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The island of Rapu-Rapu in Albay, Philippines, is hostage to RRPP, formerly owned by Lafayette Mining Ltd of Australia, now taken over by LG & KORES of South Korea and MSC of Malaysia. Victim of compromised laws & corrupt government officials, the residents can only brace themselves for more ecological disasters & their effects: health problems, loss of land & livelihood, & uncertain future, UNLESS WE TAKE ACTION TO CLOSE THE RAPU-RAPU MINE.
"I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land and you made my inheritance detestable." (Jeremiah 2:7)
We, the Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF), express alarm over the wanton abuse of natural resources by the Transnational Mining Corporations (TNCs) with their local cohorts in South Luzon Region, especially in Bicol. The experience of the Bicolano people is no different from the plight of local communities in mining areas throughout the country: massive environmental destruction, shrinking economic base of the people, militarization of mining communities, displacement of communities due to land-grabbing and unjust land-conversion, gross human rights violations, destruction of flora and fauna, and further impoverishment of the country. The unresolved and ever continuing polymetallic mining operations in Rapu-Rapu Island, Albay, Labo, Paracale, and Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, the aggressive mine expansion in Aroroy, Masbate by Filminera Resources Corp., the peculiar magnetite off-shore mining in Camarines Sur by Bogo Mining Resources Corp; the Palanog Cement Plant in Albay, Panganiban and San Andres, Catanduanes, and the deeper quagmire of maldevelopment of mining in Matnog, Sorsogon challenge us to rethink our role as responsible God's stewards of creation ( Genesis 1: 26-31 ).
Destructive mining is blatantly unethical, unjust, and senseless for it exacerbates poverty, causes dislocation of livelihood of the people, and even threatens the base of life and life itself.
It is lamentable that the national government equates TNC mining with development, and is remiss in its duties in protecting the environment to the detriment of the people. It has been proven that the negative costs of mining operations far outweigh the gains.
Thus, to further liberalize the mining industry in favour of the mining corporations as being trumpeted by the Aquino administration will mean more suffering and death, dislocation, displacement and ruin of the environment.
Hence we call on the Filipino people:
1. To oppose all destructive mining operations, both locally or foreign-owned;
2. To scrap the Mining Act of 1995;
3. To demand immediate moratorium of large scale mining
4. To demand the demilitarization of mining communities
5. To fight for justice and integrity of creation;
6. To pass the HB 4315 or the Peoples' Mining Bill
We urge our churches and faith-based groups and institutions to pursue organizing, awareness building, and other relevant activities, and be in full solidarity with the people's movement against destructive mining operations.
With the liberating power of the Holy Spirit, we seek strength and wisdom to carry this task of asserting the right of the earth to survive and all that dwell therein.
Ecumenical Bishops Forum
October 6, 2011
DA Reports Rise in Fish Catch But Not in Albay Gulf
In the July 12-18, 2011 issue of Diario Veritas, the Department of Agriculture reported:
Nahilingan nin senyales nin pag-asenso an sector nin pagsisira sa paagi kan pagiging aktibo kan mga regional fishing ports sa primerong quarto kan taon.
Ipinahayag nin Rodolfo Paz, an general manager kan Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), an mga dakop kan sira an nagtaas nin maabot sa 93 porsyento sa Navotas, Iloilo, asin Sual, Pangasinan.
Siring man an nanotaran sa Davao Fish Port Complex na nagkaigwa man na 40% na pagdakul nin dakop kumparadosa dakop kan mga parasira sa kaparehong peryodo kan nakaaging taon.
Katakod kaini, pinag-engganyar kan DA an gabos na local na gobyerno sa nasyon na pakusugon an industriya nina pagsisira partikular sa aspeto kan environmental protection asin pagbukod sa mga ilegal na mga parasira.
Nakaabot kaya an report sa DA na rampante an paggamit nin mga dinamitakan mga parasira sa nagkakapirang kostal na lugar kan nasyon kun saen saro kan naunambitan digdi iyo an rehiyon Bikol.
At least two points are implied in this report. First, there are rises in fish catch in several areas of the country but not in Albay Gulf. Second, the DA blames all declines in fish catch on environmental degradation "and" illegal fishing.
On the first implication: Why is there no report of any rise in fish catch in Albay Gulf? The answer is obvious: there is in fact a precipitous decline as attested to by fishermen. A 95% decline has been reported here since 2005 the same year when Lafayette went into full operation. Why is there such a decline? We have referred that question to the DA and its line bureau BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) but no answer has ever been given. (They have not even reported any investigation conducted on the cause of death of a 15-meter sperm whale in 2010.)
We have ascribed the decline to mining in Rapu-Rapu from which flow several creeks that are discolored. Officials of Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project reply that fish catch decline is a global phenomenon (technical meeting on April 26, 2011 in EMB). Now, we have here a rebuttal to that defense - the DA report of fish catch rise in at least four areas. Fish catch decline is not a global phenomenon.
On the second implication: Since DA reports rises in fish catch in four areas of the country and calls for curtailment of illegal fishing, then it follows that after curtailing illegal fishing we can observe a rise in fish catch. In Albay Gulf, the Bantay Dagat, a local watch group against illegal fishing, has been very active in this campaign. However, the fish catch decline continues. Couple this observation with the fact that the DA confirms the presence of a fish sanctuary in Gaba Bay, Villahermosa, Rapu-Rapu . With a fish sanctuary and active campaign against illegal fishing, fish population should increase within one or two seasons but this does not happen. Hence, illegal fishing cannot be the cause. Again, we are led to the more obvious – the mining operation in Rapu-Rapu.
It should be pointed out that much of the fish catch in the past according to fishermen consisted of migratory fish from the Pacific Ocean – yellowfin tuna, kwaw, malasugi, tanguigue, sharks, etc. These species do not need the local breeding grounds in Albay Gulf to multiply. They spawn in the areas around Guam and come to Albay Gulf to feed seasonally. They pass through the gap between Rapu-Rapu and Prieto Diaz following the current. Since 2005, the catch of these species has consistently declined. Something is barring their path in that gap and that something is none other than the contamination of silt and heavy metals flowing from the mine site through the creeks and ultimately to the waters around Rapu-Rapu. The current carries the contaminants into the Albay Gulf and spreads them as the tide flows back out into the Philippine Sea.
Any way we look at the phenomenon in Albay Gulf, the glaring fact is that mining has adversely affected our food supply. Between fishing where we derive 100% of the benefits and Rapu-Rapu mining where were derive only 1/3 of 1% (according to the statement of Gov. Joey Salceda in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on March 28, 2011), we have to choose the former.
The same issue of Diario Veritas banners the headline "City secures fish trade." It reports the plan of the Legazpi City Council "to beef up the local fishing industry through stern legislation . . . Councilor Carlos Ante had already invited the different leaders of the local fisher folk to lay out details of a proposed ordinance to secure their livelihood." I laud the efforts of the good councilor. However, I suggest that a more comprehensive view of the problem be taken if it is ever intended to be solved. As management theory suggests, any solution should address the real cause of the problem. Limiting the analysis within the immediate vicinity of the city's coastal waters will lead to a failure at solution.
Not too long ago, we learned that several city councilors led by then Mayor Noel Rosal visited the Rapu-Rapu mine. In the newsletter of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Foresight, he was quoted as follows: "The mine is full of promise for the province" (Pages 9 and 11). I wrote Hon. Rosal in November 2010 (by then he had become the City Administrator) attaching photographs of the creeks colored brown, red, yellow and orange. I asked if the tour guides brought his group to the creeks. It's September 2011 and I still have to receive a reply. I also wrote to MGB V and EMB V. Both replied that the contamination in the creeks is within "tolerable levels."
RRMI, RRPI, LG, Kores and MSC should not think that they have succeeded in convincing the local community in their claim that the mine is operated responsibly and that the benefits they have derived translate to sustainable development of the people. The condition of the creeks, the fish catch decline and the poverty prevailing in the island all speak eloquently of the truth. Environmental damage and economic injustice have worsened. Adding insult to injury, they have praised themselves through press releases about their environmental awards while the residents of Rapu-Rapu and the fishermen of Albay Gulf continue to suffer. The contamination in the creeks may be within "tolerable levels" in the standards of the DENR but the poverty of the island residents, the fish catch decline and the environmental damage are definitely intolerable in the standards of the local community.
The DA, BFAR, DENR, Legazpi City Council, other local government units and other authorities better look into Rapu-Rapu mining honestly if they really want to solve the problem of fish catch decline in Albay Gulf. Anything less than that would not be in keeping with the public trust reposed in them.
September 4, 2011
Mining Engineers' Conference in Legazpi City blind to local residents' plight!
We remind the Provincial Government of Albay about the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution 2011-020 issued on March 8, 2011 banning all future mining activities in the province. It should have shown consistency by expressing disfavor against the convention.
We rebuke the City Government of Legazpi for going against the sentiments of Albayanos against the continued destruction of our environment. The city has recently manifested its inability to walk the talk. In Mount Bariw, Barangay Estanza, a large swath of hillside is severely denuded yet it has done nothing. The silt from the denudation has flowed to Barangay Pinaric where it is several inches thick. In Embarcadero, large volumes of floating garbage greet the citizens whenever they go for a leisurely stroll along the boulevard. The city government has been so preoccupied with pleasing tourists but compromised the welfare of local residents who voted them into office and pay millions in taxes. Tourists bring in income but that income is just a means towards providing better living conditions for local residents. The means cannot be exchanged for the end. If the welfare of citizens is disadvantaged by the city government's preoccupation with pleasing tourists, then it is time to withdraw the trust reposed in them during election.
The hosting of the mining engineers' convention in Legazpi is a misstep of the city government. It betrays a failure to understand genuine environmental advocacy. While the city brags about its sanitary landfill, it fails to prove its pro-environment agenda by making a prominent endorsement of mining as a stimulant of progress. While we need products derived from mining, we insist that it should be done in the right place and the right manner. That is what responsible mining is all about. So far, however, all claims of responsible mining by many companies are nothing but hot air because of the evident damage wrought on their surroundings like what is happening in Rapu-Rapu, Aroroy, Palanog, Matnog, Paracale, Catanduanes, Caramoan, etc.
They say, if we do not want mining then we should not use the products of that industry. They are dead wrong. We want mining that does not destroy the environment. We want mining that reserves the natural resources of the Philippines for Filipinos. We want mining that spreads the fruits of development to the masses and not only to the foreign investors and their local junior partners.
We want mining that does not sacrifice our agriculture so that we protect our own food supply. Mining generally provides for non-basic needs while agriculture produces our most basic needs like food, clothing, shelter and livelihood. While mining generates a few temporary jobs, agriculture provides long-term sources of income thus genuinely assuring sustainable development.
We call on all mining engineers to support our notion of genuinely responsible mining. In view of the bad record of mining in Bicol, we ask them not to project the impression that they condone what is happening here contrary to declarations by the DENR, MGB, EMB and companies that all is well in Bicol mining. Bicol is severely suffering from the impacts of mining and the statements of the aforementioned entities are belied when we see the plight of the farmers and fishermen and the condition of our mountains, rivers, creeks and seas.
So in their visit to Rapu-Rapu today, they should make an objective assessment on the effects of mining in the island and its residents and not make it a mere field trip. They should talk to the people to know the real impact of RRPP on their lives. They tell us nothing but misery and deepening poverty. While the project heaps billions upon the foreign investors and their local junior partners, it brings "Lilliputian" benefits to the residents of the island and severe fish catch decline in Albay Gulf on which depend some 14,000 fishermen. Today, there is no more fish to catch in the gulf.
In 2010, the project earned P11.7 billion but according to Gov. Joey Salceda himself the province got a social fund of P41.71 million or a measly one-third (1/3) of 1%! If that is not enough, one can look at the creeks flowing from the mine site to the sea. They are colored yellow, orange, red and brown.
We ask the delegates to the mining conference to wake up to realities and not be deceived by the lies of those who support mining operations in Bicol.
July 19, 2011
RRPP's Awards - Rubbing Salt on the People's Injury
As the cliché goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. One needs only to go to the island and talk to the people to know the real impact of RRPP on their lives. They tell nothing but misery and deepening poverty. While the project heaps billions upon the foreign investors and their local junior partners, it brings "Lilliputian" benefits to the residents of the island and severe fish catch decline in Albay Gulf on which depend some 14,000 fishermen. Today, there is no more fish to catch in the gulf.
In 2010, the project earned P11.7 billion but according to Gov. Joey Salceda himself the province got a social fund of P41.71 million or a measly one-third (1/3) of 1%! If that is not enough, one can look at the creeks flowing from the mine site to the sea. They are colored yellow, orange, red and brown. Challenged to prove his belief in the reports of the Multi-partite Monitoring Team by bathing in the creeks on schedules and sites set by SARA, Director Reynulfo Juan of MGB V, showed photos of people perching on rocks in the discolored creeks on dates and sites they themselves chose. Challenged by SARA to withdraw the armed CAFGUs and allow free access and surprise visits to the creeks, Engr. Rogelio Corpus, President of RRMI, replied that they cannot allow such because they "have to protect their interests." Hence, the interests of the environment and those of RRPP are contradictory.
The executives of RRPP can go on deluding themselves with fantastic claims of "safe and responsible mining" in Rapu-Rapu but the truth is well-known to the people who suffer much from the environmental damage and economic injustice attendant to the project. The emperor's new clothes are well-praised by the award-giving bodies. One day, the truth will prevail and the awards will instead shatter their credibility. There is time under heaven for everything, says the Bible. Today, in the island of Rapu-Rapu and villages dependent on Albay Gulf, the people are groaning in pain. The awards are salt rubbed on their wounds while RRPP's supporters have their photo-ops and raise their toasts of wine in fine dining. We believe that the day will come when, after being denied for so long, the people shall claim justice and RRPP's awards will go to the dustbin.
July 18, 2011
Noon at Ngayon, Walang Responsableng Dayuhang Pagmimina sa Kabikolan!
Kahiya-hiya at malakas pa ang loob na ang itinakdang tema ng kumperensyang magaganap ay: Towards Responsible Mining: "Against All Odds". Responsable para kanino? - Para sa mga malalaki at dayuhang korporasyon sa pagmimina kasama ng mga malalaking lokal na negosyante at para sa mga matataas na opisyales ng gobyerno at ahensya na nakikipagsabwatan sa mga korporasyong ito.
Kalokohang sabihin na ang operasyon na Open Pit Mining sa Rapu-Rapu, Albay (Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project ng Lafayette/LG-Kollins) at sa Aroroy, Masbate (Masbate Gold Project ng Filminera Resources Corporation) ay responsable! Mayroon bang pagpapasabog (blasting) ng kabundukan at kalupaan na "safe and environmental friendly"? Samantalang winawasak nga at hinuhukay pailalim.
Hindi rin responsable ang Magnetite Offshore Mining ng Bogo Mining Resources Corp. sa limang bayan ng Calabanga, Sipocot, Tinambac, Cabusao at Siruma sa Camarines Sur kung saan hahalukayin ang kailaliman ng karagatan 15 kilometro mula sa baybayin nito.
Hindi kailanman naging responsable ang mga dayuhang korporasyon ng pagmimina sa mga naapektuhan ng kanilang mga operasyon. Simula ng operasyon ng RRPP sa Rapu-Rapu ay lalong lumala ang kahirapan at nagkagutom-gutom ang mga residente dito dahil sa pagbagsak ng kanilang kabuhayan sa pangingisda at pagsasaka dulot ng mga lason ng pagmimina dito. Kung mayroong nakinabang sa binayad ng RRPP na P10,862.85 (mine waste fee) para sa 217,257 tonelada na "mine waste" ay ang MGB-V. (mula sa ulat ng MGB-V,2010). Sampung libong piso! Katumbas ba ito ng isang buhay ng nanay na namatay dahil nakakain ng isda dahil sa fishkill doon o ng isang batang namatay doon dahil sa kagutuman?
Apektado na nga ang mga residente sa pagmimina sa Barangay Nakalaya, Jose Panganiban sa Camarines Norte ay naiipit pa sila ngayon sa kaguluhan at away ng Investwell Corporation at ng FMCGI ng pamilyang Fonacier na nag-aagawan ng yamang mineral ng kanilang lugar.
Kasinungalingang ipamaglaki pa sa ulat ng DENR-V/MGB-V na ang malakihang pagmimina sa Kabikolan ang nagpasigla ng ekonomiya ng rehiyon samantalang ayon sa ulat ay nasa ikalawa sa pinakamahirap na rehiyon ang Bikol sa buong bansa. Kung sinasabi na umunlad ang ekonomiya ng Bikol dahil sa malakihang pagmimina – hindi ito maramdaman ng mga mamamayang Bikolano lalo na ng mga apektado ng mapaminsala at dayuhang pagmimina.
Tanging ang mga malalaki at dayuhang korporasyon sa pagmimina kasama ng mga malalaking lokal na negosyante at mga matataas na opisyales ng gobyerno at ahensya na nakikipagsabwatan sa mga korporasyong ito ang nakikinabang sa mga produkto at kita ng pagmimina dito sa Bikol. Sa ulat ng MBG-V/DENR-V noong 2010, sa kabuuan ay may P4,654,818,424.31 at P57,483,032.45 na kita mula sa "metallic " at "non-metallic production"dito sa Bikol ayon sa pagkasunod-sunod ngunit hindi naman inulat ang mga dambuhala at limpak na limpak na kita ng mga korporasyon na maluwag na inilalabas patungo sa kanilang bansa. Maluwag nang nailalabas ang kita, maluwag pa ang kanilang operasyon dahil sa mga iba't-ibang insentibo tulad ng: 6 years income tax exemption, 10 years export tax exemption, and import tax exemption at marami pang iba.
Kaya nga parang parang kabuteng nagsulputan ang mga ito sa Bikol dahil sa pagiging sagana ng rehiyon sa yamang mineral at prayoridad pa ng nakaraang gobyerno ni GMA ito para sa malakihang proyektong pagmimina na ipinagpapatuloy lamang ng gobyerno ni Noynoy Aquino at pinasahol pa sa ilalim ng kanyang Public-Private Partnership Program. Gayundin, patuloy ang pag-iral ng Mining Act of 1995 kung saan ay lalong nagbuyangyang sa ating likas na yaman para dambungin at wasakin ang ating kalikasan.
"Towards Responsible Mining: Against All Odds" ? - Ang responsableng pagmimina ay mangyayari lamang sa ating bansa kung magkakaroon ng re-oryentasyon ang industriya ng pagmimina sa ating bansa. Kung saan, ang kita ng industriya ng pagmimina ay napapakinabangan at napapaunlad ang mamamayang Pilipino at hindi napupunta sa dayuhan at sa mga lokal na kasabwat nito. Kung saan, ang gobyerno ang may kontrol ng industriya at hindi ang mga dayuhan.
Hindi dayuhang pagmimina at malawakang kumbersyon ng lupa ang magpapaunlad sa Kabikolan. Hindi ito ang sagot sa kahirapan at kagutuman ng mamamayang Bikolano. Pagpapaunlad ng agrikultura, trabaho at sapat na sahod, tirahan, libreng serbisyo-sosyal ang tutugon sa kahirapan at kagutuman upang mabuhay ng maayos at marangal ang mamamayang Bikolano. Tunay na Reporma sa Lupa at Pambansang Industriyalisasyon lamang ang magpapaunlad sa bansa at rehiyon.
Hulyo 13, 2011
A Word of Caution
Matthew 7:16 - You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.
Matthew 7:20 - So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.
The creeks are crucial to the condition of fishing grounds
The joke is that there will no longer be any fishkill - because there are no more fish to kill.
The fish that allegedly died off the coasts of Linao and Binosawan during the fishkill reported by island residents and the parish on May 8, 2011 could be the migratory species from the Pacific Ocean attempting to enter Albay Gulf via the gap between Rapu-Rapu and Prieto Diaz. Linao is a village facing the ocean and Binosawan, the gap.
The MGB V Photographs and "Bathing" in the Creeks of Rapu-Rapu
"With reference to your challenge to take a bath in the creeks, we have done just that. some members of the MMT and personnel of Rapu-Rapu Polymetallic Project (RRPP) went to a picnic and took a bath at Pagcolbon Creek on March 29 and April 3, 2011. We are attaching pictures for your reference. These pictures indicate the current status of the creeks."
In reply, Mr. Perdigon writes:
The good Director says he believes the contamination data but he is not among those "bathing." Someone is shown sitting on the rocks (obviously not bathing) but the face is not recognizable (number 10).
Then and Now: What Difference? What Improvement in the Creeks?
Below, we are presenting ALL pictures in the Annex to the EMB V Investigation Report dated March 8-10, 2011. Those on the left are the pictures we have been showing to authorities which were taken from 2006 to 2009; those on the right are alleged to have been taken in the same spots on March 8 to 10, 2011 by EMB V and the mining companies. You be the judge if there is any improvement.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Green group to picket Korean Embassy in protest of mining project
MANILA, Philippines - Environmental groups will picket in front of the Korean Embassy in Makati City Wednesday to protest the sale of the Philippine government's flagship mining project in an island in Albay to Korean investor LG Collins and KORES.
In a statement, Kalikasan People's Network for Environment said the controversial mining project in Rapu-Rapu island has caused at least three fish kills since 2005 and is endangering the livelihood and ecosystem of the island's residents.
The group said the entry of the new Korean owners "almost guarantees that environmental degradation and tragedies will continue."
To recall, massive local protests have previously pushed for the pull-out of the mine's former owner, Australian-owned Lafayette Mining Limited.
"Kalikasan PNE will challenge the Embassy of Korea to heed the calls of Rapu-Rapu's residents, environmental groups, and the academe: the Rapu-Rapu mine project must be closed, its new Korean owners are not welcome and should pull-out now," the group said in its statement.


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1) E38 brakes work on an E39 if you use the E38 parking brake pads.
2) forward upper control arm is the same on E38 and E39
3) Integral link is the same on E38 and E39
4) I have been told the swingarm can be swapped, but you need different size bushings and you need to solder on some tabs to the subframe so that the excentric bolt will function properly.
That just leaves the rear upper control arm and shock mount to verify.
The shock mount on the spindle is in about the right place (just from looking at pictures) and I know from the factory frame dimension diagrams for the Z8 and the E39 that the shock mounts to the frame in exactly the same place on each car. There may be a spacer required for the spindle mount, but the geometry seems identical between the two cars.
Finally, if as surmised above, all the other bits swap, the rear upper control arm should as well, apart from maybe adjusting the bushing size.
Nothing is a done deal, but I'm cautiously optimistic this might just work. What I am wondering, though, is why after 10 years has no one tried this? Or have they? It seems too good to be true. I'll know one way or another hopefully this weekend.
Also: swapping the subframes (again aluminum for steel) would take a significant amount of surgery to increase the width and I'm not sure about the differential mounting points being the same, so that's out of the picture (at least for now).


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Teens Cause Grass Fire
A group of teenagers playing with fireworks on the south side of Springdale started a fire Thursday afternoon when their fireworks lit wooden fencing on fire. The fire was started at Black Oaks apartments.
Residents of the apartment complex rushed to the scene with fire extinguishers to put out the fire and were aided by the Springdale fire department within minutes of the fire starting. One resident, Amber Temple, told 40/29 she was worried it might spread from the fence to her apartment building just feet from where the fire started, "The fence line is right behind these apartments and if it would have caught fire it could have caught the building on fire and yes I was very worried about my children. We have signs saying their not alowd to light off fireworks and their not paying attention."
Residents at the apartment complex say this is the second year in a row teenagers playing with fireworks have started a fire behind their apartment complex.
Springdale fire officials say they did speak with the teenagers who started the fire. They say no charges will be filed.


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Rays take "Celebration" to New Highs
Rays 4, Astros 3
Kool and the Gang is alive and well during 80's Night at the Trop. The Band went wild and did their Caribbean Strut last night and reminded all of us why we loved the 80's.
The hits came again, and again, and the dancing went on almost 7 rows behind me. The crowd was so into this band that if you were not there, you first missed a great ballgame, and you missed Kool and the Gang. I was a College lad in the early 80's and I danced many a night to these songs in the low lite bars of Gainesville and the Tampa area hideaways.
It made me remember what I love about my early life. Clean, simple music with a message and a meaning. Do not foget, on July 5th, the band Loverboy will be at the Trop trying to get everyone ready for the weekend, and I will be loving every minute of it ( sorry for the word puns).
Triva Fact of the Night:
On October,9,1951, Gil McDougald became the first rookie to hit a grand slam in a Wrold Series game.
During the game Saturday night, the Astros' Carlos Lee came into Akinora Iwamura with a intended slide to disrupt his throw to first.
As you can see in the picture above, the umpires got it wrong when they decided the baserunner did not intentionally try and take out Aki outside the 2nd basepath area. The photo clearly shows Lee trying to do everything but take Aki down for a 3-point wrestling take-down.
Such a move is commendable if it is on-line with the base, and in the course of a game, used to disrupt, not hurt another player.
Lee might not intended for the play to go as violent as it did, but the end result was only a single out on the play instead of a sure double play.
If Lee had done the professional thing, and slide into the bag high and not outward toward the throw to take out the baseman outside the basepath.
Bush league in all the wrong ways here, in my opinion.
Rays starter Edwin Jackson pitched 6.1 innings and gave up 5 hits and 3 runs to the Astros. Jackson seemed to be in better control of his fastball tonight and used his off speed stuff to compliment the fasrball. Edwin is showing improvement everytime he steps on the mound for the Rays. Consider again, he was 0-8 last year at this time and had a ERA hovering above 6.0.
Cliff Floyd started the Rays 9th with a nice single to center to put hope into the Rays' hopeful in the 9th inning.
Rays' manager Joe Maddon has a way with his pinch-hitting results this season. More than once this season, the Rays savante' has garnished fantastic results with his computer aided guidiance.
Saturday night might just be his best "braintrust" decision of his career with the Rays. In the bottom of the 9th inning against Astros' big time closer Doug Brocail, Maddon sent not one but 3 straight pinchhitters to the plate. What he got might make Casey Stengel proud.
Eric Hinske came up and batted for Justin Ruggiano in the 9th. Hinske responded with a single to left.
Maddon then sent up Dioner Navarro for Shawn Riggans. Navarro is hit by a pitch and threw a bit of dramatic overkill to the event.
Dioner took the hit-by-pitch ball like a .38 slug to the shoulder area. Twisting and turning from the umpires view. Oscar for Navvy next year.
With 2 Rays on first and second, Joe Maddon again rolls the dice and send up Gabe Gross to hit for Jason Bartlett.
Gross takes the first pitch and drills a 2-run double down the left field line that settles near the Visitor's Bullpen mound in Left. Cliff Floyd and Eric Hinske score and the Rays agaib pull off a cardiac win over the Astros. Maddon's pinchhitters went 3-3, with 2 RBIs on the night.
And Gross, for the third time this season, is the guy in the middle of the pile. Tell me that the Rays did not have a crystal ball when they asked about aquiring Gross from the Brewers' earlier this season.
Lost in all this excitement was Justin Ruggiano's 2-3 night with an RBI. Ruggiano picked up first homer with a shot to left in the 5th inning. He also got a nice single to right in the 7th, but was stranded on third for the Rays.
Carl Crawford also got his 5th triple of the year putting him in a tie with Baltimore's Brian Roberts for the AL lead. Willy Aybar scored on Crawford's triple to give Carl his 38th RBI of the year.
The Rays 7 Walk-off wins are tied with the Reds for the most in the majors this year. Gabe Gross has tied a club single season record with his 3rd Walk-off hit of the year. He is tied with Fred McGriff (2000), and Travis Lee ( 2003).
The Cardinals Skip Schumaker also has three Walk-off hits this season, and has the same sequence of hits as Gross. A single, double and a home run.


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Configure Splunk Enterprise to start at boot time
On most operating systems, you can configure Splunk software to start running automatically after the machine and operating system boots. This reduces interruption of both sending and receiving data. All on-premises versions of Splunk software can be configure this way. On *nix platforms, you must manually configure the software to start at boot time after you install it.
You can configure the software as either the root user, or as a regular user with the
sudo command. Nearly all distributions include
sudo but if yours does not have it, you should consult the help for your distribution to download, install, and configure it.
Enable boot-start on the Windows platform
On Windows, the installer configures Splunk software to start at machine startup. To disable this, see Disable boot-start on Windows at the end of this topic.
Enable boot-start on *nix platforms
Splunk provides a utility that updates your system boot configuration so that the software starts when the system boots up. This utility creates an
init script (or makes a similar configuration change, depending on your OS).
- Log into the machine that you have installed Splunk software on and that you want to configure to run at boot time.
- Become the root user if able. Otherwise, you must run the following commands with the
- Run the following command:
[sudo] $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk enable boot-start
Enable boot-start as a non-root user
If you do not run Splunk software as the root user, you can pass in the
-user parameter to specify the Splunk software user. The user that you want to run Splunk software as must already exist. If it does not, then create the user prior to running this procedure.
The following procedure configures Splunk software to start at boot time as the user 'bob'. You can substitute 'bob' with the user that Splunk software should use to start at boot time on the local machine.
- Log into the machine.
- Become the root user.
- Run the following command:
[sudo] $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk enable boot-start -user bob
- Change the ownership of the Splunk installation directory and all its files to user bob:
[sudo] chown -R bob $SPLUNK_HOME
- Using a text editor, open
/etc/init.d/splunkfor editing.
- Make the following changes as shown in the "After" table:
RETVAL=0 . /etc/init.d/functions splunk_start() { echo Starting Splunk... "$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" start --no-prompt --answer-yes RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_stop() { echo Stopping Splunk... "$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" stop RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_restart() { echo Restarting Splunk... "$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" restart RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_status() { echo Splunk status: "$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" status RETVAL=$? } case "$1" in
RETVAL=0 USER=bob . /etc/init.d/functions splunk_start() { echo Starting Splunk... su - ${USER} -c '"$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" start --no-prompt --answer-yes' RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_stop() { echo Stopping Splunk... su - ${USER} -c '"$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" stop' RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_restart() { echo Restarting Splunk... su - ${USER} -c '"$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" restart' RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/splunk } splunk_status() { echo Splunk status: su - ${USER} -c '"$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk" status' RETVAL=$? } case "$1" in
Confirm that each
splunkcommand has single quotes around it.
- Save the file and close it.
Changes take effect the next time you boot the machine.
Enable boot-start on machines that run AIX
These instructions work for both Splunk Enterprise and the AIX version of the Splunk universal forwarder. Splunk does not offer a version of Splunk Enterprise for AIX for versions later than 6.3.0.
The AIX version of Splunk does not register itself to auto-start on machine boot. You can configure it to use the System Resource Controller (SRC) to handle boot-time startup.
When you enable boot start on an AIX system, Splunk software interacts with the AIX SRC to enable automatic starting and stopping of Splunk services.
mkssys -G splunk -s splunkd -p <path to splunkd> -u <splunk user> -a _internal_exec_splunkd -S -n 2 -f 9
mkssys -G splunk -s splunkweb -p <path to python> -u <splunk user> -a _internal_exec_splunkweb -S -n 15 -f 9 (on Splunk Enterprise only)
When you enable automatic boot start, the SRC handles the run state of the Splunk Enterprise service. You must use a different command to start and stop Splunk software manually.
/usr/bin/startsrc -s splunkdto start Splunk software manually.
/usr/bin/stopsrc -s splunkdto stop Splunk software manually.
If you try to start and stop the software with the
./splunk [start|stop] method from the
$SPLUNK_HOME directory, the SRC catches the attempt and displays the following message:
Splunk boot-start is enabled. Please use /usr/bin/[startsrc|stopsrc] -s splunkd to [start|stop] Splunk.
To prevent this message from occurring and restore the ability to start and stop Splunk Enterprise from the
$SPLUNK_HOME directory, disable boot start:
[sudo] ./splunk disable boot-start
- For more information on the
mkssyscommand line arguments, see Mkssys command on the IBM pSeries and AIX Information Center website.
- For more information on the SRC, see System resource controller on the IBM Knowledge Center website.
Enable boot-start on AIX to run Splunk Software as a root user
- Log into the AIX machine.
- Become the root user, if able. Otherwise, you must prepend
sudoto the following command examples. If you do not have
sudoon your AIX instance, you must download, install, and configure it.
- Change to the Splunk bin directory.
- Enable boot start:
[sudo] ./splunk enable boot-start
Enable boot-start on AIX to run Splunk software as a non-root user
- Log into the AIX machine.
- Become the root user, if able. Otherwise, you must prepend
sudoto the following command examples. If you do not have
sudoon your AIX instance, you must download, install, and configure it.
- Create the user account that the Splunk software should run as. For example, if the
splunkuser should run the software:
[sudo] mkuser splunk [sudo] chown -R splunk <Splunk directory>
- Change to the Splunk bin directory.
- Enable boot start and specify the
-userflag with the user that the software should run as.
[sudo] ./splunk enable boot-start -user <user that Splunk should run as>
Enable boot-start on MacOS
Splunk software automatically creates a script and configuration file in the directory
/System/Library/StartupItems on the volume that booted your Mac. This script runs when your Mac starts, and automatically stops Splunk when you shut down your Mac.
If you want, you can still enable boot-start manually. You must either have root level permissions or use
sudo to run the following command. You must have at least administrator access to your Mac to use
sudo. If you installed Splunk software in a different directory, replace the example below with your instance location.
- Log into your machine.
- Open the Terminal app.
- Change to the Splunk bin directory:
cd /Applications/Splunk/bin
- Enable boot start:
[sudo] ./splunk enable boot-start
Enable boot-start on MacOS as a non-root user
- Log into your machine.
- Open the Terminal app.
- Change to the Splunk bin directory:
cd /Applications/Splunk/bin
- Enable boot start:
[sudo] ./splunk enable boot-start -user <user Splunk Enterprise should run as>
- Open
/Library/LaunchItems/com.splunk.plistfor editing.
- Locate the line that begins with
- Immediately after this line, add the following block of code:
<key>UserName</key> <string><user Splunk Enterprise should run as></string>
- Save the file and close it.
Changes take effect the next time you boot the machine.
Disable boot-start
If you want to stop Splunk software from running at machine boot time, run:
[sudo] $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk disable boot-start
Disable boot-start on Windows
By default, Splunk starts automatically when you start your Windows machine. You can configure the Splunk processes (
splunkd and
splunkweb) to start manually from the Windows Services control panel.
Get more help on boot-start
To learn more about boot-start and how to enable it, see the following:
- The file
- The output from the
help boot-startcommand on your Splunk software instance.
Start and stop Splunk Enterprise
Install your license
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 6.1.10, 6.1.11, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.2.10, 6.2.11, 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.2.14, 6.2.15, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.1612 (Splunk Cloud only), 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1
If you're using CentOS 7 or another systemd linux, you might want to setup a systemd unit file instead of using the old init.d file. There's a good post on it here: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/59662/is-there-a-systemd-unit-file-for-splunk.html
For *unix, there is a statement
Confirm that each splunk command has single quotes around it.
This is not applicable to Redhat.
Hi Rg33,
Thanks for your feedback. The splunkd binary places it in /Library/LaunchAgents, and to change it to /Library/LaunchDaemons would require making code modifications. Theoretically, you could move it over to /Library/LaunchDaemons yourself, but if you later disable boot-start, it could cause errors to occur because it will attempt to make changes to the plist file in /Library/LaunchAgents.
For MacOS, would it be better to have "splunk enable boot-start" place the "com.splunk.plist" file in /Library/LaunchDaemons to start at boot, instead of /Library/LaunchAgents which runs on login?
I updated the example to use the actual user rather than the substitute variable. It should be clearer now that you must substitute the user that Splunk runs as in the file.
looks like it's not clear for everybody, you need to replace the user variable when doing the real change to init script and the simple quote is at the end (because it close the argument to su -c 'command')
so that would become 4 changes with the current init script (if splunk run as splunk user and installed in /opt/splunk)
su - splunk -c '"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk" start --no-prompt --answer-yes'
su - splunk -c '"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk" stop'
su - splunk -c '"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk" restart'
su - splunk -c '"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk" status'
Hi Archme,
I will follow up with our engineers to determine why that command doesn't work. I tested it myself on CentOS 7 and macOS Sierra and it worked. I'll advise you on my findings in email.
Thanks for the report!
Under "Enable boot-start as a non-root user", item #6, the following command does not work for me:
su - ${USER} -c '"<path to Splunk installation>/bin/splunk"'
It is mentioned under the command: The Splunk command has both single and double quotes around it. Confirm that the quotes are in the correct order.
The command that i used in the file was: su - ${USER} -c '"/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start --no-prompt --answer-yes"'
it gave me the following error when starting:
su: unrecognized option '--no-prompt'
The command that worked for me was:
su - ${USER} -c '/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start --no-prompt --answer-yes'
Note that I only used single quote.
FYI my environment is on centos 7 and I am running splunk v7
To follow up on Fairje and Malmoore's comments, here is the fix:
sudo sed -i '16s/.*/ su - splunk -c "\/opt\/splunk\/bin\/splunk start --no-prompt --answer-yes"/' /etc/init.d/splunk
In the instructions above, under "Boot-start script does not inherit user limits set at boot time", point 4 is incorrect. The modification needs to happen in the splunk_start() function on line 16. No reboot is required, simply "splunk stop" and then "splunk start" will pick up the change and ulimits will be respected.
Tested on RHEL 7.3 and Splunk 6.6.2
Hi Fairje,
Thanks for the report. We're investigating this now. We were asked to add this section because Splunk was not inheriting the correct user limits for non-root users at boot time. We'll make adjustments as necessary after we complete the investigation.
Section: Boot-start script does not inherit user limits set at boot time
This no longer appears to be applicable and in-fact will mess up your boot up sequence. Upon running this script after you put in this change it tries to drop your into a terminal under that user and the script just stalls out, which in turn stalls out your boot up sequence. It would appear that removing this (or not putting it in in the first place) causes Splunk to be started correctly under the right splunk user context.
This was done on RHEL 6.8 and Splunk 6.4.6. It is unclear when this specifically changed and if it was a linux change or splunk change or both?


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Tips for Storing Quilts
Quilts are valuable because they're made and inherited by family members, and their significance only increases as time passes. It can be worrisome to store them for long periods of time. Most people know not to store quilts in direct sunlight. But what about storing quilts for several consecutive months? Follow these tips to keep your quilts in pristine condition.
Store in a Temperature Controlled Unit
Transitioning from an extremely cold to an extremely hot environment can cause condensation to accumulate. And quilts will act like sponges to this build-up of water. Eventually, the moisture will eventually dry out the fibers that hold these quilts together.
But you control the temperature changes in a temperature controlled unit. So it's best to get one to store your quilts in. Just keep the temperature consistent, and you'll be fine.
Don't Store in Plastic
Quilts are known to sweat in air-tight containers. It's because the cotton fibers need oxygen to maintain their structure. You may think plastic is the best container to prevent a rodent infestation. But it won't help the longevity of your quilt.
If you store your quilt in a plastic container, it may gain spots.
Store Your Quilt Rolled-up or Flat
Instead, find a reputable self storage facility, like Infinite Self Storage, and roll up your quilt in a furniture cover. Either suspend the rolled up quilt from the ceiling or find a space long and wide enough to lay it flat on the ground. Folded quilts can acquire permanent creases which will breakdown the fabric. So it's best to either store your quilts flat or suspended.
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Puerto Rico has a tradition of erecting a statue of any American president who visits the US territory, but the sculptors' chisels have long been idled: John F. Kennedy was the last president to make an official visit to the island, in 1961.
Those chisels have been busy chipping away at stone once again, however, as President Obama plans to visit Puerto Rico for a few hours Tuesday at the end of a trip that is also taking in North Carolina and Florida.
North Carolina, Florida, and … Puerto Rico? The first two are political battleground states Mr. Obama won in 2008 and would dearly love to hang on to in 2012. But the people of Puerto Rico, while US citizens, do not have the right to vote in US presidential elections. So why tack a stop there onto what otherwise looks pretty much like a campaign swing?
The answer lies in demographics, and with the push both major political parties will make to win the nation's burgeoning Hispanic vote.
Puerto Ricans make up the second-largest Hispanic population in the US after Mexican-Americans. More Puerto Ricans – almost 5 million – now live on the mainland than on the Caribbean island, where the population is falling.
And while traditional mainland Puerto Rican communities are primarily in New York and other Northeast states, more-recent immigrants have tended to favor Florida. Puerto Ricans now make up about 5 percent of voters in a state where Obama is expected to need every vote he can get.
"What explains the president's visit to Puerto Rico is the fact that there are close to 1 million Puerto Ricans in Florida," says Susan Kaufman Purcell, director of the University of Miami's Center for Hemispheric Policy. "Florida is a swing state, and those are voters he wants to reach and votes he'd like to count on."
But administration officials insist the visit has a broader purpose, and really reflects the emphasis Obama has given Puerto Rico since he took office.
"This is historic, commemorating President Kennedy's visit 50 years ago," says Cecilia Muñoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs. "But the visit itself is part of a larger effort," she adds, noting that it is the administration's work "over all" that has the greatest potential for Puerto Rico.
In particular, Obama expanded a presidential task force on Puerto Rico's political status created by President Clinton in 2000 to take up the island's economic issues. That task force, co-chaired by Ms. Muñoz and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, issued a report in March that highlights the island's potential for green energy development.
Obama also directed federal agencies to ramp up efforts to include Puerto Rico in their activities, Muñoz says. As one example, the Commerce Department on Wednesday will hold a business and trade conference on opportunities on the island, she says.
But it is the "status issue" that has dominated Puerto Rico's relations with the mainland for decades. Obama is not expected to dwell on the topic, if he mentions it at all publicly, although aides say it is likely to come up in his meeting with Gov. Luis Fortuño, a Republican who backs statehood.
The percentage of island residents favoring statehood over other permanent status options – including independence or maintaining the actual commonwealth arrangement – inched up in plebiscites in past years, with some recent polls showing statehood now favored by a majority. Governor Fortuño says he plans to hold a vote before leaving office at the end of 2012.
And just in case that hasn't happened by that date, the Justice Department's Mr. Perrelli notes that the March task force report calls on the president and Congress to step in and come up with legislation paving the way for a vote on Puerto Rico's status.
But even that initiative might, if undertaken, come across to some as suspiciously political. The University of Miami's Dr. Purcell says such a move from Washington could be part of a Democratic Party "game plan" to bring in another reliably Democratic state.


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IF you work from a shop with a smooth concrete floor, and IF you have to swap, change, or remove a lot of full-size combine, tractor, sprayer or semi truck tires, a wheel dolly is a wonderful investment.
Wheel dollies come in many sizes and designs, but the principle is the same: Imagine a low-slung L-shaped frame on four small dolly wheels. Jack up the tractor, combine or truck from which you need to remove the tire, until the tire is off the floor. Wheel the tire dolly under the tire. A built in hydraulic jack raises the lower portion of the L until the tire is cradled between the tire dolly's two lower arms. Unbolt the wheel from the machine, and use the dolly wheels to back the tire away and roll it wherever it needs to go.
Tire dollies come in many sizes, with many options. Deluxe units have not only hydraulic lift, but are adjustable so the tire can be tilted toward or away from vertical to perfectly align with the wheel hub on the machine. Another feature is to have rollers on the lower lift arms, which allows the tire to be turned while it's on the tire dolly to align the holes in the wheel with the holes in the wheel hub on the machine. (That feature works nice on semi truck tires and big planter or other smooth-treaded tires. Not so well on cleated tractor and combine tires.)
If you're a tightwad, a tire dolly is a luxury. Yes, it is possible to manhandle tractor tires, self-propelled sprayer tires and other 6-foot-tall tires, rolling them across the floor while carefully, CAREFULLY! trying to maintain their balance. Yes, it is possible to use a tractor loader equipped with bale tines and a log chain to lift and move tires and wheels.
But if you want to be safe, and if you want to reduce the chance of a broken foot, strained back or a bale tine getting stabbed through the side window of a tractor cab (it happens...), a wheel dolly is a wonderful option. As combine and tractor tires get taller and incredibly heavier, and the trend toward swapping self-propelled sprayer tires between floater tires/duals to row-crow tires several times a year becomes more common--a wheel dolly starts to make sense.
Figure on spending between $800 and $2500 for a wheel dolly, depending on how big of a one you get, and how many bells and whistles it has. BTW--emergency room visits for a smashed foot, broken leg or other tire-related injury usually start at around $2000.


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Atheists Invited to US Education Dept.'s DC Interfaith Meeting
The United States Department of Education has invited representatives from the atheist community to be part of its upcoming interfaith meeting in Washington, D.C.
Members of the Secular Student Alliance will be part of the Education Department's "President's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge National Gathering," to be held at Georgetown University.
Jesse Galef, spokesperson for the Secular Student Alliance, said in a statement released Wednesday that they were "honored" by the invitation.
"We're honored to be included in the President's call for interfaith and community service," said Galef.
"There are thousands of nonreligious students eager to work alongside their religious friends to make the world a better place."
The third annual National Gathering will be held at Georgetown University's Gaston Hall from Monday, Sept. 23 through Tuesday, Sept. 24.
According to an announcement on the Education Department's website, the purpose of the gathering is to offer "an opportunity for students, staff, and administrators to share experiences, learn from experts, and meet administration officials who share a commitment to community service with an interfaith engagement component."
"The event is designed to be helpful to institutions of higher education that are just beginning programs in interfaith/community service and those with long traditions in this work," continued the announcement.
"An important part of the program is celebrating all the work that is happening on campuses across the country to provide students with opportunities to develop lifelong skills in interfaith cooperation and community service."
As many as 400 colleges will take part in the Education Department event, with free registration beginning on Monday morning.
Other groups invited to the gathering include Hillel, Campus Compacts, and the Hindu Seva Charities, reads a Secular Student Alliance press release.
"The Obama Administration has had a history of reaching out to secular students, a practice which has provoked some religious leaders," continued the press release.
"The pushback hasn't stopped the Obama administration from including the nonreligious in its campus outreach."
Critics of the decision to include atheism at the interfaith event have argued that it is peculiar that those who profess belief in no faith could be included in something about having faith.
Christine Rousselle, writer at the conservative blog Townhall.com, had a column published Wednesday noting the apparent contradiction.
"Traditionally, an 'interfaith' meeting would mandate that some sort of 'faith' be present by all parties, but that is no longer the case with the Obama administration," wrote Rouselle.
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July 19, 2010
"How many bubbles are in a bar of soap?" This was one of the "qualifying" questions posed to blacks attempting to register to vote up until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed such discriminatory practices. Some states would require blacks who tried to register to vote to recite the entire Constitution by heart as a "literacy" test. In Alabama, more than 181,000 blacks were registered to vote before the state changed its constitution in 1901 to throw up a maze of barriers to voting, like a poll tax and requirements that voters be "intelligent and virtuous." After the changes, only 3,000 African-Americans registered.
Civil-rights victories shattered these egregious and widespread violations of equality under the law. But sin—including racial sin—didn't go to sleep. And the Justice Department now, according to an attorney who recently resigned from the agency, is refusing to enforce equally parts of the Voting Rights Act and to enforce at all an anti-fraud section of the "motor voter" law. As the nation gears up for midterm elections in the fall—and with contested elections in 2000 not yet a distant memory—the Department's stance raises questions about its commitment to ballot integrity.
The current controversy over voting-rights enforcement stems from 2008. A race-based incident marred the historic Election Day in which Americans chose Barack Obama to be the first African-American president. Two members of the New Black Panther Party stood outside a Philadelphia polling station, dressed in fatigues and black berets. One, King Samir Shabazz, had a nightstick. One reportedly proclaimed, "You're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." The incident was caught on videotape.
It was a simple case of voter intimidation, and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division (then under President Bush) filed charges against the New Black Panther Party and the members involved. The Obama administration continued the case and won a default judgment against the men in April 2009 when they didn't appear in court. However, the next month, before a final judgment could be issued, the Justice Department withdrew the charges and told Shabazz, the New Black Panther member who carried the nightstick, not to display a weapon near polling places until 2012.
Bartle Bull, a civil-rights lawyer in the 1960s and one-time manager of Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, witnessed the New Black Panther incident and submitted an affidavit for the case against the men. He was incensed when Justice dropped the case, and told The Wall Street Journal: "This kind of double standard is not what Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy fought for."
One of the lawyers on the case from the voting section of the Civil Rights Division, J. Christian Adams, quit in protest in May, alleging his office leadership had instructed attorneys not to pursue cases against minorities. "It's about the importance of the rule of law. Are we a nation that places the highest importance on following the law in an equal and just fashion?" he said to me. "I concluded at least where I was that the answer was no."
A battle over other policies in the division for over a year also led to Adams' resignation. He recounted that on Nov. 30, 2009, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Julie Fernandes called a meeting for the voting section and told the lawyers that they would not be enforcing section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, or the "motor voter" law, which has to do with states clearing out voter rolls of dead people and those ineligible to vote. She said the provision wouldn't help with "increasing turnout," according to Adams.
The problem of inaccurate voter rolls is potentially large. In the 2008 election, some Missouri counties had more registered voters than people over the age of 18, the rolls congested with those who had died, moved, or were ineligible. The Bush administration Justice Department had sued to force the state to clean up its voter rolls, which is a requirement under section 8 of the motor voter law. The government won the case before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in July 2008, with the circuit remanding the issue to a lower court to decide the details of voter roll responsibilities between state and local officials.
But in March 2009 the Obama administration's Justice Department dismissed the case, saying that the evidence was too dated. Whatever the motives, the timing looks political: One month earlier, in February, the Democratic defendant in the case, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, announced she was running for the U.S. Senate.
Americans already have a fragile faith in the integrity of their elections. Almost a quarter of the population believes, according to a 2008 Rasmussen poll, that a large number of ineligible people are allowed to vote. And 17 percent of Americans believe that a large number of legitimate voters are prevented from voting. "To quote Sen. Chris Dodd, 'We need to make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat.' We can do both," John Fund wrote me in an email. Fund has written extensively about voter fraud for The Wall Street Journal and in his book, Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy.
The question about enforcement of the Voting Rights Act comes at a particularly important time, as midterms approach and as the government conducts the once-a-decade census. Once the census is completed, voting section lawyers will have to review thousands of redistricting proposals.
The Justice Department in the Bush administration had its own reputation for being highly partisan, with the agency's inspector general finding that ideology had been a factor in hiring decisions. But Hans Von Spakovsky, who worked in the division under Bush and who now is at the Heritage Foundation, said the current scandals are a result of the new dynamic of the Obama administration: Now "there is almost no political or ideological difference between the majority of career lawyers and the political appointees." Adams concurred, and said among both the lawyers and the appointees there is a certain shared "worldview," which he describes as "the notion that racism or evil can only be harbored in the hearts of certain people but not others—I mean racist evil. Anyone who knows the nature of man knows that to be false."
Adams sees a more worrisome legal culture that has developed over the last 30 years or so. "For a long time law was about right and wrong. Certain principles that are universal," he told me. In the current legal atmosphere, "There really aren't any objective standards. All that matters is who has power, and they get to write the rules." He said objective rules didn't apply in the New Black Panther case—instead Justice used its power to make a decision based on who the wrongdoers were.
Adams testified under oath about his allegations to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent government watchdog over the division, which has investigated this case for over a year despite internal divisions on the matter. (Republican-appointed commissioner Abigail Thernstrom called the case "small potatoes" and a waste of "our staff's time.") The commission has subpoenaed other lawyers involved in the case to testify, but Justice so far has refused to comply with the subpoenas—and it doesn't have to, by law.
According to Adams, deputy voting section chief Steve Rosenbaum hadn't read the legal memos that laid out the New Black Panther case before he and the acting voting section head Loretta King ordered the case dismissed. Adams said one of the attorneys on the case, Christopher Coates (a former American Civil Liberties Union attorney who has worked at Justice for many years), was so angry with Rosenbaum that he threw the memos at him. In January, Coates was transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina and hasn't been allowed to testify.
"The stonewalling is rotten, the cover-up is rotten, the refusal to submit to subpoenas shows guilt," said Todd Gaziano, the commissioner who is leading the investigation. He worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
The Justice Department responded to the allegations in a statement, saying the "facts and law" didn't support pursuing the New Black Panther case—and that a federal judge deemed the department's request that the nightstick-carrying defendant be simply banned from carrying weapons at polling places "appropriate." On the larger charges that the Civil Rights Division is not enforcing voting laws, the department said in a statement: "The department makes enforcement decisions based on the merits, not the race, gender or ethnicity of any party involved."
Coates, the lawyer who has been blocked from testifying and transferred to work for the agency in South Carolina, delivered a going-away speech to the entire voting section when he left in January. "I have never assumed that I was entitled to ignore that clear language in federal law and therefore ignore incidents where evidence showed white voters were discriminated against or where the wrongdoers were themselves members of a minority group," he said, according to National Review, which received records of the speech from those present. "I believe that one of the most detrimental ways to politicize the enforcement process in the voting section is to enforce the provisions of the Voting Rights Act only for the protection of certain racial or ethnic minorities."
"We have this enormous obligation to the people who gave their lives for these protections, to keep the ballots sanctified," Adams told me. "We can't have evil armed men at polling places in this country. That's what makes us different than other places around the world."
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Founded in 1989, Yaskawa Motoman is a leading robotics company in the Americas. With over 450,000 Motoman robots, 15 million servos and 26 million inverter drives installed globally, Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; including arc welding, assembly, coating, dispensing, material handling, material cutting, material removal, packaging, palletizing and spot welding. The Yaskawa product line includes more than 150 distinct robot models and a full-line of pre-engineered "World" solutions that are complete application specific work cells, including robot, process and safety equipment. Yaskawa's proven track record of delivering industry leading quality, innovation and customer satisfaction can help you exceed your robotic automation goals.
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Designing Motion Control Systems
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Overseas sales increase, and you need more workers or more automation. For this small processor, automation proved the right choice,
High-Density Robotic Painting: Latest Trend Lowers Costs
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Robotic Transporters for Large Weldments
Robotic transporters are key when you want to automate welding of extremely large, heavy parts. The maximum work envelope radius of an extended-reach robot is about 3-meters (9.84'). If the parts you are welding require more reach than that, you need to find ways to move the robot to the
Continuing 100 Years of Innovation: Automation Shines at Grote Industries……A Robot Case Study
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Robots Sort Blood Specimens: Help American Red Cross Improve Productivity and Traceability . . . A Robot Case Study
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California Dairies, Inc. is the number one dairy cooperative in California and the second-largest in the United States. It is owned by more than 650 California dairies that ship nearly 17 billion pounds of milk to be sold and processed annually by one of its five
Robot Palletizes Putter's Pickles: A Robot Case Study. . . .by Mary Kay Morel, Staff Writer/Editor, Motoman Inc.
Aliment Putter's Food, Inc. (Sainte-Sophie, QC), a well-known eastern Canadian producer of a wide variety of pickled vegetable products -- found themselves in a bit of a production pickle. Their manual end-of-line palletizing operation was limiting their processing capacity, particularly during their peak season between July and mid-November,
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A : AGAINST ME! : Vivada Vis (1998)
Eden Quest
Someday accepted as you for you.
Someday accepted as me for me.
Someday blind eyes will plainly see.
Someday all walks of life will be free.
Someday the meek will refuse boundaries.
Someday the blessed will be the deserving.
Land of burning vision, the nightmare before my eyes.
The sore of the truth attacking the body of lies,
the light of the proof overcoming jaded minds.
You can lie to yourself, you can abandon the world,
you can pray on the cure nature's judgement still stands.
Pray to the stars, cry to the sky, demand an eye for an eye,
do you save sight, or ease minds?
Land of burning vision, the nightmare before my eyes.
Eden Quest for proof, Eden Quest for light,
quest for explanations to the suffering of life.
Never been a night so cold; never been a day so bright.
Spit in the face of the courteous oppressor
like a slap in the face from the do-good master.
Till the last bite, till the last breath, till everything is free.
till you accept me for me
Thanks to Apple for correcting these lyrics.
Other lyrics from Vivada Vis (1998) album
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College & Careers is a weekend-long career exploration program offered July 17-18 and July 31-August 1, 2020 designed to help students, who will be entering their junior or senior year in the fall, gain the experience and knowledge necessary to start making career decisions. Regardless of your background or academic interest you will find College & Careers to be a rewarding and fun way to explore your future.
College & Careers sessions include personal hands-on experiences, demonstrations and discussions. Working with our renowned faculty and students you will discover and utilize the state-of-the-art facilities and technology available at RIT.
Included is a separate, but optional, program for parents, which will provide parents with information about the college search process, financial aid and more. We invite parents to join us for a program that is both social and informational. All events are optional, so join us for any or all that interest you!


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|Instrument: MX-T : Mx Multispectral Camera
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Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
Instrument Class: Passive Remote Sensing
Instrument Type: Photon/Optical Detectors
Instrument Subtype: Cameras
Associated Platforms
Spectral/Frequency Information
Wavelength Keyword: Visible
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.45 Ám -0.52 Ám
Wavelength Keyword: Visible
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.52 Ám -0.59 Ám
Wavelength Keyword: Visible
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.62 Ám -0.68 Ám
Wavelength Keyword: Near Infrared
Spectral/Frequency Coverage/Range: 0.77 Ám -0.86 Ám
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TWSat (IMS-1) carries two payloads: the Mx-T (Multispectral Camera) and the HySI (Hyperspectral Imager). However, since the data of both imagers is rather high, only one of them will be powered on and data transmitted at any given time.
Mx-T (Multispectral Camera). The instrument of modular design provides four spectral bands in VNIR, where each band employs an individual lens, a separate CCD detector, and separate front-end electronics. The camera operates in a pushbroom scanning mode to image the Earth. The spatial resolution at nadir is 36 m on a swath of 151 km. The 12 bit video output is coded to 10 bit with multi-linear gain. Mx-T has a mass of 5.5 kg and a power consumption of 18 W.
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First at the city council meeting, then at the planning commission meeting, questions arose about an incident in December in which the residential zoning administrator gave a warning about unlicensed day care center.
At the Jan. 12 council meeting, audience member Peggy Decker asked how the investigation came about.
City administrator/clerk Renée Schroeder explained that an anonymous letter arrived that listed seven or eight people as operating unlicensed day care centers.
She investigated city and state requirements and contacted Baird. He visited the people on the list and told them about the requirements.
"Why is it the city's decision about where kids go?" asked Chad Schisler from the audience.
Schroeder said the city was responding to a complaint.
"Does the city respond to every anonymous complaint?" Schisler asked. "It seems that if a person was really serious, they would have signed their name."
That same question arose Monday at the planning commission meeting. Scott Merillat thought that a name was required on complaints and mayor Doug Erskin asked if the city follows up on all anonymous complaints.
Merillat questioned the use of city resources to investigate an anonymous complaint.
Schroeder said she has mixed feelings about the issue. In this case, it could have been ignored, but if it was ignored and an incident occurred at an unlicensed day care center, she wondered if the city could be ruled negligent.
Erskin said the issue falls under the state's jurisdiction and it should have been referred to the agency that handles child care matters.
Baird pointed out that city law addresses child care in homes that have fewer than six children.
"Some complaints aren't acted on," Erskin said. "I wonder why we jumped on this one."
Baird said that some complaints are of a civil nature and they wouldn't come to his attention.
"I think we would be negligent for not looking into this situation," Baird said.
Erskin said that a problem in this case was the letter that was sent to day care owners. It sounded threatening, he said, and gave day care owners only five days to respond.


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Global Collaboration at DuPont Asian Automotive Centers
With the fast-growing automotive market in Asia, DuPont has expanded its number of Asian automotive centers and also opened innovation centers dedicated to collaborative innovation. Since the Japan location opened in 2005, two new Asian innovation centers in India, and Korea have been established.
At each center, automakers and suppliers can connect with the DuPont global network of over 150 research laboratories and application development centers, and 9,500 scientists and engineers, to work on solutions to meet critical challenges and increase the speed to market of those solutions.
Each innovation center has an innovation space and a collaboration space. The innovation space showcases DuPont's latest automotive offerings and applications and hosts educational seminars. Here, automakers and suppliers can visualize the possibilities for how DuPont can help them solve their specific challenges.
In the collaboration space, partners connect with DuPont scientists around the world via video conferencing. This space facilitates knowledge exchange to nurture and deliver innovative solutions. This real-time ability to tap into DuPont expertise has created a new pipeline for growth.
Successful Application Development Collaborations
Many important applications have been developed from collaborations at Asian automotive centers, including:
- Bio-sourced material from castor bean oil used to make a radiator end tank for Denso.
- DuPont™ Sorona® bio-PTT polymer for Toyota SAI trunk and interior fabrics, for example, headliners, sun visors and trim.
- High-temperature nylon insulator parts for hybrid electric vehicles, for example cable connectors and terminal connectors in the 2008 Toyota Prius.
- Four DuPont high-performance polymers and elastomers in the air intake system for a low-compression diesel turbo engine: DuPont™ Vamac® elastomer for high temperature resistance, plus DuPont™ Zytel® and Zytel® HTN plastics for heat resistance and strength to withstand vibration welding.
- Zytel® HTN and Zytel® GRZ plastics for a lightweight, affordable thermostat housing that withstands aggressive coolants, extreme thermal cycling, and humidity under the hood
- DuPont™ Kevlar® fiber for automotive belts
Center of Excellence in China
The DuPont Automotive Center in Shanghai, China provides integrated design and application development services at one site. Located at the DuPont China Research & Development Center, the center has a design space and laboratories serving the industry on material development, prototyping, and auto parts performance and reliability testing.
To facilitate part and mold design optimization, the center is equipped with state-of-the-art software that provides 3-D surface CAD (computer-aided design), mold-flow, warpage, structural, impact and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness) analysis. Highly equipped processing laboratories support molding trial and process evaluation to help reduce cycle time. Using all of these services, DuPont and its partners can deliver solutions that address specific market needs.
At the Asian automotive centers and innovation centers, DuPont is committed to bring scientific solutions to our global customers to meet local needs. These centers provide the environment and technology to stimulate science collaboration and facilitate knowledge exchange that result in solving the Asia automotive industry's toughest challenges.