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Overview of the ipkg package management system
This article is based on original work from nix and edited by frontalot from www.linkstationwiki.org
ipkg (officially iPKG) is a lightweight, simplistic package management system. A package management system does just that -- it manages precompiled software which has been bundled into modular, interdependent packages.
ipkg was originally designed for embedded systems such as the iPAQ but works equally well for small Linux systems such as the LinkStation. ipkg allows for dynamic installation/removal of software packages and dependency checking, much like Debian's dpkg system. The ipkg system is being used quite successfully by several embedded Linux hacking groups such as OpenWRT and NSLU2-Linux. Documentation at the official ipkg home page is sparse and in some instances inaccurate. We will try to cover as much information as possible here.
- The ipkg client and libraries are relatively small
- The installed meta-data is minimal yet fully functional
- Actively maintained
- Well developed, active user base
- Limited features, e.g., extra scripts are required to set up users or groups
- Documentation is limited and often outdated or inaccurate
- Significant changes in development can cause incompatibilities between versions
- Root access is generally required to build a package and to install a package
- Limited control over owner, group, and access permissions of package contents
The Client
The following is a list of available commands for the ipkg client:
usage: ipkg [options...] sub-command [arguments...]
Package manipulation sub-commands
- update
- Update list of available packages
- upgrade
- Upgrade all installed packages to latest version
- install pkg
- Download and install pkg (and dependencies)
- install file.ipk
- Install package file.ipk
- configure [pkg]
- Configure unpacked packages
- remove pkg
- Remove package pkg
- flag flags pkg ...
- Flag package(s) pkg (flag=hold|noprune|user|ok|installed|unpacked (one per invocation))
Informational sub-commands
- list
- List available packages and descriptions
- files pkg
- List all files belonging to pkg
- search file
- Search for a package providing file
- info [pkg [field]]
- Display all/some info fields for pkg or all
- status [pkg [field]]
- Display all/some status fields for pkg or all
- download pkg
- Download pkg to current directory
- compare_versions v1 op v2
- compare versions using <= < > >= = << >>)
- print_architecture
- Prints the architecture
- print_installation_architecture
- ?
- whatdepends [-A] [pkgname|pat]
- List all packages that depend on pkgname
- whatdependsrec [-A] [pkgname|pat]
- Variation of whatdepends?
- whatprovides [-A] [pkgname|pat]
- List all packages that provide pkgname
- whatconflicts [-A] [pkgname|pat]
- List all packages that conflict with pkgname
- whatreplaces [-A] [pkgname|pat]
- List all packages that replace pkgname
- Query all packages with whatdepends, whatprovides, whatreplaces, whatconflicts
- -V level
- Set verbosity level to level. If no value is provided increase verbosity by one
- --verbosity=level
- Verbosity levels:
- 0
- errors only
- 1
- normal messages (default)
- 2
- informative messages
- 3
- debug output
- -f conf_file
- Use conf_file as the ipkg configuration file
- --conf conf_file
- Default configuration file location is /etc/ipkg.conf
- -d dest_name
- Use dest_name as the the root directory for package installation, removal, upgrading
- --dest=dest_name
- dest_name should be a defined dest name from the configuration file
- -o offline_root
- Use offline_root as the root directory for offline installation of packages
- --offline=offline_root
- Use offline_root as the root directory for offline installation of packages
- --verbose_wget
- More wget messages
Force Options
These options are used to override a decision ipkg would otherwise make on its own.
- -force-depends
- Make failed dependency-checks warnings instead of errors and install/remove package in spite of failed dependencies
- -force-defaultsv
- Use default options for questions asked by ipkg. This will not prevent package installation scripts from prompting
- -force-reinstall
- Allow ipkg to reinstall a package
- -force-overwrite
- Allow ipkg to overwrite files from another package during an install
- -force-removal-of-dependent-packages
- -force_space
- Install even if there does not seem to be enough space
- -noaction
- No action -- test only
- -nodeps
- Do not follow dependencies
- -recursive
- Allow ipkg to remove package and all that depend on it
- -test
- No action -- test only
- -t tmp-dir
- Specify temporary directory
- --tmp-dir=tmp-dir
- Specify temporary directory
Please see Ipkg on the Linkstation (for end-users) for more information on how to use ipkg on the LinkStation.
The Configuration Files
The configuration files control the server(s) from which ipkg update and ipkg get will pull package information and packages. /etc/ipkg.conf Defines destination locations, feeds and global and proxy settings. Each line in the file is either a comment, an empty line (ignored), or consists of a configuration parameter. The following parameters are supported:
- # comment
- Comments
- src feed-name feed-url
- Name and location of a feed.
- dest dest-name dest-location
- Installation destination name and directory.
- option name value
- Configuration options. Option names are:
- http_proxy
- Proxy to use for HTTP connections
- ftp_proxy
- Proxy to use for FTP connections
- proxy_username
- Proxy user name
- proxy_password
- Proxy password
- offline_root
- Root for offline installation, e.g. into some flash memory.
- /etc/ipkg/feed-name.conf
- Defines feed-specific settings for the feed feed-name.
The Packages
The software packages are contained in special .ipk files. An .ipk file is a specially constructed ar archive (previous versions of .ipk files were gzipped tar archives, like .deb files - this is a discouraged but still supported format) containing three parts:
- ./data.tar.gz
- Contains the actual files belonging to this package, organized as they should appear after installation
- ./control.tar.gz
- Contains a file describing the package meta-data and any installation/removal scripts for the package
- ./debian-binary
- This file is for comparability with Debian's package system and currently is ignored by ipkg
See Construct ipkg packages (for developers) for an in-depth discussion of the package format.


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Justice was only partially served Monday night in"Drag Race"land, squirrelfriends.
Sure, RuPaul crowned her queen of queens, and that queen was appropriately (spoiler for those who don't understand how recaps work) Sharon Needles, but we were cheated a little bit.
We "Drag Race" fans are a nutty, obsessive bunch so most of us have heard that Ru held off announcing the winner -- even going so far as to film three possible winning scenarios at the reunion -- to avoid a repeat of last season, when news of Raja's win was leaked far in advance.
That must have been annoying for Ru, and maybe some measures needed to be taken.
But with all the subterfuge came a lack of authenticity. We didn't get to see the real moment when Sharon, exhausted after competiting for so many weeks, learned she won the competition. We didn't get to see real tears, relieved tears or happy tears or whatever. We got to see her pretending or imagining what it might be like to win.
I hope Ru saw that, and that next season she finds a middle ground that preserves the mystery while also preserving the moments the audience really wants to see.
But there was much more before Sharon's crowning, and here it goes...
I adored the start to the episode, an homage to the choreographed Miss Universe/Miss America pageant entries. The top three were resplendent in gold (Sharon appeared to be a mug of beer, love her!) with the rest of the cast, sans-Willam, in black.
As the queens walk the runway to re-introductions, the only queen I wish we'd seen more of was The Princess (Chicago!), who is not only cute out of drag but so freaking fierce in it.
After a silly outer-space clip, Ru finally takes the stage in a ruffled red number. Gorge, of course.
There's an audience, cheering like nuts, and we spy Victoria "Pork Chop" Parker, Carmen Carerra, Sonique, Morgan McMichaels (in an oddly casual look), and more from past seasons.
Santino Rice (love him), Michelle Visage (enh) and Billy B (blah) join Ru one last time.
We get to briefly chat with the first four queens eliminated and they're given a shot at the "reading" challenge. Madame LaQueer gets in another in an endless line of digs at Jiggly Caliente's teeth.
Yes, we get it. Her grille is busted. That joke is about as fresh as a Monica Lewinsky blue dress gag.
There's a bit of a wig kerfuffle about Milan, with the criticisms flying about her tossing her wig during emotional high points in the lip sync. It's clearly lame and Milan has no real defense other than that people don't understand her "art." Whatever.
Jiggly goes through the ringer for her lack of sewing abilities and we recap Dida Ritz's heartwarming family breakthrough on the show.
"Like I always say, 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' bringing families together," Ru intones.
Kenya Michaels' time on the reunion is basically restricted to us making fun of her lack of mastery over the English language. Charo comes to translate one of Ru's questions.
Going to commercial, everybody coochie-coochies and it becomes clear that Kenya has been barely covering her coochie-coochie with clothing.
And then. Finally. FINALLY we get Willam.
What did Willam do?
I posited several weeks ago, when the expulsion first happened, that Willam had an unplanned pregnancy.
Which, as it turns out, is not that far from the truth.
He was having sex.
Lots of sex, plenty of sweaty, hot sex with his husband in the hotel room during filming.
"I told my husband I was doing a non-union horror movie in Europe, which I've done before and they suck so don't watch them," Willam starts off. "And he didn't believe it. He was like, 'why do you gotta take all this drag?'"
Long story short, Willam's hubs followed him to the hotel, and they began having a series of conjugal visits. It kind of sounds like the plot to a (good) porno.
After the obligatory plugging of Willam's iTunes singles, we revisit everyone's favorite personality queen, Latrice Muthafuckin Royale.
Latrice has no regrets about sharing details of her incarceration on the show.
"I want people to realize that it's OK to make mistakes. It's OK to fall down. Get up. Look sickening. And make them eat it," Latrice orders.
YES. Will do.
The final three then make their entrance, and Sharon Needles is flawlessly attired as a snake-green dark mistress, Ouija board planchette on her forehead where a crown would be.
It is genius.
Like everything Sharon does.
The other two finalists are wearing decent enough outfits, but they're no Sharon Needles.
Ru finally gets the chance to take Phi Phi O'Hara to task for her bad attitude and cut-throat mentality on the show.
Willam, Chad Michaels, Sharon and Jiggly also get the chance to take a few shots at Phi Phi, who does a bit of defending herself as well.
"Maybe that was my defense mechanism," she says.
Willam (of course) gets in the line of the night when she says that she's "not going to RuPaul-ogize for anything" she's saying now. Ru warns her to consider that line stolen.
"My new album will be called 'RuPaul-ogize' on iTunes," Ru says, laughing hysterically.
Unsurprisingly, Latrice wins the Miss Congeniality award, which entitles her to a sash and a free roundtrip, first-class plane ticket.
We do the round robin with the final three, which can be broken down as follows:
Chad is classy, Sharon is flashy and Phi Phi is assy.
"If anyone every boos you off stage, that is simply applause from ghosts. You remember that," Sharon tells the fellow weird kids of the world.
The judges weigh in but none of them pick a fave.
As Ru gets around to announcing the winner, I can't help but imagine what the moment might have been like had it been genuine, the actual moment Sharon found out she'd won. Instead, the real reaction Sharon had was in a house or at a viewing party on Monday night. Hopefully she was hugging Alaska and her mom and cheering for herself like crazy.
I guess, this season, that image will have to be enough.
Love ya, squirrelfriends, and come back for the All-Stars season, which promises to be intense.

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The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program open to all eligible agricultural producers including livestock, forestry, andorganic production. EQIP offers financial and technical assistance to implement conservation practices on eligible agricultural land.
Decisions related to how a crop is produced affect the environment, and vice-versa. The EQIP program provides payments for implementing conservation practices that have a positive environmental impact, while protecting long term agricultural production and sustainability. NRCS professionals work with producers to develop a conservation plan for their operation, design conservation practices, and provide guidance to help implement the plan.
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EQIP applications are accepted on a continuous basis. However, NRCS establishes application "cut-off" or submission deadline dates for evaluation, ranking, and approval of eligible applications.
With input from the State Technical Committee, NRCS determines the eligible conservation practices used to improve environmental quality both on and off the farm. The resource concerns addressed through EQIP include soil quality, soil erosion, water quality, water quantity, air quality, and animal and plant species of concern. A list of conservation practices was developed to address these resources concerns in New Jersey. Each practice is meant to work in combination with others as part of the total resource management plan on the farm. Implementing conservation practices on your farm may increases your economic flexibility and long term profitability while strengthening your stewardship of natural resources and the environment. Because practices work in concert with one another, practices may address more than one resource concern.
The State Technical Committee has identified the top 4 priority resource concerns:
NRCS has identified the following national priorities, consistent with statutory resource concerns that include soil, water, wildlife, air quality, and related natural resource concerns, may be used in EQIP implementation:
Interested applicants can review the program information available on this website and should request a new or updated conservation plan for their farm. An NRCS conservationist will meet with you to evaluate the soil, water, air, plant and animal resources on your property and offer several alternatives to address the resource conditions. The alternatives you decide to use are recorded in your conservation plan which includes a schedule for installation.
A contract offer is developed based on the conservation plan, and is ranked on how well the proposed practices meet national, state, and local environmental objectives, as well as their cost-efficiency. EQIP offers contracts with a maximum term of ten years and a minimum term of one year.
Applicants are responsible for completing and filing all application and eligibility paperwork as required. If funded, participants are required to sign a contract and agree to implement the planned conservation practices to NRCS standards and specifications as scheduled.
Starting a practice prior to written contract approval will result in the ineligibility of a practice for EQIP assistance. Only practices that an applicant has not already adopted are eligible for EQIP assistance.
Applicants must have current crop and producer records on file with USDA's Farm Service Agency. They must comply with the adjusted gross income limitation (AGI) provisions and be in compliance with the highly erodible land and wetland conservation requirements. They must own or control the land for the term of the proposed contract, agree to implement specific eligible conservation practices according to the contract schedule, and have an interest in an agricultural operation. There must be an existing resource concern that can be addressed through an NRCS conservation practice.
In order for land to be eligible for an irrigation-related practice in EQIP, including irrigation engines, that land must have been irrigated in two out of the last five years. In addition, Irrigation Water Management must be implemented on all land contracted for an irrigation-related practice for three consecutive years following the practice implementation.
Land is not eligible EQIP if it is currently enrolled in another USDA Farm Bill conservation program such as the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) or the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for the same practice on the same land. Land is also ineligible if it is used for mitigation purposes, or if it is publicly owned, unless the publicly owned land is part on an eligible operation.
Additional restrictions and program requirements may apply.
Individual practice payments rates are calculated as a percentage (45 – 75%) of the typical cost of labor, materials, and equipment to implement the practice in New Jersey. Typical practice implementation scenarios are developed on a national and regional basis. The Mid-Atlantic regional team determines the typical inputs of labor, materials, and equipment to implement a practice in the region. The rates of those inputs are then adjusted for each state within the region. If the applicant is a beginning farmer, socially disadvantaged, or limited resource producer, the rates are 25% higher, up to a maximum of 90% of the typical cost. There is a $450,000 payment limitation for the period of October 1, 2013 (FY 2014) to September 30, 2018 (FY 2018).
Projected payments in the approved conservation program contract are based on practice extent and not cost. Payments are made after conservation practices are implemented to the standards agreed to in advance. The conservation practice standard contains information on why and where the practice is applied, and it sets forth the minimum quality criteria that must be met during the application of that practice in order for it to achieve its intended purpose(s). Conservation payments are set at the time of contracting independent of the actual cost of implementation. It is the responsibility of the contract holder to cover the remaining balance of the practice implementation costs. View the application documents page for more information on the current payment rates.
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Bill Ryder-Jones | 15/08/11
[Photo Credit: Sophie Jarry]
If…, is the debut solo album from Bill Ryder-Jones, released November 14th. If… was recorded to soundtrack Italo Calvino's meditation on writing in the post modernist novel If On A Winters Night A Traveller and lays out grand orchestral movements side by side with stark, nakedly emotional vocal led pieces that weave a bleak but beautifully visceral accompanying narrative. You can listen to the track Give Me A Name HERE
Ryder-Jones left The Coral after the fifth studio album Roots & Echoes, on which his arrangements hinted at a deeper and spectacular compositional talent. If… has since provided the framework necessary for Ryder-Jones to explore his musical potency in full detail.
Taking its cue from Abel Korzeniowski's off-kilter soundtrack for Tom Ford's acclaimed film A Single Man, If…'s influences are eclectic and diverse, from modern cinema composers like Michael Galasso (Seraphine) and Clint Mansell (The Wrestler, Black Swan) to psychedelic sorcerer Syd Barrett, Nick Cave and nineties Welsh indie-psych disciples Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. The results often sound like musical pieces in search of a film and it's Bill's intention that the listeners minds conjure their own to accompany the album.
If… was recorded in various locations around Ryder-Jones' hometown of Liverpool including the Scandinavian Church and the Grade II listed warehouse Elevator Studios and his mother's house. Musicians, friends and even the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra pulled together in order for If… to become a reality.
If… will be available on CD and via digital download. Click HERE to pre-order. The tracklisting is as follows:
1. If… 6. Enlace
2. The Reader (Malbork) 7. Intersect
3. Leaning (Star Of Sweden) 8. The Flowers #3 (Lotus)
4. By The Church Of Apollonia 9. Give Me A Name
5. Le Grand Desordre 10. Some Absolute End (The End)


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Everybody�s raving about the new Ipswich Farmers Market, and rightly so.
I was there the first two weeks, and it was pretty excellent.
All summer long, every Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., local folk will offer their local wares on the Town Common. You didn�t know we have a common? Well, that�s the latest name for the wide-open, grassy space adjacent to the Visitor Center/Hall Haskell House. This is the perfect name for it, since we already have a "North Green" and a "South Green," and "Middle Green" is just a bit too Hobbitty. Besides, most other towns in New England have a Town Common. To be the only town in New England without a Town Common would be an embarrassment.
(Also: There�s something called The Town Common, which more or less approximates a newspaper; but it�s published in Rowley, so I say it�s high time Ipswich redeemed the name.)
At the wonderful new Ipswich Farmers Market, there are strawberries for sale, and cilantro and homemade aprons and henna tattoos and you name it. It�s casual. It�s fun. Musicians make music. Frisbees get tossed around. Children blow bubbles. Dogs happily lead their masters around on leashes. People do clumsy gyrations in hula hoops and laugh a lot. People hang out and talk. People drive by and see that something�s happening and they pull over and check it out. There�s free parking on the street, and all along the edge of the common.
The Ipswich Farmers Market is a beautiful thing.
Of course, it�s also a disaster. For some of us.
What if you don�t have time to pull your car into a parking space on South Main Street and put it in park and turn off the ignition and open the door and get out and close the door and lock it behind you (because it�s such a tough neighborhood) and dodge Ipswich�s overwhelming rush-hour traffic to get over to the common?
What if you�re on too tight a schedule to engage in pleasant, casual chit-chat and get to know the neighbors you�ve spent years living in the same town with but never learned the name of?
What if it�s not physically feasible for you to walk your bad hip from booth to booth and dodge a wayward Frisbee and angle your groin away from the nose of an inquisitive black Lab whose owner thinks it�s cute how he does that?
All of these tragic contingencies and awkward inconveniences lead me to a certain conclusion: There is only one thing missing from the marvelous new Ipswich Farmers Market.
We need a drive-through.
A drive-through solves all these problems, and maybe even more. From the comfort of your driver�s seat, with nothing but a flick of your window button, you can have your farm-fresh honey and buy your cut-fresh flowers and grab your cooked-fresh hot dog without so much as a slurp from a Shar Pei. Frisbees will bounce harmlessly off your paint job. You will be spared virtually any risk of casual chit-chat. If "community" is contagious, you will escape the Ipswich Farmers Market germ-free. All thanks to the drive-through.
It�s a shame, really, that Town Meeting didn�t approve the study for a multi-million-dollar public safety building for the adjacent property. As part of that plan, as I understand it, they would have paved a driveway smack down the middle of the Town Common. What serendipity! It would have been far more than a simple, gleaming stripe of black asphalt slashing through the grassy field. It could have doubled as our Ipswich Farmers Market drive-through. Sometimes you cast your vote, and you just don�t foresee the sad side effects.
P.S. If the Ipswich Farmers Market gets a drive-through, and Dunkin� Donuts has a booth, will doughnuts be the only product you�re required to get out of your car for?
Doug Brendel lives so far out on outer Linebrook Road, he�s closer to the Dunkin� Donuts in Rowley than to the one at Lord Square. However, as an Ipswich resident, he�s banned from using the drive-through. Follow his blog at Outsidah.com.
The Outsidah column: Need produce in Ipswich? Just drive on through
Everybody�s raving about the new Ipswich Farmers Market, and rightly so.


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Nutty and Gooey: Holiday Treats with Nuts and Caramel
Given the choice of a big platter of cookies and treats, our hand naturally gravitates toward the ones with nuts and caramel in evidence. We can't help it! We love the combination of tender, slightly crunchy toasted nuts with gooey, sticky caramel. Which one of these tempting recipes do you think we should make this weekend?
1. Pecan Turtle Brownies from Chow.com - This one might be the winner, right off the bat. It's hard not to lick the screen, isn't it?
2. Honey-Nut Squares from Epicurious - Tightly packed nut clusters on top of a shortbread crust!
3. Caramelized Nut Tart from Simply Recipes - Thin slices of this sticky nut-studded tart would be the perfect end to a holiday dinner party.
4. Cinnamon-Walnut Baklava from Martha Stewart - A quick recipe for baklava spiced with cinnamon sounds perfect for the holidays.
5. Nutty Caramel Thumbprint Cookies from Fine Cooking - These cookies look almost too gorgeous to eat. Almost.
Do you like nuts and caramel as much as we do? What recipe do you recommend?


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About ten miles of the southern portion of Fremont County was once under the jurisdiction of Holt County, Missouri, until the boundary question was settled between the two States.
By Karen Johnson
About ten miles of the southern portion of Fremont County was once under the jurisdiction of Holt County, Missouri, until the boundary question was settled between the two States. That part of old Holt County south of the state line, adjoining Fremont, is now known as Atchion County, Missouri. The north boundary of what was known as the "Platte Purchase," and which gave to the State of Missouri some four or five of her finest northwest counties, extended about ten miles into the territory afterwards conceded to Iowa. The jurisdiction of Holt County was extended to this boundary line, and thus, at that time, included the strip of territory in question. The purchase was made of the Pottawattamie Indians, who were removed to Pottawattamie County, Iowa as is described in the history of that county, some time before any settlements were made by white men within the limits of Fremont County. This reservation, at that time, extended southward to the north line of the purchase, but soon after the settlement of the county began they relinquished all their lands in Iowa and repaired to Kansas. Major Stephen Cooper, who lived near the present Town of Bartlett, once represented Holt County in the Missouri Legislature. Mr. Hitchcock, above mentioned, kept a hotel about a mile and a half southeast of the place where Sidney was afterwards located. His building stood on the line, partly in what was then claimed as Missouri territory and partly on lands then belonging to the Pottawattamie Indians. Some men in the south part of Fremont County lived in two states and three counties without changing their residences, the State of Missouri and Iowa, and the counties of Holt, Atchison and Fremont.


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Holly's High Park House
We love the sculptures of Holly Wheatcroft and were happy to see her High Park, Toronto house featured in the online magazine Covet Garden.
Holly lives in the house with her two daughters, ages 12 and 13. All the walls are white to show off the colorful furniture and art. Many of the multi-colored wall sculptures were made by the artist, along with her Ikat bench pillow shown above.
• See more of Holly's house over at Covet Garden.
• See Holly's artwork on her website.
(Images: Covet Garden)


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There's no arguing that we love babies in this country -- but you might be surprised at how much we love them. According to the CDC almost 4 million little mushes were born in America in just one year! 3,999,386 to be exact. That's a whole lotta baby loving. And really ... who can blame us? Still, that's not even the most surprising stat rounded up below.
The thing that caught me most off guard is probably how few of those babies were born at home -- 29,650. I chose hospital births for my kids but I really thought more people opted for home births these days. Or maybe it's how many babies are breastfed -- 76.9%. That's actually a lot higher than I thought it would be -- which is all sorts of awesome.
Check out the infograph below and let me know which fact surprises you the most!
Research compiled by Emily Abbate


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Kicking Off Earth Week, EPA Honors New Jersey Environmental Leaders
Release Date: 04/19/2013
Contact Information: Jennifer May, (212) 637-3658, 646-369-0039 firstname.lastname@example.com
- (New York, N.Y) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored four individuals and organizations from across New Jersey with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Linda Cox, Executive Director of the Bronx River Alliance to present the awards to this year's recipients at a ceremony at EPA's offices in Manhattan.
"EPA is thrilled to honor the work of these environmental trailblazers," said Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck. "These New Jerseyans have had a major impact on protecting the environment in their communities and inspire us all to work for a cleaner, healthier environment."
EPA presents Environmental Quality Awards annually during Earth Week to individuals, businesses, government agencies, environmental and community-based organizations and members of the media in EPA Region 2, which covers New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and eight federally-recognized Indian Nations. The awards recognize significant contributions to improving the environment and public health in the previous calendar year. For information about the Environmental Quality Awards in EPA Region 2, visit https://www.epa.gov/region02/eqa/.
Attached is a list of the award winners.
Alder Avenue Middle School
Since, 2011 Alder Avenue Middle School in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey has spearheaded an energy conservation program that reduces costs while benefitting the environment. By reducing consumption of electricity, natural gas, fuel oil and water, the school has saved more than one million dollars.
Great Falls Youth Corps
The Great Falls Youth Corps has not only made great improvements to Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park, it has provided opportunities to environmentally-conscious youth in the process. The Great Falls Youth Corps challenges a select group of teenagers to help protect, enhance and beautify a historic area of northern New Jersey. Under the Youth Corps' leadership, public access to the park has increased, the appearance of the park has improved and hands-on science curriculum has been provided to more than 300 elementary school students.
Jeremy Irons and Ralph Hagen of Hydro-Marine Construction
When Hurricane Sandy destroyed a sluice gate at the Middlesex County Utilities Authority's Sayreville Pump Station, untreated sewage began flowing into the Raritan River and Bay system. In order to stop the flow, two divers from Hydro-Marine Construction – Jeremy Irons and Ralph Hagen – were called in to install a six thousand pound sluice gate in the plant, which was still under water. Ralph and Jeremy both performed dangerous dives into 25 feet of raw sewage in a confined space, contending with low-visibility, displaced objects and other elements that made this a particularly dangerous dive. Ultimately, their successful installation of the gate accelerated the restart of the Sayreville Pump station by two to three months and prevented the discharge of potentially hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into surrounding waters.
Dr. Frank Gallagher
In 32 years of work with the Sussex County Soil Conservation District and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Frank Gallagher protected the parks and forestry in New Jersey. One of his proudest accomplishments is ecological planning for the Natural Restoration of Liberty State Park, a park that sits on a former chromium site and is now one of New Jersey's most loved and most visited parks.
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Ideal For Entertaining: 10 Open Kitchens That Flow Into Dining Rooms
Anyone who entertains frequently understands the need for access; guests want to be near you, and you want to be near your guests. By being open to dining areas, these 10 kitchens become big entertaining spaces where guests can move about, mingle, and chop some veggies if they're so inclined.
Do you have an open entertaining kitchen and dining setup like this? I love the idea of having one big space to both cook, eat, and entertain, although I realize some might find that stressful. (What do you do about your dirty kitchen after you've made a big meal?!)
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Technical Processing of Audio-Video - Manuals for Logging, Editing, Compressing, and Uploading Audio-Video Material
Once audio-video tapes have been created, the next step is to extract desired titles from those tapes and technically process the edited tapes so that they can be used in computers. This is a time consuming process involving capturing, editing, mastering, compressing, and uploading the audio-video from its source on tape into a finished title that can be used in a computer. First one must log the tapes to detail their content in relationship to their time-location on the tapes, then digitize the parts of the tapes one wants to use, then edit that material in Final Cut Pro into sequences with title and credit slates, and finally compress each sequence into formats usable in computers and on the Web. Since the original audio-video is so dense with data, compression is necessary to reduce the size of files to make them manageable in computers (unfortunately this also reduces visual quality). Then one must upload those compressions to the proper places on the server, generate thumbnail images to go with each title as it appears in the audio-visual database, and link the database title entries to the proper compressions. Each step of this process is discussed in the manuals below:
- Overview of Audio-Video Technical Processing
- Final Cut Pro
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Spokane County, Washington Genealogy
United States Washington Spokane County
|Spokane County, Washington
Location in the state of Washington
Location of Washington in the U.S.
|January 29, 1858
|County Seat
|Spokane County Courthouse 1116 W. Broadway Spokane, WA 99260 Spokane County Website
- 1 County Courthouse
- 2 History
- 3 Places / Localities
- 4 Resources
- 5 Societies and Libraries
- 6 Web Sites
- 7 References
County Courthouse
Spokane County Courthouse 1116 W. Broadway Spokane, WA 99260
Spokane County Courthouse finished in 1895, see history of building.
Abolished 19 January 1863 and merged with Stevens County. Recreated in 1879 from Stevens County.
Parent County
- 1858--Spokane County was created 29 January 1858 from Walla Walla County. County seat: Spokane [1]
Boundary Changes:
==== Spokane County was created by legislative act four times. Twice it was not organized by the agents appointed for that purpose. Once it had, after organization, a short and precarious existance, and was merged into Stevens county. From a manuscript by W.P. Winans, who served two terms, beginning in 1862, as auditor of the original county of Spokane, when the county seat was Pinkney City. With free-handed disregard of actual needs and conditions, the early legislatures of Washington territory parceled out the interior in county forms long before towns or even crossroad settlements had come into existence, A number of these counties never had other than mere legal or fictional being, and in that class for several years, belonged the first county of Spokane, that was attempted to be set up by the legislative session of 1857-8, when a bill was enacted January 29, "to create and organize Spokane county," as follows"
"Be it enacted, That all that portion of the county of Walla Walla embraced within the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the mouth of the Snake River, following up said river mid channel to the forty-sixth parallel of north latitude; thence east along said parallel to the summit of the Rocky mountains; thence north along said summit to the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude; thence west along said parallel to the Columbia river; thence down mid channel of said river to the place of beginning; the same is hereby constituted and organized into a separate county, to be known and called Spokane County. That the county seat of said county is hereby temporarily located on the land claim of Angus McLeod."
Vast, wild and untenanted by civilization was the region embraced within the designated boundaries-- a stretch of plain and mountains, of prairie and forest, of placid lakes and foaming torrents, 200 miles wide and nearly 400 miles long, comprising an area of more than 75,000 square miles, and with scarcely one white person to each thousand square miles of territory. Settlers along the Spokane river, there were none of the white race. The Indians were warlike, insolent and aggressive, and the county was conjured into fictional being on the eve of the allied outbreak of the Indian tribes north of the Snake river.
Public office went begging then in eastern Washington, and found no takers in the remote, unsettled and moneyless county of Spokane; for the officials named in the first legislative act failed to qualify or organize the county government; and one year later the legislature, made a second effort. An act of January 18, 1859 named new commissioners for the proposed new county all to hold office till the next election. No location for a county seat was specified.
This attempt was as futile as the first, but undaunted, the legislature tried again. After a brilliant campaign of 1858, and thorough pacification of the Indians by the troops under Colonel George Wright, it passed another act, in January of 1860, to reestablish the county of Spokane. The boundaries were defined as before, but this time the county seat was temporarily located "on the land claim of Dr. Bates." in the Colville valley. It flourished for four years; then in honor of the gallant memory of Isaac I. Stevens, first territorial governor, who had fallen in one of the early battles of the civil war, the legislature changed the county's name to Stevens.
On the 8th of May, 1860, the board met and designated Pinkney City the county seat, which was the town or trading post adjoining the site of Fort Colville, three miles north of the present site of Colville. Pinkney City, which was built just across the creek from Fort Colville reserve, was named in honor of the commanding officer of the fort, Major Pinkney Lougenbeel.
Dismemberment of Stevens county began November 27, 1871, with the formation of Whitman county, Then in chronological order, came the formation of Spokane county, October 30, 1879; Kittitas and Lincoln counties, November 24, 1883; Adams, Franklin and Douglas counties, November 28, 1883; Okanogan county February 2, 1888; Ferry county February 21, 1889; and Chelan county, March 13, 1889. So the present Spokane county was formed October 30, 1879 from Stevens county. This is from the book Spokane and the Inland Empire, page 265 by Nelson W. Durham 1912
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Places / Localities
Populated Places
- Airway Heights
- Cheney
- Country Homes
- Deer Park
- Fairchild Air Force Base
- Fairfield
- Fairwood
- Latah
- Liberty Lake
- Medical Lake
- Millwood
- Otis Orchards
- Rockford
- Spangle
- Spokane
- Spokane Valley
- Waverly
Neighboring Counties
Spokane Cemeteries:
Fairmount Memorial Association
They don't list the burials, but you can contact each cemetery for burial information. There are Random Acts of Kindess volunteers who will take photos if you request one. They do have some online memorials.
- Memorial Park is located at 5200 West Wellesley, Spokane, WA 99205. Their phone is (509) 326-3800. You can also find memorials and photos at [1]. You can also find some memorials at [2]
- Memorial Terrace is located at 211 N. Government Way, Spokane, WA 99224. Their phone is (509) 838-1405. You can find some memorials at [3] Other memials and photos are at [4]
- Memorial Park is located at 508 N. Government Way, Spokane, WA 99224. Their phone is (509) 838-1405. Memorials are at [5] and [6]
- Memorial Gardens is located at South 5909 Cheney-Spokane Road, Spokane, WA 99224. Their phone is
(509) 448-2620. Some memorials are at [7] and at [8]
- Cemetery is located at 909 S. Thierman Road, Spokane, WA 99212. Their phone is
(509) 326-3800. Memorials can be seen at [9] and [Www.interment.net/data/us/wa/spokane/woodlawn/woodlawn cemetery.htmdata/us/wa/spokane/woodlawn/woodlawn_cemetery.htm]
Other Spokane Cemeteries can be searched here:
- 1860
- 1870
- 1880
- 1885 Territorial Census Available at Washington State Digital Archives
- 1887 Territorial Census Available at Washington State Digital Archives
- 1890 Veterans
- 1900
- 1910 Available at Washington State Digital Archives
- 1920
- 1930
- 1940 Available at Family Search
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Dishman
- Spokane
- Spokane Central
- Spokane N.
Spokane County Courthouse has Superior Court Records from 1880 to present. Criminal cases, divorces, probates, and other civil cases. Adopotion records sealed by court order.
Local Histories
History of Spokane County Washington by Jonathan Edwards 1900 Available on Google Books
World Ward I soldiers' miscellaneous lists for this county have been digitized at the Washington State Digital Archives
Washington State Digital Archives has digitized various types of naturalization-related records, including declarations of intentions, delayed birth files, naturalization affidavits, notifications of application for admission to US citizenship, orders fixing naturalization terms, petitions and records, petitions, receipts for certificates of citizenship, record of final decrees of citizenship and record of petitions dockets. Depending on the county, records range from 1854-1988.
Spokesman Review; Spokane Daily Chronicle; Spokane Valley Herald
Courthouse has Probate files from 1880 to present
Vital Records
- Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Spokane County Birth Records. This database contains the names of people who were born in Spokane County from 1890-1907 . The names were taken from the Spokane County Birth returns.
- For FHL entries, 1890-1905,<img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="7" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">
Family History Library has Washington State Birth Index 1907-1954 on microfilm and also the Birth Certificates are on microfilm
- Marriages from 9 Jan 1880 to 10 Dec 1910 are available on the Western States Marriage Index website.
Spokane County Marriage Certificates 1880-present Available at Washington State Digital Archives
- Washington State Digital Archives has a database of Spokane County Death Records. This database contains names of people who died in Spokane County from 1891-1907. For FHL entries, 1891-1907, <img _fck_mw_template="true" _fckrealelement="5" _fckfakelement="true" src="https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" class="FCK__MWTemplate">.
- Washington Death Certificates 1907-1960 A free internet index to the 1907-1960 death certificates can be found at FamilySearch Record Search, no images are available. A transcribed death certificate may contain such information as name of the deceased, date and place of death, age, gender, birth date and birth place, mother's maiden name and name of spouse, place of residence, occupation and certificate numbers. Family History Library has Washington State Death Certificates on microfilm 1907-1961
Societies and Libraries
[Www.spokanelibrary.org Spokane Public Library] has a genealog department. Their ">downtown branch has a growing genealogy section. I will try to obtain a general list of the types of holdings they have.
Resources of the Spokane Public Library:
- Obituaries - one source is from the Spokesman Review newspaper which has been indexed by the library. You can now search for a name. You will be given the name/date/newspaper/page number for the obituary. You can then contact the library at firstname.lastname@example.com for an image of the actual obituary. The obituaries are complete from January 1, 2008, with other obituaries that have been added on an as requested basis. To obtain a death date you can check the Washington State Digital Archives site, shown below. Another location to check is the Spokesman Review site. They have online obituaries from 2005-date. Washington Death Index - the library has records of the Washington Death Index on microfilm from 1907-2004.
- Eastern Washington Genealogical Society celebrated its 75th birthday in 2010. The Society meets the first Saturday of the month in February, March, April, May, November and December. Meetings for January and June are usually luncheon meetings, held in different locations. There are no meetings held in July and August, and the September meeting can sometimes be the second Saturday, depending on how Labor Day falls(we don't meet on Labor Day weekend). The regular meetings officially begin at 1:00pm, but the "Coffee, Cookies & Conversation" part of the meetings begins at 12:30.
Washington State Digital Archives has many genealogical resources. You type in your name which you would like to search. You can also enter the county, type of record you are searching, etc. One of the searches I've done are the marriage searches. Often times you will be able to download the actual marriage certificate. This website is very helpful.
Web Sites
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- Spokane County, Washington Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- ↑ &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake Explains How Europeans Can Stop ACTA
from the don't-miss-it dept
So what can we do to stop ACTA?She even includes a TL;DR version (it's so nice when politicians actually understand how the internet works). And, because that's all people want anyway, here's that one, too:
If you are concerned about ACTA, you can convince the EP to vote against ACTA. In November 2010 we proposed an alternative resolution on ACTA, which intended to take away the main concerns. It was voted down by a very slight majority, please see here (the red section represents MEPs voting against our resolution). As you can see, the difference is only 16 votes, out of 736 (or 754 as it stands now). Another text was then voted in favour, which said the Commission should carry on its negotiations.
If you are concerned about ACTA, contact MEPs (from your country of political party), especially targeting the ones who are in the committees who will vote on ACTA in the coming months. You can find their email addresses on the EP website. Perhaps it won't have to come to a blackout!
TL;DR: Important dates for ACTA in the European Parliament:
- 29 February/1 March: Discussion in international trade committee,
- April or May: Vote in international trade committee,
- 12, 13 or 14 June: Final vote in plenary (most important vote).
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Religions need books because they don't have gods.
They just say stop it, without giving them the ammo they need to be able to stop.
Quote from: Traveler on June 13, 2012, 07:39:48 AMThey just say stop it, without giving them the ammo they need to be able to stop. ...However, if we take the view that students are going to make choices, whether we like them to or not, means giving them as much information to make those decisions as possible. These decisions may include them having sex and taking drugs or doing other really stupid things with possible consequences. Obviously, we would rather they avoided said decisions but given that they may end up being involved, we can hope they are still aware of the risks that they are taking and how to best reduce said risks.
The idea of responsibility for the consequences of one's actions, of being able to analyze the consequences and talk about them in a judgement free environment, is what a well designed health class is about.
I have just been listening to a Radio Program "Woman's Hour" Radio 4 BBC, in which the topic was the decreasing age of female physical maturity. The research shows that 50 years ago the average age in UK for periods and pubic hair to appear was 15, today it is 12. One woman gave a story of how her daughter, aged 7, (Yes, seven) developed breasts, pubic hair and started periods.We must never ever forget that we are animals. We can give ourselves trappings of distinction and pretend we are not but nature steadfastly ignores this and continues on her way. It really does not matter to nature if you are mentally mature when you are physically mature. Consent is an irrelevance to nature.The question thus arises "What does a society, which is known to ignore evidence that it does not like, say is an acceptable age for marriage?" ("Marriage" being a euphemism for "sexual relationships.") The answer, as with many things, is to have a "one-size-fits-all" policy, when clearly one size does not fit all, but it is easier than judging each case on its merits.I dare say that you, like I, can think of people who would have been happy to have been married at 15 and others who, although they are 30 should not be let near the other sex for fear they might reproduce. (Of course, nature has no such qualms.)
Have you ever spoken to people on the Internet without knowing their age?
Unless the parts of their brain responsible for processing that information are underdeveloped, definitely yes.
Quote from: oogabooga on June 13, 2012, 09:10:05 AMCan a five year old really decide as well as a twenty year old? We base our decisions on our experience, which we gather directly or indirectly (by experiencing something or by receiving information on it). Which means that age definitely has an impact on our decision making. It has nothing to do with tribal beliefs.Bold mine.Read the bold part again and the answer to the underlined question should be obvious.
Can a five year old really decide as well as a twenty year old? We base our decisions on our experience, which we gather directly or indirectly (by experiencing something or by receiving information on it). Which means that age definitely has an impact on our decision making. It has nothing to do with tribal beliefs.
Don't assume kids are retards just because the ones you've spoken to behave as such. Kids behave according to the way parents treat them. My mother and grandmother laughed (supposedly not to make fun of me, but I really don't give a shit now) when I used vocabulary that was "uncommon" for my age. I only started using it ten years after that; maybe more.
...And? Your view is irrelevant. Things are what they are, regardless.
Apples and oranges. They need the basics to be able to understand the rest. Could I teach you particle physics if you knew everything about biology? Obviously not. Could I teach you the basics of physics and work my way up to subatomic particles even if you were ignorant of everything else? Yes.
Quote from: oogabooga on June 13, 2012, 09:10:05 AMIf age doesn't make you more (and therefore less) intelligentNon sequitur and strawman; all in one phrase. Nice going.
If age doesn't make you more (and therefore less) intelligent
How is that a straw man? You claim that age doesn't make you more intelligent, don't you? Therefore it's safe to conclude it doesn't make you less intelligent either.
oogabooga, I don't have the time to discuss this any further, so I'll just say this
That appears to be a dodge.Unless you can explain why you have time to post in other threads, but not in this one.
oogabooga, I don't have the time to discuss this any further, so I'll just say this:
Size matters in these things. A reply to all of oogabooga's points would take time I can't spare.
I'd really appreciate it if you actually read what I write.
So far I have pointed out twice that age itself doesn't make you more or less intelligent or responsible, but it does grant you time to gather certain life experiences in order to at least be capable (if not willing) to make informed decisions.
But parts of the brain responsible for processing certain information are not yet fully developed (for lack of a better term) until you've reached a certain stage of development. And development takes time. So that would actually be a no.
What should be so obvious?
If you have no reference frame for something (in this case sex), you simply don't have the mental capabilities to fully understand a certain subject. People aren't born with such reference frames, we get them through time. In the case of sex the reference frame is also biological - a child without an actual sex drive will simply not understand what you're trying to explain, even it he or she is capable of using appropriate terminology.
Could you teach a child everything about sex if he or she isn't sufficiently developed to even understand what a sex drive is?
And what would be the basic prerequisite for you to work your way up from the basics of physics to subatomic particles? Would that by any chance be time?
Anyway, while you could teach a child basic and particle physics, you'd soon discover that the kid knows the terminology and can parrot it back to you, but can't really use any of that knowledge in practice, even given an opportunity.
Anyway, I maintain that a person's physical, biological and mental stage are an important factor in what said person can understand and do (and decide, for that matter).
And the mere existence of a small(er) percentage of people who are more or less developed than their peers doesn't mean you can apply the same criteria on all.
As we age we don't just change physically, but also mentally. Our brains change through time which makes us capable of learning and understanding things in certain way which would be impossible before we hit a certain developmental stage - at a certain age. We are simply incapable of understanding certain things before (and sometimes even after) that and would therefore act inappropriately when faced with certain decisions. I'm fairly sure developmental psychologists would agree with me on this.
Anyway, why do physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse have a completely different impact on children (and teens) than adults?
I apologize for my poor phrasing. A fully developed brain is not necessary for critical thinking and decision making. It may be necessary to solve equations without a pen and paper, for example, but it is not necessary to decide when and with whom to have sex.
Quote from: oogabooga on June 14, 2012, 08:41:38 AMI'd really appreciate it if you actually read what I write.I have. < etc etc ... >
oogabooga, I don't have the time to discuss this any further,
I have. Misunderstandings don't mean I don't read; it just means I'm wrong. I am often (from my PoV) wrong.
Said experience is gathered by making mistakes or hearing other people's stories. We don't protect adults against the former for some mysterious reason, and the latter can be done to children.
The age when development "ends", as was pointed out by another member (Traveler, IIRC, but I don't have time to check right now), is somewhere around 25. Why isn't AoC also 25? Because, way before then, people have learned enough from one another to make good decisions.
Most children don't make good decisions in life because parents don't teach them anything until they're old enough to have made the mistakes that would've been prevented by said information. Some children get lucky and don't make mistakes, whereas others are treated like human beings by their parents and given the information they require to make good decisions.
The reference frame is not biological. You can explain to a child what sex is without getting into why people have sex, because it's not essential to said explanation.
Yes. Why is the reason for an act relevant to understand what the act itself is? Do you need to understand why a murderer killed people in order to understand how it happened?
I could teach you particle physics since you started to speak, and it would take its time, but time is simply necessary because actions take time, and so does understanding. It's not a correlation; it's an effect.
What's your point? I know the basics of particle physics, and I can't use it either. It's because of what particle physics is. I also know biology and psychology, for example, but I can use that information because they deal with things I can perceive.
Ah, but here's the big question - is a person's mental state determined by their physical age or by the actions of those around them? I vote for the latter being a bigger influence than the former because I know how the actions of others affect people. I also know of several cases (anecdotal evidence; dunno if you count this as "regular" evidence) where children are taught things that other children aren't, and they do just fine with that. There are children whose knowledge surpasses what I knew at the time, and even their vocabulary is better than my own. In my mother tongue, no less!
Considering that those people just happen to have been taught "complex" things from birth means you can apply the same criteria on all.
And I disagree. Treat kids in a certain way, and they'll act in a certain way.
Is that so? I was unaware of that. I thought that (some) children grew up to become abusers themselves, just like (some) adult abuse victims grew up to be aggressive and abusive themselves. My mistake.
Now, to conclude this thread (for good; I don't have the luxury of taking such long breaks from my studying every time you think I'm dodging), I'd like to present a few cases I know of as evidence for my claim that, if you treat children like retards, they'll behave like retards.
First case is my dad's. He was raised by an "excellent" father who wanted him to get a job ASAP. My dad finished the fourth grade, probably tried to go all the way to 9th grade, dropped out, and joined the army some time after that. He was raised like an idiot, and so he became an idiot.Second case is my friend's. She was raised by her mother to go to school, do her homework, et cetera. Right now she's on her way to be fluent in several languages. She was raised like a smart person, and so she became a smart person.Third case is another friend of mine. He was raised to be a smart person, and so he became a smart person. He was even able to let go of his deep-seated homophobia that had resulted from an extremely religious upbringing. Right now he's on his way to getting his first boyfriend.These are all various people from various backgrounds. While this is "just" anecdotal evidence, anecdotes are all I have at the moment, and they're all you're gonna get.
Quote from: One Above All on June 14, 2012, 03:04:29 PMQuote from: oogabooga on June 14, 2012, 08:41:38 AMI'd really appreciate it if you actually read what I write.I have. < etc etc ... > Oh look. OAA does have the time to reply, after all. At great length...So he was lying (and dodging) when he said:Quoteoogabooga, I don't have the time to discuss this any further,
Oh look. OAA does have the time to reply, after all. At great length...
I am taking a break from studying right now, so I'll indulge you and reply to oogabooga.


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I thought about you all last night Cecil when I was watching. Thinking to myself please let Steph win, or it is going to be a very sad night for Cecil, but your girl came thru. ]#* ]#* I have to say that even though I have cheered Koror on from the begining I have found myself pulling for Steph. She needs to get to the final 2.
I missed when Tom referred to himself in the third person. At best, that's pretentious, at worst, it's a sign of mental illness.
You're on, 'keeta! I'll keep my ears open for Tom speaking in 3d person, and how many times "amazing" is used in TAR!
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United late show no fluke, says beaming Rooney
Wayne Rooney believes Manchester United owe their thrilling derby triumph over neighbours Manchester City to the will to win instilled in the squad by manager Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson's sides have long been renowned for mounting improbable late comebacks, but it looked like the tables were about to be turned at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday when Pablo Zabaleta netted an 86th-minute equaliser for City.
The Argentine's low drive made it 2-2 after Yaya Toure had chipped away at the two-goal advantage given to the visitors by Rooney's first-half brace, but an injury-time free-kick by Robin van Persie ensured United came out on top.
United's win, which also represented City's first league defeat of the season, gives Ferguson's team a six-point lead over their derby rivals after 16 matches of the campaign.
Although the manner of victory was dramatic, Rooney says that such late flurries are so deeply embedded in his club's DNA that they cannot be considered accidental.
"There is desire and passion at the club, and under Sir Alex we never know we're beaten," said Rooney.
"It's no fluke how many games we've won late on. We know it could be in injury time or in the first minute. You've got to keep on pushing."
Victory was especially satisfactory for United in the context of last season's encounters with City, which saw Roberto Mancini's men win 6-1 and 1-0 en route to their first league title in 44 years.
"It's a great day for us, to go six points clear and beat our greatest rivals, especially after what happened last year," added Rooney.
"We've waited a long time for this to happen. We know how much it means to everybody at the club, all the fans, and we're delighted.
"We're going to celebrate. They've had a great record here and to spoil that is a great feeling."
Rooney opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a delicate shot that left his England colleague Joe Hart stranded in the City goal, before doubling his tally in the 29th minute by converting a low right-wing centre from Rafael.
The second goal was the 27-year-old's 150th strike in the Premier League, making him the youngest player to reach that milestone, while he is also now United's all-time leading goal-scorer in derby matches with 10 goals.


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Stocks suffered second straight decline, weighed down by telecommunications and industrial shares, while Alcoa posted a return to profit. Steven Russolillo has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP.
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When time comes, Helton will walk away quietly
Earlier this season Todd Helton was asked if he could see himself following in the footsteps of former teammate Jason Giambi, who last Sunday, at the age of 42 years, eight months, became the oldest player to record his 2,000th hit.
A five-time All-Star and the 2000 AL MVP, Giambi has, in the last four years, been more a camp counselor in youthful clubhouses than a force in the lineup, but has relished his chance to stay in uniform, and get an occasional at-bat.
Earlier this season Todd Helton was asked if he could see himself following in the footsteps of former teammate Jason Giambi, who last Sunday, at the age of 42 years, eight months, became the oldest player to record his 2,000th hit.
A five-time All-Star and the 2000 AL MVP, Giambi has, in the last four years, been more a camp counselor in youthful clubhouses than a force in the lineup, but has relished his chance to stay in uniform, and get an occasional at-bat.
``I have all the respect for G,'' Helton said of Giambi, ``but no.''
The last four seasons, Giambi has had a total of 568 at-bats. In his prime, Giambi was a lock for 500-plus at-bats a season.
Helton is an everyday guy. That is one of the primary reasons he liked baseball more than football.
``Too much practice and too few games,'' Helton said of the gridiron.
That's why at the age of 40, Helton is in his final days as an active player.
There have been questions if Helton might might have second thoughts and might come back for another year. That's not Helton's way. Nothing about Helton is impulsive. He thinks through situations, reached a decision and is strong enough in his conviction to not waiver in whatever he decides to do in life.
He made the decision to retire at season's end long before he even showed up in Spring Training, but has never made it official, because he wanted to avoid the hype as long as possible. If he had his druthers he would just slip away without anything being said.
Baseball, however, doesn't like it's stars to just fade into oblivion.
And someday soon, Helton, the Rockies career leader in every cumulative offensive stat excepts triples and stolen bases, will fess up, and admit he's ready to move on with his life.
The Rockies do open their final home stand of the season on Monday.
For a player who has been the face of the franchise for more than 16 years in its 21-season existence, the team undoubtedly wants to create some type of a sendoff before Helton walks off, even if he has worked hard to avoid a Chipper Jones-type tour of America.
The Rockies, after all, did last winter schedule Todd Helton Bobblehead Day for the Sept. 25 game against the Boston Red Sox, their final home game of the season.
That's a Wednesday. That's the only Bobblehead that isn't part of a Sunday promotion this season.
That, in itself, says a lot.
It's not simply a matter that the Dodgers have played well since June 22 that has allowed them to rally from last place in the NL West, 9 1/2 games out of first, to the top of the division with a 12 1/2-game lead on Saturday morning.
Yes, the Dodgers have been hot. They went into Saturday having won 56 of their last 75 games, the most wins in a stretch of 75 decisions since 2001 Oakland A's ran off 58 wins in a 75-game stretch. The 1944 S. Louis Cardinals had the best 75-game stretch at 61-74.
But the Dodgers haven't had much competition from within during their nearly-three month hot streak.
No other team in the NL West is even .500 since June 22. Arizona is 33-40, Colorado 21-42, San Diego 28-42 and San Francisco 30-45.
The Dodgers are 22-7 against the NL West during that stretch -- 6-4 against the Rockies, 6-2 against San Francisco, 5-1 against Arizona and 5-0 against San Diego. They are 34-12 against the rest of baseball. The only teams with winning records against them during the 75 games were Boston, which won two of three, and Cincinnati, which won four of seven.
• Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum will be an interesting free-agent this off-season. A two-time Cy Young Award winner, he was 69-41 from 2007-2011, the most wins in the NL and and the third-best winning percentage (.627). His 2.98 ERA was the fourth best. In the last two years, however, he is 19-28 with a 4.80 ERA, the fifth highest ERA and most losses of any pitcher in the NL. Do teams gamble on a return to earlier form?
• Boston has been successful on 29 consecutive stolen base attempts dating back to Aug. 9. For the season the Red Sox have succeeded on 113 of 132 attempts, an 85.6 percent success rate that is the best in franchise history. The Red Sox were successful on 80 percent of their attempts in 2007 and 2010. The 113 stolen bases with 13 games to play is the fifth highest total for a Red Sox team since 1916. The Sox stole 126 bases in 2009, 120 in 2008, 116 in 1934, and 114 in 1973.
• CC Sabathia of the Yankees, on Monday lost his 12th game of the season for the first time in 12 big-league seasons. Pedro Martinez never had a 12-loss season in his 18-year career, the longest streak of any 200-game winner, according to Bill Arnold.
According to hitting streak expert Trent McCotter of SABR, no American League player had posted a hitting streak of 20 games or more this season through Wednesday; the last year in which there were no 20-game hit streaks in the American League was 1977. Longest so far this year was 19 games by Jacoby Ellsbury of Boston June 19-July 11.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Powell B. Brown
Powell B. Brown, 86, of Benton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25. He was born July 24, 1925, in Frisco City, Ala., to the late Robert and Mamie Brown.
Powell was a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War. Powell was a member of Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Gloria Mae Brown; two brothers and five sisters.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Melba Jean Brown of Benton; a son, Donald Brown and wife Alicia of Benton; a grandson, Ryan Brown; a sister, Mildred Brown Davis of Crews Lake, La.; and numerous nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ashby Funeral Home with the Rev. Robbie Horne officiating. Burial will follow at Fairplay Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan 27, at the funeral home.
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- Application to the Cooperative Education and Internship Program (CEIP) does not guarantee a Coop/Internship job placement. For purposes of the CEIP, a student is considered to be a "Co-op" or "Intern" once he/she has accepted employment with an employer for an assignment in the future, orally or in writing. A Coop/Internship student must be registered as a full-time student on the UMass Dartmouth campus or for a Coop/Internship work session course every session (including summers) until graduation. Any deviation from this schedule must be approved by the faculty coordinator and associate dean.
- Students must meet the Grade Point Average (GPA) and academic requirements established by the dean of the College of Engineering in order to be invited to join the CEIP. Continued performance at this level and completion of all applicable course requirements are prerequisites for beginning the first work session.
- The student must maintain a satisfactory academic record as defined by the dean of the College of Engineering in order to continue in the Co-op/Internship Program. Should a student's GPA drop below 2.75 at the end of a given academic session, the student may return to the Co-op/Internship job for the next work session and will be placed on Co-op/Internship Probation. Students on Co-op/Internship Probation must achieve -- in the next academic session -- a GPA of at least 2.75 with a normal course load or be dropped from the Co-op/Internship Program.
- Academic probation is immediate cause for termination from the Cooperative Education and Internship Program.
- Consecutive work sessions require two registrations and two work reports. Students not adhering to these procedures will be dropped from the CEIP.
- The Student Self-Evaluation Form, the Employer Student Evaluation Form, and a written work report are required for each Co-op/Internship work session. Submission of these forms is a condition for a satisfactory grade in each Co-op/Internship work session course. These forms and your work report are due on the first day of classes following your work session unless otherwise specified by your faculty coordinator. Failure to submit the report on time will result in an Incomplete (I) grade. The (I) grade will change to either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory once all of the post work session requirements have been completed and evaluated. Note: (I) grades typically delay degree certification.
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It was tough finding a parking space at the Detroit Pistons' practice facility Tuesday morning.
The full lot is indicative of the level of participation in the team's daily workouts, as training camp nears next Tuesday.
Typically, some players get away at this time of year, for one last bit of down time before the monotony of two-a-day practices.
But nearly everyone is accounted for in Auburn Hills, Mich., and the participation excites point guard Reggie Jackson.
"It's astounding to have everybody here, for the most part," he told the Free Press after a hard workout. "These past two weeks, we've been going hard and really...


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Polk County Transit Services, under the umbrella of Polk Transit, began new public transit services targeted at a wide variety of Polk County residents Dec. 17.
Polk County Transit Services, under the umbrella of Polk Transit, began new public transit services targeted at a wide variety of Polk County residents Dec. 17.
Polk Transit Route 416 — Haines City to Poinciana Express — provides express services on County Road 580 from Haines City to Poinciana. It provides regional connectivity to Winter Haven Area Transit and the greater Orlando-based Lynx transit system.
For the first time, residents of Polk County can travel to and from the greater Orlando market on public transit. Lynx and Polk Transit day passes will be honored by each system, providing seamless access across the county line.
Because Polk County is the second-most-populous county for Disney cast members, Polk Transit is pleased to be able to provide access to Central Florida's largest employer via public transit.
Residents of the Haines City and Poinciana areas now have public transit access to Winter Haven, Lakeland and the county seat, Bartow, for access to county services.
A delegation from the Poinciana and Haines City areas asked Polk Transit officials to provide public transit access to the county seat at the "My Ride" rollout earlier this year, and we have delivered with the creation of the Route 416.
Polk Transit Route 427 — Haines City to Four Corners Express — funded by the Polk County Commission and North Ridge Community Redevelopment Agency, provides service along U.S. 27. It has hourly services to U.S. 17-92 and Hinson Plaza, Heart of Florida Hospital, Posner Park, Publix Super Market at Berry Town Center and Four Corners Wal-Mart, providing vital access to medical appointments, shopping and employment opportunities.
The Winter Haven Save Money and Ride Transit shuttle provides dial-a-ride service within a two-mile radius of the Winter Haven Area Transit Terminal. The SMART shuttle provides flexible shared-ride transportation services for the elderly (65 and older) and disabled communities by providing access to the Bond Clinic, Gessler Clinic, Winter Haven Hospital, dialysis, Regency Medical Center, Internal Medicine Group, Eye Specialists of Mid Florida, Clark and Daughtery, the Polk County Health Department, Wal-Mart and more.
At Polk Transit, we realize the need to continue to offer products and services that meet the needs of everyone in Polk County. It is a monumental task to provide service to 2,009 square miles, and 17 municipalities, as well as Poinciana.
The My Ride plan, found on www.polktransit.org, details the municipal-transit recommendations for each of the communities that make up Polk County.
As My Ride continues to be implemented, our commitment to Polk County has not changed.
As the social, economic and demographic aspects of our county and communities change, My Ride will change to meet the public transit needs of Polk County in a cost-effective and reliable manner.
For specific route information, visit www.findmyroutes.com or Google Transit for route information online.
[ Tom Phillips is executive director for the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (Citrus Connection) and for Polk Transit. ]


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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria : A truck exploded in a huge fireball killing at least 20 people in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the latest attack in a city repeatedly hit by Boko Haram militants. Moreover, the police have arrested a person who is accused of abducting girls some days ago.
The bomb rocked Maiduguri's largest roundabout near the crowded Monday Market where elderly women line the road selling peanuts and kola nuts as snacks to morning commuters.
The defence ministry said in a tweet that an "improvised explosive device" went off in "a van loaded with charcoal" and that the area had been cordoned off.
Unruly crowds tried to attack firefighters deployed to the scene, accusing of them of arriving too slowly and hindering their efforts to put out the raging blaze, an AFP photographer said.
An AFP reporter said elderly women and poor children who beg at the roundabout were among the casualties.
Victims were taken to the State Specialist Hospital, where the photographer saw the bodies of 15 people killed in the blast, while witnesses said the toll could be much higher.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, blame was likely to fall on Boko Haram, which was founded in Maiduguri more than a decade ago and has killed thousands during a five-year uprising.
Attacks in the city were once a daily occurence but a huge military offensive launched last year and backed by vigilante fighters had some success in flushing the insurgents out of the city into the remote corners of Borno state, of which Maiduguri is the capital.
But those gains appear to have been lost following a series of attacks in the city this year targeting civilians and the security services.
The insurgents' kidnap of more than 200 schoolgirls in April from the remote town of Chibok in Borno state provoked international outrage and drew unprecedented global attention to the militant uprising.
Tuesday's attack came less than 24 hours after Nigeria's military said it had broken up a Boko Haram intelligence cell and arrested its leader, alleged to have taken part in the abduction of the schoolgirls.
A defence headquarters statement said that troops had found the cell headed by a businessman "who participated actively in the abduction".
Of the 276 girls seized, 57 have escaped while 219 are still missing.
The businessman, identified as Babuji Ya'ari, who was also a member of a civilian youth group that worked along with the military, popularly known as Civilian JTF (Joint Task Force), allegedly used his position as a cover to work for the militants, it said.
There was no independent confirmation of the claim.
Boko Haram militants are blamed for killing thousands since 2009, but the first half of this year has been the bloodiest stretch of the insurgency, with more than 2,000 people killed.
An attack on churches on Sunday near Chibok blamed on Boko Haram gunmen killed 54 people, an official has said.
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Q&A: The Hit, 15 Years Later
Q&A: The Hit, 15 Years Later
On November 8th, 1997, Michigan traveled to Happy Valley to take on Penn State in a battle of unbeaten squads. The Wolverines pulled the upset, 34-8, led by Chris Howard's 120 rushing yards and the exploits of eventual Heisman winner Charles Woodson, who caught a 37-yard touchdown pass.
The lasting image of that game, however, was the violent collision between Michigan safety Daydrion Taylor and Penn State tight end Bob Stephenson on an otherwise-innocuous first-quarter completion. The hit, perhaps the hardest in Michigan history, ended the football careers of both players.
During the pre-game show before tomorrow's Michigan-Minnesota game, the Big Ten Network will mark the 15-year anniversary of that play with a feature on the hit, with exclusive interviews of Taylor, Stephenson, Woodson, Brady Hoke, and others who were there to witness it first-hand. I've had the opportunity to get a sneak peek at the piece, and also had the pleasure of speaking with Julian Darnell, the producer of the feature, and Bill Friedman, the BTN's coordinating producer of original programming. The feature is powerful and sheds light on how Taylor and Stephenson have both moved on from the hit—both, in fact, are now coaching youth football—and I highly encourage you to check it out tomorrow. Below are excerpts from my conversations with Darnell and Friedman:
What was the purpose in putting this piece together?
Julian: I guess the purpose on my end was to reflect on the events—it's certainly newsworthy considering what we've seen in football nowadays, you look to the next level and you see everything in regards to head-first football in NFL, the changes they've made to the football that I was used to seeing when I was coming up, and it just made for an interesting story.
It really piqued my interest, especially when you see, for me, the names that participated in that game. On one side you have Curtis Enis, who was a number one pick, you have Joe Jurevicius, who was a future world champion with Tampa Bay, Charles Woodson, who was the eventual Heisman Trophy winner that year and a Super Bowl champion, Dhani Jones, whom we know very well, Jon Jansen, whom we know very well as well, just so many great names. And it was a great win by Michigan, no question about it, but just that hit, when you see it, it still resonates today.
It really resonated for me when I had the opportunity to talk to Charles Woodson. I had a chance to interview him at Green Bay. During the pre-prep interview when he came in, I was going to show him the hit, because, you know, it's been 15 years. And he's like, "I don't need to see it, I remember." And he did. The details, he remembered it, he didn't need to see it. And this is a guy who's played a whole lot of football since Michigan, and to remember it in the detail that he did, and he didn't even need to see it or want to see it, just resonated to me that, "Okay, I'm really onto something that can really be everlasting," in my opinion. That's what stood out to me.
Bill: The collision between Daydrion Taylor and Bob Stephenson happened 15 years ago this season, so that was kinda the time hook to it. With concussions being a bigger subject matter every day in the national football landscape, we though it'd be an interesting piece, too.
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When Microsoft and Nokia announced Nokia's move to Windows Phone 7, most people assumed the worst for Nokia's stewardship of the open source Qt, and indeed the company quickly sold its Qt licensing interests to Digia. But it looks like the company still has plans for Qt - and for the Symbian OS. Aaron Seigo, a Qt hacker employed by Nokia, told blogger Brian Proffitt that "Nokia is predicting over 150 million Symbian devices still to come" and "I think they've underestimated the longevity of Symbian".


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