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Frustration mounts over lingering power outages
Friday, November 9, 2012
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Vincent Pina finally saw a couple of utility trucks coming down his street Thursday and started to wave in anticipation. But they just cruised past his house and kept on going.
He hung his head in resignation.
"The thing that gets me the most is that there is no flood damage. I don't have any branches down. I have no wires down," said the Long Islander, who put a hand-painted sign out front that read: "Still No Power."
So why, he wondered, was it taking so long to get electricity?
A week and a half after Superstorm Sandy slammed the coast and inflicted tens of billions of dollars in damage, hundreds of thousands of customers in New York and New Jersey are still waiting for the electricity to come back on, and lots of cold and tired people are losing patience. Some are demanding investigations of utilities they say aren't working fast enough.
An angry New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined the calls for an investigation Thursday, ripping the utilities as unprepared and badly managed.
"Privately I have used language my daughters couldn't hear," he fumed. He added: "It's unacceptable the longer it goes on because the longer it goes on, people's suffering is worse."
The power companies have said they are dealing with damage unprecedented in its scope and doing the best they can. And there is no denying the magnitude of what they have done: At the peak, more than 8.5 million homes and businesses across 21 states lost power. As of Thursday, that was down to about 750,000, almost entirely in New York and New Jersey.
And that's after a nor'easter overnight knocked out power to more than 200,000 customers in New York and New Jersey, erasing some of the progress made by utility crews.
"We lost power last week, just got it back for a day or two, and now we lost it again," said John Monticello of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. "Every day it's the same now: Turn on the gas burner for heat. Instant coffee. Use the iPad to find out what's going on in the rest of the world."
The mounting criticism came as New York City and Long Island followed New Jersey's lead and announced odd-even gasoline rationing to deal with fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations; the Federal Emergency Management Agency started bringing mobile homes into the region; and Cuomo said the storm could cost New York State alone $33 billion.
New Jersey did not have a damage estimate of its own, but others have put Sandy's overall toll at up to $50 billion, making it the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, behind Hurricane Katrina, which swamped New Orleans in 2005.
Sandy killed more than 100 people in 10 states, with most of the dead in New York and New Jersey.
The power industry's defenders have pointed out that Sandy was huge and hit the nation's most densely populated corridor. By the Energy Department's reckoning, it left more people in the dark than any other storm in U.S. history.
It did more than knock down power lines; it flooded switching stations and substations, forcing workers to take apart hundreds of intricate components, clean them, replace some of them, rewire others and put it all back together. Only after these stations are re-energized can workers go out and repair lines.
In Rockaway Beach in Queens, crews worked Thursday to inspect the flooded, muck-filled utility tunnels that carry current. Before they descended into the manholes, Ed Sellman used a 3,400-gallon vacuum truck to suck up the sand coating the subterranean cables.
"We try to get it clean, so when they go down there to do the inspections, they can see and aren't working in mud like pigs," Sellman said.
Around the region, though, customers were frustrated and in some cases furious, complaining that they were being left in the dark about when power would be restored.
New York's Democratic governor blasted the utilities as "nameless, faceless" monopolies that weren't up to the job, complaining: "They ran out of poles, believe it or not. ... How do you run out of poles?"
"The management has failed the consumers. It is just that simple," said Cuomo, whose power at his own home in the suburbs has been on and off.
In contrast, New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie praised the utilities, saying he expected all of the state to have power back by early Sunday. New Jersey had about 400,000 power outages on Thursday.
"The villain in this case is Hurricane Sandy," Christie said.
On Long Island, where more than 262,000 customers were without power and tempers were rising, Long Island Power Authority spokesman Mark Gross would not comment on the criticism, saying only that the utility is focused on restoring power.
Alfonso Quiroz, a spokesman for Con Ed, the chief utility in New York City, said: "I think we're going to be able to power through. Our objective was to get power restored to everyone by the weekend, and we're still working with that goal."
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In addition to everything I wrote above, I also needed to run install Test::Exception So the final, full list of everything I command I ran to install DateTime on my MacBook Pro OS X 10.5.8, that has never before used perl
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To see the Exchange Rates currently in place click Start > Configuration> Accounting > Exchange Rates. The grid on the right shows:
- All the 'foreign' currencies that have been added to the Currencies tab on your Own Organisation record(s).
- The current rate of exchange between each pair of currencies (and the reverse rate).
- The date from which the rate shown applies.
Setting Exchange Rates
To amend an Exchange Rate, click on the row that you want to amend, which will open a screen similar to one shown below (click to enlarge).
In this example Exchange Rates have already been set for 1-30 September and for 1-31 October. Notice that the top row shows a rate with a Valid From date of 1 November but there is no date in the Valid Until field, ie, this is the current rate. The Valid Until field will only be populated with a date if you add a new Exchange Rate period that has a Valid From date which is later than the current Valid From date. For example, if you add an Exchange Rate with a Valid From date of 1 December, Workbooks will auto fill the Valid Until date on the top row with 30 November.
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brushable seam sealer is cracking after it dries - what am i doing wrong
i am sealing the cowl hats on my 68 mustang. i purchased 3M Brushable Seam Sealer 08656 for this task. i applied a thin coat of sealer with an acid brush. after the sealer dried - it cracked. the cowl was primed with epoxy on Saturday 3/10 of last week and i put down the sealer last night (Tuesday 3/13). attached are two pics. one is a picture of the product that i used. the other pic, shows the cracking in the sealer after being allowed to dry for approximately 5 hours in a garage, at 60 F degrees. before i put down the sealer, i cleaned the surface with wax and grease remover. can someone tell me what i am doing wrong and why the seam sealer is cracking? thank you mark
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did you use some sort of cleaner/degreaser on it before putting the sealer on?
yes - i did use a wax and grease remover, then wiped it off.
the product is named pre/klean un1263 - part no: XL91001. i am a beginner and was not sure if i should prep the surface or not - lesson learned. i will grind off the epoxy and re-shoot. someone else suggested that i go with fusor 800EZ for all of my seams. mark |
Try rubbing the epoxy primer with a lacquer thinner soaked rag to see if it softens or comes off on the rag. If it does, then you need to upgrade your epoxy, what that means is it isn't "insoluble" and not fully cured like a quality epoxy would be. You should be able to rub a lacquer thinner soaked rag on it and get no color transfer on the rag. That Fusor is a good product, and MILES better than that old 3M junk you are using but it is still a 1k and doesn't cure fully. But again, hundred miles better than what you used. http://www.lord.com/products-and-sol...roduct.xml/340 They have a black one, that would make more sense to maybe if you don't want it seen. Unless that epoxy primer comes off on the rag (and even if it does a little it isn't the end of the world) really easy I wouldn't worry about removing it. The failure was with the sealer not the epoxy. Brian |
i am picking up the materials tonight and returning the 3M product for a credit. i think i am getting black for the fusor product. thank you, mark |
Have used the Fusor 800EZ it is great for tight seams and really good for the drip rails at the roof. The best stuff I have found for duplicating the correct factory looking brushed on seams ( have tried a lot of them) is Norton brushable seam sealer I believe the pt# is 82746 black and white quart can.
What do you guys recommend for a good non brushed seam sealer? I bought eastwoods seam sealer but don't want to put it on if it is junk?
I will only use something like this in the future as I've had seam sealer crack under the paint on my last project. I googled and found something by Valvoline a couple days ago. |
I've used that particular seam sealer and I'm not happy with it. It shrinks as it dries and it stinks, pretty potent smell (even though I like strong smells ie body filler, clear coat, etc)
I started out using that very same stuff, as well as the 3M beige fast n' firm,...the latter most likely because it reminded me of my high school days
They're both junk, and they crack. You aren't doing anything wrong, they just crack. I am now on to 2k Pliogrip. They make the gun for 3M 2k products, but the pliogrip gun is cheaper. However, both 3M and Pliogrip cartridges work in the Pliogrip gun. I went with them because they're apparently the OEM seam sealer. |
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What a Catch, Donnie
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"What a Catch, Donnie" | ||||||||
Single by Fall Out Boy | ||||||||
from the album Folie à Deux | ||||||||
Released | October 15, 2008 (US digital) September 7, 2009 (UK) |
Format | Digital download | |||||||
Recorded | Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
Genre | Soft rock, alternative rock, adult contemporary | |||||||
Length | 4:50 | |||||||
Label | Island | |||||||
Writer(s) | Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump | |||||||
Producer(s) | Neal Avron | |||||||
Fall Out Boy singles chronology | ||||||||
"What a Catch, Donnie" is Fall Out Boy's second digital download single and third radio single from their fourth studio album Folie à Deux (2008). It was first released as part of the build up to the new album on iTunes on October 14, 2008 and charted on the US and Canadian singles charts. The track features numerous musicians performing cameo appearances in the song, singing lines from past Fall Out Boy songs.[1] Bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz has said that he wrote the song to remind himself of vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump. Musically it is one of the band's very few ballads. Fall Out Boy played the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.[2]
Music video[edit]
The music video was dedicated to Atlanta rapper Dolla who was shot and killed a few months before the song's release. The band shot the video for the song on July 1, 2009 with Alan Ferguson. On June 30, bassist Pete Wentz posted on his Twitter that the band had 'wrapped up' a video for "What a Catch, Donnie". On July 2, guitarist Joe Trohman stated via Twitter that they had finished shooting the video, editing will take place in the next couple days, and the video was released on MTV on August 6, 2009.
The video also includes Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie from Panic! at the Disco. The two also appeared in the official music video for Fall Out Boy's "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" as some of the dandies, and were also featured in the video for "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet".
Pete Wentz said in a press statement: - "It is my time to say that we haven't done a video like this before, a video dedicated to someone's death, the death of our best friend and rapper, Dolla (Roderick Anthony Burton II). We hope to shoot the video for 'What a Catch, Donnie' in the same place he was shot and also bring our friends round for the climax."
The official music video was released August 7, 2009[3] on MTV, MTV2, mtvU, and MTV Hits.
The video depicts lead singer Patrick Stump alone at sea trying to find his way home. Throughout most of the video he is fishing, reading in his cabin, playing the piano and suffering from loneliness. Eventually, he finds a seagull trapped in ropes on his ship. He frees and befriends the bird and so the two set sail together and Patrick is no longer lonely. At 0:37 a carousel horse can be seen on deck (from "America's Suitehearts"). Towards the end of the video, Patrick starts to fish again but finds strange objects such as deer antlers (from Antler Boy in "Sugar, We're Goin Down"), a black and white striped jacket (the jacket Patrick wore in "Dance, Dance"), and a bass drum (one of Andy Hurley's drums). Finally, he comes across a sign featuring the letters F, O, and B (the sign from "Thnks fr th Mmrs"). He then looks up and spots a white casket (from "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race") as well as a sinking ship. He immediately turns the boat around to rescue the survivors on the lifeboats (who include Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley, Spencer Smith, Brendon Urie, and everyone else (except Pete Wentz) who has worked with Fall Out Boy over the past few years). After all of the survivors are on the boat celebrating because they were rescued, Patrick looks out at the sinking ship. In the top right corner, a man assumed to be the captain in a white uniform is seen saluting. This man is supposedly Pete Wentz, and he had a close up in the original video but was edited out. Once all of the survivors are on the boat, and getting closer to shore, Patrick sets free his Seagull friend and watches him fly off with his family into the coast. At the end of the song it also depicts some of their greatest hits. In the background they sing chorus lines from their songs "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy", "Sugar We're Goin Down", "Dance, Dance", "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", "Thnks fr th Mmrs", and "Growing Up".
The version of this video was that released on iTunes is missing the portion where Pete Wentz says "Thank you" to Patrick Stump. On the commentary of the Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits bonus DVD, the band states that this part was left out because of the poor CGI special effects.
It is one of few ballads by Fall Out Boy. As said in an interview, Pete Wentz said that the song was written in thoughts of his friendship with the lead singer Patrick Stump. He wanted to show his fondness towards "one of his best friends in the business". Although the band were on hiatus (which stretched between 2009 and 2013), Wentz and Stump still supported each other's new music releases.
Cameo appearances[edit]
"What a Catch, Donnie" features a long line-up of guest artists. Towards the end of the song from 3:45–4:29, lead singers from other Decaydance bands can be heard singing lyrics from other Fall Out Boy singles, behind the main vocals. The songs and artists are as follow:
- 3:45 "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" featuring Gabe Saporta (of Cobra Starship and Midtown).
- 3:52 "Sugar, We're Goin Down" (while "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" fades) featuring Travis McCoy (of Gym Class Heroes).
- 4:00 "Dance, Dance" (while "Sugar, We're Goin Down" fades) featuring Brendon Urie (of Panic! at the Disco).
- 4:08 "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (while "Dance, Dance" fades) featuring Doug Neumann.
- 4:15 "Thnks fr th Mmrs" featuring Alex DeLeon (of The Cab).
- 4:22 "Growing Up" (while "Thnks fr th Mmrs" fades) featuring William Beckett (of The Academy Is...).
At 3:00 Elvis Costello sings the overture "I will never end up like him, behind my back I already am..." of Fall Out Boy's song "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet". On the band's Believers Never Die – Greatest Hits album, Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump sings the line on the song as the legal agreements were not made in time.
The title of the song is a reference to Donny Hathaway. His writing partner, Roberta Flack, is mentioned several times throughout the song.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] | 95 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 94 |
- ^ Poster that comes with the Limited/Deluxe Edition of Folie à Deux
- ^ girlbehindthecurtain (August 12, 2009)See "What A Catch, Donnie" Live FallOutBoyRock.com. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ^ Fall Out Boy Media falloutboyrorock.com (WayBack). Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Digital Songs Week of November 1, 2008 by Biggest Jump". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
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This is an essay by Dennis Miller. Sorry about the 'caps, but that's how I found it. PS: Trojanhorse, this doesn't relate directly to firefighting so please insert head back into sand and ignore.
TRYING TO HELP - by DENNIS MILLER
ALL THE RHETORIC ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD GO TO WAR AGAINST IRAQ HAS GOT MY INSANE LITTLE BRAIN SPINNING LIKE A ROULETTE WHEEL. I ENJOY READING OPINIONS FROM BOTH SIDES BUT I HAVE DETECTED A HINT OF CONFUSION FROM SOME OF YOU. AS I WAS READING THE PAPER RECENTLY, I WAS REMINDED OF THE BEST ADVICE SOMEONE EVER GAVE ME. HE TOLD ME ABOUT THE KISS METHOD (KEEP IT SIMPLE, STUPID!) SO, WITH THIS AS A THEME, I'D LIKE TO APPLY THIS THEORY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T QUITE GET IT. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN SIMPLIFY THINGS A BIT AND RECOGNIZE A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS. HERE ARE 10 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN VOICING AN OPINION ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE: 1) BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH AND SADDAM HUSSEIN ... HUSSEIN IS THE BAD GUY. 2) IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN THE UNITED NATIONS TO DO THE RIGHT THING KEEP THIS IN MIND, THEY HAVE LIBYA HEADING THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND IRAQ HEADING THE GLOBAL DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE. DO YOUR OWN MATH HERE. 3) IF YOU USE GOOGLE SEARCH AND TYPE IN "FRENCH MILITARY VICTORIES," YOUR REPLY WILL BE "DID YOU MEAN FRENCH MILITARY DEFEATS?" 4) IF YOUR ONLY ANTI-WAR SLOGAN IS "NO WAR FOR OIL," SUE YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING YOU TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS AND ROBBING YOU OF THE EDUCATION YOU DESERVE. 5) SADDAM AND BIN LADEN WILL NOT SEEK UNITED NATIONS APPROVAL BEFORE THEY TRY TO KILL US. 6) DESPITE COMMON BELIEF, MARTIN SHEEN IS NOT THE PRESIDENT. HE PLAYS ONE ON T.V. 7) EVEN IF YOU ARE ANTI-WAR, YOU ARE STILL AN "INFIDEL!" AND BIN LADEN WANTS YOU DEAD, TOO. IF YOU BELIEVE IN A "VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY" BUT NOT IN THE DANGER THAT HUSSEIN POSES, QUIT HANGING OUT WITH THE DELL COMPUTER DUDE. 9) WE ARE NOT TRYING TO LIBERATE THEM. 10) WHETHER YOU ARE FOR MILITARY ACTION OR AGAINST IT, OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OVERSEAS ARE FIGHTING FOR US TO DEFEND OUR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT. WE ALL NEED TO SUPPORT THEM WITHOUT RESERVATION. I HOPE THIS HELPSMy posts reflect my views and opinions, not the organization I work for or my IAFF local. Some of which they may not agree. I.A.C.O.J. member
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BRAVO!!!"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY
While I dont agree with everything he had to say, I have always liked Denis Miller, hes both funny and intelligent, not a combination you often see.
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Future value of fixed asset report (AssetFutureValue) [AX 2012]
Updated: October 12, 2011
Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Use this report to print information about the calculated future value of fixed assets. This information includes the budgeted value and actual value of fixed assets for a specified date range and budget model.
When you generate this report, the following default parameters are displayed. You can use these parameters to filter the data that will be displayed on the report. For more information, see Filter the data on a report.
Field | Description |
Budget model | Select a budget model to print the report for. |
End date column 1 through End date column 4 | Enter the ending dates to base the future values on. |
The following table explains where to find the report in the Application Object Tree (AOT) and how to navigate to the report in the Microsoft Dynamics AX client.
Detail | Description |
Name of report in the AOT | AssetFutureValue |
Location of report in the AOT | SSRS Reports/Reports/AssetFutureValue |
Menu item of the report | AssetFutureValue |
Navigation to the report | Click Fixed assets > Reports > Budget > Future value of fixed assets. |
The data on this report comes from the following sources:
AssetFutureValueTmp table
Note |
To determine where the data in the temp tables comes from, view the cross-references for the AssetFutureValueDP.processReport class. |
If you are a developer, you can learn more about where the data on a report comes from by using the following procedure.
Open the AOT.
Locate the report in the SSRS Reports\Reports node.
Right-click the report and click Add-Ins > Cross-reference > Using (instant view).
Announcements: To see known issues and recent fixes, use Issue search in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS).


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Norton, Gareth J. and Nigar, Meher and Williams, Paul and Dasgupta, Tapash and Meharg, Andrew A. and Price, Adam H. (2008) Rice–arsenate interactions in hydroponics: a three-gene model for tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59 (8). pp. 2277-2284. ISSN 0022-0957
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In this study, the genetic mapping of the tolerance of root growth to 13.3 μM arsenate [As(V)] using the Bala×Azucena population is improved, and candidate genes for further study are identified. A remarkable three-gene model of tolerance is advanced, which appears to involve epistatic interaction between three major genes, two on chromosome 6 and one on chromosome 10. Any combination of two of these genes inherited from the tolerant parent leads to the plant having tolerance. Lists of potential positional candidate genes are presented. These are then refined using whole genome transcriptomics data and bioinformatics. Physiological evidence is also provided that genes related to phosphate transport are unlikely to be behind the genetic loci conferring tolerance. These results offer testable hypotheses for genes related to As(V) tolerance that might offer strategies for mitigating arsenic (As) accumulation in consumed rice.
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Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre |
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Deposited On: | 27 Apr 2012 12:46 |
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Andrus.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Andrus.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Andrus.
Three coalescing trachytic shield volcanoes with a combined volume of 252 cu km formed during the Miocene along a N-S line in the Ames Range of western Marie Byrd Land. The youngest and best exposed is Mount Andrus, the southernmost volcano, where late-stage volcanic activity resumed during the late-Pleistocene or Holocene (Gonzalez-Ferran and Gonzalez-Bonorino 1972, LeMasurier and Thomson 1990). A distinct 4.5-km-wide caldera truncates the summit of Mount Andrus. Weak fumarolic activity was observed in 1977 at Mount Kauffman, the northernmost volcano, which also has a morphologically distinct 3-km-wide summit caldera.
The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Andrus. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Andrus page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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Kauffman Volcano | Shield volcano | 2364 m | 75° 37' 0" S | 132° 25' 0" W |
Kosciusko | Shield volcano | 2909 m | 75° 44' 0" S | 132° 11' 0" W |
The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title.
Dort W, 1972. Late Cenozoic volcanism in Antarctica. In: Adie R J (ed) {Antarctic Geol and Geophys}, IUGS Ser-B(1): 645-652.
Gonzalez-Ferran O, Gonzalez-Bonorino F, 1972. The volcanic ranges of Marie Byrd land between long 100° and 140° W. In: Adie R J (ed) {Antarctic Geol and Geophys}, IUGS Ser-B(1): 261-275.
LeMasurier W E, Thomson J W (eds), 1990. Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. Washington, D C: Amer Geophys Union, 487 p.


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Hannah Martin | Redefining Luxury
We may not be aficionados in luxury jewellery but when we first saw Hannah Martin's sculptural yet elegant pieces in person a couple of months ago, it was pretty much love at first sight (trust us, that doesn't happen very often). Surpassing trends and the edgy gothic style of so many recent jewellery designers, heavily adopted by high street giants,
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encapsulates an aesthetic they've honed in and mastered since 2006. Masculine, luxurious, sculptural and rock 'n' roll are words we would never expect to see in the same sentence, but for Hannah, though not obvious, it is the backbone to her creations. The fact that we didn't even realise the pieces are unisex until Hannah talked through the brand's conception, surely is testament to the designer's vision; jewellery made for men that their girl friends can steal. Adverse to seasonal collections, gender specific labelling and plated metal (Hannah only uses solid golds/silvers),
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stands out with its wearable 'mini sculptures' not because it's 'of the moment' but because we genuinely each individual piece stands out on his own design merit.
How did you start your jewellery label?
We started around six years ago so in 2006, I graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2005, and I was commissioned a few projects whilst I was at college. Through those projects I won a competition to do a work placement at Cartier in Paris after I graduated, and then worked with them on another project afterwards. But at the same time I'd started my label as soon as I graduated. I love doing commercial projects with bigger brands, working with amazing materials and sort of fell in love with the whole Cartier experience, so I loved the idea of doing a luxury brand. But Cartier just was not my style, when I was in Paris I was leading a double life, going into Cartier where everything's beautiful and elegant and then go to grimy bars listening to rock music in the evenings. So it was a very weird experience for me.
When I was at CSM I wrote my whole thesis about gender and looking at masculinity in jewellery. At the time, nobody was making decent jewellery for men, so I came up with the idea of a luxury jewellery brand, that would be beautiful, made from high end materials, that's also a bit rock n' roll/masculine, made for men that their girlfriends can steal. That androgynous philosophy has continued since the brand started, we don't want to put it in a box and label it 'womens' or 'mens' jewellery. Some pieces are more feminine, other pieces are more masculine, so whoever wants to wear it can wear it the way they want to.
So that's how the label started, when I first started it on my own, I got a studio down the road from here (their current workspace on Back Hill, Farringdon), we got a couple of great orders at the beginning which was a great start. Nathan (Hannah's now business partner of 3 years) and I met whilst I was working with a small PR agency, and he joined that company within 3 months of me starting and managed my account, so that's how our close working relationship began. When he left the company, I realised that I how much I needed him, so came on as my business partner, managing the press, and communications strategy. Since then which was 2009 up until now, I think the brand a grown much more. I was learning everything from scratch, I had no business training and I was learning everything as I went along. It's only in the last three years that we've understood what we have and how to build on it, being more strategic and understanding the industry.
Did you always know you wanted to go into jewellery?
No, I didn't really consider it has a career. I grew up in a town just out of Bristol, went to a rural school, loved art as my dad was a graphic designer and mum's a creative as well. Always wanted to go to art school, CSM specifically. But my school's art lessons weren't very inspiring, we used to paint still lives of glasses on a table, not very creative at all. But I got a place on the Foundation course, where you a try a little bit of everything and I actually thought I wanted to do sculpture, tried a 3 day period in the jewellery department and I absolutely fell in love with it. The thing that struck me with fine art and sculpture is there was no practicality to it and I like jewellery for having a purpose. I mean it has a limited function, it makes you feel pretty and look nice but you can wear it. And I guess my work always has a sculptural element to it because I love 3D objects it's just on a much smaller scale.
So it wasn't a life long ambition since I was a little girl, but I just fell in love as soon as I started working with metal. Then I went onto the do the BA degree at Central Saint Martins.
What was your jewellery taste like growing up and do you think it's influenced the label?
Kind of, I was mainly a bit of a rock chick growing up, with purple hair and tie dye clothes so I've gone through all sorts of terrible styles. I was never one of those teenagers who bought Vogue religiously, it's never really been about the fashion for me. When I came to London that's where I learnt much more about that part of the industry and fell in love with it then. It was always more about the music and fine art for me when I was growing up. I've always collected stuff and made stuff, I think that's a very typical jewellery sensibility, to collect, pick and search for objects at flea markets etc.
Talk us through the collections in your showroom
This is a new part of the collection, our leather line which we launched in February this year at London Fashion Week, I've actually been wanting to do something like this for years, but it's never been quite the right time to do it. The idea is to keep it as a small concise leather accessories, we're not going to jump into bags and shoes, but instead focus on the small leathers and focus on the hardware, a part that I've really worked on. To keep it on brand it's all either hand made here on in Paris, the hardware is handmade in Italy. Obviously the price point is lower than buying a gold ring so it's a great way to add in a different product level. I really enjoyed doing this because it feels like learning a whole new trade, I actually went to the Lineapelle leather fair last month and I was like a kid in the sweet shop, because I suddenly had a new material to work with.
I think it's going to be an interesting development and addition to the brand, we're selling it online on our site with stockists that we picked up in February. Next season we'll be doing new wallet shapes and a few more card holders. It also opens different stockist options for us as well.
Tell me more about the bright coloured pieces which debuted at London Fashion Week
We also did this collection (pulls out bag of bright red, orange and yellow pieces) especially for fashion week, we got such a good response we're going to launch it as a new line called Hannah Martin Show. I picked the five iconic shapes across the last three collections and they're base metal and powder coated. I was trying to find a way to colour metal without having to enamel which is really expensive and I found this warehouse in Hackney that spray paint bike frames so that's how they're made. Obviously like the leather pieces, the price point is much much lower. We'll be designing a collection every season, changing the colours and hopefully working with fashion designers for their catwalk shows. Which would've been a bit tricky which the 'mainline, high-end collections', if designers use them on the catwalk then it immediately dates it to the season which we obviously don't want to do. And it's already been very popular, had a few orders and it going to be stocked in the Paul Smith store and Luisaviaroma in Florence. This was the first experiment to test the market a little bit, and the idea for next season I'll design one or two shapes that will only be available to the Show line, because it's made of brass rather than silver it means we can go bigger on the weight and I could do something a bit different.
What materials do you mainly work with?
Silver and gold usually, the first two years I was only working with gold, keeping it really precious. It's always easier to diffuse a brand and start at the top using the highest quality materials rather than other way round. It means customers will always know us for our high end luxury pieces but knowing theres an option for silver or the pop colour pieces. The one thing we don't do is plate the metals, if it's silver it's solid silver.
Who would you say is your typical customer?
It's so varied because theres the male/female split so I couldn't pin point an age group. For example we had one private client who ordered the black coated ring with rubies, and she must've been in her late 60s early 70s and it was her commitment ring for her 40th Ruby anniversary. Then someone came into order the same ring in rose gold as a her 21st birthday present, so its great that one piece can have such mass appeal. It's difficult because it is so hard to predict but it's also quite nice because people buy it because they love it rather than it being a fashion trend or something that's in for the moment. It seems to cross generations.
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TEXAS LEGISLATURE: Vote plan gets harder to fight
Expert notes negative intent must be shown
AUSTIN — The new voter identification rules and the electoral maps passed in the 2013 Legislative session are being challenged by the federal government, but a political science authority warns that it may be a tougher row to hoe for the feds this time.
Both pieces of legislation had been taken on by the Department of Justice as discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but a U.S. Supreme Court decision removed the requirement for Justice Department approval of changes to voting laws in Texas. Now the department has taken the matter to court under different rules.
The Department of Justice might have a harder time than usual making its case because it has to argue that there was discriminatory intent now, rather than just discriminatory effect, Texas Tech Political Science Associate Professor Mark McKenzie said.
"It's a little bit harder to prove what's in people's minds," McKenzie said.
Intent is included in a summary sent out in a news release by the Justice Department: "In the Department's other filing announced today, the United States seeks a declaration that Texas's 2011 redistricting plans for the U.S. Congress and the Texas State House of Representatives were adopted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race, color, or membership in a language minority group in violation of Section 2, as well as the voting guarantees of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution."
The Justice Department is challenging the redistricting maps by seeking intervenor status in an existing lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Antonio, Perez vs. Perry. The voter ID rules are being challenged in a lawsuit, U.S. vs. State of Texas, filed in U.S. District Court in Corpus Christi.
The maps that were originally rejected as discriminatory aren't in place now; they were replaced with maps a three-judge panel in San Antonio federal court drew up as a temporary measure to get by in the 2012 election cycle.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, now a gubernatorial candidate, came up with the idea of adopting the temporary maps permanently, which is what lawmakers did in the special session that included redistricting.
It is those maps that are under challenge. The request by the Justice Department for intervenor status in the maps case includes the statement: "The United States asserts that the 2011 Congressional and State House plans were motivated by discriminatory intent."
"That was not unexpected," said state Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo. "That was always a possibility. The Justice Department in my opinion intervened prematurely in this process. But nevertheless they chose to move at this time."
During the last election cycle, the primaries were delayed because of the legal disputes over the maps. Ramifications of the delays included the election of Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate after his campaign used the extra time to gather the additional momentum needed to defeat Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the Republican primary.
Abbott told reporters on a conference call that he believes the Department of Justice newly weighing in on redistricting won't affect the March 4 primaries.
"It's unclear to me whether they could throw the primary elections in doubt or not," McKenzie said. He said there have been instances where court proceedings pushed past September and the election dates stayed firm.
"I don't know if it's going to resolve," Darby said. "I would hope the primary date is not up in the air right now."
Michael Li, a Dallas election law attorney who follows redistricting closely, said the court could simply use the newly approved maps, which are basically the court's temporary maps, as a temporary fix again.
"The primary certainly could be delayed. It's hard to sort of predict how things will play out," Li said. "The court has an easy remedy if it wants to, which is their maps, while not perfect, are certainly workable for another election cycle, and it may well just order that the 2012 maps be used for the 2014 election cycle and make any additional changes after that."
Every 10 years, the state draws new political maps after the decennial census data comes out.
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This year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the formula for determining what areas could have voter discrimination, and thus require pre-clearance, was outdated, so Texas didn't need to get pre-clearance anymore — or at least not until the formula is revamped by Congress.
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It's no secret that health care costs have been spiraling out of control for years. To fight back, your best bet is to be a well-informed consumer: Know the true costs of medical procedures, supplies and medications so you can bargain effectively; carefully anticipate and track medical expenses; and stay on top of your bills.
But sometimes, even when you follow the rules you still can get burned.
Case in point: When our son needed a medical procedure last year, his pediatrician obtained the required preauthorization from our insurance company. We paid the out-of-network doctor directly then submitted the claim for reimbursement. For six months thereafter the insurance company bounced the claim back and forth between departments, each denying responsibility and wasting hours of our time. Only after I sent a strongly worded letter to the CEO's office did they finally relent and pay the claim.
I've heard dozens of much more appalling stories about people – even those with comprehensive insurance – who have been denied benefits, over-charged, sent to collections or even forced to file for bankruptcy because they couldn't pay their medical bills.
Here are ways to cope with medical bills you've already racked up:
Look for billing errors. Carefully review each doctor, lab or hospital bill and match it against the Explanation of Benefits statement that shows how much they were reimbursed by the insurance company. Also, watch for items that may have been charged to you by mistake such as:
- Medications, supplies, treatments or meals you didn't receive while hospitalized or getting an outpatient procedure.
- Duplicate charges for a single procedure (such as x-rays, MRIs and lab work), including those that had to be redone due to a technician's error.
- Charges for a full day's hospitalization when you checked out early; or private room rates when you shared a suite.
The summary hospital bill you were sent probably doesn't contain many details, so ask for an itemized copy of your bill along with a copy of your medical chart and a pharmacy ledger showing which drugs you were given during your stay. You're entitled to these documents.
Likewise, don't automatically give up if you're denied coverage for a treatment or drug. Your medical plan document should outline what is covered and outline the dispute mechanism available to you. Ask your doctor's office or your employer's human resources department to get involved – they're used to dealing with insurance companies.
Don't ignore bills. If you're having difficulty paying a medical bill, don't simply ignore it. Like any creditor, doctors and hospitals often turn unpaid bills over to collection agencies, which will wreak havoc with your credit score. Contact creditors as soon as possible, explain your situation and ask them to set up an installment payment plan or work out a reduced rate.
I once had a situation involving a large out-of-pocket cost. Paying it all at once would have been a hardship, so I spoke to the hospital's billing department. They were happy to have me pay installments for a year with no interest and nothing reported to the credit bureaus. That was an interest-free loan I was happy to take.
Negotiate. Many people with no insurance discover that they're often charged much higher rates than those negotiated by insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid. Don't be afraid to ask for those lower rates and to work out a repayment plan – just be sure to get the agreement in writing. Most doctors and hospitals would rather accept reduced payments than have to deal with collection agencies and possibly no reimbursement at all.
Assistance programs. Ask the hospital's patient liaison to review your case and see whether you qualify for financial assistance from the government, a charitable organization or the hospital itself. Most will forgive some or all bills for people whose income falls below certain amounts tied to federal poverty levels. Also pursue this avenue with your doctor or other provider – ideally before they've begun collections.
Here a few other cost-savings tips:
- Ask whether your employer offers flexible spending accounts, which let you pay for eligible out-of-pocket health care and/or dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis – that is, before federal, state and Social Security taxes are deducted from your paycheck.
- Use price-comparison services like Healthcare Blue Book, OutofPocket.com and New Choice Health to research going rates for a variety of medical services. One report I saw found that a routine appendectomy costs anywhere from $1,529 to $182,955, depending on which facility is used.
- Unless it's a true emergency, try to avoid emergency rooms and use an urgent care network facility affiliated with your insurance company or ask your doctor for recommendations. Research the hours and locations of these clinics ahead of time.
- Keep track of where all your medical bills are in the payment pipeline. If you haven't received a bill from your insurance company in 30 days, check with them and the doctor/hospital to make sure they have correct billing information.
- If your income is low, see if you qualify for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides free or low-cost health care to more than 7 million children.
- Explore employer-sponsored wellness programs, which reward employees for losing weight, quitting smoking and other health-improvement activities. Common incentives include gift cards, discounted gym memberships and lowered insurance premiums.
- The government's HealthCare.gov site has tools for comparing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes and other health providers.
Bottom line: Know what health services cost and don't be afraid to negotiate. You'll haggle over the price of a car – why not your health?
This article is intended to provide general information and should not be considered legal, tax or financial advice. It's always a good idea to consult a legal, tax or financial advisor for specific information on how certain laws apply to you and about your individual financial situation.
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White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
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Ronald Reagan: The President's News Conference - 11/10/81
November 10, 1981 (over 33 years ago)The President's News Conference on November 10, 1981. For more information on the ongoing works of President Reagan's Foundation, please visit http://www.reaganfoundation.org.
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Before WWII, Bill Burke was active in the Southern California hot rod and racing scenes. Speed had grabbed Bill by throat and wasn't about to let go. Like many of us, he was a slave to all things fast and hopped up. So it makes sense that even while ...

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Thanks for the early morning history lesson. That car probably helped make one of the biggest changes in land speed racing that still works even now. It looks like the recreation pretty well captures the spirit of the original car even with the noticeable differences. 120+ in that car in the late 40's must been one exciting ride. <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
Gotta give alot of respect to racers of years past. Bill Burke is most certainly the pioneer of the teardrop shaped race car in America and the WWII tanks are still used today. Amazing. The guys behind this recreation also need a pat on the back. Beautiful car.
Very cool. Bill Burke is a legendary racer, and one of the nicest men on the planet. It is really great that our history has been reclaimed.
Thank You!!! Just passing through Ogden, Utah and saw some salvage tanks and just wondered who thought of the 1st Belly Tank. Now I know. Amazing......
Thank you, Mr. Burke, for starting something cool and exciting! Great history lesson Ryan! Thanks man!
I've been intrigued by this car from the first time I saw pictures of it. Some vintage shots showed up recently in Hop Up vol X. pp 122 and 123 and in Hop Up vol 9 p 117.
I've known Bill from his early days selling advertising for McMullen, to the 80's at Bonneville when he and his son were thrashing on that blown Avanti. I'm thrilled that this project has been completed, and he will be there to see it.
Man.... a bicycle seat?! Talk about "seat of your pants" driving... how about "crack of your ass" (LOL)! Great History!
A few years ago one of the "rags" published a list of the 100 most important/influential early hot rodders. Bill was not on the list. Made the whole exercise suspect.
Ryan, Great write up, Thanks. This has been a fun project from start to finish. Big thanks to all that helped as well as Bill himself for giving us the reason. Thanks Guy's for all the positive comments. Ted Kempgens
I just get over how far one sticks out of a 165 gallon tank. Holy Shit I would have shat approaching 55 MPH. It's like sitting on a Sea Doo. Rad post, and I am glad to see someone recreating the tank that started it all.
Wow wow wow! What a piece of history! Fair scares to consider sitting in that thing bombing across the flats. Now, how to make it street legal....
Awesome,wild and strange. I can handle the complete package --less the bicycle seat--Makes my ass hurt just looking at the picture but what a cool deal!


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Declaring himself fit for the third cricket Test against India, England off-spinner Graeme Swann said given the momentum his team has, it is well on course to completing a 4-0 series whitewash against the world number one visiting side.
Swann had been in doubt for the Test starting August 10 after being hit on his left hand while batting but scans have ruled out any major damage.
England lead the four-match series 2-0 after dominating displays at the Lord's and Trent Bridge and Swann said the hosts could well make it 4-0 in the final analysis.
"I'd like to think that it's possible to win 4-0. A lot of things have to go in our favour, but if they do, it'll be a nice thing to aim for. We're the only team who can win it 4-0," Swann was quoted as saying by the 'Daily Telegraph'
"The way we've played in the first two games, they've not been perfect performances and we've still won them very well. If we can iron out those areas and do everything else right, we're going to be a very difficult team to beat," he said.
The flamboyant bowler, who is yet to make an impact in the series so far, joked about how his mind wanders when he is not competing.
"When I'm on my own for six hours, my mind goes to some very dark and dodgy places. At one point I was thinking if I could possibly murder the guy in the crowd who was shouting abuse at me and get away with it," he said.
"I watch CSI, so I was thinking about how I could dispose of all the evidence. And that's when I realised that I needed to get back in the slips. You get the odd idiot. He probably wasn't saying anything untoward. I think he was a Leicestershire supporter or something, having a go at my beautiful Trent Bridge," he recalled.
Swann said he bowled badly in Trent Bridge but promised a better display at the rather helpful Edgbaston track.
"It's easy to make the excuse that I was hit on the hand. But I just had one of those days. I got out of bed the wrong side that morning. Rahul Dravid has played me very well this series. But I don't think they needed to play me particularly well at Trent Bridge, I bowled so badly."
"I'm looking forward to Edgbaston, because it did turn a little bit last year," Swann said.
"Hopefully it will spin, because then you turn up to the ground in the morning knowing you're going to play a more active role. Turning up knowing you are a bit-part player does not always fit well with someone who likes to be the centre of attention," he added.
Swann recalled the bizarre run out of Ian Bell in the Trent Bridge Test and revealed how confused everyone was in the England dressing room before he was reinstated following requests by host skipper Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower to the Indian camp.
"It was a very strange atmosphere. Belly had taken off his pads. He thought he was out. Then rumours came upstairs that they were talking about whether to ask him back in. So people were saying 'put your pads on', and someone else was saying 'no, don't bother' It was bizarre, really," he said.
"But what happened in the end was the right thing. India could have upheld the appeal, but it would have put a very bitter taste on the series. We don't want it descending into the sort of scenes we had at the end of last year.
"We really didn't like the Pakistan team by the end of the series, and they didn't like us. But so far this year, the atmosphere between the two teams has been exceptional," he added.
Keywords: India's tour of England, injury. 3rd test


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Released: Dec 01st, 2005
Running Time: 130
Director: TT Boy
Company: TTB Productions
Distribution Companies: Evasive Angles Entertainment
Memphis Monroe, Toni Chavez, Laveah, Maria Bella, Chase Chandler, Dirty Harry, TT Boy
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: Gonzo
Everyone's entitled to an "off" day now and again. The problem is that in porn, the camera makes every off day immortal! 18N45 may just be feeling its age, but the popularity of the line probably won't flag for quite a while - so don't sweat it.
TT's best bang features Toni and Marie (didn't they have a variety show in the '70s?) who lap each other up like sweet tarts at the scene's front end. By the time Boy turns the tarts over, the girls take turns riding his ample log? but suddenly don't seem interested in pussy on the side. The third wheel syndrome strikes again.
Harry and Laveah take first position on the hot seat; mainly because she loves nice big dicks and he owns one. (She's got a nice big ass, too, but sadly never the twain shall meat.) These two cook up enough energy to float the less arousing material. Solos from all the girls comprise the bonus material.
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Bennetts proudly supports Cal Crutchlow
Bennetts, the UK's No.1 bike insurance specialist, has announced its sponsorship of MotoGP star Cal Crutchlow, who joins fellow British bike racers two-time World Superbike champion, James Toseland and current Moto2 star, Scott Redding, who are also backed by Bennetts.
Cal is the sole British rider competing in MotoGP, the World's premier motorcycling championship, riding for Monster Yamaha Tech3 and is enjoying a successful rookie season in MotoGP.
By proudly wearing the Bennetts logo on his race leathers, Cal will join James and Scott by acting as ambassadors by making personal appearances alongside Bennetts at a number of events throughout the year. Bennetts are also be launching a campaign later in the year to help those at the beginning of their racing careers to get a foot on the ladder.
Hannah Squirrell, Director of Marketing at Bennetts commented, "We've followed Cal's career closely since we were both involved with BSB and were delighted when the opportunity arose to support him, especially now as he's proving himself at the very highest level. With Cal joining James and Scott, we've now got our Dream Team in place for this season but will be looking for up and coming talent to get in touch in time for the 2012 season as we continue to support, and give our customers access to, the best British riders in the sport".
Cal underlined his delight by saying, "I'm thrilled to finally have Bennetts support having admired their knowledge, understanding and commitment to motorcycle racing for many years. I'll be proudly wearing the Bennetts logo from Silverstone onwards and look forward to working with the UK's No.1."
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