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It's a problem that's gotten out of control, nearly one in ten California drivers claim to be disabled and have placards, which let them park free all day at meters and on streets reserved for residents only.
But NBCLA found, many of these people are able-bodied drivers, illegally taking away parking from the rest of us. Because of our report, the Department of Motor Vehicles is going after them in a huge way.
DMV officers conducted a sting operation in Downtown LA, looking for drivers who are illegally using disabled placards. We watched as they confronted one man who parked his car using his wife's placard, so he didn't have to plug the meter near his clothing store.
When asked, "You didn't know it was illegal to use your wife's placard?"
"No, I didn't know," he replied.
This DMV crackdown, is in response to NBCLA's undercover investigation, where we found 80 percent of the cars in a large section of Downtown LA were displaying disabled
Placards, that often belong to other people.
"We will actively investigate, and conduct enforcement operations," says DMV chief Vito Scattaglia.
NBCLA also found placard abusers hogging most of the parking in other areas, like Beverly Hills, and Westwood.
We watched as one woman parked her Jaguar, day after day, on a Westwood side street, even in spots reserved for residents only. She displays a placard, which allows her to Park there all day, while she works at a nearby travel Agency.
Our investigation found she's using a placard, issued to a 75 year old man.
She admitted she knew that what she was doing was illegal.
NBCLA also talked to LADOT traffic cops. We asked one cop, "Do you think all these people with handicapped placards are disabled?"
"Oh, no," he replied.
He says they're told to write parking tickets, and leave the placard cheaters alone.
NBCLA also spoke with Jimmy Price, head of LA's parking enforcement. We asked him, "There is something you could do about this?"
"Absolutely," Price replied.
State law allows city traffic officers to cite placard abusers and to do sting operations, just like the DMV does.
NBCLA asked Price when the last time the city did a sting on placard abuse on city streets.
He couldn't recall but said, "We have limited resources, and yes our primary responsibility is issuing parking citations."
So with no help from the city, the DMV is cracking down on the problem in areas we exposed.
On three recent mornings, agents spread out across a section of downtown. When they spotted drivers using placards, they questioned them.
During this one downtown sting, the DMV confiscated dozens of placards, towed cars of placard abusers and wrote 46 criminal citations for placard misuse, a record for a DMV ting of this kind.
If found guilty, these people face a maximum penalty of $3500 dollars and six months in jail.
"What we've found here in the last couple of days has just been unbelievable in terms of the violations," Scattaglia tells NBCLA.
Because of the sting, there appear to be a lot more places to park in this part of downtown. Store owners tell us the word is spreading, that if you use someone else's placard you could get busted by the DMV.
The city of LA could be doing a lot to stop placard abuse. Cities like San Francisco have teams that look for placard cheats. Last year, San Francisco confiscated 2000 placards that were being misused. The city of LA seized just 33 placards.
Click here to see part 1 of this report
If you want to report a motorist who is illegally misusing a placard, you can notify the DMV by filling out this form: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/inv/inv172a.pdf
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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2476-1 pidgin-otr -- format string vulnerability
- Date Reported:
- 19 May 2012
- Affected Packages:
- pidgin-otr
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 673154.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-2369.
- More information:
intrigeri discovered a format string error in pidgin-otr, an Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin.
This could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the user's machine.
The problem is only in pidgin-otr. Other applications which use libotr are not affected.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.0-5+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.1-1.
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Adobe apologized over the weekend for letting a 16-month-old bug in Flash Player languish without a patch, even though it updated the popular plug-in four times since the flaw was reported.
The bug has been fixed, said Adobe, in the beta of Flash Player 10.1, which was released last November. The final version of Flash Player 10.1, however, will not ship until later this year.
Security researcher Matthew Dempsey first reported the Flash vulnerability Sept. 22, 2008, according to Adobe's public bug tracking database. When exploited, the flaw causes any browser equipped with Flash Player 9 and later to crash.
Although browser and plug-in crashes may seem relatively innocuous, they're valuable to attackers, who are often able to devise a way to inject malicious code after an application's crash, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Network Security.
Dempsey has created a site that runs proof-of-concept attack code demonstrating the vulnerability. (Warning: The site will crash browsers equipped with current versions of Flash Player.)
Although the bug has been patched in Flash Player 10.1 Beta, it should have been fixed long before, an Adobe manager admitted Saturday. "The mistake we made was marking this bug for 'next' release, which is the soon-to-be-released Flash Player 10.1, instead of marking it for the next Flash Player 10 security dot release," said Emmy Huang, product manager for Flash Player, in a post to a company blog .
In the 16 months since Dempsey reported the bug, Adobe patched Flash Player four different times, once in late 2008, then again in February, July and December of 2009 .
Huang's excuse was that Dempsey reported the crash bug in the lead up to the release of Flash Player 10. "Remember that Flash Player 10 shipped in October 2008, so when this bug was reported we were pretty much locked and loaded for launch," she said.
Even so, it was a snafu. "I intend to follow up with the product manager (or Adobe rep) who worked on this issue to make sure it doesn't happen again," Huang said. "It slipped through the cracks, and it is not something we take lightly."
Huang also called crash bugs, which some vendors dismiss as second-class vulnerabilities, "serious 'A' priority bugs," and added that Adobe's policy is that "ActionScript developers should never be able to crash Flash Player." ActionScript is the scripting language supported by Flash.
Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2, available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux , includes the patch for Dempsey's crash bug, and can be downloaded from Adobe Labs' site .
An Adobe spokesman today declined to specify a release date for Flash Player 10.1, sticking to the company's earlier timeline of final version availability sometime in the first half of this year.
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- Farm fresh local cabbage Farm fresh local radicchio
- Farm fresh local red bor kale
- Farm fresh local fennel
- Granny smith apple
- Local wild leek bulbs
- Lemon
- Wild leek infused olive oil (recipe link)
- Local verjus
- Fennel seeds
- Ground pepper
- Sea salt
- Local dried cherries
- Local raw pumpkin seeds Local wild leek blossoms
Slice on cup green cabbage and place in a large glass mixing bowl. Slice one cup radicchio and add to the mixing bowl. Remove stems from red bor kale and chiffonade one cup of kale leaves and add to the mixing bowl. Slice one cup fennel bulb (reserve fronds) and add to the mixing bowl. Slice one cup granny smith apple and add to the mixing bowl. Slice one third cup wild leek bulb and add to the mixing bowl. Zest lemon, mince zest and juice lemon. In a glass jar, combine minced lemon zest, lemon juice, three tablespoons wild leek oil, two tablespoons verjus, one teaspoon fennel seeds and salt/pepper to taste. Stir all of the dressing into the slaw with one quarter cup dried cherries (or use fresh), a quarter teaspoon sea salt and let rest for ten minutes. Remove one tablespoon fennel fronds from stems and remove one teaspoon wild leek blossoms from stems. Stir slaw well. Plate two cups slaw and sprinkle with one teaspoon raw pumpkin seeds, one teaspoon fennel fronds and one half teaspoon wild leek blossoms.


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ThePokerMeister has organized a blogger freeroll on Seals with Clubs on Feb 26 (2 days from now) - go to his site for all of the details of the freeroll.
SWC is a bitcoin poker site that I have been playing on for a few months. The traffic seems to be picking up and you can play legally from the US since you aren't playing with US$. You don't have to even give the site any personal information. Basically, you buy bitcoins (through a site like Coinbase), set up a swc account and send the bitcoins from coinbase to swc. To cashout, you request the bitcoins to be sent to your coinbase account - from there you can use them as you want or cash out to your bank account.
It is easier than I made it sound - deposits usually take 15-45 minutes. Cashouts take anywhere from 2 - 8 hours.
I probably made it sound a little more complicated than it is (forgot how to type more than 140 characters). If you have specific questions, I can walk you through the process of getting funds on/off the site and setting up an account/software.
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Destructive :/
I'm mean to everyone. Not that I insult them, but I'm just so... silent... that it's offending. People thinkit's personal and feel like I dno't want to talk to them specifically. D:
Plus this guy that I liked asked me out, and I said no all mean annoyed like even though I really wanted to go with him. :eek:
This si a really good idea for a thread, though.
I don't know why I'm so jealous of my sister. It's just that she's so awesome to everyone. She's two years younger than me, but she looks and acts pretty maturely. While I get annoyed easily, she's kind and sweet and loves children. She also does not very well in her studies, but is pretty and athletic. I'm just the quiet, sullen, evil older sister who is an excellent scholar and can play the piano and doesn't like flowers in particular. What's with me?
I don't know how to change how I feel, so I guess I can't really help you either. :/
I don't know... my sister has this knack for being glamorous. I'm the person in the background. I like being dramatic and I want to be a musician and a singer and an actress, but I'm not glamorous exactly... my mood changes, too, but I'm never exactly the same level of glamorous that my sis is.
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Types of commands
As you learn about Splunk SPL, you might hear the terms streaming, generating, and transforming used to describe the types of search commands. This topic explains what these terms mean and lists the commands that fall into each category.
There are four broad categorizations for almost all of the search commands: distributable streaming, centralized streaming, transforming, and generating. These categorizations are not mutually exclusive. Some commands fit into only one categorization. The
stats command is an example of a command that fits only into the transforming categorization. Other commands can fit into multiple categorizations. For example a command can be streaming and also generating.
There are a handful of commands that do not fit into these categorizations. These commands are described at the end of this topic.
For a complete list of commands that are in each type, see Command types in the Search Reference.
Streaming and non-streaming commands
A streaming command operates on each event as it is returned by a search. Essentially one event in and one (or no) event out.
For example, the
eval command can create a new field,
full_name, to contain the concatenation of the value in the
first_name field, a space, and the value in the
last_name field.
... | eval full_name = first_name." ".last_name
eval command evaluates each event without considering the other events.
A non-streaming command requires the events from all of the indexers before the command can operate on the entire set of events. Many transforming commands are non-streaming commands. There are also several commands that are not transforming commands but that are non-streaming. These non-transforming, non-streaming commands are sometimes referred to as event based non-streaming commands.
For example, before the
sort command can begin to sort the events, the entire set of events must be received by the
sort command. Other examples of non-streaming commands include
stats, and
Non-streaming commands force the entire set of events to the search head. This requires a lot of data movement and a loss of parallelism.
For information on how to mitigate the cost of non-streaming commands, see Write better searches in this manual.
Processing attributes
The following table describes the processing differences between some of the types of commands.
|Distributable streaming
|Centralized streaming
|Event based non-streaming
|Can run on indexers
|Can output before final input
|Outputs events if inputs are events
When a command is run it outputs either events or results, based on the type of command. For example, when you run the
sort command, the input is events and the output is events in the sort order you specify. However, transforming commands do not output events. Transforming commands output results. For example the
stats command outputs a table of calculated results. The events used to calculate those results are no longer available. After you run a transforming command, you can't run a command that expects events as an input.
Event based non-streaming commands are commands that do not fit into the four broad categories of command types. The
stats command is an example of an event based non-streaming command. See Other commands.
Distributable streaming
A streaming command operates on each event returned by a search. For distributable streaming, the order of the events does not matter. A distributable streaming command is a command that can be run on the indexer, which improves processing time. The other commands in a search determine if the distributable streaming command is run on the indexer:
- If all of the commands before the distributable streaming command can be run on the indexer, the distributable streaming command is run on the indexer.
- If any one of the commands before the distributable streaming command must be run on the search head, the remaining commands in the search must be run on the search head. When the search processing moves to the search head, it cannot move back to the indexer.
Distributable streaming commands can be applied to subsets of indexed data in a parallel manner. For example, the
rex command is streaming. It extracts fields and adds them to events at search time.
Some of the common distributable streaming commands are: eval, fields, makemv, rename, regex, replace, strcat, and where.
For a complete list of distributable streaming commands, see Streaming commands in the Search Reference.
Centralized streaming
For centralized streaming commands, the order of the events matters. A centralized streaming command applies a transformation to each event returned by a search. But unlike distributable streaming commands, a centralized streaming command only works on the search head. You might also hear the term "stateful streaming" to describe these commands.
Centralized streaming commands include: head, streamstats, some modes of dedup, and some modes of cluster.
A transforming command orders the search results into a data table. These commands "transform" the specified cell values for each event into numerical values that Splunk software can use for statistical purposes. Transforming commands are not streaming. Also, transforming commands are required to transform search result data into the data structures that are required for visualizations such as column, bar, line, area, and pie charts.
Transforming commands include: chart, timechart, stats, top, rare, contingency, highlight, typer, and addtotals when it is used to calculate column totals (not row totals).
For more information about transforming commands and their role in create statistical tables and chart visualizations, see About transforming commands and searches in the this manual.
For a complete list of transforming commands, see Transforming commands in the Search Reference.
A generating command fetches information from the indexes, without any transformations. Generating commands are either event-generating (distributable or centralized) or report-generating. Most report-generating commands are also centralized. Depending on which type the command is, the results are returned in a list or a table.
Generating commands do not expect or require an input. Generating commands are usually invoked at the beginning of the search and with a leading pipe. That is, there cannot be a search piped into a generating command. The exception to this is the
search command, because it is implicit at the start of a search and does not need to be invoked.
Examples of generating commands include: dbinspect, datamodel, inputcsv, metadata, pivot, search, and tstats
For a complete list of generating commands, see Generating commands in the Search Reference.
Other commands
There are a handful of commands that do not fit into these categories. Some commands fit into the categories only in specific situations.
The following commands are not transforming, not distributable, and not streaming: sort, eventstats, and some modes of cluster, dedup, and fillnull.
Types of searches
Search with Splunk Web, CLI, or REST API
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In 2018, the Tide Pod challenge prompted a major company to issue a warning about its products after hundreds of people, mostly teenagers, dared each other to eat the laundry detergent pods on video.
In 2019, a new film-inspired challenge is already making waves – and prompting warnings.
It's called the Bird Box Challenge, based off the Netflix movie starring Sandra Bullock.
The movie tells the story of a mysterious force that decimates a city, and a mother and her two children's journey to get to safety.
The twist: The family must wear blindfolds while trying to survive in the wilderness, because if they see the evil force, they will die.
The film has been viewed by 45 million people in the U.S. since its Dec. 13 release, prompting several internet memes and now a viral video challenge.
According to social media posts, the person doing the challenge blindfolds themselves and tries to do everyday activities, such as cleaning the kitchen or walking down the street. The results aren't hard to imagine.
Y'all gotta chill #BirdBoxChallenge 😂😂 why he do the baby like that pic.twitter.com/hspFdNHzTC— Mya✨ (@sosomyaaa) December 27, 2018
#BirdBoxChallenge getting firewood pic.twitter.com/mrHmRsYc9i— Capell Miller (@Killer12Miller) January 2, 2019
When you're not allowed to see but you can't skip legs! #BirdBox #BirdBoxNetflix #BirdBoxChallenge pic.twitter.com/miUPquHg6i— CORΞY SHIΞLDS (@mrxoutstanding) January 2, 2019
People of all ages are testing their limits, and some parents are involving their children.
There have yet to be reports of any serious injuries, but Netflix issued a safety warning across its social media platforms on Wednesday.
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Job Title: Emergency Service Dispatcher
Location: Police Department
Department: Public Safety
Division: Police
Salary: $9.47 an hour ($19.696.97/yearly)
Description of Essential Functions of the Position:
Supervision Received
Works under the general supervision of the Support Services Commander.
Specialized work in receiving and dispatching messages in a communications center through the use of telephone. Radio and other communications equipment and operation of accessory equipment.
- Operates telephone, radio, computer, and other communications equipment
- Maintains radio contact with all police and fire units as needed
- Maintains records of all emergency and other dispatches on a log
- Periodically makes routine announcements and relays messages via radio
- Receives and processes warrants and other police records; makes necessary entries in a logbook
- Monitors, changes, and marks tapes when necessary
- Maintains an inventory of supplies at the communications desk and requests additional supplies when necessary
- Receives and provides proper receipt for fines and fees after hours and on weekends
Education and Experience
- Graduation from high school or G.E.D equivalent, and at least six (6) months of experience desired but not required
- Minimum age of twenty one years, or
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Knowledge of English, spelling, punctuation, and arithmetic
- Knowledge of the geography of the City and the location of the streets and important buildings
- Knowledge of police, fire, and emergency protection systems
- A procedural working knowledge of the occupational hazards involved in the work and the proper safety precautions for the safe performance of the job
- Skill in operating a computer keyboard
- Ability to understand and follow moderately complex oral and written instructions and procedures
- Ability to think and act quickly. calmly, and efficiently in emergency situations
- Ability to speak clearly in a well-modulated voice and to use good diction
- Ability to learn quickly the operation of telephone. radio, computer, and other communications equipment
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the public
- Must be able to obtain a valid Mississippi State's driver license
- Computer, telephone, and radio.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and listen. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
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AUSTIN, TX – OnRamp, a leading high security hosting provider with data center facilities in Texas and North Carolina, announced today its Founder Chad Kissinger has been selected to speak on a panel at the 2013 mHealth Summit, December 8-11, 2013. Presented by HIMSS Media, part of HIMSS WorldWide, a cause-based global enterprise that produces health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world, the event will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in the Washington D.C. area and will bring together over 5,500 healthcare industry professionals and 400 vendors for the largest mobile health event in the world. As a HIMSS Gold Corporate Member, OnRamp's involvement in the mHealth Summit will help promote the company's expertise in HIPAA compliant hosting solutions which help businesses maintain the confidentiality, availability and integrity of Electronic Personal Health Information (e-PHI).
In addition to showcasing the company's high security hosting and data center services from Booth #731, OnRamp Founder Chad Kissinger will join in a paneled discussion entitled "The Policy Pillars of mHealth: Examining Various Policy Perspectives," on December 9th at 3:45pm. The discussion will focus on a number of topics surrounding the evolution of federal policy as it relates to the mobile health industry, where Kissinger will highlight strategies for building effective HIPAA compliant relationships with IT providers.
In a sentiment expressed during OnRamp's recent involvement with National Health IT Week (Sept. 16-20, 2013), Kissinger stated, "Traditionally, healthcare companies have been slow to adopt new technology or outsource the care and maintenance of their sensitive healthcare data. As a result, the healthcare industry, in many cases, has not been able to take advantage of the countless advances in technology." He went on to comment, "Mobile health technologies are fundamental in transforming the way health is managed and healthcare is delivered, and by partnering with IT providers who understand the legal implications of storing and transmitting protected health information businesses can alleviate many of the concerns for HIPAA and HITECH."
The fifth annual mHealth Summit event gathers healthcare and technology leaders from across the mobile health spectrum "to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology [in an effort] to improve health outcomes, reduce costs and create a new paradigm in health care delivery in the U.S. and abroad." As part of the event, attendees will have access to more than 100 education sessions in 15 topic categories, enjoy a variety of networking events, and visit an exhibits floor filled with mHealth and Healthcare IT related solutions.
For more information about the mHealth Summit and to register, visit www.mhealthsummit.org.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Man-bashing: science with an agenda
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Hey now, you're thinking too small here. If an infinitesimal surge in testosterone is evidence that we should ban guns (which is pretty clearly the subtext here), what about all those not-so-infinitesimal hormonal changes during, say, a woman's period? Does SCIENCE PROVE! that females are inherently unstable?
It'd be nice if politicized studies like this one had to pass the smell test before we're allowed to draw conclusions from them.
- Fri May 12, 11:43:00 AM CDT
"Why weren't women included...?" Ha! Ask a hard question sometime, Dr. Wes.
Women weren't included in this study for several reasons, including (a) the Women Are Angels fallacy, a primitive belief that women are too pure to be affected by such things as icky guns; and (b) the If Men Are A, Then Women Are Not-A fallacy, a belief often exhibited by true believers of the "women have it worse" dogma -- for example, a study that suggests men benefit from marriage is interpreted by feminists (of all sexes) as implying that women suffer from marriage. (The fact is that women benefit too, as Maggie Gallagher has documented but facts have never deterred any womanfirster -- of any sex and whether of the feminist or traditionalist persuasion -- from clinging stubbornly to dogma.)
Another example of the A, Not-A fallacy at work in a bit more sophisticated form may be found in a recent column by the traditionalist Mona Charen. One way womanfirsters (of all sexes) hide the bad behavior of women whilst bashing solely men for such behavior is to give one name to women's behavior (one that disguises what is unacceptable when done by men) and another, more direct and disparaging name for the behavior when men do it. In her column, one reads Ms. Charen complain about some men and says they "whine" when they dare complain in America's matriarchy. She freely complains about some men seeking what she dubs "the right to abandom your child" and fails to note that when a woman does such a thing it is called something not the least bit pejorative, something like "placing your child for adoption" and everyone is supposed to believe that the child-abandoning woman is somehow a victim in all this. Err!
(Like others, Ms. Charen wrongly supposes that the analogue for what the men she's bashing want is abortion. Yes, those men she's bashing suppose that too, an illustration of how thoroughly dominated our society is by the feminist stripe of matriarchal thinking. Sheesh -- enough already!)
And in reply to Anonymous (11:43 AM CDT), please recall why that peculiarly female disorder was named PMS, because the name "mad cow disease" was already taken. The New York Times flubbed by publishing that silly man-bashing article because in a back-handed way it undermines hillary rodham rodham's campaign to get Geena Davis' job in 2008.
- Sat May 13, 04:17:00 AM CDT
I'm surprised they could find enough men for their 'study' that wouldn't wet themselves at the sight of an icky gun.
- Sat May 13, 07:45:00 AM CDT


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Four Corners - October 2010
Our October 2010 trip through Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. We flew into Las Vegas and immediately drove to the South rim of the Grand Canyon, where we would be the next three days. After leaving the South rim, we next drove all the way around to the North rim for two days of a completely different perspective. Following the Grand Canyon, we headed east and north towards Valley of the Gods in Utah. Along the way we stopped to see a dinosaur track site near Tuba City, Arizona, and the colorful Coal Mine Canyon. From Valley of the Gods we were able to make forays to see the ancient ruins of Hovenweep National Monument and Mesa Verde National Park, as well as see the towering rock formations of Monument Valley. From there it was north to Moab, Utah, and two great National Parks - Arches and Canyonlands. Our time was limited in Colorado, but were fortunate enough to get through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to see the steep cliffs and unique rock. We next turned south traveling into New Mexico and the remote ancient ruins of Chaco Culture National Historic Park. What was planned to be a quick visit turned into most of the day at Acoma Pueblo, to learn of their ancient culture and see the old San Esteban del Rey mission church. After a hike through Petroglyph National Monument to see, what else, petroglyphs, we headed further south. Our path took us through the three ruin sites of Salinas Pueblos Missions National Monument. The three 17th Century Spanish mission churches of Abo, Quarai, and Gran Quivira are now in ruins, but are still impressive. Further south was a visit cut short in White Sands National Monument. We were able to get there in time for sunset, but my chance for sunrise pictures the next morning was cancelled due to a missile test launch being held at the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. As luck would have it, we were still able to visit the White Sands Missile Museum during the test launch. Distance prevented much of a view, but the sound was clear. Heading west, we made a brief stop at City of Rocks State Park, and then on to Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. The journey now headed back southwest into Arizona and Chiricahua National Monument with its unique rock formations. Being so close, I felt obliged to stop in Tombstone and see the old town & courthouse. On the way north towards Tucson, we stopped to see the ancient and still functioning San Xavier del Bac mission church. A short distance from there was the Titan Missile Museum to see some of what kept us safe during the Cold War. Our last stop was at Petrified Forest National Park and the Painted Desert. When we got back to Vegas the odometer said we had gone over 4400 miles in 18 days, a new record for us.Read More
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text: It seems that with each change of season, a member of Queens of the Stone Age is issuing a new album by one of their many side projects, as early 2004 saw the release of the debut full-length by the Eagles of Death Metal, Peace, Love & Death Metal. The group's chief contributors include QOTSA main man Josh Homme (who goes by the alias of Carlo Von Sexron, and handles drums, rather than his usual guitar/vocal duties), and Jesse Hughes (vocals, guitar). Both hail from Palm Desert, California, and have been friends since Hughes' family moved to the aforementioned arid location in 1979. The pair bonded as teenagers while playing together on the same local soccer team, but went in separate career paths after graduation -- Homme went on to form the underappreciated Kyuss, before launching Queens of the Stone Age, while Hughes attended the University of South Carolina, and became a journalist. Homme later re-entered the picture, and convinced his old friend (who was down in the dumps at the time over a divorce) to start jamming on music. The Eagles of Death Metal were formed soon after, as the group debuted with a few tracks on Volumes 3-4 of Homme's ongoing Desert Sessions series in 1998. Despite their misleading name, the group's sound was more akin to classic garage rock, with some elements of the Rolling Stones added in for good measure. But the new group was put on the back burner while Homme got Queens of the Stone Age off the ground (interestingly enough, with another high school friend of both his and Hughes, bassist Nick Oliveri). When QOTSA quickly became one of the world's most talked about hard rock bands (due to such exceptional releases as 1998's Queens of the Stone Age, 2000s R, and 2002's Songs for the Deaf), Homme sought to re-launch the Eagles of Death Metal as more than just a one-off project. Reconvening in 2003, the duo recorded three day's worth of material (almost all of the songs being taped on the very first take). A buzz surrounding the group began amongst the QOTSA faithful when Homme wore an Eagles of Death Metal t-shirt throughout QOTSA's Lollapalooza road jaunt that summer, while a sneak preview track, "I Only Want You," was mysteriously leaked via mp3 among fans online. With QOTSA taking a breather, Homme and Hughes (with guitarist Timmy VanHamel in tow) then set out on the Eagles' very first tour, as they opened up for Placebo during late November/early December. The group's highly anticipated debut full-length, Peace, Love & Death Metal finally surfaced in March of 2004 (after several proposed release dates came and went) -- issued via Homme's own Rekords Rekords label, and AntAcidAudio (a sister label of Ipecac Records, run by Mike Patton). The group's first European tour followed shortly thereafter, opening for the Distillers. Additionally, Hughes supposedly recorded a solo album, Fabulous Weapons, a year before the recording of Peace, Love & Death Metal. The recording was ultimately shelved, but as reported on the Eagles of Death Metal's website, it may surface as a limited release. Hughes and Homme reconvened in fall 2005 to make the second Eagles of Death Metal album; joined by Jack Black, Brody Dalle, Mark Lanegan and QOTSA's Joey Castillo, they recorded Death by Sexy in eight days. After a brief U.K. tour late that year, the Eagles of Death Metal toured with the Strokes in spring 2006, leading up to Death by Sexy's release. 2008's Heart On was more polished but still scuzzy.


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Monday, July 28, 2014
There have to be more than 30 little fishes swimming around.
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Thanks for the fun party this week! How nice to see Poppy's romantic red and white post! I'll have fun visiting this week! Sweet hugs, DianeReplyDelete
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Wow! Congrats on the new arrivals! It just so happens that my current post is about new arrivals, of the petal kind! Thanks so very much to all your readers for wondering about my 'Red and White Romance'! Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful week with your newborns!
Hi Cindy, loving all the colorful features this week! Thanks tons for hosting, JaneReplyDelete
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What a nice way to cool off on a hot Sunday afternoon - attending your cool, cool party! Thanks for all the fun things to peruse!ReplyDelete
Red, white & romance is beautiful! Have fun counting goldfish, and have a great week! Thank you for hosting each week, too. :)ReplyDelete
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Love the red and white. Have a great week, Cindy, and thanks for hosting the party. xxx ~ NancyReplyDelete
Thanks, Cindy! Love the red and white feature from Poppy.ReplyDelete
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Congrats on the new babies! I love ponds with fish in them - they are so calming! Thanks for hosting the blog party. Have a wonderful week!ReplyDelete
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Cindy, great features and another great party! Thanks for hosting.ReplyDelete
New babies! So exciting! I had no idea goldfish are born black.ReplyDelete
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Thanks so much for hosting your party today. I am hoping you have a wonderful week with your family.
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Ah baby fish :) Yes the simple things...here's proof > Well I had a tech problem and was googling everything under the sun to see how common it was ( blog rolls not updating with my latest posts ) and ended up on one page that showed your post from november. So I did and post about it all, LOL I needed your visual at that moment. I was so frustrated / needed the laugh :)ReplyDelete
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I'm sharing another fun B&B this week!
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MONSTER? Abuse is abuse, but what happened between Una and Ray isn't so clear.
And the Olivier went to . . . David Harrower's Blackbird? A play about a confrontation between two desperate nobodies and . . . well, I'm not going to tell you quite yet what it's about. Suffice to say that Boston will have had the luxury of seeing all four plays this season, thanks to Broadway Across America (F/N), the Huntington Theatre Company (R&R), and SpeakEasy Stage, which got the rights to both The Seafarer and Blackbird.
These works by Stoppard, McPherson, and Morgan are all excellent examples of the well-made play (though Frost/Nixon is a better movie), and they're about obviously big themes. But if you agree with Edward Albee that playwrights should be slugging audiences in the face, the aptly named Harrower's play (at SpeakEasy through March 21) is for you. It was for director David R. Gammons, who felt as if he'd been punched in the stomach after reading it. But don't worry, you'll feel no physical pain, except for at least one moment of almost unbearable tension. SpeakEasy got permission to Americanize the Scottish writer's work, the better to keep that tension immediate.
As good as the local actors were, if you saw the other three plays, it would have been appropriate to say, "I wish I had seen Brian Cox/Ciarán Hinds/Frank Langella in the role." But Gammons and his two actors, Marianna Bassham and Bates Wilder, make this play their own, with help from a crack design team.
Blackbird begins as Wilder's Ray shoves Bassham's Una into his office in an industrial building. The floor is covered with fast-food packaging because the staff eat there, and they don't clean up after themselves.
Ray didn't either. Sixteen years earlier, as we find out almost a third of the way into the 90 minutes, the 40-year-old Ray, after a long flirtation, took the 12-year-old Una to an inn, where they had sex. Ashamed, he left her there alone.
The obvious point of comparison for Blackbird is Paula Vogel's 1998 Pulitzer winner, How I Learned To Drive, another play in which a woman looks back at her teenage relationship with an older man, in this case her uncle. Although Vogel didn't make the uncle out to be a monster, the moral center of her play is clear.
Here, we never quite know where we are. Una is certainly looking back in anger, and she rightly blames Ray for ruining her life. But the heart can't be so easily dissected, as the pair's shifting stories of what happened make for shifting emotional sands — for them, as well as for us.
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Uh oh… You don't know what happened, but now your aquarium looks green?
Chances are your tank is suffering from green aquarium water. And, it ain't pretty.
Some people say it looks like pea soup, but to me, it looks more like Mountain Dew. In any case, it's not something you want in your aquarium, right?
Today, I am going to teach you everything you need to know about green aquarium water including what causes it and, perhaps most importantly, how to get rid of it for good.
at a glance: Getting Rid of Green Aquarium Water
AA Aquarium Green Killing Machine
Polishing Filter Pad 100 Micron
API ALGAEFIX Algae Control
What is green aquarium water?
You see that green cloud in your aquarium that keeps getting thicker and thicker?
Well, it's actually made up of millions of tiny pieces of algae called phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton are small. Really small. In fact, you cannot see them with your naked eye. To view individual phytoplankton, you need a microscope…
It's when these phytoplankton get together in a large group that you first notice them in your aquarium.
When low in number, these phytoplankton will turn your aquarium a slight hazy-green color.
But as they grow in number, they will turn the water into a cloudy green mess….
If you don't do anything about it, then the algae bloom can get so bad that it blocks out everything in your aquarium…
Depending on the lighting and what you have inside your tank, your water may have a yellowish-green color…
Rest assured, it's the same stuff – green aquarium water.
As you see, you want to get on top of this type of algae before it takes over your aquarium. I'll show you how to do exactly that later in this guide.
But first, I want to make sure that what you are dealing with is actually green aquarium water…
Green aquarium water is sometimes confused with a different type of algae:
Green dust algae.
And, I can see why. If green dust algae is left to grow, then the two look nearly identical…
On the left, you have green aquarium water, and on the right, you have a tank covered in green dust algae. Not much difference, right?
Telling the two apart is actually very simple. You see, green dust algae is a clinger. It will happily cover your aquarium glass, plants, substrate and anything else in your aquarium.
It doesn't like to float through your water. Well, not unless it is disturbed. And because of this, the water in your aquarium isn't actually green. It just looks green from the light reflecting off the green dust algae that is covering every corner of your aquarium.
Below you see what happens when you clean green dust algae off a single panel of glass.
The aquarium water looks clear again because the water itself doesn't contain any algae, just the surfaces.
The algae in green aquarium water, prefers to float through your water, without settling on any surfaces.
Because of this, the two can be identified by taking a sample of water from your aquarium. If it's clear, you likely have green dust algae. If it's a cloudy green color, then it's probably the algae commonly referred to as green aquarium water.
Think you might have green dust algae instead? Don't worry! I also have a detailed guide on getting rid of green dust algae.
Is green aquarium water dangerous to your fish and plants?
Generally speaking, no. Green aquarium water is not considered dangerous to fish. In fact, many fish happily live in green-colored water in their natural environment.
The same goes for plants. While the algae that makes up green aquarium water feeds on many of the same nutrients that your plants do, it shouldn't cause any direct harm.
What causes green aquarium water?
The general consensus among the aquarium community is that there are three main causes of green water algae. Staying on top of these causes will go a long way toward preventing green aquarium water.
1. Too much light
Phtyoplankton is a plant. Plants love light. See where I am going with this…
Too much light could be the very reason your aquarium water keeps turning green.
It always surprises me just how many people keep their aquarium lights on 24/7 when 8 to 12 hours of light a day is more than enough for most aquariums.
Another common mistake is using a light that is too strong for your aquarium. Seriously, I have seen grow-lights installed on tanks with fake plants!
So, for many of you, reducing the amount of light your aquarium receives will be all that is needed to stop the green water from appearing in your aquarium.
Rather than constantly turning your light on and off (and forgetting!), I recommend buying a good aquarium timer for your tank. They don't cost much and will turn the lights on and off automatically, without any effort from you.
But it's not just your aquarium lighting that could be responsible for your green water problem. Sunlight could also be the cause.
It can be easy to miss while you are at work, but during the day time, the sun can shine through your windows, basking your aquarium in light. It's basically inviting green water into your aquarium!
This is why the ideal location to set up your fish tank is away from direct sunlight. If it's too late for that, you have another option… Keep your curtains drawn!
2. Nutrient imbalance
Dosing a planted tank is a balancing act. The right amount of nutrients keep your plants happy and looking their best. But too much of one nutrient and not enough of another is all it takes to throw your tank into chaos.
You see, these nutrients are not just utilized by your plants but the algae too. Makes sense, right? I mean, algae is a plant after all.
So by using too much (or in some cases too little) of a nutrient, you could be accidentally encouraging your water to turn green.
If you dose your tank with nutrients, the first thing you should do is check your water parameters. If you notice anything unusual, such as excessive levels of CO2 or phosphates, take steps to not only lower these levels but prevent them from happening again.
3. Unmaintained aquarium
Whether you like it or not, regular maintenance is a big part of owning an aquarium. In fact, many of the problems that beginners face can be solved just be keeping a regular maintenance routine.
If you are not getting the basics right, like maintenance, then narrowing down the cause of your green aquarium water is going to be nearly impossible.
Don't maintain your aquarium? It's never too late to start! Here are some quick tips you can use to get your tank back on track.
- Perform regular water changes
- Clean your filter
- Check your water quality (use an aquarium test kit!)
- Clean your gravel with a good gravel vacuum
- Remove uneaten fish food
- Ensure your tank isn't overstocked
How do you get rid of green aquarium water?
Obviously, the best solution to getting rid of green water is prevention, which I outlined earlier in this guide.
If you have tried everything and still can't fix your green water problem, then it's time to pull out the big guns.
Below, I show you four solutions that are commonly used to treat green aquarium water. Best of all, these products actually work!
1. UV sterilizer
This is actually my favorite tool for ridding your aquarium of that awful green tint. Not only is a UV sterilizer safe for fish, invertebrates and plants, but it requires no effort on your part – simply turn it on and forget about it.
As water flows through this device, it is exposed to UV light. This UV light kills any microscopic organisms that are floating in the water, such as bacterial blooms and phytoplankton.
In just a few days, the phytoplankton responsible for your green aquarium water will start to die off. The result? Crystal-clear aquarium water.
Who would have guessed that light could be such an effective green water treatment?
2. Water polishing pad
The phytoplankton that turn your water green are so small that your filter is unable to trap them. The tiny suckers keep slipping through.
Fortunately, with a simple modification, your filter can turn into a green-water trapping machine – all you need is a polishing pad.
A polishing pad is capable of filtering out even the tiniest particles from your aquarium water, leaving you with sparkling, crystal-clear water.
As you might have guessed, this makes a polishing pad the perfect tool for removing that green tint from your aquarium water.
Remember that you need to replace the filter as it traps and removes the phytoplankton from your aquarium, so make sure you have a couple on hand and swap them out as they clog.
3. Daphnia (Water flea)
Wouldn't it be great if someone else could get rid of your green aquarium water for you? If you are nodding your head, then get yourself some Daphnia.
This tiny creature will happily eat the phytoplankton that is turning your water green. Buy them live either online or at your local fish store. One hundred Daphnia can quickly make a dent in even the murkiest green water. It's natural, cheap and effective.
Your fish will also thank you for adding Daphnia to the aquarium. Many fish, such as betta and tetra, find Daphnia a delicious treat!
It is important that you correctly identify your green aquarium water as phytoplankton and not some similar algae… Daphnia do not eat other types of algae.
4. Chemical removal
Add a dose to your aquarium, and your green aquarium water will disappear, like magic.
Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, in a way, it is. Using chemicals is my least favorite solution to green water. It's not because these products don't work – they do. In fact, they work really well.
The problem is that what I keep in my tank will be very different to what you keep in yours. With such a wide variety of plants, fish, critters, not to mention different aquarium equipment, you just don't know how these products will affect your tank.
You don't have to go far to read hundreds of horror stories where aquarium owners blame algaecides for the death of their fish.
I would also add that in a rush to get rid of their green water, beginners tend to overdose with these chemical products. And this causes more problems than it solves.
Given that the other solutions are much safer, and just as affordable, chemical treatment of your green water should be used as a last resort.
Did you know that some aquarium owners actually want green water?
Yep, the phytoplankton that turn water green are a commonly used supplement for reef tanks and are eaten by corals.
For the rest of us, green water is an unwanted pest that blocks our view. So, you want it gone!
Now that you know what it is, what causes it and how to get it under control, green water should no longer be a problem in your aquarium.
How did you get rid of the green water in your aquarium? Let me know in the comments below!


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Your morning roundup for July 21, the day a shark jumped right into our boat. H/Ts to Jon and Eric. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.
What we watched: Derek Jeter. Well, we're not watching him, especially now that the whole 3,000 business has at last come and gone. But, per Hardballtalk, there remains this incessant jousting each day over whether No. 2 should continue to bat leadoff. Jeter is now hitting .263 after going 1-for-4 in last night's win over the Rays. We can't help but love the devilish comment on the entire affair from Joe Girardi, who said before the game he "might" put Brett Gardner in the top spot instead, adding that the rest of us will have to "[j]ust wait and see what happens." Because, you know, that's precisely the kind of talk that ought to keep everyone who's completely riled up about this calm for another day.
Tiger Woods's newly former caddie will now take this opportunity to tsk-tsk his boss's penis: "'Well I think when you're great friends with somebody and a situation like this occurs, you obviously lose some kind of respect,' Williams said." [CNN]
Sad Clown Chronicles, Vol. 3,158: "Boxing promoter Damon Feldman won a technical knockout over Jose Canseco after the former major league slugger was a no-show at district court. Magisterial District Judge John P. Capuzzi ordered Canseco to pay Feldman $6,500, plus attorney fees and court costs after Canseco failed to appear for a hearing in his court." [Delaware County Daily Times]
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Hawaii thinks Facebook might help QB Bryant Moniz win the Heisman. It won't.: "This isn't only for the media," said media relations director Derek Inouchi, who created the Facebook page. "Facebook is so hot right now, we thought we'd try and experiment with the power of social media." [Star-Advertiser]
Setback for Bryan Stow: "According to a post on the family's website, doctors had to do the [emergency] surgery Monday morning after fluid built up in Bryan Stow's head and prompted a 30-second seizure. Such seizures can cause further brain damage." [San Francisco Chronicle]
Serena plays her last card: "She is ranked 172nd this week, and only the top 105 players have been granted direct entry into the field for the year's last major championship, which starts Aug. 29 in New York. But because Williams was sidelined more than six months by a series of health issues, she has the right to use her special ranking to enter up to eight tournaments, including one Grand Slam. 'I have nothing to lose,' Williams said Wednesday at a news conference in New York City before a World Team Tennis event. 'I think that's when people are the most dangerous.'" [AP]
Go say hi to Clay Travis's new site: "Stroll around the site and you'll see the framework of what we'll be doing, fun pieces, intelligent columns, contests — go ahead and submit a photo of yourself if you think you've outkicked your coverage more than any guy in the country — and more. We'll continue to evolve rapidly, with SEC speed. Will we make mistakes? Of course. Will we have stupid ideas? Definitely. But eventually we're going to hit on all cylinders, and, like Herschel Walker seeing a hole, burst into the open field with jet fuel propelling us to the goal line. Ultimately we'll have a site that's a meritocracy, if you're a good writer I hope we'll find a way to feature you, and I hope that you'll be able to find a way to also make a living doing what you love to do." [Outkick The Coverage]
Man U gives the Sounders a 7-0 buttwhupping: "Everybody thinks they can play in the Premier League," said Keller, who played only the first half and allowed one goal against three saves. 'Everybody thinks that, 'oh, if I just got the break, if I had this, or if I had that, that I could be there,' and actually, no, you can't. You need to learn to figure that out.'" [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
We are all Dave McKenna CLII: Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting every day until Snyder's dumbass libel lawsuit is found face down in the Reflecting Pool.
*Japan, not *steroids: "Hideki Matsui is a big-timer in New York, a triumphant Yankee for most of seven seasons who saved his best for last — an MVP award in the 2009 World Series. Now he's returning to Yankee Stadium a member of the 500 home run club. With an asterisk." [SF Chronicle]
A Wambach homecoming: "'She's right there! I can see the back of her head!' squealed Ally Strauss, a 12-year-old from Hilton who stood on a picnic table with her friend, Ronni Brescia, 13, just to get a glimpse. Then Ally yelled out: 'I love you Abby!'" [Democrat and Chronicle]


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Getting Out the Christian Vote: Why Your Choice Matters
- Dr. James Dobson Focus on the Family
- 2004 26 Oct
If you're among those eligible voters who haven't decided whether you'll even bother to make your voice heard on Election Day, I want to urge you — in the strongest possible terms to rethink your position!
In a sense, every election is a "crossroads," especially when it involves the selection of national leadership. Whether directly or indirectly, our President and congressmen will be making life and death decisions on our behalf over the next four years. These decisions will continue to have an impact long after the individuals have left office.
In the next four years, for example, the President may make from one to three appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court. Given the unprecedented power of the court today, the selection of those justices could have a profound affect on the country for decades.
Other critical issues will be decided in the next quadrennial, including how the war on terror will be fought; whether helpless, frozen embryos will be sacrificed in the name of medical research; whether the "right" to kill preborn children will continue unabated; and whether marriage will continue to be defined in law as the sacred union of one man and one woman. Without a doubt, you and I and millions of other Christians have a vested interest in how these and other questions will be answered.
Last July, we witnessed a dramatic example of this ability of our elected officials to either strengthen or weaken the institution of the family. It occurred when 50 senators filibustered the Federal Marriage Amendment, not even letting it come up for a vote. They "stiff armed" the tens of thousands of citizens who called to insist that they defend the family. These senators turned a deaf ear to those pleas, obviously caring more about staying in office than doing what is right.
Thus, the homosexual lobby scored yet another victory. Ironically, the same senators who complained that it was a waste of time to debate an amendment to protect the family found the time a month earlier to pass "hate-crimes" legislation when no one was watching. Every Democrat and 18 Republicans voted for the provision supported by Senator Ted Kennedy and his friends in the homosexual community. Cleverly attached to the National Defense Authorization Act, in a time of war, this legislation threatens religious liberty in this country.
This disregard for traditional values should not surprise us. Since 1969 when the Congress began taxing married couples at a higher rate than those who were (and are) living together without marrying, the family has been ignored, wounded and weakened by those we have sent to represent us.
It comes down to this: Our senators have left the historic institution of marriage at the mercy of unelected, unaccountable, arrogant judges, who have already signaled their intention to create same-sex marriages, just as four ultra-liberal judges on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did in May.
There are important issues being played out in this year's state and local elections, too. As many as 11 states will have an opportunity to protect the institution of marriage with state constitutional amendments. Oregon is the state that most concerns us, because activists have targeted that election as the one they have the best chance to win. Floridians will decide whether or not to pass a measure requiring parental notification in the event of a minor seeking an abortion. California voters will be asked to fund embryonic stem cell research with a three billion dollar bond issue. Unbelievably, this is occurring in a state that is almost bankrupt. Alaskan citizens face an initiative to decriminalize marijuana— and California, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Washington citizens will all vote on proposed referendums to expand gambling in one form or the other.
These are just a few examples this year of the significant issues that will be put before the people of these United States.
Every Vote Does Count
Some of you may already be convinced that there are serious issues to consider this year, but you might not believe that your single vote has the power to affect the outcome of the election. However, history proves that the adage "every vote counts" is not just a cliché! We all remember the 2000 presidential election, which was so close that the outcome could not be determined until weeks after voting had actually taken place. However, there have been a number of other elections in recent history that have been decided by only a handful of votes — and in some cases, by one vote!
Consider these dramatic "one vote" election decisions, as recorded by the Federal Election Commission:
- In 1997, Vermont state representative Sydney Nixon was seated as an apparent one vote winner, 570 to 569. Mr. Nixon resigned when the State House determined, after a recount, that he had actually lost to his opponent Robert Edmond, 572 to 571.
- In 1989, a Lansing, Michigan school district millage proposition failed when the final recount produced a tie vote, 5,147 for and 5,147 against. On the original count, votes against the proposition were 10 more than those in favor. The result meant that the school district had to reduce its budget by $2.5 million.
- In 1994, Republican Randall Luthi and Independent Larry Call tied for a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives from the Jackson Hole area with 1,941 votes each. A recount produced the same result. Mr. Luthi was finally declared the winner when, in a drawing before the Senate Canvassing Board, a ping pong ball bearing his name was pulled from the cowboy hat of Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan.
- In 1997, South Dakota Democrat John McIntyre led Republican Hal Wick 4,195 to 4,191 for the second seat in Legislative District 12 on election night. A subsequent recount showed Wick the winner at 4,192 to 4,191. The State Supreme Court, however, ruled that one ballot counted for Wick was invalid due to an overvote. This left the race as a tie. After hearing arguments from both sides, the state legislature voted to seat Wick 46 to 20.
Several other high-profile elections in U.S. history have been decided by the tiniest of margins. Averill Harriman's gubernatorial election of 1954, and George McGovern's and John Warner's senatorial victories in 1960 and 1978, respectively, were all decided by one vote or less per precinct. The presidential race between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in 1960 was also a neck-and-neck contest. After all of the votes had been tallied, an average margin of only one-half vote per precinct nationwide separated the winner from the loser!
Half Not Even Registered
Despite these examples, statistics continue to show that many Americans, both Christian and non-Christian, will not take the time to vote in a given election.
Recent studies indicate that half of the Christians in America are not even registered to vote, and of those that are, only half will go to the polls. In terms of numbers, 39 million Christians did not vote in 2002, and 24 million will not be able to vote in 2004 because they aren't registered. What a sad commentary! In our apparent unwillingness to bring our beliefs and values to bear upon the world around us, we run the risk of losing our ability to act as salt and light. I am reminded of Christ's words during the Sermon on the Mount: "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves…" (Mark 9:50a, NIV).
That is why I have made such a significant investment of time and energy in recent weeks to encourage my readers and listeners to stay informed, to register and then to "get out the vote." Over the past two months, I have traveled extensively and made numerous public appearances, including six "Stand for the Family" rallies in North Carolina, Louisiana and South Dakota. I have never involved myself to this extent in the buildup to a national election, and quite frankly, I do not relish the idea of taking on such a vocal and public role.
However, the issues we care about this year are simply too pressing and too serious to allow me to sit on the sidelines. Christians can and should make a difference in the outcome of the election, and I hope that this year, in particular, they will turn out in droves at the polls. After all, voting is not only a privilege, but a responsibility to God, to our country, to our children and ourselves.
It is also our responsibility to get ourselves properly informed before casting a ballot. You will need to invest sufficient time in researching the various candidates and in deciding which individuals' views and beliefs most closely align with your own. This is no small task, but it is well worth the investment. If you will stay up-to-date on the issues and then simply vote your conscience on Election Day, you can have the satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to influence our country for righteousness. Two good places to start would be Focus on the Family's "CitizenLink" Web site (citizenlink.org) or our flagship site, www.family.org. Both of these resources contain articles, contact information, links and a wealth of additional material that will help you keep abreast of the latest developments as Election Day nears.
May I suggest that you not only vote on November 2, but try to take one or more people with you? You might even provide transportation. I like the slogan, "Won by One," which refers to this effort to bring someone who might not otherwise take the time to do their duty. Likewise, you might offer to baby-sit to facilitate participation. If everyone did this, the results might be very different, and the Congress could be transformed.
Finally, of course, as a person of faith, your trip to the polls must be preceded by a time of earnest prayer. Pray that the Lord would grant you wisdom as you prepare to cast your vote. Pray that His will would be accomplished in the election and that the leaders of His choosing would win their respective races.
And pray that those who hold positions of authority over us, both now and after the election, would draw near to God and seek His face as they embrace the numerous responsibilities placed upon them. Some who are familiar with the concept of fasting might want to consider doing that as we approach the election. Wouldn't it be wonderful if a million Christians were giving up the pleasure of eating for a day, asking for the Lord's guidance on Election Day?
If you're eligible to vote, please don't abdicate your responsibility to have a say in the outcome of this important decision.
Reprinted from Dr. Dobson's October 2004 newsletter with permission of Focus on the Family. All rights reserved.


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So how did the chicken cross the road? Or the raccoon, Virginia opossum, woodchuck, red fox, white-tailed deer or great blue heron?
To find out, researchers in Maryland put motion-detection cameras in culverts throughout the mid-Atlantic US state to learn more about how wildlife of all kinds use culverts, or storm drains, to avoid motor traffic.
Culverts are intended to channel water under a highway. But it turns out that animals of all kinds have figured out how to exploit such man-made structures to avoid becoming roadkill.
"I was really surprised by the number of species actually using these culverts," professor J. Edward Gates of the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science told AFP in a telephone interview.
"It was just about every mammal in Maryland, except for three species: bobcat, black bear and coyote."
Funding for the project came from the Maryland State Highway Administration, which like its counterparts across the United States is keen to find ways to lower the cost of roadkill for animals and humans alike.
Every year, vehicle-animal collisions kill more than 200 people as well as "millions" of animals, the federal Department of Transportation says.
Crashes involving deer alone add up to more than ê4.6 billion in vehicle damage and health-care costs for injured persons, adds the Insurance Information Institute.
To assess how culverts can help, Gates's team put Moultrie Game Spy infrared cameras -- normally used by hunters to monitor game trails -- inside some 300 culverts in every county in the state.
Some of the culverts ran under Interstate 95, one of the most-traveled superhighways in North America. Others lay beneath sleepy country roads along the Chesapeake Bay and in the Appalachian mountains.
Then, over two years and eight seasons, until January this year, the researchers watched the critters come through.
Raccoons turned out to be the most frequent culvert users by far, turning up in 246 of the drain pipes on 24,800 occasions. (One of them, looking forlorn in chest-deep water, is something of a poster child for the project.)
Virginia opossums, famous for their ability to fake death when threatened, appeared 2,169 times in 103 culverts, woodchucks 822 times in 97 culverts, and red foxes 928 times in 66 culverts.
But a real surprise was the white-tailed deer, whose numbers have proliferated so much in North America that they now are more likely to be fatally hit by a car than shot by a hunter.
"We had deer using a range of culvert sizes, which we found just amazing," Gates said, with 1,093 sightings in 63 culverts.
"Most studies previously have said deer need a fairly large culvert, that they needed to be able to feel unconfined and to see through the culvert to the other side," he said.
"But we found them using culverts where their heads were nearly touching the ceiling -- so if they're motivated... they'll use a very small culvert."
Equally surprising was the great blue heron, photographed 545 times in 77 culverts, revealing that birds can be just as likely as earthbound wildlife to favor an underground route.
"All the culverts they used tended to be larger culverts, and they all contained deeper water," Gates said.
"Possibly they were on the outside catching fish or crayfish and foraging, and they just merely walked into the culvert (to go) after some additional food."
Other culvert-using species included the fox, grey squirrel, mallard duck, chipmunk, beaver, otter, Canada goose and skunk. Making one-off cameos were the starling, wren, canvasback duck, watersnake, snapping turtle and meadow mouse.
Domestic animals turned up, too, including cats, dogs, cattle (547 of them, albeit at the same one culvert) -- and that most domesticated animal of all, the human being (399 times in 66 culverts).
And chickens? "Everybody asks me that question," said Gates with a laugh. "No, we had no chickens."
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T-Rex, aka Tyrannosaurus, was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Its forelimbs were small and unusually powerful for their size, and had two clawed digits. Measuring up to 43 feet in length, the T-Rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs.
Like the actual T-Rex, the new Bremach T-Rex is strong and imposing. Bremach has been building trucks in northern Italy since 1950. In 1970, the company began devoting its engineering skills to four-wheel-drive vehicles, mostly sold in Europe, Africa, and Latin America. That explains why you haven't seen them on the road.
Bremach USA, the North American OEM, is about to change that. Currently, it imports the cab shell and chassis assemblies for a variety of applications. The finished vehicle is manufactured at its Southern California factory. As drivetrain specialists, Bremach offers the T-Rex with powerplants that include natural gas, diesel, gasoline, and 100-percent electric, with other fuels such as propane to follow.
The standard gas engine will be GM's 6.0-liter Vortec V-8. It has 323 horsepower at 4600 rpm and 373 pound-feet of torque at 4400 rpm. The initial diesel engine will be the Cummins 5.9-liter, 24-valve I-6, available with outputs ranging from 235 horsepower and 460 pound-feet to 325/610. Sold as a "Remanufactured Vehicle," the Cummins will carry a full warranty, and might not require ultra-low-sulfur diesel, urea injection, or need to meet some of the other CARB and EPA restrictions on 2011 diesel trucks.
The fully electric model will have some range limitations, but the VLV (Very Low Voltage) brushless, permanent magnet DC motor operates at only 114 volts. It develops about 300 horses, and can hum down the highway at 65 mph with a 100- to 200-mile range, depending on speed and load. The truck could be ideal for short delivery or dock work.
The series hybrid T-Rex model uses the VLV motor as a generator. When the 100-kWh Li-ion battery pack reaches a specified limit, a 2.2-liter GM Ecotec gasoline engine rated at 149 horsepower at 5600 rpm fires up to recharge the battery and power the drivetrain. The VLV motor uses a regenerative braking charge system being developed by Bremach USA for Bremach of Italy.
Transmissions will include the GM 4L85E Automatic, the Allison, and a manual if requested. The Bremach has full-time 4x4 with automatic locking hubs and locking center and rear differentials. Both the center and rear diff locks are hydraulic. A front diff lock with mechanical control is available.
A block of eight solenoids controls the locking center and rear differentials and as many as 3 PTO ports from the Bremach transfer case (standard), and from the Allison transmission and engine as options. Standard is a BK 20 four-ratio Bremach transfer box. An optional BK 20 four-ratio box is available.
This is an extreme duty Class 3 truck with a payload capacity of 3.75 tons (7500 pounds) and a GVWR of 14,000 pounds. To handle this load, straight axles are fitted with parabolic heavy-duty leaf springs, double-action gas-charged shocks, and front and rear stabilizer bars. Huge Brembo dual-circuit disc brakes are standard (similar to those used by Ferrari and Lamborghini), and incorporate a Bosch ABS system that allows the ABS to be disengaged. Under heavy loads, a weight sensor modulates the ABS brake bias accordingly. Both 16- and 17-inch wheels will be offered. The T-Rex we tested was running aggressive 37x13.50 R20 LT Nitto Mud Grappler tires, with a maximum load capacity of 3800 pounds at 65 psi.
Not unlike the Mercedes Unimog and the Swiss Bucher Duro, the Bremach T-Rex is a multifunction workhorse. The unique frame of the Bremach uses four-inch diameter steel tubes inspired by aerospace technology. These are welded to an additional subsection for maximum strength and rigidity. Available wheelbases include 102.0, 122.4, and 135.6 inches.
The truck's strong exoskeleton cab is virtually a rollcage. The all-steel cab is mounted on high-strength bushings to reduce vibration. Sound-absorbing thermo-acoustic panels in the steel doors, floor, and firewall further reduce noise. Two- and four-door models are equipped with Bremach fully adjustable suspension seats. Dial indicators adjust to the weight of the occupant.
The basic dash layout is easy to read. A multipurpose center console contains the necessary gauges relevant to the powertrain in use. One option will include a full information screen with backup camera, and multimedia including GPS navigation, music, video, photos, phone, DVD, XM, Internet, weather, WiFi, and full access to the OBD-II engine sensors.
Electric models will get a battery management system. If there's an Internet or satellite connection, a vehicle's location and mechanical condition could be monitored from almost anywhere in the world. An overhead console holds a Sony music system that sends tunes from CDs or an iPod to Sony speakers. A/C and power steering are standard. Sorry, there's no cruise control.
Despite its imposing stance, the center of gravity is low. The Bremach has 11 inches of ground clearance, a 31-inch fording capability, 44-degree departure angle, and a 48-degree approach angle. There aren't many backroads the Bremach can't traverse. Its maximum width of 69.7 inches makes it very maneuverable in tight places. For comparison, a Ford F-Series Super Duty pickup is 79.9 inches wide.
One glance at the T-Rex tells you this is a very compact, purpose-built machine without an ounce of fat. The tubular wraparound bumper up front leaves room for a winch. Hella high-intensity lights and long-range driving lights enhance its functionality. The rear bumper is equipped with a hinge and locking pin on each side so it can be folded up for better departure angle. Bremach offers remote controlled side panels on the cargo bed that rise up out of the way for easy access.
The T-Rex we tested in the hills outside of Chino, California, near Bremach USA's facilities was powered by a 6.2-liter V-8 out of a Corvette, similar in configuration to the 6.0-liter engine Bremach will make available. The transmission was a GM 4L85E four-speed.
With an empty bed, the truck had a stiff ride, but perhaps with a full load it would be smoother. Bremach can reduce the number of leaf springs for use as a daily driver. We did not take it four-wheeling or rock crawling, but it seems likely the T-Rex could make it over a trail like the Rubicon unscathed. On the highway, the ride was a little choppy, but even with the aggressive traction tires, the amount of road noise was acceptable.
Bremach USA is currently taking orders; delivery time is 90-120 days as these are built-to-order trucks. There is a three-year, 30,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty. As you might guess, having a fully equipped Bremach T-Rex in your driveway will cost more than an F-550 or a Ram 5500, with MSRP starting around $96,000. And who knows? Maybe two clawed digits and a long tail will be an option in the future.
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At the risk of being branded an Apple fanboy, I have to say Apple's plans for the forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0 will vault the iPhone past all mobile competitors as the best mobile business device -- period. Until now, the iPhone's capabilities for security, app management and distribution, device management, and so forth have been middling at best, creating a real difference versus the BlackBerry for large businesses. In turn, this has let IT dismiss the iPhone as a toy and caused many IT shops to break out in hives when someone wants to use an iPhone on their network, though it's the device that people want.
That's about to change.
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[Editor's note: At the WWDC 2010 show on June 7, Apple announced it was renaming iPhone OS to iOS in recognition of its use on the iPad and iPod Touch as well as on the iPhone, and confirmed a ship date of June 21 for iOS 4 for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Apple did not describe any other changes to iOS 4.0 from what is reported here.]
Apple's new iPhone OS 4.0, currently available in SDK form for iPhone developers and set for general release this summer, takes several major steps to address the needs of corporate mobile usage, as well as amp up the capabilities that will appeal to individuals. As a result, user demand for iPhones will increase significantly, but so will the ability for corporate IT to safely -- even enthusiastically -- embrace the iPhone.
Even better, owners of the iPhone 3G S, the third-generation iPod Touch (the 32GB and 64GB models from fall 2009), and the iPad all will be able to run iPhone OS 4.0, and its capabilities will be available to a large base of existing users. The older iPhone 3G and some second-generation iPod Touch devices will support some -- but not all -- of the new iPhone OS 4.0 capabilities, based on their hardware's capabilities.
Here's why.
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A persistent criticism of the iPhone has been its lack of multitasking. Yes, there was basic multitasking at the operating system level for services such as checking email and looking for server-based alerts, including availability of app updates, but nothing for app developers to take advantage of.


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