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Thursday, February 7, 2013
WWTK is back
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- Kenzie Smith said...
I watch the National Anthem to see if they screw it up too! Haha! My favorite parts about the Superbowl are the halftime show and snacks.
Luckily my dogs will only bark once or twice then I get after them because it drives me insane.
I drink coffee for the creamer too!!
Thank you so much for linking up with us and for the support!
- February 7, 2013 at 1:25 PM
- VandyJ said...
Nick like dirty martinis too. I like flavored martinis. The plain ones are just a bit to alcoholy for me.
- February 7, 2013 at 2:18 PM
- Myya said...
I've never had a "dirty margarita"... apparently I need to! :)
Love me some salted carmel, but I need white mocha not just mocha.
Girls trip = SO MUCH FUN I'm suppah jealous!!!
- February 8, 2013 at 2:55 AM
- Julie Maloney said...
Alicia was off key on one part, that's for sure. It was pretty boring. I totally agree with you about the dogs. I just have one but I'm building a pool and they're here almost every day for the next 6 weeks and he goes balls every time.
- February 8, 2013 at 1:16 PM
- Kasey said...
I have to watch the Superbowl halftime show ever since the whole Justin Timberlake/ Janet Jackson boob flash fiasco! I just have to see what someones going to do to try and top it- haha!
- February 10, 2013 at 6:21 AM
- Impulsive Addict said...
wow! This meme brings back memories!
Yes! Olives. YUM. Can't wait to have a dirty marg with you soon.
Tearin' Up Tulsa--here we come!!! I'm super excited!!!
- February 12, 2013 at 1:07 AM


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Now that summer is half over (how???) I started making headway on my summer sewing goal…making bed quilts for my boys.
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Cookeville native Corey Boyd joined the Tennessee Tech women's soccer program as an assistant coach prior to the 2010-2011 season.
Boyd currently serves as Select Director for the Upper Cumberland United Soccer Club, and his coaching experience includes acting as the director of coaching for the U17, U15 and U12 UCUSC teams, as well as the U17 girls U.C. United Club team. Prior to coaching for U.C. United, Boyd was the acting head coach for the Livingston Crew U17 boys club team and the assistant coach for the Abingdon High School men's soccer team.
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VICKSBURG – The Starkville Yellowjackets have punched their ticket for a return trip to Jackson and the Class 6A State Tournament.
With Friday's 52-48 victory over Jackson Murrah in the North Class 6A Tournament, the Jackets get another opportunity to defend its state title won at the Mississippi Coliseum (a.k.a. the Big House) last season.
"It's good to get back," Starkville boys coach Greg Carter said. "When we started the season, our goal was to make it back to the state tournament."
It did not look good for the Jackets (19-7) early in the game against the Mustangs took a 10-6 lead after the first quarter. Starkville closed the gap to 23-21 by halftime.
After the two teams traded 13 points in the third quarter, the Jackets out-scored the Mustangs 18-12 in the final frame.
"It was a pretty close game and neither one of us had more than a six-point lead in the game," Carter said. "We played hard, but our inability to hit free throws and to finish around the basket reared its ugly head again. We were able to fight through it and pulled it out."
Steve Brand and Chris Harris scored 13 points each to lead SHS, while Mike Brand also scored in double digits with 11 points. Harris and Stanley Childs had eight rebounds each and Jacolby Mobley dished out seven assists.
Gavin Ware missed his third-straight game for the Jackets with a bruised knee.
Starkville plays Vicksburg in its own gym tonight for the Class 6A North crown. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
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What are we going to do about Barack Obama? More than any president in memory he has seeped into every aspect of the nation's collective political consciousness—not the influence or charisma or persona of Obama but the fact of him. We've become so vested in him one way or another that no one is capable of dispassion about anything that has to do with him even indirectly. This includes those who have supported him and find themselves rationalizing, emotionally if not intellectually, how a former constitutional lawyer can have a record on civil liberties that's occasionally confounding when it isn't dismaying. It also includes those to the left of Obama who have never trusted him and have been predisposed from the outset to finding him compromised and wanting.
But it's the right, of course, that most spectacularly manifests how Obama-centric the political culture has become. Though it once seemed this couldn't be truer than during last year's presidential contest, it's been more true in the wake of Obama's reelection and most true this week when Republicans on the floor of Congress have called Obama "unfit" for office, implicitly laying the foundation for charges of impeachment for some high crime no one can intuit let alone name. From the moment of the president's ascendancy, the right has been gripped by a monomania unprecedented in terms of how disproportionate it is in relation to reality. In contrast to Americans of all stripes closing ranks behind George W. Bush after the terrorist attacks of September 2001 (and the most controversial election in a century), the financial crisis of 2008 occasioned a furious response among many Americans that was less about what Obama did and said than about who he is, or more precisely, about who some want to believe he is. The Tea Party that so indignantly insists on its tax-exempt status as a "social welfare" movement rather than a partisan one wasn't born in reaction to any policy of Obama's or as a vehicle by which an alternative would be offered in face of the most potentially cataclysmic economic meltdown in 75 years. The Tea Party was a reaction to the very biography of Barack Obama and the part of it that cites as his vocation "44th President of the United States."
Anyone who can't acknowledge this doesn't possess the minimum intellectual honesty that makes him or her worth engaging in conversation. The shambolic activities of the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department's various aggressions against the press, even the tragedy of the now fading Benghazi affair ("Watergate times ten" a month ago) are valid subjects of discussion. That these things bear some investigation, however, is insufficient to a right-wing so determined to make all of them about Obama—notwithstanding that thus far there isn't a single piece of evidence that any of them are about Obama; thus the vagaries of language concerning "tone" and "atmosphere" and "a culture of intimidation"—that it would risk making them about nothing. The right's zeal, in other words, suggests that if these things can't be pursued to the president's feet, then they're barely worth pursuing.
With the coming of Obama, the right concluded that the Daniel Patrick Moynihan maxim of being entitled to your opinions but not your own facts is for sissies and Obama is the most radical president of all time by virtue of being Obama. This is a conviction held independent of whether the deficit has fallen under Obama rather than risen, whether taxes on most Americans have gone down rather than up, whether the number of people working for the government has shrunk rather than grown, whether the auto industry has survived rather than perished, whether the economy has improved rather than declined, whether al-Qaeda is weaker rather than stronger, and whether "all time" includes the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, and assorted Roosevelts.
The hatred of Obama that has so consumed the mission of congressional Republicans—indicated most vividly by Senator Mitch McConnell's flat refusal to fill judicial vacancies and by the House Oversight Committee chairmanship of Darrell Issa, who in 2010 declared Obama the most corrupt president ever—also appears to have inspired self-emasculation among congressional Democrats, with the tenure of Harry Reid as his party's Senate chief becoming more startling by the moment. Paralyzed by the prospect of someday becoming minority leader, Reid already acts like one rather than like the majority leader he presently is. The Obama hysteria that routinely characterizes conservative natterers of radio and television finally has infiltrated conservative intelligentsia as well, the recent musings of Peggy Noonan being the most conspicuous case in point. The author of both President Reagan's best address, following the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, and the one at 1988's Republican Convention by which candidate George H. W. Bush resurrected himself, Noonan is a first-rate speech writer with a gift for wedding poetry to ideology.
Poets and thinkers, however, aren't necessarily the same. Over the years whenever Noonan has tried to pass herself off as a thinker, she's gotten out of her depth, especially undone by her cultural pretensions; a couple of decades ago, writing about an artist who had photographed a crucifix submerged in urine, she opined that in simpler and better times there was little controversy on what constituted great art and offered as an example Walt Whitman, when in fact Leaves of Grass was considered obscene upon publication and Whitman was fired from his civil service job for writing it. Noonan has described Reagan as the Henry James of American politics, something that makes no sense if you've read Henry James. Laboring over the years to keep her distaste for Obama on a more cerebral plane—she once curiously described him as "languid"—lately she's lost her composure, abhorrence of the president finally convincing her that his culpability in the IRS matter transcends Reagan's acknowledged complicity in the plainly illegal acts that comprised the 1987 Iran-Contra scandal.
The once-honorable philosophy of Jeffersonian conservatism, by which we test the limits of government and the boundaries of the social contract, has become a pathology. It is so obsessed with the person of the president as to have taken leave of all sense. The right now defines itself almost wholly not by substantive disagreement with the president but bald hypocrisy, nitwitted misogyny, slavish corporatism, a toxicity of spirit and a sense of self-martyrdom, opportunism calling itself patriotism, narcissism calling itself principle, nihilism pretending to be religiosity, disdain for democracy parading as populism and contempt for constitutional process masquerading as reverence, an Orwellian vocabulary that traffics in groundless phrases like "enemies list" and "court-packing," a hostility to empiricism so brash as to claim—as did a Republican congresswoman last weekend on Meet the Press—157 visits by IRS officials to the White House when there have been a total of 11, and faith bad enough to reject long-time right-wing holy grails like the individual mandate in health-care reform when the illegitimate occupant of the White House embraces them in hope of winning bipartisan support.
Maybe there will be something more to the IRS fiasco. Maybe the president's fingerprints will be all over it. In the meantime, the right has made the sheer historical moment of Barack Obama a line in the sand. You may take honest issue with much or most of Obama's policies, but you need to decide on which side of the line you stand given what that line has been made to represent and given that it's the president's opponents who drew it, not the president. This historical moment will give way to a posterity that will judge not this president alone but the rest of us too. We will decide what to do about Barack Obama when we decide what to do about ourselves.
Thu, 2013-06-06 12:57
While this all rings true for me I have to wonder how different it would be if, say, John Kerry won in 2004. The term "swift boating" was born of that election. This is swift boating too . . making up your own facts and words, repeating them ad nauseum until they are part of the popular lexicon and embracing your own willful ignorance. The composition of Congress aside, Kerry would have gotten the same treatment. Obama's is merely exacerbated because he is not 100% white.
Fri, 2013-06-07 11:39
Have to agree with kenlovisacpa. I have watched and listen to the conservative right since Obama's election in 2008, and it seems everything bad in the nation and world is the President's fault, no matter how much of a stretch that link might be. I have come to the sad conclusion that it's genesis is because Obama is what he is----a very smart and articulate moderate who can connect with most voters and who is not caucasion. Another way of saying that is that the racially intolerant can't tolerate him.
Sat, 2013-06-08 09:33
"Anyone who can't acknowledge this doesn't possess the minimum intellectual honesty that makes him or her worth engaging in conversation." What an arrogant and ridiculous statement. This makes me absolutely certain that the writer has no understanding of how conservatives think and act. And if you don't understand your "opponent", that makes you a weak contender.
It is not about race, it is about what we see as the downgrading of America. We believe that selling off our children's futures to China is a disgrace. We believe that social programs without incentives for becoming self-sufficient are enslaving. We believe that religious liberty is a core right, and that requiring us to pay for others' reproductive choices that go counter to our moral code is outrageous. We believe that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness-none of which is being honored right now.
Get over yourselves-you would like to believe it is because he is black, but it is because we believe he is WRONG. For the past 20 years, about 1/2 of the country has voted conservative, and about 1/2 liberal. You can pretend that you are "winning" as a famous actor does, but if you look at it deeply, we are a country divided. A good leader, as Ben Carson stated, will try to mend the divide, not push it further apart. I am hoping and praying that soon, we will have a real LEADER to come along who understands that more government is not the answer to our country's problems.
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Tue, 2013-06-11 15:38
neiljanebarlow, your comments would be funny if they were so self delusionally sad...If teapartiers/alleged conservatives were so concerned about America's future (and not focused on the color of the occupant of the WH), then you folks should have been in the streets during Bush II---you know, the administration that brought the country sky high deficits, corporate (and other special interest) give-a-ways, 2 wars that were not paid for and required no sacrifice except from the members of the military fighting in said wars, a complete degradation of the Constitution and an enlargement of the scope of Executive Power, quite possiblly acts of illegality (and, at a minimum, direct and intentional misleading of the American public with regard to the War in Iraq, among other issues) and let us not forget the blatant incompetence. Yet, as far as I know, you folks sat silently on the sidelines, not a word to be heard (and, unfortunately, you folks were not alone in your silence, and thus, the complicity). Furthermore, if you are really concerned about future generations, then one would expect there to be some concern for the environment and the planet (see, I don't know if you realize this, but without a planet that is hospitable to human life, there is no need for a social, economic and political system, since it is meaningless).
Then there is the issue of religious expression. As far as I can tell, there has been no attempt to infringe upon anyone's religious freedom. The issue of mutual respect and tolerance for those of all faiths is embedded in the Constitution, as opposed to special rights and/or privileges for those who espouse certan beliefs. If you want to know what goes against my core beliefs, its subsidizing the lavish lifestyle of some Wall Street fat cat that adds nothing to society and extracts a pound of flesh in return, and that is exactly what we as a country are doing and have been doing for some time (so, if you want to discuss a perverse incentive structure, perhaps you should focus on the big ticket item(s), like institutions that socialize all of the risks of their risky behavior while privatizing the returns...this is the big drain on the economic resources of our country).
Finally, it is difficult, if not impossible to bridge or mend a divide alone. Your commentary on this piece is a perfect example. It could have been written by one of the brain dead anchors at Fox News or any member of the Conservative Entertainment Complex as it is not grounded in any sense of reality.
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Tue, 2013-06-11 16:19
Sorry neiljanebarlow, I hate to pile on, but you have made it too easy (furthermore, Steve Erickson has done an excellent job of synthesizing the right's hypocritical, and arguably pathological, obession with Obama, which make this all too easy...)
Do not think that your cyncial reference to Ben Carson went unnoticed (to insulate you from the assertion that your opposition to Obama is race based perhaps?). Dr. Carson may be a brillian neurosurgeon, but, in his brief time on the political stage, he showed himself to be a first class clown. Perhaps you have some memorable quotes from Herman Cain, E.W. Jackson or Mia Love that you would like to share (good grief!). Frankly, there is very little (if anything) about the Tea Part Platform that is intellectually credible. Let's take the Tea Party darling, Michelle Backman as an example. Besides showing herself to be a first class clown, Ms. Bachman "rails" against government spending while herself receiving farm subsidies from....THE GOVERNMENT (that would you if you pay taxes and definitely me since I pay a boatload). I guess those government dollars dampened her internal resolve for self actualization so much so that she continues to seek public largese through holding office and, while not actually doing anything while in office except spew a bunch of lies?
Darrell Issa, Chair of the House Gov't Overisght Committee (who may/may not be a Tea Partier, but is a member of the GOP and a true clown) is another example. Mr. Issa has built his business empire through public works projects and other legislation that he has championed that also happened to benefit his business interests. Way to clamp down on that government spending Mr. Issa. I could (and, I am willing to go on, but I hope you get my point, but I am sure that you don't).
This is not to imply that I believe that the Dems and/or Obama are saints-I do not think either are paragons of virtue, but my criticism of the President is focused on the promises that he made on the campaign trail and the actions that he has taken while in office that are not in line with those promises, as opposed to some fictionalized boogey man that never existed and serves as a distraction from the larger issues comfronting the country. I suggest that you try doing the same.
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Tue, 2013-06-11 17:23
This is it...I promise, I am done. A recent FOIA request reveals that several GOP members of Congress who have submitted requests for "Obamacare" money (that would be tax payer dollars, from a program that these same Congressional members claim to despise, despite the fact that the ACA/Obamacare contains several provisions, like the individual mandate, that the GOP at one time championed)...http://www.thenation.com/article/174669/revealed-letters-republicans-seeking-obamacare-money
So, long and short-give it rest. Put your money where your mouth is and show me some intellectual heft behind your oppsition (to Obama), but until then, I will refer to the Tea Party/the GOP/Conservatives as the hypocrites that you have shown yourselves to be time again. You might spend some time developing them as opposed to listening to the Conservative Entertainment Complex.
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Amy Watts is off for a birthday dinner tonight, at a joint too classy to have a TV above the bar (two Manhattans and she gets all CAPSLOCK!, three and she loves spats).
Reality sets in! Week two begins.
Grand entrance: No eliminations last week, so all the stars are still with us: Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, Victor Ortiz and Lindsay Arnold, Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson, Lisa Vanderpump and Gleb Savchenko, D. L. Hughley and Cheryl Burke, Zendaya and Val Chmerkovskiy, Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd, Alexandra Reitsman and Mark Ballas, Dorothy Hamill and Tristan MacManus, Wynonna Judd and Tony Jovolani, Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess, and Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff.
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Tonight Brooke has gone full Kardashian in magenta jersey with midriff windows and flatironed hair.
First up: Ingo and Kym doing the quickstep. In rehearsal, Kym tells him to dance like he has a penny up his butt. They're dressed in black and white '40s wear and his shiny shoes are easy to track on the floor. It's a sweet, cheerful number. Len is grinning! and says bingo! good frame but hit and miss footwork. Bruno declares it a bonanza of tricky steps. Carrie disagrees with Len and says his frame was off, which sets off a squabble at the judges' table that Tom cuts short by sending the couple up the stairs. Scores: 6, 7, 7, with the 6 from Carrie, for a total with last week's scores of 40 out of 60.
Tom teases us with high jinks and high drama to come.
Dorothy Hamill and Tristan MacManus, who Tom calls "Mr. Hair Gel," are next. Dorothy confesses the jive terrifies her the most, and rehearsal reveals a pinched nerve, a weak ankle, and a good bit of doubt. They dance to Chantilly Lace but the vocalist is no Big Bopper. Dorothy is wearing pretty wingtip flats, which make her dancing less ballroom and more jumping-around-the-living-room-in-bedroom-slippers. Toward the end she gets stuck on an under-the-legs slide and by the end it's clear she's mostly glad to have it done. Bruno is so disappointed he stays in his chair but kindly gives her notes to work on. Carrie says her problem was fear more than her ankle and hopes she hangs in. Len laments undelivered promise and says he thought she was going to go from the slide into "Splash" (celebrity diving show, whatever) and the audience boos.
Jacoby Jones and Karina get the first jazz dance of the season. He says, "I wasn't nervous in the Super Bowl, do you think I'd get nervous for this?" and Karina gives him a shove. She's too smart to pull his finger during rehearsal but he cuts one without help. Karina brings in some friends, a troupe of tiny girls, and yes, Jacoby in their midst is as cute as you'd think. They taunt him mercilessly.
They start with Karina on Jacoby's shoulders, under a very tall trenchcoat, in sepiascope. Music is Five Guys Named Moe. Karina's costumers have forgotten her shirt. It's a fun dance, with mirrored footwork and some comedy lifts. His mother's in the audience, looking lovely in black velvet.
Carrie is smiling and says the dance was rocking! and Jacoby's lines are fantastic. Jacoby makes a show of fixing his posture for Len and seems to have overheard Kym telling Ingo to dance like he has a penny up his butt. Len says the dance was fun and full of razzamatazz, and that jazz will play to Jacoby's strengths, which he hopes will carry to his other numbers; he loved it. Bruno is out of his chair and says it had wit, charm, and energy.
Brooke asks if Karina or the mini dancers were tougher; Jacoby says it was like being in a house where they took up all the bathrooms. They taught him his jazz hands.
Judges scores: Carrie Ann: 8; Len: 7; Bruno: 8. 23 out of 30, combined with last week's scores to make 43 out of 60. Jacoby says not bad, he's got some more work to do.
Tom says last week Len dared Victor the boxer to knock his socks off, which seems unwise. Victor says the jive is tough, with lots of coordination. Lindsay (the other blonde from last season's "So You Think You Can Dance," Whitney's friend) talks him out of a sulk-off when it gets hard.
They sparkle in red and Victor does a standing leap over her shoulders, but Victor's moves are more enthusiastic than precise. Len says it has energy and fun but his socks are still in place; speed came in and style went out. He calls it scruffy. The audience boos. Bruno says Victor is a runaway train but says parts looked like a zumba dance and tells him to hit the beat, not go through the beat, and keep his feet under him; and his advice on where Victor should keep his butt makes Carrie hit her head on the desk. She would like to give Victor bonus points for charisma but the footwork won't let her.
Up in the box, Victor tells Brooke that Lindsay works so hard, it makes him feel bad. Sixes all around from the judges, so 36 out of 60.
Wynonna next; she was surprised by how much fun she had last week, but her goal for this week is not to pee her pants because she's scared of the jive. Tony says this week they're mall cops, "so bored with pulling people over for fashion sense that they just want to dance." Wynonna says the quickstep is the hardest physical work she's done in a long time; we have scenes of great emotion.
They enter the ballroom on police segways, with flashers. Tony has clearly escaped the Village People and Wynonna is on the run from playing Big Mama in a road production of Chicago. They're dancing to the Neutron Dance but the choreography is soft, without any punch or daring.
Tom says Tony is a Super Mario Brother lookalike. Bruno says Wynonna's assets need security at all times, but their quickstep ended up as a casual stroll. Carrie says her frame and movement are beautiful but Wynonna is playing it very safe. Len says she's entertaining but never got out of first gear. The audience boos.
Wynonna tells Brooke she needed her handcuffs to put on Len, but Len clearly feels unjustly accused. Carrie: 6; Len: 6; Bruno: 6; she's tied with Victor.
Tom says as soon as Wynonna mentioned handcuffs, Len said "Call me" (this is where Amy would say I LOVE TOM, with double-Manhattan capsies).


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Impact signed 5 new wrestlers to help bring back the X-Division and only one was with the company before now. Here are my opinions on them so far:
1. Kid Kash- The only one to have been with TNA. He has put on some great matches and would be a great heel for the X-Division. I like his mic skills and attitude he has when he cuts his promos. I love his finisher and I think he and Aries
Hello all! This is my first blog and I'd like to start by telling you a little about myself and why I'm writing this blog. I'm 25 and have been watching wrestling my whole life as long as I can remember. I grew up on Hulkamania and was ushered into my preteen and teen years with the Attitude Era. I took a break from wrestling for a while (2005-2008ish) and am now back to watching thanks in part to
Updated 08-24-2011 at 02:55 PM by Frank
We all know the recent troubles the Hardys have been in lately. Everyday there is some news about either Matt or Jeff Hardy and it's usually not good news. Jeff as we all know has been dealing with issues regarding his drug addiction and his felony drug case which could land him in jail for a long time and Matt has recently been fired from TNA and was also arrested on suspicion of driving impaired.
Sup guys, Knox here. This isn't a technical blog filled with big words, this is simply a blog addressing the things the IWC bitch about, myself included. I think its getting old but no matter what, it will continue to happen. People on the comment threads bashing one another for having an opinion, it has to stop.
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Here's the deal. These are 2 DIFFERENT COMPANIES.
Updated 08-23-2011 at 03:18 PM by knox
Going to continue now with the next 3 people on my list of "TOP 10 FCW Up And Comers". Just to note, Brett DiBiase was going to be on my list but unfortunately it was just noted that he will be leaving the World of wrestling. We wish you the best Brett! Also, this has to be turned into a SIX part blog. Sorry for that.
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Bringing Back Jericho
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And turning the "Divas Championship" back to the "Women's Championship"
1. Daniel Bryan VS Evan Bourne (Cruiserweight Championship): Evan being the
The Hardy Boyz, The Dudleyz, Edge & Christian, Kai En Tai, The A.P.A., The New Age Outlaws, 2 Cool, and The Rock N' Sock Connection, are just a handful of great Tag Teams that were together back when the WWE gave a shit about Tag Teams. The list of Tag Teams in the Attitude Era was certainly larger than the list of Tag Teams in the WWE today (The Usos, Otunga and McGillicutty… That's about
Updated 08-23-2011 at 10:40 AM by Frank
Hello folks!!! I've been keeping up with the site and reading some really good blogs. This is only my second blog because I tend to ramble so I wanted to pick one really important topic and go from there. The first one I think I did ok with but didn't receive as much feedback as I would have liked so hopefully this one will be better. And I think it's pretty interesting that this one is created exactly
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Here's how RW members rated this race (50 votes).
In short: Hot, hilly in parts, well marshalled, great finish atmosphereIn full: A 2pm start on one of the hottest days of the year with the hills to be climbed concentrated in the second quarter of the race made this tougher than the distance and overall height gain would suggest.There were plenty of marshals who did a very good job. Ending in the middle of the Village Fair made for a great finishing reception even for those well down the field. Parking and loos were both as good as it gets.One suggestion for the future - if it is exceptionally hot a second water station would have been very welcome. To be fair, there seemed to be an impromptu attempt to provide some water for tail-enders at about 6 miles.Date of review: July 15, 2013
In short: Hot and hillyIn full: A mid July race with a start time of 2pm can be rather hot! 30C with just the one water station meant I felt rather thirsty on the last 3 miles.Date of review: July 15, 2013
In short: Weell done to the organisersIn full: The main thjing to say here is well done tpo the organisers for making this happen at all following the demise of the flower show and the poor weather in the days before the race. A miracle of flexible planning and organisation, so many thanks for keeping this runningDate of review: July 22, 2012
In short: Thanks so much to the organisers at South London Harriers, for ensuring that the race went ahead.Date of review: July 16, 2012
In short: Well done!In full: Thanks to the hard work and regular updates of the organisers, the race was able to go ahead. Yes the route was changed but the weather was terrible in the previous weeks and evidence of recent flooding was still present. Not as big a turnout as previous years but still a great race.Once again many thanks SLHDate of review: July 15, 2012
In short: very well organised as alwaysIn full: The orgaisers worked wonders toensure that the event went ahead following the demise of this year's flower show due to a little rain. Added to that much less car parking space. A challenging event as always and no frills - well worth the effort.Date of review: July 14, 2012
In short: nice but not as good as previous yearsIn full: have done this race for a few years now and yes the cancellation of the show and fair took the highlight of the race for me. to be fair the weather was a big problem but some of the last minute changes worked well, parking was fine in the allocated car parks but the club house was a nightmare if like me you entered on the day. at the end you got a nice medal which made it all worth while, lastly a BIG thank you to all the marshalls who braved the horrible weather without you races would never happen....Date of review: July 14, 2012
In short: Well organised and charmingIn full: A very enjoyable event, well-marshalled and well organised, being part of the flower show makes for a nice atmosphere. The course is quite undulating but PB potential is high as this is about the only 7 mile race that I know. Good to have a race on a Saturday and we were very lucky with the rain, which stopped about 10 minutes before the race began.Date of review: July 18, 2011
In short: Very well marshalled on quiet road courseIn full: Having run badly marshalled races it was great to have a well-marshalled one - shows the value of having running clubs doing the organising. Unusual distance, so very little comparison for PBs. Date of review: July 17, 2011
In short: Wet but didn't spoil itIn full: It always helps if you have a good run, but I've done this race for 5 out of the last 6 years and quite a few times before that and they've been a mixed bag. The Chipstead Flower Festival, now in its 102nd year, is a blast from the past and helps lift this from an average race to something special. The course is undulating but perfectly runnable even for beginners and there's a great cameraderie plus of course it's on a Saturday which is good for those with other Sunday commitments. Highly recommended.Date of review: July 17, 2011
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In a recent post to his site Sherif Ramadan looks at the topic of password hashing and why most developers are (still) doing it wrong. He notes that "fixing the people" and their mindset about hashing/salting is much harder than just fixing the code.
Beyond just writing code I also have to solve some very tough problems on a regular basis. Some of which don't stem from code at all, but from the people behind the code. Fixing code is easy for me (computers just do what I tell them to do), but fixing people proves to be a lot more challenging. Unfortunately some people are of the mindset that they aren't wrong simply because they've never been proven wrong before. To some people being proven wrong goes beyond just words. Some of us are a lot more stubborn than others and so explaining something may not be enough. This is called the wisdom of humility.
He points out that even those that immediately think "rainbow tables" when they think about md5 hashing are behind the times. Most processing methods, including the use of a GPU, can be used much more effectively and don't require the overhead of the large tables. He illustrates with a "random" md5 generator that outputs around 916 million variations. With a GPU running 4k million per second, this kind of cracking won't take long. He also talks about salts and how they can help the situation - but not just append it, hash with it.
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If you do these drills day after day, you really do get a lot faster, especially the block to block
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Does anybody know a link to a video for the block to block drill..... i dont undrstand it
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1. Books - "The King's Treasure" is moving forward... slowly but surely. It's for the 2.0 kit, so I'm still wondering how 1.0 owners are going to be able to build these robots, but I'm working on it. One idea is for LEGO to do something similar to the Mayan Parts Pack that allowed NXT Education Kit owners to build the robots... another idea is to try and find a Bricklink partner who can package the missing pieces...
2. In addition to the King's Treasure book, I'm also working on another book that may be of interest to some of you - "Build Your Own CNC Machine" - due out around Oct/Nov 2009. Yes, your very own CNC machine... it can do wood, plastic, metal... the book will walk you through cutting, drilling, and all the other stuff necessary to build a working machine (2 feet x 4 feet work surface~!). I'm sure a lot of you can think of ways to use the CNC machine to enhance your robot building :)
3. Laptop - a technician showed up today and got my laptop up and running. Yay. Now I'm goign to wait and see what Dell does to make me a happy customer. Not only did I pay the extra $150 for next-day business service, but I also lost 4 days of work (2 actually since I was able to use a backup PC to do some stuff, not all)... all in all, I figure I've lost about $400 in billable hours plus the $150 extended warranty payment which didn't deliver as promised. I've got to reallocate my destkop PC as the controller PC for my CNC machine, so it's going out to the workshop - now I need a new destkop... nothing super-powered... just a good solid desktop... how about it Dell? A $400 to $500 desktop in exchange for holding onto a long-term customer? I'll keep you informed.
I am glad to be back to writing...
5 comments:
- Eric D. Burdo said...
How about "open sourcing" the required parts list? Then, anyone on BrickLink can offer the "Kings Treasure Upgrade Kit". All they'd have to have, is those parts.
And I think that would be a fair deal on the computer. Dell fell flat on this one. If you do get a desktop machine, try to get one of their "business" models. It doesn't come with all the junk software found on the retail machines.
- Jun 17, 2009, 2:35:00 AM
- Pau B said...
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a "CNC machine"?
- Jun 17, 2009, 6:57:00 PM
- Tim said...
If you want to get a computer that's fast, try something recent, like Vista. Vista has been very unstable for me, (on a machine designed specifically for Vista,) so I would recomend sommething like Windows XP or 98 if you want to have the computer running full-time. This will prevent you from using complicated NXT-G code, and other graphics-based software, but for a textual code, it should run as long as you leave your computer offline. That way it won't restart unexpectedly due to updates.
That's all for now. My laptop running XP is doing some audio effects that wouldn't work on Vista, and it should take several weeks, and work, not a few days, and crash halfway through.
- Jun 17, 2009, 9:03:00 PM
- Jim Kelly said...
Eric - great idea!
Pau - CNC stands for "Computer Numeric Controlled" - it's basically a computer controlling the movements of a piece of hardware that can cut/drill/etch wood, plastic, metal, and other materials.
Big ones can run one-million dollars or more... smaller ones anywhere from $7000 and up... the one this book shows can be built for less than $800... even lower if you're willing to do some competitive shopping via the Internet.
Here's a picture of the machine minus the motors and router that will be mounted this weekend:
NOTE: download above is a 1.4 megabyte jpg photo - the link is good for 14 days from today's date.
- Jun 17, 2009, 10:22:00 PM
- Tim said...
I should probably stop working on more than five projects at a time, but I have a robot set up to work like a 3D scanner (from the top only, mainly so I can scan "floors" into LeoCAD). The degrees of freedom and their orientation seem similar, but my 3D scanner can only scan within an area of less than 32 studs on a Lego platform.
Now if I don't take it apart, I could make a drawing robot, 2D or 3D scanner, or CNC machine. Might need to fix the movement of the part that holds the vertically moving part so it moves more easily using the nearby horizontally moving part (which fits n the lower two horizontally moving parts).
- Jun 18, 2009, 9:02:00 PM


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ROM Blasphemy! Emulated games are lies.
I don't want this to turn into a ROM or emulator discussion. I don't want to know how many ROMs you've downloaded, which emulator you use, or how many original games and game consoles you own or collect.
While I have been known to play ROM files in the past, nothing pisses me off more than casual gamers who claim to own thousands and thousands of NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, or Atari games and resort to boasting about it. Downloading and saving ROM files is no where near as challenging as surfing ebay, visiting your local pawn or hawk shops, and dropping down cold, hard cash for game consoles, accessories, and games.
Now, another subject. You just bought a Wii, got it hooked up wirelessly, and just found a ton of classic games availiable online. You just bought and downloaded a copy of Super Mario Bros. 1. You own it now, right? Not in my opinion. Why? You didn't go through the same mental anguish to find a copy of the game in mint cartridge condition. Hell, you may not even own an NES. Half of game collecting is the persuit of actually finding the game for purchase. Looking it up online, whether legal or not, is not trully collecting and owning the game in my opinion.
Remakes and emulated titles reduce the value of original games in any condition. It happened with Chrono Trigger once Final Fantasy Chronicals was released for Playstation. It'll happen with every classic NES game featured for download on the Wii. It's unfair to collectors and too damn easy for gaming mainstreamers.
Unfortunately, it's a must in todays day and age. Mainstream gamers would rather let classic titles die in obscurity than purchase second-hand game hardware and search for original game titles. If classic games weren't availiable for download via the Wii, the few retro gamers left wouldn't have anyone to talk to.
Yeah, but where can I get my hands on a good old Star Castle Machine, Defender, Tempest, Asteroids, Space Wars, Donky Kong, Lunar Lander, Night Driver, Pac Man, Mrs Pacman, Dig Dug, etc... and after i spend this fortune on all these great original hardware machines, and learned how to repair them of course, where am I going to sleep, or for that matter stand to play them?
Lol, this is such a no subject. Who the heck is going to spend all their time and money hunting down old games and hardware so they can realize 10 minutes into Donkey Kong they'd rather be playing Fallout 3, Bioshock, MGS4, Medieval 2 TW, Dawn of War ... ... ?
Ya, it's nice to fire up a classic sometimes, and having the option to download one to my Wii or install FireNES on my browser to handle those cravings is great. But getting all fanboyish about classic games is just that, fanboyish. No one other than hardcore collectors are going to go out of there way to hunt down ancient consoles and cartridges to satisfy a craving.
Ya some games you collected may be losing value but the hardware shouldn't be. As far as I'm concerned the only people interested in that stuff are collectors anyways. So the fact that anyone can download Super Mario Bros. really isn't affecting your hardware's value.
And like any investment there is risk involved. You are choosing to invest in old gaming consoles and sound like you are hoping to profit from it. Welcome to life. You win some, you lose some. Try something like real estate or stocks if you want to make money.
Finding original arcade cabinets and classic games is far more challenging than walking down to a pawn shop. Console games collectors like me purchase for $20 to $200 are nothing when compared to purchases of arcade cabinets. MAME ROMs are just as illegal as home console ROMs, but unless you're a millionaire who likes throwing cash at near pointlessness, it's the only way.
On the flip side of that coin, what about really rare and really old home game consoles like the Fairchild Channel F, the Colecovision, the Vectrex, and so on? Older, rare consoles are the pride and joy of any collector's collection. These game consoles are rare, and many of them aren't in working condition any longer. Does that mean emulate? I have a split opinion on the topic, but I usually go by a rule. "Five to Twenty". If the game or game console in question is twenty years old or more, emulate away. If it's 15 years old or less, don't touch it. That five year grey area depends on the console and game in question.
It is not impossible to find old game consoles at pawn shops, second-hand stores, or through friends. Sure, you're going to have a harder time finding a Turbo Duo than you would a Nintendo 64. That doesn't mean you should say to hell with the search and hit up utorrent.
If all else fails, "Beat it, then delete it"! If you've scoured your local hawk or pawn shops, the thrift stores, your friends, and ebay and you STILL can't find what you're looking for, then do what you have to.
My point remains, though. If you've resorted to playing ROMs because you can't find said game, console, or arcade cabinette, or you simply can't afford them, downloading ROMs is an alternative. Just don't run about on the interwebs telling fellow gamers you have an Atari 2600 and a copy of Centepede when you simply emulate. It's like an e-slap-in-the-face.
So, remember. Beat it, then delete it and you'll get five to twenty. lol.
I think it's odd that you assume most around here would rather play games like Fallout 3, Bioshock, and MGS4 than Super Mario World, Final Fantasy 6, or Contra. I wouldn't call retro gaming a craving. I'd call nostalgia gaming a craving. Retro gamers are people who actually prefer 2D to 3D or simplicity over complexity and realisim.
I never attempted driving the point that ROMs are illegal and should not be used in any condition. If you want to play Super Mario Bros. 3 and it's the only game on NES you'd ever want to play, then obviously, I wouldn't suggest buying an NES. That'd be a severe waste of money.
I simply think it's wrong to download a ROM version game then claim to "own" it, adding it to a collection of current-gen or other actual retro titles in cart or CD form. It's stupid. It's like robbing a liquor store and throwing an immense party afterward, or if you want to get literal, it'd be like downloading a copy of Photoshop CS4 from utorrent, then posting to a personal site that you now own a copy of Photoshop CS4.
Obviously, it's not like there are ROM police out on the internet just waiting for little Jimmy to download a SNES emulator and ROM set, but if little Jimmy is willing to go to those lengths, why not just keep his mouth shut about it afterward?
It'd be a rare situation, but blabbing about it afterward may piss off the wrong people. The people who actually did spend hard earned money on retro consoles and games. Perhaps not for the same game Jimmy downloaded, but if Jimmy were to invite his friend Bimmy over, and Bimmy found out Jimmy downloaded a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 that Bimmy had just throw down $15.00 on at the local pawn shop, Bimmy might be a little upset. So much so, that Bimmy might tell a few other people... then the only thing keeping little Jimmy from getting caught is motivation.
It's still less than likely little Jimmy's going to get caught, but he did piss off Bimmy in the process... and what's Double Dragon 3 without Jimmy and Bimmy as a team? Single Dragon 3. That game would kinda suck.
I'm actually not a ROM person either. I have a couple retro games I acquired legally, on my new Nintendo hardware, that's about it. I played many of those games back in the day when they were the newer games. I guess I overlooked that there are some people out there that might prefer the classics to the newer 3D games, but most casual players I think just play whatever few titles they enjoy and that's it. Whether they are newer games or classics.
Do people get pissed about pirates, I suppose. I used to but I am not going to do anything to stop piracy. All I can do is be the good citizen and pay for what I want. It's also worth noting that studies are now being down about pirates. I know music is different than software but it is showing that music pirates are actually much more likely to be the ones who actually buy the music than non-pirates. They use it as a "try before you buy" service and are the biggest music fans and consumers. Go figure? The same might be able to be said about game pirates?
The reason it works with music pirates is because the quality is usually much lower on the pirated versions. They download the music, decide to like it, then go buy it at CD quality.
This isn't true with games. The quality of a pirated game is no different from the quality of a legal copy, unless there's some sort of glitch in the pirate copy.
Remember, "Whaaah! CDs are ruining Vinyl!" and "Whaaah! MP3s are ruining CDs!"?
Not only this, but quite a few "release groups" specialize in ripping games - that is, the process of removing any and all unneeded extras to minimize a game's file size. This can go so far as removing quite a few of the graphical effects, audio files, etc. And these releases can be pretty popular.
Owning a game = owning a game.
Owning a cartridge = owning a cartridge.
Owning a cartridge with a game's data on it = owning a cartridge with a game's data on it.
Owning a HDD with thousands of games on it = owning an HDD with thousands of games on it.
A video game is not its disc. It's not its packaging. It's not its cartridge. It's the data. It's the actual program so many people put so much of their time into.
Claiming otherwise is just wasted delusion.
I keep most of my classic game collection on ROM just in case I get the itch to play a certain game and my console ceases to function. I don't condone the use of ROMs, but why admit to wrongdoings over the internet?
I just don't like it when ROM downloaders claim to own the game, as if they had put in the time to search for it and buy it. The issue really was not supposed to turn into a conversation like this, but it has.
The basic issue is lying. It's despicable and dishonorable within the console community, and while there's no sure fire way to catch people on the site touting ROM lists, it might push the guilty into feeling a little worse about it.
Besides; now you're just being insulting and trying to insite flame.
MP3s aren't ruining CDs in terms of general audio quality. CDs will always have the same quality, and no amount of crappy MP3s will change that.
However, MP3s have been a godsend in terms of actual sound quality - you can now get MP3s with much better audio quality on them, and because of digital music lossless recordings of become widely available. Thus, much better audio.
You seem to have interpreted my original statement, though. Owning a ROM is owning the game - it's the exact same data you would get on the cartridge. Sans the cartridge, your collection is no different than anyone else's - you've only managed to waste more space and (probably) collect more damaged games.
It's in no way dishonest. It's in no way lying. They have the game, just the same as you.
Really, I suppose, it's a moral decision to want to acquire the actual cartridge. Really, too, it all comes down to someone's perspective.
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Community Sanitation Overview:
Water is supplied by a dam on Mahoona Lake and Katmai Creek and is treated and piped throughout the city. The system serves 80 homes and commercial facilities. A piped wastewater system, central wastewater treatment system, and sludge disposal site are used for waste. Over 90 percent of all homes are completely plumbed. The city needs a 400,000-gallon water tank for adequate treatment and storage. Refuse is collected by the city. A new landfill site was recently completed. The community participates in a hazardous waste collection program, and is in the process of creating a facility to recycle scrap metal. Electricity is provided by City of Ouzinkie.
RUBA Status & Activities This Qtr:
Anchorage RUBA staff has maintained contact with the water utility throughout the quarter. The utility has been submitting monthly financial reports and the IRS Authorization to Request Federal Tax Information.
RUBA Activities for the Coming Qtr:
RUBA staff will continue to work with the community to offer any support needed. Quarterly travel will be requested by RUBA staff to address the RUBA agreement objectives.
Essential Indicators:
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Sustainable Indicators:
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Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comments
The city adopted its FY 13 budget by ordinance on June 26, 2012. Water sales have anticipated revenues of $45,800 and expenditures of $66,100. Funds will be transferred from the Focus Energy (city electric utility) budget and from the Administration and Finance budget to the utility, to subsidize utility costs. The budget is regularly reviewed and budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary. The budget is realistic and balanced. It includes the payroll and all other normal operating expenditures for a utility enterprise. The city has a utility bookkeeper and assistant and uses QuickBooks and Excel to generate monthly financial statements. The city owns the electric utility and uses QuickBooks to document interoffice transfer of funds for electric usage. The city has a financial plan to purchase fuel throughout the year. There is a line item for equipment repair and maintenance on the budget, but there is no separate account for repair and replacement funds. The city recently had a workshop regarding utility rates. The workshop indicated that a rate study was needed to generate rates to cover all operating expenses.
Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
The Ouzinkie Code of Ordinances addresses the water and wastewater utility collection policy. Invoices that include power usage, Power Cost Equalization (PCE) subsidy, water, wastewater, and garbage charges are sent to city customers by the fifth of every month. The accounts receivable report generated from QuickBooks shows the highest amount due to the city for residential utilities for over 90 days is $661. There are no vendors listed in the accounts payable that are 90 days past due. The city uses QuickBooks to process all payroll expenses for the water utility. The city uses a sales book to generate receipts for cash payments and QuickBooks for credit card payment receipts. QuickBooks is used to record all cash disbursements. The chart of accounts has all bank accounts, accounts receivable, assets, accounts payable, liabilities equities, income and expense accounts. QuickBooks is also used to process bank reconciliations. All purchase requests are submitted in writing, recorded in the purchase order log book, and reviewed by the mayor for approval.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
The IRS report dated December 18, 2012 shows that the city is compliant with required federal tax deposits and filing and has no record of a lien. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Employment Security Division's report from December 14, 2012 states that the city is in compliance with state tax filing and deposits and is not on the July-August 2012 Lien Watch.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The city is insured for workers compensation through a Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association (AMLJIA) policy that is effective through July 1, 2013. Employee policies include job descriptions, employment reference checks and an introductory period of 90 days. Performance evaluations are scheduled approximately every 12 months, coinciding with the anniversary of the employee's original hire date. The hiring process is stated in the employment section of the personnel policies and utilizes all information in the job application to determine the potential employee. The city has personnel folders on all employees that contain the employee's job application, performance evaluations, letter of acceptance, I-9 and W-2 information. Trainings are offered to employees, within budgetary considerations.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
The city owns the utility and the governing body meets on the second Thursday of each month. The city council is active in making policies and enforcing those policies. The utility manager is the mayor, who is trained in utility management and has a working knowledge of the city utilities. The primary operator is certified in Water Distribution 1 and Water Treatment 1, both due to expire on December 31, 2014. The secondary operator has a Water Distribution Provisional, due to expire on December 31, 2013. Title 13 in the Ouzinkie Code of Ordinances has all the rules and regulations required to operate the utility. An organizational chart is in the water utility business plan from Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) that the city has adopted. The city meets as required by local code and complies with the Open Meeting Act by placing notices prior to the meeting in three public places.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comments
The primary operator is certified in Water Distribution 1 and Water Treatment 1, both due to expire on December 31, 2014. The secondary operator has a Water Distribution Provisional due to expire on December 31, 2014. The city has the Community Sanitation Facilities, Operations and Maintenance Manual from Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) that includes the preventative maintenance plan for the water utility. The operators routinely spot check the water treatment plant and monitor the water storage tank. Last winter the water storage tank suffered an overflow. The overflow produced ice that blocked the utility ladder to the access door on the top of the water tank. This overflow occurred during a time that all operators were off site and weather prevented their return to the community. Operators do not hold safety meetings and there is no safety log to record safety meetings. There have been no major outages of the utility due to managerial issues. The utility is operating as proposed and is a Water Treatment Class 1 water system. The operators provide the mayor with updates and the mayor then informs the council when policy making decisions are needed. The water utility is not listed on the October 2012 Significant Non-Compiler (SNC) list. The utility does not have an inventory control list or a critical spare parts list.
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