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Giant Otter
(Pteronura brasiliensis)
Facts about this animal
Giant otters can attain a total body length of 1.5-1.8m making them the longest of the world's 13 otter species. They can weigh 22-32kg, the sea otter is the only heavier otter species. Giant otters are highly social, living in family groups of up to 10 individuals. A group usually consists of a mated adult pair, which bonds for life, and their offspring from two or three consecutive years. Both parents and older siblings care for new cubs. After 65-77 days gestation, 1-6 cubs are born. Although cubs first ingest fish between 70-90 days of age, they are dependent on milk for at least 4 months and can nurse up to 8 months.
When sexually mature, at 2-3 years old, they leave their family group to find their own mate and territory. Giant otters can reach an age of up to 10 years in the wild and the oldest known in a zoo survived over 19 years. This diurnal species is intelligent, highly active, curious, playful, and vocal. They belong to the carnivores with the highest degree of brain development. Giant otters are primarily terrestrial, but have become very well adapted to hunt and travel in the water.
They may also travel considerable distances over land between water bodies. They build and regularly maintain multiple campsites throughout their territory by scratching and trampling substrates and vegetation and clearing vegetation away in large land areas (e.g. as long as 28m and as wide as 15m). Campsites are used for many of their land activities, including grooming, playing, resting, marking territories etc.. They dig multiple underground dens to sleep and keep young cubs in. Individuals can eat 2-4kg of fish/day, their primary diet. This species has nine different vocalizations and can call very loudly.
Did you know?
That Giant otters are land mammals that swim? They are semi-aquatic, not aquatic, and are dependent on the land and water to survive, but spend more time on land. E.g. as instinctively avid diggers and groomers, digging, both deep and shallow, and grooming in soft loose natural substrates are among their most favored and most frequently performed terrestrial activities in zoos and they use nearly their entire land area to carry them out. In zoos, they do this to exercise, play, mark territories, reduce/prevent stress and to help clean/dry themselves with loosened substrates.
|Name (Scientific)
|Pteronura brasiliensis
|Name (English)
|Giant Otter
|Name (French)
|Loutre géante, Loutre géante du Brésil
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Nutria gigante, Lobo de Río
|Local names
|Brazil: Ariranha
Suriname: Grote Waterhond
|CITES Status
|Appendix I
|CMS Status
|Not listed
Photo Copyright by
David Monniaux
|Tropical lowland rainforests and wetlands of South America
|Rivers, streams, lakes and swamps
|Wild population
|Estimated total population of 1.000-5.000 individuals (2006) (Red List IUCN 2011)
|Zoo population
|60 in 2004; International Studbook established in 2003 and kept by Dortmund Zoo
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 80 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
Find this animal on ZooLex
Photo Copyright by
Jeff Egnaczyk
Why do zoos keep this animal
Giant otters in zoos can play an important role to raise public awareness about this endangered species and its habitat. Studies in zoos have contributed to overall knowledge and to the development and improvement of conservation/management strategies for wild populations. E.g., because very few field studies exist, research on life history data of zoo animals is used as a reference source for this species in the wild.


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Later on, Dave called and said he was going to come back to do some other things that needed attention. I told him he was not welcome in my house and that I'm furious he would do such a thing. He apologized and said he hoped I could forgive him.
I am so angry! I no longer want to be in his company. I also don't like that I have to keep his behavior a secret from my sister. I haven't told anyone, and it is keeping me up nights. Please help. — Fuming in Florida
Your mistake was in not setting your amorous brother-in-law straight the first time he made a pass at you. Because you didn't, he thought his advances were welcome.
Now that you have made plain to him that you're not interested, you will probably have nothing more to worry about. But you are wise not to have him over unless your sister is with him.
I don't blame you for being angry, but do nothing until you cool off. The question then will be whether to tell Sis that her husband behaves inappropriately and how you know.Skeptical grandma
DEAR ABBY: I recently moved back to my home state and in with my grandmother to get away from my abusive husband. I have also filed for divorce. I love my grandmother dearly, but when it comes to the divorce or the therapy I go to weekly, she is not understanding and constantly brings up what he did to me.
I believe she's frustrated because I'm in therapy and she doesn't see a reason for me to go. She thinks "if it's not talked about, then it never happened." I have tried to explain to her that I can't just let go of what he did to me and my son. How can I make her understand that I'm trying to heal wounds that aren't visible from the outside? — Trying to Heal on the Inside
Your grandmother may come from a generation in which therapy was something to be ashamed of. A way to help her understand the importance of what you are doing would be to invite her to a session with your therapist, let her air her concerns, and let the therapist explain to her why it is important that you work this through to become healthy again. This must be very uncomfortable for you, and you have my sympathy.'We're so poor'
DEAR ABBY: I'm a teenage girl living with my mom, who is a single parent, and my younger sister. We have struggled financially, but we mostly live a relatively comfortable life, and Mom owns her own home.
However, she constantly says things to me and my sister like, "We're so poor," or, "We're going to live under a bridge," even in public! We have asked her to stop several times, but she doesn't care that we are upset and embarrassed. How can I get her to stop? — Embarrassed in the South
Rather than ask her to stop, don't you think you should approach her privately and ask why she is saying it? She may be joking, but her concerns could also be a holdover from when her financial situation was less secure. Please do it. Her response might be educational.
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text: On 2/16/2010 7:53 AM, Micha Feigin wrote: >> So ... this anecdote complete, if someone called me up and said "Joe, I >> really want you to build us an siCluster for our storage, and I want you >> to use [insert failing manufacturer's name here] drives because we >> like them", what do you think my reaction should be? Should it be >> "sure, no problem, whatever you want" ... with the subsequent problems >> and pain, for which we would be blamed ... or should it be "no, these >> drives don't work well ... deep and painful experience at customer sites >> shows that they have bugs in their firmware which are problematic for >> RAID users ... we are attempting to get them to give us the updated >> firmware to help the existing users, but we would not consider shipping >> more units with these drives due to their issues." >> >> Is that latter answer, which is the correct answer, a marketing answer? >> >> > But what if the customer tells you, ship me your system without a drive, I'll > put whatever I want in there so you are not my point of contact for failing > drives but you say, no, I won't allow them in my system and I won't even sell > you a replacement of what I do allow in the system? > We have tried this before. Invariably they set up the disks wrong. And then we get the blame and a bad rap from the customer for selling them a slow unit. Even though it was their own fault it was slow. Or we got a number of different flavors of drive, no guarantees on same batch or firmware revision, or even same brand. And yes, we see and deal with those issues. We simply don't sell bare chassis any longer, because it is our name on the box. When you get it, it works and is fast. If you make changes, and you are welcome to, it will likely slow down. Several of our customers ignored our warnings on this, reloaded the unit and yelled at us over their slower performance. One of our earliest prospective customers, absolutely convinced they knew more than us about how to configure/build fast storage, reconfigured a working unit with fast IO system to be a much slower unit, and then proceeded to benchmark us versus one of our competitors. Yeah, we are sensitive to this. I won't defend Dell's position. I will point out that they have a point with some of their restrictions. You want to service the branded drives we ship, you are welcome to do this yourself. We have no issues with that. We do ensure consistent firmware revs between disks, so you'd need to do this yourself. You want to wipe the OS and the install and set it up, you are welcome to do this, though we caution that you are going to throw lots of performance away by doing so. My other point about this is that if you don't like Dell's policies, you have freedom to choose other vendors. But giving them heat over reducing their exposure to support liability strikes me as not a reasonable gripe. But then again, I am on the vendor side of the equation. -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics Inc., email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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Sydney: India were unable to cope with the relatively easy-paced wicket for the second Test here and Australia coach Mickey Arthur can`t see how they can turn it around on the dreadfully quick and bouncy WACA track in Perth during the third Test starting January 13.
"They didn`t look comfortable in the first innings. In the second they did but then this wicket, along with the one in Adelaide, is similar to the sub-continent. But WACA is different. It has pace and bounce and sideways movement. It`s interesting how they go there," was Arthur`s challenging verdict delivered at a press conference here.
The Indians have lost the first two Tests of the four-match series by 122 runs and by an innings and 68 runs respectively. The final two Tests of the series will be played in Perth (January 13-17) and Adelaide (January 24-28).
The Indian batting, despite the big names in the ranks, has failed to rise to the occasion leading to suggestions that it might be over-rated and more a group of talented individuals. But Arthur begged to differ.
"I would never say that. They are the World Cup holders. Not very long ago, they held the number one slot in Tests. I would never ever say they are a team of individuals. They have really good individual players but lately they have played as a team and have had some success as a side. I wouldn`t say it (team of individuals) at all," he said.
Arthur`s move to bring his batters for a clinic just before the Melbourne Test has been seen as a master-stroke on the part of the Australian coach. His Indian counterpart, Duncan Fletcher, on the other hand, looks impassive and uninspirational.
"He`s (Duncan Fletcher) a fantastic coach. He`s one of the best I`ve spoken to. He knows the game inside out. I am sure he would definitely be planning to comeback at Perth. He is a great man, he wouldn`t be taking (these defeats) calmly. He`s a very proud man and he would make sure his team is ready, come Perth."
"As for the batting camp, we wanted to be best we possibly could be in terms of preparation for the India series. I felt a little bit rushed into New Zealand series. We had just arrived from South Africa," Arthur said.
"I wasn't happy, I wanted to tick every box and so we went a little bit early in Melbourne, so we could look at Indian bowlers, study them, simulate them in nets."
"So we had a solid game plan in place. Our batters certainly benefitted from the couple of days we had (in Melbourne)."
The men who made the most out of it were Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey even though question marks seem to hang over Shaun Marsh who has been a failure at the number three slot. Arthur though gave the young left-hander his whole-hearted support.
"We require a lot from Shaun. He plays when when he leaves (deliveries outside off-stump) well. He probably has been a little tentative since his comeback. But it takes one innings, 25 minutes or 20 balls to rediscover that touch and form and get that confidence back."
"As I keep saying, form is temporary and class is permanent. He's a fantastic player and he would get a lot of runs for Australia."
Arthur described Clarke as a truly dynamic player who has worked hard on his game.
"First and foremost, he has an aura around him in the dressing room. Every good leader has that. He is dynamic. He looks a complete package, complete captaincy package as well. He truly is inspirational."
"He was disappointed at MCG; and at Hobart after all the good work he did in Brisbane. He has worked extremely hard to technically get everything working again."
"He is best when he is hitting late and under his eyes. He did so exceptionally well in this Test. There are so many graphics which show he has hit under his eyes and hit late. He gets into trouble when he is hitting far from his eyes," Arthur said.
With Shane Watson, recently plagued by injury, waiting to get back into the playing eleven, Arthur said he looks forward to it even though he feels his side has the best six batters in the squad they need at the moment.
"We are comfortable with the top six we have available, if all are selected for Perth. He's (Watson) is a quality all-rounder. He has ability with both bat and ball. He needs more time and would be ready, hopefully by Adelaide and if not then may be in one-day series. We will see how he progresses."
"Indeed, we need eight batters; we need depth in bowling and batting department."
Arthur also declared in advance that 32-year-old swing bowler Ryan Harris would be picked for the third Test after being on the bench in the first two Tests.
"His chances of playing are very good. He's a proven quick bowler who has waited in the wings. He has done a lot of hard work in the last two weeks. He was close to getting a game here.
"Personally, I don't like going into a Test without a spinner for he chances tempo and brings variation. Nathan (Lyon) did a job for us. There wasn't any huge spin available and then he bowled to the best players of spin in the world."
"It's interesting; even (Ravichandaran) Ashwin came here with high expectations; he's a class spinner but his form is the same as Nathan's. There hasn't been much in conditions to offer help."
"I am certain that Lyon will be needed in the team going forward. He needs confidence but I am sure we would get the rewards in due course," Arthur said.
Arthur got back to mentioning on the impact of Clarke on the side and rated his triple century as one of the best knocks he has seen.
"Coming at 3/30, he was decisive, aggressive, ran well, was positive and made all the right decisions. He looked in great touch. He worked very hard in the nets leading up to the Test."
"He was in good touch in Melbourne but was disappointed that he couldn't convert a good start. Then he got a good ball from Ishant in the second. This innings (the triple century) is one of the best innings under pressure I've seen."
Arthur also rated the decision by his captain to declare on the third afternoon when he could have had many more runs than an unbeaten 329.
"We knew where we wanted to go. What we wanted to achieve was two good spells either side of tea. That was his decision, an unselfish, team decision. I'm not surprised for this game is not about individuals but all about team."
The Australian coach, who earlier had coached South Africa, termed the personality of cricketers of the two nations almost the same.
"The only culture you need to create is that of winning. It all looks well when the side is doing well. The dressing room in both the countries is the same. The characters are the same, both are very close in personalities. There's not a huge shift."


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Edward Snowden, Michael Meili, And The United States' Hypocrisy On Whistleblowers
from the oh,-hello-there,-hypocrisy dept
These actions might be dastardly all on their own, but when you measure them against how the United States has behaved when the shoes were on the other foot, you're left with a dose of hypocrisy that would kill most lab rats. Take, for instance, the case of Michael Christopher Meili, security guard in Switzerland (chocolate!) for UBS, their mega-bank. He revealed some of UBS' shady dealings when it came to the banking documents of Jewish clients during the holocaust.
As a result, not only did Meili lose his job, but he was also under investigation by Swiss authorities for violating Swiss law. Moreover, according to Meili's testimony in a U.S. Senate hearing (available here), after Swiss police took possession of the documents, they told Meili that the Swiss government was treating the documents as "classified," despite the fact that they were UBS documents, and that they "would never be seen by people 'outside Switzerland.'"Sound familiar? Person of conscience working for a private organization that has ties to the government exposes wrong-doing, government sweeps in and initiates investigation while also unilaterally declaring classification of said wrong-doing, and then money-shots the affair by declaring all activities legal. Now, perhaps you're wondering why Meili was testifying about this at the US Senate. Well, because he went there to receive asylum, of course.
Finally, while Meili believed he was exposing an act of destruction that was, or should have been, illegal, the Swiss police told him that they had concluded that UBS had done nothing wrong.
Unfortunately for Meili, the United States government determined that under no applicable law could Meili qualify for asylum. Fortunately for Meili, the Unites States government then decided to just make up a law specifically for Meili and pass it, ostensibly under the "Because Fuck You" statute in international law. And if you think I'm exaggerating, witness Private Law 105-1:
For the relief of Michel Christopher Meili, Giuseppina Meili, Mirjam Naomi Meili, and Davide Meili.Yeah, they didn't even attempt to hide what they were doing. Just signed a law that might as well have been called "Private Law 105-1-haha-we-got-this-guy-LOL." Clinton signed the law straight away. Senators lined up to say how heroic Meili was. This in stark contrast to Obama's claim that Snowden must be returned to the US because we have to uphold "the rule of law." More striking still is Senator Charles Grassley, who claimed that because Snowden obviously broke the law, he must come home to be prosecuted at all costs. Want to guess what Grassley's take on Meili was?
The situation we have here with Mr. Meili, albeit everything that he has brought to our attention has worldwide implications, but a person like him acted out of bravery, or maybe the bravery comes after he has acted because he has had to withstand the mental torture of what has gone on since then. But it reminds me of a lot of things that happen in our own Government, and I realize his is a private sector situation, but I like to think that we keep our Federal Government honest when we have people in our Government who, when something is wrong, will be willing to come forward and say what is wrong.Now, compare that to the very same Senator Grassley and his comments on Snowden:
We speak of these people in our Government as whistleblowers. Maybe, originally, that was to denigrate them, but as far as I am concerned the word "whistleblower" is a description of somebody who wants to seek the truth, who wants to make sure that all of the facts and circumstances are known so that a wrong can be corrected.
"I suppose it gets down to — did he break a law? — I think it's pretty obvious he did," Grassley says. "People in the Justice Department will make that determination and whatever that determination is, I'll have to abide by it, but if he did break a law, it's quite common sense that he be prosecuted."Grassley also suggested that Snowden, who "sought truth" and "wants to make sure that all of the facts and circumstances are known so that a wrong can be corrected" was clearly "aiding the enemy." I think it'd be really nice if 1997 Senator Grassley could come back and have a long discussion with 2013 Senator Grassley, preferably one involving a pointy stick and much foul language. And perhaps include the rest of the government as well.


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The 2013 Jackie (Carey) English Alpha 1 Awareness Demolition Derby and Car Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Henry County Fairgrounds in Cambridge.
The 2013 Jackie (Carey) English Alpha 1 Awareness Demolition Derby and Car Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Henry County Fairgrounds in Cambridge.
The car show will begin at 11 a.m. in front of the grandstand and the demolition derby starts at 2 p.m.
"Last year's event was so popular and everyone felt such an overwhelming sense of selflessness in bringing awareness to Alpha 1, and supporting Jackie and her family, that coordinators of the event decided do it again this year" said Misty Wilson, organizer of the event.
"I'm proud to announce that Viola Boyz Demolition will be donating their services again to run the event, and we are hoping for another great day that will help raise awareness for Alpha 1 and also continue to help Jackie."
Proceeds from the 2012 benefit helped English pay down medical bills that were mounting with no way for the Cambridge woman to pay since she didn't qualify for health insurance due to her condition. She is currently unable to work. English is still dealing with her illness on a daily basis and is continually acquiring more mounting medical bills.
Information about the event, rules and payouts can be viewed at www.facebook.com/JackieCareyEnglishDemolitionDerbyFundraiser.
For information about the demolition derby contact Rick Dobbels at (309) 507-1974 or Chad Kinzie at (309) 373-3921.
There will be a minimal donation for grandstand entrance to watch the demo and a 50/50 drawing will also be held.
A "People's Choice Award" will be presented to the public's favorite car displayed during the Alpha 1 Awareness Car Show." The winner will be announced at the end of the Demolition Derby.
To enter a car in the car show a minimal donation will be collected. In lieu of door prizes for the car show, each entry will receive free admission to the demo.
For information about the car show contact Tonya Henry at (309) 781-0314.
Food vendors and "DJ Dave" (Dave Beck) will be on site, and additional special presentations will be made during the demo derby.
Alpha 1 information will be available during the event and t-shirts will also be sold.
English, 43, lives in Cambridge with her husband David. They have three children: Michael, Danyelle and Tyler English, and one granddaughter, Skyler. English is an advocate for Alpha 1 and works to help others who have been diagnosed with the often mis-diagnosed disease. Information about Alpha 1 can be viewed at www.alph1.org, or information can be obtained directly from English by e-mailing her at firstname.lastname@example.com. A support group has been established for those diagnosed with the disease, or for those that want to help with supporting those affected by Alpha 1. Information can be viewed at email@example.com.


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2014: (Outdoor): competed in five events at the Engineer's Cup (4/5) where she won the 400m dash in 1:02.16, ran a leg of the winning 4x100m relay that finished in 49.48, placed third in the long jump by clearing 16-02.25, finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 33-09.25, and sixth in the 200m dash in 28.18 … at the Westmont Collegiate Classic (3/29), finished third in the triple jump with a season best 36-06.50, crossed sixth in the 100m hurdles in 16.77, and added tenth place finishes in the long jump, clearing 16-05.75, and the 200m dash with a final time of 27.41 … (Indoor): wrapped up indoor season with a tenth place finish in the triple jump at the ECAC Championships (3/8) clearing 35-10.50 … at the New England Division III Championships (2/22), landed fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 36-02.25, and 18th in the long jump, clearing 16-00.50 … crossed sixth in the 60m hurdles in 9.80 and first in the triple jump clearing 34-10.50 at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) … finished 14th in the Harvard Multi Meet (1/25) scoring 2682 points in the pentathlon.
2013: (Indoor): finished 14th in the 60m with an 8.49 at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) … came 15th in the long jump with a 15-04.25 and fourth in the triple jump with a 35-01.25 at the Tufts Stampede (2/02) … improved her long jump to 15-11.75 at the Cupid Challenge (2/11), coming in seventh place … was part of the 4x400 relay that came 14th with a 4:13.22 at the New England Division III Championships (2/16) … (outdoor): came in third place in the 100m hurdles with a time of 16.44 against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13) … was sixth in the triple jump in 34-01.50 and 15th in the 100m hurdles with a 17.02 at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27).
2012: Came 19th in the long jump (4.47m) and ninth in the triple jump (9.89m) at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship (outdoor).
2011: Did not compete as a freshman.
Off the Track: Majoring in chemical engineering with a concentration in energy … conducted thermopower waves research … Potter Foundation Scholarship … president of OHS Link Crew.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Oneonta High School … all-conference as a junior … nine-time letter-winner … outdoor track team captain … National Honor Society.


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Installing a basement drainage system is filthy, backbreaking work, but it's not complicated. With a little instruction from our drain tile experts, you can do a first-class basement drainage job. And DIY pays off big: Pros charge $5,000 to $8,000 for a typical basement drainage job (120 linear feet of drain tile). You can install yours for less than $1,500 in materials and tool rentals.
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Caution: Radon!
A drain tile system creates a perfect pathway for dangerous radon gas to escape. If you've never tested for radon, it's smart to do so before you install a drain system. That way, you can plan for a radon mitigation system as well.
Before you get started
It's always best to stop water from entering your basement in the first place, so before you run to the rental center for your jackhammer, be sure to address the exterior issues. The grade next to the house should slope down away from the building by least 6 in. for the first 10 ft. Consider installing gutters, or make sure the existing gutters are working properly. And check that your irrigation system isn't adding to the problem by spraying water right up against the side of the house.
If your basement is finished, with stud walls and insulation covering the foundation walls, you can still install a basement drainage system. When you break out the concrete, leave small sections of floor intact so the wall doesn't drop down. A 4 x 4-in. section every 6 ft. is enough to support the wall. If there are obstacles along the wall (like a furnace), plan to tunnel under them. You'll find most of the materials you'll need at a home center. Order the rock from a landscape supplier. You'll also need a pickup to haul the dirt to the landfill.
Always check with your local building official. Explain your project, and see if any permits or inspections are required in your area. Sometimes, a building official who has been around for a while may have information on how your house was built or what issues you may run into in your area.
Control the dust
Photo 1: Get ready for dust
Instead of just covering your stuff with sheets of plastic, isolate your work area with a wall of plastic sheeting. Make sure to fill in the spaces between joists.
There's no getting around it: Busting up concrete is a dirty job. Shut down your furnace or central air conditioning while you're working, and cover all return air vents until you're finished cleaning up. Instead of covering your furnishings with plastic, move everything out of the area and drape plastic from the ceiling to create an isolated work space (Photo 1). If you have an unfinished ceiling, be sure you run the plastic up into every joist space. Set a fan in the window to exhaust the heavy dust while you run the jackhammer. And wear a dust mask and hearing protection.
Bust up the floor
Photo 2: Bust up the floor
Remove 16 in. to 18 in. of concrete along the wall with a rented electric jackhammer. Start by chipping in a straight line along the entire length of the wall, then come back and bust it into manageable chunks.
The pros use electric jackhammers, because the air that runs pneumatic jackhammers kicks up a lot more dust. You can get one from a rental center for under $100 a day. Start by hammering a line about 16 in. to 18 in. away from the wall (Photo 2).
Once the perimeter is done, come back and break the row of concrete into manageable chunks. Each section will break free easier if it has room to pull away, so remove the sections as you go. If you're working alone, make the most of your rental time; just set the chunks aside until you're done with the hammer. Don't forget to bust up a larger area for your sump basin.
Dig the trench
Photo 3: Dig a trench along the wall
Dig the trench as deep as the bottom of the footing. Instead of lugging pails of soil up the stairs, buy buckets that will fit through your basement windows.
Once the concrete is removed, dig down to the bottom of the footing but not below. If you compromise the soil under the footing, you could end up with cracks in your wall, or worse.
Five-gallon buckets are OK for hauling out debris, but the guys at Rite-Way use rubber feed buckets (typically used for farm animals) because they fit through small basement windows and are less likely to bang up trim (Photo 3). You can get them at farm supply retailers for under $20. And when it's time to haul the debris away, you may find that the landfill considers it to be "clean fill." You may be able to dump it for free!
Install the basin
It's best to locate your basin in an unfinished area of the basement so you can have easy access to the sump pump. If you never plan on finishing the basement, locate the basin in the same area where you want the water to drain out of the house so you don't have as much plastic pipe to install. Dig the hole so the top of the basin will sit flush with the finished concrete.
Many basins come with flat "knockout" areas meant to make cutting the hole easier. Don't assume the location of these knockouts will work for your system. Because the pipe will be slightly sloped down toward the basin, the longer the drain is, the lower the pipe will be when it reaches the basin. You never want standing water in your drainpipes, so make sure to choose a model that is deep enough. Our experts typically use 30-in.-deep basins. They use 36-in.-deep models for systems longer than 120 ft., and they install two basins if the drain is longer than 180 ft.
Set the basin in place, and then mark the locations for the holes where the pipes will meet the basin. Keep in mind there will be a thin layer of rock (one layer thick) under the pipe near the basin. Cut the holes using a reciprocating saw, jigsaw or hole saw. The holes don't have to be perfect.
Don't haul out all the dirt right away; you'll need some to fill in around the basin. Once it's permanently in place, fill in around it, tamping the dirt with a 2×4 as you go.
Caution: Never drill holes in the bottom of the basin! If you have a high water table, water could come up from the bottom, and your pump will run nonstop, attempting to dry out the neighborhood.
Drill holes in block
If your waterproofing basement walls are made from concrete block, drill 1-in. holes in each block core and into each mortar joint (see Figure A). This will allow the water that collects in the cores and between the blocks to flow into the drain. Drill the holes as close to the footings as you can. You may find that the bottom blocks are filled with concrete. In that case, you'll have to remove any existing walls and install foundation wrap. Cut down on dust by laying a shop vacuum hose next to the hole as you drill.
Install the pipe
Photo 4: Lay in the pipe
Lay the pipe with the holes face down. Add or remove rock to slope the pipe so water flows to the sump basin. There's no need to cement the pipe connections.
Before you lay the pipe in the trench, shovel in a bottom layer of 1-1/2-in. to 2-in. washed river rock (a layer of smaller rock can become clogged with minerals and sediments). The pipe should slope toward the basin at least 1/4 in. for every 10 ft. Rake the rock around to achieve this pitch.
Lay your irrigation pipe on top of the rock. Don't use ordinary flexible drainpipe because it clogs easily. The pros prefer to lay down a 4-in.-diameter Schedule 10 perforated pipe. Buy the kind of pipe with rows of 1/2-in. perforation holes only on one side, not all around the pipe.
Lay the pipe with the holes facing down (Photo 4), so the minerals and sediment in the water can flow down around the pipe and settle into the ground. This way, the water that does rise up into the pipes from underneath will be relatively clean. Clean water will add years to the life of the whole system. Start at the basin, and push the male end of the pipe into the basin about 4 in. Use PVC or ABS elbows at the corners. It's not necessary to cement the sections together.
Divert the water into the drain
Photo 5: Install hose in the block walls
Drill 1-in. holes in each block core and each mortar joint. Then insert sections of 1-in. irrigation hose from the holes into the gravel to carry away the water.
Once your pipe is installed, it's time to install the 1-in. irrigation hose that will carry the water from the blocks to the trench (Photo 5). Softer hose, like garden hose, can get crushed flat by the new concrete, so stick with irrigation hose. Cut the hose with a hacksaw or reciprocating saw. Make sure each section of hose runs several inches past the footing.
If you have a solid concrete foundation
If you have poured concrete walls rather than block, you'll need to install a foundation wrap to let the water into the drain as shown below. Foundation wrap is made from tough plastic and consists of rows of dimples that allow water to flow behind it. Platon by CertainTeed is one example. Home centers can order it if they don't stock it.
Cut the sheets into strips with a utility knife. Bend the strips at 90 degrees and let the bottom half run past the footing. The length of the wrap that's up against the wall depends on your situation. At a bare minimum, run the wrap up 4 in. above the top of the concrete on a poured wall, or up 4 in. past the holes you drilled in the block wall. If you're working along stud walls, try to tuck the wrap behind the bottom plate.
Cover it back up
Photo 6: Cap off the trench with concrete
Lay plastic over the rock and cover it with concrete. Smooth out the concrete with a float. Wait 20 minutes, and work it smooth with a steel trowel.
Once the hoses are in or the foundation wrap is in place, it's time to cover it up. Fill in the trench with river rock up to the bottom of the existing slab, and then cover the rock with at least a 6-mil thickness of plastic for a vapor barrier (Photo 6).
To cut down on dust, mix your concrete outside. Bagged concrete mix for slabs and sidewalks works just fine. Slide a 3-ft. section of 2×4 along the floor to "screed" the new concrete flush with the floor, and then smooth it out with a hand float. Wait 20 minutes, then smooth it with a finishing trowel. Use the float to completely fill the gap under any existing walls.
Hook up the pump
Pros prefer submersible pumps that have a vertical float switch on them because they're more reliable than pedestal or float switch pumps. Install a 6- to 8-in. section of pipe on the pump, then a check valve. Make sure the check valve doesn't interfere with the pump switch. Above the check valve, attach another section of pipe long enough to reach above the top of the basin.
Drill a 1/4-in. to 3/8-in. vapor lock release hole in the section of pipe that's just below the check valve (see Figure B). This allows the pump to get up to speed before trying to force open the check valve, which may have many gallons of water pressing down on it. Angle the hole so water sprays down while the pump is working. It's best if you have a dedicated outlet for your pump. Extension cords get unplugged, and other appliances hooked up to the same circuit could trip a breaker.
The pipe that exits the basement needs to be located in an area that slopes away from the house. If that means running a pipe back across the basement, consider burying the waste pipe in the trench and having it come back up where you want it. If your pipe is going to discharge above grade and you live in a cold climate, run the pipe no more than 8 in. past the siding. This will keep it from freezing up in the winter.
With few exceptions, basement drain water cannot be dumped into city sewer systems. Most systems can be drained into storm sewers as long as they're above grade when they do. Ask your building official what the rules are in your area.
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- Bucket
- Chalk line
- Cold chisel
- Dust mask
- Extension cord
- Hacksaw
- Hammer drill
- Jigsaw
- Knee pads
- Knockdown knife
- Reciprocating saw
- Safety glasses
- Shop vacuum
- Spade
- Tape measure
- Trowel
- Wheelbarrow
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- 30- to 36-inch-deep sump pump basin
- 4-in.-diameter Schedule 10 perforated pipe
- Concrete mix
- Duct tape
- Irrigation hose
- Irrigation pipe
- Masking tape
- River rock
- Sheet plastic
- Sump pump


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For a lot of people a computer is a hammer, they don't really care of what is under the hood, they care about the computer enough to get the job done. For a lot of people the computer is really the apps they run on it.
This is the market Apple goes for, MacOSX and Mac Hardware is all about running the apps you need, some use Final Cut, some use Adobe's creative suite etc.. They don't care about the os and certainly don't want to customise it.
Customised OS and hardware make it less stable and not as easy to diagnose.
This is not to say that MacOSX is only for professionals and that only professionals only use MacOSX, i know plenty that use Windows and Unix/Linux.
However it's always worth understanding the market or where MacOSX is aimed at to understand it's behavior. It's a supported system that you can send off or take into any Apple store, it's a tool, a hammer to allow you to do the work you need.
For most of my personal tasks, such as photography and other media the workflow in MacOSX is much better than Windows, i prefer Aperture to Lightroom and MacOSX gets out of the way and lets me run aperture and photoshop well in my workflow, no annoying pop ups, no nothing, just the apps. I don't need to customise the OS i just need it to be reliable and run those apps.
The designers who have Adobe CS at home on Windows machines, say they prefer using a Mac version out of the two.
For me at the time there was a familiar shell, had support for Java and PHP and expose and space was miles ahead of anything on Windows XP or Vista (this is 2005) and I prefer spaces implementation of virtual desktops.
Since Windows Vista or 7 (can't remember which introduced it), the live preview on the alt-tab has been good enough and I can use dexpot for anything else.
And still it's so much more than a simple tool ... It's cool that we can do stuff for these kind of people and make money off their unwillingness to learn, but in the long run they're spoiling all platforms. I don't want to live in a world where all I can use is Mac OS X and Metro apps.
This is the market Apple goes for, MacOSX and Mac Hardware is all about running the apps you need, some use Final Cut, some use Adobe's creative suite etc.. They don't care about the os and certainly don't want to customise it.
Actually, as a professional media designer who heavily uses the apps you mention I care a hell of a lot about what is under the hood (in both hardware and operating system). In general I have liked where OSX has been going... but the last release was full of useless crap like the launchpad and making a mess of how apps save files. The autosave works fine for small files... but if you happen to work on very large files it causes stalls. This is why adobe has not implemented the new "Apple" way of saving and why apple had to backpeddal and give power users back some of their saving options back when holding the option key down.
It seems that they have not been catering to the creative market the way they once were. We have yet to see a decent update to the mac pro and I really wish they would move to a more robust filesystem. I have always had better luck with color management on OSX.... but they seem to have fallen behind in not adopting 10-bit color support for high end photographers. They used to lead with quicktime... now they have dumbed down the framework with a priority toward playback and poor support for 3rd party tools that extend it. For what ever reason they refuse to make a 64 bit update to quicktime for windows making it much more difficult to have cross platform workflows.
I have concernes about what I will be using in 10 years for content creation. Everyone is chasing consumers these days and forgetting about the needs of creators. The new rumored OSX "multitasking" feature of pausing apps sounds like what life was like under system 6 before they had real multitasking... WTF would I want go back to that. Microsoft shoved the useful part of their os into the "legacy" bin and threw a half baked xbox interface on the front. Linux has had a few distros claim to target content creation... but none have really paned out so far.
Advanced customization = increased support costs.
Unfortunately there are not enough unique snowflakes like you willing to pay Apple in order to make it worth their while.
Then again, there are plenty of free alternative that may fit perfectly your needs. So everybody wins, I guess.


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Cruise along the picturesque coast of Dixon Cove while learning about the ecosystem and then relax at a beach club and watch a cultural performance by the local Garifuna people.
After departing from the pier, you will soon cruise along the beautiful coast of Dixon Cove in a covered boat. You will notice that the shore is rimmed with mangroves, woody trees with leggy roots that are exposed during low tide. Mangroves have adapted to the tidal conditions and are able to survive in the salty, oxygen-poor soil.
As you cruise along, the narrator will explain how mangroves protect the shoreline from erosion and provide a rich habitat for various animals. The intricate root system creates a safe haven for fish, especially small fish that would otherwise be preyed on.
Following the cruise around the cove, you will pause for photos at an overlook that offers extraordinary views of the tropical landscape and turquoise waters beyond. You might also browse the stands of local handicrafts.
Afterwards, you will visit a beach club where you can enjoy the amenities as you please. You might stretch out on lounge chair and bask in the sun, stroll along the shore and relax in the shade while gazing out at the magnificent scenery.
To enhance your understanding of the local Garifuna culture, you will be treated to a folkloric performance of songs and dances that has changed little over the centuries. The Garifunas will also offer tasty samples of their traditional foods.


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I was sitting in a coffee shop, waiting for a friend, when from behind me there arose a great hue and cry.
"Matthew, it's cold out -- you have to wear your mittens."
"Put on your mittens like a good boy and Mommy will give you a cookie."
Now Dad, in a commanding tone: "Matthew, put on your mittens right this instant."
"I won't!"
Dad to Mom: "Hold him while I shove them on."
This was the toddler's cue to start wailing in earnest.
Mom to little boy: "Fine, don't wear them. If your hands get cold, it's your problem."
Dad to Mom again: "It's freezing outside. He'll get frostbite."
Mom to Dad: "If his hands get cold, he'll put the mittens on. Come on, everybody's staring. We have to get him out of here."
The family blessedly packed up and left the restaurant, both parents frazzled and Matthew still screaming and resisting the mittens. Their exchange had been painful to listen to -- and that was an edited version-partly because the emotions ran so high, to so little effect, and over such a small thing. And partly because I'd been in exactly that place myself, far too painfully and inextricably, with my own first child.
Power struggle. The words popped into my head before the family was even out the door. I'd never been able to identify it when I was locked into one with my own small and willful daughter, but that's clearly what this was.
Contributing editor Pamela Redmond Satran's most recent novel, Suburbanistas (Downtown Press), came out in March 2006.
Anatomy of a power struggle
At its most basic, a power struggle is a battle for control, with parent and child duking it out over which one gets to decide what the child eats or wears, how he spends time or what he plays with, where he goes and when. The key ingredient, though, is that the actual object of the dispute is often not its crux. Usually, either the child is pushing for control beyond his years or capabilities, or the parent's holding on tight to control something that would be better ceded to the child.
There are other earmarks that distinguish a power struggle from a run-of-the-mill discipline problem, says Jan Faull, a Seattle-based parenting educator and author of Unplugging Power Struggles: Resolving Emotional Battles With Your Kids Ages 2 to 10.
Typically, emotions run much higher than the issue -- whether eating peas or wearing a tutu to preschool -- would seem to merit. Your child objects to a simple request, and you ("It's the principal of the thing!") decide that you're just not going to put up with this insubordination. Unfortunately, if the battles become a pattern and occur again and again without being resolved, they can come to characterize, and undermine, your relationship.
Like the parents in the restaurant, I tried everything I could think of -- bribing, begging, insisting, threatening, ignoring -- to get my daughter to do what I wanted, all to no avail. Was I a bad mother, or was she a difficult kid? And were we simply destined to drive each other crazy?
Why bad battles happen to good parents
I always wondered why I wrestled so with my oldest child, Rory, while largely escaping such strife with her two younger brothers, and I invented complicated theories to account for it: my relative inexperience as a parent; because she was a girl and I was hesitant to lay down the law with her like I did with her brothers; the other way around -- I was stricter with her because she was a girl, like me, and I went easier on the boys. But the reasons were likely more straightforward than that -- and they are for you as well:
Some kids are just more determined to grab control at a younger age and so are more likely to end up in battles with their parents. "Such kids just wear you out," says Faull. "You love them, but they're the future CEOs: They have very clear ideas about how things should be, but they're sitting at home being told what to do by their parents."
"Our oldest child always has an opinion about what she wants to do," says Jill Goodrich, an Amarillo, Texas, mom of a 4-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 2 years and 6 months. "I want her to have an independent spirit, and I know these qualities of taking the initiative and having a mind of her own are things I'll love as she gets older. But now she tries to dictate what we ought to do as a family, and it can make life very difficult."
And some situations may provoke power struggles with kids who are normally mild-mannered and compliant: My usually laid-back older son, Joe, rebelled at going to nursery school when he just wanted to stay home with Mom.
Most kids, even those with less assertive personalities, are likely to engage in power struggles when they hit a stage of development that makes them seek more self-control, commonly around age 2 (and again in adolescence).
Physical depletion
And then there are those power struggles that arise when a child is hungry, stressed, or tired, so her emotions escalate until they're out of hand.
"I was at the mall the other day and I saw a mother begging a little girl to get in the car, and the child was sobbing because there was something in the store she wanted," says Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, a Minneapolis family educator and author of Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles: Winning for a Lifetime. "You could tell by the child's body language and voice that she was exhausted; odds are she'd missed her nap that day. So forgo basic needs like that at your own risk."
It's essential, before you respond, to figure out what's really fueling the battle. There's always the chance it's you.
Sometimes it is your fault
A dad I know used to engage every morning in a power struggle with his now 6-year-old daughter over what she was going to wear to preschool. The girl didn't want to get dressed, or wanted to wear a sleeveless dress in the middle of winter, or tights and boots in the heat of summer, or mix the purple plaid with the orange polka dots -- the specifics changed from day to day. My friend and his wife tried to limit the number of clothing options and tried choosing outfits the night before -- they tried everything, yet somehow every day started with a veritable donnybrook over the little girl's outfit.
Finally, the proverbial lightbulb blinked on. Instead of wondering why his daughter was locked in this battle, my friend began to think about why he was. He realized that he was more worried about what people would think of him when they saw his daughter's outfits than about any real health or safety issues. If he let go of his need to control what she wore, then the power struggle would be over and mornings would be much happier. And so they were.
Since there's little you can do to change your child's sensitivity, adaptability, persistence, and need for routine, you may for the time being need to adapt a bit. A child who's both emotional and slow to adjust to change, for instance, the way my youngest son, Owen, is, may need a five-minute heads up before transitions (rather than having Mom barrel in without warning to announce that "we have to leave -- now!").
Still, for even the best-intentioned parent with the most ingenious solutions, power struggles happen. What then?
To stop the strife
You have three choices to deal with any power struggle: back off, lay down the law, or negotiate. The trick is figuring out when to use which.
Back off
This might be the smartest choice when the control your child wants is appropriate for her age and skill level and it ultimately doesn't matter. Knowing that you want to cede some control to your child can help you simply step away from some fights before they happen.
It may be easier to do this with second and third children rather than firstborns because with experience, parents learn that some issues simply aren't worth the battle. With my younger two, for instance, I was more likely to let them veg out in front of cartoons or leave the beans on their plate, knowing that over time they'd get tired of TV and make healthier eating choices.
It also makes sense to back off over issues you're not going to win on, no matter what you say or do. Ultimately, you can't force your kids to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, speak, or think according to your wishes. So just set safe, healthy rules and back off. Won't sleep? Fine, just lie there. Won't eat any dinner? Fine, but no cookies, either.
Lay down the law
Insisting your child follow your orders works only if you aren't wishy-washy about it and don't get lured into a lengthy debate about your decision. So dig in only on truly important things, where the lesson a child might learn from disregarding your advice isn't as important as the danger in doing so: "You're wearing your shoes because there's broken glass here, and that's final." Then don't give in.
"Saying 'You're doing it my way because I'm the parent and I said so' works best with health, safety, and value issues," says Faull. Those things are clearly the parent's choice. "With other things, children need to be able to slowly grasp the reins of life and even learn from mistakes. The best route is usually to offer choices and decisions appropriate to the child's age."
Negotiate, compromise, give options
These are all ways to meet a fighter halfway. But don't feel you have to provide unlimited choices -- your child can't choose candy for breakfast, after all: "You don't want to leave the playground? Okay, we can stay twenty more minutes, but then we won't have time to go to the video store, so you'll have to decide which you want more."
Whichever path you choose in dealing with the power struggle, it's vital to downshift the emotional intensity. If you can step back from the emotions on your end, chances are your child will follow.
Let your first step be to pause. Stopping your agitated response encourages your child to stop, too, because there's no argument going on. Then you can decide which of the three resolution tactics -- backing off, laying down the law, or negotiating -- you're going to take.
The gray zone
Many parents report wrestling with their children over constantly shifting issues -- a battle over clothing choices morphs into a breakfast fight that shifts into resistance over leaving the house -- and say their kids are clever enough combatants to press when they sense their parents are too weak to resist.
"Especially when there's a new baby sibling, you're so exhausted it's like, 'I know I should send you to your room, but I'm just going to give you the cookie, I'm just going to give in,'" says Jill Goodrich.
But maybe giving in is the smartest tack at that moment. "If you're wiped out, under a lot of stress, that's not the time to hold the line on anything that isn't critically important," says Faull.
In other words: Give yourself and your child a break. You might say something like "We've all had a hard day, so I'm going to say yes to the cookie as a special treat. But usually we don't eat cookies before dinner." And saying the occasional yes can make it easier to say -- and enforce -- the customary no.
So what about that little boy in the restaurant who didn't want to wear his mittens? There was a potential health and safety issue -- it was cold outside -- but the family's car wasn't far away, so the issue wasn't so clear-cut. And the parents were also under pressure, being in a crowded restaurant with a screaming child -- a child who was undoubtedly under equal pressure from being cooped up in a toddler-unfriendly establishment.
The parents could have offered the boy the choice of wearing his mittens or being carried to the car so he could keep his hands warm against his mom, though a toddler might not be able to understand that kind of choice and resist both options.
But in this case, "the most logical solution might just have been to say, 'Let's walk outside and see how cold it is, and then you can decide if you want your mittens,'" suggests Kurcinka. "Chances are, if he got cold he'd want to put them on." This is what the mother ended up saying, so the whole thing could have been avoided if she'd simply started out there. The parents lost sight of the fact that in a suburban parking lot the stakes were pretty low.
Even those power struggles without clear-cut solutions offer a chance to show your child how to solve problems, to teach him that you're a family that tackles conflicts and moves on. It's a lesson that's certainly worth at least a few restaurant tantrums.


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Washington, D.C.—The U.S. economy added 155,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate held
steady at 7.8 percent. Long-term unemployment saw little improvement and remains near record levels,
however, with 39.1 percent of the nation's 12.2 million unemployed workers out of work for six months or
"The economy is improving, but we're still not creating jobs fast enough for the 12.2 million unemployed
looking to get back to work," said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law
Project. "Especially if you're long-term unemployed, finding a job remains about as difficult as ever."
As part of the fiscal-cliff deal reached earlier this week, Congress reauthorized emergency jobless aid for the
long-term unemployed through 2013. Had it failed to act, two million unemployed Americans would have
been abruptly cut off from the crucial income support they need to stay afloat and look for work.
"Unemployed workers around the nation breathed a huge sigh of relief when Congress finally did the right
thing and renewed their emergency unemployment insurance," Owens said.
The congressional action extending federal jobless aid, locking in revenue raisers, and preserving tax credits for
low-income families is expected to help bolster the recovery. In the coming weeks, Congress can build on the
good that was accomplished with the New Year deal by working to pass meaningful job-creation measures that
will put more unemployed Americans back to work.
"Creating more good jobs is one of the greatest challenges facing our nation today, and it is the single most
important thing that Congress and the president can do to help unemployed workers, fuel a robust and lasting
recovery, and reduce long-term deficits," said Owens.
In its recent report, 100 Days for America's Workers, NELP offers a short list of policy prescriptions achievable
in the first 100 days of President Obama's second term—including calling for specific investments in good
jobs—that will help get the economy back on track and give it a sustained boost.
The federal government should invest $220 billion annually for the next five years to rebuild the
nation's crumbling infrastructure, creating up to five million good jobs.
Providing states with $50 billion for each of the next two years would enable states to rehire or avert
layoffs of 500,000 public-sector workers, yielding improvements in education, public safety and health
Raising the minimum wage would put needed resources in the pockets of working families whose
spending would propel further economic growth.
Strengthening enforcement of core labor standards and closing the regulatory loophole excluding
home care workers from federal wage protections would lift standards in one of the nation's fastestgrowing occupations and help ensure that workers are paid what they earn, enabling them to better
support their families and contribute more to their communities and local economies.
"The last thing the nation needs is for Congress to undo any good that came out of the New Year's deal with
foot-dragging and draconian budget cuts in the coming debt-ceiling debate," warned Owens.
"If Congress behaves irresponsibly in the debt-ceiling debate two months from now, that could undermine the
recovery. Effective job creation not only will keep the recovery going and provide jobs for the unemployed, it
will also reduce long-term deficits."
The National Employment Law Project is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts research,
education and advocacy on issues affecting low-wage and unemployed workers. For more about NELP, visit


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Lawyers for a University of Kansas student have dropped the student's lawsuit claiming a fraternity allowed underage drinking that contributed to a severe head injury he suffered.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Douglas County court records show that lawyers for Andrew Charles Johnson of Salina voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit earlier this month. An attorney representing Johnson declined comment, and a lawyer for the defendants commented only to confirm the dismissal.
Johnson had been seeking to sue the local chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon and its national organization. Johnson alleged they permitted underage drinking that contributed to a severe head injury he sustained at the chapter's house in Lawrence in 2011.


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waramatt wrote:HLC - I use an SE Draft Lite as a commuter. The only change I've made is to put 700x35 tyres on it so I can easily go single track, grass reserves etc more easily. Am I taking my life in my hands with cheap parts? After several thousand trouble-free kilometers, I doubt it.
My GF rides a SE draft lite. I never said they were bad, otherwise she wouldn't ride it... I have over time upgraded some parts though ha ha, pretty much everything except frame, headset and saddle lol


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A little over a year after Andy Rubin was replaced as the head of Android at Google, it looks like the big G is undergoing another major executive shake-up.
According to Re/code, Vic Gundotra is leaving Google. Gundotra is the SVP of Social at Google and has helped to push Google+ to the public. A Google spokesperson has confirmed the news of Gundotra's departure.
Google hasn't yet revealed who will be taking Gundotra's place at the helm of Google+, but today's report claims that it will be David Besbris, who currently works as VP of Engineering for Google+.
There's no word yet on what Gundotra will be doing post-Google, but it'll definitely be interesting to see where he ends up. Not only was he a high-ranking exec at Google, but he was the head of Google+ and pushed the social network pretty hard in his years at El Goog, so many folks will be watching to see what he does next.
What do you think that Gundotra has planned for his next move?


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Merkel faces long talks with potential partners
BERLIN (AP) — With Angela Merkel's conservatives five seats short of a parliamentary majority, her possible new partners aren't rushing to join her in a new German coalition government.
Merkel enjoys sky-high popularity but allies in her two previous coalitions have ended up the worse for wear after the experience. Voters kicked her latest partner, the pro-business Free Democrats, out of Parliament altogether in Sunday's election.
She will now need an alliance with one of two center-left rivals — and either will doubtless demand major concessions as the price for taking the risk, with coalition talks likely to drag on for weeks.
The likeliest outcome is a "grand coalition" of Merkel's Union bloc with the center-left Social Democrats of Peer Steinbrueck. But they emerged badly weakened from a similar alliance in Merkel's first term.
Germans prize stability so it's in no party's interest to be seen as obstructing a new government to the point that the country has to hold a new election. But neither the Social Democrats nor the other possible partner, the environmentalist Greens, are natural Merkel allies.
"The Social Democrats aren't queuing up or making applications to be the successor after Merkel ruined her previous coalition parter," party chairman Sigmar Gabriel said Monday, adding that there is "nothing automatic" about joining a grand coalition.
"You'll have to ask (Merkel's party) whether it's ready to pay a price," he told reporters. "The ball is with Merkel."
Germany has no tradition of minority governments and Merkel made clear she has no intention of changing that. Still, she will likely be kept waiting to start her third term. In 2005, it took two months before she was sworn in as chancellor of her first grand coalition.
"Thoroughness goes before speed," Merkel told reporters when asked Monday how long the process might take. "Germany needs a stable government, and we will fulfill this task."
During the campaign, Merkel rejected proposals from the two center-left parties for tax increases on high earners and a mandatory national minimum wage. She argued that both would hurt the economy.
Her rivals, meanwhile, pledged to scrap a benefit for stay-at-home parents that the outgoing government introduced at the insistence of social conservatives in Merkel's bloc.
Europe's debt crisis may be less problematic. While the Social Democrats and Greens have criticized her approach to the eurozone debt crisis, they voted for her policies in Parliament.
"Our European policy course, at least on the part of the Union (party), will not change," Merkel said. Steinbrueck refused to say what, if anything, might change in a coalition with his party.
A grand coalition might result in a somewhat greater emphasis on bolstering economic growth in Europe over the austerity that Germany has insisted on in exchange for bailing out economically weak countries such as Greece — but no radical change of course.
The Social Democrats held half the Cabinet in Merkel's first government, including the key finance, labor and foreign affairs portfolios, and their ministers were widely respected. But they frequently complained that they got little credit, and slumped by 11 percentage points to their worst post-World War II result at the 2009 election. On Sunday, they made only small gains.
"If it enters a coalition, I think the (party) will do so with trepidation," said Renate Koecher, the head of the Allensbach polling institute. "Smaller parties become strong on the opposition benches."
Merkel's second partners, the Free Democrats, went into government four years ago promising major tax cuts. But those plans were ground down to almost nothing, largely by the chancellor's party, and constant squabbling both in the coalition and within the party itself turned off voters.
On Sunday, they slumped from a record result of nearly 15 percent in 2009 to slump below the 5 percent needed to win seats in Parliament for the first time in post-war history.
Grand coalitions of the two biggest parties — Union and Social Democrats — are common at state level in Germany. But a conservative-Green alliance has been tried only once, in liberal Hamburg, and it collapsed. The Greens are also preoccupied with their own problems after a disappointing election result. On Monday, they announced plans for leadership elections.
"If Merkel wants, we can of course have exploratory talks with each other," Green chairwoman Claudia Roth told Phoenix television. But she said the conservatives "really stand for a completely different approach to politics."
"We are not a party that, because Merkel is missing a few votes, will clean up after a lost coalition partner," she said.
Kirsten Grieshaber and Frank Jordans contributed to this report.


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Hi, everyone. I got drawn into the site by the Boxup puzzle game, and now I'm signed up on another forum. Cool site.
I'm here to learn. I have been out of school for quite a few years, and I never got further than high school algebra in math. I wasn't particularly good at it, either. I never had too much trouble understanding concepts in math, but I did have trouble with written language and notation used to describe math. I can expand on that if needed. Also, I feel like I didn't understand what is interesting about math concepts, how to play with them on my own, and how they can be applied in solving concrete problems. In other words, I feel like I learned how to do the mechanics without knowing how to do anything interesting with the concepts. Maybe it was me being a dense kid, or maybe it was how I was taught.
I'm looking to get a good overview of what the major branches of math are about, relearn the basic stuff that I have long forgotten, and try to kindle my general interest in math. I have been browsing Wikipedia for math topics, which is somewhat helpful. Looking at some old texts and thumbing through some new ones, it seems that textbooks in general aim to teach mechanics without much enlightenment into mathematical thinking. As I said, I never got very far in math, and for all that I know, that stuff comes later. But it seems to me that learning math would be much more interesting from the get go if the instruction was geared toward thinking mathematically, rather than 'plug and chug'.
So, hi again, that's my spill, and I'm open to any words of wisdom.
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Welcome to the community and a nice introduction. You should try MIF or Khan acad for great tutorials.
hi bit-eater
Welcome to the forum.
Maths is such a wide field. Where do you want to start?
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hi bit-eater
Welcome to the forum.
Maths is such a wide field. Where do you want to start?
That is a big question. I don't know where to start, given the variety of things that I'm interested in. One of my interests is computers. Maybe you're familiar with Linux and GNU? In Linux, there is the GNU toolset, which is a general set of software tools which can be used as modular filters and functions for working upon data in general to solve problems and do interesting things. I want to have an understanding of what tools are available in math, and be able to pick and choose a set of math tools for solving problems and doing things that are interesting to me, whatever my interest is at the moment. I want to understand how those tools work so that I can approach a variety of problems, being able to analyze those problems, and coming up with solutions that work and aren't too clunky.
Also, I'm interested in how patterns reoccur in nature and nature's designs.
I want a mental toolset to use for general inquiry, play, and problem solving. I wonder where I should start. Also, I sometimes recognize familiar patterns in general problems, which I would like to be able to abstract, so that when I see the pattern come up in a different area of interest, I know how to relate it and deal with it.
Hopefully this doesn't read like a bunch of mushy babble.
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Hi bit-eater;
Welcome to the forum. That is a lot of ground to cover. Most of that I am still grappling with and I have been doing math for over a century.
Try the MIF pages right here and post a specific problem you are having if you can.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
Hi bit-eater;
Welcome to the forum.
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hi bit-eater
welcome to the forum
There are 10 kinds of people in the world,people who understand binary and people who don't.
Also, I'm interested in how patterns reoccur in nature and nature's designs.
That's one I can enthuse about.
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We Sisters of St. Joseph have this maxim: "Never leap ahead of grace. But when grace comes, follow it generously and faithfully."
I guess, in a nutshell, this is what I try to be about in my vocation as a religious sister. It's like riding a wave, and I'm trying to stay poised on the tiny surfboard of my life, in all the peaks and troughs — give or take a few wipeouts — trying my best to listen to grace and be true to its call.
Just like you. Just like all of us who seek to have the mind of Christ and follow his holy way of compassion. Aren't we all just trying to live out the call to be Christ in the world — his eyes and hands and heart — that we received at baptism? I pretty much slept through my baptism. I was a baby. I don't remember a thing. But here was the first gift of grace — a loving Catholic mama and daddy, who brought me to the font in St. Agnes Church in Baton Rouge, La., that day and taught me to pray.
When you think of it — what prayer really is — isn't it learning to be quiet so we can listen to the nudges and stirrings of God's Spirit moving in us? I think of the spiritual life as this continual waking up to God, with the burning question always: What? What? What do you want me to do?
That's a dangerous, risky thing to ask of the living God. It's what brought me to death row. It's what brought me to stand up for some of the poorest, most despised people on earth that plenty of people have been eager to dispose of. People on death row aren't even considered human by some of us. Many see them as so evil, so unredeemable, that the only way we can be safe is to kill them. We cut them off from the land of the living and say "Good riddance." Or, when they're executed: "Justice is done."
Believe me, when I joined the Sisters of St. Joseph as an 18-year-old "bride of Christ," I didn't have a clue about what lay in store for me. No idea. But, of course, that's the way grace works — slowly, imperceptibly, building, steadily rising and then, bam! The next thing you know you're riding the current of a strong, huge waves, then the wave crashes, and you're tumbling helplessly underwater against sand and rocks and swirling foam, and you find yourself thrown onto a beach. And you know you've been changed forever.
Riding the current of God's call isn't always exactly a smooth canoe ride on a glassy lake. I say: Watch out for Jesus, watch out for his invitations. He's sneaky as all get-out. Sneaky Jesus.
When I got an invitation one day to be a pen pal to a death row inmate in Louisiana, I thought all I'd be doing was writing letters. I said, hey! — I'm an English major, I know some poetry, I can write some really nice letters. I never dreamed the state of Louisiana was going to electrocute this man to death — much less that I would be there with him in the killing chamber and watch him die.
When I wrote the letters we hadn't had an execution in Louisiana in 20 years. It was the early 1980s and there had been a moratorium on executions, and I hadn't even noticed that the Supreme Court had put the death penalty back. See what I mean? Sneaky Jesus. Of course, when I got the invitation to write, I had no idea of how it was all going to end.
Simply put: grace unfurls inside us as we need it. Not ahead of time. The truth is I didn't have the grace then to shoulder it all. Maybe this is how the saying in Latin America came about: "The path is made by walking." No map first to chart the way. It unfurls as we go. I'm learning to trust that there's no blueprint, that the way the kingdom of God is within us, as Jesus said, is that the Spirit calls, we listen, then cooperate with God's light and strength to do the deed.
Like Mary, we stay alert to the annunciations that come our way, then struggle to discern the call and say our "yes" to bring Christ to birth anew in the world. Be it done to me, be it done within me, be it done, even in an ordinary soul like me. And we cling to faith, and we know and believe and live in the hope that with God nothing is impossible.
Which brings me foursquare into the role my religious community plays in my life. The great gift of sisterhood is our prayer together, our searching out our Gospel mission together, our supporting each other and challenging each other to be generous in service to the poor ones, the shunned and despised ones, the elderly castaways, our besieged planet, abused children, battered women, immigrants, trafficked young men and women, and criminals as well as their traumatized victims.
I know this much — really know — that if I didn't belong to my beloved congregation, I might well have lived my entire Christian life as a nice person, maybe a polite and charitable person, but never a woman who rolls up her sleeves and tackles huge issues of injustice. Without community I wouldn't have the courage. I wouldn't even have the insight in the first place. It was, after all, through my community that I awoke to justice as integral to the Gospel. Apart from my community, I'd be — who knows? — but certainly not the woman I am. All by God's good grace.
And you know that wherever Christ is, the cross and suffering will always be close by. That's where Christ always is — close to the suffering ones. As we nuns get old and many of those we walked with and served with age and die, the cross comes close to us, as it comes to every human being, every family. Dying and behold we live.
But in every way we can, we marshal our energies and resources to keep expending our lives for people who need us. We entered religious life to serve the people and we will do that until our last breath. Blessedly, new women are joining us as vowed members and also associates — women and men — who share our spiritual life and join us in our ministries. Not in huge crowds as happened in the 1950s and 1960s, but that's OK. It's a new day, and in God's grace we are ever new.
In my ministry to death row prisoners and to murder victims' families, I have come close to the cross. Through my presence to the condemned at their executions, I have stood, literally, at the very foot of the cross.
And in this surreal situation, it is to Mary that I have turned to most of all. She knows what it means to stand there. She gives me strength. I never dreamed there could be such pain in the world, such searing loss, such unspeakable grief. I look back now on the 25 years I've been involved in this ministry and wonder how it's all happened in such an unlikely disciple, and how I've made it through six executions and gatherings of victims' families in a room so thick with pain that I could scarcely breathe.
And at every step of the way, my sisters have been at my side. When Patrick Sonnier was executed he needed a place to be buried — "Please, don't let the prison bury me, they're the ones killing me," he had pleaded — and it was my sisters who found a mortuary to prepare his body and gave him one of our burial plots, where Patrick rests to this day.
Never leap ahead of grace … I look back and recognize that it had to be God's good grace that has awakened me and carried me — all within my religious community, which, when all is said and done, may be in my life the greatest grace of all.
Sister Helen Prejean is a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille.
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Editor's note: Andrew Selee is director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, which promotes dialogue and understanding between the United States and Mexico. The views expressed in this article are solely those of Andrew Selee.
By Andrew Selee, Special to CNN
Mexico's elections have brought back the PRI, an authoritarian party that ruled Mexico for seven decades. This possibility had worried many observers and politicians in the United States, and yet, surprisingly, it will make little difference for the U.S.-Mexico relationship. This is largely a tribute to how deeply interdependent the two countries are today, as well as the ways in which Mexican society has evolved over the past two decades.
The PRI has been known in the past for its anti-American rhetoric and distrust of the United States. However, circumstances over the past 20 years have completely changed the relationship between the two countries. Mexico has developed a vibrant export-oriented economy that is growing at a respectable 3-4% a year. Its major destination for exports is, of course, the United States.
Related: Fareed Zakaria on why Mexico is on the rise
At the same time, Mexico's expanding economy has allowed it to become the second destination for U.S. exports. States ranging from Texas to Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee and New Hampshire depend heavily on the trading relationship with Mexico. Indeed, the growing Mexican economy is helping to fuel the expansion of jobs in these states in the midst of an economic crisis at home. Policymakers in both countries have a vested interest in managing these economic ties responsibly, and a new administration in Mexico is sure to make this a priority.
There have also been suspicions that the PRI would renew its old ways in dealing with drug traffickers and jettison the growing security cooperation relationship with the United States. This also seems unlikely to happen, and the new government will almost certainly want to deepen cooperation against drug traffickers. In the past, PRI governments "managed" the traffickers to keep them under control, and scandals and allegations of relationships with cartels hound some former and current state PRI governors.
However, the new government in Mexico has enormous incentives to tackle the violence that has beset parts of the country, and it cannot do that without extensive intelligence sharing, equipment and training from the U.S. government. We are likely to see cooperation against trafficking organizations deepen in the coming years as the new government tries to get control of areas in the north and along the coasts where criminal groups have established themselves. The main criminal groups are now too big to be dealt with through negotiations and deals as the PRI did in the 1980s and 90s. Inevitably, the new government will have to continue outgoing President Felipe Calderon's policy of confronting these groups, although it may find ways of prioritizing the protection of civilians in the process.
Suspicions will, nonetheless, remain in the United States, as in much of Mexican society, about the PRI's honesty and transparency. A party that ruled through corrupt bargains in the past is unlikely to have been born again overnight. Indeed, the allegations of several creative means for vote buying by the PRI during this election worries many that the old ways of doing business are alive and well still in 2012. But even here there is hope.
What has changed is not the PRI but Mexican society and the challenges it faces. Mexicans today have become used to a flourishing democracy with competitive elections, freedom of the press, and greater (if still imperfect) transparency in governance. Mexicans expect politicians to be accountable, police to do their jobs well and courts to be independent. They are often disappointed, to be sure, but their expectations have changed dramatically since the late 1990s when Mexico's democratic process began. The PRI is, in the end, a party that wants legitimacy and to show that it can govern in a democratic era. The new government is almost certain to continue reforms to the courts, police and public services as a way of winning public trust.
The United States has a substantial interest in seeing Mexico's democracy flourish, its security situation improve and its economy grow. Making sure that we have a secure and prosperous neighbor next door, with solid democratic institutions, will provide a buffer in an often hostile world and produce enormous tangible benefits for U.S. workers who depend on exports to Mexico. Deepening our partnership with Mexico is key to the future of U.S. security and prosperity. There will be legitimate doubts about the new government in Mexico, but there will be even more pressing reasons to move forward in strengthening the relationship with our neighbor next door.
– The views expressed in this article are solely those of Andrew Selee.
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Come on!!!!! Who wrote this article is a fantasy dreamer.Party PRI and its members WILL NEVER CHANGE.Did you get it? Will never change.Just ask and get informed about the "State election".Ask how PRI "bought" the dignity and freedom of millions people by giving them money.food,scholarships,concret,gifts etc to vote PRI. My state ,YUCATAN,is a living proof of what i´m saying.Look at this equality: PRI=CORRUPTION. The "NEW PRI" as they call themselves just have new and younger faces;that´s it but they are like their predecessors.So please stop dreaming and return to reality. 😦
Calling Mexico an export-oriented society is like saying the designers of the atomic bomb are experts in the field of urban demolition.
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A darn good finish
To the casual fan, the PGA Championship looked a bit like a Nationwide Tour stop for a while. Yet once the leaders got to the back nine on Sunday, Steve Eubanks says, the Season's Final Major transformed into one of the most exciting majors of the year.
By Steve Eubanks, PGA.com Contributor
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- For those who looked at the leaderboard of this PGA Championship and gave a singsong cry of "boring," the joke's on you. Yes, for the casual fan, this looked like the Nationwide Tour's Wichita Open for a while. But by the end of Sunday, it was one of the most exciting majors of the year.
For starters, it wasn't Keegan Bradley and Jason Dufner's fault that they were the last men standing. The strongest field in golf teed off on Thursday, including the likes of Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and 100 of the top 102 in the World Golf Ranking. The fact that Dufner and Bradley posted the lowest 72-hole score doesn't make it a bad tournament, especially since the winning total of 8-under-par 272 was exactly the number most players predicted would win at the beginning of the week.
This was a wild and woolly one by any measure. First there was the Rory Wrist and the Tiger Rap, a week that saw one major champion come within a three-inch tree root of ruining the most promising career in the game, and the former best player in the game shoot himself out of a comeback with his worst opening-round performance in major championship history.
Rory McIlroy made the cut, shooting rounds of 70 and 73 before limping through the weekend with a pair of 74s. "To be honest, I'm glad to be done," McIlroy said late on Sunday afternoon. "I basically played 70 holes of this tournament not at 100 percent, so it was always going to be tough."
He also finished the week more aware of wrist and forearm anatomy. "The pronator muscle is still a little sore, and going up into the medial ligament up into the inside of the elbow," he said, pointing out the area like an orthopedist giving a lecture.
Then there was Tiger, and the bizarre showing he made hitting one crooked shot after another. He hit 22 bunkers – 11 fairway and 11 greenside in two rounds – and only saved par from the sand four times. Not only was this his worst performance in a major (five club professionals beat him), but Tiger's abysmal play means he didn't qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs or the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. His next event will be the Australian Open in mid-November. Until then, Tiger will play corporate outings in Asia. Really.
There were a few more moments where fate could have turned another way. David Toms threw us all into the Way Back machine by getting to within four shots of the lead in the final nine.
Then came Robert Karlsson, the son of a champion pistol shooter who used to make cold porridge out of wheat sprouts that he would cultivate in hotel bathrooms. He also has attended psychotherapy sessions where participants cannot talk for a week, and he enjoys improvisational psychodramas with terminally ill cancer patients. A recent migrant to Charlotte, North Carolina, Karlsson inched to within two shots of the lead in the final going before falling back with bogeys at 16, 17 and 18.
So, we didn't have what experts might call a marquee ratings bonanza, but we did have a gutsy thrill-a-minute finish.
Forget the anticlimactic playoff where Dufner missed a 5-footer for birdie on 16 and three-putted 17. Focus on the positives. Keegan Bradley is the first player in recorded history to make a triple bogey in the final nine holes of a major and go on to win the tournament.
And it was an ugly triple. He avoided the water on the long par-three with his tee shot. In fact, he hit it pin high, but in the left rough. But the next shot was a thin bullet that scooted past the flag at warp speed and plopped over the rock wall into the hazard. His walk back to the drop zone was 105 yards, far enough away to run the full gauntlet of emotions.
"I just kept telling myself, don't let that hole define my whole tournament," Bradley said. "I had played so well and I gutted out rounds and I just didn't want to be remembered as the guy who tripled that hole and went on to bogey in or something. I kept telling myself to just pretend that nothing happened."
But something did happen. Bradley ripped the best drive of the week on 16 and made birdie. Then on 17, he made another birdie. On 18, his hand was shaking so badly that he could barely hold his water bottle, but he gutted it out with a crucial two-putt par that could have won it for him outright has Duffner not made a stellar par of his own.
This wasn't the Boise Open. This was a major championship with major play. Bradley birdied the first playoff hole as well, fully erasing the triple that he had already put out of his mind. Two pars on the remaining playoff holes were enough.
"It seems like a dream," he said as he gazed at the Wanamaker Trophy. "I'm afraid I'm going to wake up here in the next five minutes and it's not going to be real."
It was real alright. In the end, it was a real good major championship.
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