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By Susanne Kappler, Fort Jackson LeaderDecember 19, 2008
It's almost 5 a.m. on Dec. 11.
Sgt. 1st Class Gabriel Lopez just got to work.
The first thing he does is check the weather forecast online. The chance of rain is 100 percent and thunderstorms are anticipated.
Lopez is a drill sergeant with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment and his Soldiers are supposed to spend the day on the range.
"The rain won't stop us," he says, "but if there's lightning, we'll have to wait it out in the shelter."
His Soldiers are in the "blue phase" of Basic Combat Training, during which they apply what they have learned so far in more complex exercises.
"They're more disciplined now," Lopez explains. "They know a lot more."
Not everyone in Lopez' platoon has made it this far. Throughout the last four weeks, six Soldiers were sent home, some for medical reasons and others for failure to adapt to the rigors of Army life. The ones who are still here board the buses to Omaha Beach, a live-fire range where they will practice "buddy team movement."
The task is for two Soldiers to navigate the 220-yard course together. While one Soldier advances from one barricade to the next, his or her battle buddy engages the enemy, represented by pop-up targets. At the end of the course, the Soldiers throw a practice grenade before retreating.
"It teaches them to move in close to the enemy." Lopez says, explaining that the Soldiers have practiced the exercise twice before during dry runs.
Despite the gloomy weather forecast, the company gets the training done before thunderstorms move into the area. Each buddy team goes through the course once. Two drill sergeants run the course with the Soldiers -- an exhausting undertaking under normal circumstances, but even harder when running through the mud.
"My legs are tired now," says Lopez three hours later, after all of his buddy teams have completed the exercise.
Lopez will have time to recuperate soon. The Soldiers will be gone for the holidays and will resume training in January -- without their senior drill sergeant. He will attend the seven-week Advanced Non-Commissioned Officer Course at Fort Benning, Ga., in January.
"I'll be working nine-to-five and I'll be able to run at my own pace," Lopez says, looking forward to the break.
The downside of being gone is that Lopez will not be present for his Soldiers' graduation Jan. 23, the event that sums up the success of his mission.
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It's been a week since Michael Jackson's death at 50 stunned the world. But seven days after the King of Pop stepped off stage and left us behind, it's clear we just can't seem to get enough of him.
Between retrospective specials and live news coverage, television has devoted hours and hours daily to Jackson's death. Mainstream newspapers hawk special editions and posters as the Twitterverse bursts with reflections, speculation and rumors.
There are plenty of reasons for his story's staying power. Each day brings new revelations — and questions — about Jackson's death and life:
- How many heartbeats did his cardiologist wait before calling 911 last Thursday afternoon?
- Why is it that a cardiologist was at Jackson's home in the first place when the singer's heart stopped beating?
- What exactly was in those plastic bags that the Los Angeles Police Department took out of Jackson's residence?
- It's not labeled as a criminal investigation, but why haven't police closed this case?
- If nothing was amiss, why were two autopsies (one by the coroner, another on behalf of Jackson's family) required?
- What does it mean that the Drug Enforcement Administration is now involved in investigating Jackson's demise?
- Who will get permanent custody of Jackson's three young children?
- Jackson was feverishly rehearsing for a series of 50 comeback/farewell concerts that were to start within weeks of his death. Well into middle age, was he up to the task? Was he worried he couldn't pull it off?
- Will Jackson's Neverland ranch be turned into another Graceland? Would families be willing to visit the place where Jackson was twice accused of molesting children?
His shocked and grieving fans feel genuine affection for Jackson. They are eager to continue celebrating his life, music, talent and legacy.
They don't want to let him go. The same can be said for some of the lawyers, accountants and hangers-on who seem eager to bolster his reputation and gain from Jackson's growing wealth.
Jackson's music is once again topping what goes for the charts these days: iTunes downloads and Amazon.com sales for Thriller, Off The Wall and the Jackson 5 are through the roof. Hints of unreleased music and concert-rehearsal videos have come early and often, even before the superstar is buried. And let's not forget the lucrative Beatles catalog Jackson owned.
Even with the speculated multimillions in debt, there is a sense that there is more gold in them there hills.
And, in the end, the most important question seems to be:
- Who gets the money?
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Agencies hailed the 1,217-page draft Technical Assessment Report's findings as evidence that the industry is ahead of schedule in complying with the Obama administration's ambitious National Program of harmonized greenhouse gas and fuel economy regulations. But the report also noted that if the 2025 model year standards remain unchanged, the industry won't reach the 54.5-mpg fleet target.
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China's passenger-vehicle sales expanded at a faster pace in the first half as rising demand for crossovers, SUVs and new-energy vehicles widened the nation's lead as the world's biggest auto market.
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Sales of Mercedes cars increased 11 percent in June as strong demand in Europe and China led rises in all the brand's major markets. Registrations were also boosted by robust SUV deliveries, which rose 43 percent last month.
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My camera crapped out and simultaneously ran out of battery and memory half-way through the interview, but I should have most of the first half up on YouTube soon. It was a really interesting and somewhat touching interview. I appreciate what Mike Jones has done for us all, and I'm glad you're supporting him.
If the best way to thank Mike is to pay for that book...
I seem to recall the answer to 'shoot or dribble' being 'shoot.'
Uh, Dan, what's that all over your face on the upper left picture?
Those photo booths sometimes leave splotches on the photos, that's what's on his face. I have one that looks like I've got a huge birthmark on my forehead, it's pretty hideous.
This was a fantastic event, nowhere near the dirty romp I expected: http://www.theblogblog.net/?p=602
Thanks to Dan and the Stranger for supporting Mike when he needed it, and now - when others are jumping aboard.
Oh jesus christ. The one video that my computer decides is corrupt is, of course, the Mike Jones interview. Fuck my memory card.
Oh, Dan, you really are adorable.
Thank you, Mike. (and Dan)
I wish you had asked him why he voted for Bush in the last election.
Really? You liked the book, Dan? I thought it was awful--a mess on so many levels. At least half of the blame goes to Gallegos.
But I still bought it, read it (cringeingly in so many places) and still think Mike did a great thing.
Dan, thanks for this post. My parents gave $18,500 to Haggard's church during my high school years. I was an only child, and a "band fag". They saw that I would never be the lawyer, doctor, or quarterback they so desperately wanted, so my college fund went directly to the New Life Church. I left home at 18, moved to New York, got residency, grants/loans at Hunter, eventually writing for the AP. After 10 years of not speaking to my parents, the healing has begun. They regret being duped by the Vaudville schtick that Haggard employed, and regret driving away their only child. Hopefully others will use him as precedent bringing pause for rational thought before committing themselves to such blatant fraud and hate.
@14, Good for you getting on your feet. My parents stopped helping me through college when I came out to them and then turned around and billed me for what they paid towards my schooling. I never paid them and have never talked to them since. That was back in 1994 and I have never regretted it at all.
FYI, here's a review of the service on Ted Haggard's 50th birthday at New Life Church ~ pre-revelation.
Dan looks better and better with age. But I do kinda feel guilty about my attraction. Not because Im lusting after a married man, but for the fact that I recently saw Dans mile high afro from his yearbook photo. Dan looked like a total geek; I wouldnt have given him a second glance it would have been too painful!
What a difference 20 years makes! Never judge a book by its cover: Sometimes ugly ducklings turn into hunky, hip, bigot slaying swans.
Hes taken. Sign
dan's way hotter than mike jones...even with poop on his face...
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The approval of gay marriage by parliaments in France and Britain harms the chances of citizens of those countries adopting Russian children, a senior Russian Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
"The British and French parliaments have legalised same-sex marriages. This narrows the chances of the citizens of these countries adopting Russian children," the foreign ministry's human rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov wrote on Twitter.
The Russian parliament late last year caused an international outcry by agreeing a blanket ban on adoptions of Russian children by US families.
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The first New Yorker on federal death row since the fifties.
Ronell Wilson's first death sentence for killing two undercover cops in 2003 was overturned on a technicality, but now he's once again the first New Yorker on federal death row since the fifties. After Wilson's death sentence was thrown out by an appeals court in 2010, prosecutors decided to repeat the penalty phase of his trial instead of letting him serve life in prison without parole. After five hours of deliberation on Wednesday, a jury found that Wilson should be sentenced to death after hearing testimony about his misbehavior in prison, the New York Times reports. In addition to refusing to be handcuffed and threatening a gay inmate, Wilson became a tabloid regular earlier this year when his sexual relationship with a prison guard resulted in her giving birth to a baby boy named Justus.
The defense admitted that Wilson shot undercover officers James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews in the back of the head while they were posing as illegal gun buyers, but argued that life in prison was sufficient. They said Ronell was raised around criminals by a crack-addicted mother, and was never taught to tell right from wrong. Wilson's own lawyer, David Stern, offered a grim picture of the rest of his life. "One day he'll die wearing the same khaki clothes he's worn for 20 or 30 or 40 years," Stern said. "Very few people will know or care."
New York's highest court struck down the death penalty in 2004, and the state rarely sees federal death penalty cases. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said in a statement after the verdict, "It was an assault on the society that those officers represented, and for that reason their murders had to be answered with the full force of punishment at society's disposal. To do otherwise is to invite chaos."


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If the home is in both names you can ask the court for it to be sold. Talk to the ex about a short sale and those options. You could also talk to the mortgage company about those options. Your attorney should be able to help you with asking that the house be sold. Another thought would be to get in touch with the mortgage company and ask for a modification. But first, you need to realize that YOU need to take things into your own hands and protect your credit. Waiting for an ex to do what they should wont work.
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AbstractSonatech proposes to develop the operational concept for an underwater "GPS-type" acoustic positioning system (UAPS) deployable from surface craft or helicopter, providing multiple users the ability to navigate with GPS precision underwater. UAPS has application for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), SEAL delivery vehicles (SDV), and diver-held Hydrographic Mapping Units (HMU) and Underwater Imaging Systems (UIS). UAPS will consist of a field of autonomous acoustic transponder sensors transmitting periodic time-synchronized spread spectrum signals. Following deployment, the transponder array will automatically self-calibrate to establish precise transponder XYZ positions. User equipment will passively monitor transponder transmissions, and convert time differences of arrival to XYZ positions in real time with an accuracy of better than 2 meters. Each transponder will transmit its own position data periodically, so users need no prior knowledge of array placement parameters. Once transponders are deployed, no further surface presence or equipment is needed for system calibration or operation. Phase I investigations include: a. Detailed definition and design of all acoustic signals required b. Determination of the optimum method of transferring transponder coordinates to user equipment via acoustic telemetry. c. Define optimum battery chemistry and electronics package size to support all performance requirements while minimizing physical size and handling requirements.
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Today, EFF joins a broad, international coalition of civil society groups calling on elected officials to sign the new Declaration of Internet Freedom and uphold basic rights in the digital world. The Declaration is simple; it offers five core principles that should guide any policy relating to the Internet: stand up for online free expression, openness, access, innovation and privacy. Sign it here.
For too long in the US, Congress has attempted to legislate the Internet in favor of big corporations and heavy-handed law enforcement at the expense of its users' basic Constitutional rights. Netizens' strong desire to keep the Internet open and free has been brushed aside as naïve and inconsequential, in favor of lobbyists and special interest groups. Well, no longer.
Today, EFF launched a new campaign against software patents (https://defendinnovation.org). In this campaign, we outline seven proposals that we think will address some of the greatest abuses of the current software patent system, including making sure that folks who independently arrived at an invention can't be held liable for infringing on a software patent. But our campaign isn't just about our proposals — we also want to hear, and amplify, the views of the technical community. Many engineers, researchers, and entrepreneurs have suggested that reform is not enough and that software should not be patentable, period. We want to record these views, which is why our Defend Innovation campaign is designed to solicit comments from all of the stakeholders.
Innovation for the win: A federal judge ruled today that Java's APIs are not copyrightable. The federal district judge in the widely reported Oracle v. Google case ruled in favor of innovation and interoperability, allowing software to use Application Programming Interfaces without paying a license fee. Judge Alsup's opinion is important news for software developers and entrepreneurs.
This Week in Internet Censorship: Points system for Weibo, Activist Released in Bahrain, Censorship in Malaysia, Ethiopia, and More
China: Twitter-Clone Weibo Introduces a Points System for Punishing Content Violations
Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo introduced new user conditions on Monday under which users will be deducted "points" for violating its content policy. Users will be suspended from the website once they run out of points. Rules that prohibit advocating protests or "spreading rumors" have always been a part of overall Chinese internet policy, but the points system is an innovation.
Suspended Sentence Good News for Thai Webmaster Jiew, But the Threat to Freedom of Expression Remains
Imagine going to court and potentially facing prison time over someone else's comment in your blog. Thai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn, also known by her online handle Jiew, has been facing that reality since her October 2010 arrest for violating the intermediary liability provisions of the 2007 Computer Crime Act and for "Lèse Majesté," or defamation of the Thai royal family. Jiew was not the author of the offending comments—she was the webmaster of the popular news site Prachatai that hosted them. In 2008, Prachatai published an interview with Chotisak Onsoong, a Thai man known for refusing to stand at attention during the Thai Royal Anthem—a dangerous political act in Thailand, but not technically a crime. The interview received huge attention, drawing over 200 comments from Thai citizens.
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Tamah sat in her private rooms, writing in her diary. She had a sitting room and bedroom to herself, that were exclusive to herself alone, apart from anyone she might invite to her rooms. Tamah wrote in her diary every day; the diaries of former Ladies were treasured and read by the sect members, just as hers would one day be, and stored in the headquarters' library for easy access as well as being transcripted on to discs to be accessed via computer. Tamah looked idly at the calender, and smiled to herself as she realised that the Beast's 20th birthday was coming up, meaning that another maiden was to be taken. She would instruct her most trusted High Priestess in the taking of the maiden, and the ritual would begin anew. Tamah would officiate over it, revelling in her power as The Lady, watching as another girl was given the chance to either become a woman of great importance, or just dry ash on the wind. She herself had been given that chance, and had become the heir to the Lady who had ruled when she had been taken. This new girl however wouldn't have such a good role; but the role of High Priestess should be good enough for the girl, if she were lucky enough to pass her test.
Zack sat in his own private room, which was as different from the rooms of The Lady as night was from day. His room had no furniture in it at all, tho it was luxuriously carpeted, and had a dog bed in one corner with a water and food bowl in another. For years, this life was all that he had known, and he hadn't known any different; ie, that there was another world outside of this one. That ignorance had been shattered on the day that he'd first seen television, and discontent had set in, cumilating in the ritual that had taken place when he was aged 13 and everything that had gone with it. Zack longed to escape, but there was no way that he could do such a thing; he was doomed to stay here in this role til his death, then a new baby would be stolen away to face the same fate. The cycle would begin again, and there was nothing he could do about it.
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Franny and Zooey 2nd printing found at a friends of the library sale. (self.BookCollecting)
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So I found what I imagine is a first edition second printing (I'll have to take pictures tomorrow) of a HC copy of Franny and Zooey sans DJ that says second printing inside.
Is this worth holding on to, or is there little value in it?
I've been finding a bunch of great things at local friends of the library sales in my area and am trying to figure out what is worth keeping and what I should sell.
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Without the DJ you are going to take a hit in price, perhaps even moreso than the second printing (if it is a first edition).
I found a few first editions, second printings, in fine first issue dust jackets, for anywhere from $100 to $12 dollars (with one outlier at $650 for no clear reason). I'd say without the DJ, you have, for better or worse, a 5 to 10 dollar book.
probably not what you wanted to hear.
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It's still kind of fun to have, seeing I paid $1 for it ;)
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And pleased to know that things are working out just fine with your SIG "Quality Crafted" firearm.
Kinda nice the way SIG firearms seem to shoot right where you look.
So...I guess you had a good day today?
This is a discussion on Hole Lee Smokes ;-) within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Wow! Just got back from running 100 rounds of 9mm through my brand new Sig P-239. Yep......there really IS a difference ;-) This thing just ...
Wow! Just got back from running 100 rounds of 9mm through my brand new Sig P-239. Yep......there really IS a difference ;-) This thing just won't miss! Either that or I really improved since the last time I shot a few days ago.
I've read that certain guns were more accurate than others but only having owned 2 others with one being a Smith 442 ( which doesn't count in the accurate shooting dep't) I didn't believe it. Now I do.
I think I even scared the guy away that was shooting a few stalls down from me. He was all over the place and I was punching out .50 cent size holes :-)
Another Sig fan is born today........
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
Sir Winston Churchill.
And pleased to know that things are working out just fine with your SIG "Quality Crafted" firearm.
Kinda nice the way SIG firearms seem to shoot right where you look.
So...I guess you had a good day today?
Haha - another one comes over to the SIG camp
Glad yours shot so well - I sure know that any deficiencies in accuracy when I shoot any of mine, are 100% down to me!
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
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is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
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My Sig 239 outshoots my Beretta 92FS out to 15yds.
Only takes 2 of these babys(on the far left) loaded to punch out 50 cent sized holes
Glad ya like you sig but where are the pics of the gun and target
Congratulations on the new Sig, and the great shooting! Jus' remember - more holes equals more damage.....
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Does the Sig have the same grip angle as the old Lugers? The Luger is the only gun that I've ever shot that I can actually post targets (which are on the old computer, which died about a year ago) and look like a professional.
The ONLY time that I fired a full magazine and it looked like I fired three shots and then quit. I thought I had at first until we really started to look at the target. 15yards (can't remember the round specs, it was surplus because my Luger is .30, not 9mm).
Interested in knowing if it (the Sig) has the same specs. If so.... well, I have have to go over to the Sig Side as well.
Welcome to the SIG fan club.......... You are under our control!!Originally Posted by FNP-9er
EOD - Initial success or total failure
The 239 is one of the few 9mm's I've tried that I can shoot accurately. I would gladly carry one if my Colt were unavailable for some reason. Nice choice.
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Excellent! Sigs are certainly great guns. I am starting to carry my sig pro a lot now.
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No, that's Glock.Originally Posted by Wayne
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I was curious if it would be worthwhile to shovel the Rosedale tees tomorrow. I'd be happy to volunteer to do such a thing, but I have no snow shovel. With a 50 degree day, I would expect most of it to melt, but just in case it doesn't, it may help to get out there.


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I deactivated the plugin and the titles worked.. I activated it again and same problem appears. The issue is plugin is showing up the same title on every page of my forum.
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Praise and thanks go to Supervisors Patterson, Gibson and Hill for heeding the pleas of rural north county residents to protect their water supply from depletion. The three supervisors voted to ban further subdivision in the rural Paso groundwater basin.
We've all heard the numbers: the basin is in decline (more going out than coming in); ag in the basin uses more than five times more water than rural residents even though rural residential acreage may be twice the total acreage as planted in grapes. The problem of declining water levels has been studied for years. Everyone agrees that the prohibition of subdivision is a small beginning to fix the problem. Strong opposition comes from wine and ag interests, yet they offer no mandatory measures to curb ag water use.
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Walnut Hill station (SEPTA)
Walnut Hill
|Former railroad station
The Walnut Hill station site, now the entrance to the Pennypack Trail Extension.
|200 Moredon Road
Abington Township, Pennsylvania.
|40°05′49″N 75°04′28″W / 40.0970°N 75.0744°WCoordinates: 40°05′49″N 75°04′28″W / 40.0970°N 75.0744°W
|Owned by
|1 side platform
|January 14, 1983
|No services
Walnut Hill station was a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Located on Moredon Road, it served the Fox Chase/Newtown Line. SEPTA closed the station in 1983.
Walnut Hill, and all stations north of Fox Chase, was closed on January 14, 1983, due to failing diesel train equipment that SEPTA had no desire to repair.[1]
In addition, a labor dispute began within the SEPTA organization when the transit operator inherited 1,700 displaced employees from Conrail. SEPTA insisted on utilizing transit operators from the Broad Street Subway to operate Fox Chase/Newtown diesel trains, while Conrail requested that railroad motormen run the service. When a federal court ruled that SEPTA had to use Conrail employees in order to offer job assurance, SEPTA canceled Fox Chase-Newtown trains.[2] Service in the diesel-only territory north of Fox Chase was cancelled at that time, and Walnut Hill Station still appears in publicly posted tariffs.[3]
Although rail service was initially replaced with a Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus, patronage remained light, and the Fox Chase-Newtown shuttle bus service ended in 1999.
Track removal[edit]
Walnut Hill station was a popular stop for passengers visiting the adjacent Lorimer Park. Since the late 1970s, Abington Township Ward 2 had advocated the reuse of the railway as a trail.[citation needed] In July 2008, this idea came to fruition at the insistence of township commissioner Robert Wachter, acting on behalf of constiuent Richard Stern;[4] the section of track that passes through the Walnut Hill Station site was dismantled in conjunction with Montgomery County Parks to make way for an extension to the existing Pennypack Trail.[5] SEPTA received $1 for the lease, railbanking the line for future mass transit related uses.[1] The trail is not officially a rail trail, however, nor is it designated as such.[6]
Controversy surrounded the creation of the trail. Traffic congestion in the region grew exponentially throughout the 1980s and 1990s and resumed passenger service was seen as a tool to battle the trend.[5][7] Public transit advocates voiced their opposition to the removal of the tracks, which effectively severed the outer end of the Fox Chase/Newtown line from the national railroad network.
The idea of converting this section of the railroad into an interim trail was not new: the area was historically a political hotbed. Population near this portion of the line in Montgomery County has always been sparse, and there were few stations (Walnut Hill, Huntingdon Valley, Bryn Athyn, Woodmont) that served passengers when trains operated. Despite small originating ridership, the county was assessed much of the route's operating cost. As such, opposition within official county circles to subsidize operation existed as far back as the mid-1970s. Proposals were floated around at that time to install a track connection where the line crosses the West Trenton route near Bethayres (known as AYRES interlocking), and to abandon the stretch of track between Fox Chase and the West Trenton line. The existence of the trail essentially carried out this plan, minus the benefit of the West Trenton connection. This is unfortunate, as even in its dormant state, the Newtown Branch is the shorter and more favorable route to the West Trenton line junction, as rush hour rail traffic through the Jenkintown/Wyncote bottleneck remains heavy.[citation needed]
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia also agreed that while the interim trail serves its purpose, the railroad should take priority if both cannot coexist:
"We believe that there is sufficient right-of-way available to support both future rail service and maintain trail usage. If there is insufficient right-of-way within the corridor to do both, then a relocation or rerouting of the trail to preserve the non-motorized route is necessary."[8]
Conversely, wealthy constituents—seemingly unconcerned to the surrounding traffic congestion—stated the train will never return to the region; when interviewed by The Philadelphia Inquirer in October 2009, Richard F. Stern of Stern and Eisenberg, LLP in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania voiced his opposition to the resumption of train service:
"...I would adamantly oppose it. To disrupt this gorgeous trail would be very upsetting to me and the residents of my community. I have applauded the commissioners for getting this (trail) done so quickly and so well...I want any issue of reopening a railroad to go away. It will never be supported by Abington Township or the County."[9]
Stern is president of the Tall Trees Homeowners Association at the Tall Trees housing development in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Like many townhomes that abut the railway line, the Tall Trees housing development was built 1985, two years after service ceased on the rail line.[9]
Trail criticism[edit]
Transit expert John Pawson, author of Delaware Valley Rails: The Railroads and Rail Transit Lines of the Philadelphia Area, questioned why SEPTA is involved with rail trails instead of public transit. Pawson, who was head of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Regional Citizens Committee until February 2011, stated that the creation of the Pennypack Trail on the Fox Chase/Newtown line is a "relatively cheap and quick process" but that "cheapness is its only advantage."[10] Pawson added that "the trail as built essentially runs from nowhere to nowhere. A relatively high-grade piece of infrastructure has been diverted (temporarirly, one would hope) to a relatively low-grade purpose. It's like taking over an expressway to use for someone's driveway."[10]
Pawson concluded by saying "there is no need to pull up any more track. This real creek-side Pennypack Trail through Montgomery County and the restoration of the rail line in that county and beyond could be considered as a single valid political issue. Various groups including rail and trail proponents and others should work together for a joint project."[10]
- ^ a b "Newtown Branch History". Southampton, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Transit Expansion Coalition. 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Tulsky, Fredric N. (January 29, 1982). "Conrail Staff Must Run Trains: court ruling bars SEPTA takeover". Philadelphia Inquirer.SEPTA must use Conrail workers rather than its own personnel to run trains over the region's 13 commuter lines, a special federal court has ruled in a decision that offers some job assurance for 1,700 Conrail employees next year. The special court, in an opinion issued Wednesday, ruled that SEPTA had acted legally in October when it replaced Conrail workers with its former subway operators on the line.
- ^ "Tariff No. 154 - Supplement No. 37" (PDF). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. March 6, 2009. pp. 4–7. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ MontcoLease.pdf
- ^ a b Michael Baker Corporation (June 12, 2006). "Newtown Bus Rapid Transit And Pedestrian Trail Concept Study" (PDF). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Michael Baker Corporation. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ Newtown Branch to Become part of Pennypack Trail
- ^ 1991 SEPTA Newtown Branch Study
- ^ Bicycle Coalition's Position on SEPTA Fox Chase/Newtown line
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Paul (October 6, 2009). "A bid to restore rail service to Newtown". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philly.com
- ^ a b c dvrpc.org


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Monday, November 14, 2011
San Diego Sunsets
Oh no, my computer has run out of memory! I'm still working on the rest of the Balboa Park pictures, but I'll have to wait until I find my external hard drive to finish them. In the meantime here's a snap shot that Jon took in the early evening as we were walking around last week. The sunsets here last fooooooreeeevvverrr. It takes just over an hour for the sun to fully set, it's incredible! I know I already mentioned this in my last post, but I just love the way that it just lazily lingers.
I started my new job yesterday. Well, new new job actually. I was able to transfer to a closer location. The location I originally transferred to seemed awesome, but when you added all of the walking and busing together it was a 2 hour trip to get out there! So now I'm only a 20 minute walk from my apartment. (My apartment that exists in theory somewhere on the 3rd floor...we still haven't been given a move-in date...). I was kind of bummed because my co-workers didn't seem to like me very much. I wouldn't say they were mean per se...just indifferent. When I transfered from Chicago to The Main Art in Detroit I was welcomed with open arms and everyone was so nice and friendly. I'm hoping things will change once they get to know me a little better.
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Blogs Cliopatria Robert Spero: David Brooks Overlooked President NixonFeb 26, 2004 8:56 pm
Robert Spero: David Brooks Overlooked President Nixon
David Brooks omits an entire presidency in his column "The Party of Kennedy, or Carter?" (Feb. 17) which makes it appear that Republicans had no hand in the making of the Vietnam quagmire. In fact Republicans took the American military and public even deeper into Vietnam and the Indochina peninsula.
After Lyndon Johnson surrendered his presidency in 1968 because of his failed policies in Vietnam, his Republican successor, Richard Nixon, not only pursued many of the same policies but kicked them up a notch or two. Many Americans attempted to counter Nixon's war policies. Peace demonstrations were held throughout the United States on Oct. 15, 1969 and on Nov. 15 over 300,000 people demonstrated against the war in a Washington guarded by tanks and bayonets. In April of 1970 U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers invaded Cambodia. In 1971 South Vietnamese soldiers invaded Laos supported by U..S air and artillery. And on and on it went until the cease fire in 1973, the beginning of Nixon's second term and five bloody years after he took office.
Mr. Brooks calls the Democrats naive. The truth is that the Republicans were no less naive and Americans of every political strip, beginning with the 56,000 U.S. troops who died and the more than 300,000 who were wounded, paid the price for that misguided war. We are still paying the price and if we are not careful our grandchildren will, too.
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Have a look at the disclaimer information in red on this page: http://www.flytecomm.com/cgi-bin/trackflight
Does anyone recall when this was added?
In the past I've had a number of flights showing a given position or showing information on Flytecomm which was totally erroneous.
As all of these were outside US/Canadian airspace I deduced that the information was gained from both ACARS info and radar and, when an aircraft was outside North America, the info was based on the last ACARS info passed to Flytecomm and the flightplan.
Since this panel appeared it seems that the info is only radar generated which must leave the info on trans Atlantic, Pacific and South/Central American flights based on flightplan only outside of US airspace.


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I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive!
But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're going to become as obsolete as the Fire Island meat rack.
I was thrilled a few years ago to see the drags finally doing Britney Spears, even if it was only because her messy VMA's appearance had spawned worldwide mockery.
At least they were including someone current in their acts.
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But they need to try more of that! Too often drag queens excuse their way out of this, telling me, "The current divas don't have mannerisms worth copying."
As Bette Davis would say, "Pshaw!" That's just old fogey talk!
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text: (As far as I know, as of this announcement I've responded to all pending patches -- by merging them or by explicitly bouncing them one way or another. Unless Raymond Wiker's "-Xlinker -export-dynamic" suggestion for OpenBSD from 2000-12-01 (!) counts as a patch, since I seem to be the only OpenBSDer and since I don't currently need dynamic loading of object files. Also, Arthur Lemmens' recent message isn't exactly a patch, but I'll try to include fixes from it after the Alpha integration turbulence settles down a little bit. If I've overlooked anything else, please let me know.) I had five patches pending from Martin Atzmueller: 1. "make-load-form for logical host problem/patch" 2. "sysinit/userinit-toplevel suggestion/patch" 3. "stream patch" 4. "fix for ceiling derive type optimizer" 5. "some values-declaration fixes" #1 and #2 were user-interface improvements, and I merged them. #5 was declaration fixes to anticipate making the compiler more pedantic about (THE XYZZY (FOO)) declarations when (FOO) returns multiple values. This is a little bit ugly but seems to be the most pedantically correct way to deal with an issue that ANSI didn't think through very carefully, i.e. how a single-value type is promoted to a VALUES type. I merged it too. #3 and #4 were nontrivial fixes to nontrivial code which mostly worked already, and I didn't want to merge them without regression tests. (I realize that they were ports of CMU CL patches, and I realize that CMU CL coders are so studly that they don't need regression tests, but for this kind of change I really want regression tests anyway.) I wrote a regression test for #3 and merged it. After that, I was insufficiently motivated to write a regression test for #4 right now, so I filed it as a (very detailed:-) bug report until a regression test gets written one way or another. Martin's patches became versions 0.6.12.1 and 0.6.12.2 in CVS. Now the only remaining patch was Daniel Barlow's Opus Alpha. (If I'm overlooking someone's patch, speak up!) I made a first pass at merging it, making a few changes as seemed appropriate but mostly just trying to get it into place so that I could run X86 tests on it, in order to check that I didn't mess anything up too badly. That became 0.6.12.3. Probably Alpha patch issues will also dominate 0.6.12.4 and even 0.6.12.5 or later as I look at it more carefully. I put my notes on my 0.6.12.3 changes into the CVS checkin message: -- 0.6.12.3: NOTE: This is a slightly screwed-up checkin, which won't quite build as is, because the checked-in changes from the Alpha port expect various src/code/*types.lisp files (e.g. src/code/x86-linux-types.lisp) which Daniel Barlow created by hand once and for all. Those are in my working directory but I didn't check them in because almost immediately, probably 0.6.12.4, I expect to rearrange things so that the build process generates a types file on every run of make.sh. So since CVS add/delete is a little mixed up, I thought I'd just skip it, even though it means that this version isn't quite buildable unless you grab those files from DB's patch. merged Daniel Barlow's port to the Alpha CPU sbcl-devel 2001-05-04 moved CIRCULAR-LIST-P to early-extensions.lisp (since it logically belongs there, and DB's new definition, unlike the old one, doesn't have a physical dependence on IGNORE-ERRORS which prevents it from being there) merged boot-extensions.lisp, early-extensions.lisp, and late-extensions.lisp, since there's no longer any distinction between the files deleted CVS files from sbcl-alpha-extra-files.tar, since they were probably an oversight, I think also src/compiler/alpha/z050.pdf:-| The patch change - (/hexstr arguments) + #!+sb-show (/hexstr arguments) shouldn't be necessary because /SHOW, like all the /FOO macros, is already conditional on SB-SHOW. So I undid this change (and added some comments in src/code/show.lisp explaining the intended behavior of /FOO macros). merged stat_wrapper.c into the relatively new, related wrap.c file; deleted stat_wrapper.h since stat wrappers seem never intended to be used by C code anyway renamed build-tools/ to tools-for-build/ in the interest of unambiguous (even painfully unambiguous) globally-visible names tweaked tests/alien.impure.lisp so that the test uses a non-GENCGC-dependent variable (instead of having to have the test conditional on #+GENCGC). -- My questions and observations and speculations and whatnot about the Alpha patch form the rest of this message: -- As far as I can see, it would make sense to make the existence or nonexistence of the SYMBOL-HASH slot be consistent between architectures. I tend to lean toward having a SYMBOL-HASH slot on every architecture, especially since SBCL's hash functions are fairly compute-intensive. But I haven't done any benchmarks or anything, and it's possible that it would be better to have no SYMBOL-HASH slot on any architecture. Opinions? The cold-error.lisp code (set-floating-point-modes :traps '(:overflow #-x86 :underflow :invalid :divide-by-zero)) corresponds to CMU CL lispinit.lisp code which is not conditional on processor architecture. Is it really not needed for Alpha/SBCL? Was it actually unneeded for Alpha/CMUCL too? In src/runtime/backtrace.c, does cs_valid_pointer_p(..) work for x86 now? In coreparse.c, why is it a good idea only to issue a warning when the space addresses are mismatched (instead of handling it as a fatal error)? Re. the kludginess note in debug_print() in interr.c, is it possible to fix the DEFINE-VOP for PRINT instead (so that it does the right thing with the stacks before the call)? I like the idea of grovel-headers.c. I'll try to make it run as part of the make.sh process real soon now, maybe in 0.6.12.4, especially since as noted in the checkin message, the CVS image won't build until I do. It will be nice to have any differences between O/S versions and whatnot be taken care of automatically without having to think about when it needs to be run by hand. ("Good programming eliminates thought," to mutate a phrase from Professor Eric Siggia, who was in turn mutating (I think) Lord Whitehead's observation about mathematical notation.) The GC size tweak -- I assume that's what it was, since I didn't notice any other change which would've been responsible -- reduced make.sh runtime on my 450 MHz 256Mb K6/3 Linux machine by 25%. I guess I should've experimented more with GC settings! 15 minutes per build would've added up to quite a lot over all the times I've rebuilt the system.. I'll find someplace in the distribution to put the porting notes you just mailed. 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Bigots running for cover, nothing that we haven't seen a thousand times before. Denial, retractions, etc.
… and just suppose, as I have suggested here before (and was 'thumbs downed' for it) that this incident is a fiction … that the waitress made it up to jump on the bandwagon of a very similar story a couple of weeks before? I think we have to be VERY careful before we pre-judge this story.
Surely a simple handwriting test will settle this.
Never a good idea to judge people without at least testing the evidence. Otherwise it is just one person's word against another.
I think there's a more scientific way to discover what happened here. I'm not sure that a handwriting test would be conclusive.
There should be a record of all till use, assuming it's a relatively modern system. They should be able to check whether a secondary receipt was printed for that transaction by looking at the logs files.
They should also be looking at CCTV for that period, to see whether the note was written at the table, or whether it was clear that the staff were doing this at the till after the fact.
Most decent businesses have a camera over the till. This is especially relevant when tips are involved.
According to what I have read, the couple have provided their copy of the receipt, and it clearly states an $18 tip. I believe they also showed a credit card statement displaying the purchase, which included the time and date and the inclusion of the $18 tip.
If they really did this, why would they then come forward like this to dispute the story? There is nothing in it for them to further this, unless they were genuinely upset that their visit was being used in this way.
Without knowing what system they use, it's hard to say what happened. But, it seems to me that the only way this could have happened is if someone in charge of the till printed a second receipt and added this to it.
The customer has one showing the $18 tip and no bigoted comment, this means that it must have come from the restaurant or staff.
If this is the case, the person (or persons) responsible should be prosecuted and ordered to pay pack any money gained fraudulently from this.
It remains appaling though that this restaurant which is openly engaging in slavery are not under scrutiny.
There is no excuse for slavery in 2013
Oh please. Like the restaurant can be trusted either.
They pay slavery level wages and expect the public to pay her wages for het.
US restaurants should not be allowed to practice slavery.
America is a strange place when it comes to this. A lot of servers survive on tips, and the culture is for people to tip for service too, it's more than just frowned upon if you don't.
America was built on slavery, and they found it extremely hard to continue to grow after abolition. This is seen in many businesses where such low wages are considered acceptable, and in the US prison system too where millions are locked up for ridiculous reasons and forced to manufacture.
Nations grow on slavery, we (Britain) did it, Australia did it, several European countries did it, China is doing it…
It is a messed up system, but it got America the top spot, until China joined the international competition for leadership (again, using slavery). The US will not change any time soon, especially not now that there's a coming conflict with China/Russia increasingly likely.
> Nations grow on slavery,
What rubbish. Really – rubbish. Most of our greatest economic growth in France and in Europe is not the product of slavery.
Slaves, by definition, are not paid.
Politics and equality aside, you can't force people to give tips to waitresses/waiters. It is terrible that people have these homophobic views but if giving tips is up to the discretion of the customer, I can't see what the restaurant/authorities can do.
A customer could refuse to tip on the basis that theuy don't like the shoes a waiter is wearing. This example reason is also stupid and disrespectful and ilogical but the customer has no obligation to give a tip – it is discretionary. Who would want money off people like this anyway. It is good that they are named and shamed though.
Peter B, you wrote, "It is good that they are named and shamed though." We haven't yet seen all the evidence. I have yet to come across a photo of the customers' copy of the receipt and the transaction on their credit card account, Even these would not resolve the issue, as both items would be very easy to forge. The restaurant says that it will investigate the matter. It would be interesting to see the evidence of customers' banker and of the restaurant's EFTPOS service provider.
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Now that he's seen Drew's abilities firsthand, Cox suggested the reports didn't do him justice.
"He's a true center fielder," Cox said of the Braves' right fielder.
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"There's probably not a better right fielder in baseball," Cox said. "He throws, runs balls down, he does everything."
Injuries, which limited Drew to 100 games last year and an average of 117 games in his five years in St. Louis, have kept him from being recognized as one of the league's best outfielders. But if he stays healthy this season he might win his first Gold Glove.
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Drew, who played center field for the Cardinals before Edmonds arrived via a trade with the Angels in 2000, teams with Jones to give the Braves flanking outfielders with outstanding range.
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"It's like it's not a big league game," catcher Eddie Perez said. "It's like a winter league game. It's sad. I hope the Expos find a home so they can find a lot of fans."
It was so quiet inside the stadium Monday that fans could hear Cox from the dugout and players could hear conversations in the stands.
"This is probably the only park where you can hear an outfielder calling off an infielder on a fly ball," pitcher Mike Hampton said.
The Expos drew 30,112 to Opening Day at Olympic Stadium April 23, but in nine games since then they have drawn one crowd over 10,000. With 12 games in San Juan to prop up their attendance totals, they have averaged 10,472 per game, the major league's worst. The Expos have drawn a total of 219,917; the next-worst total in either league is the Pirates' 308,984.
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Cox compared the dreary conditions at Olympic Stadium to Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, which was torn down after Jacobs Field opened.
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This fun-filled cozy economy room is perfect for soothing your travel-weary bones after a long day of sightseeing! Soak in your two-person spa tub, or relax on your quiet patio where you might spy some of Casa Sedona's local wildlife. Past sightings include roadrunners, Gambel quail (named after naturalist William Gambel), cotton-tailed rabbits, jackrabbits, mule deer, and members of our resident family of javelinas.
A numbered art piece by Frank Tenny Johnson dominates the wall above the corner fireplace, and fun artifacts and art of the southwest abound.
This first floor economy room features a queen bed with the same luxurious linens as our premium rooms, two-person spa tub, separate shower, gas fireplace, flat panel TV/DVD, refrigerator, and small patio - no views.
- Air conditioning
- Balcony / Courtyard
- Fireplace
- Alarm clock
- Bathrobes
- Hairdryer
- Iron & ironing board
- Refrigerator - Bar size
- In-room spa bath/jacuzzi
- Separate shower & bath
- Wireless/Wifi
- Daily housekeeping included
- Concierge services
- Private entry
- Private bathroom