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Today is another day, the day after Cyber Monday. The shopping frenzy has slowed a bit but still high for this time of year. Despite all the shopping over the weekend from Black Friday to Cyber Monday it seems as if we have forgotten about dads as usual in the frey of shopping.
As a strong supporter and in many cases the backbone of the family we should never forget dad and show him our appreciation during this time of the year, whether it's with a card, a tool for working around the home or just an ipad.
Most dads today do not know how to be handy around the house so a good idea would be a handy man's guide. Something that would teach him how to fix something when broken around the house. This would make his woman proud as well as boost his self confidence knowing he is able to fix something when it's broken.
By being his own handy man he lowers his household expense by doing it himself. This entails making his wife proud because the extra dollars saved can be used to go elsewhere. Make life easier while appreciating the man in your life and give him the gift that every man should possess.
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A boy's name of English, German, Germanic and Scandinavian origin. Aric was most popular in 1977 and is currently not among the top 1000 U.S. boys' names. Meaning: Scandinavian: ruler of all. English: brave ruler. German: a short form of Frederick. History: Eric the Red was a Norwegian explorer who founded Greenland's first colony.
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When pounding a girl in the ass, right before you spurt you thump her upside the head, knocking her out causing all her muscles to contract giving the greatest pleasure in your life.
oh shit here it comes!! oh god! wait hold... on... im gonna donkey thump you!... (whack) oh..... jesus!
by Blake Sprunk June 09, 2003
When you donkeythump someone, you fuck them in the ass and when you're about to blow your load you whack them on the back of the head so they clench. I have experience with this myself.
I donkeythump, therefore I am, although have been donkeythumped myself several times
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An involuntary meeting usually intiated by your supervisor that is generally considered a waste of time. When over it generally leaves one feeling fucked up the ass without the lube.
Five minutes after my shift began my supervisor came to me to talk. I knew that I was in for a donkey thump.
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There's no denying the electric bass has been critical in shaping the sound, style and rhythm of the heavy music genres. But when it comes to instrumentalists, it's my humble opinion that bass players often get a touch less fanfare than their guitarist counterparts. (I play bass, so I'm allowed to make this claim!)
Well, we're not ignoring the bass slingers anymore! Below, check out Gibson.com's list of the Top 10 Metal and Hard Rock Bass Players. While it was near-impossible to whittle the list down to just 10, we did our best. Who are your favorite metal or hard rock bass players? Let us know in the comments section below!
10. Robert Trujillo (Metallica)
Many great bass players have lent their low-end skills to Metallica, but I'm especially impressed with the energy Trujillo has brought to Metallica's live shows. After seeing the band at Detroit's Palace of Auburn Hills arena venue in 2004 -- just one year after Trujillo joined Metallica -- it was obvious what energy and power Trujillo carried, never missing a groove. Trujillo has performed for Suicidal Tendencies, Black Label Society, Infectious Grooves, Jerry Cantrell and Ozzy Osbourne, so it's no wonder he holds such grace and presence on stage.
9. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
Longtime Megadeth bass player brings a relentless attack to every stage he plays. By mixing classic thrash metal with a threatening, intense delivery, he's earned the title of one of the most brutal bass players of all time. And, he's still got it. Need proof? Megadeth's new album, Th1rt3en, packs bottom-end sounds that are just as slick and menacing as on the band's debut. Ellefson is certainly here to stay.
8. Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)
Lemmy Kilmister is his own brand, complete with his trademark handlebar moustache, mutton chops and rock 'n' roll attitude. While Kilmister was inspired to rock the bass after catching a Beatles show when he was 16, and the musician's own music is much heavier than anything the Beatles ever spit out, and like McCartney, he doesn't just hold down bass-- he sings, too.
7. John Entwistle (The Who)
John Entwistle is the original heavy-ender. His aggressive playing style stirred hundreds of major rock and metal bass players, and many consider Entwistle's playing groundbreaking for its unique, high-treble sound. Tragically, Entwistle was discovered dead after a cocaine overdose just one day before the Who were set to kick off a big U.S. tour. He was 57.
6. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
John Paul Jones brought a unique, rock solid bass sound to Led Zeppelin, but what makes him one of my favorites is the versatility he possesses as a musician and producer. Let's face it: He's worked with pretty much every big name, from R.E.M. to Foo Fighters to Lenny Kravitz. He even joined Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Josh Homme in the short-lived supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, proving Jones' career is far from behind us.
5. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
Do I even have to rationalize putting Steve Harris on this list? The founder of famed metallers Iron Maiden is an obvious pick. His trademark "galloping" bass style is one of a kind, and if you head to an Iron Maiden show, you'll see he's still in top form. Iron Maiden continue to be a touring machine, and they couldn't do it without Harris holding things down.
4. Blasko (Ozzy Osbourne)
Since joining the ranks of Ozzy Osbourne's band in 2003, heavy metal bass player Blasko has lived the life of every metal bassist's dream. It's been a long climb to the top, though. Before Ozzy, Blasko held down the bottom end for Prong, Danzig and Rob Zombie. It's no wonder Blasko owns such a formidable onstage presence and rock-solid bass guitar chops.
3. John Myung (Dream Theater)
Dream Theater bass player John Myung is something of a bass prodigy. Myung is a classically trained musician whose fingers run all over the fretboard. Any bass player who can keep up with guitarist John Petrucci's proficient guitar playing has to be stellar, and Myung does it seemingly effortlessly, on a six-string bass to boot.
2. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
This list would be far from complete without including Cliff Burton. Metallica's legendary bass player was taken from the metal world far too prematurely, but the sounds and bass lines he created live on. With the help of a barrage of pedals and gear, Burton fashioned bass sound similar to a low-tuned guitar, plus spit out killer solos. Metallica are certainly indebted to Burton for helping to make them thrash icons.
1. Geddy Lee (Rush)
If the only thing Geddy Lee did in Rush was play the bass he'd be implausibly accomplished. But, he does it all while singing and playing the keyboards; a near-impossible feat. Not many frontmen have successfully juggled this triple task. Add to that the confidence that comes from playing for a long time, and Lee remains one of the genre's biggest and best players.


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Kevin and I are finally settled back into Western Colorado life, sans children, who are on their own adventures. Our first couple of days we stayed on site, unpacking and airing out the place and ourselves, and taking turns sitting on the kids' beds in the bunk house wondering where our children are, and feeling a sort of nostalgia for all things young: the kids, the ranch, us. We were too preoccupied by the strangeness of being on our own—is it weird that we aren't having boisterous conversation at lunch?–to hit the farm stands and vineyards, so we just ate out of our pretty lame garden. But we didn't do so badly.
Our first meal was a dish I'd had in Capri when I was a kid, traveling in Italy with my parents: Spaghettini with Lettuce Greens.
It's marvelously easy and quite elegant. You simply boil thin spaghetti and toss it in vinaigrette with torn tender lettuce greens, and garnish with black pepper and grated parmesan cheese.
It is particularly verdant this year, after a rainy, cool spring, and our garden, which has been on timed sprinklers since Kevin put in the plants in late May, is a sodden mess. But the farmers are ecstatic. John Cooley of Rivendell Farm in Delta told me it was as if he went outside and said, "Today I need a little soft rain," and he got it; then the next day he said, "Today, a nice warm sun would be good," and then he got that, too. His potatoes are so big and perfect the farmer's market in Telluride where he sells on Saturdays suspected he was buying them from elsewhere and reselling. When I finally got to Zephryos Farms and Garden (www.zephyrosfarmandgarden.com), my CSA box was packed with stuff: cabbage, bok choy, heads of lettuce, garlic scapes, sweet peas, snow peas, broccoli, baby carrots, baby beets, radishes, herbs of all sorts…from which I've made, among other things, a great big vegetable soup (everything is chopped up, thrown in the pot, and covered with water. Then, when it is done–a couple of hours–I add basil pesto and serve the soup at room temperature).
Turns out this is an incredible year for cherries. Everyone is begging their neighbors to come over and pick, and the starlings are so bloated and slow you can practically catch them with your hands. I got three pounds of organic Bings from Delicious Orchards (www.freshapplecider.com) and put up seven pints in the simplest way—no pitting, just a simple sugar syrup. I'll pit them later, when I use them in a recipe.
I tried to make 7 pints of cherries but one pint failed to seal. That was because I had either put in too much syrup, or the cherries expanded just a little too much. Anyway, when I opened the jar there was, like, no space between the top of the jar and the lid. Hence the failed seal.
Bing Cherries
Makes 7 pints
3 lbs Bing cherries, stemmed, washed, and pricked with a pin (about 4 quarts)
3 cups sugar
About 1 cup water
You can pit the cherries if you like, but they will look more collapsed in the jar after processing. If you leave the pit in, prick the cherries with a sharp pin (like a needlepoint pin) to keep them from bursting during processing.
Place the cherries, sugar, and water in a large heavy bottomed pot and heat over a medium to medium low heat until the sugar dissolves and begins to boil. (You can add more or less water, depending on how much juice the berries produce. You just want to be sure the sugar dissolves easily, and doesn't burn before the cherry juice is extracted. Water helps.) Shake or gently stir the cherries to make sure all the sugar is dissolved.
Have ready 7 very clean pint jars with screw bands and new lids. Using a slotted spoon, fill the jars with cherries—its okay to press them down gently.
Then cover the cherries with the syrup, leaving ½ inch headroom. Place on the lids, screw on the bands fingertip tight, and process in boiling water for 20 minutes (add 1 minute for every 1,000 feet above sea level). Remove the jars and allow them to come to room temperature, check the seals, and store in a cool, dark place.
I had about 3/4 cup of leftover syrup in the bottom of the pot, so I made a Cherry Bounce. This is a traditional American cordial with roots in both the south and the east. There are about a million recipes for it, but here's what I did….
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
3/4 cup cherry syrup
¼ cup rum
¼ brandy
¼ cup water
Combine and chill.
I have a variety of recipes to test with the Bings, and I'll be putting up a recipe for canning sour cherries, too…
Also, to readers of Well-Preserved: we found an error in the Cherries with Wine recipe. It calls for 2 quarts of wine, but should call for 6 cups. The error will not affect the safety of the recipe, but it does leave you with a lot of leftover wine syrup. Deepest apologies for the oversight!!


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The cool thing about libertarianism is how united we are in our shared premise that it is wrong to forcibly interfere in the lives of others (even for government!), and yet how diverse a group we can be, with different values, lifestyles, and even opinions about libertarianism itself and how best to implement a free and civil society.
As I'm struck with inspiration from time to time, I'm going to start posting "Discussion Points" as catalysts for dialogue about issues that we may disagree on- even if we all share a "libertarian" understanding of civil society. Today's discussion point is somewhat parochial (but any non-Americans are welcome to sound off on the issue!) and relates to the sovereignty of the fifty United States, and their relationship to the Federal government.
J. Stephen Conn noticed that I used a picture of his to illustrate my post entitled "TN Senate Affirms 10th Amendment, Passes Firearms Freedom Act." He left a comment identifying himself as a libertarian, expressing his appreciation that another libertarian is getting value out of his work, and then making this assertion:
Actually, IMHO, the State Flag should be above that of the USA.
I was immediately intrigued, because I didn't know right away what I thought about that. So here's the discussion point for the day:
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Until today, Illinois was the only state that prohibited virtually all residents from carrying firearms, either openly or concealed, outside the home or other narrowly circumscribed locations. This morning a panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Illinois statute unconstitutional under two recent Supreme Court cases, District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), and McDonald v. City of Chicago, 130 S. Ct. 3020 (2010). The 7th Circuit case, Moore, et al. v. Madigan, was decided on a 2-1 vote with Judge Richard Posner writing the majority opinion.Here are a few excerpts that illustrate the court's logic: The first sentence of the McDonald opinion states that "two years ago, in District of Columbia v. Heller, we held that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense," McDonald v. City of Chicago, supra, 130 S. Ct. at 3026…. Heller repeatedly invokes a broader Second Amendment right than the right to have a gun in one's home, as when it says that the amendment "guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." 554 U.S. at 592. Confrontations are not limited to the home. … The right to "bear" as distinct from the right to "keep" arms is unlikely to refer to the home. To speak of "bearing" arms within one's home would at all times have been an awkward usage. A right to bear arms thus implies a right to carry a loaded gun outside the home. … A blanket prohibition on carrying gun in public prevents a person from defending himself anywhere except inside his home; and so substantial a curtailment of the right of armed self-defense requires a greater showing of justification than merely that the public might benefit on balance from such a curtailment, though there is no proof it would. In contrast, when a state bans guns merely in particular places, such as public schools, a person can preserve an undiminished right of self-defense by not entering those places; since that's a lesser burden, the state doesn't need to prove so strong a need. Similarly, the state can prevail with less evidence when, as in Skoien, guns are forbidden to a class of persons who present a higher than average risk of misusing a gun.Consistent with the rationale of Heller, the court reviewed the rights of Englishmen to keep and bear arms as of 1791, "the critical year for determining the amendment's historical meaning." The court gave Illinois' legislature 180 to craft a new statute consistent with its opinion and with Heller.http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/20...28Power+Line%29
Heck, it was pretty damn plain and clear as written: "...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." (Emphasis added!)
Good news!! Bad news is that it was even a question.
It has been most confusing, simple possession of a firearm is classified as Unlawful use of a weapon.


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Stephen LendmanMore About: Syria
Insurgents Named Responsible for Syrian Massacres
by Stephen Lendman
A Syrian documentary aired on June 9, and a June 7 report by Germany's leading broadsheet provide more evidence. Both refutes Western and scoundrel media misinformation. More on the latter below.
On May 10, suburban Damascus suicide bombings killed 55 and injured hundreds. The attack happened near Syria's military intelligence complex. Children were killed. So were drivers and others heading for work.
At the time, SANA state media said rescue workers collected "15 bags of limbs and torn-off body parts" from the scene. The blasts also destroyed 105 cars.
Western reports spuriously blamed Assad. He had nothing to do with it, other insurgent massacres, daily attacks, targeted assassinations, and Western-sponsored terrorism.
On June 10, SANA state media's documentary discussed the Damascus incident. It pointed fingers the right way. It named Western-recruited Jabhet al-Nasra terrorists responsible. They also carried out earlier attacks.
Jordanian terrorist Abu Musaab, Syrian Mohammad Ali Ghazi, and an Iraqi called Marwan "supervised the operation." Others involved included "Mohammad Ahmad Kamaleddin, a Syrian from Serghaya, Yasser, another Syrian, and an Iraqi known as Allawi."
Testimonies were aired. Medical student Abdullah said the Yousef al-Hajer terrorist organization recruited him to participate. He met Iraqi insurgents involved. They were affiliated with Al Qaeda.
Abdullah was enlisted to help make explosives. He didn't know for what purpose. He said Jabhet al-Nasra is active throughout Syria. It works cooperatively with Free Syrian Army elements. Their mission is violence and destruction to destabilize Syria and oust Assad.
Recruits were deceived to go along.
On air footage also showed al-Qassa'a security camera evidence. "(F)our booby-trapped cars....targeted al-Jamarek, Kafarsousseh, al-Qassa'a and the Criminal Security Department in al-Jamark."
"The documentary showed that the terrorist AbdulSalam Awwad al-Ali al-Hayyawi, nicknamed Abu Omar al-Shami from Deir Ezzor,23 years old, was the one who carried out al-Midan terrorist bombing using a 30-kg explosive-laden belt on April 27th."
It also "revealed that the explosives used in the terrorist bombings were manufactured at a blacksmith shop in Akraba, owned by the terrorist Said Mahmoud Hamada,36 years old, nicknamed Abu Salah, who was a senior member of Jabhet al-Nasra. He recruited an Iraqi explosives' expert called Taha."
On June 7, the Frankfurther Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published an article titled "Again massacres in Syria." The English translation was choppy. Nonetheless, it pointed fingers the right way.
Anti-Assad elements were interviewed. They claimed responsibility. FAZ kept their names confidential. At issue is potential reprisals.
It said most Qubeir victims "were of a family. While the rebels accused the regime militias of murder, the state television made a 'terrorist group' responsible for the massacre."
It replicated Houla May 25 killings. "(C)redible witnesses" "reconstruct(ed)" events. They refuted Western and Assad opposition element claims.
"(I)nsurgents attacked the three roadside inspections of the Syrian army" near Houla. They're responsible for protecting villages.
"Rebels (got a) 300-million-dollar fund." An "expatriate" Doha-based "businessman" supplied it. "Mustafa Sabbagh, president of the Syrian Business Forum in exile, presented the fund."
"Wael Mirza, Secretary General of the Syrian opposition National Council, said half" the amount was spent "and partly flowed to the Free Syrian Army."
In Houla area fighting, "three villages....were sealed off from the outside world."
"According to the eyewitnesses to the massacre," those killed "almost exclusively" were pro-Assad Alawite family members. Several dozen members of one family were slaughtered.
"Killed were also members of the Alawite family Shomaliya and the family of a Sunni member of parliament, because (he) was considered" pro-Assad.
The National Review calls itself "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."
On June 9, it headlined "Report: Rebels Responsible for Houla Massacre," saying:
FAZ's new report blamed Houla killings on "anti-Assad Sunni militants, and the bulk of the victims were members of the Alawi(te) and Shia minorities, which have been largely supportive of Assad."
The massacre followed insurgent/Syrian army clashes. Anti-Assad elements initiated them. Dozens were killed on both sides. Fighting raged for 90 minutes.
It was a diversion. Eyewitnesses said Houla killings occurred at the same time. Pro-Assad loyalists were targeted.
Russian journalist Marat Musin revealed the same thing. Based on firsthand observations and eyewitness testimonies, he refuted Western misinformation and lies.
Western-enlisted death squads bear full responsibility. Government forces and/or so-called pro-Assad shabbiha had no involvement.
FAZ's account said the same thing. Qara, Syria Monastery of St. James members collected their own eyewitness testimonies. They confirmed what Marat and FAZ reported.
The National Review said:
"According to monastery sources cited by the Dutch Middle East expert Martin Janssen, armed rebels murdered 'entire Alawi(te) families' in the village of Taldo in the Houla region."
In early April, Mother Agnes-Mariam de la Croix warned about rebel atrocities "being repackaged in both Arab and Western media accounts as regime atrocities."
She cited a Homs massacre. According to a monastery web site account (published in French), "rebels gathered Christian and Alawi(te) hostages in a building in Khalidiya and blew (it up) with dynamite."
They blamed Assad. Mother Agnes-Mariam said:
"Even though this act has been attributed to regular army forces....the evidence and testimony are irrefutable: It was an operation undertaken by armed groups affiliated with the opposition."
These accounts and other credible evidence point fingers the right way. Western-enlisted death squads bear full responsibility for months of Syrian killings and overall violence. Assad had nothing to do with them. Nonetheless, he's wrongly blamed.
Fabricated accounts substitute for truth and full disclosure. Public support is enlisted for war. Western profiteers want it. Pentagon officials say they're ready.
Joint Chiefs head General Martin Dempsey appears often on Fox News. Claiming Assad atrocities, he threatens military action. So do Obama officials. Media scoundrels promote it. Top UN officials regurgitate it.
Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan and current one, Ban Ki-moon, are trusted imperial tools. Annan's so-called peace plan is sham cover for what's planned.
He and Ban hold Assad responsible "for grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law."
Ban said his government "lost all legitimacy. The trail of blood leads" directly to him and close associates. Culpability is ignored. Victims are blamed, not perpetrators.
The "trail of blood leads" to Washington, not Damascus. Ban reports in for orders. His comments sound pre-scripted. Obama speech writers likely wrote them. Dutifully he repeats him.
Like conspiratorial administration officials, he bears direct responsibility for months of Western-instigated violence. He's equally culpable. He's guilty of crimes of war and against humanity.
How many more will die before bloodshed ends? How great a body count is tolerable? Is Syria in ruins acceptable? Are wars without end defensible? Perhaps nuclear weapons are planned for the next one.
Einstein and Bertrand Russell once thought using them was unthinkable. Both forthrightly opposed war. Russell once said:
"Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?"
Einstein put it another way, saying:
"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
Leaders with these views are sorely lacking. America had none in modern times. World peace hangs in the balance. So does human survival.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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Switching Energy in CMOS Logic: How far are we from physical limit?
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Aggressive scaling of CMOS devices in technology generation has resulted in exponential growth in device performance, integration density and computing power. However, the power dissipated by a silicon chip is also increasing in every generation and emerging as a major bottleneck to technology scaling in nanometer technologies. Hence, analysis and reduction of switching energy in binary logic has drawn significant research interest in recent years.
Physical analysis of a binary system shows that, a binary switching can be achieved by dissipating energy as low as kBTln(2). However, International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductor suggests that, a minimum size inverter designed in 45nm node will take approximately 40,000kBT to switch. This talk will discuss the basic principles of CMOS switching from the circuit/system perspective to analyze the above difference between the physical limit of switching energy and its practical value.
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K-Mart Coupon Policy
Using store coupons can save you big! But every major store has different policies about coupons. So what is the Kmart coupon policy? See some of the highlights below.
Double Coupons Policy
• Kmart will periodically double manufacturers up to a $.99 in value.
• Kmart will double ten (10) coupons per customer/household, per day during doubling events. Anything beyond that will be redeemed at face value only.
• You may only purchase four (4) like items using double coupons.
• On Buy One, Get One offers, Kmart Savings coupons and Kmart Store coupons are excluded from doubling.
Stacking Coupons Policy
• Kmart does not allow customers to stack coupons. You can either use one (1) Kmart store coupon or one (1) manufacturer coupon per item.
• Kmart doubles manufacturer's coupons up to $.99 in value.
Competitor Coupons Policy
• Kmart does not accept competitor coupons.
Internet Coupons Policy
• Kmart accepts coupons printed from the Internet if they have a barcode that scans at the register.
• Will not accept coupons for more than about 75% of a product's value.
• Will not accept "Free" product (no purchase required) internet coupons.
• Buy-one-get-one-free coupons and other values that have a purchase requirement are acceptable.
Rainchecks Policy
• Rainchecks may be issued. Limitations vary by location so check with your particular store.


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"Lost in Nevada" is the result of a six-day, no agenda, "On the Road" slash "Easy Rider" style adventure across Nevada's vast desert and back. The series speaks to the notions of freedom, hitting the open road, exploring new ground, meeting new people and making decisions on the fly. The Nevada Desert has an almost post-apocalyptic feel to it, with some areas resembling scenes right out of "Mad Max." I find this setting quite soothing and a much welcome change to the densely populated urban environment in which I dwell.
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On Sunday, when many people were enjoying the AFC Championship game or time outside with their families on a beautiful day, Augusta's volunteer firefighters were on the scene of a fire.
Be careful what you offer to do because fate sometimes has a way of making us cash the checks our mouths write.
That happened Sunday when a large garage and house fire on Broadway forced every paid and volunteer firefighter in Augusta to respond to the call.
The annual Volunteer Firefighters Banquet was held Saturday night. During that banquet, Major Ray Marbut of the Augusta Public Safety Department told those in attendance about how proud he was of his active volunteer firefighters in Augusta.
"These guys are committed to their community," Marbut said. "They are low maintenance. They don't need recognition or thank yous. They put other people's problems before their own."
Volunteer Firefighter President Andy Hall said it didn't matter if it was 10 degrees at 3 a.m. with ice forming as water is sprayed on the fire or 100 degrees at a hay fire where dozens of bails have to be broken and extinguished, he can count on all of the volunteers to be there.
On Sunday, when many people were enjoying the AFC Championship game or time outside with their families on a beautiful day, Augusta's volunteer firefighters were on the scene of a fire.
Major Marbut said Saturday night that they would be there when they were needed. Sunday evening they proved him right. They wouldn't get anything from being there – except the satisfaction of knowing that the victims were safe, the property was saved and none of the neighbors were affected.
But they were there.
From early evening until long after the sun had set, firefighters were on the scene making sure the fire was out and no longer posed a threat to the city.
Whether it is guys like Allen Bennington who has been a volunteer for 15 years, the retirees who trained and inspired today's volunteers or the junior firefighters who will one day be the ones running toward the buildings that other people run away from, this is a group whose focus is truly on serving the community.
They don't do it for recognition or gratitude, but they earn it.
Kent Bush is the publisher of The Augusta Daily Gazette, The El Dorado Times, and The Andover American newspapers. He can be reached at:email@example.com.


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John W. Lederle Papers
John Lederle played a large role in shaping the Amherst campus as it looks today, transforming UMass Amherst into a nationally respected research university and "great public center for excellence in higher education." Born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Lederle received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1942. Admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1936, he worked with a Detroit law firm from 1936 to 1940 before joining the political science department at Brown University from 1941 to 1944. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1944, filling a number of positions until 1960, when the University of Massachusetts elected him President. Under Lederle's leadership, the Amherst campus enjoyed its greatest period of growth. From 1960 to 1970, student enrollment more than tripled and faculty salaries nearly doubled. The academic program expanded greatly, particularly at the graduate level, and under his watch, the university instituted an academic press, a public radio station, and collaborative arrangements between the local colleges. The University system also evolved in the Lederle years, with the establishment of the Boston campus in 1964 and the medical school in Worcester in 1962.
The Lederle Papers include professional correspondence, administrative records, subject files, committee notes, reports, and clippings; Extra-University records that document Lederle's involvement and interactions with governmental and non-governmental organizations at the state, regional, and national levels; personal correspondence, speeches, bibliographies of his writings, biographical information, a transcript of an oral history describing his administration, and materials relating to his professional activities that followed his presidency; and a series of confidential records.
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People across the world got Christmas presents today and some of those gifts were Nintendo Wii U systems with copies of Black Ops 2. Black Ops 2's much discussed small online player base nearly doubled on Christmas day to over 3,000 players at peak hours.
stop to beat this dead horse, its pointless.
the majority of the peoples who play CallOfAimAssist is still playing it on 360/ps3 and it wont change, so get over it.
I still can't see myself playing a FPS on the Wii gamepad. It just seems way too big.
My ideal game to get for Wii U is not even close to BO2! Probably because I don't enjoy it as well as many other games but I would go for Mario and play loal Coop! :)
The platform has only been out a month long. Of course the community is small whether or not it is compared to the other platforms.
lol...haters never grow up....black ops saw rise in online on wiiu cause people are buying the wiiu and copies of black ops..not because its christmas....what is the reason the numbers go up on ps3 or xbox because alot of people quit their jobs or decide gaming is more important then their families? wiiu just came out a month ago so stop hating and in time you too will realize how special the wiiu is while its winning next generation


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The dark corners of the heart: A review of Volt
Volt: Stories
Alan Heathcock
208 pages, softcover: $15.
Graywolf Press, 2011.
A good story has the power to divert us from our struggles as well as to help us understand them. This is one reason people turn to fiction, and it explains why Alan Heathcock's debut short-story collection, Volt, is an ideal book for our times. Characters face tragedies heaped one upon another: the death of a child and a parent; broken marriages and gruesome murders; the loss of humanity and civility; the effects of war and wasted landscapes on community. Heathcock -- who teaches fiction at Boise State University and was named a literature fellow for the state of Idaho -- paints each story vividly, with a stark realism; his characters are captured by their own bad decisions and bleak destinies. In "Smoke," Vernon, a boy who helps his father cover up a terrible crime, wonders sadly if maybe "awful things is all God's got to remind us he's alive."
Many of Volt's stories are set in the fictional town of Krafton, a church-going, agricultural community, with freight trains rumbling through it and fire and floodwaters threatening its existence. The characters, some crossing paths within the stories, others living in different decades, are inextricably bound to this place. In "The Staying Freight," a farmer flees Krafton after accidentally running over his son while harvesting his fields; his grief sets him walking for months through wilderness, a self-imposed exile as a kind of atonement for his sin. He returns not fully healed; like others in the book, all he can do is keep moving, stepping doggedly into the next day. For Winslow, the farmer, "the grace of Krafton came with the seasons, sowing, reaping, breeding an understanding that last year has no bearing on this one; this crop might be better, or worse, and regardless there'll be another and another." Or as another character describes it: "Christ taught us how to be crucified. How to go off into that tomb. But then, after a while, that rock rolls away and the sun shines and you get to live some more."
It is insights like this, keen observations about what it means to live in a difficult world, that keep these stories from feeling too dark and burdensome. In a recent interview, Heathcock describes his writing process as "forcing myself to peer into the darker corners of the human experience, at grief, lawlessness, violence, at the tenuous nature of peace, as an act of hope." Although readers may hunger for his lost characters' redemption, in the end Heathcock gives them, and in turn us, something better.


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Plague is a severe and potentially deadly bacterial infection.
Alternative Names
Bubonic plague; Pneumonic plague; Septicemic plague
Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Rodents, such as rats, carry the disease. It is spread by their fleas.
People can get plague when they are bitten by a flea that carries the plague bacteria from an infected rodent. In rare cases, people get the disease when handling an infected animal.
Plague lung infection is called pneumonic plague. Itis spread from person-to-person. When someone with pneumonic plague coughs, tiny droplets carrying the bacteria move through the air. Anyone who breathes in these particles may catch the disease. An epidemiccan be started this way.
In the Middle Ages in Europe, massive plague epidemics killed millions of people. Plague can still be found in Africa, Asia, and South America.
Today, plague is rare in the United States. But it has been known to occur in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
There three most common forms of plague are:
- Bubonic plague, an infection of the lymph nodes
- Pneumonic plague, an infection of the lungs
- Septicemic plague, an infection of the blood
The time between being infected and developing symptoms is typically 2 to8 days.But the time canbe as short as 1 day for pneumonic plague.
Risk factors for plague include a recent flea bite and exposure to rodents, especially rabbits, squirrels, or prairie dogs, or scratches or bites from infected domestic cats.
Bubonic plague symptoms appear suddenly, usually after 2to 5 days of exposure to the bacteria. Symptoms include:
- Chills
- Fever
- General ill feeling (
- Headache
- Muscle pain
- Smooth, painful lymph gland swelling called a
- Commonly found in the groin, but may occur in the armpits or neck, most often at the site of the infection (bite or scratch)
- Pain may occur in the area before the swelling appears
Pneumonic plague symptoms appear suddenly, typically 2to 3 days after exposure. They include:
- Cough
- Difficulty breathing
- Fever
- Frothy,
bloody sputum
- Pain in the chest when you breathe deeply
- Severe cough
Septicemic plague may cause death even before its symptoms occur. Symptoms can include:
- Abdominal pain
- Bleeding due to blood clotting problems
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Nausea
- Vomiting
Exams and Tests
Tests that may be done include:
Blood culture Culture of lymph node aspirate(fluid taken from an affected lymph node or bubo) Sputum culture
People with the plague need immediate treatment. If treatment is not received within 24 hours of when the first symptoms occur, death can result.
Antibiotics such as streptomycin, gentamicin, doxycycline, or ciprofloxacin are used to treat plague. Oxygen,
Patients with pneumonic plague should be strictly isolated from caregivers and other patients. People who have had contact with anyone infected by pneumonic plague should be watched carefully and given antibiotics as a preventive measure.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Without treatment, about 50% of persons with bubonic plague die. Almosteveryone with pneumonic plague dies if not treated. Treatment reduces the death rate to 50%.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you develop plague symptoms after exposure to fleas or rodents, especially if you live in or have visited an area where plague occurs.
Rat control and watching for the disease in the wild rodent population are the main measures used to control the risk of epidemics. The plague vaccine is no longer used in the U.S. New vaccines are being developed.
Dennis DT, Mead PS. Yersinia species, including plague. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Churchill-Livingstone; 2009:chap 229.
Gage KL. Plague and other Yersinia infections. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldmans Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 320.
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Does anyone know of any bread making classes available for a newbie in the Mid Michigan area?
Does anyone know of any bread making classes available for a newbie in the Mid Michigan area?
This website is the best bread baking course i have found and it is totally free. Save your money and dive in to baking!
Regards, Brian
If you could spend the money though, attend a course with the Artisan Bread School. Classes scheduled in the US in March 2014 and in Italy in May 2014. Worth every dollar! Check out his website at www.artisan-bread-school.com
. . . TheFreshLoaf a very supportive and instructive community, so don't be afraid to reach out with questions and advice. The best way to learn to bake bread is to bake bread. I have found it an inexpensive and tasty hobby!
Happy baking, Brian
Greetings from the Little Traverse Bay area....
You certainly have the right idea about actual classes, as I've found that there's really no comparison to getting your hands in the dough under the tutelage of a pro.
You are only a couple hours away from Ann Arbor. Why not give Zingerman's a try and attend a class there? They have some great offerings in November: http://www.bakewithzing.com/calendar/2013-11
Stone Circle Bakehouse (E. Lansing area) also offers classes from time to time. The Mid Michigan Food Club may have some suggestions: http://www.meetup.com/Mid-Michigan-Food-Club/events/115705662/
If you don't want to travel, invest in a scale and a good bread book - and avoid recipes that use volume versus weight as too much can go wrong with volume measurements.
Best wishes on your bread journey.


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Right now in my physics class I am teaching about conservation of momentum. My students struggle with these problems because their are so many variables to identify and solve for. To solve those problems you have to be able to clearly separate the before from the after.
A year ago is the before.
This is the after. A lot of people have worse afters, but I have never looked at my life so distinctly in those two halves as I do right now.
It has been nearly a year since I have gone for a long run. I was cleared to run months ago, but each time the pain comes back. Like coffee, running is just something I have had to have an ugly break up with. Unlike Taylor Swift, I am still holding out hope for us getting back together. But for now, my running shoes are retired. The cold and the wind are also an issue, and turns out this thing called winter happens every year. For months at a time. So I have had to take my physical activity indoors. Until recently, I assumed this meant Netflix marathons, but then I ran out of pants that fit. So I decided to go back to yoga. I love yoga but I haven't been in years. The hot kind. The impossible planks and poses and balances. I have the flexibility of a brick, so even in my best shape I am terrible at it.
These days I am far from my best. My muscles haven't been worked hard in a year. My yoga pants spend so much more of their time at Target and my couch than in an actual gym. I dig a mat out of the bag of the closet and promise myself that I will go anyways.
I have been meaning to go to yoga for almost a full year now.
I am afraid to and first class back I almost talk myself out of it.
I know I am bad at it. In the past I hate to modify or rest and once I nearly passed out in a class. And that was when I was running 20 miles a week. I worry about what happens if I have an attack now. But I go anyways. Everything going in is a disaster. I forget my hair tie and my mat. I get shocked long and hard from the brisk walk from my car to the gym door. This should be enough to make me turn around and go home, but I don't. I attempt to put my hair up with a grocery store produce twisty tie, the gym attendant takes pity on me while hand typing my membership number into her system…because I also forgot my gym card…and pulls a rubber band from her office drawer. I shove my jacket and shoes in a cubby and grab one of the community mats that smell like feet.
I breathe.
I lay there.
I fall out of poses.
My weak arms shake, my legs wobble and my stomach muscles don't want to get on the boat.
At the end, my legs up in an inversion — all my body weight is on my head and electricity jolts through me. The class is all lying on their mats. Everyone is breathing loudly. No one notices and eventually it passes. I breathe out.
What I miss so much about running is how it clears my head. How it makes me feel strong. How there is always a goal. Further. Faster. Push through.
I go back to class after class. Yoga is hard for me. The goals are less clear without distances or times to aim for. Clearly there are still things to strive for - not fall on my face, one day be able to touch my toes, get the pose right, hold it for the full count. I have found new ways to be strong and still.
The difference is this. I went for runs. I ran races.
Yoga is called a practice. As far as I know there are no yoga competitions, awards or medals.
You just breathe and try to get better.
I miss running. I miss new tennis shoes, good playlists, the sound of my feet on the pavement, race day jitters and the burn in my legs and my lungs as I carry myself further than I thought I could.
But for now, I like the idea of just breathing and getting better. Of finding my strength in different ways.
Recently I listened to an old podcast by Rob Bell called "Changing the Tapes". The whole thing was about the things that run through our heads and how to have a healthier version. For a girl who loves a mix tape…..the one in my own head is usually pretty terrible. And on repeat. It is better than it used to be…but sometimes the old tracks find their way back in. One of Bell's suggestions was to write "student" on a notecard and place it somewhere where you will see it often.
That we are all students. Students get a kind of grace and patience that we do not always allow ourselves. That maybe we are all learning and figuring it out….and aren't expected to have all the answers or get it right on the first try. Or maybe even the sixteenth try. Even Jesus called his friends and followers disciples. A disciple just means student. Like my own students struggling through their before and after problems.
Like me on my mat and in my mind and my own before and afters.
That kind of grace and patience is something I could also find a way to practice. Hopefully also while wearing yoga pants.


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Sales-tax revenue for state and local governments grew 2.1 percent in 2012, a modest gain compared to 2011, state records show.
For the critical fourth quarter that included Christmas, sales-tax revenue grew just 1.4 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, data from the state Taxation and Finance department show.
Total sales-tax revenue for the state and municipalities increased $525 million in 2012, from $24.9 billion to $25.4 billion.
Some counties said the growth in sales-tax collections were below expectations. Chemung County Executive Thomas Santulli said the county will end 2012 about $3.3 million short of what they had budgeted.
The county's sales-tax revenue fell 1.84 percent between 2012 and 2011, the worst drop off in the state and one of only four counties to have negative growth. The others were Essex, Schuyler and Schoharie – all small rural counties.
Chemung County, located on the Pennsylvania border, had for several years led the state in sales-tax growth because of natural-gas drilling across the border. Declining demand for natural gas and the closure last month of a Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plant has hurt the county, Santulli said.
"What a difference a year and half makes," Santulli said. "We went from leading the state in sales-tax growth and room-tax growth and we missed our sales-tax budget number by $3.3 million" this year.
Sales-tax revenue is the largest revenue source for counties, more than property-tax revenue. In New York, most counties charge an 8 percent sales tax. The state gets 4 percent and local governments get the rest.


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State lawmakers are once again talking about legalizing cameras that would catch drivers running through red lights. Supporters say the cameras would make drivers more careful and roads safer. They also acknowledge that some municipalities would welcome the extra money the fines would bring in. But critics say the cameras are an invasion of privacy. They "enrich for-profit vendors and fail to provide the promised safety benefits and revenues for municipalities," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. Who's right? What's your view?
Red-Light Cameras Rev Up Renewed Debate
Hartford Courant, Feb. 25
Ed Page on Facebook: Should Legislature Approve Red-Light Cameras?
Hartford Courant, Feb. 25
Interactive: How Red-Light Cameras Work
CT Now, Feb. 18
ACLU: Red-Light Cameras Back on the Table
Feb. 28
NAACP: Red-Light Cameras Unfairly Target Minorities
Only in Bridgeport, Feb. 23
Here They Come Again
Daily Ruction, Kevin Rennie blog
NAACP: Red Light Cameras Unfairly Target Minorities


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Cowboys on Wheels (Sep, 1940)
Cowboys on Wheels
By ANDREW R. BOONE
BOUNCING over bowlders, zooming up steep embankments, plunging down gullies, two mechanical mountain goats, created from automobile odds and ends, carry Walt and Ken Wilhelm, of Yermo, Calif., on daring expeditions into the Mohave Desert. Aboard these remarkable vehicles, called Lena and Prowler, the two brothers chase jack rabbits, rope coyotes, hunt game with bows and arrows, explore remote corners of the desert, search for fossils, trail outlaws, and rescue lost travelers.
They think nothing of starting Lena or Prowler across the desert, leaping out and riding lickety-split over cactus and across the frequent washes on sleighs or toboggans attached behind. By slipping a U bolt over a spoke of the steering wheel, either car can be directed in a straight line or a wide circle. Sand banks and bowlders offer no obstacles to the huge tires. Near Yermo, I once watched Prowler roaring driverless around a circle nearly two miles wide. The car plunged down narrow gullies, slithered through sand, overrode needle-pointed cactus spines, returning in ten minutes to our side.
When the car approached, both men fitted blunt arrows to their bows, and as it passed Walt fired quickly at a large rice-straw target slung behind the back seat. As the broad-head struck the bullseye, the automobile motor stopped dead and the car coasted to a halt. "We never go out unless the disconnect switch is in working order," Walt explained. "Once we were thrown out while riding over rocks and the car crashed into a narrow canyon." The thump of an arrow provides force enough to slap the target against the projecting switch installed underneath it.
Only once has this bow-and-arrow shut-off failed them. During an early hunt for fossils at the edge of Death Valley, they mounted the toboggans and took off for a slow survey of greasewood on a flat mesa. Noting the car approaching near-by badlands, Ken prepared to loose an arrow, but his bow broke.
"What happened to the car?" I inquired.
"She's still there—a mess of junk."
That was loss number one. A few months later, while playing around the treacherous potholes of Soda Sink, Walt felt the tires sinking. Leaping to the soft earth, Ken and he rolled half a city block to hard ground. When they returned thirty minutes later with timbers, the car had disappeared in quicksand.
Both Ken and Walt will tell you they assembled their unique desert cars for the thrill of bumping along off the beaten path. That is the truth but not the whole truth. Both brothers are enthusiastic archers. In the desert, they are able to practice incessantly, now shooting at a bounding jack rabbit, again loosing arrows at an artificial deer which Walt built not long ago. Driven by a gasoline motor and eccentric gear, it jumps up and down in the brush exactly like its prototype. So expert has their desert practice made them that last summer Ken set a new world's record for distance shooting. He is the first man in all ' history officially to send an arrow farther than half a mile.
For nearly twenty years, the Wilhelms have been exploring the Mohave in various kinds of vehicles. Gradually, they evolved their present cars. You could buy the parts for either Lena or Prowler at a junk yard for $200 or so. But you'd work six months putting them together. It took the brothers exactly twenty-four days merely to fasten the tires to the rims. They started with huge, twelve-ply truck tires. Boots, countersunk and held firmly over blow-out holes by carriage bolts, went in ahead of the tubes. Using hydraulic jacks, they struggled until they pushed the thick beads onto the narrow rims of twenty-inch wheels. So tightly are the beads wedged that flats never bother them. "The tire walls are very strong," Walt explained. "They'll carry us anywhere; and by forcing the tires on narrow rims, we anchored them so they can't turn and tear the valves out."
In each of the machines, they installed two gear boxes, giving them many speeds forward and in reverse, too. Carrying only eight pounds of air in the tires, they can push up a steep, rocky hill with the engine turning fifty revolutions to one of the rear wheels, or they can speed along the smooth highway at a two-to-one ratio. The big tires take up most of the shock in rough going. "You oughta see Ken when he's in a hurry," Walt told me. "He'll jump straight off an embankment, going fast enough to land on his wheels."
Sometimes, but not always. Once, Ken tried this stunt while chasing a coyote, and straddled a hillock, breaking the motor block in half. After walking eleven miles for help, he decided to armor-plate the motor. Now, both Lena and Prowler are protected by a heavy sheet of boiler-plate, bolted against a cushion of wood beneath the pan of each engine.
Another time, the Wilhelms were grinding cross-country in Nevada, fifty miles from the nearest crossroads, when the welds holding a disk wheel to the flanges broke under the pounding vibration. Should they try to repair the damage, or walk three days for help? Walt took down their .30/06 rifle and shot three holes through the disk to form an approximate triangle. Next, he shot three holes in the flanges, outlining a similar triangle. Finally, they bolted the wheel back into place and drove slowly to a distant mine. Here, using salt and fine sand as a flux, they brazed the metals tightly with the metal from used rifle shells.
On several occasions, the adventurous pair and their desert cars have been pressed into service by the local sheriff for hunting outlaws, and on other occasions they have headed into the Mohave on errands of mercy. The most spectacular of these trips was a sixty-mile journey through snow and over two mountains, carrying food to a dozen starving miners. As an aid to keeping in touch with each other when roaming through desert wastes, the brothers recently added the latest pieces of equipment carried by Lena and Prowler: a pair of midget short-wave radio sets. If either brother is in difficulties, he can send out an SOS with the assurance that the other machine will soon put in an appearance, taking gullies and rocks in its stride. When the going gets really tough and there is obviously danger of Lena or Prowler sliding down a hillside to disaster, the boys halt. But not for long.
Selecting two straws—one longer than the other, they draw lots. The one "winning" the draw takes over the wheel and drives. Climbing a steep mountain one morning, they approached a sharp switchback. Out came the straws. Ken won. Before they got out of their fix, it was sunset. Yet they set out for more sport like it next day.


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The Ithaca College Women's Chorale, conducted by Janet Galván, is one of five choral ensembles in the School of Music. The group includes between 50 and 65 singers, both music and non-music majors, freshmen through graduate students. The Women's Chorale has distinguished itself for its innovative programming and performs a variety of repertoire that balances master composers from all musical periods, compositions of high quality from less celebrated composers, contemporary pieces that stretch the boundaries of choral sound, and works that embody the world's many musical heritages.
They have performed on tour in Ireland, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, and, as part of the Choral Union, at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. Other performances have taken place at the Eastern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association, the national and regional conventions of the Music Educators National Conference, and at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Conference. The ensemble was the resident artist choir at the first International Women in Song Festival in Toronto, Canada. They have worked with many guest artists including Horace Boyer, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, Gregg Smith, Lukas Foss, Ron Nelson, and Samuel Adler. The Women's Chorale can be heard on their CD, Cantan which feature the treble compositions of Francisco N??ez, produced in collaboration with the composer, and on numerous CDs of live performances at music conventions.
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"As an Ithaca College graduate (75'), I am particularly proud of the work Janet Galvan is doing. Her Women's Chorale sings repertoire that few others dare explore and they sing with a confidence that touches us deep within, a true gift from the world of excellence known as Ithaca College." --Nick Page (Page is a renowned Boston based Song Leader, Composer, Writer, and Workshop Leader. He is the founding director of the Mystic Chorale.)
"I was deeply impressed by your great performance of my choral arrangement Chinese Mountain Songs in the evening concert of my compositions, when I was the Karel Husa Visiting Professor at Ithaca College. Your performance is so vivid and passionate, youthful and energetic, yet the Chinese pronunciation is so precise and accurate. You have really sung in my expression and style in my composition. Thank you gratefully for your support." --Composer Chen Yi
"The visit of the Ithaca College Women's Chorale was certainly a highlight event for the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. While the high standard of choral singing came as no surprise to anyone who has heard this superlative ensemble, we were particularly impressed by the liturgical sensitivity brought to bear on Masses sung with the Benedictine community at Glenstal Abbey and the Augustinian community in Limerick city. The beauty and liturgical appropriateness of the repertoire left one with a tremendous sense of the ritual and spiritual power of this song." -- Helen Phelan, Course Director, MA Chant and Ritual Song Irish World Academy of Music and Dance University of Limerick, Ireland
"The Ithaca Women's Chorale represents the finest among women's choirs in the United States. The IWC embraces a diversity of musical practices, sings beautifully with deep understanding of the music performed, and is no doubt a flagship organization for Ithaca College. Janet Galvan, their remarkable conductor and champion, has had great influence in the arena of women's singing and music for women's voices." -- Dr. Sandra Snow, Michigan State University
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2 divers die after being rescued near Point Lobos
2 divers die after being rescued near Point Lobos
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Two ocean divers died after they were pulled from Whalers Cove south of Carmel on Friday.
A search and rescue team launched a boat at 3 p.m. to reach the distressed divers offshore from Point Lobos State Reserve. Rescuers said the divers were both unconscious by the time help arrived.
The duo had been diving together and they were not with a larger group, CalFire firefighters said.
A man and a woman were transported to a Monterey hospital while paramedics gave CPR, but they died soon after, a law enforcement officer said.
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Real Internet connection
We offer a real Internet connection - allowing IP packets to flow to and from your connection without filtering or interference.
Why are we against censorship?
There are three main reasons for not filtering:-
- We feel strongly that how you communicate should be kept separate from what you communicate, allowing the free technical development that has created the communications networks we enjoy. This is a view supported by EU rules on mere conduit which clearly separate the technical issues from moral and legal implications of what happens to be communicated. Without such a framework we would not have the Internet at all.
- We feel strongly that free speech is an essential tool to help ensure a fair and open government. Censorship of any sort is the thin end of the wedge and not to be taken lightly. Once started, censorship is very easy to extend one step at a time until wrong thinking is banned.
- Filtering rarely, if ever, achieves the stated goals - blocking web sites does not stop people communicating, and rarely even stops the actual web sites themselves. Most filtering creates a false sense of security, adds technical complexity, and causes problems with over blocking. In many cases it is not true that "something is better than nothing".
As a company we have strong views on doing the right thing - we support Open Rights Group. See our director's blog at www.me.uk for more views on this topic.
When you signed up for our service you specifically ask for an uncensored and unfiltered internet access. We have no plans to add adult content filters or other stupidity. You are, of course, welcome to run your own filtering on your network and have parental controls configured on PCs on your network. If you have children for which you allow unsupervised Internet access (is that wise) then we would encourage you look in to such parental control systems.
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Many of us at A&A have children and we understand that parents have concerns over what their children may find on the Internet. It is important to consider the best way to tackle this at home, just like any of the other risks that face children as they grow up. Just as you do not expect the highways agency to stop any cars coming down your road so you can let your children play on the tarmac unsupervised, please don't expect us to try and block unsavory content on the Internet - we could not do that even if we wanted to - just look at how ineffective blocks on the pirate bay have become, and that is just trying to block one web site!
Recent OFCOM reports show that kids know how to bypass blocks and that most parents feel that their children know more than they do about the Internet.
Simply use a search engine to look for parental controls - there are many packages, free, and paid for, and even built in to many computers to help manage access to the Internet on a per user, and age appropriate, basis. If you are not sure, please do call our support staff who can point you in the right direction, or consider simply supervising younger children instead.
We do have some tools to help if you are trying to avoid some accidental access to unsavory material for younger children. Ensuring safe search is set on search pages is a start. But there are tools you control if you want. We can pre-configure the router we supply with alternative DNS servers such as openDNS if you wish - just ask support. But do not be lulled in to any false sense of security - this is good to help with younger children and accidental exposure to some web sites, that is all.
No NAT
Nat is evil ;-)
It is an important part of the design principles of internet protocol (IP) that every endpoint has a unique globally routeable address. That does not mean there are no firewalls, but it does mean that subject to firewalls and filters a packet can be addressed to any end point on the internet using its unique IP address. Systems like NAT (network address translation) break that. They work by tracking sessions to route reply traffic and having redirection rules. They work well for a small subset of possible uses of internet protocol. The widespread use of NAT limits the development of internet protocols and stifles innovation.
Now that legacy IPv4 has finally run out in Europe, this means that many new connections will only get one external public non-NAT IPv4 address. This often means customers end up using NAT for IPv4. However, we have no Carrier Grade NAT in our network. You can route and use that one fixed legacy IPv4 address as you wish in your network. Any NAT you have is on your router and under your control.
For the current version of IP, IPv6, we provide a large allocation (/48) and allow you to route one or more /64 or larger block as you need to each line or site that you have. This allows your own network to operate without any NAT.
For those wishing to experiment with IPv6 only networks accessing legacy IPv4 addresses, as a temporary measure (until the world catches up), we do have a public NAT64 gateway you can use if you wish.
Limits and MTU
It is worth bearing in mind that even a real internet connection has limits. There are limits on the rate of your line because of the DSL sync speed. IP never guarantees that all packets arrive, in order, and not duplicated. However, we are not imposing any artificial limits on your internet connection. We don't traffic shape any protocols to slow down your link in any way (unless you ask us to, e.g. giving VoIP priority). We do have clear 1500 byte IP to our core network where we have 1500 byte peering and transit. If you use PPPoE there is a lower MTU (1492) which is part of the protocol, but we support 1500 byte PPPoE on lines or where your equipment can handle it. We provide native IPv6 with clear 1500 byte packets throughout our network and peering and transit links.
You can opt for tariffs, such as Home::1, which have specific usage limits that stop or slow your service unless you top up or wait for a new month to start.
Data logging
We do not log which websites you visit (though the website administrator may). We don't run any sort of transparent proxies or other systems to covertly log what you do on the internet, and do not sell data to anyone. We specifically monitor traffic levels and make this available to you. If we are helping you debug a problem we can monitor traffic for you in real time, but we don't keep that data. All of our servers which you use (e.g. email, web servers, VoIP, etc.) have logs which are kept for a few months, but you do not have to use our servers if you do not want to. Some services can log things if we are diagnosing an issue (e.g. DNS resolvers) but do not normally do so and any debugging logs are deleted as part of normal log rotation. We don't log the content of VoIP calls, though you can ask us to make call recordings (which we email to you), as can the person you are talking to (using our services or someone else's), so best to assume calls might be recorded. We keep PPP negotiation logs for a few months too, for debugging line and router issues. Some servers have diagnostic logs that hold some data for a few days (e.g. SIP control traffic) for debugging, but only relevant if you use our servers. We do not run anything like Phorm, and never will.
Black boxes
We oppose the idea of general surveillance or black boxes more.
Not wishing to be logged
Some people are concerned that they could have traffic monitored within the BT links perhaps. We are not aware of any such monitoring but would not necessarily be told. So, practical steps that we should all take to make covert monitoring harder and to make encryption normal and not an indication of something to hide.
- Wherever possible access web sites using https. This provides end to end encryption. Be suspicious of errors reported. The site does not actually have to be with a well known CA to be secure from passive snooping and if you really want to be careful you need to check the certificate manually by some other means. In fact, a site not using a CA that is in your browser means setting a manual exception and as such you will be told if the site certificate changes which gives you more information than sites that do use a standard CA. If you want to know more - read up on TLS and HTTPS and how it works.
- Make use of end to end email encryption such as pgp. This allows you to ensure the email is encrypted right up to the actual recipient, though the email addresses and subject and other headers are not encrypted.
- Use secure POP3, IMAP and SMTP. We offer all of these for email sending and receipt. This means the link from you to us is encrypted and BT could not snoop on the email even just to see your email addresses used. Where available we will use secure encryption to the next mail server but this only protects against passive snooping on intermediate links.
- If you are worried about us logging your email, send email directly using MX records and receive directly to your own mail server. The current legislations means we would not log anything in that case even if asked to. If you really want, use secure SMTP in such cases where possible to make it impossible for us or BT to log anything. Our support desk can provide help and advice on setting up your own mail server.
- Use encryption as much as possible for all normal traffic. This is important. Encryption should be as normal as using opaque envelopes when sending things via the Royal Mail. The more people using encryption for normal traffic the more the argument of having something to hide falls down. Use https for twitter and facebook and any other normal communications.


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A recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) revealed the shocking statistic that 74% of colleges and universities examined in a national survey were found to have policies that violate the First Amendment protection to freedom of speech.
These unconstitutional policies typically take the form of speech codes restricting what the universities view as harassing or intolerant speech. Pennsylvania State University, for example, prohibits its students from "engage[ing] in any behaviors that compromise or demean the dignity of individuals or groups." Some campuses go further, restricting not only free speech but free thought as well. Consider the case of Texas Southern University where the speech code forbids not only "remarks" but also "assumptions" and "implications" which cause "emotional, mental, physical or verbal harm to another person." At the University of Virginia and the University of Missouri, students are encouraged, secret-police style, to report each other's "biases" to school authorities.
Ironically, unconstitutional speech codes were found to be more prevalent at public institutions where 77% of campuses surveyed maintained such policies and where they are clearl.y unconstitutional. Among their private counterparts 67% restricted constitutionally-protected speech.
This flagrant violation of the Constitution by our colleges and universities is a national disgrace. How can we expect our students to grow up knowledgeable about the principles our country is governed by if even our educational institutions don't respect them?
University presidents are aware that these policies are unconstitutional-FIRE has led successful legal challenges against speech codes at several campuses and years of legal precedent is on their side. Yet until they are faced with a specific legal challenge, college administrators prefer to turn a blind eye to the repressive policies on their campuses.
Why do our nation's educational leaders insist on defying the law and defending the repression of their students? The most charitable answer is that it's simply easier to accede to the voices of political correctness whose campaign to wipe out "intolerance" led to the development of these speech codes in the first place. A more frightening option is that our educational leaders actually believe in the philosophy behind the speech codes-that it is better to place constraints on speech and thought than to allow for the possibility of independent thinking that violates the standards set by the campus thought police.
Meanwhile, David Horowitz has proposed an Academic Bill of Rights that promotes intellectual diversity in the classroom and forbids the consideration of political views in hiring, tenure and promotion of faculty, and not a single campus in the nation has yet adopted it. Where the Bill has been considered–such as at the College of DuPage where school trustees are currently considering writing it into the policy manual-campus faculty unions have declared war on the Bill and resorted to a misinformation campaign to discredit it.
By endorsing speech codes (whether tacitly or enthusiastically) and failing to take action to prevent classroom indoctrination, our college educators are embracing a terrifying culture of repression and intolerance on America's campuses, where intellectual diversity is stifled and students' fundamental rights are violated. Students of all political stripes suffer from being treated like kindergarteners unable to withstand divergent views, and are being denied a true education.
FIRE's survey should serve as a wake-up call to Americans. Our nation's universities are the new front of a totalitarian radicalism in America, of which speech codes are only one expression. Things will only get worse if we do nothing to stop it.Download file "45f803357b2451ebd99527f45cb1ea27"