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The new director of economic affairs at the Israeli consulate and the new head of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce are working in tandem to foster collaboration between local and Israeli companies.
A lot of people have been asking John Churchill lately if he's Jewish. It's not a question engendered by his patrician-sounding last name, but rather the fact that the 28-year-old is working for the Consulate General of Israel in Philadelphia.
For the record, he's not Jewish. Yet the Chester County native has long had an affinity with Israel and has worked as a fundraiser for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobby. He is now able to combine his interests in business and the Jewish state as the consulate's director of economic affairs, a newly created position.
"Israel is such an amazing opportunity. As an investor, it is a new frontier," said Churchill.
"They had to work hard to fund this position," Churchill added, referring to how Consul General Yaron Sideman and Deputy Consul General Elad Strohmayer lobbied their superiors. "They have a vision, they fought for the budget — and here I am."
Churchill started work over the summer, at about the same time that marketing specialist Vered Nohi-Becker took over from Debbie Buchwald as executive director of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Now, Churchill and Nohi-Becker are in touch almost daily, working to foster collaboration between local and Israeli companies, spreading the word about opportunities to invest in Israeli start-ups and trying to entice growing Israeli firms to set up shop here.
With Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter all but officially set to lead an economic mission to Israel later this year, advocates and activists hope that the Philly-Israel business connection might be set to get to the next level. (Nutter recently said he plans to go although his office hasn't confirmed any dates.)
Meanwhile, on a more grassroots level, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia is planning to soon roll out its Buy Israel Goods (B.I.G.) campaign. The idea is to help Philadelphians establish more personal economic ties to the Jewish state while counteracting the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, known as BDS, that seeks to use economics to isolate the Jewish state.
The convergence of activity promoting Israel-Philadelphia ties is "fortuitous. It also means there is some momentum," said Richard Bendit, president of the board of the Philadelphia-Israel chamber, a nonprofit organization. "Those ties we have had are going to be even stronger now. There is a greater opportunity for collaboration."
Israeli firms already make an impact in the Philadelphia region — and vice versa. A 2012 Temple University study commissioned by the chamber found that 59 local companies have binational operations in the United States and Israel, the most well-known of which is Teva Pharmaceuticals. All told, these firms account for between 2,175 and 2,565 jobs, including 1,700 at Teva.
The study reported that 5.32 percent of all trade via Philadelphia area airports is going to or from Israel and 1.4 percent of all seaport trade is from or going to the Jewish state. Medicines currently account for 64 percent of Israeli imports to the region.
Churchill first became aware of the Israeli economy through his father, Winston John Churchill, of Wayne, who has been involved in Israel's venture capital market since the 1980s.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was a partner in Churchill's investment firm, SCP Partners, from 2001 to 2007, when he was out of government. A decade ago, the younger Churchill accompanied his father on a tour of Israel and had the chance to have dinner with Barak, an experience that stuck with him.
Now he views himself as "a resource, a matchmaker for businesses," he said. "I'm sort of laying the train track for business to grab onto."
The consulate, he said, doesn't "specifically endorse a company or anything like that. What we do is we get the right people together."
One of the consulate's goals, Churchill said, is to establish a business memorandum of understanding between Israel and Pennsylvania, similar to an agreement that exists between Massachusetts and the Jewish state that cuts red tape and provides funding for businesses to collaborate and build innovative technologies.
For Nohi-Becker, the new director of the Philadelphia-Israel chamber, her job is not so much to ensure that deals get inked as it is to make introductions and make Americans and Israelis aware of potential business opportunities.
She occupies a one-woman office in Center City, sharing space with trade representatives of other nations, including Chile, Britain, Italy and Japan. The mother of three, who most recently worked at the Port of Wilmington, Del., grew up in Tel Aviv and currently lives in Delaware.
Part of her role, she added, is to market the Philadelphia region — and its many universities and hospitals — to Israeli companies looking to expand in the United States. For now, Israeli firms are more likely to look to Silicon Valley, New York or Boston.
"If companies reach out to me and want to know how they can reach investors, how they can reach accountants, how they can establish themselves here, we can help them make the connections," she said.
One of the chamber's primary functions is to serve as the local representative of the BIRD Foundation, the organization that was founded in 1977 as part of a bilateral agreement between the United States and Israel. The foundation awards millions in grants every year to Israeli and American companies that collaborate on innovative technology that will have commercial applications. Philadelphia companies receive a grant nearly every year, said Nohi-Becker. One awarded in June went to the Israeli firm Freshpoint Quality Assurance Ltd. and the Exton-based West Pharmaceutical Services to develop a product for monitoring pharmaceuticals.
So far this year, the foundation has awarded a total of $10.5 million.
"It really stimulates the development of businesses on both sides of the ocean," Nohi-Becker said.
Another major function of the chamber is to organize events and conferences that bring together investors and entrepreneurs in niche areas such as clean technology, defense contracting and biomedical research.
On Sept. 12, for example, the group is sponsoring a lunch program in Center City focusing on "Innovative Water Solutions for the Food Industry."
The consulate and the chamber have also assisted in the planning of an Israeli innovation and technology fair to be held on Oct. 6 at Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley. The program is serving as a fundraiser for the synagogue but is being marketed to the broader community.
It will include a keynote address from Dan Senor, co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle, a book that brought awareness of Israel's vibrant economy to a wide readership. It will also feature a showcase of Israeli firms in varying stages of development: Some are looking for seed investors, while others have a product ready for distribution.
One firm planning to take part has received key seed funding from local investors. Visual Domains is expected to show its new tablet/smartphone/laptop/television operating system for the first time in the United States.
According to event co-chair Mark Cohen, the system, known as Venus, creates an infinite, three-dimensional plane and offers new opportunities for advertising. The idea is that manufacturers of devices might be able to compete with Google for advertising dollars on the web.
"We want people to be more educated about what is going on in Israel — and all that Israel contributes to the world," said Cohen.
Organizers, he said, don't want people to think of Israel "simply as a place of religion and history and conflict but also as a home of innovation and a great contribution to world society."


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Three of the six local teams in this week's 3A and 4A state tournaments will be facing opponents in the quarterfinal round that they have already faced this season.
One of those three teams is No. 6 Mountlake Terrace, which faces No. 3 Lincoln at 7:15 p.m. in Thursday's 3A quarterfinal round.
The first game between the Abes and Hawks was an instant classic. It took place on Dec. 8 at the Les Schwab Invitation at Highline Community College. The Abes handed the Hawks one of their three losses on the season, winning 60-59.
As close as the score was, it doesn't begin to tell the whole story.
The Hawks might have lost, but those who saw the game could make an argument that they were the better team. They trailed just three times in the contest – at 2-0, 4-2 and the final margin of 60-59.
"I told the guys after the game that if we ever see them again maybe the one-point difference would be in our favor," Mountlake Terrace coach Nalin Sood said. "Who would have thought that we'd see them again at the end of the season in Tacoma."
Behind an impressive first-half defensive effort, the Hawks built a 21-7 early in the second quarter and led by as many as 12 in the third. But the Abes slowly clawed their way back into the game in the second half.
Tre'Shaun Fletcher scored 28 points, but none bigger than his free throw in the final minute that gave Lincoln its first lead since the first quarter. Fletcher also blocked Mountlake Terrace guard Jesse Zerom's shot as time expired to preserve the Abes comeback victory.
Having familiarity with each other will certainly benefit both teams when it comes to the gameplan, but it won't be the same two teams that faced each other then.
"There is some familiarity with Lincoln, but that is from December," Sood said. "It's been two months since then. They've improved as a basketball team quite a bit and we've improved as a basketball team quite a bit."
The Hawks have improved and they also have the benefit of having guard Blake Fernandez, who missed the Lincoln game with an injury.
"Adding Blake to this game hopefully will help us," Sood said. "He might be the difference in getting over the hump. We'll need him."
Can Terry Dawn lead Arlington to championship?
Well, he led the Eagles past Bellarmine Prep to get to the Tacoma Dome, so if anything that is a good sign.
His coach certainly thinks Dawn can lead the Eagles to a title.
"Absolutely, without a doubt," Arlington coach Nick Brown said. "He's got an inner-fire. I always knew it was there, but I'm really starting to see it more and more as we go further in."
Dawn scored 29 points, 21 of which came in the first half where he made six of his nine 3-point attempts.
It's no secret that Dawn has the ability to take over basketball games, but the Eagles have been a much more balanced team throughout the season than they have been in the past. Brown said the surrounding cast is playing just as well Dawn right now.
The Eagles will need that surrounding cast if they are going to make a run at the title.
"I think we are all playing that well, but I think we feed off of Terry," Brown said. "I think we feed off of each, but I think when Terry plays better, everyone else plays better. He's a leader and a good leader gets kids to follow him. He did a great job the other night. He had that look in his eye and we all fed off of it.
"He was the best player on the floor, it's not a question."
How good are the teams from the East side of the state?
The 3A and the 4A classifications each have one representative from the Spokane area at this year's Hardwood Classic, University (3A) and Central Valley (4A).
The Titans drew Sea-King 3A district champion, Lakeside, and the Bears have to face the only 4A undefeated team remaining in the state, Jackson.
What do we know about them?
University's record of 16-7 doesn't standout, but they have one player who absolutely does. Brett Bailey, a 6-foot-6 senior wing, has already committed to play his college ball at the University of San Diego after graduation. Bailey averages 23.2 points per game and nearly eight rebounds. He has unlimited range and broke the Greater Spokane League's record for points in a single game with 47.
Central Valley placed second in state last season, losing 48-42 to Davis, but this is a different Bears team. Central Valley's record of 22-2 is very impressive, but they have just one returning starter and graduated seven from last year's second place team.
Can Rainier Beach repeat?
Last year's 3A boys champion are the favorites in many people's brackets again this season — and with good reason — the Vikings were the No. 1 ranked team in the final Associated Press poll this season.
Will they repeat?
It won't be easy. Rainier Beach will play Seattle Prep in the Thursday's quarterfinal. The Vikings faced the Panthers in last year's state championship game and won 61-58. They faced each other once this season and Seattle Prep got the better of the Vikings 59-57.
If Rainier Beach does get out of the quarterfinals, it would likely face Franklin in the next round, who the Vikings have beat three times this season.
If the Vikings (22-4) are fortunate enough to play for the title on Saturday night they would face one of four teams: Lincoln, Mountlake Terrace, University or Lakeside. All four of those teams are ranked in the top-10.
The Vikings lost their best player from a year ago, Anrio Adams, who went to the University of Kansas after graduating last season. But many of the players who helped the team win last year's state championship from a year ago are still there.
Rainier Beach also didn't have a problem replacing Adams. Before the season one of the most sought after recruits in the country, Shaqquan Aaron announced that he was transferring to Rainier Beach after moving from California.
Aaron averaged 18.9 points per game in his first season with the Vikings and committed to play at Louisville earlier this season.
A Top-2 4A team will fall on Day 1
The way the 4A bracket shaped up guaranteed one thing – one of the top-two 4A boys teams in the final Associated Press poll will have their hopes of a state championship end on Thursday.
What many would have wanted to see in the state championship game will be the second boys game of the opening day of the tournament, when No. 1 Garfield faces No. 2 Bothell.
The two teams faced each other twice this season and the Bulldogs got the better of the Cougars each time. Garfield beat Bothell 86-71 on Jan. 22 and again 93-69 on Feb. 15.

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We want the conquerors of the Canadiens to lose to a Canadian team.
"We were up 2-0 on them, and if we can just take one game at the Bell Centre … you start thinking, 'Well, if we're capable of beating them, maybe we're capable of being where they are right now.' But I don't think it necessarily works that way." – Mike Cammalleri to ESPN's Pierre LeBrun
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• LeBrun on what might have been for Habs, Hawks
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Date: January 30 2013
The Australian share market pulled back in late trading but still closed slightly higher, with investors unfazed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing that the next federal election would be on September 14.
On Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 7.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 4,896.7 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index was up 8.3 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 4,919.1 points.
On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures contract was six points higher at 4,860 points, with 23,552 contracts traded.
IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said although the local bourse finished higher on Wednesday, investors were now feeling they were in "overbought" territory after a long recent run upwards.
"These markets just look bit over-extended," Mr Shamu said.
"Profit-takers are starting to lock in some gains after what has been a solid month or so."
Mr Shamu said the announcement of the federal election had not had any great effect on the share market on Wednesday.
He said the media sector, which one would expect to benefit from the long lead-up to the poll, had not bounced much.
In the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton jumped 45 cents to $37.62, and Rio Tinto climbed 97 cents to $67.12.
Among the major banks, Westpac was five cents lower at $28.17, National Australia Bank dipped eight cents to $27.64, Commonwealth Bank was off three cents at $64.70, and ANZ advanced seven cents to $26.58.
Among insurance stocks, QBE rose 47 cents to $11.75, Suncorp slipped two cents to $10.68, and Insurance Australia Group was six cents stronger at $4.99.
The estimated cost of floods caused by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald stands at nearly $200 million, as insurers continue to field new claims.
Among other stocks, diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers was 69 cents lower at $38.13 after it lifted sales in all its retail businesses in the first half of the financial year, with the strongest growth coming from Coles and Bunnings.
National airline Qantas was 1.5 cents weaker at $1.50 as Fairfax media reported that a consortium of investors that included former Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon had sold a large line of Qantas shares on January 22.
The price of gold in Sydney was $US1,667.605 per fine ounce, up $US6.31 on Tuesday's closing price of $US1,661.295.
National turnover was 1.93 billion securities worth $3.9 billion, with 491 stocks up, 506 down and 368 unchanged.
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Hello fellow MnGCA cachers,
First of all I want to thank everyone that voted in the recent fall election, either in person at the event or by absentee ballot. I look forward to serving as your President for the upcoming year.
For those that dont know me, my name is Teri. In my other job I am an attorney for a major Minneapolis-based company. Ive been geocaching for just over 6 years now. My husband Brian introduced me to the sport and so far were proud to say we have 1900 finds that span 20 states, 8 countries and 3 continents! We both love the sport and some of the great places we have discovered because of it.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Minnesotabrad for his leadership the past 2 years as MnGCA President. He leaves some big shoes to fill. I also want to thank all of the outgoing board members that I had the pleasure to work with in my previous role of secretary.
If you were at the fall event you probably know a lot of what I am going to outline, but I want the membership as a whole to know where we are and where we hope to go in the coming year. If you missed the fall event you missed a great time! My thanks to the entire fall event committee for an outstanding job! The weather was great, it was great to be able to use one of the premiere state parks in an urban location, and it was fun seeing lots of familiar and new faces!
As the sport of geocaching continues to grow the sport continues to experience growing pains. Many of these pains come in the form of additional layers of bureaucracy by different layers of government(s) when it comes to hiding caches. Often times, though not always, we are able to show government bodies that working with geocaching.coms established reviewer system is easier for them and accomplishes the same end goal we all share - a safe and fun way to enjoy the sport. Weve had success with Maple Grove dropping all of its registration requirements after MnGCA board members gave the parks board a presentation and were able to answer questions about geocaching. Rogers didnt pursue its intention to create restrictions after learning more about geocaching. Recently Eden Prairie agreed to consider a trial run of allowing hides in city parks without pre-registering them with their parks department. It is a good first step, and I ask that if you are going to hide a cache in an Eden Prairie park, or anywhere for that matter, just take a brief moment to evaluate if you are picking the best place to hide the cache? What will the impact be of 10 cachers, 100 cachers looking for it? Your hide today can have a direct impact on future hides in your city and others.
To that end we are continuing to try to work with the city of Blaine in hopes of modifying its overly restrictive cache-placing policy. We will keep the membership updated on our progress, and welcome any suggestions and input along the way. Any local residents are encouraged to get involved and show the city how geocachers enjoy and protect the parks.
There has been much discussion on the forums recently about adding representatives from specific geographic regions of the state. I will go on record as saying I do not feel the organization is large enough at this point to support additional board members and the added complications that trying to add a regional election will add to our voting process. That doesnt mean I want to exclude voices in the organization everyone has something to contribute. Anyone who is a member in any part of the state can volunteer at any point to work on event committees, coin or t-shirt designs, or any kind of event you want to host in your neck of the woods. The board is here to serve you, and we continue to welcome your input on this and any other issue! And any member is welcome to run for a Board position it just may take a little more campaigning for your name to be known in all the corners of the state.
Finally as the seasons change I encourage everyone to get out and find some caches in our great fall weather! Remember deer hunting season is fast approaching, so packing your blaze orange might not be a bad idea. Also remember the MnGCA exists for you and because of you, I encourage everyone to get involved - attend or even plan a weekNIGHT event! Theyre tons of fun. Enjoy meeting fellow cachers at Breakfast Buddies events, or any of the many, many events local cachers plan all winter long!
See you on the trails!
Mrs. Mizzou
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Very easy, pick up a radio scanner, it all depends on what frequency they operate on. Great thing with cordless phones is you can capture both sides of the conversation and not one side. If they are using spread spectrum which a lot do, then its gonna be much more difficult.
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The legality of radio scanners varies considerably from place to place. In the United States it is a federal crime to monitor cellular phone calls. Some US states prohibit the use of a scanner in an automobile. Although scanners capable of following trunked radio systems and demodulating some digital radio systems such as APCO Project 25 are available, decryption-capable scanners would be a violation of United States law and possibly laws of other countries.
A law passed by the Congress of the United States, under the pressure from cellular telephone interests, prohibited scanners sold after a certain date from receiving frequencies allocated to the Cellular Radio Service. The law was later amended to make it illegal to modify radios to receive those frequencies, and also to sell radios that could be easily modified to do so.[1] This law remains in effect even though few cellular subscribers still use analog technology. There are Canadian and European unblocked versions available, however these are illegal to import into the U.S. Frequencies used by early cordless phones at 43.720--44.480, 46.610--46.930 MHz and 902.000 906.000 MHz can be picked up by many scanners. The proliferation of scanners led most cordless phone manufacturers to produce cordless handsets operating on a more secure 2.4 GHz system using spread-spectrum technology. Certain states in the U.S., such as New York and Florida, prohibit the use of scanners in a vehicle unless the operator has a radio license issued from the FCC (Amateur Radio, etc)[1] [2] or the operator's job requires the use of a scanner in a vehicle (ie, Police, Fire, Utilities)


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After four days of cleaning out the flooded basement of her mother's house in New York's Rockaway Beach neighborhood following Hurricane Sandy, Theresa Mohan realized that the stunned residents needed more than hot food and blankets.
So Mohan, who oversees business contracts for International Business Machines Corp. as a senior regional counsel for the East Coast, recruited some fellow attorneys and set up a tent with computers and an Internet connection to help people file applications for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Her official volunteer badge was a piece of duct tape with her name on it.
"Even as a lawyer, when I started the FEMA application, I had no idea what it meant or how much money was available," Mohan said. "There's not a lot of clarity to the process as far as what the next steps are, what your rights are and what you're potentially entitled to."
So Mohan and a growing group of colleagues spent the next four weekends offering legal services, and sympathy, to people who needed help. She continues to work with a network of legal service providers and volunteers in coordinating and tracking assistance for Sandy victims, with the help of software donated by IBM.
Mohan is no stranger to pro bono work; she was part of a team of IBM attorneys who four years ago overhauled the company's pro bono program at the request of general counsel Bob Weber. They developed a three-tiered system intended to spur involvement at the local, regional and international levels. The company doesn't require a set number of pro bono hours, but encourages attorneys to find opportunities that tap into their specific abilities. Participation has grown.
"That's a challenge that most in-house law departments have," Mohan said. "Our skill set, for the most part, is not a traditional pro bono skills set. As much as we'd like to be able to go into court, we don't have the facilities to track the dockets."
To that end, IBM has partnered with ShelterBox, a U.K.-based nonprofit with affiliates around the world that responds to disasters with boxes containing tents and all the basic supplies families need to survive. IBM attorneys now assist the group with a range of legal matters. "Having attorneys available to us is so important, because we have to be able to make very quick decisions," said Emily Sperling, president of ShelterBox USA. "IBM's global footprint matches our global footprint, and we're so grateful for their assistance."
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Is there any reason why passing the "MemberID" in the URL/Query String could be considered dangerous?? :-/
I have had a lot of people tell me emphatically, "No!" but I'm not so sure myself...
One reservation that I have, is that unlike Username and Email, the MemberID is not necessary "public" information.
No its not bad. It is just a number. As long as they cannot bypass authentication and make changes to that user.
I require an E-mail and Password and activation to log in, and am using Prepared Statements, Salt, Vinegar, and sha512, among other things...
I guess you never noticed, but this very forum uses GET variables eg.http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/member.php?399760-DoubleDee
Have you ever experienced problems here because of it?
Yes, I have noticed that, but I also know people who have smoked 2 packs (of cigarettes) a day their entire life...
Does that mean it is a good idea?
In this case, it's only getting a publicly viewable (to logged in members) page - not a "private" or "restricted use" file. Nor is it doing anything like database entry or file writing.
The generally accepted rule of thumb is to use GET (i.e. in URL) to "get" stuff - a page, json etc. and POST (i.e. in a form) to post (send) stuff to the server for further handling.
I guess not, but again, I thought you might consider "Member ID" to be secret like your "Bank Account #" or "Social Security #", whereas a "Username" seems less secret, that's all.
Well, someone told me I shouldn't be so reliant on $_SESSION because it is easier to break - especially with Tabbed Browsing. (I didn't really understand what the person meant at the time, but sine then, I have been trying to get more comfortable passing stuff from page to page via the Query String IF I think it is safe data to pass, and thus the whole point of this thread?!
I've never heard that, not that there couldn't be a problem under certain circumstances.This forum uses SESSION variables and I always have at least 2 tabs open and often up to a dozen or more.
it not so much from a security point of view, but from a functionality/usability point of view.
Eg say you open an edit product page and assign then product Id of the product you are editing to the session[edit_id] but before you save that, you open up an edit product page for another product in another tab (to Check something, eg stock level). Now when you go back to you other tab/window the session edit_id has been replaced with the last products I'd. If you hit save, you replace product b's details with product a. Now you have 2 product a's with different Id's.
If you was passing the product Id via post vars instead of the session, it wouldn't happen.
There are ways around this without passing everything via get/post parameters. A combination of session and post vars ensures good security/usability provided you check what is being sent via post matches what you are expecting compared wi the session.
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What right had he to arrogate to himself again powers of life and death?
I arrogate no great merit to myself in still preserving myself untainted in this vortex of folly and vice.
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I would encourage no Sultan spirit, nor arrogate a single claim over her, deduced from any assumed superiority of my own sex.
I am not come of a stock so distinguished that I can arrogate to myself the defence of my order.
But, not content with the reality, he resolved to arrogate the title; and he thus eventually lost the Peninsula.
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Mary, did you know...
- ...that your baby boy would one day walk on water?
- ...that your baby boy has walked where angels trot? Criss Angel, that is.
- ...that Crissmas would make a really cool holiday?
- ...that you were conceived without the stain of original sin? Don't ask us how we know this.
- ...that it is better to be full of grace than full of crap?
- ...that you are blessed among women, with the exception of Jael and Judith because they were good at killing enemies in their sleep?
- ...that in Soviet Russia, this child that you've delivered will soon deliver YOU!!
- ...the blind will see?
- ...the deaf will hear?
- ...the dead will live again?
- ...the lame will leap?
- ...the dumb will speak....
- ....the praises OF THE LAAAAAAAAAAAMB!
- ...that there's no room in the inn and you are thusly up shit creek without a paddle?
- ...that you shouldn't really call it a "silent night" when angels are blasting frickin' trumpets and waking up the neighbors at the most ungodly hour?
- ...that following a star leads you in circles? It took us forever to get here!
- ...that the mothers of various pagan gods and Augustus's mother were also virgins? Probably just a coincidence.
- ...that you've been upstaged by a shark?
- ...that perpetual virginity is easier with the Bill Clinton loophole?
- ..."Mmmph mmphf mpphff mph mmfpfph!" - Kenny McCormick
- ...that Amy Grant likes premarital sex?
- ...that Christian prostitutes won't have sex on Sunday?
- ...that you will only have a three-day window on your son's life insurance policy?
- ...this sleeping child you're holding is the great I Am? Like, woah, man! WOAH! WOAH!!
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From HaskellWiki
1 What is it?
LGtk is a lens-based API for Gtk. LGtk is built on Gtk2Hs.
Most Haskellers would like to use a mature FRP-based API for creating graphical user interfaces. FRP may not be the best tool for special user interfaces, like interfaces which consists of buttons, checkboxes, combo boxes, text entries and menus only. LGtk has a lens-based API which fits better these user interfaces.
2 Demo application
You can try the demo application with the following commands:
cabal install gtk2hs-buildtools cabal install lgtk lgtkdemo
3 Features
Features of lgtk-0.5
- The API is closed, you can safely use any constructs as long as you obey the documented laws.
- Support for asynchronous events. Using LGtk is a safe way for writing multithreaded Gtk applications.
4 Examples
4.1 Hello World
main = runWidget $ label $ return "Hello World!"
4.2 Copy
The following applications presents an entry and a label below of it. When a text is entered in the entry, the label is changed to the entered text.
main = runWidget $ action $ do r <- newRef "enter text here" return $ vcat [ entry r , label $ readRef r ]
A crutial feature of LGtk is that you cannot change the value of references in this monad (you can read them though).
4.3 Addition
Two entries of integers and a label which shows the sum:
main = runWidget $ action $ do r1 <- newRef (12 :: Integer) r2 <- newRef 4 return $ vcat [ entryShow r1 , entryShow r2 , label $ liftM show $ liftM2 (+) (readRef r1) (readRef r2) ]
4.4 Complex examples
You can find more complex examples in the source code of LGtk. More examples will be presented here also.
5 Status
LGtk is actively developed. The semantics is getting stable but it is not yet documented.
TODO list:
- Add an efficient implementation for LGtk. LGtk has only a reference implementation currently.
- Add support for styles (layout, colors, etc).
- Support more Gtk constructs.
6 Changelog
6.1 lgtk-0.5
- Do not use monadic lenses any more.
- Support for asynchronous events.
- Lazily created tabs.
- Unactive tabs are really unactive (event handlers are detached).
- File references watch the files. When the file changes, the GUI is updated.
- References with inherent identity (makes defining auto-sensitive buttons easier)
- Experimental support for colored buttons.
- More examples in the demo application.
- Lots of inner changes.
7 External links
- You can find the current API documentation at HackageDB.
- There is a darcs repo on hub.darcs.net.


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Like many others with type 2 diabetes, you may have NO symptoms. Or, you may have very mild symptoms that develop so gradually that you don't even notice them. Because of this, screening blood tests to detect diabetes and pre-diabetes are recommended at least every 3 years for people who are 45 or more years old, and for people who are under 45 and are overweight or who have another risk factor for diabetes.
Sometimes the following symptoms will occur:
How is diabetes diagnosed?
Diabetes is diagnosed if the levels of glucose in your blood are too high. Your doctor can test your blood and tell if you have diabetes. There are several tests, including:
You may have already been told that you have type 2 diabetes or you may suspect that you do. Tell your doctor about your symptoms and get tested. You can then start on the road to better health!
Do you have pre-diabetes?
Before people develop diabetes, they almost always have pre-diabetes. Today, more than 57 million adults in the U.S. have pre-diabetes -- and may already have blood glucose levels high enough to begin causing long-term damage to the body, especially to the heart and to the blood vessels. If the result of your fasting plasma glucose test is 100 - 125 mg/dl, the result of your oral glucose tolerance test is 140 - 199 mg/dl, or if your HbA1c is between 5.7% and 6.4%, you have pre-diabetes.
Many people with pre-diabetes will develop diabetes, and are at higher risk for heart disease, unless they make lifestyle changes like losing weight. A loss of just 5 - 10% of total body weight can make a big difference.
If you have pre-diabetes, therefore, follow the same lifestyle recommendations as someone with diabetes. Such changes may keep you from developing diabetes and protect your heart. You also need to get your fasting blood sugar tested every 1 - 2 years, or more frequently, to see if diabetes has developed.


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Beckford, like Efron, did so with faux-protest, and with a big smile on his face.
Mr. Beckford welcomed me in the kindest way, and immediately began pointing out the various curious plants and shrubs.
Perhaps Beckford did not intend his tale to be interpreted too solemnly.
So Beckford went, and presently he found himself telling Murray a great deal more than he had intended to tell him.
The moment he reached home, Beckford rushed to his wifes room.
The footman returned, saying his master was engaged, but if I would walk upstairs Mr. Beckford would come to me.
Would it not be a worthy companion to the statues of Beckford and Chatham?
Beckford, in describing the apartment of a Spanish lady, writes: "Her bed was of the richest blue velvet trimmed with point lace."
Mr. Beckford took off the glass, and desired me to take it to the window.
Given good weather and a favourable season, there is as good sport to be obtained with Horse and Hound as in the days of Beckford.


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Chad Michael Murray calls off 7-year engagement
(Yahoo!) - Chad Michael Murray apparently isn't a settling-down kind of guy.
The actor who played leading hunk Lucas Scott on "One Tree Hill" for nine seasons, has ended his seven-year engagement with former co-star Kenzie Dalton.
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Editorial: It is time to test chloramine
Original post made on Oct 6, 2007
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a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 6, 2007 at 10:07 am
Dear Almanac,
Thanks for the powerful editorial on chloramine. I have family members who are severely affected with rashes, respiratory and digestive symptoms from chloraminated tap water. Doctors cannot find any treatment that works. The only solution is to completely avoid the tap water. This means we cannot drink, cook, bathe or shower in, brush our teeth with or even do our laundry in our tap water (because clothes washed in chloraminated water make the skin itch). Bottled spring water is used for everything and we even have to travel out of town for showers and to do laundry. This is very expensive, time consuming and inconvient. But it is better than watching loved ones health deteriorate from continued exposure to chloramine. Many other people are severly affected as well. It is unbelievable that this disinfectant was not properly tested before its use. Furthermore, now that there is mounting evidence that there is a real problem and many people are suffering, there is no excuse for the do-nothing attitude of public agencies like our health departments and the EPA. Thank you for covering this urgent and important issue. Anyone who wants to find out more can see www.chloramine.org.
a resident of another community
on Oct 6, 2007 at 10:59 am
Oh, and while you on that website, you might want to check out the long list of environmental, medical/public health and consumer groups that believe that this is a real problem - oops, my bad - there are NONE!
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2007 at 11:01 am
Your Editorial, "It is time to test chloramine" is so right on. Those of us who are affected by chloramine in our tap water know what happens if we use chloraminated water.
I have severe digestive tract problems. My symptoms: 1)extreme belly bloat 2)complete loss of energy 3)diarrhea 4)excruciating pain.
These digestive problems started shortly after chloramine was added to the Hetch Hetchy water supply where we live in Sunnyvale. After thorough testing and research through March 2006, my doctors found no cause for my above symptoms. In April 2006, I was doubling over with pain every time I drank tap water. I decided to try BOTTLED SPRING WATER. With the very first glass I drank I HAD NO PAIN.
I noticed in late 2006 that I had pain and bloating if I ate out, used certain canned or processed foods and in early 2007 even a medication. I discovered I was ingesting chloramine, not only by how my body was reacting but also, by calling the companies who manufactured the products and then cities where the products were processed to ask about the disinfectant they used. All but two products contained chloraminated water. After I eliminated my exposure to chloramine in my food and medication I recovered from all but the belly bloat, which is improving slowly.
I am so grateful for the coverage the Mountain View Voice has biven to chloramine - MOST OF ALL, your forthright opinion and tor calling our governmental agencies to task for allowing such negligence and irresponsibility regarding this entire issue.
AND, THANK YOU, The Almanac New for printing this editorial in your paper also.
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2007 at 11:36 am
Thank you for printing the Mountain View Voice editorial about the building concern over serious health problems caused by chloramine. The EPA's assertion that chloramine has been safely used for many years in other parts of the country is a 'spin' on the facts that: 1. chloramine has previously been used in much smaller dosages and 2.when dosage levels were raised high enough to be an effective disinfectant and people complained, they were all told that their symptoms couldn't possibly be caused by chloramine and that no one else had complained. I have heard this from many peole all accross the US and from Scotland. When people find the website, www.chloramine.org, they are relieved to find they are not alone.
As more and more evidence comes out against chloramine,(direct, immediate health effects, disintegration of plumbing, and long term effects from the newly discovered disinfection by products) why does the EPA and CDC think it is OK for us to continue to be exposed to chloramine? Please write to your Federal Congressperson and Senators Boxer and Feinstein to look into the situation and maked the EPA stop stonewalling and correct their mistake.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 8, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Thank you for this information. It is no wonder so many of us are buying bottled water, we just don't trust our tap water any more, I know I don't. I would love to contribute less to my carbon footprint, and if the SFPUC and all these other agencies would do their jobs and protect the public, ya know the job we pay them for, I could be the enviromentalist I want to be. Enough of all these people trying to get us to drink this crap, get it!!! We just don't like the way it tastes and we just don't trust it because it's completely untested in a professional scientific way as a water disinfectant. I take spring water with me everywhere. When we go out to dinner and make reservations, I ask if they serve bottled water, if they say "no", we don't go, or I bring my own if we are with friends. I won't cook with tap water it either. I am to afraid that this is going to be the worst mistake the SFPUC has ever made, and that's the biggest reason they are refusing to test. Or they'll let the testing happen under a different administration. I just hope it happens soon cause I'm thirsty!!!
a resident of another community
on Oct 8, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Dear Almanac News,
First of all, THANK YOU for this wonderful editorial! It speaks truth and has a spine! Kudos to you!
I am very happy to report that Virginia Tech professor Dr. Marc Edwards has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, a major award that also comes with an unconditional $500,000 prize. Although this money is given unconditionally, Dr. Edwards plans to plow it into his extremely important research, some of it on the problem of corrosion of chloramine leaching lead into tap water.
Dr. Edwards was the whistle blower in Washington, DC on the hugely elevated levels of lead in the tap water due to a switch from chlorine to chloramine as a water disinfectant. The switch to chloramine was in 2000 and Dr. Edwards blew the whistle to the press in 2004, after having tried unsuccessfully to get the utilities, the local health department, and the EPA to do something about it. The EPA made a large effort to discredit his work. To learn more about that, listen to his May 4, 2006 Princeton University lecture entitled "Imminent Endangerment: 'Lead' Astray by the EPA".
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It's about the 38th one down the page.
The EPA's "action level" for lead is 15 parts per billion (ppb) and the World Health Organization's is 10ppb. Because of Edwards' courageous whistle blowing, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), an international nonprofit scientific society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality, reported that samples of Washington water collected after flushing were as high as 48,000 parts per billion (ppb). After switching to chloraminated water, children in Washington ingested more than 60 times the EPA's maximum level of lead with one glass of water.
We have Dr. Edwards to thank for bringing that to light. Thank you, Dr. Edwards! Looking forward to what your continued research on chloramine brings to light.
This lead issue is just but one of many nightmarish facets of the chloramine debacle.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 8, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Dear Almanac News,
First of all, THANK YOU for this wonderful editorial! It speaks truth and has a spine! Kudos to you!
I am very happy to report that Virginia Tech professor Dr. Marc Edwards has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, a major award that also comes with an unconditional $500,000 prize. Although this money is given unconditionally, Dr. Edwards plans to plow it into his extremely important research, some of it on the problem of corrosion of chloramine leaching lead into tap water.
Dr. Edwards was the whistle blower in Washington, DC on the hugely elevated levels of lead in the tap water due to a switch from chlorine to chloramine as a water disinfectant. The switch to chloramine was in 2000 and Dr. Edwards blew the whistle to the press in 2004, after having tried unsuccessfully to get the utilities, the local health department, and the EPA to do something about it. The EPA made a large effort to discredit his work. To learn more about that, listen to his May 4, 2006 Princeton University lecture entitled "Imminent Endangerment: 'Lead' Astray by the EPA".
Web Link
It's about the 38th one down the page.
The EPA's "action level" for lead is 15 parts per billion (ppb) and the World Health Organization's is 10ppb. Because of Edwards' courageous whistle blowing, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), an international nonprofit scientific society dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality, reported that samples of Washington water collected after flushing were as high as 48,000 parts per billion (ppb). After switching to chloraminated water, children in Washington ingested more than 60 times the EPA's maximum level of lead with one glass of water.
We have Dr. Edwards to thank for bringing that to light. Thank you, Dr. Edwards! Looking forward to what your continued research on chloramine brings to light.
This lead issue is just but one of many nightmarish facets of the chloramine debacle.
P.S. I live in Vermont but this website forces me to pick a town listed in the drop-down window in order to get this posted. Picking other" or "another community" doesn't work.
a resident of another community
on Oct 9, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Lead is a neurotoxin - it affects the nervous system. It neither causes skin rashes nor respiratory problems, which are the claims of the anti-chloramine group.
Furthermore, the lead concern in Washington, DC is because many of the pipes there are lead-based and the water system there was also improperly run. It is a localized situation, one that can't (and shouldn't) be extended to other places automatically. For more info, see the report "Cloramine Q and A: Plumbing" located at the bottom of this page from the SF PUC:
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Folks should also look at the report "Cloramine Q and A: Human Physiological Impacts" available on that webpage as well.
Bottom Line: The Almanac Editorial is based on listening to only one side of the story. The other side tells a much different story. We have enough problems in the world already - chloramine isn't one of them.
a resident of another community
on Oct 10, 2007 at 1:31 pm
"Paul Harvey" (not your real name, I assume),
Citizens Concerned About Chloramine (CCAC) claims that chloramine in drinking water causes dermal, respiratory, and/or gastrointestinal problems in some people. But if you're not one of those people, you might feel entitled to be skeptical and/or unconcerned. CCAC also claims that chloramine in drinking water can elevate lead levels in some drinking water distribution systems. Specifically, it can elevate lead levels in homes that have lead pipes, lead-containing solder, or lead-containing brass components (faucets, water meters, etc.), especially in the case that the presence of a dissimilar metal, such as iron in iron pipes, induces galvanic corrosion.
If WASA (Washington DC's Water and Sewer Authority) was "improperly run" -- and I'm not saying it wasn't -- it was improperly run by the Federal EPA! Sure, the presence of lead pipes was and is a big problem, but according to Marc Edwards' Congressional testimony
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switching the residual disinfectant from chlorine to chloramine made the problem much worse.
Edwards also discovered that chloramine elevated lead levels in Greenville, NC; they didn't have lead pipes but did have lead-based solder.
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California passed laws in 1985, 1997, and 2006 which limited the use of lead in the construction of plumbing systems, but didn't require any changes to existing construction, so older facilities are still at risk.
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has set the public health goal (PHG) for lead in drinking water at 2 ppb. They cite a number of toxicological effects in humans, including neurobehavioral effects, anemia, hypertensive effects, kidney effects, reproductive effects, and cancer.
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EPA's "action level" for lead in drinking water is 15 ppb. This means that drinking water providers don't have to notify customers about lead levels as long as they're less than 15 ppb. But unless lead levels under 2 ppb, providers probably shouldn't feel that there's no room for improvement.
Over the years, the Mountain View Voice (which first published the editorial) has looked at the chloramine issue from all sides. In the beginning, they were skeptical too, but they got over it.
a resident of another community
on Oct 11, 2007 at 4:39 pm
You're doing a "bait-and-switch" here: Your group's claims are all about rashes and respiratory problems, but you can't prove it, so when you see something else come up (lead concerns in two isolated cases), you latch onto that as a means to try to achieve your ends.
It's apples and oranges - and in the case of the "apples" (lead concerns), it turns out they ARE isolated (extreme) cases - again, I'll refer folks (including the MV Voice) to the report "Cloramine Q and A: Plumbing" located at the bottom of this page from the SF PUC:
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a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 11, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Paul, If you are interested in what CCAC actually has to say about chloramine see "www.chloramine org". CCAC has identified three separate areas of concern with the use of chloramine for water disinfection. They are: 1) The health effects of chloramine itself and of the disinfection by products it creates, 2) The damage to the environment caused by broken water mains, etc. and 3) The damage to plumbing from chloramine's corrosivity, including the aggressive ability it has to leach lead into driking water. I will start with the lead issue first, as you did in your original comment. High lead levels in drinking water are probably under reported due to the typical sampling protocols used when testing is done. This was well documented in Dr. Marc Edwards' work. His research also showed that lead levels in water varied greatly from one home or building to another and even from one room to another in the same home. This is because of the particular varieties and combinations of pipe materials, solder and other plumbing fixtures used at each location. Sampling for lead is only done at a small number of locations in a given city. This is simply a hit or miss situation. To know if you may be exposed to high levels of lead in your household's drinking water, you must test the water from every spigot. In case you believe there are no problems with lead here on the Hetch Hetchy water system, let me refer you to a news report from the Los Altos Town Crier from Feb. 28/07. After the addition of chloramine in 2004, the first test for lead in the drinking water (three years later) in Los Altos Hills, showed unsafe levels of lead. There is also an interesting study that was done in San Francisco in 2003-2004 on Legionella, that happened to track lead levels as well. After the switch to chloramine in Feb. 2004 the lead levels in the water samples that were taken as part of that study went up 65%-70%. This study was given to NBC 11 for their news spot entitled "Is Your Tap Water Toxic?". It can be found on our website. Next, I wish to address the issue of the health effects. You state that those of us who suffer from the skin, respiratory and digestive effects from chloramine in our water cannot prove it. I have a letter from my doctor stating that I have "chloramine mediated respiratory toxicity". He determined this by demonstration of cause and effect and a complete medical evaluation that showed that my condition was consistent with what chloramine is known to do at higher exposure levels. Most people's doctors are not trained in research like mine and they are unable to connect an individual's symptoms to chloramine as there are no skin, respiratory or digestive studies on chloraminated water. Most doctors as well as their patients have never even heard of chloramine. However, CCAC hopes to change this. We have hundreds of people who have demonstrated cause and effect between their symptoms and chloraminated water. Many of them are willing and able to participate in a controlled study of this cause and effect. If only our public agencies would stop wasting time and money justifying their actions and do a proper investigation of this issue! I also want to state for the record that the burden of proof of harm should never rest on the shoulders of the suffering public. The proper studies should have been done before chloramine was approved for use in public water supplies. On the issue of environmental harm from chloramine see www.chloramine.org. Finally I wish to thank the Mountain View Voice for their hard work and their courageous stand!
a resident of another community
on Oct 11, 2007 at 9:46 pm
C'mon, your group was founded based on belief that these rashes and respiratory problems are due to chloramine in the water - the "effects on the environment" and lead issues are just add-on items.
And in regards to those two:
1) Effects on the environment: Yes, chlormaine can kill fish - it's a known problem - and people were made widely aware of it in advance of the changeover (particularly aquarium owners).
So, yes, if a LARGE water main breaks and feeds water into a SMALL creek - as occurred in Berkeley - yes, a fish kill can occur, but c'mon - 30 small "Sucker Fish" died. Not exactly the Exxon Valdez here.
2) Lead problem: Following your links, what did I discover? That Washington, DC took chloramine out of the water and replaced it with chlorine? Why no! They STILL use chloramine - they just started adding something else to control the corrosivity problem that caused the lead to leach out - and their test results have shown it to be successful!
And as to these health effects, can you tell me why, if chloramine is used in one-third of the country, why are the only significant problem areas here in the Bay Area and somewhere in Vermont??
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 12, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Paul, Obviously, CCAC's main concern is the health of people. Both the short-term and the long-term health effects can be serious. (I'm sorry you don't care about this problem.) That said, CCAC can still care about plumbing damage, lead, and environmental damage. Your point seems empty. About your other comments. 1) Water main breaks occurred so frequently in creek areas in Berkely that fish and frog populations were regularly wiped out. Because of this, local residents formed the Urban Creeks Council and took on their water utility, EBMUD. CCAC was invited to attend the meetings between the Urban Creeks Council and EBMUD on the chronic problem of habitat distruction. EBMUD treated main breaks by using sodium thiosulfate to dechlorinate the water as it ran down the storm drains and into the creeks. If they got to the main break in time and properly applied treatment (which was not happening often), the fish might be saved. The frogs however, were not. Frogs disappeared from those creek areas after EBMUD switched over to chloramine in 1998 and never returned. Long time residents who used to enjoy hearing the frogs in those creeks sing all night, told me how sad it was that they were now silent. Frogs are an early warning signal for toxins. Are we listening? 2) Washington D.C. took the cheap and easy way out using corrosion inhibiting chemicals in the water along with the chloramine. This did not entirely fix the problem. They also provided filters for drinking water in homes with lead service lines. However, Dr. Marc Edwards' research showed that the homes and buildings with the worst lead problems were not those with lead service lines. The highest levels of lead in drinking water were found in places where there was a combination of metals in plumbing components. No one knows if the lead problem in D.C. is or ever will be fixed. As Dr. Edwards also documented, the lead testing protocols used are not showing the true picture. Finally, CCAC is the first organization to have identified the health problems associated with chloraminated water. Our website was only created a little over a year ago. Since then 20 states have contacted CCAC with the same health effects from chloramine in their water. The word is just starting to get out. More people contact us every day and the numbers are growing. Groups are forming in several states now. As Mr. Adam Werbach said on 11/14/06, the people the SFPUC was hearing from represent "the cutting edge of the cutting edge". He expects that this will become a bigger topic across the country in the future. He is right!
a resident of another community
on Oct 12, 2007 at 11:26 pm
You folks have learned well from the anti-fluoride crusaders - always have an "answer" for everything, whether dubious or not, it doesn't matter, you just need one.
Bottom Line: You've convinced the editor of a small town weekly paper, but have failed to convince even one environmental, public health, or consumer protection public interest group out there as to the validity of your main claim of human health effects - much less any governmental agency. That speaks volumes.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 13, 2007 at 9:27 am
Mr. Harvey,
Congratulations Mr. Harvey you are finally right about something! CCAC has answers, correct answers, due to their diligent research on the matter of chloramine. You, on the other hand, have no answers of substance. Strange, that you seem to spend a lot of time and energy on a subject you claim not to care about.
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