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People of OpenSnow
Joel Gratz
Founding Meteorologist & CEO
Joel really (really) likes three things: Weather, snow, and skiing.
After a childhood spent ski racing and teaching skiing at Shawnee Mountain in Pennsylvania, Joel attended Penn State to study meteorology and to continue ski racing.
After graduating at the top of his meteorology class in 2003, Joel moved to Boulder, Colorado to enjoy the good life in Colorado and to attend graduate school. While earning a Masters in Environmental Studies and an MBA, Joel realized that forecasting snow in the big mountains of Colorado was very difficult and missed a few incredible powder days due to inaccurate forecasts made by himself and others.
Vowing to not miss another powder day, Joel studied the mountain weather patterns of Colorado and started sharing forecasts in 2007 via an email list called Colorado Powder Forecast.
In 2009, Joel moved his forecasts online to ColoradoPowderForecast.com, and this site became known as the go-to source for snow forecasts in Colorado. In 2010, Joel left his full-time employer to start a business around forecasting weather and skiing powder. And during 2011, a fortuitous thing happened and Joel met another meteorologist and programmer named Andrew Murray. The two teamed up to create OpenSnow.com and the rest is (snowy) history.
Joel still lives in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, home to an incredible number of supportive entrepreneurs. You can find Joel skiing deep powder both in bounds and in the backcountry, as well as hiking, biking, and chasing thunderstorms in the summer months.
Andrew Murray
Technical Founder & Meteorologist
[email protected] | @asketchyfish
Hailing from the fine state of Minnesota, Andrew is the brains behind the code and design of the site. He is a life-long skier, meteorologist and an expert in web design, development, and working with weather data. While studying meteorology and computer science at the University of Utah, he also built the popular site Utah Ski Weather.
After graduation, Andrew spent time working at NOAA's National Weather Service as the Geospatial and Mobile Program Manager for Western Region Headquarters. There he was part of the team that developed and built Interactive NWS, a mobile alerting system for emergency managers. Due to this work, he was the recipient of the NOAA Administrator's Award, a prestigious honor within the Department of Commerce.
After leaving NOAA, Andrew continued his work as a web developer in the atmospheric sciences field at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. After working about a year, he decided to follow his true passions for mountain meteorology and left to work full time with Joel on both Chance of Weather and OpenSnow.
Most recently Andrew made the move from Boulder, Colorado to Minneapolis, Minnesota and became OpenSnow's eyes on the ground for the Upper Midwest.
When not programming or staring at clouds, Andrew skis, bikes, hikes, and likes to travel to far-away lands and sleep on couches (with the owner's permission, of course).
As the Technical Founder, Andrew's main job is to feed the penguins that run the servers, take awesome photos and videos while skiing the slopes, and occasionally go buy the six-packs.
Bryan Allegretto
Partner & Tahoe Snow Forecaster
[email protected] | @TahoeWeather
Bryan Allegretto has made a name for himself as the go to guy for long-range snowfall predictions for the Lake Tahoe ski region.
Bryan grew up on the Jersey Shore and his obsession with big coastal storms goes back as far as he can remember. At a young age he would assist his father, who was in charge of making sure the major highways stayed clear of snow, in tracking down snow storms.
Bryan honed in on his amateur forecasting skills to plan ski vacations full of powder into his highschool years. As soon as he had a license to drive Bryan was tracking down big Nor-Easters and purposely trying to get himself stuck in the middle of the deepest powder dumps the Northeast had to offer.
Bryan studied meteorology at Kean University and not long after graduating decided he needed to fulfill his snow obsession and move to the where some of the biggest snows fall in the country, Lake Tahoe. Over the past decade he has used his storm tracking skills to track down the powder dumps for the Lake Tahoe region. His forecasting accuracy has gained him a spot as one of the regions best forecasters.
Sam Collentine
Operations Manager & Colorado Forecaster
[email protected] | @samcollentine
Sam grew up in the small Front Range town of Windsor, Colorado and on most weekends during the winter, he was lucky enough to be able to fine tune his ski and snowboard skills at Vail Mountain.
Sam attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received his BA in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Atmospheric Science. While attending CU, he was a Weather Intern at Channel 7 News in Denver, a Learning Assistant to undergraduate level Atmospheric Science courses, and a Meteorologist Intern for Joel Gratz here at OpenSnow.com. In the summer following graduation, Sam interned at the National Weather Service in Boulder until joining OpenSnow full time in September of 2013.
When skiing or snowboarding isn't possible, you will most likely find Sam mountain biking, trail running, or climbing one of Colorado's 14ers.
Eric Strassburger
Director of Partnerships
Eric hails from Peoria, IL but lived in eight different places growing up. He learned to ski in one of them (Arizona) and love the sport in another (Colorado).
Eric attended Creighton University where he received his BA in Visual Communications (focusing on advertising, graphic design and public relations), along with receiving a Certificate in Business. He took his talents to the seven seas after graduation and worked on three different cruise ships over two years. After meeting his eventual wife on his second contract, they moved to Denver where Eric began a tenure with The Denver Post that lasted a little over a decade. He met Joel Gratz at an event in 2010 and started representing both fronts (OpenSnow.com and The Denver Post) during the 2013-2014 ski season before joining OpenSnow full-time in July of 2016.
When not helping partners or hitting the slopes and trails, Eric loves to spend time with his growing family and cure his travel bug.
Evan Thayer
Utah Snow Forecaster
[email protected] | @WasatchSnow
It wasn't long after learning to walk that Evan was learning to ski. Skiing fresh snow became a passion for him even as a child – and growing up in Tahoe allowed for plenty of powder days. Obsessively checking weather maps and reading meteorological journals eventually led him to making his own snowfall predictions.
In college, Evan honed his snow forecasting skills while studying at Colorado State University and skiing the Rockies. Many holidays, however, were spent travelling to Utah to ski the Wasatch where Evan found the combination of quality and quantity of snow unmatched.
Evan and his wife moved to Utah soon after completing school and they have lived there ever since. He has continued his dream of forecasting snow and skiing big mountains. To Evan, "The Greatest Snow on Earth," is more than just a motto -- it's a way of life. In 2010, he started Wasatch Snow Forecast as a way to share the best powder days with his fellow snow-lovers. Evan brings the same quality forecasts and weather discussions to OpenSnow.com and hopes you enjoy skiing/riding Utah as much as he does.
Larry Schick
Northwest Meteorologist
Like a deep powder skier exploring new territory, Larry is on a planned, yet unpredictable journey of fun.
He grew up under the warm, sunny skies of Laguna Beach, California. Surrounded by breathtaking seascapes, he played in the ocean - enjoying an idyllic childhood. Think Norman Rockwell meets the Beach Boys.
He discovered surfing (board & body board) while surrounding himself with the joys of beach living. He soon realized the ocean offered infinite entertainment value. Observing ocean swells, waves, tides and beach topography, he deluded himself into thinking he had a knack for predicting quality surf.
He claims he really never saw snow until he attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona at 7000ft. From his home base in the dorm, he skied the high southwest including Arizona and Colorado to Utah
Much to his astonishment and his parent's relief, he obtained a degree. He was heard to boast of a 4.0, but that was probably his senior year BAC. His diploma was in Earth Science and Weather Forecasting. But he wondered, what was one to do with this newfound knowledge?
He had a driving ambition to tell people about the weather. He went on a crusade to get his dream job as a TV meteorologist. After an intensely focused six-month search and more than a hundred resumes, infinite conversations, aided by detailed research into the television industry, then pursuing dozens of dead end leads - there were no interviews and certainly no offers.
But alas, there was a sudden change in the wind. Somehow he talked his way into an on air TV weathercasting job in beautiful Monterey, California. This was a charming piece of salesmanship and confidence, as he had no on air television experience.
Unlike most TV weather people of the time, he had a weather degree and sometimes actually knew what he was talking about. It seems people noticed that distinction, garnering him a growing and very loyal audience. He peppered his nightly weathercasts with humor, science education and always an accurate forecast. In this case, the college education did pay off.
Living in the stunning coastal city of Monterey, he skied the nearby Sierra Nevada in on his days off. He was hooked on deep powder skiing at Kirkwood and all the Lake Tahoe resorts.
To his surprise, a phone call came from another extraordinary place – Seattle. It was the prestigious KING – TV and they wanted him to be their on air morning broadcast meteorologist. He accepted immediately. The TV station manager was disappointed when Larry said he couldn't start for six weeks. Larry was shading the truth. Who could blame him? A monster El Nino was in progress, hammering California. He had a season pass to ski Kirkwood. The "Wood" was getting pounded with daily, epic powder, weeks of dumpage, with no end. Also, during that month, he went on a seven day trip skiing in Canada. You can see how playing in the snow often directed his life and took priority.
He finally got settled in Seattle and did the weather on TV for the next two decades, skiing the Cascades, B.C., Oregon , Idaho and Montana. He won awards for his TV science journalism reporting and also a national award for snowsports reporting. His ski trips for the station were often cleverly disguised as a news report, blurring the lines between work and play to his advantage.
He finally left TV after 25 years of daily TV broadcasts. He now works in water management, as a meteorologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle. He forecasts large floods, while working with massive dams, big water and flood control. It's a fascinating and exciting job.
Larry cherry picks the best powder days to ski. He has skied more than 60 ski areas in the Western U.S. and British Columbia – including cat and heli skiing.
Larry can also be seen in Hawaii, reliving his early beach days and getting some waves.
His ride continues. The path is lined with fresh snow and perfect waves.
Coleen Haskell
Idaho Meteorologist
A native of Boulder County Colorado, Coleen took a keen interest in weather growing up downstream from the Big Thompson Canyon flood of 1976. She began her professional career in meteorology serving 11 years as a weather specialist in the Air National Guard. Concurrently, she earned a BS degree in Meteorology from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado.
From there she embarked on a 20-year career with NOAA's National Weather Service in Denver and Boise, Idaho pursuing mountain weather forecasting as an Incident Meteorologist (IMET) working for fire management teams across the nation. During non-fire season, Coleen enjoyed working with forest specialists including avalanche forecasters, snow-seeders, pilots, water supply forecasters, and winter recreation enthusiasts alike.
After leaving NOAA she joined forces with the US Forest Service/Predictive Services as the National Assistant Program Manager working closely with the 10 Geographic Area Coordination Center meteorologists, and providing weather briefings for decision support and resource management.
Currently, Coleen is the Technology Transfer Specialist/Communications Director for the BLM's Joint Fire Science Program in Boise, Idaho. She collaborates with research scientists, land managers, policy-makers, and decision-makers through a network of 15 regional consortia.
After 15 years in Boise, Coleen calls Idaho home. She enjoys searching for outdoor adventure with her family and friends. Like Bruce the OpenSnow Official Snowman & Powder Lover, Coleen is an avid snow seeker. She skis both alpine and Nordic but also finds snow and mountain air by bicycle or hiking the trails near bluegrass festivals.
Bob Ambrose
Montana Snow Forecaster
Hailing from New England, Bob made his first trip West as a teenager to ski at Taos, New Mexico. It did not take him long to realize that ski racing on New Hampshire ice paled in exhilaration to carving first tracks down an alpine bowl on a powder morning in the Rockies…even on 210's. Being ski-centric, he followed his passion westward.
After graduating from the University of Nevada with a B.S. degree, Bob moved to Lake Tahoe to work and… ski as much as he possibly could. Watching storms roll over the Sierra Crest into the Tahoe Basin was perhaps the start of his obsession with weather. Growing this fascination by analyzing satellite, radar and moisture data when tracking low-pressure systems allowed him to predict future powder days and most importantly, which days-off he wanted each week. His ski buddies had it easy and he seldom bought beers.
With all that money he saved, he and his newfound wife Rachel made the move to Missoula, Montana where the snow is lighter and the mountains less traveled. The knack for forecasting eventually grew to be part of Bob's professional career. Being a producer of outdoor adventure television shows, it is his responsibility to provide filmcrews with detailed forecasts and thus safely preparing them for multi-day assignments in the mountains, deserts, jungles, and tundra. For almost twenty years producing shows all over the world his crews have always been 100% prepared for what nature throws at them.
Still living in Missoula, Montana, Bob spends his free time skiing Lost Trail Pass in the Bitterroots, mountain biking single track, peak bagging and fly-fishing to hungry trout. You may have a hard time finding Bob in the winter as he has so many powder stashes and doesn't tell anyone where they are. Well, except Rachel…
Powderchaser Steve
Powderchaser Steve has over 30 years of experience chasing storms based on his weather knowledge, and local knowledge of resorts on both the east and west coasts. HIs snow intel will likely land him at the deepest resort and almost never missing "First chair" in the process. Follow "The Chase" on Open Snow to find out where the deepest freshies may be falling.
Bruce the Snowman
Official Snowman & Powder Lover
Who is Bruce? Nobody knows for sure. One day he might be a snowman. Another day he's a skier dressed in 80s gear. The only thing we know is that Bruce is unreasonably excited about snow, though sometimes he acts a bit odd.
When Bruce is not hittin the slopes or chasing powder across the country, you can find him enjoy the après-ski life, and flirting with the ladies.


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While spring notions cool breezes & colorful blooms, summer reminds beaches & berries, fall cues halloween & pumpkins, winter sparks snow and comfort foods!
Although we are still enjoying some warm days, the nights are getting pretty cold. We have been indulging in some delicious and easy comfort foods such as casseroles, mac n cheese, hot soups & sammies on these chilly evenings. To me comfort foods are foods that drive the dullness and boredom away and bring on some motivation and coziness!
This shepherd's pie is one such recipe which gives warmth from within and helps enjoy the cold winter evenings. Unlike the traditional shepherd's pie which has beef as its main ingredient, you will find tons of healthy vegetables in this recipe. The cumin and coriander powder gives this dish a slight Indian twist while kale is the secret ingredient which gives it a 'wow' effect!
Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
2-3 TBS olive oil
1/2 tsp cumin coriander powder
1 1/2 cups of mixed frozen vegetables (I used corn, peas, beans and carrots)
1 cup frozen corn
1 cup asparagus, cut in 1 inch sticks
2 cups of kale, chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic, grated
1/4 tsp nutmeg, grated
2 TBS tomato puree
1-2 TBS soy sauce
2 TBS all purpose flour
2 medium potatoes, cubed
1/4 cup whole milk
1/2 cup gouda cheese, grated
1/4 cup whole milk mozzarella, grated
Salt & Pepper
In a medium sized sauce pan bring water and the potatoes to a boil with the lid on. Remove the lid when the water comes to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender. Turn the heat off, drain the water and mash the potatoes. Add 1/4 cup grated gouda cheese, milk, salt & pepper and mix well. This is the topping for the pie.
Heat olive oil in a sauce pan, add the cumin coriander powder and saute the mixed vegetables, corn & asparagus for about 5-10 minutes. Add the kale and saute until the leaves begin to wilt. Add the garlic, nutmeg, tomato puree and soy sauce and mix well. Add the flour and cook for about 2 minutes, mixing well. Turn the heat off.
Spray with cooking oil, a 8X8 baking dish or casserole dish. Pour the vegetable mix in the dish. Top with the mashed potatoes. Spread the remaining cheese on top.
Broil until the cheese has melted and browned, about 2-3 minutes.
Serve hot with garlic bread.

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Hey! We're LJ & Luke and we much prefer being behind the camera than in front of it. We got married in July 2012 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland (LJ's hometown). We now live in Newport, South Wales (Luke's hometown). We love to travel and go to places we've never been before, so much so that we've put it at the top of our bucket list. We love discovering new cafes, cooking outside, hanging out with our friends (we've been blessed with some awesome friends), all kinds of adventures and laughing till we weep.
Oh, and our cat Seamus.
LJ according to Luke
What can I say about my wife? I could say she is gorgeous, funny, intelligent, creative, caring, my best friend and many other overused cliches - all of which are true - but the best way I can describe LJ is through one word; daft! She's just so silly in the best possible way and it has really helped her to develop her craft. By not taking herself too seriously she can encourage people to let their guards down and show the real them, allowing LJ to capture some truly beautiful moments.
But let me clear, LJ's the boss; without question! And rightly so as she is without a doubt the brains of the operation. Ever since she decided to start her own business I have been so impressed by the way she can have such a subtle, artistic way of viewing the world, and yet a keen business mind, allowing her to build something wonderful, from virtually nothing.
Simply put, she kicks ass!
Luke according to LJ
Luke is crazy, like seriously, crazy. I worry for him (not really). Honestly, no ones makes me laugh as much as he does. His love for fun is infectious which is why I love photographing weddings with him. His sense of humour soon puts people at ease in front of the camera, helping to get those beautiful, natural shots. He's also pretty great at making videos. Check out this gorgeous film he created during Dave + Roo's engagement photoshoot. Luke's currently doing a Masters in Magazine Journalism at Cardiff University and thriving off the challenge and learning new skills. He also loves coffee and sleeping outside, sometimes at the same time. Recently, we got a backpacking hammock that we can't wait to try out.
Luke is one of the most caring and supportive people I know. Without him I wouldn't have had the courage to go from freelancing into full time self-employment. Anytime I thought that I couldn't make it work he always encouraged me to keep going and not give up. A huge part of being able to do what I love for a living is down to having this awesome guy by my side.


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Do you have an unsightly, yellow or red, irritated growth on the surface of your eye? Does your eye tear, burn or have a chronic gritty foreign body sensation?
You may have a Pterygium or Pingueculum. A Pingueculum is an elevated often yellowish growth on the white of the eye. A Pterygium is an inflammatory, fibro- vascular growth that extends from the white (sclera) of the eye on to the cornea. They also occur most often in the horizontal axis from the nasal portion of the eye to the cornea; the lens overlying the iris (the colored part of the eye).
Though genetics may play a role in the development of these growths, environmental exposures to wind, dust, allergens, and particularly the sun (ultraviolet radiation) are important risk factors. Chronic inflammation can lead to enlargement of these lesions along with redness, tearing, itching, and general discomfort. They can make wearing contact lenses uncomfortable. They can grow on to the visual axis resulting in scarring and astigmatism (irregular shape of the cornea), and ultimately to loss of vision. In very rare instances they can degenerate into malignancy, and are cosmetically unattractive.
Pingueculae and Pterygia can be initially treated with lubricants such as artificial tears. Medications such as non-steroidal and steroid drops are also often used to suppress swelling and inflammation. However, if the lesion continues to cause bothersome symptoms or demonstrate persistant growth, surgery is often indicated.
Microsurgery of these growths can now be done very safely and comfortably. Utilizing local/topical anesthesia and mild sedation, these lesions can be removed as an outpatient in our eye surgery center. Current techniques have enabled us to remove pinguecula and pterygia with virtually no pain or discomfort and result in an excellent outcome with very low risk of recurrence. With the use of amniotic membrane grafting (the inner lining of the placenta) placed on the area of removal with a biologic glue avoid's the use of sutures. Along with anti- inflammatory medication, the results and comfort have been outstanding. In some instances where lesions are very inflamed or have recurred from prior surgery, the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane lining of the eye) can be harvested and moved to another part of the eye to assist in healing and prevent recurrence. Sometimes both amniotic membrane and conjunctiva are used.
Postoperatively patients are patched overnight and then placed on antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drops for one week. Thereafter mild, very safe steroid drops are used for a few weeks in a tapering dose.
In the past, doctors were often reluctant to recommend surgery for these growths due to patient discomfort and high recurrence rates. Today our techniques have provided a very comfortable experience with very low recurrence rates.
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1909 E95 Philadelphia Caramel Ty Cobb
Starting Bid - $500, Sold For - $4,406
Graded EX 5 (MK) by PSA. Extremely attractive high-grade example of Hall of Famer Ty Cobb from the E95 Philadelphia Caramel series, one of Cobb's most beautifully designed cards and the key card from this rare and classic 1910-era candy set. The image on this card is unique to the set. This E95 Philadelphia Caramel Ty Cobb is an exceptional high-grade example with extraordinary eye-appeal. Cobb's image contrasts sharply against the bold red background. The card is very well centered, just a hint towards the bottom left, with four extremely square corners (very rarely seen with E95s). This card is a gem! A few tiny surface scratches above Cobb's right shoulder are very minor and have no impact on the outstanding eye-appeal of this exceptional card. A couple scattered pencil marks on the reverse (through the name "Cobb" and "Detroit" in the checklist and near the letter "e" in "Caramel" on the bottom) are responsible for the "MK" designation by PSA. This is a beautiful and striking high-grade example of one of Cobb's most desirable and classic cards. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000/$2,000+. SOLD FOR $4,406
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The latest salvo in an ongoing battle against Delaware was fired on June 9, when 21 states, led by Texas and Arkansas, filed a motion in the U.S. Supreme Court to force Delaware to return to the States between $150 million and $400 million that Delaware had allegedly wrongfully claimed as abandoned property.1
The States claim that Delaware directed MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.—a holder under audit—to remit the value of unclaimed MoneyGram's Official Checks (Official Checks) to Delaware, MoneyGram's state of incorporation, rather than to the state where the Official Checks were issued. MoneyGram had remitted unclaimed Official Checks to Delaware based on the second priority rule, which applies if the owner's address—the first priority rule set by the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. New Jersey, 379 U.S. 674 (1965)—is unknown. The States claim that under the Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler's Checks Act, 12 U.S.C. §§ 2501-2503 (Disposition Act), the state where the Official Check was purchased has priority over the holder's state of incorporation. Though the Disposition Act does not define "other similar written instruments," the States maintain that its meaning is "informed by the company it keeps and legislative history," and that the Official Checks are property covered by the Disposition Act.2 The Disposition Act was enacted to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Pennsylvania v. New York, 407 U.S. 206 (1972), for certain types of property, namely money orders, traveler's checks and similar written instruments. In Pennsylvania v. New York, the Court rejected Pennsylvania's bid to apply the place of purchase (the second priority rule) in lieu of the state of incorporation of the holder of the unclaimed property. The States seek not only a declaration of rights with respect to the Official Checks, but also pre- and post-judgment interest and attorneys' fees from Delaware.
The States' June 9 filing follows on the heels of Delaware's May 26 motion, also filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, against Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which claims that the Official Checks are not covered by the Disposition Act since they are not money orders, traveler's checks or "other similar written instruments."3
Delaware's motion was triggered by cases filed in federal district courts by Pennsylvania on February 26 seeking a return of $10.3 million in property from 2000 through 2009, and by Wisconsin on April 27 seeking $13 million from Delaware beginning in 2000.4 Delaware moved to dismiss the case pending in the Middle District of Pennsylvania based on a lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction. The case was placed by the court on administrative suspension, pending the result of Delaware's motion filed with the Supreme Court. Delaware's answer in the Wisconsin case is due in July, and Delaware has said it will also move to dismiss that case.
In an ironic turn of events, the genesis of the States' position was a third party contract audit firm, Treasury Services Group (TSG), which had brought the Disposition Act to the attention of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and at least 18 of the other states several years ago. After the states raised the issue with MoneyGram, MoneyGram requested written guidance from Delaware that the company had correctly remitted the Official Check funds to Delaware. Delaware responded to MoneyGram that it was "abundantly clear" that there is no "'third priority rule'" based on the place of purchase, yet no mention of the Disposition Act was made. Later correspondence between Delaware and Arkansas addressed the Disposition Act, including the distinctions between "third party checks," and "third party bank checks." Delaware maintains that MoneyGram's Official Checks are "third party bank checks," which are excluded from the Disposition Act, rather than simply "third party checks" that might be covered by the Disposition Act. Delaware also stated that its review "casts serious doubt on the theory of liability proposed by your contract auditor."5
Delaware, which frequently employs third party auditors (often to the holders' dismay and with disputed results), stated that it was "frankly shocked that TSG, purporting to act under color of authority of twenty other states, would issue a demand to MoneyGram while acknowledging that the property in question had previously been reported to Delaware."6 Given the contentious past interactions between holders and the contract auditors employed by Delaware, it is intriguing to see the shoe on the other foot. It will be particularly interesting to see whether Delaware can produce records going back to the earliest years covered by the States' audits, if it is ultimately determined that it must return undisbursed MoneyGram official funds, and whether estimation methods will need to be employed.
These cases highlight the unfortunate position of holders caught between multiple cash demands by states seeking to receive unclaimed property on different theories. When this dispute first spilled over into litigation, MoneyGram itself was named as a co-defendant in the district court case filed by Pennsylvania. Because the states have fundamental differences in their interpretation of the Disposition Act, review by the U.S. Supreme Court is warranted. If the Court agrees to hear the MoneyGram cases, it may offer insight on states' administration of unclaimed property laws and whether the application of its rulings, which apply to unclaimed property disputes between states, apply with equal force to disputes between private parties and the states. It will also be interesting to see whether the concerns raised in these litigations will be addressed by the ongoing Uniform Law Commission's drafting of a new unclaimed property model law.


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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, October 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
GREAT Britain takes line honours in Race 3 of the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town, securing its first win of the unique 40,000 mile challenge for amateur crew.
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Skipper of GREAT Britain Simon Talbot (44) from Essex celebrated in style after winning a valuable twelve points, he said, "This is a great boost for the crew who have worked so hard in this race to achieve a well-deserved victory. We led the fleet for the first 8 to 10 hours out of Rio but then came a point we had to make the strategic decision to push further south. We went from first to eighth but then it started to pay off.
"You have to take advantage of the wind that is available and the new yachts go very, very fast when you do. Thankfully it paid off and tactics worked out beautifully on this race and I'm very happy. Well done team!"
After racing the 4,000 miles in the last two weeks from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town, the brand new matched fleet of twelve 70 foot ocean racers continue to provide very close racing. Round the world crew member on board GREAT Britain, Ionie Robinson from Northampton said:
"It was a very tactical race. We followed the wind and then we found it we went into the lead. It was a great race."
GREAT Britain crossed the line at 08.48.58 UTC (10.48.58 local time) ahead of Henri Lloyd which claimed second place in front of the spectacular back drop of Table Mountain at 11.40.56 UTC (13.48.58 local time).
The remainder of the fleet will arrive in Cape Town over the next three days. Race 4 to Albany Western Australia, will start on Monday, 4 November. Their progress can be tracked through the Clipper Race Viewer at http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/raceviewer
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Clipper Ventures Plc was established in 1995 by legendary yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world in 1968-69. Sir Robin founded the company on the premise that sailing should be made available to everyone, regardless of age or experience. So he launched the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 1996. The company owns and operates its own matched fleet of ocean racing yachts and so far more than 3,000 people have competed in the eight editions of the Clipper Race to date. The company also owns the rights to the professional solo round the world VELUX 5 OCEANS race and runs a successful events division offering corporate sailing and development programmes. Today Clipper Ventures is recognised as a leading international marine events company which is focused on developing and promoting major global events such as the Clipper Race.
Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race
The Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race started in London from St Katharine Docks and will return almost a year later after completing the 40,000 miles route, making it the world's longest ocean race. The event was established by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to give everyone, regardless of sailing experience, the opportunity to discover the exhilaration of ocean racing. 650 people representing more than 40 nations will compete in the Clipper 13-14 Race on twelve brand new 70-foot yachts designed by renowned naval architect Tony Castro. It's the largest race ever. Crew members can sign up for the whole circumnavigation or one or more of eight legs. The only qualification for the race is the minimum age of 18 (there is no upper age limit) plus a thirst for adventure. The overall race is divided into individual stages and points are accumulated in a Formula 1-style scoring system. The yacht with the highest total points at the finish wins the Clipper Trophy.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
It's nearly 45 years since Sir Robin Knox-Johnston set off on his record breaking solo and non-stop circumnavigation in 1968-69. Now, as Executive Chairman and founding Director of Clipper Ventures Plc, he is at the forefront of promoting round the world yacht racing. Sir Robin has been involved in sailing all his life and holds a Department of Transport Master's Certificate. He set the record for the fastest circumnavigation with Sir Peter Blake. In 2007; he completed his second solo circumnavigation when he competed in the VELUX 5 OCEANS race. Sir Robin has considerable experience of the administration of round the world races having served on the Whitbread Race committee from 1990 to 1994 and having organised the BOC Challenge Round the World Race in 1982 and 1986. He has been named RYA/YJA Yachtsman of the Year an unprecedented three times and participated in the 2010 Sydney-Hobart race at the age of 71.
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U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Wednesday he was outraged that Veterans Affairs has been slow to respond to concerns about mental health treatment for veterans at its St. Louis hospital, but the Republican is not among those calling for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.
Blunt spoke to the media after he met with officials at the St. Louis VA Medical Center. The meeting came about two weeks after the former St. Louis VA chief of psychiatry claimed that veterans seeking mental health treatment often wait a month or more, in part because psychiatrists and other staff members see too few patients.
Dr. Jose Mathews also claimed in a federal whistleblower complaint that he was demoted because of a staff "mutiny" that followed his efforts to make employees work harder and more efficiently.
Blunt and his Missouri colleague in the Senate, Democrat Claire McCaskill, sent a letter to Shinseki on May 12 seeking information on the number of mental health providers at the St. Louis VA, their workload and how timely patients are being seen. Blunt said he has received no response.
"It's outrageous that we're not getting information as quickly as we need to from the VA," he said.
Federal VA officials didn't return a message to The Associated Press seeking comment Wednesday. St. Louis VA Medical Center spokeswoman Marcena Gunter has said Mathews' allegations are being investigated. She did not respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday.
Shinseki has been under fire following reports from around the country about care at VA facilities, including allegations that as many as 40 veterans died while awaiting medical care from the VA hospital in Phoenix. Some lawmakers have called for him to resign. Blunt is not among them.
"VA needs to respond in a better way to the needs of veterans and that can't be solved by one person deciding to leave the job," Blunt said.
Instead, Blunt believes the VA needs to work more efficiently and consider allowing veterans in some cases to obtain treatment at private-sector facilities rather than wait for care at the VA.
"They should have access to the best health care in the most convenient, possible way," Blunt said.
Mathews took over as St. Louis VA chief of psychiatry in November 2012. He said he soon learned of the limited workload of psychiatrists — typically about six patients per day, with a typical visit lasting about 30 minutes. He said they should be seeing at least twice that many.
"I could account for only a four-hour workday," Mathews told the AP in an interview earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the average wait time for those who are seeking help for mental illness is nearly 30 days, Mathews said.
Mathews said he implemented changes to provide more timely treatment, but his efforts were met with opposition by staff. He said the hospital chief of staff told him, "There was a mutiny."
Mathews remains with the St. Louis VA but was reassigned in September to a compensation and pension evaluation team, where he continues to work.
He also cited other concerns. He alleged that the St. Louis VA failed to investigate two questionable deaths and he asked whether productivity data was altered to increase appropriations.
The VA hospital in St. Louis has been under scrutiny before. In 2010, faulty sterilization at the center's dental clinic raised concerns that 1,812 veterans were potentially exposed to hepatitis and HIV. Testing eventually found no link to either disease in any of the patients.
Another cleanliness concern arose in February 2011 when the hospital shut down its operating rooms because rust stains were found on surgical equipment. Surgeries resumed several months later after the faulty equipment was cleaned or replaced. The VA revised polices and opened a new $7 million sterile processing lab in May 2012.
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Keynesian economic theory is to economics as elecrticity is to a computer, it only provides the general way in which it functions. Generally speaking, Keynesian economics is right about the way the economy functions, however the economy is full of exceptions, including, but not limited to environment, government, people, labor, society and more. The economy is not as simple as money, however, that is about as far as Keynesian economics goes in describing the economy. It is however, generally right. The resulting rise in the stock market is indeed because Keynesian economics do work.
Keynesian economics is only part of a large picture. After every crash so far there is a gradual inclination for the market to improve interspersed by abrupt peaks and valleys that are not always easy to analyze or interpret. Keynesian theory does help stabilize and smooth out the peaks and valleys but the economy will eventually end up where it is going regardless.


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Worldwide Tamil Nannaku Prematho Movie 32nd Day Box Office Collection Kamai : The Latest Tollywood Movie which can makes a huge massive opening on our box office collection is Nannaku Prematho 32nd Day Box Office Collection On Worldwide Earning. The Film Released On jan 13, 2016. And, the audience buzz most of the time on our web for the trailers and video dialogues for the movie and gives a fabulous response to this movie.
Nannaku Prematho is a Telugu action family drama film written and directed by Sukumar and produced by popular B. V. S. N. Prasad under his Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra Banner and co-produced by Bhogavalli Bapineedu & Reliance Entertainment.
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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr. is the most famous actor tof the telegu and malayalam movie. He is the superstar of the tollywood movies. he gaves ablockbuster hits movie like Baadshah and Brindavan and many more.
The song of this movie get more and more result on web like the most popular song of this movie is "Follow Follow" And Love Dhebba" these two songs get the most of the buzz on the web.
The story of Nannaku Premtho is like He uses all methods necessary to woo her, including saving her from a kidnapping and spending every last penny of their family bank balance to buy her a 25 crore worth painting.
He finally meets Krishnamurthy at Divya's birthday party. But Krishnamurthy turns out to be aware of Abhiram's intentions.
The total budget of this movie is around 40 crore (approx0 because the movie has some graphic and effects which is costly and the action of some dramatical scenes are also so costly.
The openning day collection of this movie on box office collection is 9.8crore (approx). Nannaku Prematho 32nd Day Box Office Collection Worldwide Earning is 0.15 crore (approx).


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Lisa's spooky visit
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Lisa claimed Mario visited her in spirit last night (03.08.08). The kooky sales rep revealed to fellow housemates this morning how her evictee boyfriend watched over her while she slept.
She said: "Mario visited me last night - in spirit. I could feel him around me."
Lisa - who has previously claimed to have had an alien encounter and to posses psychic abilities - broke out of the 'Big Brother' house over the weekend because she missed her beefcake lover so much.
But life after the house has been busy for Mario who has been judging a bikini competition, claiming he could be the "Simon Cowell of the modelling world".
Meanwhile in the house, Darnell has been banned from nominations after sleeping on the living room sofa.
The moody songwriter was embarrassed by a sexual comment he made to Sara the night before so couldn't face kipping in the luxury bedroom.
Housemates were gob smacked to see him napping on the couch and began to speculate as to why he was there.
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Dil Dosti Dance 10th November 2014 Written Episode Update
Dil Dosti Dance 10th November 2014 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
Swayam calls Sharon and asks where is she. She tells him she is buying gift, and will come to him soon. He calls Nil, as Simmi must be with Sharon. Nil was sleeping an and disconnects. Swayam thinks about sleeping too. They all come to him, cheering him a surprise. Swayam tells them to be careful, as he doesn't want to go to hospital again. Sharon sits on the bed, holds his hand and asks did he have breakfast. Rey and Chintoo come there They all Chintoo why he left home. They all complain Swayam, for not telling about his discharge. Vicky offers to leave Chintoo ti village. Rey says he will stay with them, for sometime. Sharon asks them to go out, and let Swayam rest.
Huma and Karma practices in the rehearsal hall. When they have stopped, Karma places finger on Huma's lip, thinks about
Raghv finds a gift for Ishika outside the door, from the secret admirer. He comes inside, and knocks the door. He gives her the gift, she asks why is it torn. He says how would he know. She says she gave him all chances to get attention, and closes the door behind. He thinks about his tumour, and breaks a vase nearby in rage.
Sharon asks did he talk to Dadi. He says she didn't meet him, he knows how to handle the angry young woman. She laughs, and holds his hand. She says they will always remain the same. Swayam says he doesn't want to change, but his love that will keep growing. She laughs. The kids arrive in the room and jumps on Swayam's bed. Sharon asks them to sit on a side. The kids begin to cry and complain their mother she scolded her. He says they went up Swayam's bed, and she was also on the bed. Bua says she is special, and we are only guest. Swayam qualifies that she also cares for the kids. Sharon stops Bua, but she says they have to change and listen to her till they are here. Swayam tells Sharon not to worry.
Rey designs the plan, and worried about musical. Nil teaches Chintoo to dive. Chintoo comes to Rey and asks why is he worried. Rey says he won't be able to help. Chintto says he must asks Sara, she helped them a lot. He must know where she is. Rey thinks where is she.
Dadi complains that he hurt her. They have made it a drama. Swayam says he knows she loves him, but he never knew that his happiness will make her hurt. He asks her to understand, and give a chance. She will understand their way.
Dida catches Raghv peeking inside Ishika's room. He says his shirt got caught. She asks him to leave, he comes back again and opens the door thinking she is in bathroom. He must check it. He opens the card, wondering who the bastard is. Ishika comes out of washroom, and asks what is he doing. He says he was looking into something that might get in her bag. She asks who is he, to look into her bag. He asks is he nothing, and leaves.
Rey asks Sharon about Sara, but she avoids. She agrees that she is in touch with her, but they must give her space. He asks why is she in bad mood. Rey says she knows she is his best friend. Sharon says Swayam's family is here, and instead of impressing them, they are all depressed. Rey says they all didn't like her in the beginning in the college, but now they all love her. No one can reject Sharon, she must try all the tactics. She smiles, while he leaves.
PRECAP: "Saam Daam Dand Bhed", she repeats. Swayam was distressed that there is nothing left. ANamika asks Rey to merge the two academies.
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In a new interview with MMA Junkie, TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah stated that a move down to 170 pounds is "definitely…in my future," as soon as he recovers from his latest injury. After winning the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter last June by submitting CB Dollaway via armbar in the finale — which also happened to be Sadollah's professional MMA debut — he had to pull out of UFC 91 in November due to a leg injury. Sadollah became officially cursed when he had to drop out of last Saturday's UFC Fight Night 17 show because of a shoulder injury. As he explains:
Unfortunately, he doesn't know exactly when that will be:
It's unclear whether Sadollah will take a fight at middleweight before making his planned drop to welterweight. For now, he's just focused on getting healthy. Poor guy…even Jesse "Mongo" Taylor seems to be doing better than this kid.


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I tried Strobe Utility to see if it can clear double image.
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I want to get back to default settings.
How to get default strobe settings in Zowie XL2546 monitor? I tried service menu, Intensity is 10 and Area is 10. I also got into factory menu to Clearuser. But the monitor doesn't look like as motion-clear as before. Now it shows double and even triple image in UFO test.


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Jack the Ripper has many followers these days. Not fans, of course, but history-minded observers who view his exploits as a vantage point on the dark side of England's strait-laced Victorian era - or as a cautionary lesson in the regrettable human capacity for evil.
"Ripperologists" like these have awaited the première of "From Hell" with great interest - partly because of its legendary villain, and partly because it's based on a respected "graphic novel" of the same title. This comic-book-style opus was written by Alan Moore and illustrated by artist Eddie Campbell in black-and-white images that are strange and spooky enough to make every page-turn an eerie adventure.
Surprisingly, the film version of "From Hell" was directed by the Hughes brothers, a technically gifted team who have previously specialized in stories of urban African-American life such as "Dead Presidents" and "Menace II Society." Their unexpected excursion into Victorian England is apparently meant to boost their reputation for versatility, although they've also suggested that "From Hell" is basically another "ghetto story" in the vein of their previous pictures.
Condensing the novel's epic scope into a two-hour-plus horror yarn, they begin the action with a Hollywood-style plunge into the streets of 19th-century London, complete with boisterous beggars, sleazy slum-dwellers, and bedraggled prostitutes of the sort Jack the Ripper stalked. The fact that the movie's main prostitute is played by glamorous Heather Graham is one sign that "From Hell" cares more about wide-screen spectacle than the shadowy meditations that Moore and Campbell explore in their book.
The hero is Johnny Depp (see interview, page 18) as police inspector Fred Abberline, an eccentric chap given to opium dreams and occasional psychic visions that help him solve inscrutable crimes. Perplexed by the enigmatic clues and possibly supernatural overtones of the Ripper case, he starts an obsessive investigation that smokes out enough complications to give Sherlock Holmes nightmares. These include mysterious messages from the killer, a scandal in the royal family, a Masonic conspiracy, and an ominous overlap among 19th-century dreams of progress, humanity's capacity for self-delusion, and Europe's dawning awareness of the dangers modernity carries in its grasp.
Devotees of horror movies will find "From Hell" a lively entertainment, if they can handle its taste for explicit gore. Many scenes recall the colorful classics made by England's feisty Hammer studio ("The Curse of Frankenstein," "The Horror of Dracula") decades ago - short on subtlety but long on energetically evoked chills.
What's missing is the philosophical resonance of the graphic novel - the sense that myth and history, space and time, good and evil, life and death themselves are intertwined elements of a single vast spiral that humans can dimly glimpse but never fully fathom. For all their skills, that's something the Hughes brothers aren't prepared to tackle.
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BUCHANAN, N.Y. --- As America's nuclear power plants have aged, the once-rural areas around them have become far more crowded and much more difficult to evacuate. Yet government and industry have paid little heed, even as plants are running at higher power and posing more danger in the event of an accident, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Populations around the facilities have swelled as much as 41/2 times since 1980, a computer-assisted population analysis shows.
But some estimates of evacuation times have not been updated in decades, even as the population has increased more than ever imagined. Emergency plans would direct residents to flee on antiquated, two-lane roads that clog hopelessly at rush hour.
And evacuation zones have remained frozen at a 10-mile radius from each plant since they were set in 1978 -- despite all that has happened since, including the accidents at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japan.
Meanwhile, the dangers have increased.
More than 90 of the nation's 104 operating reactors have been allowed to run at higher power levels for many years, raising the radiation risk in a major accident.
The AP found serious weaknesses in plans for evacuations around the plants, including emergency drills that do not move people and fail to test different scenarios involving the weather or the time of day.
Some plans are merely on checklists and never have been tested. In drills, responders typically go to command centers and not to their emergency posts. There is no federal requirement for how fast an evacuation must be carried out.
And disaster planners from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have made dubious assumptions about the public response to a major accident. They insist, for example, that people who are not called upon to evacuate will stay put; they're now saying that they might under some circumstances tell residents to hunker down at home even in the 10-mile evacuation zone, and they believe people will do it.
That advice flies in the face of decades of science and policy, millions of dollars in planning and preparations -- and common sense.
The advice also conflicts with what U.S. officials told Americans in Japan in March, when an earthquake and tsunami knocked out power to Fukushima and melted fuel in three of its six nuclear reactors.
Japanese officials ordered those living within 12 miles of the site to leave. The U.S. government's advice to its citizens? If you're within 50 miles, you should evacuate. And NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko insisted that this was nothing more than what would be recommended in a similar situation at home.
In fact, under rules in force for more than 30 years, U.S. communities must by law prepare federally reviewed evacuation plans only for those living within 10 miles of a plant.
Those living within 50 miles are covered only by an "emergency ingestion zone," where states are required to make plans to ban contaminated food and water -- but not evacuate.
After a May 10 tour at the Indian Point nuclear complex, where two reactors operate just 25 miles from New York City's northern border, Jaczko said the 10-mile rule was merely a "planning standard." He said decisions on what to do in the "unlikely event" of an accident would be based on circumstances.
If a 50-mile order were ever issued for Indian Point, it would take in about 17.3 million people -- 6 percent of all Americans, according to an AP population analysis. That would include parts of New Jersey and Connecticut and all of New York City, except for a chunk of Staten Island.
Such a mass exodus would be an "enormous challenge" -- and a historic feat, said Kelly McKinney, New York City's deputy commissioner of preparedness.
"At no time in the history of man," he said, "has anyone tried to move 17 million people in 48 hours."
Population shifts
When reactors were being built, starting in the 1960s, they were generally kept away from population centers. Their remote locations were viewed as a fundamental safety feature.
However, over the decades, millions of newcomers have transformed tranquil woodland or shoreline into buzzing suburbs and bedroom communities.
The AP gathered four sets of population data starting in 1980 through 2010 and used mapping software to calculate growth.
The AP found in its population analysis that over the decades, plant operators and federal regulators have given surprisingly little thought to nearby population growth.
Officials calculate plant safety margins without considering whether an accident would expose 10,000 or 100,000 people to radiation sickness and cancer. And federal regulators have set no limit for how long evacuations might take for given conditions and locations.
The NRC and FEMA acknowledge that radiation releases can happen within a half hour of an accident. Yet a 2004 study for Indian Point estimated evacuation time from the 10-mile zone, in the snow that is common during winters, would take 12 hours.
The federal government has not required population updates for the evacuation zones, though that would change under a proposal expected to be adopted later this year.
The AP analysis also shows:Four million people now live within 10 miles of the 65 operating sites. Back in 1980, with 38 nuclear sites, only 1.5 million people lived that close.Overall, from 1980 to 2010, the average population in the 10-mile evacuation zones ballooned by 62 percent, from 39,762 to 64,363.Populations within the 10-mile radius have more than doubled at 12 of the 65 sites during the same 30-year period.The most explosive growth occurred around the two-reactor Saint Lucie complex near Fort Pierce, Fla., where the 10-mile population of 43,332 in 1980 grew 366 percent to 202,010 in 2010. About 120 million people, almost 40 percent of all Americans, live within 50 miles of a nuclear plant, according to the AP's analysis of 2010 Census data.
Evacuation issues
The geography and population around Indian Point have always been a challenge for emergency planners.
Though modest population growth of 32 percent within 10 miles of Indian Point has mirrored the nation's increase as a whole between 1980 and 2010, more people live within this evacuation zone than any other in the country: 268,906, according to the AP analysis.
Population density isn't the only concern. A 2008 Columbia University study discovered a seismic fault line near Indian Point, where another earthquake-prone zone was already known to exist. Yet a steel liner designed to be earthquake-proof has been leaking at the site since 1973.
New York state has fought relicensing. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the area can't be evacuated in a severe nuclear accident.
John Curry, Indian Point's emergency director, said he believes people can evacuate from the 10-mile zone. But he acknowledges the depth of public skepticism: "It's very difficult, and I don't know how to make them feel any better."
Indian Point is a special case, but it should be noted that two dozen of the nuclear sites along the East Coast are within 50 miles of New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore or Richmond, Va.
Low standards
Today, government regulators verify emergency preparedness of communities essentially by checklists, not by standards for what plans must accomplish. They require that communities show the elements of a good plan, but not that the plan is effective.
Jim Kish, a FEMA administrator who focuses on emergency preparedness, said in an interview that a standard would put communities in an undesirable "planning box."
"They need the flexibility to make decisions on what to evacuate, and when to evacuate, and how to evacuate," he said.
"I think the NRC wants to make sure that the evacuation side of things doesn't make plants have to close, even if the population grows quickly," said Richard Webster, an environmental lawyer who unsuccessfully fought the relicensing petition at the Oyster Creek reactor in Lacey Township, N.J.


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Kurt Russell, the ghost
It's the return of everyone¿s favorite macho man as Kurt Russell comes back to the big screen in this week¿s release of 3000 Miles to Graceland, an action flick set against the background of all things Elvis.
Russell has strong ties to the King; not only did he play him in the 1979 TV movie Elvis, he actually played opposite the star in 1963¿s It Happened at the World¿s Fair. Russell comments about the impact Presley has had on him: ¿When I worked with him he made a very strong impression on me in terms of his look and sound. He was 27 years old, and when I played him [in Elvis] I was 27. At the end of the day it was really my memory of who he was after having worked with him for a couple of weeks. His demeanor and style stuck with me, and that¿s what I drew from.¿
Forty-eight years after that first encounter, Russell comes in contact with The King for a third time, this time playing an ex-con who hooks up with his old cellmate Murphy (Kevin Costner) and his crew to rob a casino during an Elvis Look-Alike convention. ¿I thought it¿d be fun to take a chance on this picture because I thought it might have a look and feel to it, a la Damien's video background, that I had not been involved with,¿ Russell says. ¿I thought the movie had a strange world that existed that could be fun to be involved with ¿ and most of all, Kevin Costner playing a bad guy attracted me to that situation.¿
3000 Miles to Graceland is Russell¿s first film in three years. He¿d been spending his down time hanging out with his kids. At one point during the conversation, he holds up a glossy magazine featuring his Oscar-nominated daughter, Kate Hudson, on the cover. Beaming with fatherly pride, he remarks, ¿ I'm at a point in my life where I spend a great portion of my time with my children. And I would have to say I'm glad I spent the time with her rather than making movies.¿ He has also been hanging out with sons Oliver, an aspiring actor, and Wyatt, a future hockey star.
The Bad Ass Kurt Russell from films like Escape to New York and Backdraft may have receded into Kurt Russell the Doting Father, but he¿s not gone completely soft. In 3000 Miles to Graceland, Russell is back in true form as the leader of an ensemble cast that includes Costner, Christian Slater, David Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox, as well as Bokeem Woodbine and Howie Long. 3KMTG is an ultraviolent, raucous heist flick with big guns, big explosions, and kick-ass costumes.
His return to the big screen has prompted a bevy of offers from Hollywood, including a role opposite Sharon Stone in the sequel to Basic Instinct, a role he had apparently passed on, as the film's producers moved on to court Bruce Greenwood (who soon after declined as well). Russell comments, ¿I got the script, I read it, I called and said, ¿Not a bad script; it just doesn't hit me,¿¿ Russell shrugs. ¿ It's true, I considered it and I said no.¿
He has a small part in the upcoming Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz, but Kurt makes it clear his first priority is spending time with his family and celebrating his fiftieth birthday next month.
¿ I'm winning the game. If I make it to 100 I¿ll have really done good,¿ Russell claims. ¿I have a great girl; I'm the luckiest guy in the world.¿
¿ Smriti Mundhra
Related Coverage
- Review of 3000 Miles to Graceland
- Costner and Russell Raid Hollywood for Tonight's 3000 Miles to Graceland Premiere
- Sequined Jumpsuits and a Lot of Ammo: The Flash-Animated Prequels for 3,000 Miles to Graceland
- The Malevolent Elvi of 3,000 Miles to Graceland
- The Stax Report: Script Review of 3,000 Miles to Graceland


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Have you seen new Foals music video for Late Night yet? I'm sure, once you read those couple of sentences of what we have to say about it, you most probably will be interested enough to hit that "Play" button. Directed by Nabil Elderkin, the film was shot in Romania and has it all: blood, suicide, birth, rough sex, a fistfight and all of that going on in a single hotel with quite a name – Hotel of Life.
If you have underaged or otherwise sensitive Foals fans around when you're about to watch the music video, we should warn you straightforward – don't call them to watch it with you. Things can get a bit awkward, if not all inappropriate.
The English band have released their new album Holy Fire on February 11 this year.


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The field of management is focusing more and more on processes today. The birth of the internet, advances in communication and transportation, and global economic competition force organizations to be quicker and more innovative in order to retain existing customers and gain new ones. Get the processes right and you are more likely to produce better and more consistent outcomes than hammering on people for results, results, results.
This will take some work. Process management starts with process thinking. Peter Drucker in his book, "Post-Capitalist Society" pointed out, "a knowledge society needs process knowledge, something the schools have rarely even tried to teach."
Traditional management is a vertical organization with layers of management starting at the top and cascading down to the lowest level employee. Process management is a horizontal organization starting with the supplier and going across the organization to the input to the organization, to the process where work gets done to transform the material from the input to the output, and then to customers.
To begin the analysis of processes, first identify the few core or key processes of the organization and start with them. Leaders and/or owners of these core processes should be identified and they should report directly to the top executive and not to a "chain of command." Hence, the horizontal organization is born.
It is important to understand the way the core processes are currently working, not how they should be working, before attempting to improve or change. Eight questions are helpful to learn about the process. The questions are listed in a logical sequence but it is not necessary to work through them in order. For example, many people find it useful to map the process before finalizing the answers to the other questions. To draw this map, follow the work through the system and draw blocks where work is performed following the SIPOC (supplier, input, process, output, customer) model. Mapping or flow-charting the process this way is helpful in understanding how the work is performed and ways to simplify the procedure.
The eight questions to learn about the process are:
1. Who is the process owner, and who are the stakeholders?
2. What is the purpose and output of the process?
3. Who are the customers and what are their needs?
4. Who are the suppliers and what are their capabilities?
5. How does the process operate (flow)?
6. What measures will be used to monitor the process?
7. How is the process performing now?
8. What are the problems in the process?
Process ownership moves into something bigger because it tends to involve cross functionality and, therefore, impacts organization authority and power relationships. Some organizations prefer to move slowly into the chart of horizontal reporting and create a hybrid of traditional chain-of-command and the horizontal display of the key process owners reporting directly to the top executive. Eventually, this will cause conflicts and the horizontal reporting chart must evolve as the dominant way of doing business.
Process management is basically an internal operation. It is about how teams work, how they work together, and how the work gets done. Once the process owners understand the processes as they are done today, they can start to simplify, improve, and shorten throughput time.


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How Privacy Vanishes Online. Pretty banal actually. Social networking has really changed things. As I've said before I'm fascinated by the large number of people who, even those who want to be anonymous, enter in their real email addresses when leaving a comment. There seems a default "trust unless you shouldn't trust" setting, so we naively input our information assuming it isn't being mined by someone. In any case, a bigger issue in the future I think will be stupid government officials who scan up documents which they shouldn't scan up. It's happened a few times so far, but I think it'll get worse in this decade.
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#1 melkor March 17, 2010
You're operating under the naive assumption that people enter their primary email for such confirmations rather than a dedicated spam collection point maintained by for example Yahoo, Hotmail or Google.
I enter an email address in such online forms all the time, but it doesn't link to an email I actually monitor unless I've some particular reason to trust the site with primary access to me.
melkor, what are you talking about? the only stuff about email above is the fact that people use their facebook associated email. i know this because i often look people up and their public profile often aligns up well with the IP address.* either clarify, or actually read what i'm saying.
* there are two primary reasons i look people up. if they're being assholes and personalizing an argument, in which case it is useful to know who they are. or, if i want to evaluate their credentials/authority when they're making a technical/specialist argument.
Fascinating that somebody who's blogging under his real name is talking about staying anonymous. Why would I want to be anonymous? Because somebody could look up what I said? So? If I said something stupid and changed my mind, then they are stupid if they don't look any further. And what else I say is my opinion after all. Just staying anonymous because somebody could use it against you in some setting, because it could have negative consequences, is like not visiting Disney Land for that terrorists could blow it up. Just because there are morons out there I'm not going to hide. The morons will be empowered by acting with regard to their presence, or a possible future.
Anyway, I believe that there'll arise negative consequences from being anonymous in future. Imagine, 20 years into the future, if somebody is going to look you up and finds nothing about you. How's that going to look like? You'll pretty much be forced to show some presence, as long as you're not hiding in meatspace as well.
#4 JohnV March 17, 2010
Clearly, XiXiDu, the trick is to have one online persona utilizing some level of anonymity that accurately reflects your beliefs and a second online persona, making use of your true identity, that espouses the beliefs necessary to get (or not lose) a job.
#5 Bob Badour March 17, 2010
I have never expected privacy online. I don't expect privacy when I walk thru town or shop for groceries or drive down the road or stand outside in my own yard in sight of the highway. I grew up in a house with a party line so I don't even expect privacy when I talk on the phone.
Where I expect privacy, I have it.
Online anonymity is a delusion. Botnet operators who send commands thru double proxies have been tracked down.
What I don't get is why some folks pursue a lack of identity. Everyone from notorious sock puppeteers to the countless women who choose nicks like MomOf
#6 dev March 17, 2010
"What I don't get is why some folks pursue a lack of identity." It's not a lack of identity, it's a separate identity, in order to put a bit of distance between one's primary online activities and other more peripheral activities. Razib discussed this general issue of pseudonymity vs. anonymity about a month ago.
I am more aware than most people of the difficulty of maintaining a truly anonymous online identity. But I have no compelling interest in concealing my identity from Razib. (As he notes, he can track people down via IP addresses, and I'm not complicating his job by using the TOR network or other countermeasures.) I'm simply interested in obfuscating my publicly-visible alternate identity a bit from readers of this blog, so that at least to first order my comments on GNXP don't affect the online reputation I've built up under my primary identity.
In this regard, it's possible that one reason people include their real email addresses in submitting "anonymous" (really pseudonymous) comments is that they don't care if Razib has that information, as long it's not displayed on the publicly-visible comments page.
#7 dev March 17, 2010
"In any case, a bigger issue in the future I think will be stupid government officials who scan up documents which they shouldn't scan up." Apropos of this general problem, here is my helpful tip of the day: Anyone posting redacted documents on the web should read this helpful guide from the folks at the NSA. It can't help with other problems like inadvertently putting confidential files in web folders that turn out to be publicly readable, but it should at least be of some use to people trying to scrub word processing documents for public release.
#8 Tom Bri March 18, 2010
I make a small effort to conceal my identity. Anyone who was really interested could easily track down who I am. Few will bother. A potential employer will not find much to condemn me.
But a fairly prominent person has the same name. Why should I taint his reputation with my somewhat extreme political views? Google my name and a slew of links to mathematics comes up, none of it related to me.
#10 Bob Badour March 19, 2010
It may be true that some folks use a single sock puppet for pseudonymity. I was not including them among "notorious sock puppeteers", and the myriad women who use MomOf[insert generic here] actively choose to relinquish their identity to their children.
I still don't get why some folks choose a lack of identity.
Employers seem to be the real terrorists. They limit free speech by making you conceal your beliefs, for that what you say could have negative consequences regarding your job. People do not stay away from visiting Disneyland because Al Qaeda might blow it up. But if it was a proscribed taboo on the job market, nobody would go…
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They came in their hundreds and left in despair.
India's America-based fans were left distinctly underwhelmed by their first World Cup experience as they watched Rahul Dravid's team teeter towards defeat and almost certain elimination from the tournament.
"It was terrible," said Manish who had flown in from New Jersey.
"We were pathetic... useless. I am so ashamed."
For many USA-based Indians, the World Cup in the Caribbean represents their first chance to see their team in action.
But after years of waiting agonisingly to see the likes of Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Souarav Ganguly and Harbajhan Singh close-up, the fans couldn't care less if they never see them again.
Isaac, who flew in from Washington DC, told the Trinidad Express: "This was my one chance to see a World Cup and Tendulkar was extremely disappointing," he said after the star Indian batsman lasted just three balls before being dismissed for nought against Sri Lanka.
"I am supremely disappointed."
Vinay, another guest from Washington, urged Indian supporters at home to be more understanding of the team's plight when they return home and preferred to applaud Sri Lanka's efforts.
"Sri Lanka was the better team," said Vinay.
"But then they did not have too much pressure on them while our defeat (against Bangladesh) put a lot of pressure on our players. There will be good games and bad games... unfortunately, this was a bad game.
"We still have 2011."
Rajiv, who recently migrated from North India to New Jersey, was dismayed by what he saw at the Queen's Park Oval.
"We were thinking we would at least reach the semi-final," he said.
"But now we cannot even beat Bangladesh who are rookies. It was a very bad performance for us."
American fans give India thumbs down
They came in their hundreds and left in despair.


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Discussion in 'Black Hat SEO' started by CashGrower007, Nov 4, 2010.
It hasn't updated since April.. that's 7 months.
Is that the end of Google PR?
Who cares?
Exactly, unless your selling links page rank does nothing to put cash in the bank. Stop focusing on page rank and focus on conversions instead.
It actually does matter, in many ways but most importantly because I sell websites...
its ok. but people love rank! i still waiting google updates and reach my PR6!
I have a site that is PR6. Know how many visits it gets? About 80 a day. Know how much it earns? About a buck a day.
Meanwhile my PR2 sites make me 5 figures.
Only newbies from DP think PR is something to look at.
PR is like an anathema to Dead Man Walking ? Was PR ever alive ? it was and is a SE Con!
Double Penetration?!
i've never paid attention to PR. Its merely for show.
One of my biggest sites that gets 1600 hits/day has a PR of 1 or 2.
What!! Google PR is GOD!! lol jk
Pr is great for bragging and sellign sites. For some reason those DP guys will buy a PR 5 site with 50 ppl a day over a PR 1 site with 10,000 people a day for 3 times the price.. Whatever more power to them.
My metrics, I use alexa if alexa is high then Im interested.
PR is only to say that "Generaly" your site is SEO'd well.
Which as we know is useless because Big G cant make up their mind and changes the metric freaking daily!
Google PR is really not that important unless you are selling backlinks. Last year I was making pretty good money from backlinks com, now it's all gone
Quite True. But the thing is, a lot of people Still consider PR Status to Buy sites. I remember, Once I wanted to sell a money making site and people were telling me that my site having NO PR at all, so they are not interested EVEN when the site was making good money ($xxxx/month)
So, if you run the biz, its useless, but if you wanna sell the biz, it still matters.
I have a PR0 site which has 600-700 uniques a day for approx $500 p/d earn.
It annoys me that my spam sites are all PR2-4, but as long as I only have a PR penalty and not a ranking penalty on the money site alls good.
Google will replace PR soon...
This is how I made my first couple hundred online. Took my blog to PR5 in 2 weeks and sold links. Didn't even know wtf I was doing really haha. It gave me some cash to do some other things though so I guess it was a good starting point.
And yea, that was on DP where PR is the the sh!t.
Well recheck your methods and techniques. Cause google is unpredictable with their PR juices. Or maybe the method that you are using just don't simply work anymore.
PR is not that important, and it definitely should not be a selling point when you are selling websites.
The best way to make the most out of selling websites is to have traffic and revenue. That's what really counts.
Google doesn't update PR just for one site... it's network wide, and the last one what on April the 2nd.
I GOT PAGE RANK 5 IN ONE MONTH, and i fell my keywords ranking in google 100% improve after the got page rank,
I thought that the weight given to incoming links is dependent on the PR or the page where the link is?
Isn't there supposed to be some formula where PR2 link = 1000 PR1 link = 10,000 PR0 links, etc.?
In the SB threads lots of people talk about checking page rank and only posting to blogs of PR3 and above and then manually posting on high PR blogs (6+).
That would mean that without PR updates nobody would know which pages to spend time getting their links on.
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Be Inspired, Not Intimidated by Jonathan Moody
Be Inspired, Not Intimidated by Jonathan Moody… How many of us have said at some point "____________ is so good, I just want to quit playing altogether." I know there was a time that I listened to music that frustrated me and made me want to rethink my musical career. Looking back, I know that mentality was holding me back from trying new things, experimenting, failing (hey, it happens), learning and succeeding.
Why on earth would I want to listen to a musician or group that would frustrate me, making me want to STOP playing altogether? It seems counterproductive, doesn't it? And yet there are a lot of people doing just that; listening to music and being intimidated instead of being inspired. Music should inspire you, not intimidate.
Years back, Michael Manring played a gig an hour north of me. I bought tickets the day they were available, and was in the front row for the show. That's right, I'm a fan. Manring was probably three feet in front of me, and his set was awesome. Sure, he's got the level of skill that I can only dream about, but that wasn't the point. The music, his musicality, spirit, etc. were inspiring. I got the chance to shake his hand after the set and even say "Thank you, that was inspiring," which led to a discussion where he and I talked shop for about ten minutes. I can probably recite that discussion verbatim; it was one of those moments I won't ever forget.
When I got home, I played for about four hours straight (which ended around 3am) and had two solid foundations for solo bass pieces (which I still play now). Manring's concert inspired me to play more, push myself beyond what I was capable of, elevate myself to try and achieve the level of musicianship that he commanded. I can't tell you how many new things I learned by just attempting his greatness, that I still use today.
What would have happened if I had kept the mentality of "Oh, he's so good, I can never do that?" after I had attended that show? I'll tell you; nothing. I probably would have driven home, told my roommates how awesome the show was, and left it at that. If I was intimidated by the performance, it's pretty easy to wager that I wouldn't have done anything at all, limiting myself in the long term and honestly, not fully enjoying the show.
We need to stop comparing ourselves to each other in terms of "He's better, period" or "I'll never be that talented" and leave it at that. I may never be able to play like Michael Manring, but I'd wager that he's never going to be able to play like me either. That doesn't stop me from trying to elevate my playing to greater heights, because the amount of skill and musicianship that I learn from just TRYING something new can lead to greater things.
Please realize that healthy competition between you and your musical friends is not what we're talking about here. I'm fortunate to play with a guitarist that pushes me on a regular basis; on occasion, I push back. Our competitive nature while playing results in both of us learning a lot of new things, and when either of us fail at what we're trying, we both smile and move on.
So the next time you're listening to something and are just overwhelmed to the point of selling your instrument and becoming an accountant, stop the music. Give yourself a second to really clear your head. Then, hit play again and listen to something you normally wouldn't in the song; maybe it's the drummer, maybe it's the keyboard, whatever it is, DON'T LISTEN TO THE BASS. Maybe even give another genre of music a try to see what they really have to offer, or *God forbid* turn on the radio. Whatever you're listening to, find something new in that music that surprises and inspires you, making you want to turn off the album and pick up that bass and play.
In closing, here are a couple of my favorite "go to" albums that I pop in for inspiration; find me on Twitter at @monjoody and share with me yours.
"Night Train" Oscar Peterson Trio – Yeah, Ray Brown is a monster but I think Ed Thigpen was the glue that kept that trio together. He's such a musical drummer!
"Rift" Phish – Concept albums are a tough sell on me and yet I still find something new and interesting in every single listen of this album.
"Equilibre" Michael Manring & David Cullen – This is my favorite Manring album because while there are obvious times for him to showcase his soloing prowess, when he's just sitting in the back and backing up David Cullen, you understand and appreciate how good Manring is.
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Jonathan – I've read this with a smile and with a tear. A smile because I've felt like this many times and I'm glad to know I'm not the only one – I suspect I'm far from being the only one. A tear because at 53, and looking for a job, the fire seems to be going out. Occasionally I still feel motivated to get the bass out and I can still play the old licks I used to, but it's just for my own pleasure and usually without an amp. "Can't disturb the neighbours".
So I'm going to say what you didn't – because you have written a great non-preachy piece here.
All bass players, whether you're just starting out or whether you've been playing 10 or 20 years, re-read Jonathan's article, print it and keep reading it. Don't let the fire in your heroes' playing scare you – grab the bass, tune it and just play the hell out of it.
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