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Disposal at Sea Permit No. 4543-2-06780
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 127 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, Disposal at Sea Permit No. 4543-2-06780 authorizing the loading for disposal and the disposal of waste or other matter at sea is approved.
1. Permittee: Notre Dame Seafoods Inc., Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. Waste or other matter to be disposed of: Fish waste and other organic matter resulting from industrial fish processing operations.
2.1. Nature of waste or other matter: Fish waste or material resulting from industrial operations processing wild fisheries stocks and consisting of flesh, skin, bones, entrails, shells and associated organic wastes.
2.2. Origin of waste and other matter: Waste from Notre Dame Seafoods Inc. industrial fish processing operations, located at Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. Duration of permit: Permit is valid from May 14, 2013, to May 13, 2014.
4. Reference Documents:
(a) Twillingate Fish Waste Disposal Site
(b) Notification Form – Beginning of Disposal Activities
(c) Final Disposal Report for Fish Waste
5. Loading site(s): Twillingate, Newfoundland and Labrador, at approximately 49.65000°N, 54.76333°W (NAD83).
6. Disposal site(s): Twillingate, within a 250-metre radius of 49.69717°N, 54.75833°W (NAD83), at an approximate depth of 80 metres, as described in the Figure identified in paragraph 4(a).
7. Method of loading, storage and transit:
7.1. The Permittee shall ensure that the waste is loaded onto floating equipment complying with all applicable rules regarding safety and navigation and that this equipment is capable of containing all waste cargo during loading and transit to the approved disposal site.
7.2. The Permittee shall ensure that an effective method is employed to prevent access to waste by gulls and other marine birds, such as use of netting or sealed containers except during direct loading or disposal of the waste.
7.3. The Permittee shall ensure that waste loaded for the purpose of disposal at sea is not held for more than 96 hours from the commencement of loading without the written consent of an enforcement officer designated pursuant to subsection 217(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
7.4. The Permittee shall ensure that the loading, storage and transit are completed in a manner that prevents waste from being spilled.
7.5. The Permitee shall recover any waste spilled during loading, storage and transit.
8. Route to disposal site(s) and method of transport: Most direct navigational route from the loading site to the disposal site.
9. Method of disposal: The Permittee shall ensure that the waste to be disposed of is discharged from the equipment or ship while steaming within the disposal site boundaries and in a manner that will promote dispersion.
10. Total quantity to be disposed of: Not to exceed 3000 tonnes.
11. Inspection and contractors:
11.1. By accepting this permit, the Permittee and its contractors accept that they are subject to inspection pursuant to Part 10 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
11.2. The Permittee shall ensure that all persons involved in the loading, transport or disposal activities authorized by this permit conduct these activities in accordance with the relevant permit conditions.
12. Reporting and notification:
12.1. The Permittee shall use the reference document identified in paragraph 4(b) to provide the following information at least 48 hours before loading and disposal activities commence: type of vessel used to carry out the loading and/or disposal, corporate and on-site contact information for the responsible entity carrying out the work, and expected period of loading and disposal activities. The above-noted information shall be submitted to
(a) Ms. Natasha Boyd, Environmental Protection Operations Directorate, Department of the Environment, Atlantic Region, 6 Bruce Street, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4T3, 902-490-0716 (fax), firstname.lastname@example.com (email); and
(b) Mr. Gary Kennell, Environmental Enforcement Directorate, Department of the Environment, Atlantic Region, 6 Bruce Street, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4T3, 709-772-5097 (fax), firstname.lastname@example.com (email).
12.2. The Permittee shall use the reference document identified in paragraph 4(c) to submit a written report to the Minister, as represented by the Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Operations Directorate, Atlantic Region, care of Ms. Natasha Boyd, as identified in paragraph 12.1. no later than December 31, 2013. This report shall contain the following information: the type and quantity of waste disposed of at the disposal site(s) and the dates on which each disposal activity occurred.
12.3. At all times, a copy of this permit and of documents and drawings referenced in this permit shall be available at the loading site and on all powered vessels directly engaged in the loading and disposal operations.
I. R. Geoffrey Mercer
Regional Director
Environmental Protection Operations Directorate
Atlantic Region
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment
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American Masters "LENNONYC" Coming to New York City after the break up of the Beatles, John Lennon and Yoko Ono find what many high-profile people gain in the Big Apple: the ability to walk down the street as an ordinary citizen. But the period that brought redemption and a creative musical burst in the studio, also included the Nixon administration's attempt to deport the pair, John being consumed by alcohol and his being kicked out of their apartment for 18 months. This profile includes film from the recording studio, home movies, little-seen concert film, and interviews with friends and companions. And all the while, there is the music.G
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Today, only five "buronniers" exist, Laguiole is mainly made by cooperatives in this region. Traditionally, it was made from the milk of Salers and Aubrac cattle. Holsteins were introduced to increase yield. They found that this milk changed the flavor too much and are now using a Swiss breed, Pie-Rouge-d-l'Est, which has been more successful. Despite the changes that have occurred over time, this cheese is still an unforgettable crumbly, moist, tangy cheese.
Made with raw milk, this cheese has the unmistakable taste of the countryside. As the cheese ages, natural blue veining occurs, starting at the corners of the wheel and going inward. This is a normal part of this cheese's life cycle and should not be a cause for alarm. The mold is perfectly edible, just like the blue in Roquefort or Gorgonzola. Enjoy Laguiole with pears or apples, crusty bread, saucisson, prosciutto, or smoked ham. Try pairing Laguiole with a strong wine such as Cotes du Rhone, Hermitage, or Cotes du Fontannais.
- Made from unpasteurized cow's milk.
- Whole form is 50 pounds.
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Kcal 544 Fat 34.3g Fat(sats) 16.1g Carbs 51.6g (per 100.0g)
After the last few weeks it wouldn't seem right to go without a Galler (Website - See HERE) review, and I haven't let you guys down. In my last two Galler features I reviewed a few of their white chocolate bars - the Noix de Coco and the Manon, with both scoring in the region of 8.0 on the ChocolateMission rating system. Over the past few days I decided to mix things up a little, and got stuck into this Amandes offering. The Galler Amandes came described on the wrapper as 'milk chocolate with an almond filling'. To be more precise this bar was formed of an outer shell of chocolate, encasing a dual marzipan and almond filling.
As with all the other Galler filled bars this came in a 70.0g serving size that was split into four large sized blocks. There isn't much I can say about the packaging that I haven't said in previous reviews; it again did a grand job of communicating the prestigious nature of the brand and the gold foil wrapping similarly maintained a good sense of luxury. As you will see from my photo above the blocks were very intricately crafted, with three different layers providing an interesting aesthetic proposition. When cut in to a minor set of nut scents washed over my senses, though I have to say I was more preoccupied looking at how the generously the fillings appeared to be be portioned.
Over all my Galler reviews I think we have all managed to grasp the fact that they make some outstanding chocolate. The 30% cocoa recipe used in this bar again provided a delightful flavour base for each and every mouthful, and the chocolate melted at a nice rate and longing soft smoothness. As the well paced melt developed the sweet, creamy cocoa volume became increasingly louder, up until the flavours plateaued in to a pleasant end note of vanilla. This was of course only the start of the flavour experience, as the praline and marzipan elements were next to the party. Out of the two the praline was first to establish itself, and it brought an interesting set of buttery, salted almond suggestions. Whilst this praline layer was nothing other than delicious and wonderfully progressive in terms of contribution to the total experience, it disappointingly hampered the flavour delivery of the marzipan. Unfortunately the marzipan layer tasted somewhat flavourless in comparison, and resultingly just felt like an awkward dry crumbly substance amongst the melted chocolate and praline. Although this wasn't the richest chocolate ever, like so many Galler products that have gone before it was certainly best consumed in small quantities.
Overall as good as both the milk chocolate and the almond praline were, this bar has been inhibited from scoring as highly as it should of have done because of it's ineffectual marzipan layer. In terms of quality I can't imagine me ever having to question Galler about any of their milk, dark or white chocolates - having tasted all of them quite extensively now I am quickly learning that the produce some delightfully fresh tasting chocolates that are as good as anything I have tasted from the like of Hotel Chocolat etc. Similarly the almond praline that accompanied the milk chocolate exterior was also superb, with it's forthcoming nut flavours providing a deliciously salty nut taste. Unfortunately though I couldn't help but feel a little let down by the marzipan - Niederegger quality it was not! If I was to get gifted a bar of this, I would feel more than happy to eat it again. Put in the context of some of Galler's other offerings though, I would personally say they have more to offer elsewhere.
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It's time to decide
Commission hears concerns over cost of expanding sewer system, pleas of others to offer solutions
It's time for a decision.
After a dozen meetings and hours of testimony, the council sewer review commission is faced with recommending the city move forward with $57 million of sewer upgrades and expansion, or bringing an end to extending the system and leaving homeowners no choice but to replace aging cesspools with costly septic systems if they can.
Either way is going to be expensive.
And seemingly the Warwick Sewer Authority (WSA) has virtually no choice but to commit to $18 million in wastewater treatment plant upgrades and $5 million to raise levees at its facility on the banks of the Pawtuxet River. It faces a May 2016 deadline for the work to be completed. The cost of those improvements mandated by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) to meet requirements in the reduction of nitrogen and phosphorous discharges will be borne by all ratepayers. The exception could be the levee work should the authority win a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant.
Ward 5 Councilman Edgar Ladouceur, who chairs the review panel, aims to have a recommendation to the council by their meeting Nov. 13.
Last Wednesday night, as the sixth game of the World Series was under way at Fenway, more than 300 people filled Council Chambers. In a presentation by the authority and the commission, they heard that the existing linear foot method of assessments is unfair and should be changed and that past practices were lacking.
"You shouldn't be treated any different than your neighbor. Inequity has to be dealt with," said WSA board member Peter Ginaitt. The commission proposes a change in the authority's enabling legislation for unit assessments so that the cost of a project extension would be equally shared by all property owners.
Authority director Janine Burke said that prior assessment rates were insufficient to pay for the cost of extensions.
"Balanced budgets seem pretty basic but that wasn't done," she said.
Then, after 90 minutes of PowerPoint presentations, came the sticker shock.
Based on the projected cost of four projects, which are on the drawing boards, that per-unit assessment could range from $15,000 to $30,000.
Calculated over a 20-year payout, Burke said those assessment costs could range from $133.64 to $225.62 in monthly payments.
"Our job is to get them down as low as possible," she said.
Even so, those were amounts Governor Francis Farms resident Laura Pisaturo said many homeowners can't afford.
"Frankly, $40 a month is too much for many people, especially in Rhode Island," she said. "I think the critical issue is cost and $15,000 to $30,000 isn't an equitable assessment."
Carol Moore backed her words.
"I still want them," she said of sewers, "but I can't afford them."
She questioned if she and her neighbors could replace cesspools with septic systems. Would that work? As described, septic systems can be as costly, and there's no guarantee for how long they will work. Further, as Ginaitt explained, ground conditions in some areas lend themselves to septic systems where only the next block over they don't. His point: To be effective, entire neighborhoods must be treated as projects.
"You can't mix and match," he said.
For some, like John Knight of Shore Road, sewers couldn't come fast enough. Knight bought his house three years ago but he hasn't been able to move in because of its failed septic system. His question was, if he proceeds with a new septic system and the sewers are later installed, would he be faced with paying the assessment? The WSA has proposed forgiving assessment payments for up to 20 years in such instances, which would also require enabling legislation. Interest on the payments would also be exempted.
The proposed $34 million in sewer extensions breaks down into four major projects.
George Burke of O'Donnell Hill in Ward 8 said he polled the neighborhood and "they don't want sewers. The whole neighborhood is up in arms about it," he said.
Burke said he'll take his chances with a septic system.
"The bottom line is, I don't want to be a Warwick sewer customer," he said.
Not all comments were either in favor or against extending sewers. Governor Francis Farms resident Susan Shapiro questioned whether WSA could lower the assessment interest rate to make the program more affordable.
"We're looking at that," said Ladouceur. "6.3 percent [interest rate] is not acceptable."
The deadline for property owners to eliminate cesspools within 200 feet of the coast was also raised. Angelo Liberti of the DEM, who serves on the committee, said the deadline would be extended once funding for extension of sewers into that neighborhood is secured. Property owners would have six months in which to connect to the sewers once they are operational.
Ladouceur said he received positive feedback following the meeting. He said people who contacted him found it informative and were impressed by the "transparency" of authority operations. Ladouceur said he is in awe of the review commission that, he estimates, has already put in 60 to 70 hours.
"It has taken on a life of its own. They are dedicated to making this work," he said.
He said he came out of the hearing with 18 "bullet points," or suggestions.
So, what will the commission recommend the council do?
Ladouceur couldn't speak for the group, but from his perspective, "the $33 million only makes sense. We've got to get in there and get it done. It's not going to go away and it's not going to get any smaller [less expensive]."
Ladouceur summed it up during the hearing.
"The real challenge is to get the cost down."
WITH DETAILS: Michele Komar, the public representive to the commission speaks at last Wednesday's meeting. Beside her is Rep. Frank Ferri, also a member of the panel. At right are some of the more than 300 who turned out to hear about sewer projects. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Too bad there aren't ways to be discovered to bring the costs down. But, I think most people that enjoy using the bay don't want to swim and fish in people's crap leached into the water from wicked old cesspools which are nothing more than a hole in the ground.
If you live 200 feet from the water you probably can afford the 10-20k price tag
The commission presentation should have lasted only 10 minutes. The commission wanted to hear themselves talk.....let the taxpayers be damned. After all this time....still don't know who going to pay for the sewers......should have been the first thing decided.
Septic Systems are the answer....the WSA is incompetent.
What this is doing is giving the rest of the people in Warwick who haven't already left due to crazy taxes but are just getting by that extra nudge to leave. Dumbest run city around. They already closed John Greene School .Now they will close Warwick Vets. Not enough students. Why? They've driven so many people out already but they just don't care. I understand we have to think of the future but we all have to live now. Taxes in this city is making it impossible for home owners to stay. As far as the sewer ,they had I believe $12,000,000 to do them many many years ago but they squandered the money and spent it on other things. Now look at the mess it is. And yes Rocky Point is beautiful but who do you think is paying for that cazillion dollar deal? We the home owners. Forgive me if I'm not so excited . This ridiculous price they want to slap on the people of Warwick for sewers will be a guarantee for it to end up a ghost town.Yes the Mayor brags about his surplus because he's raking us dry. I don't think that's something to brag about.
The smartest and cheapest solution is to inspect the installed septic systems to see which ones are working. If working leave alone. If not working upgrade to a proven technology nitrogen reducing Enhanced Treatment Unit (ETU) which is a much cheaper option than connecting to a central sewer plant. All cesspools need to be replaced with an ETU. Additionally, Decentralized Community/Cluster systems are another much more affordable option versus the most expensive option which is hooking into a central sewer plant. Why the debate and options seem to only include failing septics & cesspools replaced by central sewer plants is not showing all options for the taxpayers. The University of Rhode Island has a very active and well respected Onsite Wastewater Treatment Program that promotes the sensible use of ETUs. Many States and small communities with beach front properties are utilizing ETU to replace cesspools and failing septic systems. Warwick residents deserve a better list of options.
Sounds good Bob as long as it serves the purpose of keeping the local waters clean for all to enjoy. The closings of the beaches is nasty. Then it is in the sand where the kids play.
Michael2012 who are you to decide what people can afford what? Did you pay even 10K to have sewers installed in your neighborhood? There are for sure people who can afford it but there are also people who can't, and who are you to make that judgment? If you don't have any reason to be in the discussion why are you?
We paid $82 linear foot with the Capron Farm phase back in 2009. I think the interest back then was 6.1%. I think with interest it works out to $17,000-$18,000 for most homes.
Where were Langevin, Reed and Whitehouse? WHERE WERE THEY? Still no word from these guys on ANY federal money being made available to Warwick residents via grants, low interest loans, FEMA loans extended and available in the most flood prone areas, 50/50 bond program with residents paying half over time...NOTHING! Too busy defending OBAMAcare? YOU GUYS ARE USELESS until proven otherwise. I want to see a dated letter, email, cablegram, SOMETHING as evidence that ANY person from the city council, the Mayor, the sewer director...ANYONE...has sent to this Congressional delegation, and I want it printed in this paper...Maybe Cranston was correct 12+ years ago...SELL the damn sewer authority to Pave the Bay.
Norm because I care about the environment WE all live in. I enjoy the bay and local waters.
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In 2011 the EPA Total Maximum Load of Nitrates (TMDL) that states and counties must clean up their water supplies by 2017. It mandates new inspections on all septic systems, water wells and with funding, local waterways. A failed inspection would include a slow drain in your leach field, low septic tank bacteria levels or elevated Nitrate levels in your Water Well or local Water Supplies; could require replacement of your entire system for $10K to $80K+ or connect to the city sewer system for $5K to $40K. The new inspections are failing 12% of systems each year and 82% of those older than 1977.
500$ outhouses for all.
Millerplante I hooked into the sewer for $1,600 and it cost most of my neighbors $1,300. Don't try to sell your products with BS.
Michael2012 those of us who live on the water love the water etc... It blows my mind how people like you think it is okay the the city will charge others double what they have charged in the past..
Norm, I think today's projected cost is in line with what we paid for the capron farm phase. So your not alone in being upset with how this has played out. Bob Cushman in an earlier online discussion laid out the history of how the ealry sewer phases were handled. have been funded. No doubt that the people in the early projects are coming out way ahead on this. Chafee Avedisian the city council and the WSB have handled this badly.
Patientman I am hearing 25-30G which is like 50% increase in 4 years from the numbers you posted above.... I know it was long ago but we paid nothing close to what we are going to have to pay now for our house on Narragansett Parkway... Warwick is the 5th city I have lived in on the east coast and by far the worst run. How the tax payers of this city can keep reelecting the same people over and over blows my mind. As for WSA this whole situation blows my mind it is truly the stuff a Dateline show is made of all we are missing is a RI AG and FBI investigation.
Norm the article says $15,000-$30,000. Have you seen any linear ft. amount listed anywhere?
The proposed new assessment cost is not based on linear feet per property owner. From above article It is based on the total cost of all the four projects being considered divided by the total number of properties in the projects.
In the past the linear foot amount has never been enough to cover the cost of construction in each project. For example Governor Francis Phase I property owners paid a far less per foot assessment then the property owners in Phase II. Thus the phase I project along with about 10 out of the previous 11 projects incurred millions of dollars in debt. That debt was passed along to everyone connected to the system in the form of higher sewer usages rates.
Rate payers have requested that the sewer authority breakdown the usages fees on each bill showing a line for how much is being paid for past under assessed sewer projects and debt and the actual cost to treat the water deposited into the sewer. Estimates range as high as 25% of the usage fee paying for the past under assessed projects.
The per property cost sighted in the article $15 - $30,000 would theoritically cover the construction cost of the 4 projects.
The other $23 million to upgrade treament plant and increase levee height would result in usage fees becing jacked up even higher.
Well, if their gonna raise usage fee's they have to charge the connect capable fee that they said they were going to charge years ago. My neighbors can't afford the constant increases.
The WSA in its current management structure that is, governed by an appointed 5 member board has resulted in sewer related decisions that should have been based on ecological decisions, rather, based on political decisions.
Why didn't the board increase assessment rates over many years to reflect the increase in sewer construction cost? Why did the board pick one section of the city to initiate projects over other areas closer to the bay that needed sewers? Why was Governor Francis Phase III project abruptly halted several years ago after the Phase II resident voiced their opposition to WSA miss-management in Phase I causing millions of dollars in debt? Could it be to save the current Ward 1 Councilman's from losing his seat?
Many of the reasons why the assessment rates never kept up with the cost of construction on past projects is because past and current board members. These members were appointed not because of any expertise related to running a sewer system but rather whom they knew politically in the city. It was easier to incur tens of millions of dollars in debt and kick the can down the road. Where was the Mayor's over site when all this was happening. Why was there a revolving down of WSA directions appointed by the Mayor for years?
Why is it that the rules regarding who is to serve on the sewer authority is based on recommendations from the minority party in the city? In this case the Warwick Democrat city committee chairperson sends recommendations to the mayor for three of the 5 members on the committee. How can that not cause decisions to become political? As a member of that committee I have seen first hand of the jockying for an appointed position.
Take a look at past and current appointed board members and the directors and the relationship to the mayor and past and present city council members and those who ran for political office and lost.
My point is this current management structure has been a complete failure yet this council sewer committee is contemplated granted these same people the authority to borrow $50 to $60 million more. Are they kidding? I wouldn't let them run the corner lemonade stand on a 90 degree day in July.
The state enabling legislation governing the current WSA management needs to be revoked and we need to instill a new origination with the expertise to manage the authority in a transparent, effective manner before any new money is provided and new projects authorized.
Sadly that thought process doesn't seemed to be on the radar of this committee.
Seems someone is off their meds again, Bob this isnt rock science. Divide up the cost to finish sewering the city. Charge a connect capable fee to those that already have sewers and haven't hooked up. Simply put make it even accross the board because this benefits everyone in the city. I have a perfectly working system but would be happy to have sewers to hook up to. This was the main reasons I voted for Ed lets hope his promise to put sewers in Warwick Neck comes true. If not many of us will not be voting for him a second time. I really dont understand why or how this is an issue. Its common sense.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The Syracuse University athletic department's former media director has been sentenced to five years of probation for secretly videotaping male athletes in locker rooms.
Local media outlets report that the judge who sentenced Roger Springfield on Thursday called his actions "strange, bizarre and colossally stupid."
The 57-year-old former local television sportscaster pleaded guilty in March to a felony count of unlawful surveillance. Onondaga (ahn-uhn-DAH'-gah) County prosecutors say they found more than 100 identifiable victims on recordings he kept on his computer.
They say he obtained the images by hiding a camera in the locker rooms of the football team and the men's lacrosse and soccer teams. He was fired in December after a police investigation that started when a university employee noticed locker-room footage on a video from a football game.


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NASA unveils its chosen Shuttle successor
Basically a big shuttle which you throw away each time
NASA has announced plans for a massive rocket based on recycled space shuttle technology, intended to launch manned missions beyond Earth orbit in decades to come.
The Space Launch System (SLS) will make use of a central first stage equipped with no less than five shuttle main engines (the now-retired orbiter spaceplanes mounted only three) flanked by strap-on solid boosters of the same kind which used to be attached to the shuttle's disposable fuel tank. These might be replaced in time by liquid-fuelled models. Rather than bringing the central engines back for re-use, however, the SLS will discard them every time it is launched.
If at first you can't afford it ...
A similarly disposable and likewise liquid-fuelled upper stage will employ J-2X engines derived from the Apollo programme which sent men to the Moon in the 1960s and 70s. NASA thinks that the first SLS test flight might come as early as 2017, and that an initial ability to hoist 70 tonnes into orbit could be gradually increased to 130 tonnes, somewhat more than the mighty Saturn Vs of yesteryear.
According to NASA:
The SLS rocket will incorporate technological investments from the Space Shuttle Program and the Constellation Program in order to take advantage of proven hardware and cutting-edge tooling and manufacturing technology that will significantly reduce development and operations costs. It will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propulsion system ...
This specific architecture was selected, largely because it utilizes an evolvable development approach, which allows NASA to address high-cost development activities early on in the program and take advantage of higher buying power before inflation erodes the available funding of a fixed budget. This architecture also enables NASA to leverage existing capabilities and lower development costs by using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for both the core and upper stages.
It won't have escaped space-savvy readers that SLS bears a strong resemblance to the Ares V heavy lifters planned under the now defunct Constellation plans. These were axed by the incoming Obama administration after Congress refused to provide enough cash, though the Orion deep-space craft remained for no very obvious reason. On the face of it, it's hard to see why NASA thinks it can now afford to build SLS.
"We have been driving down the costs on the Space Launch System and Orion contracts by adopting new ways of doing business and project hundreds of millions of dollars of savings each year," contends NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver.
"This launch system will create good-paying American jobs, ensure continued US leadership in space, and inspire millions around the world," says NASA head Charles Bolden. "President Obama challenged us to be bold and dream big, and that's exactly what we are doing at NASA."
In fact President Obama stated last year that the choice of a new heavy lifter would be made in 2015, and that he wanted something new, not recycled shuttle/Apollo kit:
In developing this new vehicle, we will not only look at revising or modifying older models; we want to look at new designs, new materials, new technologies that will transform not just where we can go but what we can do when we get there.
At the time it was obvious that NASA and the established US rocket industry were upset and worried by Obama's decision to push back the decision on the heavy lifter, and to open up the task of carrying crews and supplies to the International Space Station to new players.
In particular it was obvious that Obama had been chatting to famous techbiz visionary Elon Musk, founder of upstart rocket firm SpaceX. In just eight years SpaceX has come from nowhere to successfully test-fly a rocket and capsule (Falcon 9 and Dragon) which seem quite capable of carrying astronauts into orbit. Musk has also said he will fly a Falcon-9 derived falcon Heavy in 2014 which will be the most powerful rocket then in existence, able to haul 54 tonnes to orbit.
That's not in the 70-130 tonne class required for deep space missions. But it's also well known that Musk has engineers working on new Merlin 2 engines. Rockets based on these could easily match - or beat - the planned SLS for lift: and based on a comparison between current SpaceX prices and those of the existing US rocket biz, they would be enormously cheaper. This would be partly because they use much more modern technology (being all-new designs), partly because they use cheap and easy-to-handle kerosene fuel instead of cryogenic hydrogen, and partly because SpaceX is not burdened with the huge workforces and costs of the sprawling established rocket base (the fledgling firm has only recently passed 1,000 employees).
Provided Musk can actually do what he says - reliably deliver cargoes and then crews to the ISS, and fly the biggest rocket in the USA by 2014, all at very low cost - in 2015 it would seem a no-brainer to cancel the almost certainly still-cripplingly-expensive SLS and instead order Merlin-2 based superlifters from Musk.
But that won't seem like a good idea to huge numbers of employees at NASA, Lockheed and Boeing who would build and fuel up and operate the SLS as they have the Shuttle and other existing lifters for decades. Thus it won't and doesn't seem like a good idea to many Washington politicians, who have been instrumental in assembling the SLS proposals and in the insistence that somehow NASA can afford SLS when it couldn't afford Ares V.
With that sort of political clout behind it, and with no certainty that Obama will even be in the White House come 2015, there has to be a chance that the SLS does indeed represent the future of US manned spaceflight: thus, the foreseeable future of manned flight beyond Earth orbit.
Given the past history of the Shuttle and Apollo before it, those who want to see human beings fly further, sooner and more often might easily find that a depressing prospect. ®


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The HIV & AIDS and STI Strategic Plan for South Africa 2007-2011 (National Strategic Plan, NSP) marked the turnaround in the South African government's policy on HIV/AIDS when it was adopted by Cabinet in 2007. It is also against the targets in this plan, particularly the treatment target, that government has been held accountable since then.
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President Zuma's landmark speech on 29 October 2009 has acknowledged the extent of the AIDS epidemic and put the period of state-supported AIDS denialism behind us. The TAC and ALP unreservedly welcome it. In this context we comment on the health and HIV aspects of the budget speech.
Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma made one of the most important speeches in the history of AIDS in South Africa. In front of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), he unequivocally acknowledged the devastation of AIDS on our country. With this speech state-supported AIDS denialism has been banished.
Yesterday, President Jacob Zuma made one of the most important speeches in the history of AIDS in South Africa. In front of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), he unequivocally acknowledged the devastation of AIDS on our country. With this speech state-supported AIDS denialism has been banished.
The Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF) is a group of civil society organisations that monitors the National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2007-2011 (better known as the NSP).
The following call for participants was released today by SANAC's Women's Sector:
The Women's sector in SANAC wishes to hold a consultation workshop on the impact of Male Circumcision on Women. The aim is to assess and articulate what such a policy needs to entail from the planning stages of formulation through to implementation, to reflect a consideration of the reality and the needs of the lives of women from birth to death.
Minister of Health Barbara Hogan and incoming UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé paid a visit this week to TAC and MSF in Khayelitsha. Minister Hogan was highly impressed by her visit and has promised to look into Khayelitsha's successful health model, used to fight against HIV/AIDS, and see if it can be transplanted into other struggling health districts countrywide.
She said the community had shown the world that proper partnerships, patient adherence and treatment literacy were not rhetoric, but could help the government to improve health delivery systems.
The Treatment Action Campaign, Cosatu, SACP, Amnesty international (SA) and the EC NGO coalition have tried to meet with the current MEC for Health in the Eastern Cape, Ms Jajula, since she took office in 2006 . Our numerous attempts to meet with her have all been met with rebuff; instead she has referred us to DDG Dr Diliza from clinical management services. Now, two years into her tenure as MEC, Mrs. Jajula is still not committed to meet with representatives from civil society.
Meeting point: Mapulaneng Multipurpose Centre, Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province
Date: 14 September 2007
Time: Meet at 9am. March to hospital begins at 11am.


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Objective: Students will be able to create data tables to describe situations involving exponential growth and decay. Students will be able to describe how exponential growth differs from linear growth.
Big Idea: Students generate exponential functions in a totally new way (for them) using percent increases and decreases. They will create diagrams to help them visualize this.
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Allen "Gene" Willis passed away on March 12, 2010, at the age of 68. He was born Feb. 28, 1942, in Fort Cobb, Okla., to Floyd and Melba (Early) Willis.
Gene moved to California as a teenager where he met, and then married, Toni Betschart in 1960. Gene and Toni settled in Oregon in the early 1970s, where they raised their three children. Gene worked as a diesel mechanic and later as a truck driver, retiring in 2005.
Gene enjoyed boating, traveling and tinkering with his garden tractors. He especially enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He had an incredible sense of humor and a way of making people feel comfortable and happy.
He is survived by his best friend and loving wife, Toni; daughters Cheryl (and Jeff) Neal, of Washington, and Jeannie (and Steve) Garms, of Texas. He hopes to find the answer to the question left by his son, Dale Willis, missing since 1995.
He is additionally survived by grandchildren Aaron Hinrich, Beth and Matt Mullican and Danny Hinrich; and three great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Judy Willis, of Oklahoma; half-sister Geneal Barrett, of Oklahoma; stepsisters Verda (and Roland) Madison, of California, and Wanda Stratton, of Texas; and special friends and relatives Ken and Jackie Killingbeck, Larry and Shirley Betschart, Jeff and Vina Wyatt and Abney Crew.
Gene had a wide extended family: special nieces and nephews, step-family and longtime friends whom he loved but can't be listed. Please know that you all touched his life in a happy and loving way.
He was preceded in death by his father, Floyd Willis; mother, Melba Lee; stepfather, Burt Crump; brothers Danny Willis and Darryl Coon; half-sister Lettie Devers; sister-in-law Marilyn Killingbeck; and several half-brothers and sisters.
No services will be held at Gene's request. Memorial contributions may be made to Willamette Valley Hospice, 1015 Third St. N.W., Salem, OR 97304, or a charity of your choice.
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Cost of Revenue is the collective cost of manufacturing and distributing the products and services that a company sells.
Cost of Revenue is found in the income statement under operating expenses. Companies can exercise quite a bit of flexibility in defining what constitutes cost of revenue. In principle, any costs that is directly attributable to production and distribution of goods can be counted as cost of revenue. The term does not include indirect costs such as salaries, depreciation or other fixed costs.
Cost of Revenue is different from Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) since it usually includes ancillary costs such as distribution costs, product development costs and cost of providing after sales service. The term is especially used in service-based companies, such as consulting firms or software companies. This is because it is harder to separate cost of goods sold from distribution costs in these industries.
The following excerpt from Microsoft's annual statement describes how the company calculates its cost of revenue:
Cost of revenue includes manufacturing and distribution costs for products sold and programs licensed, operating costs related to product support service centers and product distribution centers, costs incurred to drive traffic to our website and/or acquire online advertising space ("traffic acquisition costs"), costs incurred to support and maintain Internet-based products and services, warranty costs, inventory valuation adjustments, costs associated with the delivery of consulting services, and the amortization of capitalized research and development costs associated with software products that have reached technological feasibility. Cost of revenue increased during the three months ended December 31, 2008, reflecting increased online costs, including traffic acquisition costs and people costs, and increased Xbox 360 platform costs. Cost of revenue increased during the six months ended December 31, 2008, reflecting increased online costs, including traffic acquisition, data center and equipment, and people costs, and increased costs associated with the growth in our consulting services, partially offset by decreased Xbox 360 platform costs.
Cost of revenue (highlighted) is found in the income statement under operating expense.
Cost of Revenue data on Wikinvest always excludes depreciation even if the company reports the number with depreciation. Depreciation, on Wikinvest, is reported separately in the operating expenses section of the Income Statement. This treatment provides greater transparency and comparability. However, this treatment, in some cases, result in a different value from that reported on Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance and the Company's 10-K. To illustrate how not including depreciation improves transparency, consiir margins, an investor should either add depreciation to company XYZ's cost of sales, or subtract depreciation from BCD's cost of sales. Wikinvest choses the latter treatment.
Another example: a company spends $500,000 in producing widgets and spends another $100,000 in sales commission. The Cost of goods sold for this firm would be $500,000 but Cost of revenue would be $600,000


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To recognize the outstanding contributions of our volunteers, USO centers from our four operating regions—Stateside, Europe, Southwest Asia, and the Pacific—nominate a volunteer for "Volunteer of the Quarter" four times a year. This individual has gone above and beyond in supporting our troops and demonstrating their commitment to the USO mission. From this group of outstanding volunteers a "Volunteer of the Year" is then selected for each region, and, from these nominees comes the USO Volunteer of the Year is selected and honored at our annual gala.
Here are the 4th Quarter Volunteer Nominees!
May Grace Enjambre - Europe USO Volunteer of the Quarter
As a single service member living far from her family in the Philippines, May Grace Enjambre knows first hand how difficult it is to be in a new place, separated from loved ones. When she first arrived at her duty station in Naples, it was a bit tough. But like so many of the remarkable men and women serving our country, May decided to use her time to help other troops and their families by volunteering with USO Naples.
May is the center's Publicity Coordinator, working with the Armed Forces Network and the local public affairs office to inform the local Naval Support Activities center about the USO and its programs. Despite working two jobs, May gives up her weekends to volunteer with the USO. She's volunteered more than 600 hours assisting over 4,000 in-transit passengers and 1,000 families during USO events. With young people like May serving in our armed forces, we can rest easier knowing that we are in trusted hands.
David Tennent - United States USO Volunteer of the Year
Dave Tennent is one of USO Puget Sound's superstar volunteers. Fondly known as "Doughnut Dave," he established procedures to implement a partnership with the Top Pot Doughnut shop and now spends five nights a week picking up and delivering nearly 300 doughnuts to troops and their families.
Dave serves as the lead volunteer for three weekly shifts, averaging nearly 100 volunteer hours per month. His efforts are critical in helping the USO build relationships with outside organizations like the Boeing Blue Bills, the Kirkland Kiwanians and the Kirkland Interfaith Transitions in Housing Group. He's urged these groups to volunteer and attend USO sponsored events, giving them a chance to show their commitment to our nation's service members. Dave's efforts and positive attitude ensure that the center is able to serve the troops and their families, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
SSgt. Shaina Newton - Southwest Asia USO Volunteer of the Quarter
Staff Sergeant Shaina Newton is a remarkable service member who truly enjoys supporting fellow troops. When she's not working 12-hour shifts at her regular duty station, she's at USO Baghdad, where she averages 64 hours per month, making sure the USO center feels like a "home away from home."
Shaina is constantly coming up with new initiatives to help lift the spirits of her comrades. She created a revised volunteer database that maps out daily volunteer and visitor trends. This system helps the center predict needs and determine volunteer recruitment goals. Not only does she bring her wonderful creativity and good nature to our operations, but she has saved USO Baghdad countless hours in tracking and managing volunteers. Shaina Newton's contributions to the USO are a testament to her exceptional character and we applaud her service to the center and to our nation.
Tracy Johnson - Pacific Region USO Volunteer of the Quarter
Tracy Johnson is a proud Navy submariner spouse, dedicated mother and USO Guam volunteer. Her smile, hearty laughter, and deep commitment to service make her indispensable to our military and their families. Tracy shows her commitment to our nation's troops and USO Guam in many ways. When the Sesame Street tour came to Guam, Tracy ensured the event was a success, understanding how important it was for the military children on base.
She also helped sell more than $1,400 in raffle tickets for the USO Guam Gala and readily steps up to staff events like the Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, Pier Side Flapjack Breakfasts and the furniture auction. With a heart as big as Texas, and the skills to make things happen, Tracy's efforts help USO Guam exceed the expectations of guests, and provide the highest level of excellence in service and visitor satisfaction.
Their journey is everyone's responsibility. From the moment they enlist, through their assignments and deployments, and as they transition back to their communities, they can rely on your support.


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31 county wrestlers ranked in the state
The latest individual state prep wrestling polls include 31 Catawba County athletes ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight classes.
The Retrorankings.com lists include 16 area wrestlers in the 2A ranks and 15 in the 3A ranks.
Four wrestlers from three schools are also ranked atop their respective weight classes. They include Newton-Conover's Ian Canrobert at 106, Foard's Caleb Griffin at 120, St. Stephens' Ian Martin at 138 and Foard's Hayden Albert at 160.
Canrobert (40-2) and Martin (42-2) also rank in the top 10 in the state in wins in their classes. Canrobert is eighth and Martin is second.
Tigers, Red Devils secure title shares
Two county wrestling teams — Fred T. Foard and Newton-Conover — have already locked up at least a share of their conference titles.
The Tigers are 5-0 in the Northwestern 3A/4A, with one conference match left on their schedule. They are one match up on St. Stephens, who is 5-1 in the NWC. The Tigers defeated the Indians at home, 42-35, on Jan. 10.
The Red Devils locked up at least a share of the conference crown with their 6-0 record. The two teams below Newton-Conover in the CVAC wrestling standings — Bandys and Maiden — lost to the Red Devils earlier this season.
Preliminary brackets revealed
Retrorankings.com unveiled its preliminary dual team playoff brackets.
Foard, the current No. 1 seed in the Northwestern conference, is slated to take on the Mountain Athletic conference's No. 1 team.
The conference's second seed, St. Stephens, would likely be a wild card taking on either the Western North Carolina Athletic or North Piedmont conference champion.
The Catawba Valley 2A champion, likely Newton-Conover, will take on the Mountain Valley conference No. 1.
The No. 2 CVAC team faces the No. 1 Central Carolina conference team.


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Native American village site has a self-guided tour of the grounds and earthlodge depressions and a fortification ditch. The name of the site recognizes Chief Looking, the Mandan chief of the village.
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Yamli allows users to search Arabic content using Latin characters. With the Yamli API you can allow your users to easily type Arabic in all the HTML forms on your website, including email, forums, search boxes, comment forms, etc. The Yamli technology can be integrated without disrupting the existing layout and functionality, and with a minimum of effort. When you integrate Yamli on a textbox, the Yamli settings link appears next to, or inside, the textbox.


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Heart damage and chemotherapy
Some chemotherapy drugs can damage the heart (cardiac) muscle. Anthracycline drugs are most commonly linked to changes to the heart muscle. The potential for heart damage (cardiotoxicity) varies with the type of chemotherapy drug.
Heart damage is most often related to the total (cumulative) dose of chemotherapy drug given. Some chemotherapy drugs that can cause heart damage include:
- anthracycline drugs
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) or daunorubicin (Cerubidine, daunomycin) are most likely to cause heart damage.
- Epirubicin (Pharmorubicin) and idarubicin (Idamycin) may also cause heart damage.
- mitoxantrone (Novantrone)
- paclitaxel (Taxol)
- cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan, Procytox)
- trastuzumab (Herceptin)
Factors that put a person at risk for developing heart damage include:
- being treated with combinations of chemotherapy drugs
- age
- Young and elderly people are more likely to be at risk for heart damage caused by chemotherapy.
- personal history of heart disease
- having received radiation therapy to the chest
- Heart damage can occur even with lower doses of drugs if the person has had previous radiation therapy to the mediastinum (the space in the chest between the lungs).
Symptoms of heart damage include:
- irregular heartbeat
- rapid heartbeat (tachycardia)
- shortness of breath
- dry cough
- edema (swelling) of the hands or feet
- fatigue
- congestive heart failure (the heart does not pump blood efficiently)
Symptoms may occur while the person is receiving chemotherapy. Sometimes the effects to the heart do not show up for weeks or months after chemotherapy ends. Damage to the heart can be permanent.
Tests done to check heart function and look for any changes may include:
Prevention and management
If the doctor suspects heart damage, the dose of the drug is lowered or chemotherapy may have to be stopped to prevent further damage. Sometimes another drug, such as dexrazoxane (Zinecard), is given before chemotherapy to protect the heart. Another way to prevent damage to the heart is to give the drugs in a liposomal form, which means the drug is delivered in a fatty coating. This form allows the drug to enter the cancer cells, but reduces side effects.
Changes in heart rhythm, shortness of breath or signs of fluid retention, such as sudden weight gain, should be reported to the doctor or healthcare team. Avoid smoking, which can add to heart problems.
Symptoms may also be managed with:
- medicines to help remove excess fluid from the tissues (diuretics)
- medicines to strengthen and slow the heart
- diet changes, such as reducing salt and fat in the diet
- oxygen therapy for severe shortness of breath
For more detailed information on specific drugs, go to sources of drug information.
A procedure used to record electric currents generated by the heart.
Doctors use electrocardiography to check the heart's rhythm and muscle function.
The graph produced is called an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).
A procedure that uses ultrasound to look at the structure and motion of the heart.
Doctors use echocardiography to see if the heart is an abnormal size or shape, if it is pumping properly, or if the valves or heart muscle are damaged.
The ultrasound recording produced is called an echocardiogram.
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POLI 326W Globalization and Equity (1)
This course examines the complex process of globalization that is transforming contemporary politics, economics and culture. The course addresses the movements of political and cultural forms, people, knowledge, capital, technology and consumer goods across national boundaries; and analyzes their effects on state autonomy, public policy, political and cultural change and resistance and equity. Not open to freshmen.
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North Carolina's filing deadline passed yesterday - the 9th state in which this occurred- and this is one state in which Democrats suffered no last-minute surprise. All of their incumbents are running for re-election, which was not a given that three of them were once eying the Senate race and one of them was the subject of some retirement rumors in recent months.
In fact, all fourteen of the state's congresspeople are seeking another term: Senator Richard Burr and 13 House members (8 Democrats, 5 Republicans). While the GOP's 5 House districts should be safe, Burr is arguably the country's only vulnerable Republican senator. Meanwhile, Democrats don't look like they'll have to seriously worry about more than one district, freshman Larry Kissell's NC-08. While some Republicans might hope to target NC-11, NC-07 and NC-07, the party appear to have missed opportunities to put itself in a strong position in these Bush districts, especially in the latter two. While Democrats dominate the state's congressional delegation, it's unlikely North Carolina will contribute to the fall's GOP gains to a significant extent - unlike, say, states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The 8 Democratic seats
The most vulnerable Democratic incumbent is NC-08's Rep. Larry Kissell, and it's no coincidence that he is the state delegation's only freshman. Compared to the NRCC's hopes of recruiting Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory or former Rep. Robin Hayes, the final GOP field is certainly weaker than it could have been, but Kissell nonetheless remains vulnerable;. 5 Republicans have filed to run: former sportscaster Harold Johnson, businessman Hal Jordan, veteran Lou Huddleston, businessman Timothy D'Annunzio and Darrell Day. The front-runner appears to be D'Annunzio, for no other reason than the half-a-million of his own money he has poured into his campaign. Yet, the NRCC-favorite appears to be Huddleston, an African-American who has been added to the committee's "Young Gun program" and has secured a number of important party endorsements.
Next is Rep. Heath Shuler in Western North Carolina's NC-11. While his district voted for McCain, he cruised to his first re-election last year. He now has to face 6 Republicans, none of which appear particularly threatening: businessman Kenneth West, former Hendersonville mayor Greg Newman, businessman Jeffrey Miller, attorney Ed Krause, James Howard and eye doctor Dan Eichenbaum. Against one of the best-funded Democratic incumbents in the country, none of these candidates could get far without the NRCC's help - and they're going to have to prove themselves before national Republicans target Schuler. None of these candidates are at the moment on the NRCC's long list of Young Gun candidates, which includes challengers from 54 Dem-held districts.
In NC-02, three Republicans filed for the right to run against Rep. Bob Etheridge in a district that twice voted for George W. Bush before choosing Obama by 5%: Frank Deatrich, car dealer Todd Gailas (who was recently featured in a CNN story for his troubles during the recession) and Renee Ellmers. None seems in a position to topple the 6-term incumbent; after all, North Carolina's historically Democratic voters have remained more loyal to the party than in most other Southern states, which means the GOP can't hope defeating such entrenched incumbents without a top-tier effort - not to mention that Etheridge has more than $1 million of cash-on-hand in the bank.
In NC-07, a more conservative district that gave McCain a 5% victory, three Republicans want to face Rep. Mike McIntyre, one of the more conservative members of the Democratic caucus. While the first two are low-profile (William Breazeale, the 2008 nominee who lost 69% to 31% to McIntyre and now has $2000 in the bank, and Randolph Crow), the third attracted national attention a few years ago. While serving in Iraq, Ilario Pantano was accused of premedited murder in Fallujah but a military tribunal cleared him of the charges; he later wrote an autobiography that got a fair amount of publicity and also served as Deputy Sheriff in Wilmington. But Pantano will have to answer Breazeale's criticism that he only became a Republican on November 25th, not to mention that he has very little time left to mount a political operation against an entrenched and well-funded incumbent who has never shown a sign of vulnerability. Had the NRCC been committed to putting this district in play, they would have wanted to find another candidate; given that so many other Democrats in similar districts are facing top-tier opposition, it looks McIntyre has dodged a bullet.
Rep. Butterfield (NC-01), Rep. Price (NC-04) and Rep. Watt (NC-12), Rep. Miller (NC-13) represent heavily Democratic districts and they should safe. However, it is remarkable to see that each one has drawn 3 or 4 Republican challengers; that says a lot not only about the GOP's confidence but also about the Republican base's determination to take on Democrats and go all-out politically. If the red wave gets truly gigantic, could any of these seats grow competitive? I'd keep an eye on the Wake County-based NC-13, which might have given Obama a 59% victory but also voted for Bush back in 2000 - but Republicans did not recruit a candidate in a position to take advantage of the environment. Bernie Reeves is a magazine publisher, Dan Huffman is a conservative businessman, Bill Randall is a veteran who has set up a website and I can't find any information about Frank Hurley.
The 5 GOP seats
Given that Democrats already control 8 of 13 districts, it is no surprise that the 5 remaining Republicans represent heavily conservative district and should be safe. They are: Rep. Jones (NC-03), Rep. Foxx (NC-05), Rep. Coble (NC-06), Rep. Myrick (NC-09) and Rep. McHenry (NC-10).
It's worth saying a few words about NC-03. Walter Jones has faced a lot of Republican opposition in recent years, as he became one of the GOP's few staunchly anti-war voices and survived a strong primary challenge in 2008 with just 58%. He doesn't have much to worry about in 2010, however. Two Republicans have filed against him. One is Craig Weber, who was his Democratic opponent in 2006 and 2008 - not someone who will excite conservatives; the other is Robert Cavanaugh about whom I am unable to find any. In the general election, ones is sure to face Johnny Rouse, the party chairman in Pitt County, a relatively populous county of nearly 170,000 inhabitants. That doesn't mean he can beat Jones in a district that voted for John McCain by 18%, but he should have enough experience and connections to at least help bring out his party's base to the polls - thus helping in other races.
In fact, Democrats have filed at least one candidate against all of these Republicans, which is always a good sign for a party's overall competitiveness and something they had fallen well short on in Texas. In the NC-05 and NC-06, the only Democratic candidates are William Kennedy and Gregory Scott Turner; I have not found information about either of them. In NC-10, Jeff Gregory and 2004 nominee Anne Fischer will square off for the right to represent Democrats in a district that gave Obama 36%.
The only Democratic challenger in the state to have set up a website is Jeff Doctor, a businessman who is running in NC-9 against Sue Myrick. (The former Mayor of Charlotte, Myrick has attracted most attention in recent years for her extremely anti-Muslim views, most notably when she called on the US to revoke Jimmy Carter's passport over his ties with Palestinians and when she linked terrorist threats with the high number of Muslims running convenience stores.) Interestingly, NC-09 is the state's GOP-held district that gave McCain the smallest margin of victory: 55% to 45%. As of the end of 2009, Doctor had raised $53,000, which is already more than any Democrat raised against Myrick this past cycle except for her 2008 opponent Harry Taylor, who lost 62% to 38%, significantly underperforming relatively to Obama. I suspect Doctor might have at some point drawn Democrats' attention in 2008-like circumstances, but it's a very different situation this year.


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It can be easy for Northamptonites and their neighbors to overlook the film offerings of the northern reaches of the Pioneer Valley. The Northampton area's cluster of high-profile colleges, coupled with a liberal art and music scene, have helped ensure that local cinemas will always have an audience for all kinds of film. While it's often the case that one must travel to Northampton or Amherst to see a certain new art film, the reverse is not so often true.
For those willing to dig a little deeper, though, there are delights to be had in all our Valley's towns and villages. I've written often about Pothole Pictures, which screens movies classic and new alike at Shelburne Falls' Memorial Hall (watch for their Fiddler On The Roof sing-along later this month) but this week the spotlight moves a bit further north: straight out of Massachusetts, in fact.
That's because right over the Vermont border in Brattleboro, the 21st annual Women's Film Festival is getting underway this week. With a wide range of features and short films—dramas, documentaries, and more—the festival will run from March 9 to 18, and screen over two dozen films over the course of its run. An added bonus: many of the screenings will take place in the town's stunning Latchis Theater, a jewel of Art Deco design and one of the area's most classic moviegoing experiences.
Kicking things off for opening weekend (March is Women's History Month) is a screening that has drawn strong interest from the local activist community. Miss Representation, screening at 4 p.m. on the 10th, is a new hour-and-a-half documentary that examines the seemingly stalled advance of the women's movement in national politics. With female representation in Congress at a 30-year low, it's a timely film. On hand for the show is Molly Barker, founder of Girls on the Run, a national self-empowerment program for young women. Barker will introduce the film and lead a discussion after the screening.
Films come fast and furious after that, and the all-volunteer festival is a whirlwind until the closing curtain—this year, a documentary about the enduring work of primate researcher Jane Goodall. For a full schedule, visit womensfilmfestival.org; some of this week's selections are below.
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (March 9) offers a rare look at an American icon, capturing the vitality and vivacity of the woman whose personality is as big as her famous smile. By default, it's also an inside look at Broadway's most glamorous era. Following that screening is the documentary I Am A Girl. Director Susan Koenen's short film is a frank look at the beginning of a transgendered girl's foray into dating. Later in the weekend, filmgoers can catch Sex Crimes Unit—a real-life look at the work of the New York attorneys whose work is dramatized in any number of Law and Order serials)—and The Carrier, an intimate look at the life and pregnancy of Mutinta Mweemba, a Zambian woman whose family (including her unborn child) is threatened by the scourge of AIDS.
Also this week: Back in Northampton, Pleasant Street Theater brings in Chico and Rita, nominated this year for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature category (it lost to Rango). Set in late 1940s Cuba, it tells the story of a young piano player and the beautiful singer he falls in love with. As their musical ambitions and personal passions keep them in and out of love, the narrative charts half a century of their story. Filmmaker and music producer Fernando Trueba (Calle 54) sets their story against beautiful visuals from artist Javier Mariscal and animator Tono Errando, whose art serves to point up the sensuality and verve of the great Afro-Cuban musical history.
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UPDATE: Aprilia has confirmed that the Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica will not be available for purchase directly in the US, and is bought directly from Aprilia Racing in Italy. The Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica is also upgradeable via Aprilia Racing's catalog, which means gear-driven cam shafts, Biaggi swingarms, and all the other fun go-fast parts that are "publicly" available to meet WSBK regulations.
Well the rumors were true, as the Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica was launched this weekend at the World Superbike races being held at Monza, Italy. Boasting the goodies found on Max Biaggi's Aprilia RSV4 race bike, the RSV4 Biaggi Replica has an astounding 200hp motor strapped to its anorexic 175kg (385lbs wet sans fuel) frame. For that level of performance, you can expect some sticker shock, and the Aprilia RSV4 Biaggi Replica is no exception. Owning this true race replica will set you back €50,000, but it's totally worth it, right? Photos and more after the jump.


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The Genius Factory
My short, scary career as a sperm donor.
In this excerpt from The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank, a new book based on a Slate project, David Plotz recounts his own awkward attempt to become a sperm donor.
After talking to donors from the Nobel sperm bank, I remained puzzled about why they had bothered with such a peculiar and burdensome enterprise. That's when I realized that I needed to donate sperm, too. Not because I wanted to, quite the contrary. I already had two children, which seemed more than enough on most days. My lack of desire to donate is why I felt obliged to do it. No matter how often donors explained their rationale to me, sperm donation befuddled me. Why had the repository donors subjected themselves to such inconvenience and embarrassment? Why had they been willing to father children—dozens in some cases—that they could never know? What was donating like? I had to find out for myself.
I dutifully informed my wife about my plan. "No way," Hanna said. I argued that it was all in the name of research. She was unimpressed. I promised that I would stop the sperm bank before it could sell my sperm. She didn't believe the bank would make such a deal. I swore that there was no chance they would use my sperm. I begged, which was not a pretty sight. She relented.
These days, sperm banks recruit customers and donors through the Internet, so I cruised the Web and found an application for Fairfax Cryobank, located in Washington, D.C.'s, Virginia suburbs. Fairfax Cryobank is to sperm banking what Citigroup is to real banking. It has branches in four states and Canada. The sperm bank itself is only one small division of a full-service fertility business, the Genetics & IVF Institute.
I completed Fairfax's online application in a couple of minutes—it asked for little more than my name and address. A week later, the mailman delivered a discreet brown envelope with no name on the return address. Sperm banks, like pornographers, keep everything on the down-low. Bank staffers dislike leaving phone messages, but if they must, the message is almost incomprehensibly vague: "This is Mary, from Fairfax. We'd like to talk to you about your recent inquiry. Please call us at ...")
The brown package from Fairfax contained an 18-page application. I trudged through the physical data: age, hair color, height, weight, blood type. I dragged my way through the biographical section: educational history, profession, musical talent ("None," I wrote proudly), athletic abilities, hobbies. Then Ibored through the medical questionnaire: alcohol use, tobacco use,drug use, tattooing history, how well I sleep, how well I eat, whatmedicines I take and why, what bones I have broken, whether I exchangesex for money, whether I had used intranasal cocaine in thepreceding 12 months. I listed three generations of familial mentalillness and felt my own ticker skip a beat when I wrote that all my male ancestors on both sides of the family had died young of heart disease. I declared that I wasn't a carrier of Gaucher disease, Fanconi anemia, Niemann-Pick disease, Canavan disease, or thalassemia, although I had not the faintest idea what those illnesses were. I checked off whether I suffered from any of an endless roster of symptoms—hoarseness, warts, blood in stool, goiter, tingling, dizziness, fainting, convulsions, seizures, fits, shaking, tremor, numbness. By the time I was done, I was suffering from several of them. I was asked 16 ways to Sunday if I inject drugs or have sex with other men. I agreed to submit to an HIV test. Finally, I reached Page 18, which was the scariest of all: "I agree that I release all rights, privileges, and disposition of my semen specimens to Fairfax Cryobank." Hanna is going to kill me, I thought, and then I signed it.
According to the application, if my written application made the cut, I would be invited for an interview, where I would "produce" a semen sample for analysis. If that were satisfactory, I would return for more semen analyses and a physical. Only if I passed those would I qualify as a donor.
I mailed my application to Fairfax and waited. And waited. And waited. After two months, I was miffed. How dare they ignore my semen? That semen had produced two healthy children! That semen had run a marathon! Then my irritation turned to worry: Did Fairfax know something I didn't about my health? Was my future that bleak? Was all that heart disease really so bad? Suddenly I found myself desperate to be chosen.
I had just applied to a bank in New York when I received an e-mail from "Amanda," who identified herself as Fairfax's laboratories coordinator. She invited me for an interview. She noted, oh so casually, that I would have to furnish a sample on the premises.
The following Monday, I made my way to the Fairfax Cryobank office, situated beyond the Washington Beltway in The Land of Wretched Office Parks, in the dreariest of all office developments. The building's blandness may be intentional: A sperm bank doesn't want to draw attention to itself or its visitors.
Inside, I hunted through the first-floor corridors, past the mysterious "microsort" room and "egg donor" facility, searching for the sperm-bank office. I saw an open door, peeked in, and discovered that I had stumbled on the vault—the room that housed Fairfax's liquid-nitrogen storage tanks. I ducked inside and found myself alone with the tanks. There were four of them. They were head-high and looked like fat silver men. Each tank, I knew, held tens of thousands of vials, and each vial was filled with millions of spermatozoa. My skin got clammy: It felt like the scene in the science fiction movie when the hero accidentally discovers the warehouse where the "friendly" aliens are freezing the millions of humans they have secretly kidnapped for their terrible experiments.
Finally I located the door marked "Cryobank" and walked into an uncomfortably cramped waiting room. A couple—not a young couple—was sitting there. They looked up, startled, when I entered. We half-smiled at each other. All of us instantly recognized the awkward situation. They were there to buy sperm; I was there to sell it. We had each accidentally looked through a window into a world we did not want to see. I was sure the couple was thinking, "That guy is a donor? The hell with this place, let's go to Sperm World instead."
I flagged down the receptionist, who assumed I was a customer, too. When I explained I was there to see Amanda about donating, she was chagrined. I wasn't supposed to be there. I had apparently come in the wrong door. Amanda was summoned from her office and hustled me into the back, out of sight of the couple.
Amanda led me to her office, a cozy room lined with wedding pictures and prints of sailing ships. She checked my driver's license then pulled out my application and began reviewing it with me, line by line. In tone,it felt like a job interview with human resources. In subject,it was rather different. "OK, so you live in Washington, great. And your blood is B-positive. You sure of that? No? That's OK, we'll check it. Hmm, so your family is from eastern Europe. Do you know exactly where? Can you check?" She noticed I was married and asked if my wife knew that I was there. I answered, "Of course. Don't all wives know?"
Amanda acted as though this was very funny and said, "A lot of donors are married and don't tell their wives."
She asked me where I had gone to college. I said "Harvard." She was delighted. She continued, "And have you done some graduate work?" I said no. She looked disappointed. "But surely you are planning to do some graduate work?" Again I said no. She was deflated and told me why. Fairfax has something it calls—I'm not kidding—its "doctorate program." For a premium, mothers can buy sperm from donors who have doctoral degrees or are pursuing them. What counts as a doctor? I asked. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, law, and chiropractic. Don't say you weren't warned: Your premium "doctorate" sperm may have come from a law student.
As we discussed the application, I gazed distractedly at Amanda's screen saver, a soothing blue-and-white pattern. After a few seconds, I noticed that the white pattern was a school of tiny sperm, tails waving jauntily as they motored across the screen. I took a second look at the mouse paperweight on Amanda's desk. It wasn't a mouse. It was a cute little sperm.
Such goofiness was, I came to discover, a hallmark of modern sperm banks. Fairfax hands out pens on college campuses that ask, "Why not get paid for it?" When I visited California Cryobank, the director of public relations gave me a T-shirt depicting swimming sperm. Around the sperm ran a circle of text that read "Future People" in a dozen different languages. California Cryobank distributes floaty pens, with a little plastic sperm swimming up and down, up and down.
Anyway, back to Amanda. At this point I am obliged to point out that Amanda was cute. In fact, she was distractingly cute. She was thirty, I'd guess, and looked Latina. She smiled all the time, a sexy, gleaming smile, and laughed when I made even the lamest stab at a joke. She leaned across her desk toward me as we talked. Rule number one of sperm banking: The people who recruit donors are invariably women, and they are invariably good-looking. I suspect—no, I am sure—that this is deliberate, to get donors excited to join the Fairfax team.
Yet Amanda's sexiness presented a kind of paradox. The chief activity of the sperm bank—its entire purpose—is masturbation. But my interview with Amanda was actually designed to desexualize what I would be doing. It eliminated the embarrassment that men feel about masturbation by replacing it with tedium. After the review of my application, Amanda walked me, step by countless step, through the qualification process—if my sperm count were above such-and-such a number, I would make the next round. There would be blood tests for gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis, and scary diseases I had never heard of. They would give me a renal ultrasound. My sperm would again be counted, frozen, thawed, and recounted. Its motility—how well it swims—would be tested and retested. Only then would I finally be admitted as a donor—and even that was contingent on passing regular blood tests. Amanda listed what I would be required to supply to the bank if I qualified: baby photos, an audio CD about myself, essays on such topics as "What is your most memorable childhood experience?" and "What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you?"
Amanda held forth enthusiastically and at great length about money. "You will get paid $50 per usable specimen, for starters. Then you will get $5 for every vial from the specimen. The average is 10 to 14 vials per specimen. When a vial is released from quarantine after six months, you will get another $5. So the average payment is $209 per deposit." She paused. "Now, this is ordinary income, but we don't do withholding. We send checks twice a month, but later we will just give you a check every six months. We will send you a 1099 form at the end of the year."
Amanda had managed to take a mysterious and sexual and profound process and make it sound exactly like ... a job. I considered asking her about the 401(k) and dental benefits.
Finally, it was time for the money shot. She led me next door to the lab, where three women in lab coats were chatting about their weekends while studying sperm samples under microscopes. They ignored me. When I became a regular donor, Amanda said, I would come straight to the lab to collect a sterile cup and a labeling sticker. She handed me a cup. Amanda pointed to a small incubator—a warm metal box—where I would put the "specimen" when I was done. Next to the incubator was a pile of plastic sachets; they looked like the mustard packets you get with a deli sandwich. "That's KY jelly," she said. "It's nontoxic for sperm. Still, just try not to get it, you know, on the sample."
The donor room was really no more than a large closet. Fairfax has two of them—sometimes known in the trade as "blue rooms" or "masturbatoriums." A dingy beige love seat was pushed against the far wall. An erotic print hung above the sofa. It was a painting of a woman from behind; she was wearing some diaphanous lingerie. It was pretty sexy, to be honest. On another wall were a clock, a sink, and a cabinet. Amanda handed me a pen and told me to write the time of ejaculation on the cup when I was done. She turned on the taps and instructed, "Wash your hands now with this antibacterial soap, and dry them well. Water is toxic for semen."
"Here's the exhaust fan." She flipped a switch by the door, and a buzzing noise covered the room. She opened the cabinet. "And here are the magazines." She handed me a stack of High Societys, Gallerys, and Playboys, all well-thumbed. "Fairfax Cryobank" was scrawled on the cover of each. Amanda seemed unfazed. I pretended I was unfazed, too.
She gave me the phone number for the chief lab technician and told me to call the next day to find out whether I had a high enough sperm count and whether my guys had survived freezing and thawing. "Now, of 100 men who apply," she said reassuringly, "we only interview 20 or 30. And the vast majority of those—even men who have their own children already—end up being disqualified by sperm count. So don't feel bad if you don't make it." She thanked me for coming in. She flashed me one more gleaming, sexy smile, closed the door, and locked it from the outside.
The next few minutes passed as you would expect and are none of your business.
When I was done, I walked my cup down the hall to the incubator. I tried to catch the eye of one of the technicians, to ask if I could take a sperm paperweight as a souvenir. None of them looked at me.
The next morning, I called the chief lab technician. "I was about to call you," she said. "I have some good news. You passed the freezing and thawing. We want to make arrangements for your second trial specimen—that is, if you are still interested."
I flushed. I couldn't resist asking, "So what were my numbers? What was the count?"
"Your count was about 105 million per milliliter. The usual is around 50 to 60 million. So you are well above average."
I grinned—105 million! I was "well above average." I started to make an appointment for my second deposit, then thought better of it. Hanna was right: Who knew what they were doing with my sperm? The longer I kept up the charade, the greater the possibility that my sperm would end up in the wrong hands (or wrong uterus). I told the tech I needed to check my schedule and would call back. I didn't call back.
I was not much closer to wanting to be a donor than I had been before I started, but I was closer to understanding why someone else might want to do it. In the abstract, donating sperm had seemed fundamentally silly. But actually doing it was seductive. I had been accepted by the ultraexclusive Fairfax Cryobank! My sperm was "well above average"! My count was 105 million! What's yours, George Clooney? Amanda, lovely Amanda, had asked for my help. The women of America demanded my B-positive, brown-eyed, six-foot-one-inch, HIV-negative, drug-free, heart-attack-prone sperm. How could I deny it to them?


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What to CookCommunity
Editors' Picks — Spring Vegetables
Once again, we want to give a big thanks to all of our volunteer recipe testers for your thoughtful comments and for helping us continue to strengthen our recipe recommendations. You can read each tester's comments by clicking through to the Editors' Picks recipes — the comments are under "Amanda and Merrill's Notes" at the top. And even if the recipe you tested wasn't chosen as an EP, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
Congratulations to another great batch of Editors' Picks!
Editors' Picks for Spring Vegetables
- Nettle Tortellini in Brodo
- Spring Pea and Crab Pancakes with Pea Tendril Salad
- Asparagus with Goat Cheese and Pickled Red Onion
- Put Some Spring in Your Bread
- Baby Artichoke Crostini
- Green Goddess Dressing (or Ramp Tramp Dressing)
- Grilled Baby Fennel with Lemon and Pecorino
- Very Good Grilled Artichokes
- Fried Eggs with Asparagus, Ramps, and Oyster Sauce
- Leek Tart Almost Like Banitsa
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- Dilly Bulghur Salad with Fennel and Leek
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"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." – Edsger W. Dijkstra
"Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity." – Erik Christopher Zeeman
The courses of study provided by the Computer Science and Information Systems programs offer students a selection that prepares them for success in system administration, scientific research, data processing management, and systems analysis. The programs provide students with the essential theoretical foundation and practical implementation of the science of computing. This foundation includes algorithms and data structures, architecture, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, numerical and symbolic computation, operating systems, programming languages, and software engineering.
Our students enjoy several important advantages: a direct, personal connection to qualified, experienced faculty who are eager to help them master the subject matter, ready access to technological resources from both on and off campus, and excellent job opportunities in the immediate vicinity that apply classroom learning. Students have access to Sun workstations, Pentiums, and PowerMacs where they can work on projects at their own rate in and outside of class. Many students have omputer-related jobs with local employers that allow them to earn money and learn about computing at the same time. Upon acquiring sufficient background knowledge, every WAU student has the opportunity to work the equivalent of two full-time semesters at a challenging computer-related job through WAU's Cooperative Education Program.
Efforts are made to accommodate students' diverse learning styles. Women, people from underrepresented groups, and non-traditional students are especially urged to enroll in the computing programs.
Graduates of WAU who have completed a major or minor in Computer Science or Information Systems have been in great demand by employers and by graduate programs in computer-related fields. Many are working in the Washington, D.C., area at government installations and business institutions, pursuing careers in programming, systems analysis, systems design, information systems, image processing, software development, and artificial intelligence.
Recent employment studies have shown that students in the field of compute science are among the most employable upon graduation. Since many of these careers require further study, the programs offered by the department provide a broad and strong background for advanced study.
Computer Science AAS; BS, Computer Science Minor, Information Systems AAS; BS, Information Systems Minor, Engineering AS, Bachelor of Science Affiliation (with School of Engineering, Walla Walla University), Dual-Degree Arrangement (with the Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland), Math Minor
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