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Information Notice No. 83-36: Impact of Security Practices on Safe Operations
SSINS No.: 6835 IN 83-36 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 June 9, 1985 Information Notice No. 83-36: IMPACT OF SECURITY PRACTICES ON SAFE OPERATIONS Addressees: All nuclear power reactor facilities holding an operating license (OL) or construction permit (CP). Purpose: This information notice is provided to inform licensees of some of the results of an NRC Committee's recent study of the impact of safeguards requirements on safety at power reactor facilities. It is expected that licensees will review this information for applicability to their facilities. No specific action or response is required at this time. Description of Circumstances: In February 1983, an NRC staff committee completed an evaluation of the impact of NRC security requirements on operational safety at power reactor facilities. While the committee did not find that operational safety had been significantly affected at the five facilities which were visited, they did find that the potential for an adverse safety impact does exist, to varying degrees, at licensed facilities. Problems are most likely to occur during abnormal or emergency conditions if plant operators are unable to quickly pass through locked doors because of (1) failure of the computerized security access system or its components, (2) operator mistakes in using automated access systems, or (3) local procedures which require doors (other than security doors) to be locked for other purposes. The NRC committee report (which will be available later this year as a NUREG report) is being used by the staff in developing proposed revisions to 10 CFR 73.55. The information contained in the following paragraphs does not require a change in NRC requirements and should be of use to licensees now in evaluating security and safety interactions at their facilities. 8305110464 . IN 83-36 June 9, 1983 Page 2 of 3 Measures to Minimize the Impact of Security and Other Administrative Procedures on Plant Safety 1. Assurance of prompt operator access to operating spaces and equipment is vital to safe operations. Such access can be achieved by providing backup keys or other means of opening security doors which lock in the closed position in the event of loss of electrical power or access control computer failure. Interior vital area doors are not required to fail in the locked position. These doors may fail in the open position if procedures are established to provide prompt compensatory measures for the open door, e.g., deploying guards to strategic locations. Procedures governing the use of locks for other administrative or personnel safety considerations, including Radiation Areas, should also be structured to ensure prompt operator access, if necessary, for plant safety. 2. The use of individual, manually entered codes and "anti-passback" features in vital area access control systems may adversely affect safety and are not specifically required by NRC. The use of such features can lead to denial of operator access if mistakes are made or if the system malfunctions. Such additional measures, which are beyond those of a basic access control system, are not required and their use is not recommended. Although some licensees were previously encouraged through guidance and interaction with their license reviewers to use the anti-passback and manually entered codes, experience now indicates that a better safety/ safeguards balance may be achieved without these features. Licensees who believe that plant safety could be enhanced through the removal of these features may wish to contact their license reviewers to make appropriate arrangements for modifications. 3. Security Plans, Safeguards Contingency Plans, Emergency Response Plans, and Emergency Operating Procedures which are individually developed, reviewed, and audited for implementation can result in inconsistencies which could affect safe operations. An integrated management review of these documents can be helpful in identifying conflicts and inconsistencies in plans and procedures which might adversely affect safety. 4. Management can use established programs such as Safety Committee reviews, QA audits, and plant-wide deficiency reporting systems, to ensure that security practices do not inhibit safe operations. Although committee review of all security procedure and system changes is not required, the onsite committee could be briefed on planned security procedure or system changes and their effect on operations. The annual audit of the security program would be enhanced through assignment of an auditor with operations experience to the team. A deficiency reporting system which is available to all members of the plant staff, could provide a means for identifying practices and conditions with safety significance which exist outside of written plans and procedures. With management encouragement and followup, all members of the plant and corporate staff can contribute to the identification and correction of security, radiation protection, or other measures which might adversely affect operational safety. . IN 83-36 June 9, 1983 Page 3 of 3 5. Interface and coordination problems between security and operations personnel can be minimized through cross-training and indoctrination of both staffs on the roles, responsibilities, and general practices of both organizations. The committee found that the potential for security practices to adversely affect safe operations is reduced when each organization has an appreciation and respect for the jobs that other members of the shift are expected to perform. If you need additional information about this matter, please contact the Regional Administrator of the appropriate NRC Regional Office or the Division of Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. Edward L. Jordan Director Division of Emergency Preparedness and Engineering Response Office of Inspection and Enforcement Technical Contact: George W. McCorkle, NMSS (301) 427-4018 Attachment: List of Recently Issued IE Information Notices .
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What was in front of me when I had my feet massaged.
Below is a man who sweeps our streets. He makes his own brushes from the fallen branches of the trees.
My local coffee shop Baker 'n' Spice on Anfu Lu.
I was on my bike and stopped to take this girl's picture.
This was a sales assistant.
Laundry hangs everywhere.
This was in my local paper. I liked their enthusiasm & lipstick.
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I'm Monnica Forsythe and I was diagnosed with UCTD in August of 2016. I was 37 at the time and have been dealing with symptoms of an autoimmune problem since I was about 16 years old. I went to different doctors over the many years due to varying problems such as hives, rashes, fatigue, joint pain, fainting spells, reoccurring sinus infections, ringing ears, allergies, possible PCOS, multiple miscarriages, high risk pregnancies etc. Nothing concrete would ever come from my doctor visits. Most of these problems would come and go and usually didn't occur at the same time, but I did have a couple of years mixed in that when looking back I was super ill, but just somehow powered through it. It all came crashing down on me in 2015 when I was about 4 months postpartum with my second child. I kept waiting my symptoms out thinking all this pain, fatigue, hair loss, has all got to do with the normal stuff that comes along with just having a baby. The kicker for me in which sent me to my OB Doc was intense pain that I was having in my pelvic area. I was also having low grade fevers and night sweats. It was pain that was night after night that I let go on for about 3 months before telling anyone about it. So I told my husband who is an E.R. Doctor and he said that I needed to get an appointment right away and that my pain wasn't normal (I kind of had gotten used to having pain so often and being brushed off by some of my doctors that I have or had forgotten what's normal). While my OB provider did the exam she thought I was having abdominal pain rather than pelvic pain and then started a series of questions which then led to a bunch of lab tests and a referral to a GI doctor. My OB provider was concerned that I had inflammatory bowel disease because I was also having diarrhea everyday for the prior 3 months. Got the call a week later notifying me that I had a positive Ana, positive rnp, and borderline positive anti double stranded DNA and needed to now go to the rheumatologist. I had never heard those words before that day so I really didn't know anything about these autoimmune diseases. The wait time was supposed to be 5 months for me to get in to see Rheumatology. In the meantime I went to GI and had a colonoscopy which was normal and the diagnosis was IBS. I was miserable I couldn't imagine having to wait 5 months just for an initial visit to rheumatology. Luckily my husband was able to get me in sooner I ended up waiting about 6-8 weeks. My first appointment didn't go as expected for me, I again felt that my symptoms were undermined and I didn't really feel like he wanted to hear everything that was happening to me. I left my first appointment with no answers accept for a diagnosis of hyper mobility syndrome and positive ANA. What the heck? Went back with my husband for the second visit so that he could help me relay everything that was happening to me ( I also had/have a lot of the brain fog and seem to forget things a lot) and that didn't really feel like it helped. My husband who is a colleague was pretty much treated like he shouldn't have even been there with me. It was appallingly, but I was desperate for some help and he did put me on plaquenil so I figured at least he is trying to treat my symptoms. I went for the third time after being on the plaquenil for about 3 months which worked by increasing my energy to a functional level. This is when he changed my diagnosis to UCTD. He didn't even tell me. He kept taking about Mixed Connective tissue disease, but he didn't tell me he was diagnosing me. I didn't even know until I looked at my visit summary. I could now take care of my baby and 3 year old without feeling like I was going to die. Also in that time frame I was referred to an ENT doctor because of an enlarged submandibular saliva gland (confirmed through Ct scan) which I'm still not sure if that is going to get taken care of.
For some reason the ENT doesn't think it's sjogrens, although I do. Anyway, this story as you all know can go on forever. The disease and the symptoms have changed my life. I'm worried about being able to take care of my two young girls. They are so full of life and joy and I just want to be able to enjoy it with them. I have such a blessed full life and I feel like it's being taken away from me in this weird invisible way. I just want the disease to go away. I'm still in awe and shock that I have something that will probably not go away and that is depressing. In some ways I'm very fortunate to be married to someone who has so much knowledge and believes me and wants to help me get well, but I feel like it also puts a lot of pressure on him that he can't always do anything about. My husband thinks I have Lupus and he even thought that back when we were first married. He ordered the Ana labs back then, but they didn't show positive and that was about 12 years ago. So much has changed for me in the last year just trying to wade through it day by day and really trying to soak up every good little moment because I know how fast it can change. Thanks for caring and reading!


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We've picked out some favorites from what has become two threads of Scribblenauts fanart. It's pretty hard for us not to just post every single piece of fanart from both threads! Trust us, there's plenty in both threads for you to discover, and since the artists have started taking requests from other GAFfers, there will continue to be more for a while.
Above: Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey, Tomba, and Kirby, by SpacePirate Ridley; Lost's John Locke by MrCheez; surfing Raichu, Travis Touchdown, Optimus Prime, and Manny Calavera by Divvy. Look at all the greatness that has already been brought into the world by Scribblenauts, by people who haven't even played it!


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Whether you spent your youth playing video games in the '80s, '90s or even more recently, one thing that's consistent is that you never remember what, by modern standards, were chunky pixels and muddy visuals. Instead, you think about how the games came to richer life in your imagination, thanks largely to spirit of exploration and discovery.
A cinematic new spot from Swedish telecom Com Hem and agency M&C Saatchi Stockholm perfectly captures this experience, showing us the perspective of a young boy soaring through desert landscapes in a vintage aircraft.
He pushes the limits, first through the ravines and then through the clouds, reaching the outer limits of the atmosphere in a scene reminiscent of Chuck Yeager's brief moment at the edge of space in The Right Stuff's depiction of his NF-104 Starfighter flight.
Luckily for the boy, his journey doesn't end quite as terrifyingly as Yeager's pulse-pounding ejection, though our young aviator does get removed from the cockpit rather abruptly.
Directed by Rune Milton, who's created visually stunning work for clients ranging from Ikea to Carlsberg, the spot is a rather epic celebration of a lofty product: Internet service offering speeds of 1,200 Mbps (a rate most of us can hardly imagine here in America, where we're lucky to get 70 Mbps, or even 2 when staying at a hotel).
In case any aviation aficionados are pausing the clip to identify the airplane, I'm sad to report it's a fictional model the agency composited together from a few historic aircraft. (As the grandson of a P-47 pilot in World War II, I like to think the Thunderbolt was at least part of the inspiration.)
Brand: Com Hem
Clients: Jonas Lundqvist (CMO) and Åke Balfors (Advertising and Media Director)
Agency: M&C Saatchi Stockholm
Agency Producer: Mattias Colden @ Always Frank
Production Company: Bleck Film, Stockholm
Director: Rune Milton
Executive Producer: Pål Åsberg
Producer: Lars Nordensson
DOP: Paul Meyers
Edit: Adam Nielsen
Composer: Jonas Larsen
Sound: Kevin Koch
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With seventy-five percent of the people possessing a cell phone, there now exists no better strategy to achieve, or be reached, by anyone, round-the-clock, with no delay or hardly any at all, than through this contemporary gadget. This is accurate particularly if you're a law enforcer, a physician, or a lawyer and it's since there's no telling when an accident or a crime may possibly happen, when people may get sick or need emergency medical attention, or when people may possibly desire fast advice regarding their rights or require help when caught in legal issues. When these situations arise, it may be a good time to turn to legal apps for attorneys.
An app that is mobile, makes it possible for potential customers to readily get the website 24/7. of a regulation firm It's non-stop marketing in other phrases plus being immediately accessible to anyone wanting support that is authorized that is fast. Also, in comparison to the cost of radio, video or newspaper advertisements, mobile marketing is far less economical, however, allows more individuals to be reached.
Now, in case you are a specialist who owns a corporation, especially a law firm, would it not be great if your present clients could see your firm's logo, along with would-be customers, anyplace and any time they are? Even better, let these individuals log-on to your own site any time of the day and wherever they're with no inconvenience of needing to face a computer and log to the net first.
Millions of people notice or hear a huge number of ads every day – on billboards, Television, stereo, movie pamphlets, magazines, papers, booklets, and walls. One major concern, nevertheless, is that, together with the exception of the last four, folks can not just take the origin of advertising with them and, even though they might, like regarding booklets, only a smattering might likely keep these, while each of the others, after scanning and finding their content, not in their range of curiosity, would merely toss these away or abandon these together with something . . . Wherever that something is.
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VANCOUVER — It's a good thing the experts keep telling us how provincial Canadians are in their hockey loyalties, because if fans really cared about all their brothers-in-misery across this great hockey nation, we'd all be in therapy.
Seven National Hockey League teams, we have, and at the moment, only one (1) is well-positioned to make it past the end of the regular season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, losers of six straight and racing in reverse to a slot outside the cut-line, may go on toying with their fans' emotions for another couple of days, even weeks, and the Vancouver Canucks may exhibit the occasional pulse beat.
But if the season ended today (and it basically ended long before this in five of our markets), the Montreal Canadiens, the last squad from north of the border to win a Stanley Cup — 21 years ago — would be the lone Canadian entry with a seat at the 2014 playoff table.
Here at GlassHalfEmpty.com, we see that it was fully two months ago that we last examined the sorry state of Canada's NHL teams. It's gotten worse.
Since then, violence has erupted and a government's toppled in Ukraine, a Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been held and adjourned, Vladimir Putin has dropped the faintly disdainful stoneface that so charmed visitors in Sochi and returned to the full assassin's glare while annexing Crimea, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been lost and (possibly) found, and Taylor Hall has soaked his coach, Dallas Eakins, with a water bottle.
That's about it for world news.
Meanwhile, in the NHL, Canada has pretty much given up the ghost.
The same country that produces gold medal-winning Olympic hockey teams for fun appears to be incapable of stopping the southward migration of excellence that has resulted in 19 consecutive Stanley Cups won by U.S.-based teams — and anyone who thinks it's not going to be 20 come June is overlooking the following American clubs that would beat any Canadian challenger like the proverbial rented mule: St. Louis, Chicago, Anaheim, San Jose, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Not that there couldn't be an upset. Montrealers will point to the Habs' 2-1 shootout win in Beantown on Monday as evidence that the Bruins would have their hands full if those teams met in the post-season, which could happen in the second round. So there's that.
But the optimism ends there.
On Jan. 25, our last visit to the Pit of Despair, we reckoned that three Canadian teams were in the NHL's second division, and four in the third. Or four and three. Ottawa was sort of alternating between the two.
Now, it's pretty much two and five. And we're not sure about Toronto.
Before the first puck dropped Wednesday, overall standings showed Montreal ninth, with the other six Canadian squads 18th (Toronto) or worse: Vancouver 20th, Winnipeg 23rd, Ottawa 24th, Calgary 26th, and old faithful, Edmonton chugging along in 29th because, despite their worst efforts, the Oilers have been unable to perform more abysmally than the Buffalo Sabres, except when they play each other.
Beginning at the bottom, the Oilers are on about their third rebuild since they last made the playoffs and they are no closer to solving their deficiencies under Eakins than they were under Ralph Krueger or Tom Renney or Pat Quinn. The idea that perhaps it's not the coach appears to be a possibility owner Daryl Katz is still unwilling to ponder. All anyone knows for sure is that when their turn to draft comes in June, someone will already have taken defenceman Aaron Ekblad because, unlike the wasted pick on Nail Yakupov, a top-notch young defenceman actually could help them.
The Calgary Flames get full marks for pluck, and coach Bob Hartley should be getting votes for the Jack Adams Award, given what he's gotten out of this rag-tag group which, unbelievably, at times seems to be closer to turning it around than the big-name rebuild up north. One of those times was Saturday night, when the Flames humiliated the hometown Oilers on Hockey Night, 8-1, arguably the low ebb in the Oil's hockey history.
Winnipeg, after overachieving in the first weeks after Paul Maurice replaced Claude Noel as coach, has lost nine of the last 11 to kiss the season goodbye. The biggest story in the 'Peg, though, has been former Blue Bombers kicker Troy Westwood questioning on his radio show whether staying home to be with his wife for the birth of their baby Sunday was a good enough reason for Jets captain Andrew Ladd to miss a game in Dallas a night later. Like, are there no airplanes? The Twitter outrage directed at Westwood, who after all knows a bit about professional locker rooms, has been oddly louder than the laughter at his suggestion that the game in Dallas actually mattered to the Jets' playoff hopes.
The Senators have played 18 games since Feb. 1 and lost 13 of them, and they're down 1,300 fans a game from last season, 1,800 from their high-water mark of 2007-08, the year after their trip to the Stanley Cup final. They've averaged over four goals-against in their last 14 games, and the mood isn't pretty in the nation's capital.
Vancouver has been the NHL's most reliable generator of ridiculous stories for a couple of years now, so nothing that happens on the Wet Coast is a surprise any more. Still, the Canucks have given it the old college try. Two months ago, they were Canada's top-rated team in 10th place overall. Then came the John Tortorella meltdown in Calgary, Ryan Kesler's rumoured trade request, the Heritage Classic snub of Roberto Luongo, the goalie's trade to Florida, injuries to Henrik Sedin, then Daniel, then Henrik again, and Alex Burrows and Chris Tanev and on and on — and a stretch of 25 games of which the Canucks lost 20 to drop in the standings like the stone from which Jannik Hansen's hands were hewn.
Toronto's troubles? Pfft. Minor problems with the shots-on-goal differential, Jonathan Bernier's injury, James Reimer's huffy reaction to a lukewarm review from coach Randy Carlyle, Dion Phaneuf's schooling by the St. Louis Blues. Normal stuff. Oh, and possibly missing the playoffs with a late-season collapse that is impressive, but hardly historic.
So that just leaves Montreal, on Rue Facile, practically. Home and dry. Olympic hero Carey Price in goal, a lot of smurfs up front, and the glowering countenance of Michel Therrien behind the bench, guiding *Canada's Team on to glory.
(*-unless the PQ wins the election April 7.)
The least we can do is let go of our provincial attitudes. All together now: Go, Habs?


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It's no secret that the Internet has changed the real estate industry – and every other industry for that matter. It's made every transaction easier, smarter and faster. We can sit at our computers or look at the palm of our hand and browse a home down the road or across state lines, ask a real estate agent across the country about a home's location over social media, or evaluate possible mortgage and financing options on websites. All done without so much as a phone call.
Most successful brokers however, understand that in the sale of residential real estate, having a personal, face to face connection with a buyer or seller has a power well beyond the individual home being discussed and gives you maximum influence during the sale.
Marrying the Digital Age With The Personal Touch
What we need to realize is that the need and importance of the personal connection in real estate selling hasn't really changed much in the last 50 years. What has changed is simply when and how that happens. In the digital age, more and more initial contact with buyers and sellers happens online. They respond to digital ads, search online, respond to Facebook posts and Tweets, watch virtual tours posted online, or visit your brokerage website. The difference today is that your client is better informed and has a much better idea of what they want before you ever get to talk to them.
This move to digital should not be viewed as a threat, but as something overwhelmingly positive. By learning to use digital mediums more effectively, you can create MORE opportunities to have those important face to face contacts that make a difference. Social media, and other real estate portals instead of threatening our livelihood, have actually made it easier for professionals to connect with buyers and sellers. What's more, you can connect with them at the moment they are interested in your services, something the internet has given us that we rarely had in a pre-internet world.
Real Estate Marketing – One Handshake at a Time
At the end of the day, real estate is still a scary and complex process for customers and that personal service they get from you, guiding them through it all, can make all the difference between the experience they get from Brand X and you. And if you do it right, you will build stronger relationships with buyers, sellers, browsers, and people of every age and from every walk of life. Years from now, when they are ready to sell their homes, it's not your clever Facebook post they'll remember: it's that you looked them in eye, shook their hand, and made them feel like you would do whatever it takes to make their dreams a reality.
Making personal connections is something we believe whole-heartedly at Weichert. It's what we teach, what we believe, and in many ways, it's how it all got started.
The Power of the Personal
Back in 1969 a man named Jim Weichert started his career in real estate in an interesting way. With his new broker license still hot in his hands, Jim wasn't content to wait for customers to find him. Instead, surrounded by dozens of more established real estate brokers, Jim started handing out business cards at local train stations. Every morning, and every afternoon, you could find Jim greeting prospective customers commuting to New York City. His approach was refreshing and highly personal, supporting his long-held belief that "people buy people before they buy your product or service."
The Weichert brokerage grew dramatically, but through it all, Jim maintained the importance of the personal touch as a core value driving the Weichert methodology. Even as the internet became the predominant method of advertising and promotion, his "people first" business philosophy maintains a central role in the operational systems he developed for the Weichert franchise model. By perfecting those systems and recruiting strategies, he created a business model that other brokers could follow with ease and greater certainty.
In the current digital world, Facebook is the new train station, where you can connect with much more than commuters. (Though you are welcome to go to train stations too, this still works!). In this age of self-service and fast moving content, there is something refreshing to a consumer about that personal touch, good customer service and personal reassurance that everything will be fine. Don't use technology to replace a handshake; rather, use the technology to prompt one.
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Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century
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Final Solutions: Mass Killing and Genocide in the 20th Century, by Benjamin Valentine. Cornell, February 2004. $29.95
Valentine sets out to diminish the role that ethnicist ideologies and other social dysfunctions play in explanations of genocides. He instead traces these terrible outcomes to small sets of committed rulers, for whom mass murder is an instrumental means to such ends as regime security from suspect or threatening minority groups. As such, his thesis touches directly on the question of whether such regimes require the active support of at least important segments of the general population in order to carry out genocides. In arguing they do not, he categorizes most citizens of afflicted societies as bystanders and frontally challenges Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's claim that a committed regime and an "eliminationist" culture are both necessary conditions for a genocidal outcome. Valentino tests his thesis against an array of evidence that is admirable in two ways. First, including Maoist China and military-ruled Guatemala retrieves often-overlooked cases for our consideration. …


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Congress has passed a $12 billion water resources bill that may help Alaska gain a deepwater Arctic port, although it doesn't actually fund one.
The provision, supported by the entire Alaska congressional delegation, would allow the Corps of Engineers to provide technical assistance to local or tribal governments who want to develop an Arctic port, and accept money from them. For other harbors around Alaska, the bill allows the Corps to consider subsistence use, not just economic development, when selecting projects to fund.
The Water Resources Reform and Development Act authorizes more than 30 major projects in the lower 48, such as harbor dredging and flood control work.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes invade BPC
The doormen at 377 Rector Place are used to swatting mosquitoes in the summer time, but this year, two of them mentioned that they are getting bitten by a particularly nasty mosquito with a striking black and white pattern on its body. It's the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and it is a nasty one. It is aggressive and is a vector for several viral diseases including West Nile virus, yellow fever, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue fever and Chikungunya fever, whose symptoms include fever, severe joint pain, achiness, headaches, nausea and fatigue. Sometimes this fever is fatal, but mostly it produces severe and persistent pain in the small joints of the hands and feet.
Although the Asian tiger mosquito has transmitted these diseases elsewhere in the world, thus far this mosquito has not caused the diseases to crop up in N.Y.C. But health officials and scientists say it could happen, and they are concerned.
The Asian tiger mosquito is native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia. It was introduced into the United States in a shipment of tires that arrived in Houston, Texas in 1985.
Since then, it has been making its way northward, abetted by climate change, which produces the warmer temperatures that it prefers. For around a decade, it has been common in New Jersey. Now it has crossed the Hudson River into New York City, and has also been discovered in 36 states. Because of its location, Battery Park City would be one of its first stops.
"I have noticed them in my neighborhood as well [as Battery Park City]," said Tessa Huxley, the executive director of the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy and a Lower East Side resident.
The Asian tiger mosquito thrives in urban settings and is difficult to eradicate because it can breed in even the smallest amount of standing water — as small as a bottle cap. Unlike many other mosquitoes, which are mainly active at dawn and dusk, this mosquito feeds during the day. Only the females suck blood, which they need to nourish their developing eggs. Once they find a host, they are likely to bite again and again before they are finished.
"The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy staff has instructions to remove any standing water they find in the parks and open spaces that we maintain," said Huxley. "As you can imagine, there are depressions in the pavement in any number of places and our staff, both horticulture and maintenance, are asked to sweep the water out of those places in order to reduce opportunities for any type of mosquito to breed. They are reminded to do so on a regular basis."
Huxley said that it was also essential for building staffs to keep after all standing water. "I am afraid that there are probably multiple puddles in the rooftops of all the buildings," Huxley said, "and 'out of sight is out of mind.' In addition, I am sure that some building courtyards experience the same problems as we have with small depressions in the paving."
Asian tiger mosquitoes do not fly very well. In fact, they will not travel more than 200 yards from where they breed. However, people and birds do travel long distances. If an Asian tiger mosquito bites an infected person or bird, it can transmit viruses to the next person it bites.
A study published by Cornell University estimated that "there is a high probability of a Chikungunya outbreak if a single infected person arrives in New York in July or August and is bitten by an Asian tiger mosquito."
There is no vaccine for this disease and no cure. The Asian tiger mosquitoes are attracted to dark clothing and typically bite legs and feet. Insect repellents containing DEET are said to be helpful in keeping the mosquitoes away.
Winter Garden gets new trees
The palm trees in the Winter Garden have grown too tall for the space and have to be replaced. Workmen began to remove the old trees on Aug. 12 and expect to be finished with that part of the job by the end of the week.
The trees (Washingtonia robusta) are around 60 feet tall. They have grown spindly and show signs of curvature and twisting. They were planted in the Winter Garden in September 2002, when it reopened after having been destroyed on 9/11. Along with the Winter Garden's grand, marble stairway, the palm trees epitomized resurgence after the World Trade Center attack. For Battery Park City residents and workers, the Winter Garden became a favored place to meet and rest.
Sixteen new trees, which will be planted between Aug. 19 and 23, are the same species as the old ones, but will be around 35 feet tall. The work will be done during the evening hours and should be completely finished by Saturday, Aug. 24.
"When palm trees are outside, wind makes the trunks strong," said Melissa Coley, a spokesperson for Brookfield Office Properties, owner of the Winter Garden. The Winter Garden palm trees lacked this advantage, of course.
The replaced trees will be mulched and sent to local hospitals for use in serenity gardens.
East Indian family dance and storytelling
Two distinguished performers will present Indian music and storytelling in Battery Park City on Saturday, Aug. 17. "We have a delightful day planned," said Abby Ehrlich, director of programming for the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy, which is sponsoring both events.
Sunita S. Mukhi will tell Indian stories in Teardrop Park at 11 a.m. Her recitation, called "Monkeys, Mangoes and Magic," is for all ages. Mukhi produces Asian-American programming at SUNY Stony Brook's Charles B. Wang Center. She is also a performer, director, choreographer and poet. She is of South Asian background, although she was born and raised in Manila, the Philippines.
Teardrop Park is between Warren and Murray Streets, off River Terrace.
Esplanade Plaza on the south side of North Cove Marina will be the place to be from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., when DJ Rekha accompanied by drummers and dancers shows what East Indian bhangra is all about. This lively music, a combination of traditional music of the Punjab region of India and western music, originated in London in the 1980s, where Rekha was born.
Rekha has performed at SOB's on Varick St., at Central Park's SummerStage and at Prospect Park's Celebrate Brooklyn. She has lectured on South Asian-American pop culture at New York University.
This will be the last of this season's family dances sponsored by the Parks Conservancy. Each one showcases a different ethnic music tradition, with leaders who demonstrate the dance steps. Everyone can dance, with or without partners. For those who just wish to watch and listen, the music is always great.
Both events are free.
Battery Park City in bloom
Many kinds of lilies are now blooming in Battery Park City. Among the most flamboyant are tiger lilies (Lilium flore pleno) displaying speckled orange flowers near Albany Street on the esplanade.
These lilies are native to eastern Guam, China, Korea and Japan. In China, they were cultivated for food.
The great 18th-century botanist Carl Linnaeus came up with the name "Lilium" for this genus of flowers. The Latin name has a distinguished linguistic pedigree. It was derived from a Greek word, "leírion," which, in turn, emanated from a word for "flower" used in ancient Egypt. Both the Greek and Egyptian words may be the remainders of a language once used in the Eastern Mediterranean and now forgotten.
Lilies figure prominently in the Bible ("I am the Rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley" and "like a lily among the thorns" in the "Song of Solomon"), but it's probable that the lily to which the Old Testament refers is not the same as the flowers now known by that name. In the New Testament, they were associated with the Virgin Mary and her purity.


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Bainbridge First United Methodist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia is currently seeking a Contemporary Worship Leader. This is a part-time position that will average around 15 hours per week, with compensation commensurate with experience. The Contemporary Worship Leader will be responsible for leading and coordinating our 9:00 am Contemporary Worship Service. Duties include, but are not limited to, planning, coordinating, and leading weekly Contemporary Worship Service; recruiting and leading the praise band; coordinating with the other ministries of the church during special events (Advent, Holy Week, etc.); working with church staff in promoting the ministries of the church, etc. Ability to play guitar and/or keyboard is a must; ability to read music is a plus. For a full job description, please go to www.bainbridgefumc.org. If you would like to apply for this amazing position, please send cover letter, resume, and three references to: Bainbridge FUMC P.O Box 541 Bainbridge, GA 39818 Attention: Contemporary Worship Leader. You may also email your application to email@example.com. Please put Contemporary Worship Leader in subject line.


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Austin's Strong Metro Economy Will Stay Ahead of the Pack for Years, Report Finds
June 20, 2014
The Austin economy led the entire nation in percentage growth of gross metro product in 2013 and is expected to stay on top through 2020, according to an economic analysis released Friday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
The report relayed optimism about the improving U.S. economy and stressed that metro areas would be the quickest recover and improve as economy emerged from the effects of the recession. Austin led the nation's cities in 2013 with a gross metro product growth – the sum of all goods and services produced annually in a city – of 4.6 percent.
The city is expected to hold onto the No. 1 ranking though 2020, with an average annual gross metro product growth of 4.4 percent from between 2013 and 2020.
The report was released on the opening day of the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors national meeting in Dallas, which continues until Monday.
The report stressed that metro areas across the country would be the first to rebound, stating "Metro economies will lead the way, first enabling the nation to at last recover the jobs lost during the recession, and then propelling the U.S. economy to achieve its growth potential of greater than 3 percent real gains per year, a rate not reached since 2004."
Jon Hockenyos, president of TXP Inc. and local economist, said that while the report was likely prepared for a national audience, it generally matched his conclusions about Austin's economy.
"I think it's not a surprise," he said. "Really, absent something unusual... I think Austin is the strongest regional economy in the country. It's pretty consistent with what we've been thinking and saying for some time."
Other top-performing cities for average gross metro product growth for 2013 through 2020 were Raleigh, North Carolina, at 4.3 percent, Houston at 4.0 percent and Phoenix at 4.0 percent.
The Austin area's hot economy has seen its unadjusted employment rate recently plummet to less than 4 percent, highlighting a powerful demand for labor in the area.
Hockenyos also offered a warning that area leaders should not rely on past successes and back off economic development efforts – a warning echoed by many in the business community as well as Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell.
"Economic development is something you have to constantly be doing," Hockenyos said, "You may not have to have the accelerator pressed down as much, but you need to stay in the game."


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How to Make It
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Rinse mushrooms; trim and discard discolored stem ends, then thinly slice mushrooms. In a 4- to 6-quart pan, mix mushrooms with lemon juice, then add wine, ginger, and thyme. Cover and place over medium-high heat; stir occasionally until mushrooms are juicy, about 5 minutes. Uncover and stir occasionally over high heat until liquid is evaporated, 15 to 20 minutes.
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Add broth to pan. Cover and simmer to blend flavors, about 15 minutes. Measure mushrooms and liquid. If there's more than 4 cups, return to pan and boil, uncovered, until reduced to 4 cups; if there's less, add water.
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The catchy pop tune, with an insistent beat, will be available for free download beginning June 22 at 10:30 AM on the show's official website, KinkyBootstheMusical.com. Lauper is also scheduled to offer a live performance of the song during the June 24 Gay Pride Parade in New York City. Lauper is this year's grand marshal.
You can listen to the song currently at EW.com.
Based on the 2005 British film of the same title, the musical has a score by Lauper, with a book by Tony winner Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles) and direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell (2004's La Cage aux Folles, Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can).
Kinky Boots will strut its stuff Oct. 4-Nov. 2 at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago, prior to a 2013 Broadway arrival.
Here's how the creators characterize the musical: "In Kinky Boots, Charlie Price is forced to step in and save his family's shoe factory in Northern England, following the sudden death of his father. Help comes from the unlikeliest angel, a fabulous drag performer named Lola. Together, this improbable duo revitalizes the failing business, while helping one another grow into the men their fathers always dreamed they would become and transforming an entire community through the power of acceptance."
Musical supervision and arrangements are by 2011 Tony Award winner Stephen Oremus (Wicked, 9 to 5, The Book of Mormon). Kinky Boots is produced by Tony winners Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig.


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The Oxford Dictionaries define self-confidence as "a feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities and judgment". Wow! That's a very good way of putting it. I would like to emphasize the words "trust in one's …" why?! Because this is showing us that self-confidence is a reflection of an internal state, it's the way we see ourselves. So, since it is personal and sometimes private, how hard would it be to fake it? I read an article that depicts the aspects of self-image which the writer supported it by an interesting story about Marlyne Monroe.
They say that Marlyne Monroe was once walking on the street with a friend of hers, she was feeling down and sad so no one knew her on the street. Her friend was surprised how people were not recognizing her and asked her what might had been the reason. Marlyne looked her friend in the eyes with and replied sarcastically "do you want them to recognize me?" All of a sudden everyone started staring at her, trying to approach her asking for an autograph. The story tells us that people did not see Marlyne Monroe until she became herself. It wasn't until she acted as Marlyne Monroe that people recognized who she was; that gorgeous, sexy and full of confidence attitude.
The reason why I am sharing this story with you is to tell you that it's all about how you perceive yourself! Whether you are a self-confident person or not, there are times of low self-esteem and low self-morale that will get our self-confidence low.
Here are 12 pieces of advice that will help you fake a more self-confident you:
- Stand tall with a straight back: when people are standing tall with a straight back, it makes them look strong and confident. Why don't you learn to stand tall with a straight back and start the optical illusion of being a confident person.
- Dress nicely: as we said earlier, confidence is an internal attitude that comes from within. So if you are wearing something nice, you are happy about it and confident about your look. So make sure that you wear your nicest clothes every day. Donate any pieces of clothes that make you less happy and less confident and if you can, invest in new clothes and a new self-image.
- Learn body language:there are some postures and hand gestures that convey confidence, strength and power. Why don't you research these poses and start using them as you fake your self-confidence? Here's a tip, the power pose is a good pose to portray self-confidence. It's when you put your hands on your waist while standing tall or facing someone. But don't overdo it!
- Speak up:it is known that people who are shy tend to speak in a low voice. If your voice pitch is low, start trying to increase it. I am not suggesting you speak in a loud voice, this might damage your image, I am only suggesting you talk in a higher voice so people can easily listen to you.
- Speak slowly and articulate well:when you watch good politicians and political figures talk, you notice that they talk slowly and articulate well. Why do you think they do that? They want everyone to be able to understand what they are saying. Plus, they are not nervous about what they are saying, they know exactly what needs to be said. People who tend to talk quickly do not want the persons in front of them to understand what they are saying thus they speak quickly and get on with it. Learn to talk slowly and articulate the words well.
- Act as if you know what's going on:self-confident people always know what's going on and they have things under control. Even if you do not have everything under your control, act as if you do. No need to show people around you that you are worried, and keep an eye on what's happening while you figure out a more convenient solution.
- Maintain good eye contact: shy people do not even dare to make eye contact, if you are on your way to becoming a more self-confident person, you need to learn to master good eye contact. Good eye contact will make you look stronger, give you more power in a conversation and it will help you learn a lot about the people you are addressing.
- Never give excuses even if you are to blame: some people tend to give an excuse for even breathing. Learn to stop giving unnecessary excuses, save your energy and be more productive.
- Stay positive and speak positive:when people see "you" positive they tend to be jealous from you. Why? Because it's harder to lead a happy life, it takes a lot of courage, a lot of self-discipline, and a lot of hard work! So the self-confident "you" is always happy, he/she always speaks positive and is leading the best life anyone can ever dream of… are you understanding where I am getting at?!
- Find a confident role model:we all have people to whom we look up to, be it your parents, a religious figure, or even a successful business person. Identify a role model who possesses a lot of self-confidence and start following his/her trend. Write down the traits you think they make him/her seem as a self-confident person and start practicing. Beware, some traits might lead to negative consequence such as arrogance. Take your time to identify which traits to adopt, and be picky!
- Complement people around you: it takes a confident person who doesn't feel threatened by anyone around him/her to complement others on their beauty, clothes, actions, etc. So why don't you start learning to complement the people around you.
- Fake it till you make it!
Do you have any other steps that you would like to share with us?
To which of these 12 advices do you agree the most?
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The Catholic Church and Religious Disenchantment
by John Lawrence, August 29, 2018
Is it time for another Reformation? The Catholic Church has reached its lowest, most demoralizing point in about 1200 years since the days of Martin Luther. It seems that the sexual predation of children is a much bigger problem than previously thought. Many Catholics are totally turned off and are leaving the Church. The Pennsylvania report was particularly damning. Jesus said that whoever harms one of these little ones, it would be better that a millstone were hung around his neck and he be cast into the deepest part of the sea.
It seems that sex is a mightier force than we figured and not easily contained. It will out if not in healthy forms then in perverted ones. Better to have a healthier, more normal sex life than to try to contain it and be celibate like all the priests are supposed to do. Paul said that it was better to marry than to burn. It wasn't always so. In the early Catholic Church priests and even Popes could marry.
According to History News Network:
Peter, a Galilee fisherman, whom the Catholic Church considers the first Pope, was married. Some Popes were the sons of Popes.
The first written mandate requiring priests to be chaste came in AD 304. Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira stated that all"bishops, presbyters, and deacons and all other clerics" were to"abstain completely from their wives and not to have children." A short time later, in 325, the Council of Nicea, convened by Constantine, rejected a ban on priests marrying requested by Spanish clerics.
The practice of priestly celibacy began to spread in the Western Church in the early Middle Ages. In the early 11th century Pope Benedict VIII responded to the decline in priestly morality by issuing a rule prohibiting the children of priests from inheriting property. A few decades later Pope Gregory VII issued a decree against clerical marriages.
The Church was a thousand years old before it definitively took a stand in favor of celibacy in the twelfth century at the Second Lateran Council held in 1139, when a rule was approved forbidding priests to marry. In 1563, the Council of Trent reaffirmed the tradition of celibacy.
It seems that one of the reasons the Church did not priests to marry is that they didn't want their children to inherit church property. However, in the fifteenth century 50% of the priests were married.
The Protestant Reformation was all about indulgences which were granted by the Pope in order to get relatives out of Purgatory in return for money. Those Popes lives lavish lifestyles and sponsored artists like Michaelangelo and Rafael. Today many of their works and other art treasures can be seen in the Vatican museum.
Protestants were also interested in reforming the Church with regard to sex. Protestants early on took exception to celibacy, arguing that it promoted masturbation, homosexuality and illicit fornication. Martin Luther singled out masturbation as one of the gravest offenses likely to be committed by those who were celibate."Nature never lets up," Luther warned,"we are all driven to the secret sin. To say it crudely but honestly, if it doesn't go into a woman, it goes into your shirt." American Protestants in the 17th century, fearful of radical religious sects like the Shakers that celebrated celibacy, came out foursquare against the practice. However, Luther didn't say anything or wasn't aware of priestly pedophilia.
The Catholic Church should get rid of this outdated practice of celibacy which doesn't work very well in the first place and go back to letting priests marry. They are attracting the wrong kind of people - namely, sexual predators - to be priests. Let those who want to be celibate of their own free will be celibate. Let others, who want to be priests but don't want to be celibate, marry. It makes a lot of sense to me. Otherwise, the Church like all present day organized religions will be losing their flocks. They will be heading for the doors.


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Crime events are not random. They cluster in space. In other words, certain blocks, neighborhoods, and cities have higher crime rates than others. The goal of spatial analysis of crime is not just to display where crimes occur but to understand why crimes occur where they do- and more specifically, why crime rates cluster where they do.
Criminologists who spatially analyze crime rates examine various characteristics of areas–most frequently factors such as poverty, racial/ethnic composition, and land use–in order to determine if these factors play a role in predicting where crime is more likely to happen.
The fundamental question we seek to answer is: how do the social and physical characteristics of locations relate to the levels of crime in those areas?


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- "Dr. Batta is another of those individuals I would very much like to sway to our side rather than brand an enemy of the Alliance."
- ―General Airen Cracken, Alliance to Restore the Republic.
Callow Batta was a university teacher and a pirate.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Initially a Coruscant-born college professor of governmental and political history at the University of Sanbra, Batta kept the job for almost 20 years. A Wookiee friend gave him a Wartaki clay pipe that he since used to smoke.[1]
Due to his occasional anti-Imperial lectures, the Moff of Sanbra sector decided to put Batta on "indefinite leave" on 1 ABY, without giving any official reason.[1] His colleague at the University, Professor Tem Eliss, noticed that Batta's departure had caused an uproar at the campus that negatively affected Eliss' own work.[2] The balding professor, although a bit overweight, was still in good health, and considered it a chance to begin a new career.[1]
He decided to became a thief, pirate and smuggler with some unidentified partners that were believed to be other ex-academics. He raided two Galaxy Tours Cruisers (on Yuga 2 and Torch sector), and many other ships in the Alui Corridor. However, he was known to never have physically harmed any of his victims—and to provide fizzer-sweets to children.[1]
On 2 ABY, he had been last seen on De'etta system.[1]
Rebel General Airen Cracken wrote a report on Batta, specifying that he could perturb the Alliance's operations and trade. However, he noticed that it had not happen till that moment, and he specifically suggested Batta's recruitment to be used as a teacher for young Rebels.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- "An Extinct Guest"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 14 (Mentioned only)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Alliance Intelligence Reports (First mentioned)


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Yan Wang, Vijay Varadharajan, "Secure Route Structures for Parallel Mobile Agents Based Systems Using Fast Binary Dispatch", Mobile Information Systems, vol. 1, Article ID 738056, 21 pages, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/738056
Secure Route Structures for Parallel Mobile Agents Based Systems Using Fast Binary Dispatch
In a distributed environment, where a large number of computers are connected together to enable the large-scale sharing of data and computing resources, agents, especially mobile agents, are the tools for autonomously completing tasks on behalf of their owners. For applications of large-scale mobile agents, security and efficiency are of great concern. In this paper, we present a fast binary dispatch model and corresponding secure route structures for mobile agents dispatched in parallel to protect the dispatch routes of agents while ensuring the dispatch efficiency. The fast binary dispatch model is simple but efficient with a dispatch complexity of O(log2n. The secure route structures adopt the combination of public-key encryption and digital signature schemes and expose minimal route information to hosts. The nested structure can help detect attacks as early as possible. We evaluated the various models both analytically and empirically.
Copyright © 2005 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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