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Using modified MeetBot
As part of my GSoC project I made some changes to MeetBot. If you want to use it you should:
- Install supybot. This should be easy, on Gentoo just
emerge supybot
- Get a copy of modified plugin. You can download it from GitHub. Or if you have git installed you can clone official repository:
git clone git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/council-webapp.git
or development repository:
git clone git://github.com/ahenobarbi/Gentoo-Council.git
- Add
to your PYTHONPATH (or link it to directory in which you will run supybot).
- Link
$(sources_directory)/bot/MeetBotto your Supybot plugins directory. On Gentoo you can do it by executing
ln -s $(sources_directory)/bot/MeetBot /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/supybot/plugins
- Configure supybot. Remember to enable MeetBot plugin:
- Configure MeetBot. In directory with your supybot configuration create file
and in the file put customized version of (please fix indentation)
class Config(object):
# Meeting management urls
voters_url = 'http://localhost:3000/users/voters'
agenda_url = 'http://localhost:3000/agendas/current_items'
result_url = 'http://localhost:3000/agendas/current_items'
# Credentials for posting voting results
voting_results_user = 'user'
voting_results_password = 'password'
# You must set this - it's turned off by default
manage_agenda = True
there are some more options but those above should be enough to get started.
- Run supybot and try out the bot:
supybot $(your_config_name).conf
Council application – final report
I wanted to write a proper summary, but it's almost 2am local time for me and I have to get up in 3 hour or so to leave, so I'll just give a short-yet-covering-everything sumamry I wrote for README of the project. I'll try to write something more once I'm back. Also you may be interested in README and bug for deploying to Gentoo Infra.
This project has three parts:
- Website written in Ruby (using Rails and Hobo). This site helps to prepare meetings, collect ideas and feedback from community.
- Modified MeetBot (MeetBot is supybot plugin). This plugin handles meetings. You can use
to list available commands and
#command <command>
to view help for each command.
- Reminder plugin. This supybot plugin pulls reminder information from the website and sends messages to all council members to remind them about upcoming meeting.
What you can do in the webapp depends on your role. You can be guest or a registered user. Once you register administrators can give you administrator and council member roles.
As guest you can only view:
- Current and past agendas
- Items for agendas
- Voting results
- Meeting summaries approved by council
- Council attendance
Registered user
Once you register you can do everything a guest can and:
- Suggest items for council
- Participate in community vote
Council member
When administrator will give you a council member role you will be able to do everything a regular registered user can and:
- Change agendas states (available states are open, submissions closed, meeting_ongoing, old)
- Add suggested items to agenda
- Reject suggested items
- Vote during meetings (IRC bot handles voting)
As administrator you can manage users – give them new roles and take away old roles.
Bot has a separate list of commands:
- #startmeeting
- #startvote
- #vote
- #endvote
- #nextitem
- #previtem
- #changeitem
- #option list
- #option add
- #option remove
- #timelimit list
- #timelimit add:
- #timelimit remove
- #endmeeting
hopefully command names are self-explanatory. In addition bot obtains agenda items, voting options and timelimits for each item from website when you #startmeeting and sends voting option changes and voting results to webapp when you #endmeeting.
Council application – weekly report #10
This is my last weekly report – I started working on my project earlier because I'm leaving on Thursday morning (plane takes off on 7:40 a.m. local time, ouch). I'll write a final report summing up what I did during the project before I leave, this report is summary of what I did last week.
- I fixed a problem with MeetBot tests (there was one test that failed because it tried to create symlinks that already existed on my system
- I read all code I wrote and did some refactoring
- I wrote a proper front page for the application
- I fixed a bug in a gem the site was using (if you made a mistake during signup it would show your password in plain text input)
- I wrote usage hints for possibly non-obvious forms in the webapp
- I added license information to webapp.
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #9
Last week I was working on:
- Preparing database seed for demos.
- Made some more changes to Hobo to make it easier to use.
- Wrote custom poll functionality (I planned to use Doodle API, but I had problems with authentication)
- Improved code metrics.
- Added support for basic summaries:
- Council members can edit summaries.
- Council members can approve summaries.
- All approvals are canceled after summary changes.
- Regular users can view a summary after 4 council members approve it.
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #8
Last week I:
- Opened bug asking for deployment to Gentoo infrastructure.
- Worked to push some changes I made to packages maintained by someone else (capybara-webkit, MeetBot, Hobo).
- Fixed some code that produced warnings
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #7
Last week I continued work on hobo-based application:
- If you enter url to message on gentoo-archives as "discussion" for agenda item application will use it to calculate how long discussion took.
- I worked to use Doodle to help planning meetings. Doodle REST API is pretty easy (my code words with doodle-test ) but I didn't manage to finish authentication. Authentication is oauth-based but I couldn't authenticate with oauth(2) gems.
I made some changes to hobo. In the application I'm writing I had to set
:null => false
for most fields, my patch adds configuration option null_false_by_default. If you turn it on all text, string and boolean fields in all models will have
:null => false
set by default.
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #6
Last week I was working mostly on the website part of my project:
- I fixed some bugs:
- If for some reason there was no current agenda(for example it was removed when application was running) the application crashed. Now whenever it tries to access current agenda application will check if there is a current agenda. If there is no current agenda it will create one.
- When council didn't have any meetings yet.
- Some buttons were in weird places, now they are where they look nice.
- Now all users will be able to vote using the webapp. Those votes are just to let council know what community thinks.
- Now it's possible to use markdown when describing ideas.
Also bot will give meeting log to agenda and it will store it for later use.
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #5
Last week I worked to improve MeetBot:
- I added support for #changeitemcommand – it allows you to move through agenda items faster then #netxitem/ #previtem.
- Bot will close voting after last vote
- Bot can send reminders. You can add reminder with
#timelimit add :
remove it with
#timelimt remove message
list set reminders with
#timelimit list
or set them in web application before meeting. Changing item removes all reminders.
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #4
Last week I used metrical on the web app and improved tests coverage and variable naming. I also removed some stuff it reported as "code duplication". Metrical warned about some stuff, but I couldn't find a reasonable way to fix it.
I tried to switch to capybara-webkit for cucumber tests but I couldn't find a way to remove session cookies (and I need it to test "Remember me" feature) so I made a feature request (including a suggested patch) and I'm waiting.
I added
#option add
#option remove
#option list
commands to MeetBot to allow changing voting options during meeting (I must do some work on the webapp end to handle added and removed option properly).
I also improved tests for my changes to MeetBot and wrote test for Reminder (the Supybot plugin I wrote last week).
For short description of project and sources, read this.
Council application – weekly report #3
Last week I:
- Wrote Supybot plugin that regularly fetches JSON data from given location. Then it checks timestamp, if timestam is newer then previous it sends message to listed users.
- Application now tracks slaking properly – it marks participation after meeting (council members who voted at least once are present). Then it calculates "slacking status" for current council members based on council term start date and participations.
For short description of project and sources, read this.


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Jeter to begin rehab stint Thursday
NEW YORK -- Yankees captain Derek Jeter is scheduled to begin his latest Minor League rehabilitation assignment on Thursday at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, taking the field at shortstop in a 7:05 p.m. ET game against Pawtucket.
Jeter is recovering from a Grade 1 strain of his right calf. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that Jeter's workout on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., included running the bases, and that he was cleared to begin his rehab.
Girardi said that he expects Jeter to play at least two games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. It is possible that Jeter, who has played in just five Major League games this season, could to rejoin the Yankees on Saturday against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
"As I've said, we'll just go day by day and see how he responds each day," Girardi said. "The plan, I think, is for him to play five innings in the field tomorrow."
Jeter was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 5, retroactive to Aug. 3, marking his third stint on the DL this season.
The 39-year-old has also been sidelined by a small fracture in his left ankle and a right quadriceps strain this season, missing 121 team games after combining to miss just 82 team games over his five prior career DL trips.

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04 Dec, 2012
Amazing Sci-Fi Comics, 2012 Edition!
Midtown Bloggerinos! Raph here, with a new installment of one of my favorite posts from last year! I love science fiction, it's one of the major backbones of comics, and has helped unleashed the imagination of countless millions. Without people writing stories about faraway places or future technology, how could we have inspired inventors who create smart phones, tablets and neurokinetic 3-D holoprojective televisions? … Okay so the last one is made up, but imagine how cool it'd be?!?


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Diesel prices will be hiked by 40-50 paise per litre every month till losses on the nation's most used fuel are completly wiped out, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily said today.
"Until further orders, oil marketing companies can increase it (diesel price) by 40-50 paise (per litre) every month," he told reporters here.
The Government had on January 17 decided to move towards deregulating or freeing diesel prices from state control and gave powers to state-owned oil firms to raise prices in small measures every month till all of their losses are wiped out.
Diesel is currently sold at a loss of over Rs 10.80 per litre.
On January 17, oil firms hiked diesel price by 45 paise.
After including local VAT, the increase in Delhi came to 50 paisa. The diesel now costs Rs 47.65 a litre in the Capital.
Moily said the decision to raise diesel prices in small doses every month will stand "until further orders". He, however, did not say when the oil firms will effect the second price increase.
The decision for retail price hike was coupled with a move to charge bulk consumers like defence, railways and state transport undertakings market price which is almost Rs 10 a litre more than retail selling rate, to save an estimated Rs 12,907 crore in annual subsidy.
Moily said he had heard of States like Gujarat and Tamil Nadu asking their public transport fleet to refuel at petrol pumps instead of buying diesel from oil firms directly as is the current practice. This is being done with a view to avoid paying the market price mandated for them.
"We need to look into that (issue). I have also heard about it. We are seized of that matter," he said, adding when rules are laid there are people who find ways to circumvent it.
Instead of buses being asked to refuel at petrol pumps, the states should reduce high local sales tax or VAT on diesel to cut prices, Moily added.


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A U.S. proposal on the boundary separating the Lebanese and Israeli maritime economic zones is presently under consideration by both countries and if accepted could end a lingering dispute over rival claims and hasten Lebanon's plans to tap the billions of dollars of gas estimated to be lying beneath the seabed.
The proposal, which was submitted to both countries recently, is a compromise between the overlapping boundaries individually submitted by Lebanon and Israel which left some 854 square kilometers in dispute.
The U.S. has been mediating a solution between Lebanon and Israel since mid-2011, partly to neutralize another potential trigger for war, partly to allow both countries to peacefully exploit the fossil fuel wealth beneath the seabed of the eastern Mediterranean and partly in the hope that U.S. oil companies can secure exploitation contracts.
The U.S. initiative was driven by Frederic Hof, who served with the State Department in President Barack Obama's first term. Although his chief responsibility was Syria, Hof was handed the maritime boundary portfolio as he is a recognized expert on the borders of the Levant. Hof, who is currently a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, declined to comment for this article.
However, two separate sources familiar with the proposal said it was an impartial and balanced attempt to find a solution.
"The U.S. has offered some ideas and the parties have them under careful consideration," one source said. "Both sides appear to be interested in an equitable solution, which sums up what international law requires in resolving disputes of this nature."
In 2007, Lebanon and Cyprus signed an agreement on the boundary separating their respective Exclusive Economic Zones. As is customary in such agreements, Lebanon left open to future amendment the location of the southernmost and northernmost points of the EEZ boundary depending on future EEZ limits with Israel and Syria.
In October 2010, Lebanon submitted its proposed EEZ boundary with Israel to the United Nations. The Lebanese line runs from Ras Naqoura on the Lebanon-Israel border to a point 133 kilometers out to sea at an average angle of 291 degrees. The final point of the Lebanese EEZ line actually lies 17 kilometers southwest of the most southerly point in the Lebanon-Cyprus EEZ agreement, taking advantage of the wiggle room for that latter location provided in the agreement with Nicosia.
The southern EEZ point was not selected arbitrarily but followed the cartographic rule of being equidistant between three points on land, in this case Ras Naqoura, the promontory of Haifa in Israel and the Akrotiri peninsula in Cyprus. The Lebanese EEZ line also coincidentally conformed to a line of buoys previously placed unilaterally by the Israeli navy from Ras Naqoura and was in alignment with the northern edge of Israel's maritime oil and gas concession blocks. Thus it appeared that Lebanon and Israel were in unspoken agreement that the maritime boundary ran at an average 291 degrees from the joint land border at Ras Naqoura.
In July 2011, Israel submitted its own proposal for an EEZ boundary with Lebanon, but instead of following the 291 degree line to match Lebanon's suggested boundary, it ran at a steeper angle of approximately 298 degrees to end at the same point where Lebanon's EEZ boundary with Cyprus had ended.
It appeared that Israel had deliberately ignored its own previous unofficial indications of where it believed the maritime boundary lay (the line of buoys off Ras Naqoura and the northern edge of the oil and gas concessions) to slice off an 854 square kilometer sliver of sea claimed by Lebanon.
The sources, however, said that both Lebanon and Israel had presented cartographically justifiable proposals.
"There is no such thing as a single, canonical 'right answer' in matters of this nature," one source said. "Parties mix and match a variety of methodologies to produce lines that maximize unilateral claims. That's what happened."
The U.S. stepped in when neither side appeared willing to budge and could not enter direct bilateral negotiations because of the state of war that exists between them.
While disagreements over the delineation of mutual EEZ boundaries are commonplace around the world, the hostile relationship between Lebanon and Israel was a complicating factor. Furthermore, there are major economic interests at stake. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated in March 2010 that the Levantine basin in the eastern Mediterranean, which includes the territorial waters of Lebanon, Israel, Syria and Cyprus, could hold as much as 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 34.5 trillion cubic meters of gas.
Since then, surveys conducted off the Lebanese coast have only confirmed Lebanon's untapped oil and gas wealth.
David Rowlands, the CEO of the Norway-based Spectrum Company, told The Daily Star in September that a seismic survey of the Lebanese coast indicated that Lebanon's share of offshore gas was greater than that of Cyprus and Syria.
Energy Minister Gebran Bassil has claimed that the area off the southern coast alone contains 3.39 trillion cubic meters of gas which "could be enough to cover Lebanon's electricity production needs for the next 99 years."
The sources would not reveal details of the U.S. proposal, but one said that the suggested boundary fell "somewhere between the two lines" submitted by Lebanon and Israel.
Similar to the U.N.-delineated Blue Line that corresponds to the Lebanon-Israel land border, acceptance of the U.S. proposed EEZ boundary would not represent an official maritime border until both parties formally sign a border agreement.
"In this case, all that's required is that they separately submit their identical maritime separation line to the U.N. and amend whatever undertakings they have to the contrary with Cyprus," one source said.
Speaker Nabih Berri said in September that "we will not compromise on any amount of water from our maritime borders and oil, not even a single cup."
However, Prime Minister Najib Mikati is believed to be supportive of a quick resolution to the dispute. And Berri has been the most active politician in pushing for the exploitation of Lebanon's offshore resources, suggesting that the fossil fuel wealth waiting to be tapped will overcome reservations over a compromise with Israel.
Furthermore, new technologies and rising fuel prices are making economically viable many oil and gas reservoirs around the world that were previously considered commercially unattractive. If Lebanon and Israel cannot resolve their EEZ boundary, international oil firms may choose to exploit oil and gas opportunities elsewhere rather than invest in an area that could prove the trigger for a future war.


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The busy summer season at Philmont Scout Ranch has ended. Though the high-adventure base remains open year-round to host conferences and fall and winter programs, this could be considered a slow time.
That makes it the perfect time for new renovation projects at Philmont, such as the camping dining hall kitchen, seen above. And now it's possible to track the progress of those projects online.
A new Philmont Construction Projects page is regularly updated with photos and information about ongoing projects. You can see several more pictures of the dining hall renovation, scheduled to be completed in April 2011, and you can view the remodeled staff cabin at Sawmill Camp, which is expected to be ready in November of this year.
After you're done checking out the photos, learn more about all of the BSA's high-adventure bases.


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The Harvard Business Review (HBR) recently published its 2016 list of the world's top 100 CEOs. As in the past, HBR's staff looked at the financial and ESG (environment, social, governance) performance of the CEOs of 1,200 large companies. They used a measure of financial performance developed by a team of Harvard academics for 80% of their score. The remaining 20% came from averaging two overall measures of corporate sustainability performance, including CSRHub.
HBR has been publishing this list since 2010 and CEOs apparently intently study their "rank" and any year-to-year changes. The list originally included only measures of financial return. In 2015, HBR started including ESG performance, such as those CSRHub gathers and reports.
Is there a connection between a CEO's financial performance measure and the corporate social responsibility (CSR) or ESG performance of the CEO's company? Those of us who care about sustainability would expect (hope?) the answer is "Yes." Unfortunately, details we uncovered during this year's rating process say that the answer is probably "Maybe" or "It depends."
Are the Top 100 Different From The Rest?
CSRHub rates the perceived ESG performance of 16,550 companies in 133 countries. We have full ratings on 1,180 of the 1,200 companies that HBR studied. The table below compares the average performance for the top companies against the rest of the list, for community, employee, environment, and governance issues. (HBR included 104 companies in its Top 100 list, due to a number of ties.)
Comparison of the CSRHub Corporate Social Responsibility Rankings for HBR Top 100 Companies and Those Not Chosen
As you can see, the top companies had only slightly better perceived sustainability performance than the rest of the companies. When we adjust for the different number of companies in each of the two groups, there is a significant (P<0.02) difference only in the Community area.
This suggests that the best CEOs out of this sample of companies pay a bit more attention to issues associated with the sustainability of their Products, have good Philanthropy programs, and care about Human Rights and their Supply Chains. But, they don't seem to pay significantly more attention than other CEOs to issues relating to Employees, the Environment, or to their corporate Governance. And, they still rank in their community efforts below the average of the other 15,000+ companies we track.
Are the Top 50 Financial Performers Better Than the Next 50?
What about the "best of the best?" If we divide the HBR Top 100 into two groups by their HBR financial performance scores, would the top financial performers have better or worse social performance than the bottom group?
The table below shows the answer to this question. It is probably an answer that many sustainability professionals will not want to hear. The top financial performers had much worse perceived sustainability performance than those with somewhat worse financial performance.
Comparison of the CSRHub Corporate Social Responsibility Rankings for Top 50 Companies and the next 54 Companies as Ranked By Their HBR Financial Performance Score
These results are good evidence that some CEOs may emphasize good shareholder returns (high profit margins, high turnover of assets, strong stock performance, etc.) rather than good social performance (good community relations, happy employees, a clean environment, etc.). Of course, the HBR study focuses only on very large, publicly-traded companies and there are only 104 companies where we have full data. But, there is virtually no probability—P < 0.000001—that the top 50 do not trail the next 54 on both overall ratings and on all four categories of social responsibility.
Does It Make Sense to Combine Financial With Social?
The table above illustrates why HBR decided to integrate social issues into their ranking. Using a single financial scale wasn't teasing out the best CEO performance. Using only social measures wasn't doing it either. Instead, HBR integrated the two measures in a balanced way that resulted in the surprising result shown below.
Comparison of the CSRHub Corporate Social Responsibility Rankings for Top 10 Companies and the next 94 Companies, as Ranked by their Overall HBR Score
The financial scores within the Top 100 are pretty similar. By using a social performance signal to differentiate among these financially similar performers and create an Overall HBR Score, HBR was able to pick a top group that had both good financial returns and strong sustainability performance. This shows it is possible to both "do well" and "do good." Thanks to HBR, CEOs who manage this difficult balance have a shot at getting the recognition they deserve.
Bahar Gidwani is CEO and Co-founder of CSRHub. He has built and run large technology-based businesses for many years. Bahar holds a CFA, worked on Wall Street with Kidder, Peabody, and with McKinsey & Co. Bahar has consulted to a number of major companies and currently serves on the board of several software and Web companies. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in physics and astronomy. He plays bridge, races sailboats, and is based in New York City.
CSRHub provides access to the world's largest corporate social responsibility and sustainability ratings and information. It covers over 16,000 companies from 135 industries in 132 countries. By aggregating and normalizing the information from 461 data sources, CSRHub has created a broad, consistent rating system and a searchable database that links millions of rating elements back to their source. Managers, researchers and activists use CSRHub to benchmark company performance, learn how stakeholders evaluate company CSR practices, and seek ways to improve corporate sustainability performance.


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Joined: 09 Jul 2000
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:58 am
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
I sail off of Long Island in NY and my rule of thumb is so long as its high 30s and sunny, Im fine. But when its cold I will only go when the wind direction is such that if anything goes wrong, ill just be blown back into shore.
good luck.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:04 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
Ive sailed on less than 50 degrees with a wetsuit. My limiting factor in my area is air temperture. For the cold days I wear 2 wetsuits - a 5 ml triathalon sleeveless suit under a light flexible 3/2. Not as good as a drysuit but cheaper.
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:53 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
I have a drysuit that I really do not wear as much as I should. I often find myself wearing two wetsuits instead; a 3/2 long suit with a 3/2 shorty over the top. I would like to replace both of those (because theyre gettin pretty ratty) with a 4/3, because theyre only about $100 on super sale.
Having said this, I would really like to get in the habit of wearing my drysuit more...its just such a pain to get on and off.
Best of luck.
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Posts: 494
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:39 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
As a sports medicine doc who goes out in cold waters, anything but a dry suit is just ignorance looking for premature death. Hypothermia is nothing to mess around with. The danger is cardiac arrest that cant be converted back to a normal rhythm. Of course, nobody knows for sure that it cant be converted until the body temp is back to normal, so they have to do CPR on you for an hour while trying to warm up your core temp. So if you want to be stupid enough to risk it, be sure you complete a living will, so you dont end up like Terry Schiavo. Also, take out a sufficient insurance policy so that your family and taxpayers dont have to foot the bill for your brain-dead body.
Am I getting the point across?
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 5:59 am
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
my take is spend the nickle and get a drysuit. You can easily double your sailing season in comfort. As for the metal zipper, I secure a strap (to the zipper) to any thing chest high and walk it around. After a couple of dances, its easy and fast.
last week - 47 deg air no problem w/ cold
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:17 am
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
Better idea move south windy and warm in biloxi right now maxed out on 4.7 saturday in pensacola NO GLOVES NO BOOTIES NO HAT and a .5mm suit
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:21 am
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
Whats a good dry suit that provides protection, but isnt too restricting? Also, Ive heard that if you get a small tear in a dry suit the water can rush in and drag you under - is this a major concern for using them?
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:23 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
There is also semi-dry suits of varying quality. Ive never tried one of the these BUT I do have a freediving wetsuit that might be called a semidry. It is a cressi-sub super-competition. It is a two-piece. The bottom is like 7mils but the chest is maybe 5. The top part is 7mils with attached hood. It is open-cell so you need to lubricate (shampoo and water) the suit to get in. It has some niffty features that prevent water from entering, but basically when I get out of this I usually have shampoo still on my arms because no water gets in. I use the suit to freedive in northern california, Im guessing water temps are 50 degress or less during november. These suits arent very popular in the US but are the thing in europe for freediving. There are only two drawbacks: 1) you have to be careful to not nick the inside of the suit because the open-cell is fragile (but at least it doesnt flood like a dry suit if you nick it) and 2) it is a little cold to get it on/off when it is freezing outside but I usually change in the bathroom or if I am close to home just wear the bottom half in the car.
There are lots of different manufactures, another popular brand is Picasso. I bought my suit from
for around $200 (shipped to my door). The first suit didnt fit right, SS paid for the DHL shipping back to spain and again for the next smaller suit size. I dont know how SS is these days, Ive heard their customer service has fallen because they have gotten so many customers and cant keep up.
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:29 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
Gary: In 20 years of owning a drysuit Ive never had a problem or been dragged under. If you had a major failure, the water in your suit isnt any heavier than the water outside. check out the Bare Polar Dry. There is no upper body restriction and you can layer the clothing underneath.
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:44 pm
Post subject: RE: Wetsuits and water Temps
Ive sailed in 39 degree water with a 3/2mm wetsuit and a splash guard used for kayaking (my brother gave it to me when he left the country). It worked great and its not like a full suit so its pretty good with entry/exit and keeps the cold out very well. With booties, hood, and gloves Id gladly sail in that ice water again. Maybe 50 degrees is colder on the right coast than it is over here but thats considered warm by our standards.
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Kid-Friendly Pizza Stuffed Shells Recipe
Easy Dinner: Pizza Stuffed Shells
If your family loves pizza night, this easy stuffed shells recipe is a fun twist on your favorite pie. Invite your tot into the kitchen to help chop the ingredients, and add in her favorite toppings to encourage basic culinary skills. Ready in less than 30 minutes, this dish makes a great weeknight dinner.
Pizza Stuffed Shells
From Sarah Lipoff, LilSugar
- 16 jumbo pasta shells
4 ounces sliced pepperoni
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 24-ounce jar spaghetti sauce
1 cup shredded mozzarella
- Preheat your oven to 425F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and then add the shells. Give a stir after adding the pasta to ensure none stick to the bottom of the pot. Let simmer until the shells are al dente.
- Offer your child a butter knife and invite her to help slice the mushrooms, offering assistance as needed. A butter knife cuts through the mushrooms without posing any potential harm to your tot, but it's still a good idea to keep an eye on things. Place the sliced mushrooms in a medium-size sauté pan.
- Now your child can use the butter knife to cut the pepperoni into smaller pieces. It's doesn't matter if the pieces are all the same size, just that the pepperoni isn't still in large rounds. Add the pieces to the pan with the mushrooms.
- Pour the pasta sauce over the mushrooms and pepperoni and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Now is the time to add any other family-favorite pizza toppings such as black olives, spinach, Italian sausage, or peppers! Let the sauce simmer for at least 10 minutes to reduce the liquid and cook the ingredients.
- Once the pasta is cooked through, carefully strain and then gently rinse with cool water until they are cool to the touch.
- Turn the heat off under the sauce and get out a nine-by-12-inch baking casserole. Ladle a spoonful of the sauce on the bottom of the casserole. Now you can carefully open each shell, stuff with a spoonful of the pizza stuffing, and place in the casserole. This step might be best left to the adults if the sauce is too hot.
- Once all the shells have been stuffed, invite your child to sprinkle the cheese over the stuffed shells. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly.
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- The history of Islam is the best testament to how different communities can live together in peace and harmony. Muslims must exemplify the true image of Islam in their interaction with other communities.
- Sacranie, Iqbal, Muhammad Abdul Bari & Mehboob Kantharia, et al.. Interview with John Ware. "A Question of Leadership." Panorama. BBC, London, England. August 21, 2005.
- The history of the (Jewish) people is written in black ink, and has included a series of murders of the prophets, the Mujaheedin, and righteous people. Oh Sons of brave Mujaheedin...You have revived the hopes of this nation through your blessed Jihad...The Islamic nation will not spare money or effort in support of your cause, which is the supreme Muslim cause.
- Read the history to know that yesterday's Jews are evil predecessors and today's Jews are worse successors. They an ingrate people, they altered God's words, worshipped calf, killed Messengers and denied their Messages. They are exiled people and the worst of mankind. Allaah cursed them and cast His wrath upon them. He turned some of them to monkeys and pigs and worshippers of creatures. They are worst in position and are astray from the right path…
- Shaykh Abdur Rahmaan As-Sudays. www.alharamainsermons.org (April 19, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-03-19..
- History of Jews is full of deception, trickery, rebellion, oppression, evil and corruption. They always seek to cause mischief on the earth and Allaah loves not the mischief-makers.
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Delay to Syria Strike Knocks Gold and Oil in Asia
The price of gold slumped Monday, as did the price of oil, which jumped last week on fears a military strike in Syria could disrupt Mideast supplies. The WSJ's Jake Lee tells Deborah Kan how this happened.
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The University of California has admitted more Hispanics than whites for the first time, reflecting demographic shifts in the country's largest state. The state university system also admitted more students from other states and abroad, who pay higher tuition, a national trend at state universities.
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With Mariah Carey's new single, "Triumphant (Get 'Em)," hitting the air, the singer recently explained why she chose Rick Ross and Meek Mill as her song's featured guests.
The celebratory track is Carey's first studio single since giving birth to twins Moroccan and Monroe. According to Carey, it was Ross' voice that called him to this project.
"Working with Ross and Meek on the same record was incredible," she said on a conference call. "Obviously Ross is a star and everybody loves him. I'm a fan of his music. I really, really wanted to work with him. I love the tone of his voice. I think the contrast of his voice and mine would be something special."
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"I always like to do collaborations that people might think are different," Carey continued.
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Grammy winner Bryan-Michael Cox, who co-wrote and co-produced "Triumphant (Get 'Em)," said Ross adds a relatable dimension to the track.
"Rick Ross, who's always been one of my favorites, he's resilient," Cox told MTV News. "Through the years, people try to count him out, and he always comes back, comes back harder, comes back with bigger and better records. So the theme of 'Triumphant,' I think that he fits the theme of that whole concept the best, really, because through it all, Rick Ross always comes out on top."
While there's no date or title for Carey's upcoming album, the singer will be the newest judge on American Idol following the departures of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.
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In Reply to: "When in doubt throw it out" posted by Bob on January 09, 2007
: : What does the phrase "when in doubt throw it out" means?
: Pretty much what it says: if you're not sure if that milk in the fridge smells a little off or not, don't take chances, discard it. Got a boyfriend who's been mean to you, but you're not sure about his promises to reform? Ditch him. Do there seem to be, too, many, commas in that sentence? Edit them out.
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Responses provided in statistical and administrative collections do not always relate directly to classification categories. A coding index is therefore necessary to act as a link between responses given and the classification, enabling responses to be assigned accurately and quickly to the appropriate category of the classification.
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House could pass immigration bill by August, lawmaker says
WASHINGTON - A top Republican lawmaker predicted on Tuesday that the House of Representatives could pass an immigration bill by August, as the Senate gets ready to debate legislation to give millions of undocumented residents a way to earn citizenship.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, whose panel oversees immigration, defended the House's progress on immigration legislation and said lawmakers were focused on getting the reforms right.
Unlike the Senate, which is set to work on a sweeping immigration bill that boosts border security, overhauls the visa system and gives a path to citizenship to immigrants, the House has yet to introduce a comprehensive immigration bill.
In an interview with MSNBC television, Goodlatte said he thought the House could pass an immigration bill by August.
The scope of Goodlatte's bill is unclear, because in the past he has left open the option of considering a series of individual bills, unlike the Senate's comprehensive approach.
Goodlatte's committee is considering bills to increase high-skilled work visas, make it easier for farmers to hire foreigners and require employers to electronically verify the immigration status of potential employees.
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Representative Steny Hoyer, the second-ranking House Democrat, said he did not know what kind of measure Goodlatte was considering. But he did not welcome the possibility of a narrow solution to immigration reform.
"Mr. Goodlatte has been talking about doing individual bills. We do not believe that's a viable or appropriate way forward," Hoyer told reporters.
Hoyer added that while narrowly crafted measures could gain strong support in the Republican-controlled House, that approach would "leave behind the overwhelming majority of people who are confronting a broken system that needs to be fixed."
He was referring to the estimated 11 million undocumented residents who want to become legalized and eventually earn U.S. citizenship.
"I don't think Democrats in the final analysis are going to support fixing one part of the immigration process" and leaving other parts unaddressed, Hoyer said.
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Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital has been ranked in three specialties in U.S. News & World Report's 2012-13 Best Children's Hospitals rankings.
Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital ranked 34th in orthopedics, 40th in cancer, and 46th in diabetes and endocrinology. Children's Hospital ranked in two specialties last year and first made the Best Children's Hospitals list in 2008.
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For families of sick children, Best Children's Hospitals provides unparalleled quality-related information in addition to rankings, including survival rates, adequacy of nurse staffing, procedure volume, and much more. Since their 2007 debut, the rankings have put an increasing emphasis on data that directly reflect hospitals' performance over the opinions of physicians.
"We are honored to be recognized for the high quality of care, comprehensive services, and excellent outcomes that Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital provides," said Harold L. Paz, CEO of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State's senior vice president for health affairs, and dean, Penn State College of Medicine. "Our new freestanding Children's Hospital, opening later this year, will further enhance our ability to provide state-of-the-art pediatric care close to home for central Pennsylvania children and families."
This year, U.S. News surveyed 178 pediatric centers to obtain hard data such as availability of key resources and ability to prevent complications and infections. The hospital survey made up 75 percent of the rankings. A separate reputational survey in which 1,500 pediatric specialists -- 150 in each specialty -- were asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty made up the remaining 25 percent.
"This achievement is a result of the commitment that all of our highly skilled and caring faculty and staff make every day to provide excellent care to the children of central Pennsylvania," said Craig Hillemeier, medical director, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
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Stop the Pipeline (STP), an organization of residents living along the proposed routes of the Constitution Pipeline committed to gathering and disseminating information about pipelines, announces a street meeting and rally in front of Foothills Performing Art Center at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24. This will take place before the scheduled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) public scoping session at 7pm at which people may testify regarding the obligations of FERC to investigate all possible impacts of the proposed pipeline.
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Our experience pitching the fund was pretty good. We had a lively discussion and concluded with a soft yes, albeit with a caveat. They also offered a couple of referrals, and those were well-received. Overall, I found both Mike and Mark as pretty down-to-earth guys with a reasonable investment mandate, as compared to other fund managers we have met with. Granted, hard to learn alot in 1.5 hrs, but my initial experience was very positive. Now we just have to work on that caveat to see if they follow-through with the DD :)PRIVATE: Members Only


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The research study titled Construction Accounting Software evaluates the potential, performance, capacity, interpretation, acceptance, and benefits of the Construction Accounting Software market in the world. The report provides the study of the Construction Accounting Software market including preferred structure. The research study covers considerable analysis of various industry segments based on the applications type, product components and services, and different geographical regions. The report assesses the global market from the perspective of the market chain supporting the industry, the statistical data of import and export, and the dominant market dynamics.
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Featuring the agriculture industry's most powerful application of telematics technology available, Case IH AFS Connect™ is now available through Case IH dealerships. Beginning this spring, dealers will begin retrofitting AFS Connect Manager™ and AFS Connect Executive™ packages on fleets of both Case IH and competitive equipment as part its commercial introduction of Case IH telematics technology.
"More importantly, Case IH will back up our industry-leading AFS technology with the expertise and local support our customers have told us they need to put advanced technologies to work in their operations," says Trevor Mecham, Case IH Advanced Farming Systems® (AFS) Marketing Manager. "AFS Connect has tremendous potential to improve producers' abilities to manage their equipment and find new opportunities to improve return on investment, and Case IH product specialists and our dealers are committed to working alongside our customers to help them achieve that potential."
AFS Connect uses a combination of global positioning system and cellular technology to link equipment, Case IH AFS Pro 600 or Pro 700 displays and the farm office wirelessly in real time. AFS Connect provides immediate information to aid in fleet management, performance analysis, remote file management and even supports two-way messaging, among other key features."
AFS Connect Manager offers fleet management capabilities, localization of machines, a working status overview, and alerts and security features, says Mecham.
"Fleet management accurately pinpoints the location of a given machine," he explains. "Alerts and security include geo-fencing and curfew management, both of which can guard against theft. Geo-fencing ensures a machine stays within certain coordinates and curfew management sends an alert if a machine is started after working hours."
AFS Connect Executive includes all the components of AFS Connect Manager as well as some key features exclusively available through the Case IH AFS Connect Executive platform:
· File Transfer: Operators are able to extract yield data and other valuable information as it occurs and transfer it into AFS software for more rapid decision-making capabilities.
· Two-way Messaging: Through telematics, managers can select the machines to which they want to send information. Messages can appear on each machine's display instantaneously, and machine operators can respond for validation.
· Virtual Display: Owner/managers are able to see the monitor in each machine from a remote location such as an office, with information updated every 15 minutes. They can review coverage area, machine hours, fuel use and a vast array of other inputs. They also can customize the computer view to display information in the most efficient, effective manner.
"These exclusive AFS Connect features in combination with support from your local dealer and the Case IH field team allow Case IH owners to save time and improve overall efficiency by focusing on top-level management," says Mecham.
"Case IH AFS products offer the industry's most accurate autoguidance systems, easy-to-use machine control interfaces, accurate variable rate delivery systems and powerful telematics interface. AFS Connect and the support team in place to put it to work in the field are another example of how Case IH is leading the equipment industry and helping our customers be ready."
Case IH is a global leader in agricultural equipment, committed to collaborating with its customers to develop the most powerful, productive, reliable equipment – designed to meet today's agricultural challenges. Challenges like feeding an expanding global population on less land, meeting ever-changing government regulations and managing input costs. With headquarters in the United States, Case IH has a network of dealers and distributors that operates in over 160 countries. Case IH provides agricultural equipment systems, flexible financial service offerings and parts and service support for professional farmers and commercial operators through a dedicated network of professional dealers and distributors. Productivity enhancing products include tractors; combines and harvesters; hay and forage equipment; tillage tools; planting and seeding systems; sprayers and applicators; site-specific farming tools and utility vehicles. Case IH is a brand of CNH (NYSE: CNH), a majority-owned subsidiary of Fiat Industrial S.p.A. (FI. MI).
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When it comes to spirited presentations and surprises, the annual InterContinental Make-A-Wish Ball—the main fundraising event for the Make-A-Wish Southern Florida foundation, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening diseases—always delivers the goods. The 19th edition of the soiree proved that some things do indeed get better with age.
More than 900 locals and out-of-towners turned out for what's become one of Miami's foremost galas. Among those were race-car driver Hélio Castroneves, Miami Heat Assistant Coach Juwan Howard, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and even boxing promoter Don King.
DECO Productions gave the ball a vaudevillian feel with themes of magic and illusion. This was carried over to the event's famous live auction where Gala Chairman Shareef Malnik "sawed" auction MC Gabrielle Anwar in half in that oldest of magician tricks. This year's entertainment duties went to Adam Lambert, who took the stage for a 40-minute set, during which he had the crowd on their feet and singing along. All the extravagance certainly paid off. "Now I know how Chuck Yeager felt when he broke the sound barrier," said Malnik when announcing that the ball had netted more than $2 million. –Photography by Manny Hernandez & World Red Eye
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Thank you so very much, kind AmberRose!, for the gorgeous Tiffany & Co. Tophat crystal candle holder, and for the very beautiful and spiritual glass nativity ensemble! I LOVE THEM!!!
The Tiffany candle holder can be used both as a votive holder and as a pedestal candle holder - though not at the same time. (Fire Department might have something to say about that!) The Tiffany signature is etched on the bottom, and a blue paper sticker indicates that this was made in Germany. I don't know who designed this, but I do know that it is glorious! A Mercedes among candle holders it is - pure lines, perfect engineering, and perfect finishing! Remarkably beautiful.
The beautiful glass nativity is very uplifting. As befits a nativity, it transports one beyond its physical presence to the spiritual realm. Glass is the perfect medium for this, and I am thrilled to have nativity set! I have never had a glass nativity. It well suits the palette of my winter soul - white, ivory, gray, and limpid ice. I don't know who made this set. It is rather heavy for glass....Thank you, thank you!!!
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Sensitive information can be valuable to others - from your personal credit card numbers to state and military secrets. Throughout history, sophisticated codes have been developed in an attempt to keep important data from prying eyes. But now, new technologies are emerging based on the surprising laws of quantum physics that govern the atomic scale. These powerful techniques threaten to crack some secret codes in widespread use today and, at the same time, offer new quantum cryptographic protocols which could one day profoundly alter the way we safeguard critical information.


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Mayor Chris Beutler today cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of the City's largest water system project in the last decade and proposed a toast to Lincoln high-quality drinking water. The 60-inch water transmission pipeline now extends 20 miles from the Ashland treatment plant to the Lincoln Water System (LWS) pump station in northeast Lincoln. The first 10-mile segment was completed in the 1990s and connected to an existing pipeline at that time. The final 10-mile segment was funded with $24 million in user fees, impact fees and revenue bonds.
"This pipeline project provides the extra capacity necessary to meet the needs of our community for many years," said Mayor Beutler. "The new pipeline will carry the State's best tasting water to many generations of LWS customers. I thank and congratulate all those involved in this major infrastructure project."
LWS received the "Best Tasting Water" award from the Nebraska Section of the American Water Works Association in 2009. Lincoln's water was then entered into the national "Best of the Best" taste test contest and tied for third place in 2010.
"This project increases the transmission capacity to Lincoln's customers from 100 million gallon per day to 170 million gallons per day," said Public Works and Utilities Director Greg MacLean. "This project is the result of our contractors, engineers, material suppliers and staff working together as a team to complete a complex, multi-year project that we can all be proud of."
Garney Construction of Kansas City began working on the project in February 2008. Project design and construction phase engineering services were provided by Black & Veatch of Kansas City and Olsson Associates of Lincoln.
In addition to the extra capacity provided by the pipeline, LWS expects to see a reduction in energy used to pump the water to Lincoln. "This project also provides additional reliability for our customers in the event of a failure of one of the existing pipelines" said Jerry Obrist, LWS Chief Engineer. More information on LWS is available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: water).


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Course: German 3: Intermediate German
Instructor: Prof. Christopher Schnader
Assignment: Digital Storytelling
Students will be creating a 2 -3 minute video about themselves with an audio track that uses German text they have written. Students will receive training in two 1 hour time slots. The first will be during class and the second during an x hour. Their projects will be due on Nov. 15. We will then forward each student's partner a version of their partner's video that has been stripped of audio. Students will have until Nov. 19 to submit a new text to accompany their partner's video . On Nov. 20 students will practice reading these alternative scripts in class and learn vocabulary that may be unfamiliar. A screening of all videos will take place Nov. 21 in Jones Media Center. Each will first be presented with the partner's alternative script being read by the author, and then screened in the original version with audio.
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Youth EB Picks: Preparing for College from Open Orchard Productions
November 27, 2013 in GPRX Blog by Sara Wiser
Think back to when you were a freshman in high school, all the excitement and nerves of going to a new school. "Preparing for College" from Open Orchard Productions sums this up in a perfect way. I couldn't relate to this story any more than I did!
As a high school senior, I know exactly what the producer is going through: all the pressure, expectations, focus, drive, competition, etc. I can relate to it all. I enjoyed all the different perspectives, which showed the real diversity of a high school. This piece had some great information. All the interviews provided good insight and very relative advice. Any high school student across the nation can relate to this piece. In the end, I have felt all the frustrations, joys and stresses that the piece spoke about. All of the comments were spot on.
"Focus on the journey, not the destination" is the quote I got from listening to this piece. I would recommend listening to this piece to anyone that is in high school or preparing for college. Finally, the music carried the piece in a very engaging way. Job well done!! This story is definitely worth a listen for anyone who is looking for an inspiring piece to teach you to live in the moment and to focus on the journey, not the destination.