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Because we don't work out with Richie Incognito, we weren't able to land him for an interview. So we did the next best thing: We spoke with 17-year-old Richie Incognito, a student from Varese, Italy, and asked him his feelings on the Dolphins imbroglio.
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Hi, Richie. So, your name is Richard Incognito and you're from Italy. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I'm a high school student in Varese studying mechanical engineering. My dream is to one day enter the world of professional motorcycling. My favorite dish is carbonara, I'm literally crazy about it, and I can easily eat three big dishes in a row. My motto is, "NOTHING IS REAL, EVERYTHING IS ALLOWED!"
Another Richie Incognito is making headlines here in the U.S. for accusations of harassment towards his teammate, Jonathan Martin.
As far as I'm concerned, they're both overgrown children. Richard Incognito is a monster who needs his daddy, and Jonathan Martin is a toddler who needs his mommy.
If you were NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, how would you handle the situation?
I'd give Incognito a light prison sentence, and I'd give Martin his bottle.
Do you sympathize with Jonathan Martin in any way?
I live in Italy. Some of us have been called a half-breed, the rest of us have called someone a half-breed. Jonathan should be thankful that he lives in the United States. He should come to Italy to play football. Then he will have something to whine about. Americans are very sweet and respectful towards their athletes. In Europe, when we say that we are going to kill your whole fucking family, it is very clear. It means that we are going to kill your whole fucking family.
Did you find it interesting–or maybe even insulting–that when Martin finally snapped during a meal with his teammates, the food he threw down to the ground was spaghetti?
I would be more concerned that Jonathan wasted proper food when so many people around the world are hungry. But I can't be too mad at him, because those were probably the only scraps of food he's ever thrown away in his life. (This is a joke. I have to make it clear because I don't want Jonathan to file a report.)
Are you mad at Incognito for dragging your name into this mess?
Richard Incognito said that he would apologize to Martin. He said that he would like to hug him. I saw the interview. Now I have to ask, "Where is my apology?" He has destroyed his name, he has destroyed my name, he has destroyed our name. What about all of the Richard Incognito's who are yet to be born? He has given them an unspeakable burden. Richard Incognito said he has a hug to give. Where is my hug? I have been offended, too.
What do you think of this picture of Incognito as a child?
This is unfortunate. I thought he needed counseling and discipline. It seems he just needs to meet a woman who will love him. I also think he should buy a dog. Yes, this is the solution: Richard needs a woman, and he also needs a dog. These are simple facts.
Who is your favorite NFL player?
I like Calvin Johnson.
What do you make of the fact that Martin played Incognito's voicemails for their teammates to hear?
Jonathan is an educated man. He is a big baby, but he also does not understand how to deal with name-calling. My guess is that he was looking for help. He played that tape, probably with a smile on his face, so someone could intervene. Could he have handled it within the sports family? Yes. Could he have had a thicker skin? Yes. Could Richard not have called him a nigger? I hope so. What's truly sad is that everyone is making this into an international story. The bigger story–bigger than race and bullying–is the reported sexual harassment and assault of a woman on a golf course. Everyone is upset about name-calling, but put your hands on a woman, degrade her and humiliate her, and no one seems to care.
You seem to sympathize with both men, but you're also critical of them at the same time.
There is this idea in America and in Italy that says, "If you stand up to a bully, the teasing will go away." Nonsense. Maybe that's how it happens on television, but in real life, the bully will take your teeth out. All bullies are cowards? Nonsense. The act of bullying is cowardice, yes. But it doesn't mean they get smaller when you decide to fight them. Often, fighting back makes them more bold, so if you punch them, they will light your brother's face on fire. I have seen this happen, and more than once.
What advice would you give to a young child being bullied?
If a bear attacks you, do you fight back, or play dead? You play dead. I think you should let the bully have his fun, then hope he moves on to weaker prey.


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Betty Stahl holds a doctorate in pharmacy from Shenandoah University. Over the past several years, she has taught pharmacy technician programs at ASA College in New York City and ACT in Arlington, Virginia. Stahl has also worked as a pharmacist in independent and hospital settings.
1. How can I find my state's requirements for certification?
The Internet is a great resource. All states have a website with Board of Pharmacy information. You can access this information directly from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) website at www.ptcb.org. Click on their "Who we serve" link, then the "states" link for information. Or you can call the state board and ask for the current technician regulations.
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Hillary Clinton: Destroying Democratic Party
Hillary Clinton claims that Obama lacks the experience to be president, but ask yourself, do you think if the situation was completely reversed that Obama would continue to throw mud on Hillary, or try to tear the party apart in an attempt to destroy her chances of winning the election? Absolutely not. That's the difference between old-style, selfish immaturity, and a young man who wants to bring change to the body politic–a change that gives priority to the American people, over personal ambition.
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Along with the ability to inspire, a president should have the intelligence to see the big picture, the maturity to handle power, and the class to ensure that his or her own personal needs remain secondary to that of the people.
This election process has given us an excellent opportunity to assess those qualities in both candidates, and while Hillary Clinton has demonstrated that she is an exceptionally intelligent woman, she's also demonstrated that she leaves much to be desired in the area of maturity and class.
If we've learned nothing else about Hillary during these primaries, we've learned that nothing is more important to her than becoming President of the United States–not the nation, not the people, and certainly not the Democratic Party. Hillary has shown that she is more than willing to throw the entire Democratic Party under the bus–along with the Senate, Congress, and the Supreme Court--if it means she'll end up sitting in the Oval Office.
Hillary's behavior has been so radically single-minded during these primaries that it sounds like I'm indulging in hyperbole, but the facts will bear me out. Essentially, Senator Barack Obama has won the primaries–he's won more states, he's won the popular vote, and he has an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates.
If Hillary won all of the remaining primaries, she'd still fall short of Obama's lead. Hillary knows that quite well, and she also knows that the longer she slings mud at Obama, the greater the chances the Democratic Party, along with many of its elected officials, will go down in defeat.
So the classy thing for her to do would be to swallow her pride and encourage her supporters to get behind Senator Obama's candidacy with all of the enthusiasm that they've brought to her campaign. But instead, she's endorsed the Republican candidate as more qualified to be president than Obama, and she continues to sling mud in the vain hope that she can hurt Obama so badly that his candidacy will lose all viability.
She's calculated that if she hurts Obama badly enough, even if the party doesn't nominate her by default, Obama will lose the general election. That way, since there won't be a Democratic incumbent in the race, she'll still be young enough to run in 2012.
That's not only a cynically self-centered agenda, but it's exactly the kind of selfish immaturity that we currently have running the country with George Bush–and it's also the kind of politics that we're so desperately trying to get away from.
In addition to that, her Bosnian chronicle demonstrates that she's willing to lie to the American people without cause or provocation. Is that the kind of person we want heading the Democratic Party? And after already being embarrassed by first, her husband, then Bush, is that the kind of flawed character that we want representing America before the world?
Hillary claims that Obama lacks the experience to be president, but ask yourself, do you think if the situation was completely reversed that Obama would continue to throw mud on Hillary, or try to tear the party apart in an attempt to destroy her chances of winning the election? Absolutely not. That's the difference between old-style, selfish immaturity, and a young man who wants to bring change to the body politic–a change that gives priority to the American people, over personal ambition.
But there's an upside to this situation. The fact is, Hillary can't destroy the party alone–in order for her to pull it off, she needs the backing of both, her supporters, and the super-delegates. So Democrats have a decision to make–do they genuinely want to see change, or are they going to sit back and allow Hillary to bring the Republican Party back from the dead?
There are a number of people in the Clinton camp who would love to support Obama–they've been touched by his passion, his enthusiasm, and his dedication to what we can become as a nation–but they remain loyal to Hillary due to past ties and favors that the Clintons did for them while Bill was in office–favors that we now know came with strings. While the loyalty of these supporters is understandable, there are times when loyalty can be taken too far, and this is one of those times.
At this point Hillary is asking her supporters for more than just their support for a viable campaign for the presidency, she's already lost that campaign. Now she's asking them to support her attempt to not only hold the Democratic Party hostage, but to possibly destroy it, and their own careers as well, if the Democrats refuse to cater to her unreasonable demand to be its nominee. That is far too much to ask of anyone–after all, how would they face their constituencies thereafter?
Thus, at this point Hillary's supporters who hold political office should be asking themselves whether or not they've exhausted any obligation they may have owed the Clintons. They should also begin to consider the obligations they have to the Democratic Party, the American people, and indeed, themselves.
They should consider at what point their loyalty to the Clintons begin to have a negative impact on the people they represent. When Rep. John Lewis and Gov. Bill Richardson asked themselves that question, they came to the conclusion, that time had come.
The Democratic Party has the good fortune of having one of the most gifted, honorable, and dynamic voices in a generation willing to carry its banner. While the Clintons claim he's inexperienced and can't win in the general election, he's managed to handle everything that both a senator and a former president, with a combined experience of over seventy years, can throw at him, and without even breaking a sweat.
And for all intent and purposes, he's now legitimately won the primaries–and he did it while running a campaign of dignity, respect, and with his head held high. So are we now really prepared to sit back and watch this impressive young man be dragged through the mud by a mean-spirited, vindictive, relic of the past, based solely on her sense of entitlement? If we do, we don't deserve the presidency–in fact, it will signal the time for a third party.
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"This money belongs to all the Navajo residents of San Juan County, and they – not the government – know best how to address their needs," said Bennett.
"This bill allows the Navajo people to take control over their transportation, health care, and education without having to rely on the state to pass through funds that already belong to them. I am pleased to continue my father's work on this issue and bring this law into the 21st Century."
Red Mesa Chapter President Herman Farley, states that this is an "historic opportunity for San Juan Navajos to collectively manage our resources and invest for our children and future generations of our people. It would be foolish to let this opportunity to slip away".
Since 1933 the state of Utah has managed 37.5 percent of the royalties from oil and gas production within the area known as the Aneth Extension.
This area – approximately 52,000 acres of land north of the San Juan River – was added to the Navajo Reservation to compensate for land that had been taken to establish Lake Powell. The Aneth Extension was the first area on the reservation to produce oil and gas.
In 1933, legislation mandated that 37.5 percent of the royalties from oil and gas production be used for the education of Navajo children, building and maintenance of reservation roads, and other benefits of the Indians living in the Aneth Extension.
In 1968, Senator Wallace F. Bennett amended the law to include all Navajos residing in San Juan County as beneficiaries.
Bennett's bill would relieve the state of its trustee responsibilities by allowing Congress to appoint the Utah Dineh Corporation as the new trustee for the Utah Navajo Trust Fund.
It will also require the Utah Dineh Corporation to submit annual reports to the secretary of the Interior outlining how the royalties have been used.
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text: The grizzly, or brown, bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is posed to lose protections under the Endangered Species Act. Jim Peaco, Yellowstone National Park June 21, 2016 Of bears and biases: scientific judgment and the fate of Yellowstone's grizzlies Jeremy T. Bruskotter, The Ohio State University; John A Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, and Robyn S. Wilson, The Ohio State University The grizzly bear of Yellowstone is expected to be delisted from the Endangered Species Act. But a survey of grizzly bear researchers finds flaws in how wildlife experts evaluate scientific data.


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Some school-aged children can't wait to get home from school, stake out a place on the couch, and spend the rest of the afternoon and evening watching TV. Physical activity is just not on their radar screens, at least not by choice.
Not surprisingly, children who fit this profile may be on a slippery slope to a life of obesity. There are a lot of them. Several years ago, when a group of children 6 to 12 years old participated in programs of the President's Council on Physical Fitness, only 50% of girls and 64% of boys could walk or run a mile in less than 10 minutes. If that same study were conducted today, when the obesity epidemic seems to be gaining momentum, those statistics might be even more troubling.
During your child's school-age years, your goal should be not only to get your child moving, but to turn exercise into a lifelong habit. There are plenty of opportunities for your child to keep active.
In most communities, children in this age group can choose to get involved in a number of organized sports, including:
Team sports are fun and the perfect fit for many children, and they can help them manage their weight.
However, group activities like these aren't for everyone. Some obese children feel self-conscious about participating in team sports and are much more comfortable getting their exercise in unstructured settings. For them, free play on the playground, ice skating, in-line skating, bowling, or even running through sprinklers is good exercise.
Let your child choose something that he finds enjoyable, and once he discovers it, encourage him to make it a regular part of life. At the same time, limit TV watching or time spent on the computer or playing video games to no more than 1 to 2 hours a day. Studies have shown that the more time children devote to watching TV, the more likely they are to consume foods like pizza, salty snacks, and soda that contribute to weight gain.
Explain that it's important and might even be fun to find a new activity. Try to find activities that fit the family's budget and time commitments and have him choose among several alternatives.
Some children might prefer to go with a friend or parent. Be creative and emphasize participation, not competition. To help your school-aged youngster become physically active, recruit the entire family to participate. Let your overweight child know that all of you, parents and siblings alike, are in his corner, and even if he has rarely exercised before, he can start now with the entire family's support.
No matter what you choose, regular activity not only burns calories, but also strengthens your child's cardiovascular system, builds strong bones and muscles, and increases flexibility. It can also diffuse stress, help him learn teamwork and sportsmanship, boost his self-esteem, and improve his overall sense of well-being.


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Osmosis is a command line Java application for processing OSM data. The tool consists of pluggable components that can be chained to perform a larger operation. For example, it has components for reading/writing databases and files, deriving/applying changes to data sources, and sorting data, (etc.). It has been written to easily add new features without re-writing common tasks such as file and database handling.
Some examples of the things it can currently do are:
- Generate planet dumps from a database
- Load planet dumps into a database
- Produce change sets using database history tables
- Apply change sets to a local database
- Compare two planet dump files and produce a change set
- Re-sort the data contained in planet dump files
- Extract data inside a bounding box or polygon
Osmosis can also be included as a library in other Java applications.[1]
- 1 Current status
- 2 Downloading
- 3 How to install
- 4 Usage
- 5 Getting help and reporting bugs
- 6 See also
- 7 Development
- 8 Notes
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Current status
Osmosis is in a state where the majority of the codebase is unlikely to change drastically. New functionality will be introduced over time in the form of new tasks and plugins but existing functionality is unlikely to be removed. All bug reports welcome.
The current released version only supports the API 0.6 OSM data model.
Latest stable version
The stable releases below should be used whenever possible.
- https://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.zip
- https://bretth.dev.openstreetmap.org/osmosis-build/osmosis-latest.tgz
API 0.5 support
The 0.35 release was the last release to support API 0.5.
- https://dev.openstreetmap.org/~bretth/osmosis-build/osmosis-bin-0.35.zip
- https://dev.openstreetmap.org/~bretth/osmosis-build/osmosis-bin-0.35.tgz
- https://dev.openstreetmap.org/~bretth/osmosis-build/osmosis-0.35.zip
- https://dev.openstreetmap.org/~bretth/osmosis-build/osmosis-0.35.tgz
DB schema
- (see Osmosis/PostGIS_Setup)
Database schema creation scripts matching the production API are bundled with the Osmosis distribution within the script/contrib directory.
Database schema creation scripts for the Osmosis PostGIS "simple" schema and "snapshot" schema (osmosis 0.39 ff) are bundled with the Osmosis distribution within the script directory.
Source code
The Git repository is hosted on GitHub at: https://github.com/openstreetmap/osmosis
(More details can be found on the Osmosis/Installation instructions sub-page.)
How to install
Follow the instructions in Osmosis/Installation#Linux
Follow the instructions in Osmosis/Installation#OS X
Follow the instructions in Osmosis/Quick Install (Windows). Note that since October 2015, you need to manually fix the osmosis.bat file, instructions are given.
Beginner's guide
A few important things to note for the newbies:
- Osmosis is a Java tool, so it may be important to know about java environmental settings,
- keep in mind that argument order matters,
- to avoid trouble don't process compressed files,
- check the examples first as the detailed usage guide is a bit rough on beginners.
Detailed usage
Full details of all tasks and their usage are available at the following links:
Usage details for older versions are available below:
- 0.35 Detailed Usage (this is the last version to support reading OSM v0.5 files).
- 0.39 Detailed Usage
- 0.40 Detailed Usage
- 0.41 Detailed Usage
- 0.42 Detailed Usage
- 0.43 Detailed Usage
- 0.44 Detailed Usage
- 0.45 Detailed Usage
- 0.46 Detailed Usage
- 0.47 Detailed Usage
To maximize performance, refer to Tuning and Benchmarking.
There is also a frontend for the use of Osmosis named OSMembrane.
Example usage
(More on the sub-page Osmosis/Examples.)
An example to extract the speed cameras from an area:
osmosis --read-pbf \myregion.pbf --node-key-value keyValueList="highway.speed_camera" --write-xml radar.osm
What if you only want all highways ?
Use the tag-filter parameter the following manner:
osmosis --read-xml city.osm --tf accept-ways highway=* --used-node --write-xml highways.osm
Extract only those ways that have certain tags. Specifying --used-node only extracts those nodes that are used in the filtered ways. Relations stay untouched.
In this example, our output will be a file with ways tagged with railway=tram or railway=tram_stop.
osmosis --read-xml city.osm --way-key-value keyValueList="railway.tram,railway.tram_stop" --used-node --write-xml city_tram.osm
On larger files (e.g. a planet file), this may result in a segfault due to memory limitations. In this case, passing idTrackerType=BitSet as a parameter to --used-node may help:
osmosis --read-xml city.osm --way-key-value keyValueList="railway.tram,railway.tram_stop" --used-node idTrackerType=BitSet --write-xml city_tram.osm
But what if you want to extract all highways except one or 2 types ? This command will output all highways except those tagged with motorway or motorway_link
osmosis \ --read-xml input.osm \ --tf accept-ways highway=* \ --tf reject-ways highway=motorway,motorway_link \ --tf reject-relations \ --used-node \ --write-xml output.osm
Export a planet file from a local PostgreSQL rails port database.
osmosis --read-apidb host="x" database="x" user="x" password="x" --write-xml file="planet.osm"
Derive a change set between two planet files. The first planet file is the file after changing, the second planet file is the file before changing.
osmosis --read-xml file="planet1.osm" --read-xml file="planet2.osm" --derive-change --write-xml-change file="planetdiff-1-2.osc"
Derive a change set between a planet file and a local PostgreSQL rails port database.
osmosis --read-xml file="planet1.osm" --read-apidb host="x" database="x" user="x" password="x" --derive-change --write-xml-change file="planetdiff-1-2.osc"
Apply a change set to a planet file.
osmosis --read-xml-change file="planetdiff-1-2.osc" --read-xml file="planet1.osm" --apply-change --write-xml file="planet2.osm" or osmosis --read-xml file="planet1.osm" --read-xml-change file="planetdiff-1-2.osc" --apply-change --write-xml file="planet2.osm" for the older version
Sort the contents of a planet file.
osmosis --read-xml file="data.osm" --sort type="TypeThenId" --write-xml file="data-sorted.osm"
The above examples make use of the default pipe connection feature, however a simple read and write planet file command line could be written in two ways. The first example uses default pipe connection, the second explicitly connects the two components using a pipe named "mypipe". The default pipe connection will always work so long as each task is specified in the correct order. Each task pushes its output stream(s) onto a stack, and each task that requires input stream(s) takes them from the stack. This stack-based approach is the reason why the above "--apply-change" example first reads the change file, then the data file - the --apply-change task will then first retrieve the data file from the stack and then the change file.
osmosis --read-xml file="planetin.osm" --write-xml file="planetout.osm"
osmosis --read-xml file="planetin.osm" outPipe.0="mypipe" --write-xml file="planetout.osm" inPipe.0="mypipe"
Extract an area based on a Osmosis/Polygon Filter File Format file:
osmosis --read-xml file="planet-latest.osm" --bounding-polygon file="country2pts.txt" --write-xml file="germany.osm"
Note that --way-key-value and --node-key-value cannot be used in one run. Instead, create two (or more) files in several runs and merge them together afterwards (yes, for n files you need n-1 merge commands):
osmosis --rx 1.osm --rx 2.osm --rx 3.osm --merge --merge --wx merged.osm
What if you want restaurants in a particular town or country ? Since restaurants can be mapped as nodes and ways, you'll have to run 3 commands: One to extract the nodes tagged as amenity=restaurant, one to extract the ways tagged amenity=restaurant, and third command will merge them together:
osmosis --read-xml input.osm --tf accept-nodes amenity=restaurant --tf reject-ways --tf reject-relations --write-xml output-nodes.osm osmosis --read-xml input.osm --tf accept-ways amenity=restaurant --tf reject-relations --used-node --write-xml output-ways.osm osmosis --rx output-ways.osm --rx output-nodes.osm --merge --wx merged.osm
Extracting bounding boxes
One of the basic use cases is extracting a subset of OSM XML from a large downloaded file. You might have downloaded the world OSM (planet.osm) and want to extract some region, or maybe you have a country extract downloaded but only want one city. The simplest way to do that is by extracting a rectangle.
An example that extracts Nürnberg and some area around it from Germany - or maybe world - OSM:
bzcat downloaded.osm.bz2 | osmosis --read-xml enableDateParsing=no file=- --bounding-box top=49.5138 left=10.9351 bottom=49.3866 right=11.201 --write-xml file=- | bzip2 > extracted.osm.bz2
This approach uses bzip2 directly for extracting and compressing, as it is claimed to be more effective than the built-in archiver.
The easiest way to get coordinates is to use the map on www.openstreetmap.org. Doubleclick the spot you want coordinates for, then click "Permalink" and grab the data from the URL field.
Windows notes
bzcat is the tool to use even on Windows if you want to have good performance. However, /dev/stdin is not a valid path on Windows. Use CONIN$ instead.
Getting help and reporting bugs
The best place to get answers to questions on osmosis usage is the osmosis dev mailing list.
Please discuss potential bugs on the dev mailing list before creating new tickets. If you're confident you have discovered a bug, it can be logged in the OSM trac system against the "osmosis" component:
See also
- OSMembrane - a GUI for Osmosis
- Osmium (C++ library) and Osmium Tool (application)
- OsmChange - file format used by osmosis to describe differences
- Osmosis/WritingPlugins - To write your own tasks, see Osmosis/WritingPlugins
- Mapsplit, Splitter, osmconvert are some other tools to split a map into smaller tiles.
- Osm2pgsql also can do import to postgis db
- Osmosis-multipolygon - database functions which generate multipolygons from osmosis pgsnapshot scheme.
Details on osmosis development are available at Osmosis/Development. Visit there for documentation on the internal structure of osmosis, design decisions, steps to configuring development environments, etc.
The minimum supported Java version is 1.6. Osmosis makes use of some java.awt.geom classes that only appeared in 1.6, if these are re-written to use 1.5 functionality it may be possible to return to the previous minimum of 1.5. Osmosis utilises generics and java.util.concurrent features requiring Java 1.5 as a minimum.
The built-in bzip2 (.bz2) performance is much slower than the gzip (.gz) built-in Java one (Java gzip utilizes native code to improve performance). However, the trade off is that bzip2 creates much smaller compressed files. Also recent planet downloads use features of bzip2 which are not supported by the built-in bzip2 library (streams). For working with these, and for faster processing of any larger files, it is suggested to use your platform's native bzip2 implementations and read and write files from /dev/stdin and /dev/stdout respectively.
pbzip2 -d -c planet.osm.bz2 | bin/osmosis --rx /dev/stdin --wx /dev/stdout | gzip -c > planet-same.osm.gz
See also /Benchmarking
Under Win 7 64 bit it may be necessary to run the .bat file from a command prompt. The underlying osmosis.bat file may need to have the full path name for java.exe inserted.


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So today at lunch, the guys at work handed me the corporate credit card and asked me to help stock the break room fridge with beer because they were running low. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. I headed to Pacific Park Market and loaded up. The top shelf was already full of Stella Artois and Foster's Lager. So I loaded up the bottom with Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, Deschuttes Black Butte Porter, New Belgium Snow Day, Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA, Ballast Point Sculpin, Russian River Pliny the Elder and Blind Pig, Lagunitas Maximus, and Big Sky Moose Drool. In the door (not pictured) is a bottle of Stone Brewing Old Guardian Barley Wine. I hope they weren't expecting more lager.
twitpic.com/8l8haz – Usually topshelf is the better stuff, not when I'm stocking the office fridge with #beer
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Have you ever wondered which way the VOG was blowing on the Big Island and how much Sulfur Dioxide is being emitted into the air? Well the VOG Measurement and Prediction Project (VMAP) might be of assistance.
Is it possible or practical to predict vog? The Vog Measurement and Prediction Project (VMAP) is a feasibility study in which scientists will evaluate [are evaluating] whether vog forecasts are achievable and useful. Project collaborators are making the feasibility study available to the public through this Web site, but as an ongoing investigation, VMAP currently provides limited service and reliability. Thus, VMAP users should have no expectation of accuracy or timeliness, and project data should not be used for decision making purposes at this time. Comments and inquiries can be directed to the appropriate contact.
Vog is primarily a mixture of sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas and sulfate (SO4) aerosol. SO2 (invisible) reacts with oxygen and moisture in the air to produce SO4 aerosol (visible). SO2 is expected to be the main problem in areas near the vent (Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, Pahala, Na`alehu, Hawaiian Ocean View Estates) and SO4 aerosol is expected to be the main problem at locations far from the vent (Kona and farther north and west).
Vog Model
The model output animation and accompanying forecast table is generated using the HYSPLIT numerical dispersion model. The model uses estimates of volcano emissions along with forecast winds to predict the concentrations of sulfur dioxide gas (SO2) and sulfate aerosol particles (SO4) downwind of the ongoing Kilauea eruption. This is a research effort that is in progress.
Click here for model statistics. For a history of the VMAP model parameters, click here.
Here is the what the Big Island is looking like:
Related articles
- US and UK researchers report direct measurement of key atmospheric reactant; more rapid formation of secondary aerosols (greencarcongress.com)
- The Ridiculousness Continues – Climate Complexity Compiled (wattsupwiththat.com)
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It seems that each game the Houston Dynamo play, they are re-writing the record books. With Sunday's 1-0 win against the LA Galaxy, Dominic Kinnear's squad continued their best start in franchise history with 17 points through their first nine games. The previous best nine-game start for the Dynamo was 2009, when the team went 4-2-3 (15 points) through nine matches. To continue this historic pace, Houston will have to win or tie Wednesday night againt D.C. United. In 2009, the Dynamo won their 10th game of the season to give them 18 points through 10 matches.
One of the most controversial plays in Sunday's match also turned out to be one of the most surprising. In three of the previous five Dynamo / Galaxy matches at the Home Depot Center, the home side has earned a penalty kick. So it's no surprise that when Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall took down Jose Villarreal in the 25th minute, referee Allen Chapman pointed to the penalty spot. What was surprising, however, was that for the first time in his MLS career, Hall stopped Donovan on the PK attempt. Previously, Hall was 0-10 on penalty kicks, with his only stop in all competitions coming against Santos Laguna in the second leg of this year's CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal series.
Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear continues to climb the all-time MLS wins chart. Kinnear won his 119th regular season game on Sunday and sits fourth on the all-time chart. Although Sigi Schmid (173) and Bruce Arena (148) are out of reach in 2013, Kinnear has a chance to pass Bob Bradley (124) this season and move into third on the all-time wins chart. Kinnear is also second all-time in winning percentage among active coaches with at least 30 games under their belt. His .570 winning percentage is behind only Bruce Arena, who has a .606 regular season winning percentage in his career.
Other Dynamo milestones from Sunday, courtesy of Dynamo communications manager Matt Pedersen:
Sunday's match was the 117th regular season appearance in orange for midfielder Ricardo Clark. The U.S. men's national team veteran passed Geoff Cameron for seventh on the all-time appearance list.
Goalkeeper Tally Hall continues to move up the start chart for the Dynamo. Sunday's match was his 81st regular season start, moving the 27-year-old goalkeeper into 12th on the all-time list.


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Since my initial post "Corporate Rebels United – the start of a corporate spring?" of 17 March 2012, and the subsequent "A New Global Practice for Value Creation", the core team has been working on fine-tuning our mission.
UPDATE: we are now also present on other social media channels:
- Our Website (in progress) > make sure you have signed-up here (everybody who commented and signed up on comments of this post has been imported in our website already)
- The full Corporate Rebels Manifesto
- Our Facebook Group
- Our Google+ Community
- Our twitter handle @corprebels and hashtag #corprebels
- Our Scoop.it curation
I am very grateful to the whole team for getting us where we are today, and especially for initial instigators Laura Merling and Mike Maney, and our advisors/mentors Nilofer Merchant, John Hagel, Mark Bonchek, and Dave Gray.
A special word of thanks to Dave Gray (author of the just released "The Connected Company"), who inspired us with his concept of "Pods": independent self-organizing cells who act autonomously but in context of shared platform of common, core, connected principles. Dave was also the person who landed the first version of this manifesto, based on previous culture-hacking work by the core group.
Mathias Vestergaard is the first Corporate Rebel from the core group starting the a Corporate Rebels Pod in New-York City. Who's next?
Some of us will be present at the CultureCon2012 (co-organized by fellow rebel Dan Mezick and author of "The Culture Game") and at BIF-8, the fantastic story tellers event by Saul Kaplan and team. Let's continue the conversation there or online.
The release of this Corporate Rebels Manifesto coincides magically by the release of "The Labor Day Manifesto Of the Passionate Creative Worker" by John Hagel, mentor and my source of inspiration for many years, who writes:
We celebrate the passionate and dedicated individuals in all fields who have both led us to where we are now, and are creating and shaping the future. They are explorers, pushing back the limits of our current understanding. They pioneer new ideas, discover new truths, and tirelessly innovate. They actively seek out new challenges and connect broadly with others to solve them. Though they come from every occupation and background, they are unified by the sincere belief that they can leave the world a better place than they found it
So, without further due, here is our/your Corporate Rebels Manifesto:
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What is the problem?
Our companies no longer serve our needs. They cannot keep pace with a high-velocity, hyper-connected world. They no longer can do what we need them to do. Change is required.
What is the vision?
We love our companies and want them to succeed. We want to reboot our corporate and organizational culture to install a 21st century, digitally native version, to accelerate positive viral change from deep within the fabric of our organizations, and to reclaim our passion for work.
What is Corporate Rebels United?
We are building a global network of change catalysts that act from deep personal awareness and presence, and an irresistible enthusiasm. Our actions will lead to new product and services and new global practices for value creation, agility and velocity. We are architects and scouts into the future, and we want to guide our organizations in navigating a safe path from now to then.
Challenging the status quo
Breaking the rules
Saying the unsaid
Spreading the innovation virus
Seeding tribal energy
With no fear
With a cause to do good
Leading by being from our true selves
Going after the un-named quality
We are holding a space.
We are making and holding a space where everybody can have a voice in service of value creation. The DNA of our movement is a platform of core principles that are the basis for us to connect, to practice, to embrace, and to inspire other to dream and make our dreams come true.
How do we define success?
When we have a community of 10,000 pods worldwide, with a good distribution across industries and regions. When we feel whole at work. When the DNA is established, when the pods start to divide, enabled by the lightweight space we are holding. Holding a space is a about context; the job is done when the space is holding itself, when people start saying: "I suddenly feel free to be awesome." When our practice gets the same attention in annual reports as efficiency practices such as Lean and SixSigma.
Help us articulate the principles.
We are now defining the DNA: A platform of common principles that define who we are and what we stand for. We could use your help.
- Principle-1: We love our companies and want them to succeed in this high-velocity, hyper-connected world.
- Principle-2: We dare to be great.
- Principle-3: We have the mandate to be brave and to challenge the status quo.
- Principle-4: We will reboot our corporate and organizational culture to install a 21st century, digitally native version.
- Principle-5: We accelerate positive viral change from deep within the fabric of our organizations.
- Principle-6: We enable and empower the rest of our organizations to move at rapid pace, but with room for patience and reflection.
- Principle-7: We unleash the enormous potential that lies within every human being within our organizations.
- Principle-8: We re-ignite the passion in our organizations.
- Principle-9: We are not just talkers, but doers.
- Principle-10: We are building a global network of change catalysts that act from their true selves.
- Principle-11: Our actions lead to new product and services and new global practices for value creation, agility and velocity.
- Principle-12: Our community acts from deep personal awareness and presence, and an irresistible enthusiasm opening up old rusty structured.
- Principle-13: We are architects and scouts into the future,
- Principle-14: and we want to guide our organizations in navigating a safe path from now to then.
- Principle-15: We are very well intentioned individuals.
- Principle-16: We are united people with shared purpose, starting with our own being.
- Principle-17: We maintain integrity and relevance..
- Principle-18: We keep our community a safe environment, where you can become who you want to become. Where you are not alone in being a catalyst.
- Principle-19: Our core values are integrity, clarity of reason, brightness and great positive energy.
- Principle-20: Reflection, reporting back and adding-on to each others input and opinions is our natural way of collecting and discussing opinions.
Join us.
Start a pod. Organize yourself. Decide on your own activities, your own resources, and your own relationships. And link them back to the mothership, the DNA platform of common, core, connected principles.
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If this Manifesto speaks to you, we ask that you become a "signatory" by indicating your support in the comment section below. We'll add you to the growing list of Corporate Rebels. And we're in the process of creating an online holding space for our common principles and convictions. Stay tuned.


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A Lackland AFB staff sergeant Friday implicated two fellow training instructors in a growing base sex scandal.
Staff Sgt. Peter Vega-Maldonado pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his relationship with a 21-year-old airman he supervised in basic training. He got a reduced sentence in a plea deal that requires him to testify against two other trainers.
"I made a terrible mistake," Vega, 32, told the judge.
Commanders ordered an investigation into possible misconduct among the Air Force's elite training corps here after Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker was accused late last year of having sexual contact with 10 women in basic and technical training. All four instructors were removed from their training jobs.
Vega was charged with violating a Nov. 12 order to not contact any trainee, including the woman, a fledgling airman he supervised until he was yanked from her unit because of poor performance. He also was charged with violating the Air Education and Training Command's professional conduct code.
Col. Don Eller gave Vega 90 days in jail, 30 days hard labor while restricted to the base, reduction from staff sergeant to airman and forfeiture of $500 a month of pay for four months. The maximum sentence was confinement for one year, reduction to the lowest rank and a bad-conduct discharge.
Capts. Kurt Mabis and Kaylynn Shoop, the prosecution team, unsuccessfully sought a bad-conduct discharge. Mabis said Vega showed favoritism to the woman and might have kissed her while he was her supervisor.
Even after being removed from Flight 012 and reassigned, Vega defied orders by continuing to see the woman, sometimes delivering mail to her unit, prosecutors said. He received four reprimands from April 2011 to Feb. 16. The nature of the reprimands wasn't clear.
First Sgt. Tory Noggle said Vega had such a corrosive impact on Flight 012 that he was reassigned three weeks into the unit's 8 1/2-week instructional cycle. Known for giving favored trainees candy and extra telephone calls, Vega left a legacy of friction in the unit, Noggle testified. "They were not mindful of following orders, simple things." he said.
The Air Force did not give details of Vega's allegations against the other instructors, both of whom were in his 331st Training Squadron. The trainers were not identified.
Gerry Proctor, a spokesman with the base's 37th Training Wing, said Vega was tried by a special court-martial, where jail time is a year or less, because the allegations were not as egregious as in Walker's case.
Charged with rape, aggravated sexual assault, sodomy, obstruction of justice and violating the professional conduct code, Walker goes on trial April 30 and could get a life sentence.
"They look at what the factors are in the prohibited relationship and if there was coercion or in the case of Walker, there was an assault," Proctor said.
An Air Force charge sheet stated that Vega's "unprofessional relationship" with the student ran between Nov. 23 and Jan. 27. Evidence presented in the case showed that after the woman began technical training at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss., Vega had a sexual relationship with her.
Standing before the judge, Vega tearfully apologized after evidence showed he had phone sex, sent risqué text messages and had intercourse with the woman while she trained at Keesler.
A once highly rated NCO with two tours in Iraq over eight years, including 12 convoy missions to Baghdad, he said the relationship was serious and that they hoped to someday continue it.
"I'm more than that person you see on the charge sheet or that (letter of reprimand)," Vega told the judge. "I know that whatever happens to me today, my career is probably over and that's the most painful part of it."


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App entries in Cabo Insider are found under 15 different tags, such as beaches, "gems," hotels/resorts, "water fun" and land adventures.
Users can find recommendations for everything from private day-sailing trips to fishing charters, SUP safaris, new tours (like swimming with gentle whale sharks), golf courses, restaurants (including foodie-favourites and that cheap taqueria with the tastiest shrimp tacos in town), shops, scuba diving expeditions – even beach yoga, baby gear rentals and the kayaking operator who knows the secret put-in for paddling the bird sanctuary in San Jose del Cabo.
Practical tips for obtaining cheaper flights and accommodations and dealing with timeshare vendors are also included. Bonus: many tours have offered discounts of 10 to 20% just for app users.
As well, the app guide includes hundreds of hyperlinks to high-def YouTube videos and external websites, designed to give users a sneak peek before they visit and enrich their virtual discovery of Cabo. Accurate GPS map locations are provided too. And there's an interactive Comments section – share comments, ask questions and get travel answers.
All hotels, restaurants, tours and attractions are hand-picked, and reviews are critical and opinionated. Businesses cannot pay to be included in the app guide.
Cabo Insider is written by a professional travel writer who visits Los Cabos so frequently, it's become her second home. The app is published in partnership with Sutro Media. Sutro Media is amassing the world's largest collection of indie travel writing voices for high-quality, paid travel apps (well over 300 apps now). Sutro Media apps are developed from the ground up, and authors write original content with app users in mind.
Cabo Insider is available for $2.99. Updates are free (for now).
Find Cabo Insider in the iTunes app store or at http://sutromedia.com/apps/Cabo_Insider.
Developer Website: http://sutromedia.com/apps/Cabo_Insider


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When I was a little girl and would walk through the gate at the Atlanta Zoo I always wanted to head to the elephant exhibit first. They were my favorite animal. Due to the nature of my curriculum I have never been able to lead a field trip to the zoo, but I have gone along on my fair share of trips with my own children and their classrooms as a chaperone. The kids always enjoyed visiting with Starla, the Elephant. She could hold a paint brush in her trunk and painted several masterpieces each day. The children were entralled.
Today, the Atlanta Zoo is one of the most premiere facilities in the United States, but as the zoo's own website states, in 1984, a series of highly publicized events belied deteriorating conditions at the Zoo, prompting Parade Magazine to label the institution as one of the top 10 worst in the nation. A subsequent investigation lost the Zoo its accreditation, and an outraged public demanded that the facility be closed. Mayor Andrew Young appointed an emergency crisis team. In support of a new vision for the Zoo, Young appointed Dr. Terry Maple as interim director. The team set out to address immediate issues, beginning with reducing the collection in order to provide more appropriate living spaces for the animals.
Since it is 2008 you would think all of our nation's zoos are up to speed regarding animal facilities, but apparently some are not including the Dallas Zoo. My blog friend NYCEducator posted a video and some information yesterday about Jenny, the Elephant and how comedian Lilly Tomlin has been speaking out about Jenny's living conditions.
It seems some folks want Jenny to live out her final days in Tennessee at an elephant sanctuary while just a few days ago the zoo decided to upgrade the elephant facility and keep Jenny where she is.
Situations like these beg for use in the classroom. Students could research the problem and obtain the various points of view before arriving at their own. This activity hits on activism, citizen responsibility, research, letter writing, analysis, etc.
Here are some links if you want to get involved:
The mayor's email address firstname.lastname@example.com
News stories here and here regarding the zoo's decision to keep Jenny.
an article regarding Lilly Tomlin's involvement and a blog article that attempts to stay with the facts
Other bloggers are participating with Wordless Wednesday today. You can find them here
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Wordless: Jenny the Elephant
Posted by EHT at Wednesday, September 03, 2008
6 comments:
Neat blog, I enjoyed reading it today!
- EHT said...
Thanks Bookbabie....now I'm off to visit you. :)
- The Lone Beader® said...
Thanks for inviting me to your not so wordless post! I love elephants, too, especially ones that know how to paint! Thanks for stopping by!
- Dianne - Bunny Trails said...
Oh fun! Great elephant shot. :D
- Shawie said...
oh, I learned something today:) thanks for stopping by...
- M-Dawg said...
I love elephants - there is something about these incredible animals that really gets to me.
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Traveler's Suitcase
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For every globetrotting individual or anyone who loves to travel, there are a number of essentials which one must take with them on a holiday. One of these essentials is no other than a suitcase with all traveler's belongings. Over the years the suitcase has not only been an integral part of anyone's travel, it has also become something of an accessory. Travelers from across the world personalize their suitcases by giving them names and adding pictures. With this effect you are able to add a personal touch to a suitcase by providing any picture from your gallery, while also including a text, such as a country or city name or even a name for suitcase. Give it a go today and share it with your globe globetrotting from around the world!


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Finding an online match in Call of Duty: Black Ops should be a little less of a chore today, as a full title update hits for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, addressing many of the game's more pressing multiplayer problems.
Treyarch has been steadily releasing small updates for Call of Duty: Black Ops since November 5, but today (or yesterday, according to the official forum post) marks the release of a full title update, bringing a slew of improvements to the way multiplayer matches are made, fixing a couple of serious bugs, and fine-tuning performance for an optimal gaming experience.
The biggest fixes in the title update come to matchmaking. Hooking up with some strangers to shoot at each other should happen much faster now, with steps taken to ensure that players are matched to games with optimal networking conditions. Changes to host selection will make sure the best possible host is selected ion the pre-game lobby, while tweaks to the party system will make sure parties don't get torn asunder.
The developer has also removed the ability to connect to Private Match, Combat Training and Theater lobbies when searching for Player Match games.
Fixes implemented in the update include making sure the weekly and monthly leaderboards track stats correctly, as well as keeping Player Match stats and the game's bot-powered Combat Training stats from getting mixed up.
Sounds like they're making great progress in getting the game into the condition it should have been in on day one. Now if only they could keep those Valkyrie rockets from blowing up in our faces.
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The Thundelarra Thunderers are a Quidditch team from Australia. Along with the Woollongong Warriors, they have dominated the Australian Quidditch League for the best part of the century. Their rivalry with the Warriors is fierce and legendary among the Australian magical community. A likely response to an unlikely claim or boast is "Yeah, and I think I'll volunteer to ref the next Thunderer-Warrior game".
Millie Gudabi used to play for them as Keeper.
Behind the scenes
- Thundelarra is a town in Western Australia, situated about three-hundred miles north of Perth. Its population is less than one-thousand.[1]
- In Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup, while providing match commentary, Millie Gudabi mentions to Ludo Bagman that she used to play for the Thundelarra Thunderers.
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (Mentioned only)
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A US researcher highlights possible biological causes of postnatal depression in new dads, as well as how to deal with the problem.
I've got a two-month-old baby and my husband has become increasingly bad-tempered and stressed since she was born. Is this likely to be some kind of postnatal depression, and what can we do about it?
Dr Darby Saxbe, an assistant professor at the University of Southern California's psychology department, has just led a study into parents' biological responses in he early months of a child's life.
She says: "It's common to feel tired, stressed, and short-tempered in early parenthood. You've got a tiny creature waking you up every few hours, demanding to be held and fed, and your pre-baby life and self are forever changed.
"Who wouldn't be overwhelmed? We often hear about the bliss of welcoming a new baby, but less often about how exhausting, lonely, and frustrating those first few months can be.
"Postnatal depression can affect both mothers and fathers, and may be biologically-based. My research team recently published a study which found men with lower testosterone reported more depressive symptoms during the postpartum period. Testosterone tends to drop in men during the transition to parenthood, which may help explain why depression risk increases during this time.
"If your husband seems particularly hopeless and sad, isn't enjoying activities that usually give him pleasure, and can't be cheered up, he may be depressed. The first line of defence is self-care: sleep, exercise, and socialising are all known to reduce depression risk, so encourage him to prioritise healthy habits.
"If his mood doesn't lift, talk therapy can be very effective for depression, particularly research-supported treatments like cognitive-behavioural therapy."


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Modern man has come a long way; he has become disenchanted with the nonsensical dogmas
of past religions. We are living in an enlightened age. Psychiatry has made great strides in
enlightening man about his true personality. We are living in an era of intellectual awareness
unlike any the world has ever seen.
This is all very well and good, BUT - there is one flaw in this new state of awareness. It is one
thing to accept something intellectually, but to accept the same thing emotionally is an
entirely different matter. The one need that psychiatry cannot fill is man's inherent need for
emotionalizing through dogma. Man needs ceremony and ritual, fantasy and enchantment.
Psychiatry, despite all the good it has done, has robbed man of wonder and fantasy which
religion, in the past, has provided.
Anton LaVey on why Satanism is needed, 1969, The Satanic Bible
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- When?: Sep 23, 2020
- Where: Tarragona
- More information : http://www.tarragona.cat/cultura/festes-i-cultura-popular/santa-tecla
- Category: Festivity of National Tourist Interest
Santa Tecla Fiesta. Tarragona
Giants, music, fire and popular traditions.
This celebration brings together some of Catalonia's most emblematic festive traditions. On these days, everyone comes out onto the streets and squares of Tarragona. The central axis of the celebrations is the traditional parade, made up of "big-head" carnival figures and characters who dance to music played on different traditional instruments. One of the most popular events is the Correfoc or fire-running, which is also the closing event of the fiesta. The people run and jump over characters dressed up as devils and dragons, carrying fire. Another much-awaited moment is the spectacular exhibition of castellers or human castles, which reach up to nine tiers high.
Practical information
- Date: Sep 23, 2020
Contact details
Tel. +34 977296100
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