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Learn how to treat acid well water in this short article.
On private water systems, one of the most common causes of pipe and fixture corrosion is from low pH, which can be defined as acidic water with a pH of less than 7.0 pH. Signs of acid water are corrosion of fixtures, blue staining (from copper pipes) or rust staining (from iron pipes).
Common causes for acidic water are acid rainfall due to atmospheric carbon dioxide and other airborne pollutants, runoff from mining spoils, and decomposition of plant materials.
Corrosion is a natural process involving chemical or electrical degradation of metals in contact with water.
Acidic water with pH values in the range of 6 to 7 is more corrosive to the metals used in plumbing systems than alkaline water. Both groundwater (wells) and surface waters (such as spring water or creeks) can be acidic.
Acidic waters are typically low in buffering calcium minerals but are high in dissolved carbon dioxide gas, which can cause low pH or acidity.
Calcite Neutralizer tanks with natural crushed and screened pure calcium carbonate easily neutralize acidic waters from 6.0 to 6.9. Below 6.0 a blend of calcite and 'Corosex©" is recommended.
Common systems used to treat acid well water (low pH):
- Calcite Neutralizer
- Calcite & Corosex Blend Neutralizer
- Upflow Neutralizer
- Soda Ash Feed Pump Injection System
Questions to Ask When Choosing a Neutralizer:
- What is the pH, hardness, total dissolved solids, and alkalinity
of my water?
- What is the flow rate of well pump?
- Should I use a calcite neutralizer or soda ash feeder to correct
the pH?
Test Your Water for:
- pH
- Alkalinity
- Hardness (calcium carbonate)
- Total Dissolved Solids
If you are experiencing rust staining, test for iron in the untreated well water to determine if the iron is from the well or from inside pipes or water heater.
If you are seeing blue or blue-green stains a simple copper test can be done on the untreated water to see if there is copper occurring naturally in the groundwater. This is very unusual and most cases of copper staining are from corrosion of the copper piping.
Langelier Saturation Index
Using the above test results for pH, alkalinity, calcium carbonate hardness, and total dissolved solids, enter the water temperature and these values into a Langelier Saturation Index calculator and see if the water is corrosive or not. A negative number of less than 0 indicates the water is corrosive. Generally, the lower the pH, the lower the hardness and alkalinity, and the higher the total dissolved solids will mean the water is more corrosive.
Perform a '"Toilet Tank Inspection"
Unless your toilet tank is new or has recently been cleaned your toilet flush tank can be a wealth of useful water quality information! Simply lift the cover and look in. If you see blue stains, or blue-green deposits this indicates copper pipe corrosion. If you see rust stains or rust deposits this can indicate iron pipe corrosion or there may be iron naturally occurring.
If you see rust stains or rust deposits this can indicate iron pipe corrosion or there may be iron naturally occurring your well water.
A toilet tank check combined with a water analysis gives you a good idea of what is occurring in your pipes and fixtures.
Check for Pipe Corrosion and Scale Build-up
Unless your home is new, it is important to check for pipe corrosion scale buildup in the piping. Fortunately, this is not difficult to do by using one of the following methods:
- Check for signs of blue stains in fixtures, blue stains in toilet tanks, which can indicate copper corrosion, and/or test water for copper.
- If you have galvanized iron pipe, look for signs of rust and rust-colored scale in the toilet flush tank.
- If possible, inspect the exterior of pipes and valves, to see if you see any signs of pinhole leaks or corrosion byproducts which can be crusty, bluish, white or salty looking or rusty. If you are having any plumbing work done on your house, inspect any sections of the pipes that have been cut to see if there is any scale build-up or signs of corrosion.
How To Treat Acid Well Water Methods
Use a calcite neutralizer, or inject soda ash solution using a soda ash feeder.
Calcite Neutralizer Typical Set-Up
Calcite & Calcite-Corosex Blend Neutralizers
One of the most convenient methods to raise pH, hardness, and alkalinity is to use a calcite neutralizer filter.
These filters will typically raise the pH of the water to 7.0 to 8.0 and add 30 to 100 ppm of hardness depending on the alkalinity and water hardness.
In neutralizer filters, acidic waters slowly dissolve the calcium and magnesium media on contact as the water flows through the filter, raising the pH of the water and increasing the alkalinity.
This eliminates the effects of corrosive water chemistries and can help to prevent corrosion of piping and fixtures. The size of the system is directly proportional to the flow rate of the water, in gallons per minute. The higher the flow rate, the larger the system required.
In neutralizer filters, acidic waters slowly dissolve the calcium and magnesium media on contact as the water flows through the filter, raising the pH of the water and increasing the alkalinity.
This eliminates the effects of corrosive water chemistries and can help to prevent corrosion of piping and fixtures.
The size of the system is directly proportional to the flow rate of the water, in gallons per minute. The higher the flow rate, the larger the system required.
The size of the system is directly proportional to the flow rate of the water, in gallons per minute. The higher the flow rate, the larger the system required.
Both upflow and downflow neutralizers are used, but generally, downflow neutralizers that have a periodic automatic backwash are much easier to maintain and tend to work better for residential well water systems.
If the pH of the water is 5.0 to 6.9 and the calcium hardness is less than 150 ppm, generally the calcite neutralizers are preferable for most homeowners. A once per year addition of the calcite is all that is typically required. The soda ash feeders require new solution added every 3—6 months.
However, if the pH is 5.0 or less, a soda ash feeder is preferable because a calcite neutralizer might not raise the pH to the 7.0 on a consistent basis. When the pH is less than 5.0, the amount of calcium and magnesium required from a calcite neutralizer might make the water too high in hardness, requiring a water softener, so a soda ash feeder works better.
The calcite and calcite-blend neutralizers work by adding calcium to the water, and it will increase the calcium hardness of the water, making the water 'harder'. However, most acidic well water is soft, to begin with, and after passing through the neutralizer, will be harder, but shall not hard enough to warrant a water softener.Q. Will calcite (or calcite‐blend) neutralizers make the water so hard that a water softener is needed?
Generally, if the water is less than 170 mg/L or 10 grains per gallon, most customers can avoid having to use a water softener. If your water is 3 grains/gallon, to begin with, after the neutralizer it might be 5 to 7 grains per gallon, as the neutralizers will add 3-4 grains per gallon on average. You can always add a water softener later if you find you want one, but we generally do not recommend a water softener be installed. If you are having white spotting on fixtures and you want a water softener, you could install them both at the same time, but its better for the elimination of copper corrosion, if you wait 3-6 months to give the neutralizer a chance to stop the copper corrosion before adding the water softener.
Soda Ash Feeders
Metering pumps are used to inject a small amount of soda ash (sodium carbonate) into the water, usually in conjunction with a contact tank. For best results, allow a few minutes of mixing time after soda ash solution has been injected. Often a small contact pressure tank, also called a retention tank, is used. For home
For home wells, the soda ash metering pumps are wired to turn on and start pumping soda ash solution, when the well pump turns on and off. In this case, the injection point of the soda ash solution is before the well pressure tank.
If the soda ash injection point is after the pressure tank, a proportional system is used. A flow meter controls the metering pump and controls the metering pump proportional to the flow of the water.
Soda ash is a powder that is mixed with water to form a saturated solution. You can make the solution stronger or weaker.
To start out, mix 4 lbs of soda ash powder to five gallons of hot (or at least warm) soft or purified water, which is approximately a 10% solution by weight. It is best to use purified distilled or reverse osmosis water or softened water to make up your solution, although if your untreated well water is very low in total dissolved solids and other minerals, you can use the untreated water to make up the solution. Inject this soda ash solution at a rate of 100 – 200 PPM and adjust output of metering pump and/or soda solution strength to achieve the desired pH level.
Inject this soda ash solution at a rate of 100 – 200 PPM and adjust output of metering pump and/or soda solution strength to achieve the desired pH level.
After mixing, some of the soda ash powder may settle to the bottom of the solution tank.
Soda Ash Injection controlled by the existing well pressure switch. The most common method used is this method and is the lowest cost.
- Neutralizes pH from 4.0 to 6.8 range up to 7.0 to 8.0 range
- Fully adjustable
- Precisely control pH
- No extra calcium hardness added to water
Identify Pipe Sizes
It is useful to know the size of your incoming pipes. For instance, say you decide you want to install calcite neutralizer for your house. They come in different pipe sizes, such as 3/4″ pipe, 1″ pipe etc. Generally, you want to make certain you get a system that will not restrict the water flow or pressure, so if you have a 1″ pipe, you would want a calcite
neutralizer that has 1″ pipe connectors. Knowing what size piping you have solves this problem.
It is easy to check the size of your pipes. First, check on the pipe itself, often it will be labeled or written on the side. If not, the string method which measures the circumference is probably the best way to determine
your pipe size. Circumference is the distance it takes to go around the pipe once.
Remove any insulation from the pipe. Using a piece of string about 6″ long (or a cloth tape measure) wrap the string around the pipe once and measure to the nearest 1/8 of an inch. Once you have found the circumference, use the chart below to find your pipe or tube size.
Determine Your Well Pump Flow Rate
Your well pump can pump water up to a certain maximum flow rate, in gallons per minute. For example, say you could fill a 5 gallon in 1 minute. This is a flow rate of 5 gallons per minute or 5 GPM. If the water filled up a 5-gallon bucket in 30 seconds, the flow rate would be 10 GPM. Knowing how many gallons per minute your water system can pump is critical to picking the right type of water treatment system, and it is easy to determine. This method works for most well pumps. If your pump turns on at one pressure (typically 30 or 40 PSI) and off at a higher pressure (usually 50 or 60 PSI) this method will work for you.
It is easy! All you need is a 1 or 5-gallon bucket and a watch or clock. It takes just a few minutes:
- 1. Open any hose bib or faucet until the pump turns on.
- 2. Close hose bib or faucet and let the pump fill up pressure tank until it turns off.
- 3. Using a 1 or 5 gal. bucket, open faucet, collect and measure all water discharged until the pump turns on.
- 4. When the pump turns on, immediately close faucet and start timing pump cycle*
- 5. When the pump turns off, record pump cycle time to refill pressure tank in seconds.
- 6. Divide the number of gallons collected in Step 3 by the number of seconds in Step 5.
- 7. Multiply the answer from Step 6 by 60.
- 8. The answer in Step 7 is the average pumping capacity of the pump in gallons per minute (GPM).
Click this link to our online calculator to make your calculations quicker and easier.


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Greenhouse Growers Sustainability Forum
On November 6, 2013 the California Sustainability Alliance held a forum for the Southern California Gas Company's (SCG) greenhouse, floriculture and horticulture customers in Santa Barbara, CA. Fourteen participants from twelve growing operations participated at the forum. The half-day forum included a presentation on the science of sustainable soil, three best practices presentations by growers, and break-out discussion sessions.
The primary goal of the forum was to "listen" to the growers to A) determine what is their current level of use and acceptance of energy efficient practices, and B) assess which of their needs are opportunities that SCG could address.
The Alliance report entitled Sustainability Forum for Greenhouse, Floriculture and Horticulture Customers documents the presentations, discussion and general conclusions of the forum. The report documents key recommendations from participants regarding potential improvements to utility programs. These recommendations include:
- Streamline the paper work and reduce the processing time needed to qualify for and receive utility rebates and incentives
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- Team up pump and irrigation specialists with utility account executives to conduct more audits and field operation reviews
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SKF MetroCon reduces escalator downtime and improves flow of people
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France rules out any use of air power in Mali
PARIS (AP) — Neither France nor Europe will intervene militarily to oust al-Qaida and its allies from northern Mali — not even with air strikes, the French defense minister said Tuesday.
Jean-Yves Le Drian spoke two days after West African nations agreed to send some 3,300 troops to help Mali's tenuous government wrest control of the country's vast north that was seized by al-Qaida-linked fighters more than six months ago. The plan requires U.N. Security Council approval, which could come within weeks. Europe and the United States have taken a supporting role.
The situation in Mali is also offering an opening to Europe to jolt its often-plodding effort to build a more unified EU defense policy, which has long been overshadowed by American-led NATO but has shown promise in areas such as the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Le Drian, speaking to reporters in Paris, reiterated France's longstanding stance that it will not send ground forces in support of the planned international effort led by African troops in Mali. But this time, he sought to make clear that that would mean no French attacks from the air either.
"As for air support, neither Europe nor France will intervene militarily," Le Drian told the European American Press Club. "When we say no troops on the ground, that means 'troops in the air' too ... But bringing in information, intelligence is another thing."
Other officials have indicated that France could use drones to provide surveillance for ground forces from other countries that are deployed to Mali.
President Francois Hollande, speaking at his first news conference since taking office in May, put a formal, final stamp on the issue of French soldiers taking part in the fighting, saying: "In no case will we intervene."
Mutinous soldiers overthrew Mali's democratically elected president in March, creating a power vacuum that paved the way for Islamists to grab the north — an area the size of France. Since then, the Islamic extremists have imposed a strict form of Shariah law.
Hollande warned that the Sahel region, which Mali is part of, "is the greatest danger for our country." He said some French citizens are known to be in Mali "and participate" alongside terrorists.
France, a former colonial power in West Africa that still has military bases there, fears that the vast desert area under control of Al-Qaida's north African branch and its allies could become a sanctuary for terrorists to plot attacks in Europe or seize Western hostages.
A French defense official recently told The Associated Press that France was preparing to transfer by year-end two unarmed surveillance drones to Africa from Afghanistan, where French combat troops have been pulling out of the NATO-led mission.
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Europe's possible role in defusing the Mali crisis will be high on the agenda Thursday as defense and foreign ministers from five major European Union members — France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain — meet in Paris to discuss ways of improving Europe's joint defense capabilities.
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careyz8 wrote:So lets see:
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I'm still blaming this on Rendell and his love for Philthadelphia
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So I'm almost finished writing the first draft of the Syrup screenplay. I did mention I was working on that, right? No? Oh. That's weird. I thought I did. Maybe you just forgot I told you. Yeah, I bet that's it.
Actually what happened is I was waiting until there was a signed deal before I announced it—since until there's a bit of paper, there's always the chance that an agreement will fall apart. But that took so long to get finalized that I just started writing. Now I have 90% of a first draft, and the bit of paper is on its way from Fortress to me.
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Councillors will be asked in March to formally approve a blueprint for future development in Aberdeenshire after Scottish Ministers concluded their assessment of the Council's vision for the region.
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Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
Makes 2-4 Sandwiches
320g cooked prawns (2 cups)
4-5 tbsp mayonnaise, you may use low fat, or full fat
2 tbsp pesto
¼ cup sweet corn
a pinch of salt of necessary
½ tsp crushed pepper or chilli flakes (optional)
Bread to serve
1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl thoroughly(To get rid of the smell from prawns, just marinate them in lemon juice for about 10 minutes and wash it off).
2. Spread the mixture heavily on one slice, and sandwich with another. If you wish, you can use toasted bread as well.
You can make upto four large sandwiches depending on how well you fill your sandwich.


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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Darkness Is Interfering With My Cache Time
Night Caching? I have hunted in the dark before and quite frankly I have a lot to learn. First if it is an urban cache I really feel uncomfortable using a flashlight. That whole burglar thing just doesn't feel right. Sure I have my geocaching speech for the boys in blue but why put myself in that position? There is always hunting in the woods but again, you never know who or what you can run into after dark. What do you think?
Now with winter approaching the weather is becoming a factor. Sure in the Piedmont of North Carolina I do not need my parka and knee high boots but we do get ice storms. It may not be blizzard weather here but it is a factor. All in all it looks like for the next few months I will be doing the majority of my caching on the holidays and weekends.
If you have suggestions for winter and night time caches, send them in. We will post for all to see.
2 comments:
- tonka_boy said...
I've no nighttime suggestions for you. Never tried it. Most of the parks close at dusk, and I'm not creeping around neighborhoods with a flashlight in hand.
Let us know how that works.
- November 13, 2008 at 4:47 AM
- P.J. said...
Well, my work hours are normally 4-midnight, so I have some daytime hours if I want to go somewhere. I also always have at least one day off during the week. That being said...
This will be my first "winter" as a cacher. I'm probably just going to do occasional trips and such. I might do a PQ of mystery caches within 50 miles of me and being as so many people have it so you do the puzzle on the computer, I might just start solving them and then try and do them when the chance comes up. That way, I'll always have some new ones to get.
Night caches are odd. I don't mind going after one if they are the quick park-and-grabs. We did a bunch of those after dark on the way home the other day. But, for normal ones? No way. I don't like creeping around with a flashlight, either. Damn daylight savings time anyway!
A 'lil HooHaa
- November 13, 2008 at 9:31 AM


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§16-2D-7. Procedures for certificate of need reviews.
(a) Prior to submission of an application for a certificate of need, the state agency shall require the submission of long-range plans by health care facilities with respect to the development of proposals subject to review under this article. The plans shall be in such form and contain such information as the state agency requires.
(b) An application for a certificate of need shall be submitted to the state agency prior to the offering or development of all new institutional services within this state. Persons proposing new institutional health services shall submit letters of intent not less than fifteen days prior to submitting an application. The letters of intent shall be of such detail as specified by the state agency.
(c) The state agency may adopt rules pursuant to section eight of this article for:
(1) Provision for applications to be submitted in accordance with a timetable established by the state agency;
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(3) Except for proposed new institutional health services which meet the requirements for consideration under subsection (f), section nine of this article with regard to the elimination or prevention of certain imminent safety hazards or to comply with certain licensure or accreditation standards, provision for all completed applications pertaining to similar types of services, facilities or equipment to be considered in relation to each other at least three times a year.
(d) An application for a certificate of need shall specify the time the applicant will require to make such service or equipment available or to obligate such expenditure and a timetable for making such service or equipment available or obligating such expenditure.
(e) The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the state agency establishes by rule, but requests for information shall be limited to only that information which is necessary for the state agency to perform the review.
(f) Within fifteen days of receipt of application, the state agency shall determine if the application is complete. The state agency may request additional information from the applicant.
(g) The state agency shall provide timely written notice to the applicant and to all affected persons of the beginning of the review and to any person who has asked the state agency to place the person's name on a mailing list maintained by the state agency. Notification shall include the proposed schedule for review, the period within which a public hearing during the course of the review may be requested by affected persons, which period may not be less than thirty days from the date of the written notification of the beginning of the review required by this section, and the manner in which notification will be provided of the time and place of any public hearing so requested. For the purposes of this subsection, the date of notification is the date on which the notice is sent or the date on which the notice appears in a newspaper of general circulation, whichever is later.
(h) Written notification to members of the public and third-party payers may be provided through newspapers of general circulation in the applicable health service area and public information channels; notification to all other affected persons shall be by mail which may be as part of a newsletter.
(i) If, after a review has begun, the state agency requires the person subject to the review to submit additional information respecting the subject of the review, such person shall be provided at least fifteen days to submit the information and the state agency shall, at the request of such person, extend the review period by fifteen days. This extension applies to all other applications which have been considered in relation to the application for which additional information is required.
(j) The state agency shall adopt schedules for reviews which provide that no review may, to the extent practicable, take longer than ninety days from the date that notification, as described under subsection (g) of this section, is sent to the applicant to the date of the final decision of the state agency and in the case of expedited applications, may, by rules adopted pursuant to section eight of this article, provide for a shortened review period.
(k) The state agency shall adopt criteria for determining when it would not be practicable to complete a review within ninety days.
(l) The state agency shall provide a public hearing in the course of agency review if requested by any affected person and the state agency may on its own initiate such a public hearing:
(1) The state agency shall, prior to such hearing, provide notice of such hearing and shall conduct such hearing in accordance with administrative hearing requirements in article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code and its procedure adopted pursuant to this section.
(2) In a hearing any person has the right to be represented by counsel and to present oral or written arguments and evidence relevant to the matter which is the subject of the hearing. Any person affected by the matter which is the subject of the hearing may conduct reasonable questioning of persons who make factual allegations relevant to such matter.
(3) The state agency shall maintain a verbatim record of the hearing.
(4) After the commencement of a hearing on the applicant's application and before a decision is made with respect to it, there may be no ex parte contacts between: (A) The applicant for the certificate of need, any person acting on behalf of the applicant or holder of a certificate of need or any person opposed to the issuance of a certificate for the applicant; and (B) any person in the state agency who exercises any responsibility respecting the application.
(5) The state agency may not impose fees for such a public hearing.
(m) If a public hearing is not conducted during the review of a new institutional health service, the state agency may, by rules adopted pursuant to section eight of this article, provide for a file closing date during the review period after which date no other factual information or evidence may be considered in the determination of the application for the certificate of need. A detailed itemization of documents in the state agency file on a proposed new institutional health service shall, on request, be made available by the state agency at any time before the file closing date.
(n) The extent of additional information received by the state agency from the applicant for a certificate of need after a review has begun on the applicant's proposed new institutional health service, with respect to the impact on such new institutional health service and additional information which is received by the state agency from the applicant, may be cause for the state agency to determine the application to be a new proposal, subject to a new review cycle.
(o) The state agency shall in timely fashion notify, upon request, providers of health services and other persons subject to review under this article of the status of the state agency review of new institutional health services subject to review, findings made in the course of such review and other appropriate information respecting such review.
(p) The state agency shall prepare and publish, at least annually, reports of reviews completed and being conducted with general statements about the status of each review still in progress and the findings and rationale for each completed review since the publication of the last report.
(q) The state agency shall provide for access by the general public to all applications reviewed by the state agency and to all other pertinent written materials essential to agency review.
(r) (1) Any person may request in writing a public hearing for purposes of reconsideration of a state agency decision. No fees may be imposed by the state agency for the hearing. For purposes of this section, a request for a public hearing for purposes of reconsideration shall be considered to have shown good cause if, in a detailed statement, it:
(A) Presents significant, relevant information not previously considered by the state agency and demonstrates that with reasonable diligence the information could not have been presented before the state agency made its decision;
(B) Demonstrates that there have been significant changes in factors or circumstances relied upon by the state agency in reaching its decision;
(C) Demonstrates that the state agency has materially failed to follow its adopted procedures in reaching its decision; or
(D) Provides such other bases for a public hearing as the state agency determines constitutes good cause.
(2) To be effective, a request for such a hearing shall be received within thirty days after the date of the state agency decision and the hearing shall commence within thirty days of receipt of the request.
(3) Notification of such public hearing shall be sent, prior to the date of the hearing, to the person requesting the hearing, the person proposing the new institutional health service and to others upon request.
(4) The state agency shall hold public reconsideration hearings in accordance with the provisions for administrative hearings contained in:
(A) Its adopted procedures;
(B) Ex parte contact provisions of subdivision (4), subsection (l) of this section; and
(C) The administrative procedures for contested cases contained in article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
(5) The state agency shall make written findings which state the basis for its decision within forty-five days after the conclusion of such hearing.
(6) A decision of the state agency following a reconsideration hearing shall be considered a decision of the state agency for purposes of sections nine and ten of this article and for purposes of the notification of the status of review, findings and annual report provisions of subsections (o) and (p) of this section.
(s) The state agency may adopt rules pursuant to section eight of this article for reviews and such rules may vary according to the purpose for which a particular review is being conducted or the type of health services being reviewed.
(t) Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, the state agency shall adopt rules for determining when there is an application which warrants expedited review.


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One chart to show the many options Congress is still considering to reform the troubled agency.
The Senate passed a major Veterans Affairs Department overhaul Thursday evening, and the bill will soon be signed into law by President Obama.
The law will ease the firing of VA senior executives, reform employee performance metrics and allow veterans without immediate access to a VA facility to receive private care on the government's dime. Read a full breakdown of the bill here .
Congress is still considering many options to improve VA's management, oversight and service delivery. As Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said when announcing his conference committee had reached a bipartisan agreement on reforms: "This is not the end, this is the beginning. God knows there is a lot more work to be done."
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It was an intriguing day of soccer in the tournament's fourth day, with Japan and Paraguay pulling off surprising results, though Holland did what was expected with a 2-0 win over Denmark in Monday's early match, while New Zealand stole their first-ever World Cup point early this morning with a 1-1 draw against Slovakia
My heart goes out to Danish defender Simon Poulsen (above right) who had somewhat of a howler in the group opener...Though it's Daniel Agger's name next to the "OG" on the scoresheet, its Poulsen's errant header that was the real culprit in the day's first goal. Towards the end of the match, it was Poulsen again who allowed Dirk Kuyt to easily finish after Dutch substitute Eljero Elia's initial effort struck the post.
The performance was atypical for a Danish side that is usually very organized. On the flip side, Holland never looked poised to lose, but weren't completely dominant either.
The day's second match saw an upset at least in geographic terms. Japan became the second Asian side to secure a victory in this year's tournament with a 1-0 win over home-continent team Cameroon in Bloemfontein. Keisuke Honda (right) gave Samurai Blue their first World Cup victory away from home after winning two matches while co-hosting the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Cameroon's best chance came with Stephane Mbia's second half rocket which blasted off the top part of Eiji Kawashima's goal frame. A disappointing opening to the World Cup for Cameroon, given they looked to be the team that would advance from this group. The talent and leadership of Samuel Eto'o will be needed now more than ever if the Indomitable Lions hope to advance out of the group stage.
Perhaps yesterday's most shocking result, a 1-1 draw between Paraguay and defending World Cup champions Italy in Cape Town. The South American side ran out to a 1-0 lead just before halftime when Antolin Alcaraz's header beat Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon in the 39th minute.
A stingy Paraguayan defense held off the World Champions until the 63rd minute when Daniele De Rossi capitalized on goalkeeper Justo Villar's mistake... The result was a fair one for the South Americans, if not a tad bit unsatisfying. For Italy, yesterday's match should serve as a wake up call for their two remaining group games.
Today's early match saw Slovakia, a team making their first World Cup appearance, since the "Velvet Divorce" in the early 90's against a New Zealand side making only their second World Cup appearance and first in 28 years....
This match held special interest for me, after drawing the Kiwi's in the Fire's World Cup office pool last Thursday afternoon and for large amounts of the first half the side from Way Down Under looked better than the Eastern European favorites. That all changed coming out of the interval when Robert Vittek placed a beautiful header past goalkeeper Mark Paston in the 50th minute.
The Slovaks pressured more with New Zealand resorting to counter attacking soccer, looking to steal a point late, and late it came, as Shane Smeltz's cross found Winston Reid (right) in the 93rd minute, earning the Kiwi's their first every point in the World Cup and making Reid one of three New Zealanders to tally in the tournament.
Much the way Group A currently sits, the result keeps all four Group F teams on one point and with the same goal difference going into the second round of matches, where New Zealand will face their toughest test against World Champions Italy.


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Nine Winters Old
Bill Heath doesn't make ski porn. Yes, the Warren Miller-honed Canuck filmmaker's exquisitely crafted "Sinners" includes lots of powder shots and mountain scenes that reach forever just like every other film in the nascent genre. But Heath's "Sinners," probably the greatest ski film since Greg Stump's Blizzard of Ahhhhs, elevated the Canadian film maker above the Stump-chasing rest with a rich story, humble premise, emotion-evoking camera work and unwavering passion for fluff. Heath is back and about to bump Stump off the snowfilm throne with his independently funded and award-harvesting "Nine Winters Old," a perfectly timed 65-minute tale of snow as seen through the eyes of the overlooked.
There's Ryan, a fiery 9-year-old who can't understand why grownups view winter as nothing more than a long tribulation to be endured, not enjoyed.
And photographer Dave who, with his faithful hound, chases snow wherever it piles deepest.
The trio of hilarious octogenarian rippers with solid turns and vintage style.
An explosive-hurling avalanche expert whose son wonders if dad could die every day at work.
A veteran helicopter pilot who ferries skiers to remote peaks and has, unquestionably, the best office view of anyone in the world.
A cat-cruising terrain park sculptor whose career hasn't changed much since he began pushing sand with Tonka toys as a toddler.
Avery, the snow-surfing, sushi-slinging dreamer from Aspen who tucks a twentyspot a day into a jar that cradles hope of a heli ride.
No haughty pros. No disdainful bro-bra egos. No jaw-dropping hucks or heart-stopping avy escapes down big lines that maybe two people in the world can ski.
Just an understated collection of random snow lovers delivering glimpses of their own carefully nurtured, intimate relationship with mountains in winter. Their gratefulness for every flake that flies resonates in each scene, doing more to stoke the wintertime vibe than any other film this season, maybe ever.
Heath captures the beauty of winter in the hills with soulful images and a keen focus on the people who appreciate the snowiest season for its raw splendor. This isn't a commercial-laden showcase of athletic prowess featuring the rare few paid to play in the snow, with loud, sexy, in-your-face scenes that lend the storyline-optional genre its "porn" moniker. There's no embarrassing plugs for SUVs or granola bars or secretive $200,000 payments from featured resorts, a la Warren Miller Entertainment.
"Huge" in Nine Winters is 9-year-old Ryan's three-foot kicker, built by his crew's small, mittened hands. "Sick" is watching a helicopter-hanging Mark give an ecstatic thumbs-up as an entire mountain slips away under the weight of his just-tossed bomb. This is a story about snow and how it pervades the lives of regular folk who know nothing better than a floaty turn or quiet snowscape.
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Get a sneak peek at 2014 Super Bowl commercials
Can't wait until the Big Game to see those shiny new ads? Several companies are offering teaser spots online for what's to come while the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos are taking breaks during Super Bowl XLVIII. Click through to watch them.
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If I had a shooting house, vehicle or treestand I wanted to shoot critters at night from, I'd be mounting some kick-ass lights on this rail monyonna, as they say. I have mounted these on boats and on coolers that go in boats so I could mount spotlights, even jerry-rigged navigation and "cockpit" lights.
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For admitted CSU degree, certificate, or licensure students who wish to take courses at another institution to obtain transfer credit.
Students enrolled in a graduate program at another college or university who wish to undertake a limited amount of graduate work at Cleveland State University must complete the home institution's Graduate Transient Application form and receive approval from the home institution to enroll for specified courses. The approval form and the completed CSU Enrollment Services Transient Student Enrollment Request Form
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Rainy spring lifts fireworks ban for Fourth of July
People can start setting off fireworks on Monday in some cities
The Fourth of July is just days away and many people in our area are getting ready with some fireworks.
Firework stands have been popping up over the last few days and starting on Monday, people can start setting off fireworks in Fayetteville.
This comes a year after people were banned from setting off fireworks because of the drought.
"Last year we had a lot of intense heat, a lot of drought," said Capt. Joseph Shirley of the Fayetteville Fire Department. "We put a ban on the fireworks last year, so we really didn't go on too many calls."
Shirley said because of this year's weather, he doesn't expect to have too many fires caused by fireworks.
"This year we do have guys in place but we're not really too concerned about it," he said. "We might have a few grass fires, but overall we're not too concerned with it."
The rules for fireworks vary from city to city. Shipley said the best thing to do is call your local department to find out what they allow when it comes to setting off fireworks.
"Check with your local fire department because the rules and the jurisdiction do change with the particular city that you are in," said Shipley. "My recommendation is to go ahead and contact your city to find out their laws."
In Fayetteville, fireworks can be set off Monday through Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. On the Fourth, fireworks can be set off from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m.
Shipley said when it comes to setting off fireworks, using common sense is the best option.
"If you're going to use fireworks, use a lot of common sense," Shipley said. "Have a bucket and a hose line nearby. Don't use alcohol and set off fireworks. Use close toed shoes, as well. Just stay safe."


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The Christmas market in Wolfenbüttel is an intimate and charming festive tradition that dates back more than 420 years (1584). It takes place on the historical market square in the town centre. How about a delicious mug of glühwein in the enchanting winter forest? Wolfenbüttel's very own Christmas elves, Wölfchen and Büttelchen, host a daily Advent calendar raffle for younger visitors and can take them on a guided fairytale tour with storytime. There is also an arts and crafts market in the historical Kommisse building. Everyone will love the Christmas market in the palace, which has the perfect gift for all.
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FACETIME- Good Shepard: Best place to... be poor?
When Karen Shepard moved to Charlottesville in February, she was amazed to pay $2.99 for a half gallon of milk at the grocery, "the highest I've ever paid in my life," she exclaims, and she wondered, "What are poor people doing?"
She saw how much housing cost, and thought, "How do the poor afford housing?"
Good questions. As new head of Monticello Area Community Action Agency, those dilemmas fall squarely onto her shoulders.
For some of us, what MACAA does (other than its annual Men Who Cook fundraiser, which took place recently) isn't exactly clear. The organization was born in 1964, during President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty, and the best known of its nine programs is Head Start.
In addition to the nine years on her resumé as a corporate lawyer in Omaha, Shepard has a pretty strong nonprofit background. "I started out in poverty law," she says. "I moved to Omaha to work as a teacher at Boys Town."
Even in the corporate world, she still did pro bono work. And then the director of Legal Aid position came open, and Shepard spent another nine years working there, before leading the Greater Omaha Community Action for six years.
"Karen stood out, not only as a community action leader, but also as a member of the school board in Omaha for 20 years," says Cass Cannon, who was on the MACAA executive director search committee. "The fact that she could do two very demanding, challenging jobs– at the same time– points to someone who's extraordinary."
Shepard's father is from Bowling Green, and she's always had a soft spot for Virginia. She grew up in New York, and remembers him working two or three jobs so her mother could stay home. The roots of her current mission were sown.
Her mother would make her father stop to give rides to women who had kids. "We picketed White Castle because they wouldn't hire blacks," she recalls.
Years later, Shepard, who prefers not to disclose her age, realizes, "I had a lot of opportunities a lot of people don't have."
She took the job here because she loves Virginia. But in an area known for its wealth and prestigious university, MACAA has clients who have never worked and need help– not just with a resumé, but with an alarm clock and clothes.
"We find programs to meet the needs of our clients," she says. "Some are just not ready to get a job." And then she points to a new group requiring assistance: the working poor.
Her mission is pretty daunting: to help people out of poverty. "My challenge is to bring in enough funding to bring in the programs we need," says Shepard. "The need is here."
In fact, in this economy, the need is bigger than ever, she says: "Wages don't go up; food and gas do. People are hurting." Some people, she says, have to decide whether to buy the medicine they need– or food.
Says Shepard, "It's scary."


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Clean and primitive, Mui Ke Ga (Ke Ga Cape) is the most favourite destination for visitors to Binh Thuan Province. From the top of the lighthouse built on the island, visitors can enjoy a fabulous view of the open sea...
From the beach...
Twenty-five kilometers from the city of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan Province, tourists can travel by bus or motorbike along the coastline to Ke Ga Island. At Ke Ga Cape, visitors are able to wander around and clamber over cliffs and boulders piled up all over the place.
There are many international and domestic ships and fishing boats coming and going in the area. As there are reefs in the area, French and local people decided to erect Ke Ga lighthouse to warn ships of the danger.
Visitors can also stay on the island overnight to go fishing. Fishing during the full moon is another unforgettable experience. People can taste the baked sea fish they have caught by themselves and then stay up to see the first sunlight.
... to the famous lighthouse
At Ke Ga Cape stands a lighthouse, built in 1899, considered as the tallest and oldest existing lighthouse in Vietnam.
The lighthouse is called Ke Ga by local people. Ke Ga Lighthouse was built on Ke Ga Island top whose total area is about 5 ha in the coastal area of Tan Thanh Ward, Ham Thuan Nam District, about 30km away from Phan Thiet City to the South East. This lighthouse was designed by a French architect named Chnavat to guide ships to go back and forth. The construction started in February 1897 and was completed by the end of 1898, and the lighthouse was put in operation in 1900. To mark the construction period, local people put a big granite panel carved the number 1899 at the lighthouse entry gate. The lighthouse has now been operating for 108 years.
The light house with its unique architecture is about 60m tall. From that height, visitors are able to see a vast expanse of sea and sky, as well as enjoy cool ocean winds. The most beautiful moment to visit the lighthouse is at sunset. People can see a fantastic sight with splendid colours. Sometimes they can not distinguish the boundary of the sky and sea. Only 500m from the coast, people can walk to the island when the tide is out.
Ke Ga Lighthouse was built grandiosely, which can be classified as Vietnam's tallest lighthouse, built of granite stones brought from France. A unique character of this lighthouse is that the granite stones were carved out of different cells, shapes, sides that are well-fit. So in building, they were put together and stuck by mortar. On the lighthouse, there is a big light of 2000W, which was brought from France and used to give signals ships back and forth. Presently, Ke Ga Lighthouse has become a tourist attraction, not only about art and architecture, but also a beautiful natural landscape.
Up to now, the tour to Ke Ga Cape has been always drawing much attention from international and domestic visitors.
More Vietnam Destinations:
- Ha Long Bay – a magnificent magical destination
- Ninh Binh province – a huge tourism potential
- Perfume Pagoda (Chùa Hương) – "the first ranking Southern grotto"
- Tam Coc-Bich Dong, "South second nicest grotto"
- Lai Chau – a beautiful mountainous land
- Sapa, the fanciful town in fog
- Hoi An Old Town – an ancient Beauty of Vietnam
- Mỹ Sơn Holy land – a masterpiece of Chăm Architecture
- Quang Tri and the Demilitarised Zone
- Vinh Moc Tunnel – a famous Vietnam's historical relic
- Da Lat – a flowerful town of romance
- Ben Tre – huge potential of ecological tourism in Vietnam
- Coconut palms, the symbol of Ben Tre
- Floating markets – the outstanding in Mekong Delta
- Van Phong Bay, impressive and unforgettable...
- A mysterious, charming lady-like land...
- A tranquil destination for visitors!
- The Mekong Delta in brief
- Beautiful sceneries in the Central Highlands
- Dai Nam Van Hien, Vietnam's first safari park
- The immense pride of Ninh Binh's inhabitants
- Enjoy Sa Dec Flower Gardens!
- My Tho fruit market
- Ba Li Stream, a new destination
- Sam Mountain - a place of pilgrimage for the Vietnamese
- Oc-Eo Remains Site
- Ton Thanh Pagoda – the national vestige
- Binh Ta Archaeological Vestiges
- Beautiful birds in Bac Lieu
- Hon Khoai Island, primeval and interesting...
- Song Ngu – an interesting island!
- Cu Lao Cham, the beautiful offshore island
- Hoa Lu Ancient Capital
- Nguom Ngao Cave with masterpiece in stone
- Spectacular Tien Son Cave
- Da Lat flowers
- Bac Ha Market, feast for the eyes!
- Nhi Thanh Grotto
- Hai Van Pass
- Son Tra Peninsula


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If you're heading to the nature reserve near Flanders Long Island (home of the big duck) and you miss your turn (as we did last weekend) you'll end up Dinosaur Walk Museum and the Atlantis Marine World in Riverhead...Both are well worth getting lost for. Dinosaur Walk looks for all the world like a hallowed out grocery store but, while the exhibit deign may leave a little ..okay, a lot...to be desired, the life sized dinos are really very cool! The Atlantis aquarium also has a cheesey/cool feel to it -- all the tanks have a "The Lost City of" motif that is sorta fun in its over the topness.
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- Unknown said...
OOooo - I haven't been to the Dino Museum yet...Dylan is just starting to get into dinosaurs, so that might be a good trip. He already likes the Aquarium. In fact we are going to wedding there in a couple of months -how cool is that?
I must admit the L.I. Game Farm is my favorite LI place. You can feed a giraffe - from your hands....a giraffe!
- Irene Gallo said...
I am so there! After my new found fondness for goats, I was thinking of going to the Game Farm...if they have Giraffes, I'll run right over! Thanks Scott!
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But now I was curious. How many had we actually visited? With my usual dedication to number counting I began to build a list slightly over 130 with almost 60% of them overseas. Not surprisingly France accounted for 25% of the list. Almost half of our total received repeated visits.
Fortunately for me, my husband shares my passion for viewing art as well as the endurance to spend whole days immersed in that activity. I recall a seven hour visit we had at the Prado in Madrid. Exhausted in both mind and body we were trudging back to our hotel, contemplating a Spanish siesta, when we stumbled over a lovely gem of a museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza. It closed in two hours. A sidelong glance at my husband confirmed he could muster the energy for another two hours and off we went.
afternoons at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts as well as a visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The MFA is a stellar museum that I had never been to so it was a rare treat. John Singer Sargent was a citizen of the world who called many cities home, but did some significant work in Boston. Upon entering we discovered the ceiling murals commissioned from Sargent in 1916 for what was then a new museum building. In addition to a large collection of Sargent paintings, drawings and murals, the museum also has an exceptional contemporary exhibit which reflected thought and artistry, something we do not always find in contemporary exhibitions. We were particularly drawn to a work hanging overhead by Tara Donovan created solely out of styrofoam cups. The form and material interacted with the light to create something much greater than one might imagine. Between Sargent and Donovan we spent a lot of time looking up.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner is a very eclectic museum which has a Sargent painting of its founder that I had only seen in books. Her husband so disliked it that it was not shown until after his death. There is something rather special about standing in front of the original. In addition to these wonderful offerings, we took particular pleasure in the unexpected discoveries at the Pucker Gallery and the Boston Public Library.
The conference had the forethought to arrange a visit to the Pucker Gallery following a film on Samuel Bak. The gallery represents Bak who now lives in the area. Bak came from Vilna, now Vilnius, Lithuania where he and his mother were among the 200 survivors of a city of 70-80,000 Jews. Nuns hid them during the war. His father was murdered shortly before the end of the war. Bak's talent was recognized at an early age and he was invited by the poet Abraham Sutzkever to exhibit his artwork in the ghetto at the age of nine. Although he wasn't in a camp, he heard the stories of others in the DP camps and that influenced his work. After the war he studied art in Poland, Germany and Israel. His work has a number of themes; pears, chess pieces and a childhood friend who died in the Holocaust reappear frequently. Pears were common in Vilna and his stepfather used to play chess with him.
At the gallery there were many pieces on display and accessible on panels that could be pulled out. Upstairs a display of his work filled the walls. Pucker shared stories about Bak's history and the meaning of symbols that reappear. It was a rich immersion into the work of an amazing artist.
As we wandered around Boston we came to the public library. We entered the new portion which while certainly functional lacked the magic of the original which we entered through a connecting courtyard which felt like the many cloisters we had visited in Europe. Around the grand staircase we found murals by de Chavannes representing the muses of Greek mythology. In the Sargent Gallery we found an impressive series of murals titled the Triumph of Religion. The theme was based on the idea of religious freedom and ran into a bit of controversy that caused Sargent to abandon his last painting of The Sermon on the Mount. The paintings begin with the religions of "pagan gods" and then depict Judaism and Christianity. The focus is on the study of religions, not on religious worship, but the controversy arose when Sargent depicted Synagogue and Church. Synagogue was depicted as a blindfolded older woman while Church was depicted as a beautiful young woman. The Jewish community of Boston objected that his depiction demeaned Judaism. Sargent, puzzled by the controversy, was drawing on depictions in Christian art which typically show Synagoga as blindfolded and holding a broken lance, suggesting it was vanquished by Christianity. They represent the inherent bias of Christianity as they are depicted in a church narrative.
I found it interesting that the Jewish community of Boston was sufficiently established to object vocally, perhaps the best argument that some measure of religious freedom did in fact exist at that time. An interesting side note relates to another unexpected Sargent discovery of ours in the War Museum in London. There is a powerful painting called Gassed which depicts the blinded soldiers during the war. Done at the same time, it is argued by Sally Promey in Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library that its influence can be seen in this painting.
If you get to the library make sure to visit the Edwin Austin Abbey murals on the The Quest of the Holy Grail. The library offers tours of the artwork and architecture. And if you are interested in learning more about Sargent and his work, two books which offer excellent background are David McCullough's The Greater Journey and Deborah Davis's Strapless.


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I read this in a chapter essay by Craig Bartholomew on Wisdom Literature in the OT.
Brevard Childs was once asked by a student how to become a better exegete of the Bible. "Become a deeper person!" replied Childs.
See "Hearing the OT Wisdom Literature," in Hearing the Old Testament (Eerdmans), p. 309.


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Field Researcher, U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey
How are these key predators faring after 250 million gallons of oil poured into waters they depend on?
Hannah Uher-Koch is the main logistics coordinator on the Earthwatch Loons and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill expedition, as well as a team leader and field biologist. For the past few field seasons, she has worked for the National Park Service studying the endangered piping plover, and for the United States Geologic Service studying yellow-billed and Pacific loons on Alaska's North Slope.


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If this new perk screen is any indication, vampires will play much differently than the other races and classes in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Let the feeding begin.
Check out the rest of these new images for a peek into the first upcoming DLC pack for Bethesda's role-playing game, Dawnguard, which will be out this (northern) summer.


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ESA and Thales Alenia Space establish agreement for development of Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV)
Today at the Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, ESA and Thales Alenia Space have established the agreement for the authorisation to proceed with the development of the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) atmospheric reentry demonstrator.
The IXV project is part of the ESA Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). The objective of IXV is to develop a European autonomous atmospheric reentry demonstrator system, characterised by high aerodynamic performance due to its lifting body shape, equipped with a high-performance control system based on propulsion and aerodynamic surfaces and having advanced thermal protection for atmospheric reentry.
The vehicle will weigh about 1800 kg and will be launched by Vega from the European Spaceport in Kourou. The launcher will place the IXV vehicle at an altitude around 450 km from which IXV will start its flight back to Earth, smoothly and safely splashing-down in the Pacific Ocean. With an entry velocity of approximately 7.5 km/s, the IXV system will perform a mission fully representative of a Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) reentry mission.
Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for the design consolidation, development and integration of the vehicle and will lead a team formed by major European industries and integrated with research centres and universities from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The delivery of the vehicle to ESA is planned to take place by the end of 2012.
"The IXV mission is a unique opportunity to tackle a large part of the basic European needs for reentry from LEO, consolidating the experience and know-how necessary for the development of any future European reentry system," declared Giorgio Tumino, ESA IXV Project Manager, "in particular, the aerodynamic performance and aerothermodynamic characteristic of the reentry phase, the thermal protection materials and the guidance, navigation and control system."
"This agreement marks the IXV project entering its full development phase, contributing concretely to the consolidation of the European know-how for return missions from LEO, after several years of continuous studies across Europe", underlined Antonio Fabrizi, ESA Director of Launchers.
Other launchers news from Le Bourget
Yesterday (15 June 2009), ESA and Arianespace signed the Frame Contract for the provision of launch services. The main purpose of this contract is to maximise the use of Ariane, Vega, and Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre, while ensuring competitive launch service prices for ESA missions.
Tomorrow (17 June 2009), ESA will sign a €20 million rider with the Joint Propulsion Team consortium, composed of Avio SpA (I), Astrium GmbH (D) and SNECMA (groupe SAFRAN) (F), for the development of the liquid-fuelled engine demonstrator for the European Next Generation Launcher first stage – the High Thrust Engine Demonstrator.
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Questioning whether an increase in corporate intranet spend represents an embrace of "social media"–or is even a welcome development–forms the basis of my new post at Communitelligence.
The post responds to a release by Melcrum, the internal comms publishing juggernaut, of a recent members survey covering a variety of social media, intranet, and internal communication issues.
The posting can be found on Communitelligence at http://bit.ly/4JWiRf


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Monroeville MMJ – CBD Doctors & Physician Clinics
Welcome to the Monroeville Marijuana Doctor Clinic near me page. Medical marijuana doctors throughout Allegheny County will be seeing patients and issuing cannabis prescriptions. If you have been diagnosed with or strongly believe you have a Qualifying Condition and are interested in pursuing medical cannabis as a treatment option, you will be able to find or we will connect you with a recommending physician to receive a PA Marijuana Card. You can also fill out our MMJ Patient Registration Form to stay current on details as the Pennsylvania medical marijuana program advances and to be connected with a marijuana recommending doctor when available.
Monroeville Veterans For Marijuana
Throughout Monroeville, Veterans have expressed strong support for THC or medical cannabis as a real treatment for qualifying medical conditions they face. The most common being Pain Management and PTSD, which is a spectrum anxiety disorder that marijuana treats without the commonly prescribed anti-anxiety prescription medications like Xanax, Klonopin & Valium. One Combat Wounded Veteran stated, "Smoking marijuana took me off the razors edge; I was finally able to slow down my brain and concentrate on what was at hand." Currently, Monroeville veterans have to go out of the network to a civilian doctor for an MMJ recommendation as the Veterans Administration is still reviewing data.


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Evening of humor in Stamford to bolster nonprofits' efforts
An evening billed for its winning combination of drinks, dinner and laughs may prove to have an equally winning effect on a Stamford-based organization that works to improve the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
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Independence of Connecticut's fourth annual Comedy Night, as well as live and silent auctions, is set for Friday, Nov. 16, at the Hibernian Hall in Stamford.
The event serves as a fundraiser for the more than 40-year-old nonprofit. This year, it will feature the talents of host Ivy Eisenberg and comedians Aaron David Ward, who headlines the event, and Tracy Locke.
This is not the first time Eisenberg has helped. This White Plains, N.Y., resident participated in ARI's Walk for Independence fundraising event in the past and is aware of its efforts. "I know it is a great organization," she said.
Eisenberg, who works for Stamford-based Pitney Bowes, also has built a successful career as a comic, humor writer and storyteller. It began in earnest about 20 years ago, right before the birth of her first child, when she said she tapped a surge of creativity and began writing humourous essays and parody songs.
Soon after her daughter's birth, she attended a writers' retreat, where her work caught the instructors' attention. That led to more opportunities, including comedy evenings, which would feature humorous essays, poems and songs.
Recently, she has taken to the stage with her stand-up. Storytelling, humorous essays or poems and stand-up work are three totally different art forms, she said. Still, her original material is at the heart of everything she does, and it is gathered from life's moments, big and small.
"No matter what I do, what I say or what I write it comes out funny," she said. "I am just intending to tell the truth and the way I tell the truth, it comes out funny."
Ward also filters his humor through what he sees and experiences. With the exception of a few years spent living in New York City and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania, he has been based in upstate New York.
"In stand-up, you always have the challenge of getting people to see the world through your particular set of eyes and sense of humor," he said.
Ward, a former journalist and writer, has been sharing that view for the past 10 years. He began stand-up after he was fired from his job, believing he had nothing to lose in taking the chance.
Since then, he has traveled to points across the United States to perform. He has appeared in the Boston Comedy Festival and Plymouth Rock Comedy Festival and is part of the Glenn Slingerland Situation, a former TV show that now airs on YouTube GSSTV.
Ward has produced, organized and performed at several benefit shows. "It's gratifying when you get a chance to do what you love to do and it actually benefits people who need it," he said.
Locke, a Milford resident, recently returned to the area after living several years in Los Angeles. Having taught improv to special needs children in the past (she also hopes to in the future), she said she has seen how important it is to provide enrichment opportunities to everyone.
Locke, who also started in journalism (she was a reporter for the Stamford-based Outdoor Life Network), began concentrating on her performing career after "totally falling in love" with improv, a talent she honed through classes at Stamford's Curtain Call.
"I love performing," she said. "And stand-up is a fantastic way to test your mettle ... once you do stand-up, everything else is nothing."
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Hibernian Hall, 186 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Friday, Nov. 16, 6:30-11 p.m. $900 (table of 10), $750 (table of eight), $200 couple; $125 single. 203-324-9258, ext. 3023; www.arict.org.