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Commenting on the Humboldt County General Plan Update (GPU) is now easier than ever, according to a press release from the Humboldt County Administrative Office. Michael Richardson, currently the lead staff person involved in the GPU process, clarified the change by saying, "We are trying to make participation in the General Plan Update as simple and easy as possible to encourage public involvement."
Here's how it works:
- Click here to go to the GPU Home Page.
According to the press release, "Once comments are submitted, they will go to the Board of Supervisors, be placed in the web-based meeting record, and be displayed on the GPU website under the 'Public Comments' web page. The process has been streamlined to remove layers of information that were between the website and users trying to submit comments."
Listen to our live stream as KMUD broadcasts the 29th Annual Reggae On The River™ Festival from French's Camp held in the Cook's Valley area of Humboldt County, CA
Click here to hear the live stream of music and interviews from ROTR.
ROTR Broadcast Schedule: Fri. Aug. 2 from 1 pm-5:30 pm and from 7 pm-1 am / Sat.,from noon-1 am / Sun. from 11 am-8 pm - View ROTR photos here.
A press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff''s Office describes three investigations conducted this week which netted a total of 16,370 growing marijuana plants, large quantities of fertilizer and 2nd generation anticoagulant rodenticide bait, as well as other toxic substances. The sites were located in Brushy Mountain Lookout on Friday Ridge-Willow Creek, the Supply Creek Watershed on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, and in Le-Terron Flat, Orleans.
Agents also found a recently deceased Fisher at one of the sites. Fishers are presently under review by the State and Federal agencies as candidates for listing as endangered species. Investigators will conduct a necropsy on the fisher to determine the cause of death. The complete press release appears below.
Use the player below to hear more on this story in a piece aired by KMUD News Correspondent, Christina Aanestad, on the KMUD Local News Thurs., Aug. 1, 2013.
HCSO press release, dated 08-01-2013:
On 07-29-2013, at approximately 7:00 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Deputies, United States Forest Service (U.S.F.S.) Agents , Hoopa Valley Tribal Police ( H.V.T.P.) Officers and the Cannabis Eradication and Reclamation Team (C.E.R.T.) conducted an open field investigation and eradication of a large marijuana cultivation site below the Brushy Mountain Lookout on Friday Ridge, Willow Creek. Three civilian scientific researchers with a background in wildlife, toxicology and ecology were with the officers when they entered the marijuana site. The officers eradicated 7521 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 4' tall to 6' tall. All the marijuana was being cultivated on United States Forest Service Land. While conducting the investigation the researchers and deputies located the following:
• 1230 lbs. dry fertilizer
• 28 lbs. liquid concentrated fertilizer
• 14 lbs. 2nd generation anticoagulant rodenticide bait
o enough to kill 2,246 woodrats or gray squirrels
o OR 12 fishers
o OR at least 4 spotted owls
• 32 oz. Carbaryl insecticide
• 32 oz. Carbofuran (banned chemical in United States due to its toxicity to people and wildlife)
o a 1/4 to 1/8 teaspoon is enough to kill a 300-400 black bear.
Deputies also located fresh hot dogs strung from a tree on treble fish hooks, along with two dead deer carcasses and a bird, a Hermit thrush. Officers also witnessed environmental damage to the watershed.
On 07-31-2013, at approximately 7:00 a.m., Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputies, USFS Agents, H.V.T.P. Officers and C.E.R.T. Officers conducted a marijuana investigation and eradication at another cultivation site located in the Supply Creek Watershed on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. The three researchers again accompanied the officers. The officers located and eradicated 8,473 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 3' to 6' tall. Agents also found a recently deceased Fisher in the garden site. Fishers are currently under review by the State and Federal Government to be listed as an endangered species. The officers and researchers again found environmental damage to the area. The researchers took custody of the deceased Fisher and intend to conduct a necropsy on it to determine the exact cause of death. There was no obvious signs as to what killed it.
On 8-1-2013, at approximately 9:00 a.m. the same team listed above with the researchers went to a third marijuana cultivation site located at Le-Terron Flat, Orleans , which is USFS property. The officers located and eradicated 376 growing marijuana plants ranging in size from 3' to 4' tall.
A total of 1942 lbs of dry fertilizer, 58 lbs of liquid concentrate fertilizer, 17 pounds of second generation anticoagulant rodenticide bait were removed in total from the three sites. The rodenticide by itself had the potential to kill 2,753 wood rats, 14 fishers and 5 spotted owls per the researchers. Many of these toxicants were near creeks.
The investigation into those responsible for these marijuana grows is continuing.
Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.
Canine parvovirus is a contagious virus which does not infect humans but if left untreated, in unvaccinated dogs, can have a mortality rate of over 90%. Puppies that have not been vaccinated or protected by maternal antibodies are especially vulnerable to infection by the virus. There is both an intestinal form of infection and a cardiac form. Common symptoms of the intestinal form are severe vomiting and dysentery, while the cardiac form causes respiratory or cardiovascular failure in young puppies.
Use the player below to hear more about parvovirus in a piece submitted by KMUD Community Journalist Monique Kemper. This story aired on the KMUD Local News on Thurs., July 25, 2013 and includes an interview with Kim McPherson, manager of the Garberville Redway Veterinary Group and others having experience with canine parvovirus.
Additional Resources:
Click on the following links for more information on parvovirus: (webmd) (Wikipedia)
View or download: (parvovirus brochure) (parvovirus flyer) (parvovirus poster)
This photo was taken from Sprowel Creek Road looking down near the junction of Sprowel Creek with the South Fork Eel River.
Severe smoky conditions on the North Coast are continuing as smoke drifts southward from several fires in Oregon. The fires coincided with numerous lightning strikes in various parts of Oregon. The biggest fire in this cluster (the Sunnyside Turnoff Fire ), located just north of Warm Springs Oregon, has currently burned 51,340 acres and is reported to be 90% contained, according to the Incident Information system (InciWeb), as of Sun., July 28, 2013 at 8 am. The Sunnyside Turnoff Fire began Saturday July 20th, 2013 and was reported to involve 798 firefighting personnel.
Click here for InciWeb information about the current fires in Oregon.
Additional Resources:
- Click here for information on how to protect yourself from smoke.
- Click here for how to protect your family from wildfire smoke.
At least 11 dog deaths from suspected blue-green algae poisoning have occurred in the last dozen years, according to the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). A recent press release from DHHS warns that low flows in local rivers, along with sustained high temperatures, have led to ideal conditions for accelerated blooms of potentially toxic blue-green algae. The algae can occur in any freshwater body and appears as a scum, foam or mats having colors ranging from green, blue-green, white to brown.
Human beings can also be in danger from this type of toxin, especially small children, but dogs are especially vulnerable because they are more apt to swallow the toxin when licking their fur. According to the press release, "Potential symptoms in dogs following exposure to blue-green algae toxins can include lethargy, difficulty breathing, salivation, excessive urination, vomiting, diarrhea or convulsions." The full press release appears below.
Full press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, dated July 25, 2013:
Officials with the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are warning recreational users of the South Fork Eel, Van Duzen, Klamath and Mattole rivers, Big Lagoon, Freshwater Lagoon and all other freshwater bodies to avoid contact with algae this summer.
Low flows along the South Fork of the Eel River as well as the Van Duzen, coupled with sustained high temperatures in the inland areas, have created the ideal conditions for rapid blooming of blue-green algae.
DHHS is aware of 11 dog deaths that may have been caused by blue-green algae poisoning since 2001. The dogs died shortly after swimming in Big Lagoon, the South Fork Eel River and the Van Duzen River.
A nerve toxin associated with blue-green algae was found in the stomachs of the dogs that died on the South Fork Eel River in 2002. The same toxin was found in water samples from the South Fork Eel and Van Duzen rivers in 2009 just after two dogs died. This poison is the most likely cause of the dog deaths on these rivers. Dogs are more vulnerable than people because they may swallow the toxin when they lick their fur. The onset of symptoms can be rapid; dogs have died within 30 minutes to one hour after leaving the water.
Blue-green algae blooms that produce a liver toxin have been documented in Klamath River reservoirs and the Klamath River this year. The current status of this river may be found at the Klamath Basin Monitoring Program website: http://www.kbmp.net/blue-green-algae-tracker.
Blue-green algae can be present in any freshwater body. It looks like green, blue-green, white or brown scum, foam or mats floating on the water. Usually, it does not affect animals or people. However, warm water and abundant nutrients can cause blue-green algae to grow more rapidly than usual. These floating algal masses, or "blooms," can produce natural toxins that are very potent. Dogs and children are most likely to be affected because of their smaller body size and tendency to stay in the water for longer periods.
Potential symptoms in dogs following exposure to blue-green algae toxins can include lethargy, difficulty breathing, salivation, excessive urination, vomiting, diarrhea or convulsions. People can experience eye irritation, skin rash, mouth ulcers, vomiting, diarrhea and cold- or flu-like symptoms.
DHHS officials recommend the following guidelines for recreational users of all freshwater areas in Humboldt County:
• Keep children, pets and livestock from swimming in or drinking water containing algal scums or mats.
• Adults should also avoid wading and swimming in water containing algal blooms. Try not to swallow or inhale water spray in an algal bloom area.
• If no algal scums or mats are visible, you should still carefully watch young children and warn them not to swallow any water.
• Fish should be consumed only after removing the guts and liver and rinsing fillets in tap water.
• Never drink, cook with or wash dishes with water from rivers, streams or lakes.
• Get medical attention immediately if you think that you, your pet or livestock might have been poisoned by blue-green algae toxins. Be sure to tell the doctor about possible contact with blue-green algae.
Human activities can have a big effect on nutrient and water flows in rivers, streams or lakes. Phosphorous and nitrogen found in fertilizers, animal waste and human waste can stimulate blooms. Excessive water diversions can increase water temperatures and reduce flows. People can take the following measures to prevent algal blooms in local waters:
• Be very conservative with the use of water, fertilizers and pesticides on your lawn, garden or agricultural operation.
• Recycle any "spent" soil that has been used for intensive growing by tilling it back into gardens, or protect it from rainfall to avoid nutrient runoff.
• Plant or maintain native plants around banks. These plants help filter water and don't require fertilizers.
• Pump and maintain your septic system every three to four years.
• Prevent surface water runoff from agricultural and livestock areas.
• Prevent erosion around construction and logging operations.
On May 14, 2013, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution of opposition to the use of anticoagulant rodenticides (click here to see that story) and now the state of California has proposed regulations focusing on that class of rodenticides. The proposal would require that the Agricultural Commissions Office regulate and provide oversight for the use of these rodenticides and would also eliminate their availability in the retail marketplace.
Hear more on this important issue, using the player below, including comments made by Jeff Dolf, Humboldt County Agriculture Commissioner, during a presentation to the County Board of Supervisors, clarifing that these rodenticides would not be legal in marijuana grows. This piece was submitted by KMUD News Correspondent Daniel Mintz and aired on the KMUD Local News Tues., July 23, 2013.
Previous related KMUD News Posts:
"Southern Humboldt businesses take rat poison off shelves"
"New lawsuit targets rat poison regulation"
"See Biologist Mourad Gabriel- Pot and Endangered Wildlife-Sept. 27 Arcata"
"Groups call for ban on rat poisons"
The biotechnology, broadly called genetic engineering or "GE", has been enthusiastically embraced by some while being vehemently opposed by others. Proponents see GE, also referred to GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms), as a critical technology to meet future food supply needs on a planet faced with global weather changes and over-population, while opponents question the safety of the technology and point out associated side effects such as unwanted contamination of non-GMO seed stock by cross-pollination with GMO crops.
Opposition to GMO crops was the focus of a meeting Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at the Bayside Grange in Bayside, where the topic was how to create an initiative to ban GMO's in Humboldt County. Click here for a Redwood Times article describing the meeting.
Hear more about the issues surrounding the GMO controversy using the player below. This piece was aired by KMUD News Anchor Eileen Russell on the KMUD Local News on July 10, 2013. The piece includes interviews with UC Riverside Professor Alan McHughen, a Biotechnology Specialist and Geneticist; Jeff Dolf, Humboldt County Agriculture Commissioner as well as comments from organic farmers, environmentalists, and anti-GMO activists.
Water use conditions are part of a General Plan Update Amendment approved on June 9, 2013 by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. The amendment involved zoning changes on portions of the Etter Ranch near the intersection of Wilder Ridge and Mattole Road. The re-zoning will allow portions of the ranch to accommodate residential and commercial uses which were previously restricted by the Agricultural-exclusive designation. The re-zone will facilitate a proposed project to restore the Honeydew Town Center atmosphere that existed before fires, floods and earthquakes led to its collapse.
In order to insure that the revitalization project will not create additional strain on water resources, several conditions accompanied approval including possible additional on-site water storage, bans on diversions during low-flow periods, and monitoring of the project development by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Click here for a link to the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors Agenda and associated documents.
More information can be found by using the audio player below to hear a piece submitted by KMUD News Correspondent Daniel Mintz. This story was aired by KMUD News Anchor, Eileen Russell, on Wed., July 10, 2013.
Update: KMUD makes audio recording of this nearly three-hour forum available on this website. Audio has been edited into five parts, and can be listened to or downloaded from the links below.
The water rights brochure mentioned during this presentation can be found at http://calsalmon.org/files/documents/tools/RedwoodCreek_WaterRights.pdf
We will include other links mentioned as they become available.
There will be time set aside after the presentations for a question and answer period. The presentation part of the Water Rights Forum will be broadcast live on KMUD from 4 to 6 pm.
Use the player below to hear more about this Water Rights Forum, including an interview with Dana Soltzman, Executive Director of Salmonid Restoration Federation. This story was aired by KMUD News Director, Terri Klemetson on the KMUD Local News Mon., July 8. 2013.
Additional Resources:
- Click here for more information about the Redwood Creek Water Conservation Project.
- Click here for the Redwood Creek Water Conservation Project,South Fork Eel River: Report & Updates.


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The question has been seriously considered, during several different decades, as to whether the Blanding South Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints should be torn down and a more functional modern meetinghouse built in its place.
Each time, the prevailing consensus was to preserve the building — despite its imperfections — as a standing testament to the ingenuity, faith, and sacrifice of Blanding's early pioneers.
That question will never again be an issue. The imposing native rock and brick church house has been designated by the Church Historical Department as a historical site and, as such, will forever remain a viable part of the community. This is cause for quiet celebration, for even as it was constructed on the first town square, the South Chapel is literally still at the heart of Blanding, as well as in the hearts of many who have lived in Blanding.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the initial groundbreaking for the South Chapel, which was done without ceremony. Twelve members of the Grayson Ward Building Committee met on-site, early one April morning in 1914, to mark the corners of the basement.
Then, 18-year-old George Arthur Hurst, Jr., was put to work with a horse and plow. After furrowing the dirt, he used an old slush scraper to pull the loosened soil to the side and then he repeated the tiresome process, establishing the boundaries of where men and boys would soon congregate with picks and shovels.
That humble but faith-filled beginning was followed by 14 years of manual labor, mostly local and mainly volunteer, before the beautiful chapel was finally ready to be dedicated on June 3, 1928.
However, by that time the community had already outgrown what was initially thought by some to be an extravagant building: a chapel above a basement recreation hall with a two story wing on either side of the front of the chapel containing two classrooms each. The original building had no restrooms.
In 1940, Bishop John D. Rogers sought permission from Church Headquarters to construct an addition which consisted of ten classrooms, a stake office, a bishop's office, two restrooms, a Relief Society Room with a small kitchen located directly west of it through double doors, and a tiled baptismal font that replaced the original cement font in the basement boiler room. This portion was also built of native materials by local labor.
In order to keep up with the town's growing population, as well as church member needs, a state-of-the-art cultural hall was begun in 1951. Due to the influence of the Blanding and Grayson Ward's Relief Society presidents, a new larger kitchen and serving area joined the church house with the new cultural hall.
A major remodel of the original building was completed in 1984. Among other changes, the barrel vaulted ceiling of the chapel was lowered and given a trey design; the arrangement of the sacrament table was changed; and richly stained woodwork adorned the front of the chapel. Also, the apricot and turquoise colored plaster walls received a textured finish and every surface was painted white.
Now, 100 years from the initial groundbreaking, the Blanding South Chapel is undergoing another major renovation.
Initially, it was going to include a complete restoration of the chapel, taking it back to its original state when it was known as the Grayson Tabernacle. This would have entailed, among other things, bringing back the domed ceiling. However, as so often happens, the practical aspect of life stepped in and questioned the wisdom, as well as the cost, of a total restoration. After all, church building funds are a sacred trust, and the changes that have been made over the years have been considered improvements.
And so, after much deliberation, a compromise was finally reached and construction begun. At the end of May, the three wards occupying the old church were rerouted to the Blanding North Chapel and Stake Center, creating challenging but feasible meeting schedules.
Though the official word is that the remodel may take up to a year, the hope is that the building will be ready for occupancy much sooner than that.
Structurally, the building will not experience any major changes. Inside, most of the work will be installing new electrical wiring and an efficient heating/cooling system.
The rooms, most notably the restrooms, will become handicap accessible. Outside, the greatest improvement will be a new roof. Workers have removed three layers of shingles, including the original cedar shake shingles.
According to Carol Richmond, Facilities Manager, there are a few nice surprises planned; however, they won't be surprises if this article details them, so readers will simply have to wait for the rest of the story.
Joe Hurst, one of the sub-contractors currently working on the remodel, as well as a member of the Blanding Stake Presidency, succinctly summed up his feelings this way, "I derive a certain amount of satisfaction knowing that five generations of the George A. Hurst, Sr. family have played a part in constructing, maintaining, and remodeling the South Chapel. The building has become an icon to our family, not only physically but spiritually. It is a reminder of who we are, what we believe, and what we stand for."
Though a comparative few share the remarkable Hurst family legacy, anyone who has ever attended the South Chapel can understand the sentiment of President Hurst's last sentence.

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I had a slow morning getting out and had to go back into the house to grab my water bottle after forgetting it, then forgetting to put on my sunglasses, then forgetting to close my bag, then forgetting to take off my cleat covers and then remembering that I meant to put air in my front tire and then doing that, and after 10 straight minutes of forgetting and then remembering (I'm getting a bit Proust-y here), I was finally able to leave.
Rather uneventful ride, except for my feeling really uncomfortable with the traffic around me. Some mornings the idea gets in your head that bike commuting is a dangerous, dangerous activity (which really it isn't) and you can't help but be very anxious about your rather small margin for error and the rather dire consequences of said potential error. I don't know if my mind went down this particular track because I follow @struckDC on twitter or if it's because I've been a few days off the bike or if because a lady on a cell phone blew threw a red light and happened to miss me in a way that was both serendipitous and totally routine. Whatever the reason, some days you just don't feel as good out there as others. Frankly, it's amazing to me that the whole enterprise of driving is even possible given the level of coordination, anticipation, empathy and sociability that's required of it, but my views are shaded more from misanthropy than anything else.
I avoided the Custis today because of reports of trees down. I don't have enough braze-ons for a commuter chainsaw. That meant Wilson, where I saw no one else on a bike. Maybe it was because I was running late because the weather was very conducive to it. Maybe everyone was at home poring over the newest iteration of the Arlington County bike map. And pore they should, especially over the new-and-improved Chain Bridge connectivity pop-out, which no longer indicates a connection from the bridge to the CCT, as once kvetched about on this very blog. Thanks Bike Arlington!
|You should still probably avoid Chain Bridge.You should also avoid crappy cut-and-paste jobs.
My ride in the District proper was boring. I meant to take the Capital Crescent and count the superbiker peloton wannabes, but I'll save that for another day. I do wonder to what extent the Tour de France influences the behavior of bike commuters.One might hope that watching bicycling races (parts of which can be quite exciting) might inspire people to take up riding, but I suppose that might be negatively counteracted by those who decide to start treating their commutes more like races and less like necessary trips back and forth from work. If anyone sees any notable examples of "inspired" riding, please do let me know. Try to take a picture or at least scream "allez" at them or something.


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I always wonder, is it worth giving an answer to a question that has already received answers and where one of the answers has been accepted?
If yes, how does it actually help? The asker has already accepted what he thought to be the most convenient answer for him.
Edit: I mean, do people bother looking for such questions?


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Scholastica had a brother that everybody had heard about. In fact, he was her twin brother and his name was Benedict. Benedict was the founder of the Rule of St. Benedict and the source of a monastic group known as Benedictines. Yet, Scholastica was reported to be every bit as devoted and pious as her brother if not more so. Yet, as a woman in the sixth century her options were severely limited. She became a nun because of her incredible devotion and faith and eventually became abbess of a community of women who followed after the rule and way of life that Benedict had discerned and pioneered. Her leadership was capable and inspired and she was known for the passion that she brought to a life of prayer and work. This passion was an inspiration to the women she led.
It was her practice to meet once a year with her brother to discuss the spiritual life and to read scripture together. The communities that they led were only five miles apart but they met on some neutral ground partly to emphasize that there was some special connection between brother and sister that was worth honoring with a change in location. The last time they met they weren't certain that it would be a final meeting but Scholastica was aware of her own failing health. They met for longer than they ever had and even longer than they had intended to meet. They discussed scripture. They prayed together. They broke bread and communed with one another. They encouraged and challenged each other as only a brother and sister in the Faith can. Then, as night was falling Benedict got up to go and return to his monastery where he might rest in his cell. Scholastica asked him to stay even longer so that they might continue in their fellowship–perhaps she even intuited that this would be their last chance. He insisted that he must return home as it was his calling to be there. She simply nodded, folded her hands, and began to pray.
As Benedict watched his sister pray, he felt the sudden cold gust of wind that preceded a thunderstorm. His eyes widened in surprise and confusion. At the first peal of thunder, he went to the window and looked outside to see the first large rain drops strike the dirt outside of the building. Turning to Scholastica, he said, "May God forgive you, sister," and asked, "What have you done?"
She responded simply: "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and he did listen. So now go off, if you can, leave me and return to your monastery." With these words, she began packing up her things knowing very well that he would now stay but she wanted to indicate to him his freedom to choose. Benedict stayed with his sister and they talked later into the night. Shortly thereafter, Scholastica died and Benedict mourned the loss of his sister but thanked God that he had had a little more time with her.
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Saturday, April 8, 2006, 07:59 PM - Video Games For SaleFor those who love the weird cartridge handhelds, here's one for you to get. The Game King 2! It only came out a year ago, but its totally old school. Very low budget piece of crap, greyscale, pixelated craziness. The case looks like a PSP (playstation portable) ripoff. The background on the screen, with mountain landscape, is fixed! So every single game has it in the background! If you buy one of these, you get 13 separate boxed games for it too! These are the same games that were made for the GameKing 1 (they work on either unit). The games aren't much better than the epoch game pocket computer from 1984, although some of them are pretty fun and inventive. The box art on the game boxes are worth every penny!!!! Some of them use stolen graphics from games like Unreal Tournament and Sega Moto GP. I got one from this website, and its a great weird game system to have for collecting - once they sell out I'm sure it will become an obscure rarity.
Click here to buy the Game King II
Friday, March 31, 2006, 10:53 AM - Video Games For SaleAtari Age is running a spring sale on homebrew catridges for Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Colecovision. Dozens to choose from - all recently programmed by game fans like you and me. Its great to support new video game releases on old hardware! These 'home brew' carts have become very collectible - most come with cool artwork on the labels and boxes and instructions and everything. And any purchase you make supports the indie game programmers!
- All in-stock homebrew games are 20% off! This includes Spectar, a brand new ColecoVision
homebrew game!
- Free shipping for purchases of $50 or more! (applies only to orders shipped in
the US)
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Thursday, March 30, 2006, 11:36 AM - Video Games For SaleA few months back some new mini-arcade style games were released. These were develeoped like the old style designs of coleco mini-arcades. You can find them at many places on the web for about $25 each. Spencer Gifts has them all. Frogger, Space Invaders, and The Family Guy Pinball. Very cool! These are color LCD instead of VFD (vacuum flourescent display) screens. All the repros now are LCD, and if someone makes a reproduction in VFD I'll be in tears...


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Tom, I'm contacting you as I see you are on line. My name is Johnny. I live with my wife in San Antonio. I had polio as a child and have had PPS (Post Polio Syndrome) for 35 years. I found this sight while searching Google for a PPS discussion group and was directed here. I've not been able to locate any sub set for PPS, and am wondering if you knew of any other people with degenerative muscle problems here, or if I should leave. Many thanks, Johnny
hi tom,,
i dont have a s.p. but my days are nummbbered.
i would like 2 keep track of or proggress. i'll keep in touch.
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Game 20 lineups: Red Sox at Jays
at 7:07 p.m. ET
Rogers Centre
1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Mike Lowell, DH
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Jason Varitek, C
7. Adrian Beltre, 3B
8. Bill Hall, LF
9. Darnell McDonald, CF
Pitching: Josh Beckett (1-0, 5.26)
1. Fred Lewis, LF
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Adam Lind, DH
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Lyle Overbay, 1B
6. Alex Gonzalez, SS
7. Jose Bautista, 3B
8. John Buck, C
9. Travis Snider, RF
Pitching: Dana Eveland (2-0, 1.93)
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It would be great to see the Jays pound the Sox — especially stealing bases. However, after watching the Rays, I am not too concerned with winning. The MLB draft is a crap shoot. However, the Rays are a great example of what type of team you can assemble if you draft high and draft right. They have excellent young team that should give their fans lots to enjoy for years to come. Two or three years from now, supported by some good drafting, we may find ourselves in a similar position.
I mostly agree, burt, except that the Blue Jays are playing some pretty good ball themselves so far. I'm not getting much sleep, because I have to stay up until the end of the games this year! Here's hoping 2-3 years from now, everybody else is trying to catch us. What I'm really looking forward to is to see if AA can build a Blue Jays business model such as Boston or Atlanta has, where they can stay in the hunt year after year.
Heres a nice little article about Brett Wallace: http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/mlb/news;_ylt=AgMUidsy8cUtl6sCb0TbhDy5bZ8u?slug=bf-skinny_042610
Its nice to see the jays have some prospects that every team in the mlb can be envious of. I am starting to believe that Brett Wallace is the real deal, it will be nice to see a prospect of ours actually work out and have a big league impact. Heres to hoping..


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|Fabian Prewett
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- "No one lived after he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age - the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts - you were only a baby an' you lived"
- —Rubeus Hagrid to Harry Potter[src]
Fabian Prewett (b. 1940s[2] or 1950s[3] - d. 1981) was a pure-blood wizard, the brother of both Gideon and Molly. Fabian was a member of the Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War. He was killed by five Death Eaters before the end of the war, along with his brother.
Early lifeEdit
Fabian was born into the wizarding Prewett family, with two known siblings: Gideon and Molly.[4] During the First Wizarding War, his sister Molly married Arthur Weasley, and the couple eventually had seven children.
First Wizarding WarEdit
During the First Wizarding War, Fabian and his brother decided to join the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix to fight against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Their sister does not appear to have been an official member, probably because she had several young children to take care of.
Eventually, however, Gideon Prewett and Fabian were attacked by five Death Eaters, one of whom was Antonin Dolohov. They were described as having "fought like heroes" by fellow Order member Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, though both were ultimately killed. Following Voldemort's fall from power, Dolohov, and perhaps others involved in the Prewetts' "brutal" murders, were imprisoned in Azkaban for the crime.[5]
It has never been shown how Molly coped with the deaths of her brothers. She rarely mentions them, indicating that she took their loss hard, but when she does, she speaks fondly of them.
Molly gave Fabian's gold watch to Harry Potter on his seventeenth birthday, as it was traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age. Harry treasured and preserved it throughout the Second Wizarding War[6], keeping it and wearing it well into his thirties. She also stated that Fabian was not "terribly careful" with his possessions, especially his watch, which he dented. Unlike normal watches, it had stars as the clock's hands.
Fabian is the English form of the Latin Fabianus, which was the name given to emancipated slaves in Rome. It is derived from Fabius, the name of a very influential Roman patrician family, whose members included many politicians and soldiers. The most notable of the Fabian family was Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, who was given the epithet Cunctator, "the Delayer", because of the unorthodox strategies he employed in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. He developed the Fabian strategy of warfare.
Behind the scenesEdit
- While Fabian and Gideon are mentioned as having been members of the Order, their sister Molly was not, most likely because she was raising her children, Fabian's nephews, during the First Wizarding War.
- Fabian and Gideon are portrayed by James and Oliver Phelps (the twins, who also portrayed Fred and George Weasley) in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, presumably portraying Fabian and Gideon as twins as well, though this is never stated in the books. Although according to James and Oliver this isn't true.
- It is possible Fabian's sister honoured Fabian and Gideon with the naming of her twin sons. Fred, one of her twins, has the same first initial as Fabian, 'F'. Her other son, George, has the same initial 'G'.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned, not by name)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
See alsoEdit
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Gideon appeared in a photograph with Marlene McKinnon that was taken two weeks before Marlene's death in July 1981. This indicates Gideon was alive in the summer of 1981 and must have been killed sometime between then and Voldemort's fall (31 October, 1981).
- ↑ If they were older than Molly, then Gideon and Fabian were born in the 1940s as Molly is born in 1950
- ↑ If they were younger than Molly, then Gideon and Fabian were born in the 1950s as Molly is born in 1950
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


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Mr. Speaker, as the member for Lévis, I am pleased to take part in this debate. As a man, I felt it was my duty to do so, because anything to do with child support is wrongly seen as being a subject that is primarily of interest to women.
This is based on the fact that, in reality, unfortunately, it is women who, as things now stand, more often find themselves responsible for families after a divorce.
I can understand the Reform Party member for Edmonton Southwest, who is one of the more moderate members of his party in many respects, including social issues. Nonetheless, I am not happy to hear him say that it would be better to tough it out than to get divorced. Toughing it out means, in certain cases, for many women and children, and perhaps for men too, putting up with intolerable suffering.
There is one statistic we cannot ignore. In 1990, in Canada, there were 78,152 divorces, and there are undoubtedly more now. Naturally, these divorces involve men and women, so if we multiply this number by two, we see that they affect 150,000 men and women. Furthermore, if we presume an average of two or more children per family, we are looking at 300,000 children affected by these divorces in Canada, and that is just for that particular year. It is not cumulative. Therefore, there were so many instances of divorce that affected 300,000 people in 1990, and probably 300,000 people and up were affected in 1991, and the numbers continue to rise.
We also know that an overwhelming majority, 98 per cent in 1988, of those receiving child support payments were women. The percentage is lower today, but it is still very high. That is why I say that I, as a man, and the men that I represent, should also be concerned about the situation. We can, however, have different points of view, depending on the party line and depending on the objectives of the various parties concerned.
I am a former member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and a current member of the Standing Committee on Health, together with the hon. member for Mississauga-South. We both know how important the first years of life are and how economic and social conditions may have a subsequent effect on health and also create problems, I was going to say with respect to delinquency, but also for a person's social and individual development.
Ideally, and I am sure we all agree, everyone would have a father and mother who stay with their children until they reach the age of majority or even beyond that and who pay for their education. That is the ideal situation we would all wish for.
However, there is one factor we cannot ignore and I am referring to those 78,152 divorces that occurred in 1990. This does not include people living common law, who separate without first having been married and who have children. That is why when last year I saw the Minister of Justice table his plan, and we even saw a glimmer of hope in the last federal budget, something that had changed following the Thibodeau judgment. Basically, the well-known debate on deduction of support payments was no longer about considering one parent or the other, but about what was best for the children.
Twenty per cent of the children in this country live below the poverty line, and the vast majority are in single parent families.
We can say quite confidently that most of the time, in 80 per cent of the cases, these families are headed by women. That is a fact. I must say I am particularly sensitive to the situation of these mothers. In the final instance, children will suffer if we do not deal with the problem in the best possible way. And they will suffer for a long time.
If the economic situation gets worse, with all the psychological and other stress this entails, and this goes on for a number of years, the impact on the children can be catastrophic. Sometimes I hear members of this House, especially members of the Reform Party, say that the rate of juvenile delinquency is terrible, the crime rate is terrible and what is happening in our society is terrible. People often say they do not feel safe any more. I am willing to believe that, but we must try and understand how this happens.
Certain megastudies, which take into account the results of every possible analysis have discovered that these problems are often due to socio-economic problems that affect children when they are young and are not even aware of what is going on in the world. Stress is not always transmitted in an explicit and verbal way. It may be expressed through family tension, bickering, the tension that may exist between spouses, whether they are living together or not.
When spouses take legal action against each other, that affects the children. I am not saying this is so in all cases because some couples divorce amicably. Some men meet their responsibilities properly.
We are not accusing those who are acting properly. But there is one social fact the hon. member for Edmonton Southwest ought to understand: regrettably, a good proportion of people do not meet their responsibilities toward their children properly, and most of these are fathers. Sometimes they may feel that since they did not obtain custody, or joint custody, they are justified in making their ex-wives suffer without realizing that the ones suffering the most are their children. And that is intolerable.
I do not want to sound too critical. Let me take a different approach, since I feel that it is important for this debate to be held. It is important for we men to shoulder our responsibility, just as women responsible for single-parent families must. We must be aware that single parents need our help, be they women or men.
Recently, I attended a function of a single parent association in my riding. It was celebrating its 15th anniversary. There was a time when no men were seen in such associations, but I could see that now there are. Men are also heads of single parent households, and they find that incredibly difficult, as indeed it is.
I do not want to get into details of the private lives of the people here in this House, but I am sure that some here are single parents. Their duties here demand a lot of their time, and they may not have as much time as they would like to devote to their children, who may well have complaints about this.
I know that similar discussions go on in other professions, where there are also heavy responsibilities, where much is demanded of single parents, not just financially, but the financial aspect is a very important one, and ends up being intolerable. As I have already said, 20 per cent of the children in Canada, a country said to have one of the best standards of living in the world, 20 per cent of Canadian or Quebec children, are living below the poverty line.
Among the leading causes of this poverty is the situation of single-parent families and people not fulfilling their responsibilities properly.
While agreeing with the objective pursued by the minister and finding relatively few faults with his bill, I cannot help but notice that the bill shifts away from the strategy announced last spring. We, in the Bloc Quebecois, were afraid there would be discrepancies in the bill or that some of the provisions might be harmful.
Speaking as a former member of the human resources committee, I also notice through all this, good intentions and all, the excessively paternalistic attitude of the federal government in this area. I am also speaking as a Quebecer. Since last year, we have had in Quebec a scheme providing for all the conditions regarding support payments, including provision for support payments to be automatically be collected from spouses who are in default. It is complicated. It is all new and already there are growing pains. The scheme is still in its infancy.
The strange thing is-I can hear you from here, saying: "Here goes the Bloc, the official opposition, again with their line", but spouses who do not fulfil their obligations are in fact not honouring their marriage contract or commitments. And in wanting to interfere in this area, the federal government is interfering in an area of provincial jurisdiction. Let me elaborate.
Marriage comes under the jurisdiction of the provinces, while divorce is a federal matter. There are also those who are not married. When they separate, it is not a divorce. These people form a different group and they are not in any way subject to this bill, which only deals with the issue of divorce. However, the fact is that, in Canada and in Quebec, more and more people are involved in common-law relationships.
Again, the paradox with the current federal system is that people get married under the laws of the province but divorce under federal laws. This is somewhat odd, but such is the situation right now.
In this area, the federal government displays a committed, pervasive and embarrassing paternalistic attitude, as it does in the education and health sectors. In this area, as in the other two which I just mentioned, the federal government introduces guidelines in a bill, presents the whole package to the provinces and tells them: "Sure, you can get involved in this, but provided you do this, that and the other thing. If you do not accept our guidelines, then we are sorry but the federal system will prevail as regards the issue of divorce, because it comes under federal jurisdiction".
This creates a strange situation. For example, if a married couple with two children divorces, the federal legislation will prevail. However, the same situation involving common-law spouses whose children have the same financial needs will be dealt with under provincial law.
Given all the differences in treatment that can take place, I ask you: Is this a fair and balanced situation that will promote consistent social development? This is one of the flaws of the federal system. We have no choice but to say it again: the federal government, the federal "big brother" feels compelled to get involved, with its not so subtle approach, in issues that come under provincial jurisdiction.
When one province does not agree, it is punished, it is not entitled to the benefits of the federal system, or, when there are no benefits, the federal government carries the day.
That, therefore, is the opposition's opinion of this bill. I hope that debate goes well. It is possible that the Liberal government, which has the majority, will decide not to make any concessions or compromises, but that would not be conducive to harmony. At the outset, I hope that government representatives agree to the compromises that will be proposed by official opposition members, who are trying to make a constructive contribution, because these are situations affecting human beings, individuals on whom the decisions made will have important social repercussions, particularly for children, and therefore for everyone's future.
I know that the member for Mississauga South is a sensitive man. He sits with me on the Standing Committee on Health. As I know the influence he has over his colleagues, I challenge him to try to convince them to think about the health of children, given that we want to see more harmonious relations between men and women who have responsibilities with respect to children, and, although there has been a softening of their position, to convince them to be receptive to the compromises we are proposing.


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Obviously, I left this place hanging a little. I put off writing this for months. Not really sure why. I think it was because I didn't really want to admit that it was time to say goodbye. That our time here was REALLY "over". China was home my home away from home. Always different, always strange, but home, nonetheless. I am one of those who wants to bury my head in the sand anytime change is coming and that is what I did during this move. I took it as it came, little step by little step got me back to the US. I purposely never took time to think about what was really happening.
Sometimes it feels like it was all a dream. And sometimes it feels like I'm just waiting out an extended vacation before I get on a plane and fly back to China. But I'm not. At least not for a very long time. That chapter has closed for now.
And it's time for a new chapter. Ready or not. Lots of times in the last few months, I have felt the "not".
I do not plan to abandon this blog. There are many stories and photos and reflections that did not make it here when they happened. It all happened so fast.
And yet, I think the thing I have struggled with the most is the pace of life back here in America. Everyone has so much to do! And you are expected to accomplish 10 things in a day. Grocery store, bank, post office, lunch with friends, shopping, cooking, and laundry. In China, it's an accomplishment to check off one, and a rockin' awesome day to knock out two! But all those things that should be so easy, are somehow so overwhelming.
Grocery stores are huge, and everything is wrapped in plastic, or metal, or cardboard. (yuk!) And it's hard to explain to someone who has always done it this way why it's now hard for me. I did it for years. It's "normal", right? Nothing changed here. (Except the prices! Holy cow, inflation!)
Nothing changed but me.


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Night 1: My story begins on July 18, when Justin Bieber performed in Hartford, when I interviewed Stephen King on the stage of the Bushnell, when the Riverfest fireworks, postponed because of the rising river, exploded over the city, when a road race called the Xtreme Hartford Scramble #2 coursed along the riverfront.
The city's biggest problem that night was that too many people wanted to be there. I staggered out the stage door with King and shells were exploding to the east of us. He looked like he was finding our city a little exhausting.
Night 2: Less than 24 hours later, I was putting on high-viz yellow to help out as a marshal on the Real Ride, an occasional 10-mile urban biking parade that spills out from Real Art Ways in Parkville. The riders take pride in lighting up their bikes and bodies with anything that glows, so the procession looks like a sparkling anaconda. On a good night we get 250 riders. There's a guy who shows up in angel wings, aglow with lots of tiny blue lights. One bike pulled a boombox blasting a playlist chosen for the ride, and another, pedaled by the indefatigable Chris Brown, pulled a trailer on which a guy played a full drum kit. As we paused around a gazebo in Riverside Park, I realized I was, well, way old compared to almost everyone else.
One reason our numbers were down (more like 100) was evident as we skirted Bushnell Park. Arturo Sandoval, one of the greatest trumpet players in the world, was blowing on the band stage. The park was alive, alight and humming with people at the Greater Hartford Jazz Festival.
As we looped back up Park Street, I peeled off from the peloton and cut down Broad Street. I locked my bike at Billings Forge just as a group of young people poured out of the Studio after a Sea Tea Improv show. We ducked into the Firebox bar, which quickly filled up with young comedy performers from the show.
Night 3. Another 24 hours passed, I was at the Bicycle Studio, a (closed since then) art space on Arch Street, for the annual fundraiser for Guitar Under the Stars, presented by Welcome to Bohemia, Greg Garcia's traveling multi-arts circus. For $20, you got music performances anchored by Daniel Salazar and featuring a rotating cast of musicians. There was food and wine, and toward the end, two exhibition salsa dancers took over the floor, put on a show and started dragging the crowd out to dance with them.
So that was 72 hours. The following Monday, a thousand or so people poured back into Bushnell Park for Monday Night Jazz, and the following Thursday, a couple hundred people packed one of the spaces at Real Art Ways for Catie Talarski's Radio Adventure, another periodic multi-arts circus with curated audio and live performances. Sea Tea Improv, that tireless army of inspired comedians, was back again, and we all stood under a light rain in the parking lot as the Hartford Hot Several, a relatively new semi-ironic marching band that features brass, reeds, drums and an accordion, put a bow on the evening with help from their vocalist Josh Michtom, wearing a horned Viking hat and singing into bullhorn.
Let's get one thing straight. I'm really, really old. I get tired trying to keep up with these people. But right now, Hartford is buzzing with a youthful energy that exceeds anything I've seen since 1975.
More than half the events I just described were either free or really cheap. That's important. Young people don't have much money. Notice also how many of these gigs involve, instead of one institution at a fixed location, a bohemian swarm of impresarios and performers alighting on any space that will have them. That's a healthy thing.
Let's get another thing straight: These are just the people I run with. There are parallel packs of Hartford young people exulting in other ways, in places I never go.
If there's one gig that pulls together this gypsy caravan of performers, it's Anne Cubberley's Nightfall, another free event that takes over one city park this year and injects it with a wild infusion of dance, puppetry, fire, solstice worship, music, history and comedy. If you weren't among the thousand or so wrapped around the pond at Pope Park two weeks ago, why not?
I've watched Hartford pretty carefully for 38 years. This is the best time, in term of energy and human capital, thanks to all the people I just mentioned plus Melissa Craig, Carolyn Paine, Margaux Hayes and Richard McGhee III, Dan Blow, Kristina Newman-Scott, the Gale sisters of Hartford Prints, Hooker Day, Bronze Radio Return, LB Munoz, Tony Cherolis, Facebook's Dwelling in Hartford, String Theorie, Ed Fast's Conga Bop and a raft of others, including new people I'm meeting on these pages and expect to encounter at the Key Issues #YoungHartford forum on Tuesday evening.
We're the Lower East Side. We're Brooklyn. Except you can afford to live here. And as Hartford flaneur Dhom Boucher from the band OPM says: Nobody will ever make you feel like you're not cool enough.
There's work to be done. Some won't stay if their car taxes are too high, if the police department is dysfunctional, if the schools aren't good enough. There's no excuse not to fix that stuff, and if we do, more young people will line up to live here. The busway, for all the whining about it, is going to help. Young people like mass transit, so let's have more.
We did the hard thing. We got the amazing people. We spent a billion dollars on Adriaen's Landing and got almost nothing. We spent nothing and got people worth a billion dollars. Now we have to keep them.
Colin McEnroe appears from 1 to 2 p.m. weekdays on WNPR-FM (90.5) and blogs at http://courantblogs.com/colin-mcenroe/. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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June 07, 2013
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy
LAREDO, Texas - Shavar Davis, 30, of Denver, Colo., has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his involvement in a murder-for-hire and drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Davis pleaded guilty in August 2012 to a superseding indictment which charged him with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
Today, Senior U.S. District Judge George P. Kazen handed Davis two concurrent 120-month terms of imprisonment.
According to the factual basis of his plea agreement, the investigation began in January 2011, when co-defendant Marcus Mickle began negotiations with persons whom he thought were members of the Los Zetas Cartel, actually undercover Drug Enforcement (DEA) agents, to purchase marijuana in return for stolen weapons. The discussions concerned the distribution of marijuana in the Columbia, S.C., area and how Mickle and another co-defendant Calvin Epps allegedly told undercover agents about a friend in the military who could provide military weapons to them. The agents were later introduced to co-defendant Kevin Corley who identified himself as an active duty officer in the Army responsible for training soldiers. According to the factual basis, Corley offered to provide tactical training for cartel members and to purchase weapons for the cartel.
The factual basis reads that over the next several months, Corley continued to communicate with undercover agents regarding the services he could provide the cartel as a result of the training, experience and access to information/equipment afforded him as an active duty soldier.
On Jan. 7, 2012, Corley traveled to Laredo and met with undercover agents. During this meeting, Corley stated he could raid a ranch located at or near Laredo containing 20 kilograms of cocaine and conduct a contract killing there. Corley proposed a $50,000 fee for this work but stated he would need to bring his own team. After further negotiation, Corley stated he would accept a $50,000 fee and five kilograms of cocaine.
During March 2012, Corley allegedly arranged for 300 pounds of marijuana to be delivered to Mario Corley in Charleston, S.C. He assisted in brokering 500 pounds of marijuana and five kilograms of cocaine for Mickle and Epps and discussed the distribution of these narcotics in South Carolina, Texas and Colorado.
On March 5, 2012, Kevin Corley delivered two AR-15 assault rifles with scopes, an airsoft assault rifle, five allegedly stolen ballistic vests and other miscellaneous equipment to an undercover agent in Colorado Springs, Colo., in exchange for $10,000. At the meeting, Kevin Corley and the undercover agent allegedly again discussed the contract killing and the retrieval of the cocaine which was to occur on March 24, 2012. Kevin Corley stated he had purchased a new Ka-Bar knife to carve a "Z" into the victim's chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body.
On March 24, 2012, Kevin Corley, Samuel Walker and Shavar Davis traveled to Laredo and met with undercover agents, at which time they discussed the location of the intended victim, the logistics of performing the contract kill and their respective roles. The three were arrested, during which time a fourth suspect was shot and killed. A subsequent search of the vehicle in which Corley and the other co-conspirators arrived revealed two semi-automatic rifles with scopes, one bolt-action rifle with a scope and bipod, one hatchet, one Ka-Bar knife, one bag of .223 caliber ammunition and one box of .300 caliber ammunition.
Mickle is scheduled to be sentenced on June 14, 2013. Robert Corley, who pleaded guilty to the marijuana conspiracy, was previously sentenced to 30 months in prison. The remaining co-defendants are still pending sentencing to be set a later date.
The investigation leading to the charges was conducted by the DEA and the FBI with the assistance of U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Roberto Ramirez and Jody Young.


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Scientists have created a new kind of matter:
It comes in waves and bridges the gap between the everyday world
of humans and the micro-domain of quantum physics.
by Patrick Barry and Dr Tony
"To see something which nobody else
has seen before is thrilling and deeply satisfying. Those are the
moments when you want to be a scientist," says Wolfgang Ketterle,
a physicist at MIT and one of the first scientists to create a new
kind of matter called Bose-Einstein condensates.
Bose-Einstein condensates ("BEC's"
for short) aren't like the solids, liquids and gases that we learned
about in school. They are not vaporous, not hard, not fluid. Indeed,
there are no ordinary words to describe them because they come from
another world - the world of quantum mechanics.
Quantum mechanics describes the bizarre
rules of light and matter on atomic scales. In that realm, matter
can be in two places at once; objects behave as both particles and
waves (a strange duality described by Schrodinger's wave equation);
and nothing is certain: the quantum world runs on probability.
prizing-winning scientists used lasers and magnetic fields
to create a new form of matter.
Although quantum rules are counter-intuitive,
they underlie the macroscopic reality we experience day-to-day.
Bose-Einstein condensates are curious objects that bridge the gap
between those two realms. They obey the laws of the small even as
they intrude on the big.
A BEC is a group of a few million atoms
that merge to make a single matter-wave about a millimetre or so
across. In 1995, Ketterle created BEC's in his lab by cooling a
gas made of sodium atoms to a few hundred billionths of a degree
above absolute zero - more than a million times cooler than interstellar
space! At such low temperatures the atoms became more like waves
than particles. Held together by laser beams and magnetic traps,
the atoms overlapped and formed a single giant (by atomic standards)
matter wave.
Says Ketterle: "Pictures of BEC's can
be regarded as photographs of wave functions" - that is, solutions
to Schrodinger's equation.
Working independently in 1995, Eric
Cornell (National Institute of Standards & Technology) and Carl
Wieman (University of colourado) also created BEC's; theirs were
made of super-cold rubidium atoms. Cornell and Wieman shared the
2001 Nobel Prize with Ketterle "for the achievement of Bose-Einstein
condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental
studies of the properties of the condensates."
Bose-Einstein condensates were predicted
by Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in the
1920's when quantum mechanics was still new. Einstein wondered if
BEC's were too strange to be real even though he himself had thought
of them.
Image courtesy MIT
BEC's form
when the atoms in a gas undergo a transition from behaving
like the "flying billiard balls" of classical physics to
behaving as one giant matter-wave.
Now we know Bose-Einstein condensates
are real. And Einstein was right: they are strange.
BEC's form
when the atoms in a gas undergo a transition from behaving
like the "flying billiard balls" of classical physics to
behaving as one giant matter-wave.
"That means... we have the remarkable
effect that an atom (in one BEC) plus an atom (in another BEC) gives
no atom. It's destructive interference," says Ketterle. "Of course
we didn't destroy matter, it just appeared somewhere else in the
pattern, so the total number of atoms is conserved."
Not all atoms can form Bose-Einstein
condensates - "only those that contain even numbers of neutrons
plus protons plus electrons," says Ketterle. Ketterle made his BEC's
from sodium atoms. If you add the number of neutrons, protons and
electrons in an ordinary sodium
atom, the answer is 34 - an even number suitable for Bose-Einstein
condensation. Atoms or isotopes of atoms with odd sums can't form
BEC's Strange, but true.
One of the most extraordinary aspects
of Bose-Einstein condensates is that they are quantum creatures
big enough to see. And there lies much of their promise. Many of
today's cutting-edge technologies - smaller, faster computer
chips, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and quantum computers
- lie in the twilight zone between the quantum world and the macroscopic
world. Scientists hope that studying BEC's will advance those technologies
and create others.
pulses produced in Ketterle's lab. The curved shape of the
pulses was caused by gravity and forces between the atoms.
Ketterle is already experimenting with
one: a pulsed atom-laser.
"In an ordinary gas, atoms move around
randomly, they flit around in all directions. But in a BEC, all
the atoms march lock-step," Ketterle explains. "They are just one
single matter-wave propagating in one direction."
Atom-lasers are akin to light-lasers,
which are beams of photons that likewise "march lock-step." But
there are differences: For instance, atom-laser beams have mass
so they will bend downward in Earth's gravitational field. Light-laser
beams are massless; they bend, too, but the effect is very small.
Furthermore, light-lasers pass through air with ease. Atom-laser
beams will be substantially scattered by air molecules.
"Atom lasers need a vacuum to retain
their properties," notes Ketterle. As a result they won't be used
in the same way as light-lasers. They won't improve CD players or
supermarket scanners, for instance. But atom-lasers will doubtless
find uses of their own - "like better atomic clocks [which will
improve spacecraft navigation - a boon to NASA], atomic optics
or very fine lithography," says Ketterle.
Who knows where BEC's will lead? After
all, humans evolved on this planet with solids, liquids and gases
all around, and we're still figuring out innovative uses for them.
With Bose-Einstein condensates ... we're just getting started.
The 2001
Nobel Prize in Physics was
awarded to the lead scientists for the two groups who first created
Bose-Einstein condensates.For more information visit here.
Or here for more information about MIT's
Ketterle, 2001 Nobel laureate.
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In addition to the problem to be solved, other information representing the initial state of the problem, problem constraints, goals, and objectives may be contained on the blackboard. As the problem solvers are working towards the solution, intermediate results, hypothesis, and conclusions are recorded on the blackboard. The intermediate results written by one problem solver on the blackboard may act as a catalyst for other problem solvers reading the blackboard. Tentative solutions are posted to the blackboard. If the solutions are determined not to be sufficient, these solutions are erased and other solutions are pursued. The problem solvers use the blackboard as opposed to direct communication to pass partial results and findings to each other. In some configurations the blackboard acts as a referee informing the problem solvers when a solution has been reached or whether to start work or stop work. The blackboard is an active object not simply a storage location. In some cases the blackboard determines which problem solvers to involve and what content to accept or reject for the blackboard.
The blackboard may also organize the incremental or intermediate results of the problem solvers. The blackboard may translate or interpret the work from one set of problem solvers so that it may be used by another set of problem solvers.
The problem solver is a piece of software that typically has specialized knowledge or processing capabilities within some area or problem domain. The problem solver can be as simple as a routine that converts from Celsius to Farenheit or as complex as a smart agent that handles medical diagnosis. In the blackboard model, these problem solvers are called "knowledge sources". To solve a problem using
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I just printed an image that natively came down to about 121 ppi after some cropping and wanting to print at about 36" wide. I set the Printer Resolution to 360 and it came out beautifully at a 'normal' viewing distance - at least to my eyes. I'm happy.
But The Epson guy agreed that sending the image data at the resolution the printer is expecting should take the print pipeline out of the equation.
So, I'll be testing this to see if one can eek out any more image detail this way...it'll be a couple of weeks before I can get into this though. But for the geeks this may be another rabbit hole to go down :~)Note, it requires the x900 series so a 4900, 7900 or 9900 is required. There is no similar ability on any of Epson other printers...
It may be long but this has definitely been an illuminating thread. Mr. Smith, appreciate that last summary but need one clarification. Am I correct in assuming that the same upsampling rules would apply to printing from Photoshop?
In my testing, the proofing paper media presets do have better ink-loading for modern (read non-Epson) rag papers but conversely significantly reduced gamut. Not sure exactly why the latter would be. Since ABW isn't supported for these, the presets are of limited use ... unless I guess you're using them for proofing.
I did no testing using Photoshop, and I just don't have the energy to do so (I never use PS, so it would be a steep learning curve for me). You really would have to run your own tests, but I would have thought that if you needed to downsample, PS would be a better choice.John
Strangely, the absolute worst thing you can do is to resample the image in LR to the same value as reported for the cell size for example, take a 360 ppi image resolution and then set the LR output resolution to 360 as well. Theoretically, it should make no difference but the quality of the print is degraded compared with simply sending it to the printer with no LR resampling. I cant explain why this happens, but it is observable and repeatable. I can also see the same result with the Restest file comparing output direct at 720 with the same file output with the LR Resolution box also set to 720 ppi (the sample text is degraded).John
I have downloaded the trial version of Qimage, but I am not going to have any time to test it out for a while, as I am going away next week. I just had a brief look at it, and so far I have to say I found the user interface a bit off-putting.
Which leads me to another thought, and an incorrect assumption. I notice when running these tests that at 720 ppi size and output, even with an 8x loupe on the print I cannot see anything like the detail which is in the original file at 100% on screen. I still dont see all this detail at 360 ppi (equivalent to a 20x15 ins print), and in fact it is only at 180 ppi (equivalent to a 40x30 ins print) that I can see everything on the print that is in the original file. Upsampled in LR to 720 ppi this prints as smooth as you like and is in fact the closest representation of the original image. Which means that, up to a certain point (which is probably about 180 ppi or so) the bigger you go with a digital image and an inkjet print, the better it gets. This is of course entirely contrary to darkroom printing, where the best possible quality is from a contact print from the negative, and anything larger than that progressively degrades the IQ.
Which means that, up to a certain point (which is probably about 180 ppi or so) the bigger you go with a digital image and an inkjet print, the better it gets. This is of course entirely contrary to darkroom printing, where the best possible quality is from a contact print from the negative, and anything larger than that progressively degrades the IQ.
ErnstI have downloaded the trial version of Qimage, but I am not going to have any time to test it out for a while, as I am going away next week. I just had a brief look at it, and so far I have to say I found the user interface a bit off-putting. Im really not sure why this is (dither pattern obscuring detail? Inability of printer to lay down a continuous tone in highlight areas? Droplet size too large?). It seems that to do what I would like to do (print very high-quality small prints) I would need a printer with a much greater nozzle density on the print-heads. We could speculate the current Epsons have 180 nozzles per head, so perhaps I would need 720 packed into the same space with probably a sub 1 picoliter droplet size to do the job.I dont think that we will be seeing such a printer anytime soon think of the clogging issues for a start John
Are the proofing papers not for 90% using PK black? Do you mean the Fiber and Baryta versions of rag papers? Matte fine art rag papers are not really compatible with the proofing media presets.
With your critical eye it would be nice if you spend some energy on comparing Qimage's on the fly extrapolation and sharpening with LR's qualities. I do not think that Photoshop will improve your images but Qimage might.
So for certain colors the resolution is sacrificed for accurate colors. However, for the detail that's close to one of the available ink colors resolution can be boosted at 720 PPI. The benefit of being able to do that at 720 PPI is that small sharpening artifacts are virtually invisible (below visual acuity) but lower spatial frequencies (say at 360 PPI and lower) will also be boosted (potentially without artifacts). It is therefore also possible to increase the amount of sharpening at 720 PPI, if the printing application allows to tweak that.
I then ran another test to see if altering my capture sharpening could improve things further. As I think you suggested, deconvolution sharpening could result in fewer artefacts, so I went back to the Develop Module and altered my sharpening to Radius 0.6, Detail 100, and Amount 38. The next print gained a little more acutance as a result with output sharpening still set to High, with some fine lines on the cup patterns now becoming visible under the loupe.
If the Detail settings are off (or not set optimally) then the output sharpener in Print will be off.
The key really is to nail the capture sharpening so the Amount, Radius, Detail and Masking as well as Luminance noise reduction (I consider luminance noise reduction to be the 5th sharpening slider) are all set so the image looks good at 1:1. I'm often in the mid 40's with Amount and occasionally higher and similar Radius and Detail (plus some Edge Masking) with medium format digital captures from by P65+. YMMV...


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Anyway, I started this blog in 2009 as an offshoot of my activity on Shelfari. But I'd joined Shelfari to save my sanity back in 2006, right after I'd graduated from college. I've been keeping track of my number one favorite reads from each year since then. Here they are:
2006 - Jude the Obscure (Signet Classics)
2007 - Jane Eyre (Dover Thrift Editions)
Jane Eyre is your first rate super heroine. I loved this book. It seems before its time in the way that Jane never compromises herself. She stays true to who she is and doesn't let circumstances, people, or religion, dictate her life. I definitely was not expecting this to be as good as it is, and breezed through it very quickly.2008 - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
I loved this book from beginning to end. I have so many things to say, but nothing quite grasps just how good this was. Kavalier & Clay will stay with me for a long time. Absolutely beautiful. Funny in a way that you must sometimes laugh in the hands that life deals you. True in spirit. Amazing.2009 - The Shining
Loved, loved, loved. I recently became obsessed with the movie, thinking it incredibly amazing. Beyond a horror story, the study of the human character. And the nature of evil. And god, Jack on that staircase and Wendy with the bat. I could watch that scene over and over. Anyway, I've never (except for when I was in middle school reading R.L. Stine and realize that his books were too juvenile for me) had the desire to read King, but the word from everyone was: If you liked the movie, you'll love the book.
The book was, as it often is, so much better. I've a respect for King I never thought I'd have. Though, you can't truly say that until you try. What a fantastic writer! This man knows where it's at. The book was absolutely amazing, much more than a horror story, with it's exploration of familial relationships and the essence of evil.2010 - Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Raven is the story of Jim Jones and the People's Temple - told by Tim Reiterman, a journalist who survived the massacre of the Ryan party in Guyana just hours before more than 900 People's Temple members committed "revolutionary" suicide with poisoned Grape-Aid. Reiterman begins at the beginning - the birth and early life of Jim Jones and moves carefully forward, in almost 600 pages, to chronicle the rise and fall of a people who put their lives in the hands of a sociopath.2011 - Geek Love: A Novel
Not at all what its title implies - even when you find out exactly what Katherine Dunn means by Geek. Should have been called Freak Love, but I think the mystery and the - "Oh my god, this isn't about two nerds falling in love?" is half the attraction.
Concerning a traveling carnival whose acts were bred instead of hired - the story is told by Olympia Binewski, a bald, albino, hunchback dwarf and the youngest daughter of Lil and Al Binewski.
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Some argue that someone's superior talent or success is itself the result of mere luck. That claim, and its relevance as a justification for redistribution, has generated much controversy.
Philosophy and MethodologyPrivate Property
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Laurence Vance has written a valuable collection of essays on libertarianism
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"Liberalism" has always been the proper name of the ideology of freedom and free markets. But almost from the beginning, illiberal theorists claimed the name for themselves.
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