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We have developed a site with silverstripe3.In the course listing page, there is an option to add the courses to shortlist and we can compare the courses. In the header there an icon to view the list of courses which are added in shortlist . By clicking the "Shortlist" icon in the header a drop-down will show and it will display the course list which are added for compare. In the course listing page , there is a check box to add the courses to shortlist . And in the header shortlist drop-down also its coming correctly. But in the other pages like Home or contact us etc , by clicking the shortlist menu in header nothing displayed. So is there any way to set the session variables to store the values by adding each courses to shortlist menu. If so we can check the session variable values in other pages like home and contact us to display the drop-down with added courses in the header.
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My Bf/Love Of My Life That I'Ve Been Waiting On. Now I Want To At Least Watch Him Receive Oral.**THIS IS UNFINISHED**will fingsg
As I lie here gently touching and caressing my ****, I am consumed by thoughts of you. My Normal thoughts are of us gaming, cuddling, and how fortunate Wyatt and I are to have you in our lives.
However, tonight I want to tell you a slightly different story burning through my mind and body. So... I'll start from the beginning.
*Do you remember what Viv looks like? No way can you really forget. She's sexy, and sweet. She is just as much into sex as I am. Therefore, we have had several sexual conversations.
I will invite her over for the day, and have a few events lined up for us all to attend. I accidentally slipped over the part where I know that when I introduce y'all to each other, I'm sure you'll find her very sexy, and she the same towards you. We wont have worry about anyone being turned off physically.
You and I will hold hands and chit chat through whatever event we are attending. Also, i catch you and her exchanging lustful looks, which tells me that both of you are wanting and willing to participate. We will have laid out the rules and boundaries ahead of time.
We finally make it home.... Just to break the ice, I start kissing her and touching all over her body. We beging undressing one another, and you walk up taking your shirt off. I notice she is staring at your ****, which is throbbing it's so rockhard. I softly tell her to remove your belt and pull your pants off. I suck on your **** a few times, and call her over to take over.
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TDP sells Govt lands at very low cost - YSRCP's Srikanth Reddy - Tv9
Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 06:33 PM
YSRCP leader Srikanth Reddy has slammed TDP Government and alleged that huge corruption is prevailing in Chandrababu's Government. Srikanth Reddy stated that Chandrababu has brought 700 secret GOs in just 18 months rule and added that the lands are being sold at a very cheap price across the state to the private people. Watch the video for more details of this news . . . .


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It's been nearly 40 years since Louise Jongewaard lost her home on La Tijera Boulevard as Los Angeles International Airport pushed its northern boundary closer to Westchester.
Not wanting to leave the area even as the agency that operates LAX bought up her house and others, Jongewaard said she moved six blocks away to 88th Street. In those days, the 82-year-old recalled, people could dig up plants around homes that were cleared from the area, and children would skateboard in empty pools.
"You took my house once," Jongewaard said Thursday night after an LAX planner outlined various modernization options for the nation's third-busiest airport. "I'm not interested in you coming any closer."
That sentiment was echoed by many at a packed town hall meeting in the auditorium of Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets, the former Westchester High School.
Planned by the Westchester-Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council, the forum drew a crowd of a few hundred people to listen and weigh in on nine recently released alternatives to parts of the LAX Master Plan. It was moderated by former state Assembly Speaker Richard Katz.
Proposals include improvements to terminals and the airport's ground transportation system along with new north airfield configurations aimed at improving efficiency and safety. The most controversial elements call for shifting the northernmost runway 100, 260 or 350 feet closer to Westchester, which would require rerouting and tunneling beneath Lincoln Boulevard.
"We believe that's a waste. We believe that's unnecessary. And we believe that money is better spent on ground transportation improvements," said Terry Marcellus, a Westchester resident who sits on the Neighborhood Council.
A voluminous draft environmental review on the nine alternatives -- released just a few weeks ago and available online at www.laxspas.org -- drew criticism from some residents and community leaders.
David Voss, a former airport commissioner who serves on the neighborhood panel, said the document "misleads" the reader by using safety as a justification for separating the two north airfield runways.
The Federal Aviation Administration has long stated that the runways need more separation and the addition of a center taxiway to reduce the risk of collisions between arriving and departing planes. Meanwhile, five reports in 2007 by aviation consulting groups suggested the northernmost runway move closer to Westchester so that LAX can accommodate larger planes.
But Voss pointed to a 2010 report by NASA Ames Research Center and an academic panel that came to different conclusions about safety. While it found that reconfiguring the north airfield would reduce the risk of a collision "by a substantial percentage," the study concluded that doing so would have a limited practical effect "because the baseline level of collision risk is so low."
Many in attendance Thursday were critical of proposals to shift the runways, including Congresswoman Maxine Waters, whose 35th District takes in Westchester and Playa del Rey. Like members of the area's Neighborhood Council, she said she supports leaving them in place.
But many speakers also sought to shake the perception that the community is made up of NIMBYs -- Not in My Backyard -- opposed to airport development.
The two alternatives in LAWA's draft environmental review that have considerable community backing call for leaving the north runways in place while reconfiguring taxiways and taxi lanes, and building a consolidated rental car facility at nearby Manchester Square.
Craig Eggers, a Playa del Rey resident who chairs the neighborhood council's Airport Relations Committee, argues the cost of moving the runways would take money away from other much-needed improvements in the ground transportation system.
"We want to see the airport modernized. We want an airport we can be proud of," Eggers said.
"It is not right and it is not appropriate to move the runways closer," said Mike Bonin, chief of staff to Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl. But, he added: "This is not a community of NIMBYs. ... We are not opponents of this airport. We are partners with this airport."
Not everyone opposes the runway moves, however.
The same week airport officials released the draft environmental report, a coalition of business and labor leaders said the north airfield is obsolete because the current layout requires a change in operations when supersize jetliners come in for a landing.
"When you have a situation where you have to shut down the airfield so these larger planes can land and taxi, then it is not an efficient use of the airport," Gary Toebben, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, previously told the Daily Breeze.
"For us, that says we should be increasing the distance between the two runways so that we don't have that inefficiency," he said.
Diego Alvarez, program director for the specific plan amendment review, said staff members have not stated which option they prefer.
Los Angeles World Airports, which operates LAX, will continue to take public comments on the study through Oct. 10, he said, and hopes to present a final environmental report in January.
Find out moreLos Angeles World Airports will take public feedback on its draft environmental impact report for LAWA's so-called Specific Plan Amendment Study, which includes nine alternatives for modernizing LAX and reconfiguring the north airfield, through Oct. 10. The document is at www.LAXspas.org. Comments can be emailed to email@example.com, or sent by mail to Los Angeles World Airports, Facilities Planning Division, Attention: Diego Alvarez, 1 World Way, Los Angeles, CA 90045.
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (Aug. 25)
Jerome Levinson, national executive director of the Jewish War Veterans, warned here that ultra-conservative evangelical groups, not the Ku Klux Klan nor neo-Nazis, pose the gravest threat to the American Jewish community. Addressing the JWB's 85th annual convention, he told the more than 1000 veterans attending the convention that American Jews must be on the alert to the increasing strength of some of these groups.
"Using the pulpit as a platform, they are implementing a multi-million dollar media campaign to shape America into a single political mold, namely their own brand of ultra-conservatism," he declared. Levinson noted that such actions violate the spirit and tradition of the American way of life and are a threat to all individuals and minority groups with beliefs different from those of the ultra-conservative evangelical groups.


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Jamie Foxx And Liberals Exalting Obama To Messiah-hood.
Ok, I did not vote for Obama. He represents none of my values. However I do acknowledge that he has been elected president. But see him as god, and my lord and savior? Uh, No. And trust me. That's big a** No.
But, because of this position I'm viewed as a sell out (because I won't sell out my God.)
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bucs done in by Texans' big plays
TAMPA - Twelve seconds. That's how long it took for the surging Houston Texans to impose their will on the Buccaneers during Sunday's 37-9 romp in the sun. Entering the game with the NFL's No. 2 rushing attack and knowing Tampa Bay has struggled against the run, the Texans caught the Bucs defense flat-footed from the start. On the game's initial snap, Matt Schaub faked a handoff, rolled right and found Jacoby Jones open down the right side. Jones cut back, splitting safeties Tanard Jackson and Sean Jones, to complete an 80-yard touchdown before Bucs coach Raheem Morris had time to check his headphones."Every phase of the game went downhill early on us,'' said Sean Jones, who also was in position to bring down running back Arian Foster on a 78-yard scoring reception in the second quarter. "We feel like we didn't come out and compete – it's embarrassing. They pretty much booted the whole first half and their play action was very effective. Everyone needs to fly around the ball and tackle people. We didn't do that today and the scoreboard showed it.'' Foster, who accounted for 186 yards from scrimmage, turned a routine flip from Schaub into another long touchdown, faking cornerback Aqib Talib and Sean Jones to put Houston ahead 16-0. "We run that play a lot,'' Foster said. "When you get the ball in your hands in this league, you're paid to make people miss and I was just doing my job.'' While the Texans (7-3) take a four-game winning streak into their bye week, the Bucs have dropped three straight since beating the Saints at home. In those three losses, Tampa Bay's first-half defense has been ravaged by Chicago (233 yards), New Orleans (288) and Houston (268). The Bucs have been outscored by a cumulative 47-11 margin before intermission during the three-game tailspin. Talib, who had an apparent first-quarter interception overturned on review, bolted the locker room before the media entered, but second-year defensive tackle Brian Price stuck around to offer some answers. "We're all we've got, this locker room and this coaching staff, and we've got a lot left to fight for,'' Price said. "I thought we had a good game plan, but I guess they had a better one.'' Houston ran for 185 yards while Schaub threw only 15 times, completing 11 and finishing with a passer rating of 154.9. "Give the Texans some credit,'' Bucs cornerback E.J. Biggers said. "They ran their offense to perfection today.''
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A WREXHAM man was found to have more than 300 indecent videos of children and animals on computer hard drives.
Mark Anthony Williams, 49, pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges of downloading and possessing indecent pictures and videos of children and animals.
The files, collected between January 1, 2011 and June 13, 2012 ranged up to the most extreme level five material in seriousness. One video involved a child as young as six-months-old.
Williams, of Bell Court, Wrexham, appeared before Wrexham Magistrates yesterday.
Matthew Ellis, prosecuting, said Williams' house was raided by police with a search warrant on June 12, at about 6.20am.
Williams, who lives alone, was the only person in the house at the time.
Police told him they were there to search for computer equipment. They seized a desktop computer with two hard drives, and found a further two hard drives in the living room. Finally, they discovered another computer hard drive in a locked safe in the hallway.
When searched the drives were found to contain 272 movies and 43 images of children, ranging from level one to level five.
There were also 56 videos and 24 images of "extreme pornography involving humans and animals" Mr Ellis said.
Some of the files were duplicates, Mr Ellis added, since they had been backed up, but still together there were "in excess of 300 files".
When questioned by police Williams made a full admission all the images belonged to him.
Mr Ellis said the high number of images, plus the fact some were hidden in a safe, added to the seriousness of the offence.
Magistrates agreed their powers were not adequate to sentence Williams and he will be sentenced at Mold Crown Court on December 13.}
He was granted unconditional bail.
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WELSH MPs are tonight calling for Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to be sacked, saying his position was "untenable" amid claims he colluded with Rupert Murdoch's empire in a bid to prevent a public inquiry into phone hacking.
A newly-disclosed email from News Corporation public affairs executive Fred Michel said the embattled Culture Secretary wanted the firm to "guide his and Number 10's thinking" on the scandal.
It also boasted of a tip-off about an "extremely helpful" statement Mr Hunt was due to make to MPs on the BSkyB bid.
The revelation, in material disclosed to the Leveson inquiry by former News International boss Rebekah Brooks today, will intensify demands for David Cameron to launch an independent sleaze investigation into Mr Hunt's behaviour.
Chris Bryant, Rhondda's Labour MP whose phone was hacked, told the Western Mail that Mr Hunt had to go.
He said: "The real problem for him is it's absolutely clear News International knew what he was going to say before he said it and on top of that they felt they were colluding with him not just on BSkyB but the phone-hacking inquiry.
"I cannot see how he can possibly survive for another week."
Mr Bryant said the time had come for a full investigation into Hr Hunt's actions, adding: "The Prime Minister has no alibi left. He should be opening a proper investigation into what happened on Jeremy Hunt's watch."
Cardiff West Labour MP Kevin Brennan said: "Personally, I think the Prime Minister should sack him and at the very least should have referred him to the adviser on the ministerial code."
"The Prime Minister is desperate to avoid a reshuffle at this point but really I think his position is untenable at this point."
But a spokeswoman for Mr Hunt insisted that Mr Michel's only contacts were with his special adviser, Adam Smith, who has already resigned after admitting his relations with News Corporation were too close.
A spokesman for the Department for Media, Culture & Sport, said: "Jeremy Hunt will respond to this when he gives his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry in due course. He is confident that his evidence will vindicate the position that he has behaved with integrity on every issue.
"It has already been made clear that when Fred Michel has claimed in emails to be speaking to Jeremy Hunt that was not the case. On July 11, 2011 Jeremy Hunt wrote to Ofcom for further advice about the impact of phone hacking on the BSkyB bid."
The missive from Mr Michel to Mrs Brooks, dated June 27 2011, predicted accurately that later that week Mr Hunt would play down the impact of the phone hacking scandal on the BSkyB bid.
"He will be repeating the same narrative as the one he gave in Parliament few weeks ago," Mr Michel wrote.
"This is based on his belief that the police is pursing things thoroughly and phone hacking has nothing to do with the media plurality issues.
"It's extremely helpful."
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The email stated that Mr Hunt wanted to "prevent a public inquiry" – instead suggesting that Parliament's Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions could carry out a wider investigation.
"For this the committee will need to come up a strong report in the autumn and put enough pressure on the PCC (Press Complaints Committee) to strength itself and take recommendations forward," Mr Michel wrote.
"JH is now starting to looking to phone hacking/practices more thoroughly and has asked me to advise him privately in the coming weeks and guide his and No 10's positioning."
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards said he was not inclined to call for the heads of ministers, but he said: "The danger is it's going to be a long and drawn out process before the Secretary of State has to stand aside."
Details of the email emerged as came Mrs Brooks revealed details of her close relationship with the Prime Minister at the Leveson inquiry. Mrs Brooks, an ex-editor of both the Sun and the News of the World, said David Cameron signed-off his text messages to her LOL – although he stopped doing this when he learned this stood for "laugh out loud" and not "lots of love".
Mr Edwards said: "I think it indicates the incestuous relationship between the media and the political elite. It's very worrying when we have relations at that level that are that close."
"I don't think it's particularly healthy for democracy. There has to be a distance between the media and the political elite otherwise they are not able to do their scrutiny job."
He also wanted to see Mr Hunt take responsibility for the actions of his special advisor, saying: "What's been most nauseating about the new government is when there are clear difficulties in departments it's not ministers who are [taking the rap]...
"In this case it's been a special advisor but it's clearly appropriate in a democracy for ministers and a Secretary of State to be held to account rather than their staff. Clearly, there has to be an investigation."
South Wales West AM Peter Black, the Liberal Democrats' heritage spokesman, said: "Rebekah Brooks' evidence today is yet further proof that both Labour and the Conservatives enjoyed a far too cosy relation with News International in the desperate hope of an endorsement or a favourable headline."
"With the Liberal Democrats in Government in Westminster, it is the first time in decades that News International cannot count on access to all Government Ministers.
"Liberal Democrats have ensured that the Leveson enquiry will be wide ranging as it is essential that the relationship between the media and politicians is put under a spotlight."
John Jewell, a media expert at Cardiff University, expects Mr Hunt will have to resign. He said: "His position is clearly untenable now anyway with this email coming out."


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Ford's 1.0-Litre EcoBoost Engine Is A Fleet Hero
BRENTWOOD, UNITED KINGDOM – Dec 4, 2012: Ford's critically acclaimed 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine has won another prestigious UK award, this time from the Energy Saving Trust (EST), the respected carbon reduction organisation.
At its annual Fleet Hero Awards, Ford won the "Innovation in Car and Van Manufacturing" category. The prize recognises manufacturers that are investing in innovation and new technologies to provide lower carbon vehicle options for fleet operators.
Ian Featherstone, transport knowledge manager at the EST and awards judge, commented: "While alternatives to the internal combustion engine may be the future, existing technologies still have much to offer. Cutting edge, clever engineering like Ford's EcoBoost has allowed a tiny engine to punch well above its weight and has reopened the debate about the relative merits of petrol and diesel."
It isn't the first time Ford has been honoured by the Energy Saving Trust. The company won the same category at the 2009 Fleet Hero Awards for its fuel saving technologies, following the launch of its low-carbon ECOnetic diesel-engined vehicles and the EcoBoost petrol engine range.
This most recent honour is the third for the innovative three-cylinder powerplant. The 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine has been awarded the title of "International Engine of the Year" and in November it was revealed as the winner of the prestigious Dewar Trophy for outstanding British technical achievement in the automotive industry.
During October, the three-cylinder 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine took part in the 2012 ALD Automotive/Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon, this time under the bonnet of a Ford Focus.
Its two-day average fuel consumption figure of 61.93mpg was a near 10 per cent improvement on its official Combined Cycle figure of 56.5mpg. At the same event a Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCi recorded a remarkable 108.78mpg.
The 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine is now available in the Ford Fiesta, Focus, B-MAX, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX.


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The Aluminum Finishing Company is a former metal finishing facility that operated at 6006 Ardmore Street in Houston from March 1981 to January 1993. The company leased the property where it electroplated metal nuts and bolts using sodium cyanide, cadmium, chromium, and sulfuric acid.
Multiple TCEQ investigations documented soils contaminated with hazardous substances including cadmium, chromium, lead, arsenic, and cyanide. Tanks containing cadmium and chromium sludge were abandoned on the property after Aluminum Finishing ceased operations.
The site was proposed for listing on the state Superfund registry sites in 2006. In October 2006, the property owner, Riverside Kitchen and Bath Company, negotiated an agreement with the TCEQ to remediate the site under the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). In August 2007, the TCEQ deleted the site from the Superfund registry because it was being addressed under the VCP.
No further Superfund environmental response actions are required. The site was issued a VCP certificate of completion in 2011.]]>
The American Zinc site is located near the city of Dumas, approximately 3.5 miles north on U.S. 287 and 5 miles east on Farm Road 119. The site was operated as a zinc smelter from the late 1930s until the late 1960s or early 1970s, generating heavy metal waste typical to that process. During World War II and for the major part of its lifetime, the smelting plant was a source of zinc in the United States' defense program. The abandoned smelting plant has been decommissioned since 1957. Numerous slag piles have been deposited in, around, and across the intermittent South Palo Duro Creek. The slag material apparently was also used throughout the site as road base. In November 1987, the Texas Water Commission collected samples from various locations around the site, including the creek. Analysis showed significant contamination from lead and cadmium.
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The Angus Road Groundwater Plume site underlies the 4300 block of Angus Road, approximately four blocks northwest of the city limits of Odessa, Texas. The plume is bounded by West 47th Street to the north, Johnson Street to the west, Kermit Highway to the south, and Cessna Avenue and Brahma Road to the east.
The area consists of mixed commercial/industrial and residential properties. A variety of businesses operate in the area, including light industrial fabricators, warehouses, storage facilities, and oil and gas production wells.
Since 2004, groundwater samples collected from private and public water wells by the TCEQ have detected 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, and manganese at concentrations above the Tier 1 residential protective concentration levels for groundwater ingestion established by the Texas Risk Reduction Program.
In June 2010, the TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry and published a community relations plan. The TCEQ began the remedial investigation of the site in November 2010 to determine the nature and extent of the groundwater contamination.
The site is in the remedial investigation phase.
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The ArChem Thames/Chelsea site encompasses approximately 10 acres at 13103 Conklin Lane near the intersection of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 in southeast Houston, Harris County. A wide range of organic chemicals and catalysts were used in manufacturing and processing operations from 1961 until the site was abandoned in 1991.
When it was abandoned, spill and surface contamination were widespread throughout. There was evidence of contamination in the surface impoundments and drainage ditches. Approximately two-thousand 55-gallon drums of waste in various stages of deterioration were on-site.
Structures left at the site after it was abandoned included an office and warehouse buildings, concrete foundations in the former process areas, a sludge drying bed, two land farm areas, and containment areas associated with former aboveground tanks. There were two surface impoundments associated with wastewater from the former operations in the north-eastern portion of the facility.
Some of the potentially responsible parties (PRPs), the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the TCEQ conducted separate waste removal actions from the site between 1992 and 1995 to address the containerized waste and surface water contamination.
The TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry in 2001 and selected commercial/industrial as the appropriate future land use for the site. The TCEQ conducted the remedial investigation (RI) of the soils, sediments, surface water and groundwater between April 2002 and July 2005.
The TCEQ didn't detect any chemicals of concern above the protective concentration levels (PCLs) in the groundwater or surface water. Levels of antimony, lead, mercury, benzene, toluene, tetrahydrofuran, 2-nitroaniline and furfural exceeded the PCLs in the soil and the land farm areas, necessitating the development of a remedial action for the site.
On July 15, 2009, the TCEQ issued an administrative order (AO) which selected excavation and off-site disposal of the contaminated soils and sediments from the impoundments as the remedial action for the site. We ordered the named responsible parties to perform the remedial action, but they were unwilling or unable to begin the selected remedial action within the timeframe specified in the AO. Therefore the TCEQ performed the remedy beginning in August 2009. The remedy was considered complete in July 2011 when the final closure report was approved.
The TCEQ deleted the site from the state Superfund registry in July 2013.
Cleanup is complete. The site needs no additional state Superfund environmental response actions.
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The Avinger Development Company site covers 26.5 acres on the south-side of State Highway 155, approximately 0.5 miles east of its intersection with State Highway 49 in Avinger. Wood was treated with chromated copper arsenate at the facility from 1969 to 1972.
In 1993, the TCEQ collected soil samples from a discharge pit and detected elevated levels of arsenic, copper, and chromium. Additional investigations in 1997 and 1998 detected elevated concentrations of chromium and arsenic in samples collected from surface soils, the former discharge pit, and from the sediments of a creek nearby.
In 1999, the TCEQ proposed the ADCO site for listing on the state Superfund registry. In 2001, the TCEQ accepted the site into the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) and deleted it from the state Superfund registry. However, in 2005, the TCEQ terminated the VCP agreement due to cleanup inactivity and proposed the site to the state Superfund registry again.
The site is in the remedial investigation phase to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the site.
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The Aztec Ceramics Corporation site is on 8.83 acres at 4735 Emil Road in San Antonio. The site is on the northeast side of the intersection of Emil Road and the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad. Aztec manufactured ceramic tile products at the facility for approximately 45 years.
When they ceased operations in 1988, they left behind soil contaminated with arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, and zinc. Deteriorating drums of waste glaze were left in the main building and waste oil spills were present 0n the floor of the main building.
The TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry in April 1995 and conducted the remedial investigation between July 1995 and June 1999. During that time, the drums of waste glaze were removed and the site's buildings were demolished.
On June 6, 2000, TCEQ issued an administrative order (AO) which selected the remedial action for the site and ordered named responsible parties to perform it. The selected remedial action specified a commercial/industrial land use and entailed placing an impervious asphalt cover over the site to prevent exposure to contaminated soils and migration of contaminants from soils to groundwater.
The responsible parties were unwilling or unable to begin the selected remedial action within the timeframe specified; therefore, the TCEQ completed the remedial action in August 2002. The site was deleted from the state Superfund registry in November 2003.
Cleanup is complete. The site is in the operation and maintenance phase which requires annual groundwater monitoring and maintenance inspections of the integrity of the asphalt cap and the surrounding fence. The TCEQ is conducting the monitoring and inspections.
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The Aztec Mercury site is located at 970 Callaway Drive,at the corner of Callaway Drive and West Dumble Street in Alvin, Brazoria county, Texas. From 1974 to 1985, mercury was recycled at this site. An enforcement order issued by the Texas Water Commission on May 13, 1986, required operations to cease.
The Aztec Mercury company operated on a 0.7-acre tract of land behind the residence at 970 Callaway Drive, Alvin, Texas from 1974 to 1985. The company used a distillation and shaking process to recover mercury from waste and recycled between 50 and 400 pounds of waste mercury each month.
The TCEQ first investigated the site in 1981 when numerous solid waste violations were documented. The violations included 5 to 10 tons of mercury-contaminated waste improperly stored at the site. Subsequent sampling documented mercury contamination in the soil and drainage- ditch sediments.
In October 1987, Aztec Mercury was proposed to the state Superfund registry and listed in January 1988. The TCEQ conducted the remedial investigation from 1990 to 1994.
On September 29, 1995, the TCEQ issued an administrative order (AO) which ordered the named responsible party to remove and dispose of the contaminated soils and sediments off-site. The responsible party was unwilling or unable to begin this selected remedial action within the timeframe specified in the AO. Therefore, the TCEQ performed the remedy beginning in September 1997. After we completed the remedy, the TCEQ deleted this site from the registry in August 1998.
Cleanup is complete. This site has been deleted from the state Superfund registry. No additional state Superfund environmental response actions are needed.
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The Bailey Metal Processors Inc. (Bailey Metal) site covers five acres approximately one mile northwest of Brady on US Highway 87. The facility is bounded on the east by US Highway 87 and a vacant property; on the south by railroad tracks; and on the north by the Brady ISD school-bus barn.
As early as 1995, the facility reclaimed copper and lead from scrap wire by mechanically removing or burning off the paper, plastic, and lead coatings. Bailey Metal closed in 1999 after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Several waste piles remained at the facility after it ceased operation.
In April 2005, the TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry. In May 2006, TCEQ began the remedial investigation.
The site is in the remedial investigation phase to determine the nature and extent of contamination through soil and groundwater sampling.
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This approximately two-acre site is a former waste-oil processing facility at 136 West Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz Blvd in Robstown, about 300 yards west of FM 1889. From 1983 through 1991 site inspections and investigations revealed benzene, ethylbenzene, and xylene in liquid materials in tanks, drums, and containers; and elevated levels of lead, chromium, barium, and arsenic in soil samples. The TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry in October 1987.
In July 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency began an emergency on-site removal and remediation activities. The wastes from the tanks and sludge were sent to an off-site facility to be incinerated and the tanks were cut up and disposed of as scrap metal. A bioremediation cell was constructed in the former tank-farm area to remove hydrocarbon compounds in the soil. The bioremediation cell has since been removed.
The TCEQ completed the remedial investigation and baseline risk- assessment in 1999 and determined that no further action was required to remediate the on-site soils. However, the TCEQ specified that the natural attenuation of the benzene-contaminated groundwater be monitored. The TCEQ began monitoring in 2000. In 2006, The Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County assumed responsibility for the annual groundwater monitoring, pursuant to an agreed judgment.
The most recent monitoring indicates the benzene-contaminated groundwater plume appears stable and is decreasing in size. The TCEQ is working with the Brownsville Navigation District of Cameron County to ensure that monitoring is conducted annually until cleanup levels are achieved.
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The Ballard Pits site occupies 297 acres in a rural area on property owned by the C.F. Ballard Residuary Trust and Mamie Helen Ballard. The site is located at the end of Ballard Lane, west of its intersection with County Road 73, approximately 5.8 miles north of Robstown in Nueces County. The Ballard Sand and Gravel Company had formerly operated a sand and gravel mining operation at the site and had dug several large pits. In the 1960s (and possibly later), Brine Service Company (and possibly other oil services companies) picked up oil-field drilling mud and refinery waste from companies/facilities in the Corpus Christi area and brought it to the Ballard property for disposal in the unlined pits. In 1968, the Texas Water Quality Board issued an order requiring Brine Services to cease all waste disposals at the site. In September 2002, the pits were flooded and nearby residents reported an oily sheen on the water of their flooded yards. The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) responded with collection of samples from the pits, adjacent residential yards, and from four nearby residential water wells. The RRC collected additional waste samples from the pits in March of 2003. Sample results led to the conclusion that the pits posed an unacceptable risk to human health. This evaluation was based on the possibility of persons to come into direct contact with the waste material.
The TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry in January 2006. In 2008, 2009, and 2014, removal actions were conducted to excavate and properly dispose of contaminated waste material in three large pits at the site. Cleanup of the adjacent utility easement and affected residential properties has also been completed.
The TCEQ is currently conducting the remedial investigation. To date, known impacted media includes soils and shallow groundwater. Chemicals of concern include polychlorinated biphenyls, metals, volatile organic compounds, and semi-volatile organic compounds.
The nearby Nueces River and nearby private water wells do not appear to be impacted by contamination from the site.
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The Barlow's Wills Point Plating Company site is located on the south side of U.S. 80, 3.4 miles east of its intersection with Texas 64 in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. The site is a 2.0-acre plot consisting of one metal building located on a concrete slab. The facility was used for electroplating operations from early 1987 until early 1990. The electroplating operations involved nickel-chromium electroplating, zinc-aluminum anodizing, and other miscellaneous plating lines utilizing copper, silver, or cyanide. The material generated from these processes included hazardous waste and rinse water as well as non-hazardous wastes. All wastes were handled on site with no apparent off-site shipments. Elevated levels of chromium, nickel, zinc, and copper have been found in the site soils. In March 1990, the site was abandoned with waste on site, including approximately 133 drums and containers. On August 24, 1990, all usable equipment was purchased and removed from the site.
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Superfund Registry and Investigation
In October 1987 the TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency performed a preliminary assessment that same year. They identified arsenic, chromium, lead, and nickel in the building's concrete floor, site soils and on-site waste materials that required remediation.
Remedial Action
An Administrative Order was issued in 1995, listing the site on the state Superfund registry, establishing cleanup goals, and selecting the remedial action for the site. The remedial action consisted of chemically treating precipitate residue in the plating vats, removing curbing around the plating area and disposing of it at a permitted landfill, and decontaminating the concrete floor. The remedial action was completed and the site was deleted from the state Superfund registry in 1998.
Current Status
No further Superfund environmental response actions are required.
The Butler Ranch site (also known as the J.M. Hackney site in Texas Railroad Commission records) is located 11.8 miles southwest of Falls City, Karnes county, Texas, off Farm Road 791. This site consists of two abandoned uranium mining pits, about 0.7 mile apart, that were used for the disposal of industrial solid waste in the early to mid-1970s. Pit No. 1 is approximately five acres in size and approximately 30 feet deep. Pit No. 2 is approximately one acre in size and averages 20 feet in depth. TNRCC records indicated that hazardous substances, including styrene tars and spent catalyst were illegally shipped to the Butler Ranch in September 1974, for disposal. Investigative reports showed that Pit No. 1 received between nine and twenty-six 5,500 gallon bulk loads of styrene tars, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and vinyl chloride tars and between 300 and 400 55-gallon drums of spent metal catalyst. Pit No. 2 received 200 to 300 55-gallon drums of spent metal catalyst.
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The Camtraco Enterprises, Inc. proposed state Superfund site is located at 18823 Amoco Drive, Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas. The site consists of approximately 3.5 acres of vacant land that is bordered by residential properties to the south, west, and north, and a railroad right-of-way and industrial property to the east. The site is bounded on all sides by a seven-foot security fence.
The site was formerly used as a fuel storage and fuel blending/distillation facility. In 1988 and 1989, the TCEQ conducted numerous investigations that identified evidence of on-site spills, air violations, and buried drums. The site has been inactive since 1992.
From 2005 to 2006, the TCEQ performed a removal action at the site and sampled private water wells within a half mile of the site. The TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry on February 6, 2009.
The TCEQ began a remedial investigation (RI) in 2009 to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the site. The RI determined that several volatile organic compounds (VOCs), p-chloroaniline, and metals have contaminated on-site surface soil and subsurface soil at levels that exceeded applicable PCLs. Additionally, a plume of groundwater contamination (primarily VOCs and arsenic) occurs in the shallow groundwater bearing unit. Soil located off-site does not contain COCs above applicable PCLs and does not require further action. The deep groundwater bearing unit on-site and off-site does not contain COCs above applicable PCLs and does not require further action. In August 2016, the TCEQ completed the feasibility study, which evaluated remedial action alternatives for the site.
In November 2016, the TCEQ prepared a Proposed Remedial Action Document (PRAD), which describes the proposed remedial action alternative (remedy).
A public meeting concerning the site was held on January 12, 2017 at Pearland Junior High School, located at 4719 Bailey Road, Pearland, Texas. The purpose of the meeting was to obtain additional information regarding the facility and the identification of additional potentially responsible parties and to receive public input concerning the proposed remedy for the site.
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This 17-acre site is encircled by Hall Road and Shirley Drive in Linden, approximately 0.4 mile southeast of the intersection of FM1841 and U.S. Highway 59. The Cass County Treating Company treated wood from 1962 until 1997 using pentachlorophenol and chromated copper arsenate.
The property was abandoned in 2004. In February 2006, the TCEQ proposed the site to the state Superfund registry after documenting the release of hazardous substances at the site.
In 2007, the TCEQ conducted a removal action to dispose of contaminated storage tanks, waste drums, sumps, and their contents. The TCEQ also removed contaminated concrete and dilapidated structures that would have hindered future investigations. The remedial investigation has determined that soils and groundwater are impacted with pentachlorophenol, and dioxins.
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Given that I've been terribly quiet (aka busy as shit) recently, I haven't been around here that much. Well, I'm hoping that the Stanley Cup playoffs will bring me back here a little more frequently as I've decided to resurrect the Playoff Pool from last year. Are there prizes? No. Do you have to know anything about hockey itself to take part? No. Can you take MajesticMaverick's strategy from last year and simply make the same picks I did but choosing the opposite team? If you want to. For those of you who are interested in taking part of this friendly competition, here's how this thing works.
Leading up to the start of each round of the playoffs, I'll post the coming match-ups between the teams, as well as the current standings and point totals for everyone who's taking part. All you have to do is take a guess at which team will win and in how many games. In the NHL, the playoff series are a best of 7, so a team needs to win 4 games in order to advance which limits your choice for number of games to 4, 5, 6, or 7 games. The more accurate your guesses are, the more points you get! Sound simple? It's probably because it is. You don't need to take part in every round, and if you don't want to join the first round, you can jump in at the next one or the one after that, but the majority of points won will be from the first round due to the sheer number of match-ups. Curious to see how the scoring works?
- If you correctly pick the winning team in the match-up, you receive 2 points
- If you correctly pick the number of games (regardless of which team wins), you receive 4 points
- If you correctly pick the winning team AND the number of games, you receive 10 points
Another important thing to note is that since this is the first round, there is an opportunity to win some bonus points come the Stanley Cup finals. When you place your guesses for the first round, you can also make a prediction about which team will win the Stanley Cup. It doesn't have to agree with your predictions, just take a guess at who will win the Cup.
- If you correctly pick the team that wins the Stanley Cup, you receive 20 points
- If the team you pick makes it to the final but loses, you receive 5 points
Again, I've kept this as simple as possible for those who have absolutely no knowledge of hockey and still want to take part. It also seems that the simpler the rules, the more people take part. If you're curious to see the results of last year, you can find them here. Without further ado, here are the match-ups for the first round of the playoffs for you to make your predictions on! Note: The number in brackets is the team's seed number in the conference.
Western Conference:
(1) Chicago Blackhawks vs (8) Minnesota Wild
(2) Anaheim Ducks vs (7) Detroit Red Wings
(3) Vancouver Canucks vs (6) San Jose Sharks
(4) St. Louis Blues vs (5) Los Angeles Kings
Eastern Conference
(1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs (8) New York Islanders
(2) Montreal Canadiens vs (7) Ottawa Senators
(3) Washington Capitals vs (6) New York Rangers
(4) Boston Bruins vs (5) Toronto Maple Leafs
Now for my personal predictions:
Chicago wins in 6
Detroit wins in 7
Vancouver wins in 6
St. Louis wins in 7
Pittsburgh wins in 4
Ottawa wins *cringe* in 6
New York Rangers win in 7
Boston wins in 6
I'm going to go out on a limb here and pick the New York Rangers to win the Cup this year.
There you have it ladies and gents, the official opening of the 2013 MyIGN Stanley Cup Playoff Pool. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Otherwise, place your bets/guesses in the comments below. You have until puck drop of the first game (aka 8:00pm Eastern on Tuesday April 30th) to make your predictions and you're more than welcome to change them up until then, however once that first puck drops, your guesses are locked in.


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I'm looking for feedback on the Little Passports program. It looks cool...and Homeschool Buyers Co-op has it 15% off.. possibly up to 25% off. I'm wondering if you've used it, what you thought about it. I see it as a supplemental learning activity, rather than fulfilling any sort of subject matter for a curriculum.
Mom to DS(8), DS(6), DD(4), and DS(1). "Kids do as well as they can."
I've looked at it too and it looks SO tempting... something i would of liked as a kid but it's just so pricey that i haven't bought it.
i hope someone here has used it.
Ak Hippie mama Yamia DSD '03 DS '07 DS2 '09 & DS3 '12
I know she blogged about it not too long ago.
I'm interested in it too, but I'll probably wait until my DS1 is a bit older.
We've been using it this year.
My dd loves getting her packet every month in the mail. We like the little worksheet with small activities. We have liked the "bigger" activities too (origami for Japan, excavating a pyramid for Egypt). My dd loves the little suitcase and is eager to find the country on the map each month.
We don't like the online activities. Maybe we should give it another chance, but the time we logged on wasn't fun. It was just a quiz format. My dd doesn't read well enough to read the Q&A by herself and there wasn't an audio button.
To be honest, the program is pricey for what it offers. I do like it though because it acts as a topic springboard for us. My dd gets excited about the country simply because something comes in the mail. I wouldn't get half the reaction if I just decided that we would do France in January and Egypt in February, etc. I usually add a book or two from the library. I try to find a non-fiction one about daily life and a folktale or other story from the country. When possible, we watch a short travel dvd about the country, look up landmarks, and sometimes try to cook a dish from the country. When dd finds the country on the map, she also identifies the capitol, continent, and prominent borders.
Mom to three very active girls Anna (15), Kayla (12), Maya (9).
Zuzu, a curriculum addict like myself should have never visited sartorismiles. I found something there called "Top Secret Adventures" which looks way cool too! Argh!!! It's a good thing I can't afford all of the curricula I want!
Mom to DS(8), DS(6), DD(4), and DS(1). "Kids do as well as they can."
We really like it, but yeah, definitely just supplemental. It has nowhere near everything you need to teach about any of the countries. But the kids love getting the mail and looking at Sam & Sophia's adventures.
One that we found that's less expensive that we like a lot and offers a bit more hands on stuff is Exploration Earth: http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2010/08/expedition-earth-journey-through-gods.html (It is Christian based, but if you don't believe in that, there's a lot you can do without it... It has language, animals, facts, crafts, etc. for each country)
But yeah, Little Passports is cool--my 4 and 7 year olds like it...but only the 7 year old understands the games right now. The letters, picture, and souvenires each month are cute.
If you decide you want it, "Little Passports" is on sale at the homeschool buyers coop now.
Mom to three very active girls Anna (15), Kayla (12), Maya (9).
That Exploration Earth one looks great. I think I'm going to get that one instead. The Little Passports seems over priced and I don't really care much for inheriting a bunch of plastic trinkets either...
I just wanted to say that Little Passports is currently half-price through Living Social.
Stay-at-home Mama to my fabulous DD (10/08) and DS (9/12) and wife to my just-as-fabulous DH
Here's the link i found 3 months for $26 http://livingsocial.com/deals/148539-three-months-of-little-passports-packages?aff_id=792&offer_id=4
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
Here's the link https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/index.php?option=com_hsbc_epp_order&Itemid=1529&c=1
Created an instant family (7/89 and 5/91) in 1997. Made a baby boy 12/05 adopted a baby girl 8/08. Ask me about tandem adoptive nursing and living as gluten, dairy, and cane sugar free vegetarians. Homeschooling and loving it.
Update, we did the 3 month program through LIving Social or Mamapedia (can't remember which). My kids liked it, but it was way overpriced. So many ways that it could be improved. I have not ordered the additional months. Only my 7 (now 8) year old could do any of the games, codes, etc. Still, we now have a very nice map which the kids like referring to. LOL
Mom to DS(8), DS(6), DD(4), and DS(1). "Kids do as well as they can."
Can't agree more. Way overpriced for what you get -- a few plastic trinkets and such that just ended up getting tossed aside and are now occupying closet space. I feel that the product is really overhyped and misrepresented as an "educational" product. The actual educational content is really sparse, and your kids could learn a lot more from great children's magazines like Highlights, Crickets Magazine for kids, and Junior Scholastics for those who are a bit older. Honestly, your money can be a lot better spent elsewhere! Save your money!!
So happy to have read this! I was JUST on the website and contemplated getting it, now I won't!
I bought this over a year ago for my friends' daughter who is almost 12 now. Apparently she grabs her package every month and disappears into her room...she will NOT share it, it's her special thing...but refers to her countries during homeschool. I had bought a different kit series for her 7 year old sister, which is up for renewal, and talked to her mom who suggested I go with Little Passports again...and now they have a USA sequence, so hers will be "just for her". Where can you find something for about $12 a month that keeps a pre-teen interested? The only drawback is that the USA seems to require a single payment, where I just pay monthly for the original one.
I have seen someone said it was just a bunch of stickers...well, I know Spain had a map, language info, and castanets. That's just by way of the rumor mill - like I said, she anticipates their arrival and then disappears downstairs with her bounty. She certainly isn't disappointed!
We are doing LP's now. Its okay./ Not as great as it looks on the website :)
glad to hear somebof the cons to this program, we are planning on starting it next year. we will defenitely do it month to month in case we decide it isnt a good fit. I like the idea of it being something preplanned for us to do, and i feel it will be something the whole family will enjoy (a lot of times my husband isnt as interested, and i know he wants to try this out-having daddy involved is extra fun for the kids). i knowbthere are stickers andbsuch, but what about the other consumables? since my kids are still young i thought i could put aside the worksheet type items away until later. is that possible? we're pretty relaxed so i am expectingnthis to be more an intro or springbosrd into other things.
I understand the difference in opinions - the kits have really gone downhill. I now see it as a cheap money maker.
Little Passports started out as a great product and my eldest daughter really loved it. The packets were sent in great padded brown envelopes with country stamps on them (as advertised on the website - they really had a cool look to them). Inside were quality souvenirs (i.e. Putamayo CD!) and stickers for a passport, little suitcase, and map, a pass for online activities, and a gamesheet. The accompanying pictures and stories were a little hoaky but still fun.
Now the package comes in a rumpled bubble envelope and the souvenir has devolved into a cheap, terribly disappointing piece of Cr**. My youngest who so envied her sister's kit is so disappointed every time she opens the package. Last time it was toy "made in mexico" so tiny as to be non-functioning ( and painful when it whacked into her knuckles) - her sister's from an older kit was full-sized and high quality. This time it was a plastic whistle that didn't work (really, something that comes a 100 to a bag for $10). I've pasted a pic that shows all the great stuff my eldest received previously. The cheap plastic non-functioning whistle was received by my youngest today in a crumpled envelope (with an illegible South Africa stamp on it).
I've written to the company twice, but no reply. I'm terribly disappointed in the two mothers who started it. Either they're now only in it for the cash, they've sold the company to someone who's only out for the money, or they've fallen on hard times.
I hate seeing reviews now that rave about this - there will be many disappointed kids.
We ended up getting it (wow this post is old) and I agree -- TOTAL CRAP!
I was really hoping it would be different - we love getting mail and what a neat idea but totally not worth it. The bubble envelope that comes is as light as air and filled with a few incredibly cheap items (think bulk Oriental trading stuff...) it's almost embarrassing how little thought is put into each package. My daughter started off enthusiastic but as time went on, and the packages got worse I realized I could take the money I was spending monthly, and triple the awesomeness myself.
Thanks so much for sharing and for taking the time to post the picture. I agree -- the cheap plastic trinkets are really pathetic when you consider how much you are paying each month.
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I saw this bug reported fot the PC but I am now experiencing it on my PS3 version. In the single player mode at the firefly mission to destroy his 2nd bomb, I am unable to raise the elevator even when I use my shock gloves on the fuse box thing on the floor above. This means I cannot break through the door and progress with the game. Any chance of a patch?
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WHAT: A Taste of Kingston Ā
WHERE: Venues throughout Kingston
WHEN: Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
DETAILS: A Taste of Kingston is a city wide culinary event offering tastings of signature dishes from an array of restaurants, cafes, food and drink enterprises throughout the city of Kingston. This event runs simultaneously with Kingston Festival of the Arts. ĀTickets are $25, $5 under 18.
CONTACT: Buy tickets at www.KingstonFestival.org Ā and on day of event outside Ulster County Tourism Visitor's Center, 20 Broadway; San Severia (next to UPAC, Broadway) Āand Uptown Gallery, 296 Wall St.
Harvest fest photo contest open to all
WHAT: Hudson Valley Harvest Festival Photo Contest
WHEN: Entries will be accepted no later than Thursday, September 12, 2013 between the hours of 9:00am - 4:00pmĀ
WHERE: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County Education Center, 232 Plaza Road, Kingston
DETAILS: ĀCornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) is seeking original photographs highlighting agriculture and agriculture-related subjects in Ulster County as part of the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival (HVHF). Photos selected will be on display during HVHF, which takes place on Sept. 21 and 22 at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz. All ages may participate. Prizes will be awarded to the top three photographs and best photo by a youth under 16. Photos from the show will be selected to be in the 2014 Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County Calendar. Entry fee of $15 per submission includes one ticket to the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival. All proceeds from the entry fee will benefit CCEUC's educational programming in Ulster County.Ā
CONTACT: visit www.cceulster.org and click Registration Forms or call Carrie Ann Doyle at 845-340-3990 ext. 311.


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Julian Huppert has mixed politics and science since graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2000. On the research side, he stayed at Cambridge to get a biochemistry Ph.D. and now leads a small group there studying unusual four-stranded knots of DNA known as quadruplexes that seem to govern gene activity and could be the target of anticancer drugs. Huppert has also been a Cambridge-area politician for years and in the 6 May general election he won the city's parliamentary seat as a Liberal Democrat. Huppert spoke with ScienceInsider about his new career plans the day before his party, which won the third-most member of parliament (MP) seats, made a deal to form a ruling coalition with the Conservative Party, which won the most seats.
This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
Q: Do you plan to give up research or try to find time for it?
J.H.: Being a research scientist and a member of parliament are both full-time jobs. I will have to leave the lab. It was a tough decision. ... The general perception is that I can probably do more for the research community by being a voice who can speak up for it.
Q: There's been a big loss of science advocates in the Parliament. Does that make your task more important?
J.H.: Absolutely. There's been a lot of people standing down and then also people who lost their seats. My colleague Evan Harris is a real loss. [Harris was the Liberal Democrat science spokesperson.] So, yes, it's a real concern, the shortage of people who understand science, even in the broader senses.
Q: At the moment, what is the biggest problem facing British science?
J.H.: There are a number of problems with British science. Part of it is the increasing amount of central control, increasing bureaucracy with things like impact assessments, and the lack of freedom to do creative science.
Q: British scientists often say they have a lot of trouble commercializing their work because of a lack of venture capital. You've founded a company [which has since closed]. Is it a problem?
J.H: When I talk to high-tech in Cambridge, they say they mostly [get] smaller-scale feeder money to get ideas tested. That's also become harder to get recently. In America, there's more acceptance that some ideas don't work. I think we need to have a more creative culture in Britain and be more prepared to accept the risk that something doesn't work.
Q: If you had to pick between winning a Nobel Prize or being prime minister, what's your greater ambition?
J.H: [laughs] I'm not sure if either of those is likely to happen.
Q: On a more practical level then, what's tougher, science or politics?
J.H.: They're both tough in different ways, and they're both unpredictable in different ways. Certainly politics is more sociable—it allows you to think more about the whole range of different issues, while science often tends to be very narrow.
Q: Should all political decisions be evidence-based, or should politicians be at liberty to make decisions outside of the scientific evidence?
J.H.: Both. I think there's a big difference between being informed by the scientific evidence and the final decision that's made. What I'm calling for is scientifically informed, evidence-based policy. So, it's not a simple case. You don't say if a drug kills more than this many people a year, it's unsafe. There are lots of other factors, there are lots of value judgments. What I want is politicians to be aware of evidence and know how to interpret the evidence and then make their political judgments and value decisions based on that evidence.
Q: Do you hope to be on any of the parliamentary committees, particularly the science committee?
J.H: I've had some conversations about that. On the other hand, I don't want to be pigeonholed as a scientist. I'm also on the National Council of Liberty. That looks at civil liberties issues, justice issues, and my belief is that the evidence-based approach also applies there. For example, there was very nice research on "restorative justice" as an alternative to short-term sentencing, which shows that it's better at reducing future crime, cheaper, and preferred by victims. That evidence-based approach is very important across the board; it's not just unique to scientists. I don't want to be seen as somebody who can just talk about research and research funding.
Q: Growing up, did you want to be a scientist or a politician? Have you always been juggling the two interests?
J.H.: When I was growing up, I was always trying to do something worthwhile. I was always interested in science. Both my parents are scientists in various ways. And so I studied science. I actually initially intended to switch to law. I worked with the OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] for a while, then did a Ph.D. in science. But by the time I got to my Ph.D., I was already an elected county councilor. And so I spent my whole Ph.D. and postdoc juggling these two roles. I got my first academic position and then the opportunity to become an MP came up in Cambridge, and so I switched. It's always been a challenge to find the best way of doing something worthwhile.
Q: The topic you've researched is one that, it's arguably fair to say, is somewhat obscure. But it now has some potential biomedical use. Is your own research career an example of kind of where basic research might lead?
J.H.: How obscure my research field is depends on how you look at it. DNA, as a molecule, is something that has been researched proactively for a long time. But when I started, we thought these particular structures that I work on were more likely to be rare. One of my papers now says that they may be involved in controlling almost half of all genes. It's very exciting.
Q: Do you think the recent policy document from the Labour government on how to handle scientific advice is appropriate, or does there need to be more revision to how government handles scientific advice?
J.H.: One of the key things is it failed to get the trust of the scientists, and I think that's a big problem. It's hard because sometimes scientific evidence is counterintuitive, and politicians have to be able to accept that. We also need to understand the difference between hearing advice, considering advice, and acting on exactly what it is. I'm very much pro- scientific evidence, but I don't want a sort of technocracy where scientists say, "This is the right way to do something."
Q: You've stated a position on Britain's national DNA database. Can you explain that?
J.H: I think it is entirely wrong to have a database that contains data of innocent people. That's a value that I have. There are also a number of technical concerns. For example, it's quite easy to fake a DNA sample if you have access to somebody's records on a database. There are also clear statistical differences between two different ways of using DNA data. I have no problem with the use of DNA data. But if you have a suspect and a sample from a site, and you do a match, that can give you very different statistical information from saying, "Here is a sample, test against millions of possible people and find a match." The statistics between those two are very, very different, and I don't think courts, lawyers, or the public understands the difference.
Q: What do you think is the future for British universities in terms of their tuition fees? Is it going to be more of the American-style tuition system or can that trend be stopped?
J.H.: I really hope we can change that system. I don't want to see a system where people are put off going to university because of the fees they have to pay. In America, there are very large endowments, and that's help to alleviate it. We don't have that in this country. I don't want things to go down that route. I already have a student who may well have to drop out because of the fees. I would like to see a system where education is free for the first degree—funded by general taxation. I think it's right for people who are earning more money to pay, not students.
Q: Stepping back to you leaving science, how are you going to handle this transition?
J.H.: I've been very carefully preparing for this in consultation with my head of the department. My students will be moving on to other places; the postdoc is a joint [position] with another supervisor, who will be able to take full management responsibility. Some of projects will probably continue, even though I don't.
Q: Has it been intimidating, exciting, or both, to be working on DNA structures at the Cavendish Laboratory, given the history of what it means to DNA. [Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the double helix structure of DNA while there.]
J.H.: It's a great place to be. It also shows what happens when you forget the value of interesting science. Although Lord Cavendish did fantastic work in the early stages of molecular biology, there was then a regrettable decision that this wasn't proper physics. And so, the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, for example, was not part of the Cavendish, and the physics department really moved away from this area, which was a real loss to the department. It's only quite recently, with the new Physics of Medicine Institute, that the gulf has been bridged again, allowing us to do some really good work.
Q: Can you tell me where your anticancer drug work stands—these quadruplex structures, you believe, might be targeted?
J.H.: There's research around the world to develop drugs which can selectively bind to these quadruplex structures. The problem is selectivity because you need a ligand that will bind to quadruplexes rather than [DNA] duplexes, because there's a lot more duplexes. And you also need to select for one particular quadruplex over another, and that's currently been very hard to do, although there has been very nice work towards that. We've been working on trying to get that selectivity.
Q: Do you have any regrets about leaving science? What are you going to miss most?
J.H: I'm not sure if it's quite hit yet. One of the great things is having colleagues around the world. There's really something very special about that, that collaborative approach. I'll miss that. But then, there are some very nice people to work with here in Westminster as well.
Q: In your campaign, you didn't seem to be running as a scientist; you certainly weren't hiding that aspect of your career, but it wasn't the dominant thrust. Is that a fair assessment?
J.H.: I've been 8 years as a county councilor, several years on the regional assembly, so, no, being a scientist is not the only thing about me. But it was mentioned on pretty much every single piece of literature that we put out. We had a glossy magazine that included a feature about some of my work. But I think the general public is not interested in the details of quadruplex ligands.


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If you are in a hard water area, the electric element cruds up very fast..... They make an element that slides in where the drain plug is located... you might have to remove it every month or so to clean the scale off... remember to put aluminum based anti-sieze on the threads...
This is a valve for an Atwood RV water heater like Dave is talking about.http://www.camperpartsworld.com/RVAtwoodWaterHeaterGasControlValveThermostat.html
It normally feeds a jet burner that heats the water. It has pipe thread ports in the vavlve though, so hooking it to any type of burner would work.
This is a pilot assembly that would make it work. http://www.camperpartsworld.com/GasPilotAssembly9inchForOldAtwood
I am not sure that these parts would work together, this is just what I found to use as an example. You would have to check when purchasing to make sure. It looks like this could be done without having to have a power source for around $150 though.
You would just need to supply the valve with gas at 11-13" H2O to make it work. You could buy an RV regulator from that site I'm sure that is already set up for the correct pressure and leave it permanently mounted. All this would be real simple to do. The gas valve has a pipe thread outlet on the back that is normally put into the water heater tank to sense water temp for the thermostat in the valve. You might be able to get the temp regulated with it, but that might take some playing around to get it right. I'm not sure of the temp range on these things.
It sure feels like continuing a hijacking, but the OP said go ahead so here goes. You need to have the pressure checked. It is easy to do if you have access to a monometer. Pull the stove top off and one burner out. Hook the hose up to the burner orfice and see what pressure you get there. If it is higher than 13" water column you need to lower it. Most RV regulators have an adjustment screw that takes an allen wrench to turn. It is under a plastic plug, probably about 1/2" thread plug. The stove and furnace will usually work with higher pressures than the water heater will.
You have to mount the pilot and thermocouple above the burner so it will ignite the burner. If that thermocouple looses temp the valve will shut.
These are not the most common for RVs anymore, but worked great for a long time. You actually have to turn the knob to pilot, push it in, light the pilot, and hold the button until it heats up the thermocouple. Then you have to turn the knob further to make it heat up water. That is way too much work and complication for folks nowadays. With the DSI (direct spark ignition) ones that take 12V to operate you just flip on a switch and it goes. You could set your smokehouse up with one of these, but it would probably cost 3 times as much and need power.
Or go "old school" and use a small cast iron stove with "wood sticks" as the heat & smoke source. Just turn the exhaust 90* and run it into the side of the smoke house.
I don't recall if you were going to insulate the interior walls or not. IF you go electric, that is pretty much a "must do". I would think a well insulated 30x30x72" space could be heated with a single 1,500 watt element. But a larger element would give you faster initial heat up time and faster recovery from door openings, cooler weather, wind, etc... Once you go over about 1,650 watts you are looking at a 220v power source though. They all would work (gas, wood, electric), and each has advantages and disadvantages. Electric is about as simple as it gets though. Once it's set up right, as long as you have power you are holding temps with no further adjustments. With gas you have to worry about flame going out, running out of gas (if on LP tanks), and on wood you have to reload it every so often and fiddle with air flow dampers. I vote electric....
Lookin good so far, smoke house would be nice to have.
My friend...
"Impressive" is not a big enough word to describe this project. You know I'm a car guy. Always felt I could bolt together a space shuttle if I had to. But lumber? I don't think I've driven a straight nail in my 53 year history.
Outstanding work pal. b
Looking GREAT Dave! It's easy to see you're putting some serious work and detail into this smoke house. Can't wait to see the next update!
Looks like you have it all under control. It is the attention to detail that makes it cool!


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Hi Jess
Yes that is exactly what I'm trying to do. I would like to be able to create a macro to do that like I can in Word. Then to put a macro button on the quick access tool bar in each program. I only need to know the script to create the macro for each program. After that I can add the button to my toolbars.
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Hello Jess
I'm having trouble. In Publisher I have three templates. Bulletin 1, Bulletin 2, and Bulletin 3. They show under the MY TEMPLATES folder.
My templates are stored in:
"C:\Users\Suzanne\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Bulletin 1.pub"
I have typed in exactly what you gave me changing pbWizardAdvertisements, 6 to Bulletin 1.pub - but it's not working.
I am unable to get Powerpoint to work too. The name of the template I use is "Order of the Mass - St John's - 6.00pm (choir).potx"
Could you please give me further assistance.
Thank you.
I'm still having problems. I've tried a few things, but feel I'm missing something.
Would you be able to walk me through it from top to bottom in Powerpoint, from going in to create the macro, giving it a name and writing the VBA script. After that I should be able to put the macro button on the quick access toolbar and naming it like I do in Word.
I also noticed in Powerpoint that the macro appeared (even though it didn't work) and when I shut down Powerpoint and re-opened it, the macro had disappeared!
I would like to call the macro
"St John 6pm choir"
The name of my template is
"Order of the Mass - St John's - 6.00pm (choir).potx"
The path is "C:\Users\Suzanne\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Order of the Mass - St John's - 6.00pm (choir).potx"
Many thanks for your help.
I think you are right about the desktop solution for my template file. It is certainly easier than creating an add-in!
Many thanks for all your help. I've learnt a lot along the way.
I was wondering if setting up Publisher to do something similar with my documents would also mean creating an add-in?


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CHATHAM, NJ - Voters in both Chatham Borough and Chatham Township voted "Yes" by a comfortable margin on Wednesday, April 23, in approving the 2014/2015 school budget and for the addition of $460,000 to enhance the technology program.
In the borough, 70.69 percent voted in the affirmative for the $65.6 million budget and 65.92 percent cast their ballots in favor of Question 2 - to spend $460,000 to enhance the technology program. In the township, 71.72 percent voted for the budget and 66.80 percent voted for question No. 2.
The vote in the borough was 762 to 316 for the budget and 708 to 366 for the enhanced technology. A total of 1,100 people out of a possible 6,089 cast votes, representing 18.07 percent of the electorate.
In the township, the vote was 1504 to 609 in favor of the school budget and 1393 to 713 for the enhanced technology. A total of 2,142 out of a possible 13,871 votes were cast, representing 15.44 percent of the electorate.
Board of Education members Richard Connors, Jill Critchley Weber, Michelle Clark and Kim Cronin were all voted to new terms without opposition. Connors and Weber, representing the borough, received 687 and 716 votes, respectively.
In the township, Clark, recently named to fill a vacancy on the board, and Cronin received 828 and 829 votes, respectively.
The school budget for the District of the Chathams will go up 3.34 percent.its $65,637,886 budget for the 2014/2015 school year.
The district tax levy increases by $1,408,373, a rise of 2.52 percent over last year. The amount to be raised by taxes is $57,282, 607.
The board's permanent increase per year of $460,000 to "Enhance and Augment the District Technology Education Program." raises the tax levy by .82 percent.
Chatham will receive an increase in state aid of $81,200.
The budget includes school improvements from the capital reserve fund, which will include: Tile replacement at Chatham Middle School, auditorium window upgrade at CMS, toilet room upgrade at CMS, toilet room upgrade at Washington Avenue School, and Turf replacement at Cougar and Haas fields.


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Workstation computers are available to researchers on a scheduled basis at CIDR's offices. All computers are equipped with a suite of CUNY and CIDR licensed software including: SPSS, SAS, Stata, R, Mathematica, Maple, ArcGIS, and QGIS. Windows 7 is the predominant operating system on CIDR workstations, but Linux and Mac OS support is also available.
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The computing director assists researchers to acquire both publicly available and restricted use data. Publicly available data can be downloaded on request and stored on CIDR's file server. The computing director assists with composing applications and data contracts for restricted use data. CIDR's computing infrastructure can support most encryption methods and security protocols required by restricted use data providers.
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The computing director is available to CIDR researchers for consultation and assistance regarding hardware and software purchases. The director maintains relationships with all CUNY vendors, and can obtain quotes for purchases at CUNY discount rates, which may be used on any CUNY campus. Tax-levy purchases typically must be processed through the researcher's home campus, Research Foundation purchases for grants that CIDR administers can be processed directly by CIDR. The computing and administrative directors can assist with both kinds of purchases, as well as with developing the technology sections of grant applications.
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The computing director offers database and statistical programming support on a limited basis. Researchers who can articulate clear requirements/functional specifications for database systems or programming tasks are encouraged to contact the director.
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I hate to be a downer, but today felt like it was officially the end of summer.
I woke up this morning to rain outside of my apartment, then rain on the way to work, then rain falling sideways all day while I was at work until it tapered off to light showers later in the evening.
Welcome to rain city Vancouver.
After spending this summer gallivanting around (more on that later) and enjoying the fresh Okanagan produce that has been available in our fair city, today had me mumbling questions about why I live in a city where the rain can fall sideways so that no matter how well you equip yourself with an umbrella you will in the end get wet.
Sunday night was also the 11th episode of True Blood which means there's only one episode left. If you don't watch the show, 1. You are missing out or don't get the humour and 2., it is aired right when hockey is heading into the off season and runs until hockey is just about to start up again. It's scheduled perfectly to be opposite hockey. Realizing that this upcoming weekend is labour day, I will have to wait two whole weeks until the final episode of True Blood season 3. Gah! And if you watched the last episode, don't even ask me what happened in that one, I really don't know what direction they are going to go with on the last episode.
So with the changing weather and my favorite summer tv show coming to its season end, well that means hockey season is right around the corner. Training camp begins in 18 days in Penticton and the first pre-season game is in 21 days at home. So enjoy those last few days of summer we have left (even though they won't seem quite as warm as to how a summer day should feel like), because hockey is almost back.
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David Halpern, 29 years of age, Leib Hurwicz, 26 years of age, and Solomon Sawica, 25 years of age, have been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment each on the charge that during the disturbances in Vilna in November they took part in an attack made by Jews on a number of Christians in the Zawalna Street. An appeal has been lodged against the verdict.
Five Jews have been sentenced in all, to imprisonment in connection with the Vilna disturbances, four to 18 months, and one to two months. Only one Christian has been sentenced so far, and he only for seven days.


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