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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to frame climate change as a make-or-break political issue, urging Americans to vote only for those who will protect the country from environmental harm.
He says people in the United States already are paying a price for climate change, including in lost lives and hundreds of billions of dollars.
"If you agree with me, I'll need you to act," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. "Remind everyone who represents you, at every level of government, that there is no contradiction between a sound environment and a strong economy — and that sheltering future generations against the ravages of climate change is a prerequisite for your vote."
In his remarks released Saturday but recorded at the White House before his trip to Africa, Obama is trying to persuade the public to help sell his climate change plan for him.
That plan, released last week, is bypassing Congress after years of efforts to get lawmakers to pass legislation to deal with the issue.
At the core of Obama's plan are new controls on new and existing power plants that emit carbon dioxide, heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. The program is intended to boost renewable energy production on federal lands, increase efficiency standards and prepare communities to deal with higher temperatures.
None of the measures in Obama's plan requires congressional action.
Republicans and some Democrats have denounced the plan as a job-killing "war on coal," and opponents could try to undercut Obama's plan or hinder it through legal action if Americans don't seem to be on board.
"The question is not whether we need to act. The question is whether we will have the courage to act before it's too late," Obama said.
Obama has also pledged that the U.S. will lead other nations in a "coordinated assault" to reduce pollution. But he acknowledged Saturday in a town hall meeting with young people in Johannesburg that the U.S. and other wealthy countries must shoulder a disproportionate part of the burden.
His proposal to cut off U.S. subsidies for coal-fired power plants overseas, for example, includes exemptions for the poorest countries where no better technology is available.
"The United States cannot do it by itself," Obama said in South Africa. "I expect it's going to be your generation that helps lead this, because if we don't, it's going to be your generation that suffers the most."
In the Republican address, Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas says there are troubling, unanswered questions about the implementation of Obama's health care law.
"We must put an end to the fear and uncertainty," Roberts says. "Those 'bumps' and 'glitches' the president talks about? It's a train wreck, folks, and we have to get America out of the way."
AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace in Johannesburg contributed to this report.
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|De Keuken Groep
|Gert Jan Knevel
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|Drebbelstraat, Bergen op Zoom
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The task was to select an architect to create a new head office for the De Keuken Group (following the merger of Keller and Bruynzeel) by transforming the existing Bruynzeel complex in Bergen op Zoom. The existing Bruynzeel complex consists of production buildings with a small section housing a supporting office function, a canteen, a showroom and a museum. The programme to be added includes office functions, showrooms and a new canteen.
The current walkways in the existing factory provide the logistical starting points for the new programme required. In this programme, the offices, the showrooms, the museum, the shop and the canteen are arranged in a line on the south-eastern side of the H. Between the factory and the new programme lies a new walkway. Connecting this walkway directly to the glazed façade of the production line will not only create a logistical link but the new programme will also form a visual entity with the factory.
In the tradition of Keller and Bruynzeel, it was decided that the building should have a light and transparent look. As a result, the façades will be constructed using a varying rhythm of window frames fitted with glass, diffuse glass or solid panels. The recess at the entrance and the variety in terms of height makes the new building strikingly different to the factory without them competing with each other

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Title text: 'I see you're in this mood again.' 'I am always in this mood.'
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It is a common superstition that breaking a mirror will result in 7 years of bad luck. Black Hat is saying the same thing, but in his usual enigmatic way, with "luck" being called "the indifferent hand of probability." He is thus saying that his breaking the mirror will not change his fate in any way. "Eccles. 9:2" refers to the Bible book "Ecclesiastes," specifically chapter 9 verse 2 ("All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath." King James Version). "My fate is as these shards" parallels Ecclesiastes 3:19: "Man's fate is like that of the animals". "All is vanity" is also from Ecclesiastes, specifically the introduction to chapter 1. The mirror, is often associated with the vice of vanity." There is also a drawing titled "All is Vanity" by Charles Allan Gilbert, which alternately depicts a woman admiring herself at a dressing table, or "vanity," and (when viewed at a distance) a human skull. The table Black Hat is standing at is also called a "vanity."
- [Black Hat and Cueball stand in a bedroom. There is a broken mirror on the floor at Black Hat's feet]
- Black Hat: Oops. Guess this means seven more years of the illusion that my actions somehow influence the indifferent hand of probability which governs our lives.
- [Black Hat looks down at the broken shards of glass on the floor]
- Cueball: Plus like half an hour of sweeping.
- Black Hat: No, I think I'll leave it.
- Cueball: You'll get glass in your feet.
- Black Hat: Eccles. 9:2—All things come alike to all: to the clean, and to the unclean.
- My fate is as these shards.
- Cueball: Dude, chill. It's just a vanity mirror.
- Black Hat: All is vanity mirrors.
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The lettering on the first word is unusually sloppy. I thought it said "COPS", as in Black Hat was about to be arrested for breaking the mirror, on the TV show Cops. - Frankie (talk) 11:16, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yep, I read COPS, too. In another vein, is Black-hat getting all religious on us? Cueball, maybe. Beret guy, more likely. But Black-hat seems to be too machiavellian to quote biblical passages, except as a crutch or an "out". (Edit: now that I think about it, it's the latter: the same fate awaits everybody... as in, everybody will cut their feet on the shards.) -- 126.96.36.199 20:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Does anyone have an opinion on how Black Hat broke the mirror? If it simply fell from the wall, he would not incur the bad luck. Jsbqvb 15:31, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- I think his point is that it wouldn't matter; there ain't no such thing as bad luck: the same fate awaits everybody. -- 188.8.131.52 20:05, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
- Maybe he did it on purpose, just for that soliloquy at the end (I wouldn't put it past him...).--Dangerkeith3000 (talk) 20:59, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Time for some more obvious questions, which I dont get! So, why he decided not to tidy it, but to leave shards like that? 18.104.22.168 05:44, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
What's the significance of the title text? "I am always [something]" rings a faint bell, but I can't place it. Wwoods (talk) 19:49, 20 November 2012 (UTC)
- It made me think of "We have always been at war with Eastasia" (from Orwell's 1984) ...but that probably wasn't what Randall meant to evoke. —126.96.36.199 22:14, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Could it be the comic where the title text ends with I AM ALWAYS BREATHING MANUALLY (Skynet, comic 1046) 22.214.171.124 15:18, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
"All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that does not sacrifice: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears an oath, as he that fears the results of a sworn oath." means: Everyone dies eventually.
If you sweep up the shards you will clean most of them up but will not gather every piece for sure. It looks like you care if you do that though. Black hat has an history of not caring. Not that anyone has the right to interpret what another man writes. Nor should one care so deeply as to do so. Especially not for a bloody comic! I think he was just pointing out that Cueball's statement, though possible, was not necessarily true or untrue. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 14:35, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Given that Black Hat is known to be based on Aram from Men In Hats, this seems relevant: http://meninhats.com/d/20031022.html 220.127.116.11 03:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC) The rain, it raineth on the just, And also on the unjust fella. But mainly on the just, because The unjust steals the just's umbrella.22.214.171.124 05:49, 29 August 2015 (UTC)


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[International: Zimbabwe Votes]
The epic battle for Zimbabwe's top is set for June 27.
President Robert Mugabe of Zanu PF will be embroiled in a bruising fight with Morgan Tsvangirai who is still riding on a wave of confidence following his narrow win in the first round of the presidential contest on March 29.
Mugabe, the veteran politician, lost an election for the first time in 28 years, when Tsvangirai edged him.
In the presidential poll results announced on May 2, Tsvangirai won 1, 195, 562 votes (47.9 percent) while Mugabe polled 1, 079, 730 (43.2 percent); the other two contestants Simba Makoni and little-known Langton Towungana polled 207, 470 (8.3 percent) and 14, 503 (0.6 percent) respectively.
None of the presidential contestants managed to secure the required majority to win outright and form the government. According to Zimbabwean laws if no candidate gets 51 percent, a run off must be held in 21 days. But owing to a number of logistical and financial reasons, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission set June 27 as the D-Day for the polls which will decide the winner of the presidential race.
Whoever wins in the run-off, automatically obtains an absolute majority unless there is a tie, in which case Parliament sits as an electoral college to elect the President. Zimbabwe is once again hogging the limelight –the psychological war between the country's major political parties –Zanu PF and MDC-Tsvangirai, the raging political motivated violence, the difficult economic situation in the country characterized by inflation pegged at 355, 000 percent and shortages of basic commodities and other essential services.
All this aside, the major talk in bars, kombis, football matches and other social gatherings is who will win the June 27 poll. "If Zanu succeeds in getting all its disenchanted supporters to vote in the run-off, Mugabe will be home and dry. If it doesn't, it would be bye-bye for the 84-year-old revolutionary," wrote Baffour Ankomah in the New African.
"The urban areas, desperately wanting a change from the economic hardships and collapse of essential services will as usual, vote massively for their traditional candidate, Tsvangirai. But demography is not on their side. Figures show that only 20 percent of the voting population live in urban areas while the rest live in Zanu's rural heartland where the land issue still resonates most."
Zanu PF party politicians say the playing ground was not even and was biased in favor of the MDC-Tsvangirai party which got huge support from the Western governments and media and won votes out of the pain arising from the imposition of sanctions on the government.
Mugabe and his supporters say Britain and its Western allies have worked consistently to overthrow them, first by creating and funding the opposition MDC party and what they say are the "so-called" civil society groups working against the government.
"These charges have been routinely dismissed and rubbished by Britain and its friends, but it has not stopped Harare from insisting that, by imposing economic and other sanctions on the country, Britain and its allies are seeking to 'make the economy scream' a la Chile under Salvadore Allende in the early 1970s when American dirty tricks induced the collapse of the Chilean economy which eventually led to the overthrow of Allende's government and his assassination in a military coup in 1973," Ankomah says.
"The trick has always been to gradually wear down the people of a targeted country via economic hardships and thus push them slowly towards an imaginary 'tipping point' from where they will kick out the government. The 'tipping point' has almost been reached in Zimbabwe and the results of the 29 March elections were just a reflection and confirmation of that fact. In other words, the people voted with their stomach."
Critics and the opposition deny this and accuse Mugabe of mismanaging the economy. "There is no way Zanu PF can win a transparent election in Zimbabwe considering the mess in which the country is in," Brian Ngwenya, a University of Zimbabwe political analyst was quoted saying. "The tide of change is so strong and cannot be stopped by violence."
Adds prominent Zimbabwe academic Eldred Masunungure: "Zanu PF has realized that violence was the missing factor in the just-ended elections and this time around they are going to use it to ensure victory for Mugabe. In the March elections Mugabe used buses, computers, generators and enhanced civil service salaries but still lost. For them, violence is the only means for a clear win for Mugabe."
Other political observers say a win by Mugabe in the June 27 presidential election run-off against MDC's Morgan Tsvangirai will render the country ungovernable given that there is now hung parliament.
In the March 29 elections, no party won an absolute majority in either the House of Assembly or Senate. In the Lower House of the Zimbabwe Parliament, the Tsvangirai-led MDC won 99 seats, Zanu PF 97 and the other MDC faction, headed by Arthur Mutambara, won 10. Another seat went to independent candidate Jonathan Moyo, who was backed in the polls by the MDC-Tsvangirai.
The two MDC factions have since agreed to work together giving them a combined total of 110 seats against Zanu PF's 97. Moyo backs the MDC.
In the Senate, the combined MDC and Zanu PF are tied with 30 seats each and it is the result of the presidential run-off that would decide which party will control the chamber. Whoever wins the run-off will have the power to appoint 10 provincial governors and five other non-constituency senators. The other 18 seats would be occupied by traditional chiefs.
There is a clear case of a hung parliament and in such cases, political analysts say there is need for cooperation between the parties in parliament. If there is no cooperation, then the country will be ungovernable, they say.
"President Mugabe's choices are limited, but he can dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections in the hope that he will garner more seats than the opposition," Masunungure argues.
Political analysts feel strongly that it would be impossible for Mugabe to push new legislation through parliament, as the MDC would not assent to any Bill in the House of Assembly. Chances were high that the MDC could refuse to pass budget or Finance Bills and this would be mean a vote of no confidence in the president and government, which would dissolve parliament.
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At the moment both sides are upbeat that they will the June 27 run-off. Zanu PF has oiled its machinery and seems ready to see its leader win the crucial election. Tsvangirai too, is confident on the back of an earlier win. His supporters even say he is the "president in-waiting."
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This year, in Belfast Ireland, the team – named United - and head coach and Maspeth native Jerry Matacatta look to secure another top spot.
United and another team comprised of FDNY members will represent the United States at the games.
The event takes place from August 1-10, and brings several thousand first responders from all over the world competing in 64 sports.
"We're going and all of the guys are excited," said Matacatta, who explained that despite political unrest in the region, it's important for the games to go on. "We're going to hope that sports can heal the process there."
He has seen volleyball have that effect on the court with his own players.
"There is so much brotherhood and camaraderie among them on the volleyball court, which is why they are successful in what they do," he said.
But the team's success begins with practice. Matacatta praised Maspeth High School for letting United use the school's gym as a practice facility.
Also, a physical therapist from Premier Care in Maspeth donates his time and helps the players with injuries.
Officer George Matthews was coached by Matacatta when he attended Queensborough Community College, and when he created United he called on his old coach to guide the team.
The year the team won the bronze medal, the games were in New York so most of the team members were showing up to compete after working long shifts.
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Speaking to Windpower Monthly, ETI programme manager offshore Andrew Scott said the company was working with a wind turbine manufacturer with a view to testing the blade, currently being developed by segmented blade specialist Blade Dynamics.
Scott said the plan was to test an 80-metre blade next year, with the view to installation beyond that. He was unable to reveal the name of the turbine manufacturer brought in for the testing phase, although the ETI is currently working with Alstom on the development of a floating platform for the latter's 6MW Haliade turbine.
The ETI was originally appointed by the UK government in 2011 to design a 90-metre blade. At the time, the company said the aim was to produce a blade for an 8-10MW turbine, the most economical according to the group at the time.
Last year, it went on to appoint Anglo-American firm Blade Dynamics to design a 100-metre component. Blade Dynamics's main product is a 48-metre blade split into easy-to-handle individual components that can fit into standard 40-foot containers. The blades are unique due to the company's patented ultra-thin blade root technology.
Back in 2011, the longest blade had barely gone above 70 metres. However, since then the record has been broken repeatedly with LM Windpower and Siemens both going beyond this mark with 73 metres and 75 metres respectively. Now Vestas and Euros/Mitsubishi have broken the 80 metre boundary with blades for the V164 and SeaAngel turbines. These all come in one section.
Scott dismissed the view that ETI's project is being overtaken by these components. He said the aim was to take Blade Dynamics modular technology and apply it to create a new platform that is "lighter and more precise" than current designs.
Additionally, the more transportable modular design would be suitable for offshore sites. Beyond this, he said, the blade would be increased to 100 metres and beyond.
Overall, the aim is produce a new blade platform that will go beyond the 80-100-metre length while offering a greater performance and lower capital expenditure, but this will take time.
Meanwhile, Blade Dynamics is not the only blade manufacturer to produce a modular design. Earlier this year, it was announced that US company Modular Wind, which had developed a 50-metre segmented blade, had been put up for sale by its private-equity owners.
However, although the ETI's project is backed by the UK government, Scott said it is unlikely the new blade design will be available for Round 3 offshore projects. Design boundaries have already been pushed back around 20% in the last two years, so the question now is not only where the offshore market will be post-2015, but also whether the blade will be ahead of its competitors by the time it is put into production.


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A Body Mass Index (BMI) score of 25 to 29.9 is classified as overweight and a BMI of 30 or higher is classified as obese.
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Calculating BMI is simple, quick, and inexpensive--but it does have limitations. One problem with using BMI as a measurement tool is that very muscular people may fall into the "overweight" category when they are actually healthy and fit. Another problem with using BMI is that people who have lost muscle mass, such as the elderly, may be in the "healthy weight" category--according to their BMI--when they actually have reduced nutritional reserves. BMI, therefore, is useful as a general guideline to monitor trends in the population, but by itself is not diagnostic of an individual patient's health status. Further evaluation of a patient should be performed to determine his or her weight status and associated health risks.
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As role models for young musicians go, Tom Waits is a pretty good man to follow, but John Wesley Myers' clear admiration of the guy gets to be a bit much on Every Damn Time, the debut album from his band, the Black Diamond Heavies. Here Myers sounds like he spent the better part of a year locked up in a closet with a copy of Small Change, mastering every nuance of Waits' raspy croak, and though Myers conjures up no small amount of soul along the way, the similarity in their vocal styles (which doesn't sound spontaneous or coincidental) gets to be a bit much over the course of 40 minutes. Which is a shame, because otherwise this is a pretty impressive introduction — with just Myers on keyboards and vocals and Van Campbell behind the drums, the Black Diamond Heavies generate a mighty wall of sound and the duo cuts a hard, bluesy groove on songs like "Fever in My Blood" and "Leave It in the Road." Myers' electric piano work is especially impressive on "Poor Brown Sugar" and "Signs," and the anti-cocaine salvo "White Bitch" is a more effective anti-drug message than the "Just Say No" crowd has ever offered. Someone get John Wesley Myers a vocal coach and some less obvious influences and the Black Diamond Heavies ought to deliver a killer second album; even with its flaws, Every Damn Time is an impressive set of messed-up 21st century blues.
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Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford stood helplessly on the sideline, wearing a T-shirt, a sling and a towel around his neck.
All he could do was watch as his Oklahoma Sooners lost -- and the BYU Cougars launched their bid to become the latest BCS busters from the Mountain West.
Max Hall threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide-open McKay Jacobson in the back of the end zone with 3:03 left, giving No. 20 BYU a 14-13 victory over No. 3 Oklahoma on Saturday night.
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The Sooners' last hope to recover ended when Tress Way came up short on a 54-yard field goal with 1:23 left.
BYU players exchanged flying chest bumps right away, then celebrated wildly when their upset was complete, making for a stunning end to the first college football game — and first regular-season game — ever played at the nearly $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium and throwing the national title and Heisman races for a loop on the opening weekend.
"This is unbelievable," Hall said.
Cougars fans made up only a small portion of the crowd of 75,437, but they all stuck around long after this one. The team stayed on the field so they could all enjoy it together, cheerleaders waving flags and players pointing to friends and family in the crowd. Hall's uncle, former Cowboys quarterback Danny White, was expected to be among them.
"I don't know if we can measure it now," said BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall, who opened his fifth season with his biggest victory and one of the best in program history. "All I can say is I'm very proud of this football team."
The Cougars won at least 10 games each of the last three years, helping regain some of their national profile, but they'd lost 12 straight to ranked non-conference foes. Their last such win was over No. 1 Miami in 1990. While their No. 20 ranking showed they were respected, conference rivals Utah and TCU were ranked ahead of them. That's likely to change when the new poll comes out.
Hall was 26 of 38 for 329 yards and two touchdowns. The numbers that matter most: a 16-play, 78-yard drive that included converting a fourth-and-4 and throwing the winning touchdown after being shoved back from the 2 on a delay-of-game penalty.
Hall was intercepted twice and sacked four times, but this win could vault him to the fringe of the Heisman talk — especially with Bradford's status unknown.
Bradford sprained his throwing shoulder when he was tackled to the turf on a hard, clean hit by linebacker Coleby Clawson in the closing seconds of the first half. Oklahoma kicked a field goal on the next play to up 10-7, but backup Landry Jones wasn't able to stretch it very much.
The best Jones could do was get the Sooners to the 1-yard line midway through the fourth quarter. After he failed to get in on a third-down sneak, coach Bob Stoops opted for another field goal. Hall made that strategy backfire, leaving Oklahoma 0-1 for only the second time in 11 seasons under Stoops. The other also was to a Mountain West school, TCU, in 2005.
Although Bradford and other key players returned from an Oklahoma squad that played in the national title game last season, there were questions about this team because it had four new starters on the offensive line, including a converted tight end at center.
There was a false start before the very first snap and two more that drive. They ended up drawing nine penalties (two were declined) and, worst of all, failed to slow Clawson on his way to Bradford.
The junior, who might've been the No. 1 overall pick had he turned pro, finished 10 of 14 for 96 yards and a touchdown. On the play before he was hurt, Bradford threw his longest competion of the game, an 18-yarder to Brandon Caleb. It also gave Bradford 7,937 yards passing for his career, breaking the school record held by another OU Heisman winner, Jason White.
Jones was 6 of 12 for 51 yards. The backfield duo of incumbent 1,000-yard rushers DeMarco Murray and Chris Brown weren't much of a factor, with Brown gaining 59 yards on 14 carries and Murray getting 58 yards on 10 tries. The Sooners were also without tight end Jermaine Gresham (knee).
BYU was missing starting running back Harvey Unga (hamstring), so backup Bryan Kariya filled in nicely with 42 yards rushing and 76 more yards on four receptions. Andrew George caught a 5-yard touchdown pass with 1:25 left in the first half that tied it at 7.
Jacobson caught four passes for 69 yards. A product of nearby Southlake who is just back from a Mormon mission, the touchdown had even more meaning because it was his muffed punt that led to Oklahoma's only touchdown, an 8-yard pass from Bradford to Ryan Broyles.


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Warmer weather is here, and unless you are a die-hard griller who cooks outdoors year-round, you may just be getting back into firing up your grill. But in order to make sure that your outdoor cooking doesn't land you in a doctor's office, here's a refresher on some important grilling safety tips.
Give it space – Keep your grill away from vinyl or wood siding, trees or shrubs as well as overhangs that can trap heat, melt or catch fire. A good rule of thumb is to keep the grill 8 feet from structures.
Keep it clean – Many grill fires are caused by grease on dirty grill grates. So clean it up and wipe it down frequently, and if you're using charcoal, remove the old ashes.
Address leaks – Periodically check to make sure your gas lines and shut-off valves are working properly. To check, open lines and spray the outside of the lines and connections with soapy water. If bubbles form quickly, you have a problem.
Ready to fight a fire? – Make sure you're prepared to fight a grill fire by keeping a fire extinguisher handy. A spray bottle of water won't be much help for a grease fire or gas line rupture.
Lift to light – Make sure you lift the lid before lighting a propane grill. And stand back before lighting charcoal if you've used lighter fluid.
Always outside – Unless your kitchen is set up for an indoor grill, keep the grilling outside. Besides the fire danger and smoke, carbon monoxide can build quickly and be very dangerous.
Handle it well – A leading cause of doctor visits from grilling has to do with safe food handling. Always keep it clean when it comes to raw, uncooked foods that may be contaminated with bacteria. Never cross-contaminate, and wash hands frequently. Prep meat on its own tray, and keep vegetables and side dishes separate. Never re-use marinade that's touched raw meat. After cooking, use a clean tray to remove cooked food, and use a meat thermometer to ensure the meat is cooked through.
Don't overload – Another danger is overloading your grill. An inexpensive grill may not be able to handle large amounts of food, resulting in bent grates or food being pushed onto burners or charcoal. Also, putting too much food onto a grill could mean your food is overdone, cross contaminated or underdone (see above).
Be present – Don't leave a lit grill unattended. Make sure you turn off a propane grill, and use the metal cover of a charcoal grill to smother the fire. Keep pets and children away from the grill while it's still hot.
Grilling is all about getting out and enjoying the nice weather while preparing your meal. By being prepared and following a few simple tips, it can be a safe warm weather hobby
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Video: LeBron, Durant do the Flag Football thing
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: Heat GM Pat Riley and Thunder GM Sam Presti must have had heart attacks while watching LeBron James and Kevin Durant's flag football teams go at it.
Luckily, the two NBA superstars, who earn tens of millions of dollars to play pro basketball, didn't get hurt.
And LeBron returned interception for a touchdown. His celebration dance wasn't half bad either.
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"Bone Deep" (Putnam), by Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford, a secret agent masquerading as a Florida marine biologist, returns in a thriller that explores the secret world of relic hunters who illegally dig mammoth ivory, Indian artifacts and other prehistoric treasures from the depths of South Florida's limestone deposits.
The story begins when a Native American named Duncan Fallsdown enlists Doc and his mystical, pot-smoking pal Tomlinson in a quest to recover artifacts that belong to his tribe. Soon, the three find themselves face to face with relentless treasure seekers who will stop at nothing, including murder.
Ford has been a model of steely-eyed self-control in this series, so it's a treat to see him flustered by his on-again, off-again love affair with Hannah Smith, a free-spirited fishing guide, in the story's subplot. Ford actually gets jealous and then berates himself for it.
The convoluted main plot of "Bone Deep" is difficult to follow in spots. None of the secondary characters, except a retired circus elephant, are particularly well-drawn. The appeal of the novel lies largely in the subplot and in the fascinating details about Florida's hidden treasures and the geological forces that produced them.
Over the years, White's Doc Ford series has been solid — and often outstanding — and his new series featuring Hannah Smith as the protagonist is off to a great start. Although "Bone Deep" has its moments, it is not among his stronger offerings.
'Bone Deep' not among White's stronger offerings
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A Rekindled Interest in At-Home Pizzamaking
I don't know whether to thank you or throttle you, Peter Reinhart.
See, your Neapolitan pizza dough recipe rocks. Judging by the three pies I made with it last night, I think it's going to completely change the way I make dough for my homemade pizza. At the same time, it's forced me to review my last 15 years of at-home pizzamaking and conclude that it has all been for naught. And that kinda sucks.
Still, I think I've seen the light—literally and figuratively—and if it means I have to scrap the last decade and half of experience, so be it. It's not like I was at a good place with my previous method, anyway.
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Up until a few days ago, I had always made my dough the day of, using a simple combo of flour, salt, active dry yeast, sugar to feed the yeast, and hot water (110°F) to move the fermentation along. After a rising or two, I'd punch down the dough, divide it, let it rest a little bit and then struggle to form it into rounds. My doughs were always so tough to stretch that I'd resort to a rolling pin. As a result, I'd get too-thick, too-tough crusts and I had all but given up on at-home pizza.
Reinhart's recipe flips the script on that, calling for chilled flour, ice-cold water (40°F), instant yeast, salt, and zero sugar. Once you make the dough, you transfer it to the fridge for a 24-hour slow rise, after which you remove it from the fridge, let it rest at room temp for a couple hours, and then stretch it into rounds for baking.
I'm impatient and somewhat impulsive, so I've always hated the notion of making the damn dough ahead of time. That's too much commitment, I always thought. Plus, the few times I'd tried a slow-rise dough, it always ballooned up like mad in the fridge. But, as I said, my previous method was at a dead end, so I had nothing left to lose.
So I gathered the ingredients, procuring some instant yeast from a nearby bakery (it's sometimes hard to find in grocery stores), and set about the task:
Above, my dough just after using the paddle attachment to mix together the flour, yeast, salt, water, and oil. Right after this, I switched to the dough hook attachment to knead the dough and develop a good gluten:
When I first bought my mixer, I used it at slow speed with the dough hook, but after watching Alton Brown's pizza episode, "Flat Is Beautiful," I learned that you could mix the dough on medium speed, and I found that it tended to help develop a better gluten structure.
Anyway, I should have taken more pictures of the mixing process to show you some important steps, but I'm definitely making this dough again, so I'll do so in the near future. So I'm just going to bring you to this step now—putting the dough on a baking sheet for the slow-rise in the fridge:
Reinhart's recipe called for laying out the dough on oiled parchment paper, but I figured waxed paper would work. It didn't. It got soggy and the dough ended up sticking to it. Next time, I'll try parchment. (It's just so damn expensive.)
After you've got the dough laid out on the sheet, you're supposed to put it in a "food-grade plastic bag," but I couldn't find a bag big enough that was explicitly marketed as a food bag. Instead, I bought Hefty's "storage" bag and hoped it was made of the same stuff as the food bags. Here's the dough, in the bag, after the 24-hour slow-rise:
Whatevs. It seemed to work. Next time, I might just slip the individual dough balls into smaller food bags.
Here's the dough, after the rise, removed from the bag:
See how it's expanded only slightly? I was worried about that because I'm used to my day-of dough recipe expanding to double or quadruple the size.
Here it is from another angle:
So, I'm gonna cut to the chase now. This dough was freakin' awesome. It was a complete pleasure to work with. It stretched amazingly easily. I had always been jealous of the pizzamakers I'd seen in the shops around town here in New York. They'd pull a dough ball from the ready-pans and just pound and then pull it without effort into shape. Mine were always tough and too elastic and I'd have to use the damn rolling pin (as I said above)—something you never see in a serious pizzeria.
Here, I was able to achieve the sought-after "windowpaning" effect (remember above, where I said I had "literally seen the light"?) that I first learned of from that Alton Brown pizza episode. It's what you see going on here:
You can kinda see through the dough or at least see that it's translucent. If your dough is the proper consistency, it should do this easily. As Alton described it, it should be easy to stretch, like chewing gum. This dough was so that.
I only used three of my six dough balls last night. Here's Pie No. 1, a plain pie with fresh mozzarella, standard mozzarella, and some Parmasan cheese over a homemade cooked-down sauce (San Marzanos, onion, garlic, a little carrot, some oregano, salt, and pepper):
This pie has less color than I'd like. Though detractors have said it looks undercooked, the dough is actually cooked through, with no gumline. But it could use a little more char. I put it in at less-than-optimal oven temps because "Girl Slice" had just come over and was craving a snack. I had been holding the oven temp at 350°F for a variety of reasons (namely I was trying to blog about Top Chef at the time and didn't want the apartment to get too hot during this delay), but I knew if I didn't get Girl Slice a snack, she'd get grumpy, so it went in at the lower temp, cooked through, but didn't get a nice color to it.
Here's the upskirt shot from Pie No. 1:
And here's a cross section, showing what I think is a nice hole structure:
Pie No. 1 was a little flavorless. I think the dough needs more salt and will try amping the salinity in future versions of this recipe. I attempted to compensate with Pie No. 2 (also a plain pie) by sprinkling on some salt before baking it. That did the trick. I don't have pictures of that pie because it was so good we tore into it before I thought of shooting it.
But, here's Pie No. 3:
I had some smoked pepperoni sitting around in the fridge. It was part of some shipment of sausages and meats we got at Serious Eats as swag and that I snagged in anticipation of future pizzamaking. So I cut off some thickish rounds and threw them on.
Anyway, that's an initial report from my first foray into a brave new world of slow-rise pizzamaking. If you want the recipe I followed, it's here on Heidi Swanson's 101cookbooks.com. Look for more pizzamaking at home here as I fool around with the basic recipe, cooking it in the oven, on the grill, and on my new(ish) 2stone Pizza Grill.
Hasta la pizza, Adam
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Quote from: OCB on June 16, 2004, 02:40 PMSorry to both, no meat prodcuts involved. (Does Spam qualify as meat?)I think were still waiting for the answer on that one.
Sorry to both, no meat prodcuts involved. (Does Spam qualify as meat?)
What... is.... IT!!!??? (da da da da) What iz it???!!!-Remember that song? You know. The video with the fish flopping around at the end. I can't remember that band anymore. Sign of old age.
Maybe JediDefender will become a Star Trek fansite or something equally shocking.
Woah, when did you become staff?
Quote from: Vator on June 16, 2004, 10:41 PMWoah, when did you become staff?i guess you are referring to me? i became a staff member right around here.and if you weren't talking to me, then... i guess we have a newer staff member than me??
Curse me and my slow typing I wasn't fast enough!Scott, with all this hyping, it had better be good.
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Whether "Knight and Day" dominates the box office on June 25, as most Tom Cruise vehicles do, is almost beside the point.
Cruise has inexplicably rehabbed his image to such heights that he dominated Sunday night's "MTV Movie Awards."
It wasn't too long ago that tabloid tales and one too many bounces on Oprah's couch seemed to be getting the best of the movie star. And not many people remember the whole movie where he played a German with an American accent and an eye-patch, because not that many people saw it.
But that all seemed very long ago as Cruise improbably boogied on stage in complete Les Grossman garb and actually kept up with Jennifer Lopez. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me it was all a dream.
The crazed crowd yelled its wild approval -- all led on by Cruise's wife Katie Holmes who was losing her voice in the din. How did this couple become the happiest, most fun couple alive?
The mega-star started the show in what seemed like typical Cruise style -- a very safe, totally pre-taped skit based on his funny "Tropic Thunder" character. The darkly-lit skit made you think Cruise's act was being aided by smoke and mirrors. But no matter. It was fun. He could have left it right there for a win.
But Cruise shockingly threw all the chips down and took the gig live. Even in the safe environment of the high-choreographed MTV Awards it was a gutsy thing to do, especially next to Jennifer Lopez.
He pulled off his Grossman with conviction. That fat, hairy producer finger is now pointing at you Tom Cruise -- you're the (bleeping) man.
Tom Cruise Champion of the World with MTV Knockout
Whether "Knight and Day" dominates the box office on June 25, as most Tom Cruise vehicles do, is almost beside the point.


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Thursday, January 16, 2020
If you enjoy a brisk hike on nature trails, join us!
We meet in the Ivy Creek Natural Area parking lot at 9:00AM every Thursday morning, hike at a steady pace for about two miles, and return at 10:00 AM. Please note that the nature trails are uneven and rocky and also quite steep in some places so good hiking shoes, a walking stick, and bottled water are recommended.Members only.
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Monday, April 19, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 3:30 PM 1 comments
Hi Chicks!
My mom has been a proud chicken owner for about 2 weeks. I think Sylvia will have lots of fun with them, but they do take a little getting used to.
We are working on naming them. So far we have Marilyn which is the craziest chick and she was named after my mom's little sister. Blake named his chick light because it has lots of colors and Jared named his Reeses. I named mine Elvis--I am hoping for crazy big feathers and blue eggs.
Baby chicks poop a lot so once they can go outside we can play with them more.
These are the type of chickens she has. Most will lay brown eggs, but some will do blue.
Std. Blue Cochin
Std Silver Cochin
Gold Wyandotte
Dark Brahma
Rhode Island Red
Red Campine
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Hot Dogs and Hamburgers
After nap time on Saturday, we packed up the car and headed down to Northfield to spend some time with the Dunphy's. (Not the Dunphy's from Modern Family - which is a hilarious show by the way). The weather was great and allowed for some outside time for the cousins.
We all enjoyed a nice meal of grilled hamburgers and hotdogs... because the night was getting late, we saved dessert until we were back in Mpls. I was thinking Syliva would be fast asleep prior to leaving Northfield - it was already over an hour past her bedtime. She not only stayed up through Northfield, but the entire ride home. She didn't make a peep, just stayed awake. Once we walked in the door, it was off to bed... What a great kid!
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Happy Easter
With the weather continuing to be nice through the Easter weekend, Sylvia was able to hunt for her Easter baskets from Ben and Bonnie and Grandma & Grandpa. She didn't really know what to do with the basket, but she knows what to do with the eggs.
She doesn't quite understand the concept however... all of these eggs were empty.
Grandma and Grandpa Brodd came down to visit and we enjoyed the afternoon at Como Zoo. It hasn't been warm enough for all the animals to be outside, so instead we were in the 90 degree buildings.
The Siberian Tiger was outside catching some rays. Sylvia gave here best "roar" to the tiger.
The bronze statues of the primates made for photo ops.
Not really sure what is going on here...
After the zoo, we headed across the road to enjoy a ham dinner picnic style.
We all had a great afternoon and enjoyed the weather very much.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 4:51 PM 0 comments
Easter Egg Hunt
We headed down to Lakeville on Saturday to attend an Easter get-together at the Rose house. The weather turned out to be pleasant and the kids were all in good spirits...
The guys were in charge of hiding the eggs, so there were the easy ones (the middle of the lawn) and the hard ones (in the branches of trees).
Sylvia discovered that pine trees are sharp!
Dad needs to help out sometimes...
Kasey was quite successful in her hunting as well. Her basket is overflowing with eggs.
Sunday, April 4, 2010 | Posted by Brodd Family at 5:46 PM 0 comments
Auntie Missy shared some flowers with us recently. What better than kid / flower pictures?
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A remnant of the past, the only one of its kind in Germany, was given new purpose in 2008: the former government bunker in the Ahr valley.
In March of that year the most top-secret building in the history of West Germany opened its atom-bomb-proof doors to the public as a museum. An extensive collection of original documents and objects tells of this chapter in Germany's history from an authentic site, which during the Cold War period was part of a worldwide stand-off between the superpowers in the east and west.
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The Smithsonian Institution's Division of Mammals (http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/) houses many monotremes in its scientific collections.
This specimen, USNM 283961 (http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/mammals/?irn=7297893), is a male short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion) from Australia. This specimen was collected in 1948 by D. H. Johnson near Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory. This individual measured a total length of 555 mm and a hind tarsus length of 77 mm.
This is a CT scan of the mandible of USNM 283961. These three-dimensional scans are made publicly available through the generous support of the Smithsonian 2.0 Fund, provided from the annual gifts of the Smithsonian National Board to the Secretary to use at his discretion (http://smithsonian20.si.edu/fund.html), and the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund.
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The red carpet. The standard pose. The come-hither look. The over-the-shoulder glance. Oh, and here it is: the random kiss blowing.
We're not bagging on any of it. It's not like we've ever walked a red carpet before. Oh wait, we have, but we strangely did not make the covers of the tabloids the following week.
Must speak to manager. Hold on. First, must hire manager, then, must speak to manager.
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But we like to see the standard pre-premiere strutting get a fresh makeover, as it did on September 29th at the "Whip It" premiere. The red carpet was black. The director was the biggest star of the night (one Drew Barrymore, of course).
And the derby girls? Out and about in full mini-skirted, fishnetted force. There was some fierce photo taking in front of the Chinese Theatre, and skaters leaping over each other on the carpet. We'll also give a nod to the afterparty centerpieces, which included full-size skates.
Could people take them home? And are there any left in size 9.5?
Well, we're old-school; we still like to rent our wheels. But we're new-school when it comes to new tricks at premieres. Hollywood honchos, take note: We, the enjoyers of magazines and web sites, would not mind more surprises. Get the Derby Dolls skating at every premiere, or hire the monsters that showed up at the "Zombieland" premiere.
We're not opposed to posing. But posing, with zombies, is a fabulous thing.


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Greg Jonsson, a reporter with the Post-Dispatch, has been interviewing Canon Wiener and Sr. Marie of the Love of God for the last couple of weeks regarding the Oratory,the Institute, the Adorers, the renovation of the convent, and the importance of the church in that community….
ADDITIONALLY, channel 4 picked up on this and will be interviewing Greg Jonsson AND Canon Wiener on the weekend news discussion program, "Extra Edition", which airs early Saturday mornings.
Jonsson will talk about his feature article on the Oratory and Canon Wiener will talk about the Oratory itself and the efforts to restore the church and parish buildings (Tradition for Tomorrow, etc…).
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Yep, it's almost the summer and here I am Snowed Under! Not literally of course! Although there is lots happening here at the moment and I would love to write about it work is so hectic that I'm just keeping on top of it (hopefully) and can't get the time to actually comment on anything. (I have to have a bit of time out!) Just to give you a taste of life at this end:-
- I manage 2 District (Operational) areas usually through team leaders who I work with to strategically plan and organise the delivery of all the statutory youth work in the area. However – one has successfully been promoted (congratulations!) and is now joining us on the Senior Management Team and the other is on long term sick leave. In one area one of neighbourhood workers is successfully acting up however in the other I am directly managing the youthwork staff there. They are a great team and the work that is happening in the area is developing all the time.
- We've got summer camps and positive activities programmes for children (8-13yrs) to organise and set up and run however our first plan for doing this has fallen through due to sickness and difficulties recruiting so we are now on about plan D. Exciting but stressful!
- Inspire India is in full flow (as is our learning curve with regards to this project!) We have 32 targeted young people (16-19yrs) in the process of getting organised to go on a 4 week overseas experience to India at the end of July follwed up by volunteering in their communities for 3 months on their return. We have had parents / guardians / carers information evenings, residential weekends and staff evenings to contend with. This along with supporting the staff is quite hectic!
- We've had a number of operational issues as well as recruitment difficulties with one of our main outdoor centres. This has been well covered by our new DofE, Accreditation and Outdoor Education Manager who has needed a lot of support as they have only just completed their induction. On top of this they have had to (successfully) deal with an AALA Inspection straight away!
- Tw0 youth wings are on school sites that are going to be Academies at the start of the next school year. I need to work closely with the new regimes to organise the youth facilities, service level agreements and also a new build on one site.
- And then there are the ongoing recruitment issues!
In themselves these, coupled with my other areas of work, aren't complicated to manage or do. I've got a great opportunity to get out and see what is happening on the ground and I'm enjoying getting practical. However the main issue is that the day job of my strategic leads still needs to be covered. I've moved from strategic to operational and trying to juggle the 2 is / has been difficult.
However, there is light at the end of the tunnel and it's getting nearer!! I've
appointed a new team leader who will hopefully start at the end of July, the other team leader who has been ill is due to return very soon and we have a new Outdoor Centre Manager! I've also booked time out for most of this week to crack some of my policy / papers/ strategic thinking! So, hopefully this blog will resume in the next few weeks……here's to the summer!


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The most expensive bank-owned residential property in the U.S. has reportedly sold.
Real Estate site Socketsite reports that the two-story penthouse at 188 Minna St. in San Francisco has a buyer.
At $35 million, the property is believed to be the most expensive bank-owned residential property in the country and if the final sale price is within $2 million of the asking price, it would be the most expensive residential transaction in San Francisco history.
The home was initially listed for for $70 million in 2008 and the last asking price was $49 million. It was eventually deeded back to Bank of America in lieu of foreclosure.
Few details are emerging on who the buyer is because of non-disclosure contracts but Socketsite is quick to kill any rumor of Zynga CEO Mark Pincus -- who has two San Francisco homes on sale and whose IPO is going public Friday -- being the buyer.
The 20,000-square-foot home has 2,900-square-feet of terraces with panoramic views of the City and the Bay Area.
It has six-bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and four powder rooms. The master suite is 2,500-square-feet by itself and it has a fireplace, a gym with a sauna, a steam room and a powder room.
The rest of the home features a movie theater, an executive office suite and conference room, two laundry rooms, a game room and a two-story library.


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Vintage Maserati Convertible Going For $4 Million
How much would you pay for the chance to own and drive a beautiful vintage car like a 1957 Maserati convertible?
Auctioneers are hoping to fetch more than $4 million for a classy cream colored 1957 Maserati 150 GT Spider. So if you're a millionaire, or if you've earned a ridiculously generous credit limit on your Discover card, you'll have the chance to bid on the special sports car during a two-day auction in California starting January 19.
So what's so special about this car, despite its, you know, coolness? This Maserati is a collector's dream – it's a rare vintage prototype featuring 195 brake horsepower, the original engine, gearbox, and Fantizzi coachwork.
Also, it's pretty damn cool. Did we mention that already? Check out pics of the car on auction.


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The Noble High School chorus arranged a "flash mob" at the school one morning last week.
The singers headed to the "town square" at the high school's center, spread out and sang "Deck the Halls" for all to hear.
At first, there seemed to be a lot of confusion among all of the other students in the vicinity, but after a while people quieted down and, eventually, started joining the chorus too.
"We all worked real hard, and it paid off," said choir member Anthony Washok, a senior from Lebanon. "I love Chorus ... We have the spirit ... we have rhythm."
Students said they led the "flash mob" because they wanted to show some extra school spirit for the holidays.
Noble High School students Jon Badger, a senior, and Joe Grenier, a junior, both of Lebanon, have been named two of the three captains of the Knights' wrestling team.
The wrestling team has had an outstanding start to the season, and is currently undefeated. They won the Brewer Duals, the St. Johnsbury Vermont Tournament, and the McDonald's Tournament.
Badger has been wrestling since the fourth grade, and has had quite an impressive career. He received his 100th win last year as a junior, and was the 2011 regional champion; he was also the state's runner-up in the 160-pound weight class that same year. Last year, Badger also was the regional runner-up and third in the state in the 170 weight class.
"It runs in the family," he said. "Both my cousins were state champions, and I really look up to them."
This is Badger's second year as the captain, and he is very proud to lead a team with such a rich history.
Joe Grenier, a junior, is another strong team leader from Lebanon. This is Grenier's third year being on Noble's varsity team, and he is very proud to lead such a strong group. Grenier started wrestling when he was four years old for "Die Hard Wrestling." The team did a lot of traveling and Grenier placed in most tournaments in which he competed, including three first-place titles in Pee Wee States. Last year, Grenier was second at the Class A West Regionals tournament, which qualified him for states. His goal this year is to win both a regional title and a state title.
"It's a tough sport," he said, but "the rewards for your efforts are well worth it."
Also leading the team is senior Jacob Guimond, who is 15-0 for the season.
Noble is looking very strong for the wrestling season, and the captains have high hopes. Lebanon should be very proud of the leaders in their midst.
The Lebanon Rescue Department held its Annual Volunteer Appreciation Christmas Party on Sunday Dec. 16.
Each year, the rescue volunteers put in 16,000-plus hours of community service. For their service, volunteers and their families are treated to a dinner in honor of their hard work.
Lebanon Rescue Chaplain Ron German started Sunday's dinner with a moment of silence for not only the victims of the tragic shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday morning, but also for the survivors who witnessed the events, and for all of the emergency responders. He noted that Newtown is covered by a small volunteer rescue department, much like Lebanon's.
At the event, Lebanon Rescue named its 2012 Volunteer of the Year. Each month, the rescue chief selects a Volunteer of the Month, based on response to calls, helping with community service projects, leadership, and teamwork. Chief Samantha Cole thanked all of the volunteers for their dedication, and thanked their families and loved ones for all their support they give.
Two volunteers had the exact same amount of points for criteria to be Volunteer of the Year. Chief Cole presented the Volunteer of the Year awards to Lebanon Rescue members Teena Meserve and Michael Sabine.
Meserve has helped out with many of the projects in addition to responding to a large number of rescue calls. She is always willing to help around the station, and helps to organize a lot of the department's administrative items.
Sabine has been a crew chief and was in charge of maintenance on one of the department's ambulances. He also came up with a new way to streamline the rescue department's maintenance program and save costs. Sabine has also helped with many building-related issues during the past several months.
"Both are very deserving of the award, and I am proud to have selected both to be Volunteers of the Year!" said Chief Cole.
Santa Claus will be delivering presents out of both Lebanon's ambulances this Friday, Dec. 21, and Saturday Dec. 22, to children all over town.
The Lebanon Rescue Department can still accommodate any children who have not yet signed up to receive toys. To sign up your child, visit online at www.lebanonrescue.com and click on "Operation Santa," or email your request to firstname.lastname@example.com.
So far this has been the rescue department's biggest year for requests, but donations are also at an all-time high, which shows how much Christmas spirit the town has! The rescue department would like to thank everyone who has donated.
The department is still looking for toy and money donations. Drop-off locations are Lebanon House of Pizza, Stokewood's Diner, Kenney Automotive, Train's Quick Stop, and the big blue box at the rescue station on Route 202. Every donation counts, and they are all greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions, please contact Assistant Chief Jason Cole at (207) 608-5615.
Both the Lebanon Town Office and the Lebanon Transfer Station will be closing at noon on Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve.
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The Latest Leaks Contradict Claims Made In Microsoft's Own 'Law Enforcement Requests Report'
from the protecting-your-privacy-except-for-these-large-exceptions dept
The Guardian's recent revelations of Microsoft's very cozy "teamwork" with the NSA and FBI rendered many of the software giant's statements on privacy completely hollow. Among the details leaked was the surprising amount of access to Skype Microsoft provided to these agencies.
One document boasts that Prism monitoring of Skype video production has roughly tripled since a new capability was added on 14 July 2012. "The audio portions of these sessions have been processed correctly all along, but without the accompanying video. Now, analysts will have the complete 'picture'," it says.This document seems to contradict Microsoft's statement on Skype in March of this year in its 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report.
Eight months before being bought by Microsoft, Skype joined the Prism program in February 2011.
According to the NSA documents, work had begun on smoothly integrating Skype into Prism in November 2010, but it was not until 4 February 2011 that the company was served with a directive to comply signed by the attorney general.
The NSA was able to start tasking Skype communications the following day, and collection began on 6 February. "Feedback indicated that a collected Skype call was very clear and the metadata looked complete," the document stated, praising the co-operation between NSA teams and the FBI. "Collaborative teamwork was the key to the successful addition of another provider to the Prism system."
Skype received 4,713 requests from law enforcement. Those requests impacted 15,409 accounts or other identifiers, such as a PSTN number. Skype produced no content in response to these requests, but did provide non-content data, such as a SkypeID, name, email account, billing information and call detail records if a user subscribed to the Skype In/Online service, which connects to a telephone number.[All emphasis in the original.]
Perhaps "producing content" means something different to Microsoft than it does the NSA, or the general public for that matter. The leaked documents state "Skype video production has roughly tripled since July 2012" with the agent noting they've been collecting audio all along.
No doubt this discrepancy will be greeted with a semantic discussion, involving different ways of interpreting words like "producing" or "content." Perhaps Microsoft feels providing direct access isn't the same as "producing content." Or maybe Microsoft means it just hasn't produced content for law enforcement, and anything given to the FBI falls outside of its definition of that term. But if the FBI's requests are considered to be outside the definition of "law enforcement," Microsoft confuses the issue early in its report by referring to content disclosed to governments.
It's insightful, I believe, to look at the governments to whom customer content was disclosed. Of the 1,558 disclosures of customer content, more than 99 percent were in response to lawful warrants from courts in the United States. In fact, there were only 14 disclosures of customer content to governments outside the United States. These were to governments in Brazil, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.Obviously, Microsoft isn't allowed to discuss much of its work with the NSA and the FBI, but the disclosure here makes it sound as if it's safeguarding the privacy of Skype users, when in reality it's simply holding the door open for the feds.
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I've heard many tails
Enjoyed reading your cougar article [July 28: "Im-paws-ible? Vet sees 'cougar' on Parkway."] I've been interested in cougar stories for some time now.
My son's friends have a mountain house in Fancy Gap near the Blue Ridge Parkway and are sure there are cats there. They have seen them and their footprints in the snow of winter.
Another friend lived at Montebello and worked in Craigsville for a while. He had long days, and in the winter, it was usually getting dark when he returned to Montebello. Sometimes he came through Waynesboro up to Love and down the Parkway to Route 56.
On two occasions, he saw what surely was the outline of a cougar in his headlights. No other animal has a long rope-like tail on a long low-slung body.
Another son has a friend who saw one after he had shot a deer, with a bow, in Highland County about five years ago. He saw where the deer went, into a thicket and then waited a while to be sure it was dead before he went to collect it. What he found was a cougar eating the deer.
I imagine the cat was resting in the thicket, as it must have been daylight when he was surprised by the hunter. He sprinted away.
It's seldom possible to surprise any kind of feline. Since cats are night animals, I'm surprised [state wildlife biologist John] Rohm needs proof beyond what people obviously see.
There are too many isolated reports by serious people not to believe. I understand Jaguars are almost completely invisible to the people in the jungle habitats of Central and South America.
Even here in Waynesboro, some friends are almost certain they have had a visit from a cougar. They live at the foot of the mountain, but on the west or north side of the Sherando Road. They're in a heavily wooded area on South River near I-64 with lots of deer and other wildlife. There's a large conduit under the N&W railroad tracks that a cat could easily get through.
I'm firmly convinced there are cougars in these mountains– and why not? Storms in Florida are enough to make even cougars want to move north. And, as is clear from the air, there are hundreds of miles of mountains in all directions in the eastern states... and plenty of food. We even have a huge increase in bears. I think that may be due to the fruit on the Russian and autumn olives that have gone wild.
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San Diego Comic-Con International will end with a bang Sunday after four days of comics, cosplaying, and superhero TV and movies.
Even though it's the last day, Sunday includes a packed schedule to keep comic and pop culture fans satisfied until next year.
Here are some events you shouldn't miss:
U.S. & World
10:00am - 11:00am, Hall H
Join Amanda Abbington (Mary Watson), Mark Gatiss (co-creator/executive producer/writer), Steven Moffat (co-creator/executive producer/writer) and Sue Vertue (producer) as they disucss what's next for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in the upcoming season of Sherlock.
Fantastic Fans and Where to Find Them
10:15am - 11:15am, Room 6A
Come hear talks about the magical new additions to the world of Harry Potter including the new West End play "Harry Potter & The Cursed Child" and the upcoming film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
LEGO Dimensions
11:15am - 12:15pm, Room 6DE
Get an inside look at what's new in the world of LEGO Dimensions with screenings of a new game trailer, new characters and game features. Everyone in attendance will also receive a limited-edition LEGO Green Arrow minifigure.
Marvel: Women of Marvel
12:30pm - 1:30pm, Room 6DE
This panel will feature women from all walks of the creative comic book process with Marvel talking about the future of industry. Join content development director Sana Amanat, producer Judy Stephens, social media manager Adri Cowan, Marvel Live host Lorraine Cink, writer G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." costume designer Ann Foley as they talk about their experiences as women in comics.
World Premiere of Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants
12:15pm - 1:45pm, Room 6BCF
Don't miss the world premiere of the third installment of the animated "Batman Unlimited" series. This time Batman is back to save the day from Killer Croc and Bane when they are turned into giant mutant monsters. The filmmakers and voice cast will be there to discuss the film after the screening.
The 50-Year Mission: Star Trek Then, Now, and Beyond
1:00pm - 2:00pm, Room 25ABC
Authors Mark A. Altman (Free Enterprise, The Librarians) and Edward Gross (Empire magazine) will discuss the work they did to detail the "Star Trek" phenomenon in their bestselling two-volume book series from St. Martin's Press, "The 50 Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek."
Hank Green Does What You Want Him to Do
1:00pm - 2:00pm, Room 4
Don't miss your chance to hang out with popular YouTube vlogger Hank Green, co-creator of "SciShow," "Crash Course," "VidCon," "the Internet Creator's Guild" and "Vlogbrothers."
Anything Goes with John Barrowman
2:00pm - 3:00pm, Room 6BCF
Meet up with entertainer John Barrowman. The actor known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in "Torchwood" and "Doctor Who" will be answering fan questions, singing and dancing.
Buffy Musical: Once More with Feeling: An Interactive Whedon Musical
3:15pm - 4:45pm, Room 6BCF
Don't miss Comic-Con's closing event and end the four-day convention with a bang with an interactive screening of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" musical episode, "Once More with Feeling." Actress Juliet Landau, who played Drusilla, and a surprise guest, will be in attendance.


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Find-A-Grave Citations - from a Shaky Leaf
As mentioned, the steps described may not be needed, but it also included how to Move a Free Form Citation to a Template, and how to take the content of that Free Form Citation and make it a Template Citation.
This blog post is a follow up to that, where clicking on the link from the Shaky Leaf, to the Find-A-Grave website, and how I cite these findings.
This is the page that the link from Ancestry took me. It's on Find-A-Grave.com. There is some data and a picture.
The Lurvey Cemetery, in Maine. There is some information that I didn't have before.
The first thing that I do is to Hi-lite and Copy the Name down to the Find-A-Grave Memorial Number.
I want to record what is on that page. I will paste it in a Find-A-Grave FACT that I have created in FTM2012, in the Fact Notes. Clicking on the Green PLUS (People Workspace, Person View, Facts tab), will bring up the list of Facts, where I scroll down to the Find-A-Grave fact that I had created.
I select the Notes Tab, for Find-A-Grave, and Paste the information there. I will then Edit out un-needed information from the Paste. The Contributor information is very important and I keep it here. More on that later.
This information is for me, for help documenting dates and relationships that my be included on the Find-A-Grave website, so I will Mark this Fact as Private. Either clicking on the Lock ICON, or the Options menu will offer that option.
The Find-A-Grave Memorial Number is entered as the Fact Description. The number, for me, is important for making Links on the Find-A-Grave website, as appropriate. Again, that fact is private and for my information.
The next step is to create a Source, for the Compiler that is shown above. Going to the Sources Workspace, Add, New, selecting the keyword CEM, as shown in the earlier blog post (link at top of the page), this is the Source information that is entered on the Template.
The compiler's name, and the Find-A-Grave Website is entered. This information comes from what has been pasted in the Fact Notes.
This is the citation that is created.
For the Citation Details, I put the Persons full name, as I know it, the (YYYY-YYYY) formatted date followed by "Find-A-Grave Memorial # .....; accessed dd mon yyyy. and in the Citation Text I copy and paste the Created by information from the Fact Notes. The Citation Text is NOT included in the Reference Note.
Now to link the Citation to the person, based on the existing data found. Existing Data is important at this point. This will put Citations on those Facts that are on the website.
In this case the Death Date and the Find-A-Grave facts are included. On the Citation screen, the Source tab at the bottom, and selecting New will bring up the screen below, where you scroll down to the person in question, then selecting the Fact. IF more than one Fact, as below, the CTRL Key is used to select the additional facts.
Returning to the People Workspace, Person View, shows the additional information. Any new Facts can be added here. Selecting the Citation added to the Find-A-Grave Fact, that is related to this Compiler, and click Copy, will allow you to go to any New Facts that came from Find-A-Grave, such as the Burial Ground. That was added below, and on the Source Tab (on the right), selecting the bottom option, will paste that citation to this new fact.
Below is what the Citations looks like. (from the Sources Workspace, or double clicking on the citation.
Selecting the Death Date, Burial Fact, and Find-A-Grave will show this same citation.
At this point, there are no media files linked to this citation. Follow up posts will show what media files, may or may not be linked to the Citation. That depends on the source of the media file. If I have taken a photo, I will link that to the Fact, with a specific Citation. Photos from the Find-A-Grave website will not be used at this point in time, as there isn't a feature to hide Media files on an Ancestry Member Tree.
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Farming For Our Future November 29, 2012Posted by ToYourHealth in Global Health, Public Health.
Tags: Agriculture, Climate change, Farming, Food, Global health, Public health, Renewable resources, Sustainability, Transitional Farming, Water
We're on track to deplete the earth of it's ability to produce food.
Global crop land increased by 12% but agricultural production by 150% over the last 50 years. We've managed to keep barely ahead of the curve for overall food production. But not sustainably. The projected world population growth will pass 9 billion by 2050, and that means an increase in food production by 70% and better methods of distribution to meet the food security demand.
Agriculture's continued dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels for production/fertilizer/irrigation, machinery, processing, transportation, packaging and marketing has direct and unsustainable consequences for farmlands. A recent United Nations study indicates that "all continents are experiencing land degradation, with particularly high incidence along the west coast of the Americas, across the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe and North Africa, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa, and throughout Asia. The greatest threat is the loss of soil quality, followed by biodiversity loss and depletion of water resources."
Farmed animals consume 70% of the grains produced on U.S. farms. Droughts have already caused food riots and war in recent years. Irrigation currently accounts for 70% of all water use and 19% of farm energy use in the U.S. Once groundwater sources are depleted, the amount of land available for cultivation will diminish substantially. Groundwater levels of the North China plains have declined to the point where rice production, which accounts for 90% of water usage there, are overexploited and now scarce.
Maintaining and improving ecosystems, including coastal habitats and oceans is also critical, as TIME reports
"The world has ignored the ominous constellation of factors that now make feeding humanity sustainably our most pressing task – even in times of economic and climatic crisis," writes Professor Cribb. But Professor Cribb isn't the only scientist clamoring for politicians to take climate change seriously. In a recent study by the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, it warned of a potential mass extinction as the number of ocean dead zones – waters starved of oxygen – increase at an accelerating pace. The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research also put out a study that shows the increasing likelihood of frightening changes to rainfall, water supplies, weather systems, sea levels and crop harvests by the end of the century.
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/12/07/impending-crisis-earth-to-run-out-of-food-by-2050/#ixzz2DSOyogVl
Progress exists somewhat in alternative forms of energy– nuclear, coal, wind and solar–but none produce liquid fuels. Countries gather regularly to discuss these impending changes, but have yet to enact solutions on the largest crop lands.
Transitional Farms
Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute, a Chapel Hill, NC educational farm and sustainability living center, was established by Tim Toben, an eco-revolutionary who believes sustainability will require more personal responsibility and that farms will be plentiful in rural areas by 2050 as Americans minimize their grandiose lifestyles out of necessity. This transitional farming is self-sustaining and, he believes, is likely to become the new American Dream.
What kind of connection do you want to have with your food? Will you make any changes to help ensure our planet is able to produce enough food for us in the next decades? Would you live in a cob cottage or stop eating industrial meat in order to preserve the land?
Related Reading:
The Future of Farming: Eight Solutions For a Hungry World (www.popsci.com)
Investing In Ecosystem Services Can Boost Food Security, Raise Incomes (www.un.org)
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (www.peakoil.net)
Regreening Africa (www.thenation.com)
Children of Our Fields (www.acroan.com)
Hidden Hunger in the Heartland (www.acroan.com)
Location, location, location! The High Cost of Living in a Food Desert (www.acroan.com)