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Tannehill wasn't good enough to not scout QBs this year. If they find a guy they like and he's available at a good spot, I have no problem taking a QB.
Tannehill wasn't good enough to not scout QBs this year. If they find a guy they like and he's available at a good spot, I have no problem taking a QB.
If his 1st read is covered he runs, just like Baylor.
Wilson's season was actually far more impressive.
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Kapernick plays on a loaded offense whose #1 WR is finally getting his comfort level. He also stares down WRs alot, which is one thing Wilson doesn't do.
Russel Wilson > Kap.
Deshaun Watson is the TRUTH!
Wilson also had a 100 rating, and 6 more pass TDs, and got deeper in the playoffs without a fairy offense, and he did that while being 5'9.
Russell Wilson has a top 5 D, top 5 Running game, a seam threat TE and a great offensive line not to mention very good Wrs (a true #1 in Sidney Rice)!! Its not to hard to suceed when all the pieces are in place all you have to do is be a game mananger and not turn the ball over and make some plays here and there.....If hes on a team like Miami Russel Wilson isnt even talked about this year....Tannehill should of had this team in the playoffs if it werent for Carpenter and that speaks volumes being they dont have any playmakers a below average running game and a pourous o-line...I just dont understand for the life of me these things arent brought up when comparing T-Hill to others huge diff with the circumstances.....Oh and one more thing T-Hill beat Wilson!! Thumbs Down big time on this thread next!!!
I think Moore has already said he wants to find a opportunity to start somewhere, so I don't expect him back. Devlin looked decent enough for the back-up job but there's nothing wrong with drafting competition.


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A friend told me that if I purchased a recent copy of Mario Kart DS it would have 3D effects added if I played it on a 3DS. I have an older version which doesn't work, but my friend informed that it had to be a recent version of the game. Is this true? Do newer DS games get 3D effects if played on a 3DS?
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There will be no 3D effect with a regular DS game, as this IGN article states:
To further the point, on this comparison chart from Nintendo, it states at the bottom that:
The only way you will be able to play Mario Kart in 3D is to wait for Mario Kart 7 to be released in December.
No, it even states in the manual that only games for the 3DS are in 3D.


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Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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|Walter Gieseking – The complete Homocord recordings and other rarities
Walter Gieseking is known as one of the greatest 20th-century pianists, and his playing of Debussy and Ravel in particular is often regarded as definitive. For most of his recording career he recorded for Columbia, but his earliest recordings were ...» More
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"Reaction to the South Sudan Peace Agreement"
The United States is proposing that the United Nations Security Council impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, after President Salva Kiir shocked the opposition led by his former deputy Riek Machar, by refusing to sign a peace deal to end the 20-month conflict. Mr. Kiir says his government needs more time to consider the proposed agreement. Reports say Kiir is displeased with the power-sharing language included into the framework of the deal. His decision is the latest blow to the peace talks sponsored by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, as well as several other countries including the United States and China. Meanwhile, the U.S. has circulated a draft resolution to UN Security Council calling for the arms restrictions against South Sudan and sanctions against its senior political leaders, if a peace accord between the warring sides is not signed by September 1, 2015. However, if President Kiir does sign the deal, the arms embargo will not go forward.
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Shaka, a Ugandan-born American journalist, holds a doctorate in cross-cultural communication and history from UCLA in California. He is a former Ford Foundation Fellow and has received numerous honors, including a United Nations Peacekeeping Special Achievement Award in International Journalism. Other awards include VOA's Best Journalist Award and Kigezi College Butobere's first ever Highest Achievement Award in International Human Communication. Butobere is located in Kabale, southwestern Uganda, and is Shaka's alma mater.
During his career, Shaka has interviewed and hosted many presidents and prime ministers. Among them: General Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Nigeria; Levy Patrick Mwanawasa; Former President, Zambia; Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom; Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama; Ghana President John Evans Atta Mills; Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President, Liberia; Hifikepunye Pohamba, President, Namibia; Uganda President Yoweri Museveni; Joseph Kabila, President, DRC; Rwanda President Paul Kagame; and General Salva Kiir, First Vice President, and president of the government of Southern Sudan.
He has also hosted newsmakers and policy makers who interact with Africa, including: Norbert Mao, President, Uganda Democratic Party; Johnnie Carson, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Donald Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank; South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai; Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; Mo Ibrahim, Chairman Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Nobel Literature laureate Wole Soyinka; Professor Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School; Professor Ali Mazrui, SUNY; Professor George Ayittey, American University; Professor Sulayman Nyang, Howard University; Uganda Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba; Dr. Rebecca Nyandeing de Mabior, a Southern Sudan government official and widow of former SPLA leader Dr. John Garang; Jeff Sharlet, author, The Family; Bob Hunter, Associate, Fellowship Foundation; Mbulelo Rakwena, former South African Ambassador to Brazil; Baffour Ankomah, Editor, New African magazine.


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Ponder no more, it's time to graduate from Bovine University and make your very own branding iron for all occasions!
This instructable will show you how to make your own beef brand from bicycle spokes.
This idea can easily be expanded to a chicken for poultry, a swine for pork cutlets, heck even Bambi for venison!
I chose to make this branding iron out of stainless steel spokes as it is food safe, the thin gauge is relatively easy to bend, and the spoke retains its shape.
Do not use wire coat hangers for this project, hanger metal is an alloy which may contain lead or other toxic elements which can be harmful if consumed
Do not brand skin
This instructable won runner-up in the Low & Slow BBQ Contest.
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Enough talk, let's brand something!
Step 1: Strip bicycle tire
As tempting as that bike lockup outside your school or place of work is many bikers frown upon having their tires removed for this purpose. Try to find a junked or bent tire to cannibalize.
I asked at my local bike store and they had two for me to choose from. Look for straight spokes with no coating (paint or stickers).
The black you see in the photos is carbon from the iron being heated and used to sear the meat, it is not harmful. If any of this would to flake off and land on your food it would be no different to eating some ash, and in such doses wouldn't be much of a health concern. That said, you bring attention to the fact that you should clean your iron regularly to prevent excessive food build up.
''Quorn's fungus is as closely related to mushrooms as humans are to jellyfish''. So maybe a mushroom is out., though a jellyfish brand could be interesting....
As greensteam mentioned already temperature will play a huge factor, and just like for food a high temperature is desired.
Just as important is to consider the size of the area you wish to brand. The brand shown here measures +/- 76 x 44.5 mm (3" x1.75") and some bends were tough for me to do by hand, intricate bends may be hard to achieve with this gauge.
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London-based interior and product designer Ilse Crawford is no stranger to the whirl surrounding the Salone. But she also knows where to find quiet escapes. "The secret gardens of Milan are always a place to see another side of the city, away from all the hubbub," Crawford says. She especially loves the little garden of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the 15th-century church and convent that houses Leonardo's Last Supper (2 Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie; grazieop.it). Crawford also admires the "beautiful wisteria-covered back garden" of the Sheraton Diana Majestic hotel (42 Viale Piave; 011-39-02-20-581; sheratondianamajestic.com), which she describes as "perfect for morning assignations, when it's usually pretty quiet."
Shown: The garden in the cloister of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
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Karim Rashid
Prolific New York designer Karim Rashid, the creator of whimsical interiors, objects, lighting, and packaging for companies such as Alessi, Umbra, Christofle, and Artemide, lived in Milan in the 1980s and he returns regularly for the Salone. "I have always loved Milan," says Rashid. "It's small but cultured, intimate yet global—the quintessential city that combines commerce and artistic pursuit. Just walking the streets is inspiring." The designer's choice for lodging is the Nhow Hotel (35 via Tortona; 011-39-02-489-8861; nh-hotels.com), a former power plant with colorful, quirky interiors by Matteo Thun. "You can always find me drinking a cappuccino with clients at the bar," says Rashid, who designed the Nhow Hotel in Berlin. Other regular spots include Noon (4 via G. Boccaccio; 011-39-02-4802-4607; noonmilano.com) for its Mediterranean cuisine, and Café Trussardi, overlooking La Scala opera house (5 Piazza della Scala; 011-39-02-8068-8201), for cocktails.
Shown: The lobby of the Nhow Hotel, designed by Matteo Thun.
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Vincent Van Duysen
Antwerp-based architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen also lived in Milan in the '80s. He's an ardent but sensual minimalist, so it's fitting that one of his favorite places in Milan is Villa Necchi Campiglio (14 via Mozart; 011-39-02-7634-0121; casemuseo.it), a 1930s house by architect Piero Portaluppi (now a museum) that was prominently featured in the 2010 film I Am Love, starring Tilda Swinton. "It's a beautiful example of Milanese modernism," says Van Duysen, who favors a corner room at the Park Hyatt (1 via Tommaso Grossi; 011-39-02-8821-1234; milan.park.hyatt.com), overlooking the glass-topped 19th-century Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. He also likes to take strolls through I Navigli, the old canal district. For meals, he enjoys the stellar seafood at both Osteria La Risacca 6 (6 via Marcona; 011-39-02-5518-1658; larisacca6.it) and Bebel's Ristorante in the artist-filled Brera district (38 via San Marco; 011-39-02-657-1658). Van Duysen adds that "Bebel's has an amazing Puntarelle," the typically Roman dish made with chicory and anchovies.
Shown: The library in the Villa Necchi Campiglio.
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Rosita Missoni
At age 80, Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the famous Milan fashion family, is as busy as ever. She still heads Missoni Home, launched in 2004, and oversees the interior design of Hotel Missoni properties, including upcoming locations in Oman, Brazil, and Turkey. To shop for furniture and objects from other design houses, Missoni heads to Skitsch (11 via Monte di Pietà; 011-39-02-3663-3065; skitsch.it) and Driade, which is on the ground floor of the 18th-century Palazzo Gallarati Scotti (30 via Manzoni; 011-39-02-7602-3098; driade.it). She also frequents Spazio Rossana Orlandi, housed in an old factory (14/16 via Matteo Bandello; 011-39-02-467-4471; rossanaorlandi.com). "It has wonderful spaces and a mixture of design objects, as well as art exhibitions," Missoni says. Next door is Pane e Acqua (011-39-02-4819-8622; paneacqua.com), a stylish restaurant decorated by Paola Navone "with a great sense of humor," as Missoni describes it. "The food is simple and nice, but the interesting thing is that guests can buy anything in the restaurant, from furniture to objects and tableware." She also recommends the Ristorante Giacomo Arengario (6 via Pasquale Sottocorno; 011-39-02-7602-3313; giacomoarengario.com) atop the Museo del Novecento, with a wonderful view of the Duomo. And Missoni indulges her sweet tooth at the new Brera shop of Guido Gobino, a master chocolatier from Turin (39 Corso Giuseppi Garibaldi; 011-39-02-8909-6601; guidogobino.it).
Shown: The design shop Driade, on the ground floor of the 18th-century Palazzo Gallarati Scotti.
Photo: Chris Tsang
Johanna Grawunder
American-born architect and designer Johanna Grawunder spent more than a decade as a partner in the Milan studio of legendary Memphis designer Ettore Sottsass. These days she shuttles between her studios in San Francisco and Milan, working on architecture, lighting, and installations (including pieces for a show at the Paris branch of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, May 26 to July 21). When in Milan, Grawunder still enjoys the legendary Bar Basso (39 via Plinio; 011-39-02-2940-0580; barbasso.com), home to the Prosecco-infused Negroni Sbagliato. "The usual suspects are always there, but not until very late at night," says Grawunder. She often has breakfast at Radetzky (105 Corso Garibaldi; 011-39-02-657-2645; radetzkycafe.com), a design-world favorite. And for a peaceful walk or a brisk jog, Grawunder heads to centrally located Parco Sempione, bordered by the Sforza Castle and the Arch of Peace. "It's the perfect refuge, but so close to everything. Also, I rarely run into people I know there, which is an added bonus."
Shown: A view of the Arch of Peace from inside the Parco Sempione.
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Jeffrey Bernett
Furniture designer Jeffrey Bernett, the founder of the multidisciplinary Manhattan design firm CDS, knows Milan well from working collaborations with furniture giants Cappellini, Boffi, B&B Italia, and others. When in town, Bernett visits the Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni (27 Piazza Castello; 011-39-02-805-3606; achillecastiglioni.it), the workshop of one of Italy's greatest postwar designers, which is filled with Castiglioni's drawings, prototypes, and collections of design objects. "Family members often give the tours," says Bernett. "It's an amazing space and always inspirational." Another favorite is the venerable shop G. Lorenzi (9 via Montenapoleone; 011-39-02-7602-2848; lorenzi.it), founded in 1929. Its wall-to-wall vitrines are filled with remarkable handcrafted knives, cigar cutters, lighters, shaving implements, and other gentlemanly accoutrements. For lunch, Bernett adores the colorful trattoria Bagutta (14 via Bagutta; 011-39-02-7600-2767; bagutta.it), a Milanese institution founded in 1924 that has a long association with the city's artistic and literary worlds.
Shown: A drafting room at the Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni.
Photo: © Fondazione Achille Castiglioni
Rene Gonzalez
Miami architect Rene Gonzalez has traveled to the Milan Furniture Fair for the past dozen years, as much to see the latest design trends as to soak up inspiration from the city. After a trip to see masterworks such as Piero della Francesca's 15th-century painting The Brera Madonna in the Pinacoteca di Brera (28 via Brera; 011-39-02-7226-3264; brera.beniculturali.it), he recommends dropping by Madonna, a small, admittedly obscure bar a short walk away on via Madonnina. "I nicknamed it the Peter Pan Bar," jokes Gonzalez, "because the bar area is elevated above the lounge section, which has a glow-in-the-dark city 'roofscape' painted on the wall. As the night goes by, and of course the more you drink, you can imagine yourself flying over the buildings, like Peter Pan. It's a not-to-be-missed architectural experience."
Shown: The Brera Madonna, a work by the 15th-century painter Piero della Francesca, displayed at the Pinacoteca di Brera.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) — Air Force Personnel Center officials here have centralized how Permanent Change of Station orders are processed, validated and authenticated.
Since Oct. 2011, the Total Force Service Center-San Antonio has been managing the PCS orders process and has authenticated more than 82,000 orders and 19,000 amendments. Before October, the PCS orders and authentication program was managed by base-level military personnel sections and force support squadrons.
"We centralized the PCS orders process because it saved money for the Air Force," said Master Sgt. Melissa Ross, TFSC-SA assignments section manager. "By managing the process here, we are able to catch a lot of mistakes that base-level MPSs weren't catching. We are also saving man hours as well because we don't have to do as many amendments to correct entitlement mistakes on PCS orders."
Today, MPSs approve PCS orders while TFSC-SA representatives validate and authenticate them. The entire process now takes two to three days and Airmen are getting their PCS orders about 120 days before their projected departure dates, which is 30 days faster than when the process was managed at base-level MPSs. The TFSC-SA is also taking on these additional responsibilities with no additional manpower or funding.
"There are 82 MPSs in the Air Force with about five to six people managing relocations and we are doing it with a staff of 10 personnelists," said Senior Master Sgt. W T Littlejohn, TFSC-SA transitions superintendent. "The difference is we are using better technology combined with our online capabilities to manage the workload and be more efficient."
To get the process up and running at the TFSC-SA, a team of personnelists spent three months developing an updated Personnel Services Delivery guide to provide specific guidance and instructions to the Air Force personnel community on how PCS orders were going to be processed and authenticated. The PSD guide also outlined the roles and responsibilities for program managers at AFPC and base-level MPSs.
"The process was new last October, so we had to make sure our team understood all the policies and regulations that governed what Airmen were authorized on their PCS orders," said Tech. Sgt. Carlton Carter, TFSC-SA day shift assignments supervisor. "We spent about three months reviewing orders that had been previously authenticated to see what types of errors were being made. After that, we were able to develop our own internal processes to manage the program here."
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Hello, TJR readers! I know many of you were looking forward to reading the latest mind farts form Mike Aires, but he has been having technical issues, and asked me to cover for him this week. This isn't going to be my Fozzie's Den column (that will be up Saturday) but rather just a short light column that will probably cause some drama down in the comments section, because people like to complain. That's cool with me, because these are my opinions.
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The campaign began during the week of the Ridgway Firemen's Carnival.
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I have 2 friends both looking to construct some turbo headers/manifolds (which ere you want to call them). I would like to know which is better to fab the headers from, sch 10 304 weld elbows and pipe or a DOM tube like 347 stainless. I know the 347 is better with the heat but does the thinner wall handle it adequately for a turbo application.
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Unless you can bend your own tubes, you're choice of material is 304 or 321, which contains titanium instead of columbium . . . and works just as well in preventing carbide precipitation. I haven't found anyone selling pre-bent 347.
304 works fine for the street where your operating temperatures are relatively low most of the time. It's less expensive and you have the choice of thinwall tubing or schedule 10 weld fittings. The weld fittings are (relatively) inexpensive and tighter radius than the bent tubing, so it's easy to make a compact manifold. On the other hand, the larger radii are better for horsepower.
I've only found 321 available in thinwall tubing but it's the best choice for racing where you'll run "on boost" (high temperature) a high percentage of the time.
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This is what I do for a living. If you need help juss shoot me a PM I can guide you in the right direction.
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I also have some questions about constructing exhaust manifolds.. heres one I got from a friend to refinish but I need to figure out how they make these, I'm sure they're robotic welds but there's got to be a way to get close manually tig welding them.
My main reason for asking about this is I'm constructing some stainless exhausts using 304 material and the welds just aren't up to par with the kind of work I like to put out.
The welds I'm getting now are just discolored and look like ****, they don't have any luster to them, just gray and rough which i know is from too much heat but i like to take my time when I'm welding so there has to be some trick that I'm missing out on.
Thanks guys!
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Stainless Steel Welding
The headers in the pics are nice!
The reason I'm piping in here NPI I'm a welder, and I learned 20 years ago when welding SS I use Solar Flux to back my welds. Makes a big difference.
You can find it in Ebay.
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Patrick those are not robotic welds. I do robotic welding and alot of hand tig welding and can tell from the photo they are nice welds but not robotic. You can get nice clean welds like those if you'll be a stickler for the little details. For one always clip the ends of your wire after each bead.Also always keep the end of the filler under argon coverage at all times while the tip is molten.I think stainless is the easiest of all materials to keep looking pretty but you can't get it to hot. One way to get it to hot is welding it to cold , yes thats right to cold as it put more heat into the piece the longer you hang around in one spot.Dynasty 200DX "Blue Lightning"
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so i should give it as much power as i feel I can without it dropping out or blowing through.. i havent tried back purging yet and i usually clean everything well but what do you use to prep it to weld area? Im using shop towels with naptha, after going over it with a green scotch-brite pad on a die grinder.
Im aware that I should use a fresh pad for stainless so it doesnt get contaminated with any other metal so i usually get a new pad and new towels when im prepping something like this.
Also I usually keep the tungsten very close to the puddle so im sure that its not outside the gas flow and i have post-flow set to about 8 seconds and always let it there for that amount of time.
Il post some pics up tomorrow of stuff that I have done
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First off get you a gas lense for your torch. it will make all the difference in the world as far as looks goes. It will even help on the back side, back purging is the best option, solar flux works but is messy and sometimes hard to get to the spot you are welding. Try the Gas lense, they are very cheap and you will notice a substantial improvement in your coloration and consistency. IDK if your machine has a pulse feature but if it does this too will help but is not neccesary for pretty welds.....As for the picture you posted, that header looks like it came from China. I see it all the time, some poor guy sits all day Tig-ing the same part over and over again. He will get proficient for sure. As I mentioned if you want some info just PM me about sourcing tube/etc...keep at it you will get to where you want to be.


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And thank you, Shelley, for coordinating the flight plan. You are an amazing friend and your help has been INVALUABLE.
There will be a few more posts, so stay tuned...
Yes - my yellow skirt is flying around the world and it wants YOU to style her as part of a I-surrender-to-positivity celebration. The globe-trekking was Sarah's idea (from Misfits Vintage) and I think it's too much fun. Plus it's much easier than mailing a gnome - or myself considering how gnomish I look below.
Request the skirt by email to the current skirt-holder, who will announce its next stop. (Ed. Note: Due to its popularity, there is now a sign-up sheet for the Freakish Yellow Skirt so its travels can be somewhat coordinated. Send an email to Shelley of Forest City Fashionista - slong88 at hot mail dots com - with your postal address to hop on board. Everybody who wants a turn will get one.)
- If you like, alter the skirt with paint, sewing, markers or other means. Please try not to shorten the skirt much because the length is part of its charm, and please maintain the skirt's flexible sizing. (Ed. Note: Please try to send the skirt on its travels again within two weeks, give or take. She is a rambling woman and gets nonmotion sickness being in one place for long.)
- Post a photo of yourself in or with the skirt as real wear or inspirational wear and I shall post a photo here too as part of a Global Compilation (GC).
- If you are REALLY inspired, post a short video clip of you twirling or dancing in the skirt so "Just Bad Enough," my art project band with Sandra, can include it in a "music video" GC.
Announce who the next skirt-holder will be on your blog. If you do not receive any requests, it will be time for the skirt to fly home to me. Ed. Note: Shelley will let you know who to send the skirt to next.
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The skirt is a slippery silky parachute-type fabric with an elastic and drawstring waist capable of accommodating many sizes. My addition to the skirt is below: acrylic paint, Vancouver badge, lovely squiggy sewing.
My sketches of the skirt: July 16 left; Aug. 5 right ("atsui" means hot in Japanese). The animals hiding under the skirt are, importantly: a dog, a cat hanging by its claws, and a penguin.
I hope you will join this circus.
If you want to know why I am doing this, besides it being fun, please read the background at the jump.
I bought this big lemon skirt on sale in July 2012. I wore it for the first time here. I wore it a couple more times in the summer and then did another post of it here as a purely inspirational piece.
What makes this skirt special is not only its vibrant colour but a particular comment about it which was very critical, excerpt: "you're looking unbelievably ugly in those clothes." I have to say that of all comments on Bag and a Beret, this one – which incidentally was written by a male friend (TT) - has had the most impact on me to date. In the midst of so many laudatory comments, here was one that directly questioned my style.
Until this criticism I admit that it was surreal writing and receiving so many superlatives and compliments on blog posts. Also, while I know that all the comments I receive (and write) are genuine (and seductive in their positivity), the absence of criticism was an elephant in the room. I couldn't help but wonder – isn't there more to it?
I believe that criticism can be useful, but this remark really made me think. And think... At first I was relieved and amused by it - but then hurt, angry, STOIC, so much drama! What I finally concluded is criticism IS meaningful - there must always be room for differing opinions - but in the context of my blog, where I am sharing my life/style adventures, I need safety for experimentation, which helps me grow stylistically through supportive remarks, enthusiasm, and gentle suggestions, and also grow new friendships. Much darkness breathes in the city around me, and I reason that surely, finally, I can afford to surrender fully to this online positivity that I have miraculously stumbled into. Private email still leaves plenty of room for critical engagement.
Would I publish this kind of criticism again? I really don't know, but TT shook me into an awakening, which was a good thing. It affirmed my style convictions, my blog intentions, and my respect for the blogging community, but it was also a reminder that I must continue to stretch and question myself, which I believe is part of what he was getting at. Also, the comment was definitely a case of "be careful what you wish for"! I regret that other comments on the post were derided by the remark, and I was very moved by fellow bloggers' swift and sure defence of me and their own opinions.
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The Sunshine Island site was once a true island, and it provided access to the bay for the people of South Providence. In the 1950s the site was used as a municipal dump. Later, it was paved over to be a drive-in theater. It is part of a 60-acre parcel owned by Johnson & Wales University, for which Save the Bay holds a 50-year lease at the rate of one dollar per year.
The TBA assessment grant for the Field's Point / Sunshine Island site was awarded in 2000, and site work took place in 2001. The primary contaminant of concern discovered was methane, a product of historical landfill operations at the site. Also found was disposed-of ash, construction and demolition debris, and elevated levels of total petroleum hydrocarbons, semivolatile organic compounds, pesticides, and metals. The TBA program also assisted Save the Bay in writing their Remedial Action Work Plan and Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for the BCRLF Program.
The Save the Bay organization signed an agreement to borrow $700,000 from RIEDC's Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF) program to clean up the brownfields site. The eventual purpose was redevelopment of the site as a state-of-the-art educational center. Known as the "Explore the Bay Initiative", it meant to clean and redevelop the Sunshine Island brownfields site, with an eye towards expanding the educational opportunities for the public—particularly children from the state's urban core—to experience, understand and protect Narragansett Bay. The loan to Save the Bay provided $700,000, with a 30% discount, to remediate the Field's Point site for redevelopment into an ecological education center. That remediation included construction of a stone revetment, a venting system for methane release beneath the building foundation, and an engineered cap. The loan was closed in 2003.
The culmination of the "Explore the Bay Initiative" was the construction of a community and family-based educational center, the "Save the Bay Center". The main feature of the six-acre site is the education center, which consists of a 17,600-square-foot, environmentally-responsible "green" building that houses educational classrooms, exhibition space, and the new headquarters for the Save the Bay organization. Also featured are a dock and shore-side facilities to support Save the Bay's boat fleet, including the 45-foot dedicated education vessel, the "M/V Alletta Morris"; picnic areas; parking/transportation infrastructure; and habitat restoration demonstration projects. Interpretive walking trails run along a portion of the shoreline, and a walking path takes visitors through the salt marsh. For the engineering-minded, there is a demonstration stormwater runoff management system. But the common draw is the very-present waters of the Narragansett Bay.
Current Use
The project fulfilled all of its original intentions, which were to:
Restore access to upper Narragansett Bay at an urban site;
Serve urban residents who have historically been disconnected from the Bay;
Be a model of brownfields reclamation and reuse, including habitat restoration and shoreline development; and
Demonstrate environmentally responsible design and construction.
The project has accomplished all this, with significant benefits to the citizens of Rhode Island. The education center and its programs are an invaluable resource. As Save the Bay's new headquarters, the center houses the organization's staff of 34 and brings new life to the waterfront area that has been void of activity for many years. The project also created public access to Narragansett Bay for nearby residents as well as for the greater Rhode Island community.
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Mar 2000: The Explore The Bay Educational Center Capital Campaign was launched.
2001: Assessment work at the site.
Nov 2002: Groundbreaking.
2003: Construction began.
May 2005: Save the Bay moves its staff and operations into the new center at Field's Point.
Jun 2005: Public ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Nov 2005: The project gains even more public recognition as the winner of the 2005 Phoenix Award for New England.
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Contact Information
U.S. EPA RAP Liaison:
Jamie Schardt
77 W. Jackson Blvd. (G-17J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
State RAP Contact
Michelle Selzer
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality – Water Bureau
St. Marys River Binational Public Advisory
Mike Ripley
Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
Canadian Contacts
Patrick Morash
Great Lakes Advisor
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
John Marsden
Lake Superior Coordinator
Restoration Programs Division
Environment Canada
Partners & Stakeholders
- Ducks Unlimited USA
- Ducks Unlimited Canada
- Sault Naturalists
- Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority
- St. Marys River Binational Public Advisory
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Lake Huron Committee
- Lake Superior State University
- Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network
- Environment Canada
- Ontario Ministry of the Environment
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Frequent Acronyms
- Background
- Beneficial Use Impairments
- Delisting Targets
- RAP Development and Status
- Significant RAP Milestones
- RAP Implementation
- RAP-Related Publications
- Community Involvement
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The St. Marys River is a 112 km connecting channel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The (AOC) extends from the head of the river at Whitefish Bay (Point Iroquois - Gros Cap), downstream through the St. Joseph Channel to Humburg Point on the Ontario side, and to the straits of Detour on the Michigan side. Impairment of water quality, sediment, and biota remain due to historical point source discharges. Contaminants of concern include oils and greases, suspended solids, metals, phenols, ammonia, bacteria, and PAHs. Sources contributing to the beneficial use impairments (BUIs) include Algoma Steel, two Ontario water pollution control plants, combined sewer overflows, St. Marys Paper, and various nonpoint sources. As a result of industry and municipal discharges, sediments have become contaminated with toxics such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, cyanide and lead.
Priorities for the St. Marys River AOC include restoration of urban tributaries on both sides of the border, cleanup of the Cannelton Tannery Superfund site, sea lamprey control, elimination of combined sewer overflows, and a strategy for contaminated sediments. Once the Cannelton site is remediated, the site may support light industry, residential homes, and park areas. The sea lamprey control efforts will help restore impaired fisheries in the St. Marys River as well as northern Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Combined sewer separation in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Ontario has already reduced overflows of sewage to the St. Marys River. Industrial treatment facilities on the Ontario side have also made great progress to improve wastewater discharges. Finalization and implementation of a sediment management plan will help to identify and prioritize sediment cleanup sites within the St. Marys AOC.
Beneficial Use Impairments
- Restrictions on fish and wildlife consumption
- Eutrophication or undesirable algae
- Degradation of fish and wildlife populations
- Beach closings
- Fish tumors or other deformities
- Degradation of aesthetics
- Bird or animal deformities or reproduction problems
- Degradation of benthos
- Restriction on dredging activities
- Loss of fish and wildlife habitat
Impaired beneficial uses are identified in the table to the right. Restrictions on fish consumption are due to mercury and PCBs. Fish populations have been impacted heavily by the parasitic sea lamprey, an introduced species. Brown bullhead have been identified with liver tumors and white suckers have exhibited elevated liver enzymes, another sign of exposure to contaminated sediments. The benthic communities on the Michigan side appear to be healthy, while localized communities on the Ontario side still exhibit significant degradation. These benthic communities have shown signs of PAH and PCB contamination, most likely from sediments. Contaminated dredged spoils from the Algoma Steel Boat Slip must be disposed of in an approved waste disposal site, and several other sites on both sides of the river have exceeded sediment contaminant level standards. Eutrophication and algae continue to be an issue in the vicinity of the East End Water Pollution Control Plant on the Ontario side. Beaches on both the Ontario and Michigan sides are periodically closed due to elevated bacteria levels. Aesthetic degradation has also occurred due to oil slicks and floating algae scum. Historically, the St. Marys rapids provided spawning habitat for a variety of species. Currently, the rapids spawning habitat is reduced but still productive. Significant loss of fish and wildlife habitat has occurred along both sides of the river as a result of shoreline alteration, industrialization, urbanization, agricultural impacts, and shipping activities.
For further information on St. Marys River BUIs, see the RAP documents listed in the Significant RAP Milestones section below.
Delisting Targets
The 2002 Stage 2 RAP document identified water use goals and delisting criteria for each of the BUIs in the St. Marys River AOC. However, not all of the delisting targets for the St. Marys BUIs were specific enough to determine restoration success. In 2006, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will work with the Binational Public Advisory Council (BPAC), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (OMOE), and Environment Canada (EC) to refine the delisting criteria based on current U.S. and Canadian agency guidance and standards.
RAP Development and Status
The U.S. and Canada have pledged their cooperation to restore the shared upper connecting channel AOCs (i.e., St. Marys, St. Clair, and Detroit Rivers) under the terms of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The St. Marys River AOC is managed under a binational governance structure created under the Four Agency Letter of Commitment that was signed on April 17, 1998 by EC, MDEQ, OMOE, and the U.S. EPA.
A Stage 1 RAP report, which described the water quality issues in the St. Marys AOC, was submitted to the International Joint Commission in 1992. A Stage 2 Report was completed in 2002. The parties to the Four Agency Letter of Commitment plan to begin work on an Implementation Annex for the Stage 2 report in 2006.
Significant RAP Milestones
- 2007: Biennial Remedial Action Plan Update for Michigan's Portion of the St. Marys River AOC (PDF 197Kb 18 pages)
- 2003: St. Marys River - Moving Forward: Summary of the St. Marys River RAP Stage 2 Report (PDF 2.190Mb 8 pages) completed.
- 2002: St. Marys River RAP - Stage 2: Remedial Strategies for Ecosystem Restoration (PDF 7.40Mb 141 pages) completed.
- 1998: Four Agency Letter of Commitment signed.
- 1992: The St. Marys River AOC - Environmental Conditions and Problem Definitions: Stage 1 (PDF 21.24Mb 444 pages) completed.
- 1988: St. Marys River Binational Public Advisory Council formed.
RAP Implementation
Recent progress and achievements
- Contaminated sediments at the Algoma Boat Slip were monitored in 2001 and 2005 as part of Algoma's Environmental Management Agreement and conditions are improving. Appropriate remedial actions to address all contaminated sediment sites on the Canadian side will be identified using the Canada-Ontario supported protocol. The protocol is currently being implemented.
- Consumers Energy is conducting remediation work at a decommissioned manufactured gas plant downstream of Sault Edison power plant. Permits for land-based soil removal and deep water dredging were issued by MDEQ in the summer of 2005. Land-based investigations and remedial actions are ongoing, with approximately 5,000 cubic yards removed from the shoreline areas of the site in 2005. River-based sediment investigations are done, and in-water dredging started in the fall of 2005. Consumers completed the first phase of that work with an estimated 2,500 cubic yards of contaminated sediment and tar dredged from the river.
- The general public participated in three workshops on contaminated sediment issues organized by the BPAC, from November 2004 to April 2005. The workshops provided information on the progress and current status of the cleanup of contaminated sediments within the St. Marys River AOC and offered citizens and other stakeholders on both sides of the border a means of expressing their concerns about specific remediation plans.
- Significant monitoring and assessment work by Lake Superior State University (LSSU) is ongoing on in the St. Marys River and tributaries. For example, a sediment quality survey of the St. Marys River was conducted during the summer of 2003 and a final report was submitted to the U.S. EPA in 2005.
- Water quality monitoring of dissolved metals by LSSU in the St. Marys River began in April 2003 and is ongoing.
- In 2001, Algoma Steel voluntarily signed an Environmental Management Agreement with OMOE and EC. Since 1990, Algoma Steel has spent over $55 million (CDN) on environmental improvements (e.g., upgrades to coke oven) and monitoring projects. The Agreement and semi-annual reports are available at: http://www.ec.gc.ca/epe-epa/default.asp?lang=En&n=F2E8DE70-1 .
- MDEQ conducts annual monitoring of the St. Marys River as part of its ongoing spatial and temporal monitoring of the Great Lakes connecting channels.
- Recent sediment and benthic surveys have also been conducted by EC and OMOE throughout the river. Other monitoring efforts include information on water chemistry, sediments, and biota in the nearshore areas of Lake George and Little Lake George.
- The status of sport fish and other fish species in the St. Marys River is being monitored by the binational St. Marys River Fisheries Task Group via fish harvest surveys and other ongoing assessment activities.
Current projects and outlook
- A Great Lakes Legacy Act proposal is under consideration by the U.S. EPA for further remediation of the Tannery Bay site located along the south shore of the St. Marys River upstream of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The site was also part of the U.S. EPA Cannelton Superfund site. The proposed removal and off-site disposal of the impacted sediments within Tannery Bay and two mercury-impacted "hotspot" sediment areas located within the Tannery Point wetlands would be completed as a voluntary action by Phelps Dodge Corporation and could potentially accelerate improvements to the St. Marys River.
- Chippewa/East Mackinaw Conservation District has started work on a MDEQ nonpoint source Watershed Planning Grant for the 15,000-acre St. Marys River watershed. This project will assess urban pollution impacts to water quality and the nonpoint source TMDL pollutants for the St. Marys River originating from the Sault Ste. Marie watershed.
- The OMOE and the Sault Ste Marie Region Conservation Authority are currently working on a sediment management strategy for the area near Bellevue Marine Park
- The construction of a new full treatment sewage plant for Sault Ste. Marie's east end is on schedule, and the facilities are expected to be commissioned in the summer of 2006. Plans for the analysis and disposal of dredged materials from the construction of the sewage outfall and plant are in place.
- The Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network (ULERN), with funding provided by the OMOE, is undertaking a project to assess the status of the St. Marys River AOC BUIs and further refine delisting criteria.
- Lake Superior State University conducted a study in the summer of 2005 to assess the biological, chemical and physical integrity of nine coastal marshes along the St. Mary's River. The results of the project will identify potential human induced impacts on the St. Marys River nearshore habitat and the wildlife that use these areas.
- The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans are in charge of sea lamprey control in the St. Marys River. In 2006, the USFWS is planning to treat approximately 374 acres (151 hectares) of the river with a toxicant to kill larval sea lamprey that are burrowed in the river sediment. These treatments are done annually at various locations in the river (e.g., the St. Marys rapids) and are based on prior assessment work.
RAP-Related Publications
- 2007: The Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality Biennial Remedial Action
Plan Update for Michigan's Portion of the St. Marys River Area
of Concern
(PDF 197Kb, 18 pages)
- 2005: Scope of
Contaminated Sediments in the St. Marys River Area of Concern -
(PDF 178Kb 18 pages).
- 2004: St. Marys Remedial Action Plan Implementation: Review Project
(PDF 3.40Mb 207 pages).
- 2004: Synthesis of Sediment and Biological Investigations in the St.
Marys River Area of Concern
(PDF 15.62Mb 92 pages).
- 2003: International Joint Commission St. Marys River Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan Review.
- 2000: Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP).
- 2002: St. Marys
River Fisheries Assessment Plan
(PDF 419Kb 46 pages).
- 2002: Population Dynamics of the St. Marys River Fish Community
(PDF 305Kb 40 pages).
- 2002: Harvest of Fishes in the St. Marys River, May, 1999 through
March 2000
(PDF 298Kb 55 pages).
- 2002: The St.
Marys River Area of Concern: Stage 2: Remedial Strategies for
Ecosystem Restoration
(PDF 1.95Mb 140 pages).
- A couple reports from the Canadian side – I've asked them for references.
Community Involvement
The St. Marys River Binational Public Advisory Council provides state, provincial, and federal governments in the U.S. and Canada with information and recommendations on actions for restoring and protecting water use goals in the AOC. Lake Superior State University serves as the BPAC facilitator and host of the BPAC office.