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Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by alphaman36, Sep 5, 2012.
I don't see where you can do an SPF record or is that the text option in DNS
yes, it is the TXT option and in a zone file it would look something like the following:
domain.tld. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
domain.tld. IN TXT "v=spf1 a mx ~all"
Thank you very much, I appreciate the help
Although I don't think I have it right this is the output from dig @local txt (attached)
The record looks like thios in DNS host name (then the text option)
Separate names with a comma.


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Sports fans in the United States will be surprised to learn that U.S. Government officials are pressing for the adoption of an International treaty that will (if enacted) significantly change the ways sports statistics are controlled and disseminated. The treaty isn't specifically directed at sports statistics--it is a much broader attempt to create a new property right in facts and other data now in the public domain--but it will have an enormous impact on the legal rights exercised by the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL) and virtually all other professional or amateur athletic leagues. (The same treaty will radically affect the way that stock prices, weather data, train schedules, data from AIDS research and other facts are controlled, but this note will focus on the issue of sports statistics, a topic that illustrates the broad impact of the treaty). This comes at the same time the NBA and other sports franchises are stepping up their efforts to control the real-time dissemination of sports statistics through the Internet or with wireless paging devices. The treaty, however, addresses different and much more fundamental issues regarding ownership of information.
If the treaty is approved and implemented, sports leagues will have far broader powers to dictate the terms and conditions under which sport statistics are reported and disseminated. Nolan Ryan's Earned Run Average (ERA), the number of tackles or quarterback sacks by Lawrence Taylor, Cal Ripken's career batting average, Bobby Hull's career assists, the number of steals by your favorite NBA point guard, and similar information will be "owned" by sports leagues. According to the proposed treaty (and legislation introduced in the 104th Congress to implement the treaty), the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB will have the right to prevent anyone from publishing these and other statistics without express permission from the sports league. This will include the right to control access to the historical archives of sports statistics, and even to dictate who can publish the box scores from a game or print a pitcher's ERA on the back of a baseball card.
The proposals for a new legal environment for publishing facts are outlined in a draft treaty on "databases" that will be considered at a December 1996 meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland. The proposal would require the United States and other countries to create a new property right for public domain materials. "Texts, sounds, images, numbers, facts, or data representing any other matter or substance," will be protected. (See the appendix for a more complete definition).
The treaty seeks, for the first time, to permit firms to "own" facts they gather, and to restrict and control the redissemination of those facts. The new property right would lie outside (and on top) of the copyright laws, and create an entirely new and untested form of regulation that would radically change the public's current rights to use and disseminate facts and statistics. American University Law Professor Peter Jaszi recently said the treaty represents "the end of the public domain."
Copies of the proposed treaty, a federal register notice asking for public comment, and independent commentary can be found at: https://www.public-domain.org/database/database.html
In 1991, the US Supreme Court ruled (in the Feist decision) that the facts from a telephone "White Pages" directory of names, addresses and phone numbers were not protected under the copyright laws, and that in general, "facts" could not be copyrighted by anyone. The Feist decision alarmed several large database vendors, who crafted this new "sui generis" property right that would protect facts, and just about everything else. (The vendors have already succeeded in obtaining a directive on the database proposal from the European Union, although no European country has yet passed legislation to implement the treaty). The most active supporter of this new property right is West Publishing, the Canadian legal publisher. A West Publishing employee chairs a key ABA subcommittee which wrote a favorable report on the treaty. A number of very large British and Dutch database vendors are also lobbying hard for the treaty.
West wants the new property right to protect the "page numbers" and "corrections" it adds to the judicial opinions it publishes in paper bound books. Telephone companies want to protect the names, addresses and telephone numbers they publish, and other database vendors want to protect scientific data or other non-copyrighted government information they publish. In seeking to protect these items, the treaty was written to stamp "owned by" labels on a vast sea of information now in the public domain. Copyright experts J.H. Reichman and Pamela Samuelson say it is the "least balanced and most potentially anti- competitive intellectual property rights ever created."
There is an active debate within the Clinton Administration over the proposed treaty. Bruce Lehman, the controversial head of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is pushing for adoption of the treaty this December. Most administration officials don't have a clue what the database treaty does. Some people think it is a minor tinkering with the current copyright law. No one in the government has sought to understand the significance of the proposal in terms of the new rights to "own" facts, and until recently no one was aware that the treaty was so broad that it would change the way sports or financial statistics were controlled.
In Feist, the Supreme Court noted:
(a) Article I, Sec. 8, cl. 8, of the Constitution mandates originality as a prerequisite or copyright protection. The constitutional requirement necessitates independent creation plus a modicum of creativity. Since facts do not owe their origin to an act of authorship, they are not original and, thus, are not copyrightable.
Since facts cannot be copyrighted, the supporters of the treaty have framed this as a new "sui generis" property right, which will have a separate statutory framework. "Originality" or "authorship" will not be required. "Texts, sounds, images, numbers, facts, or data representing any other matter or substance," will be protected. The information can be stored in "all forms or media now known or later developed." Both published and confidential information will be covered. The only thing required is a "substantial investment in the collection, assembly, verification, organization or presentation of the contents" of the protected work. The "rightholder" will have extremely broad powers to "authorize or prohibit the extraction or utilization" of the information from the protected database.
It takes a while for the implications of this new system to sink in. Some facts can be independently gathered, like the number of baseball games played in a year, the winners or losers of a tennis match, or the scores of a football game. For these data, there may exist several sources for the data. However, other facts are, by their very nature, only available from a single source, and will be controlled by monopolies. For example, baseball leagues employ scorekeepers who determine if a batter is credited with a hit or if a fielder committed an error, if a hit is reported as a single or double, or if an errant pitch is scored as a wild pitch or a passed ball. The league makes a "substantial investment" in the collection and maintenance of this data, which it disseminates to the press, and also stores and maintains in a database, through an arrangement with the Elias Sports Bureau. These data cannot be independently collected - and under the proposed database treaty, the league would own the facts themselves, and could dictate the terms under which these facts are published or redisseminated.
The NFL employs four persons who keep track of the play-by- play action for each game. They write up four separate reports, which are used to create a single official "box score." The final product is supervised by the Elias Sports Bureau, as a "work for hire" product, which is owned by the NFL. The NFL box score is very detailed, and includes analysis of each play. It records the league's statistics for the number of yards gained (or lost) on each play, who is credited with a tackle or a quarterback sack, or the number return yards on a kickoff or pass interception, and many other items. While someone who attended a football game could make an independent estimate of these items, it would likely be different from the official statistics, due to the inherent difficulty in measuring or assigning credit for performance on the field. The NFL's box score is given to the press, which uses the data to create its own news media reports.
An attorney who represents the National Football League (NFL) told us that the NFL has an interest in ensuring that there is an "official" source of the statistics, which are gathered with an appropriate standard of care and that the NFL "protects the official designation" of its statistics. These data are used for making decisions on the Hall of Fame, and to create special reports and information products, which the NFL provides to third parties, often for a fee.
Virtually all of the major league sports leagues have some system for creating statistics, disseminating the information to the press, storing the historical data, and marketing the statistics commercially. Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA work with Elias, while the NHL has its own in-house system. There is little doubt that the process by which these statistics are generated will qualify for protection, under the treaty's minimal requirement that the league demonstrate it has made a "substantial investment in the collection, assembly, verification, organization or presentation of the contents" of the database. The work- for-hire "media sheets," "box scores," and other press handouts which report the statistics would be considered database elements, and reporting of statistics from these products would be subject to an entirely new type of licensing and control by the leagues which is far stronger than that which exists under copyright law. (See appendix).
The leagues have various methods of selling their "official" branded statistics. There are also many competitors who build databases from a variety of sources, including the published box scores that appear in daily newspapers, and probably the books and reports published by the leagues. The leagues do not currently assert "ownership" in the statistics directly, even as they try to prevent others from referring to the data as "official" statistics, but they are trying to prevent real time reporting of game statistics and situations over Internet or paging technologies.
The NBA told us that it permits accredited journalists to report scores from NBA games three times each quarter, and that it considers the minute to minute reports a "misappropriation" of its ability to sell performance rights for the event. The NFL takes a similar position with respect to its games. STATS, Inc. is a firm that provides real time scores and play-by-play descriptors to a variety of online and wireless information services. According to the NFL and the NBA, STATS, Inc. hires people to watch television broadcasts of the games, and type the play-by-play information into personal computers, which are linked to the STATS, Inc. computer network services. An example of this type of service that uses STATS, Inc. as a supplier of statistics is Instant Baseball, available at https://www.InstantSports.com/. Disputes over the real time Internet broadcasts of game situations and scores could well end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, as a test of the first amendment. In the NBA case involving Motorola, STATS, Inc. and America Online, the NFL and other leagues have filed amicus briefs in support of the NBA position, while the New York Times has filed a brief in support of Motorola, STATS, Inc. and America Online.
About two weeks ago the NBA discovered HR 3531, a version of the database protection proposal that was introduced in the U.S. Congress last spring. The NBA is looking at HR 3531 to see if it would provide a legislative remedy for their dispute with Motorola, et. al. (Like the other leagues, the NBA wasn't aware of the database treaty until last week.)
At present, none of the leagues currently prevent anyone from publishing statistics after a game is over, because it is assumed that the statistics (facts) are in the public domain, once the broadcasts are over. But this would likely change if the database treaty is enacted. One league official told me, "no matter how appalled I am at this proposal personally, as a civil libertarian, my client may have interests as a rightholder that it will want to exercise." A lawyer for the NFL said that the NFL might not want to do anything--he thought the free dissemination of statistics brought its own benefits, in terms of increased fan interest. But he also said, the treaty would allow the NFL to "do quite a bit of stuff," in terms of new licensing arrangements or other ventures, if it wanted to.
As a "sui generis" property right, the database proposal does not incorporate the fair use principles from copyright that reporters and value-added publishers often take for granted. The leagues would be able to require license to publish box scores or other statistics in any media. One can imagine a world where the leagues wouldn't require licensing of box scores to print based periodicals like daily newspapers, but that a much more controlled regimen would evolve on the Internet. The leagues could require licensing of box scores and other statistics for Internet publications, or linking to the leagues own web sites, such as www.nba.com, www.nfl.com, or www.nhl.com. The Internet is, after all, a very easy place to locate and police violations of intellectual property rights--through a simple AltaVista search. This would also likely lead to major changes in the market for baseball (and other sports) cards, which typically feature key statistics on the flip side of the card. The new database extraction rights would prohibit any unauthorized extraction or reuse of data that had economic value to the leagues (See discussion in Appendix).
Of course, this treaty deals with a lot more than sports statistics. It will do the same thing for information on stock prices that is generated by a stock exchange. It will radically change the market for weather information. There is concern in Europe over the control of train schedules. Private Schools could use the new data extraction right to prevent unauthorized publication of data about its student's test scores or post graduate placement statistics (both generated from a database). The treaty would radically change the rights to use information from gene sequencing, or hospital cost-benefit studies. It will obviously do much much more.
Since I have tried to keep this note simple, a lot has been left out. But consider this: The treaty, which was designed to protect West Publishing's legal reporters, has been written so broadly that it will define even the daily newspaper as a "database" element. Since the new property right is additive to all rights claimed under copyright, every publisher will claim the additional protection, by saying each issue of the newspaper is a database element. (Virtually all newspapers today are archived in databases). The consequences of this are astounding, since every fact and article in every newspaper will have the new stronger form of protection, which will not include any public fair use rights.
You might ask your member of Congress what the heck is going on with the treaty, and see if they understand it.
Extracts from James Love, "A Primer On The Proposed WIPO Treaty On Database Extraction Rights That Will Be Considered In December 1996", October 29, 1996, (https://www.essential.org/cpt/ip/cpt- dbcom.html)
The treaty would protect "any database that represents a substantial investment in the collection, assembly, verification, organization or presentation of the contents of the database." This term should be understood "to include collections of literary, musical or audiovisual works or any other kind of works, or collections of other materials such as texts, sounds, images, numbers, facts, or data representing any other matter or substance" and "may contain collections of expressions of folklore." The "protection shall be granted to databases irrespective of the form or medium in which they are embodied. Protection extends to databases in both electronic and non- electronic form" and "embraces all forms or media now known or later developed. . . Protection shall be granted to databases regardless of whether they are made available to the public. This means that databases that are made generally available to the public, commercially or otherwise, as well as databases that remain within the exclusive possession and control of their developers enjoy protection on the same footing."
"The maker of a database eligible for protection under this Treaty shall have the right to authorize or prohibit the extraction or utilization of its contents." What is "extraction"? Extraction is defined as, "the permanent or temporary transfer of all or a substantial part of the contents of a database to another medium by any means or in any form." "Extraction . . . is a synonym for `copying' or `reproduction' . . . by `any means' or `any form' that is now known or later developed."
"Utilization" is defined as "making available to the public all or a substantial part of the contents of a database by any means, including by the distribution of copies, by renting, or by on- line or other forms of transmission," including the right to control the use of the data "at a time individually chosen by each member of the public."
The treaty sets out tests for determining if an extraction is "substantial," and these tests are both highly anticompetitive, and extremely broad in scope.
The "substantiality" of a portion of the database is assessed against the "value of the database," and considers "qualitative and quantitative aspects," noting that "neither aspect is more important than the other . . . This assessment may also take into account the diminution in market value that may result from the use of the portion, including the added risk that the investment in the database will not be recoverable. It may even include an assessment of whether a new product using the portion could serve as a commercial substitute for the original, diminishing the market for the original."
Then the treaty adds that a "substantial part" means any portion of the database, "including an accumulation of small portions . . . In practice, repeated or systematic use of small portions of the contents of a database may have the same effect as extraction or utilization of a large, or substantial, part of the contents of the database."
In the U.S. implementing legislation, the only types of data use that would not be regulated would be "insubstantial" parts, "whose extraction, use or reuse does not diminish the value of the database, conflict with a normal exploitation of the database or adversely affect the actual or potential market for the database." Under this language, a database owner could say that it might in the future want to charge for each transmission of a fact or an element of a database as part of its "normal exploitation" of the database. With the Internet and digital cash this claim is likely to be made. The public would not have "fair use" rights, since fair use is only defined in matters involving copyright.
The Treaty would require a minimum term of protection (15 years in the EU proposal, and 25 in the United States proposal) for the database. But this is extended each time the database is revised or enhanced. According to the draft treaty, "any substantial change to the database, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, including any substantial change resulting from the accumulation of successive additions, deletions, verifications, modifications in organization or presentation, or other alterations, which constitute a new substantial investment, shall qualify the database resulting from such investment for its own term of protection."
The provision on revisions raises the specter that protection for many
databases will be perpetual. This could indeed be the case if the
original versions of the database are only "licensed" by the vendor for
a limited period of time, so that the only available versions would be
the new ones, which would have a new term of protection. (Database
vendors write these restricted use licenses now).
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Christian apologist William Lane Craig sets up a false dilemma--given the Big Bang, either (1) the universe came out of nothing or (2) the universe had a cause, which Craig believes must be God. As the argument goes, for something to come out of nothing is a logical contradiction; therefore, something caused the universe, something timeless, spaceless, immaterial. Keep in mind that we don't know enough about cosmology to make these kinds of assertions. The Big Bang theory applies to the beginning of the expansion of the universe; there may have been a contraction phase before the Big Bang, but let's leave that for another time. Craig gets to God by setting up another false dilemma--there are only two things that fit the criteria of being both timeless and spaceless, and these are (a) abstract objects, e.g., numbers, and (b) a "disembodied mind." He tries to railroad us into option (b) because he needs the "disembodied mind" to support his desired conclusion of a "personal creator," i.e., God. He asserts that (a), abstract objects, can not cause anything; therefore, we are left with (b), a "disembodied mind," as the "inference to the best possible explanation." But this is absurd. A timeless, spaceless "disembodied mind" is incoherent. Minds depend on brains. We have no evidence for minds outside of nervous systems. A "disembodied mind" is incomprehensible gibberish. And if it is incoherent, it is inadmissible as part of a premise. Incoherent premises do not yield sound arguments. I would reject disembodied minds along with unicorns and flying spaghetti monsters. Again, a valid logical inference is only as sound as its premises. An unscrupulous logician can begin with his desired conclusion and then work backwards to a set of premises that would render the conclusion valid. You can obtain all manner of wacky but valid inferences if your premises are not constrained by empirical data. In the end, one may posit disembodied minds, fairies, unicorns, or, name fantasy superhero of choice, but it's a matter of wishful thinking, not sound logic.
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Occam's Razor so obviously applies here! If a god could have always existed, or arisen out of nothing, then so too could the universe or whatever preceded it -- no spooks needed, no need for imaginary unicorns in one's shoes.
Some people think "god did it" but they talk around explaining god in ways that prove "god came out of nothing."
Hello! Does anybody get this? Apparently theists do not understand it!
Just because science is still working on how the big bang started isn't a reason to cop out and say God did it. The laws of physics as an explanation are self contained, whereas a God is not; just like you said, Tonya, where did God come from? I love how Christians assume it was THEIR God in this argument. They can NEVER prove that only one God and not multiple made the Universe. The Cosmological Argument is a false dichotomy.
Agreed. To assume a reason for something, intention in some phenomena, is a human fallacy. There doesn't have to be a reason at all. Not to mention dreaming up an even more complex super being that apparently came before. Who created this creator then? Well done indeed.
Well done Wyatt! I too blogged on Craig today. I find him to be quite dishonest.
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With a motorcycle permit, you are prohibited from operating a motorcycle on freeways or interstate highways or between sunset and sunrise, or at any time when there is not enough light to clearly see people or vehicles at a distance of 500 feet. The motorcycle instruction permit is valid for seven months and can be renewed one time within a 24-month period.
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Tuesday May 15, 2018 at 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
An event every month that begins at 10:00am on day Third of the month, repeating until Tuesday August 21, 2018
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On the third Tuesday of each month, Mingei International Museum extends free admission to all.
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- Group size is limited to 40 people per hour
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- High school groups must have one (1) adult chaperone for every twelve (12) students
- Adult chaperones must stay with and supervise students at all times
- The Museum may ask groups to leave based on behavioral misconduct
Group tours are not available on Free Tuesday. Groups are encouraged to schedule visits and tours outside of Free Tuesday. Free admission is available to K-12 and college student groups, when scheduled in advance.
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Welcome to the Snead State Community College TRiO Student Support Services and Upward Bound website! Here you will find information about the programs, how to obtain application information, eligibility, services and meet our staff members.
TRiO Programs were established to support the nation's commitment to provide educational opportunity for all Americans to enter college, graduate, and move on to participate more fully in realizing "America's Economic and Social Dream". These Programs are funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Student Support Services and Upward Bound programs at Snead State Community College are part of the family of Federal TRiO programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education.


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Feb. 5, 2005
The Yale men's swimming and diving team added two Ivy League wins to their record on Saturday afternoon after defeating both Brown (166-75) and Columbia (167-76) at the Kiputh Memorial Pool in New Haven. It was the final home meet of the year for the Bulldogs, who wrap up their regular season next week at Deleware.
The Bulldogs were led by a number of individual winners including Quinn Fitzgerald (200 & 500 Freestyle), Jeff Lichtenstein (1 meter dive), Andrew Foss (100 Freestyle), Geof Zann (200 Backstroke), and Mike Slater (200 Breaststroke). Yale ended the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay by the team of Kieran Locke, Fitzgerald, Morgan Locke and Foss.
Head Coach Frank Keefe honored Yale's Class of 2005 prior to the meet. It was their last home meet of their collegiate careers. Yale's seniors include John Atkinson, Quinn Fitzgerald, Jeff Kelsey, Captain Dave Lange, Tom Lopez, Joe Mack and Robert Schotter.
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Recently, as I've mentioned about two or three times now on my blog, that my go-to shake, when I don't feel like thinking, or looking up recipes is a really easy Green Strawberry Mango shake (I really should take a picture and post the recipe so when I do talk about it I can link back to it). However, I now have this incredible Green Blueberry Mango shake, that I think tops my go-to, and that is saying something, because I absolutely loooooooooove that shake.
When I made this one this morning, I'm not sure what made me think of this concoction, or to think that mango and blueberries would even be a good match, but they are a match as peanut butter and jelly are, it is incredibly, without a doubt divine. This shake was so creamy, sweet, filling, it was just out of this world. I can't even describe the flavour pairing, it's just something you have to experience, and luckily for me, I will be experiencing it again after tomorrow mornings work out.
Do yourself a favour, and try this out, heck try it out and try to describe to me the flavours that the party in your mouth is celebrating because it is surely delightful. Mmmm, I cannot wait to enjoy this again tomorrow morning!
Green Blueberry Mango Shake
- 1 cup frozen blueberries
- 3/4 cup frozen mango chunks
- 2 heaping cups of baby spinach - fresh
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/3 cup 0% fat blueberry Greek yoghurt
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 scoop of protein powder
Also, I want to share with you not only todays post work-out smoothie, but what I ate before I headed out to the gym, because it was incredible. Now, we all know I love pancakes, I don't make them a lot, but they are certainly tied with oatmeal, and, we will throw in crepes to this category as well, since they are basically just thin pancakes. When I was in university, I hate to admit this, but I ate crepes a loooooooooot. The cafeteria food drove me bonkers, and crepes were something that made me feel a bit better about myself since they weren't fried or greasy. My favourite, and only one that I would get was banana and Nutella, oh my word these were amazing.
Now, I have not found many vegan crepe recipes, and the ones that I have come across, truthfully didn't really sound that amazing to me, so I'd never made any. A few weeks ago, I'd stumbled across a recipe that instantly got my attention. I saved it, I had planned on making it numerous times and never did. Last night, as I was going over the recipe, I was planning on deleting the recipe, but then I figured, no way Jose, this caught my attention I need to go through with it, and decided that I would make it for breakfast when I wake up. Well thank goodness I decided to keep it, because with the killer banana combo I decided to throw in, it was just, blissful. I mean, the photograph won't do it any justice, since I'm a horrible photographer, but listen to me, today has been incredible for meals and it all started out with this wonderful breakfast.
Magical Peanut Butter Banana Crepes
Recipe slightly adapted from here
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp ground flaxseed
- 1/2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Dash of salt
- 5 tbsp + 1 tsp almond milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tbsp melted coconut oil
Mix dry ingredients and then add wet ingredients. Mix well until you have a smooth batter with no lumps.
Meanwhile heat a medium sized frying pan with a light covering of oil. Once the pan is hot add a large spoonful of batter to the pan and move the pan in circular motions to spread the batter into a large circle. Cook for approximately two minutes and then carefully flip to cook the reverse side for approximately one minute until both sides are lightly browned. Repeat.
I then topped it with this magical banana beast.
- 1 banana
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2-3 tbsp crushed peanut butter Puffins cereal
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 tbsp maple peanut butter
- Maple syrup
- 1 tbsp peanut butter chips
Crush your cereal and add them to a bowl along with the flaxseed and pumpkin pie spice. Mix until well combined.
Coat your banana with your peanut butter, and then roll it in the spice combination.
I then cut the banana in slices, topped it on the crepes and made it extra sinful by adding maple syrup and peanut butter chips!
Strawberry Orange Tofu Pecan Salad
Lastly, I want to share a quick salad that I've been throwing together the past few days, and definitely enjoyed again today. It is so easy to make, and by far one of the best salads I have ever created, and even tried for that matter. You should definitely give it a shot if you're in a rush, or even in a salad slump, this will get you out, and seeking more and more, trust me!
- 2-3 cups of fresh baby spinach
- 3 small strawberries - quartered and then cut in half again
- 1 tsp black sesame seeds
- 1 batch of orange tofu (recipe to follow)
- 1 tbsp chopped pecans
Orange Tofu
Recipe taken from here
- 1 block extra firm tofu
- 1 orange
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Drain the tofu and wrap in a paper towel. Squeeze the excess water out of the block of tofu and cut it into triangles or cubes.
Peel your orange and smash it in a medium-small lidded bowl, getting it nice and pulp-y. Stir in the soy sauce, garlic and 1 tbsp of the oil.
Place your tofu into the marinade, cover with the lid and shake gently so that every piece is covered with the sauce. Let it marinate for at least 2 hours.
Once the tofu is done marinating, preheat your oven to 450 degrees F. Add the tofu (but save the marinade!). Cook for 45 minutes or until golden.
Toss your salad components together, and dress with remaining marinade!
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(916) 657-5060
October 1, 2007
Sacramento – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced today the release of over $8.3 million in grants to 49 entities, including local governments, community-based organizations, and tribal governments.
"These funds can help build stronger communities in which to live, promote equity, and protect the environment," Caltrans Director Will Kempton said.
Grants for the 2007-08 fiscal year amount to $8.3 million, and went to 62 transportation planning and transit-related activities throughout the state. Highlights of the grants include:
City of Oakland - $187,050 was awarded to identify traffic-calming measures and pedestrian, bicycle, and transit improvements in the Harrison-Oakland neighborhood. This corridor is a dense residential and commercial area.
Riverside County - $85,500 was awarded to the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians to create a tribal transportation plan to accommodate population increase and development to achieve social equity, economic opportunity, environmental stewardship, and safety.
Sacramento - $56,000 was awarded to the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to prepare businesses, transportation management organizations, and public agencies in the region to respond to travel disruptions during and immediately after a major emergency.
San Diego - $50,000 was awarded to the San Diego Association of Governments and San Diego State University for a collaborative project to staff and train interns in transit planning at local agencies.
A list of grant recipients is available at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/old/grants.htm


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Start Date: July 9, 2019
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Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: 1334 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024
When your loved one is in treatment for addiction or a mental health disorder, it can be helpful for you to get support as well. Clearview's free family support group is offered weekly to provide you a chance to get that support from your peers. The support group is open to the community, whether or not you have a loved one in treatment at Clearview Treatment Programs.
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Trichy is a thriving commercial centre in Tamil Nadu. The historical city of Tiruchirappalli, popularly known as Tiruchi or Trichy, situated on the banks of the river Cauvery. Trichy is the fourth largest city in Tamil Nadu.
Trichy has several beautiful temples, churches and a large number of scenic spots. The rock fort is a well known landmark of the city. Once the citadel of the Chola kings, the fort has seen the passing of dynasties. Ruled in turn by the Pallavas and then the Pandyas, the present fort was built by the Nayak rulers of Madurai.
Trichy is famous for its rich cultural and wonderful architectural heritage and the town represents a fine blend of tradition and modernity. It is also famous for artificial diamonds, cigars, handloom cloth, glass bangles and wooden and clay toys.


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Class of 2003 remembers mates
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"Hello fellow classmates! This is Nate Fisher checking in. Can you believe it? It's been ten years since we graduated from good old Moose Lake High School and began our new lives as we took our first steps toward adulthood."
My son, Nate was the last graduate of the Class of 2003 to see his friends Moises Langhorst and Matt Milczark before they departed to the war in the Mideast.
Fresh out of Marine training at the base near San Diego, the two had weekend passes before deploying overseas.
They went to visit Nate who was attending San Diego State University. Little did he realize that this would be their final visit.
They spent the weekend "out on the town" enjoying many of the sights and activities that beautiful San Diego offers. They both spoke excitedly about going to college after serving their country.
But for now, Matt and Moy knew where they were going. They were off to fight a war and on the way toward manhood by way of the good old United States Marines.
The Milczarks had plenty of family history with the Marine Corps as did the Langhorsts. It was a pretty easy choice for them.
"A lot of our classmates opted for military service-Derek, Corn Dog, Josh, Jamie and Sarah are the ones I remember," said Nate.
Thirty-some guys and gals came to the Moose Lake Park Saturday afternoon for a Pot Luck style class reunion. Judging by the amount of food, they had enough chicken, burgers and brats to feed several class reunions.
Sarah Nelson, like several of her classmates, was now married with children. She had a great reunion gift of an old photo of Matt and Moy.
While on a class camping trip she had taken a picture of the two old friends standing together. She imposed that scene on refrigerator magnets and gave one to all the classmates that showed up for the tenth reunion.
Now they could remember their two classmates who, although gone from this earth, were at the reunion in spirit and would remain in their lives forever.
The photo was taken near the end of a hiking and camping trip the class of 2003 had taken with teacher Tom Deering.
Returning from the Woods, Water and Wildlife class trip, Moy complained all the way out of the portage. His back hurt and he kept groaning about the weight of his pack. It seems while Moy was going about his business, Colt and Brandon had snuck a ten-pound boulder in his backpack.
"It was great seeing Corn Dog show up at our party down at the Muni," said Nate.
"What about your band, El Vivo?" I asked Nate. "Any chance for you guys to get together?"
"Not this time," Nate replied. Although lead singer Mike was around, he claimed that he lost his voice and couldn't remember the words anyway.
Brooks was stuck at work in Duluth and Nat was living somewhere near Boulder, Colorado. Nate, Nat and Brooks still play guitar so maybe they can get it together for the twentieth reunion.
In the past ten years, the class brought several new souls into this world to help fill the huge void left by Matt and Moy.
Sarah has two boys. Mike has a boy and girl. Lindi, Laura and Rachel all have started families. Plenty of old stories were shared, especially the ones of the class heroes, Matt and Moy.
The class of 2003 reminded me of a saying by an old Mayan friend of mine. He would include this statement in his ceremonial closing prayer. "We won't forget you. We won't abandon you."
Babe Ruth stated it the best of all. "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die."
You can call them heroes if you wish. I like to think they were fulfilling the duty of serving their country, but if you want to make them legends, that would be cool too.
With the aid of refrigerator magnets the Class of 2003 has a daily reminder of their two classmates Matt Milczark and Moises Langhorst, United States Marine Corps, 2003-2004.


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What a romantic success story we have for you today. Congrats to Zooskers Rodney and Selina! They met on Zoosk and are getting married – reuniting after 26 years! Selina wrote us to share her story:
Good morning to you. Yes it is true. My future husband and I are getting married in August of 2013. Rodney and I went to school together 26 years ago. We met again via Zoosk! Rather he found me. After talking a few times, we both realized that he was the same young man that was chasing after me in High School. He wanted to date back then but I was in a relationship with my now ex-husband.
Rodney was 2 years ahead of me in school and when he left school he started his life and I started mine. Now, 26 years later we are starting our life together. He keeps saying what are the odds of finding the woman that you wanted so bad from high school after so many years. I laugh at the question all the time, but I do wonder, what are the odds of finding one another after so many years and being in a real loving relationship with one another.
I would like to thank Zoosk for bringing me the best man that I could ever hope to spend the rest of my life with. We make each other so ridiculously happy that when we smile it makes our faces hurt. We are working on making this wedding almost as memorable as the proposal. Speaking of which, He wanted to propose in a way that neither of us would ever forget. While shopping at Lowe's for some items to work around the house with, he got on his knees in the isle with the weed trimmers and surprised me with a little box and asked me to marry him. I was so stunned that I (Selina) was speechless, he laughed and told me to breathe. I closed my mouth, breathed and said said yes. I can't wait to say I DO to the man that makes me spin in circles. Thank you again Zoosk.
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Stevens, the 'quintessential diplomat'
State Department veteran Christopher Stevens, the Arabic-speaking U.S. ambassador to Libya who died after a rocket attack on the car ferrying him away from the besieged American consulate in Benghazi, has been described as the "quintessential diplomat."
A 21-year veteran of the Foreign Service, Stevens, 52, started as ambassador in May and earlier this summer wrote movingly about how Libya had begun to change for the better. He had previously worked with Libya's transitional government during the Arab Spring and served as deputy chief of mission in the country, according to his official biography. Stevens had earlier held posts throughout the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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"As the conflict in Libya unfolded, Chris was one of the first Americans on the ground in Benghazi," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who swore Stevens in as ambassador, said in a statement. "He risked his own life to lend the Libyan people a helping hand to build the foundation for a new, free nation. He spent every day since helping to finish the work that he started. Chris was committed to advancing America's values and interests, even when that meant putting himself in danger."
During a press conference Wednesday at the State Department, Clinton said she spoke with Stevens's sister, Ann, and told her "that he will be remembered as a hero by many nations."
"Chris Stevens fell in love with the Middle East as a young Peace Corps volunteer teaching English is Morocco," Clinton said. "He joined the Foreign Service, learned languages, made friends for America in distant places and made other peoples' hopes his own."
"He risked his life to stop a tyrant, then gave his life trying to help build a better Libya," she added. "The world needs more Chris Stevenses."
A member of Stevens's Foreign Service training class told Bloomberg he had an "unflappable, but not nerdy personality" and said he "listens to people. He's the quintessential diplomat."
Robin Wright, a former Washington Post reporter who is now a Middle East expert at the Wilson Center, was a friend of Stevens'.
"Chris was a tremendously important influence, both in shaping U.S. foreign policy, but also in trying to re-engage Libya, a new Libya and change a relationship that had been frankly, hostile during the rule of Muammar Qadhafi," Wright said on MSNBC. "Chris was the very best of American diplomats. He knew the streets as well as the elites. He knew the language, he knew the culture. He really got it."


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(CNN) -- When you're on a roll, you generally get all the breaks.
And when you're a top football club like Bayern Munich, you make the most of them.
The European champion came from behind to win 2-1 at Hoffenheim Saturday, equaling the German Bundesliga's record run of 36 matches unbeaten.
Pep Guardiola's team can claim sole ownership of that milestone next weekend at home to lowly Augsburg, moving past the mark set by Hamburg 30 years ago.
However, the Bavarians will face a slightly tougher test before then in Tuesday's Champions League trip to Viktoria Plzen, having won the home encounter 5-0 against the Czech side.
Read: French football's taxing problem
"It certainly wasn't our best performance, but we've won it," Guardiola said after his team regained a one-point lead at the top of the table.
"Not everything was perfect, and we'll need to correct the way we're playing. Meetings with Hoffenheim in recent years have always been close, but we did have a little bit of luck today."
The pressure was on Bayern following second-placed Borussia Dortmund's 6-1 hammering of Stuttgart on Friday.
The home side had scored more goals this season than any other in the Bundesliga, and extended that when 18-year-old defender Niklas Sule became the youngest player in Hoffenheim history to find the back of the net.
However, Bayern equalized before halftime when Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic deflected in Franck Ribery's low free-kick for his eighth in the league this season, and the Frenchman was also involved as Thomas Muller scrambled a second-half winner from close range.
Read: Sanchez scores winner in Barcelona derby
"We gave a good account of ourselves against the best team in the world," said Sule, who capitalized when Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer failed to deal with a corner.
"We held them off well and we had chances of our own. But Bayern have the quality you need to go on and score the winning goal."
Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen dropped four points behind Bayern, losing 1-0 at bottom club Eintracht Braunschweig thanks to an 81st-minute goal by Congolese striker Domi Kumbela.
Braunschweig joined Nuremberg on seven points from 11 games after Bayern's local rival lost 3-0 at home to Freiburg -- which moved up to third from bottom.
Borussia Monchengladbach stayed fourth with a 2-0 win at Hamburg, as striker Max Kruse scored in each half to go to seven this season.
Wolfsburg moved up to fifth with a 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, while sixth-placed Schalke won 2-0 at Hertha Berlin, two points back in seventh place.


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Achievements are goals found within games on GameShed. Load up a game with an achievement and complete the described task to earn points and unlock a badge within your profile, viewable by other users.What's a BadgeRush?
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Rodents can not only spread disease, they can also cause serious damage to your home. They have been known to gnaw through wires potentially causing house fires. They have also been known to ruin the insulation in your home as they move around in your walls. At the first sighting of a rodent, it is best to contact a pest professional immediately before their populations grow and you are left with a full-scale infestation.
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9 October 2013 at 5.31pm | 1 Comment
It's Giuseppe Verdi's birthday today and as The Royal Opera prepares for its first ever productions of Les Vêpres siciliennes, we've decided to celebrate with an interactive timeline packed full of music, video and images.
Unfailingly popular and with some of the best tunes in the repertory, Verdi's operas are loved for their dramatic brilliance and incredibly engaging music. The man himself had tremendous integrity; was passionately invested in his music, his country and his charitable work; and was an astonishing workaholic, composing nearly thirty original operas.
Dive in and discover more about the life of this amazing composer: The Royal Opera's production of Les Vêpres siciliennes runs 17 October–11 November 2013. Tickets are still available. The production will also be screened live in cinemas around the world on 4 November and is staged with the generous philanthropic support of Mrs Susan A. Olde OBE, Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, Mr and Mrs Baha Bassatne and The Maestro's Circle.


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April 16, 2019, 3:47 pmDeMarcus Cousins - C - Golden State Warriors
The Warriors are listing DeMarcus Cousins (torn left quad) as out indefinitely and said that he will begin rehabbing immediately.
The Warriors also said the updates will be provided as appropriate. There is still a glimmer of hope that Cousins can return some time during the Finals, if the Warriors can advance. That is probably just wishful thinking.
Source: Warriors PR on Twitter
Fantasy News
May 20, 2019, 9:02 pmJordan Bell - F - Golden State Warriors
Jordan Bell will start at center in Monday's Game 4 for the Warriors.
Bell has played between 11 and 15 minutes in the three conference finals games, and he's unlikely to play too much more than that tonight. Look for Kevon Looney to continue to get more minutes than Bell tonight.
Source: Anthony Slater on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 8:46 pmAlfonzo McKinnie - F - Golden State Warriors
Alfonzo McKinnie will start for Andre Iguodala in Monday's Game 4 vs. the Blazers.
McKinnie grabbed nine boards in 21 minutes in Game 3 and has gone 1-for-1 on threes for three straight games. Steve Kerr mentioned earlier that Jonas Jerebko would also get more minutes with Iguodala out.
Source: Chris Haynes on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 7:49 pmAndre Iguodala - G/F - Golden State Warriors
Andre Iguodala (left leg) will not play in Monday's Game 4 against the Blazers.
The Warriors will look to close out the series in Portland without Iguodala, Kevin Durant, and DeMarcus Cousins. The Finals doesn't start for ten more days, so Iggy should be able to get healthy by then.
Source: Kurt Helin on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 6:02 pmD.J. Wilson - F - Milwaukee Bucks
D.J. Wilson (left ankle soreness) is questionable for Game 4 against the Raptors on Tuesday.
If Wilson is able to return, he won't be more than bench depth.
Source: NBA Injury Report
May 20, 2019, 5:58 pmDwight Powell - F/C - Dallas Mavericks
According to Chris Haynes, Dwight Powell will turn down his $10.2 million player option and will become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
At just 27 years old, Powell is likely looking to get a longer deal with more guaranteed money. However, there are a litany of fours and fives that could be on the market this summer, making this an interesting decision for Powell. With Kristaps Porzingis returning from injury, Powell may seek more minutes elsewhere. A return to Dallas is still certainly in the cards for him.
Source: Chris Haynes on Yahoo! Sports
May 20, 2019, 3:59 pmOG Anunoby - F - Toronto Raptors
OG Anunoby (appendectomy) and Patrick McCaw (personal) remain out for Game 4 against the Bucks.
Anunoby started doing light work about a week ago and could be close to a return for Game 5 or if the series goes any further. It is unclear why McCaw has missed time, but we wish him the best. He isn't in line for rotation minutes in this series anyways, especially with how well Norman Powell is playing.
Source: Ryan Wolstat on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 3:52 pmAndre Iguodala - G/F - Golden State Warriors
Andre Iguodala (left calf tightness) is listed as questionable for Game 4 on Monday.
Iggy left in the first quarter of Game 3 before returning. He only logged 18 minutes overall in the game. If he can't go, Shaun Livingston and Jordan Bell would take up the bulk of his minutes, while Jonas Jerebko and Alfonzo McKinnie could see a few extra as well.
Source: NBA Injury Report
May 20, 2019, 3:46 pmMalcolm Brogdon - G - Milwaukee Bucks
Mike Budenholzer is inclined to stick with the current starting lineup for Game 4.
Bud mentioned he likes Malcolm Brogdon and George Hill off the bench, and he has every reason to do so. Even if there were going to be lineup changes, we wouldn't hear about it until right before tip-off, but don't expect any.
Source: Matt Velazquez on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 11:26 amJames Ennis III - F - Philadelphia Sixers
James Ennis III has declined his $1.8 million player option and is set to be an unrestricted free agent.
Ennis played a crucial role for the Sixers down the stretch and will likely look to secure a multi-year deal after showing his worth.
Source: Shams Charania on Twitter
May 20, 2019, 9:59 amTim Connelly - Team - Denver Nuggets
Tim Connelly will remain with the Nuggets as their President of Basketball Operations.
The Wizards were trying to pry Connelly away from the Nuggets after meeting on Friday, but it seems that Connelly likes where he is and wants no part of a decimated Wizards' team.
Source: Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter


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Friday, December 31, 2010
racing towards the finish line
half the country is under water. Seriously under water.
Not here though.
After all the rain we had in October/November, the dams are still delightfully full, but there's been little evidence of moisture of late.
A week ago we had overnight lows of 4C/39F
... and today?
While it wasn't the hottest New Year's Eve I've experienced up here [ that distinction belongs to ... I think ... 2006, when it reached 48C, and was still over 40 at midnight ]
it did still get to 40.9. That's 105.6F!
4 degrees above freezing to " OMG I'm going to die of heat prostration" in less than a week.
Makes it very difficult to acclimatise
especially for the elderly.
My 90 year old, just-had-a-triple-bypass, darling Godmother came up for the day today, and I just kept thinking
"Thank God for the A/C"
After the visitors left, I was at a bit of a loose end, pottered around a bit, knitted some lace, browsed a couple of books ... your basic dithering
then I decided to make another of those wrap aprons. Ma-in-law liked her Christmas one so much, I promised her another for her natal day in March.
I'm not sure whether this will be it.
It might be.
Or it might be for DIL who said she'd certainly wear one.
At least this way I've got MIL covered :)
Happy New Year to you and yours, from me and mine
and I'll be back tomorrow with news of some big changes Chez Catsmum
9 comments:
Such a pretty apron - I'd wear it!
Still do wear one when I'm baking.
May 2011 be an excellent one for you and your family.
- 10:09 pm
- catsmum said...
same back at you Marcie [ & I'm still carrying yr little white casserole around in the car just in case we cross paths ... also have a large bowl of yr Katie's that she left behind after choir breakup ]
- 10:23 pm
- ozjane said...
Happy New Year........and you know how to keep people in suspense...big changes???
- 11:23 pm
LOVE the apron - pardon me if I've missed it in previous comments, but is it from a pattern, and if so, which?
And Happy New Year to Catsmum and all who sail in her!
- 2:15 am
- catsmum said...
It's the "Gussie" apron by Rebecca Ruth Designs. $17something from Purl's Palace Daylesford.
Instructions would leave a beginner sewer baffled but fine for someone with experience.
Mind you I personally think that if you are going to produce a pattern in that price range, it's not really good enough to just put a rider on that says 'presumes a level of sewing experience'... just because the designer couldn't - or couldn't be bothered - explaining or drawing how to handle turning the corners in the bias binding.
- 9:08 am
- Alice said...
A very HAPPY NEW YEAR to you, Susan. I hope it's a year free of migranes - surely that's not too much to ask, is it? I hope you have good health in every other way too, and lots of energy to indulge in all your many and varied interests.
Best wishes to all of your family too - both human and animal.
- 9:53 am
- gayle said...
Best wishes to you and yours for the new year. May you be visited by every happiness.
- 9:59 am
- Nadie said...
Tis a good apron, and I like it much better in this fabric. Certainly a more practical design then mine which has spaghetti straps and leaves too much top exposed to any spatters that fail to aim appropriately
- 3:06 pm
- catsmum said...
well Nadie, my darling daughter, it is entirely possible - if it doesn't swamp your tiny frame - that YOU might end up with this iteration then :)
I can always make another for Nonna and your SIL
- 3:41 pm


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SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Members of the York College men's and women's track & field squad competed at the Swarthmore Last Chance meet Monday at Swarthmore College, looking to hit marks for a possible bid into next week's NCAA National Outdoor Championships in Claremont, Calif.
Rookie Jasmine Smith, the 2012 Capital Athletic Conference champion in the long jump, broke her own school record in the event as she leapt 5.69 meters (18' 8"). That mark ties her for 18th overall in NCAA Division III this season as that distance could potentially get her into the National Championships.
Fellow Spartan women's track & field standout Laura Rowlands put together a quality performance in the triple jump. Finishing second, Rowlands posted an 11.40-meter (37' 5") distance. The sophomore currently ranks 20th overall and is another Spartan who could potentially find herself in California next week.
On the men's side, distance runner Tim Hartung ran to a new Capital Athletic Conference record in the 5,000 meters as he registered a tremendous 14:39.84. Having already posted a phenomenal sophomore campaign, Hartung had previously broken the conference mark in the event in early April with a 14:47.72 and was able to lower it yet again by over seven seconds. Hartung currently sits in the top-40 in Division III for the year and is slated to compete again on Thursday in an effort to reach the National Championships.
Freshman Wil Feliciano competed for the Green and White on Monday, running his signature 800 meters. Feliciano registered a 1:55.71 in the event.
The official list of the 2012 NCAA National Championships qualifiers is slated to be released on Sunday, May 20.
PHOTOS: Jasmine Smith competes in the long jump and Tim Hartung competes in a distance event at the CAC Championships. Courtesy of Tri-State Runnur -- http://www.tristaterunnur.com/ and http://tristaterunnur.smugmug.com/


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This has already made the rounds on all of the usual sites, but if you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to check out the new Spectrum Analyzer posted on Wendy Dunham's site.
I did something a little similar in Patch A Day's early days with the Visual EQ patches, but my goal with those patches was to provide EQ and visual feedback in the same Combinator. Wendy's patch, put together with help from fellow Reason users Rogerraa and Selig, is simply concerned with frequency analysis. And, although its scope is a bit limited, the extremely clever way its put together makes it an essential tool for any Reason user.
What makes it so clever? It seems pretty obvious now, but Wendy put the frequency bands into the Combinator backdrop, giving a quick, visual reference to the bands displayed in the BV512 beneath it. Being able to see that a troublesome peak is hitting between 76 Hz and 104 Hz makes EQing it much easier than the usual trial and error that I find myself performing to tame something that's gotten out of control. With the Spectrum Analyzer Combinator, I can quickly zoom in on a problem frequency range and spend more time fine tuning it, than trying to find it.
Really well done, Wendy, Rogerraa and Selig!


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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday rejected allegations of any Russian involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, an incident in which 298 people were killed.
The Netherlands said on Friday it held the Russian state responsible and a Dutch cabinet statement said a "possible" next step would be presenting the case to an international court, adding Australia shared its assessment of Russia's role.
Dutch prosecutors on Thursday identified a Russian military unit as the source of the missile that shot down the plane.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Friday that Russia had not been a fully-fledged participant in the Dutch investigation into the incident and could not therefore trust its findings.
When asked if the Kremlin denied allegations of Russian involvement, he said: "Absolutely."
Peskov referred a question about possible compensation for families of the victims to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Osborn


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| West Side Story
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This describes any professional productions of the show that have taken place, be they Broadway, West End, Off-Broadway, Touring, etc.
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Region 6 Pollution Prevention Roundtable
Teleconference 01-28-2005
Audree Miller – Arkansas DEQ
Dianne Wilkins – Oklahoma DEQ
Chuck Handrich – Louisiana DEQ
Clinton Twilley _Louisiana DEQ
Tom Ledford – Louisiana DEQ
Grace Hsieh – Texas CEQ
Kelly Coleman – Texas CEQ
Ken Zarker - Texas CEQ
David Greer - Texas CEQ
Michelle Vattano – New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED)
Susan Roothaan – Nurtured World
Javier Ballí - EPA Region 6
Kelvin Spencer – EPA Region 6
Linda Thompson – EPA Region 6
Thomas Vinson – Southwest Network for Zero Waste (minute taker)
Upcoming Events
EPA – Javier Ballí
Javier discussed what he knew about the State and Tribal Authorization Grant (STAG) funds available for the FY 2005 P2 grants. Nothing is final. However, Congress had allocated $7 million in STAG funds for 2004, and has only allocated $5 million for 2005 for P2 national efforts.
Using a proportional cut, he predicted that Region 6's share would go from $476,000 in 2004 to $340,000. Therefore, 71% of what was received last year. Ken Zarker mentioned that he had heard 15%. After some more discussion the participants agreed that we should anticipate cuts. Yet, it is too early in the budget process to know the extent of those cuts.
For the upcoming PPG grants, Javier is proposing some modifications to programmatic conditions for 2005. EPA will be asking recipients to post their results on the Zero Waste website. He is also planning to eliminate the requirement that reports be sent to headquarters. The purpose of his proposal is to not have 'dead data' from projects that are not made available to the public. He would like for funds to have a multiplier effect on the community. Javier will send conference call participants his proposed programmatic conditions.
Javier stated that HQ is still trying to get the solicitation notice out "in the next two weeks." HQ is working with a March 28 deadline for initial applications made to the regions by applicants. Source reduction grants will also be reduced.
Javier is reviewing regional guidance from last year. Comments on it would be appreciated. http://www.epa.gov/Arkansas/6en/xp/2004p2guidance.pdf
Javier mentioned an initiative by Office Depot on taking back electronics. Dianne Wilkins also mentioned similar programs from Staples.
H2E – Kelly Coleman
Kelly gave an update on the H2E. It is a national program which is part of Hospitals Without Harm. TCEQ is working in partnership with EPA under the umbrella of Clean Texas Cleaner World program. The Texas program is emphasizing:
They have 67 partners in the program so far. Working with Hospitals in the El Paso region by doing P2 workshops and site visits. These efforts are focusing reducing mercury and red bag waste and mercury. They want to recruit more members.
Audree Miller asked several questions because she is in the process of planning three H2E workshops for Arkansas. She is looking for any resources that can help her. Kelly offered all the materials, and would share what worked, and what didn't.
Dianne Wilkins said she was looking at doing an H2E project in conjunction with pretreatment coordinators.
Thomas Vinson noted that the roundtable should emphasize
this at the pretreatment conference.
Cecilia De La roche of H2E in D.C. is going to be there.
Michelle Vattano discussed how she brought in regulators in the morning, and then presented P2 in the evening. Thomas and several others said this was a good strategy. Pollution prevention seems like a viable and good option to regulation.
Any facilities wishing to participate can join through H2E Website http://www.h2e-online.org/
Small Scale Chemistry
Javier mentioned the Region 6 Small Scale Chemistry (SSC) project in Oklahoma. Effort came about when Dr. Gerald Carney and Eli Martinez were asked to propose a multi-media tribal project due to funds available for a multi-media tribal project. A $60,000 award was made to the Texas Educational Service Center in Wichita Falls to establish a SSC program with tribes in OK. Javier had sent out a website (www.smallscalechemistry.colostate.edu) and introductory material on 01/24. Dr. Carney is working with the Riverside Native American School in Anadarco, OK. The same grant will service twelve publics school districts surrounding Anadarco. Each school has a high percentage of Native American students.
Previous SSC projects with school districts were funded with Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) funds that came from case settlements in Region 6. The regional office has had SSC projects and train-the-trainer workshops in all five of Region 6's states.
Javier mentioned that Lisa Price would be joining Kathleen Aisling with the Resource Conservation Challenge program now that Melissa Galyon has moved to the Toxics Section to work on children's health issues.
Tom Ledford was also considering pursuing this project.
Thomas gave an update for Chris Campbell's project to propose a regional presentation. Our panel discussion was squeezed into a 20-minute talk. We will only have time for a couple of speakers. The focus will be on the diversity of our region. Chris will be coordinating this talk. Other roundtable members are encouraged to attend and participate.
ADEQ – Audree Miller
Two B ills have been proposed for this legislative session that involve ADEQ . One of the B ill s involves the procurement of bio-based products by Arkansas State agencies. In the proposed Bill, ADEQ is designated as the certifying authority for bio-based products. The certification process would be a big undertaking for ADEQ and would most likely fall under the jurisdiction of the P2 Program. The agency is opposing the Bill due to a lack of resources. The Arkansas State Plant Board has been suggested to certify the products since that agency already does product testing. The USDA is proposing to establish guidelines for designating items from bio-based products that would be afforded Federal procurement preference . Audree said that she has been serving on a legislative task force for a Bill that will require all new state funded buildings to be green. The Bill also requires that an Office of Sustainability be established at ADEQ to oversee the green building process. The green building B ill is supported by the agency.
Audree is continuing her work on the State agency group purchase of hybrid electric vehicle s . She said that all of the State agency directors received a hybrid vehicle package in the mail with a cover letter signed by ADEQ's director. Audree said she mailed over 200 packages. She said that the hybrid vehicle survey results being returned to the Office of State Procurement have been favorable.
Audree said that she is planning several H2E seminars for Arkansas for the spring/summer of 2005.
ADEQ's EMS core team is still hard at work . The software for the agency's EMS has been installed. The core team is currently work ing on refining the performance measurement s so that they can be implemented .
The P2 Program is also working with the Southwest Network for Zero Waste and TCEQ to establish a secondary materials resource exchange web site for Arkansas . The web site will be run from ADEQ's Recycling Section.
ODEQ – Dianne Wilkins
Working on Case Studies, with Zero Waster. They are also working with RCC and ona performance and recognition program. Partnering with Environmental federation Calling Dr. Pojasek to do a training.
April 8 sustainability conference in Stillwater, OK. She plans to incorporate site visits into the conference which will give a broader view of industrial strategies at the conference.
Dianne is working with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful on the Great American Cleanup.
LDEQ – Chuck Handrich
Chuck reported on a January 11-12 Cost Cutting Through Waste Minimization workshop. They use a team approach on day one with system analysis; day two they gave the participants specific resources. They had 14 attendees from several companies. It cost them $500 to do, but they believe it will yield good results.
Preparing for Gov. award, in late March or early April.
Chris Pealer will be in charge of Mercury reductions program.
Julian Thrower will be the main point of contact for P2 programs in Louisiana.
Nurtured World -- Susan Roothaan
Did three trainings.
Susan will be meeting with OPPT Region 6, the P2 Programs
Susan will be presenting at the Oklahoma Sustainability conference in April.
Nurtured World is doing EMS/ Consumer Conservation workshops in other states and wants to work with roundtable to coordinate trainings.
TCEQ – Grace Hsieh
Several programs are underway including:
Three day EMS training. February, March and June. Contact Grace if interested.
Will be having a Performance Track. There is no registration fee.
Post meeting note: Registration is limited to members of Clean Texas or Performance Track. Others (like state programs) may come, but should confirm.
NMED - Michelle Vattano
They conducted an H2E in Las Cruces with the national program. They had 30 participants.
They also conducted training in early March for the Maquiladores to assist them in setting up waste management plans.
She is working on making contacts with PROFEPA.
March 21-22 MSWG New Mexico. The focus will be on Biofuels.
They are continuing work on the seven Generations tribe.
Southwest Network for Zero Waste – Thomas Vinson-Peng
Thomas reported that the center has an events calendar up and running and asked the programs to work with him to get any events they hear about, or are conducting up on the website. He also asked for them to forward any news stories of interest to him for posting on the website.
In regards to the measurement required under the grant, Thomas said that this year he would work with them to get the data in the system. He asked for all the case studies they could get. This will help us, as a region, promote our success and secure, even expand our funding. Thomas also noted that these follow up activities would lead to better results from the organizations we work with, and lead to other organizations participating.
The Southwest Network for Zero Waste is a proud member of the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange P2Rx, a national network of regional information centers: NEWMOA (Northeast), WRRC (Southeast), GLRPPR (Great Lakes), ZeroWasteNet (Southwest), P2RIC (Plains), Peaks to Prairies (Mountain), WSPPN (Pacific Southwest), PPRC (Northwest).
|The Zero Waste Network is part of the University of Texas at Arlington's Center for Environmental Excellence in the Division for Enterprise Development.