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Andrew Sullivan said it best recently:
"John McCain isn't running against Barack Obama. He's running against reality."
John McCain is willing to say anything to get elected.
Andrew Sullivan said it best recently:
"John McCain isn't running against Barack Obama. He's running against reality."
Posted by shadowfax at 10:37 AM
SEX Pheromones or POW Electric shock!
McCain meets Palin and in 15 minutes he is giving her the VP slot, how
else could you explain this? "This is my soul mate" said McCain!
McCain's brain has been fried, how could you explain him calling his
wife a trollop,cunt in public. Then telling repeated lies of late,
McCain said " Palin knows more about energy than any one else in the
May be the electric torture he received during the time he was POW!
All ECT (electric shock) does is produce brain damage. ...If you want
brain damage, it's your prerogative... there's no more effective way
than ECT. It's more effective than a car wreck, or getting hit with a
blunt instrument."
- Dr. John Friedberg, Neurologist
"Well, what is the sense of ruining my head and erasing my memory,
which is my capital, and putting me out of business? It was a
brilliant cure but we lost the patient."2. - Ernest Hemingway, Nobel
Prize-winning author who killed himself after complaining that
psychiatric electric shocks had ruined his career by destroying his
Do Democrats ever just for for their candidate or against the other candidate? Do they always hate the other candidate?
Why the hate?
I think you're projecting, Anon #1. When have you heard a Dem make a comment that even approaches the nastiness of a Rush or Bill-O BS diatribe?
Haters? Doesn't the KKK all vote red?
Check out Craig's List, any city, to see which party is most represented by haters.
~Anon #2
Last I heard, Rush isn't running for pres, and didn't make a promise to be different. BO did.
BTW--the KKK in the south is Democrats. Lincoln was a Republican. The Senators who voted yes on Johnson's civil rights legislation were Republicans. Democrats voted against it, including Al Gore's father.
"old one" mocks a man's injuries and disabilities. Hateful.
Anon 5:46 --
Don't forget that McCain is the one who promised a "decent and respectful campaign," and he's the one who has descended furthest into the gutter. Obama is comparatively playing nice (or playing the sap: too nice, perhaps).
I agree that I don't see the salience of ECT, though. I'm not going there.
I'd love to vote for a real Republican, one in favor of science, personal responsibility, making our nation great by preserving opportunity for everyone, minimizing government and running the remainder effectively and efficiently, and getting the government out of an individual's private life to preserve freedom of conscience for all.
Sadly, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Ingersoll and their ilk are long dead, and the remainder of the "Republican" party are the reanimated corpses of Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Jesse Helms, and Strom Thurmond. It's like Triumph of the Will crossed with Night of the Living Dead.
Haters indeed, those Democrats. You'd like to believe the current incarnation of the GOP has anything to do with the party of Lincoln as much as the Democrats of today have any connection to the Dixiecrats of yore. Perhaps you'd like to look at the behavior of both parties since (say) 1990. Which party paid their bills (taxed to pay for what they spent, vs just spent and spent and cut taxes for the rich, racking up enormous debt)?
Which party has worked hardest to disenfranchise minorities and the poor with onerous ID requirements to combat fictitious "voter fraud"?
Which party has worked hardest to undermine personal liberty and freedom by engaging in egregious widespread surveillance, wiretapping, and other extralegal activities?
Speaking as an ex-Republican, the current GOP is a pack of divisive, corrupt, anti-American theocrats willing to lie, cheat, and steal to obtain and maintain power, and do nothing but evil once they obtain the slightest advantage. I long for the day I can vote for someone like Ike or Ingersoll. Until then, I want the corrupt rat bastards driven from our towns, turned over to the Hague for war crimes trials, and (metaphorically) their heads placed on pikes at the city gates as a warning to others. To hell with them.
Torture, needless war, cronyism, racism, classism, propaganda, and lies, lies, and more lies are the legacy of the modern GOP. The worst you can accuse the Democrats of is lack of spine, and that's a mere character fault compared to the abject criminal pathology that typifies the Christian Dominionists and amoral Neocons that have usurped the title of Republican. Moderate Republicans have no-one to blame but themselves for letting the Party be controlled by ignorant rednecks. Being such a pack of weak-kneed followers has not helped them any - will they gather the testicular fortitude necessary to throw the bums out? I'd love to see it happen but I doubt it.
So for the "Republicans" in the audience, enjoy your spokesmodels, Rush, and BillO - one a pervert, the other a drug addict - you bought them, you own them, and it's disingenuous in the extreme to disown them when convenient.
Well said, Apthorpe!ReplyDelete
No Republican aplogist here but what does BO offer?
"Hope". What strategy is that exactly?
"Change" What is that other than the current administration. BO offers the same old liberal ideas dressed up in tall skinny big ears.
"Unity". BO (and JB) have rarely crossed the aisle to accomplish anything.
"tolerance". The left claims to be tolerant, this is as long as you are pro abortion and not fundamentalist christian.
The worship and hysteria over BO is absurd. There is no new ideas here. It is the same old liberal tax more, bigger government agenda of the past.
SF, you are a smart guy, as an ER doc you have analyze and be objective, rather than just be gueded by emotion. Just WTF is specieal about the BO message and what do you think it is going to do for you and the country because I just don't get it.
wow. Even Karl Rove thought this ad was too far. Amazing~`ReplyDelete
I was sick to my stomach when they used the SexEd against Obama...
they say hes damaging children... but they USED the children... degraded them with that ad.
So you are saying you haven't paid any attention to what has been said the last 6 months? I have an idea. Use you internet to actually look up Obama's positions on those questions. This isn't a government secret. It just involves opening your eyes and your brain.
add: Just one point. I doubt anyone is "pro abortion". And no, pro choice does not equal pro abortion. Just because I firmly believe in a woman's right to govern her own body does not mean I want women to have abortions. I want women to have safe choices and truthful education about those choices.


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Workforce Investment Act Title I-B Youth Program
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program prepares youth for academic and employment success. To receive services, youth must be 14 through 21 years old, low income, and meet other criteria such as needing assistance to complete an educational program or secure and hold employment. The state Employment Security Department administers the program at the state level. Twelve regional Workforce Development Councils oversee WIA activities in local areas. Local youth councils assist with the program.Complete Results for this program.
State Core Indicator Results
Employment or Higher Education - Percentage of participants who were employed, as reported to the Employment Security Department, third quarter after leaving program or in higher education.*
Earnings - Median annualized earnings six to nine months after leaving the program. (Quarterly earnings are the result of hourly wage rates and the number of hours worked in a calendar quarter. Toderive annualized earnings, quarterly earnings are multiplied by four.)
Skills - Percentage of participants who obtained an appropriate credential. (Percentage based on all participants, including those who did not receive training through the program.)
Participant Satisfaction - Percentage of participants, including non-completers, who reported satisfaction with the program, as evidenced by survey responses six to nine months after leaving the program.
Employer Satisfaction - WIA participants in general, including Adults, Youth and Dislocated Workers (A separate survey for each WIA program was not conducted because the sample size would be too small.)
Net Employment Impact - Difference between the employment rate for all participants and the control group of non-participants, measured nine to 12 quarters after leaving the program.
4.3 percentage points
Net Earnings Impact - Difference between the average annualized earnings for all participants and the control group of non-participants, measured nine to 12 quarters after leaving the program.
Participant Return on Public Investment - The ratio of the present values of additional lifetime participant earnings and employee benefits to public costs of the program. Additional lifetime participant earnings and benefits are additional earnings and employee benefits received (minus participant program costs, taxes on added income, and any loss in unemployment insurance benefits), when compared to the non-participant control group.
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Taxpayer Return on Investment - The ratio of the present values of projected additional lifetime taxes paid by the participant (plus any decrease in unemployment insurance benefits), in comparison to the public costs of the program. Additional taxes are those additional taxes projected to be paid in comparison to the taxes projected to be paid by the non-participant control group. Change in unemployment insurance benefits is the change in benefits paid to participants compared to the non-participant control group.
No Significant Positive Impact
* Includes some out-of-state employment data but not all of it and does not include data on self-employment.
Employment & Earning Indicators Over Time
Employment/ Higher Education Rate - Percent of WIA Youth Participants with Reported Employment or Enrolled in Higher Education in Third Quarter after Exiting Program
Earnings - Median Annualized Earnings of Participants Not in High School or Higher Education in Third Quarter after Exiting Program (First Quarter 2012 dollars)
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surface you are working with. Steamers which can be rented have always
been my favorite especially for plaster walls. You merely steam the paper and scrape off.
I have also used several stripping products, which you can find at your local paint and wallpaper stores.
There is a tool that you may use along with the strippers, which scores the paper for removal,
these are best used with pretty solid under layers. If the wallboard was not prepared well
before papering you may find that these tools may score your actual wallboard, which is something you don't want.
If the paper has been put
up on well prepared walls or plaster I have even used vinegar and water.
I personally like to do the least amount of work possible, so I
recommend that what ever product you decide to use, let the product do it's
work. Read the directions and don't rush the process.
After the wallpaper is off, wash the walls with hot water to remove
paste, or if the walls have been
painted wash with sugar soap or trisodium
phosphate, then lightly sand with medium grade sandpaper.
This is the time you will want to fill any holes or cracks. Do not sand new plasterboard (drywall) surfaces
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To a Web noob like me there is a second big win here: I do not have to learn HTML, CSS, or the vagaries of the different Web browsers my client might want supported. I am a bit of a rarity in my ignorance of those things but soon I should have a lot of company now that qooxdoo has set the bar as high as it has on insulating the web app developer from lower level technology.
By the way, in case you are wondering: yes, there is a widget (two, actually) that will accept classic HTML.
The second thing that hits us is a consequence of the first: we are going to be writing a lot more Javascript than we would be with libraries such as Dojo where authors still write HTML/CSS. With declarative tools we sit in Lisp or Ruby or PHP on the server generating HTML. Not qooxdoo (but see next) and not YUI.
I am not at all happy about this but I will live and if it ever bothers me enough I will spend a weekend exploring the qooxdoo markup contrib called QxTransformer. Right now I need to catch up on a backlog of functionality the client has had to do without because of the six weeks it took me to identify qooxdoo as The One.
Stendhal said it best in "On Love" in the chapter on Infatuation: (paraphrasing poorly) we do the object of our desire two injustices, first setting them on a pedestal unreasonably high and then, when they inevitably disappoint, setting them too low. OO is not the Grail, it is just a profound advance in serious application development. All by way of introduction of another stunner: qooxdoo's slightly more substantial object model layered atop the core Javascript OO capabilities.
But now that I have used qooxdoo's OO to partition my rapidly growing code base I have more than once had that wonderful sense of getting something for nothing after doing a major refactoring (you know, taking all the pieces and throwing them up in the air) and having it Just Work after two or three tweaks. Furthermore, I will not bore you with the details but I have not even started leveraging the full capabilities of qooxdoo's object layer: even more benefit will be reaped moving forward because of some nifty reactive capabilities.
I may have lied. This may have been the first stunner I felt in my gut. The others I knew would be huge if they panned out, but this was the first one I saw in action working as beautifully as had the other frameworks left me hanging. With other frameworks I could find no way to get built-in layout schemes to use the full window real estate available. That cuts two ways: I either ended up with unused whitespace (and with our app we need all we can get) or my application panels grew so large that the browser itself put up scroll bars, meaning I had to window-scroll my scroll panes around. No, that was not a candidate for production release. Note that to a large degree this is the same as point #1: a framework is not hiding HTML/CSS from me if I am still victim to surprising browser decisions, such as oh gosh that is big let's use a scroll bar here.
Beyond the Message mechanism we have the Event mechanism. The documentation of every widget lists the events it might generate and what data the event will carry, and in toto we have an engine with an event model dozens of times richer than pure DOM.


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For Wank Party 2013 #2 we assembled a great line-up, Viktor Baco, Adam Rupert, Roman Koroza, Ivo Kerk and Vasek Konik. Things start with Viktor instructing Adam and Roman as they lift weights. Firstly it is Adam, sitting on the bench and lifting the weights, supported by Roman. Then they swap places so Roman can get some exercise. As they change again Ivo and Vasek arrive too. As Roman and Adam continue with the lift ups Ivo and Vasek get changed and ready to train as well. Viktor and Ivo are going to have a little competions and Viktor sits on the bench and starts his lift ups. When he has done as many as he can Ivo takes his place. He does just as well as Viktor and gets a round of applause as he finishes. Viktor suggests that the two of them should do push-ups as well, and he starts it off. Ivo follows suit and still it seems to be a draw. So they then start posing. They get naked and Adam takes hold of their cocks and wanks them as they pose. As Ivo and Viktor's cocks begin to respond Vasek and Roman are rubbing themselves and when Roman drops his cock he is rock hard. Vasek reaches into his shorts and wanks himself as Ivo and Viktor release Adam's throbbing dick from his shorts too. Vasek too is hard now, so all five are up and ready for more. Adam is eager to suck some cock and moves over to Vasek and Roman, dropping to his knees to begin sucking. Ivo follow his lead and begins to suck Viktor. Adam sucks Roman and Vasek in turn, his wet mouth working over each of the cocks. Viktor changes places with Ivo and sucks on his big cock. Adam stands up and places his rigid dick against those of Roman and Vasek, to compare. Then Roman drops to his knees and begins to suck on his friends. As he sucks on them Vasek and Adam lean over and kiss each other. Next Ivo lays on the floor and lifts his legs up in the air, so that his ass is available. Adam goes down on his knees and begins to rim Ivo's hot hole. His own hole is available too and Roman begins to lick at it as well. What a hot start to this wank party, with 5 awesome guys.
Ben Stoller is aged 31 and lives in Ostrava, where he works as a waiter. He enjoys sex, rugby and fitness. Ben is a very handsome guy. He does a good interview and then begins to feel his body, through his clothes. He removes his shirt to reveal a very nice chest, his hands running over it and dipping into his jeans. As he feels his cock in his jean Ben gyrates his hips very suggestively. Then, with his jeans off he stands in his white undies, writhing from the hips. Ben continues to grope himself and then pulls out his cock which is nice and hard for us. He continues to wank on his cock and then, supporting himself on one arm Ben moves his body up and down, opening his hairy ass crack, as his rock hard cock flops around. Standing, Ben turns around and bends over to give a better show of that hot ass. With his hard cock pushed back between his legs Ben uses a hand to spread his ass cheeks, showing that hot hole. Not content to just show it like that Ben then lays down on his front, pushing his ass upwards and really pulling those cheeks apart so his hole opens up beautifully. He is really turned on by all this action and turns over to lay on his back and pull his legs in the air to show his ass hole some more. A true exhibitionist Ben revels in being able to show off. He gets on his knees next and wanks that hot, hard cock to a full climax, his creamy load shooting out the ned of his cock. Then he moves to the shower for a well deserved shower. A lovely shoot from a real sexy guy.
Adam Rupert is aged 29 and lives in Ceska Lipa. He works as a cook and enjoys sports, fitness and athletics. With his handsome face and awesome body Adam looks great as he starts his shoot. Posing for the camera, ensuring that he see that finely honed body, Adam seems in his element. His ready smile is a big turn on as well, but it is the perfect muscle structure and handsome features that really get us going. As he turns with his back to the camera we see Adam's hot ass, covered and then revealed. What a lovely shape it has. Adam then turns again and teases us as he lowers the underwear until his beautiful cock is shown. As he gets it rock hard for the camera we get to savor its beauty. More posing showing off everything, including a nice tight hole and that big throbbing cock brings Adam's shoot to an end. He is a lovely guy and most impressive in this shoot.
You may recall a lovely scene we did on location with Dalibor Hlava and Filip Cercenka. Today we post this backstage video of that scene with our two gorgeous guys shown beautifully as they work with the crew to make the video. It is always nice to see the interaction between the models and the crew, and to watch as the scene is being put together. This video is a very nice additiion to our backstage collection, how could it not be with two such hot guys having great sex?


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Janet Yellen will have to share the spotlight on Thursday with another senior member of the Federal Reserve who's staked out a very different view on how the central bank should set monetary policy.
Yellen, the Fed chairwoman, is set to testify before the Senate Budget Committee, one day after she was grilled by the Joint Economic Committee. Shortly before she speaks, Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser will offer his own views in a separate public appearance.
Plosser and Yellen are in opposite camps. Yellen has been advocating the Fed's current policy stance to remain flexible and reactive to the economic data. Plosser wants the Fed to adopt a formal rule for setting monetary policy that would limit the central bank's discretion.
He thinks Yellen's approach makes it hard for the market to gauge how the central bank might react.
Plosser is a voting member of the Fed's policy committee this year.
Yellen will appear before the Senate Budget Committee to discuss the economic and fiscal outlook. It is hard to see what more Yellen might add to her testimony on Wednesday, when she seemed to cover the waterfront from rate policy to income inequality. Given who's speaking in front of, expect more comments on the sustainability of the federal government's debt.
Also Thursday, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo, the bank's point-person on Dodd-Frank banking reform, will discuss ways to use regulation to prevent financial meltdowns. He'll speak at 9:30 a.m. at the Chicago Fed's annual bank structure conference.
Wall Street will keep watch on weekly jobless claims as well. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits surged to 344,000 last week from just 305,000 in early April. The surprising spike in claims put them at the highest level since late February.
Most of the increase is likely the result of seasonal-adjustment problems related to Easter – the holiday occurred much later this year compared to 2013. If that's the case, claims should fall sharply in the next week or two. Economists polled by MarketWatch, for their part, predict initial claims will drop to 325,000 in the week ended May 3.
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RULE #1 of attending a Florence + the Machine concert: NO FIGHTING ALLOWED ... 'cause lead singer Florence Welch will scold your ass in front of the entire audience ... with her adorable English accent.
The footage was shot in Aberdeen, Scotland Sunday night ... Florence and her band were halfway through a song at the AECC arena when a fight broke out near the stage (starts at 1:20 in the video).
Rather than sing through the ruckus ... Florence stopped the show entirely to give the troublemakers a lesson in manners, saying, "No fighting allowed ... It doesn't matter whose fault it is ... seriously all of you, STOP IT."
The culprits apparently dropped their gloves ... and Florence -- who noticed a female fan had started crying during the melee -- jumped into the crowd to give her a hug.
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In a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been seeking to force the Pentagon to provide information about all captives it is holding at its huge prison facility at Bagram Airbase outside Kabul in Afghanistan, Federal District Judge Barbara Jones of the Southern District of New York has issued a summary judgment saying that the government may keep that information secret.
The lingering question is: Why does the US government so adamantly want to hide information about where captives were first taken into military custody, their citizenship, the length of their captivity, and the circumstances under which they were captured?
Says Melissa Goodman, staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project, "The military says that they can't release the information because it would be a threat to national security, but they provided that information for the prisoners at Guantanamo."
And of course, as our leaders informed us repeatedly, those captives at Guantanamo, who hailed from all over the globe, including Afghanistan, were allegedly "the worse of the worst"–at least until it turned out that many of them were wholly innocent of anything. had been framed and turned in for a bounty, or were mere children when picked up, like Omar Khadr, the 24-year old Canadian man who just copped a guilty plea to avoid a sham tribunal before 7 officers and potential life imprisonment, after being captured at 15, tortured at Bagram, and held for nine years at Guantanamo (on a charge of killing an American soldier in battle).
The court ruling keeping the information about the thousands of prisoners held at Bagram secret may be a victory for the government, but it is hardly a victory for America's image in the world, or for the troops battling in Afghanistan, who will be attacked all the harder by people induced to fight to the death to avoid capture and consignment to the hellhole in Bagram (now known as Parwan Prison), which has become Afghanistan's Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo rolled into one.
One of the things that concerns the ACLU is that by not even making public the circumstances under which Bagram detainees were brought into the prison, it appears likely that the administration is hiding the reality that many "probably don't deserve to be there," says the ACLU's Goodman. She explains, "There could be plenty of people sitting there who were just caught up in house sweeps in Kabul, for instance."
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This is my first post on this forum and I write this to let go of quite a lot of frustration of the BFD2. Years ago I used BFD 1. up to 1.5 and it was great. I bought xpansion packs and looked greatly forward to the release of BFD2. BFD2 came, was installed with the data files on special defragmented disk. Upon launching in Cubase BFD2 show pictures of the drum sets, but refuse to load them, saying they`re either not there or that I`m not licenced to use them. Well, I bought them, which should include a licence to use them, and I know where I installed them, so they are there. And why should BFD2 show me drumsets I`m not able to use? Giving up BFD 1.5 and BFD2, I became a fortunate owner of XLN Audio`s Addictive Drums which is excelllent.
Here the other day I reinstalled both BFD 1.5 and BFD2 because I needed them for some old projects. The same saga again, useless software at a cost.
I guess BFD, whatever, is not for me. I need something that loads and plays so I can concentrate on music. Too bad with the money spent though........
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The time to celebrate is now here in Manawa. I have had the distinct honor and pleasure to serve on the Sturm Memorial Library Board for the last year and a half, and am enjoying it immensely, always learning new things. One of the main things I have learned is how lucky and blessed we are to have such a quality library and such quality, caring passionate people involved with the library. To that end we are celebrating 100 years of service and our kick-off party is this Sunday October 10th @ 2 p.m. at the Masonic Center here in Manawa. We are incredibly excited to be featuring Michael Perry and the Longbeds, Michael and his band will be performing 90 minutes of music, and Michael will also have his music and books for sale in the lobby. Michael will also meet people and sign books as well, which we are thrilled about as well as his fans are way excited. You may know Michael Perry as an author of 485, Meeting your neighbors one siren at a time, Truck and his latest book Coop. He has a loyal following in Wisconsin and across the country and we are blessed to have him come and help us celebrate our Centennial.
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Komodo Travel Mart - In conjunction with, and supporting the international sailing event Sail Komodo 2013, the Komodo Travel Mart will be held at Labuan Bajo, East Nusatenggara from 17th to 20th September 2013.
Carrying the theme "EXPLORE THE HIDDEN TREASURES", the Komodo Travel Mart 2013 is intended to explore the many diverse tourism potenals of the province of East Nusa Tenggara from pristine beaches and mountain climbing to visiting megalithic villages or diving with giant manta rays. The event will not only showcase the known and popular destinations , but also those that have so far remained "hidden".
The event will bring together various tourism Buyers from all parts of the archipelago to meet and negotiate with over 30 East Nusatenggara Sellers ranging from travel agents, tour operators, hotel & accommodations, and many others. Registered Buyers are from Bali, Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Lombok, Makassar, Medan, and Kupang.
Aside from business transactions and product exhibition, the event will be highlighted with art and cultural performances from various towns and regencies of East Nusatenggara.
While Komodo Island and its extraordinary "dragon" dwellers may have made its reputation worldwide, the province of East Nusatenggara still has other equally fascinating attractions to offer. Through the event, it is expected that other wonders of East Nusatenggara will also be unveiled to the rest of the world.Komodo Travel Mart


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This article originally appeared in the 08/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Insurance companies are helping turn contaminated sites turn into solar energy producers
This article originally appeared in the 07/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
This case study describes the use of portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) instrumentation in site characterization and corrective remediation for heavy metals and other contaminants, a process that allowed the environmental engineers to accelerate remediation efforts as the client prepared to invest in the redevelopment opportunities of a commercial 26-acre site in Massachusetts.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
"Location, location, location." How often have we heard that mantra from developers describing successful projects? Locations balancing access to their target market and proximity to resources of labor, transportation, or public utilities enhance the financial return on investment.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
On January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act ("SBLR&BRA" or "Brownfields Amendments"). The act amends the innocent landowner defense against liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), which is also known as Superfund, and extends liability protection to new categories of landowner, i.e. the "bona fide prospective purchaser" and "contiguous property" owner.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2005 issue of Environmental Protection.
There are numerous case studies of failed remedial systems, which in turn can be linked to the remedial design team not fully understanding the site conditions. Often the most effective way to clean up these recalcitrant sites is source/migration control rather than intrusive remediation. The best solution can only be determined if the site is properly understood.
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Successful coastal brownfield redevelopment requires a timely approach to the following critical components: (1) a comprehensive brownfield site selection and acquisition strategy; (2) analysis of environmental liability; (3) coastal permitting strategy and site feasibility analysis; (4) demolition, site preparation and remediation strategy; (5) addressing stakeholders' concerns; and (6) identifying public/private partnership opportunities such as public financial incentives and leveraging private investment.
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This site is worth a look. Lots of artful and fascinating X-ray "photos" of real-world scenes.
For example, a hangared Boeing 777:
I have no idea how this guy gets these images, but they are amazing.
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This site is worth a look. Lots of artful and fascinating X-ray "photos" of real-world scenes.
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I was going to call a "code fake in column one" because the 747 one looked like a 3D wireframe model rendered without textures, but then I took a look at the rest of the pictures and was completely amazed! I particularly love the one of a gift wrapped pair of woman's shoes; the contrast between the soft and hard elements was brilliant!ReplyDelete
Good find, thanks for sharing, even though it's not about "moving meat". :)
It might be some type of backscatter x-ray. The same way they bust people trying to import drugs and people...ReplyDelete
Those photos are amazing. Here are some less artistic but practical uses...
No, there's something odd about the plane image.ReplyDelete
1 the roof appears as a cross section yet the lamp fitting fade into the distance with a perspective element. Hard to see how that happens with either rays from behind or rays in front (backscatter).
2. interesting how the bone structure of the peopleshows up through the metal. IIRC my training there are four densities: air, water, bone, metal. Ever seen bone through metal on a clinical film.
Pretty pictures but manipulated.
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I am quite skeptical. In the radiograph of the loader on the front of the page, each individual knob on the tire is very light, while the bucket and the lift arms are very dense. Now, it could be a microfocus tube, a mountain of film, and and awful lot of patience, but I doubt you could get a single image of something that big without a whole lot of geometric unsharpness making a mess of things. I could be persuaded, provided he showed me how he did it, but I for the moment am unconvinced. (This from a guy who has a digitally manipulated radiograph of a F/A-18 airframe part as his desktop wallpaper) (Reposted for a typo, sorry)ReplyDelete
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The artist, Nick Veasey, makes no secret of how he does his art. A Science Friday video shows his lab, and explains how he put together in Photoshop over 1000 radiographs of airplane parts and skeletons to get the image of the 777.ReplyDelete


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I learned to honor my energy needs the hard way. As a psychiatrist who specializes in intuition I knew how important it was to listen to my body. Yet still I'd vacillate between intense weeks of speaking tours to bouts of utter exhaustion at home. I couldn't turn down "irresistible" opportunities. Here was my dilemma--I trusted my intuition, and was committed to living by it. But I had a blind spot: Although I was quite successful at helping others at trusting intuition and leading high energy lives I was ignoring my own energy crises. Finally my fatigue was so profound I had to change.
I know first hand how important it is for us to cherish our precious energy so we don't compromise our capacity for passion. I now believe that the most profound transformations can only take place only on an energetic level. I've met many patients who've spent much time and money on talk therapy hoping that intellectual insights will bring emotional freedom, but they're disappointed. As much as I love the linear mind, my approach, which I call "Energy Psychiatry," goes further to also facilitate a conscious rebuilding of a subtle energies, the most basic life force in each of us.
Do You Get Drained By Other People's Energy?
Our bodies are made of flesh and blood, but they're also composed of energy fields—though sadly I wasn't taught this in medical school. Each day we encounter a wide range of energies, both positive and negative. Positive energy includes compassion, courage, forgiveness, and faith. Negative energy includes fear, anger, hopelessness, and shame. We need to be experts at dealing with energy so we don't get demolished by draining situations or people who're energy vampires.
Like me you may be an intuitive empath, someone who's so sensitive to energy you pick it up but you're also drained by it. This goes way beyond feeling sympathy for a distraught friend—we actually take on their pain either emotionally or physically. To cope we take refuge in solitude. We empaths are so attuned to others that we can feel what's going on inside of them. This can put us on energy overload and aggravate everything from chronic fatigue to overeating.
Growing up, my girlfriends couldn't wait to hit the malls, but I dreaded them. I always felt overwhelmed, exhausted around crowds, though I was clueless why. "What's the matter?" friends would say, shooting me the weirdest looks. All I knew was that crowded places and I just didn't mix. I'd go there feeling fine but leave nervous, depressed, or with some new ache or pain. Unsuspectingly, I was a gigantic sponge, absorbing the energy of people around me.
Thank goodness, as my intuition matured, I realized I had intuitive empathy. Once I learned to protect my energy, empathy has become a gift enhancing my compassion. Here's how empathy works: the more people per square foot, the more our energy fields intersect--thus the tendency to become overloaded in high-density areas. This aspect of intuition is the most neglected.
Empaths, unintentionally, can make even a good doctor's life hell. They manifest so many "unexplained" symptoms, that frustrated physicians write them off as hypochondriacs. Empaths are notoriously misdiagnosed. Patients have come to me with obesity who've failed diets because they needed strategies other than eating to protect themselves from negative energy. Others were labeled "agoraphobic" or with "panic disorder," having received only minor relief from traditional treatments. Some were nearly house-bound. They'd all say, "I dislike crowded places where there's no quick escape. Forget department stores, busy streets, elevators, tunnels. I just avoid them." Sounded very familiar. So I decided to take a history of how these people processed subtle energy in the world, something all health professionals must be trained to assess. Voila! I found many were undiagnosed empaths. For me, this changed everything. My job as a physician then became teaching my patients to center themselves and protect their energy.


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bar pressure to turn a kite, and bar pressure to power or depower the kite can be slightly different because of if tips of the kite are twisted or not, and width of tips.
another important thing in bar pressure is the lenght you had to pull the bar to turn it...if the distance is important, you feel the kite hard to steer, otherwise you feel it easy, even if the mesurement of bar pressure input is exactly the same.
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has the draft a high bar pressure in straight line or hard to turn?
I was curious on this draft, because in 2004 I tryed EXACTLY the same front-bridle and rear-bridle on a particular prototype, and I remember a soft bar pressure when you are depowered, and still good steering capabilities, and hard bar pressure when you power to the max, but a great feel so.
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Not one but two secret floating barges have now been tied to Google, but what could they be?
In the past week, the Mountain View, Calif., tech giant was linked to a company that has leased out a hangar in the middle of San Francisco Bay where it is building a mysterious structure behind tight security.
That same company is building a similar floating structure in Portland, Maine, that is also "shrouded by the same high security and mystery" as the barge in San Francisco, according to a Monday report by the Christian Science Monitor.
Google has yet to comment on the matter, which adds to the belief that the Silicon Valley company is involved with mysterious structures.
It isn't obvious what the structure may be, but there are a few theories out there for what Google could be building. Here's a list of what has been reported as well as our own far-out predictions for what Google could have in store.
A floating data center
CNET was first to uncover Google's connection to the floating barge, so it was also the first to throw out a theory. The tech news website believes Google could be building a floating data center. The reasoning for that is because in 2009 Google was granted a patent for exactly that kind of project.
Google is known for thinking outside the box -- it's working on self-driving cars and Wi-Fi balloons -- so this wouldn't be the craziest idea ever.
A Google Glass retail store
Google has been said to be working on retail stores to promote its Google Glass devices when they go on sale to the public, which will likely happen next year. According to CBS San Francisco, these barges are the Google Glass stores.
It seems like an insane idea, but if Google wants to one-up Apple's retail stores, then floating retail stores would be one way to do it
A super-secret laboratory
Google Glass, Wi-Fi balloons, self-driving cars. These are all things that have come from Google's super-secret X Lab, which is known for working on "moon shot" experiments. But the world of tech is a competitive one, and surely, Google's rivals are hoping to find out what Google is planning next.
Perhaps the barges would allow Google's X Lab team to sail out to sea and have even more secrecy for their revolutionary ideas.
A doomsday flotilla
Google is ready for all things, but at this point, could Google survive a zombie or nuclear apocalypse? Probably not.
The floating barges could be Google's answer to these end-of-the-world scenarios. While the rest of the world scrambles to survive "Walking Dead"-style, Google and its employees could hop on these modern-day bomb shelters to keep humanity going.
A floating paintball arena for Google's co-founders
Sure, Google is the "do no evil" tech company that always strives to push the world forward when it comes to finding information. But at the end of the day, it's run by billionaires, and surely they must like spending their money. Perhaps the barges are simply Larry Page's and Sergey Brin's very own private paintball arenas.
If life at Google gets a little stressful, Page and Brin could hop on their barges, release stress by gunning each other down with colorful bullets and make it back to Mountain View in time for their next product announcement.


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We have a few SA representatives competing at Nationals, including Anne-Marie Jarzebowski, Michael Strickland and Sandy Nieuwenhoven in 4 way formation skydiving; Allan Gray, Marty Letch and Matthew Muth in Canopy Formation as well as Keith Perrott in Classic Accuracy. You can follow their achievements on skydive TV
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In the last article I indicated that farm family living cost increases were hotter than this summer's sun-baked fields. With average farm family living cost of approximately $85,000 for 2011, let us examine some of the major trends and components of cost based upon the Nebraskaland Farm and Ranch Management Educational Program's data summary.
First, when compared to the year 2000, overall average family living cost, before income taxes, has increased 123%. This is an average annual increase in total cost of 10.3% over the 12-year period. This far exceeds the rate of headline inflation, including food and energy, of 4%. What are the leading causes for the escalation over the period?
Medical costs and health insurance premiums increased 158% on the farms reporting personal expense data. Personal interest on consumer and credit card debt increased 246% over the same period. As an observation when analyzing farm financial statements, the prevalence of credit card debt – in both number of credit cards and balances – has increased dramatically in recent years, similar to urban and suburban households. The producers reporting in this dataset were very generous in gifts and donations to church and charities. Gifts were up 126% and donations to church and charity increased 313% over the period.
Analyzing the data finds that "the taxman has cometh," due to increased profitability on farms. Taxes, including Social Security, have increased 292% over the period, truly a staggering amount.
For historical reference, the same record data finds that family living withdrawals in 1988 were $22,480/year. It is amazing how things can change in a quarter century!
Editor's note: Dave Kohl, Corn & Soybean Digest trends editor, is an ag economist specializing in business management and ag finance. He recently retired from Virginia Tech, but continues to conduct applied research and travel extensively in the U.S. and Canada, teaching ag and banking seminars and speaking to producer and agribusiness groups. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bozeman, Mont. --- The Tennessee State University women's basketball team dropped a hard-fought contest to Montana State, 65-55, on the road Monday night in Worthington Arena.
Although Tennessee State (3-5) knocked down eight three-pointers and was nearly even with Montana State (6-1) from the floor, the difference was MSU's rebounding and free-throws.
TSU was 3-of-7 from the free-throw line while Montana State connected on 18-of-27 from the charity stripe. The Bobcats also outrebounded the Lady Tigers, 46-32.
Jasmin Shuler made five triples in the contest and led TSU with 15 points while Simone Hopes just missed a double-double with 12 points and eight rebounds.
After two ties and nine lead changes in the first half, TSU trailed Montana State, 20-19, with about seven minutes left in the frame.
On TSU's next possession, Kesi Hess knocked down a three-pointer that sparked a short rally that included back-to-back buckets from Destiney Gaston.
The Lady Tigers were leading, 26-20, when the Bobcats answered with a run to close within one. The score was, 29-28, in favor of TSU at the halftime mark.
Despite committing 11, Montana State only scored three points of TSU's turnovers in the first half. The Lady Tigers also shot 43.3 percent from the field, including 42.9 percent from long range in the first stanza.
MSU outscored TSU, 8-2, to open the second half and went ahead, 36-31. A few minutes later, a bucket by Simone Hopes knotted the game at 36-all and the teams traded baskets.
Two ties and three lead changes later, the score was tied, 49-49, at the 7:01 mark. Over the next five minutes, however, Montana State scored ten straight points, including six free-throws, to go up, 59-49, with just over two minutes left on the clock.
The deficit proved too much to overcome for the Lady Tigers.
TSU finished the game with a 37.3 field goal percentage (22-of-59), including 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from beyond the arc.
The Lady Tigers will have nearly a two-week break before returning to action at home versus Cleveland State. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Gentry Center.


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A task force appointed by Mayor Don Wesely to study the potential licensing of duplexes has recommended that the Building and Safety Department provide information on housing codes to residents of duplexes. As an initial effort, Building and Safety will mail brochures on the Minimum Housing Code to 20 to 50 percent of duplex residents.
"The mailing will help provide information on whether there is a need to license duplexes in the same way apartment buildings are licensed," said Wesely.
Mike Merwick, Director of Building and Safety, said the department will keep track of any complaints reported and has streamlined the process to notify landlords of alleged violations. The Law Department will review code changes to allow for reinspection fees and shortening the repair time allowed.
The task force also recommended that the Building and Safety Department strengthen its efforts to provide information on the housing code to the Hispanic, Indian and Asian communities. The department released a Spanish version of the Minimum Housing Code with the assistance of the Urban Development Department and the Hispanic Community Center.
"Having the Minimum Housing Code is Spanish is long overdue," Wesely said. "This outreach to the Spanish-speaking residents of Lincoln is an important consumer issue for the largest minority group in our city."
"This brochure provides the Spanish-speaking owner or tenant of rental property with the information needed to determine if the residence meets the housing code," said Merwick. "The brochures explains examples of substandard conditions that should be corrected, potential structural problems and problems in plumbing, electrical and heating systems."
Merwick said the department is studying the need to print brochures in more languages.
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The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed BlackRock - the world's largest asset manager - to manage four new passive global equity mandates.
BlackRock Investment Management (BlackRock), which has managed a fixed income mandate for the fund since 2010, has won new passive global large cap equity, small cap equity, emerging markets equity and Real Estate Investment Trust mandates, effective from 30 June this year.
One of the $23 billion fund's general managers, Mark Fennell, says the four new mandates, which passively track market indices, will provide the fund with cost-effective, diversified exposure to equity markets around the world.


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Melissa Butler Named Beesley Chairby Jim Amidon • October 22, 2008 Share:
Dean of the College Gary A. Phillips has announced that long-time political science professor Melissa A. Butler has been awarded the Eugene N. and Marian C. Beesley Professorship.
The Beesley Chair is awarded to a distinguished member of the faculty whose teaching and counsel contribute to the preparation of young men for positions of leadership in the world of business. Former President Thaddeus Seymour said, "The Beesley Professor is to be a member of the faculty whose commitment to teaching, interest in students, and enthusiasm for learning may be expected to contribute significantly to the character and quality of the Wabash College community."
"Professor Butler is a wise counselor and engaged teacher, who is supremely interested in students and their lives as citizens, whether in business, community service, higher education, law, medicine, or politics," said Dean Phillips.
"She exemplifies Wabash teaching and learning at its best."
Melissa Butler was the first woman to achieve tenure at Wabash College. Arriving at the College as an instructor in political science 1976, Butler was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1984 and to full professor in 1991.
Professor Butler earned her bachelor of arts' degree magna cum laude from St. Francis and her master's degree and Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Butler led the development of Wabash's International Studies Program as its chair. She has also chaired, among other committees, Cultures and Traditions, Off-Campus Studies, and Teaching and Learning. She has served as chair of the Political Science Department and Division III (social sciences).
In 1991, Professor Butler was invited to give the 12th Annual LaFollette Lecture in the Humanities. In 1994, she received the McLain-McTurnan-Arnold Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Professor Butler has been a campus leader in both interdisciplinary teaching and immersion learning, partnering on numerous occasions with her colleague Kay Widdows in the Economics Department to take students to Europe for a close examination of the political and economic impact of the European Union.
She has played a critical role in the current strategic planning process. She has also been a faculty leader in Wabash's Ecuadorian Studies Program and Cultures and Traditions course.
In 2004, Butler traveled around the world aboard the Universe Explorer, teaching and learning as part of the ship's Global Studies program. She routinely travels on behalf of the Wabash Alumni and Parent Relations Office to alumni events across the country.
Travel has been a hallmark of Butler's career at Wabash. She even taught at a university in Sheffield, England to further study English political theory as part of a Wabash-City Polytechnic exchange program.
Professor Butler routinely teaches a Freshman Tutorial related to her true passion — baseball. A life-long Philadelphia Phillies fanatic, Butler weaves political theory, American culture, and baseball into an important teaching and learning narrative.
While her heart remains with the Phillies, given the distance, she is forced to take her freshman students to Wrigley Field, where they learn about baseball's place in American culture — and that "wait until next year" positive attitude of Cubs' fans.
Butler is also an active leader in higher education away from Wabash. She continues to serve the North Central Association on accreditation teams at colleges all across the country.
The Beesley Professorship honors Wabash alumnus Gene Beesley '29, who served as a Trustee at Wabash from 1959 to 1976, and was President and Chairman of the Board of Eli Lilly and Company. He was the first person outside the Lilly family ever named to lead the pharmaceutical giant, and he later served as Chairman and CEO of Lilly Endowment Inc. Beesley's outstanding career included appointments to the corporate boards of General Motors, Uniroyal, Proctor and Gamble, American Fletcher, Indiana University Foundation, and Public Service Indiana. He was the Chairman of the Board of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association.
Professor Butler's appointment to the Eugene N. And Marian C. Beesley Professorship is effective immediately.


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One More Reason to Prefer Tax Reform Over Taxing the Rich
-This article was originally published at Hot Air.
For over a century, liberals have wanted tax increases on the wealthy to force them to pay their "fair share." Never mind that taxes such as the individual income tax and theAlternative Minimum Tax (AMT) went from hitting only the wealthy to hitting many middle-class earners, or that the top one percent pay 1,500 times the taxes of the bottom 20% of earners.
In Tuesday night's Presidential debate, President Obama made this argument yet again. From a clip on The Washington Post's website:
If we are serious about reducing the deficit, if this is genuinely a moral obligation to the next generation, then in addition to some tough spending cuts we've also got to make sure that the wealthy do a little bit more.
There are a number of ways to refute this class warfare by the President. However, data from the IRS shows a new one that once again proves that it is not higher rates that will help reduce the deficit most effectively – but instead, tax reform that simplifies the tax code and makes it both more economically fair and efficient.
In January 2012, the IRS released a study showing (in 2006 dollars) that $385 billion in tax dollars were lost to noncompliance, equivalent to 14.5% of lawfully required 2006 tax dollars. Perhaps the most devastating part of this study? According t one analysis, out this week, this noncompliance was equivalent to an extra tax of $3,846 on all households in 2006 alone.
So what does this all mean? Well, clearly we must balance the budget, and many people are purposely avoiding taxes they are legally required to pay. Liberals argue the difference should be made up by higher taxes, even though plans such as the Buffett Rule would only bring in $47 billion over a decade, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation and we'll borrow that much before midnight on Halloween. Even taking every dollar from every American earning at least one million dollars annually in 2009 would only bring in $235 billion, barely more than one-fifth of the Fiscal Year 2012 deficit. Clearly, with spending going up dramatically every year since 2007 and not expected to slow for many years to come, taxing the rich is going to be inadequate to substantially shrink the deficit, never mind balance the budget.
The IRS' study provides us the path to the tax side of the deficit question. Rather than raise rates and risk harm to the economy, why not simply shoot for more compliance with the tax code? Considering that tax regulations take 14,000 pages to spell out, and are thus incredibly complex, simplifying the tax code to prevent illegal navigation of the code would bring in far more revenue than the Buffett Rule, and do so without raising rates for any taxpayers. Thus, we could kill three birds with one stone: elimination of potentially criminal activity, increase economic efficiency and growth, and diminish the deficit.
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Thursday night at 7 the Bisons will welcome the Belmont Bruins for the men's soccer version of the "Battle of the Boulevard". The game traditionally attracts a crowd of approximately 1,000 fans.
"There is a lot of build up and a lot of bragging rights for different people," said Morrow. "All the things that go along with it make it a more difficult game to play.
"It is a fun game. The guys look forward to it. But from a coaching standpoint it is one of those games where you worry how your guys will respond to the distraction of everything else that goes along with it."
Belmont holds an 8-3-2 edge in the series. However, Belmont has not won in the last four meetings. Last season the game ended in a 1-1 tie. In 2007 the Bisons won 1-0 Nov. 14 and tied 0-0 Sept. 28. In 2006 the Bisons won 2-0.
In their last two games the Bisons, 4-8-3 overall, 1-3-2 in the A-Sun, have tied North Florida 2-2 and beaten Jacksonville 1-0. Belmont, 3-10-1, 2-4-0 in the conference, beat Jacksonville 2-1 in overtime and beat North Florida 4-1.
"We are playing well," said Morrow. "Jacksonville is one of the better teams we have played all year, and their record certainly doesn't indicate that. Jacksonville is a talented team. For us to be able to shut them out and eliminate some mistakes we have made in past games was big."
The offense has started to wake up on some levels. Junior forward Miguel DaSilva has four goals and 11 points to lead the team, including one this past weekend.
"The offense is starting to get going," said Morrow. "Now would be the time for it to really get hot."
Belmont is led by forward Brandon Tarr with 17 points and eight goals.
The Bisons are still in the hunt for a berth in the A-Sun Tournament. This is, however, the last regular season home game for defender Kezi Lara.
"The year that Kezi came here was a turning point for our program," said Morrow. "The year Kezi came here we didn't have a player on the team that had ever beaten Belmont. Now four years later with Kezi graduating we don't have a player on our team who has lost to Belmont at this point.
"He has added a lot of talent and ability, but also credibility as well. When teams look at us Kezi is certainly someone they have to contend with."
Lara will be honored in "Senior" Night activities.
The game is the centerpiece of a number of festivities. Lipscomb fans will be given black T-shirts to wear as part of a "black out" for the game. A live band, barbecue from Martin's barbecue, the Red Bull game tent and other activities are planned. A suggested admission price of $2 will be accepted at the gate with the money earmarked for Youth Encouragement Services.
"It should be a good time," said Morrow. "We want to invite everyone to be a part of this."


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Winter Fishing Regulations
North Dakota anglers are encouraged to refer to the 2012-14 North Dakota Fishing Guide or the State Game and Fish Department's website for winter fishing regulations.
In addition, anglers can access the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov, for an extensive list of fishing questions and answers, and a winter fishing preview from North Dakota Outdoors magazine.
Some winter fishing regulations include:
- A maximum of four poles is legal for ice fishing. However, when fishing a water body where both open water and ice occur at the same time, an angler is allowed a maximum of four poles, of which no more than two poles can be used in open water.
- Tip-ups are legal, and each tip-up is considered a single pole.
- There is no restriction on the size of the hole in the ice while fishing. When a hole larger than 10 inches in diameter is left in the ice, the area in the immediate vicinity must be marked with a natural object. See regulations for more information..
- It is only legal to release fish back into the water immediately after they are caught. Once a fish is held in a bucket or on a stringer, they can no longer be legally released in any water.
- It is illegal to catch fish and transport them in water.
- It is illegal to leave fish, including bait, behind on the ice.
- Depositing or leaving any litter or other waste material on the ice or shore is illegal.
- Any dressed fish to be transported, if frozen, must be packaged individually. Anglers are not allowed to freeze fillets together in one large block. Two fillets count as one fish.
- The daily limit is a limit of fish taken from midnight to midnight, and no person may possess more than one day's limit of fish while actively engaged in fishing. The possession limit is the maximum number of fish that an angler may have in his or her possession during a fishing trip of more than one day.
Be Cautious of Early Ice
Winter anglers are encouraged to consider early ice conditions before traveling onto and across North Dakota lakes.
Keep in mind:
- Snow insulates ice, hampering solid ice formation, and makes it difficult to check thickness. Snow also hides the blemishes, such as cracked, weak and open water areas.
- Avoid cracks, pressure ridges, slushy or darker areas that signal thinner ice. The same goes for ice that forms around partially submerged trees, brush, embankments or other structures.
- Ice thickness is not consistent and can vary significantly even in a small area. Ice shouldn't be judged by appearance alone. Anglers should drill test holes as they make their way out on the lake, and an ice chisel should be used to check ice thickness while moving around.
- Daily temperature changes cause ice to expand and contract, affecting its strength.
- The following minimums are recommended for travel on clear-blue lake ice formed under ideal conditions. However, early in the winter it's a good idea to double these figures to be safe: 4 inches for a group walking single file; 6 inches for a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle; 8-12 inches for an automobile; and 12-15 inches for a pickup/truck.
These tips could help save a life:
- Wear a personal flotation device and carry a cell phone.
- Carry ice picks or a set of screwdrivers to pull yourself back on the ice if you fall through.
- If someone breaks through the ice, call 911 immediately. Rescue attempts should employ a long pole, board, rope, blanket or snowmobile suit. If that's not possible, throw the victim a life jacket, empty water jug or other buoyant object. Go to the victim as a last resort, but do this by forming a human chain where rescuers lie on the ice with each person holding the feet of the person in front.
- To treat hypothermia, replace wet clothing with dry clothing and immediately transport victim to a hospital.


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Apr 09,2009
New principal has strong ties to Bend Senior High School
by Bend Weekly News Sources
BEND, Ore. -- Bend Senior High School will have a new principal next year, and the face will be a familiar one to the more than 1,500 students currently attending the school.
H.D. Weddell, current Asst. Principal at Bend Senior High, will take over as Principal on July 1
After an extensive interview process, Bend Senior High's very own H.D. Weddel was selected from a strong candidate pool to become the school's next principal.
"We are fortunate to have such an inspirational, proven leader with close connections already established with staff, students and families at Bend Senior High," said Bend-La Pine Schools Chief Academic Officer for High School Programs Vicki Van Buren. "H.D. is extremely invested in BSH and its continued success. He has the know-how to keep the school moving forward."
Weddel brings more than 30 years of educational leadership to the principal position at Bend Senior High. He says that he is excited about the direction that current principal Mark Neffendorf has set and looks forward to building upon the positive momentum.
"This is an incredible school with special staff," Weddel said. "We have done a lot of good work here and we are just warming up – more amazing opportunities for students and staff are on the horizon."
Weddel notes that he is taking on the principal position in tougher financial times than he has ever seen in his career.
"Although we are in for challenging economic times, I am convinced that BSH will do our finest work in the years to come," he said. "As the saying goes, 'In times of adversity some break and others break records' – we will be on top when we are through this because our staff puts students first and foremost."
Superintendent Ron Wilkinson says that Weddel's dynamic leadership and communication skills will play a key role in continuing the tradition of excellence at Bend Senior High School.
"I am confident that Mr. Weddel will be very effective in continuing the quality culture at Bend Senior High and will continue efforts to meet the needs of every student at all levels," he said. "He will provide a smooth transition as we move forward with the formal site review process next Fall as we implement the International Baccalaureate Program at BSH (in
Wilkinson says that he was impressed with the quality of all three of the principal finalists and believes that each would have been a positive addition to the district administrative team.
Weddel is currently one of two assistant principals at Bend Senior High School. He will take over the reins from current principal Mark Neffendorf on July 1, 2009.


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Whole Wheat Multigrain
Nothing new here, my old favorite: Hamelman's Whole-wheat multigrain. This time, though, and as I have come to appreciate sourdough preferments, as opposed to yeasted ones; I chose to skip the Instant yeast altogether. I have also chosen a new collection of grains for my hot soaker: Rolled oats, millet, Semolina, and sunflower seeds.
The initial fermentation took 3 hours, while the final fermentation was 5 hours. I increased the hydration as the dough was stiff, and ended up with an over hydrated dough. To adjust, I added 50-50% whole wheat flour to bread flour to arrive at a medium to loose hydration. It was wet, still.
The preferment % was reduced as a result of adding more flours to around 9% from 12%.
My Rye Sourdough is dead. I have rushed it once by adding more than comfortable warm water, and since then it seemed to go down the path of demise. Luckily, I can create one easily from my white levain.
For a change, i wanted to bake this bread in a pan.
Although i have not tasted the bread yet, i could describe it as follows:
Soft crust, with rich sourdough aroma. Crumb is open, cool and moist, with an appreciable sour aroma.
I have yet to decide whether or not the 100% sourdough version is better tasting than the sweeter yeasted version.
Update: The flavor of the bread was great. the extended final fermentation did mask the subtle sweetness and wheatiness of the bread, and the sour tang was clearly present. Lovely bread, nevertheless.


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#1 McCain pledges to buy up 300 bln in US home loans10-08-2008, 11:17 AM
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) The US government would snap up 300 billion dollars of bad home loans, Republican John McCain vowed Tuesday unveiling a new plan to help struggling homeowners if he is elected president.
"People are no longer able to afford their mortgage payments," said McCain as he laid out what he billed as an original proposal for addressing the grassroots impact of the Wall Street credit crisis.
"As president of the United States, I would order the secretary of the treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes, at the diminished value of those homes," he said.
Doing so would enable struggling homeowners to meet their mortgage payments and stay in their homes, he told the second of three presidential debates with Democratic rival Barack Obama.
"Is it expensive? Yes," he said. "But we all know, my friends, that until we stabilize home values in America, we're never going to start turning around and creating jobs and fixing our economy.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...VONwtfxDUMRPDwAt Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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Very bad idea. Home prices will stabilize on their own. It won't help the people who bought more than they could handle however.
McCain flys by the seat of his pants. He talks conservative and then comes up with something like this.
Mark my words - if his handlers don't come out before noon today and back-pedel this ship, McCain's champaign is over. End of story. Very Stupid. McBush. :mad:At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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I'm really getting to the point that I don't even give a fuck. It's time for conservatives to secede.
This is the gaping hole in the whole buyout argument.....
My wife and I don't make alot of money. We have a mortgage on our house, which is not an expensive house. It is what we can afford. We are very responsible and live pretty good on the amount of money we make. If I get into an accident and am not able to work, we would get behind on alot of bills. Down the road, I'm sure we'd get behind on our mortgage. If, God forbid, that were to happen, would the federal government come in and pay of our mortgage for us? Answer, HELL NO. The government is not there to help people who are responsible and fall on hard times or bad luck. They are there to take care of fucking deadbeats and free spenders. That's why I say fuck a buyout and fuck the people who would be out on the street. You shit the bed, you lay in it.:mad:I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
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Howlup.com needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Howlup.com is a site designed to help friends easily arrange get togethers. In terms of the idea we are similar to plancast.com. The name of the site refers to a wolf howling to get his friends together.
Our target audience are men and women 15 – 40 years of age. Initially we expect men to constitute a larger portion of the user base, however the product needs to have an appeal to female customers as well. We expect our users to be Facebook savvy and to have smart phones.
Being a brand new site we require a simple logo which will reflect the essence of the business. The logo needs to reflect the business idea, it needs to be more than just a wolf howling at the moon, given this can be more readily associated with a lone wolf, not the image we want to create. The logo will be primarily used on the website, however will also be included on the business cards and other printed materials.
Overall the logo needs to satisfy these requirements:
- Reflect the nature of the business
- Express the following: getting together, friendship
- Be attractive to both males and females
- Come with a suggested color scheme for the brochures/website
- Be simple enough to look well on devices with low resolution
We will be actively involved through out the whole design process. If you have an idea but not sure if it is appropriate, write to us and we will respond right away.
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This serpent is sure to tempt your eye-catching style! This platinum over sterling silver ring features a north-south snake design with green enamel style resin accents to make the design stand out even more. A chrome diopside lands at the center while another rests in the snake's mouth. White zircon add an extra touch of sparkle as onlookers turn green with envy as they admire this standout piece on your hand.
Check out the Ring Sizing Guide to find your ring size.
All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. View Gemstone Enhancements and Special Care Requirements for important information.
Platinum Plating:
Platinum can be used as a finish coating over sterling silver or copper alloys. Its bright, pure luster enhances the brilliance of gemstones and does not discolor or oxidize. Platinum plating is also characterized by its good resistance to surface abrasion, making jewelry pieces more durable against everyday and long-term wear. Over time, platinum plating will wear off and therefore will require re-plating.
To care for your plated jewelry items:
Chrome Diopside:
Chrome diopside, also called Russian diopside, offers an intense forest green color. Because it is the most affordable gemstone with a pure, rich green color, many jewelry designers predict chrome diopside will be the world's leading emerald substitute by the end of the decade. It is mostly available in smaller sizes, with the rare larger sizes becoming much more expensive and too dark. A 26.17ct oval cut chrome diopside may be the largest known example of the faceted stone, but there is also a 25.33ct stone that is brighter and more intense in color.
Chrome diopside is relatively soft, with a hardness of 5.5 on the Mohs Scale. Mostly mined in Yakutia and Siberia, the liberalization of the former Soviet Union's economy has made chrome diopside more available, and more popular, than ever before.
About the Collection
Capture the feel of New York's famed Fifth Avenue with NYC II®, an exclusive gemstone jewelry collection bursting with big-city style. Each standout design features vibrant genuine gemstones infused with the vitality, style and appeal of New York City.
Exotic gems, precious gems, premium white zircons and diamonds are prominently featured throughout the collection, along with sophisticated settings of 18K vermeil or platinum plated sterling silver. The rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets of NYC II are perfect accessories for every day or a night out on the town.
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Chuck prides himself on the affordability of his products. He says what makes them really stand out from crowd are the expensive looks he offers at inexpensive prices. Chuck is most inspired by the enjoyment his designs add to his customers' lives. In addition to NYC II, Chuck is also the on-air guest for EVINE Live's Diamond Treasures™ and Gem Treasures™ Collections.
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Warranty services are available for all NYC II items purchased on or after February 1, 2016. Items will be covered for a period of one year from the invoice date noted on your EVINE Live receipt. The Personal Jewelry service offers coverage for stone loss, breakage, manufacturer defects and free sizing for sterling silver or gold sizable rings. For more information on the Personal Jeweler Warranty Program, please call 1-844-752-4825.


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The waves that swamped five boats at Boats by George Marina on Lake George were bad enough.
But even the boats that owner George Pensel had on land Sunday during Tropical Storm Irene couldn't escape its wrath. Six were damaged by falling trees, he said.
"It's just a big mess," Pensel said.
The Cleverdale and Assembly Point areas of Lake George in North Queensbury were among the hardest hit in the region, with high winds not just felling trees but also swamping boats and tearing out docks.
The Lake George Park Commission has estimated that 100 or so boats sank or were swamped by water on Lake George during Sunday's tropical storm.
Michael White, executive director of the Lake George Park Commission, said the commission's staff counted 40 boats down, but, based on anecdotal reports from marinas, they believe at least 100 were knocked out by the storm.
Among them was a boat that broke free from its mooring in Pilot Knob and made it an estimated eight miles south to Million Dollar Beach. It was damaged but salvageable, White said.
The environmental impact on the lake from the submerged boats did not seem major. White said he believed all of the affected boats had been removed from the water as of Friday.
"It's impossible to assess the volume of gasoline that comes out, but we haven't gotten any reports of a sheen," White said.
In some cases, simply pumping out swamped boats was all that was needed to get them afloat again.
Damage was seen up and down the lake, as high winds whipped the water into a frenzy and lake levels rose quickly from nearly 5 inches of rain over about 12 hours.
At Gilchrist Marina in Lake George, owner Ken Graven said he had one pontoon boat swamped, but the winds tore out about 200 feet of dock. He said the business was repaired and open as of Friday.
Boats by George's lakeside location was also open, but Pensel said he was awaiting word from his insurance company on repairs for damaged boats.
The boat owners who were able to get their boats onto boat lifts before the storm made out all right, but in some cases the docks were ripped out around the lifts, Pensel said.
"There were a lot of high-value boats that sustained tremendous damage," he said.
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Oh Club Monaco, you with your adorable lookbooks and expertly mixed prints, I love you. This March, Megan predicted wearing a perfectly mis-matched fall look to the office when it hits stores. Well, I can't wait.
The mixed print trend is one of those that can seem a little too out there for work. But with conservative silhouettes (pencil skirts, and button up blouses) and separates in similar color families, this look is totally work-appropriate.
Shop our picks to try the trend now. Oh, did I mention that everything is under $100?


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Dolphis and Wales use sound waves... right?
What if you got some epoxy and sealed water tight a piezo speaker, have it generate different tones and depending on the tone, it performs different actions? Dolphis and Wales use sound waves... right?
Its dead easy and pretty difficult to go wrong.
I'd use a piezo buzzer because it would be louder. Yes/No? Then measure the sound waves in the pool and program submarine to change direction by hearing responses to sound waves frequencies. Communicate like a whale!


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Near to the British Museum, this Edwardian hotel is something of a Bloomsbury landmark. Relaunched in January 2009 following a '25million makeover, each of the 174 rooms comes with flat screen TVs and complimentary wireless - something more hotels should do as standard. Tasteful d'cor means you get muted tones, accents of colour and marble in the en suite bathroom. This scheme extends to a plush lobby and respectable restaurant.
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