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Hello A partial list of places I've tried so far..... >Marmon/Keystone Atlanta, Ga. 800-241-8600 does not carry this material > >Specialty Valve & Fitting Paramount, Ca. 800-734-8846 wrong number; called regular line (562) 602-1400, does not carry any aluminum > >Gateley Stainless & Alloy Co. San Francisco, Ca. 800-896-6733 does not stock this, but rep is going to look around for me and call back has been helpful, but found nothing on the West Coast is now looking for solid rod, same alloy (2 PM EST 3/17/99) > >Kilsby-Roberts Spokane, Wa. 206-872-8552 > Many branches Wrong number, no alternate listing. > >Eagle Alloys Corp. 800-237-9012 > Specialists in alloy tubing. does have 7057 alloy tubing, but only carries 4" and larger sizes > >Tube Service Co. Santa Fe Springs, Ca. 1-800-310-0526 > Sells tubing only. does not carry 7075 alloys > >V.A.W. of America St. Augustine, Fl. 800-835-6502 > www.vawaluminum.thomasregister.com they actually manufacture tubing, but not 7075 alloys > >Tech-Weld, Ind. Elburn, IL. 800-521-8823 > >Plymouth Tube Co. Chandler, AZ. 800-528-8274 does not answer telephone > >Tubesales Glen Ellyn, IL 888-558-7801 > www.tubesales.com does not carry this material Will keep the reflector apprised of developments in this quest for the ultimate aluminum mast material. -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm
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MOBILE, Alabama -- State health and environmental officials ruled that swimming in the Fowl River near Highway 164 proposed heightened risk for illnesses Friday, and any seafood caught should be cooked thoroughly.
The water quality fell below the federally regulated standard after two consecutive tests by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, according to a report by news channel WKRG.
The routine rounds of tests were conducted Sept. 4 and 5
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Iraq debt almost as safe as California's
Wow (from the Boston Globe):
Iraq is now considered a safer bet than Argentina, Venezuela, Pakistan, and Dubai — and is nearly on par with the State of California, according to Bloomberg statistics on credit default swaps, which are considered a raw indicator of default risk.
"Compared to California, I'd rather bet on Iraq,'' Daher said. "Iraq is a country where there are still bombs going off and people getting murdered, but they are less indebted than the United States. California is likely to have more demands on its resources, and there is no miracle where California is going to have more revenue coming out of the sky. Iraq has prospects for tremendously higher revenues, if they can manage to get their act halfway together, which they seem to be doing.''
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My condolences to the Guske family. Evelyn and Fritz were long time friends of my late parents, Horace "Sonny" and Margaret Felt. My dad & Evelyn graduated from Eatonville High School the same year. I have fond memories of visiting the Guskes on their farm and receiving their warm hospitality.
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I was feeling adventurous while preparing for Thanksgiving and decided to try out a new red velvet cake recipe. I did not get a chance to taste the cake (which also means that I did not get a picture of the cut cake), but I heard it was good. Sounds like a winner to me! I was able to taste the frosting and this will be my new go to cream cheese frosting. There is something about the blending of cream cheese and butter that makes the angels sings. Dramatic, I know, but it's good.
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Adapted from Saveur & Cake Man Raven via Apple A Day
Cake Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk
2 Tbsp (1 oz.) red food coloring
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. white distilled vinegar
Cake Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3-9″ round cake pans.
2. Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa, and salt into a medium bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, buttermilk, food coloring, vanilla, and vinegar in a large bowl of an electric mixer until well combined. Add dry ingredients in batches and beat until smooth, about 2 minutes.
4. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans. Bake cakes, rotating halfway through, for 25-30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of each layer comes out clean. Let the cakes cool 5 minutes, then flip them out onto a cooling rack. Let cakes cool completely before frosting.
Frosting Ingredients:
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
12 oz. butter, softened
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners' sugar
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BOSTON (CBS) – It's called the overnight diet and the doctor who came up with it claims you can lose two pounds after the first day.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Diane Stern spoke with the creator
Dr. Caroline Apovian, a Boston Medical Center weight loss expert and professor at Boston University School of Medicine, has run clinics in Boston and elsewhere.
Apovian recently penned a new book, "The Overnight Diet: The Proven Plan For Fast, Permanent Weight Loss."
Under the plan, dieters drink three homemade "power up" protein smoothies the first day. The rest of the week, the diet is high protein and tons of fruit and veggies.
"The reality is once you do that power up day, you can loose 1-2 pounds overnight," Apovian said. "The point is to give you the motivation to keep going and that's what dieting is all about."
Apovian says you can drop as much as two pounds as you sleep on this plan and lose fat without sacrificing muscle.
Where no food is off-limits, Apovian says the overnight diet is the key to fast, sustainable weight loss.
"This is a diet that was devised from the protein sparing modified fast which was developed in the early 1960s from my mentors," Apovian said. "They gave that diet to people who were extremely overweight, that needed to lose over 100 pounds"
Apovian says her diet, starts with the protein sparing modified fast and adds the power up smoothies so dieters have enough energy to go about their day.
"This diet is all about sparing your lean muscle mass while trying to lose weight," she said. "The diet combines two proven rapid weight loss methods to create an incredibly effective hyper-diet."


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Super Sunday: Salman Hugs SRK
Exactly five years after that argument at Katrina Kaif's birthday party, where Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan engaged in a bitter battle of words and ended up ruining their friendship of many years, the two Khans have finally made peace. At Baba Siddiqui's Iftaar in Bandra, Salman and Shah Rukh hugged each other and signaled an end to the 'Khan-War'. Going by the footage that has been leaked, it seems Salman made the first move and went up to SRK to hug him.
Over the past few years, this cold war has divided the film industry into two camps, and this controversy had become fodder for a lot of unpleasant gossip between the sides. A lot of other actors too took advantage of this clash by associating themselves either of the two Khans.


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In terms of consistency, the Nashville Predators could be the Kings' Southern cousins. Starting on Nov. 30, the Predators went on an 8-0-1 run. Then they had an 0-5-0 skid, a slump that started with a 6-1 home loss to the Kings on Dec. 18. Now the Predators have won three consecutive games, including last night's 4-1 victory over Anaheim. The Predators, not a high-scoring lot to begin with, have been getting by without leading scorer Steve Sullivan (lower-body injury) as well as forwards Martin Erat (upper-body), Matthew Lombardi (concussion) and Cal O'Reilly, who broke his leg on Saturday. Here's how last night's Predators-Ducks game was presented in The Tennessean…
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As Elena Kagan takes a week off from the U.S. Senate — senators may put up with the place for six years, but a visitor can use a break after about six weeks — she can pass the time by imagining what message she got from the Judiciary Committee Republicans.
Aside from just: Go away.
Possibly they wanted Kagan to twist herself into the kind of knots resembling their own contortions.
At the beginning of last week's hearings, the message was direct: Don't be an activist judge. Conservatives don't want justices who legislate from the bench — unless it's to throw out 100 years of congressional limits on campaign contributions.
This attitude produced the Blast From the Past first day of the hearings, when Republicans warned 35 times against the threat of Justice Thurgood Marshall, who left the court 20 years ago. Marshall was widely considered a civil rights giant — when he was nominated to the court in 1967, the only Republican senator who voted against him was Strom Thurmond of South Carolina — and he spent most of his time on the court voting with the majority.
But today's Republicans find him frightening, and since Kagan clerked for him, the threat is clear.
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona warned, "Justice Marshall's judicial philosophy .¤.¤. was not what I would consider mainstream." Charles Grassley of Iowa declared Marshall's legal views "do not comport with the proper role of a judge or judicial method."
Orrin Hatch of Utah said he didn't know whether he would vote to confirm Marshall today — barring stunning developments in cloning, he won't have to — suggesting that those 1960s Republican senators were a wild and crazy bunch.
Kagan's admiration of Marshall "tells us much about the nominee," Jeff Sessions of Alabama sniffed.
Marshall was, after all a judicial activist, likely to make rulings that overruled legislative decisions.
But by the third day, although Republicans still didn't like Marshall much, their thinking about judicial activism was spinning around.
"The thing that she said that bothered me the most is that she thinks that the court should defer to Congress in interpreting its own power under the commerce clause," Sen. John Cornyn of Texas complained to CBS News.
To Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Kagan said that members of Congress "have the right to tell us anything we want — anything the federal government tells you to do, you're going to do."
From last Monday to last Wednesday, Kagan shifted from a threat who would be too ready to change laws from the bench to a danger because she would be too reluctant to overrule Congress.
As Cornyn memorably phrased his concerns during his questioning, "And I just have to relate to you again my concern as I read the Constitution and I read what the founders wrote about the commerce clause — I mean, they even said we were going to try to expand it and we were going to — I mean, they actually quoted that we would try to abuse what they meant and they said that's not what we meant."
The Senate is due back next Monday, but Kagan might feel she needs more than one week away.
By the end, it was clear that committee Republicans were alarmed by activist judges, but not entirely clear what they meant by activist judges. Fortunately, there was the explanation offered by Cornyn in a newspaper column, "It is reasonable to worry that Kagan is a judicial activist simply because President Obama nominated her."
That at least cleared things up: An activist justice is a justice nominated by a Democratic president.
We can see where the hearings leave Kagan, overwhelmingly likely to be confirmed despite fears that she will be too willing or not willing enough to overrule other parts of government. And the late Justice Marshall has long been immune to anything politicians might say about him.
Where it gets the Republicans is harder to see.
Last week, Sen. Robert Bennett — a conservative Republican just dumped by Utah Republicans as not conservative enough — told the moderate Republicans of The Ripon Society, "As I look out at the political landscape now, I find plenty of slogans on the Republican side, but not very many ideas."
Maybe that's what "activist judge" is — a slogan that's not quite an idea.
And maybe everybody needs a week off.


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NILES – Unless you're exhilarated by pitching dominance, action was lacking for the first half of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers game Wednesday night. Through the first six innings, neither the Scrappers nor the Brooklyn Cyclones plated a run, and the two teams combined for five hits.
The Scrappers finally scored on a wild pitch in the seventh, but Brooklyn knocked in a two-out, RBI double in the eighth to ultimately send the game into extra innings.
The game was stagnant for the next four innings until the Scrappers finally won the extended 12-inning game by a score of 2-1 after Leo Castillo hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and no outs.
"I feel beautiful," Castillo said after the first walk-off hit in his life. "I tried to look for a good pitch, and it worked."
Castillo has been one of the strongest and most consistent hitters for the Scrappers, especially as of late. He is hitting .316 with two home runs and seven RBIs in his last 10 games. He also is leading the team with 32 RBIs, five home runs and three triples.
"I've been working with the hitting coach (throughout the season) and I feel like I'm hitting better now," he said.
The Cleveland Indians organization saw their newly acquired left-handed reliever, Nick Maronde – who started a game for the first time in two years – for the first time since receiving him for cash considerations from the Los Angeles Angels. Maronde was the Angels' third-round draft pick in 2011 and has pitched in the big leagues for portions of the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons. He started this season at the major-league level but was demoted to the minors in May after underperforming with a 12.79 ERA in 6 1/3 innings. His last MLB appearance was on May 7 against the New York Yankees, when he gave up three earned runs without recording an out.
Maronde showed his potential though, throwing two shutout innings, allowing only one hit with one strikeout.
"I felt pretty good," Maronde said. "I was able to command the ball to both sides of the plate (and) I was able to throw some off-speed stuff, the defense made some good plays behind me. I thought today was a good day, it was a big win.
"Just getting the command back for all of my pitches and limit hits in deep counts. I thought I was able to do that tonight. It's a good step to build off of."
Maronde has pitched with the Arizona League Indians since the trade in mid July, calling his time there like "extended spring training." He believes his progress is moving in the right direction and realizes it is up to him to pitch his way through the minor leagues and beyond.
"I was throwing bullpens and long tossing with (the Arizona League Indians)," he said. "It was almost like spring training, getting ready for the season. (So getting back into the groove) isn't too big of a deal.
"(Moving up) all of that depends on how I throw. The organization has to sit back and see how I throw. I'm just excited to get my work in and go from there. It all falls on me and how I throw. Where I am, I just want to compete like I did tonight and be able to throw the ball well."
Pitching coach Greg Hibbard liked what he saw in Maronde's pre-game bullpen session and first action since joining the team Tuesday.
"I liked his warmup," Hibbard said. "His routine was really good before the game and he really found his rhythm with his fastball command. He was a little off on his secondary stuff, which is expected (because) he hasn't been out there in a while. He probably wasn't as sharp as he'd like to have been but I thought he battled through the two innings and was in a comfortable position."


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Wes turned one yesterday, and all day long Belle was obsessed with the fact that he can't walk yet. Just as she expected to be suddenly taller on her birthday, she expected Wes to suddenly start walking on his.
There was much confusion right off the bat in the morning. As he crawled around, she looked at us and asked, "Is he one yet? When is he going to walk?" We told her that he is one, but he's just not ready to walk yet.
"He must not really be one yet," she replied.
And then, cutting to the heart of the matter, Belle said, "Well, can we still have cake today?"
It was clear that Belle was more excited about the birthday than Wes. She opened all of his presents -- not that he cared. He was way more interested in the bows. Next year will be a completely different story.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Raytheon held ribbon cutting ceremonies for its new $75 million missile integration and testing facility at Redstone Arsenal Monday. Now, company officials said, it's time to get to work.
Integration and testing on the first SM-6 - the largest missile ever produced for the U.S. Navy - is expected to be complete by February 2013. The smaller missile, the SM-3, will follow in the next quarter. The work will take place at the new 70,000-square foot, state-of-the-art facility located on Redstone Arsenal.
"With its wealth of talent, Huntsville was a natural choice for us to build one of the most technologically advanced facilities in the world," said William Swanson, chairman and CEO of Raytheon. "By working together, we know our success will contribute to the safety of our country and our allies."
Swanson was joined at the ribbon cutting by Dr. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon vice president and president of its Missile Systems business, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey and Vice Admiral James D. Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency.
Also attending were representatives from Japan's Standard Missile Cooperative Team and Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Team, both partners with Raytheon on the missile projects. The U.S. and Japanese navies use the SM-3, part of the MDA's sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, to defend against short-to-intermediate range ballistic missiles. The SM-6 provides over-the-horizon capabilities against fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles.
Lawrence said the new Raytheon facility uses the "next level of automation" to complete the integration and testing process. The plant utilizes self-docking robotic transporters to move needed products to each workstation. The robotic transporters are also used to move the missiles to their testing phases.
As it began planning the facility, Lawrence said Raytheon officials studied workflow processes at Mercedes, Toyota and major appliance manufacturers. The goal was to transfer the production information learned in those industries to the missile integration and testing process.
"We are working on a scale we've never done before as far as the size of the missiles we're handling," Lawrence said. "And we have the brightest minds in the country working on the SM-3 and the SM-6."
Lawrence said the plant was constructed to allow for future expansion.
"Given the infrastructure that we're building there it is always possible that other things will come there," he said. "As the rates of the SM-3 and SM-6 ramp up, we plan to build two more test cells. We've designed the facility to be expandable."
Lt. Gov. Ivey said the Raytheon opening is yet another sign of Alabama's open atmosphere that attracts businesses.
"Here in Alabama, Raytheon can grow and expand," she said. "This confirms the importance of Alabama's role to be an incubator for inventions."


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This deal has ended.
The Meridian All Weather Wicker Ottoman Table is reduced from $369.99 to $59.01 in khaki (pictured) and terra cotta at Hayneedle. With free shipping, that's the lowest price we found for this table in any color by $296. There is no sales tax (except CA, NE and OH).No longer available


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Kristin Cavallari is looking super sexy as she poses in a purple bikini for a photo shoot in Malibu yesterday.
Kristin, who recently became engaged to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, doesn't look too thrilled though when she spotted the paparazzi! You'd think she's be used to them by now:)
Kristin has been awfully quiet on the TV front lately, I wonder if she has any plans to return to the reality TV show world? I'd love to see her on an episode of 'Audrina'!
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In response to Mr. John Jones' letter of July 30 ("The end of lavender?" Letters to the Editor, Sequim Gazette, page A-10), I have what I consider some salient points.
Signs were posted everywhere regarding the citywide shuttle bus … it was well advertised. Our farm, Purple Haze, had a shuttle bus running every 30 minutes from our farm from Carrie Blake Park. It for the most part was FULL on all the trips.
The hayride was NOT cancelled as Mr. Jones seems to think and ran smoothly all weekend.
At our farm it was our largest Friday ever and was standing room only on Saturday. That's after 19 years running.
Mr. Jones might want to search on the Internet the comments from the weekend. He will find that not only did folks enjoy themselves but mentioned in force that they considered this weekend one of the best ever … I know that in my 19 years at Purple Haze it was right up there as one of the most amazing weekends I've ever witnessed!
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Up to fourteen (14) art pieces will be selected and the artist or artist team will be paid a stipend of $500.00 after receipt of the artwork. The selected artwork will be displayed along Sherman Avenue, Lakeside Avenue, and City Park.
Public art can be a change agent for the community. It creates and enhances neighborhood and community identity. It enhances the visual landscape and character of the city. It turns ordinary spaces into community landmarks and promotes community dialogue and, most importantly, it's accessible to everyone.
Information packets are available at City Hall, 710 E. Mullan Avenue, or online at www.cdaid.org. Artist proposals are due by 5:00 p.m., April 12, 2013. Installation of the artwork will begin the week of June 3rd.
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Patent application title: Interchangeable / Modular Purse / Handbag Assembly
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Class name: Purses, wallets, and protective covers purse or handbag type with means to deter theft of contents (e.g., puzzling closure or secret compartment)
Publication date: 2010-02-25
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A fully interchangeable/modular purse/handbag that has components that can
be used in multiple assemblies. The purse/handbag handles, inner liner,
and exterior shell are all modular design and can be utilized across a
variety of combinations. A zip-out liner and detachable handles are the
enabler for this design which is unique to prior art.
1. An interchangeable/modular purse/handbag manufactured of purely organic
materials comprising:interchangeable parts to mix/match, handles/exterior
shell/interior liner all are modular in nature. Handle (interchangeable)
with at least two hardware attachments to exterior shell and zip-out
(interchangeable) interior liner.
2. An interchangeable/modular purse/handbag as defined in claim 1, wherein the interior liner has a zipper to be able to remove the entire purse/handbag liner to move to another purse/handbag exterior shell. Handles have hooks to interchange with other exterior shells.
3. An interchangeable/modular purse/handbag as defined in claim 1, wherein the interior liner will also have a pocket to conceal valuables between the exterior shell and interior liner when interior liner is zippered into shell.
[0001]1. Technical Field
[0002]This invention relates to the manufacture of a fully interchangeable purse/handbag with the following features: interchangeable zip-out liner, interchangeable exterior shell, interchangeable handles. Since it will be fully interchangeable and modular there will be various combinations to select from for full customization/personalization.
[0003]2. Background Of The Invention (Prior Art)
[0004]Purses/handbags are widely used and are available in a variety of styles and materials. Typically, the handbag handles are a fixed attachment to the purse via hardware and are non-interchangeable. The inner liner is also permanently sewn inside the purse exterior and is not designed to be modular in nature.
[0005]The disadvantages of the prior art for purses/handbags is solved by the present invention by providing interchangeable components of the full assembly. Every component of the purse/handbag is interchangeable; handles, inner liner, exterior shell. This innovative purse/handbag will be capable of creating several different appearances with the interchangeability of the components.
[0006]There is added convenience to the user by being able to keep all contents in the purse/handbag inner liner with capability of zipping out interior liner to move to different exterior shell.
[0007]These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent to those that utilize and/or are skilled in the purse/handbag arts upon reading the following description with reference to the accompany drawings, in which:
[0008]FIG. 1 is a top perspective view which shows handles removed and inner liner zippered to exterior shell
[0009]FIG. 2 is a front perspective view with three components fully assembled; inner liner, exterior shell, handle; 4 different combinations by interchanging components
[0010]FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of the removable liner and external handles detached from the exterior shell of the purse/handbag
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Prof. Hermann Knoflacher has been active in the sustainable mobility field for about 40 years. He is conducting research in sustainable transport at the Institute for Traffic Planning and Traffic Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria. He talked about sustainable mobility development and his scientific solution
You have studied the effects of technology and growth on sustainable mobility. What conclusions did you reach? We live in a totally man-made environment and the effects of living in this environment were not known. We produced trains and cars and with them congestion. More roads were built instead of introducing other solutions. So the core problem, human behavior and parking places, was not recognized at all. The car promises everybody who is using it that less energy is needed compared to biking and walking. The solution is not traffic flow but to recognize how parking effect human behavior. We can encourage sustainable mobility by giving people back their choice. I know that if you in a city have, for example, 100 bus stops and only 50 car parking places people will choose public transport because the distance from the bus stop to home is closer than walking from the parking place.
What sustainable mobility solutions are developed in Vienna at the moment? We have 1200 km of bike lanes and one of my former assistants is working on innovative bike lane solutions. For example, on very narrow one-way roads cyclists are allowed to bike in opposite direction, which makes it possible for cyclists to use more roads than car users. You can also rent bikes one hour at the time for free. This is a systematic approach. Electric bikes are used in hilly places in Austria, but at the moment electric bikes are not discussed in Vienna because it's not so hilly here. We have electric mobility through trams and the subway and we might connect it with electric cars which can be rented. Since 2002 the car ownership in Vienna has decreased by 3-4 percent per year. Parking places are removed and trees are planted instead. I'm not against cars, but today's environment is forcing people to use their cars. The virus is that everyone who constructs a building is obliged to provide parking places, even though this damages the expansion of public transport and our health. The city of Vienna has followed my recommendation up to 70 percent when it comes to for example building car-free areas. My scientific solution is when 100 car parking places are built on the right places underground, 160 should be removed on the surface. Today it's one to one in Vienna and I can understand this. In practice you have to make compromises. Our car-addicted society is not easy to handle so we have to make changes step by step. I think my scientific solution will happen in some years from now because people give up their cars easier nowadays and use public transportation, bike and walk instead.
You are involved in the bike sharing scheme Leihrad-Nextbike in Austria. What are the key findings? We are analyzing the behavior of people. Where they rent their bikes, where they return them and how long they rent them. By trying to understand users we can plan better. However, we are not yet finished.


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Once again the U.S. Postal Service is finding a way to lose money.
Now they want to move mail from the Springfield distribution center and send it to Hartford. This will cost many jobs or people having to drive to Hartford or elsewhere if they want to have a job with the U.S. Postal Service.
Springfield has a 9 percent unemployment rate or more. Our president said he wanted to get people back to work, but the Postal Service wants to put people out of work.
I think it's time that U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal, Sens. John F. Kerry and Scott Brown take a look at what happening in this state. We can't afford to lose jobs to Connecticut, or anywhere else.
Postal employees need to act before all their jobs are gone and they are added to the unemployment lines.
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Patent application title: Conversion of fine catalyst into coke-like material
Christopher A. Powers (Mandeville, LA, US)
Donald H. Mohr (Orinda, CA, US)
Bruce E. Reynolds (Martinez, CA, US)
Jose Guitian Lopez (Madrid, ES)
Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
IPC8 Class: AB01J3802FI
USPC Class:
502 56
Class name: Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: product or process of making regenerating or rehabilitating catalyst or sorbent by heat
Publication date: 2009-06-25
Patent application number: 20090163352
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A process for recovering catalytic metals from fine catalyst slurried in
heavy oil comprises pyrolizing fine catalyst slurried in heavy oil to
provide one or more lighter oil products and a coke-like material and
recovering catalytic metals from the coke-like material.
1. A process for recovering catalytic metals from fine catalyst slurried
in heavy oil, the process comprising:pyrolizing fine catalyst slurried in
heavy oil to provide one or more lighter oil products and a coke-like
material; andrecovering catalytic metals from the coke-like material.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein pyrolizing is conducted in a reactor selected from the group consisting of standard delayed coking unit, a modified delayed coking unit, a screw reactor type of pyrolyzer, a screw coker, a rotary kiln, and a rotary calciner.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein pyrolizing comprises heating to a temperature of greater than 700.degree. F.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein pyrolizing comprises heating for greater than 0.5 hours.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein the coke-like material has sufficient porosity to allow leaching of catalytic metals in the fine catalyst.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein the fine catalyst is partially or completely spent.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein the fine catalyst comprises particles having a size of less than 10 microns.
8. The process of claim 1, further comprising grinding the coke-like material.
9. The process of claim 1, further comprising grinding the coke-like material to a particle size ranging from about greater than 1 to less than 50 microns.
10. The process of claim 1, further comprising slurrying the coke-like material with water.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein recovering catalytic metals from the coke-like material comprises subjecting the coke-like material to leaching reactions.
[0001]Traditional light oil reserves are being depleted due to high oil production. Oil fields are requiring substantial new investment in secondary and tertiary oil recovery technology. On the other hand, the cost of producing and refining heavy crude has decreased due to new production and refining technologies. Most of the heavy crude reserves all over the world have not yet been exploited. Considering the continuously increasing demand in oil and the large difference in price between light oil and heavy crude, heavy crude reserves are emerging as a very attractive source of energy.
[0002]Heavy crude contains 40-70% high boiling range material that boils over 1000° F. (i.e., vacuum resid) and very low amounts of fuels in high demand such as, for example, gasoline and diesel. Therefore, in order to convert vacuum resid to valuable light products, new and more cost effective technologies are needed. Heavy crude can be converted into lighter products via conventional processes such as coking (e.g., delayed coking and/or fluid coking) and hydroconversion (e.g., LC Fining and H-OIL). However, such conventional processes produce large amounts of undesirable byproducts such as, for example, coke or fuel oil and also are very sensitive to the contaminants such as, for example, V, Ni, and S.
[0003]Most hydroconversion technologies utilize novel catalysts composed predominantly of metals of Group VA, VIA, VIIA, or VIII metal sulfides especially compounds such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and nickel sulfide (NiS). Such metals are highly active in hydroconversion of heavy crudes but also are very expensive. In order to minimize the amount of catalyst required, and minimize the diffusion effects, catalyst is often unsupported.
[0004]In hydroconversion of vacuum resid and related feedstocks, the remaining portion of unconverted material, which may range from 0 to 10% of fresh feed, shows low API gravity (-10 to 29), high remaining microcarbon residue (MCR) (0 to 60%), very high viscosity and asphaltenes content, and likely also contains catalyst. Therefore, the separation scheme utilized to recover valuable active metals such as, for example, MoS2 and NiS is a critical step in making the process economically attractive. Catalyst remaining in the unconverted slurry bleed oil (USBO) is to be removed and sent for reprocessing to recover the metals and also to recover the unconverted portion of the residue in order to be recycled or further processed.
[0005]Expensive spent catalyst contained in the USBO is coated with USBO and is not leachable by conventional technologies of metals extraction that basically are effective for water-based slurries. Therefore, without additional processing, the valuable metals cannot be recovered. Technologies employing microfiltration, ultrafiltration, or nanofiltration; gravity based separation, such as centrifugation or hydrocycloning; and chemical recovery, which may be effective for water-based slurries, similarly do not provide acceptable results for catalyst coated with USBO.
[0006]Provided is a process for recovering catalytic metals from fine catalyst slurried in heavy oil. The process comprises pyrolizing fine catalyst slurried in heavy oil to provide one or more lighter oil products and a coke-like material. Catalytic metals are recovered from the coke-like material.
[0007]As used herein, "heavy oil" refers to an oil characterized by low hydrogen to carbon ratios and high carbon residues, asphaltenes, nitrogen, sulfur and metal contents. Examples include atmospheric gas oils, vacuum gas oils, deasphalted oils, olefins, oils derived from tar sands or bitumen, oils derived from coal, heavy crude oils, synthetic oils from Fischer-Tropsch processes, and oils derived from recycled oil wastes and polymers. The heavy oil can comprise microcarbon residue (MCR) in the range of about 15 to 30 weight % and (C7) asphaltenes in the range of about 5 to 20 weight %.
[0008]The presently claimed process for recovering catalytic metals from fine catalyst slurried in heavy oil comprises pyrolizing fine catalyst slurried in heavy oil to provide one or more lighter oil products and a coke-like material and recovering catalytic metals from the coke-like material.
Heavy Oil Upgrading
[0009]Suitable feeds to a process for upgrading heavy oils using a slurry catalyst composition, include, for example, atmospheric residuum, vacuum residuum, tar from a solvent deasphlating unit, atmospheric gas oils, vacuum gas oils, deasphalted oils, olefins, oils derived from tar sands or bitumen, oils derived from coal, heavy crude oils, synthetic oils from Fischer-Tropsch processes, and oils derived from recycled oil wastes and polymers. The feed is supplied to a reactor, wherein the feed is reacted with a catalyst slurry described in further detail below and preferably hydrogen. In an embodiment, the reactor is a liquid recirculating reactor, although other types of upflow reactors may be employed. The catalyst slurry can be useful for, but not limited to, hydrogenation upgrading processes such as thermal hydrocracking, hydrotreating, hydrodesulphurization, hydrodenitrification, and hydrodemetalization. Effluent streams from the reactor, perhaps following downstream processing, such as, for example, separation(s), can include one or more valuable light products as well as a stream containing unsupported catalyst in unconverted feed.
[0010]Processing of an effluent steam containing unsupported catalyst in unconverted feed is described herein. In particular, the cost of the catalyst, and more specifically the expensive metal(s) that comprise the catalyst, may necessitate the recovery of catalyst from unconverted feed to ensure an economical heavy oil upgrading process. Additionally, the recovery of catalyst from unconverted feed may allow for 90-100% conversion of heavy oil, as described in further detail, below. However, the high molecular weight of the unconverted heavy oil feed makes it difficult to separate unsupported catalyst therefrom. Further, conventional filtration processes may not be suitable to separate catalyst from unconverted feed, as the unsupported fine catalyst may cause plugging or fouling of filters.
Catalyst Slurry
[0011]The presently described method utilizes catalysts in the conversion (in particular, hydroconversion) of heavy oil (i.e., reaction of a slurry comprising unsupported fine catalyst in heavy oil) into one or more light oil products. In an embodiment, the catalysts are composed predominantly of compounds such as a Group VI and/or Group VIII metal compound sulfide, for example, molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) and nickel sulfide (NiS), as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,755 and U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 2006/0054534 A1, 2006/0054535 A1, 2006/0058174 A1, and 2006/0058175 A1, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. The highly active, unsupported catalysts typically exhibit particle size distributions in the range of about 1-8 microns, with some smaller and larger particles existing on either end of the range. In particular, the catalyst particles can have a size distribution in the range of about 0.2-20 microns, and a mean particle size of about 4-5 micron, with the mode being about 6-7 micron.
[0012]In particular, the feedstock to the deep catalyst cracking can be the catalyst bleed stream from a vacuum resid unit, which is primarily made-up of spent finely divided unsupported slurry catalyst, carbon fines, and metal fines in unconverted resid hydrocarbon oil. The solids content of the feedstock can be in the range of about 5-40 weight %, for example about 15-30 weight % or about 20-25 weight %.
[0013]When the MCR or asphaltenes in the heavy oil are exposed to extreme temperatures, ranging from 700 to 1000+° F., the petroleum molecules are "thermally cracked" in such a way as to produce some portion of lighter oil product and some portion of condensed asphaltenes and heavy molecules as petroleum coke. The coke-like matrix preferably is leachable, such that valuable metals (e.g., Mo, Ni, and V) can be recovered therefrom.
[0014]The coking unit can be, for example, a standard delayed coking unit, a modified delayed coking unit, a screw reactor type of pyrolyzer, a screw coker, a rotary kiln, or a rotary calciner. In the coking reaction, cracked liquid and gas products as well as coke are produced. The coke contains slurry catalyst.
[0015]A large amount of coke deposited onto the catalyst can block access to the nickel and molybdenum that are desired to be leached. The amount of coke generated in the coking step can be many times (e.g., about 3 to about 6 times) greater than the amount of coke present on the used catalyst as it exits heavy oil upgrading. Nevertheless, according to the present process the coke deposited in the coking step does not encapsulate the metals.
[0016]Thus, prior to metals recovery, the coke-like material can be ground, and the ground particles retain enough porosity to be leachable. For example, the coke-like material can be ground to a particle size ranging from about greater than 1 to less than 50 microns.
Metals Recovery
[0017]The process of recovering metals, specifically molybdenum, nickel, and deposited vanadium, from coked, ground catalyst comprises the steps of autoclave-based ammoniacal metals leach, vanadium metal recovery, nickel metal solvent extraction, and molybdenum metal solvent extraction. Coked ground catalyst, containing MOS2 and slurried in water, enters an autoclave, along with ammonia and enriched air containing additional oxygen. Leaching reactions occur in the autoclave, producing ammonium molybdate and nickel ammonium sulfate, which remain in solution and pass to a leach residue filter press. The ammonium metavanadate precipitates out as a solid in the leach slurry. Solid/liquid separation occurs in the leach residue filter press.
[0018]More specifically, a stream of coked, ground catalyst slurried with water is pumped to an ammoniacal pressure leaching autoclave. This autoclave is a multi-chambered, agitated vessel, in which both ammonia and oxygen are supplied to induce leaching reactions. These reactions can occur at various temperatures, for example, in the range from about 20° C. through about 315° C., in the range from about 35° C. through about 250° C., or in the range from about 90° C. through about 200° C. Autoclave vessel pressure ranges can be, for example, in the range from about 0 psig through about 1200 psig, in the range from about 100 psig through about 900 psig, or in the range from about 300 psig through about 700 psig, sufficient to suppress flashing in the vessel. Process pH values range from about 7 through about 12, for example, from about 8 through about 11 or from about 9 through about 10. Leaching reactions occur as specified in the equations below.
MoS2+4.5O2+6NH3+3H2O→(NH4)2MoO4-- +2(NH4)2SO4
V2S3+7O2+8NH3+4H2O→2NH4VO3+3(NH.- sub.4)2SO4
[0019]Further details of metals recovery, for example, vanadium extraction, nickel extraction, and molybdenum removal, can be found in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0025899, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0020]The following examples are intended to be illustrative and are not meant to be limiting in any way.
[0021]Vacuum residue containing spent catalyst was processed in a microcoker unit and exposed to coking conditions fro 850 to 950° F. Products from the microcoker unit included a cracked gas stream, a coker liquid product stream, and a solid coke product. The coker liquid product stream was analyzed for metals, specifically molybdenum, nickel, and vanadium. None were found. The solid coke product was similarly analyzed, and it was determined that the solid coke product contained appreciable quantities of molybdenum, nickel, and vanadium. The solid coke product was milled to 100% passing 325 mesh (44 μm) in a ceramic ball mill, and the milled sample was then was subjected to pressure leach testing under conditions taught in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0025899 A1, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Extraction of molybdenum was reported at 99.4%, extraction of nickel was reported at 86.3%, and extraction of vanadium was reported at 68.9%.
[0022]Many modifications of the exemplary embodiments disclosed herein will readily occur to those of skill in the art. Accordingly, the present disclosure is to be construed as including all structure and methods that fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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People had a tough time catching this dog with a serious problem. He's now in an animal shelter in Oconee County.
Dog with pipe stuck on his head rescued
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By George Weigel/The Patriot-News
Q: We recently had two honeylocust trees removed in front of our home. In the week since their removal, most of the grass in the front yard has browned considerably. Is the fresh sawdust too acidic for my soil? After the tree service returns and removes the stumps, what do you recommend for getting grass established?
A: Fresh sawdust can be acidifying and can also steal green-growth-producing nitrogen from the soil as it decomposes. But I doubt that either of those would've worked that quickly. I'd be more inclined to think that the recent dry weather and sudden additional sunlight from the tree removals would be a more likely explanation.
I've seen a lot of lawns starting to go brown lately. The first to go is usually lawn that's out in the open, especially on south-facing slopes. Shade from trees reduces moisture loss and keeps grass greener for longer.
I'd be a little more suspicious of the sawdust if the grass is browning only where the sawdust is, especially if similarly exposed grass is still green in a non-sawdust spot. Sawdust can also leach phenol compounds that can interfere with grass growth, so that's another possibility in addition to the acidity and nitrogen.
Then there's the possibility that you've got so much sawdust over the lawn that it's literally smothering the grass. You'd be able to see that, though. So if you've got enough down that it's obviously covering the crowns and lower part of the grass blades, I'd suggest raking up and removing as much as you can.
As for grassing where the stump was removed, it's best to remove as much of the sawdust and wood chips as possible and bring in enough decent quality topsoil to raise the hole to slightly above grade. (This will allow for some sinkage as the soil compacts and any chips decay.)
Lightly rake new grass seed into the top one-quarter inch of the soil and sprinkle with water at least once a day until the grass comes up. Then keep the soil damp for the rest of the season to give the young blades a good shot at establishing. The biggest threat you'll face is running into summer heat and drought and having the young grass die right back off because it has only tiny roots.


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MANISTIQUE - Zentangles is has been selected by the Lake Effect Community Arts Center of Manistique for its October class. The class will be taught by certified instructor, Cari Raboin.
This beginner level class will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 1-3:30 p.m. at Presbyterian Church of The Redeemer, 314 Main Street.
Zentangles are an easy-to-learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns. They require very little equipment and can be done any time and any place when there are a few spare moments.
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The more individuals work with them, the more possibilities they will find ways to use them to decorate an art or craft project.
Participants will learn the beginning steps of Zentangles using 3 1/2 inch square cardboard tiles, pencils, and fine line Micron markers. In addition to learning many of the "tangles" or patterns, Raboin will also teach shading, ways to enhance the patterns, and variations, and participants will leave with two completed tiles as well as additional tiles, pencils, and markers to continue exploration of this art form.
Raboin, who lives in Houghton, has always been interested in drawing but, until she discovered Zentangles in May of 2011, had never taken an art class. Attempts to self teach using books and the Internet resulted in frustration until she found Zentangles, and their creation, which opened a whole new world for herself in creativity and confidence.
She got so much out of the process that she wanted to share it with others and, later in 2011, attended a seminar in Rhode Island to become a certified Zentangle teacher.
Cost for the class is $41 for LECAC members and $45 for non-members and includes all needed supplies. October is the start of a new LECAC membership year and anyone who would like to join is welcome.
Registration for the Zentangle class closes on Saturday, Oct. 6, or whenever it reaches its maximum capacity of 16, and any adult or teen is welcome to register.
For more information or to register, contact Lucia Leonardelli, (906) 283-2008, or Stephanie Reese, (906) 283-1001, or visit www.lakeeffectarts.org.


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HOMEWOOD, Alabama - Repeatedly, Brian Bell received the same greeting as he made his way around Lakeshore Foundation on Friday for the Pioneer Classic wheelchair basketball tournament.
Staffers and friends kept saying that Bell, who grew up in Collegeville, "is a man now." It was a natural observation for people who remember him as a young teen playing on the very court where the tournament was being played.
"It's somewhat bittersweet," he said. "I like being here, all the memories I had, all the guys I grew up with. I miss that a lot but I like the situation where I am."
Bell is married now. He has a 10-month-old daughter and he's studying kinesiology at Illinois while helping coach the men's wheelchair hoops team.
But his prowess as a wheelchair basketball player is unchanged. He's still one of the best around.
"He is a Paralympic-caliber athlete," said Miles Thompson, the coach of the University of Alabama men's team. "He brings some amazing ball-handling skills, really superior decision-making and he's really a strong player around the rim. His spins around the rim are all effective and defensively, he anticipates well and he's just relentless in his attack.
"He's a beast," Thompson said. "Yeah, he's a beast."
For seven years, Bell played for Lakeshore's youth teams after having lost his lower right leg to an accident on a neighborhood train.
February 1999 stories in The Birmingham News delivered the account of a North Birmingham child whose impatience with the train that blocked his path cost him greatly.
Bell was just two months shy of his 10th birthday
when the accident happened. He admits that he got tired of waiting for the train to move.
"I got bored so I wanted to climb in and go to the other side," he recalled. "It jolted forward, I slipped and fell, and it ran over my leg."
Doctors tried in vain to reattach
Bell's foot. About two months later,
Bell and his single mother boarded a van for an all-expenses-paid trip to Shriners Hospital for Children in
Greenville, S.C.
The Shriners accepted the youngster into their program and paid for all his
treatment, rehabilitation and prostheses until he turned 18.
Bell's first two years of high school were at Carver High in North Birmingham. He moved to Holtville High near Montgomery for his junior and senior years.
The teen earned acclaim as the best junior wheelchair basketball player in the country his senior year. He was featured as one of the "Faces in the Crowd" in an issue of Sports Illustrated, as he earned most valuable player honors while leading the Lakeshore Lakers to a national title.
"Brian is the top high school
player in the country, and he's probably one of the top three (wheelchair
basketball athletes) in the world overall," Illinois head coach Mike
Frogley told The Daily Illini when Bell signed with Illinois in November 2006.
"We were ecstatic to get him."
Bell and Rehab Hospital of Indiana teammate Steve Serio led the Illini to a pair of collegiate
national championships. They fell short of the title at Lakeshore last weekend.
After losing to the eventual champion Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks in the semifinal, the Pacers defeated the University of Texas Arlington 61-53 Sunday for third place. Bell scored 25 points in that game.
The Birmingham native continues to hone his skills with hopes of taking them to the grandest stage of his sport.
"I've been trying out for the national team since I was 16," the 23-year-old said. "I've been getting alternate every time. My goal is to make the 2016 team to Rio. It would have been nice to make the London team but my main goal was Rio."
Thompson, the Alabama coach, worked at Lakeshore for years and coached Bell from the beginning. He could tell then that he was special.
"He should have been on the last Paralympic team," the Tide coach said. "The fact that he didn't make the Paralympic team is a travesty. If I was picking the team, he would be on it. And I'm not the only one that feels that way."


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Blended in small batches, by hand in Chico, California. Only Organic Ingredients and Fair Trade Organic teas are used to make Chico Chai.
Steep Chico Chai in a tea ball, french press or teapot for five minutes for a quick cup of spiced tea, or simmer on the stove top for a stronger flavor. (Complete instructions included on package)
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|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
This is a thematic unit that will give students knowledge of the work and character of King's mission. The featured book for this unit is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., On Leadership. I find this book to be instrumental in developing moral character and leadership skills within our youth.
Students will complete lessons in social development, social studies, language arts, math, art, public speaking, and drama. The duration of this unit will be approximately 15 class periods. This thematic unit was designed for students in grades five through eight. You can adjust the lessons to the specific needs of your students. It is teacher friendly and should be a pleasure to teach. I hope you find this unit informative and enjoyable for your classroom!
(Recommended for Social Studies, Language Arts, and Social Development, grades 5-8.)


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Here's why: as I've noted before, Lady GaGa has sold out, entering the music video world into that of major motion pictures by offering up her own projects to product placement. In this video, I count several such examples, most of which are so blatant they are jarring and distracting. There's Virgin Mobile, a laptop the brand of which I don't recognize (help me out here), then PlentyOfFish.com, the 'free' dating Web site, then Polaroid.
Then things get really weird and referential...there's a scene where GaGa is basically doing a fake infomercial that includes Wonder Bread and some type of mayonnaise I don't quite catch, and mixing up poison. The thing watches like it's poking fun at consumerism, but it's using actual products, which is some sort of triple-layer bamboozle that I can barely get my own head around.
In a video that uses the (Ahem) Wagon from "Kill Bill Vol. 1," sort of recreates a desert diner scene from "Natural Born Killers," and gets pretty weird all around, one could sort of glaze over and just go "hey, it's just another one of those wacky Beyonce/GaGa collabos!" And be done with it. But I can't for some reason.
Sure, music videos, much like some of the records themselves, are of course a form of marketing. They market the artist, the art, whatever's being created that is, we hope, clean of cynical pandering and full of passion, hard work, and talent. And since it's still expensive to make videos that no longer sell records, perhaps it's a way to pay for them. Heck, that's why lots of bands these days license their stuff to be played in advertisements. It's a brave new world; some bands fight it with semi-genius, some buy in.
But you know what? I'd rather have Lady GaGa make a less "cool" video without bashing products over my head. It's not like a video where a certain piece of fashion is showcased because the artist likes it--Lady GaGa and Beyonce obviously have fashion sense befitting female stars (or stylists who do), but I'm going to make a wager that "PLENTY OF FISH" is not part of that fashion sense. Now that we have a new level of blatant product placement in music videos, what does it say about the creative soul of our artists? How long till the advertiser starts asking for a placement in the lyrics themselves? Or to have the company jingle woven into the melody? Even-or especially-in the arena of pop music, it worries me.
WARNING!! Some of the language and content of this video is NOT suitable for kids. Then Again, they're playing it on MTV, somewhere.


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Irony abounds. It wasn't that many years ago that mainland China was communist China an enemy of the US. It was pure and simple. Now that they hold a substantial amount of our debt - we owe them - they are our 'friends.'
Now Sam Adams is joining the National League of Cities on a trip to China. This comes from an email by Mr. Adams.
I am not criticizing this trip. I believe it is appropriate, and I give credit to Mayor Potter for letting Mr. Adams to take the trip - it would have been an easy boondoggle for the mayor.
While the point of the trip from Mr. Adams point of view is ". . . to have a dialogue with Chinese leaders about green practices and energy efficiency." The job connection has to be obvious.
Good luck to Mr. Adams.
Here is my point - jobs. And there is some additional irony involved.
Jobs is too often defined by a 'liberal' mentality. Ok - here he goes again - but bear with me.
The 'liberals' and others too often deride the jobs provided by the 'fast food' industry. They do everything, while 'secretly' eating there, to force these companies to adhere to an ever increasing regulatory oppression that results in nothing more than increasing the cost to the customer who sought them out because of price.
Jobs - I don't care what they pay - is paramount. It is not difficult for cities to impose restrictions on companies that seek to locate in a particular location.
Oh yeah - I am talking about big box employers. Careful casting those stones.
A great location is Old Town. Ooh shutter, shutter. Not a big box - oh my gawd - what is wrong with him?
Look - I have noted over and over again that Old Town will never be a community, i.e., a neighborhood. PDC lied and the 'leadership' in the neighborhood abandon its stated goals to be a neighborhood.
Thus, an alternative is to make Old Town a destination place.
So - instead of the ever increasing social services (and it is ever increasing) or an ever increasing encroachment of the 'entertainment' sector - why not a destination place that is 'guaranteed' to create jobs?
Wouldn't it be terrific for those living in the downtown core (and that includes Pearl) to be able to obtain food, prescription drugs ( we already can obtain the illegal drugs), etc.?
The new MAX lines open up access not only from the local residents, but also from the rest of Portland.
Look - it would be extremely beneficial for Old Town.
Like it or not - the bulk of people in Old Town would benefit economically by being able to shop at a place like Wal-Mart.
Old Town is serviced by 'convenience' stores. It is convenience only in a sense that stores are located close by. The price paid by the majority of those who live the area is excessive.
There is nothing convenient about the price one pays in Old Town. It is akin to usury.
I would suspect too that many Old Town residents would benefit from not only lower food prices but also lower prescription drug prices.
Wal-Mart has a business model that fits in Old Town. Oh yeah - don't look at it. The concept is so terrible to the 'liberals' such that even a consideration of such a business model is denied because it is 'big box.'
We will go to China - but ignore a local jobs generating employer. Why? It makes no sense. It is why I have turned against the 'liberals.'
But Wal-Mart is in China.
They - politicians and liberals - are safe from the economic ups and downs; fu*k the rest of us is their attitude.
Old Town is the perfect place to insert a big box employer.
Tell me why not.


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Regarding the subject of global warming and melting glaciers, I'm wondering if a lot of it could be blamed on just plain foot traffic. I know a mountain climber who recently went to Antarctica to climb Mt. Vinson. She was delayed in going over because the planes were full. There are hundreds of people working in or visiting Antarctica on a daily basis.
She's going to climb Mt. Everest and I was surprised to learn that 500 people climb that each year. She relayed that littering of the mountain is a big problem. There are hundreds of people who work at the base of Everest to service the mountain climbers. A similar story occurred in Alaska climbing Mt. McKinley. There are hundreds of people on the mountain during the climbing months. Many mountains are being climbed world wide and Arctic regions visited.
When cruising Glacier Bay I noted there were four other huge ships in the Bay while I was there and this goes on daily all summer.
To the body heat, add the heat from constant air and ship travel in and out of these popular spots and it seems to me it could be a big cause of warming. Unfortunately to stop warming, you'd have to stop travel.
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The crash occurred at about 5:20 p.m. Friday on Swamp Road at the intersection of Fearon Road, north of the village of Morrisville in the town of Smithfield, the Madison County Sheriff's Office said.
The first responding deputy had been on patrol in Morrisville and arrived on the scene within a minute of being dispatched, the sheriff's office said.
Morrisville Fire-Rescue, Smithfield Fire-Rescue, SEVAC Ambulance, Madison Ambulance, Greater Lenox Ambulance, Vineall Ambulance, state police and SUNY Morrisville police also responded to the scene.
The sheriff's office said the driver of a sedan was crossing Swamp Road at Fearon Road when a SUV crashed head-on with the sedan's passenger-side. Crews were forced to cut the passenger of the sedan out of the vehicle.
Four people were involved in the crash and all sustained significant injuries, the sheriff's office said.
Three people were taken by ambulance to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse with what authorities described as non-life-threatening injuries.
A helicopter was called for a fourth person due to the severity of their injuries, but the helicopter cancelled in flight because of poor weather conditions, the sheriff's office said.
Swamp Road was closed between Fearon and Old Country roads and remains closed. The Accident Reconstruction Team for the sheriff's office remained at the scene Friday night.
The sheriff's office is continuing to investigate and said it would soon release more information.


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A German canonist, b. at Liesborn in Westphalia, 9 March, 1833; d. at Prague, 30 March, 1896. After completing his course at the gymnasium of Paderborn in 1850, he studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, graduated at the latter university in 1856, was admitted there as privatdocent of Roman and canon law in 1857, and became professor extraordinary in 1862. He held this position until 1875 when he accepted the chair of canon law at the newly-erected university of Czernowitz in Bukowina, Austria. In 1879 he became professor of canon law at the German University of Prague, holding this position till his death. He was one of the leading German canonists of the nineteenth century. Though a layman, he was a staunch defender of the rights of the Church against the encroachments of the State. His best known work is his comprehensive text-book on canon law: "Lehrbuch des katholischen, orientalischen und protestantischen Kirchenrechts" (Freiburg, 1876; 3rd ed., ibid., 1893). His two other important works are: "Geschichte und Institutionen des römischen Privatrechts" (Mainz, 1865, 5th ed., entitled: "Gesch. und Pandekten d. röm. und heutigen gemeinen Privatr.", Mainz, 1887); and "Römisches Erbrecht in historischer und dogmatischer Entwickelung" (Heidelberg, 1861). He also wrote the eighth volume of Philipps's "Kirchenrecht" (Mainz, 1889) and numerous smaller juridical treatises. From 1860 he was, with Moy de Sons, joint editor, and from 182, sole editor, of "Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht" (Mainz).
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Unlike past years, 2014′s Conservative Political Action Conference has been all but absent of gay issues. No panels dedicated to same-sex marriage or the impact gays are having on American society.
There was even some hubbub ahead of the event about gay Republicans being newly welcomed to attend (if not sponsor as a group).
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) made a name for himself running for president in 2012 as a culture warrior defending traditional values, and opposing same-sex marriage.
He's scheduled to speak at CPAC here in National Harbor, Md., and TheBlaze Blog ran into him as he was touring the convention area of the Gaylord hotel, greeting supporters.
We asked what he makes of the event's supposed new tone on gay issues. He didn't seem too thrilled.
"I don't have any comments," he said. "I just showed up. I have no idea what's going on at CPAC. I'm gonna give my speech and I'm gonna leave."
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Grand Valley State has won the past six Learfield Sports Directors' Cups, an award given to the nation's top Division II athletics program.
Now, Grand Valley wants to be at the forefront of Midwest college lacrosse.
GVSU athletic director Tim Selgo announced today that women's lacrosse will become the Lakers' 20th varsity sport in spring 2012.
"We are extremely excited to bring lacrosse on board for a couple of reasons," Selgo said. "First, we haven't added a sport to the Grand Valley athletic family since we added women's golf and soccer in the mid-1990s. And second, lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing and most popular sports at the college level.
"We want to be a leader in our region by starting our own varsity program."
The only two varsity programs at Michigan colleges are Division III Adrian and Division I Detroit Mercy.
"Most colleges have lacrosse club programs," Selgo said. "We feel, as the years go by, they will become varsity programs."
Grand Valley officials will begin the search for a lacrosse coach this week, and they hope to have their selection on campus by year's end.
Selgo said GVSU is waiting until 2012 to begin competition so the Lakers' first team doesn't consist of underclassmen and transfers who could be roughed up in spring 2011.
"We want to take this slowly while recruiting and forming a team before we jump into competition," Selgo said. "We want to make the proper commitment so that, in time, women's lacrosse can compete on the national stage in Division II like our other sports."
The team will begin play as a Division II independent.
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Alas, I had to update the old joke on how to locate an Air Force base when I stumbled across this notice showing the Marines want a commercial partner to help manage golf courses on its bases, including Parris Island, home of the East Coast boot camp.
The Marine Semper Fit and Exchange Services Division (really) is looking for a commercial partner to help operate 10 golf courses on nine Marine Corps installations in the continental United States and Hawaii, including pro shops and restaurants.
This is, sadly, no longer my Marine Corps.
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Just a few years ago, Canada geese were overrunning Verizon's 175-acre campus in Basking Ridge. They roamed the lawns and sailed the scenic pond unafraid.
"I remember coming out here the first time," said John Parke, a project director for the New Jersey Audubon Society, "and it was just geese everywhere. They had the dogs chase them but then they'd just fly into the middle of the water and sit there."
Goose droppings covered the ground and polluted the 15-acre pond, which feeds into the headwaters of the Passaic River that provides drinking water for 800,000 New Jersey residents.
Verizon agreed to partner with New Jersey Audubon in 2006 to make its corporate headquarters more environmentally friendly — and perhaps rid itself of the geese.
Parke drew up what he called the "Cadillac of restoration plans."
It started with turning off the fountains in the pond and ending the practice of mowing the lawn to the water's edge. With grant money from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, they planted tall grasses and bushes. Native plants like milkweed that for years had been mowed down began growing again at the pond's edge.
And the geese stopped coming in flocks.
"With the natural barrier (of high grass and shrubs), geese can't handle it," Parke said. "They need to see where the predators are coming from. They don't land here as much."
More than simply reducing the number of geese, however, Verizon and Audubon let nature do what it does best — clean the water and the air.
In 2007, Verizon was awarded the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award.
Audubon wanted to partner with other corporate giants in its stewardship of the environment. With Verizon's lead, it enlisted 17 other companies to ensure New Jersey stays green, at least on its sprawling office tracts.
"There's so much property available on these campuses that can make a huge impact on the environment," Parke said.
For James Gowen, Verizon's chief sustainability officer, the 25 acres the N.J. Audubon Society has helped restore "are my favorite acres of Verizon's property."
Gowen said the company was interested in "doing the right thing," but added, "I'd never get it past the board room if it was just the right thing to do. Our investment with Audubon and the work we're doing there is not necessarily driven toward 'return on investment.' "
Pfizer, along with the N.J. Audubon Society, is restoring more than 43 acres at its Peapack-Gladstone campus in Somerset County. It is also assisting in habitat restoration at the Drew University campus.
The drug manufacturer did the same little things as Verizon, such as altering lawn-mowing habits, clearing invasive growth and establishing nesting boxes.
"It doesn't cost us money to do these changes," said Elizabeth Anderson, senior manager for environmental projects at Pfizer, "but it has a huge impact on the environment. It's a win-win for the environment, for the community and for our shareholders."
Employees volunteer for some of the projects and have spotted at least one endangered bird species nesting on campus grounds.
Morristown-based Covanta Energy has planted more than 1,200 native trees and shrubs at its site in Oxford, Warren County, where it converts trash and waste products into energy. It removed invasive, non-native woody vegetation and installed nesting boxes for birds and bats.
"Our business aligns with what Audubon is doing," said James Regan, a spokesman for Covanta. "Habitat preservation is something we're interested in. It runs parallel to our goals."
Michael Catania is the former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection and now serves as executive director of Duke Farms in Hillsborough. He notes that companies like these lead by example.
"Instead of being at loggerheads with environmentalists, they're finding ways to work together," he said. "They serve as models. Often they'll teach their vendors how to do business in environmentally friendly ways."
Audubon's Parke notes that America's largest crop is grass — as in lawns. Letting nature return improve the air and water quality, not to mention the aesthetics, is a move in a smart direction.
"It's little steps," he said, "but connecting it all up is important."


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SUMMERSIDE – Summerside city council may be putting plans for a new fire hall on the fast track after last week's cold, winter weather damaged the roof of the existing firehouse.
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The ceiling area of the main hall of the Summerside Fire Hall had to be removed after water worked its way through the roof and into the second floor of the building. In all, ceilings in four rooms had to be removed.
Fire Chief Jim Peters said the Summerside fire hall sustained thousands of dollars in damages after water made its way through the roof and flooded the second floor of the building.
"With the building, it was originally a flat roof," Peters said. "Sometime around the mid-80s they put a trussed-peaked roof on it because we just couldn't keep the water out with the flat roof. It was just leaking all of the time."
He said the two roofs separated with the ice jam two weeks ago.
"So, we've got daylight on the south side and on part of the east side and part of the west side the water was coming right on," Peters said. "It came right in and go on the flat roof. When it got on the flat roof it just came right down through the ceilings."
Peters said the ceilings had to be removed in four rooms including the main hall.
"They all have to be replaced and we can't replace them until we fix the roof," the fire chief said. "We're in a spot because we can't do much with the roof until it gets warm."
Peters estimated that damage at between $50,000 and $60,000.
"Insurance will cover part of it," he said.
Peters said some water did make it down to the first floor where he fire fighting equipment and trucks are housed but that has been cleaned up.
Summerside Mayor Basil Stewart was unaware of the damage at the fire hall.
"The only thing I can say is that I know we're in the process of getting a new fire hall," Stewart said. "This will probably push the envelope a little more. You can only patch so long. I know they have a water problem in the basement and the floor sagging and they had to get that propped up."
The mayor said the building has served the city well but has had its day.
"There's a report coming soon to council on a number of things on the building and where it should be located," he said. "This roof damage, it happened and we'll have to deal with it in the meantime until we get the new facility in place."


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As we grow older, some of us are prone to thinking of the "good old days." To some, they are the days of their youth; to some, they are the earlier days of their married life as they start families; and to others, it is the days after World War II, when good-paying jobs were plentiful and the great middle class came to the fore, making us the richest, most powerful country in the world.
Then suddenly, those who had been more fortunate by the grace of God became wealthy and were convinced they were paying too much of their earnings in taxes and set out on the course of helping those who agreed with them, or who promised to lower their taxes, get elected. They were successful in their efforts, and their cohorts in Congress promptly lowered their taxes (which indeed were too high at that time) to a point where many, including some of the fortunate ones, believe they are not paying their fair share
This, to many, is a large part of the reason we now have so many more millionaires and so many more living from paycheck to paycheck, as well as those in abject poverty.
However, there are many who still feel their taxes are too high and would rather spend millions of dollars in, what some call legal bribes, to get their "friends" elected and re-elected than pay what would be their fair share.
This has brought forth a great discussion on the redistribution of wealth in this country, most of which is by those who have been most fortunate as they complain about working hard, earning money but being forced to share with those "lazy bums" who have been less fortunate by paying higher taxes
Still no sign of shared sacrifices in Lansing or Washington.
Wonder why I'm not surpised.
- HERB FOWLE/Hillsdale


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Lexi Pronk led Hudsonville Freedom Christian with 14 points and Rachel Slottke added 13 as the Falcons withstood a 9-3 third-quarter run by Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian and held on to win.
Alison Westra chipped in 10 points for Freedom Christian, which avenged two losses to Tri-Unity Christian in the regular season with tonight's win.
Ellie Komejan led Tri-Unity Christian with 16 points and April Wubben chipped in 11.
"I thought our intensity was really good from the get-go, and we did a great job of taking care of the ball and executing our offense tonight," Freedom Christian coach Derek Foltice said. "The two games we lost to Tri-Unity earlier in the season, I thought that we didn't take care of the ball or execute well offensively, so that made a big difference tonight."
Foltice said that he was happy his team was able to bounce back from a rough third quarter.
"We got out to a lead and we started playing not to lose," Foltice said. "We stopped attacking and let them back into the game. Luckily, we were able to rebound and close out the game in the fourth."
Freedom Christian (10-11, 0-7 River Valley) will host Wyoming Potter's House Christian in the district final at 7 p.m. Friday.
"We played them earlier in the year and beat them, but they're a different team now," Foltice said. "Hopefully, them momentum we've created will help us on Friday."
Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian finishes the season at 7-11 overall and 2-5 in the River Valley.


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By PETER PRIOLO, GRANITEVILLE
Now that the out-of-touch Staten Island Republicans have thrown their support behind Mr. Fossella and the Democrats try to keep Mr. McMahon for re-election to Congress, we seem to be faced with two mainstream establishment candidates in which Staten Islanders are forced to elect "the lesser of two evils."
With the runaway corruption in our government, now is the absolute best time to show your individual empowerment and NOT vote for one of these two men that these two corrupt political parties hand-picked for you.
You have that option to vote for anyone you wish by writing in anybody you feel will help represent this district.
When the two corrupt parties "gave" us two terrible candidates in Barack Obama and John McCain, I was one of the few who knew I had the power to refuse those picks and wrote in my own candidate whom I felt would best represent We The People as president.
And to those who feel that I would be "throwing my vote away" by writing in my own candidate, ask yourself this question, would any of the candidates represented by the Democrats or Republicans have YOUR best interest in mind if elected? If you said no, then would YOU be throwing your vote away voting for one of these two men?
Your voting machine has the option to write in your candidate. Use it! And use your voting power to your full potential. I guarantee you that for the first time ever you will be leaving the polls feeling good about your choice.
[Editor's note: Mr. Fossella announced on Wednesday that he will not run.]


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Take a 3 foot piece of RG-8 coax, strip off 8" of the black vinyl cover and then pull the center through the braid as though you were getting ready to hardwire a yagi or dipole. Tape both sides with White tape(adhesive or anything white), and split the ends on a 30 degree angle. Now hold the single end of the "still" black covered coax and mildly shake it with the taped end about 3 inches off the ground and just follow it until it dips toward the ground. Your coax will be beneath it.. It is a COAXIAL DIVINING ROD". Good luck. 73 de Dusty, K3WC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barkey, Patrick M." <email@example.com> To: <email@example.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:55 AM Subject: [TowerTalk] Locating Buried Feedline > I'm getting ready to trench in a cable line to a new tower, and before > I do, I'd like to mark where the existing cables are buried, > particularly > near the shack where they all come together. > > Any ideas what the most reliable/cheapest way to do this is? > Obviously, I will be digging by hand when I get in the "crossfire" > of existing cables, but I know that you can do a lot of damage with > an errant spade in just one swing. > > Thanks. > > - Pat > N9RV > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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