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Area's tap water may be out for days after chemical spill
Sunday, January 12, 2014
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON ~ and JONATHAN MATTISE
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- On the third day without clean tap water, business owners with empty dining rooms and quiet aisles of merchandise around West Virginia's capital were left to wonder how much of an economic hit they'll take from a chemical spill.
Most visitors have left Charleston while locals are staying home or driving out of the area to find somewhere they can get a hot meal or take a hot shower. Orders not to use tap water for much other than flushing toilets mean the spill is an emergency not just for the environment but also for local businesses.
A water company executive said Saturday it could be days before uncontaminated water flows again for about 300,000 people in nine West Virginia counties. The uncertainty means it's impossible to estimate the economic impact of the spill yet, said the leader of the local chamber of commerce.
Virtually every restaurant was dark Saturday, unable to use water to prepare food, wash dishes or clean employees' hands. Meanwhile, hotels had emptied, and foot traffic was down at many retail stores.
"I haven't been able to cook anything at home and was hoping they were open," Bill Rogers, 52, said outside a closed Tudor's Biscuit World in Marmet, just east of Charleston. "It seems like every place is closed. It's frustrating. Really frustrating."
In downtown Charleston, the Capitol Street restaurants and bars were locked. Amid them, The Consignment Shop was open, but business was miserable. The secondhand shop's owner said she relies on customers who come downtown to eat and drink.
"It's like a ghost town," Tammy Krepshaw said. "I feel really bad for all my neighbors. It's sad."
The person she doesn't feel bad for is Freedom Industries president Gary Southern, who said the day before he was having a long day and quickly wrapped up a news conference on the chemical spill so he could fly out of the area.
"People want answers. They deserve answers," Krepshaw said.
The emergency began Thursday, when complaints came in to West Virginia American Water about a licorice-type odor in the tap water. The source: 4-methylcyclohexane methanol that leaked out of a 40,000 gallon tank at a Freedom Industries facility along the Elk River. State officials believe about 7,500 gallons leaked, some of which was contained before flowing into the river. It's not clear exactly how much entered the water supply.
It could take days for clean tap water to flow again. First, water sample test results must consistently show the chemical's presence in the public water system is at or below 1 parts per million, the level recommended by federal agencies, West Virginia American Water President Jeff McIntyre said Saturday at a news conference.
Thirty-two people sought treatment at area hospitals for symptoms such as nausea. Of those, four people were admitted to the Charleston Area Medical Center but their conditions weren't available Saturday.
Federal authorities, including the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, opened an investigation into Thursday's spill.
By Saturday morning, FEMA said it had delivered about 50 truckloads of water, or a million liters, to West Virginia for distribution at sites including fire departments.
There's no question businesses have been hurt -- particularly restaurants and hotels, said Matt Ballard, president of the Charleston Area Alliance, the state's largest regional chamber of commerce.
"I don't know that it can be quantified at this point because we don't know how long it will last," Ballard said. "I'm hoping a solution by early next week so business can get back to normal."
While restaurants are having the most trouble, the effect ripples to other businesses, Ballard said. When people go out to dinner, they also shop. And restaurant workers who miss paychecks aren't spending as much money.
During the emergency, many people are just staying home, and some of those who aren't are leaving the region and staying with family and friends who have a water supply. Ballard said that includes one of his employees who is staying in Ohio for the weekend.
"It's smart, but it certainly has a negative impact on what would be a normal business weekend," Ballard said.
The Alliance is urging businesses owners to check their insurance policies to see if they can make claims over lost business. It plans to hold workshops to assist businesses with those issues, Ballard said.
In downtown, the store Taylor Books usually fills the 40 seats in its cafe. But the cafe was shut down by the state Department of Health on Friday because it said employees had no way to safely wash their hands before serving customers. On Saturday only three people sat in the bookstore using the wireless Internet. Manager Dan Carlisle said he canceled a musician scheduled to play that night and the store was going to close five hours early.
"It's pretty annoying," Carlisle said about Freedom Industries' response to the spill. "I feel like you should just be honest with people immediately."
Some bars have remained open, but they've seen a large drop in business. State officials were working Saturday on alternative sources of water that may allow restaurants to reopen.
"We will work around the clock, 24-7, and try to open ... as many businesses as possible in the next couple of days," said Dr. Rahul Gupta, health officer for the Kanawha-Charleston and Putnam County boards of health.
Several businesses that had arranged other sources of water were inspected Saturday. Gupta said health officials considered the closures' impact on workers when they decided to allow businesses to reopen if they have potable water.
"This is not only the businesses but also the folks that work in those businesses," he said.
Associated Press writers Mitch Weiss and Pam Ramsey contributed to this report


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I'll just come out with the horrifying news. My camera is broken. A new one won't be in my budget until next month. Maybe. Then there's the whole new-camera-decision-making anxiety. My life's been a series of smartphone pics and mental memories. It's been frustrating, but therapeutic, as well. I spent two days cooking for a party of 40+ guests over the long weekend, helped out with a Heartichoke trial run, and somehow, I haven't thrown up over not having photos.
To fill the void, and remind me of my younger, picture-taking shenanigans, here's a look back at some my favorite creations* of 2010:
Khao Soi Yellow Curry Noodles with Tofu
This dish quickly entered my regular repertoire, and is currently on hiatus (until I buy more vermicelli).
Jalapeno and Herb Roasted Tempeh and Broccoli
I made this during the great jalapeño overload in my life that was late summer 2010. It was fabulous as a stand alone entrée, in addition to being tasty leftovers over grain bowls or pasta.
Cashew Basil Cream & Roasted Garlic Stuffed Morels
They're dainty little elf hats and wicked gourmet. Enough said.
The next two are from my not so long ago LOST-obsessed days:
Mr. Paik's Favorite Grilled Seitan Bulgogi
I was so happy with how this turned out! I mean, it impressed Mr. Paik like his daughter never could.
Dharma Veggie Burger with Namaste Sauce
The surprisingly satisfying vegetarian option in the Dharma mess hall.
White Russian & Chocolate Cream Dude Pie
No recipe for this one. Simply abide.
Strawberry Swirl Chocolate Cream Pie
Another cream pie, this one was pretty much pureed tofu, chocolate, soaked cashes, my hand-picked strawberries and a little sweetener:
Tempeh Benedict with Butternut Hollandaise
The Vegan Brunch classic, with a little love from American Vegan Kitchen's diner tempeh patties, and some roasted butternut squash, since I was putting roasted squash in everything this fall.
I made a lot of syrups this past year. They're pretty, they're flavorful, and can easily highlight the seasons.
Apple Potato Sage Seitan Roast
After I went to the annual Portland Apple Fest this October, I had a few (dozen) apple projects up my sleeve. One was this roast form of the VWAM Apple Sage seitan sausages from the old PPK forums.
Stuffed Courgette Rolls
This was my first ever Gordon Ramsay recipe veganization, for a wedding potluck over the summer. They're classy, pushed me into upgrading to a better vegetable peeler, and I got to pretend I was on the set of Hell's Kitchen.
Straight up awesome! Seitan cutlets, go hang out with the best breadcrumbs around. Now, bake. Now, meet kale and BBQ sauce. Lastly, get on the plate.
Girl, you were a little fancier this past year!
*Creations meaning a dish that was altered from an existing recipe (with due credit given, of course) or somewhat original.

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As soon as I heard that Jen & John from CakeWrecks.com were coming here for a book signing, I decided I would go. Actually, last time they went on a book tour, I decided I'd go anytime they were within a couple hours of me and I got lucky and only had to travel to La Jolla. So I picked up my Frister, we stopped for gourmet chocolate, which required entirely more mall-walking that was necessary so we called it a hike just to make it sound prettier, and then we went hunting for this signing.
It wasn't your average signing. I mean, I heard Cake Wrecks signings aren't, but this was epecially wasn't since it wasn't, you know, in a book store. It was in the middle of an art festival for some reason and cost $10 to enter. So we found the spot, followed a strange maze of signs leading us to parking and hopped on a strategically-placed free shuttle which was extremely air-conditioned (not that I am ARGUING). The shuttle population consisted of my Frister and I, and one other girl who looked to be under 60 years old. The rest of the people were clearly not there for Cake Wrecks, as evidenced by the fact that when Summer shouted, "Look! Cakes!!" because she had spotted the baker bringing the cake into the festival, the nice grandmotherly woman in front of us turned around and asked if we'd missed our lunch.
So we paid our admission and wandered over to the Warwick's Pavillion about an hour ahead of schedule where some authors of a cook book were giving a demonstration of, I don't actually know, but I am pretty sure it was edible. We bought copies of the book and stood in the shade and snarked over foodie authors who just happened to be talking about cuitlacoche which, of course, I read about on The Sneeze! it's been a couple of years, but one does not easily forget about infected corn. These authors even went so far as to say there is a place in MY TOWN which serves this. Or maybe they were talking about lamb. Either way, I should have asked which place so I can know to avoid it.
Then the foodies were done and their audience began to make to leave, Summer and I stalked the front row, prepared to shove people out of our way if need be, and we were rewarded with PERFECT SEATING. Yay! We settled ourselves in and were flipping through our new books when a guy wearing a fancy badge and a Threadless t-shirt sat down next to us and said hello. And he turned out to be John himself! Apparently, when he introduced himself Summer offered up her name, but all I could get out was some sort of squeaky intake of breath that cannot be spelled in our language (maybe in mermaid, though). I think he said some other stuff that was probably words, and I know in the end he invited us to go over and say hello to Jen who was hanging out with the big, fancy cake nearby. So then we had to decide: save our seats or go meet an internet celebrity?? We decided to go with: leave our stuff on our seats as territorial markers and be prepared to beat up anyone who didn't take the hint. Luckily, there was no need for violence. We went over to say hello, and Jen sort of offended my Frister by assuming she wasn't wanted in the photo Summer was taking of the cake. And then everyone stopped talking to us and it was Kind of Awkward so we went back to our seats, pretty sure we'd made an excellent impression and that Jen and John wanted to be our new BFFs. (John even ASKED US WHEN HE SHOULD BEGIN. True story. They totally relied on us for ADVICE n shit.)
The presentation was funny as hell, and then we voted by clapping for the best Wreckplica (which is very hard to say out loud – don't try it at home) and then we stood in some sort of chaotic and weird line for book signings and cake and JEN TOOK A PHOTO WITH US.
By that point, I think the festivities were pretty much over (I hope?) so we decided to wander away. On the way to look for some very cool sidewalk chalk art, we saw, um, this.
Me: I'm pretty sure I need this in my living room.
Summer: I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I need a picture of it!
Me: You want me to pose with it?
Summer: Yes!
(FTR, I did not buy it to put in my living room. That was snark.)
Anyway, it was a great day. From the grandmas to the celebrities to the butt-art. Best book-signing EVAH.
PS. I totally stole those photos from Summer's Flickr stream.


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kandaj necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Thread Your Nest
Thread Your Nest is a small company where people can purchase one of a kind items for the home such as quilts, duvets, pillows, aprons, bags, cooking aides made out of fabric, tapestries and curtains.
Items are feminine, whimsical yet playful, fun and colorful. I will stock artfully sewn gifts and home accessories. I specialize in unique handcrafted appliqués and a reversible format for all items.
I plan to sell my items online (etsy.com) and at farmer's markets in Austin, TX. Customers will be looking to complete the decor of their homes or add the finishing touches by purchasing items that compliment their already existing color palette.
This is somewhat of a new market to where the items are unique to the customer, not just a new item to the market. My selling point will be that most items will have no duplicate. They are created for the customer in mind.
Eventually I will have a studio where people can come and choose the fabric and item they want or they can supply the fabric and I will do the sewing to what they want.
Logo needs to incorporate a bird or two. I have uploaded my ideas for color palettes Company name needs to be associated with birds. I also do like all the birds in the uploads… so something similar would be nice. My main goal is for it to be simple but have a creative touch to it, implying that this is a modern, chic creative company. Not really going for cute, more artsy.
I am really drawn to the idea of incorporating the birds in the name. I have tried to make birds out of the letters, but mine look mutated. I would like a bird that is more whimsical (see style uploads) or just outlines of the bird bodies. I have even thought to have the T crossed with a piece of fabric hanging out of the S bird's beak.
See uploads for color scheme. Font should be something similar to Centry Gothic, narrow and lean lettering. Name should also be in all lower case.
The logo will be used on clothing tabs, business cards and for my website.
Feel free to manipulate these ideas! One of your creations will become my logo! I can't to see what you create!
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2 Programs with John Gomez, Esq.
John Gomez founded Gomez Trial Attorneys in 2005. He acts today as President and Lead Trial Attorney. From humble beginnings, he attended three separate San Diego public high schools and Grossmont Junior College before graduating from the Nation's top ranked law school, Yale University, in 1993. In between, John was named an Academic All American football player for the University of San Diego's Toreros. He clerked for a federal judge, worked for the international law firm of Latham & Watkins and served the United States as an Assistant United States Attorney until becoming a trial lawyer for people in 2000.
Since that time, he has established himself as one of California's most recognized and accomplished trial lawyers. Lawyers USA named him the national Lawyer of the Year in 2010. He has twice been named San Diego's Trial Lawyer of the Year. The Consumer Attorneys of San Diego have awarded him an unprecedented nine separate Outstanding Trial Lawyer Awards. He has been named a Top 100 California Attorney overall by the Los Angeles Daily Journal, a Top 10 San Diego attorney overall by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, and was voted by peers as a top 10 San Diego Super Lawyer in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He was featured as the subject of the cover story in that 2012 publication.
He was voted by peers as the top attorney in San Diego for 2015 overall in polling conducted by Super Lawyers rating service. Best Lawyers in America named him the San Diego 2011 and 2012 Plaintiffs Products Liability Attorney of the Year and the 2015 Class Action and Mass Tort Attorney of the Year. Avvo rates him a 10.0 out of 10.0 and he has been voted by his peers as a top ten San Diego litigator in three separate fields: Personal Injury, Insurance and Corporate Litigation. Since 2000, he has recovered over $300 million in settlements and verdicts for his clients with more than 75 separate recoveries of one million dollars or more. Perhaps most notably, John has obtained 4 separate jury verdicts of one million dollars or more in which the defendant offered absolutely nothing to settle prior to trial. John also serves in leadership roles relating to numerous coordinated litigations involving defective drugs and medical devices. John is a proud member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
2017 - Best of Civil Bundle
Published by San Diego County Bar Association
This bundle includes the following programs:
The Jury is Watching (1.5 General and 0.5 Legal Ethics Participatory Credits)
Published by San Diego County Bar Association
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Many years ago in England, I used to enjoy listening to a radio program which always began with the question Have you read any good books lately? It makes a good conversation opener, and often leads to some interesting and thought provoking discussion.
One book I have been reading and re-reading over the past year is Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John, by Jean Vanier. It is an inspiring and challenging book, and has prompted me to take a fresh look at the gospel of John, and its implications in my daily life. As I read Jean Vanier's book, I was struck by the similarities between many of his words and those of Benedict. This should not surprise us, for although they are more than 1500 years apart, their writing and teaching are both founded on the gospel.
As Benedictine Oblates and monastics we are all familiar with the Rule of Benedict. And of course Jean Vanier is no stranger to the World Community. Among other things he will be remembered for the John Main Seminar he gave in the UK in 1992, as well as the Form Conversation he shared with Dr. Balfour Mount on Parliament Hill more recently.
The 'two olive trees' mentioned in Zechariah and Revelation are described as the 'two anointed ones' who witness before the Lord, and whose role is associated with prophecy as well as beauty. Traditionally the olive tree is a symbol of peace, wisdom, salvation, even among non-christian religions. According to an ancient legend the 'tree' on which Jesus died was said to have been made of olive wood. So the symbol of the 'two olive trees' may aptly be applied to Benedict and Jean, whose spiritual teaching has enriched many of us.
Both Benedict and Jean Vanier began new faith communities centred on Christ. Benedict introduced a new form of monastic life and Jean Vanier founded L'Arche. For both, their way of life was seen within the context of community. In both communities the members are called to an intimate relationship with God, through their prayer and life together. For both Benedict and Jean, people really matter; each one is important and of value; and is a gift to the others, to be treasured, loved and treated with respect.
Here are a few random examples taken from Jean Vanier and Benedict. Expressed in a different way for different people at a different time and place, both reveal the same spirit of compassion and caring that Jesus taught all his followers.
Other disciples will be called to live with Jesus in community as Mary and Joseph did, to live the pains and joys of community life, to live community as a place of worship and prayer, a place of hospitality and welcome, especially for those who are weak and in need, a place of sharing and receiving the word of God, a place of celebration and growth towards forgiveness....J.V. p.46
We intend to establish a school for the Lord's service. In drawing up its regulations, we hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome...(Prol.) No one should be troubled or saddened in the household of God. (RB 31)
We are called to gradually grow in love...this journey, our pilgrimage, begins and deepens as we hear God murmur within our hearts: I love you, just as you are. (J.V. p.87)
Listen carefully to the Master's instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart....(RB. Prol.) ....The love of Christ must come before all else. (RB. 4)
(Jesus) wants them (disciples) to realize that their first calling will be towards those who are broken and rejected. For Jesus each person, whatever his or her abilities or disabilities is unique and important; each one is a child of God, loved by God. (J.V. p. 102)
Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ, for he said: 'I was sick and you visited me'...'as you did for one of these least brothers or sisters, you did for me' (Mt. 25, RB. 36)
When we judge or accuse people, is it not because we are unable to accept the truth of our own brokenness and to forgive ourselves? (J.V. p. 150)
Do not grumble or speak ill of others...harbor neither hatred nor jealousy of anyone, and do nothing out of envy. (RB. 4)
As we serve the hungry and the thirsty; as we visit the sick and those in prison, as we welcome strangers and clothe the naked, we become close to Jesus and let Jesus touch and awaken our hearts. (J.V. p. 218)
Great care and concern are to be shown in receiving poor people and pilgrims, because in them more particularly Christ is received. (RB. 53)
Jesus is showing a simple way to union with God, a way of compassion, love, service, and humility that is for all people: not just for the strong, the clever, the capable and the virtuous, but also for the weak and the humble. He will lead us little by little to a greater union with the Father. (J.V. p. 257)
You must relieve the lot of the poor, clothe the naked, visit the sick (Mt. 25)bury the dead. Go to help the troubled, and console the sorrowing. (RB. 4)
I have come to see that to pray is above all to dwell in Jesus and to let Jesus dwell in me. It is not first and foremost to say prayers, but to live in the now of the present moment, in communion with Jesus. ......silence is the fruit of the presence of God; it is peace. (J.V.p. 358)
If anyone chooses to pray privately, let them simply go in and pray, not in a loud voice, but with tears and compunction of heart. (RB. 52) There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence (RB. 6)
This is to mention but a few words from the writings of these 'two olive trees' - Jean Vanier and Benedict. May the Spirit lead each of us to discover even more as we continue our pilgrimage.


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Big complexes with sprawling courtyards, dog parks, and pools? Nope; Bostonians, and even those in neighboring suburbs would scoff at that vision. It's high rises, duplexes, triplexes, and multi-unit buildings comprising dozens of architectural styles that illuminate the Boston renter's scene. Like many historic cities, these buildings often possess some features that would be considered outdated by many of today's construction standards, but are grandfathered under historic commission rules and/or practical limitations. With such an array of rental choices, policies vary widely. Terms, deposits, pets, and inclusions are anybody's guess and can diverge even within an individual building. Ask, ask again, and then make sure you get it in writing. Bostonians are a colorful folk with a deserved reputation for…let's just say, "business playfulness".
Parking: One word of wisdom - fugeddaboutit. If your building includes parking, it's probably going to be for a vehicle that sees the valet more than its owner, so bully for you. The rest of Boston must jostle, cajole, sneak, and strategize for their rare parking pearls. Thus, Boston is one of the nation's premier cities in which to ditch the ride. Between the costs of renting a space, the meters and tickets if you don't, the snow removal, the traffic, and the higher than average automobile user fees (inspection, registration, and that festering little disease called excise tax - a recurring annual charge based on you car's estimated value), and an exceptional and far reaching public transportation system, get rid of it - more money for Sam Adams and steamers.
Boston is not a large city geographically, but like any major metropolis, it houses a lot of hoods. Home to a (measly) forty-three colleges and universities, you can plan on your neighbors being students, really smart, or both. Using the diminutive downtown as the "hub" (that's the single word real Bostonians call their city) and in basic descending order of price (with as many exceptions as there are politicians with cocktails), here's a renter's look at Boston's historic nabes:
Back Bay: Nestled between the public garden (Boston Common), The Charles, and Kenmore Square, the Back Bay is home to Newbury Street, Boston's most fashionable district. Take a leisurely two-mile stroll from the western outskirts of the Back Bay and you'll reach Brookline, the very tony, upscale "village" where you can expect to pay around $1,750 - $2,500 for a 1 BR apartment. The Fenway and The South End are subsets of the Back Bay and are exciting urban areas with just as much in the way of public transit. Expect to pay around $200 - $700 less for comparably sized apartments.
Charlestown: Possibly Boston's most insular neighborhood. Charlestown steadfastly holds on to its roots in history and is the home to Bunker Hill and The U.S.S. Constitution - the U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned ship. Charlestown wasn't always the most welcoming place but has seen fierce upscale redevelopment in the past two decades. Now Charlestown is a sort of bedroom community to Downtown Boston - which happens to be just about a mile away. $1,700 - $2,400 for a 1 BR.
Beacon Hill: Home to some of Boston's most exclusive addresses. Private parks, gas lamps, wrought iron gates, tree lined streets, and meticulously maintained homes really do exude the "George Washington Slept Here" feel of America's earliest days. Think Epcot meets The American Revolution. $1,600 - $2,200 for a 1 BR.
Cambridge: Harvard, MIT and Squares galore (of both the library lounger and geometric variety – we're referring mostly to the latter). That's how Cambridge is divided - Harvard Square, Kendall Square, Inman Square, and Central Square. The Cambridge neighborhoods are the most ethnically diverse in all of Boston, with throngs of the world's brightest students and teachers mingling with one another in America's intellectual Hippodrome. As such, expect the widest variety of food, markets, cultural activities, and languages spoken. $1,600 - $2,200 for a 1 BR. Inman and Central squares are nominally less as they are slightly farther from their respective mega-institutes of higher learning.
South Boston: The home of the best Bawstuhn accents and many legendary and/or infamous members of Boston's political, religious and business realms, South Boston is a tough yet forgiving place. Its roots are mostly Irish, and Southie is supremely proud of that heritage. Churches, corner shops, kids playing in small parks and the iconic working class life you know from the movies – these are the pictures of Southie. These images are quickly changing though as gentrification is having it's way with Southie at a rate more rapid than in any other Boston 'hood. $1,500 - $2,100 for a 1 BR. 2 BR apartments here are comparatively more reasonable than most other sections of Boston.
North End: Boston's predominantly Italian neighborhood, where the language can still be heard on street corners and in the dozens upon dozens of Italian specialty shops, cafés, and restaurants. The North End is quaint and is within easy walking distance to Boston's financial district, Faneuil Hall, and City Hall. $900 - $1,100 for a studio (common in the North End), $1,400 - $1,900 for a 1 BR.
East Boston: Located close to the airport with easy access to Massachusetts' North Shore, Eastie has long been the spot where Boston's newest immigrants first settle. This part of the city has less entertainment and dining than the other 'hoods, but boasts wonderful views of the harbor and skyline as well as some of the most affordable rents in the city. $1,000 - $1,400 for a 1 BR.
Until you learn the neighborhoods, don't talk politics, sports, or religion. Once you do, talk away, you're expected to have an opinion - as long as it's the right one.


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When Robert Johnson, state public health veterinarian, learned of a lethargic skunk with a broken leg that was removed properly from old North Beach in Burlington two weeks ago by a city parks official, he was relieved.
"That's a good outcome," said Dr. Johnson, "because the skunk later tested positive for rabies. "We knew the animal had been handled properly by someone wearing gloves, and there was no chance for exposure."
Vermont begins its 17th Annual Rabies Bait Drop on Aug. 19. The baits will be dropped by low-flying aircraft hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) into carefully plotted corridors of remote lowland areas and valleys along the Vermont border and northern Chittenden County. Officials will also distribute the baits by hand in urban areas. The baits are a dark green, sweet-smelling, vanilla coated blister pack. When wildlife eat the bait they are vaccinated.
Rabies is a viral disease found mainly in raccoons, foxes, bats and skunks that can infect domestic animals and people as well. The virus can spread through the bite or contact with saliva from an infected animal. Rabies vaccine – if given soon after a human is bitten by a rabid animal – is highly effective. Once the signs and symptoms of rabies start to appear, there is no treatment and the disease is almost always fatal.
Anyone who finds the bait should leave it untouched, unless it is discovered on a lawn or driveway. Remove the bait with a glove and wash your hands with soap and water.
The bait is not harmful to children or pets, but direct skin contact should be avoided.
To view a photo of the bait, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/7780297536/in/set-72157623983143606.
Vermonters are asked to avoid any animal that shows strange behavior. Do not try to trap or capture the animal, but instead call the state's Rabies Hotline at 1-800-472-2437 (1-800-4-RABIES).
For health news, alerts and information - visit http://healthvermont.gov/index.aspx.
Contact: Vermont Department of Health, 802-863-7281; USDA's Vermont Rabies Hotline, 1-800-472-2437 (1-800-4-RABIES), 1-802-223-8697
Source: Department of Health
Last Updated at: August 13, 2013 09:14:19


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Date: April 3, 1995
On March 24, 1995, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility Act of 1995. by a vote of 234 to 199. H.R. 4 (as passed) contains the text of H.R. 1214 as amended on the floor of the House. The bill includes SSI provisions affecting drug addicts and alcoholics, children, and noncitizens. The bill also includes a provision to require SSA to verify personal information for the Parent Locator Service and a provision permitti ng the use of SSNs in child support enforcement efforts.
Eliminates SSI Benefits to Drug Addicts and Alcoholics (DA&A)
- Prohibits SSI eligibility to individuals disabled due to DA&A. Initially removes everyone eligible for SSI based on DA&A.
General Restrictions On Eligibility for Cash and Other New Benefits for Certain Children
- Eliminates "individual ized functional assessments" (lFAs) in determining disability in children. Eligibility for cash benefits or newly authorized medical services will be based solely on meeting or equalling the current Listings of Impairments.
- Allows cash payments to new child applicants only if the child is either institutionalized or otherwise would be if not receiving personal assistance necessitated by the child's disabling impairment. Also permits payment of cash benefits for qualifying children who accompany their military parents outside the U.S.
- Requires continuing disability reviews once every 3 years for children with non-permanent
Block Grants for Children with Disabilities
- Provides block grants to States for authorized medical and non-medical services to children who are determined to be physically or mentally impaired under the medical listings.
Alien Benefit Eligibility
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for any alien, with the following exceptions:
- refugees for the first 5 years after their entry;
- lawful permanent residents over age 75 who have resided in the United States for at least 5 years;
- legal permanent residents who cannot take the naturalization examination because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment; and
- individuals lawfully present who are on active duty or have been honorably discharged from the u.s. armed forces, their spouses and unmarried dependent children.
- Aliens who are on the SSI rolls at the time of enactment and who are not in one of the excepted statuses could remain on the rolls for 1 year, after which they would be ineligible.
Sponsor-To-Alien Deeming
- Requires the deeming of the sponsor's (and spouse's, if any) income and resources to the immigrant until the immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen. The provision would not apply to aliens whose sponsors signed affidavits of support before the date such affidavits are required
to be legally enforceable.
Legally Enforceable Sponsors' Affidavits of Support
- Makes the sponsorsbip affidavit of support legally enforceable by the Federal, State, or local government that provides means-tested support--including SSI--to an a lien for a period of 10 years after the alien last receives benefits.
- Requires the Federal, State, or local government that provided assistance to the alien to request reimbursement from the sponsor. If the sponsor does not respond or refuses to abide by repayment plans, the government entity may take legal action against the sponsor.
Fugitive Felons/Criminal Information
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for fugitive felons and parole and probation violators.
- Requires SSA to provide to law enforcement personnel, upon their request, the addresses of SSI recipients involved in parole or probation violations, other criminal activities, or criminal investigations.
Fraudulent Receipt of Benefits from Two or More States
- Prohibits SSI eligibility for 10 years for individuals who have been found by the State or convicted in State or Federal court to have fraudulently misrepresented their State of residence in order to receive SSI, AFDC, Medicaid, or Food Stamp benefits simultaneously
from two or more States.
Payments for SSI-Eligible Children in Mledical Facilities
- Provides that individuals who are in a medical facility and whose care is being paid for through private insurance would be eligible for at-benefit of up to $30 a month. (Although the title indicates that this prov ision applies only to children, as drafted the provision would apply to all el igible individ uals.)
Delay in Child's Eligibility for SSI
- Provides that, in the case of parents who disposed of their assets or their child' s assets (or a guardian who disposed of his ward's asset), within 36 months of the child's appl ication for SSI benefits, the child 's eligibility for benefits will be delayed for a number of months equal to the compensated value of the divested resource divided by the SSI Federal benefit rate.
Eliminate Maintenance of Effort Requirement
- Eliminates the maintenance of effort requirement ("passalong") on States with regard to their State supplementary payment programs.
Expansion of Federal Parent Locator Service
- Requires HHS to transmit to SSA for verification purposes, certain information about individuals and employers maintained under the Federal Parent Locator Service. SSA would be required to verify the accuracy of, correct, or supply to the extent possible, and report to HHS the name, SSN, and birth date of individuals and the employer identification number of employers. SSA would be reimbursed by BUS for the cost of this verification service.
Collection and Use of SSNs for Use in Child Support Enforcement
- State child support enforcement procedures would have to require that: (I) the SSN of any applicant for a pro fessional license. commercial driver's license, occupational license, or marriage license be recorded on the application; (2) the SSN of any person subject to a divorce decree, support order, or paternity determinat ion or acknowledgement would have to be placed in the pertinent records; and (3) the SSN of any deceased person would have to be placed in the pertinent death records and be recorded on the death certificate.


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This is one of a set of subject pages in the
Scholarly Societies Project, which facilitates access to websites
of scholarly societies across the world.
A set of guidelines is used in
determining whether to include resources.
Links to websites of scholarly societies in Water Science,
Hydrology & Oceanology
are given below.
The URL-Stability Index for this
collection of Water Science, Hydrology & Oceanology sites is
28.0/30 = 93.3%.
The URL-stability index for each site below is
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"What's your mother's maiden name?" Now there is a question that I have been able to answer for years. "My mother's maiden name is Canty." "How do you spell that?" I knew the answer to that too. "C-A-N-T-Y, Canty."
My mother died when I was five years old. I had just a few pictures and some information that my father shared with me. But contact was lost with her family. Today you can do research with the click of a finger. In the 1950's, keeping track of each other when they moved away was much more difficult. For those reasons and perhaps the challenge my father had in raising a five-year old, my mother's Canty family was lost in my life.
The loss of my mother, Nellie Frances Canty, has affected my entire life. It has affected the way I raised my children, the choices I have made in spiritual matters and how I view living on a daily basis. Thankfully, due to the encouragement of a friend, I decided much later in life to to search out my mother's story. I am finding out in this process not only who she was and who her family was, but who I am.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Who Am I?
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Congratulations on your new genealogy blog!ReplyDelete
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My father's mother died when he was an infant - and I think it affected nearly every decision he ever made, too. Do you have memories of your mother? I hope you do, even though you were so young. Congratulations on your choice to search out your mother's story and family. Success to you!ReplyDelete
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Finish a Autohotkey Script that will at specific days and times sequentually copy a file. -- 2
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Finish (make work) an existing AutoHotkey Script that does the following:
select day(s) and hour(s) on the GUI then start the program and at the selected weekdays and hours copy a file based on sequental sorted alphanumeric to a specific directory and show on the GUI the status of the transfers. The program has to be resistant to shutdown/crash by creating a log/ini file that keeps track of the processes. The program had to read the source directory at each copy to check for new files and to update the sequental process. This program must be looping in that the point that it has transferred the last file in the directory , the program will continue to start over with the first file.


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Genomic constitution
Plants annual. Culms to 40 cm tall, but usually shorter.
Leaf sheaths densely hairy; auricles well developed; blades densely hairy; sheaths of innovations closed (margins connate) when young.
Inflorescences spikelike, with solitary spikelets, some nodes with fertile spikelets, some with sterile spikelets, the two interspersed; up to 18 fertile spikelets; rachis internodes varying, often less than 1 mm; rachis disarticulating just above a node but with several nodes attached, some with fertile spikelets, some with sterile spikelets.
Fertile spikelets with about 6 florets, usually only the lowest 2 bisexual. Glumes equal, 8-19 mm long, awnlike except slightly widened at the base, edges ciliate. Lemmas of fertile florets 5-9 mm, densely tuberculate, not keeled, margins ciliate, apices awned, awns 12-29 mm long, ciliate; sterile florets shorter, nearly awnlike. Anthers about 1 mm long.
Sterile spikelets with awnlike glumes and lemmas.
Caryopsis adherent to th lemma and palea.
There is only one species in the genus, Heteranthelium piliferum
From western Asia, (Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey, east to Iran, Turkmenistan, Kyrghizstan, and Afghanistan.
Miscellaneous comments
Old records from Marseille and Montpelier are considered to reflect introductions that have not persisted.
Type species
Heteranthelium piliferum
Frederiksen, S. 1993. Taxonomic studies in some annual genera of the Triticeae. Nordic Journal of Botany 13: 481-493.


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queequeg wrote:queequeg wrote:I just did another CRC Order yesterday. It has shipped today with the free shipping option via DHL Express and is already in the air on-route to Sydney.
Update: Order arrived at home first thing this morning. According to tracking it arrived in Sydney and cleared customs on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, ordered a new laser printer lady week. Processed today and yet to be shipped. Delivery is $32 and it only needs to come from Sydney.
How does DHL Express cost $9.99 from the UK, including the local delivery, but a local delivery only costs three times as much?
sorry to say it, but when ya buy somthing its recomended retail price, thay can charge what ever somone is willing to pay


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Whatever you thought of the original "Dallas" on CBS, you have to admit it spoke to its times like few other pop culture artifacts of the 1980s.
In the Reagan era with its celebration of McMansions, corporations and de-regulated savings & loan presidents who got rich by stealing from their elderly clients, why wouldn't J.R. Ewing become the most popular character in prime time drama? Was any character more an embodiment of 1980's values?
But why in the world would anyone think it was a good idea to revisit that turf again in 2012, simply repeating the same conflicts, themes and values almost note for note as they were first sounded some 34 years ago? Why, indeed, when as a nation we have come to see the misery that such greed and excess have wrought for those of us who are 99 percenters?
I don't want to insult anyone, so if you are touchy, stop reading now and go to some gumby blog where the writer is nice.
Here's my take on watching this reboot that premieres at 9 p.m. Wednesday on TNT: I can see some people checking out the pilot thinking they are going to get some nostalgic charge or, perhaps, a postmodern pop out of seeing Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray reprising their roles alongside a much younger generation of actors playing their sons and daughters.
But if you come back for a second hour after you have been reminded of how sadly, soap-opera one-dimensional Gray and Duffy are, then you need to check yourself into a clinic or hospital and ask them to hook your head up to one of those machine with lots of little suction cups to see if there is any activity anywhere within your brain. Or, let me put it this way so the people in Texas can understand it: If you think the new "Dallas" is really worth a second hour of your time, you just might be flatlining intellectually.
I spent two hours with the new "Dallas," and I swear I would rather have been watching Sunday morning infomercials for overpriced gated communities or those knives that never need sharpening even if you are using them to cut through blocks of iron ore that you happen to find on your kitchen counter next to the tomatoes and iceberg lettuce.
I wasted way too much time watching to write a long review -- and waste some more.
Here's the premise: Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe), the adopted son of Bobby Ewing, is battling with John Ross (Josh Henderson), the son of J.R. Ewing, over Southfork.
Christopher seems like a decent guy who is concerned with the environment, while John Ross is an evil, lying, scheming, power-grabbing rat just like his daddy. Christopher wants to extract methane from the sea bed as a source of energy, while John Ross wants oil, oil, oil and money, money, money -- the eco-system on Southfork be damned.
The pilot opens with John Ross and his lady friend, Elena Ramos (Jordana Brewster,) drilling for oil on Southfork and hitting a home run.
But Bobby (Patrick Duffy) holds title to Southfolk, and he promised Miss Ellie there would never be drilling on Southfork. Did I mention that Elena really seems to love Christopher, but John Ross did something low-down and dirty to trick them into breaking up? See what I mean about lost hours of my life?
Wait, here's the dialogue from the big scene with Bobby (Duffy) visiting J.R. (Hagman) who is in a coma or something. (Or, he might just be extremely depressed, the script isn't clear on this point).
"All the fights, J.R., over Ewing Oil and Southfork," Bobby says in that achy-breaky voice. "Those fights changed me in a way I didn't like... But now, there's a chance to be a family without all the bitterness and bad blood we had."
Yes, that's the level of writing. And that's as close to a dramatic scene that almost works as you are going to get in TNT's "Dallas."
Go ahead, watch if you must. But the '80s were bad enough the first time through for me.
TNT does 'Dallas' again, but you have to wonder why
Whatever you thought of the original "Dallas" on CBS, you have to admit it spoke to its times like few other pop culture artifacts of the 1980s.


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fingers crossed for you!
Given GLUC acceptance patterns, the longer you are made to wait, the lower the chances of acceptance.
sorry, ack I went to decision over a week ago and live in VA... so I have a feeling a neighbor is very confused right now about why Georgetown is rejecting them


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In the lead up to Saturday's California Clasico match between the LA Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes, I spoke with the finest reporter covering the Earthquakes beat, Robert Jonas.
Jonas of Centerline Soccer and Quake, Rattle and Goal broke down the Earthquakes and their recent struggles. Currently, San Jose is in eighth place in the Western Conference, but just three points behind fifth place Seattle Sounders FC for the final playoff berth -- albeit with two extra games played.
LA Galaxy Insider: What's the Earthquakes' mindset heading into this game?
JONAS: "Unlike last year where they were willing to stand toe to toe with teams and outslug them in 3-2 games, this year -- especially under new head coach Mark Watson -- they've been becoming a more defensive team and are trying to choose their chances on offense carefully. They're not getting the same type of service that they were last year, so the 72 goals that they scored last year was certainly an aberration, and they're well below that this year. This year, they've tried to manage the game the best that they can on the defensive side and take their chances selectively on offense."
LAGI: With the Earthquakes taking few chances does it limit the effectiveness of Alan Gordon, Steven Lenhart and Chris Wondolowski?
JONAS: "It limits the chances that [the forwards] are getting which is the reason that their goals are down. A 1-0 game gets the same number of points as a 3-2 win, so they're not getting the chances to pump in as many goals. Are they less effective? I think you're seeing them play a little farther back on the field, especially Wondolowski, who is willing to track back on the defensive side. It's definitely affected his goal output and it's not surprising given the mentality change."
LAGI: The Earthquakes will be without the services of Victor Bernardez, Rafael Baca and Justin Morrow due to suspension, how will this impact the team?
JONAS: "It is a big loss for the Quakes, but nothing that they haven't experience all season as injuries and suspensions have been a running theme this year. With Victor Bernárdez, you'll probably see Jason Hernandez pair up with Clarence Goodson in central defense. Jason has a lot of experience with the Earthquakes and is the longest tenured Earthquake at the moment. He's played in the last couple of games so he has his feet under him, so that should be an easy switch. Maybe he's not as effective, but definitely someone who is comfortable out there. The big question is who replaces Rafael Baca as he and Sam Cronin have formed an almost anonymous central midfield duo that works extremely hard on the defensive side ball and so effectively together that it's a big question mark. A player like Walter Martinez might be able to step in there as he did so earlier in the season as an almost attacking midfielder, which would allow Cronin to drop into a defensive midfield role. In talking to Mark Watson, he's keeping his options open and is still considering guys who slide in there like wingers Marvin Chavez and Jaime Alas or even a wildcard like the defensive-minded Brad Ring."
LAGI: The Earthquakes will be going up against LA's physical center back tandem of Leonardo and Omar Gonzalez, might their physicality hamper the San Jose attack?
JONAS: "It's an issue that has presented itself all season. Any physical center back duo has given Alan Gordon, Steven Lenhart and Chris Wondolowski trouble. The Earthquakes aren't going to sneak up on anyone anymore, so if a lot of the game is dependent on aerial attack then a lot of defenders can key in on that and do an effective job of stopping them. The fact that Omar Gonzalez is such an effective player in the air, is not going to do the Earthquakes any favors."
LAGI: How can the Earthquakes win this game?
JONAS: "For the Earthquakes to even get a result, they're going to have to complement the playing style of LA. From my perspective, it's all about limiting the passes, limiting the attacking runs that LA does so well in the attacking third, and maybe playing deeper in the field. We know how dangerous that LA is on the counter attack and I think that we're going to have to see the same thing out of the Earthquakes if they're going to go poach goals in this game. For them to get all three points, it starts with playing strong defensively and keeping the game scoreless as long as possible, and then poaching a goal in the second half. This isn't the Goonies anymore. They don't just come back naturally—or unnaturally if you will—they have to be much more disciplined with their chances."
LAGI: Your prediction?
JONAS: "I predict that the Earthquakes can keep it close for a while, but given their struggles and the fact that they have one road victory in all competitions this season, a draw would be the best case scenario. But I see a late goal leading to a loss."


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It's a big cliche at this time of year that people get together with lots of family members who have very different opinions, and they get in terrible arguments around the dinner table. I wanted to write a blog post about coping with this situation, but since my family isn't religious, I have limited personal experience with this (mainly with some in-laws, but not for several years). One friend with a fundamentalist family (she may identify herself if she chooses) told me that you should never engage with your religious family about your atheism on Thanksgiving. And if they insist on talking about religion or politics, leave the room.
So instead of writing a real post about my opinions, I thought I'd just sit back and listen. For people with religious families of any kind, whether fundamentalist or liberal: In your personal experience, has it ever been productive to let yourself be drawn into a religious discussion with your family, particularly on Thanksgiving? I'd love to hear your anecdotes about this, whether it is about moderate success or comically catastrophic failure. Any strategies for shutting down discussions that aren't welcome?


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Pompeii (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks out Paul W.S. Andersons latest 'passion project'...
A slave turned invincible gladiator named Milo (Kit Harrington) finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator (Kiefer Sutherland). As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. (From Sony's original synopsis)
Paul W.S. Anderson remains an easy target for film fans/critics, to the point that his name is synonymous with mediocrity. He has certainly earned the distinction following nearly two decades of wasted genre concepts, but he has also earned a slight (very slight) benefit of the doubt for a pair of A+ guilty pleasures – Event Horizon and The Three Musketeers ( Alien vs. Predator and Resident Evil sequels gave us a glimpse of how much worse these movies could be). I assume a number of readers will agree with me concerning Event Horizon, but realize I'm fighting an uphill battle when I try to convince anyone that Three Musketeers was anything but an epic disaster. You're just going to have to trust me. In fact, Three Musketeers was such a rascally, stupid, and ultimately entertaining little surprise that I was actually looking forward to more historical fiction from Anderson. I wasn't going to spend the money to see Pompeii in theaters, but jumped at the chance to review it on Blu-ray in hopes of more dopey hijinks.
Like Three Musketeers, Pompeii is a movie no one was really asking for. Those that craved a classy chronicle of the historical tragedy that struck the ancient Roman city knew to stay away the minute Anderson's name was attached to the material, while those that would normally enjoy the director's brand of video game entertainment were likely uninterested in sitting through a film with any fact-based relevance. Not unexpectedly, the final results occupy a mediocre middle-ground between a straight-faced, sword & sandal epic and a slick, effects-driven disaster movie. I imagine that the silliness of Three Musketeers would've worked more in the film's favour, but Anderson and screenwriters Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler & Michael Robert Johnson know better than to mix and match tones once one is established. Continuity works for the most part, even though the sincerity of the drama is sometimes accidentally amusing. Or is it? Perhaps the filmmakers were aware that introducing their romantic leads to each other via horse euthanasia is kind of hilarious (their literally break a horse's neck together during their first meeting).
Anderson's choices are often visually appealing. He captures grit, scope, and scale on a somewhat modest budget much better than similarly priced productions by avoiding too many post- 300 visual clichés. Pompeii won't ever be confused with a Spartacus or Gladiator, but it also doesn't look like it was shot on a digital back-lot. Only a handful of low frame-rate slo-mo shots ugly-up the otherwise handsome production. Given a spotty history with special effects elements and his inability to hide behind a cartoonish tone, like he did with Three Musketeers, it was a distinct possibility that Anderson would botch the inevitably CG-enhanced climax. But Pompeii's effects are, for the most part, convincing (aside from some iffy green screen composites) and Anderson does an admirable job tying the chaotic images of the final act together into one, elongated action set piece. He actually runs into more trouble trying to maintain his PG-13 rating. This is a particular bummer when he sets up a multi-gladiatorial fighter combat situation that has to be censored of any gory mayhem. It's mostly clanging sounds, guys moaning, and falling out of frame.
The speedy pacing robs the film of the character depth that helps define better period epics, but Pompeii isn't as hastily constructed as any number of other recent 'budget epics.' Familiar genre tropes are even used to the film's advantage in many cases, offering the audience reprieve from excess exposition (for example, no one explains the rules of the gladiatorial arena, because the filmmakers assume we've seen the same movies they have). The bigger issue is that Anderson and his writers miss a chance to explore the impact of the volcano on the various classes of the city (I personally enjoyed the political subplots). Instead, they opt to bide their time before the apocalyptic finale by telling yet another revenge-driven gladiator story, one very similar to about a dozen other incarnations – minus the R-rated grit that often make them so entertaining. The well-rounded cast doesn't really help matters. Many of the best actors (Carrie-Anne Moss and Jared Harris) are wasted in incidental parts, while the leads, Kit Harrington and Emily Browning, aren't given much chance to do anything but glower and/or look pretty. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje stands apart, as he usually does through pure force of presence, while Keifer Sutherland steals every scene he's in for all the wrong reasons. His choice of accent is…unique.
Anderson and cinematographer Glen MacPherson have been working together shooting digital 3D over four movies now, including Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Three Musketeers, Resident Evil: Retribution, and this one. These movies have used a number of rigs, including Arri Alexas, PACE Fusions, Phantoms, Sony CineAltas – but, according to specs, Pompeii was shot exclusively with Red Epic cameras. This review pertains to the 2D, 1080p, 2.40:1 transfer included as part of this two-disc collection. This is a superb image, due both to the format's incredibly clarity and Anderson/MacPherson's choice to not stick to a constant or limited colour scheme. Sure, there are plenty of scenes featuring glossy, orange skin tones and smoky green set pieces/digital extensions, but there are also plenty of dynamic daylight scenes flecked with poppy highlight hues and some rich, monochromatic nighttime shots. The colours are well separated without a lot of the unnaturally smooth gradations seen in other shot-on-Red productions and the contrast levels are cranked pretty high. The harsh blacks and bright white highlights help the more complicated fine details, but are also occasionally detrimental during the more subtly-lit scenes, where dark costumes disappear into dark backgrounds. There are no notable compression artefacts (some of the darkest scenes are a bit grainy, I suppose), but the smoothness sometimes leads to smooshed skin/costume textures, minor ghosting issues (which might be a 3D to 2D problem), and a few banding effects throughout the softer backdrops.
Pompeii is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and is every bit as aurally bombastic as you'd assume it would be based on the subject matter and Anderson's previous releases (even his worst films tend to have impressive sound design). Obviously, the explosive noises of the volcano are the most aggressive element, which makes the third act the best system test in terms of sheer noise. Readers looking to show off their new receivers and speakers have plenty of screaming hordes, blasting magma, roaring fires, and falling rocks to look forward to. The portentous scenes of the volcano preparing to blow were my favourites due to their more subtle directional cues and LFE rumble. The fights and battles feature similarly noisy, sometimes with overly punchy impact noises, and dialogue-heavy scenes are nicely layered with basic ambience and, occasionally, music. Composer Clinton Shorter does a good Hans Zimmer impression with his melodramatic score (Anderson acknowledges that he and Shorter were riffing on Zimmer during the commentary track), which makes good use of reverb-heavy percussion, rich strings, and warm vocals that spread nicely over the stereo channels. Even during the loudest destruction scenes the music stands apart as it wraps throughout the speakers.
- Commentary with Anderson and co-producer Jeremy Bolt – Anderson's commentaries are usually pleasant, factoid-heavy affairs and this one is no exception. He and Bolt do a good job discussing their passion for the project (including lots of research), problems with their adaptation of the story (they admit that there are similarities to Gladiator), praising their cast & crew, and just generally covering the ups and downs of the technical production. The tone is a little too formal and they run out of anecdotes during the less action-packed scenes, but these complaints are minor, given the track's overall success.
- 20 deleted & alternate scenes (23:30, HD) – A lot of unnecessary character development and awkward exposition was rightfully cut to keep the film moving.
- The Assembly (7:10, HD) – A look at the cast and their roles.
- The Journey (7:40, HD) – Concerning the production design, set construction, and research.
- The Costume Shop (6:50, HD) – On the costume design/construction.
- The Volcanic Eruption (7:00, HD) – A look at the digital and physical effects involved in recreating the volcanic explosion, including the construction of a virtual Pompeii.
- The Gladiators (6:20, HD) – On stunts and fight choreography.
- Pompeii: Buried in Time: Behind the Scenes of Ancient History's Greatest Disaster (24:00, HD) – A mixed making-of EPK/historical featurette.
- Trailers
I wanted to like Pompeii more than I did. It ultimately fails, because, like many of Paul W.S. Anderson's movies, it is a merely adequate retelling of a familiar story. With more effort extended on a narrative level it might've been a slam-dunk B-movie. Viewers looking for a half decent gladiator movie mixed with a half decent disaster movie should be happy, assuming those expectations remain low. Sony's Blu-ray features a sharp 2D transfer (any issues are possibly 3D to 2D artefacts), an outstanding DTS-HD MA soundtrack, and an okay selection of extras, including a commentary track and some short featurettes.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Da B-Meister Member Join Date: September 2005 Location: United States Posts: 543
Rented this one from the Redbox the other night. There was nothing even slightly decent about the film until the volcano finally blew its top. The visuals from there on were terrific, even when the story and characters were c**p. Keifer Sutherland was completely miscast and I don't think I've seen a worse acting job from him than here. The overall plot couldn't have been more thin if they tried, or less compelling.....and the same for the characters.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I was amused when they said it took them a while to come up with a story that had mass appeal to people (it is at the start of the audio commentary)
Chris Gould Editor Join Date: May 2001 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,171
Hey, at least it's not The Legend of Hercules.
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13
Disc Details
Release Date: 20th May 2014
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English and Dolby Digital 5.1 English Audio Descriptive Track
Subtitles: English, English SDH, and Spanish
Extras: Director and Co-Producer Commentary, The Assembly, The Volcanic Eruption, The Gladiators, The Journey, The Costume Shop, Pompeii: Buried in Time, Deleted/Extended Scenes, UltraViolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris, Kiefer Sutherland
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama and Romance
Length: 104 minutes
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Execs From Bankrupt Kodak To Make Millions For Giving The Company's Patents To Trolls
from the this-is-not-innovation dept
The execs make out like bandits. The buyers likely make out like bandits after shaking down some companies. The lawyers (of course) make out like bandits. And... who gets screwed? Oh yeah, the companies who are actually innovating successfully in the market and the public (who we thought the patent system was supposed to benefit).


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I'm thinking about suicide. With what is going on with my life, it seems to be the only choice I have. How can I stop? – Jake*
If you have been thinking about suicide, get help right away.
When things are so bad that suicide seems like the only choice, it's a sign that depression, discouragement, or despair are strong. Feelings like these can cloud our view of reality, especially when life gets hard. We might feel trapped and unable to see there are other choices.
Talk to someone you trust as soon as you can, preferably a parent or other caring, responsible adult in your family. If you can't talk to a parent or relative, talk to someone like a coach, school counselor, religious leader, or teacher. Start the conversation by saying, "I've been having a tough time lately, and I've been thinking about suicide. I need your help." Ask the person to help you find a counselor to speak with about your situation and your feelings.
If you need help finding someone to talk to right now, or if you are thinking about suicide, call a suicide crisis line (such as 1-800-SUICIDE) or a local suicide helpline. These toll-free lines are staffed by people who are trained to help you without ever knowing your name or seeing your face. The calls are confidential. If you feel you're in immediate danger of hurting yourself, you can also go to the emergency department at your local hospital.
*Names have been changed to protect user privacy.
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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someone who goes out with or sleeps with everyone from their church or youth group
oh my gosh kristan did you hear about gregory he's such a church whore
by horatioiksmylove March 31, 2006
Predominately African American females who hang around the premises of a Church's Chicken restaurant asking teenage boys if they would like to have a "good time"
When i was at church's chicken the other day, the church whores wouldn't leave me alone.
by evil shinanigan September 21, 2008
Grace became a Church Whore when Monica her to go to the church down the street as well as her own church in order to get a dsecent selection on good Christian boys to date.
by Gracifer November 16, 2007


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It takes a brave man to show up Zinedine Zidane but that's exactly what Xabi Alonso has done during a training session with Real Madrid.
The experienced midfielder is working his way back to full fitness after a spell out through injury, but appears to have lost none of his sharpness if this video is anything to go by.
Taking part in some Barcelona-esque Rondo training drills with Zidane in the middle, the ball comes round to Alonso who pulls off an amazing no-look nutmeg on the French great.
Zidane, now assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu, doesn't seem to mind too much - perhaps because it is a trick even the great man himself would be proud of.
Check out the video above!


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LITTLE ROCK — A Pulaski County justice of the peace from Jacksonville announced Friday that he will run for a state House seat as a Democrat despite having been a lifelong Republican.
Bob Johnson, 60, said he will seek the Democratic nomination for the District 42 House seat. The current holder of that office, Democrat Mark Perry of Jacksonville, is prevented by term limits from seeking a fourth House term.
"I grew up as a moderate Republican," Johnson said in a news release. "My father was very close to Gov. (Winthrop) Rockefeller; it has been very personal to me. In the last several years, the party has just moved too far to the right and is dominated by people that say 'no' to everything. Because of that, I am now better described as a conservative Democrat."
In an interview with the Arkansas News Bureau, Johnson added, "Saying 'no' to everything doesn't work. We've got to work together and compromise."
Johnson, a certified public accountant, has been on the Pulaski County Quorum Court since 2005. He has never before run for a state office.
Republicans made history in Arkansas last year by winning a majority of seats in both the House and Senate for the first time in nearly140 years. The current makeup of the Senate is 21 Republicans and 13 Democrats.
One seat is vacant because Sen. Paul Bookout, D-Jonesboro, resigned last month after the state Ethics Commission fined him for taking campaign money for personal use. A special prosecutor has been appointed to conduct a criminal investigation.


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Based on the bestseller by John Green, it's the story of teens with a life threatening disease who fall in love.
Forget the Kleenex and pack the industrial-strength hanky for the wildly popular teen-weeper "The Fault In Our Stars." There weren't too many dry eyes in the audience I saw it with. It wasn't pretty, either. This was noisy, ugly crying with mascara-streaked eyes, dripping-wet faces and snotty noses. This was the type of emotional response from an audience so invested in the characters and story that they left it all on the cinema floor.
Me? I must be soulless, though "Simon Birch" gets me all day long. Not an ounce of mist in TFIOS. Perhaps it's because I read John Green's best-seller and knew what was coming. I teared up once during the book, but it was a poignant mother-daughter scene that was my gut punch, not that other thing. And, you know what I'm talking about because you've read the book and you'll see the movie, probably two or three times, and you'll probably love it. I didn't. The film is a two-hour tearjerker that's sluggish and predictable about the impossibly grim subject of teen cancer. In adapting John Green's blockbuster, director Josh Boone and screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, are extremely faithful to the source. The story details the romance of Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus "Gus" (Ansel Elgort). On the page, their star-crossed story is by turns, funny, joyous, frustrating and sad. Something, maybe intimacy or Green's superb style, is lost in transition to the screen. And actually hearing the dialogue out loud is cringe-inducing: "It would be a privilege to get my heart broken by you."
Gus and Hazel meet cute at a support group for ill teens. Her cancer is temporarily halted by a new wonder drug. He's in remission after cancer took his lower right leg. Gus is immediately smitten with Hazel, or "Hazel Grace" as he calls her. She's witty and smart – a no B.S. girl who diffuses heavy situations with dark humor. Gus, a former high school basketball star, is loquacious, gorgeous and charming. In fact, they're so good-looking the only visible sign something is wrong is the rolling oxygen tank Hazel is hooked up to fortify her damaged lungs. In between talk of "cancer perks" and PET scans, the teens learn about love, sex and what it means to live an extraordinary life. Then there's this twist – which isn't much of a twist – that results in a major tonal shift from breezy teen romance to maudlin mess. We're not quite in Nicholas Sparks territory, but we're close.
Thankfully, Woodley grounds the film. She and Elgort (who also co-starred with her in "Divergent") are a charming screen couple, but lack the combustible chemistry (think Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw in "Love Story") to pull off such a mawkish narrative. She gives a smart, serious and heartfelt performance that makes up for Elgort's one-note (read: stiff) turn. Like her performance in "The Spectacular Now," Woodley is authentic, inducing tears when she tells Gus she can't date him because she's a "grenade" who will leave too much destruction in her wake. That's not even her most stirring moment. Laura Dern doesn't have much to do as Hazel's devoted mother, but she shows the youngsters how the pros do it in one agonizing flashback in which Hazel almost dies, and then another that's heartbreaking and hopeful. The film could have used more of the mother-daughter dynamic stirred by two naturals in Dern and Woodley.
When the action shifts to Amsterdam, Williem Defoe shows up as the drunk reclusive author of Gus and Hazel's favorite book, "An Imperial Affliction." Defoe's mere presence as Peter Van Houten gives the movie a desperately needed shot in the arm. Nat Wolff ("Palo Alto") as Isaac, Gus's blind best friend, also energizes the story.
In case you're wondering if you should feel sad or worried or hopeful or happy, the overblown music by Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott will let you know. But that won't matter to the built-in audience of teen girls and their "The Vow" loving mothers.
Opportunity is knocking if you're a teen boy. This is your chance to be her shoulder to cry on. Okay? Okay.
Dana Barbuto may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Twitter @dbarbuto_Ledger.


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Review: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
'Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' is a raw and brutal crime shooter that aims to redefine the way you experience gaming. Certainly not for the fainthearted, the game will take you on a journey of the criminal underworld that plays out on screen as an amateur indie movie. It gives the impression of being followed by a camera man with a cheap hand-held filming device as you complete your objectives on the streets of Shanghai, but so long as you're not offended by the words "fuck", "shag" and other obscenities, with an inner killer-instinct as a means of survival - your journey is sure to be somewhat memorable!
Kane & Lynch 2, features a complete revamp of the visual style of its predecessor and this time allows gamers to experience the main Story Mode as Lynch, with Kane available only in co-operative mode. Developers, IO Interactive has based the new visual style on documentary films, and that cheap hand-held filming device impression gives the game an added depth of realism to the Shanghai surroundings. It's intense, gritty, and leaves you hooked - you soon begin to feel like you are the viewer of a reality show following the lives of two foul mouthed criminals on an escape mission! Quite often you never know what's going to happen next, but just can't wait to find out.
The game starts with Lynch who is now settled in Shanghai with his girlfriend, waiting for his friend Kane to arrive. The initial purpose of Kane's arrival is to help Lynch and his boss, Glazer with an arms deal. Lynch, unable to complete the job alone had requested Kane's help, but first, upon his arrival an informant has to be dealt with swiftly - then, from that moment the rest of the story slowly unfolds.
After a chase through the backstreets of Shanghai and an intense enemy shootout, you find your informant and his girlfriend who are now both on the run, but your job is to hunt the informant down and keep him alive. The situation doesn't go according to plan and the informants girlfriend who appears in the first instance as a gutter slut, turns out to be the daughter of a high profile, yet corrupt government official, Shangsi. Unfortunately as part of the chase she is shot and killed outright, then the informant commits an act of suicide leaving both Kane and Lynch in a very difficult situation with Glazer and the government official, who also so happens to be the most dangerous businessman in Shanghai.
The Story Mode follows a path of betrayal, survival and revenge through eleven chapters of third-person-shooting action as Kane and Lynch find themselves wanted by the entire Shanghai criminal underworld. The plot is basic and mostly about escaping from one area to another along a linear route which tends to involve being caught up in firefights of increasing difficulty as the game nears a completion. From the Difficulty options you can choose Easy, Medium, Hard or Extreme depending upon how challenging you like your missions, but Extreme is near on impossible to complete alone and is best advised strictly for co-operative gameplay. If you want to get at least eight to ten hours from the campaign, then the Medium or Hard setting is likely to be your best option. Co-Op Story Mode can be played locally or through Xbox LIVE, and your main objective throughout is simply "Kill or be killed" through many of the game's outdoor environments as well as the internal buildings that have been perfectly visually designed to replicate the feel of a gangland enforced Shanghai city.
Although the game is quite linear, in many parts there is still plenty of room for exploration as you hunt out enemy targets, kill those on your tail and pick up new weapons and ammunition. Due to the large quantity of enemies within 'Kane & Lynch 2′ you will never go short of weapons or ammunition that you can grab off the AI after you've killed them, and because it plays like a documentary, a killed enemy will have his face pixelated on screen by the camera as if it was to protect his identity on TV. To further aide your survival against enemies - Down not Dead, a second chance allowing players to shoot back or crawl to cover in one shot kill situations, and Human Shields, an act of desperation to add more dimension to the cover system has been implemented for those difficult, tense, near death moments.
Upon completion of the Story Mode, it does leave you wishing the game could have been a bit longer by just a couple more chapters, but the Co-Op options that allow you to play in local split-screen or with a player on Xbox LIVE adds further replay value and could even help you obtain the more difficult Achievements. If you're after a no frills shooter that doesn't involve running around trying to find hidden in-game items, no solving of complex puzzles, a game where you can simply load up your gun, run, if it moves - shoot it, hope for the best and enjoy the environment around you - then 'Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' will fulfill all your wishes.
Thanks to the power of Xbox LIVE, the Story Mode within 'Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' is only half the fun as the game boasts a number of Multiplayer gametypes to unleash your competitive streak. Starting with the return of Fragile Alliance from the original Kane & Lynch game for up to eight players, this involves working together as a team in a heist scenario to escape with as much of the four-million loot as possible within a four minute time period. The players involved in the heist will need to kill off the opposing players acting as guards and police as they make their way to a getaway vehicle. The more interesting aspect of Fragile Alliance is a test of greed, because if all players play as a team unit, the score will be split evenly, but those who want to try for the most loot may decide to become greedy "fuck-wit" traitors, turn on their team and use another player as a Human Shield for their own selfish advantage! Not only that, but as well as the option to betray your team and make off with all of the loot, you could be done-over by another team member wanting it all for themselves - or managing a safe escape you could even split the cash with the getaway driver and think "fuck everyone else"!
Next up is Undercover Cop; very similar to the Fragile Alliance gametype, but - yes you guessed it - an Undercover Cop has been placed on your own team! The Undercover cop is chosen at random before the start of the game and only that player is aware they are the chosen one. All other players in the game are to trust absolutely no one, because the role of the Undercover Cop is act just like one of the Robbers and wait for the heist to begin. Once the loot has been stolen, the Undercover Cop's role within the game has only just started - he must take out all of the dirty robbing bastard's one by one without getting caught or killed. If even one Robber manages to get away with any sum of money - the Undercover Cop has failed his duty and has lost the game. Robber's on the other hand will receive a reward for managing to kill the Undercover Cop if they can find him! This gametype is quite short, but fast and frantic action that becomes quite addictive, by far the best multiplayer mode in 'Kane & Lynch 2′ for up to eight players.
The final multiplayer gametype available from the options is Cops & Robbers. A twelve player, 'Kane & Lynch 2′ take on a team deathmatch mode where all players in a game are split into two teams, Alpha and Beta. One team will become the Cops and the other team is forced to become the Robbers who will set out on the same mission familiar to Fragile Alliance that involves completing a heist for loot. The team of Cops are enforced with the task of trying to stop the heist, killing the Robbers as they try to escape, and returning the loot as quickly as they can.
'Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' will appeal to gamers who are mostly hooked on action packed multiplayer gameplay, where you just want to get on Xbox LIVE and shoot someone, also for the players out there who couldn't give a toss about campaign modes! Whilst the Story Mode is quite short and feels like a bonus addition to a game that is designed as a perfect multiplayer title - the addition of Xbox LIVE co-operative options for the Story Mode further adds to the fun of playing, even though it is a shame it isn't drop in & out enabled. When that random guy you picked up on Xbox LIVE quits, it's Game over.
The game has been rated 18 for a reason. It's very aggressive with quite possibly the most amount of swearing ever heard in a game, but it does unfortunately lack a decent amount of gore and killing an enemy is not as graphically detailed as the accompanying dialogue - more wounds and blood wouldn't have gone a miss!
'Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days' was released on August 20th, 2010, and a demo is also available to download from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Final Score: 8 out of 10 - Good (How do we rate games?)


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Sad news that Barrington died suddenly today of a heart attack.
Anyone who caught the" Gorgeous " era 808 show will know what a big presence and warmth he had.
bit shocked ,ive just found out.
Barrington Stuart R.I.P.
Discuss 808 State and related.
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Barrington's Funeral this morning , Sad but lovely doo with heartfelt speeches / knowing laughs and great singers ,massive turn out.
Perfectly Barryesque.
....Peace + Out .
Perfectly Barryesque.
....Peace + Out .
Re: Barrington Stuart R.I.P.
"Barrington Stewart died from a heart attack on 14 April, aged just forty six. He leaves behind seven siblings, three children, his partner Amelia Del Bargo, many friends and a huge musical legacy."
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How to Easily Apply A Passport With www.passportindia.gov.in
If you are clueless on how to apply a passport application in http://www.passportindia.gov.in the first thing that you should do is to become an online registered user on the website of Passport Seva and in order to create a user account for the online form submission you can visit http://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/user/RegistrationBaseAction, after that you will be asked to enter the passport office under the jurisdiction of where you are currently residing. Once that is done, you will be asked to input your given name, surname, date of birth, your preferred login identification and the password that goes with it.
How to Apply Online
You need to download the form through the left navigation menu. Once you have been able to register online in http://www.passportindia.gov.in/, the first step that you should do is to log into your Passport Seva user account, then click the "Apply Passport Online" option located within the left navigational menu. After that, you will be asked to upload the needed files through the "Upload Document" link located on the applicant home page. Please take note that the documents that will be uploaded are in .pdf format and must be self-attested which means there should be a signature from the applicant. The last step will require you to be personally present at the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) or the Mini Passport Seva Kendra (Mini PSK). Also, you must schedule an appointment with the PSK or the Mini PSK that is associated with the jurisdiction of the applicant's current and valid address.
When you chose to decide to have an Online Appointment, it is mandatory to go to PSK to commence further passport processing. Only people who have medical or emergency cases are able to go to PSK without any appointment. Please be reminded that with these cases, such service will be provided with discretion from the PSK in charge. In the event that the form submission process in PSK isn't completed within the duration of 3 months of submitting application online, you will be required to restart the submission of all the needed applications.