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Is That One of Those New "Green" Covers?
This particular bridge roadway lighting system between two major cities features more than one of these "cardboard and tape" covers. Some of the other new earth-friendly covers on these light poles consisted of paper and tape, whereas others were fully exposed and had been stuffed with trash. These covers are often removed by persons that are interested in stripping the wiring out of the pole and selling it — and the cover — to a metal recycler. Although the original installation most likely complied with the Code, this now poses a safety concern.
Art. 410 includes requirements for luminaire supports. As noted in 410.30(B), where metal or nonmetallic poles supporting luminaires are permitted to support luminaires and also serve as a raceway enclosing supply conductors, the following condition must be met: A pole shall have a handhole no smaller than 2 in. × 4 in. with a cover suitable for use in wet locations to provide access to the supply terminations within the pole or pole base. The other conditions set forth in this section of the NEC do not in any way allow what we see here.
Examples like this can be found all around the country. My guess is that this equipment is not properly repaired or maintained due to low maintenance budgets. But a simple walk around the block in most major cities will reveal many situations such as this one.
In this particular location, we see no weather protection for these receptacles. The covers might have been there when someone first installed this equipment, but they've since been removed to allow room for these plug caps. These cords power souvenir carts in a public area.
The rules for installation of receptacles in wet locations can be found in 406.8(B). The requirements state that "15- and 20-ampere, 125- and 250-volt receptacles installed in a wet location shall have an enclosure that is weatherproof whether or not the attachment plug cap is inserted." The rule goes on to say that nonlocking receptacles shall be listed weather-resistant type.
As noted in the Fine Print Note of this NEC rule: "The types of receptacles covered by this requirement are identified as 5-15, 5-20, 6-15, and 6-20 in ANSI/NEMA WD 6-2002, National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standard for Dimensions of Attachment Plugs and Receptacles."
The definitions for Attachment Plug (Plug Cap) (Plug) and Location, Wet can be found in Art. 100.


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- Dupont and Caribou Biosciences are working on CRISPR technology to modify the genes of food crops, predicting that CRIPSR GMO foods will be on dinner plates by 2020. Genetically modified corn and wheat plants are already being grown in greenhouses, and many other plants are being tested, too: soybeans, rice, tomatoes, potatoes -- even allergy-free peanuts. The resulting plants have no genes from other species, so it may be much easier to avoid GMO regulations with these kind of gene-edited crops. [url]
- Yum yum. A succulent red marine algae called dulse looks like translucent red lettuce, is high in protein, and tastes like bacon when cooked. This strain of dulse is patented, but the claims don't mention its bacon-y goodness. So get back in the lab and start creating more bacon-flavored species, already! [url]
- Many scientists are hard pressed to find the harm in creating genetically modified organisms -- because genes are genes. However, there are still concerns with monoculture crops and creating a food supply chain that is dominated by a handful of companies. [url]

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Monday, 2 August 2010
Fluctuating weight = sizable wardrobe
Before my whole RA ordeal began, I was a "perfect" 10 dress size. I was happy with my weight and even happier with my (enormous) wardrobe (most of which I admit was never worn).
After my diagnosis when the stress, pain and general self loathing kicked in, I began to drop the pounds which ultimately meant wearing what mostly resembled bin liners for clothes (nothing fitted me anymore, damn it). I hated the way I dressed and felt swamped. Everything was baggy, making me look pretty much anorexic and very unwell.
When I started to come to terms with what was happening in my life, I made a conscious effort to care about the way I looked again. Don't get me wrong I didn't turn into a tramp overnight but pretty much had more important things to worry about than following the latest trends or piling on the make up.
Obviously by the time I realised how awful I looked, my dress size had dropped to a 6. Some of you may think of this as an excuse for a serious retail therapy trip but when your living on benefits (pretty much pittance a week) and don't have much energy to invest in trawling round shops it's a difficult task, even for a shopaholic like me. I invested lots of time scouring the internet for sales, vouchers and essentially shops that actually sell size 6 clothing (not as easy as it may seem) and slowly started to build up my new wardrobe. I decided not to throw out any of my size 10 collection as there was always a chance that I would be that size again.
So with my size 6 wardrobe and taking pride in my appearance again, amazing how when you look good you feel good, I battled on with treatments I have discussed in previous posts. However, now I have started to regain some of the weight I desperately needed, I have another dilemma. Not quite a size 10 but somewhere inbetween a 6 and an 8. What is a girl to do? So additions have been made to the size 6/10 wardrobe in the form of size 8's. This is getting expensive and tiring, feel like I have my own branch of topshop with some of my clothes being the same style but different sizes. This would all be very well if I actually had the room to store a stock of 3 different sizes of clothing!
The shopping trips, however, are grand but hoping I don't make it to a size 12…. Then it would get complicated.
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swap! i have lots of small stuff but not being able to run anymore have gone up 2 dress sizes!ReplyDelete
I think we need to start a swap shop!
Love the blog
- Anonymous2 August 2010 at 18:44
I was put on heavy doses of prednisone which then put on heavy pounds on me and my abdomen. I gained 35lbs in less than 1 month. Never in my life had been so heavy. Then menopause. Good Lawd I was carrying 1/2 of myself again. Recently I was put on a new drug which seems to have really regulated body and now my body rids itself of waste properly for the first time in 35 years. Twice a day like clock work. I've shed 17lbs since being on this drug and I no longer loath the side effects. If it can help me feel better mentally because the weight was getting to me, I'm in. It never stops amazing me how many areas an AIDisorder can affect the human body.ReplyDelete
Sizes are sure different here in the US =). I wish that when I was diagnosed, I had lost weight. I had actually gained like 40 pounds. Yuck, but I have lost most of it, so yay. Great blog!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 August 2010 at 14:54
Love your stories! I have had RA for 4 years. The 2nd year was horrible - I was confined to bed for months. Methotrexate, Rituxan, and Prednisone helped me return to "normal". I stopped taking low dose Prednosone after 3 years due to weight gain and am doing ok without it. Weight gain was worth "remission"!.ReplyDelete


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I can't hear you
I was reading "In the year 2013…" [March, page 46] and questioned the opening for the article. "Witness the innovations in agriculture in the last 10 years. In 1993, who used a cell phone with ease practically anywhere?"
Is Kurt Lawton implying that now a cell phone can be used with ease practically anywhere? If he is, then he has not been in my area. I live near Columbia, MO. I can use a cell phone to make calls, because I can stop at certain points in the field and get a good signal. This is not going to improve. The cost of a tower to boost the signal and low number of calls from this area will prohibit cell phone companies from improving the signal.
The major highways and cities have towers for good coverage. Many providers advertise their coverage areas. The Verizon "can you hear me now" ad is a perfect example. If Verizon really wanted to promote their coverage area, they would guaranty that they can come to your area and get a signal.
I can't speak for other areas about their cell phone coverage, but I can't imagine that some of the low population areas that are not close to a major city or highway have good coverage.
Ron Sommer
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I am trying to find out who bought the Mono line of chain saws. My saw is in need of points, condenser and a carburetor kit. I hope you can help me.
Lynn Dorsey
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I need parts for a Remington Electric chain saw. Please advise. Thanks.
Maynard Stockebrand
Yates Center, KS
Contact DESA International, 2701 Industrial Dr., Bowling Green, KY 42109, 866/672-6040, www.desaint.com.
Silo unloader
Could you please help me locate a place where I can find parts for a Van Dale Magnum silo unloader?
Ralph Larson
Riley, KS
You will need to order parts through your local J-Star dealer. For help in locating a dealer, contact J-Star Bodco Inc., 801 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI 53538, 920/563-5521, www.j-star.com.
Clipper belts
I need help in finding a belt for my older Clipper Cleaning Mill. I believe the company has either closed or gone out of business. The belt runs the cleaning fan (between two variable sheaves).
Paul Grill
Byron, MI
Contact A.T. Ferrell Co. Inc., 1440 S. Adams St., Bluffton, IN 46714, 800/248-8318, www.atferrell.com.
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I am looking for paddle parts for a Lundell flail shredder. Can you help?
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Posted: Thu 27 Dec 2012, 12:52
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I stumbled upon Puppy back in 2006 and since then I strugled many times to switch over and use it as my main distro. But without a desktop environment everything was so "disconnected" that I couldn't get a smooth workflow. I said I would wait until puppy "matures" to the point it will offer a lightweight desktop environment (I hoped for LXDE). And finnaly here is what I (and obviously also others) was waiting for...
a Puppy derivative based on one of the official Puppies, with a slightly more modern look and feel to the desktop.
I havent tested it thoughtfully, but as far as I've seen it has what I need
I really hope this derivate will be a long term update and will not vanish one day, because it's a real masterpiece!
On page 12 I already saw a request to include SpaceFM. I was wondering how hard would it be to make it the default FM, so folders would open in it by derault and MIME types would work and mounted volumes would show up like in PCmanFM? SpaceFM is a really more advanced program than PCmanFM, even if you use it as a single panel FM
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Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2012, 07:42
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Hi PsyBaba,
Actually, it's not all that difficult to do really. There used to be an updated .pet around here somewhere ( perhaps in this thread? - I've been absent for 3 months so please bear with me? ) and all one needed to do was to download the file, click to install, and once that was accompplished you could go into "/root/.config/openbox" and open the file "rc.xml" in something like "geany".
Once you've done that use the search feature to find "pcmanfm" and where it sets this file manager as the default file manager. Change the parameter over to "spacefm" instead and I
this has made SpaceFM your file manager of choice.
I went so far as to even kill the start up of pcmanfm for the desktop ( in another pup of Jejy's - "CheckMate" - essentially the same thing as "LXpup" ) and switched it over for the far-superiour SpaceFM. I just had to change a few more lines elsewhere to start SpaceFM over PCmanFM, lines which I fail to recall at this precise moment, sorry.
But I do hope this has helped in some small way PsyBaba?
Proud user of LXpup
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Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2012, 09:25
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Thanks, pal!
I will check it out and see how far I can get.
Perhaps someone could write a script like "choose your default browser" but instead it would be "choose your default FM", that would change all the necessary settings. Or it could be bundlet into .pet file that is distributing the FM of choice, so at installation it would ask if you want to make it the default FM... just a few ideas
But as far SpaceFM is superior it could be also included as the default FM
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Posted: Fri 28 Dec 2012, 17:52
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Hello my great and good friend Eyes-Only. I also have been absent and this is only a one-off, but all the best of the season to you and your wife.
I should have known we would meet in Lxpup, eh, ever since K-Meleon we have been twins separated at birth
For anyone interested here is
Google Chrome 23 for Lxpup
--it is more recent and more tailored for Lxpup than the one on the Lxpup website
For anyone who asks why
Chrome is the fastest and it is the only browser that includes the current flashplayer (as I understand it anyway). I have done my best to deactivate the "phone home features."
The Audacious on the Lxpup website does not make a menu entry, but if one edits /usr/share/applications/Audacious and changes the Categories to AudioVideo and restarts X it will make a menu entry. Thanks for the latest Audacious btw. Easy access to the latest greatest software is one reason I like Lxpup.
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Posted: Sat 29 Dec 2012, 11:50
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WOW! Howdy Playdayz!
LOL! Yes sirree! Twins separated @ birth are we, eh?
I sure indeed had a great laugh out of
In all seriousness tho my brother, it's great to be back. I missed this place so very much for the mental stimulation that it gave me and - foremost of all - the wonderful friendships I'd formed here. ( And all of you know very well just who you are of course.
I truly missed you and Jejy.
Thanks for the season's well-wishes Playdayz and right back at you for this Xmas and for 2013. I likewise hope that everyone is in the very best of health possible under your roof Larry!
Cheers All,
Proud user of LXpup
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Posted: Tue 01 Jan 2013, 19:21
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Hello, great release! I've read through the whole thread and this puplet is moving along nicely. I have a few questions/concerns to ask about
Where is the puplet dev at, he seems to be missing for a bit, though it is holiday seasons? I just want to make sure this puplet is actively being updated and will be for some time.
I'm having video thumbnail issues also, but I see that's to be fixed in the next release.
This is an issue I've had with a couple of puplets, but managed to get it finally working on carolina. Installing Nvidia driver eventually appears to work and function fine, but after a reboot, or sometime within the next few reboots something corrupts from adding Nvidia driver and I can't get to desktop at all. Even after using xorgwizard and trying nouveau and the very basic driver it will just not load up xwin after the Nvidia fail.
That means I have to start fresh every time and as you can imagine that is quite a headache. I got it to work in carolina, but I'm not sure if that was luck or it was because I installed the dev sfs and kernel source sfs on carolina. After I installed the dev sfs and kernel source sfs on carolina and then used the nvidia driver pet it finally quit screwing up on me after reboots.
The Nvidia driver provided from lxpup is version wise the same I believe as the one I got to work on carolina. I checked my card and it is supported, im fairly certain. I'm on nvidia 6150 se. Not a great card but works fine using proprietary Nvidia driver with other distros and puplets as well. Is it a possibility I need the dev and kernel source sfs to get it working on lxpup as well?
If anyone has any ideas or tips to get Nvidia working for me I'm all ears?
Also, if there is a easy and fast way to back up my lxpup install so i can tinker with this Nvidia stuff without screwing up my whole install I'd love to know??
I should mention im using lxpup from a usb thumb drive. It is not installed on computer or usb though, booting from savefiles.
Thanks in advance for any and all help, it's appreciated! Also thanks for the great puplet!
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Posted: Fri 04 Jan 2013, 16:53
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Hello !!
All best wishes for this year 2013 !
If you want to try an apt-get Puppy, the ISO is here :
/!\ Test only, since apt-get will not be included in the next version.
I will install all Gstreamer plugins to get thumbnails in all Desktop environments.
I do not know what to do new this time, do you have any ideas, opinions please ?
Maybe change Puppy base ? Theming ? Applications ...
Have a nice day.
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Posted: Fri 04 Jan 2013, 17:44
Post subject: Bonne annee a toi
Jejy69 wrote:
Hello !!
All best wishes for this year 2013 !
If you want to try an apt-get Puppy, the ISO is here :
/!\ Test only, since apt-get will not be included in the next version.
I will install all Gstreamer plugins to get thumbnails in all Desktop environments.
I do not know what to do new this time, do you have any ideas, opinions please ?
Maybe change Puppy base ? Theming ? Applications ...
Have a nice day.
Bonsoir Jejy,
Bonne annee a toi aussi.
I am not a tweaker: seulement un wannabee user.
I just wanted to go play with your apt-get iso. But first I wanted to make a few different "save files" with Shinobar's pupsaveconfig (for I don't know how to make pets out of the apt-gets) as I do not want to save -every- sessions and with BK's, once you've save a session, it will save -every- next session. However, Shino's pet does not seem te work here, and I will try to live with that.
As my French is very bad, so far I did not post in your topic, where I just stumbled by incidence. So why not post it in the other forums and or project forum.
I hope you will promote your apt-get debi installer synaptic package manager.
Even if it might not be perfect, I would think it a great loss if you dropped it.
Maybe, and therefore I am not a tweaker, programmer, I hardly understand what people here are talking about here, peut-etre il est tres difficile de faire an iso comme ca ?; que dommage.
Notamment, je suis dans ton apt-get iso. C'est a peu pres 50 ans passees que j'avait francais a l'ecole, alors me manque beaucoup des mots et expressions.
If you don't know what to do this time I cannot understand why not workout your apt-get iso ?
Neamoins je va jouer avec l'iso.
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Posted: Sat 05 Jan 2013, 04:21
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Jejy69 wrote:
Hello !!
All best wishes for this year 2013 !
If you want to try an apt-get Puppy, the ISO is here :
/!\ Test only, since apt-get will not be included in the next version.
I will install all Gstreamer plugins to get thumbnails in all Desktop environments.
I do not know what to do new this time, do you have any ideas, opinions please ?
Maybe change Puppy base ? Theming ? Applications ...
Have a nice day.
I would love to see you keep working on apt-get and synaptic and of course the video thumbnails for lxde. I haven't had the time to test apt-get iso yet, but will asap.
Other than those items, maybe just keeping certain programs and packages up to date as possible. Like browsers and the like. I'm sure others will chime in with ideas as well
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Posted: Sat 05 Jan 2013, 09:22
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Hi Jejy!
I too would also hope that you would continue to work on an apt-get/synaptic LXpup. It has been the dream of
to be able to incorporate either of the two - or both - into Puppy Linux simply for the sheer size of the software that would then be available to us with merely a simple click of the mouse button. Imagine that Jejy! It would be much like magic, would it not?!
I believe the last person to obtain any measure of sucess was the dev "sickgut"? I could be wrong. You would have to search the forums to find out. His one problem was the inability to make a certain type of file containing all the default software in Puppy - especially bothersome because of how the software changes between versions as well as between distros upon which Puppy becomes based upon, plus not to mention software that people may have added from the start of using their version of Puppy and the install of apt-get/synaptic.
I, however, had rather good results with his work. I was unable to use synaptic to install major things - say like - the Gnome or KDE desktop environments. Yet I did have limited sucess, if memory serves me correctly, installing such window managers as IceWM, Flux/Blackbox, and even LXDE, all without corrupting my Puppy frugal or hard drive installs. I would even have sucess with assorted programmes as well.
Unfortunately, at the moment, I can't recall exactly how I did this. I believe I was able to achieve this great feat once sickgut began "pinning" various important lib files which simply
could not
be over-written without risking a borked Puppy install. I think in the end this was how he managed to achieve his form of limited magic.
Still though, having a completely operational apt-get or synaptic in Puppy would be a dream come true! Then we could download a basic bare-bones Puppy with a fully functional on-board synaptic, and then truly build "the Puppy of our dreams." Regretfully, this seems to have proven as elusive as that "Fountain of Youth".
Toutefois mon chum: I've downloaded what you've offered here and as soon as I'm able I plan on playing around with it, d'accord? For the time being however, I'm still working on getting my computer back up to a 100% pre-September working order. Because of its sheer versatility and ease of use ( not to mention all those "made-to-order" desktop environments! ) I've decided to centre my computer around LXpup as its "Default System". You've made here a-top BarryK's Puppy the most superb Linux OS I've ever managed to use in the past 8 or more years since my coming over from Windows 98se. Congratulations! You're going to go VERY FAR in this world if you continue onward with this calibre of workmanship in your life. Trust me.
A la prochaine fois mon bon chum! Vive LXpup!
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Posted: Sat 05 Jan 2013, 14:29
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I would like to see the Help work. That is, Abiword -> Help -> Help Contents should display that. BigPup instigated a fix in Lucid 528.005 using gvfs. Jemimah hacked a system file to achieve the same effect in Saluki and 01micko uses it in Slacko. There is Preferred Applications which does open the browser, but the target page is not passed or opened. Also, gnome-Mplayer -> About -> the hyper link should open the website, same with other Abouts and Helps.
And would that nice Mate/Mint menu work in the base Lxpup
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Here's the patch I use that enables help in gnome based apps.
Thanks to jemimah's work.
NOTE: this is only usefull applied to the glib2 source code!!!!!
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Posted: Sat 05 Jan 2013, 18:29
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Eyes-Only wrote:
I too would also hope that you would continue to work on an apt-get/synaptic LXpup. It has been the dream ...
I seem to remember that @Sickgut addressed this technology in Pussy. But, I'm not sure if his subsystem would work with LxPUP. But, it may have merit.
Hope this helps
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Posted: Mon 14 Jan 2013, 18:11
Post subject: LxPup with working Help
LxPup with working Help
. It is a Proof of Concept. It includes the latest Google Chrome browser (because it is fast and includes the latest flashplayer, and the Help works with it). It also includes the
Mate desktop
(because I wanted to use it and have it run from ram so it needed to be in the sfs, plus Help seems to require something in it to work correctly). It is large but I think it could be shrunk somewhat--I know that Mate can be shrunk because it includes some dev stuff. Even at 320MB it will copy to ram in any computer with at least 1GB. I didn't try to shrink it at all. diddywahdiddy is a fast server.
It boots to LXDE but one can Log Out and enter xwin mate-session at the prompt.
I made it for myself so it might need some tweaking for your preferences. Both LXDE and Mate are reasonably easy to tweak, once you learn how I guess
Mistake one: To get Help to work in MtPaint you need to Mtpaint -> Image -> Preferences -> Paths and Browse to /usr/share/mtpaint/mtpaint_handbook-3.31/docs/index.html
Big really ugly kludge. Gnumeric wants the yelp help system which in turn wants webkit and beaucoup other things, so I made a fake yelp that opens the Gnumeric online Help. This would be a problem if anything else tried to use yelp.
About also works--that is, the links in the About splashes. The Help should be just as functional now as in Lupu, Slacko, and Saluki.
Lxpup has a working Recycle Bin which is one of my interests, plus imho a very nice look and feel. Mate is the old Gnome 2 and those people thought long and hard for years about usability and user experience. Say it could be shrunk to around 260-280MB, then a Puppy, running from ram, with two such nice desktops would be a formidable product imho, with lots of good old-fashioned testing;-)
Based on the great work of Jejy69. Recommend including
in /grub/menu.lst or puppy pfix=copy at cd boot prompt.
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Will be downloading as soon as it's ready. If I can't have Gnome 2 I'll settle for MATE...
Good to see you around again too.....
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Mr. Speaker, I believe she is talking about the education exemption. As I mentioned in my speech, it is one of the things that we had. There was a lot of input to us about how the education exemption was causing a lot of concern for many of the authors. We listened to them and we realized that there was an argument back and forth as to how much money was involved, whether it was crippling to the university community or crippling to the authors in order to make a living.
This is why I talked about this multi-step process. Some people believe that the six step process is not sufficient. Some people believe that they should use the three step process, which was endorsed under the Berne convention as a way of dealing with it. It set out some really strict guidelines as to how we would deal with fair dealing and what would be considered to be fair dealing. If we have exemptions for a certain group of people, we should subject it to fair dealing. To do that, we have to put in guidelines by which some of the courts can be led through.
We did receive quite a few concerns about this from authors and the artistic community. I hope that discussion continues in the House.


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In the talks with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 14th 2016, representatives of corporations and large investment funds from Hong Kong have expressed their interest in investment opportunities in Vietnam.
Talking to Hong Kong enterprises, Government leaders said that Vietnam has amended the Law on Investment towards more open and transparent, creating stable investment environment, ensuring maximum property rights of investors and enterprises; conducting strong reform of administrative procedures in areas such as taxes, electronic customs clearance...
In the process of development, Vietnam hopes that foreign investors will invest in areas such as road transport, railway, waterway and other infrastructure. The Vietnam Prime Minister also noted that investors in the process of production and business should pay attention to ensure the livelihood and skills training of employees; compliance with laws and regulations regarding environment protection in Vietnam.
Highly appreciated the solutions and policies of Vietnam Government, Dr. Jonathan Choi - Sunwah Group Chairman, who is also a permanent Honorary President of China Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said that investors in Hong Kong are very interested in the stable investment environment and respecting the development of private sector in Vietnam. The investment sectors that are interested by Hong Kong's large enterprises and investment funds are energy, healthcare, realestate, finance and banking.
Speaking in front of 300 investors attending the Hong Kong - Vietnam Business & Investment Forum, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that Vietnam will become one of the largest trading partners of China in ASEAN. In 2016, the bilateral trade turnover between the two countries could reach 100 billion USD.
Also at the forum, Head of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stated that the Government here will continue to open the door and strongly supporting Vietnam enterprises to penetrate the Hong Kong and Chinese domestic markets.


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Could the Democratic Kickstarter Republic of Veronica Mars: The Movie (which has now raised upwards of $3.4 million from eager fans) be made as noir thriller like Side Effects?
Maybe, according to the show's creator Rob Thomas, who told the Los Angeles Times that he feels "an absurd amount of pressure" not to fuck up the fan-funded movie. He's toying around with some ideas right now, one of which is putting gumshoe Veronica Mars in a "cool noir film." He added on a more optimistic note,
At the end of the day, you know what? This is a crowd-funded movie. I should give the people what they want. I think the fans want to see their favorite characters.... They want to see Veronica do what she does.
From now until the movie hits theaters, Rob Thomas will occupy the same unenviable position as an NFL kicker tasked with making a five-yard kick — a tap, really, just a gentle nudge — to win a very important game. No pressure.
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Friday, 21 August 2015
The Islamic State going DIY, from earthmover to earthbreaker
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) has been made famous by the fighters of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq over the past two years. One could even argue the Islamic State perfected the concept by constantly building and deploying better protected and even larger variants on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. From using radio-controlled toy cars to even tanks and self-propelled artillery to carry explosives, the Islamic State has done it all.
The VBIED in Islamic State service functions somewhat the same as airstrikes, artillery fire and rocket barrages in conventional military forces. Apart from having the potential to inflict heavy damage on the convoy or base, it also serves as a psychological weapon, terrifying and demoralizing any defenders still alive after the blast. In its assaults on well-defended bases, the Islamic State relies heavily on VBIEDs before initiating the final push. With this in mind, the Islamic State has now begun using massive earthmovers as VBIEDs.
Images coming out of Islamic State-held al-Qaryatayn, located in between Damascus and T4 airbase shows one of such massive earthmovers in its new role as earthbreaker.
In an effort to protect the driver and the front wheels, the earthmover was equipped with very rudimentary DIY armour consisting of armour plates and what one could call slat armour. To ensure good situational awareness with such a heavy vehicle, the windows of the earthmover are extremely large, exposing the driver of the already giant vehicle to machine-gun fire. To protect him, a window was cut in the armour plate with 'slat-armour' installed in front.
The observant viewer of the Islamic State's offensive into Central Syria in late May 2015 will have little problems recognizing the earthmovers, which were captured at the Khunayfis Phosphate mine when it was overrun by the Islamic State. Around a dozen earthmovers were present at Khunayfis when the fighters of the Islamic State took over the mine, ensuring a steady supply of more earthmovers for conversion to VBIEDs for the time to come. A row of earthmovers at the mine can be seen below.
This particular example was used against the al-Mafraq checkpoint North-East of al-Qaryatayn, a mere fifty-kilometers drive from Khunayfis. Although located only thirty-five kilometers away from T4 airbase, housing three fighter-bomber squadrons and a detachment of Mi-8/17 helicopters, the giant earthmover apparently arrived at its destination 'safely' and was put into use against the checkpoint at night, the results of which remain and will undoubtedly remain unknown. The resulting blast however can be seen below.
The giant basket of the earthmover allows for an almost unlimited amount of explosives to be carried towards its target. In fact, the question is if the fighters of the Islamic State stationed near Khunayfis and al-Qaryatayn are able to scrounge enough ordnance together to completely fill at least one of the baskets in the first place.
al-Hota, its large size will likely result in it being target practise for any well-defended checkpoint.
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- Anonymous22 August 2015 at 01:58
A very interesting article.Thanks!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 August 2015 at 03:17
The back part of these things is made out of heavy duty metal. Wouldn´t that deflect most of explosion upwards?ReplyDeleteReplies
The truck is most likely older model BelAZ 7555 with a capacity of 60 metric tons. With so much explosive it does not matter if the material deflects anything, devastation would be spectacular.Delete
- Drake Pendraig22 August 2015 at 22:50
These remind me of Steve Jackson's Ogre....ReplyDelete
rather than "perfectionized" you can just say "perfected" :)ReplyDelete
Amazing Post with wonderful heavy machinesReplyDelete
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Important Announcement: 2018 CPC Meeting Dates and Location Change!
The meetings will be held in the Silver Room, City Concourse, 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101.
The CPC keeps communities in communication
The Community Planners Committee (CPC) was instituted to ensure communication and to solicit citizen input on citywide issues among the various planning groups in the City under the direction of Council Policy 600-09. Council Policy 600-24 designates each Community Planning Group chair to also be the group's representative at the CPC.
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Come on down to the Blockchain Centre for an hour to receive a broad overview of what Ethereum is, and why you should care.
I'm Tom, currently working with http://wetrust.io to build an Ethereum application with the aim of becoming the standard for community financial services on the blockchain. I've also recently built http://www.paywithether.com to allow you to take Ether payments on WooCommerce.
Ethereum has been cracking onwards for a few years now, and recently has been making headlines with things like the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and the recent 4x price surge of it's base token, Ether. If you feel like you're not quite sure why any of this is happening or what it all means, this is the talk for you.
We'll go for about an hour. The provisional format is:
• 20 minute general guide to what Ethereum is
• 10 minute Q&A
• 20 minute demonstration about what Ethereum can be used for
• 10 minute Q&A
The demo isn't going to be interactive, so don't worry about bringing laptops or anything like that.
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In March, roughly 3.5 weeks before my due date, I developed a bit of a blood pressure problem. Like 200/125 problem. The doctors gently recommended that I C-section it up so as to avoid things like stroke, still birth and death.
I felt this was wise as well. At some point during the day Evangeline was born I also developed HELLP.
As crazy as it got, we both lived to tell the tale. Though to be fair I typically tell the story since my speech patterns are better. Plus shes not much of a typer yet.
After a week of recovering at the hospital, we took our 4 pound 10 ounce baby home. Everyone was excited.
We celebrated everyone's birthday's. We are now older, tireder, and no wiser then when we started.
We didn't leave our country out. We celebrated her birthday too. Like the rest of America we celebrated our freedom by eating fried food and blowing stuff up. Ah, good times.
We adopted a monkey. Hey, wait, what?
Homemade corndogs were consumed.
The truth is a lot more has happened, but it's too much to recap. I don't see myself keeping up with this blog anytime soon. I just don't have the time with the baby and homeschooling and other menial tasks like laundry and cooking/cleaning that inconsiderately take up so much of my time. I did want to stop in, say "Hi" and let you know that I started a blog with Mallory at http://homeschoolingstarters.wordpress.com/
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Jan 24, 2013, 09:59 ET
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WHITTIER, Calif. – Junior WR Adam Kniffin hauled in three touchdown catches to become the all-time leader in Logger history, but the Puget Sound football team lost 66-48 at Whittier on Saturday. Kniffin caught TD passes of 79, 50 and 25 yards to run his career total to 22 TD catches, breaking a 42-year old record previously held by Dan Thurston.
Thurston, a Logger Hall-of-Famer, grabbed 21 TD catches from 1966-69 and held the record until Kniffin's fourth quarter catch today.
"We're obviously excited for Kniffin's record but I think he would agree that we would trade the record for a win right now," said head coach Jeff Thomas. "He has really added some speed this year that he didn't have last year that has made him a more complete receiver."
After Kimble Tillman scored on a one-yard run on Whittier's (1-1) first possession, the Loggers (0-3) rattled off 14 quick points to take their only lead of the game. Kupono Park ran for his first of two touchdowns on the day to tie the game at 7-7.
Connor Savage stepped in front of a Chris Lopez pass for his first career interception and the Logger offense responded. On the second play of the drive, George Ka'ai found Kniffin for a 79-yard TD strike – the longest score of each of the Loggers' career.
Down 14-7, Lopez took over for the Poets. Lopez found Makale Ruiz for touchdowns of 58 and 19 yards to regain a 21-14 advantage for the Poets. Lopez ended the game on 28-of-39 passing for 456 yards and four touchdowns. He also threw an early interception. Lopez also found a way to make plays happen on the ground as he rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.
After Whittier took the 21-14 advantage, they would never relinquish the lead and pulled away late in the third quarter.
The Loggers immediately responded after going down seven points when Tieler Souza took the ensuing kickoff 93-yards for a Logger touchdown, but the Loggers missed the extra point. Souza's return was the longest of his career and the first logger kick return for a touchdown since Isaac Blum returned a kick 90 yards for a touchdown against Lewis & Clark on Oct. 21, 2006.
"The benchmark is to never give up and have mental toughness," added Thomas. "We just came up short in finishing crucial plays today on both offense and defense."
Whittier scored three more times before the half and Ka'ai found Ryan Rogers in the end zone late in the second quarter as Whittier took a 42-27 lead into the half.
Park found the end zone again to start the second half scoring and bring the Loggers within eight at 42-34. Lopez hit Tillman for an 84-yard touchdown to go back up by 15 points and Ka'ai found Kniffin for a 50-yard touchdown pass on the next drive to bring the Loggers back within striking distance at 49-41.
The Poets rattled off 10 straight points before Kniffin's record-breaking 25-yard TD grab and Tillman padded the Poets lead to 66-49 on a three-yard TD run for the final tally.
Kniffin ended the game just six yards shy of another record as he tallied 216 receiving yards. Mike Bos holds the record with 222 yards against Carroll College in 1982. Ka'ai threw for 393 yards and four TDs but threw a pairs of INTs as well. Park rushed for a season-high 67 yards for the Loggers. Tillman ran for 60 yards and caught nine passes for 156 yards to lead a trio of Poets receivers with over-100 yards receiving. The Poets outgained the Loggers 651-456 yards in the game.
There were five touchdown plays of 50 yards or more in the game as big plays continued throughout the game.
Cody Petro-Sakuma had a career-high 13 tackles to lead the Loggers while Casey Coberly had 10 tackles, including three sacks.
The Loggers remain on the road next week when they travel just across town to face Pacific Lutheran at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup, Wash.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Kelsey Presson scored five of her game-high seven goals in the second half as MIT (5-2) completed a scintillating comeback against regional-power Endicott College (8-2). Trailing 7-3 late in the first half, the Engineers dominated the second half of the tilt en route to a 15-9 victory.
MIT grabbed a 3-1 lead early in the game after goals by Presson, Laura Watson and Elizabeth Lin. Despite the quick start, the Gulls stormed ahead with an impressive 20-minute stretch that resulted in six consecutive goals. Lindsey O'Connell scored two for Endicott during the run, while four other players lit the lamp once.
Presson, who has sparked numerous offensive surges for the MIT attack this season, scored on a free position shot to snap the skid and move MIT within three with seven minutes left in the period. Laura Watson added a second goal before the end of the half, while Deanna Lentz got on the board with two strikes of her own, the second finish tying the score at seven.
After surrendering a quick goal to Presson in the second half, two goals by Endicott powered the Gulls back in front with 25 minutes remaining in regulation. Over the rest of the evening, the Engineers assaulted the Endicott defense, scoring seven straight goals.
Once again, Presson sparked the surge with a free position goal. She scored three more times in the stretch, while Lin, Lentz and Watson capped the scoring for the Tech attack. Lentz and Watson each totaled three goals, while Lin scored twice.
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Feb. 26, 2006
It was the first game of the season for Loyola-Chicago and it was also their first loss.
The Lady Bisons beat Loyola-Chicago 5-3 Saturday afternoon in the Breast Cancer Strikeout Classic at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. It was the second win for the Lady Bisons in their last three games.
The Lady Bisons opened with a run in the first inning. Leigh Little started off with a walk. She moved to second on a sacrifice to third base by Niki Bails. With two outs Heather Collins doubled to left field to score Little.
Loyola-Chicago answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the first inning.
"We gave up a couple of home runs to them," said Lipscomb coach Kristin Peck. "All of their runs were off of homer runs.
"Our players showed a lot of poise. We were able to keep hitting and take the lead again."
The Lady Bisons took control of the game in the fourth with four runs. With two outs Kim Jacobson singled to right center. Kate Richards was safe on an error by the shortstop. Leigh Little walked to load the bases. Niki Bails singled up the middle to bring home both Jacobson and Richards. Julia Davidson doubled to right center to score Little and Bails.
Loyola-Chicago answered with one more run in the bottom of the fourth.
Freshman pitcher Falon Catalano picked up her first collegiate win. She allowed four hits and three earned runs in five innings. She struck out four and walked two.
Jacobson closed out the game. She gave up one hit on the way to picking up the save.
"We started Falon and she gave us a few good innings," said Peck. "Kim came in and pitched for the first time this season and did a great job."
Bails was the big bat for the Lady Bisons with three hits and two runs batted in Collins also added two hits. The Lady Bisons were credited with 10 hits in the game.


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To me, it feels as if 2014 is a long time away. But it isn't. Sinterklaas has already dropped off his presents and is probably already back in his castle in Spain. Christmas is almost upon us. And before we know it, we'll be washing oliebollen down with Champagne.
That also means that I need to get cracking on preparing my precon seminar on execution plans. What precon seminar you say? Oh right – I didn't tell you yet. The good folks organizing SQL Saturday #269 in Exeter (UK) (on March 22) have decided to extend the event with a full training day on Friday March 21. For that purpose, they invited eight of the best SQL Server speakers in the world, and me, to spend a whole day pouring our knowledge into other people's heads.
The full program for this excellent day can be found here – and believe me, if I was not speaking that day, I would be trying to clone myself and visit at least four of them!
My session on that day, as you can see, focuses on execution plans. So what can you expect if you sign up? Here is a short overview.
I will start with the bare basics. What is an execution plan, what is its role in a SQL Server database, and most of all – how can you get to see it, how do you start reading it (Left to right? Right to left?), and how do you get to those extremely interesting details that Microsoft has carefully hidden from view? Why is an estimated plan not estimated, why is an actual plan actually mostly an estimated plan? What is an iterator, what does it do, and how does it interact with other operators?
After that, we'll dive into the details. What is a seek, what is a scan? How do you notice when a seek secretly scans, and why should you care? Why do people say scans are bad, and why are they wrong? (Or, maybe even more important, WHEN are they wrong, and when not?)
Next up are the joins. Inner, outer, loop, merge, hash – but also semi, and anti semi. Yes, those are all join types, and we will explore them all. How do they work, what are the benefits and what are the costs of all of them? How can you influence the type of join chosen, and why would you want to?
All that, and much more, will be included in my seminar. And that's just what I have planned for before lunch. At the end of the day, you can expect to have a good working knowledge of almost every iterator that you can encounter in an execution plan. I will also explain what has changed in execution plans in SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014. And to ensure that nobody falls asleep from my constant talking, I will give you all some exercises in between, challenging you to immediately apply what you just learned. These exercises may not be the kind of exercises you expect – but trust me, you will find them to be fun and refreshing, and they will also learn you how to apply your knowledge to all kinds of problems.
Does this sounds interesting or useful at all to you? I hope so – why else are you on a SQL Server blog site? So get cracking – click this link and sign up for my precon right now. (Or for one of the other precons – they are all great!) If you do so soon enough, you can still apply for the special "Early Bird" rate of only £150 – which is valid until December 15. But don't despair if you see this post later – from December 16 until February 28, you still only pay £185 – still a steal for a whole day of training! (Even the £200 last minute rate that applies from March 1st is great value – but honestly, why wait?)
I am looking forward to visiting Exeter this March. I hope to see all of you there. Either in my precon – or if you choose to attend one of the other precons, then maybe in one of the many sessions that will take place the next day.
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I'm working on some classes I'm planning on teaching internally at our company coming up and of course I have to discuss this same topic as part of that series. Your topics are fairly standard, but I think they're showing the same gaps that seem to have left a lot of developers still not truly understanding execution plans. The first gap is that I don't think you've honestly asked yourself who your audience is. By explaining seeks vs scans, you're basically tailoring to beginners, but then by going into depth on all the operators, including changes as of 2014, you're tailoring towards advanced people. The second gap, which I think is the classic gap, is that advanced people don't just look at an execution plan and go from there. They read the query, set an expectation on what the execution plan should be, then review the execution plan vs their expectations.
So why do we teach the other way around? I currently believe that the first question that should be asked and then answered in these classes is "what table does a query start in?". I have found very few people, even advanced TSQL developers, who can answer this question correctly. The next question is "then what?". I honestly believe we need to teach from the query to the execution plan, not the execution plan back to the query, because people start doing very odd things to the query to get different execution plans, not understanding how what they were originally asking the database to do in the query drove the execution plan.
Bruce: Thank you for your frank and constructive feedback!
I will defintely take your first point to heart. This subject does range from beginner to very experienced, and it is a challenge to overcome that. During preparation and on the day itself, I will try very hard to add enough advanced details to the starting stuff, and to ensure that the advanced stuff can be understood by all. My goal is to explain everything, even the most advanced topics, in a way that everyone on a 300-level can understand. (Even 200-level would be able to understand the explanations, but they probably lack sufficient context to piece the details together and understand the relevance).
I disagree with your second point – or rather with the conclusion you based on it. It is true that advanced people usually know what they want to see before looking at a plan, but they can only get there from a thorough understanding of the basics. If you don't know (and understand!) the iterators available to the query engine, how can you ever expect to have an idea of what plan to expect (or to aim for) for a query?
Incidentally, the exercises I will include in this day are all intended to target this area. My explanations focus on the individual components, but the exercises will encourage the students to think about the optimizer's decisions: which iterator and/or which combination of iterators is a good choice for what kind of query? (I just re-read my post, and I was surprised to see that I forgot to mention these exercises – shame on me! I will edit my post to remedy this omission)
Hi Martyn,
Thanks for the kind words!
I have asked Jonathan and Annette to distribute a copy of the slide deck and demo code for my precon to all attendees, and I have also asked them to upload a copy of the deck I used on Thursday to the user group site – have you looked there?
If you cannot find it, then please send me your email and I'll send you a copy directly.


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A Baltimore comic store has joined the growing public outcry over DC Comics' decision to hire a gay-marriage opponent and author to write part of the coming "Adventures of Superman" series.
Joining many shops nationwide, Gorilla King Comics in Fells Point will not sell the two issues expected to be written by Orson Scott Card.
"I have a lot of gay customers," says owner Ian Sayre. "I don't want someone to come in here, see that and think that's me or that anyone in the store supports his policies."
Since announcing the partnership with Card, the well-known science fiction author of "Ender's Game," DC Comics has faced outraged comics fans.
Card, who is on the board of the National Organization for Marriage, has campaigned vigorously against gay marriage. Opinion pieces the author has written have linked same-sex marriage to the end of civilization.
"[M]arriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy," he wrote in 2008 in the Mormon Times.
More than 14,000 people have signed an online petition asking the company to drop Card.
"We need to let DC Comics know they can't support Orson Scott Card or his work to keep LGBT people as second-class citizens," wrote the petition's creator, All Out, an organization that supports gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. "By hiring Orson Scott Card despite his anti-gay efforts, you are giving him a new platform and supporting his hate."
The controversy comes as marriage equality gains momentum nationwide. In November, Maryland, Maine and Washington voters approved referendums legalizing same-sex marriages, making a total of nine states and the District of Columbia that allow them.
DC Comics appears to be standing behind Card.
"As content creators we steadfastly support freedom of expression," read a company-issued statement. "However the personal views of individuals associated with DC Comics are just that — personal views — and not those of the company itself."
National Organization for Marriage communications director Thomas Peters appreciates the company's support of Card. "It's grossly unfair to try to threaten someone's livelihood simply because they believe marriage is the union of husband and wife," Peters said. "He has a right to his personal beliefs. It's good to see that DC Comics is standing by him."
A digital version of "Adventures of Superman" is due out in April, with a print book to be released in May. Gorilla King will carry the rest of the Superman series — the issues written by others.
Some comic outlets have no problem stocking Card's work.
Jeremy Adams, who owns Alliance Comics in Federal Hill, said Card was entitled to his own opinions.
"Is he going to be writing an anti-gay storyline into Superman? If not, I don't care what his politics are," said Adams. "As long as he's not trying to force them on anyone else, he can do what he wants."
Adams said he's never had a complaint about Card's other comic books, such as the Formic Wars series he did for Marvel.
The manager of Cards Comics and Collectibles in Reisterstown said he hadn't decided how to handle the controversy but was inclined to carry the comics. "We'll probably carry it just because there will be enough interest in it that we'll want it," said store manager Chuck Fitzsimmons. "Orson Scott Card has quite a fan base."
Steve Geppi, president of the Baltimore-based Diamond Book Distributors, a comic book enterprise, said it's tricky to judge an author's work because of his lifestyle, adding, "Some of the greatest literature was probably written by people with skeletons in their closet."
He thinks DC Comics would face a "mass exodus" of talent if it started censoring writers based on factors such as political views. "It seems that this is fundamentally a First Amendment issue disguised as a gay-marriage issue," he said. "It's a little bit of a PC police issue."
Robert Jacobs of Towson, who has been a comic book collector since childhood and is gay, is feeling disillusioned about one of his favorite companies.
"I'm disappointed that [DC Comics, which] I actually look up to and enjoy, would pick someone that sits on a board that's trying to take away rights or keep people from getting the rights the deserve," said Jacobs, who's 40 and works for Diamond. "I'm disappointed in DC Comics because ... why would they choose him if they knew that?"
The fact that Card is writing for Superman makes it even harder to swallow.
"He is Superman," Jacobs said. "He's one of the biggest iconic heroes. He would stand up for people's rights. ... It's what Superman stands for."
Owen Smith, who is gay and a longtime fan of comics including DC Comics' "Superman" and "Batman," said he would no longer buy products from the company.
The Baltimore 30-year-old, who is Equality Maryland's field organizer for gender equality issues, said his mother bought him comic books to help him learn to read — but they also helped him learn that being different was OK.
When disenfranchised young people turn to comics, Smith says, the endorsement of Card sends an "awful" message.
"The beauty of comics is how they show people it's OK to be a mild-mannered person on the outside, a nerdy, glasses-wearing skinny person, but you can be go into a phone booth and change into a person that can change the world," he said. "Hiring [Orson Scott Card] is a statement to say, 'It's not OK to be who you are.'
"What is that showing the young LGBT readers? That because they're LGBT that they're not accepted? That's awful and should never happen."


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Although use of soil insecticides has dropped off recently, experts say corn growers should ponder this investment more carefully.
If you skipped using a soil insecticide on corn last year, you're part of the reason that the number of acres treated for rootworm and secondary soil pests dropped by about 25% between 1997 and 1999. Probably because of low corn prices, more rotation acres or fluctuating insect pressure, you were willing to risk soil insect damage to save input dollars. Perhaps it was the right decision.
This year? You may want to reconsider. New wrinkles in soil insect evolution are leading some experts to think that, depending upon where you farm, it's time to ponder options besides a roll of the dice. At the least, they say, plan to measure rootworm beetle populations this summer to help determine if an insecticide purchase might pay off for 2001.
New challenge Part of the concern is caused by the "rotation-resistant" western corn rootworm phenotype first discovered in 1995 in east-central Illinois and northwestern Indiana. Typically, rootworms that hatched in soybean fields died, and thus rotation was the natural cultural control.
That's all changing. "With the development of the new western corn rootworm phenotype that lays eggs in soybeans, a lot of growers are resorting to soil insecticides to protect corn planted after soybeans. And the problem seems to be spreading to new areas," says Dr. Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois entomologist. "At first the most rapid spread was eastward, but we observed new infestations in northern and western counties last year."
A joint forecasting study by Steffey and other university specialists projects that this year the rotation-resistant rootworm may appear in 28 counties of Illinois, the northern half of Indiana and parts of western Ohio and southern Michigan. Entomologists believe it might also have been found in a first-year northeastern Iowa cornfield last summer.
Eleven-bushel increase In 1999 trials, crop consultant Lance Murrell, Ida Grove, IN, saw evidence that corn rootworm numbers were up substantially over 1998, even though Pherocon sticky traps had measured relatively low counts. Was it the new rootworm phenotype? "We aren't sure," Murrell says, "but we saw about an 11-bu./acre increase in cornfields following soybeans that were treated with a soil insecticide, compared to untreated. That pays for the $16 to $17/acre cost of application and then some. In some fields not treated, we saw a lot of goosenecking and lodging, although not all had yield reduction."
This year? "We're getting a lot of questions about beetle counts," Murrell says. "Some growers who decided that cutting back on insecticides was the least risky place to shave costs will likely reconsider."
Secondary pests threaten Secondary soil pests are enough reason in some cases to justify the cost of a soil insecticide, thinks professional farm manager David Englund, Farmers National Company, Hastings, NE. "Our overall use of soil insecticides has gone down during the last three or four years because we've gone away from continuous corn to rotations. But we still see a frequent need to control wireworms. And cutworms are a threat when we plant corn into wheat stubble in eco-fallow programs," he says.
"I've been saying all along that secondary pests are doing more damage than we thought," agrees Murrell. "A few years ago some entomologists thought we could cut back to two-thirds or three-fourths recommended rates on insecticides and still control rootworm. But what we didn't realize is that while we might be getting the rootworms, we may have been sacrificing control of certain secondary pests.
"In one study we applied a soil insecticide in a field that had been in wheat and pasture, so we were confident there were no rootworms," Murrell continues. "But we still got a 4_1/2-bu. yield increase. The question becomes, If you don't use an insecticide, will the secondary pests become more of a problem over time? It seems likely."
Count the bugs Summer scouting is the best way to help you make the soil insecticide buying decision for the following year, say entomologists. Steffey explains that the economic threshold for treating first-year corn fields is 5 rootworm beetles/trap/day measured in soybeans the previous season. He says it will not pay to spray insecticides on soybean fields this summer to control rootworm beetles, and it could lead to resistance problems.
A rule of thumb: If you didn't scout fields last year but noticed lodging in first-year corn, the decision to buy a soil insecticide is more likely to be the right one this year, the insect experts say.
Shopping for product in 2000 Fortunately, there is plenty of ammunition available for corn rootworms and other soil insects. The lineup, in fact, has grown during the past few years. Granular soil insecticide formulations for rootworm and secondary pests include Aztec 2.1G, Counter CR, Force 3G, Fortress 2.5G and Lorsban 15G. Regent is a liquid formulation launched in 1998. Warrior T, an aqueous formulation also introduced in 1998, is primarily for control of cutworms and above-ground pests. ProShield, a seed-delivered formulation of new Force ST, was launched this year. Although the older organophosphates (Counter, Lorsban and others) are in the first group of pesticides to be reviewed and reregistered by the EPA under the Food Quality Protection Act, it looks like they could be around for years to come (see sidebar).
"Look around," says farm manager Englund. "We're seeing some good prices because of the cutbacks in insecticide usage, and the new products are triggering competition." Here's how manufacturers are positioning their products for 2000.
DowAgro Sciences. Look for a reduction of about $1/acre in the cost of Lorsban 15G. "That drops the price to between $15 and $16/acre for control of rootworms, cutworms and secondary pests," says product manager Susanne Wasson. "In addition, we've seen fungistatic properties that lead to healthier, higher-yielding corn in multiple midwestern university studies," she says.
You can pick up a $100 savings bond rebate if you buy 16 bags of Lorsban, enough to treat 100 acres.
American Cyanamid. Counter CR Lock'n Load continues to be priced at $16 to $17/acre, says product manager Todd Frazier. "Counter CR is well known for control of corn rootworm, white grub and wireworm, but corn nematode control is what separates it from the competition," he says.
Corn nematodes have become a costly problem beyond the sandy areas of Nebraska and Kansas, Frazier claims. "We did extensive testing and found economic levels of nematodes from the Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska corner to Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. In 51 Cyanamid yield trials across the country where we knew nematodes were present, plots with Counter banded over the row outyielded other insecticides by 3 to 7 bu./acre," he says.
Bayer. Aztec 2.1G is priced competitively with other soil insecticides but offers two modes of action, says Scott Welge, insecticide marketing manger. "Aztec contains a newer generation organophosphate in combination with a pyrethroid controlling rootworm, wireworms, cutworm, white grub and other damaging soil insects. This allows for a low active ingredient required per acre with options to apply in-furrow, T-band or conventional band. Another advantage is the favorable worker and environmental safety characteristics.
"Because we see a lot of uncertainty regarding GMOs [genetically modified organisms], and because growers will continue to be faced with multiple pests, we feel there is a future need for soil insecticides, including Aztec," Welge says.
Aventis CropScience. "Regent is a broad-spectrum liquid soil insecticide," Mike Eade, northern region sales manager, says. "In addition to corn rootworm control, Regent provides excellent control of the first-generation European corn borer, wireworms and other secondary pests. Regent works well on Bt refuge acres to assist with corn borer resistance management programs, due to its different mode of action."
Eade says the 1-Pass liquid in-furrow applicator is simple to use and eliminates handling bags or closed system planter boxes. "We recommend mixing Regent with liquid pop-up fertilizer, which is why some of our first areas of adoption were in northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska where liquid starter is more common. We've been expanding market throughout the Corn Belt during the past eighteen months," Eade explains. Regent is comparably priced with other soil insecticides.
For 2000, Aventis is offering a $2/acre rebate program for installing a 1-Pass in-furrow sprayer with either RHS or Redball planter systems. The rebate can be spread over two years' purchases.
Zeneca. "Force 3G will continue to be offered at a competitive price per acre for control of rootworm, cutworms and other secondary insects, including wireworms, white grubs and seed-corn maggots" says Dr. Caydee Savinelli, Zeneca technical crop lead.
"Both Force and Warrior T are new-generation pyrethroids that give broad-spectrum control at lower use rates than older chemistries," Savinelli continues. "Warrior T provides 45 to 60 days control for cutworms when applied in a band before, during or after planting. A water base makes it compatible when tank mixed with fertilizers or herbicides. Warrior T also offers improved applicator safety since the microencapsulated active ingredient isn't released until it contacts plant or soil moisture. Both insecticides are harmless to birds and earthworms," she adds.
Novartis Seeds. "ProShield's patented seed-coating system allows Force ST to be applied to each seed, ensuring uniform performance against corn rootworm, wireworm, white grub and seed-corn maggot," Dr. David Dornbos, Novartis research and development director, explains. Novartis has exclusive rights for the 2000 planting season for Force ST, formulated by Zeneca for the seed delivery system. It will be offered on three NK-brand YieldGard hybrids and two conventional numbers. "We'll have limited availability of ProShield seed in Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois for 2000," Dornbos says.
He adds that root ratings and yields in fields planted with ProShield seed compared favorably with crops treated with soil insecticides. Cost per acre will be about equal to conventional seed plus insecticide.
AMVAC Corporation. California-based AMVAC Chemical Corporation announced last December that it had purchased the Fortress insecticide business from Dupont. "We'll be adding personnel in the Midwest to handle sales and technical service for 2000," reports Glen Johnson, director of business development. Fortress has been marketed as a 5G formulation and applied with the SmartBox closed delivery system.
What's coming? Although the situation for soil insecticides seems to be static for now, many industry experts believe that will change, probably within three to five years. First off, there's the uncertainty of the EPA's reregistration process for the organophosphates, although, as mentioned, there's no sign yet that labels for corn will be affected.
Even so, new technologies will be here soon to cut into insecticide market shares. Already, nearly 30% of all corn planted is biotech. Monsanto expects to market GM hybrids with genetic corn rootworm control in 2001, and other seed companies will surely follow with their own offerings. Even newer ventures are well into development.
"Dow AgroSciences is committed to offering growers choices for insect control, either traditional products like Lorsban 15G or through the development of insect-resistant seed varieties," Wasson says. "We are collaborating with Pioneer Hi-Bred International on research efforts to bring rootworm resistant hybrids to the marketplace," she adds.
Bayer has announced a joint venture called GenOptera with Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Welge says. He explains that GenOptera is expected to be a platform for future discovery of new generations of insecticides and nematicides with novel modes of action.
"While we believe the broad-spectrum control and low use rates will keep Force a strong product for years into the future, Zeneca's biotech arm, Zeneca Plant Science, is also moving ahead with second-generation, non-Bt insect control technology," says technical lead Savenelli.
Gustafson LLC expects EPA approval for Gaucho insecticide seed treatment for use on hybrid corn seed by mid-2000. Product development manager Bill Hairston explains, "A primary use for Gaucho will be to protect genetically enhanced seed from secondary insects."
A couple years ago, Congress passed the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), authorizing the EPA to add new dimensions to a review and registration process that had been in effect since 1988 for hundreds of crop protection products, including organophosphate (OP) insecticides. FQPA set entirely new ground rules, changing the way EPA regulates pesticides. Now a new safety standard - reasonable certainty of no harm - must be applied to all pesticides used on food.
Manufacturers, farmers and commodity associations have worked hard to help decision makers in Washington, DC, understand that OP insecticides are needed to help sustain economic yields, at least until other insect control products are proven effective, especially where no viable alternatives now exist.
Because of the magnitude of the review process, the most significant impacts of FQPA have yet to be seen. Some restrictions have been placed on a few products, including methyl-parathion and Guthion. But, overall, it appears that legislators handed the regulators more than they could handle with the time, budgets, personnel and science currently available.
In fact, the EPA has yet to produce a cumulative exposure assessment for any chemical or chemical class. "This is largely due to the enormous scientific challenges imposed by the act," says Dow AgroSciences spokesperson Garry Hamlin, "because the scientific methodology to conduct cumulative exposure assessments required under the FQPA is still being developed.
"We have more than 3,000 studies and reports supporting use of chlorpyrifos [Lorsban]," Hamlin continues. "Our analysis of that extensive database shows no ecological issues and no food residue issues, so we eventually hope to come through the reregistration process with minimal impact to our business. We expect that registrants will have to make label changes on a number of crops, but we don't look for any significant changes for chlorpyrifos on field corn."
Gregg Storey, Bayer's product stewardship manager and FQPA specialist, says his company has been instrumental in helping to set protocols for companies working with EPA on OP assessment and review. "It is going to take longer than originally scheduled to process all of the products on the agency's list, but eventually everything will be reviewed, with the older products first, followed by newer chemistries," Storey says. "We have worked diligently with grower groups, the USDA and EPA to help put a more accurate focus on the real-world uses of these products. At this point, I don't anticipate major changes on any of the soil insecticide labels for corn."
Cyanamid looks for similar results from the agency's review of Counter. Todd Frazier, Counter product manager, says the company expects to hear from the EPA regarding registration eligibility by mid-April. He states, "We do not expect important issues regarding product use on field corn."


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If the news about StarLink has made you afraid to grow genetically modified crops, a new crop-tracking service may give you more confidence. The service, called CropTracer, allows you to record everything from seed planted to inputs applied so you can prove the integrity of the grain you deliver to the elevator.
With this service, John Deere provides the machinery and hardware to collect the information, VantagePoint Network stores the data and generates reports, and CropVerifeye.com LLC verifies the data collected and audits third-party testing of the grain.
"We're the first ones to tie everything together into a complete tracking system," says Barry Nelson, director of public relations for John Deere.
How it works. Using John Deere's Global Positioning System receiver, mobile processor, display unit and new data collection software called FieldDoc, you can record field conditions, tillage practices, seed variety and population, herbicides applied, and weather conditions to get a record of what you've done where in your field.
You can transfer this information to disk and download it to your office PC or, in the future, to the VantagePoint storage bank on the Web. Upon your request, VantagePoint will generate reports required by food contractors or processors. During the growing season, representatives from CropVerifeye will inspect and audit the entire crop production process and test the grain.
Benefits. Having this information provides two benefits to growers, according to Jim Mock, co-founder and vice-president of CropVerifeye. "First, it lets contract growers know up front whether they are in compliance with the terms of the contract," he says. "If not, and you know it soon enough, you can make a business decision whether you want to harvest it or bring it to a different facility."
Second, it gives non-contract growers a base to show they handled their crop in a certain way and prove it is of a certain quality, which may entitle them to a premium for that grain.
Cost of the service is as follows: FieldDoc key card to download to VantagePoint: $500; VantagePoint Network storage: $19.95/month subscription; CropVerifeye access and field service fee: $0.02 to $0.03/bu.
For more information, contact John Deere Agricultural Marketing Center, 11145 Thompson Ave., Lenexa, KS 66219, 913/310-8324, www.JohnDeere.com.