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Empire, MI - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is announcing a new firewood program established to protect park forests from invasive insect and diseases commonly spread through the transport of firewood. Movement of firewood from one area to another can rapidly spread destructive pests such as emerald ash borer, hemlock wooly adelgid, beech bark disease, and oak wilt. As in the past, the National Lakeshore is requesting that visitors not bring firewood into the park, and instead burn pest-free firewood available for purchase in park campgrounds. Dead and down wood may also be collected within the National Lakeshore boundaries. New to the program this year is voluntary firewood bagging. Campers unaware of the new policy who bring firewood into the campgrounds will be provided the option to store it in protective bags for the duration of their visit, and the park will provide them an equal amount of clean firewood at no cost. Superintendent Dusty Shultz noted "Our campers want to do what they can to protect the beautiful forests that make the National Lakeshore so special. By providing them with pest-free firewood alternatives, we expect the majority will plan to buy their firewood in the campgrounds or participate in the firewood bagging program." After this transition year, the National Lakeshore plans to formally ban any transport of firewood into park campgrounds. This ban would be effective January 2012.
This new firewood policy can help the National Lakeshore more effectively protect its trees from the fate of infected forests in other parts of the state. In addition to the National Lakeshore's new firewood policy, visitors should also be aware of the expanded quarantines the State of Michigan announced earlier this year. Michigan now prohibits the movement of all hardwood firewood and ash materials from anywhere in Michigan to several Great Lakes islands, including North and South Manitou Islands within the National Lakeshore. Quarantine violators can face fines and penalties.
For additional information, please contact Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Biologist Sue Jennings at 231-326-5134.
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A Seismic Signing: What the Mark Teixeira Deal Means for the Rest of BaseballDecember 23, 2008
When the Yankees announced the signing of free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira Tuesday afternoon they didn't just fill a massive hole in their lineup; they also sent shockwaves that will impact baseball from Los Angeles to Boston and many points in between.
Let's take a look at the eight teams affected most by yesterday's signing:
Anaheim Angels
The Angels find themselves in an interesting predicament—they still have excellent run prevention, but other than injury-riddled Vladimir Guerrero the lineup lacks punch.
Look for GM Tony Reagins to fortify the bullpen by signing free agent closer Brian Fuentes. Manny Ramirez would be a good fit, but Reagins quelled those rumors on Tuesday. Pat Burrell and Adam Dunn are possibilities, but does their all-or-nothing approach really fit with manager Mike Scioscia's rabbit ball style?
Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles were kidding themselves if they thought they'd be able to out-market the Yankees, Angels, and Red Sox for Teixeira's services.
With Adam Jones and Nick Markakis already established at the big league level and Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Jake Arrieta, and Matt Wieters almost there, look for Baltimore to kick the rebuilding into high gear with an eye on contending in 2010. That could mean standout second baseman Brian Roberts gets dangled as trade bait before then.
Boston Red Sox
With the sole object of GM Theo Epstein's affection off the market, look for the Red Sox to make a serious run at Derek Lowe in an effort to deepen their starting rotation. While losing Teixeira to the hated Yankees stings, Boston is still in excellent shape with Kevin Youkilis at first base and former Gold Glove winner Mike Lowell at third.
Los Angeles Dodgers
With the Yankees seemingly out of the Manny Ramirez sweepstakes, the Dodgers are the only team at this point to have an ongoing dialogue with the slugger. Don't be surprised if GM Ned Colletti smells blood and extends Manny a "modest" two-year proposal with a strict timetable.
Milwaukee Brewers
Because Teixeira's Elias rating is higher than those of CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, the Angels now get the Yankees' first round draft pick, pushing the Brewers' compensation pick from the first round to the second (at least 40 picks below where it would have been had the Yanks not signed Teixeira).
This is no insignificant matter for a small market organization that has used the draft to its advantage in constructing a playoff-caliber team.
New York Mets
They just can't win. Even after signing closer Francisco Rodriguez to a team-friendly contract and landing fireballing reliever J.J. Putz in a trade, the Metropolitans still can't escape the Yankees' shadow. And unless Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, and Darryl Strawberry suddenly discover the fountain of youth, that will likely always be the case.
Toronto Blue Jays
With a strong starting staff, shutdown bullpen, and solid defense, Toronto would contend in just about any other division. However, in the dog-eat-dog world of the AL East they are no better than the fourth-best team.
Combine that with owner Ted Rogers' recent death and the ongoing depreciation of the Canadian dollar versus the greenback and you've got a possible rebuilding plan in the works.
Washington Nationals
Now that the Teixeira train has stopped in the Bronx, look for GM Jim Bowden to make a run at Dunn, a player he is intimately familiar with from his days in Cincinnati.
Also, it's not out of the realm of imagination to think that after being thwarted in their serious attempts to woo Tex back home; the Nationals might make a dramatic effort to land Ramirez.

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In The Design of Everyday Things Donald Norman argues for a user-centered approach to the design of the daily artifacts we take for granted.1 While archives and archival collections are not everyday things for most people, they do document everyday things, and the archivist's representations and representational systems must characterize these everyday things for potential researchers.2 The term "representation" is used to refer both to the process or activity of representing and to the object(s) produced by an instance of that activity. The process of representing seeks to establish systematic correspondence between the target domain and the modeling domain and to capture or "re-present" through the medium of the modeling domain, the object, the data, or information in the target domain. To the extent that this re-presentation corresponds to, or models, the object, data, or information in the target domain the two can be thought of as representationally equivalent.3 This essay focuses on archival representation as a buid, evolving, and socially constructed practice. Representation refers to both the processes of arrangement and description as well as the creation of access tools (guides, inventories, anding aids, bibliographic records) or systems (card catalogs, bibliographic databases, EAD databases ) resulting from those activities. Throughout this essay the term archival representation is used for the archival function commonly and variously identiaed as arrangement and description, processing, and occasionally archival cataloging. I think that the term archival representation more precisely captures the actual work of the archivist in (re)ordering, interpreting, creating surrogates , and designing architectures for representational systems that contain those surrogates that stand in for or represent actual archival materials. The nature of representational tools in archives also makes them everyday things for archivists. At the same time, the codiacation of these tools and systems has created barriers to use. Researchers must know the codes and understand the underlying classiacation system. Many archivists focus on the creation of representations as the ultimate function of the archivist. As a result, the inventories and anding aids have been either the muchmaligned or much-venerated objects of archivists either promoting or attacking archival theory.4 To achieve a deeper understanding of archival representation, this essay stands this argument on its head and studies archival representations and representational systems themselves in an effort to theorize about these artifacts, determine how meaning is imbued in them, and discuss the centrality of these activities to archival work. This more empirical deconstruction of archival representation owes much to the theoretical writings of Terry Cook and others who have aptly applied postmodern theories to various aspects of the archival endeavor. 151 ⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮⟮ Archival Representation Elizabeth Yakel ⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯⟯ A man hath perished and his corpse has become dirt. All his kindred have crumbled to dust. But writings cause him to be remembered in the mouth of the reciter. —Egyptian author, unknown Archivists actually need a deconstruction of the contexts they are trying to describe, remembering that "it is in the nature of deconstruction not just to see the wider context (those traces, or specters, stretching back into the past in an inanite regress), but also the buidity, the bexibility, the ultimately uncontrollable nature of the context."5 This essay examines the representation of records by records creators, archivists, and systems. To accomplish this, it focuses on the representational practices, the artifacts of representation, and the evolutionary nature both of the primary sources that the artifacts are trying to represent and of the artifacts themselves. An examination of the activities, systems, and products of archival representation is long overdue. The past decisions by archivists have already been scrutinized in several other archival functions, and these studies have revealed assumptions and biases in archival practice. For example, the need to reexamine old appraisal decisions has been discussed frequently since Leonard Rapport's article "No Grandfather Clause."6 The collection assessment studies reported by Judith Endelman found that archivists ' long-term perceptions of their collections were at times bawed, if not erroneous.7 However, the archival function of archival representation has not experienced such public scrutiny even though retrospective conversion projects have uncovered discrepancies and highly misleading descriptions.8 Despite the documented need to revisit previous collection descriptions, there have been few analyses of the nature of the original categorizations and descriptions, the revisions, or the evolution of descriptive practices. 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Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Yiorgos Karavas wins Peledao tournament
Last week-end the club of OSC Kallithea Flame was organizing a very special tournament with 19 players under the thme of "Peladao 2018". Peladao 2018 is the world's biggest amateur football tournament and it is usually held in Brazil with over 1136 and their beauty queens. The tournament was played with samba music and players chose their special brazilian name teams and painted their own kits. Wild cards for the beauty queens were used. An extra player or an extra goal was awarded if you had a winner beauty queen. Nikos Liakopoulos had this brilliant idea. to see more about Peledao, check the Youtube links at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i-tyLAOBmc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_t7aseedc&feature=youtu.be
As for the tournament, the winner was Yiorgos Karavas after beating Alekos Apatzis (2-1) in the final. Congratulation to the winner Yiorgos, to Alekos for the great final and to all the participants. Special thanks to Nikos for the special live draw, the trophies and the idea to run this special tournament.
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- Madrid, Region of Madrid, Spain
Between Madrid's Recoletos avenue and Serrano street, alongside Plaza de Colon Square, you will find the majestic National Library building. It has a rectangular floor plan and is neoclassical in style. Work began on its construction in 1866 and was completed in 1892, coinciding with the 4th centenary of the discovery of the Americas.
Come and visit this library which is a monument in itself. Special mention should be made of its broad exterior staircase and its main facade, with a Corinthian style, square-fronted portico, finished with sculptures by the artist Agustin Querol, representing the Triumph of the Sciences and the Arts. The National Library houses a bibliographic archive of incalculable value, comprised of books from the early days of print, engravings, musical scores, manuscripts, editorial rarities and a host of printed documents. The National Archaeological Museum is to be found directly alongside this building.
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Sex in Cornwall – avoid these common sexual encounter mistakes
Sex in Cornwall – avoid these common sexual encounter mistakes.
The Cornwall County is not short of people seeking sex in Cornwall to enjoy with the marvels of the ancient towns here. Although, the settlement dates several centuries ago, online Cornwall sexual encounters is also high flying for both young and old alike. Once you find an ideal person to become your significant other over the internet, it is always natural to go on a physical first date during the day. Before going on the set sexual encounter, you need to be aware of the common mistakes that you must avoid. These will enable you to have a superb dating experience that could lead to a second sexual encounter and countless others after that.
The first slip-up you should avoid when going on a sexual encounter in the town of St Ives is to wear formal clothing. This town is laden with sandy beaches. On top of that, the climate is warm and sunny all year round. Adorning yourself with a tie and suit or anything conservative will only leave you sweaty due to the weather and anxiety, as well. Similarly, it would be difficult to maintain these attires in good shape while riding on a ferry in Penzance. Besides, you could ruin your dress shoes when walking on the beaches of Falmouth. In order to catch up with the activities designed for beaches in Newquay, you have to be informally dressed. By keeping the dressing casual but smart, you will be comfortable in the surroundings with your partner.
Cornwall sexual encounter error number two would be a lack of interest in history. Each town in Cornwall has some history behind it. Therefore, it would be only wise to have some background knowledge to ease conversations with your partner. You can choose to discuss the contents of the museum and Cathedral in Truro. In addition, if you both have interests in theatre the Plain-an -Gwary in St Just would give you an opportunity to compare plays throughout history in the town.
Finally, at number three would be the mistake of not wanting seafood. Do not eat seafood a few days prior to your date, as it would leave you not yearning for more. Your expectations for seafood while Cornwall dating, should be nothing short of exquisiteness and freshness. At Padstow, you should get to eat your favourite sea delicacy in luxury. Alternatively, you can choose to eat in a serene environment in Looe and keep your taste buds asking for more.
If you avoid these errors, you will have a fantastic time with Cornwall sexual encounters situations. In fact, you will let loose and get to discover your partner.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
It's not that Bush and China 's goal is to poison your children ...
Efforts to crack down on lead paint thwarted by China, Bush Administration
It's just that in the current Corporate and Republican view of the world money and power trumps all else. And the only purpose of Corporate and Republican power is to garner more power and more money for those same Republicans and Corporations. The first choice in making money is to take it with the least amount of effort from the least powerful (e.g. sub prime loans). Isn't it amazing how easily Christianity seems to be fitting into this model?
This take-all doctrine hasn't always been the preeminent mode of operation in this country. The American 'work ethic' really did exist and was still to be found a few decades ago.
Democrats have to stop answering Republican straw men and start projecting their vision for this country. Unless, of course, they don't have one. And they need to interpret and explain the Republican and Corporate plans for this country. Democrats must take on the Corporate and Republican control of the media.
There are really only a handful of elected officials who are really Democrats. Whether those campaigning as Democrats lie from the get-go or change after they are elected I don't know. But look at the Democrats and how they continue to enable the destruction of our country even after they are in the majority. The House, and specially the Senate, may not have enough of a majority to get their own programs passed, but they do have enough power, if they would use it, to control the budget and to start backing out some of the unconstitutional abominations the Republicans did to our laws. But they do not use their power. They blubber, bluster and they kneel down to an imbecile. They are little better than Republicans. They are NOT the Democrats they were elected to be.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
All those miles ...
- San Jose, Ca (Origin)
- Oakland, Ca
- Dallas/Ft Worth A/P Tx
- Alburquerque, NM
- Phoenix, Az
- Tucson, Az (Out for delivery)
824 driving miles from San Jose to Tucson. Compare to 2945 miles that the package took (39 + 1724 + 649 + 419 + 114). NOTE: All these miles are driving miles that I obtained on the internet (and not flying miles).
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tucson Fire Department's pickup truck ...
... Known as the alpha truck, the pickup is a relatively new unit in the department and is used to handle lower priority calls such as Berato's.Congrats to Tucson for coming up with and actually implementing a good idea. Just don't let Bush, Cheney, The Turdblossom and all the rest hear about the program ...
The department created the program in April 2006 because emergency rooms are not the only portion of the medical system overwhelmed by patients with nonemergency medical needs, said Norma Battaglia, a pre-hospital manager with TFD.
Fire officials estimate that 1 in every 8 calls to 911 is for a low-priority medical need. Fire officials said the department responded to about 84,000 calls last year.
The calls range from people who have fallen out of their wheelchairs or need help getting to the bathroom to those with alcohol or drug abuse problems to people who have just had surgery and need follow-up attention.
"It's been a number of years in coming, but there is virtually no after-hours medical care available to citizens," Battaglia said. "If you call any private physician you will get an after-hours recording that says 'Please contact 911 if this is an emergency.' Basically, many, many people have turned to the fire departments and to (emergency medical services) to provide basic primary care." ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Can the world get any weirder?
Monday, August 27, 2007
Of eyesight and birthmonth ...
Wanna bet ...
A Democratic-led Senate cannot allow this Administration to once again graft the cancer of cronyism to the head of the Justice Department.Watch, the Democrats will do nothing, nothing, but talk as if they still had (or is that ever had) a few principles left and watch it happen. Some of them will actually grease the skids.
There are no elected Democrats.
Life long punishment ...
... refers to this article: Felon-vote effort has high-level foe in Ariz. by Howard Fischer
- 10. Comment by Jose C. (angus) — August 27,2007 @ 7:13AMRating: 0 Thumbs Up
I know that I will get TDs for this, but I am going to say it anyway. This country is very cruel to felons. Some felons deserve the treatment they are given, others do not. Right now in this city, there are efforts to make it so that felons will not be able to rent a place to live. In a lot of cases, that is just not fair. In some cases, it is.
A judge sentences a person to time in prison. The person does their time, gets out and still ends up being subject to a sentence of sorts. They cannot vote. They cannot rent. There are many things they cannot do. So tell me, how are they supposed to become productive members of society again?
No cookie, no see-ee ...
They are at pressherald.maintoday.com if you with to accommodate them.
Fascism entrenched ...
Outsourcing intelligence by James Carroll
... The
Washington Postreported that the Defense Intelligence Agency is transferring "core intelligence tasks of analysis and collection" to private contractors -- up to a billion dollars worth. This raises the prospect that hired guns, instead of sworn officials, will be conducting covert operations, spying missions, interrogations, "renditions," surveillance -- the whole dangerous complex of shadow activity that began as the government's most sensitive responsibility.
Given the often shocking record of what US intelligence officials have done over the years, why does it matter if such activities are carried out by contractors? The answer patently goes to the question of accountability. Public servants who are bound by oaths to the Constitution and the law understand what the measure of behavior must be, even if they fall short of it. Activities involving the surreptitious, especially, have properly been reserved to public institutions subject to political oversight. Private parties, bound by contract, operate at remove from such limit and accountability, which may be why borderline activities like interrogation or rendition are increasingly farmed out to them. ...
Friday, August 24, 2007
Bye, bye ...
Another 'Flawed' GOPer to Bite the Dust
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Of doctor offices and carpet cleaners ...
Sunday, August 19, 2007
A sad indictment of the state of our country ...
Al Gore Still in the Background by paradox
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Fem-blogger? ...
Damn. Do we have to bring this kind of sexism in everywhere? Now you know why many women used pseudonyms.
Since you don't see her you don't refer to her weight, or her height or her perkiness or her blondness or her ...
But she's not a blogger, she a fem-blogger, none-the-less.
And you can't even leave a comment on that stupid mscl-blogger's blog without signing in.
What to say ...
The above is a summary of this article in the Arizona Daily Star: 'Ankle-biters' just pesky, but W. Nile lurks
Excuse me, but officers aren't being trained in the use those dangerous weapons they carry? ...
... fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... contributing to ammunition shortages hitting police departments nationwide and preventing some officers from training with the weapons they carry on patrol.Feel safer, already?
AIDS and China ...
And they are doing this to hide the extent of their AIDS' problem from the world so it won't impact on the Olympic Games????
My question: Did George Bush learn from China or did China learn from George Bush? Or is this a case of parallel 'development.'
Friday, August 17, 2007
A Fox 'news' kind of person ...
Photo given to FOXNEWS.com by Elias Bermudez of InmigrantesSinFronteras.com
'Pears Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio takes the above 'photoshopped' image as a threat to him instead of a portrayal of the threat others feel that he represents.
Threats aren't new to the sheriff, with about a dozen received in the past that led to convictions. This stunt is part of a bigger picture against his efforts, Arpaio said.Though Arpaio doesn't claim to have Mexican friends he does claim compassion (something like Bush's compassionate conservatism, no doubt).
Last week, Arpaio banned visits by illegal immigrants to friends and family in his jail. The sheriff also launched a hotline for tips on illegal immigrants, which received about 1,400 calls so far.
In response to criticism that the hotline uses racial profiling, Arpaio said police must have probable cause to check out a tip.
"We don't go around knocking doors down. We have to have probable cause," Arpaio said. "I'm not a racist. I have compassion for the Mexican people."
Border Reporter ...
If you live in Arizona and don't read Border Reporter, then start now: Border Reporter
THE BORDER REPORT --AGAIN: It's going to happen again. The storm is coming back to Cananea. Sonoran government officials have stayed very quiet about the recent attack in the beleaguered city. ...
THE BORDER REPORT --ATTACKS RESUME IN CANANEA: An armed commando of eight men raided the town of Cananea just minutes ago. ...
... and so on.
A state of ignorance ...
If, as Grist reports, Al Gore is telling a New York Times columnist that he advocates civil disobedience, then I don't think he's going to run for president: "I can't understand why there aren't rings of young people blocking bulldozers," Mr. Gore said, "and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants."If our Representatives in the House and Senate are so amazingly ignorant of the Constitution that they swear to uphold, what does one expect from the rest of the citizenry? Our education system has been starved and often under attack for decades. We have been taught to shop and strive to turn our person and personality into some kind of corporate created image of what we 'should' be. Speaking up in public embarrasses the whole room and if the police are about can actually be very dangerous to one's own person. We have been trained to refrain from 'talking back.' AND that any utterance IS back-talk. We know that the authorities can, with impunity, lie to us. But not only do the authorities lie to the public (for our own good, of course) they lie everywhere including in court under oath.
Whether we have completely crossed over from a representative democracy into a corporate fascist country I don't know. But psychologically it appears we have. There is little outrage against these criminals who are running our country. There may be a shift in support for Bush. But there's little outrage for the criminal destruction of a country that did not attack us. To our TV-reality country it was just another 'good show.'
I don't know what will wake up this country or if it is even possible to arouse it from it's corporate induced dream state.
From sea to shining sea ...
Just think, until my government issued Medicare Card, I had managed to eliminate my SS# from all the junk I carry about my person and my car. NOW my government wants to perpetually broadcast my SS#, along with other ID theft gold about me, some 100 ft (100 yards?) in every direction at all times. A Corporate and Police State dream come true ...
And they will do that to save me from a terrorist? Yeah, that's it.
"This is not a mandate," Chertoff said. "A state doesn't have to do this, but if the state doesn't have -- at the end of the day, at the end of the deadline -- Real ID-compliant licenses then the state cannot expect that those licenses will be accepted for federal purposes."And will that make me a non-citizen? A de facto illegal alien? If I had been born just 20 years earlier I might have missed this part of the downfall of my country.
Then again, perhaps I will be able to truthfully quote: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." But we haven't hit "worst" yet have we? In the way of things, at some point we will have to pay for what the US has done to Iraq and the Iraqis and somehow I don't think we are headed for a cathartic Nuremberg Trials.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
THIS ... is ... what ... they ... want ... to ... train ... officers ... with?
Crazies to the left of us, crazies to the right of us ...via David Horowitz writes me a letter by Rick Perlstein
via The Great Circle of Insanity by Kagro X
Monday, August 13, 2007
My God, they want someone who is actually 'qualified' ...
For real or just a new set new buzz words like those that rotate through the education field every 10 years or so?The city is using a new process for planning the design and construction of a road project in which the contractor is selected based on qualifications, not simply the lowest bid.The contractor can then start some of the structural work while final design, such as aesthetics, is being set. And even though the lowest bid isn't necessarily the one chosen, there is a maximum price set so the project can't go over budget.That's one of the advantages to this approach on the Fourth Avenue project, said Jim Glock, city transportation director.The new method of design planning, called construction management at-risk, was approved by the Legislature in 2004, and several jurisdictions are trying the process for the first time.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
The rightly pissed ...
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Before buying that motorcycle ...
Deaths among motorcycle operators in their 40s jumped 230 percent from 1997 to 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For riders over 50, fatalities soared 400 percent.
Terrorism, hate crimes, vandalism ...
Arizona mosque targeted in "acid bomb" attack
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Another 'nonlethal' dangerous weapon ...
The Incapacitating Flashlight --An LED flashlight makes culprits vomit-- by Prachi Patel-Predd
The flashlight, which is being developed for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), uses a range finder to measure the distance to the target's eyes so that it can adjust the energy of the light to a level that won't cause permanent damage. Then it rapidly shoots out pulses of light from an array of ultrabright light emitting diodes (LEDs).
The flashes incapacitate a person in two different ways, ...
This guy's pissed ...
Accountability along the border ...
Think the Republicans are good a securing our borders? ...
1M lbs. of Chinese seafood slips past FDA inspection by Justin Pritchard
At least 1 million pounds of suspect Chinese seafood landed on American store shelves and dinner plates despite a Food and Drug Administration order that the shipments first be screened for banned drugs or chemicals, an Associated Press investigation found.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
What's in a name? ...
Now there's botulism (also poisonous) from Lakeside Foods Inc in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Does Lakeside Food package its botulism in Wisconsin or did it subcontract that out to China?
The following cheapest common denominators, that is brands, are complicit in spiraling the US food supply into the muck:
Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best Choice, Food Club, Bogopa, Valu Time, Hill Country Fare, HEB, Laura Lynn, Kroger, No Name, North Pride, Shop N Save, Shoppers Valu, Schnucks, Cub Foods, Dierbergs, Flavorite, IGA, Best Choice and Thrifty Maid
U.S. issues new botulism warning for green beans
The complicit 57 ...
Enough Already with the Pathetic Excuses by Meteor Blades, Sun Aug 05, 2007Arizona's Harry Mitchell is one of the complicit 57.
... Frankly, you [the complicit 57 Democratic Representatives and Senators] epitomize weak. Your every pore exudes feebleness. You are surrender monkeys. And you've just casually tossed away a basic protection as if it were a banana peel. ...
Saturday, August 4, 2007
The Democratic Senate majority betrayed us again ...
Really a pathetic showing by our Senators.
Update [2007-8-3 22:33:25 by andgarden]: I want to make a further point about this, because it connects to a problem I've had with Democrats for a few months. It is possible for them to oppose the President by not passing objectionable bills, amendments, and supplementals. They refuse to exercise this power--which only requires a simple majority. You can see the devastating results of this non-thinking tonight.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Something the oil companies don't want ... at least not yet.
To do this, the company is employing tools from the field of synthetic biology to modify the genetic pathways that bacteria, plants, and animals use to make fatty acids, one of the main ways that organisms store energy. Fatty acids are chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms strung together in a particular arrangement, with a carboxylic acid group made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen attached at one end. Take away the acid, and you're left with a hydrocarbon that can be made into fuel.
Of course, the US isn't to blame and didn't make it worse, did it?
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, returning from a four-day trip to the Middle East, offered a pessimistic view of Iraq's political progress Thursday, saying he thought that the United States had underestimated the level of distrust between the Shiite Muslim-led government and other ethnic groups.And when I say Gates is intellectually intact I don't mean very intact. He equates the Iraq political environment to the US constitutional convention.
In addition, Gates sees bright spots in the possibility that the US may be able to create new little Saddam's in Anbar province:
Iraq is falling apart but there's always some little light somewhere that can be protected and inflamed.
However, he said that Sunni provincial leaders in once-restive Anbar province had been reaching out to the U.S. military, which had led to a drop in violence
"The developments at the local level, I think, are more encouraging than I would have expected three or four months ago," he said.


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Rabbi Vaisberg and Imam Raouf answer all sorts of questions from community members at Temple Emanu-El on Sunday November 15 at 2 pm.
This important series is sponsored by Jewish Federation in the Heart of New Jersey.
This is the final official installment of this series, However due to the perceptible need in our current world for understanding and learning between Jews and Muslims, Imam Raouf and Rabbi Vaisberg will continue their dialogue and Q&A over future sessions, whose dates will soon be announced.


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STEVE EVANS is targeting the addition of 'two or three' signings before the closure of the emergency loan window on November 25 – to desperately try and reinvigorate Leeds United's increasingly troubled campaign.
Crisis-hit United are doing it tough on all counts and slumped to their fourth successive defeat at Elland Road in Thursday night's limp 2-0 Roses loss to Blackburn Rovers, extending the club's winless streak to a worrying six matches.
Eighteenth-placed Leeds – just three points above the drop zone ahead of today's Championship programme – return to action at home to Cardiff City on Tuesday, when they will be without suspended captain Sol Bamba and midfielder Tom Adeyemi, ineligible under the terms of his season-long loan from the Bluebirds.
Picking up the pieces from United's latest Elland Road defeat, Evans acknowledged that the club requires five or six new players, adding that a 'massive' January transfer window of surgery was required to seriously turn the club's fortunes around.
In the short term, the Scot is focusing his attentions on bringing some loan recruits before the deadline in 26 days – as he aims to emulate the mini-renaissance that some key signings afforded him at Rotherham just over 12 months ago.
Just prior to last year's window closure, Evans brought in Tom Lawrence, Reece James, Emmanuel Ledesma and current United defender Scott Wootton, with the Millers subsequently
embarking on a six-match unbeaten run to the turn of the year to steady the ship after a poor run. Evans is now striving for another quick fix to prevent the on-pitch crisis deepening further after a meagre return of just two wins in 13 league matches in 2015-16 thus far.
He said: "I don't think it's five or six (signings) by Tuesday or five or six in this window. The window in January will be a massive one.
"But before then there's lot of points at stake. Maybe two or three before the (loan) window (closes) and that might take you from where we are to suddenly being a very good side.
"But to go where we want to go, we have to be much better in a lot of areas.
"If two or three can get us to where we want to be, then it'll be two or three. I can certainly bring in two or three."
Evans, who turned 53 yesterday, will attempt to make headway on the transfer front this weekend, with a new goalkeeper, a fresh centre-half and striking option likely to be high on his list. Off the pitch, United irate supporters made their feelings known in no uncertain terms in calling on owner Massimo Cellino to quit the club on Thursday with the situation becoming increasingly toxic.
Evans, whose birthday 'celebrations' are likely to have been considerably muted yesterday, given Thursday's events, said: "One hundred per cent, I've not allowed myself to get involved in the off the field situation.
"I've kept myself away from it and I'll continue to do so, whatever decisions the board or the owner make. That's their remit.
"All I can do is report up the line that we need to do certain things. I'm not one of those to drive home, say 'it's my birthday' and forget about Leeds United. It's my job to be working to on bringing players in to add to what we have.
"Conversations with the owner will continue. It has to be done in as very measured way. We've got some good players in there, but I said to them, the minimum we demand is that we have 11 or 14 players who come into the dressing room and they've given absolutely everything for the cause.
"I didn't really see that in the first half if I'm being honest. I saw people shy away from the ball, people shy away from making positive runs, from defensively doing a job. That's when people talk about being brave and playing for Leeds United."


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"Anonymous has been monitoring the human rights situation in Bahrain and the popular democratic uprising for over a year now, only to see the oppression of its people grow worse. When governments murder peaceful protesters on an ongoing basis, their illegitimacy becomes clear to all who can see. The government of Bahrain has been warned. We will not stop our support of the Bahraini people or our war against your tyranny until the people of Bahrain have true freedom and peace. This regime – which maintains its power by force and justifies it by birthright – has responded to the protests with a violent crackdown calculated to intimidate those within the country and a sophisticated public relations strategy calculated to deceive those outside of it. The crackdown has left scores dead and thousands in prison; the PR campaign is intended to ensure that such protesters are not only injured and imprisoned, but also libeled and forgotten. The violence is handled in the usual way; the lies come courtesy of an American PR firm called Qorvis. For too long, we have watched this tyrannical government tear gas its own people literally to death, with over 30 fatalities reported so far. We have watched as thousands of innocent protesters and activists have been jailed. We have watched as human rights advocate Abdulhadi Alkhawaja commits himself to death via a prison hunger strike that as of 22/4/2012 is 74 days in length, simply in the hope that some men somewhere will notice what is being done to other men here. We have witnessed doctors and nurses imprisoned merely for treating those wounded protesters who find themselves brutalized by security forces. And we have become outraged by the ignorance and outright lies of mainstream media regarding what is truly happening in Bahrain – lies concocted in large part by Qorvis, which is more than happy to defend such crimes and even to libel those of Bahrain's activists who try bring them to the world's attention at risk to their own lives."
See the rest of the deface here: http://f1-racers.net/
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(Scene in Bahrain that day 04/20)
(Video Version of events in Bahrain that day 4/20: youtube)
More photos of what has been happening in Bahrain:
Places to follow (on Facebook) and thanks:
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This afternoon I will pick up the trees and bushes that I ordered through the local Conservation District. (Of course, these plants will be more like sticks and twigs at this point, but I am optimistic for their future.)
So, this morning I woke to see wee snow flakes falling outside my window. This follows on yesterday's sn'ail—snow and hail combined. The skies are gray, and grey. Oh, and there is ice on the little puddles. This weather is getting old, and is such a distressing context for thinking about setting tender plants into the ground. I am conjuring even more optimism.
Trying to stay optimistic that there will be sunshine, warmth, and dry days. The earth already is so wet, with snow melt and the underground springs and rivers that flow so vigorously this time of year; we could use some dry days and something other than gloomy skies. Oh, and a chance for the earth to warm.
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Author: Greg Taylor
Managing stock and cashflow
Poor stock controls can lead to cash flow problems and even to business collapse, which is why you need to manage stock levels closely.
Stock is raw material, work in progress and finished products you hold and intend to sell to generate revenue. Some businesses such as professional services don't need much stock.
Having stock costs you money, unless you are in the unusual and enviable position of being able to sell it before you have paid for it. If you have an overdraft charging 10 percent interest and you carry $10,000 more stock than you need, it will cost you $1,000 a year. Excess stock also reduces the money you have available to pay bills.
Look around your premises – is there stock gathering dust in a dark corner? If you have excess stock, there are options besides having a 'clearance sale'. Some suppliers may take back excess stock, especially if you have a good relationship.
How do you get stock levels right? Have options to order new stock quickly and only keep items your customers need right away. It is tempting to hold stock just in case a customer wants something but apply the 80/20 rule. If 80% of profits come from 20% of what you sell, then focus on that 20% of stock.
Hold less in quieter periods. Balance these savings of discounted large orders against the cost of holding stock. Ask for longer payment terms from suppliers to help reduce the cost of holding stock.
Use your accounting software or your accountant to regularly produce data on the 'age' of your stock A simple ratio is called Stock Turnover – the cost of goods sold for the period divided by the average of opening and closing stock for the period. The figure will move around so focus on the trend over time. The higher the number the faster (better) you turnover your stock.
Greg Taylor is Chief Financial Officer for the Hunter-based Greater Building Society. This article appeared in the Newcastle Post May 30.


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Andrea, Instructor
Andrea has been practicing yoga for about seven years. As fate would have it her life took a sudden turn and relocated her from Detroit, MI to the Pacific Northwest in 2014 where she found an even deeper connection with yoga.
Upon moving away from her home and family, Andrea felt lost, confused and anxious much of the time. She found that immersing herself in her daily yoga practice helped calm and comfort her, and even heal some emotional pain from her past.
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When Andrea is not on her yoga mat, you can find her spending time with her husband and orange tabby. She enjoys blogging about yoga and life, cooking nourishing meals in the kitchen, hiking and connecting with friends.


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Domer Dictionary
After a few days at Notre Dame, you'll soon become aware that Notre Dame is a unique place. In fact, Notre Dame students even have their own vocabulary. Although you may be confused at first, in no time you'll know exactly what is meant when a student says that "He's on his way from MCOB to LaFun to get some quarter dogs" or that "She'll meet you at Stonehenge before the SYR." Don't worry, you'll figure it out soon enough….but just in case you're curious here's a brief compilation of some of the vocabulary used at ND.
Acoustic Café: Event Thursday nights in LaFortune Student Center or Legends of Notre Dame often frequented by students in need of a study break. The café is a great place for students to display their musical talents (or lack thereof).
Administration (Main) Building: Often called the Golden Dome or simply the Dome, the administration building is the most recognizable feature of Notre Dame's campus. Complete with a statue of Mary, the building is located in the center of campus and can be seen from almost anywhere on campus.
Alum: An ND grad.
AnTostal: Yearly tradition celebrating the final full week of classes sponsored by SUB. Plenty of free t-shirts, games and events for all to enjoy.
Baraka Bouts: Women's boxing tournament held every year as a fundraiser for Holy Cross Missions! PE has had a strong showing of fierce boxers in past years, including a recent team captain!
Bengal Bouts: Men's boxing tournament held every year as a fundraiser for Holy Cross Missions in Bangladesh.
Bookstore Basketball: Largest 5 on 5 basketball tournament in the world. With over 500 teams competing every year, this tournament held in the spring is truly a sight to see.
BP: Breen-Phillips Hall, a female dorm located on North Quad.
CCE: The Center for Continuing Education, located behind the old Post Office and DeBartolo Hall, in McKenna Hall.
COMO: The Coleman-Morse Center. The building on South Quad that houses First Year of Studies, Campus Ministry, a computer cluster, and 24-hour space that offers free popcorn and soda (or pop for you mid-western people).
"Come to me All": Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in front of the Main Building, which depicts him with his arms outstretched. Since this statue is facing The Dome, which is topped with a statue of Mary, Domers sometimes joke that this statue is really called "Jump Mama, jump!"
Congregation of Holy Cross: Catholic religious order (started in France by Blessed Basile Moreau) which founded the University of Notre Dame. Holy Cross priests can be found all over campus, including living in residence halls, serving as rectors, teaching as professors, and running the University (Fr. Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame, is a Holy Cross priest).
CSC: The Center for Social Concerns. The CSC is the place to go if interested in service projects, service trips, and volunteer opportunities.
C.S.C.: Initials to designate members of the Congregation of Holy Cross (the religious order which founded the University). In French, that's Congregation de Sainte Croix. Don't get the two "CSC's" confused.
D6: Student parking lot located behind the Rock.
D2: Student name for parking lot behind PE and Knott.
D.A.R.T.: Direct Access Registration by Terminal: It allowed students to register for their next semester's courses. Registration is now done on-line using insideND, but registering for classes is often referred to as "dart-ing."
DeBartolo Hall: Classroom building where most freshman classes will be held. Often referred to simply as "DeBart." Not to be confused with...
DPAC: Short for DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Usually referred to as DPAC, it's a big building near the main gate to campus with a big blue-green roof. DPAC will be home to some amazing moments for you over the years, from Glee Club Concerts to ND Theater productions, to amazing guest artist performances!
Domer: Any ND student, past or present.
Double or Triple Domer: Someone who has more than one degree from ND.
Duncan Student Center: Opened in January of 2018, the brand new student center is home to various delicious eateries, a stunning gym, a climbing wall, an indoor track, the offices of Residential Life and Housing, offices for student media groups, the Career Center, and a fabulous 7th floor ballroom. Located right next to DeBartolo Hall, it's close to many of your class locations if you need to grab a bite to eat or work out.
du Lac: Student handbook outlining all the rules and regulations at Notre Dame.
East Quad: Formerly known as "Mod Quad" (Pasquerilla East, Pasquerilla West, Siegfried, and Knott) our side of campus welcomed two new halls (Dunne and Flaherty) in the Fall of 2016... so apparently we get a new name too! Residents are split between die-hard Mod Quad users and those who think the name East Quad makes more sense.
Fall Break: While most schools only get a few days off, the administration rewards us for our hard work with a whole week off during October. This is usually the first time you have the opportunity to return home since August, although some students choose to stay on campus, travel or participate in service projects.
"Fair Catch" Corby: Statue of the famous Fr. William Corby, C.S.C., in front of (under construction) Corby Hall (next to the Basilica). A professor and president of Notre Dame, Fr. Corby was chaplain to the well-known Irish Brigade (NY Infantry) at the Battle of Gettysburg and famously gave all the soldiers general absolution before the battle. The statue actually depicts his hand raised in blessing over the troops (there is an identical statue on the battlefield).
Fieldhouse Mall: Open area between Cavanaugh Hall and Stonehenge fountain. Warm weather brings campus bands, barbecues, and other fun things to do instead of studying.
First Down Moses: Enormous statue of Moses in front of Hesburgh Library. With one finger pointing to the sky and the Ten Commandments under his arm, he's actually indicating his belief in the one God of Abraham. This statue is by Croatian-American sculptor Joseph Turkaly.
Flex Points: The dollars that accompany the Flex 14 meal plan that can be used to buy some tasty snacks and beverages at the Huddle, Smashburger, Reckers, and other campus food locations. All you do is swipe your ID and it comes out of your account.
Geddes Hall: Home of the Center for Social Concerns and Coffeehouse. Also a great outdoor patio for studying!
The Gipper: George Gipp, a famous Notre Dame football player who died while a student at ND in 1920. Knute Rockne famously rallied the football team to victory by telling them Gipp had asked them to "Win one for The Gipper!". This scene was recreated by Ronald Reagan in the film Knute Rockne, All American.
God Quad: Home to the Dome, the Basilica, Sorin College, Walsh Hall and the statues of Jesus and Father Sorin.
Grab 'N Go: Convenient brown-bag breakfast, lunch, or dinner option available in the dining halls from 7am to 7pm when classes are in session. You select which items you want (on a point system) and use your meal swipe to fill your bag.
The Grotto: Replica of the Grotto of Lourdes, France where students can come to light a candle and spend some quiet time in reflection and prayer.
Hammes Bookstore at the Eck Center: The Bookstore and Bookstore Café.
Hammes-Mowbray Hall: Next to Stepan Center and houses the Notre Dame Post Office and ND Security/Police.
Hesburgh: 14 story Library with the mosaic of Touchdown Jesus on its façade. It's a great place to study and has a really nice, new computer lab on the first floor. On the first and second floors you can easily study in a small group but as you move to higher floors make sure you keep quiet. It is named for Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, who is one of the university's most famous presidents, and definitely someone you should read up on before coming to Notre Dame.
"Holy Handoff": Statue of the Holy Family on Bond Quad outside of CoMo. St. Joseph is depicted as about to take Baby Jesus out of Mary's arms... or maybe it's the other way around?
Huddle Mart: Small convenience store in LaFortune where students can purchase food, drinks, toiletries, notebooks, and other essentials such as the infamous Quarter Dogs. Typically referred to as "The Huddle."
insideND: Campus Portal which allows you access to Class Registration, Irish Link, etc. This site provides convenient access to Notre Dame Web services for students, faculty, and staff. With more than 100 content channels, the information you need is at your fingertips.
Jordan Hall of Science: Jordan houses all of the undergraduate laboratories for biology and chemistry, a planetarium and state-of-the-art lecture halls. Also has a convenient snack shop, aptly named "A la Descartes."
JACC (A.K.A. The Joyce Center): This venue houses numerous campus events such as basketball, volleyball, ice hockey games, pep rallies, concerts, and lectures.
JPW: Junior Parents Weekend. Annual celebration hosting the parents of the Junior class on campus.
LaFun: LaFortune. Building on God quad which houses Starbucks, various meeting rooms, the Huddle mart, Smashburger, two barbershops, a bank, and various meeting rooms and offices. LaFun's status as the Student Center was recently supplanted by the brand new Duncan Student Center attached to the stadium.
Legends: The restaurant, pub, and programming venue. Brings in live entertainment and has a nightclub open late nights on Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights.
Library Circle: Pick up/drop off spot at the east end of the Hesburgh Library.
Main Circle: Pick up/drop off spot near the old post office at the main campus entrance on Notre Dame Avenue, between Alumni Hall and the Law School.
MCOB: Mendoza College of Business (often referred to as Mendoza).
Michiana: The name of the region along the border of Michigan and Indiana, including South Bend.
Mod Quad: Home to Knott Hall, Siegfried Hall, Pasquerilla East, and Pasquerilla West.
Monk: Affectionate nickname of the former University President, Father Edward A. Malloy, professor and in-residence priest of Sorin College.
Moreau Seminary: Large white building across the lake from Notre Dame. It's where the men who are training to become priests in the Congregation of Holy Cross study and live. Don't miss their Thursday night candlelight prayer service, called Lucenarium.
ndID: Unique number assigned to you by the University (not to be confused with your NetID -- see below). Can be found on your id card.
NDTV: The cable cast student run TV station that can be seen on channel 53.
NetID: A computer ID name that, along with your password, gives you access to the Notre Dame network from almost any computer on campus. Is used for access to your Gmail (email) and website space.
North Quad: Home to BP, Cavanaugh, Farley, Lewis, St. Ed's, Stanford, Keenan, and Zahm.
Observer: Campus newspaper you'll grow to love.
O'Shag: O'Shaughnessy Hall, location of many Arts and Letters classes, departmental offices, and Waddick's Café. O'Shag is also recognizable by the perpetually slow clock on its façade.
Parietals: Visitation policy (can be found in du Lac) for residence halls. From 12am to 9am on Sunday through Thursday and from 2am to 9am on Friday and Saturday, guests of the opposite sex are only allowed in the 24-hour spaces in the dorms (designated rooms and common areas). This promotes an atmosphere of privacy and quiet on the residential floors during prime sleeping/showering hours.
PE: Pasquerilla East, women's dorm located on Mod Quad (and the best dorm on campus!!!!).
PW: Pasquerilla West, women's dorm located on Mod Quad as well.
The Pit: Social/study area in the basement of the library.
Pop: Midwestern term for Soda.
Purcell: The basketball arena and home to Namoli Club. Connected to the JACC.
Quarter Dogs: Infamous hot dogs available in LaFortune for a quarter after 12am on weeknights. Although they may only be a quarter, you don't want to eat too many of them.
RA: Resident Assistant, a senior in each section of the dorm who guides the dorm life of the students.
RecSports: Intramural sports program at Notre Dame.
Rector: The leader and director of each residence hall community: a combination of hall director, campus minister, facilities manager, pastoral/spiritual leader, life coach, staff supervisor, sanitation engineer, food preparation expert and cheerleader. Rectors at Notre Dame are priests, religious sisters, and lay men and women. (Note, Rector is a gender-neutral term, so both men and women are addressed as Rector... the term "Rectoress" is incorrect).
The Rock: The Rockne Memorial Gymnasium located at the foot of the South Quad.
Rolfs: Athletic facility next to Jordan Hall of Science which is open to all students.
Right Left (or Left Right, Right Right, or Left Left): A unique way to describe your location to your friends who are meeting you in South Dining Hall. The first "right" or "left" indicates which big main dining hall you're in: the one on the right or on the left of the main food procurement area. The second "right" or "left" indicates which way they turn once they get to the door of that dining room.
Soda: What normal people say when they are referring to soft drinks.
The Shirt: Official football fan shirt that students (and many alums and fans) wear to all the football games. Funds from sales of The Shirt go to help ND students with financial and medical needs.
SMC: Saint Mary's College; an all women's school located across the road which was founded by the Sisters of Holy Cross and has a historic family relationship to Notre Dame. Many Saint Mary's students take classes at Notre Dame and belong to Notre Dame clubs (and vice versa!).
South Quad: Home to O'Shag and the Rock and everything in between, including some of Notre Dame's oldest residence halls.
Stepan Center: The round, geodesic dome at East Gate. Don't mix this up with Stepan Chemistry Hall.
Stonehenge: War Memorial Fountain located at the foot of North Quad (it kinda looks like a certain prehistoric structure...)
SUB: Student Union Board that organizes activities for students.
SYR: Once seen as a chance to "set-up your roommate" on a blind date, the SYR is an informal dance held by a residence hall, usually with some sort of theme (hayride, '80s, Disney, etc). In PE these days, no pressure... bring no guest, or more than one!.
TA: Teaching assistant; most large classes have TAs to assist the professor.
Tailgate: Pre-game festivities, usually occurring in the parking lot by the stadium, before all football games.
Tennis Shoes: Midwest for sneakers.
Touchdown Jesus: Nickname of the mosaic on the side of the library facing the stadium (actual name is the Word of Life mural). You'll see why it was so named when you arrive.
Tutorial: Discussion session, usually on Fridays for Arts and Letters and random for everyone else, for large classes to discuss.
West Quad: Home to McGlinn, Welsh Family, Keough, O'Neill, and the new Duncan and Ryan Halls. As the most southern of the quads, we are not sure why it is not called South Quad, but it's not.
WSND: Student-run fine arts radio.
WVFI: Student-run progressive station on the second floor of LaFortune.


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Deep under the Old City a 500 metre-long tunnel runs alongside the original foundations of the Western Wall, so its path, and much of the stonework, dates back 2000 years or more.
The slab in the picture is said to be one of the biggest bricks in the world, and you wonder where they got it from, how they got it here, how they cut it to size, and how they got it into place. The museum has a natty little film answering these questions, complete with cartoon workers pulleying pulleys, levering levers, and rolling logs.
At various points along the route various civilisations have built cisterns for the city's water supply, some of which are still there and in use. You can also see the different courses of stone set down during reconstructions of the Wall in different historical periods. At one point you stand on paving stones of a street laid in King Herod's time (over 2000 years ago); part of the passage follows the route of an aqueduct dating from the Hasmonean period around 100BC.
Part-way along you step through an arch in the stone into a small space provided with a couple of chairs. As we passed by there were a couple of women sitting deep in prayer, and another waiting her turn. When we came by on our way back 20 minutes later one of them was still there. This spot functions as a tiny synagogue, and is physically the closest any observant Jew can get to the Holy of Holies, at the heart of the ancient Temple, which lies on the other side of the Wall, within the Dome of the Rock mosque some 60 (?) metres away.


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Modern software development strategies for service providers are changing rapidly. One of the big changes is the introduction of a microservices architecture to the telco cloud. The telco cloud aims to take the cloud computing model into telecommunications infrastructure by building software that can run on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware to deliver virtual network functions (VNFs).
A microservices architecture in the telco cloud aims to time to develop and deploy applications composed of independent, autonomous, and modular pieces of code. Rather than building software as a monolithic application, this means the application can be built as a distributed applications based on software components that work across the cloud.
Why Microservices Architecture in the Telco Cloud?
Like many modern computing and software strategies, the microservices architecture has origins in the webscale development world, where large providers such as Amazon, Google, and Netflix, for example, needed to build more scalable and distributed applications. This has the advantage of speeding up developing, testing, and deployment — and enabling software to be fixed on the fly, rather than awaiting a longer upgrade cycle. Linux containers and Docker are specific platforms for launching microservices.
Telco Software to Migrate to Microservices
Several large service providers including AT&T, BT, CenturyLink, and Telefonica — among others — have publicly embraced the the move to a microservices architecture in the telco cloud. AT&T has highlighted how microservices will play a role in their goal to virtualize 75% of their network by the year 2020. In addition, BT has announced that containers, a form of microservices, will be used to build out their network functions virtualization infrastructure.
Even though many service providers and telecom hardware and software vendors have talked about going to a microservices architecture, this trend is in its early stages. In order to be developed as microservices based applciations, many categories of software will have to be entirely rebuilt from the ground up.
However, some products are already coming to market. Some key telecommunications equipment suppliers, including Cisco and Ciena, are using microservices to implement some of their software. Ciena last year announced that its network virtualization and orchestration software, Blue Planet, is now built on a container-based micro-services architecture.
In addition, open-source initiatives are moving towards microservices and containers. The Linux Foundation hosts two groups, the Open Container Initiative and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, to help promote the use of container technology and microservices in the telecommunications world. Members include Amazon, AT&T, Cisco, Google, Oracle, Verizon, and VMware. Microservices are deployed using management platforms, of which Docker is a popular example, that communicate with each other using common code and application programming interfaces (APIs).
Service providers are looking to put microservices in the telco cloud as part of a larger mission to emulate the success of cloud services such as Amazon Web services (AWS), Netflix, and Twitter, all of which use microservices.
The attraction of using a microservices architecture is that applications can be tested in an iterative and distributed model, without taking applications offline. In the cloud world, large-scale applications have been developed, tested, and deployed with more agility using this distributed model. Network operators are looking to use microservices architectures to build a more agile model of software which could be used to improve customer service, boost resource utilization, and integrate with the other software and 3rd party applications .
Additional Microservices in Telco Cloud Resources
What Are Microservices in NFV? Definition
Telecom Opens Up to Containers
Containers and Microservices Will Change the Future of Enterprise IT
Advantage Series: Cloud Scale for Microservices
Service Virtualization – enabling continuous testing to accelerate software delivery
Service Virtualization: It's Not That Kind of Virtualization


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As gas prices unexpectedly surged this month, your driving habits should become a focal point in an effort to save money. Besides keeping the tires inflated properly, paying attention to jackrabbit starts and sudden stops are recommendations for drivers to save on fuel consumption – and keep more of the precious dollars in your wallet.
As its name suggests, Fuel Monitor is an app that is designed to help you be more aware of how you drive. Using GPS, Fuel Monitor traces your activity while you're driving and, after entering your vehicle make and model as well as current fuel prices, it calculates your gasoline expenses in real time. For those of us who don't own a fancy enough car that can display this average, this app can be a handy alternative.
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The upside of the app is its relative accuracy. In my behemoth of a vehicle, when I accelerate quickly and the car downshifts, the app displays a "red" in the Efficiency Meter of the main screen. When I reach my cruising speed on the highway, it changes to "green" to indicate that I'm getting the best I can out of my gas guzzler.
There are also some additional features that are handy:
- "Estimate" the cost of a trip by entering the starting and ending locations
- place a Parking pin on a map so you can locate your vehicle
- save a trip you've taken ("My Journey") and display the efficiency along the taken path (see below)
- in the socially networked world, it's easy to "Share" your results of a monitored trip via email or Facebook
Though the app is a solid performer, there are some improvements that could be made.
- A manual Stop is required to inform the app you're done driving. More than once I have forgotten that I began Fuel Monitor and left it running in the background – even after exiting the car and going about my business. A better way to possibly do this is to send a "Fuel Monitor is Running" notification if you're either moving very slowly (like walking speed), or stationary for set amount of time.
- The efficiency monitoring indicators and colors are too small. Instead of an arc around the big start button, a vertical meter would serve the same purpose and be easier to see at a glance and let the driver remain more focused on the road.
- Some of the <submit> buttons are oddly placed and not very intuitive. For example it took multiple times for me to realize that I had to "Update Vehicle" after all the information was displayed (maybe this is a result of using Apple's native apps where I don't have to do this), and Fuel Monitor kept defaulting to a different vehicle.
Note: As with any GPS-enabled app, Fuel Monitor will consume battery life. Although it can run with your iPhone locked, I recommend keeping your iPhone connected to a power source while using it.
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How To Un Brick Android Phones [Boot Loop Fix]
Although it's really cool to root your Android phones, flash custom ROMs and do system-level tweaks, but at times we also end up with a brick. Bricking of an Android device means that your phone is unable to boot or keep on rebooting. In case you are unable to start your phone at all, then it's probably time that you should abandon it all together or try to claim guarantee etc. But if your phone is either on a boot loop fiasco or you are able to boot into recovery, then you can do stuff to make your phone function normally.
Devices usually turn bricks when either you flash the wrong radio or some corrupted firmware file. It is important to check sum data to verify Firmware file's integrity.
Here is the step by step guide for unbricking your Android device if it is boots but goes in to a boot loop:
- The first step is to boot your phone into recovery.
- Now go to WIPE while in recovery mode and clear Delvik Cache.
- Now restart you phone and see if it stays alright or goes back into a boot loop.
- If the phone again restarts after landing on launch screen, then power off you phone.
- Restart your phone into recovery again and delete all data/cache. Flash a new ROM if it is already on your SD card.
- Once this is done, reboot your phone and hopefully you will be able to get rid of the boot loop problem.
In case your phone is booting into recovery rather than normally then again repeat the steps mentioned above. In this kind of brick, you will need to re-flash a new ROM. The above method is applicable on temporary bricks only. In case your phone doesn't boot at all after rooting or flashing custom ROM or boot image, then there is nothing you can do about it. Please check your carrier or mobile phone vendor for a replacement.


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NYON, SWITZERLAND—It's a Spain vs. Germany double bill in the Champions League semifinals.
Barcelona will play Bayern Munich in a clash of runaway league leaders who are ranked by UEFA as the two best teams in Europe. Bayern hosts the first leg on April 23.
Real Madrid faces an exciting Borussia Dortmund in a repeat of their 1998 semifinal, when the Spanish side dethroned the reigning champion. The first leg is on April 24 in Dortmund, where Madrid lost in the group stage last October.
"It's the best match possible in this competition," Barcelona director Amador Bernabeu said. "It's difficult for us and for Bayern."
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern chairman, said he was "very happy" to play the "top favourite to win the Champions League."
"I find it very thrilling to be playing against the best team in Europe," Rummenigge said.
Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp was content to avoid a German rival which already took his team's Bundesliga title this season.
"I don't have to repeat that Real is a difficult opponent, but from the three possible opponents Real is the only one we've beaten this season," Klopp said.
Friday's draw featured four former European champions who have combined to win 18 titles in the competition's 58-year history.
It avoided a repeat of the Spanish giants' ill-tempered semifinal in 2011, when Barcelona advanced after winning 2-0 in a spiteful first leg in Madrid which included players and coaches brawling near the tunnel at halftime.
Return games are on April 30 in Madrid and May 1 in Barcelona. The final is on May 25 at Wembley Stadium, where Barcelona lifted the giant trophy two years ago.
Barcelona and Bayern, both four-time European champions, stand atop the UEFA rankings based on their record in European club competitions over the past five years.
Barcelona has won two Champions Leagues in that spell, and beat Bayern in the quarter-finals on its 2009 title run.
"We got a fearsome beating there, 0-4," Rummenigge recalled. "Messi alone ran circles around us. It's going to be a Herculean task to limit (him)."
Bayern was runner-up last season against Chelsea and also in 2010 against an Inter Milan team coached by Jose Mourinho.
Now at Madrid, Mourinho can become the first coach to lead three different clubs to the title. He also won with Porto (2004), and joined Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 1970, Hamburg 1983) and Ottmar Hitzfeld (Dortmund 1997, Bayern 2001) as two-time winners.
Madrid, a nine-time European champion, and Dortmund, met in the group stage. Dortmund won 2-1 at home and then was denied a victory by the same score at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium when Germany international Mesut Oezil scored an 89th-minute leveller.


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FIFA has announced the final three-player shortlist for the FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal of 2015.
The final three remain from the list of 10 announced earlier in November.
The list includes Barcelona's Lionel Messi, AS Roma's Alessandro Florenzi and Wendell Lira of Goianesia.
Messi, 28, is selected for a goal he scored against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final in May, when he collected the ball just inside his own half before beating five men and slotting a shot into the bottom corner.
Florenzi's goal was scored in the UEFA Champions League. The defender picked up a loose ball deep in his own half in a group match against Barcelona this season before bursting down the right flank. He then lofted an unbelievable effort over goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen from the touchline just inside the Barca half.
Wendell provides the one strike which comes from South America, netted against Atletico-GO for Goianesia in Brazil's Campeonato Goiano in March. He scored with a stunning bicycle kick from 10 yards out after a running on to a lofted pass through the centre.
Colombia and Real Madrid's James Rodriguez won last year's award for his strike against Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup,
High-profile names among the seven dropped from the running are Boca Juniors striker Carlos Tevez, for an exhilarating solo effort he scored while still at Juventus in a Serie A game against Parma last November, and AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes for his stunning volley in an International Champions Cup friendly against city rivals Inter.
Also, Lloyd, who plays her club football for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League in the U.S, scored an outstanding goal in the final of the Women's World Cup against Japan in July but it was not enough to see her emulate Stephanie Roche last season by representing women's football in the final three.
The winner will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich on January 11, 2016.


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6.3. EnVyUs v LDLC – ESL Pro League
t2tris posted a topic in CS:GO Betting tipsEnVyUs v LDLC Prediction: EnVyUs -0.50 Asian Handicap Odds: 1.869 Pinnacle First, let's start with the recent roster changes. After an unsuccessful year and an early exit from the Boston Major Qualifier(kicked out by QBF), EnVyUs made two roster changes. xms stepped down from their active roster and was replaced by kioShiMa, while SIXER has been demoted down to the Envyus Academy team and replaced by hAdji. On the other side, LDLC replaced their in-game leader Ex6TenZ with LOGAN from ARES. LDLC's most recent tournament was the online qualifier for the IEM Katowice 2018 Closed Qualifier. They finished dead last in their group, with two lost matches against Quantum Bellator Fire(2-1) and Epsilon(2-0). As for their ESL Pro League performance, they managed only one win(16-11 against Space Soldiers on Cobblestone), while suffering five losses against Space Soldiers (16-1), AGO (16-2 and 16-11) and Astralis (2x 16-5). As for the Team EnVyUs' most recent tournament, they were invited to the IEM Katowice 2018 Closed Qualifier, but they finished at the 9-12th spot, with two defeats against Singularity(2-0) and Natus Vincere(2-0). It is worth mentioning that they were still playing with SIXER, while VKLL was playing as a stand-in for xms. In the ESL Pro League, they will be playing their first game tonight against LDLC. Looking at the odds, EnVyUs are rightful favourites to win both maps, priced around 1.40 on both maps. Alltrought they are relatively untested with their new lineup, the quality difference between these two teams should be notable on the server. With the addition of Kioshima and hAdji, Envyus are looking good, at least on paper, and should be more competitive than their previous roster. On the other side, LDLC replaced a veteran IGL with a young player, and so far I am not convinced with his performance. I recommend betting on EnVyUs winning both maps.
6.3. NaVi v Space Soldiers - ESL Pro League
t2tris posted a topic in CS:GO Betting tipsNatus Vincere v Space Soldiers Prediction: Space Soldiers +4.50 rounds on Map 2 (Mirage) Odds: 1.757 Pinnacle A quick look at the odds and we can see that NaVi are favourites to win both maps, priced about 1.30 to 1.40 on both maps. If take a look at both rosters, the odds are pretty fair, especially after the amazing performance that we have seen from s1mple during the StarSeries i-League Season 4. During that tournament, NaVi managed to reach the finals, while beating the likes of FaZe, Astralis and Gambit, but in the finals, they lost to the Mousesports 2-1. S1mple was awarded the MVP award for the whole tournament. As for ESL Pro league, they played six maps, winning three maps in regular time and one in overtime, while losing two maps in regular time. According to the HLTV stats, s1mple is currently the best performing player in the league. Space Soldiers' most recent tournament was the Play2Live Cryptomaster, where they beat Windigo and Godsent to qualify for the finals against the polish team AGO. The lost the first map on Cobblestone 16-10. but they managed a comeback on Train 16-9. The final map was Inferno, which they lost 16-13. As far as their ESL Pro League performance goes, they played six maps, winning three maps in regular time, while losing two in regular time and one in overtime. They are performing very well in the league, currently at the top of the HLTV rankings with a rating of 1.21(Mousesports on the second place with 1.16 rating). These two teams met several times, their most recent encounter was a BO3 match during the last season's ESL Pro League Relegation stage, which NaVi won 2-1. Space Soldiers won on Mirage, but it was a close match, whit the final score being 16-14. In H2H stats, Navi leads with five wins out of seven maps played. Teams will play on two maps, first match on Inferno and second match on Mirage. The first map should go to the NaVi, as it is currently their best map(70% win rate during the last three months). As for the second map, I believe Space Soldiers should have decent chances to at least keep it close(66% win rate on this map in 2017). The obvious danger for this prediction is s1mple repeating his I-League performance.
4.3. FaZe v Fnatic - IEM Katowice
t2tris posted a topic in CS:GO Betting tipsFaZe v Fnatic Prediction: Fnatic +1.50 maps Odds: 1.806 Pinnacle If take a look at the odds, we can see that Faze are priced as 1.44 favourites, which seems about right. Their roster is definitely more talented than their opponents and if one of their star players goes berserk, not a lot of teams can stop them. These two teams already played against each other in this tournament, with Fnatic winning the BO3 match on Cache with the score of 16-8 and on Inferno with the score of 16-11. Fnatic are in a pretty good form this tournament, they won all of their matches with only one map(Cache) lost in a BO3 encounter against G2, but then again, we could easily say that Cache is currently G2s best map. FaZe started their Katowice campaign with trashing Order 16-3 and then beating North 2-0 in a BO3 match. The next match they lost to Fnatic, 2-0 in a BO3, so they had to play Cloud9 in a losers bracket. The match was quite close, but eventually, FaZe prevailed on the third map after a double overtime. Then they played against Astralis, and won quite comfortably with the scoreline of 16-10 on both maps. As far as maps go, I would say Fnatic has the advantage on maps like Inferno, Cobblestone and maybe even Nuke(but I highly doubt this map won't be banned, as both teams don't really play on it). With Mirage I would have to go with Faze, as in the last three months they managed a respectable 87% win rate on this map(LAN matches only). If Train or Cache comes up, I would say both teams have equal chances to win these two maps, although FaZe might have a slight advantage on Cache. On Overpass, I see Faze as clear favourites. The last two times Fnatic made the playoffs at Katowice, they won the tournament, but it is worth noting that they are playing with a different roster, although the core of the team is still the same(Krimz, flusha, JW). For the prediction, I have to go with the Fnatic to keep it close and force to play all five maps. If Krimz can keep up with his amazing performance, they actually have a decent chance to win.


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The mind of the child and the adult shares their similarities as well as the differences. To get an insight to this, even a simple scenario such a moving out of a house to a new location could be taken. In our lifetime, we may get many reasons to go to a new house. Moving to a new house will be a refreshing experience as a child. It is an event that many children look forward to bearing many expectations in mind. The excitement of going to new surroundings and meeting possible new friends is something that any child would love to have, perhaps without the sadness of leaving the old friends behind. However, when one slowly comes to the adult life, the scenario is a bit different. Realization of the workload that one has to do along with the burden of new responsibilities would make even thinking about moving quite stressful.
When comparing the thought trains of the adult and the child, it is obvious that the child sees this more as an experience, an adventure and meets this with excitement. They do not realize the depth of the situation. In adult life, one realizing the gravity and the eventful possibilities that would come after moving, the adult often moves with the thought of nervousness, which indeed is not a good thing. This is a reason why movers and packers in Singapore should be assigned for the moving process as overthinking might have a chance of the moving being improper. They would take care of the moving aspects and that would be less to worry about to the adult.
Seeing the same from a child's perspective, it is an opportunity to see all the changes made; it is exciting to see the furniture that had been there perhaps ever since the child remembered. Even meeting the professionals who are hired to carry out the task methodically is a new experience for the child and they will be quite friendly with the movers. The viewpoint of the child is much more pure, innocent and open that that of the adult.
While it is true that no adult can behave like a child when undergoing such a responsible task, it would be ideal if the adult can put the negativity and the doubt aside and share the enthusiasm that a child shares about a new experience. After all, worrying will not help and since there will be people hired to take care of the moving aspect for you; it is just a matter of looking forward to the new experience.


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Let's not beat around the bush here. Everyone wants to have a great credit score but not everyone is disciplined financially. Many people abuse credit cards, racking up consumer debt on clothes, fast food, luxury items, and really just things that they don't need. What happens is that these same people can't pay off the debt when the payment is due. So, they make the minimum payment month after month. Credit card companies take notice of these transactions and give them a horrible credit score. Because they got themselves into a hole, banks and credit unions won't give them loans for things more important like auto loans or even mortgages. The good news is this doesn't have to be you. If you use a credit card the right way, it can actually be very beneficial. In this article, I am going to be breaking down the top way on how you can improve your credit score using a very simple method.
- Pay off all debt
In order for your credit score to get better, you must show credit card companies that you can pay off the debt. When you finally get above water and make regular payments like you are supposed to, you will most likely notice that your credit score has improved. If you are dealing with larger debts, I would highly recommend using the debt avalanche method. This is where you pay off the debt with the highest interest rate first. This saves you money over the long run.
- No cash, no credit.
If you can't afford to buy something with cash, don't buy it. For beginners, I would recommend using credit cards for minor expenses like gas and groceries, things you know for sure you will be able to pay off when the payment is due.
Out of all the credit companies out there, I would recommend going with GreenSky Credit. At GreenSky Credit, they are very credible. GreenSky Credit has a staff that is committed to giving you the best loans possible. GreenSky Credit also has funded over one billions dollars worth of loans over the years. In the end, choosing to do business with GreenSky Credit is a wise choice.


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The U.S. Supreme Court this week decided not hear a case about a proposed landfill along the border of Joshua Tree National Park, an area near Twentynine Palms, Calif., known for its unusual plants and unpredictable weather. For now, plans to build what many dubbed "the world's biggest garbage dump" near the park are off the table.
Not far from Joshua Tree National Park lies an enormous gash in the earth caused by iron ore mining during much of the last century. The gash is about 1 mile wide and nearly 5 miles long. It's no longer full of iron ore. It's simply a big, empty hole — just the type of hole the city of Los Angeles would love to fill with trash. Some saw the hole as a place to be filled with refuse — about 20,000 tons a day for 50 years —and eventually the hole would be filled and reclaimed.
But not everyone was happy with the concept. Residents Donna and Larry Charpied opposed the dump proposal when they first heard about it in the 1980s. While land swaps between a mine reclamation company, the city of Los Angeles and the federal government were in the works, the Charpieds were at work learning the land regulatory system and fighting the swap every step of the way.
Donna Charpied and several environmental groups challenged the legalities of the land exchange. In 2005, U.S. District Judge Robert Timlin ruled that the exchange was not properly approved by the Department of Interior, which oversaw the Bureau of Land Management. An appeal was upheld by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2009. Now that the Supreme Court has passed on this case, the earlier decisions remain in place.
Throughout the legal process, much of the discussion focused on the impact the landfill would have on Joshua Tree National Park. "Depositing 20,000 tons of trash per day next to Joshua Tree National Park will hurt the air quality, water quality, scenery, and natural quiet of the park and its southern gateway communities," said David Lamfrom, California desert program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association. "It would also increase the population of ravens, a major predator of the federally threatened desert tortoise."
What remains is a question: what to do with all that trash? The Environmental News Service reports that the new Mesquite Regional Landfill in southern California is expected to be able to handle 20,000 tons of trash a day from Los Angeles for 100 years.