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Good morning Pouters!
H&M has made Tanning Mom so proud with their new swimwear ad, which features model Isabeli Fontana flaunting skin the colour of coffee beans. The Swedish fashion retailer was forced to apologise on Thursday after the campaign in question left doctors, critics and cancer groups roaring with outrage. The images are clearly altered = even though Isabeli is of Brazillian descent, is naturally bronzed, the skin tone she has been given is closer to that of an African.
It seems like the change was meant to highlight the contrast between the complexion of brightly coloured swimwear, but if that is the case, why wouldn't they just use a black model?
The Swedish Cancer Society was not amused and reached out yesterday morning with a piece in the country's most circulated newspaper, Dagens Nyheter. The letter reads:
The clothing giant is creating, not least among young people, a beauty ideal that is deadly. Every year, more people die in Sweden of (skin cancer) than in traffic accidents and the main cause is too much sunning. Regardless of how the H&M model got her tan, through sunning or a computer programme, the effect is the same: H&M tells us we should be very tan on the beach. It is sad to write this, but H&M will through its latest advertising campaign not only sell more bathing suits but also contribute to more people dying from skin cancer.
H&M's response was mediocre,
We are sorry if we have upset anyone with our latest swimwear campaign. It was not our intention to show off a specific ideal or to encourage dangerous behaviour, but it was instead to show off our latest summer collection.
They failed to highlight the root of the problem, which is encouraging an unrealistic level of tan as something that is not only achievable, but desirable. I ask again, why wouldn't they just use a black model.
I guess that is another discussion entirely….
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:32 pm
Post subject: Treasure Island (SF) Access Issue for 2007
The status of the Treasure Island launch is unclear for 2007. I have talked with the Navy and the City of San Francisco about modifying the Navy remediation plan so that they will not block windsurfing access at Treasure Island. The Navy has not gotten back to me with a response. They will be presenting their plan to the Treasure Island Development Authority Board tomorrow. I have asked the Navy to look for another site for their staging or at a minimum allow a corridor to the launch area. Their work is scheduled to start shortly and run through August 2007. They released the attached fact sheet in September but it made no reference to the use of our access area which lies outside of the housing area where they are doing the environmental clean up. We dont want to stop the environmental clean up, but it should be done with the least impact possible.
The feedback that I am getting is that we may not to be able to park in our usual place. We might be able to retain an access corridor that would allow for foot access to the traditional launch spot (near the old transformer pad) with parking on the south and east side of the old training building that is next to the parking lot we normally use. This would put the best parking space about 400 from the launch - doable but far from ideal. Ive explained that if people are forced to launch downwind, they will be at greater risk of being unable to return to the island due to wind and current conditions.
I will be going to the meeting tomorrow to make our case and I believe that Taylor may also join me. If you want to weigh in, I can deliver any e-mails I receive when I step up to speak. Speaking points could include why Treasure Island is a critical resource for windsurfing, reasons why you might not be able to use an alternate launch, reasons why parking remotely will make access difficult, etc. Please shoot me an e-mail ASAP if you want me to pass it along and please pass this message along to anyone who might be interested.
At this point, clear and concise statements are probably going to be more effective than trying to turn out large numbers if everyone is essentially saying the same thing. If anyone does want to come to the meeting, please shoot me a message. The TIDA meeting is January 10 at 1:30 pm at San Francisco City Hall, Room 400.
Peter Thorner, President
San Francisco Boardsailing Association
thorner @sfba.org
In a message dated 12/20/2006 2:44:02 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Hey Guys,
The news from the Treasure Island these days isnt good. Seems the Navy has
a plan to scrap half of the topsoil off the North Western side of the island
and dump clean soil in its place. They have also decided to use our
windsurfing launch as a dump truck turn-around and staging area for this
soil remediation project during nearly all of the up coming 2007 sailing
season...the launch there will be closed from the end of January through
late August (possibly longer if they fall behind schedule.) Taylor has been
causing hell about this project, mainly because it is going to destroy our
front yard and all the parking in front of our house during that same time
period, but last night Taylor went to the redevelopment meeting and found
out this info about the launch. We are still trying to decide if we want
to live there during that nonsense...but that is another story.
Pass this on, I know this is not a complete list, anybody who knows the
Berkeley guys that sail here too should forward this to them. I am not
sure what the next action step is....so suggestions are welcome. Otherwise,
have a great xmas season!
More information and links below. If you are interested, I have the
PowerPoint presentation from the Navy that detail this project, but it is a
big file and I didnt want to clog your inboxes.
This is an article from 1996 about TIs problems....
This is a more recent article about the current project...(Youll notice
that the period for public comment is over, Nov. 11, but TI didnt inform us
about this project until early December...
This is another good article from the Chronicle
PS...You should send some love letters to:
Jack Sylvan
Treasure Island Redevelopment Project Manager, Mayors Office of Base Reuse
and Development
(415) 554-5313
Loraine Lee
Community Liaison
The Villages at Treasure Island
And or
Peter Summerville
TIDA Board Secretary, Assistant to the Director of Island Operations,
(415) 274-0665
And her too:
Mirian Saez
Director of Island Operations:
Office of the City Administrator
(415) 274-0660
And lets not forget the Navy
* Email to:
* Phone: 619-532-0966
* Mail to:
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1455 Frazee Rd. Ste 900
San Diego, CA 92108
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:18 pm
Post subject: RE: Treasure Island (SF) Access Issue for 2007
Thanks Peter,
This is horrible news, I hope they take our needs seriously, TI was the most consistent high-wind spot in the SF Bay last season.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:12 pm
Post subject: RE: Treasure Island (SF) Access Issue for 2007
Any results or interesting tidbits from todays meeting at City Hall? Is there anything we can do? Is emailing the contacts listed below still valuable?
Thanks for all the great work and let me know how you think we can help at this point.
Cheers, Tim
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:42 pm
Post subject: RE: Treasure Island (SF) Access Issue for 2007
There is a lot of developing information on the situation at Treasure Island. I will give a quick update by e-mail but in order to be more efficient and be able to post up links and documents, I will have a page created at sfba.org that can be updated and I will send out an SFBA eNews when the page is active. Please make sure that you have signed up for the eNews at sfba.org or check back there frequently. I will also post any info to the iWindsurf.com regional message board.
The meeting yesterday before the Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) went as well as could be hoped. The Navy is still saying they will examine options but they are not offering a solution and are painting a pessimistic picture as to the chances of them changing their plan use the windsurf access area as a truck loading area during the clean up of Treasure Island Site 12 (residential area). The project is designed to remove 4 of toxic soil from four locations within the housing area at a cost of $11.2 million dollars. The project is set to run through August 2007 if it starts in early February. The areas that the Navy plans to use for are illustrated on a map that is on page 11 of the Draft Negative Declaration that is available at the website listed below.
The Board of Directors of TIDA was concerned about preserving the windsurf access. Board Member Jared Blumenfeld, who is also the Chief of the San Francisco Department of the Environment, asked that the Navy and SFBA work on a way to preserve access and report back at the February TIDA meeting. One concern is that the Navy is rushing to start the job prior to the next TIDA meeting. The Navy is pursuing the clean up project in partnership with the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC). There is an open period for public comment running from 12/27/06 to 01/29/07. James Sullivan of the Navy said that they expected to answer all public comments and start work by the end of the first week of February, so there is some concern that the decision to move ahead with the plan as is a forgone conclusion. The Navy is already spending money bringing in dirt and equipment on the presumption that they will proceed. While the Navy operates under federal law which grants it more latitude, the DTSC operates under state law and must consider environmental impacts and avoid or mitigate them if possible. DTSC has issued a Draft Negative Declaration & an Initial Study that concludes (Page 27 of the Initial Study) that the project will have no significant impact on recreation.
The relevant documents are at:
DTSC will hold a public meeting January 17, 2007 at 7:00 pm on Treasure Island. The meeting will be at Casa de la Vista on Avenue of the Palms. This is an opportunity to let DTSC know that there will be a significant impact from the proposed action. It is a good idea to let them know that we support cleaning up the island but want it done right. I personally will not be able to make this meeting. DTSC and the Navy must respond to public comments whether they are sent in a letter or presented at the public meeting. For know I would suggest that people try and attend the public meeting and send a letter after 01/17 if there has not been a reasonable modification of the remediation plan. If there is a significant impact to recreation, then the plan must be modified if feasible. The impact is highly significant because there is no alternative place where it is practical or safe for windsurfers to launch other than the existing launch area. Comments may be sent to both the DTSC and the Navy. The appropriate addresses are listed at the DTSC website above). For comments to have legal relevance, they should address:
- The project will have a significant impact on the recreational use of windsurfing (eliminating parking and access will eliminate windsurfing)
- Windsurfing is an established use, active at the site for 10+ years
- Mitigating the impact is difficult or not possible (no alternate launch, no option to use sites like Crissy or Berkeley on days when only TI is windy)
- Any thoughts on feasible ways that the Navy can avoid the impact (e.g. use another location on the island for a truck loading area)
During the TIDA meeting, Mr. Sullivan suggested that it might be unsafe to have windsurfers at the normal launch and parking area because toxic soil will be excavated near that site (SWDA 1231/1233 - in the dry grassy behind the houses that has historically been used as a rigging area). The Navy remediation plan (available at the website above) explains that all dirt to remove will be kept wet to avoid aerial dispersion and that dust monitoring devices will be operating so that operations can be immediately shut down if toxic materials are blowing in the wind. If the job is done properly people and the health of the bay should not be at risk. If windsurfers truly going to be at risk by parking and launching from our usual location, then there is an equal risk that the remediation project will be spreading toxic materials into the San Francisco Bay.
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:15 pm
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How did the TIDA meeting go on the 10th?
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:34 pm
Post subject: RE: Treasure Island (SF) Access Issue for 2007
15-20 people showed up at the public meeting re. Treasure Island remediation last night and most spoke about the impacts the remediation plan would have on the windsurfing access. The Department of Toxic Substance Control was talking about starting the work on Feb. 1 even though public input only ends on Jan. 28, but there may be an opportunity to meet with the Navy before it is clear that we are at an impasse >>>
In a message dated 1/18/2007 10:18:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
We had a great turn out at the Treasure Island Development Authority meeting last night, about 20 sailors showed up! Thanks to all. Someone else can give the meeting recap...we have bigger fish to fry. Take a look at this pdf. If we do not act fast we will lose access to TI for the summer. This is a quick sketch of a possible access solution to the TI launch. If the current plans goes forward unchecked, we will have no access at all to the windsurfing waters of TI. FYI, the boat ramp there will be totally off limits no matter what the outcome of this is. The current plan calls for gates to limit access to the entire corner of the island where our launch is. Taylor and I looked at the launch and what we have to work with out there last night and this is what we came up with (see the pdf).
I want to forward this onto the NAVY asap, like by noon tomorrow.
Also, the public comment period for this clean up project is about to expire. It is really important that everyone who uses the Bay comment on this....that said...I am sorry, I dont have the public comment link to forward to you all, if someone has that link, can you pass it along?
Hardy Danger
Hardy and Crew,
Here is the link to the site with the notices and reports:
Keep the letters going to:
Henry Wong, Remedial Project Manager
Department of Toxic Substances Control
700 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
James B. Sullivan
Navy BRAC PMO West
1455 Frazee Road, Suite 900
San Diego, CA 92108-4310
Be sure to reference:
draft Action Memorandum / Interim Remediation Action Plan (AM/IRAP)
draft Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA (Negative Declaration)
Treasure Island Housing Area, Site 12 / Former Navy Station Treasure Island
I have had discussions with Jim Sullivan of the Navy regarding having an access corridor as Hardy has illustrated. I think I would probably shoot for a 20 wide access way (vs. 15)so that people going in different directions with gear could pass each other. Sullivan has repeatedly said that they are looking at it but he has not come back with anything solid to date. He indicated to Jim McGrath, VP of SFBA, that the Navy would come back to us shortly to ask for a meeting to discuss options. Jim let him know that we need to discuss a cooperative solution sooner rather than later because we may need to retain legal counsel soon if there is no cooperative solution. If we end up with a corridor scenario, we would need to have the fence removed between to old training building and our lot to allow for gear to be carried to the usual launch and we would need sand bags to improve the launch to accommodate people who traditionally used the boat ramp to avoid the nasty rocks.
The big complication here is the artificial urgency that is created by the Navy and the DTSC saying that they will start work on February 1 even thought he public comment period ends on January 28. I believe that it is either unheard of or extremely unusual to start a project 4 days after the public comment ends because public comment is supposed to be seriously considered. The fact that they insist that they will start work on February 1 and that they have already started spending money on staging work creates a strong impression that they do not intend to take public comment seriously and will deny that a significant impact to recreation exists when there is a clear case that it does.
If DTSC is in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act requirements, we may want to take legal action to make them stop the project and do a proper assessment of the environmental impacts. I would hate to litigate, but we have had to hire an attorney in order to be taken seriously before (most notably regarding the golf ball problem at Third Avenue and the plan for building on the old drive in property near Coyote Point). One concern is that if we roll over now, we could be displaced with the same lack of regard when there is additional remediation work at or near the launch area and when the seismic strengthening of the island is done and when the north end of the island is improved as part of the redevelopment plan. I would rather not rock the boat as it may have an impact on the residents or the redevelopment plans, but so far the Navy and the DTSC really seem to be bent on pushing ahead regardless.
Peter Thorner, President
San Francisco Boardsailing Association
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Ill be looking to launch just upwind of the pipe. Im sure theres a place to park in the residential area and a walk through to access the wall. Hunt
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I get the impression that 9/11 kicked off the atheist movement. Suddenly atheists acquired a moral authority: "See what faith can do - no atheist would do a thing like that!" and it was embarassing on some level to religious people in general.
I joined this site because I heard about the Innocence of Muslims movie, and I was delighted that someone was doing what needs to be done: saying what they think in spite of Muslim violence. I asked myself "Happy, even though it has incited people to murder?" and the answer is yes. I looked online to see if other people felt the same way, and this site was one where there were people who did.
Feeling that way seems to be an atheist reaction, like a lot of people tend to think it's bad to disrespect a religion. Especially if they're religious themselves.
I wasn't brought up religiously, so I don't have the antipathy to religion that a lot of atheists do who had to reject religious indoctrination they got as a child, or deconvert from a religion. Religion doesn't carry much emotional voltage for me. It would be a bizarre thing to do, for me to go and believe in some religion - without anybody showing me a reason to believe those things.
But I DO care about intimidation by violence, a lot.
The people who were religious and deconverted are rather rare birds, I think. The Christians I knew in college are still Christians. There is courage and honesty involved in questioning and discarding that powerful childhood religious indoctrination.
But there are a lot of people who don't believe in a religion, and religious violence tends to align those people with people who do identify themselves as atheists.
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Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Genesis: Explorations in Text and Meaning
Rabbi Francis Nataf B.A. '81 brings a sophisticated approach to some of the central themes in Genesis, offering profound and relevant teachings from the Bible's first book. He uses both modern and classical tools of interpretation that allow the book to be rooted in the Jewish tradition and yet still be of universal interest.
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Murder trial for Somalis charged with deaths of 4 Americans in piracy case set to begin in Va
NORFOLK, Va. – Trial is set to begin in Virginia for three Somali men charged with piracy and the 2011 murders of four Americans aboard a yacht off the coast of Africa.
The yacht's owners, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., and their friends, Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were shot to death in February 2011 after they were taken hostage at sea several hundred miles south of Oman.
Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar could face the death penalty if they're convicted. In all, 22 of the 26 counts with which the defendants are charged are death-eligible offenses.
Eleven other men in the case have already pleaded guilty to piracy and been sentenced to life in prison.
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SOMERSWORTH — PainCare's Somersworth office is pleased to welcome new pain management provider, Shelley M. Landry, MPA-C, to its professional staff.
Shelley attained her Master of Physician Assistant from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She is a certified member of the National Commission of Certification of PA's and a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Shelley is also currently in the NH Air National Guard as part of the Medical Group at Pease Air Force Base.
Her previous experience in internal medicine, and more recently her 8 years practicing pain management makes Shelley a valuable and qualified addition to PainCare's team. Shelley will bring with her many qualities which will benefit PainCare's patients, the most notable being her listening skills and overall exceptional patient care. "I believe that a good clinician forms a partnership with each patient based on respect and honesty. As clinicians, we must be skilled listeners. One who truly listens for the patient's worries and concerns will be more accurate in discovering the true diagnosis and best treatment plan."
Shelley Landry is now accepting new patients in the Somersworth office. Call 692-3166.


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This booking system website is provided by MyCourts™ (HBI Consulting Ltd) to Dulwich Squash Club as part of Dulwich Squash Club's online court reservation system for the benefit of all members. The term 'us' or 'we' refers to both HBI Consulting Ltd and to Dulwich Squash Club. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of this website.
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Italian ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi 'hosted nun strippers'
A witness at the trial of Silvio Berlusconi has said strippers dressed as nuns performed for the former Italian prime minister at a party.
Model Imane Fadil said she had been given 2,000 euros (£1,650; $2,614) by Mr Berlusconi the first time she attended a "bunga bunga" party.
She was one of several women who arrived at a Milan courthouse on Monday to testify in Mr Berlusconi's trial.
He is accused of paying for sex with an underage nightclub dancer.
The woman, Moroccan-born Karima el-Mahroug, was 17 when she allegedly had sex with the prime minister.
He is also accused of abusing his powers by getting police to release Ms Mahroug - better known by her stage name Ruby The Heart Stealer - from jail when she was arrested for stealing.
Witness payments
Ms Fadil told the court she had attended several parties at Mr Berlusconi's villa outside Milan.
She alleges that the first night she went, she saw two young women in nun costumes stripping for the prime minister. One, she said, was Nicole Minetti, now a regional councillor for Berlusconi's People of Freedom party in Milan.
Ms Fadil claimed that Ms Minetti and the other woman dressed as a nun stayed the night at the villa, and that women who attended bunga bunga parties were paid more for sex.
Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported last week that Mr Berlusconi had paid a total of 127,000 euros to three female witnesses, including Ms Minetti, since the trial began last year.
Mr Berlusconi's lawyer, Niccolo Ghedini, denied the payments were an attempt to influence the women's testimony, saying they were legal and reflected the former prime minister's "usual generosity", AFP news agency reports.
This is one of three trials that the businessman and former prime minister is currently a defendant in. The other two relate to tax fraud and violating official secrets, while earlier this year an Italian court threw out a fourth case relating to bribery claims.
Mr Berlusconi stepped down in November 2011 over concerns about Italy's economy.


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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Mennonites and other Anabaptists from around the globe will gather in central Pennsylvania a year from now for the first Mennonite World Conference Assembly ever to be held in Pennsylvania.
The gathering, held every six years, will be in Harrisburg in July 2015. The last time it was held in the United States was in 1978, in Kansas. The 2009 assembly was held in Paraguay, Lancaster Newspapers (http://bit.ly/1tZsaNb ) reported.
Cesar Garcia, general secretary of the conference - which includes the Mennonite Church, the Mennonite Brethren Church, and the Brethren in Christ Church - said he hopes 8,000 or more people from 50 to 70 countries will attend the July 21-26 gathering at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center next year.
Garcia said Wednesday in an interview in Lancaster that it's one thing for believers to see members of the community portrayed on television, but "to be here, and to know the real Mennonite world, to experience this area, it will be a wonderful experience."
Attendance will depend on how many visitor visas are issued by the U.S. Department of State, something the conference has been working on for years, said J. Richard Thomas, superintendent of Lancaster Mennonite School, who is helping to plan the gathering.
Visas will be easier to obtain from Canada and Europe, but the concern is getting them from Latin America, Asia and Africa where almost two-thirds of baptized Anabaptists live, he said.
People attending the conference are to be hosted by families in the Harrisburg area, including Lancaster County. Thomas said about 850 houses already have been found but about 150 more are being sought.
Organizers said the gathering is not a policymaking conference, with the conference's governing work done by a general council that will convene in Harrisburg before the assembly.
"This is much more of a fellowship," with great music and people coming together," volunteer spokesman Merle Good said.
It will feature a global church village, as well as workshops, discussions and service projects. Each day will begin with singing led by a multinational worship team.
Garcia said he hopes that people from beyond the Anabaptist community will attend.
It will be "a very good window into the Anabaptist world," he said.
Information from: Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era , http://lancasteronline.com


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Advanced Blending Solutions heats up plastic-based packaging innovation
PC-based control and EtherCAT help reduce programming time and panel costs by 25%: "Paper or plastic?" is a question many are asked at the local grocers' check-out lines. Of course, we know that paper products are derived from trees, but what about plastic products? It's no shock that plastic is a manufactured product that doesn't occur naturally and must be specially produced. The plastic manufacturing industry can count the food, medical, and electronics markets as major growth areas for flexible packaging. Run by high-performance and open PC-based control technologies, the Menominee, Mich.-based Advanced Blending Solutions LLC (ABS) aims to remain competitive in the flexible packaging industry by offering custom plastic blending and extrusion control packages and flexible solutions that are robust, affordable, and innovative.
ABS is a supplier to the plastics industry of auxiliary equipment for material handling, blending, and controls. Focusing on the plastic film and fiber markets, ABS equipment supports higher end applications, such as in food and medical packaging, as well as fiber and resin compounding.
"To have competitive offerings for applications that range from simple to complex, we strive to provide innovative solutions that enable modern plastic film and fiber processing plants to maximize product quality while optimizing company OEE," explained James Wood, ABS director of engineering. Striving to provide results-oriented solutions for each application, ABS works with customers to evaluate needs and deliver the most efficient and financially viable result possible.
"Offering our standard systems with available custom control packages is what distinguishes us from the competition," Wood said.
Inside the 99,000-sq-ft ABS production facility, Simplicity Series blenders, vacuum receivers, pump packages, and weigh hoppers are just a few of the advanced machines manufactured on site. Continuous blenders from the Simplicity Series perform simultaneous metering of all components, which eliminates the need for mechanical mixing while consistently producing the desired blend. ABS Smart Stands are used to verify raw materials to match recipes. The company also manufactures Angel Hair Removal systems, which are used to remove stringers (referred to as "angel hair" in the industry) from the resin.
ABS is committed to being a single-source provider for customers' industrial blending and extrusion needs, from system design to on-site installation.
"Our machinery handles and stores the raw material upon first arrival to the customer's facility and then conveys the resins to ABS blending equipment, which in turn blends the resins prior to extrusion. In many applications, our equipment functions in one of two modes: either as the master controller on the machine line, overseeing all aspects of the process, or as a slave device, integrated to and communicating through another vendor's downstream plastic processing equipment," said Wood.
Panel PCs and software PLC convey all the right benefits
During an ambitious campaign to all at once overhaul design, boost controller performance, and improve system communication, ABS decided to offer its Simplicity Series blenders with an industrial PC (IPC) technology in 2007. Since then, progress to modernize the architecture of ABS systems has been significant. Today PC- and EtherCAT-based controls handle many major functions in Advanced Blending Solutions' systems, including blending/extrusion control throughout custom ABS equipment.
Industrial PCs were chosen after learning more about overall machine automation capabilities. Considering the number of systems ABS manufactures per year, using IPCs "gave us the ability to more easily manage our equipment by standardizing on a uniform control platform," consisting of panel PCs, PLC software, and EtherCAT I/O modules, explained Wood.
Intuitive and feature-rich control systems from ABS are enabled by touchscreen panel PCs. With integration of a 15-in. built-in panel PC, equipped with an Intel Celeron 1.9 GHz dual-core processor, ABS can efficiently and effectively control machine construction and plant engineering applications. Power, functionality, and flexibility led ABS to use the panel PC as the "standard" control display for its applications.
The IPC "gives us everything we need, such as impressive power from multi-core processor technology," Wood said. Compact Flash storage media means "it's an exceptionally stable piece of hardware which is of critical importance in the harsh environments typical of plastics applications." PC-based control also enables ABS to scale up and down to various system sizes and provides the ability to run on Microsoft Windows 7 OS and another software vendor's human-machine interface (HMI) platform, used to program the system visualization.
Advanced Blending Solutions continued its machine modernization campaign with the addition of powerful programming software that integrates real-time control with a PLC system, motion control, and a programming environment in one package.
"The power behind the software and ability to organize our plastics application code into libraries has been great for programming and using structured text versus our original system," Wood explained. Blending, extrusion control, and material handling are all functions that the programming software "expertly supports in ABS blending/extrusion systems," he said, adding other features along with Microsoft Windows 7, such as enhanced data collection, custom reporting, and remote access for ABS support teams and customers. In addition, it helped establish worldwide ABS network integration.
On the networking side, high-performance EtherCAT I/O and other I/O modules are used in ABS blending/extrusion systems, including velocity control equipment, which manages airflow/speed that's moving material through the vacuum pump and migratory feeder machines that perform simultaneous metering of all components. In addition, the EtherCAT I/O system provides simple connectivity to the CANopen components used on ABS machines. EtherCAT I/O nodes, couplers, and a CANopen master terminal make it possible to transmit data from all connected CANopen devices over one standard Ethernet cable and one EtherCAT network.
EtherCAT is the standard network for the control solution. Almost all the IPCs and related I/O devices have EtherCAT connections, Wood said. "Considering the ease of installation using standard Ethernet cabling and components along with extremely fast update speeds, EtherCAT met all of our requirements. CANopen is primarily reserved for our special applications that interface with machinery from other manufacturers that use the CANopen protocol. However, EtherCAT master/slave gateway terminals that easily connect with legacy fieldbus technologies quickly eliminate any possible stumbling blocks in this area," Wood said.
Adding savings to the mix
With so many additional capabilities available to Advanced Blending Solutions today, the company can progress to a higher level of innovation and continuous development. With the blend of TwinCAT, EtherCAT I/O, and panel PCs, ABS has reduced programming time, making it much easier to streamline and shorten its product development cycles.
The unified programming software "has enabled us to simplify the entire programming process, which is extremely beneficial to us," explained Wood. "We took full advantage of PC-based controls, and there's no need to implement a separate stand-alone PLC." The unified programming software "is a clear driver for simplifying our engineering processes." The panel PC technology "saved ABS between 20% and 30% on control hardware costs," Wood said.
Advanced Blending Solutions also can offer customers energy savings with its velocity control product. "Utilizing PC-based control and EtherCAT to moderate speed and manage our control algorithms, we've achieved energy savings of 30% in the material conveying process through better velocity control of the pumps," said Wood.
With so many remarkable results piling up, Advanced Blending Solutions has successfully fulfilled its goals of creating custom control solutions while continuing to innovate and develop long-term competitive advantages for customers. However, development of high-performing, flexible, and cost-effective plastic processing equipment from ABS is far from over.
Future plans are well underway for additional control system upgrades with new automation technology.
"With powdered resins growing in popularity as raw material for plastics blending and extrusion, we are working on a line of automated feeders that will convey and blend powders. Based off our previous successes, we will work … to come up with another innovative control solution for these new systems in development," explained Wood.
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ORLANDO, FLA. (April 2, 8:30 p.m. ET) — Entek International is undergoing a 77,000 square foot expansion to its battery separator production plant in Lebanon, Ore. The project will expand the plant's physical footprint to 216,000 square feet.
The expansion is being fully managed by Entek Extruders (Booth 4691), which is supplying a new continuous operation production line that will be operational by January 2013. The line includes an Entek 133 mm twin-screw extruder with all related downstream equipment. The expansion will accommodate two extrusion lines, officials said during an April 2 interview at NPE.
The battery separation plant produces RhinoHide PE battery separators for starting, lighting and ignition lead-acid batteries. The separators are used in automobile, bus, tractor, and motorcycles.
"Their main customer is pushing them to supply more product on a long-term basis," said John Effmann, director of sales and marketing. "They had to increase the capacity to keep up with their demands."
For Entek Extruders, though, it represents a different way of doing business. Now, Entek is focused on providing entire project management and not just the extrusion line itself. Officials struggled with differentiating the company and its products in a world where an extruder can be viewed as just, well, an extruder. For Entek International and other customers, Entek Extruders is providing 100 percent project management including design and construction.
"We literally engineer everything that goes into that plant," Effmann said. This expansion is front and center now for the company, but Entek is taking the turnkey philosophy to its other customers. Officials wouldn't disclose the names of other customers involved in expansions but said there are several projects in process.
What Entek officials saw as a result of the Great Recession is that when companies downsized they lost their resources.
"We're willing to take on larger projects," Effmann said. "We're taking on project management."
Entek International will add up to 20 jobs; Entek Extruders will add at least 30 new jobs.
Officials would not disclose the investment amount. Newly named President Kirk Hanawalt said that where a lot of companies had to cut back on engineering staff, Entek did not. Its machine shop now is operating with four shifts, 24/7.
"We think we're positioned well," Hanawalt said. As the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc. President and CEO Bill Carteaux announced the United States GDP was 2.8 percent, Hanawalt said that Entek's client base has been growing greater than that.
Hanawalt has served as vice president and chief operating officer since 2006. Larry Keith, who used to be president, has become chief executive officer.
During NPE, Entek is showcasing two twin-screw extruders. Its 27mm model is for laboratory applications and small lot compounding. Its 103mm model is for large-scale production of biopolymers. The 103mm model will go into use for DaniMer Scientific of Bainbridge, Ga., for producing high volumes of renewable hot melt adhesives.


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PDHpro necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 207 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
PDHpro / PDHpro.com
Our company does continuing education for licensed professionals. This involves Land Surveyors, Engineers, Architects, Contractors, Attorneys, etc. going to our website, purchasing courses that they study and take a test on to see if they learned the material. It they pass they are awarded a number of credits that they then submit to their licensing board in order to renew their license.
We want to use this logo to really establish a brand that people will know and recognize. It will be used on everything we do, from letterhead, brochures and our website design to signs and embroidered shirts. This will become the trademark for our company, so it should be something original. No stock images, clipart or existing logo designs please.
Our target audience is licensed professionals (Land Surveyors, Engineers, Architects, Contractors, Attorneys, etc.) looking to get the continuing education credits they need to renew their license with the state by purchasing our online courses.
There are two parts to this logo, a graphic and the text PDHpro. Each should be able to carry the brand on its own without its counterpart, but be even stronger when they are together.
PDH stands for Professional Development Hour which is widely known by professionals, so the initials PDH should be highlighted in the graphic. It does not have to reflect "education" in an obvious way but could be included if it works, but no blatant "school" images (graduation caps, apples, chalk boards, etc). It should be professional (not cartoon like) but modern and dynamic (not reminding you of an old corporation).
PDHpro should be displayed with PDH in all caps and pro in all lower case. PDH should be in one color with pro in another. The typography should be unique so people see it and immediately identify with the brand but not so over the top that it is hard to read. The ".com" should appear in the logo somehow but make it so the logo could be used without it as well.
Incorporation into a sample business card or letterhead is a major bonus.
Final files should be provided in all the different formats and sizes (vector, photoshop, jpg, transparent png, etc.) with a greyscale version as well.
Based on the sample work we have seen from the talented artists on here, we are excited to see the creative concepts you come up with. Thanks for helping to build our new brand!
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- 1 Browsing experience
- 2 Profile Maintenance
- 3 Security
- 4 See also
Browsing experience
A number of tweaks can be accessed via typing chrome://xxx in the URL field. A complete list is available by typing chrome://chrome-urls into the URL field. Some of note are listed below:
- chrome://flags - access experimental features such as WebGL and rendering webpages with GPU, etc.
- chrome://plugins - view, enable and disable the currently used Chromium plugins.
- chrome://gpu-internals - status of different GPU options.
- chrome://sandbox - indicate sandbox status.
- chrome://version - display version and switches used to invoke the active
An automatically updated, complete listing of Chromium switches is available here.
Broken icons in Download Tab
If Chromium shows icon placeholders (icons representing broken documents) instead of appropriate icons in its download tab, the likely cause is that the gnome-icon-theme package is not installed.
Chromium overrides/overwrites Preferences file
If you enabled syncing with a Google Account, then Chromium will override any direct edits to the Preferences file found under
$HOME/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences. To work around this, start Chromium with the
--disable-sync-preferences switch:
$ chromium --disable-sync-preferences
If Chromium is started in the background when you login in to your desktop environment, make sure the command your desktop environment uses is
$ chromium --disable-sync-preferences --no-startup-window
Scroll speed of mouse wheel
Arch users have the option to build the chromium-scroll-pixelsAUR package from the AUR which is identical to extra/chromium except that it contains a patch to enable the --scroll-pixels flag. It is worth mentioning that chromium can take quite a while to compile. Graysky provides pre-compiled packages for both x86_64 and i686 in his unofficial repo, Repo-ck.
The following switch can be used to set the scroll speed of the wheel mouse:
$ chromium --scroll-pixels=320
Search Engines
Make sites like wiki.archlinux.org and wikipedia.org easily searchable by first executing a search on those pages, then going to Settings > Search and click the Manage search engines.. button. From there, "Edit" the Wikipedia entry and change its keyword to "w" (or some other shortcut you prefer). Now searching Wikipedia for "Arch Linux" from the address bar is done simply by entering "w arch linux".
Cache in tmpfs
To limit Chromium from writing its cache to a physical disk, one can define an alternative location via the
--disk-cache-dir=/foo/bar flag:
$ chromium --disk-cache-dir=/tmp/cache
Cache should be considered temporary and will not be saved after a reboot or hard lock.
Alternative way, in
tmpfs /home/<USER>/.cache tmpfs noatime,nodev,nosuid,size=400M 0 0
Profile in tmpfs
Relocate the browser profile to a tmpfs filesystem, including
/tmp, or
/dev/shm for improvements in application response as the entire profile is now stored in RAM.
Use an active profile management script for maximal reliability and ease of use.
profile-sync-daemonAUR is such a script and is directly available from the AUR. It symlinks and syncs the browser profile directories to RAM. Refer to the Profile-sync-daemon wiki article for additional information on it.
Launch a new browser instance
When you launch the browser, it first checks if another instance using the same profile is already running. If there is one, the new window is associated with the old instance. To prevent this, you can specifically ask the browser to run with a different profile.
$ chromium --user-data-dir=<PATH TO A PROFILE>
~/.config/chromium/Default). If you want to use the same profile as your current one for this new instance, first copy the folder
~/.config/chromium/Default to a directory of your choice, keeping the same
Default name, and launch the browser using the following command by specifying the parent folder of the
Default folder you have just copied.
e.g. if you copied the Default folder to ~/Downloads/
$ chromium --user-data-dir=~/Downloads
Profile Maintenance
Chromium uses Sqlite databases to manage history and the like. Sqlite databases become fragmented over time and empty spaces appear all around. But, since there are no managing processes checking and optimizing the database, these factors eventually result in a performance hit. A good way to improve startup and some other bookmarks and history related tasks is to defragment and trim unused space from these databases.
profile-cleanerAUR and browser-vacuumAUR in the AUR do just this.
Run in a Sandbox
Run chromium in a sandbox for added security:
$ chromium --enable-seccomp-sandbox
User Agent
By default Chromium already sends an excessively detailed User Agent, as is viewable via the EFF's Panopticlick test. That alone makes each browser readily identifiable with high accuracy — and is further exacerbated by the use of non-stable versions, ones not recently provided by Google's release channels, ones customized e.g. by a distribution (such as the AUR's chromium-browser-ppaAUR), etc.
However, this User Agent can be arbitrarily modified at the start of Chromium's base instance via its
--user-agent="[string]" parameter.
For the same User Agent as the stable Chrome release for Linux i686 (at the time of writing the most popular Linux edition of Chrome) one would use:
--user-agent="Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.2 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/20.0.1132.47 Safari/536.11"
An official, automatically updated listing of Chromium releases which also shows the included WebKit version is available as the OmahaProxy Viewer.
Making it all persistent
You can export your flags from
export CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS="--disk-cache-dir=/tmp --disk-cache-size=50000000"
Or add them to
# Default settings for chromium. This file is sourced by /usr/bin/chromium # # Options to pass to chromium CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--scroll-pixels=200"
Chromium will prefer the user defined flags in
CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS to those defined in
If you want to use
CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS and Pepperflash, you should add Chromium Pepperflash arguments to your
~/.profile file.
export CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS="--ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/PepperFlash/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=11.7.700.141"
SSL Certificates
Unfortunately, Chromium doesn't have a SSL certificate manager. It relies on the NSS Shared DB
~/.pki.nssdb. In order to add SSL certificates to the database, users will have to use the shell.
Adding CAcert Certificates for Self-Signed Certificates
Grab the CAcerts and create a nssdb if one does not already exist. To do this, first install the nss package, then complete these steps:
[[ ! -e $HOME/.pki/nssdb ]] && mkdir -p $HOME/.pki/nssdb && cd $HOME/.pki/nssdb && certutil -N -d sql:.
curl -k -o "cacert-root.crt" "http://www.cacert.org/certs/root.crt" curl -k -o "cacert-class3.crt" "http://www.cacert.org/certs/class3.crt" certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "CAcert.org" -i cacert-root.crt certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "CAcert.org Class 3" -i cacert-class3.crt
Now users may manually import a self-signed certificate.
Example 1: Using a Shell Script Isolate the Certificate from TomatoUSB
Below is a simple script that will extract and add a certificate to the user's nssdb:
#!/bin/sh # # usage: import-cert.sh remote.host.name [port] # REMHOST=$1 REMPORT=${2:-443} exec 6>&1 exec > $REMHOST echo | openssl s_client -connect ${REMHOST}:${REMPORT} 2>&1 |sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "$REMHOST" -i $REMHOST exec 1>&6 6>&-
Syntax is advertised in the commented lines.
Example 2: Using Firefox to Isolate the Certificate from TomatoUSB
The firefox browser can used to save the certificate to a file for manunal import into the DB.
Using firefox:
- Browse to the target URL.
- Upon seeing the "This Connection is Untrusted" warning screen, click I understand the Risks>Add Exception...
- Click View>Details>Export and save the certificate to a temporary location (
/tmp/easy.pemin this example).
Now import the certificate for use in Chromium:
certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t TC -n "easy" -i /tmp/easy.pem
See also
- Profile-sync-daemon - Systemd service that saves Chromium profile in tmpfs and syncs to disk
- Tmpfs - Tmpfs Filesystem in
- Official tmpfs kernel Documentation


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Umphrey's McGee delivered a massive bust out of "Rising Bird" for the first time in over 16 years during a VIP set at their Georgia Theatre three-night closer in Athens.
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Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit continued their Ryman Residency in Nashville on Saturday where they debuted a cover of Crosby, Stills & Nash's "Helplessly Hoping."
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IBM Researcher Feeds Watson Supercomputer The 'Urban Dictionary'; Very Quickly Regrets It
from the hateful-day-when-I-received-life-you-only-live-once-smh-and-etc. deptAs a parent, some of your proudest moments occur when your children begin to talk. After several months of ear-shredding cries and indistinguishable babble, they finally begin to communicate in a language you can understand. A first word is an indescribable joy, whether it's "mama," "dada" or "roku." The future now seems to be an amazing place where you and your child will strive towards excellence together, culminating in a comfortable retirement in which you live off their immense earnings as a person of brilliance.
Shortly thereafter, you begin to rue the day they ever learned the (now) cursed language of their ancestors.
It starts with the incessant barrage of questions in a meandering quest for knowledge, followed by the barrage of questions (mainly, "Why?") that greet every suggestion, criticism or direct order. Shortly thereafter, it's followed by questions directed at your parenting skills, cultural tastes, archaic slang use, rhetorical devices and sense of direction. At the point where you're wishing their language development had followed Charlie Gordon's "learning curve," you're asked to make a surprise appearance at the school administrator's office to explain a sudden outburst of particularly inventive cursing from your former "pride and joy."
So it is also with artificial life.
Watson, IBM's Jeopardy-contestant supercomputer, showed the world that, with the right programming, any puny human could be bested in a mildly snooty game show that handed out answers and asked for questions. However, the quest for true artificial intelligence is still ongoing.
So, in the interest of science, the whole of human knowledge (Internet Edition™) was dropped into Watson's brain and then... the problems began.
Two years ago, Brown attempted to teach Watson the Urban Dictionary. The popular website contains definitions for terms ranging from Internet abbreviations like OMG, short for "Oh, my God," to slang such as "hot mess."Well, it appears that every teacher's distrust of the internet in general is well-earned. It's nothing but quasi-facts dressed up in four-letter words, like a World Book Encyclopedia annotated by 4chan's /b/ board. (I'm not going to link to it. I won't have your misclicks weighing on my soul.) Still, it's disheartening to know that the use of the word "bullshit" (even correctly) is not considered a sign of intelligence, artificial or otherwise. Sure, the word itself may be inappropriate, but under certain circumstances, it is by far the most appropriate answer.
But Watson couldn't distinguish between polite language and profanity -- which the Urban Dictionary is full of. Watson picked up some bad habits from reading Wikipedia as well. In tests it even used the word "bullshit" in an answer to a researcher's query.
Fortunately for Watson's team, they had the option to remove all this useful knowledge before it offended other researchers who weren't as used to being coldly called on their bullshit.
Ultimately, Brown's 35-person team developed a filter to keep Watson from swearing and scraped the Urban Dictionary from its memory. But the trial proves just how thorny it will be to get artificial intelligence to communicate naturally.It also shows that artificial intelligence has one huge advantage over regular intelligence: the ability to permanently forget. We lowly humans are stuck with a brain that constantly reminds us (especially if we spend much time at places like the aforementioned /b/ board) that what is seen, cannot be unseen.
Watson, having been de-swearified and brainwashed, is now headed to a better place.
Brown is now training Watson as a diagnostic tool for hospitals.There it will be able to use its acquired knowledge to battle health issues like cancer, AIDS, diabetes and Dissociative Facebook Identity Disorder.
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Dare I say that Yohan Blake would have won the world title in the 100 meters last month even if Jamaican compatriot and defending champion and world record-holder Usain Bolt had not been disqualified for a false start?
That doesn't seem like such a risky statement after watching Blake run the 200 in Friday's Diamond League finale at Brussels.
And, this being track and field, what Blake did will also raise the usual questions about how he did it, especially since he had a doping violation two years ago.
Blake, still just 21 years old, had a horrible start Friday, a poor first 100 meters and a finish so incredible he dusted Walter Dix even though Dix ran the second fastest time ever, 19.53 seconds, by a U.S. runner. Only Michael Johnson (19.32) has run faster.
Blake ran the second fastest time ever by any runner, 19.26, a clocking beaten only by Bolt's 19.19 at the 2009 world meet. (For video, click here)
(This being track and field, a sport determined to kill itself by doing whatever possible not to please spectators, Bolt and Blake did not run against each other in Brussels. Bolt won the 100 in 9.76, the world's best time this season. Video)
Before getting back to Blake, a few words on Galen Rupp. He pared more than 11 seconds off the U.S. record in the 10,000 by finishing third in 26 minutes, 48.0 seconds. Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele won in 26:43.16, best in the world this season.
Rupp, 25, who was seventh at worlds, beat his old personal best by 22.74 seconds.
That's a 1.3 percent improvement.
Why is the percentage important?
Because Blake improved his personal best in the 200 by 2.4 percent -- and by a startling 6.4 percent in the past two seasons.
(Rupp's personal best before 2010 dates to 2007. His 2010 time was 1.4 percent better than the earlier PB.)
So, yes, I am going to raise the could-doping-be-involved specter on Blake, and someone is going to say that is racist (Blake is black; Rupp, white) or jingoist (Jamaica vs. USA).
I would answer: look at the numbers.
In the 200, Blake has dropped from 20.60 to 19.78 to 19.26 in two seasons.
Bolt went from a world junior record 19.93 in 2004 (at age 17) to 19.75 in 2007 (after breaking 20 in each of the intervening years) to his first world record of 19.30 in 2008, when his personal best dropped by 2.3 percent.
There have, of course, also been doping suspicions about Bolt, who never has tested positive (for what that's worth, as Marion Jones proved.)
Bolt's big percentage drop (5.6 percent) came with a personal best of 20.58 -- pedestrian by elite standards -- in 2002. It's much harder to go faster once the times get to 20-low and lower.
(To be fair, it should be noted Dix went from 20.25 to 19.69 in one season -- a drop of 2.7 percent. He then leveled off for two seasons before improving his PB by only 0.8 percent Friday.)
In 2009, just before the world championships, Blake tested positive for a prohibited stimulant. The penalty in force at the time for the substance in question was two years, although it fell in a category of substances that allowed for reduced penalties (or a mere warning) if the athlete could demonstrate it was not intended to enhance performance.
After first being exonerated on an (incorrect) technicality, Blake wound up with a three-month ban from Jamaica's Anti-Doping Commission, an organization with the deserved reputation of being a fox guarding the henhouse because it does so few unannounced, out-of-competition tests.
But it's easy to make numbers fit any scenario one wants.
Bolt, for instance, lowered his PR in the 100 by 3.4 percent in one year, going from 10.03 in 2007 to a world record 9.69 in 2008. In his defense, Bolt had been strictly a 200-meter specialist until running his first 100 in 2007.
While Blake largely was focusing on the 100, he also had been running the 200 regularly for six seasons.
Blake's time in Brussels has not gone unnoticed. James Carter, a two-time U.S. Olympic hurdler, tweeted Friday, "I think Blake just tested the new juice for next year. . .Looks like it works. . .Get ready London."
(In case you need a translation, "juice" is a banned performance-enhancer.)
So where were we? Oh, yes, the idea that Blake would have beaten Bolt in the 100 at the worlds in Daegu, South Korea.
Blake won that race in 9.92 seconds, running into a headwind. Last week in Zurich, he ran a personal best 9.82 with no wind. Bolt ran 9.76 Friday with a tailwind that, when factored in, makes his time about the same as Blake's personal best.
So the answer about Daegu is: based on what each has done this season, there is very little to separate Blake and Bolt -- who are in the same training group -- in the 100.
Maybe that's why Bolt felt getting a fast start was so important it led him to false start.
Or, dare I say, maybe what Blake did Friday is just another of the falsehoods that have undermined track and field for some three decades.
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I let my middle son watch me wax the 'stache tonight and I think I may have traumatized him more than the kid I let watch me give birth.
Since the Dad 2.013 Movember team STILL hasn't seen far enough passed their stupid patriarchy to invite the 25th sexiest dad blogger of all time* to join their team, I figured I'd better deforest ye old kisser I leave in a few days for a blog trip with Simple Human. You know, best lip forward and all.
Aside: Apologies in advance if you follow me on twitter, because my Type A and Squirrel! are about to collide in 140-character intervals. Me, two days, SIMPLE HUMAN. Organized, highly functional, and shiny? Organized and orgasm are almost the same word for a reason, my friends.
So my son comes waltzing into my bathroom like it's Grand Central Station right after I've applied the first glob of wax on my face because Newton proved that children are physically incapable of coming in right when I've squirted the first bit of toilet bowl cleaner in. Instead they are forced, by powers beyond their comprehension, to wait like a lion in the grass for the most idealically uncomfortable moment to strike - the one in which I am totally helpless to avoid scarring them for the rest of their lives.
At least there aren't tampons involved anymore.
So he comes in singing Peanut Butter Jelly Time with no shirt on, because, and stops cold. Mom, what the H are you doing? he kind of asks, kind of demands. Glass houses, dancing queen. Glass. Houses. I'm waxing, I explain to him, and he says that he thought I was JOKING all this time but I assure him, oh no, if he's lucky, he'll take after his momma in the facial hair department. He asked if it hurt and I said like a bleep-fo, and he said OOOO, CAN I SEE? and I said yes, because.
I rip the wax off my lip and he jumps five inches backwards. His whole face went into buttchill-spasms. It. Was. Awesome.
I don't think anything in the whole entire world will create the deep-rooted respect, admiration, and abject fear of women in a man-child that letting him watch a woman give birth does, but I'm pretty sure that letting them watch a woman wax for a business trip comes in a close, and slightly less awkward in their teen years, second.
He asked why I would do such a thing to myself, and I told him it was partly to look professional and put together on my trip, but mostly so that I could play with all the hairs sticking straight up in the wax, and then we had our Biore Pore Strip on Crack moment together.
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MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team returns home on Saturday (Feb. 2) to face Michigan Technological University in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. from the Berry Events Center.
Northern is 4-14 overall and 3-11 in the GLIAC. The Wildcats had a pair of losses at Lake Superior State and at Northwood last weekend.
Junior forward Matthew Craggs averages 14.3 points a game for NMU, and sophomore forward Kendall Jackson leads the rebound column with a 6.2 average. Seven players average better than seven points per game.
MTU (13-5, 10-4 GLIAC) is currently on a three-game winning streak after wins at LSSU and Northwood and sits in third place in the North Division of the GLIAC. The Huskies were victorious over the Timberwolves 79-65 on Thursday and then received an 83-79 overtime win over the Lakers on Saturday.
Ali Haidar leads the Huskies—and GLIAC—in points (25.1) and rebounds (9.6) per game. His 25.1 average is fourth in the nation. Austin Armga (14.0) and Ben Stelzer (10.8) also average in the double digits.
NMU leads the all-time series against MTU, 130-70. The Wildcats have dropped four out of the last five meetings, including twice last season. The last win for NMU against its U.P.-rival was during the 2009-10 season.
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Readers of this blog may have noticed that my posts have tended toward the negative as far as the Central African state is concerned. Today, I have positive news: in February, it became illegal for people to pay taxes to officials in their offices. Instead, good citizens must go to the bank, where there is now a special window marked "public treasury." People deposit directly into various departments' coffers. In the first month with the new system, revenues more than tripled. The introduction of a basic technology thus eliminated a massive amount of pay-yourself-government (corruption, in common parlance). Of course, money deposited in bank accounts may still wind up building ministerial villas in the provinces, but at least this way there's a potential for more transparency.
This morning as I pulled into the market in Sibut, two hours' drive north of Bangui, I heard a familiar voice call out, "Louisa!" I know no one in Sibut, except maybe for the guys at Restaurant Destroy (the name shares sign space with those of the various humanitarian groups who have patronized the establishment), where I usually get an avocado salad and omelet. I opened the door and saw, to my surprise, a friend from Ndele. He works for some Sudanese merchants by accompanying their truck to DRC to buy coffee and then make the long trek north again to Am Dogon, Sudan to sell the beans. Along the way, they stop in Central African villages and peddle Chinese-made pots and tea sets, toothpaste, and dates. My friend's truck stopped in Sibut to await a money transfer of 200,000 CFA (more than $400) to pay for the rest of the voyage to Bangui. He estimated that in all he would pay 550,000 CFA in road barrier fees for the the Ndele – Bangui journey. Gendarmes, soldiers, police, water and forests ministry guards, and other entrepreneurial sorts set up barriers to extort fees on the roads. Because of the armed group insecurity in Ndele, they can now demand more from voyagers – especially "foreign" Muslims – as a kind of proof of loyalty. Pretty much the polar opposite of the efforts to de-personalize taxes described above.
I can't help but wonder, upon seeing the bedraggled, beaten-down trucks that ply this trade, how on earth they can make a profit from selling an occasional tupperware set and some mid-grade coffee beans if they must pay thousands of dollars in bribes for every round trip. And yet they keep doing it.


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