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Goal V - Education for Branchwide Professional Excellence
Professional excellence is the standard and expectation for all judicial officers and court personnel throughout California's judicial branch. The judicial branch must provide ongoing professional development, education, and training to address many concerns, including (1) the increasing complexity of the law and court procedures, (2) emerging legal and ethical issues, (3) new and emerging practices in treating behavioral disorders and addictions, (4) new technologies, (5) accelerated management and executive development programs needed to complement succession planning efforts, (6) the importance of procedural fairness in all court operations and interactions with the public, and (7) new management, operational, and service-level expectations.
Additionally, the challenges of a resource-competitive environment mean the branch must actively pursue partnerships and other innovative ways and means to provide professional development, education, and training opportunities for all members of the branch. Maintaining branchwide professional excellence will promote public trust and confidence in the judicial branch.
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Watershed-Friendly Project Expo
Saturday, June 1, 2013 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Bloedel Donovan Park, 2214 Electric Ave. Bellingham
Homeowners can browse through booths at this free, open-house style event. Meet expert landscapers and contractors, feel samples of watershed-friendly mulches, drain rock, sand, and permeable concrete, and see examples of rainwater tanks, pavers and native plants. Do-it-yourselfers can find experts to answer their questions, while those looking to hire a capable contractor can meet multiple professionals in one day.
"Our goal is to help homeowners do projects that both meet their personal goals and protect water quality," said Eli Mackiewicz, coordinator of the Lake Whatcom Homeowner Incentive Program. "We want to provide homeowners with the support and resources they need to turn their ideas into on-the-ground realities."
"Around Lake Whatcom, we're trying to reduce the amount of phosphorus that runs off the landscape into the lake, " Mackiewicz said. "Lawns release as much phosphorus in one month as a forest does in one year. Many of the projects Lake Whatcom homeowners are choosing include reducing lawn and increasing native plants, and finding ways to manage runoff on their properties."
This free event is coordinated by the City of Bellingham and Whatcom County with cooperation from Sustainable Connections as part of the Homeowner Incentive Program (HIP). The HIP provides financial and technical assistance to Lake Whatcom Watershed residents who make voluntary improvements to their properties to protect and restore water quality in the lake.
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Google filed a patent for a neck tattoo that works as a microphone that can tell if you're lying or not.
The "electronic skin tattoo" was created because mobile devices must battle serious noise levels, and a microphone stuck on to the skin of the throat can pick up sound vibrations more clearly, according to the patent. It's stuck with adhesive to the skin and the microphone is embedded into the electronic sticker.
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Optionally, the electronic skin tattoo 200 can further include a galvanic skin response detector to detect skin resistance of a user. It is contemplated that a user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response than a more confident, truth telling individual.
OK, Google, now you want to be able to use these microphones as lie detectors? Could Google be planning a bloodless revolution and this is part of its interrogation plans?
The possible lie detector seems a strange thing to suggest. It makes us think that Google may have something in mind for the next few years, so perhaps a noisy microphone isn't such a bad thing after all.


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Minority Medical Student Resources
AspiringDocs.org(www.aamc.org) -- Created by the Association of American Medical Colleges, this site provides helpful information and tools for those considering becoming a doctor. Information and advice from experts on preparing for medical school, taking the MCAT, admissions, financial aid, and financial management is available.
AAMC Leadership Opportunities and Resources for Women and Minorities in Medicine(www.aamc.org) -- In addition to Aspiring Docs, the AAMC has a list of education programs, scholarships, and organizations that promote their mission of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in medical education.
AAFP Cultural Proficiency Resources -- What is cultural proficiency? The AAFP offers guidelines, assessments, videos and other resources intended to educate about and promote cultural competency in a variety of settings.
AAFP Member Forums -- Join the AAFP's member forum on minority issues. (AAFP login required)
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program(www.loanrepayment.ihs.gov) -- In exchange for at least two years of service at a facility that serves American Indians and Alaska Natives, you can receive up to $20,000 each year to help repay student loans. This program is open to all health professionals.
Soros Fellowships for New Americans(pdsoros.org) -- The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship program is an opportunity for New Americans (immigrants or children of naturalized citizens) to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. Fellowships are granted for up to two years of graduate study in the U.S.; medical students are encouraged to apply.
Student Doctor Network(studentdoctor.net) -- As an independent community of students, advisors, educators and practicing physicians, the Student Doctor Network offers articles, blogs, discussion forums and more for pre-med and medical students, residents and practicing physicians, and those seeking or currently involved in international medicine.
U.S. Office of Minority Health(minorityhealth.hhs.gov) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers resources on minority health that include health disparities efforts, campaigns and initiatives, research, state minority health liaisons and organizations, and financial assistance.
Minority and Rural Health(www.hrsa.gov) -- Minorities comprise 15 percent of the total rural population and account for 30 percent of the rural poor population, according tot he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health. The office provides resources to help address the diverse health needs of rural minority populations, including research, specific health projects and initiatives, and related organizations and contacts.
Student and Minority Organizations
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association(www.apamsa.org) -- APAMSA was formed to address issues of Asian Pacific American health, which it felt were being largely ignored by existing organizations. Since its initial formation, APAMSA chapters have formed at schools across the country to improve the health and well-being of the Asian Pacific American community and promote understanding of the unique challenges Asian Pacific Americans face in medicine.
Association of American Indian Physicians(aaip.org) -- The Association of American Indian Physicians was established to improve the health of American Indian and Alaksa Natives in part by promoting education in the medical disciplines. The organization supports students through information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships for Native American and Alaska Natives.
Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)(lmsa.net) -- LMSA (formerly NNLAMS) was founded to represent, support, educate and unify Latin American medical students in the U.S. Now more than 30 years in existence, the organization works to eliminate health disparities, educate medical students on Latino health issues and advocate for rights of Latinos in the health care system. LMSA leaders also work closely with the National Hispanic Medical Association.
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)(www.snma.org) -- SNMA is the nation's oldest and largest independent, student-run organization focused on the needs and concerns of medical students of color. SNMA is dedicated to ensuring culturally-sensitive medical education and services, as well as increasing the number of African American, Latino and other students of color entering and completing medical school.
SNMA/FMIG Collaboration -- SNMA chapters and Family Medicine Interest Groups (FMIGs) are encouraged by both the SNMA and AAFP to create joint programming on medical school campuses. Both groups--and the community being served--stand to benefit from this collaboration, which has recently been approved and formalized by their parent organizations.
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"We have great hopes for this conference. By bringing so much wisdom together in one room we hope to take a step towards establishing the whole truth about bovine TB, and, in a frank and open discussion, open a new era of genuine cooperation in the fight against this pernicious pathogen." Dr Brian May's opening remarks at this unique event set the tone for the proceedings as Farmers, badger experts, veterinarians, and wildlife groups gathered together to listen to the leading experts, drawn from all around the UK and the Republic of Ireland, united for the first time on a journey to discover science fact - not science fiction.
Vaccination and culling have both been used in attempts to control wildlife diseases, but work in fundamentally different ways. Culling is intended to reduce transmission by removing infected animals (which can transmit disease) and by removing susceptible animals (which can become infected). By contrast, vaccination is intended to "remove" susceptible animals by making them immune. Although culling is generally intended to reduce disease transmission, badger culling is associated with increases in the proportion of badgers infected with Mycobacterium bovis (the pathogen which causes bovine tuberculosis [TB]). This increase in M. bovis transmission reflects changes in badger behaviour caused by culling. Such changes limit the extent to which culling can reduce the density of infected badgers. Unless badger numbers are drastically reduced, badger culling increases the incidence of TB in cattle.
Fewer data are available on the impacts of badger vaccination for TB control. Nevertheless, scientific consensus indicates that this approach would be expected to reduce the proportion of infected badgers, if implemented annually over several years. Vaccination is likely to be less costly than culling because it is unlikely to require much policing. Costs can be reduced still further by involving volunteers in fieldwork.
There is interest in exploring combinations of badger vaccination and culling. Culling would be expected to undermine the benefits of subsequent vaccination by leaving a lower proportion of susceptible animals to be protected by vaccination. Moreover, evidence suggests that perturbation might also compromise attempts at selective culling of infected badgers.
Overall, badger vaccination may potentially contribute more than culling to eventual TB eradication, because the proportion of infected badgers would be reduced rather than increased. While the consequences of badger vaccination for cattle TB control are still unknown, unfavourable comparisons with culling are frequently based on an incomplete picture of the consequences of culling.
Increased incidence of Bovine TB in the UK caused by infection with Mycobacterium bovis is a cause of considerable economic loss to farmers and Government. Eurasian badgers represent the most significant wildlife source of recurrent M. bovis infection to cattle in the UK.
In March 2010 a licence was granted to AHVLA for an injectable form of Bacille Calmette-‐Guérin (BCG) vaccine for use in Eurasian badgers in the UK ‐ called BadgerBCG. This was the culmination of 10 years of effort and £11 million of government investment. Vaccination of badgers against TB with BCG is now one of the disease control options available. Over 4000 doses of the vaccine have been administered since July 2010.
To obtain the licence, a series of studies were conducted in both captive and wild badgers to demonstrate vaccine safety and efficacy. I shall describe these and present highlights from the programme of work.
The cost of trapping and vaccinating badgers with BadgerBCG has been estimated to be £1700 - £4,000 per km2. A vaccine that can be delivered orally is a potentially cheaper and more practical way of vaccinating large numbers of badgers in the wild than an injectable vaccine, although this is dependent on the required dose and number of baits that need to be delivered per sett to ensure adequate uptake.
AHVLA has been leading on the oral badger vaccine effort since 2005. Whilst the steps to licensing an oral vaccine are the same as for the injectable vaccine, the research and development phase is demanding and there is no guarantee of a successful outcome. I shall give a brief outline of some of the issues to consider in the development and licensing of an oral vaccine and describe progress to date. Much of the work is ongoing and specific details are commercial in confidence.
The eradication of tuberculosis from cattle herds in Ireland and the UK is compromised because infected wildlife species, such as Eurasian badgers (Meles meles), share the same environment and contribute to transmission of infection. The short-term options for dealing with tuberculosis in the wildlife reservoir hosts are limited to segregation of domestic animals from the wildlife or culling of the wildlife host, which remains highly controversial. Vaccination of badgers against M. bovis, if successfully employed, could directly facilitate the advancement of bovine tuberculosis eradication. Programmes of research into vaccination of badgers are being undertaken in both countries and vaccine trials in captive badgers have established that the M. bovis bacille Calmette-‐Guérin (BCG) vaccine, when delivered by the oral route, can induce a protective response that limits the distribution and severity of tuberculosis disease following experimental challenge. The results from a field oral vaccine trial in Ireland will provide a framework for the development and implementation of strategies that will address the disease in badger populations, and if successful will remove this major impediment to bovine tuberculosis eradication.
BadgerBCG, an injectable vaccine against bovine tuberculosis, was licenced in March 2010 after being shown to be safe and efficacious in badgers. Soon after, the Veterinary Surgery (Vaccination of Badgers against Tuberculosis) Order 2010 came into effect allowing trained lay persons to vaccinate badgers by injection, under the direction of a veterinary surgeon. In June 2010, the Badger Vaccine Deployment Project (BVDP) was launched, aiming to vaccinate badgers in the endemic TB area, build farmer confidence in vaccination, and learn lessons about vaccine deployment. The BVDP area includes over 100 farm premises, covering approximately 100km2 of Gloucestershire farmland. A key component of the BVDP is a bespoke course to train lay vaccinators, approved by the Secretary of State and developed in consultation with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. This four day course covers the essentials of legal responsibilities, cage trapping badgers, and storage and handling of BadgerBCG. Under the Certificate of Competence Scheme, all lay vaccinators submit detailed records to AHVLA showing location and numbers of badgers vaccinated. Hence, we maintain a growing record of all vaccinations carried out in England and Wales. Up to the end of 2012, a total of 4029 vaccine doses had been delivered in England and Wales. In 2012 alone, 998 were vaccinated in the BVDP, 1424 in the Welsh Intensive Action Area, and a further 278 vaccinations were delivered by a range of other organisations. To date, 167 people have attended the training course. Although BadgerBCG has a proven protective effect in badgers, a key knowledge gap is an understanding of the effect that badger vaccination may have on reducing the incidence of disease in cattle. We are discussing with Defra and academic
collaborators the possible use of the growing badger vaccination database to help address this issue.
BadgerBCG is available as a veterinary product. It can be used by lay badger vaccinators licensed by Natural England working under the aegis of organisations with a Certificate of Competence.
A summary of the practical experience of field deployment of badger vaccination for the period 2011 to 2013 in England has been compiled for a number of SMEs, including not for profit organisations and a specialist commercial company. Estimated and actual costs have been considered and a typical figure for badger vaccination within land management presented.
Conventional audit cycle headings of Commitment, Planning, Doing and Reviewing have been used for compiling a number of recommendations for improvements to and increased uptake of badger vaccination in England at the business scale.
Co-authors: Adam Whelan, Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos, Gareth Jones & R. Glyn Hewinson
Cattle vaccination against bovine TB (bTB) is a disease control tool that could reduce the prevalence, incidence and spread of bTB in the cattle population. Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG), the human TB vaccine, is the only vaccine that could become available in the medium term for use in cattle. However, it is not licensed for this application, and its functional characterisation in respect to its protective efficacy and safety in this target species are required to support licensure. As BCG will compromise the specificity of conventional tuberculin based ante-mortem diagnostic tests, there is also a need for the parallel development of associated diagnostic tests that distinguish infected from vaccinated animals (so-‐called DIVA). Consequently, research in GB has been directed towards these goals, namely the characterisation of BCG in respect to efficacy and safety and the development of immunological DIVA. I will summarise data generated towards these two objectives and also highlight issues that need to be resolved before BCG can be trialed in the field, which is one of the conditions sine qua non towards eventual licensure. However, our development efforts are not restricted to testing BCG as we are also developing measures that improve BCG efficacy, such as so called heterologous-prime boost approaches that comprise of BCG combined with subunit vaccines. We are also exploring the possibility that vaccines can be developed that will not compromise tuberculin specificity, which would allow the continuation with tuberculin based diagnosis alongside vaccination. An overarching goal is the definition of host biomarkers that predict vaccine efficacy, whose application would significantly accelerate vaccine development. These objectives are not being developed in isolation as we are fully embedded in a wide network of national and international collaborators of researchers working not only on cattle vaccines but also with those engaged in the human TB vaccine development effort.
A rapid method for the detection of human tuberculosis was developed by the University of Nottingham in the 1990's and was commercialised as the FASTPlaqueTB test. We have recently been developing new applications for this bacteriophage technology, initially focussing on rapid detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (MAP) - the causative agent of Johne's disease in cattle. Using the original technology combined with PCR we have
demonstrated the sensitive detection of MAP in blood samples from infected cattle within 48 h. Interestingly we have been able to detect MAP in the blood of cattle in the very early stages of infection, before any signs of clinical disease are evident, and also in animals that give negative antibody based test results. We have also shown that the same phage based methodology developed for detection of MAP is able to detect bovine TB. There are many reports in the literature that TB can be isolated from the blood of TB infected cattle, but this cannot be used as a practical diagnostic method due to the long periods of incubation required, the need to work under high levels of biosecurity, and the low sensitivity of culture based methods. We are now beginning to investigate whether the phage based technology can be used to detect live bovine TB cells in blood samples to form the basis of a DIVA test that can Distinguish between Infected and Vaccinated Animals. To allow high through put analysis of large numbers of samples we have also developed a new assay format that allows detection and identification of Mycobacterial pathogens within 5 h.
Few people would dispute that achieving freedom from bovine TB in England should be high on any Government's agenda. There is far less agreement, however, on the means by which it should be achieved – or, more precisely, whether it is right to use some of the available tools at all. So decisions for Ministers on what interventions to deploy – or not deploy -‐ are always tough and often controversial.
Happily, vaccination is a tool that just about all organisations agree should be in the toolbox. The questions with which Governments grapple then tend to be about how much of a finite resource should be devoted to vaccination – resource for delivery of available vaccines and resource for developing new and better vaccines – which in turn informs things like who does it, what is done and how.
In England, the Coalition Government's ambition to develop an oral vaccine for badgers and bring a cattle vaccine to the market is evidenced by its investment in R&D. Despite the fact it is possible that research will never yield an efficacious oral badger vaccine, high priority is being given to further efficacy studies. On cattle vaccination, despite the big regulatory hurdles – necessary hurdles given that any veterinary medicine needs to be safe to animals, those who administer them and those who consume their products – work towards field trials likely to cost tens of millions of pounds is moving with pace. It is necessary process, rather than money, that will continue to be the major constraint to progress towards both of these highly prized goals.
There is more of a debate to be had on the ways in which the Government can be the catalyst for increased use of the injectable badger vaccine. There is no sizeable army of public sector vaccinators that could be turned loose in those parts of the countryside where the Government would like to see more and quicker progress. The capacity of others with whom the Government might share responsibility for vaccination is similarly constrained. The uptake of the badger vaccination fund this year is evidence of that. So it is important to look more closely at ways in which capacity can be built and the good intentions of many turned into practical action.
TB eradication is a priority for Welsh Government, farmers and veterinary profession. Launched in 2007, our TB Eradication Programme is based on four basic principles of infectious disease control namely:
⋅ Keeping infection out (biosecurity)
⋅ Rapid early identification of infection Limiting the spread of infection
⋅ Elimination of all sources of infection
Over the past 5 years, the focus has been on the development and delivery of policy at the national level e.g. annual testing of all herds of cattle, zero tolerance to non-compliance, and increased awareness of biosecurity. It is clear however, that the disease picture across Wales is not uniform, and that alongside these national measures we need also to take a more localised approach. To achieve this we have now appointed a dedicated TB epidemiologist to work with the Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency case vets and also private practitioners to start acting in a more focussed way to deal with the unique characteristics of the TB epidemic of each area. The challenge is to identify the most appropriate tools for the differing disease scenarios – to achieve a more targeted approach as we drive towards eradication.
The overall strategy is underpinned by the recognition that all interested parties need to work honestly and in co-operation with each other – hence our programme structure which includes Regional Eradication Boards and significant engagement at a local level. It also recognises that we must keep abreast of new developments across all disease control disciplines if we are to achieve our ambitious and long-‐term objective of a TB Free Wales.
As a long term objective, we aim to make best use of new technologies as they become available e.g. in the fields of disease prevention, diagnostics and genetics. Vaccination is a tool that has yet to be exploited to the full. This presentation will consider the Welsh approach to exploring the potential benefits and limitations of vaccination in badgers, and in cattle, as we strive towards freedom from TB.


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WASHINGTON — The Arkansas delegation on Thursday threw its support behind Gov. Mike Beebe's request for federal assistance to help seven Central Arkansas counties recover from severe December storms.
The delegation sent letters to President Obama and Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, requesting a disaster declaration for Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski and Saline counties.
Severe winter storms that began Christmas Day led to three deaths and left 260,000 households without power, according to the delegation.
Members of the delegation also requested that Arkansas be eligible for FEMA public assistance grants that would reimburse state and local governments for the cost of repairing or rebuilding damaged public infrastructure.
They asked that the state be eligible for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants that are used to reduce disaster losses and protect against future disaster damages.
The letters were signed by Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., and Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Reps. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (8306.T) (MUFG) said it will pay $8.6 million to U.S. regulators as a settlement for transactions that could be seen as violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran and Myanmar.
MUFG said its core commercial bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), conducted money transfer and other transactions with clients related to Iran, Myanmar, Sudan and Cuba between 2006 and 2007.
The bank said it had no knowledge at the time that such transactions could be violating U.S. sanctions as the transactions were done with the clients' bank accounts in countries not targeted by the U.S. sanctions, including the United States. The transactions totaled 97 cases and $5.9 million.
MUFG, Japan's biggest bank, said it held a series of consultations with U.S. regulatory body, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) about the transactions.
"Some of the transactions reported by BTMU were determined to be apparent violations of the OFAC regulations," it said in a statement.
Standard Chartered Plc (STAN.L) agreed to pay $327 million to resolve allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions, on top of a $340 million fine in August on Iranian sanctions.
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When it comes to *nix administration I know my way around, but one thing that I'm a little confused about is the function of BIND. Here's the problem: I have a server that's running FreeBSD 7 and I also have a domain name that it is pointed to the IP address of my server. I have a website that's up and running but what's weird is that when I browse the website using my domain name, there are certain things missing (title of website is not being displayed in the web browser and I can't get to the administrator page). But if I browse the website using the IP address of my server, everything works just fine. I did a nslookup on the domain name, and it showed an IP different from the server that the domain name is pointed to.
So here's my question: Is this happening because I didn't configure the DNS for that domain name on my server? If I configure BIND correctly for my domain name, will I then be able to browse through my website without a problem using the domain name?
Thanks for the help!
So here's my question: Is this happening because I didn't configure the DNS for that domain name on my server? If I configure BIND correctly for my domain name, will I then be able to browse through my website without a problem using the domain name?
Probably not because as first thing you need to route on the actual server.
I think you are being redirected to the router's IP or some other IP that is visible from outside (WAN , Internet) if this is not handled you will not browse the /var/www/some_dir_where_there_are_the_web-pages
on the computer that You use (the client) handle the hosts.
On nix this is usually /etc/hosts
On Win this is in WINxxx/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
put something like:
actual_LAN's_server_ip www.my_domain.com
I have a public IP: 184.108.40.206
My Web server: 192.168.0.200
My client (browser): 192.168.0.100
thus the first 2 lines in my hosts are:
127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.0.200 www.my_domain.com
Try. You should be able in seeing it.
I tried that, but that's not the problem. Let me give a little background so that it may be easier to understand the problem.
My FreeBSD server is a dedicated server that's in a data center. My friend owns a domain name that I'm using, so I asked him that he pointed the domain name to my server's IP address. Now, I can browse the domain name and view the website just fine from any computer (inside the LAN or outside), but there are certain little things that are missing in the website when I view it using the domain name. But if I use the IP of my server, there's nothing missing in the website.
Now here's what I find weird: If I ping or do a nslookup on the domain name that's pointed to my server's IP, I get a reply from an IP that's not my server's IP address. And if I browse the domain name, I can view my website just fine (with the exception of certain missing things).
Is this something that needs to be worked on the registrar of the domain name, or do I need to configure DNS for the domain name on my server?
If I ping or do a nslookup on the domain name that's pointed to my server's IP, I get a reply from an IP that's not my server's IP address.
Think that the issue stems from an non-updated DNS server.
I have a local cache DNS server. The first time that I nslookup a name it cannot handle and gets the record from another authoritative DNS near to me. From that time on the backup server continues to give the first record.
Investigating in this direction should bring you to find "who" still caches the old IP.
So what should I do once I find who caches the old the IP? And how can I find who is caching the IP (with "whois" command ?)?
Sorry if this a stupid question.
Yes whois command would be an appropriate way, but it might be a bit dated. To check the current DNS server, ask your friend to log in the domain admin website and check the dns server address.
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sometimes , as 18Googol2 pointed out, takes a lot of time to having all DNS servers to update. Therefore I point my server or client to the DNS server that was holding the domain informations in first place and check if all went well. In this case this will be that of your friend or the DNS that your friend managed.
Thanks for all the help guys.
The DNS issue just got a little weirder. The best way to explain the issue is by letting you guys see for yourselves. Try going to this domain (domain pointed to my server):
www.ibbi.org (this will go to the home page)
www.ibbi.org/administrator (it will all show the home page, but its supposed to go to the administrator section)
ibbi.org (it will go to the home page, but it shows the IP of the server where you typed the URL in the web browser)
ibbi.org/administrator (it shows a blank page)
http://18.104.22.168/administrator (this is the IP of my server, and it shows the correct administrator page).
Now, what could be causing all of this to happen? Is this due to DNS issues still? Does this has to do with my server or with the domain's registrar?
Change src='http://126.96.36.199/' to src='http://188.8.131.52/administrator', you will see what you wish. However, its a dirty fix. What you should do is:
- Log in the website that manages the domain ibbi.org.
- Point the domain to IP 188.8.131.52 (currently point to 126.96.36.199 & 188.8.131.52)
- Point the host www.ibbi.org to IP 18.104.22.168 (currently point to 22.214.171.124)
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I get this IP address for www.ibbi.org
$ dig www.ibbi.org ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> www.ibbi.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 39776 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;www.ibbi.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.ibbi.org. 14400 IN A 126.96.36.199 ;; Query time: 276 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.222.10#53(192.168.222.10) ;; WHEN: Wed May 21 23:35:09 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 46
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
I really appreciate all the help.
I contacted my friend (the one with access to the domain name registrar) and told him the whole issue. I asked that he take a look to see why the domain name is pointing to a different IP when you "dig" it or "ping" and correct that problem since its probably to do with the domain being misconfigured in the registrar.
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Sorry about my earlier post, was having some brain farts yesterday. Here's the website http://salvatorestomatopies.com/current-menu/They'll do a pie that's half Fat Uncle Tony and half Med if that's what you like. Not the best place for date night, a 16" pie is a lot for 2 people.
I went to Salvatore's for my birthday, and it was AWESOME.One thing about tomato pies...just like pizza, there are many varieties!My in-laws are from Utica, NY, and they are VERY serious about their tomato pies. They have seen Salvatore's (which looks very much like yours, Norma) and we have all agreed that it is not "tomato pie". I will post the recipe that I found and made (to their approval) later today or tomorrow.
Here is one that I made awhile ago, and here is the recipe and where I found it:3 1/2 Cups flour(I never need this much) 1 Cup warm water 2 Tablespoons Yeast(1 package of Fleischman's Active dry yeast) 2 Tablespoons Honey 1/4 Cup Olive Oil(Extra Virgin light) 1/2 Teaspoon Salt Mix warm water(85 degrees to 115 degrees,should be warm to touch but not hot)with Honey and Salt.Add Yeast and mix. Let sit 5mins.Add 1 cup Flour and Olive oil until well blended.Add flour slowly until it forms a ball. Knead for a couple of min.( I usually knead until smooth,you know feels like velvet) Place in warm area in a covered(with a wet warm cloth) bowl till double in size. Punch down and let rise again until double in size. Grease cookie sheet or baking sheet with Olive oil and stretch dough until it is 12x12" form crust and let rise for 45 min. Spread sauce on and bake at 450 degrees 15 min.or until brown. Tomato Pie Recipe 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic 1 28-to-32-oz. can crushed tomatoes 1 tsp. dried oregano salt and pepper to taste 1 lb. pizza dough 3 tbsp. grated Pecorino Romano cheese Preheat oven to 450°F. Stretch the pizza dough to cover a greased cookie sheet. Dough should be fairly thick (about 3/4 inch). Allow the dough to rise a bit while the sauce is cooking. Heat a saucepan on medium, add the olive oil and garlic, and sauté until the garlic is just golden. Add crushed tomatoes and oregano. Cook until the sauce is thickened, about 15-20 minutes. Cool the sauce to room temperature. Top the pizza dough with the sauce and then bake in 450°F oven for about 15-20 minutes. After removing the pie from the oven, sprinkle with the cheese. Let the pie cool to room temperature before eating. Recipe by Frank DuRoss Jr. for an easier way use Don Pepino pizza sauce on a pizza shell, top with grated cheese bake, cool and serve at room temperature.that's how De Iorios bakery in Utica does it. http://www.deiorios.com/http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/tomato-pie-m319381.aspxSorry if this is de-railing your thread, I just wanted to pipe in
Thanks for your kind words, Norma!Here are a couple of bad pics from Salvatore's.
@kramer73, I'm in your camp, the Utica version of "tomato pie" is what I think of when I hear TP, they just top it with a thick layer of rich tomato sauce, thus, Tomato Pie! There is a finishing dusting of romano, just enough to enhance but not overwhelm the tomatoes intense flavor. You say "tomato" and I'll say....!
The Utica tomato pie seems a little more unique to me, mozzarella on the Trenton Tomato Pie just doesn't separate it from what we think of as a normal pie. To each his own, I don't want to make enemies in Trenton, but that just wouldn't cut it in Utica!
Hi Norma. It's great to see your experimenting continue. Thanks for posting what you're trying.Couple questions: 1) Are you using cool water in your dough? Do you measure the water temp or just go by feel? 2) How long do you leave the dough to sit before you ball it? It is interesting how the dough gets very stretchy while just sitting there.Last weekend I made two identical dough balls, both with olive oil, but one I coated with olive oil before a cold ferment, and the other I coated with vegetable oil. Both were good, but the vegetable oil coated one seemed a little "lighter" and I actually liked it better.--Tim
I will keep experimenting until I find a decent formulation, or until I can understand why I have problems trying to replicate the kind of tomato pie I want.
Norma,Thanks for explaining that you use whatever water temperature you think you need to reach your target dough ball temperature. Makes sense, especially when your ambient temperature and humidity at the market can be so variable. --Tim


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I took these pics after I finished my Chinese final Saturday morning. There was no snow the prior night when we went to bed so I was surprised when I woke up- it was about 6 inches. Today (Sunday), about another 7 inches were dropped! I always seem to forget how beautiful the snow can be. I was reminded of the excitement I felt after a big storm as a kid in Minnesota.
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I took these pics after I finished my Chinese final Saturday morning. There was no snow the prior night when we went to bed so I was surprised when I woke up- it was about 6 inches. Today (Sunday), about another 7 inches were dropped! I always seem to forget how beautiful the snow can be. I was reminded of the excitement I felt after a big storm as a kid in Minnesota.
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Ellie in the snow
Ellie loves playing in the snow, especially with her snow manatee that Mish, Joe, and Christie made for her. This was Ellie's first time in the snow. She didn't have any waterproof boots, so we wrapped plastic bags around her legs with a rubberband.
Ellie riding the Snow Manatee.
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Friday, December 15, 2006
Together we can save the world and help us all survive.
There's nothing more motivating than a Choir of Sweedish 80s Metal Rockers trying to save the world. There are a few in here who don't belong- see if you can find them.
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Sunday, December 10, 2006
"Week-Before-Finals Week" Conspiracy
Finals start this Saturday- No problem. The problem is the "week-before-finals week." That's when teachers of every department get in cahoots to try to "break you" before finals. That's when you feel like pulling out your hair and forsaking your degree to live in the mountains away from the impending certainty of utter educational failure.
The "week-before-finals week" is, of course, when all of your final projects and papers are due on top of all the normal homework and expectations. Also, our so-called "professors" always find a way to add additional little assignments (too "petty" to break students' silence in class) and cram in the uncovered material in the name of "caring about our educational growth." Well, I don't buy it- You're just trying to break me, in which you find joy.
On top of it all, within a week of "the week-before-finals week," the teachers in at least half of your classes decide to put the final exam on the last day of class (often by a teacher-led class vote when unsuspecting freshmen vote for the affirmative) in order to "ease the burden of finals week," leaving no study time at all. I WANT MY FINALS WEEK BACK!
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Monday, December 04, 2006
Ellie dress-up
Today, Ellie was being super-cute--she went crazy covering herself with clean clothes from the hamper. It's just that she doesn't know how to put the clothes on the correct way... We'll get to that someday soon.
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
It's Christmas Time!
Last week, we put up the fake Christmas tree we got last June for three dollars at a garage sale. Ellie loves to pull the ornaments and/or branches off, so we wrapped some presents as a barrier to the tree. We love Christmas time! We are anxious for finals to be done on the 22nd of this month!
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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Stretch wrap not only protects our families from University of Utah vandals (as was this family's main intention during our biggest rivalry game), but also offers protection from the elements. Today's weather has boasted sporadic snow/ wind storms in the valley for our first real snowfall of the year! As you can see, stretch wrap clearly helps families bond.
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Tiff and I have decided that we will not be giving birth in China next year, mainly because of insurance reasons. Instead of leaving in January, we will go this fall after I graduate to teach English and improve our Chinese and nunchuck skills. We have made some good email friends in Tianjin who have been so helpful in helping us come to this decision. Now, it will be so much easier for you all to come and see the new baby when it is born, and much less expensive! We will learn the gender of the baby in about a month.
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This Thanksgiving weekend was great! We had extra family members here with us to make it magical! On Thanksgiving evening, soon after Scott flew in, we had an extremely wonderful dinner as unexpected pie continued to somehow appear in the kitchen. We all shared three things we are thankful for, including: family, the gospel, Mr. T, and indoor plumbing. Needless to say, it was a very memorable evening, even without a dinner table.
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Mr. T- Treat Your Mother Right
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Am I in college?
Tiff and I are in this "History of Creativity" class to fulfill our early civilization requirement to graduate from college. The take-home portion of the last exam was to create a mosaic out of any medium we wanted which depicted the concept of faith. So for hours of our valuable, and expensive, college study time, we cut up paper, marshmallows, and candy, and glued them to a big piece of paper. I really learned a lot of great life skills and knowledge, like making sure that the glue cap is on properly so the glue won't pour out like milk.
Above is Tiff's masterpiece "Consider the Lillies" made from sweedish fish, sweettarts, sunflower seeds, and gummy bears.
Below is Kyle's masterpiece "Nauvoo Temple" made from paper, pretzels, chocolate chips, and marshmallows.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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Ellie started to do a new trick. When I say "Hop on Pop" while laying on the ground, Ellie runs over and jumps on my back while giggling. She is now starting to understand some things that we say like: "Will you bring me a book?" "Will you bring this to mommy?" and "where's Elmo?" (referring to the Tickle Me Elmo toy she was recently given).
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Happy Birthday Noelani!
She's done it! Noelani successfully became one year older than me in a single day. We wanted to take her to play laser tag, but she wanted to play "Pit" instead... For those of you who may not know what Pit is, it is an extremely competitive game where the players trade cards and eventually lose their voice after yelling strategic numbers. Unfortunately, last night, I (Kyle) was the only one who lost my voice because then it was easy for everyone to ignore me like normal (my voice isn't back yet and I'm still being ignored). She also decided that soon she would throw a Willow party and today I collected some acorns for the acorn toss game. Overall, it was a fun evening.
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Ellie had a Cookie Monster Birthday!
Tiffany got the idea of a cookie monster cake while getting our weekly free brownie samples at the local grocery store. She saw a cake similar to this and said I can make a cake like that! When she said "I" she meant "Christie, Michelle, and I."
Ellie took a handful of the cake after blowing her candle out. She was so cute and charming. Later birthday events included match the baby picture with the adult in the room, and pin the binkie on the Ellie (paper binkies and a big drawing of Ellie- no pins or real Ellies).
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Sunday, November 12, 2006
My Addictive Primary Popcorn Problem
Today was the primary program at church, so we had a party afterwards! In my few years of memory, there seems to be a consistent chaos that has always correlated with the program every year. This time, nothing totally "absoludicrus" happened in the program, which was good. The real chaos happened during the post-program party. Kids running around, screaming, throwing things, making popcorn angels in the carpet, and trying to push thumb tacks in each other's legs all played an important part of today's activities.
While watching Mr. Krueger's Christmas, they dished out huge bags of popcorn, which was extremely delicious. It didn't take long before the floor was blanketed with ridiculously buttery and salty popcorn (which worked out for my benefit when I was the first to finish my bag...). OHHH! That popcorn was so good! When the popcorn was gone from my immediate area, I found the last kernel stuck to this one kid's back... he didn't even feel popcorn thief acting again in desperation. Ari (age 4) hung from my tie and nearly choked me to death soon after she was doing the unspeakable in her nose and without any shame. It was a memorable day, especially that popcorn. I would do pretty much ANYTHING to get more and began to scare Tiff... I also realized that it's a good thing I don't do drugs.
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Corn Maze Champs???
Tiff and I raced her sister and friend through this maze. I talked a lot of trash and even gave them a head start.
Forty-five minutes of running through the maze, the sweet buscuits of victory ran through my bones. Then we realized Christie had been outside for a good 15 minutes. My sweet buscuits turned to bitter shame.
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We're cool by association!
Noelani rocked us like a hurricane at the BYU Dancesport competition. It was really fun to go and cheer her on; she's really good!
We were going to get up and dance but then I remembered that I only know how to dance like David Bowie.
She took 5th place, and really boogied!!!
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
Ellie Khan
Earlier this month, Ellie won her first baby pageant! She took first place in the "Blast from the Past" category soon after her first birthday. She was so stoic in "Khan character."
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A few weeks back, Google announced that its Reader product was to be shut down; the reaction was instant and vitriolic, as we would expect from the internet community. Now, with hindsight, the reaction all seems a little silly.
'How The Shutdown Of Google Reader Threatens The Internet' – Forbes, 14th March 2013
'Like a Dagger to Bloggers' Hearts, Google Just Killed Google Reader' – The Atlantic Wire, 13th March 2013
Headlines such as these remind us of the value of objectivity and reason – being reactionary, a trait that seems to manifest itself across the journalistic world, might drive page views (or newspaper sales), but it doesn't necessarily help or inform anyone.
Here are four reasons why we should not get our proverbial knickers in a twist over the death of Google Reader.
1. There are plenty of alternatives
Reader is your favourite RSS aggregator, that's fine. You've got a Google account and it all fits nicely together, that's fine too. But if an RSS aggregator is that important to the way you work, there are many other alternatives: Mashable listed five in its article 'RIP Google Reader', including Feedly and Newsblur.
For those that make the move – not that you have any choice in the matter after the 1st July 2013 – it's possible to export your feeds using Google Takeaway or through generating an OPML file. The OPML file is a standard format and is accepted by other RSS readers; here's an example from Netvibes. For other services it's even easier to transfer your data; adding your Google account to Feedly or Flipboard will automatically synchronise all your feeds from one service to the other.
2. Things have moved on
More importantly, although there are straight 'apples for apples' alternatives for Reader, there are a slew of new applications and services for interacting with RSS.
The most visible of these is Flipboard, a self-styled 'Social Magazine', which is created from a number of RSS feeds pulled together and displayed in a magazine format. It's the format that really makes the difference here, moving away from text to a visually-rich experience with hi-definition imagery and print styling. It's engaging and hooks into existing paradigms – books, magazines – to create a more compelling interface for news and information.
Even Google has got in on the act with Google Currents, a mobile-only application that works in a similar fashion to Flipboard. Summly – now purchased by Marissa Meyer's Yahoo – is another strong product in the same space.
I've not included Twitter lists in this list, even though Mashable marked it as a candidate replacement application. For me they're different: one is real-time, miss it and it's gone, whilst RSS aggregators are archives, building slowly over time.
3. It's not the death of RSS
Maybe I should have put this first, rather than third, as it seems as if the internet is equating the death of Reader with the death of RSS. But of course, it isn't the death of RSS. All the products listed above use RSS to gather information – it's just the way they display the information that changes from product to product.
For those of you worried that Google is in charge of everything related to the internet, from standards to connectivity and anything else you want to mention, they're not. RSS will continue to live, and it will continue to be a brilliantly simple way of sharing data automatically between services, from Twitter feeds to blog posts.
4. For Google, it's not a core product
Last of all, from Google's perspective, Reader just isn't a core product. When Larry Page took over the reins he was clear in his intention to strip away anything that was deemed non-critical. Some may argue that he hasn't held to this completely – what with the driverless cars and Google Glasses still on the agenda – but there's no doubt he has performed some spring cleaning.
The fact is that Google Reader does not add anything to search. It doesn't provide contextual information like Google+, it just exists on the periphery. It's user base may be loyal, but that's no reason for a business to continue with a product.
All Things D technology reporter, Liz Gannes, also added that the issues around Reader's shutdown may be linked to privacy and compliance, but this is unconfirmed by Google.
Google Reader – it doesn't really matter after all
Google Reader may have been held dear by it's power users, but I suspect – personally – that your average internet user will not mourn (or even be aware of) its passing. The internet is not static, it's not the same even from hour to hour, and the way we interact with information will – and must – change with it.
For those that do want to stay with the "Reader experience", they can still have it, but I will happily move on to something more visual, more interactive, and more engaging.


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For many home owners a primary concern is to seal the concrete of their garage floor in order to protect it from water intrusion, dusting, road salts, pitting, and most important, to help resist oil stains. If you want to do this at the best value and without concern about having the latest decorative finish or coating for your garage floor, then a siliconate penetrating concrete sealer may be all that you need.
Why? Although decorative garage floor coatings such as epoxy look great and do a good job of sealing the concrete, there are people who have simple "working" garages. They are not as concerned about how nice a concrete sealer looks, but rather how well it performs without a lot of expense and preparation. If you think this may be you, then here is why you need to consider a siliconate concrete sealer.
What makes a siliconate sealer different than a coating is the fact that it actually penetrates (hence the name) into the concrete floor to create a protective barrier at the sub surface. Other garage floor sealers such as acrylic, epoxy, and polyurethanes are topical in nature. They sit on top of the surface to form a protective film or coating.
A siliconate sealer works by permeating into the pores of the concrete and chemically reacting with carbon dioxide. This reaction creates a cross-linking molecular membrane barrier that is hydrophobic. This barrier is effective at repelling water and other liquids such as chemicals, salts, and oil. It's this barrier that helps prevent liquids from transferring through the surface. In essence, water, automotive fluids, and most other liquids will tend to bead or sheet instead.
How a siliconate penetrating sealer works on a concrete garage floor
Furthermore, the chemical reaction that fills the pores and capillaries within the upper surface of the slab also tends to strengthen the surface of the concrete as well. While not as effective as a densifier for surface strength, it does help with surface wear none the less.
Concrete Siliconate Sealer Benefits
- Forms a hydrophobic barrier to help prevent intrusion of water and other liquids
- Reduces staining including oil, gas, and other automotive fluids
- Helps to prevent pitting, spalling, and surface cracks from water absorption
- Reduces concrete dusting and helps prevent efflorescence
- Helps to prevent the harmful effects of road salts and deicing fluids
- Inhibits mold and mildew growth
- Breathable, water based and low in VOC's
- Excellent for garage floors, driveways, walkways, patios, and basement floors
- Low cost delivers one of the best values in concrete sealers
As stated, additional benefits to consider include mold and mildew resistance as well as protection from the harmful effects of road salts and deicing fluids. This means that if your garage temperatures drop below freezing overnight, the surface will be protected from the pitting and spalling that can occur due to the expanding effects of freeze thaw cycles from melted snow and deicing fluids that can seep into the concrete.
Siliconate sealers dry to a natural looking finish without any sheen. And because a penetrating sealer is non film forming, it allows for the same anti-slip protection as bare concrete. Furthermore, you don't have to worry about damaging the sealer if you drag sharp objects across the garage floor when working on cars or projects. They are also a favorite concrete sealer for driveways, walkways, and patios.
Other factors to consider are expense and ease of application. This is what makes a siliconate concrete sealer for your garage floor one of the best values you can find. Most 2-car garages will require only one or two gallons of sealer depending on the manufacturer. Cost is usually less than $50 a gallon for a quality product and application is much easier than applying a coating or even paint for that matter. Expect it to last up to 10 years or more before a new application is necessary.
One thing to be aware of is that penetrating sealers for concrete do not seal cracks. Cracks will still need to be repaired first in order to seal the garage floor properly.
Will a siliconate sealer stop oil stains in concrete?
There is one point that we want to make clear. Though siliconate concrete sealers can be fairly resistant to oil stains, they are not stain proof. In fact, there is not a penetrating sealer available that is. Only a commercial quality garage floor coating will provide close to stain proof oil protection.
The reason for this is that penetrating sealers are non-film forming. Unlike coatings, they seal the concrete at the subsurface. However, what makes a siliconate sealer unique is that they consist of a relatively larger molecular structure than most other penetrating sealers. This allows for better surface protection and better resistance to oil stains than most other concrete sealers.
For the best protection from oil stains when using a penetrating sealer, it's important to clean them up as you see them and not let them dwell or sit for a long time. If they do sit, they will eventually seep into the very upper layer of the concrete surface and can possibly leave a faint stain once cleaned.
Siliconate sealers that we recommend
There are two products we like to recommend that work extremely well and get great reviews. The first is PS101 by Concrete Sealers USA. This siliconate sealer has a strong reputation for great performance and is known for lasting years. In fact, the reviews are outstanding.
It only wears down as the concrete wears down and can also be used as a "cure and seal" for new concrete. Application is easy with no special mixing required. The coverage rate is 300 – 450 ft² per gallon for machine troweled and smooth finishes.
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After speaking with a representative from Concrete Sealers USA, they recommend their PS102 if you have a broom finished garage floor. It's formulated for the more porous surface that a broom finish provides.
PS102 also works extremely well for driveways, walkways, and patios since these are typically a more porous finish as well. Expect a coverage rate of 200-300ft² per gallon for these type of applications. Just as the PS101, it can be also be used as a "cure and seal" for newly poured concrete.
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The second product we can recommend is Armor SC25 by Fountation Armor. Besides garage floors, this penetrating siliconate sealer is developing a strong reputation for use on driveways, walkways, patios, and basements.
The coverage rate is 200 – 250 ft² for machine troweled or smooth dense surfaces and 100 – 150 ft² for a broom finish or rough surface. Just as the PS101, SC25 is water based and no special mixing is required. One note to make is that Foundation Armor does not recommend SC25 as a "cure and seal" for freshly poured concrete.
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One thing to pay close attention to is the spelling for penetrating sealers. For instance, a popular seller at home improvement centers is silicone sealers. Notice the difference? Silicone versus siliconate. It's easy to miss this.
We do not recommend a silicone sealer for a garage floor or outside on walkways, driveways, and patios. The reason is that they tend to sit more on top of the surface and do not penetrate as well.
Though they have good hydrophobic and oileophobic properties, they wear down at the surface extremely quick and lose their sealing properties. Yearly reapplication is recommended. They also are not U.V. resistant and will deteriorate over time when exposed to sunlight.
Applying a penetrating sealer to your garage floor
Make sure the surface of the garage floor is free of dust and oil. Clean up any oil spills that may have accumulated and scrub the surface of your garage floor with TSP and a stiff bristled brush. A floor maintainer with a black pad works even better.
Rinse off the surface with a hose and let it thoroughly dry – usually 24 hours is sufficient unless the humidity is up. When ready, apply the sealer with a low pressure pump sprayer or roller and paint brush. Do not let it puddle till dry or it will leave a white chalky substance that is hard to remove. The area should be ready for traffic in 12 hours. That's it!
Once done, you will have a natural looking surface that is protected for the next 10 years or more depending on traffic. So if you are the no frills, "working" garage type of person that wants to protect their garage floor with minimal preparation and expense, then a siliconate penetrating garage floor sealer is definitely worthy of your consideration.


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A group of scientists from Montana State University issued a report Tuesday that says the tornado season is starting a week earlier than in the past across a part of the Midwest known as Tornado Alley.
The report looked at tornado statistics from 1954 to 2009 and focused primarily on Oklahoma, northeast Texas and Nebraska. Scientists said they found that the peak of tornado season in recent years has been around May 19, compared to May 26 in the early and mid 1950s.
"If we take Nebraska out (of the data), it is nearly a two-week shift earlier," said John Long, a Montana State researcher who was lead author of the study.
The scientists found a link between early tornadoes in Oklahoma and the presence of stronger El Nino conditions. You'll remember that El Nino is a condition of warmer-than-usual surface water temperatures in the eastern Pacific.
El Nino conditions tend to put a lid on hurricane development in the Atlantic and Caribbean, but they also tend to produce a lot of rain and storm activity in the winter and early spring months across a corridor stretching from California and Arizona to Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
So it makes sense that El Nino years would produce early tornado outbreaks.
The Montana State researchers didn't spend a lot of time in the study looking for causes of the early tornadoes, but they said it is in line with what you'd expect from a warmer climate.
Hurricane activity: As we expected, hurricane activity in the Atlantic remains rather quiet this season. The strongest storm so far, Category-3 Hurricane Edouard, is moving across the central Atlantic Ocean this week.
It is expected to curve east of Bermuda and head back toward Europe, possibly threatening the Azores with strong winds this weekend as it turns into a post-tropical storm.
Meanwhile, Odile has weakened from a strong hurricane to a tropical storm as it pushes northward through the Gulf of California, between Baja California and the Mexican mainland. That storm is forecast to make landfall in northwest Mexico and then move northward -- in a much weakened state -- into Arizona.
Look for plenty of news coverage in coming days about flash flooding in Arizona and New Mexico. Parts of those states could get very heavy rain later this week.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Study: Tornado season starts earlier
A group of scientists from Montana State University issued a report Tuesday that says the tornado season is starting a week earlier than in the past across a part of the Midwest known as Tornado Alley.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Yes, that's snow falling up north
Was it really only a week ago when it felt like summer wouldn't end?
Now the Charlotte area is looking at high temperatures only in the 70s for much of next week, and some residents in the northern-most United States awakened to snow on the ground Friday.
Up to 8 inches of snow accumulated in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and the National Weather Service in Sioux City said it was the earliest accumulating snow in the region since 1888. Snow also accumulated the past two days in Canada's Alberta province and in Montana.
Low temperatures are expected to reach the upper 20s Friday morning in parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas, and Great Lakes locations like Cleveland and Detroit will see the mid and upper 40s.
Here in the Carolinas, the heart of the cold air won't arrive. The cold front will stall along the coast, and while cooler air will be sweeping into the eastern United States, the truly chilly conditions will never get into the Southeast.
Meanwhile, it's still tropical weather season in the Atlantic and Caribbean. And there are two areas of interest.
A tropical depression developed Thursday about 700 miles west of the Azores. This system could turn into a tropical storm by early Friday and a hurricane soon after.
However, computer models indicate that the system, which would be be named Edouard if it reaches tropical storm status will curve into the open Atlantic and never threaten the mainland United State.
The other system is crossing the southern part of Florida and will emerge into the Gulf of Mexico sometime this weekend. It will not have enough time to strengthen much, but it will bring heavy rain to parts of Louisiana and south Texas.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Cool, wet weekend; then maybe taste of fall next week
Those of you who have been griping about hot weather can celebrate. It looks as if a real change to cool conditions is on the way, although it might make the weekend rather unpleasant.
The first real shot of chilly air is expected to push out of Canada and into the northern edge of the United States over the next few days. There will even be a bit of snow in the northern Rockies, and scattered frost over parts of Montana and the Dakotas.
That autumn-like air mass will push eastward, bringing much cooler air to the Great Lakes over the weekend and then the Northeast early next week.
The edge of that cool air will move through the Carolinas on Friday, but there are some real questions over whether the cold front will have enough of a push to reach the Deep South. That means the front could stall over Georgia and South Carolina, setting the stage for a cool, cloudy, wet weekend.
In September and October, it's not uncommon for these late-summer and early-autumn cool air masses to get hung up near or just south of the Charlotte area. When that happens, small low pressure systems develop on the stalled front and move eastward, bringing a mix of drizzle, light rain and even moderate rain showers.
It's a version of the cold air wedge, and it could be in our future this weekend.
By early next week, computer models indicate that the front finally will push south, allowing skies to clear in the Charlotte region. If that happens, we could be in for a real taste of autumn, with daytime highs in the mid 70s and morning lows in the low and mid 50s.
A sure bet: Speaking of cold air wedges ... Tuesday was another example of how you could make a lot of money betting against the computer models when it comes to wedge patterns in the Carolinas.
The models almost always are too optimistic in predicting when the wedge will weaken and allow the clouds to break and sunshine to return. On Tuesday, the models showed sunshine returning by midday Tuesday to Charlotte, with temperatures climbing into the mid 80s. Naturally, the clouds hung tough all day.
That happens nearly every time in these wedge patterns.
Assuming the wedge breaks down Wednesday, we'll see a brief return to summer-like weather, with highs reaching the mid 80s. Temperatures could hit the upper 80s Thursday, but then the cold front will arrive Friday and bring it all to an end.


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Miley Cyrus, showing respect for the environment, has been given a new hybrid eco car, which she is all too happy to swap for the old flashy gas guzzler.
The country singer told fans in a blog video that she got the new eco friendly car because her old car was 'bad for the environment'.
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