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City: 15 miles east of Livermore
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Description and History
NPL Listing History
NPL Status: Final
Proposed Date: 07/14/89
Final Date: 08/30/90
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The 11-square mile Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Site 300) was developed in the 1950s as a research facility. It is operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) primarily as a high-explosives and materials testing site in support of nuclear weapons research. Approximately 350 people who work in the area are provided with drinking water from groundwater in the area. Most are laboratory employees and State of California employees who work in a nearby State vehicular recreation area. Adjacent ranch houses and a State fire station also draw drinking water from the aquifer.
Contaminants and Risks
Contaminated Media
- Groundwater
- Soil and Sludges
Groundwater and soil have been contaminated with solvents and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), tritium, uranium-238, high explosive compounds (HMX, RDX), nitrate, and perchlorate. The primary health threat is drinking contaminated groundwater. Ecological risks are vital as much of the site is endangered species habitat.
Who is Involved
This site is being addressed as a Federal Facility with DOE as the lead agency. EPA, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) are signatories to the Federal Facility Agreement (FFA).
Investigation and Cleanup Activities
This site is being addressed through a combination of removal actions and remedial actions. The Site has been divided into 9 operable units to administratively track the progress of remediating contamination.
Initial Actions
Initial Actions: In the spring of 1991, DOE installed a groundwater extraction and treatment system to curtail the migration of a VOC contamination plume near the southern boundary of the site. In the fall of 1992, another plume of VOC-contaminated groundwater was discovered. A second extraction and treatment system was installed to control this plume. DOE also began capping two landfills to prevent rainwater runoff from causing contaminant migration. In 1995, DOE signed an interim groundwater Record of Decision (ROD) for the Building 834 OU (OU 2). In November 1995, DOE/LLNL and the regulatory agencies agreed to streamline the cleanup process by implementing removal actions where appropriate. In 1997, DOE signed a final ROD for the General Services Area OU (OU1). In 1998, groundwater pumping at the site boundary of the High Explosives Process Area OU (OU 4) was decided upon in an Action Memorandum. In 2001, an Interim ROD was signed for most of the remaining contaminated areas. In 2008, a Final ROD was signed for groundwater in OUs 2-8.
Site Studies
Entire Site: Site investigations have been conducted under the facility's Environmental Restoration Program. The Site Wide Remedial Investigation Report was finalized in April 1994. The Site Wide Feasibility Study was finalized in November 1999. In March 2001, an Interim ROD was signed for the following areas of contamination: Building 834 OU, Pit 6 Landfill, HE Process Area, Building 850 OU (excluding Pit 7 complex), Building 854 OU, Building 832 Canyon, Building 801 Dry Well and Pit 8 Landfill, Building 833, Building 845 Firing Table and Pit 9 Landfill, and Building 851 Firing Table. In 2006, DOE finalized a Remedial Investigation (RI) and Feasibility Study (FS) for the Pit 7 complex, a subarea of OU 5. In 2008, a Final ROD was signed for groundwater in OUs 2-8. DOE conducted a non-time-critical removal action for PCB contaminated soil in OU5. The RA construction completion for all of OU5 was documented in 2011.
RI/FS reports are being prepared for each of the following sites: the Building 812 OU (OU9); Building 865 (OU8); and another for Building 850 Perchlorate (OU5). They were scheduled to be completed by 2015, however DOE has slipped the schedule due to the need to collect more data at each site; The Record of Decision Amendment is scheduled to be completed by 2017, but the final time-frame to a decision may take longer. Additional investigations have been initiated at Building 851 to address depleted uranium recently discovered at the firing table.
Remedy Selected
The Site-Wide FS, ROD, and Five Year Reviews are located on-line at http://www-erd.llnl.gov/library/
Records of Decision, other documents, and additional information can be found at http://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/hwmp_profile_report.asp?global_id=CA2890090002
A Federal Facilities Agreement was signed between EPA, DOE, and the State agencies in June 1992. It outlines DOE's responsibilities and milestones for addressing site contamination.
Cleanup Results to Date
Groundwater is being pumped and treated at numerous locations, including the GSA, Building 834, HE Process Area, Building 832 Canyon, Pit 7, Building 850, and Building 854. Soil Vapor Extraction to treat VOCs in the vadose zone is being conducted at GSA and Building 834 and Building 832 Canyon. Treatability studies have been conducted for perchlorate and VOCs; perchlorate is treated by ion exchange and/or bioreactors. The VOCs test involves injecting ethyl lactate into the aquifer to encourage microbial breakdown of the VOCs. If these studies prove successful, DOE will work with EPA and the State to document and modify the Record of Decision accordingly, including public involvement steps.
Potentially Responsible Parties
Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) refers to companies that are potentially responsible for generating, transporting, or disposing of the hazardous waste found at the site.
DOE is responsible for contamination at this site. They are the lead Agency. Their work is overseen by EPA, as well as the State of California.
Documents and Reports
Community Involvement
Public Meetings: Community Involvement Plan (1992)
Public Information Repositories
The public information repositories for the site are at the following locations:
Livermore Public Library,
1000 South Livermore Avenue,
Livermore, CA 94550
The most complete collection of documents is the official EPA site file, maintained at the following location:
Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 820-4700
Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street, go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.
Additional Links
Administrative Records and Records of Decision can be found here: http://www-erd.llnl.gov/library/
Records of Decision, other documents, and additional information can be found here: http://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/hwmp_profile_report.asp?global_id=CA2890090002
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Mail Code SFD
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
Mail Code SFD
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San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Public Information Center
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How to play Rummy 500 - game rules
Rummy is a game that originated in the beginning of the 20th century and it is most likely based on a Mexican game called Conquian. Conquian, on the other hand, is based on a Chinese game called Khanhoo,and possibly if we look even further back, it could have roots in Mahjong. Rummy has several variants and it can be played with several decks of cards, it all depends on how many players are playing. There is no limit really for how many players can participate, just have to use the number of decks that is required for the amount of players participating. It has been said that Rummy is probably the most popular card game in the world, right after poker.
Rummy 500 is a variant of Rummy, it is played until one of the players gets 500 points. The game described here is designed for 2 players.
Goal of the game
The main goal of the game is to be the first to get 500 points. Positive points are gained by melding cards. Negative points are received for any remaining cards left in the player's hand at the end of each deal, (when the opponent has gotten rid of all his/her cards).
To begin
To begin, each player is dealt 13 cards. The remaining cards from the deck are placed face-down and form the stock pile. The top card of the stock pile is turned over and is then used to start the discard pile (the cards in the discard pile are face-up). The game begins by one of the players drawing a card from either the stock pile or from the discard pile.
The main action of the game is melding sequences and groups of cards of the same rank. Sequences must consist of at least 3 cards of the same suit in consecutive order, for example: Q♥, J♥, 10♥ . Groups must consist of at least 3 cards of the same rank, for example: 2♥, 2♣, 2♠.
Every round consists of two or three parts:
- drawing a card from the stock pile or drawing a card/cards from the discard pile,
- melding cards (optional)
- and discarding one card to the discard pile.
If a player draws from the discard pile, he/she can take one or more cards. If a player takes one card, he/she cannot discard that card to the discard pile during that turn. If a player takes more than one card, he/she must meld the last of the cards immediately.
So the player can take from the discard pile the amount of cards needed to complete the meld. In Rummy 500 players have common melds. In other words, they can add cards to those melded by their opponent.
Positive and negative points can be earned in the game.
Positive points are awarded for melding cards, according to values listed below:
- Ace: 15 points or 1 point (15, if the Ace is a part of a sequence similar to A♥, K♥, D♥ or to a group similar to A♥, A♣, A♠; and 1, if the Ace is a part of a sequence similar to 3♥, 2♥, A♥),
- The King, The Queen, The Jack, Ten=10 points,
- The cards from Nine to Two= the number of points is the same as the cards' values(for example: 9=9 points,8=8 points..and so on).
Negative points are received for any remaining cards left in a player's hand at the end of the deal (after the other player has gotten rid of all his/her cards).
The end
The game is over when one of the players gets 500 points. If both players reach (500 points) after the same deal, the winner is the player who has the most points.


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Maryland high school football star receiver Stefon Diggs has the speed, skills and shiftiness to score whenever he gets his hands on the ball.
It's the reason all the top college programs wanted him.
But when Diggs, the No. 8 overall recruit in the Rivals100 for the Class of 2012, finally ended his recruiting process Friday night, he surprised some by picking nearby University of Maryland over national powers Auburn, Ohio State and Florida.
That's 2-10 University of Maryland, a once-proud program seemingly in disarray and revolt under first-year coach Randy Edsall.
Diggs, who starred at nearby Olney (Md.) Good Counsel, wasn't deterred.
In fact, he passed up the chance to play for schools that can compete for national titles to play for a program that would be thrilled to win a conference title because he feels he can do it all at his local school.
Apparently it's the type of feeling that's spreading.
Diggs became the third high-profile five-star recruit in the past two weeks to spurn the top of programs - the ones that are used to getting all the top players - for a close-to-home destination.
Defensive end Darius Hamilton, the No. 11 overall recruit from Ramsey (N.J.) Don Bosco, opted for Rutgers over Miami and Florida.
The following day - on National Signing Day - receiver Dorial Green-Beckham, the No. 1 overall recruit from Springfield (Mo.) Hillcrest, chose Missouri over Arkansas, Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma.
Rivals.com national recruiting analyst Mike Farrell wasn't ready to call the decision a new trend, but he does think it's noteworthy that so many huge recruits passed up chances to go to the biggest programs.
"I think this year is a bit of a rarity in that respect," he said. "You have Diggs choosing a 2-10 Maryland team reeling from a rough first year under Randy Edsall, DGB choosing a Missouri team that has been a bit if an underachiever in the Big 12 and has it's work cut out in the SEC and Hamilton choosing a Rutgers team coming off a nine-win season but losing it's head coach admittedly because of the instability of the Big East."
Farrell, who has covered recruiting for more than a decade, said such decisions are not uncommon - but to have so many, from so many top kids, is.
"This has been a very interesting recruiting year with three of the top 11 players in the country choosing to stay home with programs not known as major BCS powers," he said.
Diggs, a player with a personality so engaging he's known almost as much for his charisma as his catches, said his decision came down to feel. Simply put, he felt Maryland just fit all his needs.
"I feel great here, I feel comfortable here and I feel like I can do it all here," he said. "All my goals - on the field and off - I can get them done at Maryland."
Green-Beckham and Hamilton said the same type of things. The three all talked about the family atmosphere at the schools more than the football.
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Diggs, whose play has been compared to NFL star DeSean Jackson, said his official visit last weekend sealed the deal.
"It was a different kind of feeling - a great feeling and a welcoming feeling," he said. "There's great support here. [My host] Danny O'Brien was a real humble guy, and I really liked him. And the basketball game between UNC and Maryland where everyone was chanting my name - I felt so much love from that. I felt wanted. At the end, it felt like it's exactly where I needed to be."
Don't be confused. Diggs isn't going to Maryland to lose. He feels he can help the program return to a form that made it compete for national rankings and bowl bids on a regular basis.
"This is a great city, a place that shows you a lot of love," he said. "I want to make people stay home. I want to make people want to be [at Maryland]. Who wouldn't want to be at Maryland? You can accomplish anything you need here."
His commitment is likely to give Maryland a Top-50 class in the final Rivals team rankings.
For Diggs, that's just the first step.
"I want to win bowl games. I want to win championships. And what better place to do that the my home city?" he said. "It's been a long process - a hectic process. But in the end, I ended up where I was supposed to be. Let's go Maryland!"
Tom Bergeron is the Senior Editor for RivalsHigh.com. He can be reached at email@example.com, and you can click here to follow RivalsHigh on Twitter.
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Clint Mephisto's Road Show Episode 173
Clint Mephisto's Shit Kickin Road Show Episode 173, week of June 27th. Your ol' drinkin buddy Clint rustles up a Hellbilly Hootenanny with vintage classics from Conway Twitty, Linda Gail Lewis, and Hank Thompson along with some modern barn burners from The Chop Tops, The Sugar Daddys, The Mackshow and more!
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text: In its brief, 4-year history, The Scientist's annual Top 10 Innovations contest has become a showcase of the coolest life science tools to emerge in the previous year. This year's installment is no exception. We received more than 65 entries describing exciting new technologies and intriguing methodologies that made their way into labs in 2011. Our panel of expert judges sifted through the submissions, and the cream of all these innovative products rose to the top.


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I love seeing all the activity here. Ok this is a quick drive by however, I will be back tonight to make a proper post.
Does anyone have peoples address on here. I need someones address cause I am sending her something but don't want her to know about it . . PM me if you do and I will tell you who I need.


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Latest Jewish news:
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Lebanon to US:If we can't attack Israel, we don't want your filthy money!
Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said Wednesday he would reject any U.S. military assistance to Lebanon's army if it comes with conditions that the weapons not be used against Israel. Murr was commenting Wednesday on a decision by U.S. lawmakers to … Continue reading
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Israel prepares for war with Lebanon/Hizbollah terrorists.
Recently Hizbollah, the Iranian-financed proxy which terrorizes and controls the no-man's land of Southern Lebanon, has been making warlike noises. It is strongly suspected that Israel may once again be involved in a war with this group as it was … Continue reading
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UFV and our sister BC Association of Institutes and Universities (BCAIU) are working together to pilot an online Research and Scholarly Activity Database Project (RSADB). The RASDB pilot gathers and reports faculty and student scholarship, research, and service activities.
The RSADB is a web-based information management system designed to organize and build reports on these activities. View a sample report from Vancouver Island University to see the type of report the system can help you build.
As our Fraser Valley communities steadily increase their expectations about how UFV can contribute to economic, cultural, social, technological, environmental and intellectual well-being, we remain committed to engaging our stakeholder communities and demonstrating that our teaching, research and service activity leads to benefits for Canadians.
At the provost's request, faculty members across UFV departments will pilot this research database system. Departments can take advantage of this resource and incorporate and links into their web pages.
If your materials are in electronic form, you may copy and paste from your file directly into RASDB. You need not complete the steps in sequential order or in one session.
We plan to send email to all UFV faculty by early June, asking faculty to have their information in the pilot RASDB for August 30, 2014. We will send a message again in September — with an October reminder — that faculty are expected to have the information in the pilot RASDB for November 15, 2014.
This project tool is for faculty and UFV administrative use. The data is on a secure server hosted by Edudata Canada. Faculty can only see their individual information. Departments can only see the department information, not any other unit. Administrators in the designated department can see the information for faculty in their department. Deans can see the information for faculty in their decanal areas. At the central administrative level, the Associate Vice-President Research, Engagement, & Graduate Studies, the Vice-President Academic, and Edudata Canada have access to the information.
You can address your questions to the following colleagues:
firstname.lastname@example.com (content questions)email@example.com (technical questions)email@example.com (Edudata)
"At many institutions the transition to go digital has already happened or is underway. I am also very attuned to the fact that faculty time is precious and must not be wasted. Having said that, I believe that we can leverage the Research and Scholarship Database Project to make the digital transition to activity reporting in the same way we made the transition to e-mail."


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Hi everyone,
I got problem understanding classes in C++. I hope some one would help me with this.
Lets say I have x.h file where class x is declared with its private and public members. Also I have x.cpp file where the body of each function from class x is located.
I have another y.h and y.cpp file done the same way as previous.
Also I have main.cpp file that contains main function.
I have to create z.h file and z.cpp file that contains z class. This class will have its private and public members as well.
Now, because members in calss x and class y should not be change at any time plus private members from class z should not be change I have to come up with the way how to use them. I have to come up with functions in calss z that would get members from thiferent classes and private members from z calss.
It shouls look something like this
I guess this is how would I get private parts from same class without changing them. But I dont understand how can I get members from other classes (class x and y). It has to be part of class z and it would be something like x & getx();Code:class z { int a; int b; public: z (); void someFunctions(); int geta() { return a;} int getb() {return b;} }
and y & gety();
I would apritiated if anyone can help me with this. If you need more information about what I'm talking about let me know I will try to go in more details.
I'm tring to understand the consept of this.


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The newest member of the Mississippi Senate is being inaugurated Wednesday.
Democrat Angela Turner of West Point won a Jan. 15 special election to succeed her father, the late Sen. Bennie Turner.
District 16 covers all of Clay County and parts of Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties.
Bennie Turner served 20 years in the Senate before he died in late November at age 64. His daughter will fill the final three years of the current four-year term he started.
The new senator's name has been reported as Angela Turner Lairy, but Senate staffers say she has ordered business cards simply as Angela Turner.
Angela Turner is an attorney, as was her father.


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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Flags in Glynn County are at half staff in honor of Commissioner Tom Sublett, who was apparently killed early Tuesday morning.
The 52-year-old's body was found before dawn between a boat and a dock at St. Simons Boating & Fishing Club. Investigators said Sublett's death appears to be a homicide.
"I think anyone that ever had the opportunity to meet and know and work with Tom will never forget him," said Woody Woodside, president of the Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce. "He's left certainly a big mark here in the community, and there's a big, big hole right now on our hearts."
Sublett's portrait still hangs on the wall at the chamber, where he served as chairman in 2006. Members remember him as a man dedicated to public service.
"Great leader and provided a lot of leadership for our businesses and our program of work, not only the year he was there, but still he was active, right on up to his fate," Woodside said.
As police continue to search for clues near the water at the marina, people in the community are left wondering exactly what happened.
"Unusual event, but maybe there's something more in the background that we don't know about," John Phelps said.
At this point, Glynn County police detectives are releasing few details about the investigation. An autopsy was conducted Wednesday, but the results were not immediately released.
Those who knew Sublett say his death is a tragedy.
"It's just, anytime somebody in your neighborhood who you see all the time is found like that, it's just horrendous," Berrien Gibson said.
Sublett is survived by his wife and four children.
A CaringBridge page has been created on behalf of the Sublett family to keep the community updated with important information and funeral arrangements.
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I've been wanting to take control of my blog theme for some time in order to both simplify how everything was being displayed, and to obtain a greater degree of flexibility over time. There are a lot of great themes out there for WordPress, and I've been fairly happy with many of those I've tried – but they still were not exactly what I wanted.
I decided to come up up with something of my own by creating a child theme of the default WordPress "TwentyTen". Seeing as how I don't need many features on here, and that "TwentyTen" is a modern design that supports all the new 3.0 features, a child theme sounded perfect. I also tend to shift these around over time, and this would allow that as well.
The first thing I did is sketch out on paper a sample of the sort of layout I was looking to create. I then created a basic measured layout in Fireworks, followed by a number of textured image segments for the navigation menu, page background, and content area. Fireworks is great for stuff like this, due to the robust texturing system available.
Dreamweaver CS5 has extended support for PHP-based CMS and blogging systems like WordPress. During prerelease, I was playing around with these features quite a bit but had actually never done any work with the final release. It's actually very convenient to be able to view and interact with the live website files (on my testing server, of course) while designing and tweaking elements of the theme. Dreamweaver can also be enabled to provide code-completion for core WordPress functionality, although I didn't need it in this case.
Most of what I did was remove a lot of the header stuff I didn't need, and create a custom navigation menu along the top of the page. The rest of the work was just a lot of CSS hack and slash to get things looking right, setting up new elements, and skinning everything with my exported images. It actually went a lot more smoothly than anticipated.
Most of the cross browser rendering checks were done on my local machine using Chrome 8, FireFox 4 beta, and Internet Explorer 8. I have other machines I could log into and check browsers like Opera or the IE9 beta, but don't have a way to test on OSX from my home. Anyone familiar with DropFolders knows the snails-pace I take when it comes to doing any Apple stuff… So I fired up BrowserLab and was able to check my basic design rendered on what must have been nearly 20 different browsers across Windows and OSX.
It is interesting to see how relatively similar the design rendered across browsers. The most trouble that I noticed was lack of support for my embedded fonts in older browsers. You can also see in the above image that we definitely have some shifting going on in regard to the positioning of elements on the page, but nothing so terrible to render the design unusable.
I'm very pleased with both the resulting design, and the simple, unified workflow involved in getting to this point. There are lots of little things that will probably come up which I'll modify in the future… but it's great to know now how very simple it will be to do so.


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Stabilize Compliance Costs, Increase Compliance Posture in New Era of Residential Lending
Modern residential lending requires much tighter focus on compliance and valuation standards than ever before.
Prior to the inception of the Home Valuation Code of Conduct in May of 2009, credit unions typically did not sell loans backed by primary residential real estate to the GSEs, and thereby felt no need to be concerned regarding compliance. Similarly, banks that portfolio their residential mortgage loans assumed the risk without fear of compliance issues.
With the sun-setting of the HVCC this past November and the introduction of Appraisal Independence Requirements within the Dodd-Frank legislation, any institution lending on primary residential property is required to comply not only with Dodd-Frank, but also with the much broader scope of the Inter-Agency Guidelines as well.
This process marks a significant change from the nature of home valuations and appraisal standards and requires an immense commitment to upholding new regulations.
For a growing number of credit unions, managing this process in-house is becoming cumbersome and expensive, with many uncovered costs associated with poor quality appraisal reports and autonomy requirements. Ultimately, an appraiser's fee will be slashed in order to compensate for this additional burden on resources. Unfortunately, lower appraiser fees are directly related to lower quality reports and inadequate turn-time on appraisal reports, eventually affecting the bottom line.
Most lenders try to cover these costs with an application fee, processing fee or just absorb it in their overhead. Managing the process internally spreads the department's cost over the entire membership, which negatively affects dividends for all members.
Credit unions are known for keeping the cost of lending to an absolute minimum by providing lower interest rates on loans and maximum dividend benefit to members on their share savings accounts. Because of this, looking outside the institution for appraisal management could prove to be a cost-effective and efficient option – and one that supports newly implemented regulatory requirements.
There is potential in outsourcing for an institution to minimize overhead costs, which increases the potential for a higher dividend to the overall membership. Although the cost of the loan will increase to the member obtaining the loan, the member will benefit from higher dividends: loans get to closing faster with lower turn times, higher accuracy and reduction in revisions.
The credit union movement is committed to lower costs and higher dividends for members. This drives credit unions to uncover the most accurate, cost-saving solutions that will enable them to pass along those savings to members.
Dodd-Frank has launched credit unions into a new era of residential lending, one with tighter regulatory scrutiny. It is at this point that it becomes imperative for credit unions to build the appropriate answer to appraisal independence standards, and one that optimizes benefits to members.
Dennis Ashcroft is vice president of sales at Appraisal Logistics in Annapolis, Md.


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President Assad Calls on Syrians to Pray for Rain.. Again
Syrian President Bashar Assad has called on all Syrians to join in a "collective prayer" for rainfall next Friday, said the Daily Star.
The prayer, according to the daily, will take place at the Omayyad Mosque in downtown Damascus and coincides with the state's official celebrations of the Nov. 16 coup d'etat that brought the late president Hafez Assad to power 31 years ago.
Bashar Assad is going to join in the prayer with his subjects accompanied by members of his family, his brother Maher Assad, and members of the Miro government.
The practice, called for annually by the late Assad, is designed to help Muslims unite in asking for salvation, the paper added, noting that similar prayers would be made throughout churches the following Sunday – Albawaba.com


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Former reality star and father of eight Jon Gosselin appears to be getting serious with his new girlfriend.
According to People, Jon, 32, had dinner with girlfriend Morgan Christie, 25, and members of her family on Sunday in Park City, Utah – including Morgan's mom.
"Based on the body language, it seemed like Jon and the mother have met before," an eyewitness told the mag. "It was really quiet at their table, but the mom was doing most of the talking throughout the night."
Morgan's sister was also present at the dinner party of six.
According to the mag, Jon sported a T-shirt and blazer for the nearly three-hour dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse at Hotel Park City, a source told the mag.
He might have been going for a casual look, but according to the eyewitness, Jon appeared to be nervous during the dinner.
"I was sensing some nervousness in him," the eyewitness claimed. "Jon and Morgan came in first and sat in the bar for about 15 minutes until her family got there, and when they were walked to their table, Jon was carrying a drink in each hand. Then at dinner they all drank a few bottles of wine."
Following his dinner, Jon posed for photographs with fans.
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I feel he's overrated.
Anthony just hit a BIG SHOT, and he announces his 3pt shot with anger and shock.
Ellis does a cross over "OH WOW PRETTY CROSSOVER BY ELLIS" and Jennings hits a 3....and he orgasms...
Its not balanced announcing, especially when you're trying to focus on the game, Breen ruins every moment.
Whenever Knicks are on ESPN or ABC, I always tune in as long Breen isn't announcing.
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artists in action – Salvador DaliSunday, February 12th, 2012
Let's restart our series of Artists in Action.
Salvador Dali most of the time appears to be goofing around or showing his distinctive moustache. How about some pictures of him in action?
'The Temptation of Saint Anthony'. Funny how nowhere in the picture a naked women is to be found.
Working at 'Dream of Venus'.
In 1965, working on the Bullfight series.
Salvador Dali in his Studio, by Ernst Scheidegger.


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Without vision, the Bible teaches, the people perish. And in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Newark and cities across the country, the people are perishing.
Each week in Chicago, we witness more pain. Teachers are laid off and schools are closed. Transit workers are terminated and bus service is cut. Families lose their homes, and thousands remain underwater, unable to refinance mortgages greater than the worth of their home. Hospital budgets are shut, and costs go up. Summer Pell grants are cut, and students drop out into an economy with no jobs. Schools cut athletics and music and afterschool programs, and can't understand why more students drop out. Parking meters are sold off, and parking becomes unaffordable.
In the pain, we start turning on each other. Parents revolt as administrators pretend that school closings are progressive reforms. Teachers strike against schools without adequate textbooks or libraries. Banks hound homeowners to collect on subprime loans that were peddled fraudulently by agents who targeted African Americans and Latinos for higher rates. The cities head into a hot summer with more unemployed youth, fewer summer programs, fewer jobs programs, less hope and more dope.
The supposed recovery hasn't reached the people. The new jobs offer less pay, less security and fewer benefits than the ones that were lost. African-American families lost nearly a third of their wealth between 2007 and 2010. (Hispanic families lost more than 40 percent). A fragile middle class has been devastated. Investors and corporate CEOs clean up. The top 1 percent have captured all of the income growth over the first two years coming out of the recession and then some.
We cannot cut our way to a prosperous economy or a healthy city. We can't cut our way to good schools, safe streets or affordable health care. We have to find another way.
In Washington, investigations reveal how Apple and other corporations transfer billions abroad to avoid paying taxes. Apple's CEO says this is all at least arguably legal. What he doesn't say is that the companies spend millions on lobbyists and campaign contributions to rig the rules. We don't have that power. We must see our way through — and mobilize people to act.
In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is sparring with teachers, transit workers, parents, students, the young and the old. If the city doesn't blow, some say he might profit politically by looking tough. But that won't revive the city. No one will gain or profit morally by looking tough.
It would be wise if President Barack Obama and Emanuel convened a summit to create a prototype for urban policy. A meeting of stakeholders and key leaders from HUD, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The aim would be to put forth a vision of what must be done, a plan for how to do it, and a budget that lays out the costs. We should make this a model for cities across the country.
The summit should assess the assets of Chicago — not simply our budget and tax base, but also public pension funds, what the government, hospitals and universities buy, and how we can use that money to anchor our economy — and put people to work. It should lay out what we expect from the state and the federal government — and what it will cost to rebuild the public sinews of our economy — from schools to public transit to hospitals to training. It should pave the way for robust urban development.
It's time for vision, for a plan, for some hope. Let's have the summit before the city explodes, not after.
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I admit it: I'm rapidly falling for Torchwood.
I haven't watched the new Doctor Who — not the Christopher Eccleston series, and not the David Tennant series (save three or four episodes, which varied drastically in quality). Torchwood is a Who spinoff — the names are anagrams of each other — but you don't really have to know one to watch the other. You don't even really have to know the first two seasons of Torchwood to watch Torchwood: Children of Earth, the five-part miniseries that began last night on BBC America.
It probably helps, though. I'm six or seven episodes into Torchwood's first season, despite a coworker's insistence that I ought to just skip it and go straight into season two (I'm a completist. Even if I'd known how much I'd hate "Black Market," the absolute nadir of Battlestar Galactica, I still would've had to watch it, just to know why I'd hate it so much). Torchwood is a rather X-Files-like show about the titular organization, a secret institute founded by Queen Victoria that protects the human race from alien threats. For various reasons too elaborate to go into here, the Torchwood of the show is Torchwood Three, and it's in Cardiff. In Wales. Can you think of the last thing you watched that was set in Wales?
Torchwood's first series started strong, with an episode that brings a new member to the team: former cop Gwen Cooper (the sweet-faced Eve Myles), an ordinary woman who initially serves as the conscience for the other team members, who've maybe been down in the Hub, Torchwood's home base, too long. It's immediately apparent why the show is so popular in certain circles: We're encouraged to identify with Gwen, who's in over her normal-lass head but shines unexpectedly in the team's strange environment (I think this overlaps with certain kinds of popular fanfic, but that's a whole 'nother discussion). Plus, there's a lot of making out! Everybody's kind of in love with everybody else! Everybody's both hot and sort of attainable looking! Awesome!
Gwen and the rest of the gang are led by the omnisexual ("Period military is not the dress code of a straight man," one team member theorizes), unkillable, rather charmingly cocky Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). They find alien stuff and destroy or use it. Sometimes the results are really cheesy, and sometimes the episodes are just plain terrible. But cheekiness and sweetness exist side by side in Torchwood, and they both overlap with the sometimes goofy, sometimes fascinating science fiction elements. To the show's credit, even the worst episodes (that I've thus far seen, anyway) tend to have an element, or moment, that works to redeem the plot's failings. In the clunky "Cyberwoman," the unexpected emotional side of Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) comes to the fore; one moment between Gwen and crabby doctor Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) nearly makes up for the rest of the awful, awful cheap horror flick that is "Countrycide."
I've got half of the first season and all of season two to go, but I couldn't resist Children of Earth; the previews were far less campy, but the serious/silly/sweet tone seemed to remain. If you've not watched all of the series up til now, this new miniseries will spoil certain things for you, but I don't think Torchwood is the kind of thing you desperately need to remain unspoiled for. (Also, if you're at all an internet junkie, it's probably impossible. I knew things I didn't want to know about Children of Earth at least a week before it started airing here.)
But enough intro. Let's talk about the new show.
When Children of Earth begins, Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd), Jack and Gwen are all on slightly uncertain ground. Gwen's husband knows about her work, but remains outside the Torchwood sphere; Jack and Ianto are in a relationship, but they're still working out what it means and what it is; Ianto notices every time someone refers to the two of them as a couple. The Hub, Torchwood's headquarters, feels a little empty. A doctor Jack and Ianto meet seems a likely candidate for a new team member, though, and they do need a doctor.
And then things get strange. Across the U.K., all the children stop. Torchwood spots it. The Home Office spots it. Nearly two hours later, it happens again. This time, the children all speak in unison, repeating "We are coming." In a mental hospital yard, one adult does the same thing. No one knows why. In the government offices, a man explains that a transmission is coming across the 456 wavelength, which last squawked in 1965. The prime minister wants nothing to do with it, leaving the entire situation in the hands of a lower-level bureaucrat who, interestingly, has a fresh-faced, curious new employee.
"Day One" doesn't explain much. Instead, it drops kernels of information in among scenes that (re)establish relationships. Children, it turns out, are more in the lives of the Torchwood team than expected: Ianto goes to visit his sister, who asks him about the gorgeous man he was seen dining with. The moment when Ianto explains, about Jack, "It's not men. It's just him. It's only him," is so simple, so vulnerable, it's a wonder it's not the episode's most affecting scene. (It could have sounded, in the wrong actor's mouth, as if Ianto were denying his sexuality, but it doesn't; it sounds instead like love and devotion that doesn't care about gender. It's only Jack for Ianto, now.) But even before that, when Ianto walks into his sister's house and her two kids immediately take cash from his ready hands, there's a sense of familiarity that it would take a lesser show multiple episodes to establish.
Though it's a nice enough moment, the writers don't do quite as well with Jack's family, which (as I understand it) hasn't been seen before. He drops in on a single mother with a tow-headed son who calls Jack "Uncle," but their relationship is something else entirely. When the woman who is actually Jack's daughter tells him, "You make us feel old," it doesn't mean quite as much as it ought. To be fair, though, I did just watch the episode in which an old love of Jack's is killed by nasty, vicious fairies, so the fact that Jack is constantly having to watch his loved ones die didn't need reiterating for me just yet.
And then there's Gwen, whose husband is house-hunting when he points out to her that the strange moments when the children stopped were clearly set to U.K. time (one on the way to school, one at the first break in the school day), though they happened worldwide. It's Gwen who goes to find the lone adult who spoke when the children did; he's a strange, sad old man named Clem who smells things on people — including truth, and pregnancy. It might be too convenient that Gwen turns out to be pregnant at the beginning of a miniseries involving all the world's children, but in the episode's final, beautiful scene, conflicted emotions play across Myles' face after she scans her midriff and confirms Clem's statement. Jack stumbles in on her discovery, and sees, clearly, that she's still working out what this means to her. "That's good, isn't it?" he asks.
It's a very long pause before Gwen says, "It's brilliant," and a delighted, relieved Jack calls to Ianto, "We're having a baby!" He doesn't mean he and Gwen, or he and Ianto; he means the small group that is all that's left of Torchwood, and in that one line he reaffirms all the affection that's apparent even in the first episodes.
And then he puts his hand on the scanner, which confirms what the audience has already suspected: There's a bomb in Jack's stomach, planted there by agents who temporarily killed him at the behest of the government. Jack, who's been around for decades, knows too much about something. He can't die, but the reluctance of both Gwen and Ianto to run, to leave him to deal with this alone, to accept that they can't fix it or change it, only flee — it's only day one, and it's already heartbreaking.
Torchwood, like so many other shows I love, is on one level a story about making your own family, even if you love the one you were born into. Like Buffy's Scooby Gang or Battlestar's ragtag band of survivors, the employees of Torchwood (who apparently are paid quite well for their services, unlike the folks on those other two shows) are forging bonds under circumstances both ordinary and bizarre. They're just going to work. They're just saving the world. It's what they do.
Want more? io9 argues that Children of Earth: Day One is stronger than the entire first season. Should you want yet more commentary, I suggest you get yourself to LiveJournal, which is full of smart folks very kindly tucking their spoilers behind cut-tags. You'll find a mountain of fanfic and a lot of discussion links here.


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What animals do you have inside or outside (also wild animals) at your house?
I was looking out the front living room window today and noticed a squirrel running across the yard in the snow was so cool to see.
Also we have seen coyotes tracks in the snow and can hear them howling at night in the woods behind our house.
I have seen squirrels, rabbits, stray cats and dogs around our yard.
Inside: we have a shih tzu male dog and he is spoiled rotten
Thanks again for sharing and this will be fun to see what types of animals are around our yards


text: This book is one of the most comprehensive resources ever published for middle school choir directors - written, researched, and compiled by conductors and educators with a wealth of teaching experience. It is ideal for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the best choral literature for middle school singers and who wishes to learn from some of the seminal voices in the profession. In Part I, Sherri Porterfield discusses the role of assessment in middle school artistry; Judy Bowers outlines a hierarchy for independent part singing; Patrick Liebergen and Paul D. Head discuss selecting and preparing quality repertoire; James Jordan encourages the inner journey of a young singer; and Frank Abrahams introduces comprehensive musicianship through the lens of critical pedagogy and reciprocal teaching. Part II includes teacher resource guides for 80 works considered by these experts to be the best available for middle school choirs of all ability levels. Each teacher resource guide includes information about the composer or arranger, the composition, historical perspectives, technical and stylistic considerations, musical elements, form and structure analysis, and text guidelines. Each guide also contains valuable suggestions for rehearsing the music with middle school students. Resource recordings of many of the works are available on the companion CD (Set 1). The long-awaited second set of middle school choir recordings feature unison and canons, SA, SSA, SAA, TB, TTB and TTBB repertoire from the series. Of special interest are seven tracks featuring middle school choirs. These are beautiful recordings of some of the great repertoire in print for the middle school level that serve as excellent models of what great singing can be at this level.


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Last week we took a look at all the ICC hunter loot that could be purchased or crafted, as well as a bit of discussion about how the ICC itemization impacts hunters and the hunter specs.
This week we're going to dive in headfirst and dig through the piles of boss loot and see what gear comes out on top. I should note right off the bat that we have no idea at all what kind of loot the Lich King himself is hoarding. I wouldn't be surprised to find his loot is a higher iLevel than the rest of ICC, and likely what he has to offer will stomp the equivalent slot gear into a gooey gnome puddle. And no, he will not be dropping Frostmourne, though if he did I think we can all agree that a soul-devouring blade that corrupts and controls you is clearly a hunter weapon.
So join me after the cut as we take a look at Quel'delar, the Ashen Verdict rings, and everything else that drops in ICC worth looking at!


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A lacrimal gland tumor is a tumor in the glands that produce tears. These glands are located under the outer part of each eyebrow. Lacrimal gland tumors can be harmless (benign) or cancerous (malignant). About half of lacrimal gland tumors are benign.
You may first be examined by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist). You may then be evaluated by a head and neck doctor (otolaryngologist, or ENT), or a doctor who specializes in problems with the bony eye socket (orbit).
Tests usually include a CT or MRI scan.
Most lacrimal gland tumors will need to be removed with surgery. Cancerous tumors may need other treatment too, such as radiation or chemotherapy.
The outlook is generally excellent for noncancerous growths. The outlook for cancer depends on the type of cancer and stage at which it is discovered.
Hayek B, Esmali B. Lacrimal gland tumors. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009:chap 40.
Katz SE, Rootman J, Goldberg RA. Secondary and metastatic tumors of the orbit. In: Tasman W, Jaeger EA, eds. Duane's Ophthalmology. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009:chap 46.
Karcioglu ZA, Haik BG. Eye, orbit, and adnexal structures. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKena WG, eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 71.
Yanoff M, Cameron D. Diseases of the visual system. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 431.
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Location: Northwest Irrigation and Soils ResearchTitle: Management of curly top in sugarbeet with seed and foliar insecticides Author
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Submitted to: The Sugarbeet
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/12/2013
Publication Date: 4/1/2013
Citation: Strausbaugh, C.A., Wenninger, E.J., Eujayl, I.A. 2013. Management of curly top in sugarbeet with seed and foliar insecticides. The Sugarbeet. Spring: 15-17. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Curly top in sugarbeet can result in severe yield losses and is caused by Beet severe curly top virus (BSCTV) and other closely related Curtovirus spp. which are vectored by the beet leafhopper. Neonicotinoid seed treatments (Cruiser, NipsIt, and Poncho) have been shown to be an effective supplement to host resistance, but measures to extend control beyond the duration of seed treatment efficacy needs to be investigated. In 2012, a field study was arranged in a randomized complete block design with 8 replications and planted with the cultivar B-42. The 16 treatments included untreated and Poncho Beta treated seed with and without 6 foliar insecticides (applied 7 days before and 6 days after release of viruliferous beet leafhopper) and just Poncho and Poncho Votivo treated seed. On 22 Jun (59 days after planting), 6 beet leafhoppers per plant were released to ensure good disease pressure. Visual foliar ratings on the 15 Aug and 15 Sep indicated some seed and foliar treatments reduced (P < 0.0001) symptoms by 13 to 60% compared to the check. Root yields were increased (P < 0.0001) by 8 to 18% compared to the check. Estimated recoverable sucrose was increased (P < 0.0001) by 12 to 21% compared to the check. After the seed treatments lose efficacy, it would appear that the pyrethroid insecticides Asana and Mustang may be applied to help reduce curly top and aid in the control of other pests and insecticide resistance management.


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Free-to-air TV: Wednesday, February 20
Mr & Mrs Murder, Channel Ten, 8.30pm
DESPITE what the title suggests, this new drama created by Shaun Micallef and Jason Stephens, is about neither murder nor corpses. Rather, it's a quirky, laconic and gentle character-based comedy about a husband-and-wife team who clean up murder sites and are gifted with idiosyncratic minds that, almost by accident, deduce unusual crimes. Charlie (Micallef) is an amateur etymologist and hoarder of useless information; Nicola (Kat Stewart) is grounded, empathetic and a keen observer of life. Unwittingly aided by Nicola's belligerent niece Jess (Lucy Honigman), a dim detective (Jonny Pasvolsky) and a couple of their book-club regulars, their sleuthing sees them exploring the everyday strangeness of a skewiff modern world, such as cults fashioned around mythical heroes, weddings and modern art. It's wry and gently, if not laugh-out-loud, funny, and benefits enormously from Stewart's effortless charm.
Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell, ABC1, 8pm
SHAUN Micallef will be seen at almost the same time on two channels tonight - here and on Ten in the new drama Mr & Mrs Murder. The return season of his weekly news review show has been granted a friendlier slot and though it wasn't available for preview, it promises the same blend of absurd commentary on the events of the day, pitiless piss-takes of political interviews, nonsensical vox pops with self-appointed pundits and fake ads as ridiculous as the originals.
How To Get a Life: Love and Money, ABC2, 9.30pm
TONIGHT'S episode, the final in this ''lifestyle'' series, sees interminably perky Cherry Healey exploring how money affects relationships ''in a world obsessed with material wealth''. That doesn't really justify the Louis Theroux-lite segment in which she dons a latex catsuit to ''work'' in a dominatrix dungeon. If you've been watching the series you'll know Healey's ''social analysis'' doesn't run terribly deep. Her subjects are faintly engaging but by program's end she's come to no firm conclusion about her chosen topic.
The Good Wife, Channel Ten, 9.30pm
WHAT is it with Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) and cars? Will she ever stop wrecking them? While the intriguing backstory of her toxic marriage to thug Nick (Marc Warren) continues to unfurl, Eli Gold's (Alan Cumming) past also casts a long shadow on his political ambitions. In the courtroom, though, credibility is strained when Will (Josh Charles) and Alicia (Julianna Margulies) work on trials where two different men in different jurisdictions stand accused of the murder of the same victim.
Adam Hills: The Last Leg, ABC1, 9.30pm
ADAM Hills is no longer in Gordon Street, having relocated to Britain, but he's not altogether lost to Australian viewers. The Last Leg originated on Britain's Channel 4 as an irreverent take on the daily events of the 2012 Paralympic Games and was so successful further episodes were commissioned. The show was rightly applauded for its frank yet witty take on disability, with Hills, comedian Josh Widdicombe and sport journalist Alex Brooker serving as joke-masters. The spinoff series is a satiric take on the big events of the week, and while it's mostly focused on events in Britain, the banter and humour are terrifically entertaining.
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Naureen: Why thank you lol. Those are definitely my top shows right now. I'm not a really big fan of TV but I'll turn it on just for those. Do you lile Pretty Little Liars? I'm sad they won't air any new epiosdes until January ='(
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Dr. Ingegno has been in practice since 1967 and brings over 40 years of experience to the community. He was a member of the Beaufort Memorial medical staff from 2000-2006, and since has been associated with Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine and Comp Health in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dr. Ingegno received his medical degree from Downstate Medical Center at State University of New York, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. He also completed two fellowships in Gastroenterology at the VA Hospital in Brooklyn and at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology.
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Although the event has been previously offered, it did not take place due to a small-craft advisory on the lake. The camp is only open to 10 participants, and park employees are looking to fill all spots.
The event's purpose is to let the kids get out, enjoy nature and explore the beauty of the lake. Participants will meet at the Vistor Center at 10 a.m. June 22 and will kayak out to the camp spot, set up camp and discover all the great things that Lake Dardanelle has to offer.
All of the activities the kids do will be water based. They will kayak, learn about water systems, creatures in the water, and the water shed.
"I'm very excited," park Interpreter Sasha Bowles said. "It'll be a lot of fun. It's a different kind of camp than we usually have."
The kayak camp out is only one of two overnight camps offered by the park. The ACE (aquatic conservatory experience) took place last weekend.
Although everything else is geared toward younger kids, the park is excited to offer something to older children.
"We have a lot of kids that come to our day camps, and then they get older and we don't have anything for them," Bowles said. "This gives them an opportunity to still do things at the park."
Participants will return back to the Visitor Center at 1 p.m. June 23. Registration for the event is $75 and will include meals, equipment, and an instruction fee.
There is limited space available, and the latest date to register is June 15. Registration forms can be picked up at Lake Dardanelle State Park's Visitor Center, by fax or email. Call 967-5516 for more details.
Read more: The Courier - Your Messenger for the River Valley - Kayak campout scheduled at lake


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Byers Peak Climber's Log
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|Foxy Long Bottoms
|Nice & Mellow
Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2016
|From the Byers Peak Trailhead with Lee
|Posted Oct 31, 2016 10:50 am
|Beautiful hike.
Date Climbed: Jun 19, 2016
|Still some snow in the trees and on the ridge but no major problems. Some amazing views from the top. Very nice mountain.
|Posted Jun 19, 2016 11:23 pm
|New Byers Peak Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2013
|My original plan was to hike Greenhorn Mountain south of Pueblo, but I decided to stay closer to Denver. I started around 7AM, reached the summit around 9:30, got back down around 11:30. I didn't see anyone on the way up, until I got near the summit and a trail runner passed me. There were more hikers on the way down. The weather was sunny and beautiful, but with the breeze, we're starting to move into the cooler months. I wanted to go over to Bottle directly from Byers, but I could not find the trail in the trees, and besides, the clouds were already starting to build up. There will be another time.
|Posted Aug 31, 2013 4:58 pm
|Route: Trail from Frasier Experimental Forest
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2012
|Great time. Not many people, just a couple of mountain goats. The tundra was starting to change for autumn. Beautiful hike.
|Posted May 12, 2013 9:43 pm
|Bills and Byers
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2012
|Took the Kinney Creek trail to St Louis Divide trail, up Bills, then out and back to Byers and another out and back to PT 12686 A. A windy day, seemed the wind was always in my face no matter which direction I was going, but luckily the temps were good. Great views in this area of the Gore and IPW!
|Posted Oct 20, 2012 8:49 pm
|Byers and Bills
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2012
|Wife, pup and I on a nice loop of the area from Byers Peak Trailhead.
|Posted Aug 13, 2012 7:59 am
|East Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2011
|Beautiful hike, views, and weather! I love this peak-it is a great reconditioner for my post-partum regime! A family of mountain goats greeted us at the summit!
|Posted Sep 1, 2011 7:22 am
|Summit Surprise
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2011
|We were the only ones on the mountain as we approached the summit. I was 1st to the summit by 45 minutes. As I approached a mountain goat was standing guard at the summit stick. Very cool experience.
|Posted Aug 21, 2011 6:27 pm
|Brian Kalet
|With 9810, Ninemile Mountain & Genesee Mountain.
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2010
|Posted Oct 11, 2010 1:25 pm
|A fun climb
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 1995
|I really liked this climb. Short and steep with some fun scrambling on the summit ridge. The weather was excellent and the view was fantastic!
|Posted May 12, 2009 10:23 pm
|Had the mountain to myself
Date Climbed: May 25, 2008
|Besides the two guys at the trailhead I had the mountain to myself. There was a lot of snow up there yet and I'm pretty sure that was the biggest cornice I've personally been around. Impressive. I'll have to upload a pic.
|Posted Jun 2, 2008 3:14 am
|Multiple routes and approaches
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 1989
|Great mountain I used to live near and climb all the time, the first when I was 7. Nice little afternoon trip. Perfect view from the summit. Usually never saw anyone up in there on our traverses of the Vasquez during the weekdays. Favorite place in Colorado, by far.
|Posted Aug 9, 2007 10:45 pm
|Great climb from the Winter Park area
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 1996
|We spotted a couple of mountain goats and barely made it back to the car with enough light to see our feet. A wonderful after work climb!
|Posted Feb 13, 2007 3:54 am
|Followed church group up
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 1997
|Loop with Ptarmigan and Bottle
|Posted May 10, 2006 9:39 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard from trailhead Date Climbed: July 15, 1990
|Lots of false summits but a great hike. Excellent views from the top.
|Posted Aug 14, 2005 9:59 pm
|Route Climbed: Nw Route Date Climbed: July 30th, 2005
|I found this to be a great hike with a wonderful view of RMNP. The directions to the trailhead as posted on this site are misleading. Follow the sins in the forest, and you should be fine. The trailhead now starts about 1 mile down the road from the actual trailhead (you must follow a closed portion of the road up about a mile and 500 vertical feet). Storms rolled in around 1:30 PM.
|Posted Aug 1, 2005 5:17 pm
|Route Climbed: Old Byers Peak Trail Date Climbed: June 1999
|One of the first few mountains I summited...and very dear to my heart since I looked at it practically every day when I lived in my first mountain environment, the Fraser Valley.
|Posted Jul 28, 2005 6:38 pm
|Route Climbed: Byers Peak Trail Date Climbed: July 24th 2004
|Great hike. Short but steep.
|Posted Aug 23, 2004 4:19 pm
|Route Climbed: normal
|Carried by mom at 13 months old.
|Posted Mar 16, 2004 6:38 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: June 1, 2002
|Camped at timeberline and hiked to the suumit by 7 am. A glorius early morning ascent. Snow was still prevalent on the peaks and I enjoed a magnificent view of the Gores to the west and the Indian Peaks to the east. Byers is a prominent summit with a mighty view. My dog Sopris was along for the summit ride on this mountain.
Jon Bradford
|Posted Nov 8, 2003 8:04 pm


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text: On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Håkon Bugge wrote: > we did a study of two different Gigabit ethernet switches from one > particular vendor on a 16-node XEON cluster (2.4GHz dual XEON, > 400MHz FSB, Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet > (rev 15)). We run a number of benchmarks every night on the cluster > as part of our regression testing for Scali MPI Connect(synthetic, > application benchmarks and applications). Although we ran on a > _very_ little system, that is not of the fastest these days, we > observed significant differences. I thought the findings might be of > interest to the community, not necessarily as a guide to which > switch to purchase, but merely as a motivation to assess the quality > of the switches to consider in a purchase. We found similar differences when comparing two Fast Ethernet switches for the 128-node cluster "Xibalba" at ETH Zurich. The cheaper of the two swiches was advertised with full performance, which it simply couldn't fulfill. Our comparison was done with microbenchmarks as well as different application benchmarks (including HPL). We also compared these numbers with a very cheap and limited maintenance network (based on a tree of small switches). While the cheap maintenance network had a much lower performance, its price/performance ratio was actually much better than for the other switches. If you are interested in more details, have a look at the following paper: Christian Kurmann, Felix Rauch, Thomas M. Stricker: "Cost/Performance Tradeoffs in Network Interconnects for Clusters of Commodity PCs", Proceedings of Workshop on Communication Architecture for Clusters, April 22, 2003, Nice, France. The full paper is here: http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/stricker/cops/cac03/cac03-kurmann-rauch-stricker.pdf The slides of the talk (with some additional graphcs): http://www.cs.inf.ethz.ch/stricker/cops/cac03/cac03-talk-rauch.pdf - Felix -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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BENNINGTON -- Police said the passenger of a car, pulled over at a traffic stop Saturday, drove off while they were talking to the driver, who ultimately was charged with having stolen the car and being intoxicated while driving it.
Raymond W. Widmann, 49, of Troy, N.Y., pleaded not guilty Monday in Bennington Superior Court Criminal Division to aggravated vehicle operation without the owner's consent, and first offense of driving under the influence of alcohol. He was released on $25,000 bail and a condition he not drive.
According to an affidavit by Bennington Police Officer Joshua Stemp, on Saturday at 1:52 a.m. he was parked at the Mid-Town Motel on Main Street when a 2012 Mazda sedan drove by at 42 mph, 12 mph over the posted speed limit. Stemp said he followed the vehicle to the area around the Old First Church and had it pull over.
Stemp wrote that Widmann was the driver and he had one passenger. While he was speaking to Widmann near the rear of the vehicle, its engine started and the vehicle drove off. Stemp said other officers responded and located the vehicle about 400 yards to the west, but no one was in it and no one was located nearby.
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Stemp wrote in an additional affidavit that he found Widmann to be in possession of a hypodermic needle as well as five small wax paper bags along with a pipe containing a burned residue. Stemp wrote that based on his training and experience, these items were heroin paraphernalia. He wrote that there was not enough material to be field tested, but Widmann showed signs of intoxication. Stemp wrote that he did not perform field sobriety exercises and Widmann refused to take a breath test.
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Emblematic of the new breed is the Paradigm Cinema 330 home theater speaker system, comprising Cinema 330 satellites, Cinema ADP surrounds, and Ultracube subwoofer. The largest in a line of siblings that also includes the Cinema 110 and 220, the 330 satellites follow a design trend that thins cabinet depth to accommodate wall-mounting with plasma and LCD TVs. At about 4 inches deep, the speakers are flatter than most flat-screens. Thoughtfully, Paradigm supplies beveled mounting brackets to create an angle toward the listening position. Absent wall-mounting, the contour of the rigid plastic cabinets makes it impossible to position the 330 vertically without speaker stands, though an included bracket lets you use it horizontally for the center channel. Cleverly, the Paradigm badge is attached to each of the grilles with fridge magnets, so they can be made readable with either orientation. (Or you can skip all that and use them in the kitchen to post your grocery list.)
The ADP surrounds are dipoles, with a pair of drivers firing from each side and none in front. Much ink, and some blood, has been shed debating direct radiator vs. dipole speakers. The former provide more precise imaging, while the latter provide the more ambient sound often preferred for movie soundtracks. The lightweight ADPs are easily wall-mounted using their keyhole slots.
The Ultracube subwoofer showcases another design trend, that of the Incredible Shrinking Mini Sub. Understandably, huge bass output and a small cabinet are hard to reconcile, but the Ultracube tackles the problem: three of its six sides have radiators. There's a 10-inch active driver firing downward (powered by a 650-watt RMS digital amplifier) as well as two passive 9-inch radiators on opposite sides.
SETUP For this short visit, I skipped wall-mounting and attached two of the Cinema 330s to Premier LS25 steel-and-glass speaker stands supplied by Paradigm ($139 a pair). Once assembled, this pair handsomely flanked my Samsung DLP display. For center-channel duty, I placed a third Cinema 330 horizontally under my TV. A pair of ADPs went along the side walls and a third ADP along the back wall. Since these are dipoles, I aimed the side-wall ADPs with their drivers pointing to the front and back, and the rear-wall ADP with its drivers aiming toward the side walls.
To complete the decimal point in my 6.1 system, I dropped the Ultracube at a proven spot along my front wall. Bass response is significantly affected by subwoofer placement, so if you're a newbie, take some time to find the best spot. For example, you'll generally get more bass in a corner but sometimes tighter bass when you move the sub out and into the room. After a little bit of tuning with test music to get the sub to blend nicely with the three front speakers, I was ready for some serious listening.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 2:15 PM
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Family ties a factor in SRV Fire race, incumbent says
Original post made on Nov 7, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 2:15 PM
a resident of Danville
on Nov 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Well, it sounds like the SRV Fire District board has representatives of the firefighters' fraternity and well as relatives & associations with the union.
Makes for interesting negotiations. I would expect those board members that have such relationships & associations will recuse themselves when involved in evaluating & negotiating union contracts.
Basic Question: So, who is representing me, the taxpayer??
a resident of Danville
on Nov 7, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Using reserves to balance it's budget and pay salaries? Wake up people!!!
I drive past our local Fire Station twice a day, there are never less than 12 personal vehicles parked in the lot. I'm all for strong Police and Fire coverage, but why can 3 Police Officers keep Danville safe every night but it takes at least 12 Firefighters at this one station?
Follow the money...
a resident of San Ramon
on Nov 8, 2012 at 6:27 pm
We must drive by the same Fire House. I have the same reaction about the staffing there.
I am told the San Ramon Valley Fire District is the CADILLAC ESCALADE CAPITAL of the USA. Now, watch all those big SUVs disappear!!!
a resident of Danville
on Nov 9, 2012 at 8:34 am
The problem is not exclusive to Danville/Alamao. Firefighters have a tough job "at times " but the compensation, pensions and overall benefits are very candidly, obscene ! I truly hope the trend reverses very soon. It is akin to tenured teachers !
a resident of Vista Grande Elementary School
on Nov 9, 2012 at 8:57 am
Taxpayer alert....I noticed Roxanne Lindsay (who wisely stepped down from the Board) now has a new job with the Altamount Commuter Express.
Hopefully she has no fiduciary responsibility in this political patronage position given her key role in bringing the Fire District to the brink of bankruptcy.


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- Lilja chapel, by UPM in OuluThe Lilja Chapel is an amazing temporary structure for meditation made entirely from prefabricated panels. Conceived by UPM Architects, the transportable unit is constructed from WISA plywood, and it has been designed to be open, airy and infused with natural light. After winning a student design competition the chapel was constructed in the city of Oulu in northern Finland. Set amongst a spectacular landscape, the windows of this beautiful structure look outward to frame the stunning Nordic landscape.1
- Lilja chapel, by UPM in OuluThe designers made sure to avoid specific religious symbols.2
- Lilja chapel, by UPM in Oulu, image by Vesa-OivaA triangular glass wall looks out over the surrounding trees.3
- Lilja chapel, by UPM in OuluThe structure remains a calming site for refuge and serenity.4
- Lilja chapel, by UPM in OuluThe designers ensured the striking structure would be a lasting testament to medative design.5
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Hi there we recently moved into a new flat and I am not a fan of bugs especially when I find them crawling on my bed. These bugs were initially seen in the Shower when we moved in, there were quite a few. We thought perhaps they came up the drain... well it has been a few days and we have used conventional bug spray but it doesn't seem to be helping. There are two types of bugs, the first is some sort of beetle about as big as this -> 0 The second bug is very thin and roughly the length of my finger nail. I have never seen these kinds of bugs before. Please help. Sorry the pictures aren't too great.
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The first one looks like a moth, just let it out.
The second looks like a grain beetle so needs some investigation, eg is there any where in the house a store of old bird seed or something that they could be feeding on? If Yes, chuck it all out. You need to find the food source.
Hope this helps
there was a whole swarm of the moths in the shower when we moved in. As for the beetle we have had a search but find nothing. It seems to really like our shower and our bedroom.
If your moths looked like this, here's some more info
You could hope that the old food stuff was dumped before you moved in leaving just the last of the beetles. I'd check in the loft if there is one for any infestation, as well as everywhere else
there is no loft :-( there are other apartments above us and below us. I can knock on some doors and see if anyone else is having these issues. I just don't want to have our furniture and clothing and such infested since it would mean yet again starting over, and we just can't afford that. :-(
I replace 'grain' for BISCUIT beetle if this is the second pic ID
Just to say that I agree with Bird Wocha's IDs: clothes moth and biscuit beetle.


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Thirty-nine of the largest LGBT equality groups saw their revenues fall by an average of 20 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the Movement Advancement Project, a Denver-based think tank. According to a CQ Weekly article about the report posted on Congress.org, the groups' combined revenues fell from $202.7 million in 2008 to $161.3 million in 2009, falling short of total expenses by $4.3 million:
Final revenue figures for last year are not yet available, but the report says the 39 groups responded to a bad 2009 by slashing their budgets last year to $135.4 million, 21 percent lower than in 2008. Among the groups participating in the survey were stalwarts of the gay rights movement such as the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"The revenue drop reflects two things: the economic climate and some frustration at the pace of change in 2009," says Ineke Mushovic, the Movement Advancement Project's executive director. She expects that the burst of policy gains in late 2010 and early 2011, combined with a recovering economy, may create a better picture when the report is next updated.
Below are some other key findings listed in a press release about the report. Download the full report by going here:
• The 39 participating organizations' combined 2009 expenses of $165.6 million are only half of the combined annual expenses of just the 10 largest organizations working to oppose LGBT equality ($333.1 million).
• Many organizations are scaling back their programs in order to align with available resources. Combined 2010 budgets ($135.4 million) are down 18 percent from 2009 expenses ($165.6 million).
• General financial health remains strong. Organizations have good and rising average working capital (a measure of cash reserves), declining but still-healthy liquidity ratios (funds to cover current obligations), and steady cash and net assets (which speaks to institutional durability).
• Movement groups are highly efficient in their fundraising and programming operations, with all 39 participants exceeding the efficiency standards of both the American Institute of Philanthropy and the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. An average of 79 percent of expenses is spent on programs and services, 9 percent on management and general expenses, and only 12 percent on fundraising.
• Less than 4 percent of all LGBT adults in the U.S. donated $35 or more to these LGBT organizations. While organizations are generally effective at retaining smaller donors (those giving $35 or more) year over year, the number of larger donors (those giving $1,000 or more) is dropping and not easily replaced.
• The staffs of participating organizations are diverse, roughly mirroring the broader U.S. population: 32 percent identify as people of color (12 percent African American, 12 percent Latino/a, 7 percent Asian/Pacific Islander and 1 percent Native American or other). Also, 46 percent are women and 6 percent identify as transgender.


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Sharks leave field in eighth; game with Suns suspended
PITTSFIELD -- In Wahconah Park's long history, just about everything that can happen on a baseball field happened.
But there's a first time for everything.
Right after the benches emptied following a questionable hard slide by Pittsfield Suns baserunner Jimmy Ricoy against second baseman Andrew Barry in the eighth inning, Martha's Vineyard manager Ernie May pulled his Sharks off the field. He put them on their bus, forcing the game to be suspended.
"As a league, we have made a decision to suspend until we have a meeting [today]," Suns manager Jamie Keefe said late Thursday night. The Suns were leading 5-1 at the time the suspension was declared. They had a runner on third with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Presumably, the game will be completed on Monday when the Sharks make a return visit to Wahconah Park.
"That's my first bench clearing I've been a part of," said Suns starting pitcher Matt Timoney. "I don't know why they didn't finish the game. I was confused by that."
There was little confusion in the mind of May, who said he made the move as a precaution.
"[Ricoy] cleared the second baseman out on sort of a barrel roll play at second and exceeded past the bag. It should have been an automatic double play," May said before boarding the bus. "I'm more concerned about player safety. I thought [the umpires] didn't have a resolution when I went out to talk to them about it."
Ricoy was gunned down at second after he hit an RBI single to plate Ryan Deitrich and make the score 5-1. Running on the play, Brendan Slattery went from first to third. Sharks' first baseman Apolinar De La Cruz cut off the throw from center and threw back to Barry, who had Ricoy out by a couple of steps.
The "barrel roll" slide caused the two combatants to push a little and bark, and before you knew it, both benches emptied.
"I thought our guys might retaliate and throw at them and they might retaliate and throw at us," May said. "It becomes a player safety issue. I'm not going to watch kids get hit. It's not worth it."
There was confusion among the remaining members of the announced crowd of 715, among the players on the field and with the Suns coaching staff.
"You have guys busting their butts and the manager pulls them from the field. What are you going to do?" Keefe said. "They want to finish the game. The umpires want to finish the game and we want to finish the game. He feels it's a safety reason, and he's trying to protect his guys."
Keefe did have a postgame meeting with his players to discuss what happened.
However this game is finally scored, it was a good comeback effort for Timoney.
The right-hander from Harvard, who gave up five runs on five hits in seven innings during his last start, gave up an unearned run on six hits in seven innings. He pitched out of two bases-loaded jams. The Sharks didn't score either time. He walked three and struck out one.
Catcher Steve Dill, who caught Timoney at Harvard, said the righty didn't have his best stuff. The pitcher concurred.
"In the beginning, I just wasn't feeling it, so you just have to bear down and challenge hitters more," said Timoney. "You can't try to hit your spot perfectly. You have to go right after guys."
Martha's Vineyard starter Ryan Brockett, the reigning Futures League pitcher of the week, was coming off pitching eight perfect innings in his last outing. Thursday night, he retired the first six batters before walking Tito Marrero on a 3-2 pitch to open the third.
That led to a three-run, three-hit inning. The key hit came off the bat of Ryan Deitrich, who ripped a two-run single up the middle.
The Sharks return to Wahconah Park on Monday night.
"If Ernie can get all of his guys on the same page, I'm not worried about it," said Keefe. "We'll go out and play a good baseball game."
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