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Friendly Competition - Vancouver's Bid to Become the World's Greenest City
Jul 25, 2011
The Canadian city of Vancouver, B.C., is making a bid to become the world's "greenest city" by 2020. On July 14, 2011, the Vancouver City Council voted to approve a Greenest City Action Plan that aspires to make Vancouver "a source of inspiration, optimism, and hope," to demonstrate to the world "that concerted efforts can turn back the tide of ecological damage that humans have inflicted on the natural world," and to do all that in a way "that capitalizes on the tremendous economic opportunities presented by the global shift to a cleaner, leaner economy." (All photos and images in this story courtesy of the City of Vancouver.) Reading the news reports about Vancouver's efforts to become the greenest city, the first question that occurred to me was, "Greenest in what contest?" I found one answer by examining the Siemens Green City Index, a research project conducted for Siemens by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According to the study's U.S. and Canada index, San Francisco, at the top of the list, rates a score of 83.80, with Vancouver trailing as number two with 81.30. So, at least when it comes to that ranking, Vancouver might be striving for "Greener than Frisco." The�U.S.-Canada report, released on July 5, 2011, only days before the Vancouver City Council decision, says that the Green City rankings were determined by comparing 27 cities according to 31 indicators in nine categories. The nine categories are carbon dioxide (CO2),�energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air, and environmental governance. The EIU spotlights Vancouver's high ranking on the index in spite of its being a lower-income city. Although they do relatively well on the index, wealthier U.S. cities such as New York, Seattle, and Boston lag behind Vancouver in overall ranking. The report's authors explain that
There are differences in environmental priorities between U.S. and Canadian cities. Canadians are more aligned with Europeans when it comes to carbon emissions and energy use. They are more willing than Americans to invest in emissions reductions and energy efficiency... If wealth is taken into account, however, all of the Canadian cities punch well above their weight. Despite an average per capita GDP $7,000 lower than the average of the 22 US cities in the Index, Canadian cities rank nine to ten places higher than they would be expected to given their lower income.One of Vancouver's strongest categories in the Green City rankings is carbon dioxide, at 91.4 points. The Economist researchers write that
The city emits just 4.2 metric tons of CO2 per person, well below the Index average of 14.5 metric tons. Measured against economic output, Vancouver emits just an estimated 111 metric tons of CO2 per $1 million of GDP, compared with the Index average of 296 metric tons. The city's low emissions are a result of policies geared at green energy promotion and the dominance of hydropower in Vancouver's energy grid.Vancouver earned a 95.1 rating in the Air category for its low emissions rates, and a 91.1 in Environmental Governance -- the report cites the city's "Greenest City" program as a factor in its high score for governance.
Friendly Competition: A Good Thing?David Cadman, one of two Vancouver City Councillors who sat on the Greenest City task force, thinks a little friendly competition around the "Green City" designation can do a lot of good in transitioning the world into a more environmentally-sustainable place. Cadman tells me that "simply being a green city in one place like Vancouver isn't enough. We have to take this plan and challenge a whole lot of cities to beat us, to move this challenge out beyond Vancouver to the rest of the world." Rather than following the categories and indicators of the Siemens study or some other ranking, Vancouver developed its own set of metrics, organized according to 10 long-term goals (quoted here from "Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future; An Action Plan for Becoming the World's Greenest City by 2020") :
|2020 Targets
|1. [Becoming the world's] Green Economy Capital
|Secure Vancouver's international reputation as a mecca of green enterprise
|Create 20,000 new green jobs
|2. Climate Leadership
|Eliminate Vancouver's dependence on fossil fuels
|Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 33 percent from 2007 levels
|3. Green Buildings
|Lead the world in green building design and construction
|All new construction carbon neutral; improve efficiency of existing buildings by 20 per cent
|4. Green Mobility
|Make walking, cycling, and public transit preferred transportation options
|Make the majority of trips (over 50 per cent) on foot, bicycle, and public transit
|5. Zero Waste
|Create zero waste
|Reduce solid waste per capita going to landfill or incinerator by 40 per cent
|6. Easy Access To Nature
|Provide incomparable access to green spaces, including the world's most spectacular urban forest
|Every person lives within a five-minute walk of a park, beach, greenway, or other natural space; plant 150,000 additional trees in the city
|7. Lighter Footprint
|Achieve a one-planet ecological footprint
|Reduce per capita ecological footprint by 33 per cent
|8. Clean Water
|Enjoy the best drinking water of any major city in the world
|Always meet or beat the strongest of B.C., Canada, and World Health Organization drinking water standards; reduce per capita water consumption by 33 per cent
|9. Clean Air
|Breathe the cleanest air of any major city in the world
|Always meet or beat World Health Organization air quality guidelines, which are stronger than Canadian guidelines
|10. Local Food
|Become a global leader in urban food systems
|Reduce the carbon footprint of our food by 33 per cent
Cities as Hotbeds of Green InnovationCadman believes cities are well-suited to serve as sources of environmental innovation. Whereas "national governments don't seem to be able to get their act together" to move forward on green initiatives, he tells me, "local governments are transforming the world around them." Besides his position on the Vancouver City Council, Cadman serves as international president of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (previously known as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives). ICLEI is an association of 1,220 local governments committed to sustainable development, operating�in 70 countries. In reality, Cadman says, the organization works with about 6,000 cities, not all of which are part of the formal membership; so its reach is wide and gives Cadman a perspective on the sustainability efforts of cities across the globe. As an example of innovation in cities, Cadman tells me that a group of cities began about 10 years ago developing a process for ecological procurement that became successful without any help from any national governments. Now, he says, "the EU has come to us and said, 'Hot damn, this thing is working! Come help us apply these processes as green procurement rules in the EU.' Cities are showing national and international governments how things can be done. Trailblazers -- that's what cities are." A report by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)�acknowledges that city populations tend to be wealthier than rural populations and thus tend to consume relatively higher levels of resources. However, the authors of the report point to one important potential of cities:
At the same time, cities concentrate large numbers of people into small places, and they also concentrate the knowledge, financial, social and institutional resources required for sustainability-oriented innovations. This captures the dilemma of cities for sustainability: they drive the global unsustainable use of resources, but they are also where the greatest potential exists for sustainability-oriented innovations.Cities, the report asserts, have both the motivation and the intellectual capital to foster innovations in such areas as "sustainable transportation, reduced dependence on fossil fuels, increased dependence on locally grown food and localized supply of (recycled) water, compact urban form and much higher densities, integrated living and working neighborhoods, zero waste systems, cleaner production, and responsible ecologically sustainable consumption."
Future Life in the World's Greenest CityHow will Vancouver be different in 2020, once it has become the world's "greenest city"? Cadman says,
By the time peak oil hits and gas prices skyrocket, it'll be a more compact city. More people will walk and cycle and take public transportation, and buildings will be more efficient. We're going to have a different style of living -- more healthy, more wholesome, and less onerous in terms of our footprint on the planet. The most exciting thing about this is the way young people are taking to it. They like the idea of growing their own food. They're happy getting around on their bike or skateboard or walking or on public transportation. It's a generation of kids who get it, who know we can't continue to live as if there were four planets. There's only one.
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Amputee Flippie Engelbrecht had an epileptic fit hours before the man accused of brutally beating him in 2008 appeared on new charges of assault in the Ashton Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Wilhelm Treurnicht, manager of the Rietvallei Wine Estate, was up on fresh charges of assault "to do grievous bodily harm". The charge sheet said he assaulted two farmworkers in 2009 and 2010.
This case was postponed to May 27 but he will appear in court on Wednesday in connection with the assault on Engelbrecht.
Farmworker rights organisation The Freedom Trust general secretary Carina Papenfus said the two farmworkers were shocked with a cattle prod.
"Their physical injuries were severe, their dignity shattered," she said.
In 2008, Rietvallei Wine Estate owner Johnny Burger and Treurnicht allegedly beat Flippie, then 16, so badly it left him blind.
After the assault, Engelbrecht suffered from epileptic fits. During one fit he fell into a fire, sustaining burns that left him without hands.
Burger committed suicide in September about two months after the pair's first court appearance. He denied assaulting Engelbrecht.
At their last court appearance Treurnicht and Burger were ambushed by Engelbrecht's supporters and the police had to use a stun grenade to disperse the crowd.
Engelbrecht had a fit as he was about to leave home to attend court on Wednesday. Papenfus said she thought anxiety had caused it.
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Maryland Set to Repeal Its Death Penalty
An Important Step Toward National Repeal, Says ACLU
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The American Civil Liberties Union said Maryland's repeal of its death penalty today is the latest sign of momentum in favor of ending the use of capital punishment nationwide. The Maryland Legislature today gave final approval to a bill that would make Maryland the sixth state in six years to repeal capital punishment.
"It is wonderful that yet another state has rightly recognized that capital punishment should end. Injustice afflicts the entire death penalty system," said Denny LeBoeuf, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project.
Susan Goering, executive director of the ACLU of Maryland, said, "Repealing capital punishment will help eliminate racial and jurisdictional bias, reduce unnecessary waste of tax dollars, and eliminate the risk of executing an innocent person."
The five other states that have repealed the death penalty in the past six years are Connecticut, Illinois, New Mexico, New York and New Jersey. Although a shrinking list of states continue the practice, both new death sentences and executions have dropped to the lowest levels since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
"Capital punishment laws are incapable of providing a way to choose who should be executed that spares the innocent that is not fundamentally biased against people of color and the poor, and that does not cost more than imprisonment," said LeBoeuf.
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Reston, VA, United States, 2012/08/30 - Serco, Inc., announced that the Company has been awarded a re-compete contract for the Parking Meter Coin Collection, Counting and Support Services Contract supporting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) - Serco-NA.com.
Serco, Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a re-compete contract for the Parking Meter Coin Collection, Counting and Support Services Contract supporting the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). The contract has five year base period and is valued at $43 million.
Under this contract, Serco will provide parking meter operation support services for meter management systems and infrastructure, and the daily collection and reconciliation of parking meters. Serco will implement a new online dashboard to enhance its financial reporting to SFMTA, and the Company will utilize GPS vehicle tracking and vehicle security cameras for enhanced security and safety. Serco has been supporting SFMTA services for over the past ten years.
Serco is proud of the services we have delivered in San Francisco over the past decade, said Gene Costa, Vice President of Sercos Transportation and Infrastructure unit. We look forward to continuing our support with new enhanced solutions.
About Serco, Inc.
Serco, Inc. (serco-na.com) is a leading provider of professional, technology, and management services focused on the federal government. We advise, design, integrate, and deliver solutions that transform how clients achieve their missions. Our customer-first approach, robust portfolio of services, and global experience enable us to respond with solutions that achieve outcomes with value. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Serco Inc. has approximately 9,000 employees, annual revenue of $1.4 billion, and is ranked in the Top 35 of the largest Federal Prime Contractors by Washington Technology. Serco Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serco Group plc, a $7 billion international business that helps transform government and public services around the world.
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Needing help identifying uknowns for micro lab
Tests 7A 7B
SIM black/pur negative
Gram negative negative
Rod 2x1 3 to 4x1
Motile non pos
PR lactose pos negative
PR glucose pos pos
Litmus alkaline didn't test
FTM facultative aerobic
Catalase negative negative
MR pos pos
VP pos
Starch negative hydrolysis
Amylase negative pos
TSI yby ry
Gas pos negative
H2S pos negative
glucose fermented fermented
urea negative negative
EMB agar
citrate pos negative
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I have a picture I could send but 7A looked kind of purplish and pretty much stayed where I put it, was circular.
7B was white and fanned out all around the streak kind of like clouds, if that makes any sense.
I kind of think 7A is salmonella
7B has me stumped!!!
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Diamine Marine (80ml Bottled Ink)
Product Code D7066
In Stock, Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days
80ml bottle of Diamine Marine fountain pen ink.
Please note: Diamine is currently transitioning to a new bottle design. At this time our stock is mixed, so what you receive may vary from what is pictured.
Please note: Diamine is currently transitioning to a new bottle design. At this time our stock is mixed, so what you receive may vary from what is pictured.
Diamine Marine (80ml Bottled Ink)
80ml glass bottle of Diamine Marine fountain pen ink.
Technical Specs
Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days
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Bottle Material
Fast Drying
Freeze Resistant
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Iron Gall
Water Resistant
Diamine Marine (80ml Bottled Ink) is rated out of 5 by 19.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Marine! This is a great ink! Works wonderfully from my TWSBI Diamond 540 EF. Even works well on cheap paper. Very nice color, and is a nice change from the loud shade of orange I was using previously (De Atrementis Jasmine, great ink, smells awesome, but a bit too bright for every day writing IMO). Excellent shading, relatively dry, but I think I prefer this level of "lubrication". Overall good stuff. Not sure if this is a new thing Goulet is doing, but thanks for the Tootsie pop Rachel Myers! Very cool thing to find in a package of ink, haha. I would definitely recommend this ink!
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Alberto Perez from Beautiful ink I am a blue-green ink enthusiast, so I decided to add Diamine Marine to my (quite large) ink palette. It is a very nice relatively light blue-green, with a very nice shade, depending on the "wetness" of your pen. It is actually very similar to Diamine Steel Blue, but a little bit darker and leaving a darker shade. Also similar to Private Reserve Blue Suede, but lighter; in the same range of blue-green though. As most Diamine inks it dries reasonably fast and does not produce feathering. With the right paper It is a real nice ink for notes and general writing purposes. I use it also for correcting and grading papers, which gives a very attractive highlight to the corrections in papers that are generally written with dark inks.
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Eddie511 from Magnificent Color - Diamine Marine is just Beautiful! I finally was able to buy a bottle Diamine Marine ink - it had been out of stock for a while. I am addicted to the various Blue and Turquoise colored inks. The Diamine Marine is just wonderful and it has that blue-greenish shade to it that is just fantastic! I am currently using it in my TWSBI Vac Mini and my Pilot E95s; the Diamine Marine flows evenly and consistently. Dries quickly and has some nice shading with the wider nib's. I have used Diamine Marine in 4 different pens and each pen presents with distinctive differences that add to the allure of this magnificent fountain pen ink.
Date published: 2016-06-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tyra from I Think I'm in Tahiti! First, the chemistry: Flows well in several pens. I write almost exclusively with italic nibs & this ink shades beautifully. I'm reporting that after using it on Clairfontaine and the Rhodia Webnotebook. No feathering or bleed through on either of them. Second, the aesthetics: I'm not sure I like this incredible color. I can't book a trip to Micronesia or the Caribbean and when I use it that's all I can think of. It's stunning. I've had too many what Scheaffer used to call "Peacock Blue". This is a bit more green than the majority of turquoise inks. I really can't liken the color to anything other ink color. "Marine" is an apt name as it is like one of the colors in tropical oceans (Very close to the swab as my monitor shows it - as usual, kudos to Brian and his staff.) I'd never use it for any business purpose tho'. I hear that Polynesians have one hundred or more words for blue. Sad that English is so limited. This color would surely have a unique word for it.
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tina Hammonds from I didn't want to like you... I felt this ink would be too light for daily use upon first inking up with it, and even said as much in my ink journal. But, I was wrong. The more I used it the more it grew on me - it isn't a very dark color, but it shades beautifully and is gorgeous on paper out of an italic nib. I have a LOT of samples but just a few bottles - this is about to be added to the bottle collection.
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from better than blue-black I love this ink. So dark that it can be used where black or blue black would be, but much more interesting. Has turquoise depths like a moonlit sea. Some lovely shading with a flex nib. Very well-behaved.
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dominick Glespen from Marine I had a new pen and, of course, I wanted a new ink to go with it. It's hard to choose sometimes because you never know what the actual ink will look like compared to what you see on your monitor. Fortunately, I was going through some old bills and found one of Brian's handwritten thank you notes written in this color. Beautiful looking, easy writing - everything you'd want in an ink!
Date published: 2014-10-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by Anonymous from Diamine Marine Right away, this was my favorite sample from the April Ink Drop and I was in suspense waiting to find out what it was. I love the brilliance of the color and the subtle shading, and it flows well in all of the pens I've tried so far. Normally I am not a fan of blue inks, but this one is more on the aqua or teal side and it reminds me of a summer ocean breeze. Or the sea glass one might find on the beach. Lovely.
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The Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina has abandoned its idea of holding a referendum on the legality of the country's national court, the European Commission announced today (13 May), as the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was on a visit to the country.
"Negotiations were done very much with the personal engagement of the High representative [Catherine Ashton] who traveled there last night," her spokesperson Michael Mann told reporters in Brussels.
"They [the Bosnian Serbs, or Republika Srpska] are not going to go ahead with a referendum"
"We are very pleased," he said.
According to Mann, the Bosnian Serb authorities agreed that a "structural dialogue" on judiciary issues would be held instead of a referendum. The dialogue's first session will be held in early June, under the chairmanship of Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle.
Earlier this month, the parliament of Republika Srpska overwhelmingly backed plans for a referendum on the court and its prosecutor, saying both were biased against Serbians.
The court was established in 2002 mainly to prosecute war crime suspects and ease the burden on the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Analysts have described the referendum as a Serb attempt to undermine Bosnia-wide institutions like the court and challenge the authority of Bosnia's international High Representative Valentin Inzko, who has the power to overturn laws and fire officials.
In recent weeks, the European Union's envoy to the Balkans strongly criticised plans for a referendum on the legality of Bosnia's national court, saying the "irresponsible" vote would widen divisions in the fragile nation.
Rough play
Bosnia's international High Representative Valentin Inzko recently said that the planned referendum was the "most serious challenge" to Bosnia's viability since the end of the Balkan country's 1992-95 war (see background).
Inzko who so far has rarely used his powers to impose laws or fire obstructionist officials, said that all options are now open, including the replacement of Milorad Dodik, leader of Republika Srpska.
"The international community's support that I have could include the replacement of Dodik," he was quoted saying by Reuters.
"We are not going to fulfil Dodik's conditions," he said. "He must fulfil our conditions."
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) experienced the worst of the ethno-nationalist fighting that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.
Following BiH's declaration of independence in 1992, a bitter conflict ensued between Serbs, Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) and Croats, claiming 100,000 lives. Eventual international military intervention under the auspices of the UN culminated in a NATO bombing campaign against Bosnian Serb forces in 1995, which led to the Dayton Agreement that created the current constitution and geopolitical structure of BiH.
The conflict involved ethnic cleansing and a number of atrocities were committed. Worst of all was the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, when an estimated 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed by the army of the Republika Srpska and other paramilitary units, despite the presence of 400 armed Dutch peacekeepers in the area.
BiH is officially a federation, divided into two partner entities with considerable independence: the Bosniak-Croat Federation and Republika Srpska. Each has its own government, legislature and police force, but the two come together to form a central, federal government with an eight-month rotating presidency held equally by a Bosniak, a Croat and a Serb (click here for more).
EU leaders have repeatedly warned BiH that continued political in-fighting between Serb, Muslim and Croat nationalists is driving the country away from its aspirations to move closer to the European Union.


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Groups and organizations looking for insights in how to build canoe and kayak access points to rivers and lakes can turn to a new guide from the National Park Service.
Prepare to Launch! Guidelines For Assessing, Designing, and Building Access Sites for Carry-in Watercraft is written for river managers, planners, boaters and water trail leaders looking to build access to waterways. Developed in partnership with the River Management Society, this publication provides an easy to navigate, image-rich, guide to launch designs and considerations.
'Prepare to Launch! will help water resource managers provide safe and sustainable launches that strengthen connections to the nation's waterways,' said Joan Harn, the Park Service's river programs manager. 'By collaborating with the River Management Society and our state, local and national partners, we can expand everyone's capacity to access and enjoy America's rivers and waterways.'
Prepare to Launch! can be found on the River Management Society website in e-book, interactive presentation, and web formats.
'This resource can help managers save time, avoid costly mistakes and stay ahead of the demand of a growing and diversifying audience of human-powered recreationists,' said Risa Shimoda, River Management Society executive director.
Prepare to Launch! guides users through a process to determine the best launch for their site and to make design choices with confidence. It includes: 246 illustrated pages with access site images; recommendations and case studies that can be navigated via interactive links within the document, and; multiple formats viewable on the web and mobile devices.
The site also offers links to a variety of non-motorized launch examples, descriptions of construction methods and materials, and guidance on regulatory requirements to consider during design and construction.
Prepare to Launch! also includes examples of launches tailored to paddlers with disabilities.


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Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping
Also called: Cycle Counter, Lab Technician, Quality Assurance Lab Technician, Quality Control Lab Technician
In the military: see titles from the Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps.
In the Air Force: Traffic Management; Traffic Management Apprentice; Traffic Management Craftsman; Traffic Management Helper; Traffic Management Journeyman; Traffic Management Superintendent
In the Coast Guard: Traffic Management
In the Marine Corps: Traffic Management Apprentice; Traffic Management Craftsman; Traffic Management Helper; Traffic Management Journeyman; Traffic Management Superintendent
What they do:Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials.
On the job, you would:
- Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
- Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
- Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
The Royal Oak is a luxurious sports watch by Audemars Piguet, and has now become the template of a whole, widespread watch range.
A product icon of modern times
The "Royal Oak" (named after a famous sailing ship of the British fleet) contributed significantly to the success and the reputation of the brand Audemars Piguet and — similar to the Oyster models of Rolex — can be counted to the product icons of modern times. Characteristic of this watch designed by Gérald Genta, which entered 1972 the market as "the world's first luxury sports watch", is the screwed, octagonal case and the integrated metal band. First, the Royal Oak was launched with the extra flat automatic calibre AP 2120, then with the calibre AP 2121, and now, the Jumbo variant of the watch is equipped with the calibre 3120.
From the Royal Oak there are now a variety of variants available. Also continously new limited edition series are released, which conjugate the basic concept in many different ways. So, for instance, the Royal Oak Grande Complication offers the considerable number of the following additional functions: fly-back chronograph, week display, minute repeater and perpetual calendar with moon-phase indication. And with the Royal Oak Chronograph Tourbillon one ventured even to a tourbillon variant.
With the cases one also walks across the whole range of possibilities, from the stainless steel of the original model to yellow gold, rose gold and white gold, then to platinum, but also to new experimental materials such as carbon.
Also the masculine sports version of the Royal Oak, known as Royal Oak Offshore, became successful.
A selection of actual models
- Royal Oak 15202 (Calibre AP 2121, without seconds hand}
- Royal Oak 15300 (Calibre AP 3120, with seconds hand}
- Royal Oak Dual Time, dual time zone and 24-hours indication
- Royal Oak Chronograph
- Royal Oak Chronograph Tourbillon
- Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 26252


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Do you know that eating mushrooms can lower your cholesterol? And mushrooms have anti-aging, slimming properties and can also enhance your brain power? Well this is what I learnt when I visit Myco Mushroom Farm @ Seletar Farmway West last Sun.
My parents love to eat mushrooms and had been wanting to visit this mushroom farm for a long time. Decided to bring them there on Sunday to see how mushrooms are grown locally and also to buy some fresh mushrooms from the farm.
Everbloom mushroom farm used to occupy the current site where Myco Farm is. Everbloom had cease operations and had invested a 25% stake in Myco. One of the staff brought us and 2 other families on a tour around the farm. FOC tours are conducted on every sat and sun on a hourly basis from 10 am to 4 pm.
The mushrooms were stored in these barn-like air-conditioned and humility controlled buildings there.
The mushrooms are grow on these logs that are packed with sawdust and some sort of nutrients and placed on shelves in these barn
Mushrooms had medicinal properties. This is the Monkey Head Mushroom. It helps to improve one's brain power when taken.
Rows of Monkey Head Mushrooms growing from logs on the shelves
We walked out of this barn and entered another one where Shitake Mushrooms are cultivated. Shi means Pine and Take means Mushrooms in Japanese. Shitake mushrooms were grown on pine logs in Japan. That's how the name shitake comes about.
The white 'spots' you see on the shitake mushrooms are not mould. It's the mushroom spores which are very good for your body.
Freshly plucked mushrooms are best consumed within 7 days. Afterwhich, the good nutrients and stuff died and what you are eating are just fibre.
Shitake mushrooms have anti-aging properties. It also helps to tones up one's muscle and burns away fats (these are what the staff there told us lah)
The 3rd barn we went into is where white and black oyster mushrooms are cultivated
Here's some White Oysters Mushrooms. Eating Oysters Mushrooms lower one's cholestrol. The staff told us that taking 150gm of fresh oyster mushrooms consecutively for 7 days helps lower one's cholestrol.
The staff had just harvest baskets and baskets full of White Oysters Mushrooms
These are the Black Oysters Mushrooms… Aren't they pretty to look at? 🙂
Rows of Black Oysters Mushrooms
Close up of a bunch of Black Oysters Mushrooms
Black and White Oysters Mushrooms growing side by side 🙂 They looked lovely
And I think they looked like bunches of flowers to me
Little White Oyster Mushrooms sprouting out of these man-made 'logs'
Mushrooms (shown below) which sprout from the sides of these man-made 'logs' are considered as second grade mushrooms. They are used as ingredients for soup bases.
These are called Willow Mushrooms. One of its medicinal properties is it reduce water retention and swelling in the body. It also aid the recovery of bruises. Those mushrooms that are covered in white below had mould growing on it. And such mushrooms are not edible.
We went back to their packing room where all the mushrooms are packed and ready to be delivered to the supermarkets. The staff told us that mushrooms sold at the supermarkets are at least 2 days old due to transportation and logistics matters. So if we want fresh mushrooms, we can buy directly from them at the farm. Best time to get it is at before 2-3 pm daily where all the freshly harvested mushrooms are packed.
I bought 150gm of Monkey Head Mushrooms ($4.50) and 500gm of Shitake Mushrooms ($9). My parents bought the 3-in-1 Mushroom pack (comprising of Black and White Oyster Mushrooms and Willow Mushrooms – $10/pack)
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As hiring falls, schools drop recruiting
With money tight and applications plentiful for teaching vacancies, the Pasco school district has pulled the plug on its recruiting department. The School Board cut all general fund spending for recruiting trips to the Northeast months ago. Next week, the board will consider a recommendation to eliminate the recruitment supervisor position from its books. "We're not going to have a large recruitment effort for the next few years," human resources director Renee Sedlack said. "We really don't need a recruiter." Terry Aunchman, who has done the job since 2005, would move into the career and technical education division to help manage the district's growing career academy program. Aunchman, a former business education teacher and high school assistant principal, said he looks forward to the move.
Rotary Club invites noted speaker
On Monday, the Rotary Club of San Antonio will sponsor a dinner featuring Rotary speaker Ed Mattson from Mishawaka, Ind. The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. in the St. Anthony Church Parish Center, 12110 Main St. Mattson's topic will be "Rotary on an International Level." He has addressed more than 3,000 audiences in 42 states and five foreign countries. He is registered with more than a dozen Rotary District speakers bureaus as well as with the American Cancer Society, is a published author, and has appeared on numerous radio and television talk shows. The dinner is open to the public and the cost is $15 per person. To reserve a place, call San Antonio Rotary president Betty Burke, (352) 588-9827 or (352) 346-0349.
MLK panel to host annual breakfast
The East Pasco Martin Luther King Commemorative program committee will host its annual Breakfast Scholarship Program at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Mount Zion AME Church dining hall, 14440 Seventh St. The guest speaker will be Deacon Roney Webster. Tickets are $7 and money goes toward scholarships. The group will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a program at 11 a.m. Monday at the Church of the Living Christ, 13415 Johnson St. The speaker will be Rev. G.I. Bradley from Palmetto. For information, call (352) 457-3622 or (352) 523-1211.
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I'm home from California where I had a wonderful time at the BlogHer Food Conference, enjoyed many lunches and dinners with fellow bloggers, and spent a few days visiting my stepsisters who live in California. I'll be writing more about the conference (and those lunches and dinners!) but first here's some Greek Cabbage Salad with Feta and Thyme for all the readers who don't really care about blogging conferences.
I'm crazy over cabbage, and love everything with Feta, so when I saw this recipe for Greek Cabbage Salad on Culinate, there was no doubt that I'd be giving it a try. I loved this interesting new take on cabbage salad, which I only adapted the tiniest bit from the original recipe. If you don't have fresh thyme, I think there are some other herbs that would work here, but I wouldn't use dried thyme.
Herb Encrusted Grilled Salmon or Baked Swedish Meatballs for a low-carb meal.
Greek Cabbage Salad with Feta and Fresh Thyme
(Makes 4-6 servings, recipe adapted slightly from Greek Cabbage Salad at Culinate.)
1/2 large head or 1 small head green cabbage, very thinly sliced
4 T extra virgin olive oil (I used Greek olive oil)
3 T red wine vinegar
4 oz. crumbled Feta Cheese (3/4 cup feta, loosely packed)
2 - 3 T fresh thyme leaves (other herbs such as parsley, oregano, or marjoram could be used instead of thyme)
Remove the core from the cabbage, then use a mandoline or sharp chef's knife to thinly slice cabbage, chopping strips in half if desired. Put chopped cabbage into a plastic or glass bowl.
Whisk together the olive oil and red wine vinegar, tasting to see if you'd like a bit more oil or vinegar to suit your preference. When the ratio of oil to vinegar seems right to you, stir the dressing into the sliced cabbage. (You may not want all the dressing, depending on how large your cabbage was.)
Crumble feta and measure to get 3/4 cup crumbled feta, or more. Wash thyme, spin dry or dry with paper towel, then strip thyme leaves from stems until you have 2-3 T fresh thyme leaves. Add thyme and feta to cabbage mixture and gently combine.
Season to taste with fresh-ground black pepper. Salad can be served immediately or allowed to wilt for a few hours in the fridge before serving.
I liked this salad best when it was served within 30 minutes of combining ingredients because I like the crunch of cabbage, but it still tasted pretty good even after being refrigerated overnight.
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More Salads with Cabbage and Herbs:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Spicy Cilantro-Peanut Slaw from Kalyn's Kitchen
Sweet and Spicy Cabbage Salad from Joy the Baker
Spicy Mexican Slaw with Lime and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
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©1957 Agatha Christie Limited; (P)1994 Original Sound Recording owned by EMI Records Ltd trading as Music for Pleasure. This edition published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK 1999
"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction." (Observer)
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excellent example of the wonderful Agatha Christie, and well read by the wonderful Joan Hickson, one of the best Miss Marple's.
"An old time Favourite"
This is an old time classic and read by none other than Miss Marple herself Joan Hickson, it such a pleasure to listen to and an amazing read to if you do both.
"classic Jane Marple"
Hickson was always the best Marple. Her narration is perfect. Possibly one of the best Marple stories.
"Joan Hickson is wonderful!"
Joan Hickson is, for me, the quintessential Miss Marple. It was a delight to hear her reading the story (which differed from the TV adaptation).
"Classic Christie"
One of Agatha Christie's best known novels, the books sees Miss Marple come up with a cunning plan to obtain information about a murder on a train. There are some fantastic characters too, such as the capable Lucy Eyelesbarrow and curmudgeonly old Mr Crackenthorpe. Read by the quintessential Miss Marple herself, Joan Hickson, who has the perfect delivery (though I found it odd at first when she referred to Miss Marple in the third person!). Recommended for Christie fans.
"Lost momentum"
Having listened to, and thoroughly enjoyed "Murder in the Caribbean" and "Nemesis" read by Joan Hickson, I was slightly disappointed with this recording. This, I believe, had more to do with the story, which didn't flow as well nor maintain dramatic tension as masterfully ss the afore-mentioned. However, in addition, I fear it wasn't Joan Hickson's best series of characterisations.
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Do any of Miss Marple friends, do anything which doesn't involve murder!!!!!!
CHRISTMAS shopping, two trains passing each other, and on the other train she sees a murder but did she? There's no body no signs of trouble what is going on.......
"More enjoyable than the tv version"
It's not one of the best Agatha Christie but still a very enjoyable listen plenty of murders and twists and romance.
"Miss Marple, but not much of her!"
Miss Marple is a recurrent character through the book but the main character is actually her friend Lucy. The story is classic Agatha Christie, and gets straight down to it, with a murder in the first few minutes. Rather a slow middle but picks up again towards the end and was very enjoyable. Lovely narration by Joan Hickson too
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Welfare Lottery Winner Found Dead [VIDEO]
Remember Amanda Clayton the woman who won the lotto but was on welfare. She was added to the BIG DUMMY FILES last September. Apparently money does not buy happiness because she died of an apparent drug overdose.
Her case went public in March after she was confronted by a Detroit television station, WDIV, and admitted collecting food stamps. "I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't, I thought maybe it was OK because I'm not working … I mean, I have no income and I have bills to pay," she said, adding that she also had two houses to maintain. Clayton pleaded no contest to fraud in June and was given six months' probation.
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Top 5 Recap: Day 2, Aug 4 of 2012 London Olympic Games
1. One Mo' For Britain- Farah & Rupp go 1-2
(I'm still shaking while writing this, but here it goes)
The Men's 10k has been getting more and more hyped up as the moments led closer and closer to the extroardinary 25-lap spectacle. To the fans favor, the race was one to go down into the history books. The pace dragged on in the begining stages with some leading from 1/2 Marathon record holder Tedesay from Eritrea and then a smaller group of runners started to form. With 1600m left in the race, the usual suspects, whom we've all been saying would be in the hunt, were right there licking their chops. Bang, 1 lap to go and its the Bekele's, training partners Rupp and Farah and others trying to hang on for dear life. We know Bekele is known for his blazing finishing speed, but that wasn't what we saw today as he was ousted as king of the 10,000m when a BRIT! took the title. First time an Englishman has won Gold in the 10,000m and first medal in the event since the great Billy Mills in '64. Also, Levins is the real deal.
Race updates/broken down here
2. Jessica Ennis wins Hep-breaks British Record!
In the final event of the Heptathalon, Jessica Ennis, the Brit, rolled out a 2:08.95 to cap off a victory in the Women's Hep and gain herself the British record in the process on her home turf! After several grueling events, Ennis is sure due her time to relax, sit back and enjoy the rest of the games because it's only going to get more exciting.
Hep Breakdown here
3. SAFP nips Jeter to claim W100m title (Shelly-Ann-Fraser-Price)
This was a baller field set up for the Women's 100m final here in London on a super fast track with the crowd already on their feet. Typical deal, the Jamaican-American duel with Jeter aiming to take the thrown. Gun goes off and it's a tight one with SAFP snipping Jeter by .03s 10.75-10.78.
Women's 100 Updates
4. Merritt out with Injury
This is not a happy #4 on the recap for day two of track competition for the US fans. If you didn't witness the upsetting race playout, Lashawn Merritt, the defending Olympic champion in the 400m was not able to finish his race today as he pulled up with a bum achillies, same injury he had in Monaco recently. He noted afterwards that he will be preparing for the 2013 World Championships, leading us to the assumption that he will not be participating in the 4x400 relay.
Men's 400 Updates
5. Chen Ding Sets Olympic Record in Race Walk
In front of a enormous crowd at the Pall Mall in London this morning, Chen Ding of China blitzed his way to a new Olympic Record in the Men's 20km race walk. Only 19 years old, he walked his way to a time of 1:18:46, 11 seconds ahead of the next closest finisher. Defending Oly champ, Borchin of Russia collapsed in the final stretch as he faught for the bronze medal with Zhen of China.


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Centrally located in Indore, Fortune Landmark Indore is convenient to Holkar Stadium and Khajrana Ganesh Temple. This 5-star hotel is within the vicinity of Nehru Stadium and Central Museum Indore. Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including a steam room and a fitness center. Additional features include complimentary wireless Internet access, a hair salon, and tour/ticket assistance. Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free valet parking is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the 87 guestrooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and slippers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga has agreed to a new delay in the Miami federal court trial against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accused of extortion.
Altonaga's order delaying the trial until November was issued Thursday after she reviewed a motion filed by attorneys for the agent who said they needed more time to review copious evidence recently released by prosecutors.
In the defense motion filed Wednesday, attorneys for ICE agent Juan Felipe Martinez said the newly-released evidence contains information that buttresses their client's assertion he is not guilty of the charges.
"Defendant Juan Felipe Martínez, hereby moves the court to continue the trial in this matter based on the government's recent disclosure — on the eve of trial — of voluminous discovery material, much of which is highly significant exculpatory information that has been in the government's possession for years," the motion says.
At trial, which was to begin in coming days, prosecutors hope to prove to jurors that Martínez and alleged accomplices extorted almost $2 million from executives of a Colombian construction company.
According to a grand jury indictment handed down Dec. 19, Martinez and the alleged accomplices in 2010 contacted executives of the firm in Pereira, about 200 miles west of Bogotá. The suspects falsely advised company executives that the firm was under investigation and that a unit of the U.S. Treasury Department was about to add the firm to the list of Specially Designated Nationals.
The list is used by the federal government to freeze bank accounts of designated persons or businesses if they are suspected of illegal dealings such as drug trafficking or terrorism.
In total, the Colombian company and certain employees paid $1.9 million to Martínez and others. Of the total, the ICE agent allegedly received $109,000 during a meeting with a drug-trafficking informant at Bayside Marketplace in 2011.
In the motion seeking a trial delay, Martínez's attorneys said the turnover of "exculpatory" evidence shows the prosecution is deliberately trying to withhold information that might help their client prove his innocence.
"[This] evidence has, for months, been deliberately withheld by the prosecution team, as part of a pattern of deception and disregard for its discovery obligations," the defense motion said.
In a separate motion, Martínez's lawyers indicate that the exculpatory evidence includes new information provided by prosecutors about a key informant in the case, Camilo Gómez.
According to the motion, Gómez — a Colombian national — is a "violent career criminal with a long history of drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud" in Colombia, Panama and the United States. He also filed an "entirely fraudulent asylum petition in 2008," the defense motion says.
As a result, it adds, Gómez's testimony against Martínez would not be credible and thus should be excluded at trial.
Judge Altonaga has scheduled a hearing on the issues for early September. In the meantime, she agreed to postpone the trial until early November.


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As a hefty winter storm rolled toward east-central Kansas last week, forecasters predicted it could dump several inches of snow on an already blanketed Topeka landscape.
Understandably, the looming snowstorm was viewed as a mixed blessing for local farmers and ranchers — the parched earth needs to soak in moisture, but large snowdrifts and muddy fields hinder livestock and the handlers entrusted with their care.
The Feb. 25-27 storm ultimately tracked further south than projected but still dumped heavier amounts of snow along the Shawnee-Osage County line and 3.4 inches in Topeka. The monster winter storm that trekked across the state Feb. 21 deposited 9.9 inches of snow on the capital city and much more elsewhere.
Officials say the recent snows, while welcome, won't have much of a long-term effect on the state's excessive drought unless spring rains flow. In the meantime, however, the winter wheat crop does get a boost.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor index updated Thursday showed all of Shawnee County emerging from extreme drought conditions to severe. Less than 22 percent of Kansas is classified as in an exceptional drought — the worst type — an improvement of about 14.5 percent in only a week. Nearly 70 percent of the state is classified as extreme or worse, a slight decrease of about 5.5 percent. All of Kansas remains in severe conditions or worse.
Given the past two wintry storms that battered Kansas in February, just where does the Topeka area stand regarding the drought?
Mary Knapp, Kansas climatologist, sees short-term improvement for winter wheat. But Knapp cautions the long-term precipitation deficits won't be addressed by a couple of snowstorms unless spring ushers in significant rainfall. Soil moisture is boosted now as snow melts, but surface water remains in great need of liquid runoff over a longer haul.
"If we have saturated soils and we get normal precip in March, we could have more runoff than we would've seen otherwise," she said of the recent storms' impacts.
The top concern for Knapp is the lack of runoff water, particularly in the eastern part of the state. She said a lot of areas depend on surface water supplies for livestock, industrial operations and municipal water.
An issue Knapp has heard cattle producers talk of centers on the runoff problem. The recent snows may favor improved grass conditions, she said, but if there isn't water in farm ponds, then livestock can't be put out to graze in fields. It wouldn't be economically feasible to haul water out to the herds.
Knapp called the surface water supply for farmers and ranchers "extremely short." Though some individual ponds have recovered, most haven't.
"I want to see our reservoir levels going up instead of staying neutral or going down. I want to see the river levels start coming up," Knapp said.
Knapp used Milford Lake as an example. As of Feb. 28, the lake level was 1,137.78 feet. The lake level normally is 1,144.40 feet, which means it is down about 6.5 feet.
Knapp noted the inflow is 48 cubic feet per second, which isn't "a whole lot." To sustain water levels in northeast Kansas, she said, the lake is discharging 100 cubic feet per second. Milford empties into the Smoky Hills River, which in turn goes into the Kansas River and flows eastward.
"They're basically discharging slightly above double what's coming in," Knapp said.
Chad Omitt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, also sees a short-term boost but points to a unique factor of the ongoing drought that has worsened its severity — the record high heat enveloping the area.
That, coupled with a significant lack of rainfall, is taking its toll on the agricultural community.
Indicative of just how hot and dry the area was in 2012 was northeast Kansas' severe weather season, or lack thereof. Omitt said a summertime pattern set in by May and persisted.
"May and June typically are our peak season for tornadoes," Omitt said. "We didn't have any tornadoes in northeast Kansas last May and June. That's not unprecedented, but it's rare."
The Southeast Regional Climate Center has compiled data collected by the weather service that also helps illustrate Omitt's point.
Since the weather service began keeping records in Topeka in 1887, the capital city is experiencing the 16th-driest two-year span in its history (March 1, 2001, to Feb. 28, 2013). Topeka received 54.79 inches of rain, which is 16.61 inches below normal two-year averages.
Not an overly impressive statistic, Omitt said, as 15 two-year periods have been dryer. However, greatly exacerbating the severe drought conditions, Topeka is mired in its hottest two-year stretch ever, with an average daily temperature of 58.6 degrees (a significant 4.3 degree bump from a normal two-year span).
Breaking it down by one-year durations, Feb. 29, 2012, to Feb. 28, 2013, holds the distinction of being the hottest one-year period in Topeka's history (59.3 degrees, 4.9 above normal daily averages).
The period also is the sixth-driest one-year stretch (22.26 inches of precipitation, down 13.44 inches from normal).
"It's the combined effect of that record heat and being dryer," Omitt said. "The hotter the temperatures, the more evaporation from the soil."
The recent wintry storms brought the eastern two-thirds of the state anywhere from an inch to three inches of liquid moisture, Omitt said. Since the outset of 2013, Topeka has seen about 1.9 inches of precipitation, which Omitt said is only 0.11 of an inch from the yearly average for January and February — a good figure.
He said anywhere from 3 to 9 inches throughout northeast Kansas now is needed to reach what would be considered near-normal conditions to break the drought's grip.
"We need those spring rains," Omitt said.
Malcolm Moore, a local crop grower and livestock producer, looks out across his many acres of land in southern Shawnee County and sees empty stream beds, muddy but dry farm ponds, and livestock and their calves struggling to beat the conditions.
"We need the moisture really bad, but it's always hard to deal with in the wintertime when you're trying to feed cows," he said, noting it makes taking care of livestock more labor-intensive and expensive. "They eat a lot more hay when the snow's on, and it's been just a muddy mess trying to plow through the mud and the snow to get them fed with the tractors and trucks."
The 63-year-old Moore, who helps operate with his son the Auburn-based Moore Farms, installed an automatic watering system last fall for his livestock that is hooked up to the city's water supply.
That isn't a cheap endeavor, he said.
The large amounts of snow, while offering much needed moisture for the ground, aren't generating runoff water to refill natural drinking supplies for his herds. That is his largest concern.
"We need some rain this spring and some runoff really bad," Moore said.
Moore said they unroll large straw bales for the cattle so they might stay out of the mud and the calves keep warm. But such efforts don't always prevent health issues, such as pneumonia, which he said has taken some of his calves this January and February.
"We've had a lot of problems with pneumonia this year because we'll have a 70-degree day and then a couple days later it's down to single digits," Moore said. "That's really hard on livestock when your temperature fluctuates that much."
However, with the influx of snow, Moore believes there is enough moisture to have the winter wheat crop be fine.
"The wheat crop is not hurt right now as far as moisture goes in our area," he said.


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Time to get a little… naked here at Angry Trainer Fitness!
Today I thought I'd raise the topic of locker room nudity. I've commented on this subject before but recently an ATF reader called Jodie mentioned that she'd like to see the subject tackled as one of our Angry Issues. Well Jodie – here you go!
So today I'm asking – are you okay with locker room nudity?
I have to be totally honest on this one – I find it absolutely gross and unacceptable to walk into the men's locker room and see a bunch of men walking around naked. I've been called a prude, told I have to loosen up or stop being so uptight, but I actually find it just plain gross. And many women have told me they feel the same way when in the ladies locker room. I'm not homophobic at all so don't think that has anything to do with it. It's just awkward, ugly, weird and to my mind an invasion of my privacy – or their privacy…whatever, you know what I mean!
Funnily enough in most gyms I've been to it's never the young, in shape guys walking around sans clothes, but the older, out of shape and often times excessively hairy men who feel comfortable bearing all. These guys hang around with one leg up on a stool holding conversations and shooting the bull as if they were in Starbucks. Now truth be told even if the locker room was filled with all fitness models I still wouldn't care for seeing skin in the changing area. I find it odd and uncomfortable to be approached for a conversation by another guy that's totally naked – I just don't want to see it. I can remember going to the gym with my dad when I was younger and shorter. Upon walking into the locker room I remember being shocked at what I saw at near eye level! And I've brought my two boys with me to the gym and I know it made them equally as uncomfortable.
I guess my question is why is this okay in a gym locker room? It's not acceptable anywhere else? I mean there are beaches that are solely for nude sun worshippers, but on a regular beach or anywhere else you'd be shunned and probably arrested for indecent exposure. Yet in gym locker rooms all over the world nudity is accepted. That perplexes me. In a day and age when laws and rules are made to protect individuals from offensive action, I personally feel men and women should have to at least wear undergarments when in a public place. And although you pay gym dues, it's still public domain.
I also wonder how sanitary this nudity is? I've seen men shave at the sink basically pressing themselves against the counter. I've seen others sit buck baked on the benches and as gross as it is – scratch themselves and then use the sink, towel dispenser, hair dryer or anything in the locker room. Ew!
I'm sure I'm a bit uptight regarding this scenario. And in truth I've gotten over it and learned to ignore it. But I still would prefer to walk into the locker room and not wonder what's going to be greeting me around the corner.
What about you? Do you have a locker room story or naked experience to share? How do you feel about nudity in changing areas? Let's hear it!
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Discussion in 'Tickets, Memorabilia and Gear' started by rockabilly, Sep 23, 2010.
If you have a lead, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Yeah, i've found some....but jesus the prices are insane! The price people are asking for 600 level is what I paid once for Titans front row 45 yard line.
I have a lead...Ebay....Stubhub is not the way to go right now.
Might be able to help..interested in sitting in the mezzanine? 3 tickets side by side and a yellow parking pass.
Just pmd you Astros
found 1 ticket I'm interested in since I screwed up and gave nephew and his girlfriend mine thinking I had some more from someone else. Anyway, it's suite 875, row 1, but suite 875 doesn't even show up on the seating chart.
And the phantom 800s return.
No 800 level nor is there a section 75. Tickets are bogus.
Nitro is correct. Those are the "HALO" suites that were proposed at initial stadium construction as potential future additional expansion upper upper level endzone suites............they haven't been constructed as of yet. Sorry.
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Unemployment Rate for Electrical Engineers Soars to New Record, Engineering Jobless Rate Up for Second Consecutive Quarter
Jul 07, 2009, 16:36 ET from IEEE-USA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
"Technology drives our economy, which means engineering unemployment is a bellwether for recovery and job creation," IEEE-USA President
The news for EEs was particularly bad as the jobless rate more than doubled from 4.1 percent in the first quarter to a record-high 8.6 percent in the second. The previous quarterly record was 7 percent, in the first quarter of 2003.
For all engineers, the unemployment rate jumped from 3.9 percent in the first quarter to 5.5 percent in the second quarter. The rate for computer professionals steadied at 5.4 percent, after a significant jump in the first quarter. The second-quarter unemployment rate for all professional workers showed a modest uptick, from 3.7 percent to 4.3 percent.
The BLS reports that 29,000 EEs were unemployed in the second quarter, up from the first-quarter figure of 13,000. On a small positive note, the number of employed EEs seems to have stabilized, actually rising 2.3 percent quarter-to-quarter, but at levels well below those of the past decade.
"Taken together, these data may suggest that engineers laid off last year and early this year are having trouble securing the new engineering jobs being created," Day said.
IEEE members can find career enhancement resources at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/. Help for unemployed and at-risk members is available at http://www.ieeeusa.org/careers/help/.
IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of more than 210,000 engineers, scientists and allied professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE. IEEE-USA is part of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional society with 375,000 members in 160 countries. See http://www.ieeeusa.org.
SOURCE IEEE-USA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)


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BERLIN — Attempts to portray the German foreign ministry under Nazi rule as disapproving of, or independent from, Adolf Hitler's genocide against the Jews were blown apart Saturday by a new report from historians to be published in full later this week.
The former Green party foreign minister, Joschka Fischer, commissioned historians in 2005 to investigate the exact role of the foreign ministry during the Nazi dictatorship of 1933-45.
That report is to confirm diplomats actively assisted the Nazi Holocaust, Speigel newsmagazine reported Saturday.
"The Foreign Ministry was a criminal organization," Spiegel quoted the chairman of the panel, Eckart Conze, saying.
The historian said the foreign ministry supported Nazi violence at every point and played a key role in killing the Jews of Europe.
Conze said claims in the post-war period that officials had resisted the will of the Nazi Party were false: In fact, the ministry usually helped the Nazis even before it was asked to.
A similar account of the findings was to appear today in the newspaper Frankfurt Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. The panel of historians is expected to unveil the report publicly in the coming week.
The controversy is partly kept alive by the fact that many Nazi-era diplomats were given jobs again after the war — with many claiming they had secretly loathed the Nazis.
"The Foreign Ministry was actively involved in every operation to persecute, strip away the rights of, expel and exterminate the Jews from the very beginning," Conze told the newspaper.
After 1945, as it continued with many of the same personnel as before, the ministry worked to obscure that fact. Many German diplomats then claimed their loyalty had been to the Fatherland, not the Nazis, and that they ignored the dictator when they could.
The Frankfurt Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung quoted Fischer saying, "As I read this report, I became more and more shocked as I went along."
Fischer said he was horrified at the ministry's assistance after the war to suspected German war criminals. It had advised the wanted men about which countries they must avoid traveling to because of the risk of arrest.
After World War II only the Nazi elite were put on trial, and many institutions re-staffed with Nazi-era personnel still in place. For many, a mantle of silence fell over their pasts. Since the 1960s Germans have engaged in agonizing debate over the duplicity of that era.
Over the past two decades, major German institutions, including the churches and major business corporations, funded investigations to uncover and make amends for their complicity in the Holocaust.
Diplomats refused to, until Fischer complained that the ministry was writing admiring obituaries for Nazis.


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Lake Elmo's population will rival that of Stillwater by 2040, according to the latest forecast by the Metropolitan Council.
Lake Elmo says that may not be quite true, but it still expects to grow rapidly, while Stillwater will add population more slowly.
The most recently released projections from the Met Council — which is the statutory authority for land use planning, transportation and wastewater management in the Twin Cities — show Lake Elmo having 21,200 residents by 2040, up from 8,061 residents in 2010. That would be only 1,300 less than the projected population of Stillwater, and would put Lake Elmo's growth rate among the highest projected in the metro.
But Lake Elmo officials say the Met Council estimate is a little too high.
"We think that number is still 2,000 people too high," City Administrator Dean Zuleger said. "You really are only going to be able to functionally fit about 19,000 people."
That's based on a "careful spacial analysis" about where the city can add people by 2040.
"We've got a couple of unique features," Zuleger said. "One is the Lake Elmo Park Reserve, which just makes it hard to run a lot of infrastructure. … We think that, unless there would be a flurry of high-density housing … 19,000 is about what Lake Elmo can do."
Lake Elmo has alerted the Met Council staff of their findings.
"This is something the Met Council is fully aware of," Zuleger said. "We've worked really hard in the last year to establish a good working relationship with the Met Council that's based on common sense and practicality."
Even the projection of 21,200 by 2040 is significantly lower than expectations set by the Met Council after a legal dispute with Lake Elmo about a decade ago.
In 2004, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the Met Council had authority to require Lake Elmo to join the regional sewer system. In 2005 the city of Lake Elmo entered a contract — known as a memorandum of understanding — with the Met Council. The memo required the city to grow to 24,000 residents by the year 2030, with specific growth targets every five years. According to Guy Peterson, current Met Council director of community development, the issue at stake was ensuring that regional investments, such as the regional sewer system, were used efficiently.
The city and the Met Council recently reached an agreement to set aside the memorandum of understanding because of the improvements the city has made to its sewer system.
"For us now, for the first time in a long time, we're not contractually obligated," Zuleger said. "It's simply a forecast, and we're sure that between now and 2040 they'll be adjusting that a couple of times."
But Zuleger said the city still wants to come close to the forecast, which is why it is working with the Met Council to potentially adjust the numbers.
Lake Elmo to outpace other Stillwater area growth
One thing everyone seems to agree on is that Lake Elmo's growth will outpace that of Stillwater and Stillwater's neighbors by a long shot.
While the Met Council predicts Lake Elmo will add a little more than 13,000 people between 2010 and 2040, Stillwater is only projected to add about 4,200 in the same period, for a 2040 population of 22,500.
Stillwater's development director Bill Turnblad says that's about what the city expects as well, saying population growth is expected to slow down somewhat.
"The number of households will increase faster than the population will," he said. "The reason for that is because of the household size, not the slowing down adding houses."
Turnblad pointed out that the Met Council forecast puts the average household size at 2.37 people, which is a decrease from 2.58 people per household based in the 2010 census. So even though the city can annex more land from Stillwater Township under an existing agreement, each household added will represent a smaller number of residents.
By 2040, Turblad expects the city will have annexed all the land it can from Stillwater Township and will basically run out of space for brand new developments. But even that doesn't mean growth will stop.
"As communities mature, you have redevelopment occur, and as redevelopment occurs, typically that becomes more dense," he said. "I don't see development necessarily slowing down, but changing."
Turnblad said one aspect of the Met Council's projections sticks out to him as different from what the city had anticipated when it adopted its 2030 comprehensive plan — the number of jobs expected. The Met Council only predicts there will be 11,700 jobs in Stillwater in 2040, up from 9,628 in 2010. When it made its comprehensive plan, the city had expected that number to be about 13,600 by 2030, Turnblad said.
Except for job growth Turnblad said the rest of the forecast aligns with the city's comprehensive plan. Stillwater City Administrator Larry Hansen agreed.
"There's a lot of planning that goes into these things," Hansen said. "It's done over a period of years. Important decisions were made 15 years ago, and we stick with the plan."
Except Lake Elmo, Stillwater's neighbors expect to see modest population growth, with Bayport projected to add about 900 residents and Oak Park Heights expected to add a little more than 1,300.
Other cities in Washington County, however, will see more rapid growth, including Woodbury, projected to add about 25,200 residents, and Hugo which will more than double its 2010 population of 13,332.
What will Lake Elmo look like in the year 2040?
Despite its rapid anticipated growth, the city of Lake Elmo will likely retain its rural character.
"In terms of number of homes we'll look different," Zuleger said. "In terms of trying to … remain that little breath of fresh air in the East Metro, we're going to do our best to make sure we don't lose that character."
And with the removal of a contractual obligation to meet growth targets, Zuleger believes Lake Elmo has the opportunity to achieve that goal through careful planning.
One goal the city would like to accomplish is attracting senior housing to the downtown area.
"One of the tragedies that we're facing right now in our community is that when our seniors … want to transition from their home to someplace else, they've got nowhere to go (in Lake Elmo)," Zuleger said.
A plan for the downtown area (Old Village) was scheduled for discussion at a joint meeting of the Lake Elmo Economic Development Authority, the city council and planning commission March 11.
The Old Village plan was developed with resident input and refined by the Old Village Commission.
One of the major components of that plan is senior housing, according to Councilmember Anne Smith, who was a member of the Old Village Commission. In addition, the plan calls for a community gathering area or "village green." That might include a city hall, community center, library, ball fields, water features and more.
"The idea is to create something that the people of Lake Elmo want to come down and visit," Smith said.
It's also intended to relieve some of the density in the I-94 corridor.
"We wanted to spread some of that population out," she said. "At the same time, it was creating a sense of place for all the residents of Lake Elmo. … We have a chance of a lifetime to create something spectacular."
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Dean "Rocket" Hall, creator of DayZ, is very active on Reddit. He regularly answers questions about the development of the DayZ standalone, as well as the status of the mod. Getting into a discussion with some users about the recently released The War Z, Hall made some comments about how it has affected his life:
I am angry about the WarZ. I'm very angry. I'm quite hurt personally because anyone can see how similar the words are, and while the average gamer knows the difference individual people don't. I've had family members/close friends mistake the difference and confront me about what they believed was unethical behavior they thought I was making. I really don't think anyone can understand just quite how exasperated that can make you feel when you've gambled everything on something, put your whole self and reputation on the line. So it hasn't made my life very pleasant and I disagree entirely with the conduct and how consumers have been treated.
When it comes to "the conduct" of The War Z, Hall could be referring to the way the game was sold on Steam with misleading information before being ultimately removed from the store.
Hall also wasn't happy with media outlets, stating, "The people I would lob criticism at would be some in the gaming media who take fairly dubious claims from a developer at face value without saying 'is that really correct?' and asking for backup claims. There are many media who were saying how great the game was they "played" in pre-alpha, only to say something completely different a few months later about how terrible the game was. I think that's the absolute worst." IGN wrote about the game during its pre-alpha phase based off of small slices of gameplay, though we had no idea that it would be "released" in a state that didn't live up to what the developer discussed in their preview appointment meetings.
If you are still confused between the two, why not check out our review of War Z?