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"Particulate matter," also known as particle pollution or PM, is a complex mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets. Particle pollution is made up of a number of components, including acids (such as nitrates and sulfates), organic chemicals, metals, and soil or dust particles.
The size of particles is directly linked to their potential for causing health problems. EPA is concerned about particles that are 10 micrometers in diameter or smaller because those are the particles that generally pass through the throat and nose and enter the lungs. Once inhaled, these particles can affect the heart and lungs and cause serious health effects. EPA groups particle pollution into two categories:
- "Inhalable coarse particles," such as those found near roadways and dusty industries, are larger than 2.5 micrometers and smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter.
"Fine particles," such as those found in smoke and haze, are 2.5 micrometers in diameter and smaller. These particles can be directly emitted from sources such as forest fires, or they can form when gases emitted from power plants, industries and automobiles react in the air.
Basic Information - Basics about particle pollution.
Health - Effects of particle pollution.
PM Standards - Links to technical information related to setting the national air quality standards for particle pollution.
PM Designations - Regional, state and local information related to PM nonattainment.
PM Implementation - Programs and requirements for reducing particle pollution.
Regulatory Actions - Links to proposed and final rules, fact sheets, and other rulemaking documents.
Nonattainment Areas - Status of nonattainment areas (the Green Book)
PM Research - Links to PM research and development, monitoring, and daily reporting and forecasting.
Agriculture - Fact Sheet - Coarse PM (PM10) standards and agriculture.
Air Quality Trends - Progress made in reducing particle pollution.
Air Emission Sources - Summarizes particulate matter emissions by source at national, state and local levels.
Residential Wood Smoke - Burn Wise is a partnership program that emphasizes the importance of burning the right wood, the right way, in the right wood-burning appliance to protect your home, health, and the air we breathe.
Related Links - Other information related to particle pollution.
State Implementation Plan Status and Information - identifies how states and EPA work together to ensure that the agency's National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are met and maintained.
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Councils grant chicken broiler consent
Environment Waikato and Matamata-Piako District Council have granted resource consents to expand a chicken broiler operation at Cussen Road, Tatuanui.
Environment Waikato and Matamata-Piako District Council have granted resource consents to expand a chicken broiler operation at Cussen Road, Tatuanui.
Environment Waikato and Waipa District Council have granted resource consents for the ongoing operation of Whitehall quarry, near Karapiro.
Good progress has been made in carrying out river and flood protection works on the Tauranga Taupo River.
Environment Waikato has already received more than $800,000 in rates since its first direct rate invoices went out earlier this month.
Environment Waikato today announced that Harry Wilson has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer designate.
Environment Waikato is proposing to change its policies to ensure consistency between various policies on geothermal resources.
Environment Waikato has awarded its annual Dame Te Ata Irangikaahu Maori Scholarship to Waikato University science and technology student Joseph Butterworth of Rotorua.
Environment Waikato's rating team is taking dozens of calls as the first direct rate from the Regional Council hits letterboxes around the Region this week – but the majority of the calls are asking about how to pay.
Younger drinking drivers are becoming a worrying statistic since the drinking age was lowered, this week's Environment Waikato Regional Road Safety Subcommittee was told.
A blue green algal bloom is still affecting Lake Ngaroto near Te Awamutu, despite the colder weather.
Environment Waikato posts out its first rate invoices this week – but the Council is not expecting the ratepayer outcry that Auckland Regional Council has experienced.


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I look at the news before my eyes can even focus
a man died while I slept, nobody even noticed
I pray it wasn't him, but I know it was someone
think about the family, today someone lost their husband, father, or son
Check for signs of life, any I can find
did he log on or email.. nope.. now it's all a matter of time
I go and get their breakfast, the kids still gotta be fed
I've still gotta be a mother, even though I just wanna crawl back into bed
I do my daily chores, laugh and play the role
thinking of him always.. the pain runs deep down through my soul
go check again, hoping, he's made it back alive
still nothing, but 9 hours ahead, means it's only 8:45
phone rings, heart drops.. please don't let it be the call
'yes it's me' I say.. oh; it was a wrong number after all
no idea what he's doing, but I still wonder anyway
gotta stop thinking for a while, take the kids outside to play
cook a supper that'll feed - two kids and myself
doesn't matter what it is, there's always too much left
bathtime's finally over.. the kids are tucked in bed
"make sure you tell daddy you love him, he can still hear you in his head"
I hear the message tone.. run to see if it's really him
thank God!! we made it through another day, now it's time to start again.
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Hammocks from Mexico are the most comfortable hammocks. The soft, yet supportive feeling is unmatched compared to other hammock materials. You'll never want to lay in anything else. The feeling has been compared to be like floating on a cloud.
The Single Mexican hammock is great for solo use, for a lazy day on the beach or traveling. It's also great for young children old enough to use and enjoy a hammock. It's also popular with students looking to add some extra seating for a small space or on the go.
The Queen (Double) hammock is a good size for taller people or couples. It can easily accommodate kids as well. The woven bed expands as wide as 7 feet, yet is still compact enough to take along on a picnic or camping trip, as well as for afternoons for two.
If you plan to share your Mayan hammock space with a friend or loved ones, we recommend the King. The weave is very dense and will remain practically solid when you lay in it. Best overall value in comfort and size you can't go wrong with the King size hammock.
Great for one or for the whole family, the comfort of the Super King Jumbo Mexican hammock is unmatched. These are our most popular hammocks and are as good as it gets in the world of Mayan Hammocks. There is simply no hammock bigger than this one!
For something a little different, we also have thick cord Mexican hammocks. The big difference obviously is the cord used is thicker, about the size of a pencil lead. Some prefer the thicker cord over the more traditional thin cord hammocks. The choice is yours.
The American hammock has a wood spreader bar anchored at the head and foot of the hammock. The spreader bars make the hammock hang and feel more like a bed than a traditional hammock. If you are looking for a more conventional hammock, this is the one.
Nothing beats a hammock chair. These chairs easily hang indoors from a beam or secure support. They also easily set up in the shade of an old tree. The chair is very strong and perfect for a relaxing afternoon curled up with a book, a margarita or just a lazy day.
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For more than 3,000 years, the Mayans developed a great culture with rich traditions. In the Yucatan of Mexico, Mayan hammocks have been used as an important piece of furniture indoors or outdoors, for resting and relaxation, just as they are today. Now you can enjoy them in and around your home, while adding a dash of interior decor and style. From single size to family size, with a spreader bar or without, to hammock chairs and more, you'll find the right hammock for you, your family and friends from our extensive selection of handmade Mexican hammocks. These are perfect for indoors for maximizing space and adding style, or outdoors to enjoy in the comfort of the seasons and sun.
Using centuries old methods, all our hammocks are handmade by Mayan women in the Yucatan of Mexico. These authentic Mayan made, Mexican hammocks are made of 100% cotton, with the end strings or loops made of nylon for support. Cotton hammocks are the more comfortable hammocks, with the colors more pleasing to the eye. The Mayan women work on hammocks to support their family and earn an income. In this way, the women can take care of their young children and work at the same time. When you get a Mayan made hammock, you are contributing directly to family income, supporting the self-sufficiency of the women and the development of the whole community.
For many Mayan families, the Mexican hammock trade is their only source of income. When you get a handmade Mayan hammock, you are helping the Mayan women directly, working with and respecting the communities, while providing economic support for the Mayan familes and Mayan villages. We proudly support kiva.org as well, and offer our Mayan hammocks and Mexican hammocks via Paypal for your convenience.
All our Mayan hammocks and Mexican hammocks are handmade, cotton hammocks .With nylon, threads are bright and shiny, but less forgiving against the skin. Cotton, being a natural fiber, has a much nicer feel to it and with the right care, can last for many years. The end strings or loop strings of our hammocks are made of nylon for strength and support.
For many, the best selling and most popular hammocks are the Jumbo, King, American and hammock chairs. Mexican hammocks come in all colors, from solid colored to multi-colored, rainbow hammocks. Get the ultimate garden or outdoor decorating accessory and add outdoor style to your backyard, cottage or picnic with authentic handmade hammocks. Since each one is handmade, each hammock is an original piece of handwoven textile art. Not only will you enjoy your hammock, but you'll also feel great that your purchase has helped out a Mayan family whose sole source of income is often from the hammock trade as you can read here on our site. For more information on the various sizes of hammocks and some of our Mayan partners in the hammock trade, please check out our selection above or our video here.


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To discuss ways your company or organization can partner with us through sponsorship, please contact Pam Dougherty, Director of Development, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (203) 392-9009.
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Please contact Pam Dougherty, Director of Development, at email@example.com or (203) 392-9009 to discuss specific sponsorship details.
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Campylobacter jejuni infection is a gram-negative rod that appears "S" shaped or comma shaped. Cattle, chickens, and dogs serve as the reservoir of this organism. Transmission is usually via raw or under-cooked food, especially poultry. However, other modes of transmission include ingestion of unpasteurized milk, untreated water, or contact with infected household pets. Campylobacter jejuni diarrhea is more common than Salmonella and Shigella. It can happen by eating under-cooked poultry or swallowing ocean water while swimming.
Treatment of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis: As with all diarrheal illnesses, it is important to drink fluids and replace electrolytes. A 5-7 day course of erythromycin should be sufficient. Other antibiotics such as azithromycin or clarithromycin could be used in place of erythromycin. Ciprofloxacin or amoxicillin can also be employed. Campylobacter jejuni is an organism that is largely responsible for the majority of food-borne infections.
Campylobacters are found in natural water sources year round. Cold water survival is important and these microorganisms enter a "viable but nonculturable state" when in a stressful environment. Organisms in this state can still be transmitted to animals. C-jejuni is found in many foods of animal origin including poultry, beef, swine, goats and raw milk. C-jejuni is a common organism found in the intestinal tract of cattle. Young animals are more colonized than old and colonization is associated with drinking unchlorinated water. Poultry intestines are also easily colonized and reservoirs include beetles, unchlorinated drinking water, C-jejuni also colonizes in wildlife including cranes, ducks, geese, seagulls, rodents and insects.
Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis and although present year round usually peaks during the summer season. It most commonly occurs in the very young and the elderly. Campylobacter jejuni has an incubation period from 1-7 days, dependent on the number of organisms ingested. These germs multiply within the small and large intestines and the resultant lesions exhibit an acute exudative and hemorrhagic inflammation. Symptoms of fever, headache, and malaise are present 12-24 hours prior to the onset of diarrhea. Diarrhea typically begins 2-4 days following ingestion but may be as many as 10. Diarrhea may last 5-7 days and will be blood stained with leukocytes present.
The mechanism of infection of Campylobacter jejuni is uncertain, however it is believed that the organism is invasive. Some isolates of Campylobacter jejuni exhibit low levels of cytotoxins and this is seen where the disease manifests itself primarily as watery diarrhea and typically more severely. C-jejuni is capable of infecting immunocompromised as well as healthy persons. The organism can be killed by hydrochloric acid which is a component of normal gastric acidity.
Diagnosis is primarily accomplished by microscopic examination of stained stool samples. The presence of neutrophils (as well as blood and leukocytes) is an important component of Campylobacter infection. Special lab techniques are needed because of the microaerobic environment needed for growth. Campylobacter jejuni organisms are isolated using antibiotic media and or by using filtration methods.
If you have experienced these symptoms, make sure to ask your doctor to check for Campylobacter jejuni, specifically. Properly cook and store meat and dairy products, avoid unchlorinated drinking water and unpasteurized milk. Always wash your hands after contact with animals and animal products.
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NeedyMeds is a 501(c)(3) non-profit information resource devoted to helping people in need find assistance programs to help them afford their medications and costs related to health care. The mission of NeedyMeds is to make information about assistance programs available to low-income patients and their advocates at no cost. The NeedyMeds website is the face of the organization. Databases such as Patient Assistance Programs, Disease-Based Assistance, Free and Low- Clinics, government programs and other types of assistance programs are the crux of the free information offered online.
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During our trip out to see Arthur's Pass on the South Island of New Zealand, we saw this beautiful cliff of rocks known as Castle Hill. It's a collection of large boulders just sitting on top of the rolling hills in a valley that serves as pastures for cows and sheep. Castle Hill is a landmark of note right off the main highway and there's a convenient parking lot for stopping and taking a nice walk.
Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day. But, there was a bit of sun when we first got there and it shows off the rocks nicely here. This one was taken while climbing up the cliffs to the tops of the main rocks. I took this one hand-held (no tripod), but it managed to stitch pretty nicely - except for some fuzziness at the rock at the top above you and small bit at the feet. This photo really shows you the boulders towering over you and captures the feeling of their majesty.
I took these in February of 2011, and just realized, two years later, I had not published the panoramas. We had a good time climbing the rocks. I went here a second time with a friend, on our way to do some backpacking. But, didn't take my 360 gear.


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Today, I bought the Magnet Set 853126, which includes an AT-AT-Driver, Ben Kenobi (old) and a Tie Fighter Pilot.
It was not in the Lego Store at Friday, so today when I saw it, I thought, this must be new and bought it at once.
Now i discovered, that it is not available at Shop at Home, Google finds no results to this set. This makes me wonder if anyone of you have heard from this set or have it as well?


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The conclusion of a four-year football career at Lakeland College was not the end of football for former Muskie Martin Ringeisen, who has found a unique place to ply his trade in the sport.
Ringeisen, a 2007 graduate of Lakeland with a degree in computer science, is part of a growing list of Muskies who have played professional football overseas in Europe. He has also had a good share of success playing in several different countries, and the three-year veteran of playing in Europe plans to head back overseas to play again this year.
Ringeisen, a native of St. Cloud, Wis., and a graduate of New Holstein High School, played football from 2003-06 at Lakeland. He was a tight end and caught 12 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown in his four-year career, playing on successful teams that finished with a 28-13 record over those four years. Despite his relatively modest statistics, Ringeisen decided after college that he didn't want to be done with football, and decided to look abroad for opportunities.
Ringeisen first found out about European football from former Muskie quarterback Brent Luebke, who played in Austria upon his graduation from Lakeland in 2005. Former Muskies Ryan Van De Loo and Ryan Maiuri also played overseas, and Ringeisen credits Van De Loo with helping him get connected with teams in Europe.
Ringeisen began his professional career in 2009 in Austria when he played for the Linz Steelsharks. When he began playing in Europe, Ringeisen made a position change to quarterback, and though his team was not a success on the field, finishing with a 0-9 record, he said he was able to learn a lot, including what teams in Europe are looking for in an American player both on and off the field.
In 2010, Ringeisen signed with the Wernigerode Mountain Tigers in Germany. In his second season as a quarterback, Ringeisen led the team in Germany to a 10-0 record, the first perfect season in team history.
"Having that be my first perfect season in any sport ever was something truly amazing," Ringeisen said. "It is something that nobody can take away from me."
Ringeisen bounced around in 2011, with a spell of bad luck resulting in him playing for two different teams for reasons out of his control. After the 2010 season, he had a number of teams looking at him due to his experience and his team's perfect season the year before, and he joined the Esbjerg Hurricanes in Denmark.
"That was my first season where I was able to be a part of building the playbook for the offense and help with the preparations for the game plan each week," Ringeisen said. "After a few games we were 3-0, but there was talk about the team losing one of its biggest sponsors. Sure enough, two weeks later I had a meeting with the president saying the team no longer had enough money to cover my full contract."
Rather than giving up on his dream, Ringeisen immediately began looking for another team. He signed with the Coventry Jets out of England on a Wednesday, and capped a crazy week by playing his last game with the Hurricanes on that Saturday. He finished his final game with one passing touchdown and three rushing scores, including a 70-yard TD to clinch the win in the fourth quarter via a 50-point mercy rule, a bittersweet finish to his season with the Denmark team, which was 5-0 at the time of his departure and capped a 15-game winning streak for teams Ringeisen played for.
While playing in England, Ringeisen played on a team that struggled on the field, but he was able to teach the European players in the fundamentals of the game. Then in his fifth game with the England team, he tore his MCL, ending his season.
Despite his injury, Ringeisen decided to push on and said he has spent "countless hours in the pool, gym and weight room" rehabilitating his knee. And after all that work, he has signed on to play in Europe once again, this time for a team for Lausanne University in Switzerland. He is the team's starting quarterback and also its offensive coordinator, and before he went to Switzerland he spent several weeks working out with Lakeland's wide receivers in preparation for his season overseas.
Remembering his time at Lakeland, Ringeisen credits a number of former professors as well as his coaches with being influences on him as he has built a career in football.
"The way Lakeland most affected me to be ready to be able to enjoy such an amazing opportunity can be summed up in two points," Ringeisen said, "the first probably being my influences from some of my professors. Pam Engebretson, Karl Elder, David Lynch…in their classes I was able to learn how to use certain words in the correct order to help build creditability. (I gained) the ability to stand up in front of crowd and just improve something from the heart with only a few minutes to prepare. And how to end a very productive teaching session by asking: 'Does anyone have any questions, comments or concerns?'
"The second point would be summed up in four letters-R.Y.F.P. Reach. Your. Full. Potential." (This was a point emphasized by former Lakeland College football coach Jim Zebrowski) Whether it was in the classroom, on the football field, or just in life, Lakeland taught me to always keep striving to be great. This same attitude kept me striving to reach my goal of playing football overseas."
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BALTIMORE – After a week hiatus, UMBC women's soccer concludes a three-game home stand on Sunday, Sept. 22 when it hosts Wagner at Retriever Soccer Park. Game time is set for 1 p.m., with all the action live on www.UMBCRetrievers.tv. Sunday marks Camper Day at Retriever Soccer Park, with all UMBC women's soccer campers getting into the park for free and their families getting a discounted admission of one dollar.
The Retrievers (4-2-2) are off to their best start through eight games since 1996 and have their highest win total since 2006. The black and gold are unbeaten in their last four contests and are coming off a 2-0-1 week. Red-shirt junior forward Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) earned America East Conference Player of the Week honors after tallying both of the Retrievers game-winning goals in victories over Howard and Bucknell. Freshman forward Victoria Burress (Bristow, Va./Patriot) added four points of her own, registering her first collegiate score and chipping in a pair of assists versus the Howard Bison.
Senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) had a stellar week between the pipes, posting a pair of shutouts and surrendering just one goal in 290 minutes of play to be named College Sports Madness America East Player of the Week recognition. Kadet stands five stops shy of becoming the program's all-time saves leader.
Wagner (5-1-1) is coming off a 2-1 victory against Manhattan on Saturday, Sept. 14, but will play NJIT on Friday, Sept. 20 before making the trip to Retriever Soccer Park on Sunday. Through seven games, senior back Amanda Sieferman and freshman midfielder Gabrielle Davis have tallied three goals apiece for a combined 14 points, while sophomore forward Siara Kolpon has added seven points of her own, on two goals and three assists.
Red-shirt junior goalkeeper Katie Marcy has seen all the action in net for the Seahawks. She entered the weekend allowing 1.09 goals per game, ranking second in the Northeast Conference.
Inside the Series
-The Retrievers are unbeaten in six all-time meetings with the Seahawks, posting a 5-0-1 record versus Wagner.
-UMBC and Wagner meet for the first time since Oct. 18, 2002 when the Retrievers were a member of the Northeast Conference. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
-Wagner is 0-1-1 on the season against America East opponents in 2013, accounting for the Seahawks' only tie and loss of the year. Wagner tied Maine, 1-1, after double overtime on Sunday, Sept. 8 and followed with a 2-1 loss to Stony Brook on Thursday, Sept. 12.


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Employees of Rackspace, a San Antonio-based cloud-hosting provider, were constantly seeking financial advice from Philip White, who directs benefits at the company. White, who has a background in the financial services industry, recognized a need, conducted a financial wellness assessment in January 2011, and implemented Rackwealth, a financial health and wellness program for employees who are called "Rackers."
"Rackers were looking for personal financial education and guidance, even though I think they are doing better overall than most employees in the U.S.," says White, who oversees benefits for 4,000 employees worldwide.
Financial stress and uncertainty are serious workplace issues, according to MetLife Inc.'s 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends. Fifty-eight percent of employers surveyed said that financial "illness" plays a role in employee absenteeism, and 78 percent said concerns over financial problems could have a negative effect on productivity. The study also found that effective financial education lowers stress, reduces absenteeism and increases productivity among the workforce.
And, according to a 2011 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Workplace Benefits Report, 59 percent of employers surveyed feel an increased sense of responsibility toward their employees' financial well-being, and 53 percent feel that responsibility includes providing both financial benefit plans and access to financial education and advice. The report found that since the recession, nearly half (47 percent) of employers have seen an increase in the frequency with which prospective employees inquire about the financial benefit plans offered by their companies.
"More and more of my clients are asking for financial education for their employees," says Nicholas Olesen, a private wealth manager with the Philadelphia Group in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. "We've done seminars on home buying, budgeting and a variety of other topics, but the sad fact is that less than a quarter of employees take advantage of these programs when everyone should."
He may be right. Another study by El Segundo, California-based Financial Finesse, a provider of financial education and wellness programs, found the overall state of U.S. employees' retirement preparedness to be low, despite a positive trend in employees improving their finances and putting heavier emphasis on retirement planning.
"Our findings are especially disconcerting in light of decreasing government and employer-subsidized retirement benefits," says Liz Davidson, Financial Finesse's CEO. "There's a new normal, and employees will not be able to meet their retirement goals unless they make significant improvements to their saving and planning behavior."
In addition to managing myriad benefit options at work, employees face numerous other financial challenges including lower market returns and interest rates on investments, lower home equity, higher health care costs, and longer life spans, Davidson says.
To assist employees, 61 percent of employers surveyed in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch report provide education on preparing for retirement, while only 17 percent addressed day-to-day budgeting and spending.
Employers need to address the whole financial picture, Davidson says, because a workforce that can't afford to retire can impact morale, performance and productivity. Older workers are more expensive to pay, more costly to insure, and may negatively affect the employer's ability to attract and retain new talent.
"The truth is that if an employee isn't saving enough for retirement, he or she may not be managing their money well in the first place," Davidson says. "I see a lot of folks in the 35- to 44-year-old age group who are trying to save for their kids' college or helping their elderly parents, but they need to remember that there are no scholarships for retirement. It is more appropriate to take care of your retirement first if you have to prioritize."
Davidson advises employers to work with a financial education provider on a customized program that addresses strategic goals and is designed for their organization's culture.
"Build on programs that have worked before. If online training and webcasts makes your employees happy, then offer those, but if they do better with face-to-face advice, then that's money well-spent because you want to see results," she says.
To date, Rackspace has offered several education modules through Financial Finesse, has brought radio host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University program to its campus, and has provided one-on-one counseling opportunities.
"Right now, we're focusing on personal financial education and guidance, and recently did a home-buying and mortgage seminar; however, we'll continue to build this program out to cover funding college educations, making good benefit choices, and integrating 401(k) plan savings with other opportunities, such as the stock-option plan," White says.
Rackspace's Rackwealth program is barely a year old, but White says he's already seeing encouraging results.
"Some of our employees have paid off their debt and are now saving for retirement," he says.
Lisa Beyer is a Workforce Management contributing editor. To comment email email@example.com.
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Snowing Cats
Snowing Cats
It's been in the news for a while now, but Apple's Snow Leopard finally hits the stores ahead of its September launch date. Mac users will be able to get their hands on one this Friday, 28th August, at a much reduced price (S$48) if you're upgrading from current Leopard operating system, while users who have recently bought a Mac can upgrade at a discounted rate of S$18. With Windows 7 launching on the horizon (October), it does look like Apple has managed to beat Microsoft to the market with a much earlier launch. While this point is moot seeing as you can only use the Mac OS on Apple hardware (unless you're into some hackintoshing), it does give Apple's platform an extra edge in terms of being updated and being able to boast new features just like Windows would soon be touting all over.
That aside, Snow Leopard does give current Leopard users plenty of reasons to upgrade, and it's an impressive list of features that make the list:-
Smaller Footprint
Snow Leopard takes up half of what Leopard uses on your HDD, and Apple says that the upgrade will free up at 7GB worth of space. We never understood why upgrading to a new OS should always take up more space, so this tweak is a pretty cool one in our books.
Faster Shutdowns
If you're the impatient sort, you'll be pleased to know that Snow Leopard has faster shut down and wake up from sleep time.
A Better Finder
A faster and snappier Finder awaits users who upgrade, with a customizable Spotlight and enhanced Icon views. Throw in a better disk eject function that tells you what's still accessing the drive and preventing it from being ejected makes a lot of sense to us.
QuickTime X
It's a new version of QuickTime with new features like file conversion, GPU decoding, screen recording and more.
Microsoft Exchange Support
Snow Leopard now introduces Microsoft Exchange support for easy syncing between home and office via Microsoft Exchange Server
2007. So now you have no excuse for not working at home when you're on sick leave.
Multitouch Support Upgrade for Older MacBooks
You always knew that the older MacBooks were capable of more than the two-finger multitouch support you were stuck with, but finally hope has arrived in Snow Leopard as older MacBooks will now be able to have three and four-finger multitouch functions.
What we have here is really just the tip of the icing as there's a whole lot more to Snow Leopard, so do hop on over to Apple's site to see what else is there. There are plenty of incentives for Leopard users to upgrade, and Apple has made it much more affordable to make that transition. By the way, if you're looking to upgrade a family of Mac machines to Snow Leopard, Apple also has a 5-user license upgrade pack for $S78. If you're buying a new Mac system, you won't have to worry about paying extra for Snow Leopard as it already comes included in newer machines.


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Speedsters Reunite At Speedway's Museum Of American Speed
Forget everything you think you know about "old-school" hot rods.
Long before the proliferation of hot rodding in the late '40s and '50s-heck, well before the term "hot rod" was even coined-thousands of American performance junkies itched their need for speed in stripped-down Model Ts and As with hopped-up Ford T, A, and B four-cylinder engines. Such speedsters kicked up dust on fairgrounds, racetracks, and country roads across the nation in the years before World War II-many even before World War I.
These early hop-up efforts were celebrated last July in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the Smith Collection Museum of American Speed-with sponsorship from Speedway Motors-welcomed the Third Annual International Speedsters Trials and Reunion. It was hosted by Smith Collection founders "Speedy" Bill and Joyce Smith and attracted dozens of speedsters and nearly 100 enthusiasts from around the nation.
Participating vehicles represented the full speedster spectrum; from bare bones machines consisting of little more than a chassis, cowl, floor, and engine, to more sophisticated efforts with streamlined bodies crafted from steel, aluminum, or sometimes even wood. The four-cylinder engines also ran the gamut from essentially stock to significantly modified. Many were equipped with vintage-speed equipment and OHV conversions from the likes of Rajo, Roof, Riley, and Cragar-the pioneers of the aftermarket performance industry.
In true speedster spirit, the reunion had plenty of driving activities. This included a 90-mile rally style road tour on scenic two-lane highways, plus an exciting hill climb competition (yes, a bona fide hill was found in Nebraska!). The hill climb was coordinated with assistance from Ford A Speed Technology and generated some pretty serious-but friendly-competition on the 530-foot inclined course. Olive Moore ultimately earned "King of the Hill" bragging rights by clocking 66 mph in her bright purple '27 Ford roadster, which runs a Riley four-port head and dual carbs on its Model B engine.
Friday evening found the speedsters caravanning to the nearby town of Ceresco for a car show and parade commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Swanson Ford dealership. That was followed up on Saturday morning with performance evaluations on a chassis dyno. The dyno results were interesting to watch, with rear-wheel power output ranging from 19 hp on a nearly stock Model T engine, to an impressive 94 hp generated through the quick-change rearend on Ron Mosher's rowdy Model A roadster, which sports a Model B engine with a Cragar head, dual carbs, and many other tricks.
With technical seminars and tours of the Museum of American Speed rounding out the schedule, the Speedster Reunion offered much more action than a typical lawn chair street rod show. And if the smiles on participants' faces were any indication, we suspect that these speedster fans will be looking to reunite again soon at the Museum of American Speed.


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Every time MINI comes out with a newer, bigger, model the internet lights the torches and sharpens the pitchforks. I understand that a brand called "MINI" is supposed to have well, "mini" cars but unfortunately people don't want to buy "mini" cars they want to buy regular cars with a MINI badge. Yet many of us believe that MINI vehicles should still be this.
Once upon a time the VW Golf was a small hatchback. Then it grew, every generation was larger than the last.
The Golf had its good years and bad, but few complained about the size. The MKV was a return in quality and dynamics to the Golf we knew and loved from years past. But the MKV was still big by comparison. The MKVII looks to be one of the best versions of the globally loved compact to date.
MINI sales have been on a steady decline except for their largest car the Countryman. That makes sense because small doesn't really sell. In 2003 the "new" Mini Cooper was released and was an instant hit. I ordered an '04 Cooper S and had wait 3 months for it. At the time the S models were flying off the lots and could only be had with a manual transmission. Three years later my Cooper was totaled in a flood and I thought about picking up another one. I was shocked at the number of lightly used Coopers in the pre-owned market. I asked a dealer at MINI about this phenomenon. He said, "People bought them because they were 'cute and fun' but after a year, reality set in and a lot of people traded them because they were 'too stiff and too small."
The next generation Cooper had a significantly softer suspension with the sport suspension being "optional," even on the S models. And The current generation has gotten much bigger, but the larger MINI seems to be a return to the fun and funky car that the '03 was. Most people see MINI as BMW's "youth division" a la Toyota's Scion, as a lifestyle brand meant to filter buyers into BMWs as their income increases. Whether or not that plan comes to fruition is another story. But what if MINI was not so focused, what if MINI was more like VW to Audi? And therein lies MINI's problem, the brand doesn't know how it wants to occupy the market.
However, if MINI is going more along the lines of VW, why are we o.k. with this-
But not this?
I'm rather fond of the Jetta Sportwagen (Golf Variant), it is a fun car but not really a "performance" car. However, if the Clubman offers a nice turbo-4 with an available, sport suspension, and 6-speeds, that would make me very interested. Is the this bigger Clubman concept moving the MINI brand farther from its roots? Probably, but it might move it closer to something us Jalops might really dig.
@AutomatchTom is a professional car buying consultant, lover of all things automotive and a bit wagon obsessed. You can find more ramblings and plenty of carporn here.


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|Meridian 800 CD/DVD-A/V Player
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Page 1 of 2Introduction
Meridian's 800 is their flagship source component, responsible for reference level playback of compact discs, DVD-Video discs, DVD-Audio discs and beyond. The 800, like its AV preamp brother, the Meridian 861, is vastly configurable and highly programmable, allowing the end user to elicit incredible playback feats with true ease. Pricing starts at $19,440 for a basic CD/DVD transport, while a fully loaded unit complete with 5.1 analog outputs, Meridian's proprietary digital output and an internal video processor weighs in closer to $25,000.
Music lovers dedicated to stereo-only playback can use the 800 as a CD player and/or high-performance audio preamp that drives the owner's existing high-end stereo amplifier(s) and speakers. Alternatively, the 800 can be directly and digitally connected to Meridian's cutting edge digital speakers. If you subscribe to the less is more theory, these configuration options are as good as it gets, and if you are simplifying a stereo system, you can sell off your DAC and stereo preamp in order to finance an investment in an 800.
For movie and surround sound buffs, the Meridian 800 is the highest end of high-end playback devices. The 800 will play DVD-Video discs, CDRs, CDs, DVD-Audio discs and others without missing a beat. Physically, the component is dressed elegantly in black and stands four rack spaces tall. The 800 has a rack mount kit for more permanent installations, which is an option I quickly learned I needed for my system. The theme of simplicity is best expressed on the front of the unit, where the single disc tray opens and shuts via a stealth opening on the front left section of the faceplate. Just to the right of the tray are the basic component controls like "play," "pause," "stop," "fast forward" and "off." These controls are available to the touch on the front of the unit. Directly above the hard buttons is another level of player controls that are hidden by a slick panel that flips up. Pressing anywhere on this panel unveils options for menu navigation, level controls and more. Above the secret panel is a digital readout that displays track and/or chapter information and more with a modern green glow. Meridian is no newcomer to the high-end market. Their products, unlike many from other highly-touted companies in the industry, truly live up to their promises of upgradeability. When investing this kind of coin on a source component, you would be crazy to expect anything less, but it is not uncommon to quickly find the end of the road with pricey AV gear as new formats and feature sets are announced. There was a point early on when the 800 didn't offer DTS decoding, but it does now. It didn't always allow high-resolution digital connectivity with the 861 preamp, which it also does now. However, one oft-requested upgrade is the addition of SACD playback, which will likely never grace the feature sets of the 800. While on the surface it looks like a political play by Meridian, which authored MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) that powers the best DVD-Audio has to offer, the truth is that DSD and MLP reportedly need separate processing in order to be truly high-end components. Therefore, adding SACD to the 800 would be cost prohibitive. If Meridian were to do an SACD player, they say it would be a separate component. For now (and maybe forever), they are strongly behind the DVD-Audio format.
One of the most unique features of the Meridian 800 is its high-resolution, proprietary digital connection from the 800 to another Meridian AV preamp (or Meridian digital speakers). Normally, DVD-Audio (and SACD players, too, for that matter) is required to be hooked up using six analog audio connectors into a six-channel input on your receiver and/or preamp. The purpose of this is to deter people from stealing the music and is mandated by the record labels. To this day, there still is no standard for which a DVD-Audio or SACD player from Brand A can be digitally connected to an AV preamp or receiver from Brand B. That is, unless a manufacturer has its own special connection between players and that is exactly what Meridian has with the latest version of the 800. You can order a digital connection card for your 800 and 861 (at an additional cost) that makes your system so much simpler to connect. But the system's best advantage with this innovation isn't simplicity – it's performance. In the standard hook-up scenario, you have to convert the digital information on a DVD-Audio disc to analog (six channels) and run it into your AV preamp, which then converts it back to digital, processes it and then takes it back to analog again, so your amps and speakers can have their way with the sound. With a directly digital connection to your AV preamp, you eliminate an entire level of A to D and D to A conversion from your audio system, which is tantamount to removing 1,000 pounds from your Porsche 911 before you test for zero to 60 times on a race track. Direct digital audio connections are a big deal and are what customers should demand for their gear. Six-channel analog doesn't provide the copy protection that the record labels think it does, but it does keep people from investing in DVD-Audio and/or SACD, which is a shame.
The Music
The Meridian 800 is my last equipment review before I move from West Hollywood to a slightly larger location in West Los Angeles, which has given me cause to do a few blow-out listening sessions. With Tower Records, The Viper Room and the Whisky a Go-Go gleaming below seemingly in approval, I started off with the normally dull-sounding "Houses of the Holy" from the standard CD release of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (Atlantic). The majority of my audio comparisons come between the 800 and Proceed's greatly maligned PMDT DVD-Video CD transport, connected by analog outputs into the Mark Levinson No. 40. While the Proceed was known to struggle with a software bug or two or three (rumor is that this is why Harman dumped the Proceed brand), the PMDT was a smokin' good-sounding CD transport. Playing "Houses of the Holy" on the 800, you can hear an audible improvement in depth, which is the kind of development that makes you struggle against the urge to turn up the volume. While there is a bit of analog hiss on the CD from the master tapes, the three-dimensionality is notable when listening to the Meridian 800. It sounded incrementally more like a performance and less like a recording with this system.
On Rickey Lee Jones' cover of the Jimi Hendrix jewel "Up From the Skies" from Pop Pop (Geffen), the 800 takes zeros and ones etched on silicon and turns them into a truly liquid musical performance. Jones' voice beams in front of a punchy-sounding stand-up bass that is tight and delicious. The acoustic guitar fills, albeit not very Jimi-like, pop pop from the sound stage in between the verses. With the Meridian 800 in the loop, the music just sounded sexier.
Speaking of Jimi, real Jimi recordings don't sound like the more modern Pop Pop album. Real Jimi is found on the CD import of Jimi Plays Monterey (Polydor), which archives the left-handed virtuoso's initial return from England to the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967. This was the beginning of a very special time in history for music and this performance might just be the brightest you will hear (yes – better than Woodstock). The intro track "Killing Floor," a Muddy Waters-inspired blues frenzy, captures the exact emotion of the artist with his adrenaline raging as he returns from capturing fame in the U.K. to really play for his long-haired brethren. The long and painfully awkward tune-up process only gives the track more sonic believability. Any performing musician who tells you he isn't a bit nervous before he fires up the first few notes and chords of his (upside-down) Strat is outright lying to you. Almost 3:00 into the track, a squeaky Brit introduces the U.S. to nothing more than "the Jimi Hendrix Experience" and you explode into space without needing a booster rocket. On the Meridian 800, Jimi separates himself from the two-dimensionality that I have been accustomed to on this CD, with his voice taking on a presence that is rarely heard on live recordings of the day. His first solo grinds it out carefully at first as Mitch Mitchell blasts cymbal crashes like a bull in a china shop. Jimi's chop work quickly transitions from nervous to mind-boggling with an unbelievable response from the crowd. As Jimi warms up and the mixing engineer tries to adapt to the sheer genius flowing through the speakers, the guitarist breaks out "Like a Rolling Stone," which sounds outrageously believable on the Meridian 800. Jimi could play the juiciest little riffs behind his hip and soulful vocals. Ironically, Hendrix was supposedly always self-conscious about his singing. The Meridian 800 gives you that little extra bit of resolution, so that you can hear each and every inflection in his performance, which gives lie to Hendrix's fears about his vocals.
The most outrageous the Meridian 800 sounded for CD was on the remixed version of The Wall (Columbia). On "One of My Turns," you would swear the 800 in stereo was connected to a Pro Logic II surround processor, because the groupie who asks a series of stupid questions like "Are all these YOUR guitars?" moves around the stereo soundstage as if the CD was mixed for 5.1. When Waters comes in, his voice has a thick and manly quality to it that sits atop a dull-sounding keyboard. Later on Disc Two, the final sequence of songs starting after "Comfortably Numb" is nothing short of spellbinding when being played back on the Meridian 800. On "The Trial," the vocals sound like everything Broadway should sound like but doesn't. You can hear the orchestration and chorus with great detail, without drawing attention from the vocals. Once again, you hear depth that you don't normally expect from a high-end CD player.
Inspired by the concept of incredible runs of songs on classic records, I spun Sgt. Pepper's (Capitol - Apple Records) to "When I'm Sixty-Four." The beer garden feel of the song is more revealed than ever, with woodwinds and bells (or xylophones) sounding spectacularly realistic behind the vocals. The song was jaw-dropping for anyone I played it for who has heard the number enough times to understand the difference. By the end of "A Day In The Life," when every "e" is hit on four different pianos at once, you feel as if you need a cigarette, thanks to the orgasmic resolution made possible by the Meridian 800.


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Google Blacklist Includes Hijacked Websites
Many of the Websites blacklisted by Google are actually legitimate Websites that have been hijacked to serve up malware, according to security firm Zscaler.
Zscaler's Julien Sobrier analyzed Alexa's list of the top one million Websites and found 621 were also identified as malicious on Google's Safe Browsing blacklist. Sobrier found that of the 621 sites, most of them were legitimate Web sites that had been hijacked and were serving up malicious content such as fake antivirus and booby-trapped PDF files without the site owner's knowledge.
Major Web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome use the blacklist to prevent users using Google's search engine from clicking on links to flagged Websites. Browsers that use Safe Browsing display a warning screen informing users to not visit the bocked sites. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Opera does not use Safe Browsing at this time.
"No site is safe from hijacking," Sobrier wrote. "Personal websites and top-10,000 sites are all likely to be infected at some point."
Attack Types
According to Sobrier's analysis, the attackers usually modified the compromised page to run JavaScript code to redirect to a malicious site or to open an iFrame containing malicious content hosted elsewhere on the Web. Users are being redirected to the "same type of malicious pages that we've seen for years now, such as fake AV scareware, fake Flash updates, survey scams, etc," Sobrier wrote in a follow-up post on the ThreatLabZ blog May 18.
"That means that users are still not educated enough to recognize fake software updates and still fall for the same old tricks," he added.
Several of the sites displayed a page that "looks a lot like YouTube" and urged visitors to upgrade their installation of Adobe Flash in order to view a scintillating video. Others displayed an image or a pop-up window claiming the computer was already infected with malware and urging users to download an antivirus to clean up the problem. Finally, Sobrier identified sites tricking users into signing up for "free" trials or gifts by filling out pages and pages of online surveys.
"This type of scam [surveys] is very, very common. It's amazing that is [sic] still works," Sobrier wrote.
Sobrier noted that Safe Browsing blocked the entire site that contained the attack JavaScript code or the iFRAME instead of the actual domain containing malware. This was a problem because the original source was still free to serve up its malicious payload to unsuspecting visitors. A site that had been hacked, but not yet blacklisted by Safe Browsing, would impact users so long as the malicious domain remained unblocked.
Webmasters Need to Pay Attention
Webmasters must be vigilant, accordign to Sobrier. Considering Alexa ranked sites by traffic, Webmasters should have noticed a significant drop in their traffic shortly after the compromise and being blacklisted. Only IE and Opera users would be visiting the site from search engines, a fact that should be readily apparent if the Webmaster was checking the logs. They should be investing in products to detect traffic anomalies, getting blacklisted, or to scan the site for malicious code.
"Owners of these very popular websites have not invested in keeping their website safe," Sobrier said, calling his findings "disappointing."
Sobrier's findings echo a similar project by Kaspersky Lab's Stefan Tanase earlier this year. Tanase had emailed Webmasters of 100 websites infected with malware informing them of the problem. In his note, he provided some information about how the infection may have occurred, such as a weak FTP password allowing hackers to upload a malicious script, or modify an existing file. In return, he asked for some data on the infections in the form of log entries. When no one responded to his request, he reached out to another 200, and finally got six replies.
One of the responses was from a Webmaster who was no longer actively maintaining the site because it was part of an older project and was no longer in use, Tanase said during his presentation at the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit in February.
"The assumption I made is that webmasters don't know their sites are infected," Tanase said. "The reality is that webmasters don't care if their sites are infected."


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2010 was my first full year of blogging so its seems right that I should look back and reflect on what an amazing year it has been.
In January, I did my first Fresh From The Oven Challenge, making Chocolate Buns. This formed part of my New Year's resolution's to be more adventurous in baking and make more bread. I also made cottage pie and did my first ever guest post on Nora's blog.
In February, I made Valentine's Cupcakes (that looked like boobies!) for English Mum's Best Valentine Cupcake competition. I reviewed my first cookbook, Skye Gyngell's My Favourite Ingredients and Nora did a guest post on the blog.
In March, I celebrated completing my first year of blogging. The first meeting of the Midlands Food Bloggers was held at Loaf's HQ in Birmingham, where we cooked pizza's and tasted Peters Yard's Crispbreads and Brock Hall Farm's Goats Cheese for the first time. I went to my first Cupcake workshop at Kiss Me Cupcakes and I hosted my first Fresh From The Oven challenge, Kringel
In April, I entered and won the Easter Cake Bake and made cupcakes for the Mad Hatter's Shropshire Tweet Up. Helen did a guest post on the blog and I made croissants for the first and last time!
May started by making the ultimate spring time brunch and a crumble. Pizza Napoletana was the Fresh From The Oven challenge.
In June, Jo's Kitchen was invited by Miele to do the Masterchef Invention Test at the BBC Summer Good Food Show. Marie and I took on a Giant Cupcake Challenge and I went on an archaeological dig and left my blog in the care of Gary, Linda, Louise and Charlene.
In July, I made my favourite childhood dinner of Fish Fingers, Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Parsley Sauce. I entered my second English Mum's Big Bake Off and held a competition to win a Masterchef Apron.
In August, I made a sweet version of Fish Fingers, Mash and Ketchup with Mat Follas's help and went on a foodie trip to Ludlow visiting the Ludlow Food Centre and Ludlow itself. Brioche was this month's Fresh From The Oven Challenge.
September was a busy month so I only made some cupcakes and garlic and basil focaccia.
In October, I made some spooky Halloween cakes for English Mum's Autumn Bake Off, went to my first 24 Carrots Farmers Market and attended the second Midlands Food Bloggers Meet Up.
In November, I made Coca-Cola Marinated Steak, with Wedges and Cool Beans, and I went to Jamie's Italian in Covent Garden, London. I also reviewed the Findus Fresher Taste range of ready meals.
In December, I was invited back to the BBC Good Food Show Winter by Miele. I took part in two cookalongs and met lots of fantastic producers. I went to the new Jamie's Italian in the Bullring, Birmingham. I learnt how to make pasta for the first time at Loaf and shared my Christmas wishlist with you. Finally, for a late seasonal treat, I shared my Mincemeat Flapjacks recipe.
Overall, 2010 was an amazing year. I met so many fantastic people, ate lovely meals, made lots of new recipes and I was lucky enough to review some great products. I cannot wait to see what 2011 will bring. Thank you to all my readers for being along with me for the ride. I hope you will stay with me for 2011. I hope you all have a great night tonight, whatever you are doing. I will see you early in 2011 with my New Year's resolutions.
Happy New Year! 🙂


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The Swedish Warship Vasa never made it out of Stockholm harbor. It sank on its maiden voyage in 1628, and nearly 400 years later, the ship is suffering a slow, inexorable decay in Sweden's Vasa Museum.
The mighty vessel has come to symbolize Sweden's Great Power Period, when the nation became a major European power and controlled much of the Baltic. Though not the largest or most heavily armed ship of its time, the Vasa was formidable: The 226-foot, 64-cannon ship could fire a combined weight of more than 650 pounds of shot from one side. But the maritime pride of Sweden never saw battle – it was too top-heavy, and it capsized and sank after sailing less than a nautical mile.
The Vasa was recovered in 1961 and has been displayed in its own museum since 1990, attracting more than a million visitors per year. But in 2000, signs of deterioration sprang up on the ship's surface. A new study published July 6 in Biomacromolecules shows that the ship's wooden hull has significantly weakened, due to decay of the wood's structural fibers. The Vasa wood is about 40 percent weaker than regular oak wood, and has become very acidic.
"We found a very clear connection between low pH, high degradation, and a large decrease in mechanical strength," said study co-author Ingela Bjurhager, a mechanical engineer at Sweden's University of Uppsala.
Bjurhager's team cut out samples of wood from four different locations on the Vasa to test its properties. They measured the wood's tensile strength by stretching it in a machine until the wood reached its fracture point, and they analyzed its iron and sulfur content.
Wood gets its mechanical strength from cellulose fibers, and decay of these fibers appears to be responsible for the *Vasa'*s weakening. The cause of the decay is still being debated, but one theory suggests that iron leaching out of the ship's metal bolts and fixtures could be combining with oxygen to create a highly reactive substance that's eating away at the cellulose.
While some microbial degradation took place underwater, the researchers believe most of the decay happened after the ship was brought out of the water. Stockholm harbor provided ideal conditions for preserving a shipwreck: The dark bottom was protected from damaging ultraviolet light, the cold water slowed down chemical processes, and heavily polluted 17th century water prevented an infestation of "shipworm" – a notorious wood-eating parasite.
"Comparatively speaking - Vasa is in an excellent state of preservation compared with most shipwrecks," said Emma Hocker, conservator of the Swedish National Maritime Museums, in an email.
Soon after the ship was salvaged, it was sprayed with a waxy substance called polyethylene glycol, or PEG, to replace the water inside the wood and prevent it from shrinking. It wasn't intended to protect against fiber degradation, but it appears to have kept the ship's surface better preserved than its inner regions.
In 2004, the museum upgraded its climate-control system to keep the relative humidity stable, as fluctuating humidity could lead to changes in the shape and weight of the ship. Efforts are also underway to replace the corroding steel bolts that were inserted in the ship during the 1960s with improved stainless steel ones.
The Vasa does not have an immediate risk of structural failure, the researchers concluded. Still, the ship deforms a few millimeters every year. Given the extent of the wood atrophy, "It's sort of a little bit too late to do anything," said Bjurhager, who is focusing instead on preventing further deformation. Her team is currently working on a computer model of the ship so they can design a new support structure.
There may be life in the Vasa yet."It has a long history with the Swedish people," Bjurhager said. "People just like it."


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Steve Israel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, appeared on CNN this morning in order to explain why he is confident that the Democrats will retake the House in 2012–and why it is okay for them to take SuperPAC money.
The answer is that in 2010 the Democrats didn't so much lose to the Republicans as they did to GOP money men and masterminds like Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers, who were able to flood the zone with unrestricted SuperPAC dollars.
"In 2010 we lost the House not to House Republicans but to Karl Rove and the Koch brothers, these special interests groups who spent unlimited amounts of money not disclosing who was funding those commercials, beaming into congressional duistricts and affecting the impacts of those elections," Mr. Israel, a Long Island Democrat said. "That was a huge advantage the Republicans had in 2010, and we are not going to concede that advantage to them in 2012.
Mr. Israel went on to say that to do so would be like to play a baseball game in which only one side was able to bat.
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With Minigore loose out in the open, we can finally ask your opinion on stuff!
We have the radar, the third health (John Gore with the bandana), automatic saving and loading of the game and all new OpenFeint version in. Should we sit on these features until co-op and achievements are done or release the update right now so you can start enjoying it?
UPDATE: The final verdict is over 80% of you want us to submit the update now! I'm sending out copies to our testers now and submitting as it as soon as it gets cleared.


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Kaarme KAAOS 2.0 tank top, DIY vest & cutoffs, Margiela bag, vintage David Ackerman boots, custom Ray-Ban aviators, Black Plague necklace, tethered claw earring, Victorious Vertebra ring, and Feeling a Little Unbalanced tooth ring all courtesy of L.S.D..
It's been way, waaay too long -- forgive me. I've made a little promise to myself (and a Japanese fashion magazine) that I will NOT forget my camera when I walk out the door every day, so look forward (or dread, whatever) to a little kick in this blog's ass in terms of posting frequency.
I don't like hallucinating; I'm one of those people who would get stuck in the "I'm Never Coming Back" zone, bug out, and just tremble in a corner whilst sucking my thumb. However, I do love me some L.S.D.. Little Sister Designs are so versatile and easy to wear, but also have that element of macabre quirkiness that is difficult to achieve. I think I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again anyway: L.S.D. always make people do a double-take, and it's super fun. It's kind of like the same sensation I had as a kid when I would walk into school with a mouse or a newt in my pocket ... Ms. Burkhart's pieces make the wearer feel like they own this little special secret. At this moment I feel far from eloquent, so I'll STFU and let the pictures do the talking. This necklace is my new appendage -- it is beautifully crafted and makes a statement without MAKING A FUCKING STATEMENT. Obviously I have no problem with the latter, but it is nice to own a piece that falls into my "understated" category.
The vertebrae ring (a matching necklace is also available) has also been a staple for me lately. Sterling blackener is meticulously applied in such a way that the tiny bone has sort of a lovely gemstone-ish affect. The bright silver parts of the piece have an unexpected matte finish which is my personal favorite element of the design. The ease of mix-and-matching is a quality that literally all of my L.S.D. pieces possess; they're just really complimentary paired with everything from highly polished sterling or white gold, to powder-coated brass and tarnished sterling.
I don't know if I ever explained the reason behind my obsession with teeth on this blog. In a nutshell, I suffered a blunt force trauma injury as a kid that knocked out my two front teeth, the bone surrounding them, and the gum line. Nearly ten years of oral surgery and a partial denture later, I ended up with titanium implants (aka fake teeth you can't take out). But I'll never forget the image of my two front teeth laying in a pool of blood, on the cement dock of a whale-watching boat. It was night time, and, as Hannibal Lecter says, blood in the moonlight "... appears quite black." My teeth had been knocked out whole and I was surprised by their largeness and all of their little parts that I never knew existed in my ten-year-old mouth. In the shock of the impact, before my father scooped them up and put them in the breast pocket of his shirt, there was a nanosecond in which the teeth looked almost beautiful as they gleamed in the black pool, and I was numb. Thus my preoccupation with teeth -- human teeth, to reaffirm my freakishness. Surprise though, this super weird story is actually relevant: many of L.S.D. utilize sterilized human teeth, and those pieces IMHO are very special. It's like owning a vintage piece of costume jewelry and imagining the old biddy who wore it on her wrinkled hand as she drank dry martinis, but just a *bit* more primitive. Every tooth is completely different. Some have fillings. Some are pristine. I don't know how Ms. Burkhart obtains the teeth for her designs, but they are all pretty ingenious. I'll stop my rambling with this:
For a limited time, Lotte Burkhart is offering a generous 25% discount on all of the pieces offered in the L.S.D. webshop. Just use the code blogger25 and do like a bull in a china shop with that shit.
The fine folks over here at Käärme have re-stocked the previously sold out KAAOS shirt, and it has undergone a makeover. KAAOS 2.0 (limited to only 20 pieces) has the sleeves chopped off and has been tie-dyed with black, which gives it a nice "dirty" orange hue. I thought the teal Margiela bag was totally appropriate with the shirt, as it is color-treated in the same fashion. Anyway, KAAOS 2.0 will be available in the Käärme shop soon, but in the meantime if you are in critical need, you can purchase one by shooting us an email at email@example.com.
Ahh, my David Ackerman boots ... by far the finest ebay purchase I have ever made, next to my Phi lace-ups. On the subject of shoes, I have an exciting new member of the family to share. But that is for the next post. This one took me an exhaustingly, embarrassingly long time to assemble, for some reason. I am pretty rusty. Thanks for sticking around! &hearts


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McIlroy snatches remarkable win
A week which began with personal heartache ended in professional triumph as Rory McIlroy came from seven shots behind to claim a remarkable victory in the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.
Just four days after a visibly upset McIlroy revealed he had called off his wedding to tennis star Caroline Wozniacki after the invitations had been sent out, the 25-year-old carded a closing 66 to win the European Tour's flagship event following a dramatic final day.
McIlroy only took the outright lead for the first time with a birdie on the 71st hole and made another on the last to finish 14 under par, one ahead of Ireland's Shane Lowry, with two-time winner Luke Donald and overnight leader Thomas Bjorn a shot behind in third.
"It's been a great day," said McIlroy, who had missed the cut in each of his last two appearances in the event. "Going out seven behind I did not really expect to be in this position.
"Thomas was playing very well and I thought I would need something really spectacular to catch him but walking off the 11th tee I saw I was only two behind and thought I had a chance."
In the aftermath of his split from Wozniacki, McIlroy had left his phone turned off and even given away his laptop, and he added: "When I was inside the ropes it was a little bit of a release. I was on my own, doing what I do best and it gave me four or five hours of serenity or sanctuary, whatever you call it.
"I can't explain it. It's obviously a week of mixed emotions. I am looking at the trophy saying 'How the hell did it happen?' I was asked in an interview how I feel and I don't know. I feel happy that I've won but it's been a weird week."
Lowry had briefly been three clear when he started the back nine with a hat-trick of birdies, but drove into trouble on the 13th and ran up a double-bogey six, while Bjorn was left to reflect on squandering a five-shot overnight lead that brought back unwanted memories of his collapse in the final round of the Open at Royal St George's in 2003.
But ultimately the week belonged to McIlroy, who kickstarted his challenge with an eagle from 15 feet on the fourth, his ball teetering on the edge of the hole for several seconds before dropping in.
Two bogeys and a birdie in the next five holes took McIlroy to the turn in 34 and left him three off the pace, but the two-time major winner chipped in for birdie on the 10th and also picked up shots on the 12th, 13th, 17th and 18th to seal his first professional win on European soil.
"It's been 18 months since I won on the European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more," added McIlroy, whose seven-shot final-round comeback equalled the largest in the championship's history and also made him the first winner from Northern Ireland.
""I knew coming in here I was playing well. I struggled a little on Friday but played great over the weekend. I was a little fortunate that some of the guys ahead of me made mistakes and I took advantage of it.
"My caddie JP (Fitzgerald) set me the target of 15 under today. I didn't quite get there but 14 under was enough. I really wanted to win before going into the second major of the season (the US Open from June 12-15) and I could not have asked for a better way to prepare."
Bjorn threw the tournament wide open when he and playing partner Donald both ran up triple bogeys on the sixth, the Dane taking two shots to escape from a fairway bunker and finding more sand with his fourth shot.
Donald responded with five birdies in his next 10 holes - chipping in on the 13th and 16th - but crucially failed to birdie the 17th which meant he needed an eagle on the last to tie.
Bjorn also needed a three on the 18th after birdies on the 16th and 17th, but after Donald had found the water with his approach, the 43-year-old's approach came up well short of the flag.
"Obviously I would love to take that sixth hole back today, as would Thomas, but I was proud of the way I came back and fought back after that to be five under for the last 12," Donald said.
"I gave it a shot at the last but came up about a couple feet short, but I'm happy for Rory. We all know what he's been going through and sometimes making those tough decisions maybe takes a weight off your mind in a way and he can engulf himself in the golf."
Lowry was also happy for his friend McIlroy but added: "I feel very unlucky. I know I hit a poor tee shot (on 13) but found myself in probably the only bush like that on the course and was struggling from there.
"But to hole the birdie putt on the last and to finish second on my own is really nice."
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The California Commission on Judicial Performance is an independent state agency that handles complaints about California judges for judicial misconduct or wrongdoing. It also handles judicial disability matters.
The Commission can investigate and take disciplinary action, or in the most serious cases, recommend to the Supreme Court that it impose discipline. In order of increasing severity, the Commission may issue a confidential advisory letter, a private admonishment, or, if the judge consents, a public reprimand. If the Commission makes a recommendation to the Supreme Court, the Court then may impose public censure, removal, or involuntary retirement.
Complaint jurisdiction:
Commissioners, referees, rude, abusive, and otherwise improper treatment of parties, counsel, witnesses, jurors, court staff, and others, failing or refusing to dispose promptly of judicial business, improper or eccentric conduct while on the bench, such as sleeping or drunkenness, expressions of bias based on gender, ethnicity, allowing family, social, or political relationships to influence judicial decision-making, conflict of interest, giving or receiving gifts, bribes, loans, or favors, abusing the contempt power, interfering with the attorney-client relationship, communicating improperly with only one side to a proceeding, commenting on or interfering with a pending or impending lawsuit, engaging in improper political campaign activities, misappro-priating or misusing public property, funds, or resources, violating rules relating to court administration, filing a false document, or criminal conduct.
Complaints outside jurisdiction:
Judges pro tem, attorneys, directing judges to take legal action, reviewing a case for judicial error, mistake, or other legal grounds, and allegations stemming from a judge's rulings or exercise of discretion.
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