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State Park
Mailing Address:
PO Box 8519,
Landing, NJ
(973) 398-7010
GPS Coordinates
Size: 163 acres
Take exit 28 from Route 80 or follow Route 183
in Netcong.
miles in length and covered by 2,500 acres of freshwater,
Lake Hopatcong is the focal point of the park. Hopatcong State
Park is at the southwest end of the lake and is a popular
spot for fishing, boating, and swimming.
Lake Hopatcong was originally created as
part of the Morris Canal, a 90-mile waterway that ran from
Newark to Phillipsburg and was the chief means of transporting
coal, iron and zinc across New Jersey in the 1860s. The lake
was the canal's major source of water. In 1866, over
880,000 tons of freight was transported on the canal.
However, as the more efficient Morris and Essex Railroad was
established, the canal was abandoned. The historical museum
is located in the old Morris Canal locktender's house
and offers exhibits on local American Indian history, the
Morris Canal and the history of the lake.
Through the Carry-In/Carry-Out Program you can help us keep your parks clean
and beautiful by carrying out the trash you carry in. Bags are provided
at the park office and toll. Thank you for your cooperation and remember to recycle.
Visit https://njparksandforests.org/sps_covid.html and follow www.facebook.com/newjerseystateparks for the most recent information on park operations — some amenities may not be available due to COVID-19.
For messages or alerts regarding Lake Hopatcong Water Level Management, Hopatcong State Park, Lake Musconetcong and Cranberry Lake please sign up to our GovDelivery message system below:
For Lake Hopatcong Commission Meeting Dates, Locations and Updates click here:
The facilities at Hopatcong State Park are partially accessible for persons with disabilities. Please contact the park office for further information regarding specific disability access needs. Text telephone (TT) users, call the New Jersey Relay Service at (800) 852-7899.
Park Open
Sunrise to Sunset from Tuesday after Labor Day to the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend.
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day.
Office Hours:
April to October open daily from 8-4
November to March open Monday through Friday from 8-4
Lake Hopatcong Water Level Management
NJDEP Proposal
LAKE HOPATCONG DOCK SURVEY - In the Fall of 2014 Professor Lisa Jordan of Drew University and two of her students, Maxwell Dolphin and Daniel Ratyniak, completed a survey of all docks and associated parcels on Lake Hopatcong. The survey includes such information as dock lengths, parcel lots and blocks, street address, property owner names, etc. The survey was performed in conjunction with the State Park Service (SPS), and the Lake Hopatcong Foundation.
The survey is important to the SPS in that it provides baseline data as SPS reviews dock construction permit applications, and for the current dock regulation committee, which is reviewing SPS regulation of dock lengths on the Lake. Having this baseline data may also prove useful for future applications.
The full report, "A Summary of Docks on Lake Hopatcong", can be accessed at http://www.lakehopatcongfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/LHF-Boat-Dock-Inventory-December-2014.pdf Full access to dock study results is available via website links found on page 11 of the study, though a review of the full report is very valuable.
The SPS thanks Dr. Jordan and her students for such a thorough study, as well as the Lake Hopatcong Foundation for coordinating the effort.
Hopatcong State Park Area Map
Lake Hopatcong
Water Level Management Plan
Fish and Wildlife Stream Classification
Bergen, Essex, Morris, Sussex, Warren Counties
Completed in 1837, the Morris Canal was an
engineering landmark that relied on canals, locks and inclined
planes to lift and carry canal boats from Phillipsburg on
the Delaware River to Jersey City, the Hudson River and New
York Harbor. The boats transported coal, iron ore, manufactured
goods and agricultural produce. Sections of the canal are
administered by Hopatcong State Park.
During the mid-1800s, the Morris Canal and
Banking Company created Lake Musconetcong as an additional
water source for the Morris Canal. This lake, which is located
four miles west of Lake Hopatcong, was deeded over to the
State of New Jersey with the other parts of the Morris Canal
System in 1924. Today boating, fishing and ice fishing are
popular recreational activities on this lake.
Both Lake Hopatcong and Lake Musconetcong
offer excellent year-round fishing. During the spring the
New Jersey Division
of Fish and Wildlife stocks both lakes with brown, rainbow
and brook trout. Warm water species commonly caught are large
mouth bass, sunfish, catfish, perch and pickerel. During the
winter months, both lakes provide excellent ice fishing for
perch and pickerel. Fishing is subject to New
Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife regulations.
Special Use Permit Application
Special Use Permit Application Package
A Special Use Permit is utilized to accommodate a specific activity or event being conducted over a short duration. There are two types of special use permits: Non-Commercial and Commercial and fees are based on NJ residency and Non-residents. A completed application must be submitted to the park/forest area where the activity or event is being held at least 90 days prior to the event. If the special use or event is extremely large or complex, at least one-year's prior notice is recommended.
Please mail all checks or money orders to the park office at:
Hopatcong State Park
PO Box 8519
Landing, NJ 07850
This park has been designated a NO HUNTING
The park has several picnic areas along the
hill overlooking the parking lot. At each picnic area, visitors
will find grills and tables. There is a small picnic shelter
and playground located on the hill. Alcoholic beverages are
The park has two playgrounds for children
along with six half-basketball courts and sand volleyball.
In addition, there is a large playing field ideal for soccer,
frisbee or just about any field activity.
Lake Hopatcong provides an excellent opportunity
for any type of boating, ranging from canoes to large motor
boats, sailboats, sailboards and jet skis. Boats are available
for rent at many private marinas around the lake. Boating
is subject to New Jersey Boating Regulations and Marine Law.
There is a boat ramp available at Hopatcong
State Park. Boating is open seven days a week depending on
parking availability.
There is a boat ramp with parking available
at Lake Musconetcong. This site is open from sunrise to sunset
seven days a week.
New Jersey Resident $12 per launch
Non-Resident $20 per launch
New Jersey Resident $60
Non-Resident $80
• Fees charged at Hopatcong State
Park beginning on April 1 through the
Friday before Memorial Day weekend; and beginning the day after
Labor Day through October 31.
Launch Ramp Permit Information Sheet
Open for swimming.
Swimming is permitted at Hopatcong State
Park in the designated swimming area while lifeguards are on duty. Please check our swimming schedule prior to your visit. There is a bathhouse complex containing restrooms,
showers, changing areas, a first aid room and concession where
food and beach supplies are available for purchase. Grilling
is limited to the picnic areas only. Grills are not permitted
on the lawn areas. There are two sand volleyball courts and
a playground near the beachfront. For safety reasons, inner
tubes, rafts and other flotation devices are not permitted
in the bathing area. Only Coast Guard approved life jackets are permitted. Pets are prohibited on the beach.
Bus Reservations are accepted Monday through Thursday, please forward your bus reservation application to the park office fax at 973-398-6521. Thank you.
Group Bus Reservation Rules and Regulations (pdf)
Group Bus Reservation Application Form (pdf)
Group Bus Manifest (pdf)
• Lake
Hopatcong Historical Museum
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Tagged: Brian O'Nora
He ain't heavy, he's our third baseman
If you remember the movie "Spiderman 2" you may remember a scene on a New York City train that involved Spidey trying to protect innocent citizens from the hijinx of the evil Dr. Octopus. The Daily Bugle newspaper had done all it could to make Spiderman look like a menace rather than a hero, but being the true guardian he is, Spiderman still fought the villain.
As "Doc Ock" began to get the better of Spidey, a large Italian man – dare I say a stereotypical New Yorker – went to bat for Spiderman and said, "We're New Yorkers. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!"
Might as well have been the slogan of last night's fireworks during the Yankees-Red Sox game.
As Yankees fans, we may not be happy with Alex Rodriguez. There's usually a media circus in baseball every season, but this year, it's A-Rod who is driving the tiny car. The Biogenesis mess has turned Yankee fans on one of their own, as evidenced by A-Rod's mixed reaction the day he made his first start at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 9. Up until last night, Yankee Universe only made time to cheer for A-Rod whenever he did something noteworthy at the plate, while booing him at every other chance.
But after last night there's a better chance more Yankee fans will rally behind him.
After Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster threw behind Rodriguez, he buzzed him inside on two more pitches – and it's worth mentioning all three pitches were fastballs. On a 3-0 count, Dempster plunked A-Rod on the elbow, singlehandedly igniting the Yankees-Red Sox feud: a feud that's been dormant for the better part of five years or so.
The benches cleared, the bullpens emptied, giving Fenway Park the ambience of old: the heated atmosphere once made famous by Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk, and Pedro Martinez and Jorge Posada – and even Rodriguez and Jason Varitek. Heck, even Joba Chamberlain and Kevin Youkilis.
This time however it wasn't Rodriguez who was all that upset, but Yankee skipper Joe Girardi, who had some choice words for Dempster. Girardi was absolutely infuriated with home plate umpire Brian O'Nora, as he never issued Dempster a warning, or even ejected Dempster, after clearly throwing at Rodriguez with intent.
Girardi got his money's worth and then some, vehemently arguing with O'Nora; getting in his face for a bad judgment call, not punishing a pitcher for an oh-so-obvious wrongdoing. Girardi may have been ejected as the Fenway faithful cheered wildly, but A-Rod had the last laugh.
In the sixth inning, Rodriguez took Dempster's offering deep; 446 feet, as a matter of fact, over the center field fence, an A-Bomb which, according to ESPN, was the longest home run tape measured by a Yankee this season. The solo tater cut Boston's lead to 6-4.
Brett Gardner ironically enough stood up for Rodriguez during the fracas, and wound up clearing the bases later in the frame with a triple to give the Yankees a 7-6 lead, which they never relinquished. The Yanks got what they called "ultimate payback" by going on to win 9-6, taking the series from the Red Sox.
Rodriguez called Dempster's decision to hit him "stupid, silly and "unprofessional" – and the thought never occurred to this writer that Dempster beaned Rodriguez because, being heavily involved in the union, he doesn't like the fact that Rodriguez is allowed to play while his 211 game suspension is being appealed.
Actually, it didn't occur to me until Girardi's postgame presser.
"Ryan Dempster has hit six guys in 320 innings; he threw the first ball behind him – intentionally – he threw the next one inside, he didn't hit him – intentional. At some point Brian O'Nora's got to give him a warning," Girardi told a crowd of reporters around his desk in the clubhouse.
"The one thing you can't do is start changing the system because you don't like it. Ryan Dempster has been a player rep, he has been very involved in the union, and he knows, this is what these guys decided to do [allow suspended players to play while appealing]. You can't change it, just take your potshots.
"I thought it was handled very poorly. Ryan Dempster didn't hit Nelson Cruz. He didn't hit Francisco Cervelli, you know? I think it's flat wrong."
Girardi went on to mention that he would be disappointed if Dempster didn't get suspended and miss a start. In his own words, "it has to cost him (Dempster) something." The Yankee manager added how he thought the Boston fans – more specifically the kids in the stands – cheering a hit-by-pitch was not right.
"What is wrong with people?" he continued. "You cheer when someone gets hit? What if that was your son? What if your son got hit? Breaks an arm, gets hit in the head, gets a concussion? I'd be embarrassed. And I see little kids in the stands. I wonder what's wrong with our world today."
After Girardi said his peace, Red Sox manager John Farrell and Dempster both denied the intent behind A-Rod's HBP; both said he was just trying to set up pitches on the inner half of the plate and establish the strike zone.
Now that it's become apparent, what really may not make sense to many people is that Dempster and the union voted that players can play during suspension appeals, yet he still went after Rodriguez. Then again with the news of Rodriguez supposedly outing Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and teammate Cervelli, dropping their names in connection to
Biogenesis – perhaps he took issue with that.
Maybe that was the real reason he hit him?
What's bogus were Dempster's postgame comments. It was obvious there was indeed intent behind the bean ball; although there haven't been too many pitchers who have struck batters intentionally like Cole Hamels (as he did with Bryce Harper) and openly told the tale of how he proudly and maliciously plunked a hitter.
If nothing else, A-Rod may have gained back support from Yankee fans. It's possible, in fact likely. He himself even said the whole thing brought he and his teammates together. Yankee Universe of course has the mentality of, "it's OK for us to be angry with our guy – with A-Rod – but it's sure as heck not OK for anyone else to kick him when he's down. Especially Boston."
Fully expect Rodriguez to get a huge hand during tomorrow' doubleheader vs. Toronto at Yankee Stadium. Dempster may have done him a favor by plunking him, and in the process, refueled the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry tank: a tank that's been seemingly running on empty for awhile now.
Boston and New York have seven games remaining against each other this season (four in the Bronx Sept. 5-8) and the last three at Fenway (Sept. 13-15). Therefore it's possible Dempster and Rodriguez may meet again, which you can be sure, will
be quite an interesting encounter.
Rodriguez described himself as "pissed" after Dempster hit him. He added that the thought of charging the mound never entered his mind, because getting ejected and punished for a fight wasn't an option. He called himself "too valuable to lose" when the Yankees are trying to win games. And while that may seem like an egotistical statement, A-Rod went on to say every Yankee player is too valuable to lose when they are trying so very hard to make a run right now.
Instead of starting more trouble Rodriguez kept his cool and got revenge a much better way: obviously a long, loud, momentum-swaying home run. Better than getting ejected and (gulp) suspended for a basebrawl.
Yet keep in mind, Girardi mouthed off to Dempster, and in his haste before getting ejected by O'Nora defiantly claimed, "Someone's getting hit." It may not have been last night, but with seven games remaining – bank on a Red Sox player getting beaned by a Yankee pitcher at some point in retaliation.
Again, it will undoubtedly be interesting, however it all unfolds.
Because after all, we're Yankees, right? You mess with one Yankee, you mess with all Yankees. Even if it's A-Rod. I mean, he's not heavy. He's our third baseman.

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A girl who isn't the tallest girl around, but doesn't care. She's proud of who she is, no matter what people say about her. Always extremely random and loud, also somewhat asian looking, yet still lovable. Loves to smile and laugh and is always energetic. Clumsy, and has a lot of dumb moments. Will always try to find a bright side in the worst of situations. Tries to make friends whenever she gets the chance. Doesn't like to be alone, unless she needs space. Doesn't always like to be in control. Shy, afraid to stand up for self. Lazy, but will do things when necessary. Has an amazing personality. Thought to be a flirt, but actually just likes to be herself. Doesn't care if she's popular or not, or if she's got haters. When she says she loves you, she means it, with everything she's got, even if she can't think of any way to show it. Confusing and hard to understand. But once you prove to her that you should be able to get to know her more, she'll tell you everything without holding back.
"She is such a Shokio, i love her!"
by Jacques Assee October 16, 2012
Phrase meaning that a deceased cannot rest in peace until society changes due to the circumstances of a death.
People said rest in power for the unarmed man had been shot by the police.
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It was time to see; now it's time to listen.
STREET ARTS: A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture & Free Expression began in October with graffiti and its nerdy cousin, street art. The streets of Downtown Albuquerque—a city with a long and often acrimonious relationship with graffiti—saw artists putting up posters and murals, beautifying the scenery. 516 ARTS Executive Director Suzanne Sbarge and Program Coordinator Francesca Searer say that so far, the exhibit has opened the conversation they had hoped for.
"It could have been just a big fight," Sbarge says. "But there has been a lot of intelligent dialoging."
Hip-hop culture and its various modes spring from the disenfranchised, those who have nothing and have to make do with what is available to them. Graffiti artists steal public space (and in the early days, also the paint); DJs sample pre-existing sounds to create new music; MCs drop references to nearly everything.
"Hip-hop gives voice to the voiceless," Searer says, adding that it rings particularly true in the political realm.
Graffiti may be the eyes of STREET ARTS, but hip-hop music is definitely its mouth. SHOUT-OUT: A Festival of Rhythm & Rhyme, held at several venues beginning Nov. 4, brings hip-hop culture, several spoken-word artists and poets to a number of venues.
In fact, many of SHOUT-OUT's performers are arguably more in the realm of spoken word art than traditional hip-hop music. But as co-organizer and Outpost Executive Director Tom Guralnick puts it, the overarching point of this "festival within a festival" is free expression.
Among those performing is Idris Goodwin, a break-beat poet, playwright, essayist and educator (and all-around nice guy). Goodwin will recite his "New Mexico Remix" alongside a video loop of Los Angeles artist Chaz Bojorquez, who painted a Cholo-style calligraphy mural inside 516 ARTS. The way the two worked to create their pieces was, in a way, sampling off of each other.
The streets of Downtown Albuquerque—a city with a long and often acrimonious relationship with graffiti—saw artists putting up posters and murals, beautifying the scenery.
The SHOUT-OUT schedule is a mashup of styles, instruments and messages. D.C.-based hip-hop artist Koyayi will rap over Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto and keyboardist Jason Linder at the Outpost Performance Space. Poet Amiri Baraka is collaborating with pianist Cecil Taylor at the KiMo Theatre. Beat boxer Saywut?! is having church with Beethoven. "Def Poetry Jam" alumni Amalia Ortiz and Kevin Coval are stopping by 516 ARTS. Youth poets from the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Voces program are coming along for the ride. The whole shebang.
One of the motivations behind the festival is once again to open a dialogue regarding hip-hop and its place in the world. It's a goal that shouldn't be too hard to achieve, since hip-hop is all about communication. Poet Amiri Baraka, for example, has written 40 books of essays, poems, drama, music history and criticism.
Searer says that the works presented in SHOUT-OUT are powerful.
"The stuff I've been hearing, I've had to kind of catch my breath," Searer says.
Bearing that in mind, they are also accessible to a wide audience, not something that requires a philosophy class beforehand to understand.
"A lot of art is very closed to a certain circle," Searer says. "These people are trying to reach out to everyone."


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this is the big famous omiyage (souviener) to get from Mie prefecture where fumika lives. could it look grosser? anyway its just rice cake with sweet redbeans inside so it tastes good. one of the 5,000 ways to have ricecake and redbeans. it's expensive just like all omiyage
tankuki statue #1
tanuki statute #2. this one is pretty different. looks like its for a big candle or mosquito coil. look at his cute micro balls.
this tanuki bowl is so heavy. i guess bob is gonna have to take this back with him
tokyo midtown "park" so tiny but ill take any plot of well kept grass i can get. especially in this city.
Ghetto Happy Dining. smack in the middle of center gai in shibuya. i read online that they had 1800 yen all you can drink for 2 hrs. it ended up being 2500 yen. the name is awesome.
they even had ghetto lan wifi
and the interior design looks like it was designed by a 16 year old me complete with disco ball and crappy hiphop cds
"legendary karaage (fried chicken)" the picture doesnt do justice to this huge pile of huge fried chicken. basically friend chicken breasts that seam like they are double fried. a welcome sight in a country where everything is in moderation.
Kanda matsuri. its one of the 3 biggest matsuri in japan, except for only on odd years, this year is an even year so it is super small and dissapointing. on the big years there are like 200 of these mikoshi paraded around.
the music is pretty dope. its almost like hiphop music
do i need to say anything? you can make your own caption depending on your taste here
mikoshi, a portable shrine. they say shaking it will bring good luck so people bounce these things up and down like crazy. it helps that they have been drinking all day too. and i guess you would have to have been because it looks super heavy and uncomfortable as you can see below.
a cat fish with a goiter maybe?
this guy was shooting with real movie film
the bouncing of the mikoshi, down the street for hours and hours.
design festa preparations. my roomate has teh Epson 3500C which is the japanese version of the Epson 1280, the same printer i had in NY. these models are like 12 yrs old. the old gal did the job though.


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After 2 weeks of reservist training, the question in my head was how can each lunch/dinner per head cost $10? It is puzzling. I mean chap cai peng with 2 meats, 1 veg, 1 more side dish and a small bowl of soup and a fruit or ice cream can't possibly be $10, right?
But before this cow rushes off to the nearest chap cai peng stall to see what $10 can buy, I have another part amoosing part scary experience to share.
I had dinner one Friday evening at Spizza's new outlet along East Coast Road. A friend had recommended me to try their boat-shaped gondola pizzas. After ordering and informing the wait staff of my gondola request, I was informed that my pizza could not be done gondola-style. When I pointed out to the menu which stated:
The waiter then told me he could make my pizza into a gondola....but he would not advise doing it as "the seafood might not be cooked thoroughly which would not be good for the stomach". How odd and assuring.
Not wanting to faint from hunger and shock, I screwed the boat or no boat option and decided on the normal-shaped pizza. The Sofia ($23 for large), dotted with shrimps, scallops, mussels and calarami, was pretty good.
The condiments that were available included Parmesan cheese, chili flakes, chili oil, Tabasco and a very aromatic olive oil. Love how the olive oil added a glossy coat of flavour to the pizza! :D
The Pollo- Crispy Chicken Wings ($9 for 6) were decent and served pipping hot. Always good to share at the table. Pity the arrabiata sauce didn't have much of a spicy kick. Guess that's where the Tabasco comes in handy.
I like the casual feel of the place. Reasonably good pizzas at reasonably good prices. Can't say the same about the cookhouse food in army camps!
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Tel: 6440 8300
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Arduino Fun Projects
January 31 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Arduino fun projects: You are welcome to choose from 18 arduino projects to do at the makerspace or come to discuss your ideas with others for short or long-term projects. Arduinos, breadboards, connectors, sensors kits and many fun ideas are shared at the makerspace. 10 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult.


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Think about your own worldview to decide if it is free of supernatural or mystical deities, forces, and entities. If you decide that you fit the description above, then you are, by definition, a bright!
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I like the sound of this--it is just what the children of the bible enthusiasts REALLY need.
Thanks for the information Natalie.
Well, there were certainly many men named Jesus (Yeshua in Aramaic) as it was a fairly common name, and one of them COULD have been born on what is now considered Dec. 25 (they used a different calendar back then), but there was certainly no man NAMED Christ, since that is an honorific, meaning Messiah, not a name. Not even CALLED Christ, since that was a later, Greek term, and the Greeks never even heard of him during his life. So there, proven! :-)
Glad to hear tomorrow is Newton's birthday. A good reason for the season.
I would guess that the chance that the man called christ was born that day is considerably less than 1 in 365, because the fact that he existed at all is doubtful, and christ the god was never born.
Happy Newtonmas to everybody.
Yes, Isaac Newton was born on 25 December, but there is only a 1 in 365 chance that Christ was.
Thanks for shining the light
Members in the DC area may be interested in a Sept 8th (2-4 pm) Maryland-DC chapter of WASH (Washington Area Secular Humanists) free panel discussion on the Topic of: "What would Paul Kurtz say?" Our Panel: Margeret Downey, (founder & president Freethought Society), Edd Doerr (President @ Americans for Religious Liberty), Stuart Jordan (President of the Institute for Science and Human Values,, and Nathan Bupp) ISHV Communications Director). In a long and extraordinary career as a public intellectual, Paul Kurtz has distinguished himself as a major contributor to secular humanism, critical thinking, ethics, skepticism and American philosophy. Kurtz's noble life, as well as, numerous, seminal writings about these topics are worth reflecting on. To this end a panel of people who know him well will be on hand to discuss this and his effects to build a constructive secular alternative to religion. It's at the Wheaton library. see http://www.meetup.com/capitalskeptics/events/79113232/
Hi everybody. My Name is Dave Kilby (aka Grouchy).
I do a blog at "Grumbles From an Old Grouch", http://grumblesfromanoldgrouch.com about politics, atheism, culture and life in general. The blog is written as someone who has been there, done that, bought the t-shirt and used it to wipe up the mess.
I'd like to extend an invitation to check it out. I especially recommend the posts: The Theory of Evil-ution vs The Mythology of Creationism (pts 1 & 2). They're a common sense, and rather humorous (I hope) takedown of creationism. It's absolutely free, and if I might add, worth every penny.
Upcoming (after I finish my "Tea Potty" series) will be a post on "The Religious Wrong" and the history of religious reactionaries.
I also have a page on Facebook: "Grouchy's Grumbles" https://www.facebook.com/GrouchysGrumbles.
When you check them out, let me know what you think. if you like them, tell your friends. Heck, if you like them, tell your enemies. It might give them something to think about (provided they can think.)
War, oppression, domination, exploitation, manipulation = an all too familiar theme in our news and daily lives and even the news distorts and propagandizes. Religion, all religions have failed to civilize people. Where is compassion? What happened to ethical and moral codes under the influence of religion?
A very basic, straightforward example of this is what is happening to Bradley Manning, the Army private accused in the most famous leak of government secrets or to the people and policies that put him in his dilemma of watching films and reading documents that clearly were violations of conduct of wars. This film reveals what happened and asks who is guilty? What moral compass does the USA use to make decisions?
What role do/can atheists play in establishing war conduct? From where does our moral and ethical foundation spring?
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This year, students will cut holes into the necks of thousands of dogs, pigs, goats, and sheep, stab the sacs surrounding the animals' hearts with needles, and cut into their abdomens with scalpels before finally killing them. These horrors have long been standard practice in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) courses around the world—but with the help of caring supporters, PETA is working to put an end to these archaic exercises and prevent countless animals from being mutilated and killed.
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Postseason Memories
Jim Jackson's just completed his third season of hosting the pre-game and post-game shows on the Phillies Radio Network. He's also the voice of the Flyers, having spent 16 seasons with the NHL Club. The 46-year-old is a graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism.
What is your favorite memory of October baseball as a child?
"I was 10 years old and got home from school just in time to see the famous brawl between the Reds and Mets in the 1973 NLCS sparked by Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson. It caught my attention so that I followed playoff baseball from that point on."
Where were you when the Phillies won the World Series last October?
"Sitting in the Phillies radio booth right next to Harry as he made the call of the final out, a call he wanted so long to make. It was such as tremendous thrill to see the absolute joy in his eyes. And, of course, one seat away, Wheels was showing us all how to do the 'Wheeler.'"
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Phillies are 2-3 on this date in postseason history, winning last two. A year ago, Myers beat the Dodgers in NLCS game 2.
Rockies had the second-best home record in the NL (51-30) . . . Phillies, the best road record (48-33) . . . At Coors Field, Phillies are 27-28.
Parkas and gloves will be available to the Phillies . . . Dugout will also contain portable heaters and oxygen . . . Plus, Harry Kalas' blue blazer and white shoes. Last game Harry called was in Coors Field on April 12.
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In honor of Women's History Month, St. Bonaventure University will host Olena Savchuk as the keynote speaker for the 2014 Mary Devereux Lecture.
Savchuk will give a lecture titled "Violence Against Women in the Family in Ukraine" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10, in the William F. Walsh Science Center Auditorium.
Savchuk is the 2013-2014 Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She is an associate professor of social work at the National University Of Kiev-Mohyla Academy in Kiev, Ukraine.
Violence against women (VAW) is one of the examples of violations of human rights in Ukrainian society. VAW is an unsolved problem, which is caused by the social-cultural nature of violence against women in the family (VAWF) in Ukraine, says Savchuk. Cultural norms dictate relations in the family, gender stereotypes and gender roles, which are influenced via social institutions and the system of parenting in these families.
Savchuk notes that the consequences of VAWF illustrate a destructive influence on the personality of women. The Ukrainian law's system of dealing with the problem of VAWF needs to be improved in the context of protecting women's rights and their safety in the family.
In addition to lecturing and developing college-level courses, Savchuk has conducted training programs for Ukrainian social service agencies on human rights violations, including violence against women and the treatment of women with HIV/AIDS.
The lecture is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by St. Bonaventure's Women's Studies Program, which annually celebrates Women's History Month by paying tribute to Mary Devereux, one of the university's founders.
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The 'Final' Sony PS3 Hack
from the our-hardware-our-rules deptSony's awesome freakout over folks "hacking" their PS3 product to return the functionality they originally advertised, but then retroactively took away, has been a long and often times hilarious saga. That said, all that freaking out occurred when the PS3 was still in its prime. Now that the console, while still the latest generation of Sony gaming console on the market, is clearly in its twilight years, it will be interesting to see how they react to what Sophos is reporting -- the Playstation 3 being "hacked for good".
The PS3 has been hacked before, but Sony was able to inhibit the hack with an update to its own firmware. This is much like the history of jailbreaking on Apple's iOS, where hackers typically uncover a security vulnerability and exploit it, whereupon Apple patches the hole and suppresses the jailbreak.
But the latest PS3 break is being dubbed unpatchable and the final hack. That's because this hack isn't giving you an exploit to use against a programming hole. It's giving you Sony's so-called LV0 (level zero) cryptographic keys.If true, the war is over and Sony lost. Hacker collective, the Three Musketeers, reportedly figured this all out some time ago, but now the LV0 keys have been leaked and it's open season on jailbreaking your PS3 (assuming you're technical enough to implement it). And, while it would be very easy to sit back and comment gleefully on the wonderful spirit of curiosity that propels this kind of work, and to likewise point out the futility of stopping people from tinkering with the products they legally bought, I find a different point more compelling.
Quite simply, this war that Sony lost did not need to be fought. They advertised a feature and it was only the subsequent and unilateral removal of that feature, which many customers very much wanted, that created all of this controversy. Without that removal, how much litigation money does Sony save? Without being anti-consumer, how much ill-will do they avoid? And all of that to fight a battle that, not only did they lose, but that they had to know they were overwhelmingly likely to lose over the long haul. Sophos touches on this point in hoping for a different approach in the future.
Let's hope, when the PS4 comes out, that Sony will give up on trying to lock out jailbreakers permanently, and instead provide a way for those who want to run alternative software to do so in official safety.
When King Cnut famously ordered the tide back and failed, he wasn't an arrogant absolute ruler trying to show off. He knew he would fail, and thereby demonstrated that to hold back the tide was impossible - and, in any case, unnecessary - even for a king.Once I got done snickering at the name King Cnut, I found the analogy perfectly fitting. Hopefully Sony will avoid this war entirely the next go around, though with their track record, I won't be holding my breath.


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As an eye care provider, you must give patients a copy of their contact lens and eyeglass prescriptions. These Q&As can help you learn more about your duties.
The Federal Trade Commission enforces both the Contact Lens Rule and the Eyeglass Rule. These Rules require that eye care providers give their customers copies of their prescriptions: Contact lens prescriptions must be given to the customers once the lens fitting is complete; eyeglass prescriptions must be given to customers at the end of the eye exam. Here are questions and answers to help eye care providers comply with the Contact Lens Rule.
1. Who — and What — the Rule Covers
- I'm an optician. Am I considered a "prescriber" under the Contact Lens Rule?
Under the Contact Lens Rule, opticians are prescribers if state law permits them to fit contact lenses and to issue prescriptions. Sometimes opticians are called "dispensing opticians."
- I'm a prescriber. What if I verify a prescription and then something is wrong with the contact lenses the consumer bought from another seller? Am I liable?
The Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act and the Contact Lens Rule don't impose liability on a prescriber for problems with contact lenses sold by someone else. Traditionally, state law determines the liability.
- I'm a prescriber. If I don't act on a verification request, the prescription is verified passively. The consumer gets the contacts from another seller. Am I liable if something is wrong with the contact lenses?
Neither the Act nor the Rule imposes liability on a prescriber for problems with contact lenses. State law determines who would be liable if problems arise.
- I'm a prescriber. What if I'm unable to verify my patient's prescription during the "eight business hours" period, and later learn that the prescription was inaccurate, expired, or invalid? Am I required to contact the seller?
Neither the Act nor the Rule addresses this situation. However, it would be in your patient's best interest to contact the seller and the patient to alert them to a possible error in the prescription.
- Does the Contact Lens Rule apply to contact lens sellers located beyond U.S. borders?
The Contact Lens Rule applies to all sellers who provide contact lenses to consumers who live in the U.S.
- Does the Contact Lens Rule apply to non-corrective "cosmetic" or "decorative" contact lenses?
Both contact lenses that correct users' vision and decorative, cosmetic, or plano lenses require a valid contact lens prescription.
2. The Prescription
- When am I required to give my patients their contact lens prescriptions?
You must give your patients a copy of their contact lens prescription when the lens fitting is complete. Some patients may require follow-up visits after the initial exam before their contact lens fitting is complete. All follow-up exams must be medically necessary, and eye care providers should use sound professional judgment — based on appropriate and objective standards of care — to make that call.
- What if my patient asks for a copy of the contact lens prescription before the lens fitting is complete?
The Act and the Rule do not require that you provide the contact lens prescription to the patient before the fitting is complete. If you are prepared to sell your patients contact lenses, however, you cannot refuse to give them a copy of their prescription on the grounds that their fitting isn't complete. If you're willing to sell them the lenses, that means their fitting is complete, and you must give them a copy of the prescription.
- In my state, a contact lens prescription expires two years after it's written. Does the Contact Lens Rule change that?
No. If state law specifies an expiration date of one year or more from the prescription's issue date, the prescription expires on that date. But if state law specifies an expiration date of less than one year from the prescription's issue date, the expiration date is determined by the Rule. Under the Rule, a prescription expires one year from its issue date, unless there's a legitimate medical reason for setting a shorter expiration date.
- In my state, the law says I have to provide contact lens prescriptions to patients only if they ask for them. But the Contact Lens Rule says I have to provide the prescriptions regardless. Which law applies?
The Contact Lens Rule applies. You must give your patients their contact lens prescription at the completion of the contact lens fitting, whether the patient asks for it or not.
- As an eye care provider, can I charge a patient for trial lenses or require a patient to buy them?
You may, but only if the trial lenses are necessary to complete the fitting process. This is sometimes the case with some "specialty" or custom-made lenses. You may not require a patient to buy contact lenses — such as a six-month supply of disposable lenses — as a condition of giving them a copy of their prescription.
- I'm a contact lens seller. Can I substitute one brand of contact lenses for another brand under the Rule?
You can substitute one brand of contact lenses for another if:
- the prescription specifies private label lenses, and
- the substitute lenses are identical to the prescribed lenses.
Example: TekViz, Inc. manufactures and sells contact lenses under both the "TekViz" brand and the "Dr. Jones" brand. If the prescription specifies "Dr. Jones" brand lenses, the seller may substitute "TekViz" brand lenses. The seller may not substitute non-identical lenses manufactured by TekViz, Inc., or lenses manufactured by another company.
The Contact Lens Rule says prescribers must provide or verify contact lens prescription information "as directed" by a third party designated by a patient. But according to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), don't I have to get written authorization from a patient before providing or verifying his contact lens prescription to a seller?
No. HIPAA permits covered entities to use or disclose protected health information without patient authorization if the use or disclosure is for "treatment" or "required by law." Providing, confirming, correcting, or verifying a contact lens prescription to a seller designated by the patient constitutes treatment or is required by the Act and the Rule.
As the eye care provider, may I include a specific number of refills on a contact lens prescription?
The Contact Lens Rule doesn't require or prohibit you from including refill quantities on contact lens prescriptions. Follow your state law if it requires — or prohibits — such information. Note that the Rule does not allow you to use refill quantities to shorten a prescription expiration period to less than a year, unless there are legitimate medical reasons.
3. Record-keeping Requirements for Sellers
- As a contact lens seller, I've called a lot of eye care providers to find out whether they have Saturday business hours. What records do I keep to show I have "actual knowledge" of their Saturday business hours?
As a seller, you must keep a record of the eye care provider's regular Saturday hours and how you know those are the hours. If you call eye care providers to learn their actual business hours, keep your notes from those calls for record-keeping purposes. You must include Saturday business hours on a verification request if you want to include those hours in the "eight business hour" verification period.
- Can my verification request form state that I assume that all prescribers' offices have Saturday business hours unless the prescriber's office tells me otherwise?
No. A seller may count a prescriber's Saturday business hours as part of the "eight business hour" verification period only if the seller knows that the prescriber has Saturday business hours. Assuming that a prescriber has Saturday business hours unless the prescriber tells you otherwise does not constitute actual knowledge for purposes of the Rule.
- As a seller, can I depend on information a customer gives me about an eye care provider's Saturday business hours?
Depending on the circumstances, information you get from a customer may be acceptable under the Rule. For example, if a customer gives you the prescriber's business card, which states that the office is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays, you may rely on it. Remember to document that this information is the basis for your determination.
- What if the customer tells me, "I think my eye doctor's office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays"?
Don't rely on a customer's statement alone as a basis for your actual knowledge of a prescriber's regular Saturday hours. Verify an eye care provider's Saturday hours some other way.
4. "Eight business hours" for Verification
- I'm a prescriber. How much time do I have to verify a prescription?
The Act and the Rule give prescribers "eight business hours" to verify a prescription regardless of when the prescriber receives a properly completed verification request. "Eight business hours"is not the same as "eight hours."
A "business hour" is an hour during the period from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding federal holidays), plus hours on Saturday that the seller actually knows the prescriber is regularly open for business. Business hours are calculated based on the prescriber's time zone.
- How is the "eight business hour" period calculated if the seller's verification request is received during business hours?
If you receive the verification request during business hours, the "eight business hour" period starts when the prescriber receives the request from the seller and ends when "eight business hours" have elapsed.
For example, say the verification request is received at 4 p.m. on Monday. The "eight business hour" period begins at 4 p.m. on Monday and ends at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 4:01 p.m. on Tuesday.
But say the verification request is received at 11 a.m. on Friday. The seller has documented actual knowledge that the eye care provider's office is regularly open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. In this case, the "eight business hour" period would begin at 11 a.m. on Friday and end at noon on Saturday. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 12:01 p.m. on Saturday.
What if you get a verification request at 11 a.m. on Friday, but the eye care provider's office isn't regularly open Saturdays? The "eight business hour" period begins at 11 a.m. on Friday and.ends at 11 a.m. on Monday. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 11:01 a.m. on Monday.
Or suppose you get a verification request at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 3. The "eight business hour" period begins at 2 p.m. on Monday and ends at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, because Tuesday is July 4, a federal holiday. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday.
- How is the "eight business hour" period calculated if the seller's verification request is received outside business hours?
If the verification request is received outside of business hours, the "eight business hour" period starts at 9 a.m. the next weekday that isn't a federal holiday (or on Saturday, if appropriate). It ends "eight business hours" later.
For example, say the verification request is received at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The "eight business hour" period begins at 9 a.m. on Wednesday and ends at 5 p.m. the same day. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday.
Or, the verification request is received at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The eye care provider's office isn't open Saturdays, and Monday is July 4. In this case, the "eight business hour" period begins at 9 a.m. on Tuesday and ends at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. If the eye care provider doesn't respond, the seller can ship at 5:01 p.m. on Tuesday.
5. Direct Communication
- When is a direct communication "completed" under the Contact Lens Rule?
A direct communication is completed when the recipient gets all the required information. For example, direct communication by telephone requires reaching and speaking with the intended recipient, or leaving a clear voice message, including all the required information, on the recipient's telephone answering machine. Similarly, a direct communication by fax or email is completed when the intended recipient receives the fax or email message.
- How do I know that a direct communication by fax or email has been completed?
A fax confirmation sheet showing that a fax was transmitted is sufficient to conclude that the communication is completed.
Confirmation that an email was sent generally is sufficient to conclude that it was received. Of course, if the sender has reason to believe that an email message was not transmitted instantly (such as an electronic notice stating that the email could not be sent), the communication is not considered completed until it is successfully transmitted to the recipient's account.
- I'm a seller who uses the telephone for direct communication with eye care providers. Do I have to keep a written log of all communications, or can I store this information electronically?
The Rule allows you to store the required information electronically, and the information can be made available for review by the Commission, if necessary.
6. Automated Telephone Systems
- My company sells contact lenses to consumers. Can I use an automated telephone system to send a verification request to an eye care provider?
The Act expressly authorizes sellers to send verification requests by telephone, including automated telephone systems, as long as the requests comply with the Rule. That is, the verification request must provide all the information required, and sellers must wait "eight business hours" before selling contact lenses to the consumer.
A request delivered by an automated telephone system doesn't comply with the Rule if: it isn't delivered in a volume and cadence that a reasonable person can understand; it contains incomplete verification information; or it requires the prescriber's office to provide an immediate response.
- When I respond to a verification request, I'd like to get some confirmation — a call, email or fax — indicating that the seller received my response. Does the Rule require that?
Neither the Act nor the Rule requires sellers to provide confirmation to prescribers, although they may choose to do so.
- My calls to the seller are answered by an automated response system or by their contact person's voicemail. Does the Rule require sellers to have a person available to respond to my calls?
The Rule requires sellers to provide "a reasonable opportunity" for prescribers to communicate with them, but it doesn't require them to have a person available to respond to calls. Nevertheless, sellers may choose to have someone available. If you have left a response on a seller's verification response line indicating that the prescription has expired or is otherwise invalid, the seller is not permitted to ship the lenses.
- I've received a seller's verification request via an automated telephone message but I can't understand it. What can I do?
Automated telephone verification messages must be delivered in a volume and cadence that a reasonable person can understand. If you are unable to hear or understand an automated verification request, FTC staff attorneys encourage you to contact the seller directly. If you cannot contact the seller, file a complaint with the FTC at ftc.gov.
- Sometimes I can't get my calls or faxes through to the sellers. What can I do?
If some attempts to contact the seller are unsuccessful, try other methods of communication. For example, if your fax transmission fails, try contacting the seller via telephone or email. If you cannot contact the seller, file a complaint with the FTC at ftc.gov. Document your attempts; details make complaints more helpful.
7. Filing a Complaint with the FTC
You can file a complaint with the FTC online or by phone. To file a complaint online, visit ftc.gov, click "File a Complaint," and enter your information into the form. At the section entitled, "Subject of Your Complaint," click on "Health." In the final section, "Explain Your Problem," include as many details as possible. Click "Submit Complaint" to complete the process.
To file a complaint by phone, call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. A counselor will record your information and enter it directly into the agency's complaint database.
The complaint should include specific details, for example, the date and time your call was made or the reason the call you received wasn't understandable. Prescribers with evidence, such as an audiotape of a call or the recording left on an answering machine, should keep the evidence because it may be very helpful.
While the FTC doesn't resolve individual complaints, your complaints help the agency investigate Rule violations and may lead to enforcement action.
For More Information
The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters consumer complaints into the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database and investigative tool used by hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.
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The National Small Business Ombudsman and 10 Regional Fairness Boards collect comments from small businesses about federal compliance and enforcement activities. Each year, the Ombudsman evaluates the conduct of these activities and rates each agency's responsiveness to small businesses. Small businesses can comment to the Ombudsman without fear of reprisal. To comment, call toll-free 1-888-REGFAIR (1-888-734-3247) or go to www.sba.gov/ombudsman.


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When the Allied Shinobi Forces was formed, its headquarters was designated to be in the vicinity of Kumogakure for ease of command over the course of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Originally, members of the Five Kage, including Tsunade, Ōnoki, and A, due to the fact that he was the Supreme Commander of the Alliance, were stationed there to help with command decisions and battle plans. Both the Intelligence Division and Sensor Division were stationed in the headquarters so that they could give crucial intelligence and sensor reports to the various divisions through the Sensing Water Sphere that Inoichi Yamanaka and Ao had created. The Alliance's Chief Strategist, Shikaku Nara, was also stationed at the headquarters, where he came up with plans to counter Kinkaku and Ginkaku, as well as Asuma Sarutobi and the White Zetsu Army's threat.
In the latter stages of the War, after the remaining Kage gathered to fight the reincarnated Madara Uchiha, Shikaku was left in command. When it came to fight the Ten-Tails itself, Shikaku commanded each part of the army seamlessly, immobilising the Ten-Tails' initial form and leaving the freshly unmasked Obito Uchiha as well as his partner, Madara, vulnerable to counter-attack.[1] Ultimately though, when the Ten-Tails reached its second form, the headquarters was wiped out by its massively powerful and long ranged Tailed Beast Ball, but not before transmitting Shikaku's final strategy to the Alliance.[2] Ao was the sole survivor, losing his left arm and leg.[3]


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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Shapes of Things to Come (If We're Lucky)
The Yardbirds—first stop for three of Rock and Roll's greatest guitar heroes—mixed blues and psychedelia into a unique soup that produced such classics as "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul." While noted for launching the careers of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, it was Paul Samwell-Smith (bass), Keith Relf (singer/harmonica), Chris Dreja (rhythm guitar) and Jim McCarty (drums) who maintained the core. I plan to see Chris and Jim perform, along with new Yardbirds band members, on Wed., September 7, at BB Kings' in NY City (the Good Rats are opening). You can also catch the Yardbirds in a lot of other places through October.
Yesterday I caught up with Jim McCarty—far and away one of the most influential drummers of his time.
Meth: Is drumming work? It looks like work.
McCarty: (Laughs) I never really thought of it as work, Cliff. It's not really hard work is it? The hard work is traveling around (laughs again). But I did once see an article about drummers having to be really fit. There was an experiment in England and they said Blondie's drummer was as fit as a footballer. So I guess it's work but being in a rhythm sorts of works itself.
Meth: You've been a Yardbird for what, 45 years? Did you think that was possible?
McCarty: I didn't actually. At one point I worked for a stock broker in London and I was playing drums at night and on weekends. After a few weeks it was very tiring and I didn't think it would last. I went to my boss and said, "I need to take a break. Can you keep the job open for me when the band folds up?" But it lasted a bit longer… I was going to become an actuary at the time. I was obviously destined not to do that but I always had a mathematical brain. It also helped with the songwriting, I think.
Meth: There was a bit of a break in there. How did you reform the group?
McCarty: We were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992 but we didn't get it together again until '95. I was playing in a blues band and we sort of built a place up. Jeff [Beck] and Paul [Samwell-Smith] would come and see the band but they didn't sit in. Then Chris and I were approached by an agent and there was interest in putting the band back together. Jeff hasn't played with us, nor has Jimmy [Page], but they've shown up at shows and played air guitar.
Meth: Air guitar. That's not work.
McCarty: Yes. [Laughs]
Meth: While you played musical guitar heroes, the core of the Yardbirds seemed to stay close knit. Who were you closest with?
McCarty: I suppose Keith and I were very close back then. Me and Keith and Chris were the steady members. But there was tension because it was very hectic having to work the whole time. We weren't making any money. Even when we were signed, the LPs weren't selling well and royalties were poor—all the money was on the road so were relentlessly working and that created tension. It was clear that Eric and Jeff were destined to be their own bosses—they were people who found it difficult to be in a band.
Meth: But there was some sense of fraternity wasn't there? You were too young not to have that idealized dynamic.
McCarty: Well, we would go to our manager and have meetings. I remember that Eric was very unhappy about the way the band was going and didn't like the idea of doing "For Your Love," which the rest of us wanted to do. He thought that was selling out. We loved it but he only wanted to do blues. We tried to do bluesly singles like "Good Morning Little School Girl" but they weren't commercial enough to be big hits and to get anywhere you had to have a single. Now the music industry has gone full circle. The LP market is dead again and it's all about being on the road, but back then it was all about singles.
Meth: You contributed to the writing on some of those singles.
McCarty: Yes, most of the songs were team efforts. "Shapes of Things to Come" came from Keith and Paul and myself.
Meth: Well, while we're on shapes of things to come, are you disappointed with where music has gone? The death of rock culture—and for that matter, the virtual death of everything else?
McCarty: I tend to think positively about where we're going and I try to reflect that in my songwriting. There's a change coming but the change is for the good.
Meth: What do you see in evidence of that?
McCarty: I guess ecological things, especially in Europe. People trying to get by without using un-renewable fuels… I sort of do see a better world coming, a growing awareness and growing consciousness of other people. I think it will be alright.
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Claremont Mayor Larry Schroeder announced out of closed session the city had selected a utility expert and would conduct an appraisal of Golden State Water Company's Claremont assets.
The announcement was made Tuesday night during the regular city council meeting. Schroeder said the appraisal would take four months.
Additionally, the council approved:
– Its two-year budget with addition of one police officer and one code enforcement officer
– A CPI index increase of 2.02 percent which amounts to a $.58 per month increase to the customer
– To study the option of moving a pedestrian pathway 20 feet west of the Pomona Valley Protective Association spreading grounds to access the Mills Avenue entrance into the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park
– To take no action on a proposed policy about city sponsorship of community events
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Usually I find Anne Hathaway smug, but her performance in the forthcoming Rachel Getting Married* appears — if this trailer is any indication — to be gritty and real. She plays Kym, a woman who has been in and out of rehab for a decade and comes home to attend her sister Rachel's (played by Mad Men's Rosemarie DeWitt) wedding. Debra Winger, who has been less than visible in Hollywood since the mid-90s, plays the girls' mom, and the inimitable Anna Deavere Smith also stars. I am also a total sucker, but I've watched this trailer three times and each time I tear up at the end. Dysfunctional family love! It cuts deep, I tell ya! The movie hits theaters October 3rd. Clip above.
Rachel Getting Married Trailer [Youtube]
*Full Disclosure: my ball n' chain works for Sony Pictures Classics, the company that's releasing Rachel, but that in no way changes my opinion of this trailer or its efficacy as a tearjerker.


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Editor's note: Faisal Gill, a lawyer, is a longtime Republican Party operative and served in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush.
(CNN) -- Complete shock, surprise and disappointment -- that was my reaction to revelations from documents released by Edward Snowden that the National Security Agency monitored my e-mails from 2006 to 2008 after I left the Bush White House.
I am one of five professionals featured in an article in The Intercept who found the government was monitoring us without our knowledge. The others are Asim Ghafoor, a well-known lawyer; Hooshang Amirahmadi, a professor at Rutgers University; Agha Saeed, a political science professor at California State University, and Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
What we share in common is that we are all Muslim. And none of us can believe there is any reason we should fall under suspicion.
The technology the government uses to surreptitiously monitor domestic and international communications didn't surprise me. What was shocking to me was that nothing in my background would lead anyone to believe that I have any terrorist leanings or want to cause harm to the United States.
I served my country in the U.S. Navy, worked as senior policy adviser in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, was involved in my community and even ran for public office. There is not much more anyone can do to prove his or her complete loyalty to the United States.
What's clear now is that the reason for spying on me is my religion.
Some people may argue that my ties to the American Muslim Council gave the government probable cause to monitor me. But I had received my Top Secret/SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance to work in the Department of Homeland Security after working with the American Muslim Council, not before. Needless to say, all aspects of your life are examined to obtain this level. When I was working with the council, my goal was to get Muslims involved in domestic politics, never foreign politics.
Working in Homeland Security, I know more than others that sometimes people need to be monitored for security purposes, and there are times when such monitoring does not lead to anything. In those cases, however, at least something in those people's background or actions would cause suspicion. For example, they met secretly with terrorist groups or made some statements inciting violence. None of those factors exist in my case.
Congress needs to exercise its oversight authority and look at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process and practice. On paper, the FISA procedure looks fair: An agent prepares an affidavit setting forth facts that establish probable cause that the subject is an agent of a foreign government. Then an independent judge examines the application and approves it.
That is a good process -- but in practice, 99% of the applications are approved. Clearly something is wrong that nearly all applications are approved. Probable cause is clearly interpreted broadly in a FISA court. Congress needs to fix the practice.
The issue for me is: What's next? I have no desire to file any sort of a lawsuit against the government.
The United States is my home and like any American, I want to protect my home. I demonstrated that by proudly wearing my country's uniform. I am raising my kids here. I am clearly invested in my country.
I think more Muslim Americans should be involved in government and in their communities. But I am concerned that many Muslims, hearing the news of government monitoring, will say "What's the point?" They will believe that no matter what they do, they will always be viewed with suspicion.
This to me is the saddest possible result. I would hope the intelligence community, law enforcement, Congress and the Obama administration are also concerned. I hope my kids will not have to worry about their e-mails being monitored for exercising their religious freedom to be involved with organizations that support their faith, like millions of other Americans.
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Aside from Lily looking like she has horrible hair highlights, she's growing up awesomely. She started a Nanny share with a kiddo down the street and it's going wonderfully. I feel like while we are at work she's growing. When we pick her up at the end of the day, she appears older. It's kind of refreshing, but also I feel like I am missing out on a part of it.
So other than Lily getting older and growing and learning and talking and eating and pooping (not as often as we'd or she'd like) everything here is great. The studio is growing and Emily is working that front office in the rear like no one's biznazz. Emily has killed one paper shredder and I just killed the new one last night.
In other news, I started a monthly recording club (sorta like a book club without all the reading and books) here at the studio and it's a lot of fun. I love learning stuff and the only way to do so is to surround yourself with people who know stuff! It's just something I really look forward to every month.
Hope your winter is treating you nicely with an abundance of snow. We're getting ripped off here as usual.
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Pirates are back, not only in the Indian Ocean. The Swimming Cities of Serenissima is a fleet of three intricately hand crafted vessels that will navigate the Adriatic Sea from the Litoral region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy in May of 2009, having as a goal to dock in Venice in time for the Biennale. Designed by the visual artist SWOON, the floating sculptures are descendants of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Seas (Hudson River, 2008) and the Miss Rockaway Armada (Mississippi River, 2006 and 2007).
These 3 sculptural rafts will bring music, performance, and a 'cabinet of wonders' to Venice that will have been collected on the journey. We look forward to seeing them!
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In the Russian we have absolutely the same expression
English Teacher
You can check your answer here: https://www.usingenglish.com/referen...clockwork.html
In the Russian we have absolutely the same expression
Interesting- I'll remember that.
I attained that word...
it is really good idiom and i'll keep it in my mind forever.
Thanks for getting this..
I like it when other languages have the same idioms or sayings.
Me too
Can I say
Here goes Jack, he is one of the most excellent employees in this company, he is working like a clockwork?
Just for practice!!
I'd say 'he works like clockwork' as it's a habit not just now.


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"For good skeletons are we
And we're dying to be free —
'All flesh be gone'
Save your dry and joyous shout
For the day poor skeleton steps out"
Today is All Hallows Eve. We carved our jack-o-lanterns this afternoon, and around 4 o'clock, after Mara's buddy Gwyneth arrived, we all headed over to the house of some other friends for pizza and an ice-cream cake. Dinner and dessert dispatched, we all hit the sidewalks in search of treats. Our party included six princesses, some of them fairy princesses, a tiger and a fireman.
Someday Mara will learn of the untold heaps of candy that covered the dining room table, the pillowcases and shopping bags that we used to bring home full and dragging behind us on the ground at the end of a Halloween haul. It was like purse-seining for candy. She'll learn that there was a time before the "Fun Size" marketing ploy that attempted to convince kids that less candy was more "fun", a time when size spoke for itself and the size was a half-foot of Baby Ruth, Snickers, Three Muskateers, Mounds and Almond Joy, and Milky Way, and a full eight inches of Butterfinger. The boxes of Milk Duds and Junior Mints rattled with a plenum and gave our bags a satisfying noisiness. One packet of candy-corn would make you sick. Rare was the household within a half mile radius of our house that did not participate. Even if there was no pumpkin lit, there would be someone with a bowl of candy inside at almost every house. The only houses we skipped were those where the porchlight was dark, the signal for "no candy here". We skipped the Godfrey's at the bottom of our hill, too, because they gave apples every year and given the area we had to cover before curfew it just didn't make sense to waste any time going up a driveway where you knew the payoff would be suboptimal.
Things are not like that today. Aside from one, the bars were mostly Fun Size. A few were even those miniature Hershey bars so small that you'd never find it again if you dropped it on an Oriental rug. We had to walk past many dark porches tonight in Wallingford. Those who are available generally make it very obvious. Latona Avenue has a few houses with ghosts sprouting from the chimneys and spooky lights and decorations all over the front walkway. One man on 6th, down next to the freeway, puts up a warehouse full of brightly lit and sound-accompanied stuff for every holiday. But these are few and far between. We walked our kids around for an hour. We visited Tina, an old German lady who is kind to stray cats and whom we have known since we moved into this neighborhood ten years ago.
Mara considered it quite a satisfactory night to have her little round plastic pumpkin a third full. Dumped on the dining room table, the take barely disturbed the pattern of the table cloth, and yet we were glad it wasn't more. Mara accepts the fact that she will get to pig out tomorrow — one day of suspended dental health policy — and then we'll get rid of the rest. She cherishes the getting, but she is not too upset about the not having. She understands that this stuff is poison. It makes me gag to think of the spoils I brought home, and which, if I recall correctly, I smacked away at for days and weeks, to the consternation of my good parents (but what could they do? You could regulate daily intake in those days to spread out the damage, I think, but social custom had not yet begun to allow wholesale pitching of the booty).
Someday she will learn about the good ol' days. I hope she'll make a face and say, "yelcchhh. I feel so sorry for you guys", but I rather suppose she'll say something quite else.


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I have a chromalox canada boiler model EDB-2. Recently I purchased a wireless honeywell transponder and thermostat, and am trying to install them. I currently have
W and
R wires but am missing a common ground
C wire, and am unsure where to connect it. I have 18/3 and 18/5 spare wires.
I've enclosed photos of the inside of the boiler. The LV terminals are numbered T1, T2 and 1-5.
An HVAC consultant was able to supply power to the honeywell transponder. Unfortunately when we attempted to use the thermostat, the transponder lost power. The HVAC consultant felt that the boiler could not supply sufficient power.
So how can I connect the transponder to the boiler?


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The sixth edition of "Rendez-vous" offers a complete beginning college-level French program, as it leads students to explore the richness of the French language and Francophone cultures. Our aim has been to retain key features that were praised in our previous editions, while introducing a fully integrated and revised multimedia package. The overall goal of this new edition remains as always to provide students with the basic tools of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, along with abundant and varied opportunities for practicing French in communicative and interactive contexts. Emphasizing French within a cultural context and as it is spoken in authentic, everyday situations, "Rendez-vous" strives to develop proficiency in the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing, while introducing students to the richness and diversity of the French-speaking world.Muyskens, Judith A. is the author of 'Rendez-Vous An Invitation to French', published 2002 under ISBN 9780072499285 and ISBN 0072499281.[read more]
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Washington Redskins Wide Receiver David Anderson must've never gone a day hungry while growing up with award-winning amateur cook and mom, Katie Anderson. "1st Look" was lucky enough to be invited into her kitchen for a sneak peek at her incredible game day feast. And though this Sunday is usually a hard day to stay calorically conscious, Katie's got "Fit & Flirty" or "Fat & Happy" versions of all recipes below.
Check out the recipes and join us and special co-host Giant's Super Bowl Champ Amani Toomer for "1st Look's Big Game Special" this Saturday after "Saturday Night Live" on NBC!
U.S. & World
Katie's Big, Bad BLT
¾ lb. bacon, medium thickness
2 eggs
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon dried cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons white vinegar
20, plus Ritz cracker crumbs
Tomatoes (if available use Heirloom in various colors)
Loaf French bread
A little mayonnaise
Plastic football decorations
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
1. Place a wire rack over a cookie sheet and set aside.
2. Put egg, mustard, cayenne, and vinegar in a pie plate and blend. Set
3. Put cracker crumbs on a dinner plate. Set aside.
4. Dip each bacon strip into the egg mixture and then put in the cracker
mixture. Be sure to cover both sides and place on the wire rack. Put in
oven for 20-25 minutes until well done. Remove from oven and set aside.
5. Split French bread in half and put in the still hot oven to toast a bit.
Remove from oven and remove some of the interior bread (save for bread
crumbs or feed the ducks).
6. Spread a little mayo on each cut side. Layer ingredients on bottom half
in this order: lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and lastly the bacon. Put the top
side on the sandwich and place a plastic goal post at each end. Put the
quarterback near one end and the wide receiver near the other end. The
sandwich is a menu item and a centerpiece.
FIT & FLIRTY: dilute the mayo with a little nonfat yogurt. Use both pieces of
the bread separately to make open faced sandwiches.
FAT & HAPPY: Make a dozen and hope Ray Lewis and other linebackers
are coming by for lunch!
Katie's Fried Chicken Salad
Cornbread croutons (made from a cornbread mix)
10 pieces of fried chicken, no wings (store-bought)
Pint of cute, Cabo cherry tomatoes
Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
Dried Cranberries
2 bags of boutique lettuce (red oak, arugula) or your choice
1 quart reduced-fat butter milk
Avocado, sliced
1 bottle of light ranch salad dressing
1. One day before event make cornbread according to package directions.
But, instead of putting in a square pan, spread batter on a greased cookie
sheet. Reduce cooking time.
2. Remove from oven, cut into cubes, cool, and refrigerate in a zip-lock bag.
3. Wash lettuce, dry, and tear in small pieces. Refrigerate. Cut fried chicken
in big hunks and place in preheated oven at 325 for 15 minutes. Remove
from oven and set aside.
4. In a small bowl, mix bottle of dressing with a ½ to ¾ cup buttermilk.
5. Place lettuce in salad bowl, sprinkle with pepitas and cranberries. Arrange
hunks of chicken, cornbread croutons, sliced avocado, and cherry
tomatoes across the top of salad.
6. Place a serving spoon in the salad dressing bowl. Hide extra chicken
under the table!
FIT AND FLIRTY: Have extra ingredients on hand to replenish the salad. Keep
the chicken to a minimum.
FAT AND HAPPY: Put the bucket of chicken on the table next to the salad.
Expect no one to eat much of the salad!
Katie's Bacon Peanut Brittle
½ lb. bacon, regular-thickness
2 cups white sugar
1 cup corn syrup, light
2 cups salted peanuts
4 tablespoons softened butter
2 teaspoons baking soda
1. Cook bacon in skillet until well done. Drain on paper towels and chop into
small pieces. Set aside.
2. Grease a cookie sheet and set aside.
3. Put sugar, corn syrup, salt and water in a large saucepan and over
medium heat bring to a boil. Sugar should be dissolved. Place peanuts
and a candy thermometer into the mixture.
4. Stir frequently until temperature reaches 300 degrees. Immediately, remove from
the heat and toss in the butter and soda. It will puff up a little. Pour on
cookie sheet and spread with back of wooden spoon.
5. Sprinkle bacon across the brittle and push some into the brittle, too.
6. Cool, break into pieces, and refrigerate.
FIT & FLIRTY: Reduce amount of bacon. Enjoy just a small piece.
FAT & HAPPY: Use 1 lb. of bacon and use honey-roasted nuts!
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Miri, MalaysiaKirsty Turner
The city of Miri is a good place to spend a few days. Surrounded by a number of large national parks and beaches, this is a good place to use as a base while you explore the surrounding area, while the city itself offers vibrant nightlife and a whole host of good places to stay, shop and eat. Miri is a very multicultural city, with Chinese, Malay, Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau, Kelabit, Lun Bawang and a number of other ethnic groups living side by side. Most people speak English and are friendly, making this a great place to spend some time and discover Malaysia's diversity.
A good way to get a feel for Miri is to hire a bicycle and explore. Climbing to the top of Canada Hill offers stunning views of Miri and the surrounding area, and this is the perfect place from which to watch the sunset. Malaysia's first oil well was established on this very spot several decades ago, and those who are interested in the history and culture of the area can also take the time to check out the Petroleum Museum, which can be found near the summit of the hill.
Not to be missed is the City Fan, which consists of a number of themed gardens located around the biggest open-air theatre in the whole of Malaysia. Other amenities that can be found here include an indoor stadium, a public swimming pool and the impressive San Ching Tian Temple, which has the distinction of being is the biggest Taoist temple in the whole of Southeast Asia
One of the best times to travel to Miri is in the third week of May, as this is when the city's annual festival is held. Featuring vibrant street parades as well as plenty of singing, drinking and dancing, this is a great time to see the people of Miri at their best.
A large number of interesting attractions can also be found just outside the city, and sun worshippers will want to spend time soaking up the sun on the beautiful Hawaii Beach. Also nearby is Taman Selera Beach, which is the perfect place to relax and unwind for a while.