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Joev, almost missed your post! Those are some pretty impressive stats! Last season I made the Chatham trip about 10 times from May through August. It is a long hike but it was worth it!
I'm looking forward to next season. Should be picking up a yak around March time then sign up with Ms Kayak down in Norwalk for some lessons. Should be ship shape by the time things get going. It would be great to hook up with you guys.
|Good point FishHawk. The more I read it seems that bottom line is you can swim in waders ok - provided you are conscious. Achieving a Kayak self rescue may be a different story.
I plan to ware suplex pants and put on my waders after beaching my yak. Wareing waders in a yak is asking for trouble in my opinion. I had a close call this past summer . Hit my head on a rock had stocking foot waders on and was luckly to get to shore to save myself. Let me tell you from experience. Things happen so fast when you are in trouble you don't have time to think about anything but saving yourself. The swimming pool wader test is fine for a slip in a stream, but it is a different story if your yak is upsidedown and you are off shore treading water.
Adrian I live in Bristol.A guy I yak with Jim Wesly lives in Newtown.Lots of action around here.Its a long ride to Chatham How often do you fish there?I missed out on the spring action with yak.Bought it in July.I still ended up with 52 fish +30 to 40 inches another 50+ 22-30 inches and about 500 schoolies in 3 months almost in your back yard.All from shore.We will have to hookup this spring.Once mid May rolls around I fish 4 times a week till 3rd week in June.Talk to ya soon .
Joev, Newtown here.
Not fished this coast much - couple of Norwalk Island trips a couple of years back and odd runs down to Milford (Housy, Short Beach & silver sands.
Trouble is, once Chatham gets going, I can't imagine fishing anywhere else.
I'm hoping that being mobile will open up a lot of the great fishing which I know is available along LI sound but inaccessible from shore
Adrian Where are you in CT ?
I am going to paddle a Cobra Tourer in NY on Sunday.
Tarpon does look fast .I want to spend more time fishin less time paddling.
Saw a couple of your posts on other boards looking for comparisons of WS Tarpon to other boats. I like the look of the Tarpon - fast boat = less tiring paddling and my primary goal is getting from A to B quick and safe. The Cobra Expedition looks pretty awesome too but more $$$.
I live in CT also and am thinking about signing up for lessons from this lady.....
She has some interesting things to say about yaks and cold weather padling.
Are they safe yes and no.Depends on where and when.Say you are going to paddle small strecthes of open water like going to Monomoy I would say yes.Wear a belt around them .Wear sandals or dive booties.If ya go in the neoprene waders will act like a wet suit.I use them all the time.Most of my paddling is within a 1/4 mile of shore.I always try to fish with a buddy.I have a Pungo but I am getting a SOT for Xmas.Need something faster and easy in /out .I think I will purchase a dry suit for next fall for yakking.I have no reservations about wearing waders in my yak.The most important thing is to always wear a PFD.Know your limitations and dont take risks.
SOTs are used alot on the west coast where water temps are seldom above 60.They wear wetsuits or drysuits.They often fish 2-5 miles offshore.Everybody has a opinion this is mine.
Adrians Idea would work well
We do some Island hopping and keep them on all the time .Also wearing wading boots.If ya go over you can easily take off your boots and toss them into your yak.Everybody talks about swimming I would rather get back into my yak.I know if I had to get out of my waders in the water I could.But I think It would take a while for them to fill up.
TomD You say SOTS are less stable .They probaley are compared to a Pungo.But when you first got your yak it felt tippy but once you got your balance down it was ok.Guys on the left coast have been using them for along time.If ya go over they do not fill up with water.They are easier to get back onto.With the exception of being more exposed I think they have a advantage in alot of situations.
Striblue You are a animal that water on the Cape is cold even in July.
I fish with a bunch of hardcore guys from anther board and 90 % of them wear waders. Most have SOTs .I have fished close to 200 hrs from the yak this year and have not been with anyone who went over .We are always trying to be as safe as possible .
Anyway I thought I would share this stuff with ya guys.
Cant wait to get achance to meet some of ya and do some yakking.
SOT"s in cold weather... no thanks
they tend to be less stable(you're above the water not in it) , nothing to break the wind,and every splash is hitting you. I vote sit in... with waders. I think FLY ROD + REEL did a story on swimming with waders, the breathables and neoprene were about the same... the author floated easily. Tom D
Eddie, I dont think I'd wear waders when paddling. I have lightweight boot foot waders which slip on and off in seconds.
I've been reading about the advantages of SOTs in cold weather. Paddle with a wet suit and special items for hands, head & feet and PFD!!! Then when you arrive, slip on lightweight waders over wetsuit - very cosy!! In warmer months, adapt accordingly.
I was asking about the safety issue of wearing them. So if one was to paddle to Monomoy for instance, would you put them on when you get there or befor? Could you use them to extend the season in a sit on top? I think that if I had time to create an effective seal with tape, I might be inclined to just take them off.
Only a nut would go out in a kayak without a PFD...IMHO.
|I usually do not wear them for the simple reason that I do a lot of beach walking... don't need them on a boat or the Yak. I do ,however, agree with Juro that if you are spending many hours on the flats in water you will feel it. I usually do not stand in the water for hours on end. Hot days and even in the mornings from 5 to 8 or 9 is not long enough to get me cold especially at the Chatham light. I like to travel light and it is less taxing when you do death marches on beaches and deep sand.
...It's important to realize your own capabilities and know when you're approaching the cutting edge of disintigration. Most of the Pungo style hulls are inherintly stable and, with a conservative application of novice skill, not easily dumped when exposed to sheltered waters (bays, channels, etc). Waders...no worries!
...Open water presents more advanced challenges and I would hesitate crashing through surf trying to get out or riding waves back in while encumbered by anything other than a wet suit. Ride the waves in a boat designed to track straight and you WILL end up broadside to the wave back to the beach...great fun but very wet and you will take on alot of gas.
...Gotta' know your "limitations" and try to paddle with a buddy.
My .02...
|Add to the list of desirable kayak features ... "sufficient space to stash bootfoot waders for deployment as necessary...."
Good question Eddie -
The way I see it, waders are a necessity in mid-summer because even slighter cooler water saps all the heat from the body with time. I recall days of chattering teeth on a 90 degree day after standing in water that swimmers would classify as "very nice" for a couple of hours. If your fishing will involve extended time in the water then they are a must. If you are planning on this type of fishing in between paddling (or should I say paddling in between this kind of fishing) then you probably need waders.
If the structures you plan to fish are land structures like shorelines, points and jetties, I would say there is no need for them. Therefore you would not need waders when getting to and fro.
If you are talking about fishing from the kayak, I see no point in waders at all.
I do not plan to fish from the yak at all. I plan to fish from the places the yak takes me. Many of them are submerged shoals and structures. I will wear waders with scuba boots to allow swimming if needed and wear my CO2 PFD. I also carry a half used roll of duct tape to close the top of my waders in the event I need to swim. Of course one can't anticipate swimming all the time so that's only as good as the situation permits but it beats the heck out just of a wader belt.
On those days when I plan to trek to land structures unavailable to the shorebound angler where I will not be standing in water very long or very deep (ankle deep) I will be indulge in the chance to wear just shorts and sandals.
So for me it really depends on the fishing venue of the day.
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By Jeff Amy/The Associated Press
JACKSON — Sometimes, someone veers from the script.
That seemed to be the case last week when Gov. Phil Bryant said he would try to run Medicaid even if the Legislature failed to pass bills reauthorizing or funding the program. Beyond the cloudy legality of the Republican's claim, it turns away from the clear-as-glass GOP strategy of blaming Democrats for voting against the program and causing a calamity where 640,000 Mississippians wouldn't have health care coverage come July 1.
Those GOP positions, repeated over the last two months, appeared aimed at ratcheting up pressure on members of the House Democratic minority. The idea is that some would give in and vote to reauthorize the state-federal health insurance program for the poor without insisting on expanding Medicaid to cover additional people. The plan appeared to be to build the pressure into June and then for Bryant to call lawmakers back for a special session, with the threat of the program's imminent collapse teetering over Democrats' heads.
But if it's Bryant's position that he can keep Medicaid going even if the Legislature doesn't act, why say it out loud? It's likely to encourage some Democrats to keep fighting.
In any case, an attempt to keep the agency alive by executive fiat is almost certain to be tested in court.
Yes, Haley Barbour managed to keep the Department of Human Services alive in 2004 when lawmakers couldn't agree on reauthorizing the agency. To make it a little more legal, Attorney General Jim Hood got a Hinds County Chancery Court judge to appoint Barbour as the agency's receiver. It still seems curious, though, to say that a governor or judge can countermand a law that says an agency will pass out of existence on a certain day.
Also left unsaid in Bryant's strategy is how the state will pay for Medicaid.
The hospital tax that Mississippi uses to raise funds to match federal Medicaid money also expires on June 30. Can a judge or Bryant countermand that expiration too? And even if the tax continues to be collected, without an appropriations bill, what authority will Bryant have to spend the money?
There's another aspect to this standoff that's hard to understand. Democrats had enough votes in the House to block the bill extending Medicaid and the bill paying for it. But despite whispers of Republican defections, Democrats don't appear to have a House majority to expand Medicaid by 288,000 to 300,000 people.
It's even more unlikely that they have the 60 percent supermajority that was required for the reauthorization bill during the regular session. The bill needed extra votes under the state Constitution because it would have reauthorized the hospital tax.
And while Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has seemed willing to keep options open, that's not the same as saying the Senate will support Medicaid expansion.
So why not give Democrats their expansion debate if they agree to reauthorize the program if their effort fails?
Maybe Republicans really don't think they can hold their members in line. It could also be that House Speaker Phillip Gunn, R-Clinton, is trying to shield supporters from taking a tough vote. One of the unwritten jobs of a speaker is to protect members from unnecessary votes that can be used against them in re-election campaigns.
With Bryant's pronouncement that he can keep things going without lawmaker action, maybe no tough vote will be necessary.
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Uninterrupted service and a favorable cost-benefit ratio are the unsung heroes of Parisian eating, and they find an adoring, all-day audience in the West Village at Buvette. Small-plate menus tend toward high prices with small rewards, but at Jody Williams's tiny wine-bar-cum-country-café, the tartinettes are fully loaded. Here, the frugal Francophile will find comfortably executed classics like coq au vin, eggplant and tomato tian, and an absolutely heavenly crock of brandade de morue—and nothing is more than $15. A generous slab of pâté with all the trimmings is a mere $8, and while the wine isn't quite cheaper than water, you should feel free to treat yourselves to a couple carafes of Muscadet with your anchovies on toast. Go ahead, ask for more bread; those last bites of salt cod aren't going to scrape up themselves.
While Bierkraft is best known for its more than 1,000 bottled, canned, and draft beer selections, it's also stocked with artisanal cheeses, chocolates, and house-made spreads like chutney, sauerkraut, and olive tapenade. Pick up a few and then head to the sandwich counter, where the staff will generously pile cured meats and vegetables onto enormous baguettes. The finishing touch for your picnic lunch? House-made ice cream sandwiches, though you might want to eat that first. Wash everything down with a growler of ale.
Most of New York City's Georgians reside in Brooklyn, so it follows that most of this city's Georgian restaurants are in that borough as well. But when Oda House opened in the East Village, it offered a taste of the Eurasian country's dumplings, khatchapuri (cheese breads), and other rich dishes to Manhattan. Knowledgeable servers will walk you through the menu if you're unfamiliar with the cuisine, calling out favorites and explaining why certain dishes are important representations of this type of food. We're partial to the adjaruli khatchapuri, a football-shaped loaf of bread hollowed out and then filled with a mix of tart feta and sweet mozzarella, which bubbles and browns as it bakes. The kitchen cracks an egg over the mixture just before serving it, and vigorous stirring slowly scrambles it into the molten cheese. Bring a group—this restaurant is set up for feasting.
Very much representative of Bushwick's ongoing gentrification, Fritzl's Lunch Box manages to offer highbrow versions of lowbrow food at more affordable prices, an ethos that translates to a burger that both celebrates and elevates the classic through its bold mixture of beef cheek and fatty chuck, and a sweet relish of pickles and onions. The patty gets a blanket of nicely sharp cheddar and a fine textural contrast from the toasted sesame seed bun, but it's the charred miso aioli that catapults Fritzl's to the top. Unctuous isn't a word that should be used lightly, but it's hard to find a better descriptor of such a refined burger condiment.
The weather-worn royal blue awning clinging to San Antonio Bakery II, a humble little bakery overlooking Astoria Boulevard, flaps in the wind over I-278 like a faint beacon signaling visitors from all over the city. Fans make regular trips, but not just for the Chilean pastries, homemade breads, and the shiny dessert counter. Most come for Il Completo, a juicy beef frank tucked into a steaming homemade roll and topped with guacamole, a zigzag of mayo, diced tomatoes, and garlic-rich pebre sauce. The creation is presented on its own little red pedestal; wash this puppy down with a can of Pap (Chilean soda) in the comfort of the modest dining room while regulars fix their gaze upward on the televised soccer games.
The Shopsin family has a 40-year legacy of providing a compelling dining experience steeped in eccentricity and eclecticism, and Shopsins is famous for its massive menu. The current list is fairly trim at over 500 menu items, which range from brunch staples like French toast and burgers to the Shopsins' take on huevos rancheros, "Blisters on My Sisters." In addition to the substantial waits that prospective diners often encounter, there is a strict rule against parties of more than four, and as one regular says, "Pretending to be a party of three that happened to have come in with a party of two is a very bad idea." If you and up to three of your friends are up to the challenge, though, make your selection simple by closing your eyes and pointing. You can't miss.


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New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) will once again sponsor the Binghamton University School of Management's annual MBA Case Competition from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, March 26, in room G08 of the Academic A building. The event brings together second-year MBA students for a test of their skills in the analysis and presentation of business cases.
Earlier this month, approximately 13 teams of students were given a business case to review. After a week of preparation, the teams participated in first-round judging, resulting in three teams moving to the final round.
A panel of judges selected from the business community will adjudicate the final round. The panel includes Michael Eastman, vice president of corporate performance for NYSEG; Michael J. DeStefano, partner in the New York metropolitan area of Ernst and Young LLP; Stephen VanNostrand, executive vice president of Raymond Corporation; John Saraceno, senior vice president of BSB Bank & Trust; and Laurie Linn, president of Communiqué Design and Marketing, Inc.
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Accordino wins Fulbright, Rotary scholarships
Posted September 8, 2003; 12:21 a.m.
Robert Accordino, a member of Princeton's class of 2003, has won scholarships to study in England and Australia, where he will continue his research on autism.
Accordino was awarded a scholarship from the Australian-American Fulbright Commission to pursue research at the University of Queensland, as well as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford.
He will split time between the two universities over the next year while conducting further research on the effects of music therapy on and the musical abilities of autistic children. The topic was the subject of Accordino's senior thesis, which was directed by Ronald Comer, a lecturer in the psychology department, and Wendy Heller, an assistant professor of music .
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Dr. Graham Ogle, general manager of IDF's Life for a Child programme is to be presented with the Harold Rifkin Award [2] for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes at ADA's 73rd Scientific Sessions, taking place from June 21-25 in Chicago.
Dr Ogle is to be recognized for his role in establishing and strengthening diabetes services in many parts of the developing world. The Life for a Child programme which Dr Ogle co-founded now helps 11,200 children and youth in 43 countries and provides them with essential care including insulin, test strips, expert diabetes education.
By taking a hands-on approach to the programme, Dr Ogle has empowered local champions in diabetes centres and associations, and mobilized international support.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Ogle worked for HOPE worldwide in Papua New Guinea, where he conducted nationwide type 2 diabetes research, expanded clinical care services, developed national treatment guidelines and helped establish the Diabetic Association of Papua New Guinea. He continues to supervise a programme to improve diabetes services there. In Cambodia, he was the founding director of the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE in Phnom Penh, which provides extensive diabetes care and education.
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NATO responds to CPJ, but questions remain unanswered
On August 4, CPJ wrote to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen requesting information about the July 30 attacks on broadcast facilities in Libya in which NATO aircraft destroyed three broadcast dishes. As we noted in our letter, CPJ is concerned any time a media outlet faces a military attack. Such attacks can only be justified under international humanitarian law if the facility is being used for military purposes or to incite violence against the civilian population.


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VIDEO: The trailer for A Mighty Heart
So what to say about Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Mariane's book? No doubt all involved in making the film — which Mariane gave her full endorsement and cooperation — had the best intentions. Nonetheless, it verges on exploitation, a voyeuristic indulgence in grief and violence. Part tearjerker, part 24-style ticking-time-bomb thriller complete with brutal interrogations, and part Oscar-campaign highlight reel for Angelina Jolie's portrayal of Mariane, it's one of Winterbottom's most incoherent and conventional films — and it will probably be his most popular and successful one.
A Mighty Heart does clarify details about the event that you might have missed in the overall horror. "The day after 9/11," Mariane's voiceover narration begins, "Dan and I went to Pakistan." Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman) was in Karachi as South Asian bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. On January 23, 2002, he went out to conduct an interview while researching a story on shoe-bomber Richard Reid. He never returned.
We know the date because Winterbottom provides it in a title, as he does throughout when he's in his just-the-facts, cinéma-vérité, shot-at-the-actual-locations mode. He captures with electric authority the intermittent chaos, the methodic measures, and the short-lived exhilaration of the search as well as the dramatic collaborations and conflicts of the various searchers, who included Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, the FBI, and Mariane (an accomplished journalist) herself. It's a harrowing, fascinating, ultimately terrible tale, and an intense, ambiguous performance galvanizes it. Not Jolie's, but Irrfan Khan's as Captain, the head of the Pakistani unit, a professional not averse to extreme means but vastly more complex in his response to them than, say, Jack Bauer.
That's not to say that Winterbottom refuses to exploit viewers' desire for payback. Whatever your politics, the scenes in which suspects are coaxed into disclosing information will probably give you as much satisfaction as they do the oddly unwholesome Randall Bennett (Will Patton) of the US Consulate.
That I find excusable. What's harder to take is the idea that the film isn't about Mariane so much as it is about Angelina Jolie. She does it all: steely determination, fury, and in the movie's most dubious scene, a lengthy breakdown into total, wailing grief. Winterbottom has the taste and good sense not to show the awful images — videotaped and posted by the terrorists on the Internet — of Daniel Pearl's death. (He does show reactions to it, which is a bit questionable.) This breakdown, however, is equally intimate and awful. Maybe if an unknown actress had played the part, I'd feel less compromised by the scene. Instead, it seems like a vehicle, a moment that we'll doubtless see again at the Oscar broadcast, when Jolie is announced as one of the five nominees for Best Actress.
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I would buy these.
Stir the pot.
Figures I would like to have:
Boba Fett ESB
Boba Fett ROTJ
Luke Jedi
Gammy Guard
Ephant Mon heheehheehe one can dream
Lando as skiff guard <---that would really rock!
One way to out think people is to make them think you think they'll think what you are not really trying to get them to think what you think.
Gamorrean Guard comment made me think about big figures in this line. Will we finally be getting an accurate, transforming Destroyer Droid? That's a pretty major presence in the prequels, after all, and it's something fans have been demanding for 14 years now, but I suspect Hasbro will say it's too difficult to work the transformation into that figure.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Which makes no sense from a company whose biggest proprietary franchise is Transformers!
That's my jacket!
I just want to express my agreement with El Chuxter and JediTricks above.
That being done, I want to also just roll my eyes at Hasbro.
I'd buy a Transforming Destroyer Droid but I really want Hot Toys to make it in the 1/6 scale!
I'd probably go $250 on that. But don't tell them that. "Officially" I said I'd probably pay like $75 dollars and skip getting my car washed if they'd make one already.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
any figure from the original Kenner 12. The two I could most do without are the jawa and tusken, since I had neither as a kid.
Peeps who have hooked me up: General Grievous Dark Marble jjreason Ramy GrandMoffLouie Josephe vader121 Val Da Car
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Hey guys
I used to post on here about 10 years ago and for some reason I stopped (although my passion for Star Wars and Star Wars figures has remained). I don't even remember my username.
Anyways, hello everybody! I still recognise a few names from 10 years ago.
Well, I'm really looking forward to the Black Series as I love the 3.75 figure line and I also love the Sideshow line so I'm excited to get something in between.
What are the figures that on your wish list?
For me, the number 1 is Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker. I absolutely love the Sideshow version and I would love a highly detailed 6" version of Luke from Return of the Jedi.
The others on my wishlist are as follows:
Darth Vader (Empire Strikes Back)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Padawan)
Aayla Secura
Anakin Skywalker (AOTC Tusken Fight)
Jango Fett
Luke Skywalker (A New Hope)
What about you? :-)
If the Sandtrooper wasn't in wave 1, that would have definitely been in my top 5 somewhere. I think X-Wing Luke might have made the top ten as well. But since those two are on the way, my want list looks like this:
Bossk - I don't want this line to die until they make a Bossk figure, no one else matters.
TIE Fighter Pilot
Biker Scout
Gamorrean Guard
AT-AT Driver
Ephant Mon
Amanaman - these last four would never happen, but I would buy them in a second if they were made.
I really can't think of much from the Prequels that I would buy. Maybe Commander Cody, a Shocktrooper or an Ep2 Clonetrooper if they looked amazing
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GalaxyCollectibles.com home to some rare and obscure finds has seemed to pull up a preview photo of another Star Tours Droid. I saw it posted over in the forums with our friends at r-Scum
I attached a photo I had taken from a Disney Vacation in Florida last January. The droid in my picture appears to be the same as the one in their photo.
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HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse applies a reassuring "you can do it" attitude to demonstrate effective home-design techniques in "Carter's Way." Here's an excerpt.
Chapter 1
Carter's Way Explained
I once had someone ask me about my show Carter Can, "How do you do it? You go into a room and suddenly you pull it all together, and it looks great. It's like magic." It's not magic. It's a simple process born of design basics and lessons learned from experience. Instead of magic, I use Carter's Way.
I'm not a formally trained designer. That's why, when I started working on my own TV show, I knew I needed a simple, adaptable design process that would work for all the different rooms we tackle over the course of a filming season. Not only is one home different from the next, everybody wants something different out of their living spaces. However, as much as every room is unique, there are in fact certain basic principles guiding any successful design. I developed Carter's Way around those universal guidelines. For ease of use, I break down the process into three interrelated parts: customized style, commonsense practicality, and realistic environmentalism. I look at these as legs on a triangle. Each one touches the other two, and there is no triangle without all three combined in the correct way.Video: Try these fast home fix-ups (on this page)
They aren't step-by-step. Every point in developing a design—every decision you make—involves each of these in some way. Take buying a new couch for instance. The practical issue of cost will narrow the style options you can consider. You'll want a couch with a look that fits your customized style, works with your existing furniture, and that appeals to your own tastes. If you're a smart shopper, you'll put your environmentalist cap on when you check if the upholstery produces any volatile organic compounds that would compromise the air quality in your home. See how all three play a part in one simple choice?
All that said, let's start by looking closely at the idea of "customized style."
Customized Style
Style is the subjective part of the design process. Your personal tastes will differ from mine, which will be different from another person's. That's why I call this component "customized" style. You'll create your own unique look that has a strong foundation in the timeless principles that guide sound design. Just like every home—no matter what architectural style it is—has to have a foundation, every interior design stands or falls on a few universal principles. As long as these are in line, you can put your own stamp on your home design.
You've probably been exposed to the basic principles of color many times, but just in case you haven't, here's a refresher. Individual colors can be divided between warm (reds and yellows) and cool (blues and greens). They can also be divided into receding and advancing colors. Dark or warm colors advance—they look like they are closer to you. Cool or light colors recede, or appear to be farther away. (Useful effects to know about when you want to visually change a room's shape or perspective!)
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Interior design involves grouping colors into "schemes" that can be complementary (those that sit across from each other on the color wheel), analogous (those that sit next to each other), or monochromatic (different shades and tints of the same color). There are more complicated color schemes, but these three are the root of all of them, and you can play off them in your own design. Neutrals—brown, taupe, beiges, and off-whites—work with any other colors, as do black and white (technically called "achromatic"). A shade is a base color with black added to it, while a tint is a base color with white added to it (a tone is the color plus gray). All the particulars aside, you judge color by the way it looks in the actual space—there's no other way to do it. Whether you're looking for new wall paint, wallpaper, sofa fabric, or tile, manufacturers have made the process easy by collecting and organizing samples by color and combinations.
Even though every room has its own lighting needs, there are three basic types of interior lighting used in any room. Ambient lighting is the term pros use for general light. It's the overall light that spreads throughout the space and fills in shadowy areas, making the room safer to navigate and more inviting. Ambient fixtures include ceiling-mounted units and floor and table lamps. Task lighting is any light used to aid in a specific function. Undercabinet lights in the kitchen and a desk light in a home office are examples of task lighting. Accent lighting rounds out a room's lighting scheme, emphasizing decorative features or drawing attention itself. Frame-mounted art lights and cove lighting are examples of accent lighting.
Properly lit rooms usually include all three types of illumination to play up the strengths of the room's design and make the space easier to use. Lighting fixtures not only supply the illumination you need, they are also decorative elements. We'll talk more about lighting and fixtures particular to individual rooms in the chapters that follow. For now, understand that no single light source provides all the necessary lighting for a room; you'll need a combination if you want your design to look its absolute best.
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The layout of the room—where and how furnishings and other elements are positioned—determines how livable the room is, and how pleasing the interior design will be to the eye. Good layout is part art and part science, and it's a huge and critical part of any room design as far as I'm concerned. The space needed for proper navigation through a room is the science, and I've included guidelines throughout the chapters that follow. The more difficult part of layout is composition, which is all about proportion, scale, and balance. Furnishings need to balance one another, and be in balance with the dimensions and appearance of the room. Maybe you've seen a small bedroom stuffed to the gills with a "bedroom suite" of furniture bought as a complete set. That's an example of design imbalance, and a case where removing furniture might improve the room's layout immeasurably. Another example is a roll-arm overstuffed couch that a homeowner has paired with a dainty glass-topped coffee table. Everything you place in a room has some visual weight. You need to make sure that no one side of the layout or one area of the room carries a lot more visual weight than any other.
Because getting the relationship between furniture just right can be a bit of a challenge, I always recommend experimenting. As long as you're willing to move furniture in and out of a room and play with different configurations, you'll eventually find your way to a balanced, attractive arrangement. I'll discuss examples of good layout practices in the chapters that follow.
You can choose a standard theme such as "modern" or "country" that defines exactly how the room will look. More often than not, though, I find homeowners have their own ideas about theme and style. You'll probably want to define it in your own way, which is fine. Just be sure you are clear on what your "theme" means in terms of actual decorative elements. Dark and dramatic? Light and airy? Bright, witty, and full of energy? Are you the type that collects antiques, or are you more of an IKEA person? Do you like lots of comfy furniture and bric-a-brac filling up your space, or do you like an emptier nest, a place with a few well-chosen pieces and very little extraneous decoration? Define your theme to guide the decisions you'll make in your remodeling or design project.
The best way to develop room-specific ideas that embody your theme, tastes, and style is to keep a "style file." Collect sources of inspiration. I do. All the time. Sometimes I see a room in a magazine—not necessarily a design magazine. It could be a really cool ad, shot in a nice room. Sometimes it's just the cabinets or bed that strikes me as really handsome. Other times, I like the way a room is lit, or the appliances grab my attention. Room designs are put together in pieces, and collecting ideas that catch your eye for which pieces might go where is a great way of defining the particulars of your theme and style.
Beyond these basics, there are many techniques for establishing personal style in a room design. These include how you arrange wall-mounted art, what kind of storage you incorporate to prevent clutter, and the types of decorative accents you choose. Style indicators vary room to room, so that's how I cover them in this book.
Practically Speaking
The issue of customized style goes hand in hand with the second element in my process: commonsense practicality. It's easy to get carried away when you start looking at all the beautiful things you could include in a room design. The world is full of beautiful and impressive home furnishings. Catalogs are stuffed with fun and unique accents. Whole new floors, ceilings, and wall surfaces are waiting for you down the aisle of any large home center. Practicality brings you back down to earth. The most important and most practical piece of any design project is the budget. I've seen homeowners run out of money halfway through a room design; that makes no sense and it's the opposite of pretty. And frankly, I have been in some incredibly expensive homes, with million-dollar rooms, and some of them were the ugliest spaces I've ever seen. Just because you have money doesn't mean you have style.
You should start any design or remodeling project by deciding how much you can and are willing to spend on the design. Make this your line in the sand and don't go over it. A little discipline is necessary if you're going to have a stylish room that suits your home and your pocketbook. Keep track of costs as you go along. Budget is sure to narrow your choices, but it will also help you prioritize the elements of the design (do you want that great hand-painted tile backsplash or the new kitchen table?). You know what else? I find that budget (we're always on a pretty tight one on each of my shows) can light a fire under your creativity. Many times, I'll find ways to make something I've envisioned for a room, when the budget just can't accommodate a brand-new purchase. I'm an experienced carpenter, so it's a little easier for me, but most people have it in them to construct small projects. I've also found that when a certain high-end material is too pricey for the project at hand, a little investigation often turns up an alternative with a similar appearance and much lower cost. I do this on my shows all the time.
Manufacturers know budget is an issue. That's why you can buy polyurethane wall moldings in place of pricier wood or plaster versions, and why inexpensive laminate floors look convincingly like wood, stone, and other materials. I know budget is not exactly a fun part of the process, but it is essential. You'll thank yourself later when your room comes together beautifully without breaking the bank.
Natural Light
Sunlight exposure is a major practical consideration. Television and computer screens set up opposite a bright, sunlit window are bound to feature glare spots, while furniture placed in a bright sunny spot should be dressed in fade-resistant upholstery. On the other hand, indoor plants positioned in a full-shade corner may quickly die. Wood, fabric, or laminate materials should never be placed too near a heat source such as a radiator, because the finish can fade and the surface will degrade over time.
Your Room Over Time
How the space will be used is a big part of practicality. It might require getting out your crystal ball and looking into the future a bit. It may be difficult to envision your newborn as a toddler, and then a rambunctious adolescent with friends and pets. It's worth thinking through, though, because that progression should play a role in the upholstery and surface treatments you choose, and any furniture you buy. I'll help you think through all these practical considerations in discussing specific areas in the house, but you should always keep practicality in mind when designing and remodeling.
From CARTER'S WAY by Carter Oosterhouse. Reprinted courtesy of Lyons Press. Copyright © 2012 by Carter Oosterhouse.
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Ahhh. I'm back from the image analysis short course and a short vacation. Now, I must figure out why my indenter code is crashy-crashy on multiple processors. I am definitely not feeling any MPI love right now.
Paul did some nice work on Finance::Quote, making it more modular. I don't think this has made release yet, but if you're following this package, check it out from the CVS tree at sourceforge.
Helped a co-worker install LinuxPPC 2k on his G4 today. As expected, BootX failed miserably. I got yaboot up and running for him, and he appears to be happy.
But then, I'd be happy with a 500Mhz G4 too. :)


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make sure you meet people that are in the publishing industries at these comic companies. Ask who to meet that is in charge of actually hiring in paying for new talent. Prepare a 3 sentence plot synopsis 2 interest them and then let them ask for further details such as a story summary. But make sure you tell them about Bosnia and why you were inspired to write. That's the fourth sentence in addition to the 3 to interest them. Practice with us here on the forums. it's a great resource you have.
Try writing a paragraph below with 3 sentences and then skip the space and write a forth about Bosnia and your inspiration. Just do it and Be unafraid to fail because eventually you won't be.


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...posters that 'claim' to be conservatives, jumping at opportunities to take a swipe at Sarah Palin. Not sure why that is. I can certainly see the left being scared by her abilities to activate the right. And I don't quite frankly see her as a Presidential candidate in 2012, ...BUT I do see her catching a lot of arrows for the conservative party. And I certainly concur with her views of what our nation needs to return to.
Here's another view that gets my endorsement as well.
An Hour For Leadership
Conservatives wonder whos got our backs.
by John Hayward
The conservative movement is emerging from a week of the most sustained media attack it has endured in a decade. An attempt was made to use the tragedy in Tucson to render the whole of conservative thought illegitimate and dangerous. Which of the aspirants for the 2012 presidential nomination spoke out for us? Who stood up to be counted, when the Right faced this detestable slander?
No need to ask where Sarah Palin was. She was more of a specific target for the blood libel than any of the other likely candidates, of course but does any review of her past record suggest she would have sat quietly while some other prominent Republican was pilloried as an accomplice to murder? She confronted the media head-on, called them out for their appalling conduct, and made it clear that her idea of robust debate does not involve compromising her principles before the demands of liars.
Mike Huckabee also did not mince words, calling the Climate of Hate narrative reprehensible. On his radio show, he compared the current disgrace to the Lefts failed attempt to pin the Times Square bombing attempt on the Tea Party, and said that from left-wing politicians to the New York Timess Paul Krugman, they couldnt even wait till the gunsmoke had cleared before they were already blaming incendiary right-wing rhetoric for the shooters crime. Huckabee also earns bonus style points for describing Jared Loughner as a whack job nut maggot.Mitt Romney? Completely MIA. Not a word to say about a sustained attempt to create a fraudulent narrative that smeared the entire conservative movement as hatemongers. No objection to the callous use of the Tucson dead as political props. Romney defenders have been trying to excuse his silence by saying hes overseas. That would have been an acceptable excuse thirty years ago.
Tim Pawlenty, while appearing on Jon Stewarts show in support of his new book, expressed some rather subdued misgivings about the crusade to stamp down conservative free speech. "We gotta be really careful here, because if you start saying you can say this, you can't say that, you can use that tone, you can't use that tone, then pretty soon you start to discourage, chill, maybe intimidate. I even caught myself today talking about hockey fights and politics, and I thought, well you know, maybe I shouldn't bring that up now because of this concern. So we've got to be careful from a free speech standpoint.
Pawlenty also told ABCs Good Morning America that Palins crosshairs electoral map would not have been his style, but there is no evidence to suggest that it had anything to do with this mentally unstable persons rage and senseless act in Arizona. Its a bit less than a fiery defense of conservatism, or a bellow of outrage against the blood libel, but Pawlenty doesnt really do fire or bellows.
Newt Gingrich found an exasperating contrast between the lefts insistence that every Islamic terrorist is a madman who acts alone, while Jared Loughner was the murderous agent of people he never actually listened to. Look, Gingrich said in a radio interview, I think it's amazing that people who cannot bring themselves to connect any kind of radical Islamist ideology to the 126 people who've been indicted in the United States plotting terrorism, people who would immediately scream about ethnic profiling, people who on the left have every possible incentive to never allow anyone to draw conclusions, suddenly say things that are just factually untrue. Amusingly, the dimmer end of the liberal spectrum howled that Gingrich was expressing Islamophobia through these remarks, because they lack the self-awareness to understand he was criticizing them.
Herman Cain, the only candidate to have formed an exploratory committee thus far, called the Climate of Hate narrative silly in a Newsmax interview. Actually, he said silly three times, before continuing, It has been well established that the deranged young man was in fact deranged that committed that terrible tragedy on the people that died as well as Congresswoman Giffords. Its silly to try to spin a tragedy into liberal talking points against a conservative talk show host or anybody thats conservative. I think its just a silly argument and disrespectful to the families of those that lost their lives. So, to sum up, the word to remember when you think of Herman Cain versus the blood libel is silly.
New Jersey governor Chris Christie, often spoken of as presidential material despite saying he has no plans to run in 2012, had some mild criticism for using the term blood libel to describe the medias slanderous narrative. He doesnt have much use for the narrative itself, saying in a Fox News interview that if speaking to each other civilly means not telling the truth, and putting so much varnish on what we say that you cant tell where people really stand, Im not in favor of that. In other words, he intends to continue being Chris Christie.
The reaction from too many possible contenders for the Republican nomination has been muted. Perhaps they are content to let the media chip away at Sarah Palin, or theyre afraid of drawing the attention of journalistic hounds upon themselves. Conservatives should not accept either excuse from those who didnt speak out for us, with uncompromising candor, when we were indicted for Jared Loughners crimes.
In an interview with Sean Hannity on Monday, Sarah Palin said of her refusal to be intimidated by the media, I will take the darts and arrows because I know others have my back. Any aspirant to the GOP nomination who emerged from the past week with no darts or arrows stuck in his chest is not the right person for the job. There have been few hours so hungry to be filled with the voice of leadership.


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Binghamton University hosts fall nature walks
You don't have to travel a long way to see a colorful fall display. You can catch a spectacular show in Binghamton University's Nature Preserve, which offers an array of form and color from a wide diversity of trees and shrubs.
At 1 p.m. Saturday, October 9, the University will offer moderately paced walks through the Nature Preserve. The walks will be guided by members of the Friends of the Nature Preserve, a group of Binghamton University students and faculty who provide stewardship, trail maintenance and educational opportunities within the preserve. The walks are free and open to the community.
The walks will feature several options, including guided trails for the serious hiker as well as the afternoon ambler. Participants will visit the boardwalk, a preserve centerpiece, as well as a collection of beaver dams. Serious hikers will tackle some of the more challenging trails such as the Field Trail or the Forest Loop Trail. Trail maps will be available free of charge. Participants are encouraged to park at the upper end of parking lot M on the campus and meet Nature Preserve representatives at the new kiosk just south of the parking lot. Weekend parking is free.
Binghamton University's Nature Preserve was established in 1969 to recognize natural areas on campus and to preserve the area for minimal-impact research and recreation. The approximately 350 acres of natural areas, consisting of 190 acres of designated Nature Preserve and 160 acres of untouched lands, are free and open to all nature lovers. The preserve offers 12 trails, passing though wetlands, shrubland, a grassy field and a wide variety of forest types.
For more information about the walks or the Nature Preserve, contact Dick Andrus at 607-777-2160, email@example.com, or Julian Shepherd at 607-777-6538, firstname.lastname@example.com. Additional information can also be found at http://www.binghamton.edu/naturepreserve/


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30. guygee11:43 AM GMT on May 16, 2012
Hey Angela - Good post, it should be emphasized that it is not too late for people to act if everyone calls or writes their Senators.
In the long run, however, it is my belief that NOAA/NWS will survive only if it is deemed to benefit the majority of corporations more than the existence of private weather and climate forecasters. Think of the demise of the former National Bureau of Standards (leaving NIST as its pathetic skeleton) and the massive relative defunding of the USGS as templates for government funding cuts and privatization of organizations that formerly benefited science and the general public welfare.
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Just remember what happened overseas when someone drew a CARTOON that they didn't like!!!! Wait until they see some pictures of their own in not so flattering circumstances.
I am not one for blood a gore and insulting families of victims, but some here have had a valid point. Let the American people actually see what the extremists over there did to our soldiers / citizens. I think then there maybe an overall different tone begin to come to the surface.
But as I type I realize that some on here will say our soldiers and others over there deserved what they got. When their heads were seprated from their bodies and dumped in the streets.


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Ethical Issues Inherent in the New Computer Age
Speaker: Henry Lee Paul, Tampa
Henry Lee Paul served as Bar Counsel in the Tampa Branch of The Florida Bar from 2005 until January 2012. His duties included all matters related to the enforcement of The Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. Mr. Paul was counsel of record in 79 cases before the Florida Supreme Court. He tried 16 of these cases before a referee. Mr. Paul was counsel of record for nine petitions for review before the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Paul has presented three cases in oral argument before the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Paul was counsel of record on behalf of The Florida Bar in four reported Florida Supreme Court cases. Mr. Paul served as legal advisor for the two grievance committees in Fort Myers, to one grievance committee in Tampa and to one grievance committee in Pinellas County. Mr. Paul has also appeared as Bar Counsel in confidential proceedings before the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. Mr. Paul has also advised fellow Bar Counsel on numerous cases in which he was not counsel of record. Bar Counsel is responsible for all legal functions in disciplinary cases including litigation and review before the Florida Supreme Court. Bar Counsel serves as counsel to grievance committees and is responsible for investigating and prosecution of complaints alleging violations of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. On January 16, 2012, Mr. Paul returned to private practice with offices in Tampa and Fort Myers. Mr. Paul Primarily practices in matters involving lawyer regulation and conduct as well as business litigation. Mr. Paul completed his undergraduate studies at Florida State University in 1981 and received his law degree from Stetson University in 1984. He has been a member of The Florida Bar and has actively practiced law since 1985. Mr. Paul was employed with the firm that became known as Lazzara & Paul, P. A. from 1984 to 1997. In 1997, Mr. Paul started the firm of Paul & Singer, P. A. and practiced with this firm until 2005.
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From The Globe and Mail:
Transforming crime hot spot into sea of tranquillity
Josh Wingrove
After eight murders and the non-fatal shooting of a five-year-old girl, crime in the old city of York seemed earlier this year to be out of control.
In most cases, police linked either the suspect or victim to one of two local gangs. Booze cans had sprung up, and the drug trade was in full swing. It left residents of the once-peaceful neighbourhood at a loss. Suddenly 12 Division, the area policing district, had become Toronto's new crime hot spot. The division's veteran boss, Superintendent Brody Smollet, called it "unheard of."
Police sought a solution, turning to a three-year-old community policing strategy developed in the aftermath of 2005's Summer of the Gun as the brainchild of Chief Bill Blair – the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS).
The Toronto Police Service dispatched 75 officers as part of its summer TAVIS deployment, split between 12 Division and their neighbours to the north, 31 Division, which encompasses the long-maligned Jane-Finch community. The philosophy was two-pronged: let the Guns and Gangs Unit sweep in with arrests, then dispatch TAVIS, the friendly, visible foot-patrol and bicycle officers who would hold the peace while neighbourhood leaders worked to reclaim their streets.
The impact was significant.
According to numbers provided by police crime analysts, in the 165 days of 2009 before TAVIS showed up, 12 Division had eight slayings and 18 shootings. In the 130 days since – including the summer, typically a period of increased crime activity – the neighbourhood has had just one homicide (a domestic dispute on the second day they arrived, with no gang ties) and nine shootings, none of them fatal. Since TAVIS, the gangs of York are quiet.
"I expect we'll be successful when we put these programs in place, but I've gotta tell you, the numbers are way more than I expected," said Staff Superintendent Glenn De Caire, who heads up the TAVIS squad from the TPS College Street headquarters. "That's pretty impressive for that division, that neighbourhood, that geography."
In 31 Division, the number of shootings dropped to 11 from 30.
This year's summer surge drew on the failures of a similar initiative last year, when it was 31 Division and the downtown 51 Division that received extra summer officers. In 31 last year, TAVIS quelled the violence only to leave and see it flare again. The area had seven homicides before TAVIS came, one with them, and six after they left.
"That indicated to us we needed a longer period of time, and greater capacity… clearly that we just cannot withdraw from an area. It has to be a phased approach supported by a maintenance strategy," Supt. De Caire said.
"Not only to get control of the neighbourhood, but to get those [community] partnerships," added Sergeant Jeff Pearson of TPS command.
They point to partnerships such as the one built with the Eglinton Hill Business Improvement Area, led by local Variety & Video store owner Steve Tasses. The BIA staged a community barbecue over the summer and oversaw the revamping of Coronation Park, located just northwest of the Keele-Eglinton intersection. When TAVIS arrived, the basketball hoops had no nets and an equipment building was run down and covered in spray paint.
Next Friday, 230 youngsters from nearby schools will carve pumpkins in the revamped park, in another event organized by Mr. Tasses.
"TAVIS went in there and cleaned out the park. We went in there and cleaned up the park," he says. "We did a whole bunch of things in the summertime to get the community to come together. Now that this initiative is over, it's up to us – the BIA, the homeowners, the tenants – it's up to us to fill the void [police] created when they got rid of the gangs and the dealers."
Local councillor Frank Di Giorgio said he's heard the booze cans have been cleaned up. "I've been very happy with the success of the [TAVIS] program," Mr. Di Giorgio said.
The summer surge has been slowly phased out since last month, an ongoing departure. There are also TAVIS officers stationed year-round in every division.
TAVIS has caught the eye of the province, which has shelled out money to other police forces willing to adapt it for their own communities. So far, 17 have, including Ottawa and Hamilton. However, TAVIS is entirely an Ontario phenomenon ("I've never even heard of it," said Rick Parent, a criminology professor at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University and co-author of Community-Based Strategic Policing ).
Police will wait on updated statistics before deciding which areas next summer's TAVIS surge will target. Mr. Tasses hopes they won't have to come back to Keele and Eglinton.
"We're cautiously optimistic that the area will take a turn for the better," the store owner said. "But it's got to be a conscious effort from everyone."


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AD7000W drops from network after I pause music
I'm able to see the speaker using airplay soon after I turn it on. If I pause the music and then try to start it again, the speaker is no longer available in my list of Airplay devices. My Apple TV doesn't have this issue. After it plays music for a bit, I can also no longer see it from my other Apple devices...
Connecting to my WiFi network is working fine... For some reason it won't stay connected... Ideas?
Other than this, the music sounds great as long as I don't hit pause or want to switch to another device!
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I've been thinking a lot about 'trust' and 'reputation' recently. (I presented a paper at the Boston Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference earlier this month entitled OpenPrivacy - Enhancing the Internet with Reputations.)
Trust is key to any anonymous network, indeed to any society. Pseudonyms that over time prove to be trustworthy develop reputations that smooth the process of finding the people/entities that are most worth dealing with - within any given domain.
Trust is not generally transitive, as I may trust an auto mechanic with my car but perhaps not to invest my money. Ultimately, we find that trust develops through prior experience and knowledge, is spread by word-of-mouth, is dynamic, and non-monotonic.
There's precious little useful research in the computer science literature on trust and reputations, perhaps because there's a need to understand some background in the social sciences as to what it is and how it works. But I'm excited that more effort is going in this direction. Here's a short Bibliography that I have compiled. Suggestions are welcome!


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Newfoundland and Labrador auditor general (AG) Terry Paddon issued his latest report this morning, highlighting problems and areas of concern in spending by various government departments.
The annual AG report is a presentation of review work completed by his office over the past year.
"Our objective is to ensure that government operations are conducted in an appropriate manner," Paddon told reporters, shortly after 10:30 a.m., while presenting the summary document at his office in Mount Pearl.
The report released today covers a variety of topics.
Click on the links to reach our accompanying, preliminary stories from what the AG has highlighted:
• The Eastern Health Regional Authority
• Fee-for-service physicians: The audit process
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• Support for the cranberry industry
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"Oil money potentially being lost with delayed auditing: AG"
• Bridge inspection and monitoring
"Bridges in worse shape than ever"
• Use of contracted and chartered air services by government staff
"ATVs, snowmobiles, campers found in government hangar — New waterbomber left in cold in 2011 due to lack of heated space"
The report released today from the AG's offices comes in addition to a report Paddon filed last week, focused on the overall state of the province's finances for the year ended March 31, 2013.
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Paralympic Powerlifting is the ultimate test of upper body strength. The sport made its first appearance at the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. It was originally called weightlifting and only men with spinal injuries could compete. The rules were later changed to include women and competitors with other disabilities. Today, the competition is open to all athletes with cerebral palsy, spinal injuries, amputations (lower limb amputees only) and others who meet the disability requirements. Women made their Paralympic Powerlifting debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.
From 1992 to 1996, the number of countries with participants in Paralympic powerlifting more than doubled. Since then, that number has risen to 109 countries. It is the fastest growing Paralympic sport in the world.
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In Paralympic powerlifting, athletes must meet requirements based on their impairment. They are then grouped by bodyweight for competition. Athletes with different impairments compete for the same medals. There are 10 different weight categories for men and women.
Powerlifters must lower the bench-press bar to their chest and hold it motionless. They must then press it upwards to arm's length while keeping their elbows locked. Athletes are given three attempts. The winner is the athlete who lifts the most weight (measured in kilograms).
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After taking John McCain to task for suggesting that health benefits may become a taxed, the democrats have changed their mind. Unless you belong to a union. The plans of Senators Baucus and Kennedy both have special exemptions for unions.
Mr. Baucus officially floated his plans for a tax this week, only with a surprising twist: His levy will not apply to union plans, at least for the duration of existing contracts. In other words, Mr. Baucus intends to tax the health-care benefits only of those who didn't spend a fortune electing Democrats to office. Sen. Ted Kennedy, who is circulating his own health-care reform, has also included provisions that will exempt unions from certain provisions.
Of course the President has been back and forth on the issue.
The administration, for its part, is bobbing and weaving. Peter Orszag, Mr. Obama's budget director, said in a recent hearing that a benefits tax "most firmly should remain on the table," a comment immediately followed by White House assurances that, honestly, it hated the idea. Mr. Baucus also recently reported that the president remained open to the idea, a comment again instantly refuted from above. The president may well be attracted to the dollars of a benefit tax, but he's waiting to see if he can blame Congress for dragging him into it.


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K-1 has been rather quiet for most of 2013 so far, outside of running the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals for 2012 in March in Croatia. Other than the crowning of Mirko Cro Cop as the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion they have been focusing on their K-1 World Qualifying Tour events, which are focused on bringing the best available talent from certain regions into the K-1 fold for use in their bigger tournaments.
Much in the same vein, they announced today that they will be kicking off a "K-1 World Tour" series of events, which will be aimed at running smaller shows in as many countries as they can and crowning champions in multiple weight classes, something that we've been looking forward to for a while now. Those weight classes are -63kg, 70kg, 85kg, 95kg and Heavyweight/Super Heavyweight. It sounds like they are looking to make these smaller K-1 events serve almost as a farm league for the bigger K-1 shows and to develop talent, which seems like a great idea for the time being, as many of the established names are in GLORY at the moment, but there is still a ton of developing talent out there fresh for the picking.


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April 26th, 2011
Roy Rodriguez collects early American pewter. He has come across a small beaker engraved as follows:
"Nellie M. Barrett Woodford, loomer, Deering, Maine, Feb. 7th, 1872"
The three inch beaker does not carry the name of the maker, but it probably was made in Connecticut and may be a marriage cup.
Mr. Rodriguez is interested in locating descendants. If you have additional information, please contact me so I can put the two of you in touch!


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The energy in this year's at-large race for Boston City Council is not to be found on the campaign trail. Most of what passes for action and excitement is taking place in the proverbial backrooms, where insiders are trying to gauge whether downtown lawyer John Connolly — a West Roxbury resident who is the son of a former secretary of state and a sitting Superior Court judge — has the juice to knock off one of the four at-large incumbents: Felix Arroyo, Michael Flaherty, Stephen Murphy, and Sam Yoon.
Connolly received an impressive 31,000 votes in his first run for one of those four citywide seats two years ago, but still came up 4000 votes short of toppling fourth-place Murphy. Flaherty easily topped the ticket, with Arroyo second, and Yoon, another first-timer in 2005, finishing third to take the seat vacated by Maura Hennigan.
Yoon's victory was seen as a measure of change in city politics, showing that a candidate who appeals to the city's racial minorities and its progressive white voters can put together a powerful electoral bloc. More powerful, it seems, than what a candidate can get from traditional bloodlines and connections — which Connolly had in abundance, as did Patricia White and Ed Flynn, both of whom also ran and lost in 2005.
Connolly depicted himself as a progressive that year, and, based on a current read of the city, could go further in that direction this time out.
On the other hand, some think that Arroyo and Yoon have overplayed their tight "Team Unity" alliance with Chuck Turner and Charles Yancey, and have thus alienated the city's moderate voters, who care more about constituent services than ideological stands. Observers taking this view suggest that Connolly might have an opening to the right of Arroyo and Yoon.
City Hall insiders can't agree on which incumbent is most at risk to Connolly's challenge, but they are more than willing to make suggestions — particularly at the expense of another councilor.
For example, other councilors' staffers are all too happy to talk about how Arroyo has been missing hearings, has barely raised any money, and seems generally disinterested in council business. They're also gossiping about Arroyo's fiancée, and whether the couple might be planning to move out of Boston.
But Arroyo has had no trouble in the past getting re-elected, despite low funds and occasional criticisms. He would be a tough target for Connolly.
Yoon is also the subject of some disrespectful whispering, from staffers who have long rolled their eyes at the freshman councilor's skyrocketing public political profile. Hence the gossip about Yoon's alleged backdoor negotiation with the Boston Redevelopment Authority over a Winthrop Square deal, his championing of a doomed-to-fail tenants-rights bill, and his absence at hearings.
"Inside [City Hall], [Yoon]'s seen as a nincompoop," says one councilor's staffer. Another agrees: "Yeah, that's how people see him around here."
But the general public seems more impressed with Yoon, and not just his base among progressives and minorities. Yoon recently got great press for helping to save security guards at housing complexes for seniors and the disabled, jobs that had been slated for elimination by the Boston Housing Authority. He has been active on hot-button youth-violence issues, even getting directly involved in disputes between Vietnamese gangs.
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Ali and Matt both attended the University of Virginia but didn't know each other; they met at business school, in Chicago. Ali wore a lace Monique Lhullier gown. "It was elegant, but it was also appropriate for the rustic wedding setting," she says. She accessorized with earrings and a bracelet, both family heirlooms. Matt wore a custom-made suit with a Hugo Boss tie.
Her bouquet, designed by Pat's Floral Designs, included garden and spray roses, and lisianthus.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 1:32 PM GMT en Septiembre 07, 2011
Tropical Depression Fourteen formed yesterday from a strong tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa early this week, and is headed west-northwest towards an encounter with the Northern Lesser Antilles Islands. Satellite loops show a large a steadily organizing system with plenty of heavy thunderstorm activity, good upper-level outflow to the north and west, and some respectable low-level spiral bands beginning to form. TD 14 is probably a tropical storm now, and is very likely to be named Tropical Storm Maria later today. Water vapor satellite images show that 95L is embedded in a very moist environment. Ocean temperatures are near 28.5°C, which is 2°C above the 26.5°C threshold usually needed to sustain a tropical storm. With wind shear predicted to remain low to moderate the next five days, the atmosphere expected to stay moist, and ocean temperatures predicted to gradually warm, TD 14 should generally show a strengthening trend. Curiously, most of the intensity forecast models show little strengthening of TD 14, so NHC is keeping their intensity forecast lower than is typical for a storm in these conditions at this time of year.
The track forecasts for TD 14 from the various models agree that the storm will affect the Northern Lesser Antilles Islands, though there are some differences in forward speed, resulting in some uncertainty whether the storm will arrive at the islands as early as Friday night, or as late as Saturday afternoon. After it passes the Lesser Antilles, TD 14 has the usual amount of high uncertainty in its 5 - 7 day track forecast. The models are split on how strong the steering influence a trough of low pressure along the U.S. East Coast will have. The ECMWF and UKMET models prefer a more southerly track for TD 14 through the Bahamas towards the U.S. East Coast, while the GFS, NOGAPS, and HWRF models predict a more northwesterly track, with a potential threat to Bermuda. It's too early to guess which track the models will eventually converge on. Climatology favors a track that would miss land, with Dr. Bob Hart's track history pages suggesting TD 14 has a 22% chance of hitting Canada, 19% chance of hitting Bermuda, and an 11% chance of hitting North Carolina.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of TD 14.
Gulf of Mexico disturbance 96L
A cold front swept into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas behind Tropical Storm Lee on Monday, and has stalled out along a line from Tampa, Florida to Mexico's Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Heavy thunderstorms have begun to build along the tail end of this front in the Bay of Campeche, and this disturbance has been designated Invest 96L by NHC. Latest visible satellite loops do not show that 96L has a closed surface circulation yet, but buoy and surface observations along the coast of Mexico suggest that there may be a large-scale counter-clockwise circulation present over the Bay of Campeche. Sustained winds at Buoy 42055, about 100 miles to the northwest of the suspected center of 96L, were northeast at 27 mph at 6:50 am CDT this morning. Water vapor satellite loops show that here is a large area of very dry air from Texas to the north of 96L, and this dry air may interfere with 96L's development. A hurricane hunter mission is scheduled for this afternoon into 96L.
Most of the computer models develop 96L into a tropical depression in the next 1 - 2 days, and these same models did very well at anticipating the formation of Tropical Storm Lee in the Gulf of Mexico last week. Given the moderate wind shear, warm waters, and presence of an old cold front to serve as a nucleus for development, I give 96L an 80% chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next tow days, a bit higher than the 60% probability NHC is going with. Steering currents are weak in the Bay of Campeche, making for a lot of uncertainty in where 96L might go. The only model predicting a U.S. landfall is the ECMWF, which predicts 96L might hit between Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle on Monday. A more popular solution is for the storm to meander in the Bay of Campeche for many days, and eventually make landfall on the coast of Mexico between Veracruz and Tampico. None of the models is hinting at a track towards Texas, and the intense dome of high pressure associated with their record drought and heat wave will tend to discourage any tropical cyclones from making a Texas landfall over the coming seven days.
Hurricane Katia
Hurricane Katia continues to the northwest as a Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds. Latest satellite loops show that dry air has eaten into the southwest side of the storm. The computer models continue to agree that a low pressure system over the Eastern U.S. associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee will turn Katia to the north. As the storm moves northwards past North Carolina, Katia will get caught up in west-to-east moving winds associated with the jet stream, and taken northeastwards out to sea. No land areas are in Katia's cone of uncertainty, and Katia's outer rainbands should remain just offshore from North Carolina, New England, and the Canadian Maritime provinces at the point of closest approach. Bermuda may see a few rain showers from Katia, but the storm will not cause hazardous weather there. The main impact of Katia will be a multi-day period of high surf leading to beach erosion and dangerous rip currents. The East Coast is lucky that Tropical Storm Lee came along, since Lee helped to create the steering pattern that will keep Katia from hitting the U.S.
Figure 2. GOES-13 image of Hurricane Katia and the remains of Tropical Storm Lee, taken at 11:45 am EDT Tuesday September 6, 2011. At the time, Katia was a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds. Image credit: NOAA Visualization Laboratory.
Heavy rains from Lee create significant flooding, tornadoes
Tropical Storm Lee is no more, but its remnants are marching slowly northeastwards along a stalled cold front, bringing torrential rains. Fortunately, the dry soils that were present before the event started have helped keep river flooding in the minor to moderate range. No river is currently at major flood stage as a result of rains from Tropical Storm Lee. Soils are at near-average moisture levels in Central Pennsylvania, where Lee's remnants are expected to drop 3 - 5 inches of rain over the next two days. These rains should cause moderate but not major flooding in Pennsylvania. Also of concern is the potential for tornadoes today. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has logged 40 tornado reports over the past four days from Lee, including two in North Carolina yesterday. Most of these tornadoes have been weak EF-0 and EF-1 twisters. A tornado that hit Cana, Virginia at Sunday night ripped the roof off of a gas station and injured two people. More tornadoes are likely today over coastal Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey, where SPC is predicting a "Slight Risk" of severe weather.
Lee's heaviest rain amounts, by state, as of 4 am CDT today:
Holden, LA: 15.43"
Waveland, MS: 14.11"
Fyffe, AL: 12.94"
Cleveland, TN: 12.22"
Rome, GA: 11.01"
Milton, FL: 10.03"
Blowing Rock, NC: 7.18"
Fancy Gap, VA: 6.77"
Cranks Creek Reservoir, KY: 5.49"
Andover, NJ: 5.06"
Montgomery, NY: 4.23"
Pittsfield, MA: 3.90"
Bluefield, WV: 3.76"
Bridge City, TX: 3.12"
Keene, NH: 3.64"
Hagerstown, MD: 3.60"
Norwalk, CT: 3.20"
Wilmington, DE: 2.63"
Woodford, VT: 2.63"
Washington, DC: 2.42"
Jeff Masters
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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where can i get 209 inserts for a 32 cal. nef pistol ? thinking about buying a new 32 cal nef ,want to make sure if they are still available ? thanks
where can i get 209 inserts for a 32 cal. nef pistol ? thinking about buying a new 32 cal nef ,want to make sure if they are still available ? thanks
Before you spend the money, you might want to ask the seller where you can get repairs made. There are a bunch of us on here that have those and can't find anyone to work on them. We have 2 and can't find a nyone to fix them. They're pretty reliable, but they will eventually fail, usually the parts that index the cylinder and the striker plate.-Paul
there's no good reason to fatten up a retriever.
There's a Sticky under Classifieds: Gear/equipment
looks like randy is selling pins that hold the cylinder in place. i'm looking for 209 inserts.
Take the money for the new NEF and buy a .209 GunX instead. Lifetime warranty, stainless steel, no inserts and probably about the same price.
John Lash
"If you run Field Trials, you learn to swallow your disappointment quickly."
"Field trials are not a game for good dogs. They're for great dogs with great training." E. Graham
try jim green gunsmith. he can make parts from scratch. e-mail Jim Green <firstname.lastname@example.com>; Gunworks
jim green
I had a couple of the nef pistols, got tired of fixing them. Now I have 2 of the gunx guns, I have not had any problems with gunx. I also had a alfa gun it also broke. (just my 2cents)
If you need inserts for nef pistol any machine shop could make them. I have made a set, but we have a machine shop we I work.
Good Luck
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I've been silent for a long time, but am getting ready to do a real release of my curve editing tools.
In the meantime, under the philosophy of "release early, release often," there's a very rough release up at the new Spiro page, as well as a darcs repository. Brave souls are encouraged to try it out, and of course patches are welcome (it's all GPL).
The timing is, coincidentally, in time for Dave Crossland's talk at LGM. He will be doing a demo, and is encouraging people to integrate the core technology with other projects like Inkscape.
If I am oddly quiet and rudely unresponsive, it is because I am trying to finish my PhD thesis - I really want to get a draft to my readers by May 21, which is of course very soon. Fortunately, I have a lot of it done. Even so, my goal is to spend most days doing nothing but writing and drawing figures.
Thanks for your understanding.