text: TV / VideoAfter a Bumpy Fall, ABC Retools for Midseason With 4 New ShowsNetwork also picks up a second game show for summerBy Jason Lynch|January 9, 2016ShareBy Jason Lynch|January 9, 2016Share ABC had a mixed fall, with a fledgling hit in Quantico, as well as the season's first canceled series in Wicked City. But ABC Entertainment president Paul Lee said today that the best is yet to come this season for the network. Speaking at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, Lee touted "four incredibly powerful shows" that are coming to the network in midseason: dramas The Family (which we think is the best broadcast pilot this season; it premieres March 3), Of Kings and Prophets (March 8) and The Catch (March 24), along with comedy The Real O'Neals (which Lee said is "absolutely on brand for what an ABC comedy is" and debuts March 8). For a network to keep its momentum building, "you have to add a couple of assets" each year, said Lee, pointing to freshman hit Quantico, which is "a real asset for ABC," especially given its strong delayed viewing growth. Lead Priyanka Chopra "is a quintessential ABC star," he said. Two of those four midseason shows, The Catch and Of Kings and Prophets, have undergone significant recasting and retooling since ABC ordered them last spring. Lee won't see the revised pilot for The Catch, which is executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, until next week, but said, "If you like TGIT, you'll like The Catch." He explained that The Catch wasn't a "fully formed" pilot like How to Get Away With Murder, but its retooling "certainly has paid off in terms of the scripts I've seen." Also returning at midseason is Season 2 of anthology series American Crime, which debuted earlier this week and "is becoming a distinct and powerful brand," said Lee. He added that he wasn't concerned about FX's similarly named "American Crime Story" anthology series, which will focus on O.J. Simpson's murder trial during its first season. Lee said American Crime "stands on its own, but there's probably room for both, to be honest." There wasn't room on ABC for the quickly canceled Wicked City, which might have been off-brand for the network, admitted Lee. "I love taking big swings, and that was a big swing. … It didn't work, but I was proud to have done it." Wicked City was yet another Tuesday 10 p.m. failure for Lee, who will try and reverse his time slot problems with Of King and Prophets, which he called "a muscular, theatrical, fascinating piece." In addition to reworking Of Kings and Prophets and The Catch, Lee is also making changes to The Muppets, which arrived to great fanfare last fall, yet disappointed audiences. "The expectations were very high; we ran a great campaign for that," he said. While "it's a solid comedy, we didn't quite feel it had the joy, the laughter and the heart we were looking for." He brought in a new showrunner, Kristin Newman, and said he has "very high hopes" for the season's final six episodes. The network solidified its summer plans, announcing that it has renewed last summer's surprise hit, Celebrity Family Feud, which will again be hosted by Steve Harvey. It will presumably be paired with another classic game show revival, $100,000 Pyramid, which the network also ordered for summer. That show will be hosted by Michael Strahan, the former NFL star and co-host of Live! With Kelly and Michael. Looking ahead, Lee confirmed that ABC has ordered a pilot for Marvel's Most Wanted, an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff starring Adrianne Palicki and Nick Blood. Among S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter and Most Wanted, "we feel very good about our Marvel franchises," Lee said. Sharehttp://adweek.it/1K5v7PB copy Adweek Adweek


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San Antonio Truck Accident Lawyer : Texas Auto Accident Injury Firm
Our Truck Accident Attorneys can Help You Recover Compensation Following a Truck Accident
We understand exactly how traumatic the physical and emotional injuries that come from the result of a truck accident can be. In our many years of experience the San Antonio truck accident lawyers at Ford and Laurel have seen many truck accident victims that were hesitant to take legal actions because they had no idea on how to place a price on their injuries, and because being involved in a truck accident claim could cause them to have to relive the accident.
It might not be a pleasant process, but as you will find in this article, acting quickly is needed in order to be successful in a truck accident claim.
A truck accident lawsuit can act as a deterrent against negligent behavior in the future by punishing the parties that were responsible for a truck accident. The parties that have lost money in a truck accident lawsuit are less likely to do the same thing again in the future. When you want to get someone's attention, going for their pocket book will get it done.WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A TRUCK ACCIDENT?
Who is Responsible
Trying to determine who is responsible for a truck accident is the best place to start when you are considering filing a truck accident lawsuit. There are many parties that take part in getting a truck ready for its deliveries, so there could be more than one party that was negligent in a truck accident case. A San Antonio truck accident lawyer can use the experience of their involvement in these types of accident cases in the past to help in making a determination on an accident's cause and those who were responsible. There is any number of parties that could have been negligent in a truck accident and these include the truck driver, the trucking company, a truck or trailer manufacturer, a route planning company, a cargo loading company or any number of other third parties. Following are just a few of the parties that might be responsible in a truck accident case:
The truck driver – Truck drivers spend many hours traveling up and down the roadway and in most truck accident cases it is the driver that is liable for all or part of a truck accident. Truck drivers can be responsible for an accident with intentionally negligent behavior such as driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving faster than the posted speed limit, running through stop signs, or swerving between lanes. Other times, truck accidents happen because of a truck driver's fatigue. There are federally mandated laws that require a truck driver to take rest breaks but many times a truck driver will ignore these laws in order to maintain a trucking company's strict deadline. Studies have shown that the odds of a truck driver being involved in an accident double after truck driver has been behind the wheel for more than eight straight hours and 20% of truck drivers admitted to having fallen asleep at the wheel more than once in the 30 days preceding the study. No matter if the truck driver's negligence was intentional or accidental, if it was this negligence that led to the accident in which you received your injuries; the truck driver can be named as a defendant in a lawsuit.
The trucking company – Texas law allows for the legal doctrine of respondeat superior, which holds that an employer is responsible for the actions or inaction of their employees while on the job. If it was the truck driver's negligence that caused your accident then the trucking company is also responsible. If a truck driver has a history of DUI convictions and caused an accident because of drunken driving, the trucking company would be liable for any injuries received in the accident.
The trucking company does not have to be present when an accident occurs in order to be held liable for the negligence of one of its drivers. This means that if the truck driver behaved in a negligent manner that the trucking company can be named as a defendant in a lawsuit. This can be very beneficial for an accident victim since the trucking company is usually in a better financial position to make full and fair compensation to an accident victim in a truck accident case.
A manufacturer – Commercial vehicles and their trailers are made up of thousands of parts which must work in unison in order for a big rig to operate safely. A part that does not perform properly or in the way in which it was intended can cause an accident. If this part's malfunction was because of a design flaw or a manufacturer error and causes an accident, then an accident victim can seek compensation from the manufacturer.
A route planning company – Not every road or highway is designed for commercial vehicles and very often bridges will have weight and height restrictions. To make certain of a truck's safe route, trucking companies will often use a route planning company in order to ensure a trucks safe trip. If the route planning company designs a route that is dangerous or unsuitable for a commercial vehicle then that route planning company can be named as a defendant in a lawsuit.
A cargo loading company – Sometimes the company that owns the cargo will load the truck themselves and other times the trucking company will use an outside company to get a truck's cargo loaded. If the company that loads the truck's cargo does so in an improper manner and it leads to a truck accident, the cargo loading company would be responsible for any injuries. By law, trucks are limited to 80,000 pounds of cargo but many companies will try to carry more than the limit in order to reduce the cost of deliveries. This weight limit was established because a truck that is overloaded stands a much greater chance of overturning and causing great damage if an accident occurs.
If the cargo loading company does not properly secure the cargo it can come loose during transport and a shift in the cargo can cause a truck's trailer to overturn and lead to an accident. In the case of flatbed trucks, cargo that is loaded improperly can spill onto the roadway and cause a great deal of damage to other drivers on the road.
Any of these parties, or any combination of these parties, could have been responsible or partially responsible for causing the truck accident in which you were injured. You will need the help of an experienced San Antonio truck accident lawyer to help determine the accident's cause and in identifying every possible defendant so you will get the full and fair compensation you deserve from every party that was involved in your accident.A PROMPT AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
In order to get the evidence that you will need against all responsible parties and to prove your case following a truck accident, it will be necessary to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation. Because there could be so many parties that have contributed to the cause of an accident, you will need an investigation in order to determine every party that is responsible and the portion of their negligence. It will take evidence to persuade the jury to rule in your favor and evidence can begin to disappear quickly following an accident. You will need the help of a San Antonio truck accident lawyer as quickly as possible after an accident has occurred. Every moment that passes without legal representation can do serious damage to your case because the evidence you will need could be vanishing, witnesses memories can fade, and video surveillance can be deleted, and an accident scene will quickly go back to normal, so traffic can flow once again.
Our San Antonio truck accident lawyers at Ford and Laurel have more than two decades of experience in investigating truck accident cases. When we are hired, we will get to an accident scene as quickly as possible at no out of pocket cost to our clients so we can gather the evidence needed to prove our client's case. We will do what is necessary to find the true cause of an accident, such as securing and inspecting every vehicle involved, taking photos and measurements, locating video evidence, obtaining police reports, performing forensic tests, locating and interviewing witnesses, and gathering all the needed evidence in a way that it can be admissible in court.
More than likely, you are already behind the defendant's team in their investigation of an accident. Usually, trucking and insurance companies send their investigators to the scene of an accident as soon as the truck driver reports it. These defense investigators are not interested in determining the true cause of an accident, they are only there to gather any evidence that might be used to show that you were responsible for the accident. Without the help of an attorney on the scene, performing an investigation on your behalf, you have no way of knowing if these defense investigators are conducting their investigation ethically and not tampering with any evidence. If these investigators can locate any type of evidence that shows you were negligent, they will deny your claim completely if they can prove that you alone are responsible or greatly diminished the amount of compensation you receive if they can find proof that it was your negligence that was a contributing factor in the accident.OBSTACLES IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT CASE
If you have filed an insurance claim in a regular passenger vehicle accident it does not mean that you will be able to handle a truck accident lawsuit on your own. Truck insurance policies are usually valued at about 50 times more than a regular car insurance policy. Because of the huge amount of these truck insurance policies, the legal process in settling a truck accident is a great deal more complex than a regular car accident case. The plaintiff that tries to save money on lawyer's fees by working on a case themselves will usually end up costing themselves much more money than they saved because their compensation is decreased or completely denied. People without legal experience and inexperienced lawyers are very often frustrated by some of the common obstacles involved in a truck accident lawsuit, such as establishing the burden of proof, the huge size of insurance policies, self-insured trucking companies, and truck drivers that lie.BURDEN OF PROOF
By law, the defendant or defendants do not owe you anything for your injuries in a truck accident case until you, the plaintiff, provide proof that forces them to compensate. In order to get full and fair compensation for your injuries, you will have to prove your case by providing evidence. Even when a case can be settled through a settlement agreement, you will need evidence in order to get the defense or the trucking insurance company to negotiate in good faith. There are four main elements you will have to establish in your truck accident case. These elements are:
Duty – The first thing you will have to prove is that you were owed a duty of care to ensure your safety by the defendant. Legal duty has been established by law for what is specifically owed depending on the circumstances and parties involved and their relationship. In San Antonio truck accident cases it is usually fairly easy to meet this requirement since all drivers must drive in the manner that a reasonable person would in order to protect the safety of other drivers, pedestrians and passengers while on the road.
Breach – The next element that you will have to provide evidence for is that the defendant or defendants breached the duty of care that you were owed. This usually happens when the defendant puts others in harm's way by acting in a way that a reasonable person would not act or not take action when a reasonable person would take some action. You will need to provide evidence that shows the defendant ignored their legal duty of care through their actions or inaction to prove the defendant breach of their duty of care. You will need the help of a San Antonio big rig accident attorney that knows how to present the facts in order to prove to a jury that the defendant or defendants was negligent.
Causation – After you have provided evidence that the defendant or defendants breached the duty of care which you were owed, you will have to provide evidence that your injuries were directly caused by the defendant or defendants breach of their duty of care. Because there are so many parties that could have played a role, or caused a truck accident it will take strong evidence to convince a jury that a causal relationship was established between a defendant's breach of his duty which you were owed and the harm you received as a result. If you cannot provide the evidence then the defendant will defeat your claim by placing the blame on to another party or on to you. The defendant's best chance in avoiding fault is to place the responsibility for the accident on the victim by claiming it was the victim's own negligent behavior that caused his or her injuries.
Damages – Once you have proven the first three elements in your truck accident lawsuit, you will have to prove the damages that you are owed for your injuries by the defendant or defendants. Damages are not that the injuries you received or your property damage. Instead, damages are the monetary compensation that you are owed by the defendant for causing your injuries. The plaintiff in a truck accident case can receive damages for things such as medical and repair bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, and other types of losses that were incurred in a truck accident.
It's not enough just to ask in court to be compensated, you will have to provide evidence that shows the total monetary value of the damages you received. A defendant will argue the compensation amount that you are requesting and will usually come up with an amount of damages that will be a great deal lower than any amount that you are seeking. It will take solid evidence to show that the defendant's damages calculation is an attempt to evade their responsibility and that your calculations are the full and fair amount.
Calculating the true worth of your case can be very difficult since damages such as pain and suffering or loss of earning capacity can be very subjective. A non-attorney or an inexperienced attorney can have a very difficult time in placing a dollar amount for these types of damages. In court, you will only have one attempt to get the full and fair compensation that you deserve. So it is always best to have the help of an experienced truck accident lawyer. At Ford and Laurel – we have spent more than 20 years calculating damages and we have probably been involved in cases similar to yours so we know how to consider all of your losses and calculate the amount of compensation it will take to give you the full and fair restitution you deserve.
If you are not able to prove even one of these four elements you will lose your chance at getting the compensation you deserve for your injuries. You will need the assistance of a San Antonio truck accident lawyer, particularly if your case goes to trial. More than 20 years of experience in working truck accident cases has helped our lawyers in developing strong legal strategies that will meet your burden of proof and persuade a jury to find in your favor.HIGH DOLLAR INSURANCE POLICIES
The federal government requires the trucking companies carry large insurance policies to protect against commercial vehicle accidents that can happen because of doing business with big rigs. Many times, people will assume that they can receive compensation for their injuries in a truck accident case fairly easily. This is usually not the case at all. Because trucking insurance policies are often valued at 50 times more than a regular passenger vehicle insurance policy, trucking insurance companies will devote 50 times the energy and resources in order to defend these trucking policies.
Because a trucking insurance company stands to lose so much money they will use their most aggressive and qualified insurance claims adjusters in settlement negotiations. You probably do not have any experience with truck accident claims, but these claims adjusters are the most experienced in their field and work with these types of cases exclusively. They are expert in using an accident victim's initial shock and a victim's experience with their friendly neighborhood insurance worker in the past against them to find a way to deny an accident victim's claim. They will use a friendly demeanor to try to convince an accident victim that they are only trying to assist them in getting compensation and will ask the victim to just answer a few basic questions. You should know that these claims adjusters have no desire in helping you. Their main concern is protecting the insurance company's profits by seeing to it that your claim is denied, or greatly reduced. They will barrage you with questions over and over in an attempt to get you to somehow say something that can be misconstrued as an admission of your own liability in the accident. If they can find anything in your answers that can be taken as an admission of responsibility they will turn down your claim. The less contact you have with an insurance claims adjuster, the better off you will be so you will need an experienced San Antonio commercial vehicle accident attorney that can put a stop to the barrage of questions from an insurance claims adjuster. As a matter of fact, we tell our clients that they should not speak with a representative of an insurance company without legal representation at all. If you hire Ford and Laurel -, our attorneys will handle every conversation with the insurance company to protect you and your legal rights.
Sometimes an aggressive claims adjuster will try to persuade an accident victim to give up their legal right to sue in return for a small settlement offer. It can be beneficial to avoid the stress and uncertainty of a jury trial to accept a good settlement offer but accepting a poor settlement offer can do a great deal of damage to your case. It will take an experienced attorney that has a history of success in getting an insurance company to make a fair settlement because the insurance company stands to lose even more money if a case goes to trial.
An insurance company might also try to escape responsibility for your injuries by using skilled defense attorneys that will use any legal loophole or procedural obstacle that might cause a plaintiff to lose their chance at getting compensation. It takes an experienced San Antonio truck accident lawyer to battle head-to-head with these defensive specialists. Our attorneys have won verdicts and settlements against just about every major insurance company in the country and we know how to respond to any of their legal tricks.SELF-INSURED TRUCKING COMPANIES
All trucking companies are required by law to carry insurance policies on the trucks in their fleets, but some of these companies will choose to set aside a portion of their assets to use as insurance in a trucking accident rather than to buy standard insurance policies. The federal government regulates the insurance industry and requires that all insurance companies be registered, their claims adjusters to be licensed, and that they follow a set of ethical guidelines but self-insured trucking companies have no such regulations to play by the ethical rules. Because of this, self-insured trucking companies have earned a reputation for acting in a dishonest manner and for being very difficult to negotiate with. Very often when negotiating a settlement with the self-insured trucking company, you will be speaking with an officer from the trucking company. This officer very likely gets a portion of their income from a trucking company's profits. This means that if they can turn down your claim they will be making more money for themselves and their company. In this instance, the trucking company's officer will always put the trucking companies and their own interest before yours. They will often act in unethical ways, such as harassing witnesses, tampering with evidence, and even threatening an accident victim.
If the trucking company involved in your accident is self-insured and is trying to push you around, you can put a stop to this behavior with the help of a San Antonio, big rig accident lawyer. When we are hired, our attorneys can make a self-insured trucking company negotiate in good faith through the threat of legal action.DISHONEST TRUCK DRIVERS
Everyone would like to believe that people are basically kind and honest but a truck driver that has been responsible for causing injuries in a truck accident has a strong incentive to lie. If it can be established that the truck driver is responsible for other's injuries by driving in a negligent manner then most likely the truck driver is going to lose their job. A truck driver that has been found negligent will have a very difficult time getting another job in the future. In our current job market, and the state of our economy, many times a truck driver that might otherwise be an honest person will lie in an attempt to save their job and their livelihood. In order to win your case and get the compensation you deserve, you will have to prove that a truck driver is lying.
The San Antonio truck accident lawyers at Ford and Laurel – are very good at investigating an accident in order to gather the evidence that is needed to expose a truck driver's lies. We can show that a truck driver is not a credible witness through the available evidence.
Much in the way that insurance claims adjusters will try to get an accident victim to admit their own negligence through a barrage of questions, our attorneys can also formulate a set of questions to be used in a deposition that will often get a truck driver to admit to their lies. The San Antonio truck accident lawyers at Ford and Laurel – have deposed thousands of witnesses in our more than 20 years of experience and we know how to ask the proper questions to prove that a truck driver is being dishonest. Ford and Laurel – CAN HELP YOU
If you or someone you care about has been injured in it truck accident in San Antonio, you will need the help of an experienced attorney that can protect your legal rights and assist you in getting the full and fair compensation you deserve. From start to finish, our attorneys will take care of every detail of your case and keep you updated on any developments that arise.
The defendant in your case has probably already completed their investigation and has begun to build their case against you. Any delay in obtaining an experienced truck accident attorney can greatly damage your chance at getting the full and fair compensation that you deserve for your injuries. Contact Ford and Laurel – today for a free and confidential consultation to find out how we can help you like we have assisted hundreds of other Texans in the past.

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My haunted apple is evil to the core.
P.S. One of my illustrated recipes is being featured Oct. 22nd-Oct. 29th over at www.theydrawandcook.com Check it out if you dare...or care.
Ha ha! What a nasty piece of fruit!
And I love your distressed chicken, too!
This made me laugh. Excellent! I think I'm hungry for chicken now too :)
I've never seen an eviler apple! What a face! Wonderful job on the hands! Holy cow, hands are hard. :)
Blimey, I can actually feel the bite! very cool :D


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May the Lord bless you as you meditate on these devotionals, as He has blessed me in learning. Feel free to pass this on to your friends. Jacob Ninan
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APH(Axis Powers Hetalia) is my latest favorite. For some unknown reason, North Italy/Veneciano's 'hurt/screaming' voice keeps playing inside my mind. ><;;
Here's a track from APH Volume 1 Character CD: clicky
Particularly from 0:00 – 2:45
Fave lines:
>Namikawa Daisuke: Niichan…Kurushii..Niichan..kosokoso shinaide yo..
>Namikawa Daisuke: Doitsu Doitsu!Tasukette yo!Niichan no gan-Itai Itai Itai—T-Torenai—itai..itai…YAAAAAAH!!*S.Italy*YAAAAAAH!!Itai itai!!Niichan!Ipparanaide!!
(Played it for many times already, the part was about N.Italy introducing S.Italy to Germany and N.Italy and S.Italy's hair stuck to each other where Germany helps them)


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Monday, 29 February 2016
Australian Federal Election 2016: thought for the day
Turnbull's belief that removing negative gearing will "smash the residential housing market" is one echoed with glee by the treasurer, Scott Morrision.
Both base their argument on the belief that removing negative gearing for established residences will mean – in Turnbull's words – taking out "all of the investors. So there will only be home buyers, people who are buying it as a residence".
As a consequence Turnbull and Morrison argue that house prices will fall.
It's a pretty silly argument that doesn't hold up under close examination. Even worse, it also suggests a pretty dismal assessment of the state of Australia's housing market.
Are we to assume that the prime minister and the treasurer believe the value of Australian homes is reliant only on the ability of investors to use the system to avoid paying tax?
If so, that's a pretty scary thought. It suggests that not only do the two top people in our government think the Australian housing market is some sort of tax-driven Ponzi scheme, but that they also want to make sure it stays that way.
[Greg Jericho writing in The Guardian, 22 February 2016]
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For years I've read other school librarians' posts about rearranging their nonfiction collections so they look more like a bookstore: books arranged by student-friendly subjects rather than strict Dewey order. This summer I finally had the time and motivation to try this approach in my PreK-4 library. I was prompted in part by the Common Core's increasing emphasis on nonfiction; if I'm going to to urge my young readers to try out the "true books," I should make them more accessible, right? In my library that meant removing a lot of old, yellowing, noncirculating, way-too-hard books from the way-too-tight shelves, and then moving the remaining books down. Now my highest shelves are only for displays, and even my kindergartners can reach everything.
I borrowed the fabulous ideas of Donna Sullivan-Macdonald at Orchard School in South Burlington, Vermont and added objects like the bat above to my displays to help students orient themselves among the many shelves of nonfiction books. I also added Dewey-free shelf labels with pictures like the one below to help guide students to the most popular areas. The books are still in Dewey order, but now there are mini-sections for snakes, LEGO, horses, and other perennially popular topics.
My students came back to school on Wednesday and in those three days I've already seen my hard work (100.5 hours, I counted!) paid back many times over. Here are the highlights, and the reasons I think you should bookstorize your nonfiction too!
1. Easier for prereaders and new readers to find what they're looking for independently. My first graders figured out right away where to look for the books about pets…under the stuffed dog, of course! And I heard them pointing out the pictures on the shelf labels as they looked for the LEGO books.
2. Easier for small hands to get books on and off the shelves. The nonfiction shelves used to be overcrowded and tight with too many books; now there is nothing to discourage my more tentative nonfiction readers from trying something new. It's also easier for them to put the books back in the right places if they change their minds. Less librarian time spent reordering the shelves means more librarian time spent improving the library's resources and lessons.
3. More appealing, less cluttered presentation means more students selecting nonfiction. The students and I spent our first library classes touring the library and noticing what was different. It was super gratifying when at least one student in each class pointed out there were new books now! In fact there are fewer books than before, and no new ones at all since last year (that's the next part of my ongoing nonfiction project). But the culling, decluttering, rearranging, and labeling made the remaining books so much more accessible that students were finding titles they had never been able to find before.
Thanks to everyone who has posted pictures and summaries of their own bookstorizing projects over the last few years…it was great inspiration and it's already been great for my students.


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Now this one, ladies and gentlemen (Starlords and galactic folk alike) , is a fun one.
A laboratory!
Ooooo, What does this button do?!
Though, it's not a secret laboratory in the basement of some genius child's home. Sigh.
This hidden gem was tucked away on the side street of a small town accessible to the adventurer by means of train track.
Jay and I perused into town and parked at at a local pizzeria where the railroad access intersected. Running up the hill behind the shop we started following the tracks towards the towers in the distance.
Coming up on the massive factory we saw an easy way in, took it and BOOM.
I mean since we hadn't done a factory before this was spectacular.
So, quick history;
The site was historically used for the manufacturing of house-wares, and was operated by General Electric between 1946 and 1983, and then by Black & Decker from 1984-1986, when house-wares production ended. In 1988, Black & Decker sold the facility to the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (COMIDA). COMIDA leased the property to KleenBrite Laboratories who used the facility for the storage and packaging of detergents and other cleaning products. The site was subsequently acquired from COMIDA by JMT Properties, Inc. in 1992, and Kleen-Brite continued to use the site for storage and packaging of detergents and other cleaning products. Historic operations included a wastewater treatment plant for industrial discharges from housewares metal plating operations. The treatment plant included six lagoons and a sludge drying bed. The lagoons were closed under an NYSDEC approved closure plan in 1986. Closure activities involved the removal of 4,170 tons of sludge, contaminated soils and the lagoon liners. It is currently under renovation.
Okay, back to the fun!
I'm sure most of you have played Resident Evil and know what I'm talking about when I reference the flooded zombie shark room…
1. That part sucked.
2. This place had a shark room.
I think I'll pass on this one. I didn't bring nearly enough ammo or mixed herbs.
Fun fact about this place? It was full of soap.
I mean, it rained before we went in and the floor was literally a skating rink slippery amount of leftover soap.
I biffed it. Like twice. It was gross, let's leave it at that.
All of the old equipment left behind was so freaking cool.
The conveyor belts were still intact and we took full advantage of that fact.
I'll show you some more of the equipment before we talk about e-ville.
We climbed all over everything. Just couldn't help ourselves.
And Jay made some very important calls.
Wait up though…
Did you see that ammonia box? Like they just left that chilling there?!
Oh we're closed and stuff, meh, leave the ammonia. NBD. H'Okaaayyyy.
Forget that, let's move on to "E-Ville"
What the..?
Yeah, that was our reaction too.
Carnies again?! Hoodlums? Homeless sanctuary?
Naw, just some really freaking cool rooms.
The white room was one of my absolute favorites in any site we've gone to.
We also had a Sally Sparrow moment before I even was a whovian.
I should have peeled the wallpaper. Damn!
The rest of "E-Ville" were actual laboratories and where they stored most of the soap.
Going during summer was another plus because of the overgrowth.
Let's address the soap.
I don't mean like a vat of soap, or little bottles already packaged. I mean tons of dry, powered soap.
Entire parts of the second floor were just full of the white fluffy stuff.
Imagine when it rains! Suds partaayy!
Enough cleaning products.
I lied, since this is a soap factory.
Let's go to the warehouses,
cause those were full of fun stuff!
Soap cap pyramids! How Fun!
and more soap… Will it ever end?
Past all the cleanliness Jay and I thoroughly enjoyed the graffiti people left.
Who doesn't love cake, cheese and cats?!
The three C's.
You got da powah? You and HeMan both, honey.
At one point there was a fire in the factory. It left most of the ceiling caved in, bad for building structure, good for pictures.
Overall, again, one of my favorites from our past roster.
Another easy in, easy explore and easy out.
I do love these because it gives us tons of time to look at everything and you're paranoia calms ever so slightly.
I'll leave you with the last few miscellaneous pictures.
We left the same way we came in, walked right back down the tracks and to the pizza place.
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I'm So Easily Distracted
I've been diligently (trying) to work on my research presentation that's coming up in 2 and a half weeks. Mostly right now I'm looking up a lot of background info. Working at home is hard sometimes. Anything and everything can distract me. Of course, I stumbled upon the cutest thing ever – a geek dating site! I had to take a looksy… It makes sense that just as there are sites out there that match up trendy and fashionable people, there should be one for some of us who care more about nerdy issues like science, anime, Star Wars, comic books, computers, etc… Check this out: www.gk2gk.com
There's someone for everyone out there. I have to admit, I have a soft-spot for nerds. I care about looks but that's definitely not the most important on my list. I like when my guy talks about fluid dynamics or triple integration. That's HAWT. ❤
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It's a new term at my university. I am currently adjusting to the workload and /mountain/ of requirements. In fact, for one of my subjects, I am required to record all of my reflections on an e-journal. As such, I created a new wordpress dedicated on theories of learning and education.
For my first post, one of the prompts given is the kind of teacher I envision to be after graduating my course. In summary, I wrote how it is not "possible" for me to be a "teacher" in the first place.
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With some trepidation I recently switched from an iPhone to a Galaxy. Here's how, why and what happened
Earlier this month I finally decided to ditch my lover. We'd been together for more than six years and it was no easy decision. There was pain, there were tears and more than a little heartache. But it had to be done. And if I'm brutally honest with myself the break-up was long overdue. Sure, we got on well – but then we always have done. And admittedly she was decent company, sometimes great fun to be with. But the truth of the matter was that I no longer found her attractive. And it's an age-old truism that once the attraction has gone there is nothing left but memories.
I don't need to tell you that things were very different when we first met. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was a frantic day in Oxford Street and she was lying there with an aloof expression as hordes of excited young men tried to pick her up. I don't know why she chose me: I certainty wasn't the best looking or wealthiest person in that long line of admirers. I think it was my patience that did it. She could see that I was someone who was willing to wait. And when I finally got her into my arms a light went on and I felt her purr with happiness. We were together: there was so much I could teach her and so much she could teach me.
It wasn't a long courtship. Within hours she was back at my place and I'm not ashamed to tell you that there was an immediate and intimate connection. She was younger then, obviously. Far less complicated. And it didn't take me long to learn how to push all the right buttons. She was so different to the others I'd been with. She was sleek and sophisticated. They were overweight and uncultured. She was simple to understand. They were a mess of contradictions. She was beautiful. They were ugly.
Like most relationships the first year went by in a whirl. Were were together all the time. We worked and played together. We slept together. We woke up together. We listened to the same music, watched the same movies. We constantly texted and emailed. I enjoyed seeing people's faces whenever we were out. They were envious. Jealous. They wanted to have her.
However, it was not all plain sailing. Even though I was helplessly in love this did not stop me from noticing her bad points. She was, for example, slow of thought and low in stamina. She often needed a long break in the afternoon to recharge her batteries. And she was alarmingly fragile: the slightest touch could cause untold damage. She needed to be wrapped in cotton wool. One time she fell to the pavement and badly hurt herself, requiring expensive corrective surgery. I suppose it was inevitable that someone like her would not come cheap.
Yet she was a quick learner. In less than a year her knowledge had grown. She abandoned her sombre grey clothing and replaced it with shiny black that seemed to mirror the zeitgeist of the time. And then black became white and it was clear to me that she was growing in maturity. She took up photography. Later she tried her hand at movie making. She even opened her own store, selling all manner of silly little things. And she wasted untold hours of her life playing Scrabble.
She was restless. She could not be seen to be standing still. It seemed that every year she tried to reinvent herself. She gained in height. She lost her curves and became thinner and sharper. She began talking back to me in a curiously male sounding voice. But I knew that deep down she was still the same as she ever was.
There were rivals. I'm not too proud to admit that there were others who caught my eye. Some were bigger, some were faster. Some were pretty, some were ugly. But although I often found myself staring longingly at their features, none could really match my beloved. She was the first. She was the best.
And then her father died after a long illness and she seemed to go into her shell. She seemed to stagnate, to tread water. Suddenly her rivals began to look a little more attractive. I waited for a spark: I waited to see if her mood would change. I waited for a sign that my lover might return to her former glories. When it didn't happen I decided that it was I who had to change. Our contract was over.
And so my new lover walked through the door. All pomp and ceremony. All swagger and poise. She was taller and wider. She was thinner and lighter. And my old lover was cruelly pushed to one side as the new girl on the block got all my attention. And she need all my attention: she was a demanding lady. We did things together that I could previously only dream of. She was flexible. She was open-minded. And although, ironically, in many ways she allegedly looked very similar to my old lover she had hidden depths.
But she, too, was not without her foibles. She was a terrible driver and would frequently crash. Sometimes she got confused by the most simplest of tasks. And after merely a fortnight together I was appalled to find that I could no longer turn her on. I was devastated. I sent her away for corrective therapy and in her absence my old lover fell back into my lap.
She had not been idle during her exile from my affections. It was clear that she was anxious to rekindle the old flame. She sported a whole new wardrobe. She called it her 'minimalist' approach. She was faster and knew where she was going (although it has to be said that her navigational skills sometimes left much to be desired). She wore silver or gold and surprised me when she asked me to give her the finger. I told her I wasn't ready for marriage just yet.
And that's where we are now: I'm back with my old lover and for the moment she's once again the apple of my eye. Her replacement is for all intents and purposes in another galaxy and I await her return with some trepidation. I have a difficult choice to make when that happens. But that's what love is all about.
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"negative" emotions
This was a reply to a 25/10/2012 post from a Tibetan Buddhist monk on an online discussion group:
We have to be careful when we talk about "negative emotions". Are we talking from reaction and judgement, which is harmful?
Throughout history, people have judged things, people, emotions and actions as bad, evil, negative. In other religions it is because GOD or some other external authority says they are so. It is called "demonising". When we look deeper we usually find there is some good/useful/positive aspect to them all. This would be why "deities" have a wrathful face in Tibetan Buddhism. If we don't understand the needs behind our emotions, then not following "negative" ones can turn on us and create suffering. They are suppressed and eventually explode. This is a danger in emphasising "calm and peace". They must come from understanding and transcending, not pretending and suppressing. The latter comes when we are trapped in ego games of identity. Trying to prove we are not bad (in whatever way), that we are good. It is the belief itself that is the problem/false.
Truth is often not such a simple thing as our judgements suggest.
According to the early recorded teachings of the Buddha, there are only a very few ACTIONS that are evil/unwholesome (in themselves). These are reflected in the five/eight/ten precepts and the four fundamental rules of monks (which nuns have too). And they are taught as things to avoid in the major religions of the world. I believe they are called "evil/sin" because they cannot be done with a pure motivation. (This may go against later interpretations of the Bodhisattva ideal and skilful means.) The four are:
- Killing a human being
- Stealing to the value of which your society rules would execute, jail or banish
- Sexual misconduct, which varies according to the lifestyle of a mendicant or layperson. For a mendicant: intentional sexual activity with the opposite sex, human or animal; for a layperson: avoiding rape, pedophilia and sex with those who are dependent on others for their livelihood (which of course would be covered by the monks' and nuns' practice). (Crazy later explanations of the Buddha's teaching only say "adultery" or "cheating", so rape and pedophilia would be ok! Thus there is SO much sex between monks and novices in all traditions. No the Catholics are not the only ones to blame!)
- Spiritual fraud – claiming to be more advanced than one really is
All lesser variations of these are covered by all the other training rules. Those lesser ones may be subject to the situation and could be considered under "skilful means", but I don't believe a bodhisattva would break the four above, no matter what. This is basic morality or ethics, without which one cannot progress on the path (according to early teachings). Killing mosquitoes to prevent malaria could be considered out of compassion for suffering beings, but the wiser person would encourage preventing the growth of mosquitoes by avoiding standing water without fish! Maybe introduce fish!
Yes, we should know of negative emotions 'their deceptive nature, their true colors, and their harmful character,' (quoted from the Tibetan Buddhist monk on the online discussion group) but we should also know what needs are they trying to fulfil and how can they be fulfilled in a wholesome way. Once we know and deal with that, we have liberation. Thanks to the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha, who showed us the way.


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Harder And Harder To Defend
Posted by Chad on November 29, 2005
The Vatican upped the ante today, not only reasserting its policy forbidding gay priests, but giving us all a refresher course on their feelings on homosexuality in general. The church has become extremely proficient over the past few decades at walking the line between damning the act and damning the individual. One might even say they've gone and perfected it. While it's true that they can claim their beef lies with the activities of same-sex relationships and not with the people involved with them, I'm finding it an increasingly difficult pill to swallow.
Some of the more Christ-like points from the Vatican article:
- It (homosexuality) does not represent a social value and even less so a moral virtue that could add to the civilization of sexuality.
- It could even be seen as a destabilizing reality for people and for society.
- In no case is this form of sexuality a sexual alternative, or even less, a reality that is equivalent to that which is shared by a man and a woman engaged in matrimonial life.
That line is starting to blur. You don't want gay priests in the church? Fine. You want to love the sinner and hate the sin? Fine. But leave it at that. Please don't push me any further to the side of Downtown Lad on this issue.


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There's something different about Patrick Kane this season. The Chicago Blackhawks winger is on a scoring streak, sitting only three points behind Thomas Vanek in scoring in the league. He's hustling on the ice like a man on fire. He's acting more mature on and off the ice. But there's something else that's different about him, and you have to watch him closely to notice it. There seems to be something missing.
Even keen-eyed fans probably haven't noticed that Kane isn't using the mouthguard that's been his signature since his rookie year. From then through last season, it was common to see it hanging from the corner of his mouth as he zipped between opposing players, and he would chew on it between whistles. Johan Franzen once yanked it from his mouth and threw it to the ice. While his teammates went through maybe 10 a season at the most, Kane went through 15 to 20.
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It's likely that we've seen the last of his mouthguard munching. According to the Chicago Tribune's Chris Kuc, Kane feels it's a distraction because he'd be concentrating more on the mouthguard than his play. While he's on such a hot streak, he'll refrain from using it and will have to think about using it again.
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posted by Jen on 1/11/2009 06:57:00 PM No Comments
My collection. I admit I feel anxious when someone borrows my mags because you know the possibility of not having them back. Hehe. I'll stop collecting Seventeen mags when I graduate in college. For obvious reasons. Seventeen is a college mag. I think after college I'll go with Marie Claire. :-)


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The fabric is a light weight denim I held on to for too long. Feels great to use it up!
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Farah Khan teams up with Akshay Kumar, in a Shirish Kunder script with music by Vishal Shekhar (and Shirish Kunder). The curiosity level is sky-high! After two back to back big hits that both had chart-buster type music, Farah chose to branch out on her own and produce and direct a film for her own production house – and to do it without her regular star, Shahrukh Khan. Tees Maar Khan was written by Shirish and with Akshay Kumar in mind. We were told that Sheila ki Jawaani is a blockbuster gift from Farah to Katrina Kaif and it will be the Mother of all Item songs, leaving Munni Badnaam Hui biting the dust in its wake.
So what does the music of Tees Maar Khan offer?
The title track has Sonu Niigaam singing in 54 different voices (including an Akshay Kumar impression) and accents (including a faux Chinese one!). This track is composed by Shirish Kunder. There is an opening musical interlude that reminds one of the track sung by Ashanti in Bride and Prejudice and this is no doubt the "hook" that will be the Tees Maar Khan theme.
So does it cut the mustard? I found the song somewhat noisy (that Tawaif ki lut ti izzat dialog was tacky), but I think this song will work in the film perhaps as it cuts in and out of the various situations that the hero will get into.
The second song in the album is the much touted Sheila ki Jawani:
Sung with gusto by Sunidhi Chauhan and Vishal Dadlani, this item song attempts to be a replacement for Darde Disco from Om Shanti Om, with a scantily clad Katrina being doused in buckets of water. The Hinglish lyrics detract from the song and the track lacks the punch that Munni carried. However, I expect the full promos to show Katrina Kaif drenched and scantily clad and get the song into the top of the charts.
The third number on the album is the much touted Qawwali that will have Salman in a guest appearance. Sung by Shekhar Rajivani, Shreya Ghoshal, Kamal Khan and Raja Hasan, this one is catchy enough as qawwalis go. The high point is Shreya's bit, but the rest cannot rise above the ordinary. This one has big shoes to fill when it is compared to the qawwali from Farah previous Main Hoon Na. The qawwali there (Tumse Mil ke Dil ka hai jo haal) was superior and this will have to have really innovative filming to catch up to the predecessor.
Next up we have Badey Dilwala sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sukhvinder Singh. And Sukhvinder tries his best to lift this one up to a higher plane. But the lyrics do not match up to the vocal prowess of either singer and the tune is repetitive and not unique in any way. We can try to compare this to songs like Ud Ud Dabangg (or the Omkara title track) to see how far short it falls in this genre of song. It makes no sense to have Hinglish lyrics in a song like this – that bit baffled me completely.
The last song in the album is one called Happy Ending, and this one does have a good dhun. The singers are a collection of music reality show contestants – Debojit Saha, Abhijeet Sawant, Prajakta Shukre, Harshit Saxena and they manage to infuse a freshness and appeal into the song. The lyrics match the yearning for good things and success that one would want as a newcomer, maybe that is why the song works for this particular group of singers.
The rest are obligatory remixes, and they actually seem better than the original numbers, an undesirable situation in my opinion. My prediction is that the reviews for this album will be very good as journalists love Farah Khan – she is never politically correct and she does not make crap films – so that sets her apart from blowhards like her brother Sajid. I think Farah is highly intelligent and her years choreographing (a lot of which is directing the important parts of films) have given her a lot of experience as to what works in commercial cinema. But this album is unlike those from her previous films. I sense a "desperation" to make her first home production work – and who can blame her? I am left with conflicting thoughts – if she had not thrown the kitchen sink at it, she may have come out ahead with this album. Or is Farah really savvy and tailoring everything in her film to her leading man? Maybe she will have the last laugh and show us Akshay Kumar as he needs to be shown but never was?
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But when I'm at home - I love museums. I worked at the Liberty Science Center one summer in college. Halfway into the summer I found out about the free entry to museums for other museum employees policy. If you have a museum employee ID, all you have to do is flash that thing at any institution and you're in.
I went to the Museum of Natural History just about every Sunday for an hour (much easier to digest) and spent other days searching out every strange museum in New York. (I highly recommend the Isami Naguchi Museum and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.)
There's one thing I don't love though: high admission fees. Here's ways to see Boston art and science for cheap or free.
The Boston Public Library gives out free or discounted tickets to about a dozen local museums. Several libraries are given two tickets for each day of the month. Fridays and Saturdays go fast, so best to go a month early, or call the library first. Other tickets are literally plastic passes that you need to pick up and return the next day.
The best deals are the Museum of Fine Arts ($7 instead of $18 normal price) and the Museum of Science (free instead of 21).
MIT Museum Nights
My personal favorite Boston museum offers free nights the second Friday of every month 5-8pm.
ICA Free Night
5-9pm every Thursday is free and during the summer there's free entertainment too. At 7pm there's also free tours. Why ever pay for stuff at this place?
Free Movie Day at the Science Museum
All this month the Museum of Science has given away tickets to IMax movies on Fridays. Stay tuned, because they're likely to do it again throughout the year.
Free Time at the Harvard Museum
Massachusetts residents get in free every Sunday 9am-12pm. September-May Wednesdays 3-5pm are free too.
Is your name Isabella? If it is, it's free admission every day. The rest of us get in free on New Year's Day and our birthday.
Free every Wednesday 4-9:45pm.


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Dr. James P. Wickstrom
Obama Plans Pricey Birthday Bash on Default Day
Source: Newsmax.com
Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 01:25 PM
Obama has chosen the first day of the potential default to throw his 50th birthday bash, combining it with raising money for next year's election. His actual birthday is Aug. 4.
Republicans are slamming the decision to have the party as "insensitive."
"This really shows how unserious he is," Republican Rep. Joe Walsh, a fellow Chicagoan, tells Newsmax exclusively. "I realize it's his birthday, but he is a president who has said he doesn't know if social security checks will go out that day.
"If that's the case, I cannot believe he will be having a big party that very day."
Obama said on Tuesday that he cannot guarantee that social security checks will go out from August 3 unless a deal can be reached on raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit. "There may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it," he told CBS' Scott Pelley.
Unless the deal is reached, government services across the board will be cut and in many cases closed down.
"My first thought was that he will have to fly to Chicago before the third because I can't imagine airports will be open," said Walsh. "And he'll have to have a huge supply of candles because the lights are going to go out.
"I am amazed he will be able to have a party at all."
Walsh said he hopes to be in Chicago on Aug. 3 himself to be with his family in case the calamity that Obama has warned about comes to fruition. "I just doubt I'll get an invitation to the party," he said.
Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is expected to perform at the birthday bash at the historic Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. The event will be one of the president's biggest fundraisers of the year. Publicity literature featuring a red, white and blue Happy Birthday logo has already been produced.
The event will be "multi-tiered," the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The Hudson concert would cost $50; admission to the party $200; a premium seat $1,000; a souvenir photo with the president $10,000; and VIP seating and dinner with Obama $38,500.
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I came across some fascinating numbers recently in a survey done by The Start-up Genome by analyzing 3200 start-up companies. They identified five core areas where start-up companies need to scale. These are: Customer, product, team, business model and funding.
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I always jump at the opportunity to discuss the future of golf with someone who has influence, understands the issues and is capable of thinking outside the box, so obviously I was thrilled to sit down with the Executive Director of the Canadian Golf Superintendent Association Ken Cousineau.
I was curious to learn the influence of the CGSA on the Canadian golf industry, and how Ken guides the CGSA to facilitate the societal, regulatory and technological changes related to the environment growing at what seems to be an expediential rate.
Turfhugger.com – What does the general public think of our industry? Do they understand the issues as we do?
Ken Cousineau – I find the general public understands the environment influences the original design of the golf course, it's easy to see how the architect reveals the lay of the land, but it doesn't stop there. So much of what happens on the course after is also an environmental influence from pest pressures, airflow, drainage, to wildlife and rainfall. The role of the superintendent is to identify these influences specific to their property and manage them in a way that cooperates with nature.
Turfhugger.com – Because if you compete with nature you will loose?
Ken Cousineau – Exactly. You'll not only loose with the environment, you'll loose in the public eye. The public is very concerned about environmental issues, as are we. That's why when we look at these issues we must look at them in a science-based method. I'm not sure if much of the public understands the way golf courses use resources like water, there are many misconceptions.
A golf course isn't like a bottled water company that takes the water right out of the environment and redistributes it all over the world. Many courses are designed to direct rainfall in to reservoirs and use the water multiple times. Also, we are seeing a lot of courses redirect storm water runoff from parking lots and neighboring properties. The use of effluent has become quite popular in golf community and resort projects.
Turfhugger.com – There a lot of properties that have no choice but to use water from streams, rivers and aquifers some of which are running low. What is the CGSA doing to ensure these courses are not over using those resources?
Ken Cousineau – With all environmental issues we aim to develop policies and expose our members to technologies and programs to help them better manage their natural resources. We've looked at each area of environmental concern (Water Conservation, Water Quality, Habitat, Pest Control, Air Quality etc…) and have adopted policies to establish what is an appropriate position within these issues. These policies help our members to understand what appropriate conduct or position to take on particular issues is. These positions and policies are forever evolving, taking into consideration new research and regulatory requirements. The policies allow our members to claim a position on a particular issue.
We take the opportunity through the website, or through the magazine to promote new technologies, products or programs with the aim to use our resources more efficiently. I think our superintendents are experiencing a similar situation now as what the whole industry experienced in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's, with the big golf course boom. The number of courses grew, while the number of golfers grew but not at a rate where it evened off. There are still too many courses for the number of avid golfers and some courses may not succeed.
Similarly on the environmental side we see a number of private and public environmental programs like Audubon, GEO, E-Par and even municipal by-laws and provincial programs too. The market is saturated and superintendents are left asking the question "what do I do, what will work the best for me in the long-term?". Obviously they have to reach the standards set by regulatory bodies first and then consider the other programs meant to specialize in stewardship. Ultimately a program that is cost effective, will help the superintendent reach all regulatory requirements and is able to deal with environmental issues effectively will be the most helpful. That's a lot to ask but that's why we try to expose all of our members to all of the options and let the free market decide.
Turfhugger.com – So why is it that despite all of these positive environmental management strategies, products and technologies, golf courses still have a negative image in the public eye?
Ken Cousineau – I think there are some organizations out there that are legitimately concerned about land use issues but have decided to focus on golf courses without stepping back and taking an un-biased and truthful look at the situation. I think if they really evaluated the golf industry and dropped these pre-conceived ideas of what a golf course is they would find something very different. Every time I fly in to Chicago I notice how much green pace is provided by the golf courses. If you look at Toronto for example, many people talk about how great it is to have High Park in the city, but then turn to golf courses and view them as detrimental to the environment. High Park is a fraction of the size of the amount of green space that golf courses provide.
[Side Note: High Park is 398 Acres with about 135 acres (1/3 of total space) of natural areas. The park is fragmented from wildlife corridors and mostly surrounded by residential, commercial and highways. Toronto golf courses (13 with Toronto Addresses) are generally situated within river corridors and are approximately 200 Acres each, adding up to about 2,600 Acres of green space. The average urban golf course consists of approximately 15-30% of naturalized areas, making at least approximately 390 Acres of naturalized habitat. I'd love to get some concrete numbers, as this is a rough estimate, perhaps this should be a future article of mine.]
Let's face it, if these golf courses were not constructed when they were, those properties would not be parkland, they'd likely be houses. If you take the park at the corner of the street and try to turn it into what a golf course would do with an out-of-play area by no longer irrigating it, and naturalizing the space with native meadow plants and birdhouses, people would be outraged. Politically it wouldn't happen. So I think golf courses if anything are even more advanced then what our public space policies currently are.
Outside of the city we see developments popping up around the golf courses that are directing water into sewer pipes then directly into these golf courses. This direct run-off increases the flow and has caused damage to the infrastructure of some of these golf courses. The water is filthy, carrying hydrocarbons from roads and who know what else. Golf courses have taken on the role of filtering these pollutants, while still trying to maintain all of the other roles the course fulfills. I'm not saying that every golf course in Canada is 100% perfect but I'm confident the majority are doing things right and are part of the solution.
Turfhugger.com – So how do we get the public to understand this? What is the CGSA doing to help change the public perception?
Ken Cousineau – We've created a package for our members that will help them answer questions related to the environment, and we're currently working on the 6th edition of the Environmental Management Resource Manual for Canadian Golf Courses, (More info on the manual) that should be ready for this winter. It's the 6th edition in 8 years because things are really moving that quickly in our industry. The CGSA is committed to maintain these resources and keep them available to our members. We've had the National Allied Golf Association adopt our environmental policies and we are working closely with all of NAGA's members to communicate our efforts so that the industry as whole can be prepared to convey our message to members, the public and the press.
A Conversation with Ken Cousineau
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Hey Swampy, I'm a fan of the new website. It's amazing how many people think golf courses are sprayed wall to wall with mercuric based products. Todays super has a different mentality and products are expensive, we were practicing IPM before it was IPM on budget alone. Where is the RCGA on this? They should be the ones educating the public golfer.
RCGA? Who are they? What do they do? LOL
My understanding is that RCGA members and Canadian golf media bashed the RCGA for possibly increasing dues. These dues contribute to turf research and environmental campaigns, something we need badly in Canada.
I'm trying to get an interview with someone from the RCGA to discuss this matter in detail.
In the mean time the USGA and the GCSAA have created some fantastic PR campaigns, check out www.gcsaa.tv when you get a moment.


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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Sweet Bubbles
When I showed Rob this picture of himself and our neighbors' cat Bubbles, he nodded and said, "Oh, yeah, I see. There's Bubbles reading the newspaper."
I thought his remark captured just perfectly the charm of the photo. Bubbles looks like a tiny person as she relaxes with Rob by the pond in her own antique chair.
She's always trying so hard to keep up with us, which is quite touching because she's so small and we're so big. Every Saturday morning she waits on the steps for us to come outside, and then she follows us around the yard for hours.
Rob and I love to make up stories about her, but they don't seem made up; they seem true. One day Rob said, "Bubbles is very religious. I wasn't sure if you knew."
"I do," I said. "She goes to church with me on Sundays. Last Sunday we went at 10 and the Mass was in Spanish, so Bubbles translated for me. She was whispering. She wears a little black lace chapel veil, by the way. She's traditional."
I could easily picture Bubbles at Mass. All the details of my little story seemed in keeping with her character. She's such a good and loyal cat. Of course she'd come to church with me.
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In an attempt to restore liquidity the Fed came up with a new facility called the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF). This program allows primary dealers to exchange a total of $200 billion mortgage backed securities (MBS) for treasuries. The period is 28 days instead of the traditional overnight lending. Why $200 billion? Because primary dealers hold $139.7 billion agency securities and $60.2 billion mortgage-backed securities. Minyanville cited Tony Crescenzi at Miller Tabak for those numbers early Tuesday.
Unlike the Term Auction Facility (TAF), which swaps cash for MBS and therefore requires sterilization so as not to affect the target funds rate, the TSLF is simply a swap of one instrument for another. It is not printing, and it injects no cash into the system even though there are misleading headlines such as this one bandied about by MarketWatch: Fed turns on the spigot of money again.
Lee Adler in Bandaid on a Ruptured Jugular explains what the Fed is up to with the TSLF.
The Primary Dealers are heavily short Treasuries at all times. They are heavily long all other debt securities simultaneously. The level of securities lending in recent months is unprecedented in all of human history, by an order of magnitude of 10.
Securities lent by Fed to Primary DealersLord only knows why primary dealers were short treasuries when interest rates were falling and the Fed was cutting rates, but that is what was happening.
The Fed is now responding to the pressure of the imminent collapse of the Primary Dealers and major banks worldwide, because not only are the PDs heavily short the stuff that is going up, Treasuries, they are heavily long the stuff that is going down, which is all other debt securities.
This is the worst of all possible worlds and the Fed's action is like putting a bandaid on a ruptured jugular vein.
What happens after 28 day is pretty clear. The swap will be rolled over and over and over until the mortgage backed security market stabilizes. This could be a year from now, or perhaps 10. That may sound ridiculous but it's essentially what happened in Japan. It's also part of the Zombification process I described in The Great Pretender.
This may temporarily stop a further squeeze against dealers who are short treasuries and long MBS, but it is will not do much of anything to restore a bid in the MBS market. Nor will it cure the massive leverage problems at many of the primary dealers and banks.
Here's an interesting paragraph from the MarketWatch article reference earlier: "Counting the currency swaps with the foreign central banks, the Fed has now committed more than half of its combined securities and loan portfolio of $832 billion, Lou Crandall, chief economist for Wrightson ICAP noted. 'The Fed won't have run completely out of ammunition after these operations, but it is reaching deeper into its balance sheet than before."
The Fed is simply too small an actor, relative to the global banking system, to have enough impact. Consider: one analyst observed that with its new programs (the new $100 billion repo facility and the $200 billion Treasuries-for-MBS facility), the Fed had just creates a $300 billion bank overnight. True enough, but consider: Citigroup's balance sheet has $2.2 trillion in assets. Steve Waldman estimates that the Fed can take deploy another $300 to $400 billion to similar operations. It can take one more big shot at this problem (ex monetary moves, which Hamilton deems ineffective) before it has used up all its powder. Source
Bernanke's intent is to buy the dealers time, but it really can't work. Those securities will not be worth more tomorrow than they are today. For now, a MBS fire sale was averted, but it can't be put off forever.
The ongoing tsunami of housing related bankruptcies and foreclosures will seal the fate. Meanwhile the zombification of banks continues.


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As far as New Testament verses referring to Believers and Adam as Sons of God. I have shown that we are not actually Sons of God strictly until the Resurrection. When we become like The Angels and like Adam was before The Fall.
The Pastor I do not like to name used a verse from Hebrews to try and prove Angels can't be called Sons of God. That passage was about how Jesus is the Only Begotten Son of God, (John 3:16). This same Pastor never brought up Job at all, besides the beginning of Job, in verse 38:7 God says "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" in a Context talking about Creation. Before Adam was Created.
Before 30 AD the only Sons of God were The Angels.
Thing is, I have become skeptical of the traditional Angel-Human Hybrid view. I accepted it for the longest time. I argued against Rob Skiba about second incursions once. And I still stand by what I said there that the Angels falling out of Lust for Women has continued post-Flood.
I still believe Sons of God refers to Angels, and I still believe the word Nephilim probably refereed to the Angels not the Mighty Men offspring.
Here is the thing, all of the New Testament verification that Angels fell to marry women in II Peter and Jude, and also Paul in 1 Corinthians when he talks about head coverings. Never confirm the angels were the fathers of any children.
The text of Genesis 6 as it's usually translated has insertions. In Verse 4.
There were Nephilim in the earth in those days; (and also after that_, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.Notice I put "to them" in italics, that isn't in the Hebrew. The text says the women the Angels married bore children, but doesn't necessarily say the fathers were the Angels.
Genesis 21:1-3 says.
And YHWH visited Sarah as he had said, and YHWH did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.It wouldn't be hard actually for a fringe theorist to suggest this passage is saying YHWH fathered Isaac. But we know from the context of Genesis 18 this is about YHWH making a barren woman fertile so He can keep His promise. Maybe what the Beni-Elohim did for the women in Genesis 6 was something similar.
As far as Rob's interpretation of the "And also after that", it's already at the 120 years left point this happens the first time.
A lot of people believing the Hybrid view make that their only apologetic answer to the issue of the apparent commands of Genocide from God in The Old Testament. That is very dangerous, to allow yourself to think Genocide is ok if you become convinced some group of people are Nephilim.
Lots of Christians have dealt with the issue in more natural ways. The Tirbalouge Blogspot blog is Clainvist which means I object to much of their theology. And they support the Sethite view. But they do a good job archiving answers to this Genocide issue without needing to bring any Science Fantasy into it. Whatever the reasons, those kinds of things don't apply on this side of The Cross.
In the case of the Amalekites, God explains why this command is being given, nothing about them being less Human.
The Reason for the Flood is always given as the people's sinful and violent nature. Not that their DNA had been corrupted.
Rob Skiba while promoting his bizarre Nephilim theory decided to try and de-mystify the Giant issue by showing a video talking about how Lygers grow very large just from how their cross bred. Well he overlooked something, that refutes the idea of needing unnatural crossbreeding altogether, Lions and Tigers are of the same Kind, they're Cats, they had the same ancestors on Noah's Ark.
So everyone in the past who's mocked the idea of interbreeding causing Giants, well it does have a scientific basis, the Genetic potential just no longer seems to exist among the remaining descendants of Noah. The last Biblically documented giant was before 1000 BC.
That's just one fact to point out, meanwhile it's highly possible Angels themselves could sometimes manifest as Giants. William Schneoblen tell a story of seeing a Giant Angel guarding a house he was in after praying for protection. Biblically one Angel killed the entire Assyrian army by himself.
At any-rate, none of the three words translated giant mean that, the ones described as Gigantic are all post Flood. However The "Fossil Record" seems to indicate that most everything was a lot bigger before The Flood.
What about the Anakim? They are defined as being of the Nephilim. Maybe they were fallen angels themselves, not hybrids. Maybe "Children of Anak" is like a poetic title and not really an identifier of an ancestor. Arba, founder of Hebron and namesake of it's prior name is called both a great man among the Anakim and the father of Anak. Seems contradictory unless the descriptions are poetic in some way.
Or maybe I'm wrong about what Nephilim means, if it does mean Giant then it just means the Anakim were for some reason Gigantic.
I'm just saying I'm unsure. The Holy Spirit has been convicting me lately about how this Nephilim issue seems to be a gateway drug into a lot of Occult Neo-Pagan weirdness. My advice is to at least be very careful looking into this area of research.
But don't let aversion to the weirdness scare you into to accepting the Sethite view which ties into Racism. My issue with Skia is he rejects the Sehtite view but gives his version of the Nephilim story the exact same issue I have with the Sethite view. By tying it into vilification of Ham's descendants.