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Across America, public-sector job cuts take a heavy toll
WASHINGTON — Yes, the economy's growing, the unemployment rate is inching down and America is feeling a little bit better about itself. But don't think for a minute that all the lost jobs aren't still taking a severe toll all across this nation — especially all the chopped government jobs.
Since February 2010, the nation's private employers have added more than 3.9 million jobs, or roughly 164,000 per month. Over the same period, however, some 485,000 government jobs were lost. The effects of those job cuts are being felt by children, families and businesses across America.
When city leaders in cash-strapped Camden, N.J., laid off more than 60 firefighters just over a year ago, many felt it created a public-safety nightmare waiting to happen. The loss of nearly one-third of the city's firefighting capacity was a calculated risk, but a necessary sacrifice in order to close a $26 million budget deficit.
More than a year later, the cracks in the city's public safety armor are growing wider. Seven, sometimes eight fire companies are doing the work of eleven. Volunteer departments in neighboring towns routinely must provide backup. Firefighter injuries are up. So are response times. And during one "brownout week" each month, no Camden firefighter can take vacation or holiday time off.
"It's been tough. It's been really tough, morale-wise. We've got guys being pushed to the max every day," said Al Ashley, president of Fire Officers Local 2578 in Camden.
Worse yet is the nagging feeling that the depleted fire department is tempting fate. If a serious structure fire breaks out, each of the city's seven companies would need to respond, making it impossible to respond to any other fire or emergency at the same time.
"It hasn't happened yet, but it's not a question of 'if," it's a question of 'when,'" Ashley said. "The politicians are playing a game of roulette."
Last year, 19 percent of U.S. cities cut spending for public safety, according to a survey by the National League of Cities.
Camden, a city of 77,000 _which also cut 168 police officers in 2011 — is the extreme example of that national trend toward leaner, cheaper and ultimately less able state and local governments in the wake of the Great Recession. The 2010 elections, which brought in a wave of conservative policymakers who believe less government is best, exacerbated the situation in many places.
The per-capita employment rate in public education, by far the largest sector of government hiring, is at the lowest level since 1999. And the rate of public employment outside of education has fallen to the 1986 level, said Nicholas Johnson, vice president for state fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank.
When the recession hit, Johnson said 33 states raised tax rates, but that wasn't enough to make up for the decline in property, sales and income tax revenues, which still haven't fully recovered. Johnson said the recession caused 41 states to raise state-college tuition and lay off university staff; 30 cut funding for local school districts; 25 cut funding for seniors and people with disabilities; and 30 states cut the availability of health care services.
Teachers have been one of the hardest-hit professions in the public sector. Seventy-one percent of school districts reported cuts in state and local funding from last year's budget, 68 percent eliminated positions this year, and 65 percent expect to do so again next year, according to a new survey by the American Association of School Administrators.
No surprise that job satisfaction among teachers has dropped 15 points from the 59 percent who were "very satisfied" in 2009. It was 44 percent in 2011, according to the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher. That's the lowest level in more than 20 years.
Meanwhile, the percent of teachers who no longer feel their job is secure has jumped from 8 percent in 2006 to 34 percent last year, the survey found.
Nowhere is that feeling more pronounced than in the Chester Upland School District outside Philadelphia, where budget cuts forced layoffs of 187 of the district's 320 teachers. The district is also in jeopardy of not meeting its payroll after emergency funding runs out.
"We have not missed a paycheck yet, but we don't know from paycheck to paycheck if there's going to be money there," said Gloria Zoranski, president of the Chester Upland Education Association. "There's money through the end of March," but April is unclear.
The loss of teachers has caused class sizes to swell. It's harder to provide individual attention to the district's 4,300 students. Art and music classes were eliminated district-wide in all grade levels. Reading programs were cut, and electives are no longer offered for secondary-school students. Third- and fourth-year language courses were eliminated, along with higher-level math courses. Even refills for the copying machine are hard to find.
"There just isn't money to purchase this stuff, so the teachers are more or less purchasing their own," said Zoranski, who teaches high school business/computer-education classes. The job cuts have left only one IT person for the district, so most of the computers that Zoranski's students use either need upgrading, repair or replacement.
When teachers at the district's one high school, two middle schools and six elementary schools were told there was no money to pay them in January, they continued working. Public outcry ultimately prompted the state to provide $3.2 million in emergency funding. When that money runs out in April, Zoranski isn't sure what will happen.
"We're just coming to work and not thinking about it," she said. "But in the back of our minds, we know that one day they're going to tell us that they can't make payroll. But we're going on like we're not in this financial trouble, because we want the district to survive."
In Georgia, the state board of education recently agreed to waive restrictions on class size for the fourth straight year, as "austerity" cuts in the state budget continue to force teacher layoffs that lead to larger classes. In the Cobb County School District just outside Atlanta, 250 teachers and 26 paraprofessionals will likely be cut next year to close a projected $62 million deficit caused by state funding cuts.
Most Georgia school districts are also furloughing teachers without pay for two to 10 days — at a time when many teachers are being paid less than they were three or four years ago, and also being asked to be more accountable.
"I'm hearing more and more from our members that 'I'm thinking about retiring a little earlier' or 'I'm looking at a private school opportunity because I've just had it,'" said Tim Callahan, a spokesman with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators.
The larger classes are stressful for all teachers, but "particularly for our new teachers right out of school," Callahan said. "Suddenly they're looking at 34 or 35 high school students, so they really have to be part lion tamer, you know. It's tough. So the impact of increased class sizes is very negative."
In California — which has lost 32,000 full-time teachers since the 2007-2008 school year — the impact of seniority-based teacher layoffs hits particularly hard on low-income, minority students. They disproportionately attend schools with younger instructors who can be bumped by older, more tenured teachers who've lost their jobs at other schools in the district.
In 2010, the Center for Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington studied this teacher "churn" caused by "last in, first out" layoff policies at the 15 largest school districts in California. They found that for teachers with up to two years' experience, high-poverty schools would lose 30 percent more teachers than wealthier schools, while schools with the most minorities would lose "a staggering 60 percent more teachers than would the schools with the fewest minority students."
In Louisiana, a 5 percent cut in state funding left a $29 million budget shortfall that caused the Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division to cut 600 positions from its seven hospitals earlier this month, including 235 at LSU Interim Hospital in New Orleans. The hospital lost 41 registered nurses, 23 nursing assistants, 22 licensed practical nurses and 22 psychiatric aides among others, said Dr. Roxane Townsend, CEO of LSU Health Care Services Division.
In addition, Interim closed a 25-bed medical-surgical unit, nine of 38 beds for patients with psychiatric problems and a 20-bed chemical detoxification unit. In 2010, the hospital stopped delivering babies and closed its neonatal intensive care unit, while cutting 10 of its 20 beds for patients with behavioral health problems.
Next year, the seven-hospital LSU system will likely face $20 million in additional cuts.
"My employees haven't had a raise in three years. And next fiscal year, we don't plan on giving merit increases because there's just no money to do that," Dr. Townsend said.
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Frederik Vermehren, A Jutland Shepherd on the Moors, 1855 SMK.
The Danish Golden Age of art is currently attracting plenty of attention from museums and art collectors all over the world, and paintings from the period are fetching large amounts at auctions in Denmark and abroad. From August 2019,
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The Helga and Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace and Reed Family Plaza. Photo: Matt Forsythe © Matt Forsythe Photography.
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opened the Helga and Mike Schmidt Performance Terrace and the Reed Family Plaza to the public, offering a new way for visitors to enjoy the ROM. The Museums new terrace and plaza on Bloor Street, overlooking Philosophers Walk, feature a welcoming place to gather with garden-side seating and an open-air space for music, theatre, discussion, and performances. This revitalization project was generously made possible by lead donors Helga Schmidt and her late husband Mike Schmidt, and Nita and Don Reed. Additional generous donations were made by Hatch, Nancy Lockhart and the late Murray Frum, Richard Wernham and Julia West, and Flavia Redelmeier. The opening of the Museums new outdoor spaces is part of the ROMs larger strategic vision to create an engaging streetscape and greater access, while enhancing the ROMs role as a cultural and community anchor. The initiative ...
Michael Dean, LOLLOLLOL (working title), 2018, Concrete, steel reinforcement, plastic, padlocks, bike locks, cable ties, publications, stickers, grass. Courtesy of the artist, Andrew Kreps, New York; Herald St, London and Mendes Wood, São Paulo. Photography: Kevin Todor.
The exhibition Contemporary Sculpture: Sam Anderson and Michael Dean features two breakthrough contemporary sculptors presented by
Boca Raton Museum of Art
. Featuring evocative works that are actively in sync and play off each other, the exhibition was curated by the Museums Assistant Curator, Lanya Snyder and is on view now through October 6th. Bonded through unspoken language, these two artists form a complex relationship that synthesizes within the Museums gallery. Although the works were created by two artists with different trajectories, shown together these works powerfully engage to create the effect of viewing a dynamic dialogue. The works of the two artists, juxtaposed to one another cause a swirling experience of sculpture: 13 works by American artist Sam Anderson ...
Lynda Benglis, Siren, 1978. Chicken wire, cotton bunting, plaster, gesso, oil based size, gold leaf, 58" × 19-3/4" × 9-3/4" No. 71530. Photo courtesy Pace Gallery © 2019 Lynda Benglis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Pace Gallery
is presenting Lynda Benglis, on view from August 21 to October 23, 2019, the artists first exhibition with the gallery since joining in January this year. Bringing together twenty mid- to large-scale works from the 1970s to the present, this exhibition highlights Bengliss ceaseless investigation of materiality, form, and weight throughout her highly prolific career. Ranging from her earlier use of latex, foam, and aluminum to her more recent investigations with polyurethane, bronze, and handmade paper, the works in this exhibition provide an overview of Bengliss expansive creative output, showcasing her voracious ability to push the boundaries of sculpture time and time again. In conjunction with her exhibition at Pace, on October 22, 2019, Benglis will participate alongside writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew as part of Stanford Universitys ...
New book offers a treasure trove of 100 carefully selected letters written by great artists
Newcomb Art Museum opens two exhibitions examining environmental pollution across America
On September 8, 'Rembrandt to Yoshida ' goes up for vid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
Rembrandt van Rijn (160669) to Constantijn Huygens.
An Artists' Letters
(White Lion Publishing | October 1, 2019 | $30) is a treasure trove of 100 carefully selected letters, written by great artists, providing the read with a unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their lives. Arranged thematically, it includes writings and musings on love, happiness, work, daily life, money, travel and the creative process, and shows us the treasures to be found in a simple letter. On the theme of friendship, letters provide evidence of a creative community between peers, with support and mutual appreciation that helps to dispel the myth of the artist as solitary genius. Letters between Vincent van Gogh and Pail Gauguin show an ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas. Mutual admiration between Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot, and Picassos quick notes to Jean Cocteau illustrate their closeness. Correspondence ...
Hannah Chalew, Abundance Undermined, 2019. Iron oak gall ink on handmade paper pulped from sugarcane and found plastic waste. Courtesy of the artist.
Newcomb Art Museum
of Tulane University announced its exhibitions LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family and The American Dream Denied: The New Orleans Residents of Gordon Plaza Seek Relocation, the latter organized by Tulanes environmental studies students. On view August 21, 2019 with a scheduled run through December 14, 2019, these two exhibitions explore the lived experiences of communities impacted by pollution, and its concomitant effects on health and environment. In 2016, artist, activist, and MacArthur genius awardee LaToya Ruby Frazier spent five months living in Flint, Michigan with three generations of womenthe poet Shea Cobb, her mother Renee, and daughter Zionobserving their day-to-day lives as they endured one of the most ...
Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606 - 1669). Self Portrait in a Flat Cap, circa 1602. Later state. Paper size: 5 inches high x 3 ¾. Image size: 4 inches high x 2 3/4. Condition: Good. Date: 17th century. Later state. Estimate: $2,000-4,000.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present "Rembrandt to Yoshida," on Sunday, September 8, 2019, at 10:30 am PDT, featuring over 160 lots an intriguing selection of artworks, sculptures, decorative arts and more that span more than two millennia. Highlights include etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn, an original engraving by Albrecht Dürer, Japanese woodblock prints, ancient Roman or Greek and Etruscan antiquities; a 19th-century folio of 36 color lithographs of ancient Greek ceramics; and letters signed or written by U.S. presidents. Among items in the September 8 sale from ancient times are an Etruscan chalice and ewers, and a two-handled Greek pottery bowl from Gela (Sicily) from the 4th- ...
Prinseps will host online auctions of rare books and prints this September, alongside the launch of their online store
Martin Parr Foundation opens an exhibition of photographs taken on the North East coast of England
Bonavista Biennale 2019 - FLOE features artworks by Jordan Bennett, Wanda Koop, D'Arcy Wilson
Map of the lands of Tipoo Saheb, 1792.
For their upcoming online Rare Books Auction on 4-5 September,
brings a selection of rare books covering an array of fascinating historical subjects, as well as maps and manuscripts. This will be followed by a second online auction of prints on 11-12 September. Lots in the Rare Books Auction cover a period of nearly 400 years, with the oldest book dated 1605 - De Vita Caesarum orThe Twelve Caesars, a biographical chronicle of the Caesars of Rome and considered to be a text of historic importance. The lots have been primarily obtained from the collection of renowned collector Mr. Sunil Baboo, whose meticulously documented collection developed from his travels across Europe and the United States of America and includes his Tipu Sultan collection which carries books, maps and manuscripts from the twilight years of the Indian ruler. Also of note is The Works of ...
Whitley Bay, 1978 © Markéta Luskačová.
Photographs by Markéta Luskačová, taken on the North East coast of England in the late 1970s, have gone on display at the
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Meagan Musseau, Mekitetmek na Maqmikewminen, 2019. Photo: Brian Ricks.
Bonavista Biennale
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Back to school: New online materials based on accurate and comprehensive native peoples history
Western Front welcomes Susan Gibb as new Executive Director
Technology and data fuel the work of three prominent artists featured in the Moss Arts Center's latest exhibition
Middle school students using the NK360° educational resources. Photo by Alex Jamison.
The Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian is looking to change the narrative about American Indians in classrooms, transforming how teachers are teaching history to achieve a more inclusive, accurate and complete education. As part of its national education initiative,
Native Knowledge 360 Degrees (NK360°)
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She comes to the position after six years as Curator at If I Cant Dance, I Dont Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, a curatorial production house for performance related art and research based in Amsterdam.
The Board of Directors of
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Jim Campbell, Repixelated 2, 2017. Custom electronics, 300 LEDs, aluminum, and acrylic, 27 1/8 x 16 ¾ x 22 ½ inches. Edition of 3. Image courtesy of Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.
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Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum + Wende Museum join forces
Museums are changing. To be relevant in a moment of content overload and increasing criticism of institutions that uphold crumbling hierarchies, museums are going beyond exhibitions and other conventional programming theyre offering yoga classes, serving as hubs for information about local social services (much like libraries have done), and creating programs for younger and more diverse audiences. And to be sustainable in a time of economic precariousness and ever-increasing wealth inequality, small museums are joining forces. The Wende Museum and the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum (MCLM), two nonprofit archives in Culver City, California, have just announced a strategic partnership that would allow both organizations to continue to provide and expand access to rare historical collections that are ...
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art opens a solo exhibition by Yasuaki Onishi
MGM Resorts continues its celebration of Japanese art, introducing renowned artist Yasuaki Onishi at
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art
and the Artist Studio at Bellagio. On August 12, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art unveiled Permeating Landscape, a solo exhibition by Onishi featuring two large-scale installations that reinterpret the principle elements of sculpture including mass, volume, motion and shape. In September 2019, in conjunction with his BGFA exhibit, Onishi will begin creating a new sculpture at the Artist Studio using locally sourced materials and his unique adaptation of traditional metalwork and casting techniques. Guests may recognize Onishis work as he previously presented at BGFA as part of a group exhibition Primal Water in 2018. In his solo exhibition, Onishi showcases pointed use of simple materials like wire ...
Public invited to help choose winner of University of Birmingham sculpture competition
The public is invited to help choose the winner of a prestigious sculpture competition at the University of Birmingham. The sculpture will bring together themes of arts and science, and will be situated in the brand new campus parkland, the Green Heart, at the University. After an open call, four locally-based artists have been shortlisted, and small-scale models of their proposed sculpture are currently on display at the University. Andrew Gillespie proposes to re-make a pacemaker from the Universitys extensive collection. Taking a device which is usually concealed inside the body and displaying it in a public space, Andrew hopes to draw new attention to the clever design of a pacemaker streamlined, simple and abstract in appearance and reveal its life-giving function, drawing parallels with contemporary sculpture. Hipkiss ...
Cape Ann Museum's Maritime Curator Erik Ronnberg, Jr. to receive award at Antique & Classic Boat Festival
The Cape Ann Museum
s esteemed Maritime Curator Erik Ronnberg Jr., who for many years worked as a shipmodel maker on Cape Ann, will be receiving the Edgar B. Caffrey Award during the 37th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival August 24-25, 2019 at the Hawthorne Marina in Salem, Mass. The award will be conferred on Saturday August 24 at 11am. Ronnberg, the son of a Swedish-born Master Mariner who arrived in America in 1939, grew up in a household where he and his father would make shipmodels together. After graduating with a degree in biology, Ronnberg decided to pursue a career in model making, firstly as an apprentice at the Newark Museum and then as an Assistant Curator at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Today Ronnbergs models are in many private collections and Museums including ...
Ho Tzu Nyen solo exhibition on view at Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art
The installations of Singaporean video artist and theater director Ho Tzu Nyen are visually stunning, opulent works permeated with numerous and complex cultural references. Various concepts, imaginaries, and allusions to the histories of Eastern and Western literature, art, and music are woven together with multifaceted sound collages to form these enigmatic pieces, which reveal new layers of meaning to the viewer on every level of perception. Hos central theme is the pursuit of Southeast Asias cultural identity, which is both written in and overwritten by such a multitude of languages, religions, cultures, and influences that it is almost impossible to reduce it down to a fundamental historical core. The earliest piece included in this exhibitionthe first survey of Hos oeuvre in Germanyis UtamaEvery Name in History Is I, a film work from 2003 ...
'Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective' by Shane Balkowitsch
North Dakotan Shane Balkowitsch's first personal camera was not an Instamatic Kodak or a point-and-shoot Nikon, but rather a large format wet plate camera. As a self-taught 'image-maker' and one of the fewer than 1,000 wet plate collodion artists practicing around the world, Balkowitsch has devoted himself fully to mastering the obsolete photographic technology since 2012.
Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective
(Glitterati Editions, New Pub Date: September 2019) presents a selection from Balkowitsch's photographic project which aims to capture 1000 wet plate portraits of Native Americans. Following in the footsteps of Edward S. Curtis and Orlando Scott Goff, Balkowitsch pays homage to his home state and its Native American heritage and culture. His photographs highlight the dignity ...
The Birmingham Museum of Art hires new Curator of Asian Art
The Birmingham Museum of Art
announced the appointment of Dr. Katherine Anne Paul as The Virginia and William M. Spencer III Curator of Asian Art. Paul began her tenure on August 19, 2019. She will oversee a permanent collection of approximately 4,000 works of art from diverse cultures throughout Asia dating from the 5th century BCE to the present. We are delighted that Katherine Anne Paul has joined the staff of the BMA. She has done fantastic things in the field of Asian art and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position, says Anne Forschler, Chief Curator and The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts at the Birmingham Museum of Art. We are certain that Katie will take our Asian collection to the next level, with regard to both collection development and programming. Paul ...
Edinburgh International Festival creates new board for the future
Edinburgh International Festival
reveals a remodeled Board of Trustees with a female majority for the first time in the Festivals 73-year history. The dynamic new board includes cultural leader Leonie Bell at Renfrewshire Council, Director of Digital Products at BBC Chris Condron, Solicitor and charity legal specialist Marion Davis, Rector of the University of Edinburgh Ann Henderson, Standard Life Aberdeen Chief Executive Keith Skeoch and award-winning journalist Yasmin Sulaiman. These new additions join educational, political and financial luminaries to create a modern board primed for a fast-changing world. Chairman Niall Lothian leads the Board of Trustees to support Festival Director Fergus Linehan and Executive Director Francesca Hegyi in delivering the annual programme and developing the organisation. New appointee Leonie ...
1992 Rolls-Royce owned by the late songwriter Les Reed for sale with H&H Classics
A Rolls-Royce Silver Spur owned by the late songwriter Les Reed OBE is for sale with
H&H Classics
on October 16th at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. This beautiful car was last serviced in 2013 and has done nominal mileage since. It is offered with its original service book and handbook from the Estate of Les Reed who died in April this year aged 83. Les Reed OBE was an English songwriter, producer, arranger, musical director and orchestra leader. His first hit as a songwriter, was Tell Me When by The Applejacks, very quickly followed by Its Not Unusual; Delilah; Im Coming Home and Daughter of Darkness for Tom Jones. The Last Waltz; Les Bicyclettes de Belsize; Love is All were all big hits for Engelbert Humperdinck. Theres a Kind of Hush was recorded by Hermans Hermits; Johnny Mathis; Barry Manilow and The Carp ...
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August 22, 1908
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I'm starting my journey in mentalism with some great material by Ted Annemann, and I'm super excited.
I had a ton of billets cut out of index stock a week ago, and now I'm practicing palming and switching. I'm a little worried I had the billets cut too small, though... Annemann suggests 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 size billets, but I cut them 2 x 3 inches, since they would then fit inside a #1 coin envelope. I also read some people liked that size on the Magic Cafe, and I didn't think 1/4 or 1/2 inch would make too much of a difference, AND it's not too hard to find pads of paper that are 2 x 3 in. (in case I don't want to use a loose stack) and I want to use a uniform size all around.
Long story short, I'm worried the billets are too small when folded, now. Palming and switching feel awkward, and I feel like I have to fumble because they're too small.
Or maybe I'm just not used to handling them because I'm a beginner? I would love to hear if anyone has any opinion on billet sizing.
On a related note, does anyone use alternate folds to what Annemann suggests?


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text: Hi miles- de patrick n2oeq- nice to see you thinking of the future. I miss the MIR days. I think there was a simple kenwood dual bander on the MIR. I looked at the icom ID800 and my first impression was that it was not a simple radio and I am not interested in buying a new digital radio to work the ISS. Since there is no rush, please consider other radio models of SIMPLE design. Within the past couple of years I purchased a very easy to operate Yaesu FT8800R dual band rig capable of cross-band repeat, 9600 baud packet, and narrow FM operation to name a few. I looked at several rigs before deciding on it. Of course, it was a personal preference and others may prefer other models but I found this to be my choice for satellite work etc. I think it would be safer to consider a rig that has been around a while that has been refined in production and proven in use. Most important is that it be as simple as possible so as not to be disinteresting to the crew. Well, its all academic since it has to be approved but I'm happy to see you working on it. Thank you!!!!! Take care, pat ------- Original Message ------- >From : MM[mailto:ka1rrw at yahoo.com] Sent : 6/2/2007 7:46:10 PM To : sraas at optonline.net; amsat-bb at amsat.org Cc : Subject : RE: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS & Amateur Voice Comms The Amateur Radio stations on board ISS have not been open to regular public access since August 2006. There have only be a few random days when the crew from ISS has been heard calling CQ since then. If you look back in the Amsat Archives, look for message from Ken Ransom for an explanation of the issues. The Marex team is working on proposals to replace the existing ISS ham system with a new simpler to use system. (We have found that on the Space Station Mir projects, some consumer grade ham gear seemed to only have a life span of 2-3 year in 24/7 service while orbiting in space. All of the ham gear on ISS is over 3.5 years old) The unapproved Marex proposals would be comprised of the following hardware if approved. Icom ID-800 Dual band Kantronics KPC-9212 TNC Slow Scan TV (Off the shelf VOX box, multiple brands are currently being tested for SSTV) Marex welcomes your support www.marexmg.org --- Steve Raas <sraas at optonline.net> wrote: > Has any one been lucky enough to work the ISS on 2m > voice as of late? I call > NA1SS on every pass that Im available to and so far > no dice. ( 3 days 4 or 5 > passes ) > > > > Thanks! > > > > N2JDQ > > Steven J. Raas > > Locator FN20vg > > QRV 2/432 , V/U U/V Sats & WSJT > > Home Page & Sked Requests @ > http://n2jdq2007.tripod.com/ > > AMSAT Member # 36396 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are > those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the > amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb


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Obamacare fight erupts in Maryland
Maryland gubernatorial candidate Doug Gansler is incensed over the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act. He's aghast at chronic problems with Maryland's online enrollment platform and stunned that a state with "literally the smartest people in the country" would have hired a company from North Dakota, of all places, to help put its exchange in place. The whole spectacle, Gansler fumes, "is almost like a 'Saturday Night Live' skit."
The punch line: Gansler, Maryland's current attorney general, is a Democrat.
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Washington has been locked for months in a series of partisan battles over the law known as Obamacare, as well as battles within the GOP over how best to oppose the ACA. But it's the state just to the north that has served up the country's first Democrat-on-Democrat brawl over the inept implementation of the law, offering perhaps a first test of Democratic voters' patience with the ACA's technical setbacks.
( Understanding Obamacare: POLITICO's guide to the ACA)
In Maryland, the fight to succeed outgoing Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley has pitted Gansler against state Del. Heather Mizeur and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, who chairs the state panel on ACA implementation and has long presented himself as the O'Malley administration's point man on Obamacare.
After vowing to make deep-blue Maryland an ACA success story, Brown — and O'Malley — watched with dismay as the website for the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange foundered, allowing fewer than 4,000 Marylanders to enroll in insurance plans by the end of November. The executive director of the state exchange resigned at the start of December.
Now, as O'Malley and his appointees have scrambled to get the state exchange back on track, Gansler has laced into Brown over the performance of the state exchange, arguing that it has "failed miserably" and given "fodder for Republicans" who want to scrap the ACA altogether. Having spent months mocking Brown as an empty suit, Gansler points to the health care mess as a case in point.
"Brown and others were so boastful about Maryland leading the country, [but] here we are behind such states as Nevada and Kentucky, let alone California and states like that," Gansler said, emphasizing that while he is a supporter of the president and the ACA: "I think it's certainly appropriate for Democrats to question what has gone on in individual states regarding people's ability to enroll in an exchange."
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
In some respects, the Maryland race is a unique one: No other state on the 2014 map features an open-seat contest for the heart of the Democratic base between two major candidates, one of whom was directly tasked with implementing a state health care exchange. For health care reform critics, Gansler is an obviously imperfect messenger, a combative politician who replaced his campaign manager last week in an effort to steady his listing bid for governor.
Even still, the success or failure of Gansler's biting message could reveal just how frustrated — or how serenely patient — rank-and-file Democrats may be with the progress of a law that was supposed to cement a new era of activist government. There's little chance of a competitive general election in Democratic Maryland, but success by Gansler could also presumably cheer Republicans who have put the ACA's implementation woes front and center for their 2014 message.
This was never the way Gansler planned to come out swinging in the governor's race. An early Barack Obama 2008 endorser who started the year as a seeming favorite to succeed O'Malley, his campaign suffered a string of body blows throughout the summer that have left him as an unexpected underdog to Brown.
First there was the recording that surfaced in The Washington Post, capturing Gansler dismissing Brown, who is black, for relying on his race as a campaign asset (Gansler's campaign called the recording a dirty trick). Then there was a Post story on accusations that Gansler ordered his state trooper detail to violate traffic laws (a charge Gansler also chalked up to political skulduggery). Most embarrassing was an ABC News report featuring photos of Gansler at a raucous high school beach party featuring apparent underage drinking. (Gansler said he was only there to tell his son what time their family would leave the area the following morning.)
Brown, meanwhile, has rolled up support from a host of unions and prominent elected officials, including O'Malley, Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and U.S. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer.
( PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about Obamacare website)
Even with all that weighing on his campaign, bashing Obamacare — even just on the details of implementation — is a striking turn of events for Gansler, an Obama stalwart who fought in court to uphold the constitutionality of the president's signature achievement.
Asked whether his ACA attacks were merely an attempt to turn the page for his campaign, Gansler said he had "a rough rollout because of political dirty tricks on the part of the Brown campaign," but called health care the real issue in the race.
Brown, a former state legislator and Iraq War veteran, declined POLITICO's request for an interview and has in general shied away from engaging attacks from Gansler and others.
Justin Schall, Brown's campaign manager, shrugged off Gansler's ACA criticism as opportunistic and faulted Gansler for taking potshots on the ACA now, despite having done little to help with implementation as part of the advisory committee that Brown chairs.
"As attorney general, Doug Gansler is a member of the Health Care Reform Council, and he hasn't bothered to shown up to a meeting in the last two years, so it's a little disingenuous when Doug opines on the importance of Obamacare," Schall said. "When input on health care reform was needed, Gansler was nowhere to be found, and now Doug hopes people will forget his absence as he attacks a fellow Democrat on ACA."


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Ever since the injury to Amar'e Stoudemire, coupled along with a prior injury to Jared Jeffries, the Knicks have been forced to play small ball in which Carmelo Anthony is playing the power forward (or the "4") position. The biggest beneficiary of the recent infusion of small ball has been the much maligned Anthony. Playing the 4 has forced Anthony to play harder on defense, as well as helped his offense. Zach Lowe had a great take on Anthony's defense over at "The Point Forward". This post however, will analyze New York's offensive advantage with Anthony playing power forward.
New York is 5-2 in the 7 games without the services of Amar'e Stoudemire. One of the, if not the, biggest reason for their success has been the revitalization of Carmelo Anthony's offense. In the past 7 games, Anthony has averaged 29.8 points per game on 49% shooting, 39% from downtown. Anthony's resurgence can be largely contributed to his playing the power forward position. Having Anthony play the 4 creates mismatches for not only Anthony, but it opens up the Knicks offense. By playing "small ball", the Knicks force opponents to adjust their lineups and match-ups to slow down the Knicks and particularly Anthony.
Today, I bring you 4 plays that showcase some of the ways that small ball, built around Anthony at the 4, has helped the Knicks offense.
The first play comes from New York's thrilling 100-99 victory over Chicago on Sunday morning. In this play, Carmelo Anthony is not directly involved. He does not get the ball, tip a rebound or set a screen. This play is a successful pick and roll run by Baron Davis and Tyson Chandler.
Why is this play important? It demonstrates how the Knicks small lineup can confuse defenses and put them in a bind. Observe in the video, that the Bulls have Joakim Noah assigned to guard Landry Fields at the top of the screen. While Noah cheats towards the post, he isn't close enough to the play to make an impact. Carlos Boozer is assigned to Tyson Chandler, but Boozer 1) is not a long defender and 2) defends the play pretty poorly. Davis easily tosses the ball over Boozer for an alley-oop dunk. Notice how Noah, having to still check Fields, is stuck in no man's land, thanks to the smaller lineup. He makes a decent reaction to the play, but is too far away to get involved and actually defend the dunk. The Knicks playing small forces Chicago to defend a Knick guard, Fields, with a big, Noah. This takes Noah out of the paint and opens that area of the floor up for the Knicks.
The second play comes from the Knicks 112-104 loss to Indiana. Early in the game, Indiana experimented by assigning David West to guard Anthony. On this possession, the Knicks come down the court and realize that they have a mis-match advantage with Anthony being guarded by West. In a pretty simple play, point guard Baron Davis gets Anthony the ball on the wing/baseline area and New York clears out to give Anthony space to operate. The rest of the Knick players clear out and give Anthony the room he needs to score. Anthony then sizes up West, who is giving ground due to Anthony's quickness and ability to drive, and easily shoots right over him. This play demonstrates how Anthony having mismatches has helped open up his jump shot. The mid-range shot is the staple of Anthony's offense. With his shot falling, the rest of his offensive game opens up, as you will see. Here is the play:
The next two plays take us back to the Knicks victory over Chicago. The next two plays are examples of how Carmelo Anthony takes advantage of the mismatches he creates on offense. In these plays, both from the 4th quarter of Sunday's win, Anthony is being guarded by Taj Gibson.
The first play is similar to the David West isolation, in that the Knicks clear out to give Anthony space to operate. However, rather than shoot the ball over Gibson, Anthony decides to attack the rim. When watching these next two plays, observe what Tyson Chandler does. In this first play, Anthony is given the space that he is largely in part to Chandler. The Knicks reset after an offensive rebound and isolate their superstar against Gibson on the wing. Chandler does an excellent job of keeping Carlos Boozer so far into the paint that he cannot possibly impact the play (except to foolishly goal tend the shot). Gibson actually plays Anthony decently well, but Melo's quickness and explosiveness allows him to easily spin right by Gibson for the bucket. This play is an excellent demonstration, like the West play, of how Anthony takes advantage of his mismatch and how the Knicks do an excellent job of spacing the floor.
The last play is again from the Chicago game. In this play, the Knicks run a more up tempo half court set. Rather than clearing out half of the floor in a more typical isolation, the Knicks get Anthony the ball right at the top of the arc. Instead of slowly sizing up his man, Anthony is quick to drive on Gibson and get right to the rim. Notice on this play that Landry Fields brings Kyle Korver far enough to the corner to where Korver cannot get back into the play and impact it. Tyson Chandler also does a great job of spacing. Like in the other play, Chandler takes advantage of Carlos Boozer's defensive ineptitude and keeps him deep into the paint. Boozer is too deep in the paint to make an impact on the play. When Anthony drives, Gibson simply does not have the quickness and foot speed to keep with him. Rather than make a finesse move to the basket, Anthony demonstrates another versatile part of his offensive game. He uses his big 6'8 230 pound frame to barrel into the paint and draw the and-1 finish. Here is the play:
Carmelo Anthony is, for my money, the most versatile scorer in the game today. Attitude and ego aside, there aren't many players who can score in the plethora of ways that Anthony can. With him playing the 4, the Knicks have an offensive mismatch almost every time down the floor. Whether that means Anthony is matched up against a big or that an opposing big is guarding on the perimeter, the Knicks have an offensive advantage. Hopefully these examples and analysis help clarify and demonstrate some of the things that New York is doing. Personally, I love the spacing of the team and how it is a team effort to help Anthony take advantage of his mismatch. If and when Amar'e Stoudemire comes back, whether it is later this season or next season, it will be interesting to see how the Knick offense changes. For now, I'll gladly take the small ball.Follow @tarmosino


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I was not impressed. I felt the portions were small, way over priced, and mediocre at best. I would look elsewhere.
We were in for dinner tonight, which we visit about once a month. I always order the King size Prime Rib. Tonight I have to tell you, I am not sure we will be back! I made the mistake of answering yes when the waitress ask if I cared to have it seered on the grill! The cook BUTTERFLIED MY 21.00 PIECE OF PRIME AND COOKED IT LIKE A STEAK! Why would someone EVER do that WITHOUT ASKING THE GUEST IF THAT'S OKAY! seriously, it took all the juice out of the meat, the bottom piece of butterfield meat was about an 1/8 of inch thick, and if I wanted a steak I would've ordered a t-bone! they were gracious enough to take the dinner off our bill, but it kinda ruined the dinner of which I have maybe one to two nights a month that I that I am not too busy to go out to eat! We use to visit the Outback on Ina, but it has seriously went down hill also! Not sure where we will go now? The poor server was shocked when I handed her the 20.00 tip, and said she could accept it, but I quickly told her it was NOT her fault, IT WAS THE COOK!
I rather enjoy the Hut usually. They got giant jenga, corn-hole and huge connect four, make it worth going just alone. Bar service is nice, but the way they conduct themselves when a problem arises is just embarrassing. We were there for about a hour a half playing jenga (Which is awesome because of how huge it is) celebrating a friends birthday, when some little blond girl started some ish with my friend and calling her out to fight outside. The bartender kicks all of us out, just for us being yelled at by this enraged, loud, tatooed blondie. I would understand if we boosted the fight but we sat there and separated ourselves, ended up getting kicked out for no reason and now have a negative experience for the first time there. stars are for the games and that alone.
Not again!
The first pizza i consumed from this restaurant, was a regular flat pizza, and, it was quite tasty. i returned,and, ordered a pan pizza. It consisted of a pile of canned tomatoes on top of a bland tasting dough.
Mediocre at best. I've tried it several times over many years, never a good meal. Always expensive and lousy service.
Run of the mill food, overcrowded,barely fair to poor service, decent prices.
Its not thta Shell Shock is bad, they just have no soul. Very generic players. Good sound but you kinda get sick of them being in there every stinkin month. Bookin agent must be doing someone in the band...or all of em.
This is our second review - see 2011 review. Service continues to be a major issue at Opa. I asked twice for a drink refill. Put it this way. I ended up leaving my seat and walking over the beverage fountain to refill my glass myself. Awful! The free humus they give you remains very band too. But for five bucks the gyros during lunch are a deal. But don't add fries or a salad b/c you won't need all that extra food. Plus your five dollar meal will turn into an eight or nine dollar lunch.
I forgot to add a rating to my review a moment ago.
The first time I went was lunch on the patio it was awesome,2nd time took freinds for dinner on patio,we had horrible service and managment gave us a $20 gift cert.Tried it again because I have always loved Scordatos family,There seemed to be plenty of help but service was really bad and slow ost dishes didn't come with ingredients as explained on menu.There were at least 3 managers on the floor but not really doin their job.Sorry to say we were so disappointed we won't be goin back.Manager should read his reveiws.I would rather have my dinner alittle late instead of cooks just throwing things together to get it out.Surprising and sad for Scordato's reputation.Bummed out!
I've been here twice and I wasn't impressed either time. It seems like a horrible value. I ended up paying $17 (tip and tax included) for some grilled veggies, lettuce, pita bread, and hummus. The water tastes really funky. Their sign says vegetarian paradise, but I didn't find that many vegetarian items on the menu. I'm not going back.
At best 2 stars. Have had their biryani, that was ok, and a chicken dish that was inedible. No thanks.
I just do not get this places' popularity. THe owner has an attitude having taken over from his parents, the service is only fair and the portions very small. Its only because of the fact that there are so few restaurants on this end of town that this place stays busy.
Second time I have tried Panda Buffet and second time disappointed. Most dishes were barely warm, the chicken dishes were certainly not tender. The Mee noodles were tasty but not too warm. both shrimp dishes I tried, honey shrimp and another were badly prepared and almost powdery in texture. The Hot and sour soup was hot in temperature and spicy enough but lacked much in the way of tofu and vegetables. Service was good and friendly without being intrusive. The first time I went there I had a similar experience and thought it must have been an off day but now after going there for another time has proven to be the norm rather than the exception.
My wife and I are from NJ and couldn't wait to try the Italian subs for dinner one night a few weeks ago. It was a big dissapointment. The rolls tasted like they were at least a day old. The cold cuts/provolone are not the best quality and sliced way too thick. The chopped, not sliced cherry peppers are soaked in way too much vinegar, to the point of drowning out the other flavors. There were no seasonings, like a dusting of oregano, and the oil seemed to be a cheap vegtable oil, not a decent olive oil. So...fuggetaboutit. Wouldn't make it in Jersey.
I wish the best for this restaurant but overall, I was disappointed with the pizza. It was very creasy and the toppings spilled all over the place. Its not like the New York pizza I grew up with.
Oh.. and was not impressed with the names of many of the items in a vegetarian restaurant being called after meat dishes.
The sushi here is good, BUT the past three times I have gone (over the course of 1+ year), has been the worst I've experienced.
My husband I visited J Marinara's for lunch...it was so-so...definitely not worth the cost of their lunch menu. Improvement is needed or it will NOT survive...it's a tough strip center being that there is nothing to draw folks in - other than the car wash!


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The dictstat Python script is a great little tool for password cracking results analysis or for regular wordlist analysis. The dictstat application is located in the /pentest/passwords/pack directory on Backtrack 5 R3 and can be run using "python dictstat.py" from within that directory. Written by iphelix during the 2010 Crack Me If You Can password cracking competition and is part of a larger toolset called PACK or Password Analysis and Cracking Kit. Below we show some examples of dictstat in action along with some details of the available parsing mechanisms that are in place.


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Red Bull Rising High, the megaramp of wakeboarding goes down with a bang in front of 15 000 spectators. Riders and fans celebrate successful premiere of first wakeboard roller
Red Bull Rising High: Raph Derome, the Captain of Hamburg takes gold.
Hamburg, 24 June 2013 – 15 000 wakeboarding fans at the Magellan-Terraces in Hamburg and online via live stream all over the world witnessed Raph Derome (Canada) take the trophy on the UNIT Parktech wakeboard roller. Nico von Lerchenfeld (Germany) won the "Swatch Best Style Award", voted live by the audience. 16 of the world's best wakeboarders made for a fantastic event with tons of stylish action. The invited riders had spent a week in Hamburg to prepare for Red Bull Rising High, mostly training on "Big Willy", as UNIT Parktech's innovative combination of XXL kicker and landing was lovingly christened. Pulled by the SESITEC System 2.0, the setup was kept at a secret location, where the riders could test it and watch the others from their yacht, where they stayed all week. After the training sessions they enjoyed skate sessions and trips to the city.
Sunday afternoon, the Big Air showdown finally went down. Cable and setup, as well as a UNIT Street Series Rail, were ready at the Magellan Terraces, where the riders had completed their final training in the morning. Spectators started arriving in the early afternoon to get the best seats by the waterside. Eventually there were 15,000 spectators celebrating their idols, making for a fantastic atmosphere. "Mr. Wake voice" Clint Liddy and local Patrick Unger did their part to rock the event on their mics. Local hero and crowd favorite Frederic von Osten was not able to compete, due to a lingering injury, but he did enjoy being in the crowd.
The first round was all about style and the competitors had to impress head judge Flo Meeh and wakeboarding legend Parks Bonifay with Grabs and Shiftys in head-to-head mode. Inverts and Spins were allowed to be rotated no more than 360⁰, so everything was possible in each pair-up. Raph Derome (CAN), Adam Errington (USA), Steffen Vollert (GER), Dominik Hernler (AUT), Shane Bonifay (USA), Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER), and Brenton Priestley (AUS) made the cut in this round. For some big names like e.g. Jeremia Hoppe (SWE), Daniel Grant (THA), and a few other big names this was already the end of the line.
Round two was clearly more technical; full Spins and Flips were allowed now. Brenton Priestley (AUS) missed his Double Halfcab Roll and Steffen Vollert (GER) lost the handle on landing his 720, so they were out. Raph Derome pulled the first Heelside Frontside 900 and made the finals, along with Dominik Gührs (GER), Dominik Hernler (AUT) and Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER).
Now it was about taking the crown at the first Red Bull Rising High, so no prisoners were taken. Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER) landed his Heelside Backside 700, but missed the 900. Dominik Gührs (GER) pulled his 9 and got third, and Dominik Hernler (AUT) came in second with a super clean and grabbed Mobius.
It wasn't easy for the judges, but eventuall Raph Derome deservedly added the Red Bull Rising High Boxing Belt to his trophy collection, since he was the only rider who had a Heelside Frontside 1080 safely on lock.
The "Swatch Best Style Award" went to Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER) for his sweet Indy Crowmobe, collecting the most clicks at the digital fan voting.
Raph Derome on his victory: "The contest was dope! The roller was a lot of fun, and it will surely give kicker riding a boost in the next couple of years. Winning Red Bull Rising High was the perfect ending for my week in Hamburg."
Dominik Gührs, the best German at third place, was very excited after the event: "The level of performance was extremely high. We trained together all week, so we kind of knew what the other guys had in store, but everybody really pushed their limits today. For me personally, Red Bull Rising High was really cool and a season highlight."
A new era of wakeboarding has dawned, and it will be thrilling to see the new tricks made possible by this obstacle. The crowd and the riders were stoked, and the event was rounded off nicely by summer temperatures in Hamburg Port City, a true wakeboarding mecca.
All further info, pictures and videos of the event here: www.redbull.de/risinghigh.
1. Raph Derome (CAN) – 89.75 points
2. Dominik Hernler (AUT) – 84.25 points
3. Dominik Gührs (GER) – 81 points
4. Nico von Lerchenfeld (GER) – 79.5 points


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Gaffney couple arrested in synthetic drug investigation
Drug Enforcement Administration agents hefted cumbersome plastic evidence bags stuffed with cash, some in neatly stacked $100 bundles, and hundreds of silver packets of "House Blend" in a number of innocuous sounding varieties — apple, peach, banana, fruit punch, cherry lime, Razz Berry, Casey Jones and Purple Haze — on a table as they prepared for a press conference.
The cash and the little silver packets were the fruits, so to speak, of search warrants and arrests made in Cherokee and Cleveland counties Wednesday, as part of a national operation and crackdown on designer drugs.
On each of the small silver packets was a label with a skull, designating the substance inside as less innocent than candy or flavored tobacco. The agents explained that the packets contained synthetic marijuana.
During a press conference in Greenville Tuesday, officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and federal bureaus of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security announced results of the nationwide operation, called Project Synergy, to stem the local supply of synthetic marijuana and another type of designer drug commonly known as "bath salts."
Steven David Petty, 42, and his wife, Sirena Petty, 39, both of Gaffney, were arrested Wednesday morning and charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a schedule I controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said.
Jessica Owen Weast, 27, of Ellenboro, N.C., a former employee of the Pettys, was arrested in North Carolina on Wednesday morning and faces the same charges, Nettles said.
Carousel Music in Gaffney and Smokers Edge in Shelby, N.C., were included in the indictment, which also contained a forfeiture allegation that notifies the defendants of a potential money judgment of $1 million, Nettles said. Each defendant faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.
During Wednesday's press conference, agents said they searched the Pettys' home in Gaffney as well as both businesses on Wednesday morning. More than $600,000 also was seized from nine bank accounts associated with the Pettys, and agents reported finding more than $800,000 in cash from the couple's home. About 20 kilograms of designer drugs, the "House Blend," were seized during the searches in Gaffney, said Thomas Nuse, DEA special agent in charge for South Carolina.
The investigation, begun in 2012, included several purchases by undercover agents at Smokers Edge of the controlled substances commonly referred to as K2, Spice, bath salts, incense or plant food.
Lt. Rodney Bright of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office took time during the press conference to thank state and federal agents for their assistance.
"Cherokee County is going to be a lot cleaner place now," Bright said.
Nuse explained during the press conference that these designer drugs are intentionally mislabeled to skirt the law. The drugs are commonly produced in "Mom and Pop" type labs and used by young people in their teens and 20s.
"There is no rhyme or reason on how they make these drugs," Nuse said.
The rise in popularity of the drugs led to 11,400 emergency room visits by users in 2010, Nuse said. By 2012, that number rose to about 28,000.
In late 2011, Spartanburg County deputies responded to a number of incidents in which someone had ingested bath salts and hallucinated or otherwise exhibited bizarre behavior. At least a couple of incidents involved the person under the influence seeing things that weren't there, and shooting at them.
Drug makers often altered the chemical makeup of a substance slightly so that it can skirt a legislative ban, DEA officials said.
"It's a never ending battle," Nuse said.
For instance, as South Carolina and other states, along with the federal government began looking at controlling the chemicals used in bath salts and synthetic pot, Spartanburg County deputies found some stores selling a new substance labeled as "glass cleaner" and after chemical testing, it was determined that it was a new version of bath salts.
"There's absolutely no oversight in what's going into these young people's bodies," Nettles said.
According to Anderson County authorities, synthetic marijuana was to blame for the death of a 19-year-old Anderson University basketball player, who collapsed during practice in October 2011 and died a few days later.
A single packet of "House Blend" like those confiscated in Gaffney Wednesday can be worth as much as $20 to $30, according to the DEA, and a single kilogram can be worth $200,000 to $250,000, so it is tempting for store owners to ignore laws on designer drugs.
"They think they're playing cute with the law," Nettles said. The goal of operations like Project Synergy is to dry up the supply, he added.
The Upstate investigation was part of a larger nationwide crackdown by federal and local law enforcement agencies spanning 33 states and aimed at dealing with synthetic drug trafficking, authorities said.
As part of the largest such operation to date, the DEA has executed more than 300 search warrants and more than 150 arrest warrants in recent weeks, Nuse said.
Agents also targeted suspects in Charleston in the operation. On May 21, agents searched five stores in Charleston – Exchange Factor, Factor Five, El Cheapo Convenience Store, Smoke Signals and Up in Smoke – and a home used to store synthetic marijuana, authorities said.
Agents seized business accounts they say were used to launder money from the sales of designer drugs in the Charleston area. A total of 72 kilograms of synthetic marijuana, 45 grams of heroin and five weapons were confiscated in the Charleston operation. Three arrests were made and $162,334 in cash and $689,104 from bank accounts, Nettles said.The investigation is ongoing, according to authorities, and could last months or even years.


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Here is a little something about the new titles available when patch 1.3 goes live:
There are two titles* that you can earn from helping us test our Group Finder tool, they are:
Strike Team Specialist – In order to get this title, a player will need to complete four pieces of content (meaning Flashpoints, Hard Mode Flashpoints Tier 1/Tier 2 or Story Mode Operations) using the Group Finder tool in its default search setting on a single day OR eight pieces of content (using the Group Finder's default setting) within seven days.
Strike Team Commander – In order to get this title, a player will need to complete four pieces of content in a single day AND eight pieces of content within seven days. Again, using the Group Finder tool's default search setting.
*Please note the following:
All titles will be granted when Game Update 1.3 goes live.
The deadline to meet the requirements for the titles is June 16th, 2012.


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Having worked for many years with Motocycle brand Yamaha, Umberto Monti, founder of Suomy, decided to commit to his passion in a more personal way by establishing his own brand and products that were 100% Italian. He involved his two brothers Valter a passionate motocross rider and engineer Maurizio to create Suomy, a completely Italian brand with a Japanese twist.
From the very beginning Suomy's unique fluorescent Red Dot was unmistakable and quickly became recognised as a symbol of excellence and quality. Suomy's designs are the perfect combination of comfort, performance and safety with an aggressive and racy look that certainly stands out from the crowd.


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Christine Mine has stepped down as the Greens Party leadership.
While i dont agree with some of the environmental activism. paid protesters, imported ferals etc. I do respect her timing and decision to leave. And wish her well in her new life.
Milne "The real legacy is being able to enable the people that you are leading as a team"
Her departure speech was all happy and smiley and the odd confused glance on big questions.. However the gathering journalists spend quite some time probing and watching it was fun. i will miss it...
The outgoing leader and party i presume, Have promoted Melbourne born and bred, Dr Richard Di Natale over some of the parties more popular candidates. And offered up co-leadership for the deputy position. So the Greens have lots of chiefs up the top. That's how they are making the party more modern and changing focus to main stream progressive climate change, social justice etc. gay, refugee, short people and all the important environmental aspects.
Mr Di Natale if you have never heard of him is the green that protested over the lords prayer being used in parliament.
http://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2014/01 ... ament.html
He does not have to say it in parliament any more. multi religion or personal atheism at work, over all others and parliamentary traditions are in the bin. So bound to want even more change from the norm.
He also seems like a quite focused individual and stated his family's Labor links so nothing has really changed and i still wont ever vote green again. Nore will my children or anyone i can dissuade.
Christine Milne steps down from the Greens Party Leadership
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I've read 4...Fight Club, Choke, Survivor and Invisible Monsters. I think I read them one after another and have sort of taken a break...
I still think people who though Jurrassic Park was cool are doing a diservice to the franchise but not reading the vastly superior Novel
In my reading I get on weird little kicks where I'll just go on long runs of reading the same author or genre. I've read 3 Dune books this year or I read like 8 Carl Sagan books 3 years ago. 2 Years ago I read as much Hemingway as I could find. When I was younger I read every Crichton and Clancy and Grisham there was for like 2 years. I'm weird like that.
But I just love to read, its one of the best things in the world to do because there is so much cool stuff to learn and experience and think about. I hope my sons are in to it as much as I am, we read to Max every night and have for a long time.
I picked up this book at B-&-N last night. I was preusing the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section when I came across it. I remembered Scott's , so I decided to give it a whirl.Should have some good hours this weekend to dig into it... if it sucks, you owe me $7.99 plus tax.
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Just a quick reminder that as of July 1st, Google Reader will no longer exist. To avoid missing out on recipes and news from Appetite for China (and your other blogs and news feeds!), make sure to transfer your feeds over to another RSS reader by July 1st.
Fortunately, there are a few that do a 1-click transfer for you. Right now I'm using both Feedly and Bloglovin', both of which offer easy transfers, and trying to decide which one will work best for me.
Here are some other options from the Guardian.
So do a little research now if you haven't already, and make the switch before Google Reader goes away for good.


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The Cannondale IQ400 Dual Wireless 18 function computer is very easy to set up. From opening the box to hitting the road took no more than 10 minutes. The instructions are clear and the computer is easy to operate, meaning you don't need to be a tech whizz to use it.
Let's start with the bit you spend most of you time staring at, the computer unit. It's very compact and takes up the minimum of space, small enough to fit on a short stem. The mount allows it to be fitted to handlebars. There's just a single button at the bottom of the screen, cycling through the different functions. It displays three functions at a time. Speed and cadence are always displayed, and you can choose another to be shown below.
Owing to its small size, it's not always that easy to read the display when riding. I feel they could have made better use of the available screen real estate to make some of the lettering a bit bigger.
The computer twists into the mount, it's very secure and won't be bounced out of it by accident. The bottom of the unit hides the set button, this is used to reset the trip computers and stored ride data before your next ride.
Battery life is extremely good. You don't need to remember to switch it off, it does that automatically after half an hour. After five minutes it goes to half power.
You get all the usual functions; current, average, comparison and maximum speed, clock, trip distance, odometer and current, average and maximum cadence. The cadence unit, a small unit that zip ties to the chainstay and also provides the speed information, is a very useful addition if you want to focus on your pedalling technique, in particular the speed of your pedalling.
The only thing missing really is heart rate, and at this price you might expect to get such an addition. And there are cheaper computers with as many functions.
An easy to use computer packed with functions including cadence, but the screen isn't the clearest.
If you're thinking of buying this product using a cashback deal why not use the road.cc Top Cashback page and get some top cashback while helping to support your favourite independent cycling website
road.cc test report
Make and model: Cannondale IQ400 Dual Wireless 18 function computer
Size tested: One
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
An 18 function wireless computer with an integrated speed and cadence sensor.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Wireless mounting for clean set up and use
Speed: Current, average, comparison and maximum
Cadence: Current, average and maximum
Distance: Trip, Trip distance countdown, Odometer
Time: Trip and 12/24Hr clock
Auto on/off and two power-saving modes
Low-battery indicator, Backlight, Calorie consumption estimator
Low-profile shape easily mounts to stem or handlebar
The clamp is solid and the computer is secure in the clamp.
In use it works well, with a nice simplicity, and just one button to cycle through the modes. The screen could be clearer to read though.
There's computers with a similar level of functionality for less money available, and some offer heart rate data at this price.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
It worked well, it was very easy to set up.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Ease of set up. Compact design.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The screen could be clearer.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes.
Would you consider buying the product? Probably not.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Maybe.
About the tester
Age: 31 Height: 180 Weight: 67
I usually ride: My best bike is:
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, touring, mtb,
David has worked on the road.cc tech team since July 2012. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds.


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The Organic Center (The Center) today announced the names of 24 scientists who have agreed to serve on its newly formed Science Advisory Board.
"We are pleased with the response from prominent scientists to serve on our Science Advisory Board," said Jessica Shade, Ph.D., The Organic Center's Director of Scientific Programs. She added, "All are distinguished researchers who are recognized for excellence in the field of organic research."
The Science Advisory Board will augment The Center's internal scientific expertise and act as an outside evaluator voice on issues that arise in the organic field. It will serve as a support system for internal scientific management, and provide oversight on the progress of The Center's scientific initiatives.
Specifically, board members will act as experts in their field to inform The Center on a broad array of organic topics. They will also respond to emerging issues of importance to the organic agriculture, help The Center identify future scientific focus areas, and collaborate with The Center on conducting research in priority areas.
The 24 members include scientists from academic institutions such as Harvard University, the University of California-Berkeley, Cornell University, the University of Michigan, Tufts University, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Maine, and the University of Wisconsin, as well as Newcastle University in the United Kingdom
"This is an unprecedented gathering of the best minds on sustainable food and farming, and the Organic Center is honored to have such prestigious members of the science community on its Advisory Board. These individuals will be critical in adding to The Center's knowledge base on specific issues, and will give it a broader level of expertise," Dr. Shade added.
Individual Science Advisory Board members are already contributing to the work of The Center, and have been providing insight and guidance on emerging issues, such as the link between agricultural antibiotic use and the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, speaking at events about their research, taking part in roundtable discussions exploring current knowledge gaps in scientific literature about organic food and farming, and collaborating with The Center on developing new projects to fill those knowledge gaps.
Members of the Science Advisory Board include:
- Catherine Badgley, University of Michigan, who focuses on the history of global biodiversity and includes extensive studies of ecosystem changes over geologic time, biogeography of modern mammals, and sustainable agriculture.
- Chuck Benbrook, Washington State University, who has done work examining pesticide use patterns.
- Jeffrey Blumberg, Tufts University, the Director of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
- Asa Bradman, University of California, Berkeley, who examines health hazards of pesticide exposure.
- Andre Brito, University of New Hampshire, who examines pasture-based dairy systems and organic dairy cattle nutrition.
- Patrick Carr, North Dakota State University, who directs an organic research program that focuses on cropping systems and conservation tillage practices suited to horticultural and field crop production.
- Cindy Daley, California State University, Chico, whose research works to enhance and support organic dairy, including sustainable feeding strategies, nutrient management and value-added marketing.
- Kathleen Delate, Iowa State, whose research focuses on the challenges of organic production.
- Eric Gallandt, University of Maine, who works on weed management.
- Nguyen Hue, University of Hawaii, whose research examines soil chemistry and heavy metal accumulation.
- Molly Jahn, University of Wisconsin, whose current work focuses on the role of agriculture and our choices within agricultural and food systems in humanity's long-term sustainable provisioning.
- Carlo Leiffert, University of Newcastle, UK, who focuses on agricultural production system evaluation/modeling, and integration of agronomic and breeding strategies to improve resource use efficiency in crops and livestock production.
- Alex Lu, Harvard University, who focuses on assessing exposure to environmental chemicals.
- Bruce Maxwell, Montana State University, who works on weed management.
- Charles Mohler, Cornell University, who works on organic weed control.
- Joji Muramoto, University of California, Santa Cruz, who researches fertility and soil-borne disease management.
- Warren Porter, University of Wisconsin, who examines low-level contaminant/pesticide mixtures at environmentally relevant concentrations that affect/alter developmental processes, neurological function, immune function, and endocrine function.
- Alex Racelis, University of Texas Pan American, whose current efforts focus on research in agroecology and sustainable agriculture in the subtropics, and on increasing student diversity in the agricultural sciences through curriculum development and experiential learning.
- Chris Reberg-Horton, North Carolina State University, who looks at organic breeding for fertility management and organic no-till, especially in corn, soybeans, and wheat.
- Jim Riddle, The Ceres Trust, whose interests focus on organic requirements, genetic engineering, soil and water conservation, and organic research needs.
- Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin, whose research includes projects involving organic no-till production, organic cover crop systems, participatory breeding and trialing in organic systems, and cost-of-production tools for diversified organic vegetable producers.
- Phil Stansly, University of Florida, who works on integrated management of citrus and vegetable pests.
- Danielle Treadwell, University of Florida, who focuses on integrating cover crops to reduce tillage and manage pests in subtropical and tropical horticultural crops.
- Mark Williams, University of Kentucky, whose research focuses on sustainable organic horticulture production.
For more information or to read the Science Advisory Board members' bios, visit The Organic Center's website.
The Organic Center's mission is to convene credible, evidence-based science on the health and environmental benefits of organic food and farming and to communicate the findings to the public. As an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education organization operating under the administrative auspices of the Organic Trade Association, The Center envisions improved health for the earth and its inhabitants through the conversion of agriculture to organic methods.


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Ethyol to Prevent Dry Mouth
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
My husband is a 54 yo non-smoker or drinker with stage I moderately differentiated squamous cell cancer of the tonsil. He is about to begin radiation therapy. Should he request Ethyol to reduce xerostomia (dry mouth)? His radiation MD thought the side effects weren't worth it.
Pinaki R. Dutta, MD, PhD, Resident in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
The debate over Ethyol has been going on in the radiation community for many years now. In the past, with older radiation techniques, the parotid glands were often encompassed in the treatment field and would eventually become nonfunctional as the late effects of radiation set in, leading to xerostomia (dry mouth due to limited or no saliva production). This is not only uncomfortable, but saliva contains bacteria that are crucial to maintaining dental health. Without saliva, many people will eventually lose their teeth.
Ethyol was developed by the army to protect soldiers from radiation exposure in the 1950's, but caught the attention of pharmaceutical companies as it was shown to be preferentially picked up by non-tumor cells and thus offered some radiation protection to normal tissues. It came on the market a few years before intensity modulated radiation treatment (IMRT), which has essentially replaced older radiation techniques for head and neck cancers at most centers. IMRT allows better shaping of the dose and sparing of critical nearby structures, such as the parotid glands. Several retrospective studies have shown that there is little benefit of adding Ethyol to IMRT plans. Furthermore, the medication is extremely nauseating and can result in hypotension, fevers, rash, pruritis, etc. in a fair number of patients.


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Nov. 25, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara head swim coach Gregg Wilson has signed three men's swimmers to National Letters of Intent during the fall signing period it was announced recently.
Randy Aakhus will join the Gauchos after completing his prep career with Frontier High School. The Bakersfield, Calif. native swims for Bakersfield Swim Club, where he is coached by Keith Moore. An individual medley and butterfly specialist, Aakhus is a USA Swimming Junior National qualifier in the 200 IM. With Frontier HS, he was the 2009 CIF Central Section Champion in the 200 IM. Aakhus has also been named a Bakersfield All-Area Swimmer three times.
"Randy will be a really great addition to our team. He is a great athlete, student and all around good fit for the program," Wilson said. "He will help fill the voids left by our three graduating butterfliers (Danny McClary, Jon Kraetsch and Chris Wiggin) and will also swim IM for us."
Lucas Norman will come to UCSB from Capistrano Valley High School. Norman is a member of the Mission Viejo Nadadores where he is coached by Bill Rose. A middle distance freestyle specialist, he earned 2008-09 NISCA/Speedo All-American honors and was a USA Swimming Winter National qualifier in both the 100 and 200 freestyle. With his high school, he was the 2009 CIF Southern Section Division I consolation champion in the 200 freestyle.
"Lucas should really help us in the middle distance free events," Wilson assessed. "He has took some significant drops in his times last year and hopefully will continue to drop time this year."
Dylan Templeton hails from Alpharetta, Georgia where he attends Chattahoochee High School. Templeton swims for Dynamo Swim Club under the tutelage of Jason Turcotte and Rich Murphy. A butterfly and sprint freestyle specialist, he has qualified for the USA Swimming Winter Nationals in the 100 fly. He is also a two-time Georgia high school state finalist and two-time MVP for the Chattahoochee High School swim team.
"Dylan will primarily swim sprint freestyle and sprint butterfly for us," said Wilson. "He is tall and lean and I really think he will continue to grow and benefit greatly from our incredible weight program."
Aakhus, Norman and Templeton will join the Gauchos for the 2010-11 season.
"We are really excited about the signing of these three and are hoping to add three or four more swimmers during the spring signing period," said Wilson. "Combined with last year's very talented signing class (current freshman class), we should be in good shape for the next several seasons."
The 2009 men's swim season continues on December 3-5 when the Gauchos travel to Federal Way, Washington for the U.S. Short Course Nationals.


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The photos in the trees were from a few days before, but I figured they were close enough.
Monkey in a tree - Shawners
Can you spot the monkeys?
Playing with Brando's new lens
I sometimes ask myself, how did I get such an incredibly handsome hottie for a husband?
Lounging outside at Iron Cactus Cafe
Devoured delicious brunch plates
Pretty details
Pretty flowers
Another monkey in a tree - Justinbustin