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Newly Discovered Anti-Aging Effects of Ginkgo BilobaApril 2005
By Heather S. Oliff, PhD
A review of the current scientific literature might suggest that ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is the ultimate natural product—a veritable fountain of youth. Not only can it improve memory and help relieve the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, but recent evidence also suggests that it can improve mental health in healthy older adults and has uses in treating conditions as various as diabetic retinopathy, intermittent claudication, erectile dysfunction, ulcers, and arthritis. Treating or preventing each of these conditions is important for successful aging. A plant with a long life span itself, ginkgo may help people to live long and healthy lives.
Ginkgo seeds have been used medicinally for thousands of years and the leaf itself has been used medicinally for more than 500 years.1 The seeds of the ginkgo tree traditionally have been used to treat asthma and cough, fight cancer, promote digestion, and treat irritable bladder. While ginkgo leaves were originally applied as a topical skin treatment, the medicinal properties of the leaf extract when taken orally are what has made ginkgo one of the best-selling herbal dietary supplements.1
Although ginkgo may grow in your backyard, its leaf extracts must be pharmacologically standardized to deliver the most benefits.2 Because tea made from the leaves does not contain enough of the active ingredients, ginkgo is one botanical that cannot be prepared as a home remedy. Ginkgo preparations are standardized to the active constituents, ginkgo flavone glycosides and terpene lactones.
An Extensively Researched Botanical
Ginkgo is one of the most clinically studied botanicals, having been evaluated in more than 120 clinical trials.3 A majority of the studies examined ginkgo's effects on cognition in elderly people with impaired mental function. While most of the research supports the benefits of ginkgo extract, some findings have been contradictory.3
Several factors may account for these seemingly contradictory results. First, a longer treatment duration may be required to see an effect.4 Many studies evaluate ginkgo after weeks of use. It may take longer for ginkgo to counteract the effect of brain aging. Second, it is easier to see improvement of mental function in impaired patients than it is to see maintenance of cognition in healthy patients.4,5 In addition, it is more difficult to scientifically measure improved cognition in healthy individuals because the change is not as dramatic.
Mechanisms of Action Support Efficacy
The molecular mechanisms of ginkgo extracts support its clinical effectiveness. The terpene lactones in ginkgo extract are potent inhibitors of a platelet-activating factor.6,7 This inhibition reduces platelet aggregation, thus improving blood circulation. Improved blood circulation increases oxygen and glucose delivery to the body's cells.
Ginkgo extract also contains flavone glycosides, which are potent antioxidants.6 The flavonoids can also alter the release and uptake of brain neurotransmitters.1,8 Ginkgo extract can stimulate endothelium-derived relaxing factor, which relaxes blood vessels to increase circulation,9 and ginkgo also inhi-bits the lipid peroxidation that produces free radicals.10 Ginkgo has numerous other known mechanisms of action, and researchers continue to study its many effects.
Improving Cognition in Healthy Adults
Some level of cognitive decline may be expected as a normal part of aging. In some people, this may lead to difficulties in performing everyday activities, such as concentrating on a conversation or remembering to attend a grandchild's recital. This can cause a decline in people's perceived quality of life and alter their mood. Newly published research suggests that ginkgo extract may be able to counteract these effects.
A study published in 2003 concluded that ginkgo extract improves the general mental health and quality of life of elderly adults with normal cognitive function.4 Sixty-six healthy volunteers aged 50-65 participated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that evaluated ginkgo extract's effect on mental functioning. The participants took 240 mg of ginkgo extract or a placebo daily for four weeks. At baseline (before beginning treatment), the characteristics between participants in the placebo group and ginkgo extract group were similar. Compared to the placebo group, subjects who took ginkgo extract saw significant improvements in their self-perceived mental health and quality of life. Participants who took ginkgo extract performed markedly better on action and reaction tests, and also reported improved mood, providing further evidence of the efficacy of ginkgo extract.4
Another study published in 2004 found that healthy older adults who took ginkgo experienced improvement in activities of daily living, mood, and alertness, and that these effects increased the longer they took ginkgo extract.5 A total of 1,570 men and women with an average age of 65 participated in this parallel-group study. Participants took either no dietary supplement or 120 mg of ginkgo extract daily for four, six, or 10 months. Participants who took ginkgo extract had higher ratings of competence in managing the activities of daily living, mood, and alertness compared to participants who did not receive treatment. Activities of daily living included doing two things at the same time, completing household tasks, concentrating during a conversation, remembering important dates, and giving and following directions. The mood factor comprised ratings of anxiety, depression, energy, drowsiness, sadness, and happiness. The alertness factor rated whether the subject felt alert, clumsy, dizzy, relaxed, and tired. The amount of improvement was directly related to the duration of treatment. Participants taking ginkgo extract the longest had the greatest subjective improvement in ratings of activities of daily living, mood, and alertness. The results led the researchers to suggest that 10 continuous months of supplementation with ginkgo extract may be more effective than four months of supplementation or no supplementation.5
Improving Circulation and Retinopathy in Diabetics
Type II diabetes, also known as adult onset diabetes or non-insulin- dependent diabetes, can cause peripheral circulatory problems and retinopathy, or damage to the eye's retina eventually leading to blindness. These medical conditions occur because type II diabetics have increased blood viscosity (thickness), red blood cell aggregation (stickiness), red blood cell rigidity, reduced deformability of red and white blood cells (the cells must deform and not be rigid to be able to fit through small vessels), and lipid peroxidation of blood cell membranes.11 Reports on ginkgo extract's mechanism of action indicate that it should help patients with type II diabetes.
In 2004, researchers first reported that ginkgo extract benefits the deformation and flow properties of the blood cells of diabetic patients.11 Twenty-five patients aged 54-64 with type II diabetes plus retinopathy participated in the study. The patients took 240 mg of ginkgo extract daily for three months. The ginkgo extract decreased the participants' red blood cell rigidity and blood viscosity, increased their red blood cell deformability, and reduced lipid peroxidation of their blood cell membranes. Ginkgo extract also increased blood flow velocity in the patients' retinal capillaries (the tiny vessels in the eye). Moreover, the subjects saw increased oxygen transport by the blood, which is important for cellular health. All of these blood improvements could lower peripheral circulation disorders and retinopathy in patients with type II diabetes.11 Ginkgo extract thus may help to prevent the onset of diabetic retinopathy. This is especially important because the disease process of diabetic retinopathy begins before an individual notices a change in vision.
Applications in Alzheimer's Treatment
Dementia is marked by declines in memory, reasoning, language, judgment, and abstract thinking, as well as by personality changes and diminished capacity to perform the activities of daily living. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease, a brain disorder that occurs later in life and may affect 50% of adults over the age of 85. The cause of Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, though it appears to involve an abnormal breakdown of acetylcholine, an important neurotransmitter in the brain. For this reason, cholin-esterase inhibitors, which are drugs that prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine, are used to treat Alzheimer's.12
A new meta-analysis—a statistical method of combining the results of a number of studies in an attempt to generate a more accurate and reliable conclusion—compared ginkgo extract and cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.13 The researchers concluded that ginkgo extract is a desirable treatment option for patients who do not tolerate cholinesterase inhibitors or cannot take cholinesterase inhibitors because of a history of seizures, ulcers, or bradycardia (slow heart rate). Ginkgo extracts were well tolerated in the 33 clinical trials that were evaluated for the meta-analysis.13
Improving Intermittent Claudication
Intermittent claudication is muscle pain or discomfort brought on by exercise and relieved with rest. Even something as simple as walking across the room can be painful to people with intermittent claudication. This condition is caused by inadequate blood supply to meet the metabolic demands of the muscles. Peripheral artery disease caused by atherosclerosis is the most common cause of claudication of the lower extremities. Approximately 30% of people over the age of 70 have peripheral artery disease, and approximately 4 million Americans with peripheral artery disease have claudication symptoms.14
A new meta-analysis evaluated ginkgo extract's effects on the treatment of intermittent claudication.15 The researchers evaluated nine randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of ginkgo extract in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease with intermittent claudication. In seven of the nine studies, ginkgo extract significantly increased pain-free walking distance compared to placebo.15 In six of the studies, the improvement was clinically relevant. The researchers concluded that ginkgo extract may be an effective treatment for the symptoms of intermittent claudication.15


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File Format Identification is the process of figuring out the format of a sequence of bytes. Operating systems typically do this by file extension or by embedded MIME information. Forensic applications need to identify file types by content.
- Written in C.
- Rules in /usr/share/file/magic and compiled at runtime.
- Powers the Unix "file" command, but you can also call the library directly from a C program.
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmagic
- Writen in Java
- Developed by National Archives of the United Kingdom.
- http://droid.sourceforge.net
- XML config file
- Closed source; free for non-commercial use
- http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html
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- http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/content-management/oit/oit_all.html
Current research papers on the file format identification problem. Most of these papers concern themselves with identifying file format of a few file sectors, rather than an entire file. Please note that this bibliography is in chronological order!
- Mason McDaniel, Automatic File Type Detection Algorithm, Masters Thesis, James Madison University,2001
- Content Based File Type Detection Algorithms, Mason McDaniel and M. Hossain Heydari, 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03) - Track 9, 2003.
- Fileprints: identifying file types by n-gram analysis, LiWei-Jen, Wang Ke, Stolfo SJ, Herzog B.., IProceeding of the 2005 IEEE workshop on information assurance; 2005 [slides]
- File Type Detection Technology, Douglas J. Hickok, Daine Richard Lesniak, Michael C. Rowe, 2005 Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium.
- File type identification of data fragments by their binary structure. , Karresand Martin, Shahmehri Nahid. Proceedings of the IEEE workshop on information assurance; 2006. p. 140–7. [slides]
- Sliding Window Measurement for File Type Identification, Gregory A. Hall, Ph.D., Computer Forensics and Intrusion Analysis Group, ManTech Security and Mission Assurance, 2006
- FORSIGS; Forensic Signature Analysis of the Hard Drive for Multimedia File Fingerprints, John Haggerty and Mark Taylor, IFIP TC11 International Information Security Conference, 2006, Sandton, South Africa.
- Karresand M., Shahmehri N., Oscar: File Type Identification of Binary Data in Disk Clusters and RAM Pages, Proceedings of IFIP International Information Security Conference: Security and Privacy in Dynamic Environments (SEC2006), Springer, ISBN 0-387-33405-x, pp 413-424, May 22 - 24, Karlstad, Sweden.
- "Identification and Localization of Data Types within Large-Scale File Systems," Robert F. Erbacher and John Mulholland,, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic
Engineering, Seattle, WA, April 2007,
- Using Artificial Neural Networks for Forensic File Type Identification, Ryan M. Harris, Master's Thesis, Purdue University, May 2007
- Predicting the Types of File Fragments, William Calhoun, Drue Coles, DFRWS 2008 [slides]
- SÁDI – Statistical Analysis for Data type Identification, Sarah J. Moody and Robert F. Erbacher, 3rd International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering, Third International Workshop on Systematic Approaches to Digital Forensic Engineering, 2008]

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VICKSBURG, Miss. � Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude that kept part of the waterway shut to ship traffic Monday, authorities said.
VICKSBURG, Miss. � Cleanup crews with booms skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River a day after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg, spreading a sheen of light crude that kept part of the waterway shut to ship traffic Monday, authorities said.
It remained unclear Monday morning how much oil had leaked into the river, according to the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers.
Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally said that on Monday afternoon, oil was �still discharging, but it is slowly discharging.�
He said crews are looking for oil roughly 50 miles downriver from the site.
�It�s minimal, if any, environmental impact due to the swift current� further downriver, Lally said.
He said the investigation is continuing closer to the site, but there is still no word on how much oil has leaked or how long it will take to transfer oil from the damaged barge to another barge.
The spill backed up at least 24 tugboats, barges and other vessels on the normally bustling corridor, said Kavanaugh Breazeale, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg. The river was closed to traffic for 16 miles � eight miles north and eight miles south of Vicksburg.
Breazeale said it was uncertain how long the river would remain closed.
He said the damaged barge had eight tanks and each tank could hold 80,000 gallons of oil. He said the investigation had shown that one tank was pierced above the water line.
�It�s not leaking that much oil,� Breazeale said.
Tugs were holding the barge near shore on the Louisiana side of the river, south of the bridge it hit and directly across from Vicksburg�s Riverwalk Casino.
Orange containment boom was stretched across part of the river downstream from the barge, and a small boat appeared to patrol the area.
Twelve northbound vessels and 12 southbound vessels were waiting to pass Monday, according to Breazeale.
Herman Smith, superintendent of the Vicksburg Bridge Commission of Warren County, said the railroad bridge gets hit about once or twice a year, usually during floods. During the 2011 flood, it was hit five times in two weeks.
The river isn�t in flood stage now, Smith said. It was at 33.5 feet Sunday.
Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Ryan Gomez said investigators reported that a towboat or tug was pushing two tank barges when the collision occurred about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
The second barge was damaged, Gomez said.
Authorities inspected and declared the railroad bridge safe for trains after the collision Sunday. That day, the oily sheen was reported up to three miles downriver from the bridge.
Gomez said crews have laid down a boom and also a secondary boom. They also were using a rotating skimmer device to sweep up oily water in the river.
�They have the boom to contain any crude oil that�s leaking out of the barge. They have a secondary boom to corral any crude oil that gets past the first boom,� Gomez said. United States Environmental Services, a response-and-remediation company, was working on the booms and collecting the oily water, he said.
He said crews also were in the process of working to transfer the remaining oil.
�They are continuing to try to remove the product from the damaged tank to one of the non-damaged tanks on the same barge,� he added. �The ultimate goal is to transfer all of the crude to a different barge.�
Gomez said the barge was southbound at the time of the collision, but investigators were still trying to figure out exactly what happened.
The oil sheen was unlikely to pose a threat to the Gulf of Mexico, more than 340 river miles south of Vicksburg.
The oil appeared to be coming from one or two tanks located at the stern of the first barge, Gomez had said previously. He said that there was no indication that any oil was leaking from the second barge and that it was still unclear whether the second barge also hit the bridge or was damaged through a collision with the first.
The barges are owned by Third Coast Towing LLC, Gomez said. According to a website listed under that name, the company is located in Corpus Christi, Texas. A woman who answered the phone Monday at Third Coast Towing LLC declined to comment.
Both vessels were being pushed by the tugboat Nature�s Way Endeavor. The website for Nature�s Way Marine LLC of Theodore, Ala., identifies the vessel as a 3,000-horsepower, 90-foot-long boat. It was built in 1974 and underwent a complete rebuild in 2011, according to the company.
A company manager referred calls to the Coast Guard command center at Vicksburg.
The last time an oil spill closed a portion of the lower Mississippi River, it was for less than a day last February after an oil barge and a construction barge collided, spilling less than 10,000 gallons of oil. In 2008, a fuel barge collided with a tanker and broke in half, dumping 283,000 gallons of heavy crude into the waterway and closing the river for six days.
When barges it the Vicksburg bridges, a sharp bend in the river is sometimes blamed. In March 2012, barges carrying grain broke loose and hit the old U.S. 80 bridge. A barge scraped the bridge in July 2011.
On March 23, 2011, several barges broke loose and some hit the U.S. 80 bridge and Interstate 20 bridge. One was hung up on the I-20 bridge for about three weeks before it was removed.


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Description: Evening coat of blue French silk brocade which has been hand beaded and embroidered with clear, silver, opalescent and pale blue beads and sequins matching original brocade pattern. High, standing collar, somewhat as a modified cowl. Mid-length sleeves are trimmed in natural Russian golden sable. Front opening, slightly to left of center, secured with three hidden snaps, including two in collar, curved lower edges where opening flaps meet. Lined in silk taffeta. Designer's label at inside center back: "Michael / Faircloth"
Date: 2012
Creator: Faircloth, Michael
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Whale toothbrush holder?
Uhm, YES PLEASE! Now if only I could find a whale-themed toothbrush…
I love when people hand craft iPhone cases:
I don't have an iPhone but I seriously considered getting one JUST so I could use this case.
I just love this:
If I was still in school I would TOTALLY rock this giant whale eraser!


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According to Variety, MTV's reality series, which is still in the early stages of development, will likely focus on people who intentionally "misidentify themselves" online and the repercussions that follow.
I liked Catfish. It touches on a subject that's been fairly relevant since the internet went mainstream and there's definitely an interesting story told throughout the film. With that said, the documentary had me wondering if those who questioned its authenticity may be on to something. Everything comes together a little too well. The filmmakers say it's 100% real. Regardless, I'm even more skeptical of an MTV reality show take on the subject but it's really too early to tell. We'll have to wait and see what MTV plans to do with the concept.


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Environment Waikato has pinpointed the location of high bacterial counts in the Waikato River to an area six kilometres downstream of Cambridge.
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Environment Waikato has pinpointed the location of high bacterial counts in the Waikato River to an area six kilometres downstream of Cambridge.
Boaties and other water users have an opportunity to voice their opinion on the bylaw covering navigation safety as Environment Waikato reviews its Navigation Safety Bylaw.
Alert city residents are helping spot errant sewage spills into the Waikato River – and playing a part in cleaning up the river.
Farmers are not in for massive rate rises under Project Watershed, according to Environment Waikato.
Environment Waikato is to take a proactive stance on the re-assessment of the pesticide 1080.
Contamination near Cambridge may be contributing to high bacterial counts in the Waikato River through Hamilton City, according to Environment Waikato.
The Waikato's coastal environment is potentially at risk from the introduction of new marine species, Environment Waikato's policy committee heard this week.
Morrinsville student Luke Price has won an Environment Waikato scholarship for his university studies in engineering.
The large amount of information gathered on the fragments of native forest left in the Region is assisting Environment Waikato to help landowners manage them.
An earthquake is the biggest hazard risk for Hamilton city, according to a study into what major facilities could be damaged in an emergency.
Nearly 500 people have made submissions to Environment Waikato on Project Watershed, which is developing a system to pay for river management, flood protection and vital soil conservation work in the Waikato and Waipa river catchments.
Environment Waikato's Regulatory Committee has recommended pursuing costs against an iwi authority which appealed against the granting of resource consents to upgrade a boat ramp at Waikawau in Thames.
Environment Waikato wants to work more closely with the dairy industry to improve effluent discharges in the Waikato.
Transit New Authority has approved a plan for completing the Mercer to Longswamp section of the State Highway One Expressway – if funds are available.
Environment Waikato says it cannot delay the introduction of Project Watershed any longer, as delays will only compound the serious problems faced in managing the Region's major rivers.


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#2. El Taco Veloz
1745 W. Chicago
Al Pastor Burrito
$4.00 (no extras)
Defeated #15a Taqueria Trespasada in Round 1 [review]
I remember the moment that I first conceived of Burrito Bracket. It was in those halcyon days of late July, 2007. I was walking down Milwaukee Avenue, so sweaty from the 90-degree heat that my glasses kept slipping off my nose. I was a kid back then, looking for lunch in all the wrong places.
When the days grow shorter and colder, it helps to hold on to memories like this one, as a squirrel hoards nuts for the winter. It's always Daylight Savings Time when it hits me: the passing of the seasons. What bureaucrat was it decided that we needed less daylight in the middle of winter? He surely can't have been stationed in Chicago. It was cold and dusky by the time I left my apartment for a late lunch today, the sort of day that makes you want to hibernate, to subsist on a diet of cable television and takeout Chinese until the sun comes out again. No, not to give up the fight; but perhaps to take a rain check on dreams of finding the perfect burrito.
The Food: And then you sink your teeth into a burrito like this one, and you remember what the whole struggle was for. This was probably the single best item of food that we've tried in the Bracket to date. Let me count the ways.
First, there was the wonderful flavor of the pork al Pastor, a rich, sweet flavor -- a perfect autumn flavor. Second, there is Veloz's salsa, a complex, peppery blend that somehow defies description, but is instantly recognizable to the tongue. Third, there are the little extras. Veloz, like Dona Naty's, cooks its onions on the skillet with its pork, giving them a caramelized flavor, and for another unique touch, there is a container of pickled jalapenos sitting on the table. Fourth, there is the way that everything stays in balance. This burrito contained a large number of ingredients, flavors, and textures -- meat, beans, salsa, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cheese in that perfect state of meltedness, the pickled jalapenos -- and yet no one taste overwhelms the others, and the burrito is the perfect size for a hearty lunch, rather than some supersized monstrosity.
The perfect burrito? Not quite. The meat itself was only of average quality, and while generally tender, its texture varied a bit from slice to slice. But for the grand total of $4.00, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better meal in the city.
The Experience: Anybody that calls Veloz a hole-in-the-wall doesn't know their holes from their walls. No, it isn't white tablecloth stuff, nor does Veloz get much light; there are no windows on either side of the dining area. But there's a kitschy, eccentric coziness to the interior, which this time was accentuated by a homemade mural of Halloween ghosts down the right-hand wall. The colorful lighting and equally colorful music from the jukebox are designed to get you to sit down and stay for a while. And the service is notably efficient, if a little informal.
El Taco Veloz: Round 2 Review
#2. El Taco Veloz
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Please don't lose your local groove, you big pundit, you. Man I could go for an al pastor burrito right now...
- Vanessa Walsh said...
So the brilliant Nate Silver is also a Wicker Park burrito reviewer. Spectacular. I trust your word on politics, so I'll trust your word on this. I stay in Wicker Park at least five times a year and next time Veloz is my destination.
- Jouer poker said...
Huum.. It looks like so delicious !


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British Museum puts sex and the city on display, Pompeii style
They liked shopping, property, art – and didn't mind getting it on in front of the slaves. A new show reveals Roman life
In a storeroom at Herculaneum a loaf of bread sits on a shelf. It is a round, flattish loaf, divided into eight segments in the way that focaccia sometimes is, with the indecipherable name of the baker stamped on it. "A perfect loaf of bread," says Paul Roberts, the senior curator of the British Museum's Roman collections. The bread is also blackened and as hard as rock, having been somewhat overcooked, through no fault of the baker. "Went in the oven in AD79," Roberts says. "Came out in the 1950s."
Roberts is to oversee the museum's biggest exhibition this year, Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, and he eyes the objects in the room greedily: "Like a Roman department store," he says.
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What a trip. What you didn't see... how high that hill climb actually was. The fact that only 5 teams had the luxury of staying in the local hotel. We tried to double up with Jen and Nate but the owner threw us out, sopping wet. Ended up in a hostel, no dinner that night. No indication of our accommodations at the pit stop the next day. How about having to set up our own tent on a damp hillside. No restrooms, a portapotti a quarter of a mile down the hill. Kate's preferance was a nearby pile of rocks. Oh yeah, and did I mention, a cold dinner of ham (which actually wasn't too bad) and a couple of potatoes.
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I love the idea of taking box cake mix and making it into something special by adding your own ingredients. I recently shared my pineapple angel food cake recipe. Here's another tasty way to use angel food cake mix!
1 box angel food cake mix
1 can apple pie filling (I used no sugar added pie filling)
Combine pie filling and cake mix. At first, you won't think there's going to be enough liquid in the pie filling to incorporate all of the cake mix, but trust me, there is. Just keep stirring and eventually you'll have a lovely cake batter. Pour into a greased 9×13″ pan and bake at 350 degrees F. Mine was ready after 20 minutes, but depending on the size of your pan, whether you use a glass or metal pan, and your oven, it may take up to 35 minutes. I suggest checking the cake after 20 minutes by inserting a toothpick in the middle. If it doesn't come out clean, bake another 5 minutes and check again, until the cake is light golden brown and passes the toothpick test.
I didn't make any frosting this time, but this cake would be delicious with my fluffy frosting. You could also use any type of pie filling. Cherry, blueberry, and peach would all be super yummy!


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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
In Luke 4:26-27, our Lord and God Jesus Christ tells us that God sent Elijah to a Gentile widow woman as opposed to a member of His elect nation. When His fellow Jews were reminded of this fact, they became enraged at Jesus Christ and attempted to murder Him. The reason – or the context – was that Jesus Christ challenged their presumptuous attitude towards God and their standing with Him; an attitude that was due to their faithlessness. Israel had placed their trust in the intellectual knowledge that they were the children of Abraham, as opposed to spiritual revelation concerning God's nature. Hence is the difference between mere belief – which followers of Jesus Christ in in Name only possess (see the goats of Matthew 25:31-46) – and saving faith. The former is artificial, is the product of human reason and emotion, and does not endure until the end. A great example of this is the case of Simon the sorcerer in Acts 8:9-24, who made a human response to the gospel of Jesus Christ and the miracles worked in His Name – the Bible text says that he believed and was baptized – but never experienced new birth, as the apostle Peter testified that his heart was not right and he needed to experience true repentance. (Opponents of the so-called Lordship Salvation doctrine need to take note of Simon Magus). The latter is given only by God, and it always produces true repentance and legitimate salvation from which none can fall away.
Hence we should not be surprised that God sent Elijah to this widow woman. For though Israel was God's elect nation, not all of Israel was elected unto eternal salvation. An example of this is Judas Iscariot, a Jew whom the Bible explicitly states is eternally damned to hell fire. Further, it is also clearly plain from the Bible that those elected by God unto salvation are not limited to national Israel. This is true of both New Testament times and Old Testament times. The signs are there that God sent Elijah to this widow woman because she was an elect Gentile, and hence a true daughter of Abraham and part of spiritual Israel, Israel of God as described by Paul in Galatians 6:16.
First, consider that this woman knew of God's nature. In 1 Kings 17:12, this woman swore by God using Yĕhovah 'elohiym chay, meaning as YHWH lives. By giving an oath upon this divine attribute, she recognized the God of Israel as the living God. Now contrast this with Darius, the pagan king of Medo-Persia during the time of Daniel. He referred to the God of Israel as the living God in Daniel 6, but he did not use the divine name (instead he used a more generic term for deity), further Darius was a polytheist, meaning that he believed in other gods (as evident by Daniel 6:7). Note that the decree of Darius in Daniel 6:25-28 commanded that everyone worship the God of Daniel, but (despite the claims of VeggieTales) did not command that YHWH be worshiped exclusively. Worship of other deities was still allowed, and in a polytheistic nation like Medo-Persia, it was obviously going to happen. Yet this widow woman made no reference to other gods, including the false deities of her own country and people. Thus, the knowledge of God of this widow woman exceeded that of King Darius.
Second, this woman obeyed the commandments of God. She knew that Elijah was an Israelite, and suspected him to be a prophet. When Elijah told her to feed him first with her last portion of food, and then feed herself and her son, against all reason and human nature, she obeyed God's prophet, and through that action obeyed God Himself. She did this obedience through faith, even though it was yet in a seed form. And again, contrast the faithful obedience of this Gentile woman to the faithless rebellion of national Israel (save for the faithful remnant reserved for God by God's divine decree) and also of those who claim to be Christians but are not like the goats of Matthew 25:31-46.
Third, this woman was aware of her sin condition before God, and it vexed her to a condition of penitence. This is in contrast with the self-righteousness of the Pharisees and Essenes in the time of Jesus Christ, and of Christians who believe in Jesus Christ only through the power of their own flesh (again i.e. Simon Magus). We know this because when her son died, the first thing that she attributes this great calamity to was her own sin (1 Kings 17:18)! She did not blame God directly by accusing Him, or blame Him indirectly by attributing this tragedy to the unfairness of life, but she asked if God sent His prophet to her to bring about the death of her son as punishment for her sins! And in this, she did not deny being sinful, nor did she deny the propriety of God's punishing her for her sins!
In all of Israel, was there anyone who had this type of knowledge of the holiness of God, the sinfulness of man, and how sin has its wages, which is death? And how could anyone, whether Jew or Gentile, have this awareness except by divine revelation? And be not deceived, the knowledge of one's sinful condition that causes true repentance comes only by Holy Spirit conviction! The Holy Spirit convicts the sinner of his sin, gives the sinner the faith to believe the gospel, and then regenerates the sinner. We see in this narrative that this woman already knew of God and His nature, already knew of her sinfulness (and hence God's holiness) and already knew of the dire consequences. Now we are beginning to see why God's prophet was sent to this Gentile woman!
Finally, this woman sees the power of God, the revelation of God, through a miracle: the resurrection of her son. Now keep in mind: national Israel had seen the mighty works of God before and rebelled anyway, including virtually everyone who came out of Egypt. That generation perished in the desert because they lacked true God-given faith, and as a result fell away and tried to stone Moses and go back to Egypt! And in Elijah's time, Israel SAW God miraculously expose and defeat the prophets of Baal, yet they (again save a remnant that God reserved to Himself, see Romans 11:4 and 1 Kings 19:18) soon began serving Baal again anyway! So where the non-elect have God revealed to them to no lasting positive effect (i.e. those who do not respond to the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ) because of their faithless condition, this woman responded by saying that Elijah is a prophet of God and that the word of the Lord in his mouth was true.
Please do not walk away believing that this woman merely attested that Elijah was a reliable fortune-teller and wonder-worker after the fashion of not a few pagans. This woman spoke "dabar Yĕhovah peh 'emeth." Ignore peh which only refers to Elijah being God's vessel. Instead, focus on dabar Yĕhovah 'emeth. This means "the word of God is truth." Again, she explicitly stated YHWH, the divine Name, which refers to the Holy Trinity and not merely God the Father (as some, including the Jehovah's Witnesses cult and the equally false modern Judaism religion, mistakenly believe). "Dabar" means "word." As we know from John 1 – and the apostle directly translated "dabar" into "logos", and we know this from his citation of Old Testament texts – "dabar Yĕhovah" means "the Word of God." The Word of God is none other than Jesus Christ. Emeth means "truth." Hence when this woman exclaimed dabar Yĕhovah 'emeth she stated "the Word of God is truth", or "Jesus Christ is truth." Thus, this woman bore witness of Jesus Christ, a true personal witness that could have only come by the Holy Spirit, and this is so both the Old Testament and New Testament dispensations (for lack of a better term).
Do you doubt? Well, emeth does not only mean "truth" or "true." It can also mean "faithful." So, who is referred to in the Bible as "faithful and true"? Why Jesus Christ in Revelation 3:14 and19:11. This Gentile woman in essence referred to two of the Names of Jesus Christ given in the Holy Spirit-inspired scriptures: the Word of God and Faithful and True!
So, she knew of God and His attributes. She obeyed God because of this belief. She knew of God's holiness and her sin, of the consequences of this sin, and was truly repentant because of it. And she believed in – and publicly testified of – Jesus Christ. The only thing that this woman lacked from the salvation process given in the New Testament was those things that had not yet come to pass (the incarnation and passion of Jesus Christ) and yet her words lacked even less than many conversion techniques and pitches common in evangelical Christianity today! Hence, this widow woman was an Old Testament saint. And it was to this Old Testament saint, whose status as such was by the election and predestination of God the Father from the foundation of the world, that God's prophet was sent despite her not being a member of national Israel. And therefore this widow woman was an Old Testament example of the New Testament doctrine given in Romans 10:12-13, Galatians 3:28-29, and Colossians 3:11.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
Be not deceived: though Elijah was not sent to a member of national Israel, he was definitely sent to a member of spiritual Israel. Whether Jew or Gentile, it is imperative that one must be a member of spiritual Israel so that one can reign forever with Jesus Christ in New Jerusalem and avoid the wrath certain to come to those who are not members of this spiritual nation. If you wish to join Israel of God but do not know how, please read:
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Ghosts with the Most
The most wreckiness, that is.
The label says "The 'Boo' Cake", but it looks more like a "boo-hoo" cake - that, or "when ghosts scream". I guess this is why ghosts shouldn't wear mascara, huh? (Get it? Ma-SCARE-a?)
Some say 'carpe diem' (seize the day) and others say 'carpe jugular' (seize the throat). I'm guessing these cupcakes are more the latter:
Huh - I've never seen ghosts with claws before.
The ghost on the left looks like a cheerleader with pom-poms. The ghost on the right looks...uh...[noting kids in the room] ....cheerful. Yeah. Like, giving you his full attention kind of cheerful.
These teeny-tiny "cupcake" creations are almost as bad as Cupcake Cakes. Not only do the bakeries leave the paper wrapper on the cupcake, but they also pile on enough icing to make even the most die-hard sugar addict develop a facial tic.
As for this particular Wreck, I have just three words: "albino squid mouth". And "ick". Ok, so maybe four words.
Thanks to Barbara A., Susan G., Heather A., and Punketta D.


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It's been a while since I've worked with the ZK programming language (or Rich Internet Application framework) so it was nice to get an opportunity to play around with the latest release. To ease myself back in gently I wrote a simple letter frequency analyzer to help with solving ciphers (note this post is not Informix-related for a change)..
The current release of ZK is 5.0 RC2, and I notice it is now split up into a free community edition, and commercial professional and enterprise edtions. The free edition no longer includes JFreeChart but fortunately it does include FlashChart which provides basic charting capability and is very easy to use. (Click on the image to view it full size):
The program is only about 40 lines so all the code can be self-contained in a single .zul file to be deployed under an app server such as Tomcat.
First I'll write the presentation layer which consists of a text box, a button and a chart:
<window title="Letter Frequency Analyzer" width="500px" border="normal">
<textbox id="targetText" rows="6" width="450px">
<attribute name="value">Put your sample text here</attribute>
<button label="Calculate" onClick="processString(targetText.value)" />
<flashchart id="chart" type="bar" width="450px" height="450px"/>
Next comes the Java code that is executed when the "Calculate" button is clicked. This reads the text in the "targetText" texbox, counts the frequency of different letters and feeds it into a chart which is associated with the "chart" FlashChart:
CategoryModel model = new SimpleCategoryModel();
// update chart per letter
void processString(String targetString)
int[] alphabet = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0};
int total = 0;
int targetLen = targetString.length();
char[] targetArray = targetString.toCharArray();for (int i = 0; i < targetLen; i++)
// count each letter and ignore other characters
if (Character.isLetter(targetArray[i]))
int ch = Character.toUpperCase(targetArray[i]) - 0x41;
for (char i = 'A'; i <= 'Z'; i++)
// send each letter and its frequency percentage to the chart
Double freq = new Double(alphabet[i - 0x41]);
model.setValue(i.toString(), i.toString(), (freq / targetLen) * 100);
// process current text
That's it. In my case I created a "freq" directory under my Tomcat webapps path, copied the above code in as index.zul and created a WEB-INF sub-directory as per the ZK Quick Start Guide.
Overall I like the look and feel of ZK 5, it is smoother, faster and slicker looking than earlier editions.


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Bleeding symptom leads scientists to intracellular trafficker's role in virus propagation
Rodent-borne pathogens like hantaviruses and arenaviruses are simple, but resourceful, and very successful at propagating. Due to a tiny genome generating a mere four proteins compared to humans' thousands, they rely on human biological machinery to do their replication dirty work, facilitating infection, plus a high mortality rate. Vermont researchers have discovered a mechanism that when targeted, may stop these deadly viruses in their tracks.
A new study published in Cell Host & Microbe by the University of Vermont's Jason Botten, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and microbiology and molecular genetics, and graduate student Joseph Klaus and colleagues offers a paradigm shift for scientists' understanding of the functionality of a protein that resides in the cell's secretory pathway and gets "shuttled" from one end of the cell to the other.
Antivirals or vaccines do not exist for these pathogens, so gaining a better understanding of how they replicate was at the heart of Botten and colleagues' investigation.
"The 'catch' with these viruses is that each different species has a tailor-made mouse host, like a deer mouse, white-footed mouse, etc.," explains Botten. In addition, he says, because these viruses and their rodent hosts have co-evolved for millions of years, they do not cause any apparent disease in the mice. "It's a beautiful relationship," he remarks, noting that because these viruses are not dependent on humans for their maintenance in nature, when humans do get infected, they get very sick.
The team closely examined the interaction between the virus proteins and the host proteins, a process that yielded the creation of a map – the first ever – of human protein partners of arenavirus and hantavirus glycoproteins (GPs). "The mapping allowed all kinds of analysis regarding which pathways of human cells the virus is tapping into," says Botten.
GPs reside on the surface of the virus and allow it to bind and enter host cells. After defining the human proteins that interact with each viral GP, the researchers examined which host proteins were common to both viruses, selecting one for further investigation – ERGIC-53, one of only three known intracellular cargo receptors.
"People who don't make ERGIC-53 have combined Factor V and Factor VIII deficiency, a mild form of hemophilia," Botten says. "Despite having this condition, these individuals are in good health, provided they get synthetic clotting factors or fresh frozen plasma following a major trauma or surgery. So in essence, people don't need ERGIC-53 to survive, which makes this an attractive antiviral target."
That initial connection – the fact that people with this deficiency bleed and people who get these types of hemmorhagic fever viruses bleed – was what got the researchers interested in ERGIC-53; they believed this protein could be important for both the propagation of these viruses as well as their ability to make people bleed.
The team got to work, seeking to determine just how ERGIC-53 might impact virus propagation. They quickly discovered that ERGIC-53 is absolutely essential for the propagation of arenaviruses. Additionally, "we found a new means for ERGIC-53 to associate with its viral partners – binding to arenavirus GPs via a previously unknown, lectin-independent mechanism," Botten says. In fact, the team discovered that ERGIC-53 also interacts with the GPs of additional pathogenic RNA viruses such as orthomyxoviruses (e.g., influenza), coronaviruses (e.g., SARS), and filoviruses (e.g., Ebola and Marburg). Importantly, they discovered that virus particles decorated with Ebola or SARS virus GPs also critically depend on ERGIC-53 to be infectious.
New information centering on viral particles, which are produced when a person gets infected, were another important finding of the study. The group determined that ERGIC-53 is a "virion component" – it gets into the viral particle – and while virions still form without it, they are noninfectious. According to Botten, even in cases where ERGIC-53 is absent, a person could still make virus particles in his/her blood, but these particles would essentially be duds that cannot harm the infected person. However, these same particles will presumably be seen by the immune system, allowing the person to mount an effective immune response. Therefore targeting ERGIC-53 with an antiviral could result in an immunizing form of antiviral therapy.
"Overall, our findings show that ERGIC-53, which was already an interesting and important host protein due to its normal cargo receptor functions, has a new class of pathogen-derived ligands, namely the GPs encoded by a broad range of highly pathogenic viruses," says Botten, adding that "while ERGIC-53 represents a potential broad-spectrum antiviral target for arenaviruses, coronaviruses, and filoviruses, it may also be required for additional human pathogens, such as the New World hantaviruses, orthomyxoviruses, or retroviruses (e.g., HIV), based upon its conserved interaction with their GPs."
In the future, Botten and his colleagues hope to determine exactly how these viruses harness ERGIC-53 to ensure their reproductive success.
"If we can uncover this common mechanism, it might be possible to engineer a single therapeutic treatment that could be used to treat each of these devastating pathogens," he concludes.
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On Saturday, July 16, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Tri-County Chapter 63 is hosting a Fundraising Cookout. It is a day of fun, with music by local "DJ Nasty", free prizes, and a menu of hamburgers/hot dogs, baked beans, cole slaw or potato salad for only $6. Drinks will be available too. We will begin serving at 11 a.m. and continue through 2 p.m. at Chantilly Place Salon, 310 Main Ave. Bronson, across from Drummond Bank in Bronson
Today, July 14
Homemakers meet
The Levy County Home & Community Educators group meets the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the UF/IFAS Extension office at 625 N. Hathaway Ave., Bronson. There are no meetings during the summer months. For more information call 352-486-5131.
Library Friends meeting
Outgoing Suwannee Rotary Club president Tom Andresen presents the club's presidential plaque to incoming club president Justin Hardy at Andresen's final meeting as leader. Andresen thanked his club for its support during his term.
Skipper Henderson took the occasion of his final meeting as president of the Chiefland Rotary Club last Wednesday to reflect on the group's accomplishments under his leadership and its direction for the future.
Inside the back office of Dr. Ronald Spink at his Family Pet Vet in Chiefland, GiGi's boisterous response to a new visitor belies the difficult young life the 2 1/2-year-old female Australian Cattle Dog has endured.
It's come a long way since it was brought in to the vet days after getting hit by an automobile.
Today, July 7
The "Veterans Walk" started just as dusk fell. with the entire park in absolute silence while patrons stood and saluted our great flag while the National Anthem played in the Bronson 4th of July celebration.
AARP has recognized Debra Weiss for 50+ hours of volunteer work. Community involvement is an important part of AARP's Mission. AARP Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AARP that oversees providers and the products offered to its members, recognizes Weiss for 50+ volunteer hours through the ACES community service program.
The Town of Bronson will hold its Annual 4th of July Celebration on Monday, July 4, beginning at 4 p.m. for an Independence Day celebration.
Vendors will be on hand selling delicious treats. Visitors can participate in a Home Run Derby and various children's games while we wait for the sky to darken. Bronson Fire & Rescue, Station 70, will begin lighting the sky with fireworks at dark. So bring your chairs and blankets to the James H. Cobb Park and join us for this fun, family event.
Auditions for "The Lion in Winter" a production of the Suwannee Valley Players at The Chief Theater, 25 E. Park Ave., Chiefland, are on Saturday, July 9, at 6 p.m.
Sibling rivalry, adultery and dungeons – "The Lion in Winter," by James Goldman, is a modern day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action – the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family who are locked in a free for all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.
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gastric atrophy
(GAS-trik A-troh-fee)
A condition marked by thinning of the inner lining of the stomach wall and the loss of gland cells in the lining that release substances that help with digestion. It may be caused by infection with the bacterium H. pylori or by certain autoimmune conditions. Gastric atrophy may increase the risk of stomach cancer.


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This cute card from the Gorjuss range features an Oriental looking girl with a sweet grey cat beside her - a wonderful art style and a gorgeous card for any occasion.
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About iNtrigued
Web Designer... That's all.. for now.
I find it interesting how many people jump at the opportunity to criticize the US, because as we all know, the US is the only country with faults. I guess there are a lot of people drinking the Hater-Aid.
Come on people, lets not condemn a whole country for the acts of a few individuals. A country should be judged on the will of its people and not the whims of politicians, diplomats, and/or industries.
"Oh I am concerned by my own country and am active in all manner of activities questioning my own government and it's actions."
Glad to hear that.
"Regarding my little jab, maybe it was in bad taste, but 100% accurate."
I never doubted its accuracy, just thought it was unnecessary.
"The War on Terror / The War on Al-Qaeda... semantics mate, thats all..."
I actually completely agree with you on this one. This was my subtle jab at the President for playing the semantics game.
"The point still stands... What have you gained from all of this? Security? I don't think so...."
Again, completely agree. We gain nothing from this kind of unadulterated invasion into personal privacy and space. We only lose. Hence the thunderous outcry against these measures.
A few others have touched on this already but if Obama is so OK with their methods, why not lead by example?
I say just to show everyone how reasonable these methods are, the entire First Family should proceed through these scanners followed by being fondled by the TSA agents. I am sure he will be completely fine with this, since after all, these are the only effective ways of finding terrorists...
On a side note, shouldn't it bother EVERYBODY that there is a government issued scanner that must delete the scanned images from fear of said pornographic images being released? Doesn't that alone scream "somethings not right!" or at least quietly whisper "rut-ro". Why even scan such sensitive images?
If you say "security", I call BnllSh!t!
I completely agree with your first half, but fail to see your logic in the second half.
First off, that little jab about the terrorist being funded by "lovely US citizens" was in bad taste. Second, no country should be OK with being attacked on their own soil. It's one thing to be tough about being attacked, but to not be bothered by it is just insanity.
And as far as the "war on terror" goes, if you have been listening to Obama, the US has stopped fighting that war since about his fourth day in office. Now the US is in a "war on al Qaeda".
You should probably be a little less concerned about how citizens should be treated in the US and focus on your own homeland. Britain is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, nanny state of them all. Maybe you should be more focused on how your country is treating its citizens and stop being so judgmental about other nations' actions.
Thus they would be learning through crowdsourcing (keyword Learning). And if that would be considered cheating then I guess forming study groups is also cheating. Plus, not every question would be on the test and the teacher should supply at least half of the questions (which still may be too much work for this particular teacher unfortunately).
On a side note, I am not sure about FL but here in VA there are some professors making $+100K a year (not counting side jobs). For that kind of money the professors damn well better be making their own tests!
Ah, but there is always a way around the law. It usually requires substantial sums of money but in this case, it could be bypassed by merely not procreating. No kids, no future generations. This is of course assuming you have no other family members. For instance, being an orphan would qualify.
Don't forget about the money, they love themselves a side of money to go with that heaping helping of control. Although, I suppose they can always just print more money. I mean, who cares what happens to the economy as long as they get to do what they want, right?
Man they are tricky little bastards, they could care less about national security. This is simply a money grab from a government about to spend itself into oblivion. They know full well that most companies aren't going to redesign their entire system just to implement a huge security flaw. So the government will simply offer them a small "monthly fee" for not doing so. Now multiply that fee by the thousands upon millions of internet based communication systems/software and in the words of Will Smith, "CHA-CHING!"
I can't speak for all Web Designers, but a big part of web design is finding a site that the client likes and modeling their site after it. You don't however just copy and paste the entire html. Most web designers don't care if you copy segments of their code because they most likely found code from someone else too, but to not change any of the information is more than just bad practice.
That said, no web designer is ever going to put a site out live without getting the expressed permission from the client. They are getting paid whether it goes live or not so their, "but it was the web designer's fault", excuse isn't going to cut it. They are the ones who decided to put it live, not the web designer. Its their responsibility as the client to go through the pages to be sure the content is correct, not the web designer. And if they did give the web designer complete and unchecked authority on what content gets put up then they are even more so responsible for the content of the pages than if they designer had gone rogue.
You realize first of all that is only hurting you local business owners who had nothing to do with the oil spill, secondly BP can sell its gas to other gas stations. So unless you request to see where the oil came from everytime, there is a possibility that you are still buying their oil.
Well I know pot holes could cause the system to not work. The highways in my fair city are just now getting back up to speed from all the pot holes caused by the crazy winter we had. But I can thank my state government for maintenance.
Well for one, that would require them to actual adapt their business model. And we all know how willing they are to do that. Secondly, they have no concept of pricing when it comes to digital versions. They would want to charge the same price as an actual DVD. Just look at what some ebook companies are doing.
I wonder if they can sue me now? And does anyone even watch the Olympics anymore? I didn't even think anyone cared about the winter Olympics anyways.
Just curious, how might one warn you that a warning cone is in front of you? Another warning cone? Warning sign?
But then how would you warn them of the warning sign warning you of a warning cone? There would be a never ending chain of warning objects. It would be madness!
Yeah this [shitty] country is becoming more and more shit with this kinda [shit], it's all the shitty parents who don't want to look after their own [shitty] children that they only had for the [shitty] baby bonus... [Shit!]
There you go, added a few more shits in there for you. Your Welcome.
Wait... I thought UK stood for "Ultimate Knanny"? Just that the "K" is silent like in know, knife, or knight.
"We won't let ourselves be stripped of our heritage to the benefit of a big company, no matter how friendly, big or American it is."
And in there lies the real issue, it's about the fact that an American company came up with the idea and actually successfully implemented it while their own attempts failed... Badly.
On a side note, being only half French myself I guess me breathing takes away from the "French heritage". I mean really, how dare I not be 100% French, the nerve!
Wow, I should really get a new keyboard. Overly sensitive enter keys are Great!
Don't people know the government would NEVER lie to them. They only want what's best for us. Nothing bad could possibly happen. Why can't people see that?
Oh wait, the collective history of the world, nevermind.


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The Port St. Joe Port Authority is seeking a little help from some friends.
The Port St. Joe Port Authority is seeking a little help from some friends.
While the application process for a permit to dredge the shipping channel crawls forward, Port Authority board members, entering a fiscal year with scant funds dissipating, are trying to remain viable.
The application for the permit process hit a major milestone last week with a pre-application meeting with state and federal agencies.
Port director Tommy Pitts said that most importantly the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection were represented among more than two dozen staff members from various agencies.
�On the regulatory side we got a positive response,� Pitts said.
He said since a shipping channel has long existed in Port St. Joe and was until the 1980s operational and maintained, the dredging is seen as a �fairly straightforward dredging project� as there are a number of known factors to the area and channel.
In addition, inland disposal sites are identified and there has been discussion that any suitable material would be used for beach nourishment on St. Joseph Peninsula.
�The one hurdle that caused the greatest concern,� Pitts said, was whether a Corps of Engineers study might have to be undertaken.
�We are addressing that aggressively,� Pitts said, noting it was largely a question of whether the process of permitting the project would be pushed through the �bureaucracy� or the application could be fast-tracked.
Pitts said the intention was to engage Congressman Steve Southerland and Sen. Bill Nelson most prominently to work with and lobby the Corps to move the application process along.
�We gained confidence from the environmental side, but the Corps bureaucratic process was discouraging,� Pitts said.
�Now the tasks have been defined (for the permit application) they can be negotiated for completing those tasks (with the port�s engineers) and pursuing the permitting.�
The source of the discouragement over the potential for the Corps bureaucracy to swallow the project comes from timing.
A detailed study of the dredging project would require as much as a year, possibly more.
The St. Joe Company, the Port Authority�s collaborator on developing the Port of Port St. Joe, has two Letters of Intent with regional energy companies to ship wood pellets through the Port of Port St. Joe.
Those LOIs hinge significantly on the dredging of the shipping channel by 2015.
Ancillary to the dredging permit is seeking economic justification, based on return on investment, to help build the case for the dredging.
The Port Authority has explored contracting for a study, but cost is prohibitive. The hope is to solicit assistance from the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, which researches and analyzes economic trends in Northwest Florida.
A representative from the Haas Center was due at last week�s meeting, but was unable to make the meeting to provide more details.
If the Center is able to do the work, it could perform the study faster and at less expense, Pitts said.
The cost of the study could come from the Florida Department of Transportation grant to the Port Authority to pursue the dredge permit.
�The cost (of the study), however, could be an issue,� Pitts said.
Operational viability in question
While the Port Authority pursues the dredging, considered the key to unlocking the port�s potential through development, board members continued to wrestle with dwindling resources.
As part of a community outreach campaign, board member Johanna White said she received positive response from the Board of County Commissioners and the St. Joe Company.
She said Jorge Gonzalez, senior vice president for St. Joe, indicated the company �had the resources, talent and people� to become the point of contact for the Port Authority.
The phones at the Port Authority office could be forwarded to St. Joe, which would screen prospects, send out marketing materials and perform other administration duties, White said.
�Maybe just getting the phones forwarded and information to the appropriate people will work,� White said.
Further, county administrator Don Butler indicated county grant administrator Towan Kopinsky could handle the administration of the FDOT grant the Port Authority received, and for which St. Joe is providing the local match, to pursue the permitting.
White added that Barry Sellers, executive director of the Gulf County Economic Development Alliance, Inc., could continue to assist the Port Authority as an on-the-ground marketing point of contact for the port.
�We are trying to cover all the bases,� said board chair Leonard Costin. �We appreciate what (Pitts is) doing and would love to keep you, but we have no money.�
Pitts has worked off and on this year for $1 per month, receiving a small stipend for a few months as part of a state grant to craft a Master Plan update. It was discussed last week that Pitts may soon be in a position of accepting another job.
Board member Eugene Raffield, who has been speaking with state officials about identifying funding for Port Authority operations, said he had no news to report and he was making progress, but slowly.
The consensus on the board was to reach out to the BOCC and city of Port St. Joe for potential assistance in meeting pressing expenditures, particularly liability insurance for port officers and fees to the Florida Ports Council, which are critical to maintaining a place in the mix for state funding.
�We need to focus on that,� said board member Jessica Rish. �The county doesn�t want us to not have a board. The county and the city, those two need to step up before we go to the neighbors for that.�
She said the Port Authority board should sit down with county and city commissioners to �see if we can come up with a plan � If they want us to be here.�
Also looming are legal expenses incurred from the Capital City Bank foreclosure case and general liability insurance for the Port of Port St. Joe.
Resident Bill Koran said officials with the Genesse Wyoming Railroad, the former AN line, which is inextricably linked to the success of the port, would also have a stake in the future of the Port Authority.
�We need to move forward on the local level,� said Costin, who has for more than a month championed a local fundraising campaign. �I don�t think we have an alternative in the short term than going to our citizens. I think the last resort is here.�


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County of Inyo
Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo, State of California, met in regular session at the hour of 9:00 a.m., on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, in the Board of Supervisors Room, County Administrative Center, Independence, with the following Supervisors present: Chairperson Susan Cash presiding, Linda Arcularius, Ted Williams, and Jim Bilyeu. Supervisor Cervantes was absent. Supervisor Bilyeu provided the Invocation, and Supervisor Williams led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Public Comment
The Chairperson announced the public comment period and noted that today's meeting would be adjourned in memory of Mono County Supervisor John Cecil, who passed away yesterday. There was no one from the public wishing to address the Board.
County Dept. Reports
The Chairperson announced the County Department Report period. Supervisor Arcularius provided the Board with information concerning ongoing efforts to address the proposed insurance rule change, which would negatively impact the auto rates in Inyo County. She requested that an item be agendized for next week, so the Board could take a position on AB 2840 which is bipartisan legislation to require a study be performed before changes to auto rating factors can go into effect.
Ms. Jean Dickinson, Health and Human Services Director, updated the Board on a number of pieces legislation, which could impact the Department's programs and delivery of services. With regard to SB 1811 concerning EMT certification, she noted that because EMTs in small rural areas are usually comprised of volunteers, adding excessive certification requirements could seriously impact delivery of service. She informed the Board that AB 2469 has been introduced to increase in-home support services wages and the State proposes to tamper with discretionary local realignment dollars to achieve this. Ms. Dickinson explained that the concern is having local discretionary realignment dollars subject to a State mandate for a very small program. She asked the Board to watch AB 3803, because it is legislation regarding Prop 36 that allows for the funding to sunset but requires the services remain on-going. Ms. Dickinson also informed the Board that Dr. Richard Johnson of Mono County has agreed to take on the duties as the acting County Health Officer in the interim to fill the gap in service while the County recruits for a new Health Officer. She also informed the Board that she has had several local doctors interested in a contract to provide this service. Ms. Dickinson went on to announce that the Department would be conducting a workshop at 10:00 a.m. on May 16, 2006 to update the Board on an "avian flu" preparedness plan.
The County Administrator updated the Board on the agenda for the upcoming Special Joint Meeting with the Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners. Mr. Tom Brooks, Water Director, informed the Board that the DWP had delivered the 2006-2007 Pumping Plan to the Water Department yesterday at about 4:30 p.m. He said he would provide copies to the Board and agendize a discussion for next week's meeting because the County's response would have to be back to DWP by next Thursday.
Transit Program Crest Rte. Workshop
The County Administrator reminded the Board that the request for a workshop with the Transit Program on the Crest Route was placed on the Agenda at the request of Supervisor Cervantes, and suggested that the Board postpone the workshop until Supervisor Cervantes was able to participate. The Board agreed and directed that this workshop be rescheduled.
CAO-Admin. Serv./Maudsley Ent. Cottonwood Plaza Lease
Moved by Supervisor Bilyeu and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the second amendment to the Lease Agreement between Maudsley Enterprises, Inc., and the County of Inyo for office space in Cottonwood Plaza for the office of Integrated Waste Management, Parks and Recreation, Risk Management, Personnel and Board/CAO for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 at an increase of $82 per month in an amount not to exceed $1,720 per month, contingent upon the Board's adoption of a FY 2006-07 Budget; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Ag. Comm./Wt. Truck for Mule Days
Moved by Supervisor Bilyeu and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the use of the weight truck for the Mule Pulling Contest, Sunday, May 28, 2006, during the Mule Days events at the Tri-County Fairgrounds. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Ag. Comm./
Moved by Supervisor Bilyeu and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to A) waive the County of Inyo's fixed asset policy; B) declare Owens Valley Mosquito Abatement Program equipment and/or part as recommended by Staff as surplus; and C) authorize Motor Pool to move the listed items to the Inyo County Solid Waste Site and to sell them as a single unit by the usual sealed bid process to the highest bidder. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Resol. #2006-26/ JABG Application
On a motion by Supervisor Bilyeu and a second by Supervisor Arcularius, Resolution No. 2006-26 was adopted, authorizing the Chief Probation Officer to submit the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) application and sign the grant agreement between the County of Inyo and the Corrections Standards Authority: motion unanimously passed and adopted with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Ag. Comm./ Support for
Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the letter to Assemblymember Fran Pavley, Chairperson, Budget Subcommittee #3, supporting AB 2479 for funds to be designated for the State's existing network of Weed Management Areas; and authorize the Chairperson to sign. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
HHS-EMS/ Emergency Ambulance Service RFP
Ms. Jean Dickinson, Health and Human Services Director, introduced the item regarding Emergency Ambulance Service Requests for Proposal. She explained that a notification glitch in her office had resulted in one of the applicants not learning of this item until yesterday and in order to provide all applicants the ability to address the Board if they wanted, she was suggesting that the Board take comment from those in the audience wishing to address this issue today and then continue this item to next week. She introduced a representative of the Regional EMS office, as well as Lone Pine Fire Chief LeRoy Kritz, Olancha Fire Chief Steve Davies, and Judd Symons of Symons Ambulance Service. The Board thanked those in attendance and requested that the request from Health and Human Services for the Board to A) accept recommendations from the Emergency Ambulance Service (EMS) Request for Proposals (RFP) review panel; B) direct Health and Human Services to move forward with contract negotiations as follows: Operating Area 1 (Bishop) to Symons Emergency Specialties, Inc., Operating Area 4 (Lone Pine) to Lone Pine Volunteer Fire Department; and Operating Area 5 (Olancha) to Olancha Cartago Fire Department; C) find that the proposals for Operating Area 6 (Little Lake) were nonresponsive; and D) authorize the Director of Health and Human Services to negotiate with Progressive Ambulance, Inc., dba Liberty Ambulance, as a sole-source provider for ambulance service for Operating Area 6 (Little Lake), be continued to next week.
P.W./Tri-State Surveying Contract Amendment
Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Bilyeu to A) approve Amendment No. 2 to the Contract between the County of Inyo and Tri-State Surveying, Ltd., for the provision of County Surveyor services, increasing the amount of the Contract from $10,000 to $20,000; and authorize the Chairperson to sign, contingent upon the appropriate signatures being obtained; and B) amend the FY 2005-06 Public Works Budget Unit 011500 by decreasing appropriations in Sick Leave Buyback (Object Code #5042) by $5,900 and increasing appropriations in Professional and Special Services (Object Code #5265) by $5,900. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Rd. Dept./Tree Removal Policy
The Public Works Director, Mr. Ron Chegwidden, informed the Board of several trees which had been removed in the County's right of way in Big Pine and Independence per the County Tree Removal Policy. He also informed the Board that a request had been made by a property owner for the removal of a healthy tree. He explained that since it was not the policy of the County to remove healthy trees that the property owner would have to remove the tree himself. The Board and Staff continued to discuss the Tree Removal Policy. Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by Supervisor Bilyeu to A) authorize the Road Department to remove trees in the towns of Big Pine, Lone Pine and Olancha; B) authorize the Public Works Director to implement the Tree Removal Policy as written without bringing back specific tree removals for the Boards authorization and C) further direct that the District Supervisor be notified of potential tree removals prior to them being removed. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
BofS/Minute Approval
Moved by Supervisor Bilyeu and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to approve the minutes of the March 28, 2006, Board of Supervisors Meeting. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
District-Indy Cemetery/White Appointment
Moved by Supervisor Bilyeu and seconded by Supervisor Arcularius to appoint Mr. Perry White to the Independence Cemetery District to complete an unexpired four-year term ending January 31, 2010. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Fish and Game/ Wildlife Care Expenditure
Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by Supervisor Bilyeu to authorize a $1,500 expenditure from the Inyo Fine Fund to the Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care for the temporary emergency treatment and care of injured or orphaned wildlife for FY2006-07. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Fish and Game/ Special Reg. Printing Expenditure
Moved by Supervisor Williams and seconded by Supervisor Bilyeu to authorize a $3,075 expenditure from the Inyo Fine Fund to the Department of Fish and Game for the printing of Special Regulations Booklet for fishing in the Eastern Sierra. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Recess/ Reconvene
The Chairperson recessed the regular meeting at 9:40 a.m., to reconvene at 10:35 a.m., with all Board Members present except Supervisor Cervantes.
Planning/Bishop Fire Dept. Training Facility Zone Change
The Chairperson opened the public hearing at 10:35 a.m., on the following for a 2.6-acre site located immediately north of the Bishop Sewage Treatment Plant and south of Poleta Road (East Line Street) between Johnson Avenue and Airport Road, East Bishop (within APN 08-010-14): (1) a General Plan Amendment to Change the General Plan designation from "Agriculture (A)" to "Public Service Facility (PF)"; and (2) a proposed Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Inyo, State of California, Approving Zone Reclassification No. 2004-05/bishop Fire District and Amending the Zoning Map of the County of Inyo by Reclassifying a 2.6-acre Site Located Immediately North of the Bishop Sewage Treatment Plant from Open Space, 40-acre minimum (OS-40) to Public (P). Ms. Tanda Gretz, Associate Planner, reviewed the Staff Report and recommendations. At the conclusion of her remarks, Ms. Gretz requested that the Staff Report and all attachments be entered into the record and it was marked Exhibit A. Chief Ray Seguine, Bishop Fire Chief, made a presentation on the proposed Training Facility, which will be located on the property being rezoned. At the conclusion of the presentation the Chief requested that a paper copy of his presentation be entered into the record and it was marked Exhibit B. The Board thanked the volunteers of the Bishop Volunteer Fire Department for all of their efforts and commitment to the district. There being no one further wishing to address this item, the Chairperson closed the public hearing at 11:00 a.m.
Resol. #2006-27/ GPA 2004-05/ Bishop Fire Dist.
On a motion by Supervisor Arcularius and a second by Supervisor Williams, Resolution No. 2006-27 was adopted, approving General Plan Amendment #2004-05/Bishop Fire District and certifying that the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been met: motion unanimously passed and adopted, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Planning/Bishop Fire District Zone Change
Moved by Supervisor Arcularius and seconded by Supervisor Williams to waive the first reading of the ordinance approving Zone Reclassification #2004-05/Bishop Fire District and schedule the enactment for 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in the Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center, in Independence. Motion carried unanimously, with Supervisor Cervantes absent.
Water Dept./ LORP
Mr. Tom Brooks, Water Director, presented a progress report on the Lower Owens River Project (LORP).
Board Members and Staff Reports
The Board Members reported on their activities during the preceding week, including receiving the schedule of Sierra Nevada Conservancy Strategic Workshops, information concerning the PILT Fly-in, a request to have letters of congratulations sent from the Board to past Inyo County Administrator Brent Wallace on his appointment as the Executive Director to the CAOAC and the new Chief Deputy of Fish and Game John McCann, an Economic Development meeting, a Big Pine Civic Club meeting, a Friends of the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery meeting, the fly-in of the T-Rex jet to the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop and information regarding a potential traffic flow problem on Mummy Lane and Riata Road.
Closed Session
The Chairperson recessed open session at 11:30 a.m., to convene in closed session, with all Board Members present, except Supervisor Cervantes, to discuss Agenda Item No. 18. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (c) – Decision Whether to Initiate Litigation (one case). The Chairperson recessed closed session at 1:20 p.m., to reconvene at 2:00 p.m., with all Board Members present, except Supervisor Cervantes to continue closed session discussions. The Chairperson recessed closed session at 2:35 p.m., to reconvene in open session.
Report on Closed Session
County Counsel reported there were no items discussed in closed session, which were required by law to be reported on in open session.
The Chairperson adjourned the regular meeting at 2:35 p.m., in memory of Mono County Supervisor Mr. John Cecil, to 9:00 a.m., April 18, 2006, in the Board of Supervisors Room, at the County Administrative Center, in Independence.
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