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CSIRO Parkes Observatory
Australia Telescope National Facility
P.O. Box 276
Parkes. NSW. 2870
Tel: (02) 6861-1700
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Email: John Sarkissian
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"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a
fire to be lighted" - Plutarch
Since 2004 I have been a member of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array
(PPTA) team under the leadership of Federation Fellow, Dr Richard
Manchester. The PPTA is in effect a gravitational wave detector using the Earth
as a test mass. By making precision timing observations of an array of pulsars
distributed on the sky, we can investigate the stability of terrestrial clocks
and improve our understanding of Solar-system dynamics. We also have the
exciting possibility of making the first direct detection of gravitational waves. In addition, I am a member of several
other pulsar research teams, regularly supporting pulsar observations at Parkes.
I am a member of a small, informal team searching for the missing Apollo 11 SSTV Tapes. I've been searching for these tapes since the late 1990's.
In May 2006, I produced a report detailing our efforts to date. This report led to NASA initiating a formal search headed by
the Deputy Director of the GSFC, Dolly Perkins. The report on the formal NASA search was released on 4 November 2009. More on the 16 July 2009 release of the initial results can be found here. The DVD of the restored Apollo 11 video can be obtained from JAmml Media.
In May 2007, I was invited to become a member of an Advisory Group that will help to formulate Australia's activities for
the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) in 2009. This Advisory Group was a working group of the National Committee of
Astronomy, under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science.
Between 1998 and 2000, I provided research material for, and was a
technical advisor on, the feature film "THE
DISH". I was also the telescope operator for the film and I extensively
liaised between the Working Dog
production team and the Observatory staff. It's been a great privilege for
me to be associated with this film. Click here to see my report "On Eagle's Wings", about
the Parkes Observatory's support of the Apollo 11 mission.
I originally came to Parkes in 1996 to support the Galileo Mission to
Jupiter. I managed the Galileo spacecraft tracking operations at the
observatory and I performed 1/3 of the daily tracking duties. It was a privilege for me to be
associated with the Project.
I have a Bachelor of Applied Science (in Physics) degree from the University of Technology,
Sydney. Since the age of 10, I've had a passionate interest in astronomy,
and have worked at several observatories throughout the world.
My hobbies include learning to fly, satellite watching, bushwalking, camping, snorkelling and photography - both normal
and stereo photography. I am currently a member of the Sydney Stereo Camera Club. From 1992-96, I worked as a professional
photographer with the Happy Medium Photo Co. (a great case of one's hobby being
one's work).
My period of study at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory in Armenia,
coincided with the collapse of the Soviet Union. I was present in the country
during the August 1991 coup attempt and also during the Independence Referendum
(held a month later), which resulted in the independence of the Republic of Armenia. I was also present, and witness to, the
dissolution of the Soviet Union on 25 December 1991.


text: Combine the variety of Hieronymus Bosch and the weirdness of David Lynch; add a pinch of skateboarding and two d-cups of death metal and you've got a good recipe for taking in Dan Attoe's newest painting, "Accretion 40." Placing multiple small scenes over an end-of-days landscape, he touches on everything from a drawing monkey (self-portrait?), to strippers, Christmas, and going to Hell. Dan put the finishing touches on this yesterday, and he's about to move and have a kid, so this is going to be the last big painting for a little while.

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I think of Life as a very long road. As I look back I can see that the one ahead is much shorter. That being so, this will be a more personal journal along with artistic endeavors past, present and future. And as that road shortens, I pray that I travel it gracefully. Most of this will be of interest only to me, but you are certainly welcome in my world.


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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Schools in Ireland can be hostile places for gay people, particularly the staff rooms.
Gay, lesbian or bisexual teachers in many Irish schools — which are still dominated by the Catholic Church — risk discrimination or even the sack if they reveal their sexuality, thanks to a law that permits religious employers to penalize employees for actions undermining their religious standards.
"When you are in the school system, you are caught up in the ethos of the school, you are caught up in the silence," said Leo Kilroy, 34, who used to teach in a Catholic-run primary school in Dublin's inner city.
"You are aware that if you come out as a gay or a lesbian you may experience discrimination. Your very existence in that post is up for challenge."
The Church has been toppled from its once pre-eminent position in Irish life thanks to rising prosperity, membership of the European Union, the shift from farm to city and wave after wave of sex abuse scandals. Ireland's recent decision to close its embassy in the Vatican brought relations to a historic low.
But the Church's influence is still profound in two key areas — schools and family law, which is governed by a constitution still bearing the legacy of Ireland's Catholic past.
More than nine in ten primary schools and half of all high schools are run by the Church. The boards of such schools are typically chaired by a parish priest and, although the state pays the teachers' salaries, the Church still has a say in enrolment and recruitment.
Kilroy came out as a gay man in his late 20s after he left his teaching post.
He now lecturers trainee teachers and is treasurer of a group representing lesbian, gay and bisexual primary school teachers. It has 45 members out of a sector with an estimated 31,000 employees.
"One of the reasons that I was freer to come out was because I was free of the school system. A gay and lesbian person in a staff room has to censor themselves," he said.
"I know of gay teachers who have been passed over for promotion, they have been verbally abused and discriminated against and had to suffer jokes about gay or lesbian people."
Up until 1993, it was a crime to commit a homosexual act in Ireland — anal sex could land you in prison for life.
Before that, most people opted to hide their sexuality. Gay pride parades in 1980s Dublin were paltry affairs, attracting a few hundred people and the odd bigot shouting taunts about AIDS.
Attitudes have changed dramatically since then. This year's gay pride event attracted 25,000 people, the second-largest procession in the country after the St. Patrick's' Day Parade.
Polls show a majority of the public are in favor of gay marriage, including many practicing Catholics.
"The Lord made them that way. They should have equal rights," said Ita Phelan, 91, on her way into Sunday Mass at Dublin's main Roman Catholic church.
But in many classrooms, where about half an hour of daily religious instruction and a crucifix on the wall are the norm, not much has changed.
Patrick Dempsey used to pretend to be sick to avoid going into school in Dublin's south inner city.
"From first year right up until I left I had to deal with bullying, name-calling, being afraid to walk down a corridor.
"When you know someone is going to call you a faggot or a queer and you know you are going to be embarrassed in front of 30 or so odd people you are going to want to avoid that at all cost."
The 19-year-old eventually dropped out of the Catholic-run school in his final year in frustration at how the staff was ignoring the problem.
"I think it came down to the ethos of the school because it was a Catholic school they didn't have a specific policy towards homophobic bullying," he said.
"It was so open in the school it was unbelievable. Homophobic language was used by one of the teachers."
While it has followed other European countries in legislating for divorce and contraception, Ireland is still a relatively religious country with church weddings and funerals the norm and baptism still considered a natural rite of passage.
The Irish government consulted the archbishop of Dublin in 1937 when drafting the constitution. A clause recognizing the special position of the Catholic Church was removed in the early 1970s but the first line of the charter still reads "In the name of the most Holy Trinity" and there is a reference to the role of the woman in the home.
"Whilst we are becoming more liberal and there is a growing appetite for a more secular approach to policymaking we still don't see very strong secularism coming out of the main political parties," said Theresa Reidy, a lecturer in politics at University College Cork.
"They are slow in moving in a completely secular direction."
Prime Minister Enda Kenny's ruling coalition has pledged to look at the possibility of constitutional change to allow for gay marriage, which opinion polls show is favored by a majority of the public, and wants to reduce the number of schools that fall under the Catholic Church's remit.
But with the government focused on trying to steer Ireland out of financial crisis, the last thing Kenny wants to do is tackle contentious social issues, and the idea of cutting back on the church role in schools is likely to suffer from a shortage of funds.
His government has yet to introduce a law clarifying when abortion is legal in Ireland, a year after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the lack of legislation was violating women's human rights.
And it has made only a vague reference to examine the threat hanging over gay and lesbian teachers from the employment legislation, which allows religious employers to take actions which are "reasonably necessary" to ensure employees or prospective employees do not undermine their religious ethos.
Nowadays, teenagers are more comfortable about coming out. Most of the callers to Dublin-based gay youth services group BeLonG To are aged between 14 and 15 compared to 19 and 20 when it was first set up nearly nine years ago.
"There is a quiet revolution going on out there. The numbers of young people coming to BeLonG To have more than doubled each year for the last three. It's quite phenomenal," said Michael Barron, the group's co-founder.
More than 2,500 people got involved with the organization's youth group this year and tens of thousands contacted it via email.
Barron works with schools to raise awareness about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues and to campaign against homophobic bullying, which he describes as a huge problem.
The attitude of the schools' management boards and principals, the vast majority of whom are no longer nuns or priests, is key.
"Some of the best schools we have worked with have been religious schools but it certainly poses a barrier overall," said Barron. It is not unheard of for teachers to tell pupils homosexuality is sinful.
"The educational system still has that Catholic legacy and in some cases it's more than a legacy it's still how things are taught," said Barron.
"We would know of many gay teachers who aren't out in schools. It is an issue. Those gay teachers could provide vital role-modeling for young people, particularly a young person who is struggling, who thinks they are the only gay or transgender young person in the world."
For Feargha Ni Bhroin, being a lesbian isn't an issue at the non-religious vocational college where she teaches. The problem is at home.
Ni Bhroin and her partner, Linda Cullen, are stuck in legal limbo since becoming parents to twin girls.
Under Irish law, Cullen has no relationship with her daughters because she is not their biological mother. She cannot adopt them or be their guardian and she is not named on their birth certificates.
"If we separated I would have no rights, and more importantly the children have no rights on me, so I wouldn't have to pay maintenance or anything if I didn't want to," said the Dubliner, who runs a television production company.
Legislation unveiled last year gives same-sex couples who register as civil partners the same financial entitlements as married heterosexual couples but not full equality. That means children of same sex couples, even those who chose to enter a civil partnership, are not protected by the law.
"The children know I am their mother. I am up with them at 3, 4, 5 in the morning. But the law doesn't."
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Merkado Negro Radio's Nico Avina records and broadcasts George Vallejo and Angel Chang, members of the band Buyepongo, on Radio Sombra at Espacio 1839. The store (below right) at Espacio 1839. /Photos by Erik Luna
By Erik Luna
Radio Sombra is an Internet radio station with an eclectic mix of programs devoted to culture, the arts and activism. Earlier this year, a brick-and-mortar manifestation of Radio Sombra opened its doors inside a Boyle Heights storefront on First Street: Espacio 1839. The storefront, a short walk east of Mariachi Plaza, serves as a store, radio studio and gathering place. Marco Amador, Nico Avina, Elisa Garcia and David Gomez co-own Espacio 1839 as a collective and each contribute to Radio Sombra.
"We want to grow within Boyle Heights because the radio is here for the community," Amador said. "The more we professionalize, the more we should give back to our community."
The name of Espacio 1839, which means Space 1839, reflects the street address but also the notion that this storefront is more than just a store. The owners all have a say in what they do within the space. "We have meetings to decide what's good for the store, make proposals for what we should do and to make sure everything is running smoothly," Amador said.
The store is filled with a wide variety of books and vinyl thanks to Garcia, the owner of Imix books, and Gomez, a vinyl records collector.
Garcia buys the books they sell in the store and also broadcasts a show called Heartbreak Radio. "It all started on Facebook for me," Garcia said. "I would post up sad songs on Mondays, calling it 'Heartbreak Mondays,' and then when Marco started up the station, he brought me on," she continued.
Radio Sombra is a project of the Center for Community Communications, an independent media center in Boyle Heights, and is owned and operated by Amador. The station currently has nine shows up with plans to expand next year.
Avina broadcasts Merkado Negro Radio, which broadcasts every other week from Espacio 1839, and also makes the shirts for the store. He has also been an active member of the community for many years as a member of the spoken word group Los Poets del Norte. According to Avina, Merkado Negro Radio has artists from North California to Arizona, but most of its members are from Boyle Heights.
"The name 'Merkado Negro' [Black Market] insinuates that we like doing more underground stuff. Also, the collective of community members, like to do things on our own. Instead of waiting for grants and government OK's, we just do it," Avina said. "Especially around here, with many different talented people living in the community we'd like to give them a platform on which to display their stuff."
According to Amador plans for a 24-hour broadcasting of Radio Sombra will be put to action starting early next year. "Every time someone visits the site, they will be hearing either a live broadcast or one of our shows from the archives," Amador said.
"We want to make people see that it's not about getting out of the barrio, but getting your barrio up," Amador said. "We are just members of the community trying to bring as much positive vibes as we can."


text: Roland, Sigh! :-) malloc can return any address it so wishes. Don't forget that this is a *virtual* address and so is not bounded by physical memory. A 64-bit O/s with say 8GB RAM can easily have stack addresses in the window 1TB - 2TB, and heap address even higher (!) I guess your real problem is that you are porting a (Fortran) program whose authors did not understand that it might ever run on a 64-bit machine. Your code does a malloc and then tries to store this in an I4 Fortran Integer. This would only be gaurunteed to work on a 32-bit architecture like say a Pentium. So Solutions? 1. since this is x86_64 simply run your compile your program with a 32-bit compiler You can still run under under the 64-bit O/S 2. Mend your application to store addresses in I8 variables, but keep I4 for other stuff if you wish. 3. (dubious) only save the lower 32-bits of the addresses in your I4 variables and then when being used add the known offset to yield the original 64-bit address. The offset is likely to be constant for all variables in your programs but ymmv. 4. Port your code away from using malloc() altogether. Recently (well make that 15 years), Fortran has had its own dynamic memory allocation- the allocate() function. Hope this helps, Daniel. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger at quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com -------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Roland Krause [mailto:rokrau at yahoo.com] > Sent: 07 February 2005 17:02 > To: beowulf at beowulf.org > Subject: [Beowulf] memory allocation on x86_64 returning huge > addresses > > > I am trying to dynamically allocate memory for a Fortran-77 code that > is supposed to run in I4 R4 mode on an x86_64 running SuSE-9.2 with a > kernel.org 2.6.9 kernel. The machine has 8GB memory and memory has to > be allocated in one large chunk. > > The problem is that malloc returns an address that is way beyond > 8billion which is not what I had expected. > > Does anybody why Linux gives me an address that is outside > the physical > memory range? > > Does anybody whether there are any kernel parameter that affect this > behavior? > > Any pointers to some good reading about the Linux VM would also be > appreciated. > > > Regards > Roland > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) > visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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Second in a series of occasional articles.
Should we kill all the deer?
That was the question facing residents of Maine's Monhegan Island in the mid-1990s. Lyme disease caused by deer tick bites afflicted 13 percent of the year-round inhabitants. The parasites often feed on deer before laying eggs, the argument went, so wipe out the herd and we might be rid of the ticks.
After fierce debate, islanders made the wrenching decision: Hire sharpshooters.
"Everyone was sort of fond of the deer . . . but we considered this an epidemic," said Doug Boynton, a longtime resident. More than 100 deer were shot, and today, he said, "Lyme disease is virtually nil here."
Few other communities have followed Monhegan's example, however. Blame the Bambi effect, as well as doubts about whether herd culling can work in places where there are dramatically more deer and people. Most other efforts to keep ticks and people apart have also foundered, even as Lyme has emerged as the second most commonly reported infectious disease in New England.
This regional epidemic has yet to trigger a broad public health response on par with prevention blitzes aimed at some other pervasive maladies. That is partly because ticks are a devious foe. Vacation spots are often loath to publicize the threat for fear of scaring off business, and the public and politicians often do not perceive Lyme as a serious malady. The result is a lopsided spending gap between prevention efforts for tick- and mosquito-borne illnesses.
"Lyme disease in Massachusetts has been an epidemic for years. However, it has not received the attention that it deserves,'' said Representative David P. Linsky, a Natick Democrat who spearheaded a special state commission on Lyme disease that released a report this year urging the state to combat the illness more aggressively.
Ticks have stealth on their side. Often as small as a pinhead, they don't buzz in warning and their bite is painless. At home in our backyards, soccer fields, and hiking trails, they are far more challenging to eliminate than mosquitoes. And they are ubiquitous in the very places New Englanders flock in the summer — from mountain paths to stream-side camping grounds.
Even in winter, ticks can bite on warm days, and climate change is lengthening the seasons when ticks are most active.
Yet people often don't take simple precautions. Constant tick vigilance can be wearying — and besides, it's geeky to pull your socks over your pants.
"It's frustrating — we haven't hit upon the right message yet to reach a lot of people,'' said Tom Mather, a University of Rhode Island professor who runs tickencounter.org, a prevention-based website. Mather has spent years trying to come up with innovative ways to get people to spray tick repellent on clothes or tuck their pants inside socks when going for hikes. He even tried, unsuccessfully, to get the Rhode Island legislature to introduce a lottery scratch ticket dotted with ticks to raise awareness.
If Lyme is caught early, most people recover quickly with antibiotics, but up to 25 percent of people report feeling unwell after treatment — sometimes for months or years. There is enormous controversy among some doctors and members of the publicabout why these patients are sick and how long symptoms can last. But there is no doubt that Lyme is a significant health threat. Untreated, the disease can cause a range of symptoms, from facial paralysis to arthritis and heart problems, to more common complaints of fatigue and headaches. Deer ticks can also transmit four other diseases to humans.
"One bite can really change your life," said Mather, who rarely travels without a pair of pointy tick-plucking tweezers in his pants pocket. "It seems like prevention is such a hard sell … and it shouldn't be."
Stealthy bugs
Tick prevention has a big problem: Us. People are slow to adopt new habits, even when they protect us from harm. Think sunscreen. Or flossing. Or exercise.
It can seem a real bother to perform daily tick checks or follow the recommended long-pants dress code while in the garden or on a hike. Others are simply oblivious, lulled into a false sense of security because, unlike a mosquito's buzz and bite, the tiny ticks are often imperceptible. It's hard to remain vigilant about something you cannot see or feel.
Nowhere has that response been more apparent than on Cape Cod and the Islands, which long have had some of the highest rates of Lyme disease in the Northeast. Last year, state officials said the region had 438 confirmed or probable cases of Lyme disease — although cases statewide are believed to be five to 10 times greater than reported because so many patients go undiagnosed or do not fit reporting criteria.
One 1990s-era survey of ferry passengers to Martha's Vineyard found that while 73 percent of people had a good understanding of Lyme disease, only 22 percent performed tick checks.
"Even for those of us who preach prevention, it can be hard,'' said Brenda Boleyn, volunteer chairwoman of the Barnstable County Lyme/Tick-borne Diseases Task Force.
And a surprising number of Vineyard tourists are not even aware of the Lyme risk. A recent survey found that 63 percent of visitors were unaware that tick-borne illnesses are a health threat on the island.
Now, a number of local agencies are working to turn the tables on ticks and disease. The Martha's Vineyard Boards of Health Tick-Borne Illness Initiative is working to reduce severe tick-borne illnesses 75 percent by 2015.
The initiative recently provided parents of every grade-school child — one of the highest-risk populations — a brochure and DVD on how to protect against tick-borne diseases. The group, armed with a $250,000 grant from Martha's Vineyard Hospital, is focusing on bite prevention and early symptoms recognition and treatment.
The coalition has also surveyed pharmacies that dispensed antibiotics to treat Lyme to get a clearer picture of the disease's prevalence.
"We want this to be data-driven and sustainable,'' said Michael Loberg, a Tisbury Board of Health commissioner and a member of the coalition.
On the Cape, the five-year-old volunteer group Lyme Awareness of Cape Cod regularly blankets the region with pamphlets and holds awareness events. A federally funded four-year experiment has placed 42 deer feeding stations on the Cape and Islands, where the animals' heads and necks — common hiding places for ticks — rub against a pesticide applicator as they get food. The project is in its final year before being evaluated to see whether it should continue or be expanded, said Larry Dapsis, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension entomologist and deer tick project coordinator.
Dapsis, meanwhile, is intent on increasing the number of garden stores that carry permethrin, an effective tick repellent that can be sprayed on clothing, from two to 15. The chemical is not meant to be sprayed on skin.
Store managers "just need a little tick boot camp, a little education,'' he said.
These efforts, and others across the state, often rely on shoestring funding and volunteers: Unlike the more than $10 million spent statewide on prevention of mosquito-borne diseases, the state allocates only a few tens of thousands of dollars for tick-disease education. Last year, there were 33 human cases of West Nile virus and seven cases of Eastern equine encephalitis reported in Massachusetts; both are spread by mosquitoes. There were more than 5,000 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme.
In the State House
There are signs that Lyme and ticks may soon get more attention. The Lyme special commission's report called for the state to launch a range of prevention efforts, from aggressive public education to clearing brush from trails to exploring expanded bow hunting for deer in more parts of the state. The report called for an increase in state funding, but the Legislature and governor so far have not acted on the suggestions.
Still, a hearing is expected in coming months for a bill reintroduced in the State House this year by Representative Carolyn C. Dykema, a Holliston Democrat, that would expand the authority of the state's mosquito control districts to include controlling the tick population.
Other headway is being made by the federal government. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Environmental Protection Agency have convened meetings in recent years to discuss possible community-wide tick control measures that might be effective.
Disease-carrying mosquitoes are readily killed by spraying because they breed in standing water and wetlands, "but ticks are everywhere,'' said Kirby Stafford III of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, who has written extensively on tick prevention. Ticks live under leaf litter and brush. "It's not easy to reach them," he said.
Yet federal officials say it is clear that more coordinated action by public health agencies is needed.
"For some reason, tick control has fallen largely on the shoulders of individual homeowners,'' said C. Ben Beard, chief of the Bacterial Diseases Branch of the CDC. "It needs to be thought of as a community-based responsibility."
Bambi effect
Deer ticks got their name because so many feed on the serene mammals. Deer populations have steadily increased over the last century in the Northeast, and a Rhode Island study by Mather found that five engorged ticks, each able to lay 2,500 or more eggs, can drop off a single deer every day during October and November.
"Reduce deer and you significantly reduce risk," said Sam R. Telford III, a professor at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
In Massachusetts, some communities — including Framingham, Sudbury, Andover, and Dover — allow bow-hunting on town property to reduce deer populations to prevent Lyme. But as the practice gains traction, so does controversy. A group of Weston residents this year unsuccessfully attempted to repeal a year-old bow-hunting program that killed 18 deer last year.
"The group against hunting is not just people who are deer lovers,'' said Diane Anderson, co-founder of Weston Deer Friends. "There is a spectrum — people concerned about the safety of dogs and children; others who feel very strongly that town lands are for townspeople to enjoy. . . . Plus there was nothing showing it was going to work."
Some scientists are on the opponents' side, saying it is not clear that culling deer will reduce ticks, because adult ticks may find other hosts to latch on to for a needed meal of blood before they lay eggs.
"The only real evidence there is a relationship between deer numbers and Lyme disease risk took place on islands,'' where there were no other large animal hosts for adult ticks, said Richard S. Ostfeld, disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. Some research suggests more needs to be done to control mice, which often pass the Lyme bacteria to young ticks, perhaps by increasing populations of predators, such as fox.
Research also shows that deer herds need to get down to about 8 to 10 per square miles to have a significant effect on human disease — Martha's Vineyard has 40 to 50 per square mile, according to a just completed census — and most towns' programs have not met that goal. Even if they do, neighboring communities may not reduce herds, which cross town boundaries.
"It has to be a regional effort," said Laurie Bent, Weston Conservation Commission chairwoman. An avid walker on town lands, she dresses in light-colored clothes, long pants, and a long-sleeve shirt — and she even bought a white standard poodle in part because ticks would be more visible on her pet. "This is a start," she said of Weston's bow-hunting program.
Mather is in the deer-culling camp, saying the evidence is overwhelming that it helps to limit disease spread. But he urges multiple approaches to prevention. He spearheaded development of tiny tubes filled with tick-repellent cotton balls that residents can leave in backyards. Mice take the balls back to their nests so ticks do not latch onto them to feed. There is also ongoing work by Telford and others to vaccinate mice, to keep them from infecting ticks with Lyme. And in New York, an experiment is testing contraceptive injections to reduce deer-herd growth.
Mather continues to find new ways to reach the public. Recently, he's tried to buttress his case by gluing seed-sized deer ticks onto the surface of a poppy seed bagel.
"A lot of people say they will never eat a poppy seed bagel again," Mather said. "But they get the message how small these ticks are. We are trying to get out a prevention message that sticks."Beth Daley can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @GlobeBethDaley.
Correction: Because of an editing error, a photo with an earlier version of this story of deer at a feeding station was incorrectly credited. The photo was provided by the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension.


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tbh Im quite surprised that they used those two words as the tribe names. I'm not the biggest fan either. Lets see how Jeff and company pronounce these words and only at that time can I make my verdict.
Quote from: Cocoa on August 05, 2013, 12:41:04 PMtbh Im quite surprised that they used those two words as the tribe names. I'm not the biggest fan either. Lets see how Jeff and company pronounce these words and only at that time can I make my verdict. for sure jeff will pronounce Galang (Gay-lang Wins!), Tadhana (Thud-hen-na Wins!)one thing is filming over now? big storm coming up tomorrow..
RC? Who rumoured RC will be part of the cast. And I didn't remember names like Aras and Colton for sure!
Weren't Kat & Hayden spotted in Manila together? Or was that Candice?
* Confused yet? Well, it gets even more confusing! Jeff Probst will then immediately offer each of the loved ones of the two people voted off the opportunity to trade places with them, meaning that if, say, returning player Tina is voted out of her tribe at the start, her daughter Katie can opt to take her place at Redemption Island instead, and Tina would then join the tribe of newbies.* As mentioned, Redemption Island is back. Anyone voted out will be sent there and will then compete in a three person duel. The last place finisher in each contest is out of the game for good, while the top two remain. However, if someones loved one is still in the game they can take their loved ones place before a duel. (So if, say, Monica is at Redemption Island but her husband Brad thinks he would do better at a duel involving strength, he can swap places with her, electing to do the duel while she takes his place on his tribe. They could then swap again at the next duel if it is a contest better suited to her strengths.) That puts blood and water to the test, says Probst. And were gonna do it at every duel. So the first time early in the game, somebody may say Its just too early. But as those duels increase and they get closer to what they think might be a merge, their strategy is going to start to change.* Thats not all when it comes to Redemption Island. The person who finishes first in each duel will also get to give a clue to the location of a hidden immunity idol to any person from either tribe that they choose. Theres all these things you can do, says Probst. Because for a moment, even though youre on the outest, furthest part of the game, you have a little bit of power.
1st Boot: Rupert Boneham 2nd Boot: John Cody 3rd Boot: Kat Edorrson 4th Boot: Candice Cody 5th Boot: Rachel Foulger 6th Boot/Quit: Colton Crumbie 7th Boot: Laura Boneham (loses duel) 8th Boot: Brad Culpepper (loses duel) Marissa Peterson returns to the game after winning the duel 1st Juror: Aras Bauskaskas 2nd Juror: Katie Collins 3rd Juror: Caleb Bankston 4th Juror: Marissa Peterson 5th Juror: Laura Morett 6th Juror: Vytas Bauskaskas 7th Juror: Cierra Morett 8th Juror: Tina Wesson 9th Juror: Hayden Moss Final 3: Monica Culpepper (not going to win), Gervase Peterson (unlikely winner), Tyson Apostol (most likely winner) http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/225-television-broadcast-tv/67278516
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MIDDLEBURY — Seniors from Middlebury, Otter Valley and Mount Abraham union high schools played well in and enjoyed Saturday's 11th Annual North-South All-Star Football Game, hosted by Middlebury College.
The four Tigers and two Otters may have enjoyed the game a little more than the Eagle representative, as their South team erupted after a scoreless first half to claim a 35-8 victory.
ADDISON COUNTY — Slugging Middlebury Union High School junior catcher Mattea Bagley repeats as the Independent's Softball Player of the Year and headlines the 2011 Addison Independent Softball All-Star Team.
At least two athletes from each of the four local teams are recognized here after a season in which Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, MUHS and Vergennes probably didn't finish as well as hoped, but all still accomplished something positive.
MIDDLEBURY — A senior who helped the Middlebury Union High School boys earn the best record among local squads is the IndependentPlayer of the Year and headlines the 2011 Addison IndependentBoys' Basketball All-Star Team.
Center Carl Leduc's emergence this winter played a big role as Coach Chris Altemose's 10-12 Tigers finished strong, including a first-round road win in the Division II playoff and a near second-round upset of the defending champion. Two more Tigers are honored here.
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This week, Chinese New Year celebrations mark the beginning of the Year of the Snake and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is celebrating snakes and their importance for healthy habitats and livelihoods.
Snakes are found in every continent except Antarctica and in almost every habitat including the sea and even the Himalayan Mountains. Their presence is important for healthy ecosystems as they are predators as well as prey for other species. Many species feed on rodents and other pest animals and can be an important source of pest control in many tropical countries. Snake venom is also used for medicinal purposes in the prevention and treatment of heart attacks, while the sale of snake skins for use in the fashion industry can be an important source of income for some people. Snakes are also increasingly popular pets and the international pet trade provides another source of income for many communities in Asian countries.
There are nearly 3,500 described species of snake and of the 1,518 listed on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, 185 are listed as threatened. These include iconic species such as the King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), the world's largest venomous snake, listed as Vulnerable as a result of combined pressures from deforestation and intense harvesting for traditional medicine, meat and skins. These activities are also major threats for many other species of snake, including a number whose ranges are restricted by living on small islands, such as three Critically Endangered species, Boo-Liat's Kukri Snake (Oligodon booliati), Pulau Tioman Ground Snake (Gongylosoma mukutense) and Calamaria ingeri, all of which are confined to less than 100 km2 of intact forest on the Malaysian resort island Pulau Tioman.
Over 200 species of snakes are found in China. Of the 12 species included so far on the IUCN Red List in threatened categories, one is the Mangshan Viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis), listed as Endangered, which has suffered severe population decline as a result of habitat loss and overexploitation led by demand in the international pet trade. A recent study estimated that the surviving population may contain as few as 462 individuals and concluded that current levels of protection are inadequate to ensure its survival.
Unfortunately, snakes are still unpopular creatures in many communities and can be treated unfavorably. In tropical Asia, snake species do not benefit from any strict conservation measures and no protected areas have been established that specifically protect habitats of rare or threatened snakes. Most species in this region are utilized on a national or international level but as many of these are not covered by CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, it is difficult to attract funds needed to carry out detailed studies determining the impacts of this exploitation on these species.
IUCN is supporting snake conservation through its network of experts in three snake-focused IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Specialist Groups, including the IUCN SSC Boa and Python Specialist Group, IUCN SSC Sea Snake Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC Viper Specialist Group.
The IUCN Boa and Python Specialist Group have contributed to the report, "Trade in Southeast Asian Python Skins" led by the International Trade Centre and TRAFFIC which identified that illegal trade in python skins is occurring due to poor regulation or a lack of transparency throughout the trade chain. The trade provides an income that can improve the livelihoods of communities throughout Southeast Asia but better monitoring is recommended to ensure future sustainability and habitat conservation.
Through The Orianne Society, the IUCN SSC Viper Specialist Group is involved with the conservation of a number of species in the USA and South America using their "Science fuelled boots on the ground conservation" approach which includes projects for the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), the largest rattlesnake in the world. They are also improving people's attitudes to snakes by encouraging the change of rattlesnake roundup events into wildlife festivals.
During the Chinese Year of the Snake, the IUCN SSC snake Specialist Groups will continue their efforts to increase awareness of the importance of snakes and work with governments, organizations and communities to continue current conservation projects and develop more on the ground action where it is needed. IUCN is also in the process of undertaking a global assessment of reptiles to evaluate the conservation status of all the world's snakes and other reptiles for inclusion on the IUCN Red List, an effort supported by a dedicated Snake and Lizard Red List Authority.
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Talk about how you maintain your Scion here.
There is NOTHING better than the shine you get from using the Zaino set of products. These are for those willing to spend a couple of days producing the deepest and best gloss (show car quality) you can get. However, most owners of a tC are not this anal. If you read the manual (highly recommended) you will find a little item tucked away that "suggests" you wax your tC MONTHLY. Now, Meguiar's has a wonderful new product called NXT generation TECHWAX. It lists at $15 per bottle (Zaino will set you back 50-75 initially)and will do the car in less than 30 minutes - including some TLC buffing. Hey! every 3-4 weeks a thirty minute effort that is almost as glossy and slick as the Z product. If you don't like the product, Meguiar's will give you your money back!!!0
tahlequah Posts: 54What does everyone recommend for tire pressure on the Potenzas?
Second question is: the dealer recommended first oil change and maintenece is at 5000 miles or 6 months. However, the tech who put the "change oil" sticker on the windshield when I first picked it up had it down for 3 months or 5000 miles. Which do you suppose is right?0
mnixonxx Posts: 3I still go about every 3-4000 miles on my TC0
dwatts5250 Posts: 1Ive got an xB, just had the oil changed at 4200 miles. Then at about 5010 miles the "MAINT. REQ'D" light on the dash board started flashing every time I start the car. How do you reset this light? Is it going to go off every time I have an oil change ahead of schedule (at 3000 miles instead of 5000)? Any help on this matter would be appreciated.0
If the xB is set up like the tC, there is a section in the manual that tells you how to: 1)set the display to ODOMETER; 2) turn the car off; and 3) while holding the read-out selector button turn the car on. It would be nice if you could select the interval rather than have it always to default to 5000 but at least you can easily reset it.0
My dealer has exactly ZERO selection for touch up paint for the Scions. I prefer a pen but can do with a toothpick and the bottle. But, it HAS to be the right color; not just a "near fit."
Anyone else having this problem?0
I just logged 1500 miles on my tC and had to add some oil to the little beast. Granted there was lots of rev up and back down against compression during "break in" but I was surprised at having to add so soon.0
I am seeing numbers getting close to 3000 on the odometer and am thinking about the first oil change. I know that Scion will give me a couple "free" but was wondering if anyone had switched to synthetic oil?0
Three dealers and still a perfect ZERO on Scion touch up paint - of course I have only asked for Black Cherry.0
zombeezy Posts: 1We switched to synthetic at 3500 miles, even though the oil looked beautifully clean still. The oil filter is so darn tiny that I would hate to stretch a change out to 5K like I often did in my other cars. I have read many posts about dealers sometimes using the wrong visocity oil and are often in the dark ages about what is the best oil to use, just like many act as if reading a TSB is magic, so I prefer to do my own changes. My time is too valuable to waste dropping a car off for a change. I'd rather watch TV and sip a beer while waiting for the oil to drain with our xA is sitting in my driveway.
May also be gettng a tC real soon. Scion is a value that is hard to beat...0
Is anyone changing oil and filter in their TC? Is it a hassle or is it fairly easy? Are filters avail. on the aftermarket or are they only avail. at the dealer? If I buy a TC I will be doing my own maintenance. Any other maintence items of concern???0
I don't change my own anymore (on any of my cars), but on the tC, the first three changes are freebies, so it makes sense to at least let the dealer do those!
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So you must not have many miles on yours yet? Still I would like feedback on what is involved in changing the oil and filter and any other regular maintenance items. Are you having it changed every 5k or 3k or what? What grade oil is Scion using?? Any issues you have in the future please post. Many Thanks!!! I'll be test driving one after it gets 93 plus degrees outside this summer to see how well the ac really works because it gets down right broiling in HOT LANTA!!!0
I did mine at 4K (about 6 months). I'm up to just over 6K on it now, so no, I don't put on a ton of miles.
I assume that the dealer puts in whatever grade the manual calls for, and an OEM filter, so it's pretty much like it comes from the factory. And, free is free!
Just from lookin g under the hood, should be an easy change, assuming you have ramps of some kind, since it's a little low to squeeze under.
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jbascon Posts: 1I got into an accident yesterday coming off of Route 17 at a stop sign, the guy in front of me stopped and went forward like he was gonna go and stopped again and that left my front bumper dented, deeply i might add, so there is some engine damage, but it is still drivable. If anyone knows where i can get a good and relaible estimate near by, or if you have expereienced anything similar, please let me know. I only got my xB a month ago0
You can always get an estimate through your insurance's claim center. That doesn't mean that you have to actually make the claim. You can have the estimate and refuse to use your insurance.
I did that once to find out the value of damage when someone keyed the crap out of one of my cars. I didn't claim it with them because I didn't feel like having another $500 deductible to deal with when I wasn't going to keep that car.0
crazedcommuter Posts: 281I just changed mine at 3200 miles. I wanted to run it to the dealer for the freebie, but they told me I to make the appt. a week in advance. I bought 5 qts. of Castrol 5w-30 and a Fram extra-guard filter. The filter is more $$$ than a standard filter, but I want more protection for the car. It cost $17 for me to do the change. I did not use ramps but I plan on buying them soon, as it is very tight under there. The filter can be seen if you take out the front screws that hold the plastic shroud in place that is under the front end. I couldn't get a std. oil filter wrench on it(filter is too small), so I bought an end cap type that a socket wrench fits into, and it came right off.0
gtw Posts: 46Very easy oil change. I have done my daughters 3 times. About 20 minutes on average. Everything is reachable from the front. Ramps make it very easy.0
artycat Posts: 11Question: Are there any issues with dents in the sides of the XB? I look at them and think that they are going to look terrible in a couple of months from parking lot stays. Is this an issue? Can you put an after market rubber strip on the sides to protect them?? Thanks Arty :confuse:0
I am taking BING (Black Cherry tC) in for number two free oil on Tuesday (6000 miles). I am tempted to have them put in synthetic and then set the service indicator for 5K instead of 3K. Anyone out there tried synthetic?0
Everything they said here is 5000 miles, not 30000
hal9001 Posts: 28Please do some Google research on Fram: they used to be my favorite filter, but after reading many filter comparisons on the web, I have come to the conclusion that they make junk filters . This may have happened after they were bought by Allied-Signal (they are now owned by Honeywell). From what I have read, Mobil 1 and Purolator Pure One are possibly the best filters commonly available.0
pinkeshp Posts: 2I just bought my xB last week. It's a great little car!
My dealer suggest that I come back for my first oil change at 1000 miles! I looked in the manual and suggested oil change is at 5000 miles or 6 months. Has anyone gone for oil change @ 1000?0
they actually recommend not doing an early oil change. Supposedly there are some break-in additives in the factory oil, so it should stay in. You might want to go a little early (3-4K), but doing it at 1K is only going to pad the service guys wallet.
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iluvmysephia1 Alamogordo, NMPosts: 7,615changes are free when you buy a new Scion, though. I've heard the argument before that you should change your oil after only 1,000 miles to rid the engine of any metal fragments that get hashed off and thrashed about inside your valves and pistons and inlets and outlets and so on. Get some other opinions if you want but it might be a good idea. I also saw someone post that you don't have to watch your speed when your car is brand new for 1,000 miles but for only the first 50 miles or so.
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I can tell you that the tC sides dent easily. I was like that guy in the commercial that runs in front of the shopping cart before it crashes into the side door -- only in my version... I didn't make it to the door in time. Three nice little dents now visible on the passenger side door.0
If anyone knows of where to get touch-up paint for my tC, please share! I was driving to work and a mower cutting grass along side the road threw a couple of rocks my way -- need to get the scratches touched up. :mad:0
sweetrthncandi Posts: 1I just bought a tC a couple of weeks ago, and it got pretty dusty on the interior, so I used what i THOUGHT was armoral cleaning wipes, but were really just hte armoral protecting wipes. Now, there are huge streaks all over the interior..i mean EVERYWHERE. And they won't fade. Its been two weeks? What can i do??0
aeroluvr Posts: 42Hey..just wondering were you able to find any touchup paint? I asked in another thread about the chance of side/door dents without the protective strip and it sounds like the paint chips easily. Maybe email the scion site and ask them how to get the paint? I saw it on a website that someone here pointed me to....http://trdparts4u.com but it looks like only 2005 colors so if you got one of the new 2006 colors...I would say email the main site and ask them?0
turtlejames Posts: 3don't know if you found your answer, but you can purchase touch-up paint at your local dealer for about 7.50. if that's not convenient, go to this website:
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Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)
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Note - This is a cold service procedure that must be performed by qualified service personnel. See Cold Service, Replaceable by Authorized Service Personnel for more information about this category of service procedures.
Caution - The server must be fully shut down and the power cords disconnected.
Caution - This procedure involves handling circuit boards that are extremely sensitive to static electricity. Ensure that you follow ESD preventative practices to avoid damaging the circuit boards.
Caution - Components inside the chassis might be hot. Use caution when servicing components inside the chassis.
The power distribution board fits over a set of three mushroom standoffs in the floor of the chassis.
See Install the Motherboard Assembly.
Note - After a new power distribution board is installed and the system is powered on, the chassis serial number and server part number must be programmed into the power distribution board. This operation is performed in a special service mode.


text: Brisbane - Proteas batsman JP Duminy will take no further part in the Test series against Australia after rupturing his left Achilles' tendon on Friday. GALLERY: Proteas v Australia - 1st TestThe injury occurred during a fitness training drill after the opening day at the Gabba with MRI scans confirming the injury.Team Manager, Dr Mohammed Moosajee said: "At first assessment JP said he heard a loud clicking sound and it felt like he had been hit by an object. The diagnosis of an Achilles' tendon rupture was confirmed by the MRI scan this evening and he will undergo surgery to re-attach the tendon on Saturday morning. "Injuries of this nature are caused by a sudden contraction against the direction of movement by the calf muscle as was the case during his sprint. "We will only be able to gauge further down the line on an expected recovery date, but injuries of this nature have been known to take up to at least six months before the player can resume playing cricket. "He is obviously disappointed, but JP, being JP, is trying his best to stay positive, he says everything happens for a reason."Duminy will not feature in the rest of the match, with 12th man Francois du Plessis assuming the fielding duties. He will return back to South Africa as soon as possible with a replacement to be named in due course.


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As I work my way around the harbor each week, I always look for people I would like to emulate. One such person is Doug West, and I have said this before about Doug and his efforts as chairman of the Newport Beach Harbor Commission. He wants to help and improve our boating activities and harbor. "I want to become part of our community," he explained during an interview this week. So for my own selfish reasons, I wanted to learn about the man and ask him a few questions.
Doug grew up in Michigan and, as a child, spent summers in Nantucket Sound and Martha's Vineyard. At the age of eight, he took his first sail aboard a friend's 26-foot wooden sailboat. "That's the day I got hooked on boats," he said. "I still remember that sail." He later attended Michigan State University and then spent three years in the Peace Corps in Jamaica, working in the fishing industry building boats.
On his return home, he enrolled at Michigan State's College of Law and then went to work at the Ford Motor Co. in the litigation department and product liability. In 1982, he was recruited by Toyota and continued to work his way up the food chain, where he spent his last five years in government relations in Washington, D.C. and then retired in 2006.
Doug has three children from a previous marriage and met his , Irene, in 1986 when they first moved to Newport Beach. After living in Japan for a year and Washington, D.C. for five years, he and Irene returned to Newport Beach upon his retirement from Toyota.
Ever since moving to Newport Beach, Doug has owned power boats and now owns a Tiara 36 by the name of Islander. Each year, he and Irene return to Martha's Vineyard, and for most of his boating life, he has cruised Nantucket Sound. "I have two oceans and one boat," he told me as he started to describe his boating life. "I really love coastal cruising." He and Irene have spent a lot of time cruising Southern California from Santa Barbara down to San Diego and countless trips to Catalina. While describing Catalina, Doug said, "It's like another world over there." The two of them take an annual Catalina cruise each year for 10 days and even make it to the back side of the island to spend time in Little Harbor.
People learn from their mistakes, so I asked Doug what his biggest boating blunder was. He went on to tell me about a trip from Old Saybrook, Conn. to City Island in New York. He had misjudged the weather and sea conditions, and on his return back to Old Saybrook, he explained, "It wasn't a happy day for my first mate. My routine now is to watch the weather and the sea state before heading out."
Since joining the Balboa Yacht Club in 2006, Doug and Irene have chaired the Cruisers and last year's opening day, and he now sits on the club's board of directors. When I asked him why he volunteers so much of his time to BYC and our harbor, he said, "The sea is in my blood, and it gives me a sense of purpose and a sense of focus. That's why I do it."
That sense of focus is what has grabbed my attention to Doug, and the thought of working with such a person and truly making a difference in our harbor makes a person feel good. We have a good leader at this time, and now is the time to get involved with the harbor. Think of my observation as a type of stock — insider trading, if you will. The time is now to get active and participate within our harbor.
Wish me luck again this weekend. I will be competing in the last of the Lorin Weiss Harbor 20 series sailed out of Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club.
Sea ya.
LEN BOSE is an experienced boater, yacht broker and boating columnist.


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1. I am driving on the highway and start to panic. The force of my panic is so great that it causes my car to lift into the air. Looking around me, I see that the other cars are also levitating. Now that our cars are in the air, none of us have any control over our direction or speed, and we hurtle higher and higher skyward, smashing into each other repeatedly. As we leave the earth's atmosphere, I can hear the other drivers screaming, "Why, Alice, why?" before we all blow up.
2. Because I never got my son to eat more than four foods, he grows up--if you can call it that—to become a shred of a man, unable to find love, hold down a job, or walk down the street without breaking something. "The saddest part," his doctor tells me, "is he's just aware enough to know what you did to him. That if he had only had a few more nutrients in his system, he could have been someone." In fact, Henry writes a memoir called "What Could Have Been." The New York Times declares it "terribly written, lacking in style or subject-verb agreement, that is nonetheless a grueling condemnation of possibly the worst mother the world has ever known."
3. After my haircut, I tip the woman who washed my hair, only I accidentally tip the wrong person. "What the hell is this crap?" the other hair-washer demands. "Why would I want money from you, complete stranger?" The woman whom I meant to tip bursts into tears because I have made her feel like less than a person. She runs out the door and straight into traffic. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE," screams the salon owner. Everyone in the salon, clients and staff alike, beat me up. The next day the headlines read, "Alice Bradley is a Thoughtless Jerk." We have to move.
4. Afraid of tipping the wrong person because after all they all have the same damn hairstyle, I leave without giving money to the hair-washer. A ritual murder-suicide ensues. The note makes it clear that it was my fault.
5. I fail to take proper care of my yard. The earth spins off its axis.
6. I allow Henry to watch an extra half-hour of television while I nap beside him. The show turns out to be a PBS special called "How to Take Drugs and Kill People."
7. I forget to take Charlie for his rabies shot. He immediately contracts rabies and jumps the fence. His deadly rampage begins at the playground and ends at a day care center, with a brief stop at the nursing home.
8. I forget about Henry's checkup. Somehow he also contracts rabies, even though rabies has nothing to do with his checkup. The world agrees that I am responsible.
9. I put off vacuuming for a few days. The next week there is an ABC special report on neglectful mothers. Turns out that Henry's new friend from preschool was actually an undercover reporter with a hidden camera. As I watch footage of dust bunnies skittering across our floor, I realize that I should have wondered why his new friend was so tall, and carrying around that briefcase. "A little boy has to live in this squalor," the reporter intones. "That is, unless we intervene in time." The doorbell rings. The authorities are here to take me away, along with some cool girls from my high school, who wanted to see what a dirty loser I had become.
10. I go to the supermarket in my old sweatpants. The sight of my baggy-assed sweats renders everyone so desperately sad that half of them die and the other half throw up into their carts and then die. I am a pariah. The pictures of my ass make the newspapers, and the world is thrown into chaos. God gives up on us. He decides to create a better universe, one without hopeless pants like mine. Before He does, He offers me one last chance to apologize and make things right. But when I try to say something, all my teeth fall out, because I forgot to floss the night before. We are all destroyed.


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Taryn Manning has blamed her hectic schedule for the bust-up with her assistant that landed her in court, insisting the two friends became embroiled in a catfight after spending too much time together.
The "8 Mile" star was detained by police at a hotel in New York last month following a late-night altercation with her 23-year-old assistant Holly Hartman.
She appeared at Manhattan Criminal court on Tuesday to answer a charge of misdemeanor assault and was ordered to complete a day of community service and stay out of trouble for six months to have the accusation officially dropped.
Manning opened up about the case outside court, revealing the altercation was simply a bust-up between two stressed out friends.
The actress-singer told reporters, "I was on a press tour for my song ('Send Me Your Love'). Doing a lot of press outlets is draining. Two girls hanging out, sharing clothes is suffocating. We were suffocating each other. … She's one of my dearest friends. It was a big learning lesson. We learned a lot."
An order of protection keeping Manning away from her assistant was lifted and the two women plan to "resume the friendship", according to the star's lawyer.
Manning will complete her community service over the coming weekend by volunteering at a soup kitchen in California, where she is already a regular helper


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Let's cut right to the chase: While Megs and I are out running around Lincoln Center and Milk Studios at New York Fashion Week, we wanted to give you guys a look inside the handbag collection of a celebrity who makes accessories choices with which we closely identify. Someone whose taste we love so much that we can let her metaphorically watch over the site in our absence. (And hey, if she wanted to literally take the reins for a day, we probably wouldn't argue with that either.) We're talking about none other than Dakota Fanning, of course.
Ms. Fanning is just barely 18 years old, and when you look at the kind of taste she's already developed in bags, she's clearly an over-achiever. Dakota carries big-name bags, but her personal style is very well-defined; she likes neutrals with nonexistent logos, almost exclusively. She also never carries brown bags, which is a quirk I share and which puts her collection near and dear to my heart. So far, Dakota's is the only collection we've examined so far where I'd gladly buy each and every bag that she carries. (And I own or have owned three of them.) Without further ado, The Many Bags of Dakota Fanning.
We'll start our look at Dakota's bags with every current starlet's favorite: the Celine Luggage Tote in pale, powdery white.
Fanning's collection started largely with her love of Balenciaga, including this bag, the name of which I can't remember. (Help me out in the comments!) Shop Balenciaga via Neiman Marcus.
Dakota's also a big fan of her Balenciaga Giant City with gold hardware. Buy through Neiman Marcus for $1895.
It's hard to argue with how cool a black-on-black Proenza Schouler PS1 looks. Buy through Proenza Schouler for $1695.
Anyone who's a big fan of Dakota knows that she's a HUGE fan of her Louis Vuitton SC Sofia Coppola Satchel, designed by her frequent collaborator Sofia Coppola. Buy through Louis Vuitton for $4,650.
Told ya Dakota loves her Louis Vuitton SC Bag. She also loves chambray.
This is Dakota with two of her great loves, her Louis Vuitton SC Bag and an oversized chambray shirt. What's different? The grey Marc Jacobs Antonia Tote she's holding in her other hand. Buy through Neiman Marcus for $1795.
Speaking of Marc Jacobs, it looks like everyone loves a reasonably priced straw tote - isn't this Marc by Marc Jacobs Preppy Fluoro Straw Tote cute? Pick up the orange version for $93.90 via Nordstrom. What's that other strap belong to, though?
Duh, it's a Chanel Classic Flap Bag. (Caught in the rain!)
Because no young lover of black leather can be complete without one of his bags, here's Dakota with an Alexander Wang Devore Satchel. Shop Alexander Wang via ShopBop.
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First Look: Saint Laurent Spring 2019 Menswear Collection
The collection was mostly black, silver and gold, with snakeskin touches here and there, including a rustic tan jacket that evoked, what, the American West? Also plentiful: bandanas.
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Allworth needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 393 designs submitted by 92 freelance designers.
Hullabaloo New Media Marketing
We are a brand new hip marketing start up company that will be creating and managing web search engine, social media and mobile marketing campaigns for our clients.
As well as helping clients promote their local business on the web, we also create Facebook Fan Pages, Twitter pages and YouTube Pages for them as well.
Our target audience are local businesses that want to hire a young and dynamic marketing company to help them get noticed on the web and via social media.
Our potential clients are hip restaurants, dentists, chiropractors, spas, beauty salons who will be hiring us to do their web and social media marketing campaigns -- all of them are bricks and mortal local businesses trying to attract new customers.
The prime way they will first see is is via our website where the logo will be displayed.
Let's start off with the first part of our name: HULLABALOO. It is defined in the dictionary as: An uproar or fuss. This name is perfect for our start up company in that we want to create lots attention for our clients web, social media marketing campaigns.
We are thinking that the world "Hullabaloo" should be in all caps. It should be whimsical, creative and colorful -- larger than life but not too crazy. It should be professional looking enough to instill a sense of trust and confidence in our clients but cool enough for them to realize we are all about getting them noticed.
"NEW MEDIA MARKETING" part of the logo should be smaller so as to let the "HULLABALOO" word stand out more. It should be a more serious and act as a counterpoint to more whimsical and boisterous "HULLABALOO" . (See the attached sample logos for how we have "NEW MEDIA MARKETING" all one line or stacked).
Perhaps having a comic book speech bubble as part of the logo someplace to visually represent that we are going to "get the message out" for our clients. We are open to any kind of imagery that works.
I've come up with 2 examples of a logo (see attachments) using the Hand of Sean font for the "HULLABALOO" and either Myriad Web Pro or Turnpike fonts for the "NEW MEDIA MARKETING". Remember, these fonts are not requirements just ideas for inspiration.
We'll need print ready files and PSDs.
Thanks :)
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We are a total repair, resoration, and conversion facility, as well as a supplier of used parts and cars. With over 250 parts cars, a 4,000 square foot warehouse, and a 7,000 square foot fully equipped showroom/service area, we are the largest Fiero-specific resource for used parts and repairs. We can restore, sell as is, or furnish Fieros as a kit car chassis - just call for the condition and options you desire. Used parts from over 250 Fieros are available for shipping or installation as well as new products to help you maintain your Fiero. If you wish to improve your Fiero or kit car's looks or performance, we offer installation of all the popular accessories from The Fiero Store, Rodney Dickman, Paul McKibben, Mr. Mikes, HT Motorsports, and many others. The Fiero Factory also offers 3.4 Camaro and 4.9 Cadillac engine conversions for your Fiero. Feel free to drop us a line, or give us a call with your needs.
In The NewsRosy was interviewed by the local ABC affiliate, WAAY 31 News. Apparently they were pretty impressed about a car lot where "all the cars look the same". Notice the smile on the reporter when he steps out of the Fiero. I think he's hooked!
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Ancient bison bones donated to school
Ancient bison bones that were found near Moose Lake have been donated to the Moose Lake school by the Carlton County Historical Society. The bones were found in July 1989 by Glenn Langhorst of the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Langhorst now teaches astronomy and geology at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet.
"Road construction through the old river channel has unearthed those tantalizing clues that lay hidden for centuries," wrote Langhorst in an article that was published in the July 6, 1989, edition of the Star Gazette.
The bones had been found near the Portage River, more commonly known as Mud Creek, located east of Moose Lake along County Road 8, also known as Mud Creek Road.
"Before this important discovery, it was thought that bison, commonly known as buffalo, did not roam this far from their preferred prairie environment," wrote Langhorst.
"Dating the bison remains will be difficult because we do not know exactly how deep they were buried. It is possible that a carbon-14 date will be taken in the future.
"The bison could have died from natural causes, although fractures on some of the bones seem to suggest predation, possibly by man. This exciting hypothesis is supported by my discovery of stone tools near the bone deposits."
Langhorst added that archaeologists that examined the bones placed them in the Paleo-Indian period, around 7,000 to 9,000 years ago. Much more archeological work needed to be done in the area before the association of man and bison could be established.
In a recent telephone interview, Langhorst explained that he had brought the bones to experts.
"I brought them to two experts, Paul Lukins and Orrin Shane of the Science Museum of Minnesota," he said. "They came to the same conclusion. They weren't from the Ice Age, they were modern bison. The bison had been on the plains. The estimated age of the bones was 7,000 years ago. There were warmer and drier conditions then from what we see today. The bison followed the food sources. That is interesting because we are seeing the same conditions now. The flora and fauna (animals and plants) respond to these climates. We see bird and tree species moving north as the climate warms."
Langhorst explained that the bones were juvenile- and adult-sized bones, and were representative of a breeding herd.
"That meant that we did have a breeding population in Carlton County, which is kinda neat," he said.
Those weren't the only sign of the bison that were found.
"Carl Kjarum, a nearby resident, said that he had picked up bones when they were working on building the freeway," said Langhorst. "They built it through the Portage River valley.
"I found the bones when they were rebuilding County Road 8. They had been excavating in the black humus soil, and were dredging along the Portage River. I saw large piles of black peat material, when I drove by the construction area, and I saw something sticking out of the piles. This area means something to me; this is where I grew up. I don't profess to be any kind of expert."
Langhorst found the bones in the piles, and said that they were stained a dark color. He explained that the bones had been preserved because of the peat, which had kept them moist.
"Peat tends to be very low in oxygen," he explained. "When we bring the bones out, they tend to dry out. In the reaction of the oxygen they tend to decompose."
The dark brown color is probably from tannic acid found in the riverbed, explained Moose Lake science teacher, Tom Deering.
To preserve the bones, Langhorst coated them with a clear polyurethane, he said.
Other artifacts have been found in the area.
"A few spear points have been found within the city limits of Moose Lake," he said. "One was Paleo-Indian. That meant that there were people in the area 9,000 years ago. That was close to the time of the glaciers, and they were close to the melt zone."
Langhorst concluded by saying that there is enough of a kid in him yet to get excited about these kinds of discoveries. He is interested in similar discoveries in the area. Call him at (218) 389-6212 with information about arrowheads, copper tools, Indian mounds or any other artifacts.


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An HTPC Perspective on home theater PC technology
We conducted a reader survey a few weeks ago, and one of the tech topics that received a surprising amount of interest in was HTPC coverage. You, our awesome readers, wanted to know more about the hardware and software behind them. I'll admit that I was ardent about the prospects of talking HTPCs with you. As a relatively new entrant to that area of tech myself, I was excited to cover it, and give you more coverage on a topic you wanted to see more of!
Today we won't be talking about home theater PCs in the sense of a computer in the living room AV rack (Ryan covered that earlier this week), but rather a related technology that makes the HTPC possible: the CableCARD-equipped TV tuner.
I will forewarn you that this article is quite a bit more informal than my usual writings, especially if you only follow my PC Perspective postings. In the future, it may not be that way, but I wanted to give some backstory and some personal thoughts on the matter to illustrate how I got into rolling my own DVR and why I'm excited about it (mainly: it saves money and is very flexible).
Despite my previous attempts to "cut the cord" and use only Internet-based services for television, me and my girlfriend slowly but surely made our way back to cable TV. For about a year we survived on Netflix, Hulu, and the various networks' streaming videos on their respective websites but as the delays between a shows airing and web streaming availability increased and Netflix instant Streaming started losing content the price of cable started to look increasingly acceptable.
She was probably the first one to feel the effects of a lack of new content – especially with a newfound love for a rather odd show called True Blood. It was at some point thereafter, once she had caught up with as many seasons offered on Netflix of various shows as possible that she broke down and ordered U-Verse. U-Verse is an interesting setup of television delivery using internet protocol (IPTV). While we did have some issues at first with the Residential Gateway and signal levels, it was eventually sorted out and it was an okay setup. It offered a lot of channels – with many in HD. In the end though, after the promotional period was up, it got very expensive to stay subscribed to. Also, because it was IPTV, it was not as flexible as traditional cable as far as adding extra televisions and the DVR functionality. Further, the image quality for the HD streams, while much better than SD, was not up to par with the cable and satellite feeds I've seen.
Being with Comcast for Internet for about three years now, I've been fairly happy with it. One day I saw a promotion for currently subscribed customers for TV + Blast internet for $80, which was only about $20 more than I was paying each month for its Performance tier.
After a week of hell Therefore, I decided to sign up for it. Only, I did not want to rent a Comcast box, so I went searching for alternatives.
Enter the elusive and never advertised CableCARD
It was during this search that I learned a great deal about CableCARDs and the really cool things that they enabled. Thanks to the FCC, cable television providers in the United States have to give their customers an option other than renting a cable box for a monthly fee – customers have to be able to bring their own equipment if they wish (they can still charge you for the CableCARD but at a reduced rate, and not all cable companies charge a fee for them). But what is a CableCARD? In short, it is a small card that resembles a PCMIA expansion card – a connector that can commonly be found in older laptops (think Windows XP-era). It is to be paired with a CableCARD tuner and acts as the key to decrypt the encrypted television stations in your particular subscriber package. They are added much like a customer-owned modem is, by giving the cable company some numbers on the bottom of the card that act as a unique identifier. The cable company then connects that particular card to your account and sends it a profile of what channels you are allowed to tune into.
There are some drawbacks, however. Mainly that On Demand does not work with most CableCARDS. Do note that this is actually not a CableCARD hardware issue, but a support issue on the cable company side. You could, at least in theory, get a CableCARD and tuner that could tune in On Demand content, but right now that functionality seems to be limited to some Tivos and the rental cable boxes (paradoxically some of those are actually CableCARD-equipped). It's an unfortunate situation, but here's hoping that it is supported in the future. Also, if you do jump into the world of CableCARDs, it is likely that you will find yourself in a situation where you know more about them than the cable installer as cable companies do not advertise them, and only a small number of employees are trained on them. Don't be too hard on the cable tech though, it's primarily because cable companies would rather rent you a (expensive) box, and a very small number of people actually know about and need a tech to support the technology. I was lucky enough to get one of the "CableCARD guys," on my first install, but I've also gotten techs that have never seen one before and it made for an interesting conversation piece as they diagnosed signal levels for the cable modem (heh). Basically, patience is key when activating your CableCARD, and I highly recommend asking around forums like DSLReports for the specific number(s) to call to get to the tier 2 techs that are familiar with CableCARDs for your specific provider when calling to activate it if you opt to do a self-install. Even then, you may run into issues. For example, something went wrong with activation on the server side at Comcast so it took a couple of hours for them to essentially unlock all of my HD channels during my install.
Continue reading to find out why I'm so excited about CableCARDs and home theater PCs!


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