph about DTP and its benefits.
[anno: DTP, or depolymerization process, takes waste products apart at the molecular level. A machine performing DTP uses heat and pressure to turn these waste products into fossil fuels. Using a DTP machine instead of drilling for fossil fuels does less harm to the environment and does not continue to use up Earth's limited supply of fossil fuels.]


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We live in a fast forward society.
We want our information now, our coffee in an instant and our packages expressed.
This leaves me wondering- what's the hurry?
I question this pace even more when it comes to our children, especially our girl children.
It seems that not only are they in a hurry to grow up, they have begun to take matters into their own hands physically forcing the hands of time forward.
Little girls no longer look little. Older girls look even older.
I am in beautiful Buenos Aires, Argentina, as I write this. Buenos Aires is the capital of the world's best steaks and the one and only Tango.
In recent months city newspapers have been tanking left and right.
It seems like the biggest publications are barely hanging on in these times of economic uncertainty, and some of them are just plain going broke.
In fact, I have read several stories from some of the larger news organizations about the dismal hope of future monetary gains for newsprint even after the current recession is over.
On any given day I can see thousands of students on The University of Tennessee campus 'plugged in' to headphones and iPods and cell phones.
Picture this: You wake up one morning and everything seems perfect. Your paycheck is more than you thought it would be, your car runs right for a change, and you enter your favorite store to buy that thing you always wanted.
You walk through the front door and then, without warning, it happens. You see "them." You know who "them" is. "Them" is that he or she that did something so catastrophic, and made life horrible for you. What's worse is they see you in return.
So, what do you do?
Change is not easy.
I'll be the first to admit it. If you want to know how well I have handled it historically, just ask my parents how I responded to the news that we were moving cross country just weeks after my high school graduation.
I can assure you it was not pretty.
With that little confession out of the way, I will now readily admit over the years I have learned that change is a necessary evil. Without it there is no moving forward or even backward for that matter.
Denver breaks 104 year old cold temperature record as Arctic chill sets in.
Coldest ever first half of October in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Chicago: Chilliest October in 133 years.
Earliest snow of record in Pennsylvania.
Coldest early October ever in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Record lows in Central Florida.
Record snowfall in Pocatello, Idaho.
Christmas has got to be mine and my family's favorite time of the year. The second, of course, is Halloween.
When my sisters and I were little, our mom always made sure that holidays were special even if we didn't go "all out." Now that we're adults, we lavish ourselves in haunted corn mazes, pumpkin spiced coffees and simply coming together as a family.
Last week, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
To hear television and radio talk masters tell it—or, more often than not, yell it—America is divided neatly into two warring factions; that on either side of the ideological frontier Liberals or Conservatives lurk stealthily for the opportune moment to destroy our country and end forever the "American Way of Life."
Culinary icon and "Chocolate Madame" Elaine Sherman once said, "Your stress-free life helps you maintain a youthful disposition, both physically and mentally. So, eat lots of chocolate!"
For the past two weeks, I've felt like I've been on the warpath.
You know those weeks; the ones where all hell breaks loose and anything you don't want to have happen… well, happens.
The past two weeks were those weeks for me.
They've been trying.
A busybody.
Webster defines a "busybody" as a person who mixes into other people's affairs through meddling and gossip. I just consider the whole concept as nothing but a waste of time; time should be spent uplifting a neighbor rather than telling everyone how imperfect he or she is.
Why do we make other people's business our business? Why should it matter what other people do? It's not like we're going to have to answer for the things others do.
The next scheduled election for Campbell County officials is August 2010; that's less than a year away.
But it is time already that we as citizens begin thinking about the votes we will cast in that upcoming election.
When we go into the voting booth and close the curtain behind us, what thoughts will be running through our head as we cast our votes?
Will we be focused on the job that the person running for election did? Will we be thinking about the future of our county?
Being the proud mother of a 7-year-old son and nearly three-year-old daughter, I thought that I had seen the last of the four hour feedings.
But this weekend I found myself being thrown back into the four hour feedings schedule. However this time the work was four times as hard. This time I have quadruplets to attend to.
Luckily my son finds the process fun so he helps out with one of the four who he named Izak the second, after himself.
This week's story is spun from something that has been brought to my attention.
Keep in mind this week's story is solely for the purpose of the child involved in all this. Trust me, you will either love it or hate it. Again trust me, there's no "in-between" with this one.
This past week, I received a knock on my door. I looked through the peephole and saw a small child standing with a pamphlet in hand. Without hesitation, I opened the door and asked what they needed.
Our Republic is being stolen. It is being done systematically in the cover of darkness – bills that give more power to Washington and special interests and less to "we the people."
It is being done with radicals in Congress and the White House setting up a shadow government using czars to usurp the authority of Cabinet members and Congress. Even Hillary has complained.
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One of the driving forces behind the now-reversed decision to cancel funding to Planned Parenthood has stepped down from her executive position at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.
But the resignation of Karen Handel, an outspoken opponent of the reproductive health group, hasn't slowed down foes of Planned Parenthood.
Even as Handel was on her way out the door, two anti-abortion groups were releasing a report intended to push Republicans in Congress to continue their investigation of Planned Parenthood.
A 23-page memo from the Susan B. Anthony List and the Alliance Defense Fund outlines what those groups' leaders say are a series of funding irregularities uncovered in various state and federal audits of Planned Parenthood affiliates.
"These problems reveal a pattern of gross financial mismanagement," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA List.
Steven Aden, the Alliance Defense Fund's senior counsel, added, "The 10 state audits amounted to nearly 8 million dollars in waste, abuse and potential fraud."
Planned Parenthood, however, brushed off the accusations. "This document is part of a campaign by conservative groups seeking to outlaw access to reproductive health care and uses recycled or overstated allegations," the organization said in a statement.
The Planned Parenthood statement also noted that "the same groups pushing for a congressional inquiry have also been behind the pressure campaign aimed at the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation and other important organizations."
But in her first public statements since resigning, Handel said it was Planned Parenthood making things political. "The last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood," she told Fox News. "It's simply outrageous."
Handel, however, who ran unsuccessfully for governor of Georgia in 2010 on a platform that included defunding Planned Parenthood, acknowledged that she urged Komen to defund the organization. Komen officials have now apologized for that decision.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
The fallout continues from last week's spat between Planned Parenthood and the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Today, a top Komen official resigned. The move comes after the group reversed its earlier decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. NPR's Julie Rovner has this report.
JULIE ROVNER, BYLINE: Komen officials, trying to regain their footing from last week's public relations meltdown, today accepted the resignation of vice president Karen Handel. She was deputy chief of staff to Marilyn Quayle when she was the wife of the vice president in the early 1990s. In 2010, Handel ran unsuccessfully for governor of Georgia, on a platform that included taking state funds away from Planned Parenthood.
Meanwhile, however, two anti-abortion groups released a report intended to urge Republicans in Congress to continue their investigation of the group. The Susan B. Anthony List and the Alliance Defense Fund released a 23-page memo outlining what it said were a series of funding irregularities uncovered in various state and federal audits of Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Marjorie Dannenfelser heads the Susan B. Anthony List.
MARJORIE DANNENFELSER: These problems reveal a pattern of gross financial mismanagement.
ROVNER: Planned Parenthood said in a statement that the allegations in the report were, quote, recycled or overstated.
And Democrats in Congress, like Colorado's Diana DeGette, insist that the entire investigation against Planned Parenthood is a political exercise trumped up by abortion opponents.
REP. DIANA DEGETTE: Planned Parenthood has done everything they've been asked to do. And with their own, private money; with, I think, 3 percent of their services or less, they do do abortions - which the last I heard, were legal in this country.
ROVNER: But on her way out the door, Karen Handel said it was Planned Parenthood making things political. Here she is on Fox News this afternoon.
KAREN HANDEL: Last time I checked, private, nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria, on their own, without interference - let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood. It's simply outrageous.
ROVNER: Handel, however, did acknowledge she pushed to defund Planned Parenthood, a decision for which Komen officials have now apologized.
Julie Rovner, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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For push-button wireless communication of data used with radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags comes the new I.D.ology Lightning Rod EID reader. Weighing less than 32 oz., and with a handle made of a fiberglass composite material, the device is a durable yet convenient way to record data using RFID tags. An indicator light on the Lightning Rod verifies that the link between the reader and a PDA, laptop or desktop is successful.
After initial setup, it only takes a push of a button to establish the link. To let the operator know contact has been made between the tag and the reader in conditions where light is poor or background noise is a problem, the Lightning Rod alerts the user by a vibration, an audible buzz and a color-coded indicator light. Data from up to 500 animals can be recorded and then downloaded through a wireless Bluetooth connection.
Three models are available. The standard model ($795) features a vibrating handle, audible buzz, and color-coded indicator lights. It can store up to 500 readings and send them in real time to a PDA or computer. The display model ($995) also has a two-line LCD readout to display the information being recorded as it happens.
The SmartWire Interface Dongle and software ($1,295) allow the operator to load lists of animals he wants to find and download to the computer the lists of those found and those not found. With this reader the operator feels a longer vibrate as each animal on the list is located. The LCD screen then shows both the visible ear tag on the animal and the reason the operator wants to locate the animal.
All three models are available in 18-, 24- and 36-in. lengths. The Lightning Rod can read all HDX and FDX tags compatible with ISO 11784/11785.
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It's been one day, but the first impression is a good one on Jose Reyes' return. Reyes, who didn't play after May 20 with a severe hamstring injury, took part in baseball activities yesterday and reported no difficulties.
Reyes, played catch, fielded fielded grounders, did agility drills and took batting practice, all without a peep from his hammy.
"The last five weeks I've been feeling very good," Reyes told reporters. "It's different when you do it on the field. It makes me feel normal now."
In a recent thread I wrote Reyes was the position player the Mets needed most to bounce back. He's the one who jumpstarts the offense and gives the team an energetic spark.
Incidentally, the other day former Mets manager Bobby Valentine, now at ESPN, said Reyes should be batting third instead of leadoff. I don't like it. Let Reyes come back in surroundings he's comfortable with, which is leading off.


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Taking Bike Tech Gadgets for a Spin
Cyclists have used speedometers, heart-rate monitors and other gadgets for years but they've been difficult to set up and use. WSJ's Reed Albergotti tests new apps and wireless gadgets that leverage Bluetooth and smartphones for a smoother ride.
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