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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Andrew Luck, Toby Gerhart and coach Jim Harbaugh started Stanford's improbable football renaissance, yet they never stood in the center of the Rose Bowl with the West Coast's most coveted trophy raised above their heads.
In fact, the last Stanford team to do what the Cardinal did Tuesday night had a defense known as the Thunderchickens.
Forty years after Stanford's last Rose Bowl victory, the favored Cardinal lived up to the legacy created by Luck, Harbaugh and every Thunderchicken that came before them by winning the bowl game that matters most to any Pac-12 team.
Stepfan Taylor rushed for an early touchdown, Kevin Hogan passed for 123 yards and No. 8 Stanford's defense shut out the Badgers in the second half of a 20-14 victory in the 99th Rose Bowl.
``I had heard that 1972 was our last win,'' said Hogan, the freshman quarterback who won Stanford's last five games. ``It's been too long since we've had one at The Farm. It's a great feeling.''
Instead of slipping back off the college football map when their biggest names graduate to NFL glory, the Cardinal (12-2) have just kept getting better under coach David Shaw. After winning the Orange Bowl two years ago and losing the Fiesta Bowl in overtime last season, Stanford followed up with its first conference title and its first trip to the Granddaddy of Them All in 13 years.
Stanford's unique combination of brains and brawn was too much for its opponents during eight straight wins to close the season.
``We've been in BCS games the past two years, but neither of those mean as much as this one did,'' said Zach Ertz, the tight end who had three catches for 61 yards. ``This is the one we play for every year. It shows Stanford is here to stay.''
Usua Amanam capped the defensive performance with an interception that stopped Wisconsin's final drive at midfield with 2:30 to play in a grind-it-out game. Stanford allowed the Badgers just 82 yards and four first downs after halftime.
``There's a sense of accomplishment, because we got somewhere we hadn't been yet,'' said linebacker Shayne Skov, who made eight tackles while leading Stanford's second-half shutout. ``If you looked at our goals at the beginning of the season, this was on top of the list, and we got it done. We're extremely satisfied.''
The Cardinal finished with 12 victories for just the second time in school history - and the second time in the last three years.
Stanford clamped down on the Big Ten champion Badgers (8-6), who lost the Rose Bowl in heartbreaking fashion for the third consecutive season. Montee Ball rushed for 100 yards and his FBS-record 83rd touchdown, but Wisconsin couldn't score after the final seconds of the first half.
With an impressive defense of its own, Wisconsin stayed in position for an upset in the one-game return of Hall of Fame coach Barry Alvarez, who was back on the Badgers' sideline in his red sweater-vest seven years after hanging up his whistle.
``This group of kids has been through a lot, and they competed extremely hard against a very high-quality team,'' said Alvarez, who nearly pulled off a stunner while bridging the gap between coaches Bret Bielema and Gary Andersen. ``We've played three very good football games (at the Rose Bowl). These guys played hard. In fact, most people would like to get here once. But we just didn't get it done.''
Kelsey Young took his only carry 16 yards for a score on Stanford's opening possession, and Taylor scored on the second drive after a big catch by Ertz. Wisconsin kept the Cardinal out of the end zone for the final 51 minutes, holding them to three points in the second half, but Stanford's defense didn't need any more help.
When Bielema abruptly left Wisconsin for Arkansas after winning the Big Ten title game, Alvarez agreed to coach his fourth Rose Bowl before handing off his program to Andersen, who met with Alvarez on the field before the game. But the Badgers' third consecutive January in Pasadena ended in much the same way as the last two: With the offense failing to get the late score the Badgers desperately needed.
``This stings just as much, because we fell extremely short when we had the opportunity to win,'' Ball said. ``We had numerous opportunities to capitalize on big plays, and we fell short. ... This is not the way we want to be remembered. Speaking for the entire senior group, this is not the way we wanted to go out.''
Curt Phillips went 10 for 16 for 83 yards passing and that crucial interception for Wisconsin, doing more with 64 yards on the ground. Jordan Fredrick caught his first career TD pass right before halftime, but no Badgers receiver had more than Jared Abbrederis' three catches.
And though Ball became the first player to score touchdowns in three Rose Bowls, the powerful back fell short of Ron Dayne's career Rose Bowl rushing record, swarmed under by waves of tacklers from one of the toughest defenses in the nation - a defense that shut down the top-ranked Ducks in mid-November to pave Stanford's path to Pasadena.
Wisconsin became the first five-loss team to make the Rose Bowl by steamrolling Nebraska in the conference title game, becoming the first Big Ten team in three straight Rose Bowls since Michigan in the late 1970s.
With the Rose Bowl filled with fans wearing the schools' near-identical cardinal-and-white gear, Stanford went up 14-0 on Taylor's 3-yard TD run just 8 1/2 minutes in. Wisconsin briefly got rolling behind Ball, who rushed for 296 yards in his first two Rose Bowls.
Stanford stopped James White inside the 1 on fourth down early in the second quarter, but Ball scored on the next drive. The Badgers then mounted an 85-yard drive in the waning minutes of the first half ending with Fredrick's short TD catch.
After a scoreless third quarter, Wisconsin's personal foul on a fair-catch punt return finally sparked the Cardinal early in the fourth. Stanford got inside the Wisconsin 5 before stalling, and Jordan Williamson's short field goal put the Cardinal up by six points with 4:23 to go.
The Badgers got to midfield, but Phillips threw behind Jacob Pedersen, and Amanam easily made the pick.
``I just happened to be at the right place at the right time,'' Amanam said. ``We were able to kind of seal the game on that one.''


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An article by Moulay Hicham in the French publication 'Pouvoirs'
Morocco five years from now, in the aftermath of the "Cumin Revolution" : through such a projection and without any recourse to political fiction,the article draws an a posteriori balance sheet of the current stalemate by looking at the solutions proposed. Such a reversal of perspective makes it possible to raise old questions, left unanswered, in a new form. In this light, the "new Morocco" seems like a pipe dream, the confinement of the country into a waiting room following the current wait-and-see policy, a real utopia. Yet, the other Morocco – a country where life would be easy and pleasant – is within reach.
Clip from Prince Moulay Hicham's Opening Remarks at the World Premiere of "A Whisper to a Roar" at the Directors' Guild Theatre in Los Angeles on October 3, 2012, where he speaks to "the conflict between human nature and the human spirit."

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by Wesley Ratko
SEPTA officials told board members of the Chestnut Hill Community Association that work would begin this week to repair four unused tracks at the Chestnut Hill East train station.
The SEPTA representatives, who appeared at the board's March 24 meeting, noted that the tracks, which have been out of service since the early 1990s, would be rehabilitated to accommodate the storage of trains during midday hours.
Frances Jones, assistant general manager for governmental affairs at SEPTA, introduced the project and explained that a lack of rail yard storage and space to coordinate train deployment on the entire system has prompted the authority to reopen train yards that can accommodate the increased demand.
"This work is mandatory," she said, "in order to provide storage capacity in a location where trains can be quickly put into service."
Beginning this week and lasting through mid-August, SEPTA's in-house Track Department will begin work to rehabilitate the four existing tracks at the station that are not currently in use. A portion of the outbound lot (accessible from Newton Street) will be blocked off during the project for equipment storage and access, reducing the lot by ten spaces.
Upon completion of the track work, the outbound parking lot will be repaved.
Work will be done from 7a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Crews will work through one weekend during the summer, but as of Thursday night did not know which weekend that work will take place.
SEPTA project engineer Steve Hulme said that for safety reasons, the existing walkway across the tracks from the outbound lot to the boarding platforms would be permanently removed. Access to the platforms from the outbound lot will be provided via existing sidewalks along Newton Street and Bethlehem Pike. Hulme told the board that the project should not impact passengers who are not likely to notice any change in service.
The increased demand is being driven by an increase in new rail cars now coming into service. Harry Garforth, SEPTA's manager of rail planning, explained that the authority has purchased 120 new rail cars, known as Silverliner 5s. These are the first new rail cars SEPTA has purchased in 25 years, and they will replace the oldest cars – some close to 60 years old – in its aging fleet. The purchase will result in a net gain of 47 new cars in the system by 2012.
"And that's good news because gas prices are going up and our ridership is going up as well," Garforth said. But more cars, he added, mean an increased need for storage, especially at midday.
Once the improvements are complete, four or five trains a day will be moved to the Chestnut Hill East station after the morning rush, where they will stand until 3:30 or 4 in the afternoon. At the start of the evening rush, the cars will go back into service.
"It's not our intention to store trains there at night, but anything could happen," Jones said. She told the board that if there is an emergency or any changes, SEPTA representatives will return and update the community association on its plans.
CHCA and Chestnut Hill Local budgets
Mark Keintz presented the board with two budgets – one for the CHCA and another for the Local. After walking board members through the CHCA budget, Keintz declared that it was "a mighty precarious set of numbers."
"It's in the black by $133 if all of these assumptions are met," he said.
He added his recommendation that once a Community Manager has been hired, the budget should be revisited and the new manager given a chance to provide some guidance relating to strategies the board can apply over the remainder of the fiscal year.
Key among the budget's assumptions is a 10 percent increase in membership for the coming fiscal year, something board member Dina Hitchcock took exception to, calling it "fanciful thinking."
"I've watched for 10 years, and every time we need money we just say it's there … and I'm thinking we need to be very realistic about what we can bring in," she said.
Board member Tolis Vardakis explained that to meet the membership increase assumed in the budget meant bringing in 160 new members.
"Ever since I've been on this board, I've been on Membership," said board member and social division vice president Jane Piotrowski. "Every year I come to the board and I ask them to go out and bring in three new members and it doesn't happen."
She said she believed membership should be the focus of the association going forward.
"We talk about main events – well, that should be membership."
Keintz explained that there were three sources of income for the CHCA: membership, events, and grants and/or donations. Income from grants could be impacted should the 501(c)(3) classification be approved for the Community Association.
"We can't have all three fall," he said, "otherwise this particular division will not financially survive."
"It seems to me we're using our budget as a goal setting tool," said board member Jonna Naylor. She suggested that a potentially untapped market for membership could be a close neighborhood like Mt. Airy.
"We all benefit from Chestnut Hill," she said. "Let's all join in supporting Chestnut Hill."
The community association budget was passed with minority opposition.
Regarding the budget for the Local, Keintz said that the major assumption made was that there would be no Web portal.
"If there is a Web portal, this budget is going to have to be revisited," he said. "There will be financial issues if a portal is started and financed."
The proposal for a community Web portal hosted by the Local and managed by a portal manager was supposed to come before the board at a special meeting on Monday, March 21. That meeting was postponed when a consultant for the plan suggested a portion of the plan regarding advertising sales for the entity be revisited. The portal proposal will come before the board at a special meeting on Thursday, April 28.
Keintz said that the budget is a statement that says within a few years, the paper version of the Local would be seen as ancillary to the business of drawing advertisers and business to the Web. Right now it's the other way around.
Keintz noted a $64,000 line item in the income section for the coming fiscal year for revenue derived from website advertising, a fivefold increase over the previous year. Lou Aiello asked Local associate publisher Larry Hochberger whether income from the website has been trending upward. Larry explained that the income trends up and then plateaus at certain times.
"We're actually at a leveling off period right now," Hochberger said, "but we are waiting on some new technology that will allow us to do more."
Before unanimous passage of the Local's budget, Keintz reiterated that a decision on whether to proceed with a Web portal would require this budget to be revisited.


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As I write my check to the United States Treasury to place in the mailbox by April 18, I will give thanks. Thanks that this money allows me to live in this incredible country. Thanks for beauty of national parks, an educational system for our children, safe water to drink, clean air, and programs that help citizens in a myriad of ways. The list could go on and on, but we all share in these numerous benefits. So I don't even begin to understand all the whining about taxes that I constantly hear from Republicans.
A short history of taxes in the United States: In 1862, the first income tax law was passed to support the Civil War. The Act of 1862 created the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and gave them the right to assess, levy, and collect taxes. In 1895, the Supreme Court decided this was unconstitutional because taxes were not apportioned among the states. Then, in 1913, the 16th Amendment made taxes a permanent fixture, both for individuals and corporations.
As an individual, I don't mind one bit paying my fair share of taxes. What I do mind is that many companies do not. General Electric paid zero in taxes in 2010, and I doubt that will change this year. As the largest corporation in the U.S., with a reported profit of $14.2 billion, $5.1 billion of that from operations within the U.S., you would think they would owe something. But no, not only did they not pay one cent, they claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion instead.
How did this happen? All GE had to do was become the nation's top spending corporation for lobbyists. These lobbyists, among other things, have been fighting for the continued production of military jet engines that no one — not the Pentagon, the president, the Senate, or the House of Representatives, wants. Except John Boehner, of course, since the factory is in his backyard. In the past 12 years, GE spent $238 million on lobbyists. Many other companies did the same.
Some say that our corporate tax rate is too high, but the 35 percent corporate tax rate is a joke, because of tax shelters, tax credits, and subsidies to multi-billion dollar companies like GE. This is corporate welfare. We all pay for the companies who send their money and their jobs overseas. Their bottom lines and shareholders benefit at our expense. Children suffer from cuts so companies can pay higher dividends.
When companies, with their armies of lawyers can basically set their own tax rates, we are all at risk. Individuals cannot set their own tax rates, but must go by the tax tables. So the next time you want to whine about taxes, don't blame government programs. Blame the corporations that have perfected the art of evading taxes, such as Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, Chevron, Boeing, Valero Energy, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Conoco Phillips. They are among the top offenders.
In the Bible, it states that the love of money is the root of all evil. That makes these free-loading companies dirtier than the fertile soil of this great country whose resources they use, while running away from their responsibilities. They should be ashamed, and we should not allow it to continue.


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Any habitual coffee drinker knows that your coffee maker shows signs of use after a little while, especially if you have hard water. Anyone who has worked in the food industry as a server knows a little trick you can use to clean your coffee pot using, cold water, salt, and lemon slices. However, having lemon slices (or lemon juice) at your disposal is not always the case. But, when you are a homemade crafter, you will have citric acid on hand!
This recipe is a natural cleaner to remove those pesky hard water and coffee stains with two simple ingredients. This method can be used once a month, on a regular basis.
Here are the items you will need:
Citric Acid
How to clean you coffee pot:
1. Rinse out your coffee pot, and place it back onto the machine. Remove the filter and rinse out the funnel, replace the funnel when done (do not place a filter in the funnel).
2. Weigh out 28 grams of citric acid. Then in a separate container, weigh out 880 grams of hot tap water.
3. Slowly pour the citric acid into the water. Allow it to dissolve.
4. Next, weigh out 880 grams of cold tap water. Add this to the citric acid solution. Stir gently.
5. Now, pour all of the solution into the water tank portion of your coffee maker. Allow the coffee maker to run until 4 cups of the solution has "brewed".
6. When this occurs stop the coffee maker and allow it to set undisturbed for at least 20 minutes.
7. Next, start the coffee maker again, and allow it to fully finish "brewing".
8. Allow the mixture to set again for 20 minutes undisturbed.
9. Before dumping out the cleaning solution from the coffee pot, pour a little bit into a bowl, and dump out the rest of the solution.
10. Now, using a sponge, clean the outside and top of the coffee pot to remove any outside stains. Then, rinse the coffee pot and place it back into the coffee machine.
11. To rinse the machine, weigh out 1760 grams of cold tap water into the water tank and allow it to "brew".
12. Once "brewing" is complete, repeat step 11 at least 4-5 additional times before making coffee in the machine.
This recipe is an easy and quick way to clean your coffee pot and machine naturally without a ton of work on your behalf. Citric acid is an amazing all natural ingredient that deodorizing and cleans. You can purchase citric acid from a trusted supplier by clicking on this link.
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Is second grade too early to begin thinking about a future career?
Not at Morenci Elementary School. That's when children start thinking about a job they might enjoy after graduation.
Actually, career education starts a little earlier than that. It's a K-12 program in Morenci.
"In kindergarten, we talk about parents' jobs and we emphasize the need to go to school," said Mary Fisher, elementary school dean of students. "Career exploration is a big thing at the elementary school level."
Ms. Fisher introduces second grade students to Career Pathways—the state education department's grouping of careers into six broad categories.
Arts and Communications, for example, draws creative thinkers into careers ranging from performers to journalists. Natural Resources and Agriscience typically attracts people who enjoy the outdoors and the physical world to careers including farming, landscaping or chemistry.
Children are exposed to terminology, Ms. Fisher said, and they're encouraged to think about a career they might enjoy—and the educational requirements needed to get that job.
"What's a pathway?" she asks. "It's a road that you follow."
Career Pathways are formally visited again in the fourth grade, but there are many career references throughout the lower grades—some planned and others that just appear on the scene.
"Whoever comes into the building, teachers will tie that into career information," Ms. Fisher said.
There's also career exploration built into the curriculum, along with role-playing opportunities and career videos to watch.
In answer to the opening question: No, Ms. Fisher would say, it's not too early to begin thinking about a career while still in the younger grades.


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BPDWORLD was founded and created by Joshua Cole in March 2003. Joshua felt that there was very little specific support in respect of those with a diagnosis of personality disorder. Not only in the real world but also that of the Internet. Of cause there were many websites that supported those with the better-known conditions like depression etc but nothing that could help those that face the chaos and uncertainty of living with personality disorder.
Joshua has always felt passionate about helping to support those who are disadvantaged in any way, and this has been reflected well in the paid and unpaid work he has done over the years. Once Joshua made the decision that something had to be done for those with personality disorder it didn't take more than a couple of weeks for the first ever version of the site BPDWORLD to be created.
He has very big plans for BPDWORLD and with any luck these will all work out and what you see here will one day be the best support area for sufferers of mental health nationally and maybe even internationally. We have already achieved so much.
In October 2005 BPDWORLD became the first registered charity for people with borderline personality disorder in the UK.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - The stand-off between Japan's government and opposition parties is a concern as it has stalled important legislation needed to fund government spending, credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service said on Friday.
Japanese policy making has ground to a halt since the end of the regular session of parliament last month due to a standoff between the government and the opposition.
This has delayed a bill that is crucial to funding the budget for the current fiscal year and could delay the government's response to a slowing economy.
Japan's politicians still have some time to bring down debt as government bond yields are likely to remain low and the current account balance is likely to remain in surplus for the time being, Moody's senior vice president and regional credit officer Tom Byrne told reporters.
"Confidence in Japan's government is tenuous," Byrne said.
"Tight Japanese government bond yields are likely to remain, and this gives the authorities some time to reduce deficits."
Moody's rates Japan at Aa3, three notches below the top AAA rating, with the outlook at stable.
Legislation needed to sell bonds for this fiscal year's budget is in limbo. Opposition parties, who control the upper house and can block legislation, have been stalling to force the government to dissolve the lower house and call an election.
Without the bill, the government could run out of money by the end of November.
Moody's will monitor these developments, but there are several factors that support Japan's public debt and the rating agency's stable outlook, Byrne said.
Japan has already been hit by a string of credit downgrades because of concerns that it was not doing enough to curb its debt burden, the world's largest at twice the value of its annual economic output.
Still, Japanese investors' home bias for JGBs has increased, said Byrne, who is visiting Japan for the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting.
Domestic investors hold 91.3 percent of outstanding government debt, according to Bank of Japan data.
Japan's holdings of investments overseas means that the current account balance is likely to remain in surplus for the next five years, which also supports Japan's public debt burden because it means Japan is a net creditor to the world, Byrne said.
The Bank of Japan, like central banks in the United States, Europe and Britain, has been expanding its balance sheet by purchasing government debt to keep yields low and support economic growth.
Byrne said he underestimated how active the BOJ would be with its asset purchases, which is a positive for Japan's outlook.
However, central bank purchases of government debt is not the ultimate solution to the current economic malaise and that governments need to take steps to boost growth, Byrne said.
Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore


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"Eyes and Beasts" (眼と獣, Me to Kemono) is chapter 566 of the original Naruto manga.
B devastates the forest, also knocking down the other jinchūriki. At the Allied Shinobi HQ, Ao detects that B has transformed into the Eight-Tails. Inoichi receives updates on the Kage holding Madara back. Shikaku requests other divisions' statuses, and learns that the First and Second Divisions are almost done with their enemies, the Third only has one more reincarnated shinobi to seal, and the Fifth has the advantage on their fight. Shikaku orders that as soon as they're done, that they go back up B and Naruto, and asks their coordinates. Naruto notes that the jinchūriki are down, and the Eight-Tails urges B to seal them. B spits out ink clones, which proceed to lock them in place. Before the clones finish immobilising them, Tobi appears from underground, the jinchūriki advance in their transformations and resume attacking. Fū and Yugito tag-team on Naruto, followed by Yagura, who impairs Naruto's movements. Meanwhile, Utakata frees himself from B's hold and Rōshi attacks. The Eight-Tails is concerned and thinks they should retreat, but B is rammed by Han, who has fully transformed into the Five-Tails. Tobi moves in to warp Naruto away stating that six against two puts the odds in his favour. However, this was thwarted as Kakashi and Guy attacked Tobi with his Violent — Leaf Adamantine-Strength Whirlwind technique and cause Tobi to go intangible and slip through Naruto letting Kakashi retrieve Naruto. Naruto is happy to see them, while Tobi states that two more shinobi doesn't make a difference against the power of his eyes and tailed beasts. Kakashi then states that they too have a Sharingan followed by Guy who states that to not underestimate him as he was Konoha's Sublime Green Beast of Prey.


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Six Flags Magic Moutain (Valencia, CA)
Six Flags Magic Mountain is known as the "Thrill Capital of the World," the 260-acre theme park features 19 world-class roller coasters and over 100 rides, games and attractions for the entire family and was voted by USA TODAY readers as America's Best Theme Park.
West Coast Racers, the world's first racing launch coaster is slated to open in 2019. Unlike traditional coasters, this one-of-a-kind racing coaster will feature two side-by-side tracks with four individual high-speed launches. The race covers two complete laps, multiple airtime hills, extreme high-banked turns and exhilarating over/under near misses. A highlight of the ride is an immersive real time "pit stop" designed and produced by world famous West Coast Customs that will provide riders with a racing experience unlike any other.
Now open at a record-breaking 17-stories in the air, CraZanity reaches speeds up to 75-miles-per-hour, as it whips back and forth—higher and higher giving riders a staggering view of the world below them. It's a mash up of craziness and fun in the newly themed Boardwalk area with renovated attractions including enhanced bumper cars and games.
Among the park's world-class roller coasters and thrill rides are Twisted Colossus, the world's longest hybrid coaster; Full Throttle, the world's tallest and fastest looping coaster; LEX LUTHOR: Drop of Doom, one of the world's tallest vertical drop ride; Tatsu, the tallest, fastest and longest flying coaster on Earth; and much more.
We haven't forgotten our youngest guests. Within Six Flags Magic Mountain is Bugs Bunny World, a six-acre, interactive wonderland featuring numerous rides and attractions that provide thrills for kids and adults alike.
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Cuttin' Up
They're the big brothers of string trimmers. They come in lots of sizes, from light-duty models handy for home-owner control of occasionally encroaching blackberries to big clearing units that are more efficient than chain saws for cutting vines and trees up to 4 inches thick. They're brushcutters, powerful saws-on-a-stick that have become indispensable for wood lots, tree farms, large residential grounds and farm maintenance.
Brushcutters are easy to recognize. Unlike trimmers, they require a harness to operate, have wide handlebar controls, special shock damping and shaft pads for comfort, and sport a rotary blade on the business end. Blade configurations are available from flails to 3- and 12-tooth blades and full-on saw blades. You can even mount a trimmer head if you like.
Regardless of the brushcutter you choose, when you start it up and wade in, you'll have more whack now than ever before. Brush, beware.
In British Columbia, battalions of forest keepers use brushcutters to clear out around desired trees and shrubs in forests, parks and tree farms. Woodlot owners across the United States use brushcutters to groom their grounds and trees. Builders often clear new homesite lots with brushcutters. And in the southern states, brushcutters keep kudzu at bay.
Because of their power, versatility and ability to cut tree trunks up to 4 inches thick, brushcutters are often preferred over chain saws in more and more maintenance situations.
There are some tricks to the brushcutting trade; however, a few things are best learned before you head out into the brambles.
For one thing, especially if you have a saw blade mounted, there is a definite cutting area to use. You can't just jam the tool into the trees any old way. The blade rotates counterclockwise. You can only cut right-to-left. And the cutting zone is from blade top to 90 degrees left. That's it. Hit a stiff stem with any other part of the blade and you'll have to deal with kickback.
Second, you should know when to switch blades. Soft stems are best handled by a saw blade; hard stems are not. For hard stems, you need a low-kick blade cutting attachment, such as a steel disc with chain saw teeth spaced around the outer edge.
In rugged country, with steep slopes or a lot of undergrowth, a low-kick blade is the best choice again. Why? Because with these blades, the cutting zone expands; there is no special 90-degree slot to worry about. You can position your tool in many directions, which is handy in tight quarters.
Rather than cutting with a chopping motion, feed the blade in slowly. That way you won't have to worry about bind, pinch or "smoke-and-stop." You just keep cutting.
And last, never start your brushcutter up without checking blade sharpness. Cutting with a dull blade is hard on the machine, hard on you and can be a safety hazard. Besides, it's easy to renew the edges. All you need is a
All brushcutters are engineered for performance and safe operation, but the fact remains they are powerful tools that are designed to cut. Observing proper procedures and being sensible and careful are critical for avoiding difficulty. Some tips include:
Wear the harness at all times. It's integral to suspension of the tool from your body and control of it in use.
Don't operate a bladed brushcutter that's not equipped with a handlebar or barrier. Period. The handlebar is what allows you to control the tool. It's also a barrier to injury if the tool is knocked loose in your hands.
Be mindful of the engine as you swing the tool. Don't let brush ends jab into it.
Wear eye protection. The spinning blade can throw things, so be ready.
Keep people at least 50 feet away from you, especially kids. This is important — most brushcutter accidents involve bystanders that move too close.
Rocks and wire — barbed wire in particular — can cause problems if your blade hits them. So be alert to conditions in your work area.
If you're using a small displacement tool to cut back blackberries or other vines, start at the top and work your way down rather than trying to cut from the bottom.
Equip your cutter with a strong debris shield. And if a special shield is recommended for the task you're doing, put it on.
Brushcutters are usually put through pretty harsh conditions and wear and tear is accelerated. If you work yours hard and want it to last, regular service is key. Keep fuel and fuel lines clean and stabilize fuel if you store yours for more than 30 days. Change spark plugs, air filters and fuel filters periodically so the engine tune stays sharp. Clear debris and dust from intake, cooling fins and muffler.
Engine care also is a factor. New-generation low-emission engines that are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) run hotter, use leaner mixtures, have tighter tolerances and allow a smaller margin of tuning error than older powerheads. Observing recommended service intervals and using correct settings become a much bigger deal.
Today's brushcutters can do a lot for you and your business, as long as you treat them right. Follow these proper usage and maintenance tips and your client's back 40 will not only look more orderly than ever, but your machine will enjoy a long and productive life.
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April 10th - Meet Canadian staff at Toronto Open House
The Canadian Projects Abroad team will be hosting an Open House on April 10th from 4-8 pm at our Toronto Office just south of Yonge & Bloor. This is a great opportunity to meet the staff and former volunteers who will be able to answer questions about our projects and destination countries. BBQ fare will be available with all proceeds being directed to the refurbishment of Peruvian schools in the Sacred Valley.
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Some new classes were introduced in Foundation.framework as part of Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) to help ease the pain associated with performing IPC (inter-process communication) in Mac OS applications. Among them were NSXPCConnection, NSXPCListener, NSXPCListenerDelegate and NSXPCInterface. You can find the documentation inside the development portal or as part of the Xcode bundle but this post is meant to show you how easy it truly is to package up messages and send them off to other processes.
But first, a bit of background. What is IPC? Courtesy of WikiPedia, "IPC is a set of methods for the exchange of data among multiple threads in one or more processes. Processes may be running on one or more computers connected by a network. IPC methods are divided into methods for message passing, synchronization, shared memory, and remote procedure calls (RPC). The method of IPC used may vary based on the bandwidth and latency of communication between the threads, and the type of data being communicated."
Originally, you could have done IPC in OS X using mach messages, which is how drivers traditionally communicated.
While information sharing and modularity are definitely some of the benefits of IPC, one of the biggest wins in my mind is the fact that we can perform privilege separation with IPC. Consider the following: you have wrote some code that will take some user input and crunch on it and then return a result. Note that this doesn't have to be intensive computation, it could be as easy as interpolating an NSString. User input is a taint source, meaning that the input data is untrusted and could potentially (and perhaps unintentionally) be malicious. If your program were running in a privileged mode or had some increased set of ACLs, then if the input were able to exploit a vulnerability, then it would be able to inherit the same privilege level as the application.
Another benefit of this separation is that suppose the input causes the program to crash. If the processing were done in the main application, it would crash the entire application. If the processing is done in the daemon, then the daemon can crash and the application would still be alive and well.
I have attached a project that demonstrates NSURLConnection's ability to say "Hello." hello.tar.gz


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Finding those kiosks or unfolding that paper map in your pocket is so not Google's way to experience museum exhibits. So they mapped the museums.
Starting July 10, Google Maps is offering indoor maps and walking tours of 20 American museums, including the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
The list includes the 17 Smithsonian museums -- including the glorious Smithsonian Zoo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cincinnati Museum Center, the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
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This way visitors can map themselves a walking tour that hits all their interests, while maybe skipping something that holds less interest.
According to Google's official blog, "more museums are adding their floor plans to Google Maps for Android soon, including the SFMOMA, the Phillips Collection, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the National WWII Museum in New Orleans."
(Other museums can submit plans here.)
Google Maps already has more than 10,000 indoor maps, a feature launched in November 2011, according to PCMag.com.


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- Tsukiji Market: a truly fascinating Japanese market; be there at 05:00 to catch the famous tuna auction.
- Tokyo National Museum: containing a vast collection of Japanese art, this museum is a must-visit.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended lower for a second day on Wednesday, as investors soured on another round of underwhelming corporate results and the Federal Reserve said it would stick to its stimulus plan until the job market improves.
The S&P 500 has lost 3.6 percent over the past five sessions, hurt by weak earnings outlooks and top-line revenue misses from large multinational companies. The index is now down 3.9 percent from its closing high of 1,465.77 set on September 14.
Boeing (BA.N) bucked the trend with a more optimistic outlook, but it could not break away from the rest of the market as it was pulled into negative territory in the afternoon. Shares of the defense and aerospace company, a Dow component, fell 0.2 percent to $72.71.
The Fed, in its latest policy statement, said it would keep buying $40 billion in mortgage-backed debt per month to keep interest rates low until the job picture gets better.
"Unemployment is staying where it is, new jobs are minimal, and the Fed is staying defensive," said Allan Flader, financial advisor at RBC Wealth Management, in Phoenix. "I would be surprised if they went to a neutral stance any time soon. You need to see more credible increases in employment, and it's just not happening yet."
On September 13, the Fed unveiled a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing, known as QE3.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI shed 25.19 points, or 0.19 percent, to close at 13,077.34. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX dropped 4.36 points, or 0.31 percent, to 1,408.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC slipped 8.77 points, or 0.29 percent, to end at 2,981.70.
After the close, shares of Best Buy Co (BBY.N) slid 6.9 percent to $15.75 after the No. 1 U.S. electronics chain warned that its fiscal third-quarter earnings and same-store sales would fall. Best Buy closed the regular session at $16.92, up 0.3 percent.
But shares of online game maker Zynga (ZNGA.O) jumped 12.7 percent to $2.40 after the bell after the company raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings outlook. In regular trading, Zynga fell 3.2 percent to close at $2.13.
During the regular session, Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares soared 19.1 percent to $23.23 a day after the social networking company's quarterly results showed a surprising surge in mobile advertising revenue.
Shares of Apple (AAPL.O), scheduled to report after Thursday's close, rose 0.6 percent to $616.83.
The day's other gainers included Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N), the largest U.S. chemical maker, which said late on Tuesday it would cut 5 percent of its work force and shut 20 plants to counter a slowing global economy. Its stock jumped 4.7 percent to $29.88.
On the down side, shares of movie rental company Netflix (NFLX.O) tumbled 11.9 percent to $60.12 after it cut its subscriber forecast, and shares of data-storage equipment maker EMC Corp EMC.N fell 0.9 percent to $24.46 after it cut its full-year outlook.
Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY.N) posted lower-than-expected profit and their shares fell. Eli Lilly shares tumbled 2.7 percent to $50.50. Shares of Bristol-Myers slipped 0.6 percent to $33.05.
With results in from 186 of the S&P 500 companies, 59.1 percent have reported earnings above analysts' expectations, below the 62 percent long-term average, according to Thomson Reuters data.
For revenue, just 38.2 percent of companies have beaten analysts' expectations, while 61.8 percent have fallen short. In a typical quarter, 62 percent of companies beat estimates.
Homebuilders' stocks ranked among the session's best performers. An index of housing stocks .HGX shot up 0.7 percent. Shares of PulteGroup (PHM.N), one of the largest U.S. homebuilders, gained 0.8 percent to $17.45.
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes jumped 5.7 percent in September to the highest level in nearly 2-1/2 years, offering more evidence that the housing market's recovery is improving.
Volume was roughly 6.2 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the year-to-date average daily closing volume of 6.51 billion.
Decliners outnumbered advancers on the NYSE by a ratio of about 16 to 13. On the Nasdaq, about 14 stocks fell for every 11 that rose.
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UNC Pembroke unveiled its redesigned website on Wednesday, January 22. It promises to be a more engaging experience for visitors who are familiar with the site or those who want to learn more about the university.
In addition to a responsive design that adapts for mobile, tablet and desktop users, the site is more visually engaging, with larger photographs and video content.
It is UNCP's first new web design in 10 years and has been in planning and development stages for almost a year. The launch will take place in stages. Top tier pages and most academic departments and programs were part of today's launch and remaining web pages will be migrated to new the new site over the next two months.
Existing users will find the familiar structure and navigation tools. Unchanged are the Quick Links drop-down menu and "A – Z Index." However, a menu button in the upper left hand corner replaces the former navigation bar. With a click of the mouse, the menu button expands from the left side of the screen with expandable menu choices. Featured are links to Blackboard, Braveweb and Webmail.
On the homepage, news will be featured more prominently as will "Upcoming Events." Social media, including links to the university's new YouTube channel, will be more accessible and visible. The homepage will feature a Twitter, Facebook and YouTube feed.
For prospective students, buttons will be available prominently on a ribbon across the page featuring "Visit Us," "Request Info" and "Apply Now."
"We wanted the site to be more user friendly and focused on presenting a realistic, vibrant view of the institution," said Sandy Briscar, executive director of university communications and marketing. "Our goal moving forward is to keep the content throughout the site fresh and to be a helpful yet engaging resource for prospective students, alumni and other constituents."
The new website gives viewers a visual look of UNCP and some new ways to look at the university, including expanded use of video. It also features the university's evolving branding program with the new word mark.
Going forward an intranet of content expressly for students, faculty and staff will be developed.
The new design has been a work in progress since summer 2013. A working group led by Lawrence Locklear, web publisher, and comprised of staff from University Communications and Marketing and the Division of Information Technology worked with VisionPoint Marketing of Raleigh, N.C. Throughout the process, the group consulted with administrators, faculty and students about design and functionality.
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"In language totally fresh and jargon-free, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche distills the wisdom of many centuries. Simple as it is profound, his book bears reading many times."—Peter Conradi, author of Iris Murdoch: A Life
"With warmhearted clarity and wise simplicity, Sakyong Mipham offers some of the best advice you can find for establishing and sustaining a strong, dedicated, and genuinely transformative meditation experience."—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
"Like Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, this book addresses the complexities, obstacles, and joys of meditation with a simple and extraordinarly generous voice. It's an amazing guidebook for a beginner, in the sense that one is always a beginner and that the journey never ends."—Rudy Wurlitzer, author of Hard Travel to Sacred Places
"One of the best of the Buddhism-for-Westerners genre."—Publishers Weekly
Turning the Mind Into an AllyForeward by Pema Ch?dr?n
One: Why Meditate?
1. The Rock and the Flower
2. Bewilderment and Suffering
3. Peaceful Abiding
Two: The Art of Peacefully Abiding
4. Taking Our Seat
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6. How to Gather a Scattered Mind
7. The Virtues of Boredom
8. Laziness
9. Forgetting the Instructions
10. Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose
11. Nine Stages of Training the Mind
Three: Turning the Mind Into An Alley
12. Turning the Mind
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14. The Unchanging Truth of Change
15. First We Got Old
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Luxury Wreath for Sympathy
A elegant wreath designed by our skilled florists. Brimming with roses and calla lilies, seasonal blooms and foliage, this is a luxuriously bold wreath with a delicate edge. The beautiful calla lilies and roses are surrounded by eucalyptus and fern foliage. An evocative but elegantly understated tribute, our luxury wreath is a popular choice.


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Its not about impressing, its about inspiration.
Ladies...if your guy thinks that going raw will turn him
into a skinny-waify vegan, tell them that they need to rethink a bit.
This body is fueled on massive doses of green leafy vegetables,
superfoods (mostly hemp, vitamineral green, bee pollen, maca, mesquite, and goji),
and loads of wild foods, especially wild greens.
100% raw vegan. No flesh, no animal body fluids (dairy).
Im trying to keep my sugar down, so Im having green apples with hemp butter.
This one isnt green, but the pic was taken months ago.
(A little cross-section pictured below
for a better idea of whats going on here...
cinnamon on top...YUM!)
And then mostly berries in my smoothies.
One full pound of blueberries has around 36 grams of sugar.
That is ridiculously low if you think about how many berries that is.
So...no worries guys. The hardest part is just being active.
Its one thing to be conscious about what you eat,
its quite another to get your vegan butt to the gym.
One hour a day though. I swear...thats it.
Is there something you can cut out of your day
so you can replace it with just one hour of working out?
And dont expect huge results right away.
It took me quite a while to get where Im at.
Working out before breakfast will get you there faster,
as will eating very light in the evenings.
However, persistence will conquer all. Remember that.
With ANYTHING...persistence conquers all.
And I put on weight easily. Two days of heavy raw foods
and low activity will really show in my face, then later in my body.
I have to stay active if I want to continue looking like this.
Nothing that is really worth doing was ever easy.
Rethink your mindset of the vegan male.
Its time for a new image. This works for me,
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All flesh is grass, and all wood and rock is too.
The histories of mining towns seem to often involve burning down twice and rebuilding once. In 1949, the day before she turned two-years-old, my mother and her three-year-old brother were playing with fire and gutted their family's house. For a year or so, the family dwelt in makeshift quarters including a shack with walls built from stacked steel ammo boxes. Some land was swapped, and the family ended up in a house 400 yards from their old house, and the lot where my great-grandparents had lived, and then my grandparents, became the site for a church for the Logandale Ward of the Moapa Stake. Evenings and Saturdays, men mixed concrete and poured it into forms to create blocks, with which they built the walls of the church. My grandfather wired it, as he had most every building in town. The chapel was erected over the spot where my family's small house previously stood.
When I read yesterday of the destruction of that chapel that morning, I wasn't sure what I felt. Minutes later my wife called on the phone, and I began "The LDS church in Logandale . . ." I couldn't continue the sentence. I hung up and found a private place to shed a few tears. I called my wife back and told her everything I knew about that building, all the funerals I'd attended there. I called my oldest living uncle last night. the one who escorted me through the St. George Temple when I was endowed, and talked with him a while. Why do we care about old buildings? In this case, because it was a part of my mother and grandparents' lives. It's been so long since I've seen them, and I miss them so much right now. It's also because of a love not just of individuals, but also of communities.
All is grass.
The woman identified in this Review-Journal article as the oldest member of the church in Logandale is my grandfather's sister-in-law. Ace Robison, the stake president, was in the news a few months back in his role as board chairman of the proposed Desert Valley Academy.
For a different regional variation on some of what I'm feeling right now, I recommend Mary Chapin Carpenter's aching and beautiful "I Am a Town"


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Bee Blocks
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Amy - Amy's Creative SideSeptember 25, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Fun blocks! I love bees – I've missed them this year.
AmeliaSeptember 25, 2010 at 11:56 pm
I am making quilts with both of these blocks and am having a lot of fun in the process. Your blocks look so great Amy!
SherriSeptember 26, 2010 at 12:02 am
I love seeing the bee blocks!
Rebecca JohnsonSeptember 26, 2010 at 5:14 am
I LOVE your spiderweb blocks..they look great!! xx and congrats on your new quilt pattern! xx
Aunt SpicySeptember 26, 2010 at 8:58 am
Ohhhh, all of those blocks look amazing! I loving seeing new color combinations!
AngieSeptember 26, 2010 at 9:49 am
Your spider web quilt blocks are fun! The quilt as you go quilt-along looks fun. I am still catching up on some other quilt alongs, so I told myself that I can't start any others! Your blocks look great 🙂
Lady RosienJune 12, 2012 at 8:42 am
I am at the end of blog hopping to look at the Dresden projects. Can't wait to see yours. Meanwhile I was drawn to this post by the picture of the spiderweb block. I, too, recently made my first spiderweb. It's fun and I would not worry about matching seams one bit. Mine came out amazingly wonky cute and I made a beach bag – tote out of it. I will try to send a pic of that to you. Not


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William O. Beeman Comment in The New York Times Magazine, 17 June 2012
Commenting on June 12, 2012 Issue article by Adam Davidson on the Contemporary Art Market and the astronomical prices being paid today.
When art becomes primarily an object to be bought and sold at market value, the entire purpose of artistic expression is sullied. It certainly is true that "a thing of beauty is a joy forever," but these vulgar "collectors" buying art in the hope that it will "pay off" in appreciated value take all the joy out of it. If crass commercialism is unavoidable, at the very least artists should be able to avoid being exploited by the market. I would be in favor of a royalty system whereby the artist and her heirs share in the resale of her artistic works.
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Former marine biologist Thomas P. Peschak spends more than 300 days a year pursuing marine conservation photography and ocean reportage. A fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, he has photographed and written four books. Peschak writes for LightBox about his efforts documenting the annual mid-June sardine run in South Africa's seas.
Every winter I contract a severe case of sardine fever; the irrepressible urge to pursue and photograph schools of silvery fish for months across some of the roughest seas in the world.
Sardines are shoaling fish that prefer the cold waters off South Africa's west and south coast, but during June/July (the austral winter) vast shoals follow a tongue of cold-water northwards along the sub-tropical east coast. In hot pursuit of this silvery bounty are a vast army of predators; sharks, dolphins, whales and seabirds in the tens of thousands. Some call this phenomenon the sardine run or 'the greatest shoal on earth', I often curse it as the hardest thing I have ever done — the odds are always against the photographer! Sardine movements are unpredictable, an abundance of rivers often reduce visibility to near zero and in the depths of winter 15-foot seas are not unusual.
Sardines unfortunately do not have the same public appeal as panda bears or humpback whales and most people believe tins cans to be their natural habitat. A lack of conservation sympathies resulted in severe overfishing beginning in the 1960s and stocks have collapsed more than once since.
I first began to document the sardine run in 2003 with the aim of revealing what an essential component of South Africa's oceans these fish really were. The survival of popular flagship conservation species such as common dolphins, Brydes whales, bronze whaler sharks and Cape gannets is intrinsically linked to the health of sardine stocks. Without the vast silvery shoals pulsing along our shores, the many tens of thousands of predators that occupy the top of the marine food chain would soon begin to disappear from South Africa's seas.
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Lights, Camera, NBI's: Exclusive Backstage Tour of the RA
We Pull Back the Curtain for a Look at What Makes the RA Go
Have you ever wondered what happens behind the curtains at the RA? How the lights, video, audio and stage all come together to produce an incredible live show for over 12,000 meeting attendees, who make up the world's largest democratic deliberative body. We take you backstage so you can see how it all comes together.


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One of Hollywood's most enduring celebrity marriages is coming to an end.
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separating, it was confirmed by the couples rep Stan Rosenfeld Monday. The acting duo tied the knot in January of 1982 and have three children together - Lucy, 29, Grace, 27, and Jacob, 24.
Perlman, 64, and DeVito, 67, worked together on the sitcom "Taxi" (1978-1983) and most recently appeared onscreen together in the 1996 film "Matilda." Playing smart-mouthed waitress Carla Tortelli, Perlman was a regular in the sitcom "Cheers" in the 1980s and early 1990s, with DeVito currently starring as oddball Frank Reynolds in the FX comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
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Introducing the Newest Member of the Family - Colton!8/11/2011 11:16:00 AM Edit This 1 Comment »
That's right. My younger brother Todd and his wife Lori added to the family this week. Colton Todd made his way into the world on Aug 2 and we all couldn't be happier.
Colton and Mommy just hours after his birth. Doesn't he look like he's smiling?!
Daddy and his little man. It's been a LONG time since Todd held his infant son....22 years give or take. Todd now has the oldest and the youngest of the grandkids. Nice job bro.
Just an hour old. Check out those cheeks.
And here are the two brothers - just hanging out.
Colton takes after his Daddy - he's a great sleeper!
He's getting ready for his first car ride.
Lori and Colton ready to break out of the hospital. Great job Lori!!
Now Lexie is going to drive me crazy until she gets to meet her new baby cousin. We both can hardly wait to hold the sweet little guy.
Welcome to the world Colton!
More on Lexie later. I'm behind - way behind!
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A Jupiter man was arrested after a nurse smelled marijuana being smoked in the delivery and infant unit of a Stuart hospital, authorities said.
A report of pot smoking on Tuesday, Feb. 4 brought authorities to Martin Memorial Medical Center, TCPalm.com reported.
David Bastin, 28, of Jupiter was busted and eventually charged with possession of under 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a Martin County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit. It wasn't immediately known whether he has an attorney.
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The charge nurse had called and reported she could smell a strong odor of cannabis coming from the room where Bastin's girlfriend was admitted, the affidavit said. When authorities spoke with Bastin in the lobby, they asked him to hand over the cannabis.
"The defendant reached in his right pocket and handed Officer Cernuto a black oblong device that the defendant called a vaporizer," but when it was opened raw cannabis was found inside, the affidavit said.
Bastin was handcuffed and taken to the Martin County Jail. There Bastin refused to answer any questions the booking deputy was asking and became belligerent, the affidavit added.
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The other day I was on a radio show and the host asked if there was a cover up. I said, "Yes," and that I could prove it. The documentation available shows that the military tried to hide what it was doing with UFO investigations, sometimes in a not very clever way. Sometimes, I think it was just a case of incompetence rather than anything particularly nefarious.
In my search of UFO files, at the National Archives, at the Center for UFO Studies, and using the Project Blue Book files, I learned how some of this transpired. The following will provide a glimpse into the convoluted trail that leads into the cover up.
The military, after the code name Project Sign, the first of the official UFO investigations was compromised, claimed that the UFO investigation had been closed. They had merely changed the name and kept going under the code name of Grudge. Then, in December 1949, they announced that Project Grudge had been ended. The study hadn't ended, but continued, still using the code name Grudge. Later that name was changed and Blue Book was born.
In the beginning, Blue Book was a solid investigation of UFOs. But after the summer of 1952, that situation changed. Clearly UFOs were not something that were going to go away. Clearly the public interest, after more than five years, was at an all time high. Newspaper reporters and magazine writers were trying to learn everything they could about UFOs. Books on the topic sold well and more were scheduled to be published that year. Something had to be done to end the interest.
One of the responses was the CIA's Robertson Panel which would determine that there was nothing to UFOs, but more importantly, they didn't threaten national security.
The other was a new set of regulations and a change in the way the UFO investigation was going to be handled. ATIC and Project Blue Book, who had been the main action addressees on UFO related items of intelligence were about to lose that distinctive status. New regulations, issued by the Air Defense Command on January 3, 1953 created the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS). Other new regulations, including Air Force Regulation 200-2, dated August 1953, tasked the 4602d with the investigation of UFOs. All UFO reports would pass through the 4602d AISS prior to transmission to ATIC. That was a major change in the UFO investigation.
It is interesting to note that Ed Ruppelt, after briefing the members of the Robertson Panel, was on his way to Ent Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, the headquarters of the 4602d. He was scheduled to arrive on January 24, 1953 to "present a one hour briefing at Officers Call." The trip was arranged by Major Vernon L. Sadowski on January 7, 1953, or about a week before the Robertson Panel began its meetings.
But Ruppelt, in describing how the 4602d entered into the UFO investigation business, seemed to think it was the result, not of manipulation at the top, but because of his pushing from the bottom. He wrote, "Project Blue Book got a badly needed shot in the arm when an unpublicized but highly important change took place: another intelligence agency began to take over all field investigations...the orders had been to build it up - get more people - do what the [Robertson] panel recommended. But when I'd ask for more people, all I got was a polite 'So sorry.'...I happened to be expounding my troubles one day at Air Defense Command Headquarters while I as briefing General Burgess, ADC's Director of Intelligence, and he told me about his 4602d Air Intelligence Squadron, a specialized intelligence unit that had recently become operational. Maybe it could help..."
Ruppelt explained that he didn't expect much from Burgess. Ruppelt expected to write memos and letters and seal "it in a time capsule for preservation so that when the answer finally does come through the future generation that receives it will know how it all started."
This time things were different. Ruppelt writes, "But I underestimated the efficiency of the Air Defense Command. Inside of two weeks General Burgess had called General Garland, they'd discussed the problem, and I was back in Colorado Springs setting up a program with Colonel White's 4602nd."
In Ruppelt's book, he implies that all this happened late in the summer of 1953. Ruppelt's tour at Blue Book was scheduled to end in February 1953, and he departed for two months of temporary duty in Denver. He writes, "When I came back to ATIC in July 1953 and took over another job, Lieutenant Olsson was just getting out of the Air Force and A1/c (Airman First Class) [Max] Futch was now it...In a few days I again had Project Blue Book as an additional duty this time and I had orders to 'build it up.'"
So, Ruppelt, at the end of the summer, is talking to General Burgess and within weeks, he is told that the 4602d is available to investigate UFOs. Documentation, however, doesn't bear this out.
On March 5, 1953, months before Ruppelt met with General Burgess, a letter headed, "Utilization of 4602nd AISS Personnel in Project Blue Book Field Investigations," is sent to the Commanding General of the Air Defense Command and to the attention of the Director of Intelligence at Ent Air Force Base. The plan of action, outlined in the letter was approved on March 23, 1953.
In the letter, it was written, "During the recent conference attended by personnel of the 4602nd AISS and Project Blue Book the possibility of utilizing 4602nd AISS field units to obtain additional data on reports of Unidentified Flying Objects was discussed. It is believed by this Center that such a program would materially aid ATIC and give 4602nd AISS personnel valuable experience in field interrogations. It would also give them an opportunity to establish further liaison with other governmental agencies, such as CAA, other military units, etc., in their areas."
The interesting statement here, as in many of the other documents relating to the 4602d, is the idea that the field teams, by interrogating witnesses to UFO sightings, can gain valuable experience in interrogating people. Ruppelt pointed out that the 4602d had a primary function of interrogating captured enemy airmen during war. In a peacetime environment, all they could do was interrogate "captured" Americans in simulations. According to Ruppelt, "Investigating UFO reports would supplement these problems [wartime simulations] and add a factor of realism that would be invaluable in their training."
All this went on while Ruppelt was on temporary duty and someone else was heading Project Blue Book. It would seem that some correspondence between the ADC and ATIC would have been on file at Blue Book. Ruppelt, when he returned to ATIC, should have been aware that negotiations between the 4602d and ATIC were in progress. Yet his own book suggests he didn't understand that.
Upon publication of Air Force Regulation 200-2, in August 1953, a briefing about implementation of the regulation was held at Ent Air Force Base for members of the 4602nd. Publication of a regulation suggests that the changes had been in the planning stage for a long time. It suggests that the implementation of ADC regulation 24-3, published on January 3, 1953, was part of a larger plan. All of it was probably an outgrowth of the wave of sightings from the summer of 1952.
During the briefing, one of the officers asked, "What is the status of the 4602d in regards to this new UFOB regulation?"
Major BeBruler said, "I want to say that on this UFOB regulation that ADC will designate the 4602d as the agency to discharge its responsibility for field and certain preliminary investigations. Secondly, there will be a criteria established as a guide to determine when the field units will conduct a detailed follow-up investigation and when they will not."
This is important because it marks the shift in the UFO investigations. The Robertson Panel recommended no secrecy. They wanted to share everything with the public to prove there was nothing to hide. But that didn't happen. Instead, Blue Book was stripped of its investigative function and became little more than a public relations clearing house. The real investigations were conducted by the 4602d AISS, an intelligence agency of which no one outside a limited circle inside the intelligence community knew. Public questions about UFOs went to Blue Book but no one asked the 4602d what they were doing. They operated outside the spotlight of the media.
From the documentation available, it is clear that the investigative function after 1953 rested with the 4602d. UFO sighting reports were transmitted electronically to the closest of the field units for investigation. Once that investigation was completed, those sightings which were not identified were transmitted on to ATIC and supposedly provided to Project Blue Book.
Although AFR 200-2 was first published in August 1953, implementation of it seems to have lagged until August the following year. Reports available in the 4602d Unit History, originally classified secret, show that there was some reluctance to take on the task of UFO investigation.
This is not to suggest, from some of the early reports, that the 4602d was operating to suppress UFO data, though that was the effect. The men at the meetings, from the questions asked, seemed more concerned with the logistical support available to them to complete their mission rather than hiding anything about their work. The regulations at squadron and flight levels had not yet been written.
During the initial briefing held in 1954, Lieutenant Vaughn, said, "General Carey is very vehement in his desire to see these reports before they are sent anywhere. What will be done about that? He has seen this AFR 200-2, but before they are sent in, he still wants to see them."
Colonel White answered, "I see no objection to that, if they don't get tied up. There is nothing in 200-2 that says that written reports (AF 112) should go to General Carey. Again this is in his division area of responsibility. General Carey is one of the sharpest officers in the Air Force today, and if he wants you to do something like this in his area, it, of course, should be done. The one arrangement that I would make is that you should hand carry the reports to him."
The question that begs to be asked is if this was in some way an attempt to circumvent AFR 200-2 by General Carey. And why should the reports be hand carried to him?
The simplest answer is that General Carey, because the UFO program was moving into his area of responsibility wanted to be kept apprised of what was happening in the field. Hand carrying the reports just expedited the process. There seems to be nothing underhanded or nefarious in the operations as they were being established by the 4602d. They were tasked with a job and were attempting to carry it out to the best of their abilities.
What is important here is the shift of investigative responsibility. Ruppelt complained that his tiny shop was overworked and undermanned, and a splendid compromise was found. In reality, since none of this was made public until long after the fact, it is clear that it was one more aspect of the conspiracy of silence.
In 1947 and 1948 when Project Sign was created, the public name given it was Project Saucer. A review of the magazine articles and books released in that time frame speak of Project Saucer. Once the real name, Project Sign, was compromised, the public name of Saucer was scrapped. Officials then suggested that Sign had been closed and no new investigation had been undertaken. Of course, it was only a name change, the project still existed.
This time the name was left in place, but the location of the investigation shifted. Blue Book would issue press releases and reporters would call the project for information, but the investigation was now housed in the Air Defense Command and conducted by the 4602d as part of their training.
While it can be argued, persuasively, that military secrets are a necessity, and since Blue Book was well known by the beginning of 1953, the policy makes sense. But it can also be argued that the policy is an outgrowth of a desire to mislead the public about the reality of the situation. The question that can be asked, and frequently was, "How can anyone suspect the Air Force takes UFOs seriously if the investigation consists of an officer, an NCO, an enlisted man or two and a secretary?" The answer is, of course, not very.
But, of course, that wasn't the true picture. Investigation was continuing at a very high level with the addition of the 4602d's intelligence teams. More information comes from the unit history (originally classified as Secret) and dated from 1 January - 30 June 1955. "The 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron continues to conduct all field investigations within the zone of the interior to determine the identity of any Unidentified Flying Objects." The unit history also noted, "The responsibility for UFOB investigation was placed on the Air Defense Command, with the publication of AFR 200-2, dated 12 August 1954."
This merely confirms what we had suspected before. There was a secret study of UFOs conducted by the Air Force that was not part of the Blue Book System. Clearly ATIC was involved because regulations demanded it, but there is nothing to suggest that every report forwarded to ATIC made its way down to Blue Book.


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This is on my design wall as I type. It's a new quilt for American Quilting where I work. The store seems to have a lot of Erin McMorris's Weekends collection still hanging around. The one surefire way to move fabric is to make something with it. Then it runs away. (It's crazy the stuff that people ignore for months and then fall in love with overnight as soon as they see it in a project.)
I volunteered for the job. I'm liking it. I threw in some new Sunkisssed from Sweetwater and it goes so well. I'm using this tutorial as the basis – I love the design. I'm making a few modifications so that we can make it bigger, cut kits, etc. But it's very similar to the original design.
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This is on my design wall as I type. It's a new quilt for American Quilting where I work. The store seems to have a lot of Erin McMorris's Weekends collection still hanging around. The one surefire way to move fabric is to make something with it. Then it runs away. (It's crazy the stuff that people ignore for months and then fall in love with overnight as soon as they see it in a project.)
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ElenaFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:16 pm
That is exactly what happened to me with this exact line! I had a Weekends jelly roll and used it for the PS I Quilt postage stamp quilt along and fell in love! Now I just ordered a FQ bundle of it to make more goodies. Just love all the bright and flowery prints.

Love your block design with it! Can't wait to see more at Summit! 🙂
JaclynFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Oh I love that weekends quilt! You're right, I'm inspired to buy some.
badlandsquiltsFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Your quilt is looking wonderful so far! Can't wait to see it finished!
TrudiFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Weekends has not long been around in the UK and I'm loving it! I have two projects on the go with it! Loving your project too!
Live a Colorful LifeFebruary 7, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I love that pinwheels quilt. I used to work in a quilt shop and you are so right about fabric that languishes for weeks, then you make a sample for the store and it flies out the door.

My heart goes out to Jenny. My friend had a very aggressive form of multiple myeloma. What a wonderful thing you are doing.
HeatherFebruary 7, 2011 at 9:06 pm
i'd love to help Amy! email me!

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JennyFebruary 7, 2011 at 10:29 pm
lovely, all! What size are those vintage sheet blocks? I'm thinking of starting one myself soon. thanks!!
PattyFebruary 7, 2011 at 10:41 pm
I would love to see a picture of the entire vintage sheet quilt top. All your quilts are so pretty!
AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 3:22 am
j'aime beaucoup tout ce que tu fais , bravo
amylouwhoFebruary 8, 2011 at 6:40 am
Amy, I was just over at jenny's blog and reading about her illness. She is amazing! And then I saw all of your generous donations. You are amazing too!

And thanks so much for your email!!!
craftytammieFebruary 8, 2011 at 7:45 am
thanks for letting us know about the auction. cancer sucks. and your quilts are awesome!!
Carol TFebruary 8, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Sorry to hear the bad news about your friend Jenny. I hope she recovers well. The quilt you are making for the store to move some fabric is awesome. I like the orange look better than the pink look of the original version.
AnnetteFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:31 am
Lovely vintage quilt! Oooozes spring and summer. I am sure the receiver will feel very special indeed. My vintage WiP oozes more 60's, gay festival and the smell of dope in the air I believe but working with these old treasures is a pure joy. GOt some pastel vintage just like you that I soon will transform to a summer house blanket… I just can't get enough of those sheets.
CorrieFebruary 9, 2011 at 11:58 pm
oh you are such a good person! what beautiful people to do that for a friend.

I've seen first hand how expensive treatments are and while we have been fortunate to have most of my mum's covered by insurance there is one of her treatments which couldn't, at $30k a pop and we've had 3 goes at it – it has been through the kindness of my grandma helping out that the work
SunshineFebruary 10, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Hey Amy, I read your post about Jenny and thought, well, I don't know her and there are lots of people in the world who need help. Then I browsed Jenny's blog and her story really struck home (I finished grad school a few years ago) and because she was actually blogging BEFORE she fell sick, it was all the more drastic to see how easily something like cancer can happen and suddenly all


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