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Milford, CT (PRWEB) March 20, 2013
DataViz Inc., a leading provider of mobile productivity software has announced the availability of a Firefox browser extension for the password storage and management application, Passwords Plus. Currently available for the Windows version of Firefox, the browser extension will automatically pre-fill the username and password fields for existing websites stored in the Passwords Plus app. When logging in to a new site, the browser extension can automatically create a record in Passwords Plus for future use.
"We understand that our customers need a password storage solution that is secure, yet provides easy access to their most important information," said Eric Vikmanis, Sr. Marketing Manager at DataViz, Inc. "Our browser extension gives customers a way to easily log in to their favorite sites while still providing the high-level security they've come to know and expect from Passwords Plus."
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Connecticut is the New England state least defined by its geography — a gentle green landscape of low, rolling hills, highways, and suburbs, a commuter haven more determined by culture than nature. As such, the Nutmeg State is also a splendid destination for art lovers.
The established Connecticut Art Trail features 14 distinctive museums, each with its own aesthetic bent or niche. To best sample the state's treasures, a casual weekend art tour of Connecticut might take in four of its best museums, with stops in Old Lyme, New Haven, Ridgefield, and Hartford.
Florence Griswold Museum
The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme bills itself as the "Home of American Impressionism," that light-and-airy painterly style that has become so popular in this country, although it was revolutionary and controversial when it was first developed in Europe in the 1860s.
Florence Griswold (1850-1937) was an entrepreneurial spinster who took in artists as boarders at her Georgian mansion on the banks of the Lieutenant River. Between 1899 and her death in 1937, "Miss Florence" played hostess to more than 200 artists, chief among them Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf. In so doing, Miss Florence established Old Lyme as a conservative summer art colony, an identity it retains to this day.
Her historic 1817 Griswold House is a sunny yellow manse with white trim and pillars and green shutters. The hallways and rooms are intimately hung with paintings by many of the boarders, although the still-beating heart of the great house is the rear dining room, where visiting artists painted directly on the walls, cupboards, and door panels.
The primary exhibition focus of the Griswold Museum, however, is the Krieble Gallery, behind the house and its lovely gardens. Opened in 2002, the gallery is a metal-roofed complex with the festive look of a grand white circus tent. It showcases and stores the museum's more than 7,000 works of art and attracts some 54,000 visitors a year to changing exhibitions.
The featured exhibition of the 2008 summer season is "Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France, 1885-1915″ (May 3-July 27),
a visual celebration of the French roots of American Impressionism selected from the collection of Chicago's Daniel J. Terra Foundation for American Art.
Yale University Art Gallery
To see some of the French Impressionist paintings that inspired their American counterparts, visit the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven. Among the museum's 185,000 objects are masterworks by Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Bonnard, and Pissarro. Admission is free, which helps draw 156,000 visitors a year.
The buzz at the Yale museum during the summer of '08 is all about Vincent van Gogh. Yale owns his haunting 1888 Night Café, which the disturbed artist called "one of the ugliest pictures I have done." Over the summer, however, Yale has arranged to borrow two of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, both from his 1889-90 confinement at the asylum in Saint-Rémy. The chance to see The Starry Night from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and Cypresses from the Metropolitan Museum of Art — together, outside New York — is a rare occasion not to be missed.
To walk the labyrinth of Yale's galleries amid the white-noise hum of ventilation and the squeak of slow footfalls is to stroll through the history of art. This will inevitably mean running up against objects that are difficult to understand. And that's a good thing: Museums are supposed to expand the public's appreciation of what art is and can be. Everyone loves Van Gogh now, but contemporary works such as Janine Antoni's stretched brown-and-white Ayrshire cowhide with built-in backpack, or Alan Saret's untitled tangle of wire, remind us that even Van Gogh's art was shocking and controversial in its day.
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Demand from mothers for donors of the same religion adds to fertility crisis in some communities
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June 29, 2015
Kim had just announced that she and Kanye were expecting a second child, a boy conceived through In Vitro Fertilization. Kim reportedly had only male embryos implanted; as you may have heard, she and Kanye already have a girl. Now they're having a boy. (Update: Kardashian has since denied those reports, though she has confirmed she's expecting a boy.)Steinberg founded The Fertility Institute in 1986. The technology rumored to be utilized by the Kardashian-Wests isn't brand new, he pointed out — sex-selection is about 20 years old, IVF near 35 — but "people call us up, and they can't believe it's available." After the Kim and Kanye news came out, the center was "blitzed" by calls, Steinberg said.
Public broadcaster NHK aired a current affairs program on fertility in 2012 that caused a stir nationwide. Titled "The Impact of Aging Eggs," the program warned viewers that women in their 30s and 40s were flirting with disappointment by delaying any attempt to conceive until they are older.
Gay couples undergo in vitro fertilization to conceive for infertility, and have for decades. In general the experience is very similar to that of any couple or individual undergoing IVF.
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June 26, 2015
The US House of Representatives is wading into the debate over whether human embryos should be modified to have heritable changes.
Human testes are masters of mass production, spitting out sperm at a rate of 200 million per day. But that doesn't mean the process is fast–it takes 64 days to make a sperm. The organ keeps the count high with an assembly-line anatomy that scales up sperm development from a trickle to a flood.
For most gynecologists, the lack of communication is due in part to the fact that health insurance doesn't reimburse doctors for spending more time talking to their patients. Another factor is that most plans only cover the tests for women over 35 (the full battery costs about $1,000).
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June 25, 2015
The sperm of all 18-year-olds should be frozen for use in later life because of the risks attached with being an older father, a UK bioethicist has argued.
A small, new study shows that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can temporarily harm women's fertility.
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J.Lo Doesn't Listen to You…You Listen to J.LoPosted: May 5, 2012 Filed under: Music | Tags: american idol, dance, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Lopez Waiting for Tonight, Jenny from the block, marc anthony, music, Waiting for Tonight, What to Expect When You're Expecting 1 Comment
Every once in a while I get on a certain musical artist kick.
During this kick, I basically listen to one artist over and over until my roommates can't stand it anymore. Obviously, I don't get sick of the music..hence the kick. This month I am on a J.Lo/Jenny from the block/Jennifer Lopez/Selena kick.
J.Lo has provided me, along with the world, great jams that have the ability to fill the void in a variety of occasions and moments.
Below I would like to highlight a few of my favorite J.Lo jams.
'Waiting for Tonight'
Who hasn't gotten up on a Friday morning and thought "God, I can't wait for tonight." I do this everyday…even on Mondays.
"Waiting for Tonight" is one of those songs that you play at the party, before the party. Whenever this song comes on, I automatically turn on my green laser strobe lights, whisper inappropriate phrases in Spanish, glue jewels over my whole body and dance my face off in a manner that would make J.Lo proud.
If you recall, "Waiting for Tonight" was release in 1999. Yes, that was before we called Jennifer J.Lo! Even though it's over 10 years old, this song still entices people to anticipate tonight and try to dance like Jennifer…but fail miserably .
J.Lo – with "Waiting for Tonight" you officially earned my endorsement. Get it girl.
Stay tuned…there's more J.Lo coming up…
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I'm Gonna Be Alright was my favorite. A little lesser known but still fantastic. She plays stickball in the video with Nas. And of course I'm Real with Ja Rule, though the regular version was okay as well. Also If You Had My Love, her first legit single…classic. And the one with LL Cool J.


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FAQs About the Flu
To reduce the risk of getting and spreading the flu virus, there are steps you can take before and during the flu season (October through May).
Like many germs, the flu virus can spread by direct and indirect contact and through the air. To reduce the risk of getting and spreading the flu, it is important for you and everyone around you to follow infection prevention and control practices like hand washing and getting vaccinated.back to top
What are the symptoms of the flu?
In people with CF, the flu can lead to a severe lung infection, like pneumonia. If you have the flu, you may feel worse than you do with a typical lung infection or pulmonary exacerbation. Flu symptoms include:
Contact your CF care center or doctor's office as soon as you feel flu-like symptoms. Antiviral medications used to treat people for the flu are most effective if taken within 24 hours of the start of symptoms. These drugs may help lessen your symptoms or how long you are ill.
How can I reduce my risk for getting the flu?
The following recommendations are intended to help people with CF reduce the risk of getting and spreading germs, like the flu.
Is the flu vaccine one shot or two?
Children ages 6 months through 8 years may need two shots of the flu vaccine annually to fully protect them against the flu. Experts generally recommend four weeks between the two shots. However, ask your doctor if your child needs one or two flu shots and how far apart they should be given.
Where can I get the flu shot?
People with CF can usually get their flu shot at a CF Foundation-accredited care center and through primary care providers. Talk with your CF care center to find out whether it has the vaccine available. You can also find the closest place to get a seasonal flu vaccine from the Flu Vaccine Finder.
Are there any side effects from the flu shot?
The flu shot does not give you the flu because the viruses in the flu shot are killed (inactivated). The risk of the flu shot causing serious harm is very small. However, like any vaccine, you could have mild side effects, which may include:
If these problems happen, they will begin shortly after the shot was given and usually last one to two days. However, if you are not feeling better or start to feel worse, call your doctor.
What is the flu mist and is it safe for people with CF?
The flu vaccine spray (e.g., FluMist®) is sprayed into the nose and contains live but weakened flu viruses. The safety of the flu vaccine spray has not been established in people who have a lung disease like CF or asthma. The spray is only approved for people ages 2 to 49 years of age who do not have a history of severe allergic reaction to any component of the vaccine.
When is it safe to return to school or work?
People with the flu should try and stay home for at least 24 hours after the fever is gone. (The fever should be gone without using a fever-reducing medicine, like acetaminophen or Tylenol®.) A fever is defined as 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or 38 degrees Celsius or higher. Children should not take aspirin if they have the flu or any viral infection.
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Alcaraz-Cuellar named to league's 'Team of the Week'
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Timbers midfielder Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar today was named to the USL First Division Team of the Week for Week Six.
Alcaraz-Cuellar earned the honors after tallying an assist in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Minnesota Thunder. The Timbers broke the deadlock in the 34th minute when Alcaraz-Cuellar grabbed a loose ball near midfield. He dribbled the ball up, then crossed it into the Minnesota penalty area. Forward Byron Alvarez got on the end of the ball and his header sailed past Thunder goalkeeper Joe Warren and into the net.
The accolades are the first this season for Alcaraz-Cuellar, who was named to the Team of the Week three times in 2005.
Up next, the Timbers have a home-and-home weekend series against the Seattle Sounders. Portland opens the series with a 7 p.m. match on Friday, June 2, in Seattle. The Timbers will then host the visiting Sounders on Saturday, June 3, with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m. at PGE Park.


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Elizabeth Berkley is gearing up for diaper duty!
The 39-year-old Showgirls and Saved by the Bell star is expecting her first child with her artist hubby, Greg Lauren, the star's rep confirmed to People.
MORE: Snooki Hides Baby Bump in Baggy Clothes
"We are so excited to share this moment and special news!" Berkley told TMZ, after showing off her growing bump while out and about in Los Angles Monday.
The couple's baby is due this summer.


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Foster Care
Foster Care is substitute care for children who must be temporarily or permanently separated from their families. Foster Care services are designed to preserve, rehabilitate, reunite, and strengthen families whenever possible and appropriate. This is done through goal oriented service delivery that is focused on achieving permanency for a child within a twelve-month period. The services are designed to remedy the problems that brought the child into care and reflect the same expectations of the family during the life of the case.
Any child, ages birth to twenty-one. At age eighteen it is voluntary on the part of the child.
Financial Guidelines
No charge exists for foster care; however, parents are required to pay child support while their children are out of their home.
Special Information
Special funding exists for foster children to meet such needs as: prom dresses, school pictures, senior expenses, class rings, school sports, haircuts and perms, class trips, and summer vacations with foster parents or relatives. Also available are various summer activity trips planned by foster care staff. Some of these trips have in the past included: a day at Emerald Pointe water park, a trip to the Zoo, and trips to Tweetsie, Carowinds, and Celebration Station. Also, an end-of-summer party is always planned for foster children. It is the goal of the agency to see that foster children maintain as normal a family setting and schedule as is possible while in foster care.
Referral Process
Voluntary Placement Agreement — A voluntary written agreement is signed by the person or persons who have legal custody of the child being placed; or, a voluntary written agreement is signed by an emancipated child; or, a voluntary written agreement is signed by any person 18 to 21 years of age who was in foster care placement at the time he/she reached 18.
Adoption — The child is released to the county Department of Social Services for adoption.
Court Order — The child is placed in legal custody of DSS by a judge. At that time a Non-Secure custody order can be given if the child is in immediate danger.


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Campus Organizations
Hiram College has nearly 90 registered student clubs and organizations, including academic societies, cultural groups, sports clubs, political action and special interest groups. These clubs and organizations provide students with endless opportunities to experience new activities, ideas and beliefs, develop public speaking and leadership skills, and to meet and interact with other students, faculty, staff and community members who share a similar interest. If you are interested in a student organization not listed, contact the Office of Campus Involvement - we will help you start it!
Choose one of these categories to begin exploring our clubs and organizations:
This handbook is made to help student organizations in planning events and managing their organizations!
Presidents' and Treasurers' Roundtable
Co-facilitated with the Student Senate Executive team, the Presidents' and Treasurers' Roundtable meets once per semester with leaders from all campus organizations. Collectively, the meeting to talk about matters pertinent to the student organization and club management. We go over the Student Organization Handbook as well as Funding You Board information. Presidents or representatives of every club and organization are required to attend a session to participate in club budgeting.
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Let the whole world know about your passion for saltwater fishing with these attractive, realistic decals. Display them proudly on your car, truck, van or boat. But don't stop there - you can also stick these easy-to-apply decals on your cooler or anywhere else you see fit! Set of 2 decals; each measures 8'' x 8'' in size. Makes a nice small gift for the saltwater fisherman!
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Cities Skylines is now out on Steam! Within hours of going live, the game already has an astounding 60,000 players in game, according to the Steam Community Hub. I have only been able to play lightly from a remote connection to my home computer but what I have seen thus far is quite amazing. The simulation is pretty well done and feels natural (albeit annoying when it comes to laying water lines but that's what i love about these types of games). I really love the wind and water simulation that keeps it alive. At first it seems quite static but it quickly comes alive and you start to have fun just following people and cars around your town. There are a few bugs that are quite funny to see and do not affect gameplay from the limited time that I could play. One of them was watching a tractor-trailer basically jackknife into a building and then 180 down the road like it was some super truck with ball wheels instead of tires. Quite entertaining.
ArcheAge was a hidden Easter Egg for me. I knew little about the game until barely a month ago. I got sent a key from a friend to play in the Closed Beta. I played all of 1 hour in the Closed Beta and thought nothing special of the game. Then I decided to do a little research on the game and where It came from.
I found out that ArcheAge was developed by a Korean based company (I love many Korean games such as Mabinogi and Tera) so that kind of perked me up a bit to look more. What I found was actually quite amazing.
Twitch Streaming
If you don't already know, I do have a twitch stream! I am trying to make it a regular thing where I stream every game I that I play or related workings for fun. You can catch me on http://www.twitch.tv/noobiesnack. I usually play games like Mabinogi and APB, but I do play a lot of other games as well. I typically stream between 5p – 11p Every day. I sometimes even have anime music from my library playing! Dont forget to favorite!
Cyber Thunder Cider
So, I found this interesting song among the NO Game NO Life OST. It is fantastic! Give it a listen. There is also a Miku, Vocoloid, version for those that adore Miku more.
So, I have been slacking recently again. I have been spending a LOT of time playing APB:Reloaded. I am really enjoying the rage hackers and the subsequent them getting banned pretty quickly now. Its very nice to see the game getting cleaned up. There are a lot of hackers that didn't see it coming and
Looking for Ideas
I am slowly coming up with ideas for a game I want to make. I really want to make it sort of like a cross between the idea of EvE where you can control territory, and the combat and style of Tera. I was thinking about making it single player with the ability to co-op
Second Life Building – Progress is slow
Progress has been slowed down recently, but I did make very good progress on Saturday and the beginning of Sunday. I got most of the Living Area done. I even managed to find a few people to take up a couple of vacant rooms! But there is still a lot to be done. I have
Second Life Building – The Fun Begins
Well, I kind of got bored and couldn't come up with any more direct ideas without actually seeing some progress done on what I already have for designs. So, I have begun to tear everything apart. FUN! Its actually turning out to be quite nice. I used some very simple Mesh blocks, because the default
Second Life Building – Prepare for Terrible Drawing
I got tired of all the issues I was having with any design software I could find online that didn't want $400 just so that I could draw lines and circles on a grid. I tried using a few other photo editors and quickly gave up on them. Layout, from Google, was the best I
Second Life Building – All of the Dance
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GEN. METZ: I will try very hard to be on the record. So far, my history in this military business and the media has been try to be as transparent as possible, help out as much as I can and we'll go with that.
Q: Well, thank you for taking the time.
Q: We really appreciate it.
GEN. METZ: Whatever is on your mind.
Q: Well, we've been told you're basically in charge of running the war. From the U.S., it doesn't look like it's going that well. Give us a little, you know, over the last three months how you see the enemy's tactics evolving and what we're doing to deal with that?
GEN. METZ: If we go back three months, of course, that's…
Q: Well, you know, whatever you think is right.
GEN. METZ: Well, I arrived here in January. I brought the 3rd U.S. Corps over to relieve the 4th Corps. And General Sanchez was to stay for awhile and I would be his deputy and we got all the staff turned out and 5th Corps goes back to Germany and the 3 Corps is here. And reconstituted the CORE part of CJTF-7. January was – whatever the rate was – and I don't know exactly – I just remember February, it was getting even less attacks. And I thought to myself, we're headed in the right direction.
We were training the Iraqi Security Forces. We knew sovereignty was coming. We were beginning to think our way and do those kind of things. But I recall in March, we keep lots of data. But we were keeping a 7-day running average of attacks and they began to climb in March. And I don't remember the day, but I do recall the day they went over 40 for a 7-day average. I knew that was something different and I guessed and I was right. That was about the Ramadan – November 11th. And I knew that was significant because we were headed in a upward direction. And I think – hindsight's 20-20 but that was probably a warning that we were headed to what happened in April.
And what happened in April was a big fight which was triggered by a series of events that you know well. We closed the newspaper, the Blackwater, the murders occurred in Fallujah, the desecration of their bodies. We picked up on Moqtada al-Sadr's lieutentant al-Rubaie who had a warrant out for him and all that. And those things caused a lot of fighting to occur.
And we knew we wanted to do something about the murders and the desecration of those bodies in Fallujah and so the Marines began to focus there. That, to me, was the point of the strategic spirit because the world was watching that, what we were going to do. And I think all along, there are different people we're going to make a run at gaining power before sovereignty and I think Moqtada al-Sadr chose that's when he was going to do it. So he rises his militia up and they begin to attack us, mainly in Sadr City, across Baghdad and in the Shia parts of Karbala and Najaf and Kufa.
So we found ourselves by the first week in April in a tough fight and we lost a lot of soldiers here in Baghdad, the 1st Cavalry Division was during a [Inaudible] place with the 1st Armored Division and we saw kids that were in their first in-country and kids that they that they were in their last week in-country, were fighting side by side and dying together. It was tough.
So I'm the eternal optimist. How can I find the silver lining in a dark, dark cloud. And the silver lining that I find is we did not get -- a popular uprising did not take root. That's good because that's one of the things we're worried about constantly, will that be a popular uprising against the coalition. That did not occur. If it was going to occur, I think that would have been the time it could have occurred. Zarqawi was unable during this time to get the Shia and Sunni civil war going. That could have been one of the times he could have done that. So that didn't occur.
Regretfully, we learned that we had not trained some of the Iraqi Security Forces to the level that they could handle Moqtada militia or foreign fighters and terrorists in Fallujah. So everybody was down on the fact that the ICDC and some of the police abandoned the post. Well, I suspect – pick a precinct in the United States anywhere, if you are outgunned, you might decide to do a tactical, you know, retreat for a little while so – and that's exactly what happened. Some of these forces are just outgunned. But the good part about that is we learn that fact in April and we didn't learn that in June or July.
So by knowing it in April, we then continue to push the equipment, revamp our training programs. You know, a lot of guys that didn't show up, so when they come back to work, we can say, "Well, I'm sorry, you didn't stick with us during the fight. We probably shouldn't pay you for the month that you were absent." And so we're able to revert and re rebuilt some battalions. Some battalions did well. So now we know we've got on and we can keep training it. So there is a downside. We didn't have the Iraqi security forces that we thought we had, but we learned what I think was a good time to learn – a better time than June or July. So once we were – and we proved that we could take on a pretty large-scale militia fight in Moqtada's militia because that fight occurred across Baghdad. It occurred in Kabala and Najaf, out in Al Kut, some significant fighting down in the Brit sector in the southeast.
So our soldiers – we told them to go do things tactically and they are well-trained, well-disciplined and they went out and did what needed to be done tactically. And we found ourselves in some tough strategic positions because you get to a point in Fallujah that you don't want to have the collateral damage and the innocent people get crossways in a fight. And so you – we did prudent things. I think we did show that we could surgically attack at the same time, try to get give the government and the Iraqis some flexibility to do the things that they wanted to do.
And then the Fallujah Brigade was born. It has at least maintained some status quo for awhile. And we are not certainly moving as fast as we would like to, but they have gotten some heavy weapons turned in. They have told us some of the people they think caused those murders. We've run some convoys in and out of Fallujah, but we're not where we would like to be and I think that's going to continue to mature.
We have taken a tremendous amount of the combat capability away from Mustafa el-Sadr. His militia is in my opinion, militarily has been defeated in places like Karbala and Najaf and Kufa. And although Sadr City is still a tough place, in district in Baghdad, we have continued to patrol in there and haven't lost a soldier in many days. And we've had to do some fighting in there, but he doesn't have the militia he had in first week in April. And they weren't trained well then and they are certainly many of them missing now. And I don't think they've had much of a training program. So I think that militia has been taken care of tactically. So that's kind of how I describe, you know, kind of what we went through and where we are right now.
Q: What about what you're going through now, with assassinations and car bombs and another today, I guess [Inaudible].
GEN. METZ: It just shows how ruthless and brutal this enemy is. And he's willing to slaughter people in order to discredit either the coalition or the new government as it begins to try to form itself. And as long as he can – and he will employ these suicide bombers, it is very hard to defend against Vehicle-Borne IED's especially. But again, our soldiers in many cases, have stopped them short of where they wanted to do the attack.
And we had one the other day that when the soldiers turned it around at the gate, the explosion went off, it was probably poorly made and it actually spread the artillery rounds out and then that particular VBIED. They were trying to get it on the base and it could have been a much – a devastating attack inside the [Inaudible]. But again, they don't care about who they kill. They just want to discredit the Iraqi Security Services, whether they're police or ICDC or the coalition and they don't care who they kill in that whole effort.
Q: General, then are they succeeding to the degree that [Inaudible]? I mean, there is this sense that – I mean, to some of the folks at this table, you know, have heroes that are having [Inaudible]…
GEN. METZ: Yeah.
Q: … and closing down. And we all know the reporters [Inaudible] some scary places in this world who say that this moment, this place is scarier than Yugoslavia was [Inaudible]. And are maybe just a few people who don't always succeed, are they nearing a point where they're succeeding spectacularly enough where it might be?
GEN. METZ: I think only the history is going to be able to tell us the answer to this. But it could be that there are at a very desperate stage and they have to do these attacks in order to regain some momentum. That is a way to look at it. I think soldiers look at – what I always do is look at problems across the range span from one limit to the other. So one of those limits would be he is desperate, he has got to do these horrible, brutal attacks to try to regain a position. And on the other hand, he could be so confident that he now thinks that he can enter this particular warfare and run us, the coalition, out break the coalition up, cause members of the home front of the coalition, whether it's the United States or Britain or Italy, problems in the support of the war. The truth has…
Q: [Inaudible] which it is or…
GEN. METZ: No, and that's what makes this fight so hard. This enemy, this – when you fight an insurgency, the intelligence effort is so dominated by the human intelligence that comes up from the bottom. And so you just have to work really hard to find out what the enemy is thinking and what they're doing and it is enhanced by all the great technology we have, but the foundation is a human intelligence effort and it's hard.
That's why, in my opinion, the terrorists are so concerned about a sovereign and free and potentially prosperous Iraq, because the Iraqis will be able to control an insurgency a whole lot better than we will because they know the people so much better. Their human intelligence will be a whole lot better than ours and the terrorists know that.
Q: The thing that's hard for an outsider – and believe me, you don't get much more outsider than I am for the moment – to understand that why aren't they doing that now? Why aren't they more inclined to help us now?
GEN. METZ: I think we're going to see that momentum build very quickly now that the interim government has been chosen and they're beginning to fill out their staffs and get their plans together and understand where and how they want to go. Again, I was hired and brought as a tactical guy and a lot of that goes on at the strategic level. And but my gut tells me that they are going to be very proud to be a sovereign nation and they're going to want to work very hard to partner with us and to take the insurgency down.
Q: [Inaudible]
Q: [Inaudible.] When did you do that and what did you want to say about that?
GEN. METZ: Well, the…
Q: Operations [Inaudible]?
GEN. METZ: Yeah, we're looking at – we're changing the priorities a little bit so that as a partner with the Iraqis, our priorities fit better with what they would want us to do. And they are protecting them, while they need protection. They will grow to their personal protection and protective services over time. We know the enemy is focused on infrastructure, so we need to help with the infrastructure. We really need to continue to invest lots of time and energy into growing their security force's capacity, again, whether it's police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
The army business has been on a very steady, good plan and will stay on that plan. It'll be altered maybe a little bit by the new minister of defense and the police plan may be altered a little bit by the minister of interior, but we'll stay on those plans. The borders need probably more and some better training. The Facilities Protection Service which was dissipated to the ministries, could take a good revamping – a good look at and not…
Q: Consolidating…
GEN. METZ: Yeah. In my opinion, it's pretty inefficient to have security forces for electricity, rail, oil or almost all of those run parallel to each other across most of the country. There's probably some efficient ways to do that.
Q: Does this mean…
GEN. METZ: And so…
Q: … fewer combat operations?
GEN. METZ: Yeah. So by the time you put troops to task or those kinds that I've just mentioned, the troops available then to do offensive actions are less and so then you work harder to get the intell in order to use that less umber of troops in a more efficient way. So we've…
Q: Do the new orders include different procedures for how you detain Iraqis? Will you be detaining [Inaudible] fewer or you have to have [Inaudible]…
GEN. METZ: Do I want to…
Q: … goal. [Inaudible] as part of your goal?
GEN. METZ: Yeah. I think we've been into that business for not quite some time, but for just about the entire time I've been here. We were already looking at the prison systems that were available to us were already at a maxed capacity. And we knew that we had criminals, those that had intelligence value and we had already begun a vetting process of if we did not have enough information, we had panels that began to make recommendations to the command of the releasing them and that process was already ongoing before the Abu Ghraib business all started. And so, we began to recognize it was better when we captured someone to really think our way through and do the documentation of what they had done wrong or what we thought their threat was much better than before. And quite frankly, there was a time during the fight that we needed to take on the enemy in a different way. But by…
Q: Where were the [Inaudible]?
GEN. METZ: We just have recently put out the – I don't know what the dates were – the force put out [Inaudible].
GEN. METZ: Within a week now.
GEN. METZ: And take effect June 30th into how we're going to…
Q: And it seems a paradise here and we're focusing on these other tasks and [Inaudible] have loved to do combat [Inaudible] at a time when you're experiencing another spike [Inaudible] assassinations, attacks or your car bombings and that sort of thing. So I look back from combat operations…
GEN. METZ: Well, we…
GEN. METZ: It's not a question…
Q: [Inaudible] attacks.
GEN. METZ: Yeah, it's not a question of pulling back. It's a question of establishing a priority of what you got to get done. But if we have the intelligence to stop a VBIED or to upset a plan that a particular cell has put together, we will certainly take the combat troops off of task, if we needed to, to go do that. I mean, we're not going to withdraw away from protecting the Iraqi people when we think we really need to and the Iraqis at that particular stage don't have the capacity to do it for themselves. But again, we want to be doing it in a partnership with the Iraqis.
Q: So that's a [Inaudible] defies the formula [Inaudible] a request for more troops. And you've got expanding these other tasks [Inaudible] more troops at the same time, you know, we've got a very serious and rising, in some ways, combat problem. You said they're not going to have enough troops to address it to do all these other [Inaudible].
GEN. METZ: I don't think I've said that. If I did, I didn't…
Q: Well, you just said it's a matter of priorities. [Inaudible] higher priority. So you end up with fewer troops to do combat ops.
GEN. METZ: But not too few.
Q: [Inaudible] not too few.
GEN. METZ: I mean, I just came from a briefing where we were looking at the troop-to-task ratios. For example, the 1st Cavalry Division has picked up recently a requirement to help the personal security of the prime minister, the president and the two vice presidents. So that requires a number of troops. So the 1st Cav puts those troops against the new task. And he hasn't run out of troops yet, so he can still do what's been given a priority – a task to be done – and so he figures out how to do it. But it doesn't mean that he's not patrolling Sadr City tonight and fully capable of getting in a fight, doing well in that fight.
Q: [Inaudible] Fallujah, we were talking [Inaudible] defense [Inaudible] was still the sanctuary and that it was the source of some of the or many of the VBIEDs in Baghdad [Inaudible] folks coming into Fallujah getting [Inaudible] and then coming here. How do you fix that problem and is the Falluja Brigade [Inaudible] part of the solution or it's not [Inaudible]? What is the solution?
GEN. METZ: The Fallujah Brigade could be part of the solution, but I think only time will tell and we've got to continue to push the Fallujah Brigade to prove to us that it can be part of the solution.
Q: So [Inaudible] giving up on this?
GEN. METZ: I haven't given up on it, but it's taking them a long time. And so, Joe Conway, the 1st MEF commander and General Mattis, the 1st Marine Division Commander, even as recently as today again talking with the leaders in Fallujah, stressing the points that we've got to continue to make progress or we've got to attack the problem a different way. And it's one of these things where you get to your red line and they do a little bit more. And [Inaudible] and you get to another red line and they'll do a little bit more. The jury's still out, because you'd love for the Iraqis to solve their problems themself. And I think that's what we're going to be stressing in 1 July and forward is that we're partners with Iraqis and trying to help them solve their problems with them.
Q: Not as the commander here, but just as an army general, do you worry what this war is going to do to army stop loss being the latest example of stress?
GEN. METZ: Uh-hm.
Q: Do you see any sign that the NCOs are coming back [Inaudible]? What were the strains going to be [Inaudible]?
GEN. METZ: There is obviously a place downstream, if you put enough pressure, enough deployments, enough fighting, that you could have that. I don't think we're there yet and I personally don't believe we're close. And my example is the 1st Armored Division. They were literally en route to Kuwait and we needed – we turned them around, we brought them back. We told them we needed them for 90 more days, and we'd get them out of harm's way in 90 days, which is the 15th of July. We will do that and it will take us about 30 days to get them home. And I didn't hear very many gripes out of them. Their wonderful supporting families in Europe, I'm sure they were disappointed, but there wasn't a groundswell. And they have fought exceptionally well because in addition to keeping them, we've put them in – where the Spanish left out – essentially the Central South where the Mustafa militia wanted to fight and they have accommodated them and they have done a very good.
So to me, that's an example of when the soldiers that are still committed that believe what their doing is right and they're doing it very, very well. But sure, you keep up about however many – it's 120-some thousand U.S. soldiers in this particular theater. And you could get to that point, but we're not there yet.
Q: [Inaudible] the national forces together in the south, relative [Inaudible] through [Inaudible] that, by doing that, you kind of gave [Inaudible]?
GEN. METZ: In hindsight, you probably could have come up with a better construct for the way the forces laid down right now. At the time, though, I think it made sense and it was -- the way I understand it, it was pretty much the Marines where we pulled out of the Central South, right out of the area, and that's when the coalition was coming together and it came together in such a way as it looked like a place that the coalition could handle. And unfortunately, the enemy knows where our seams are, either geographically or functionally. And it's a thinking enemy and he's against us and he is trying to work those things. And he found one and they had to lose some troops to the 1st Armored Division to clean it up.
Q: [Inaudible] talking about a lot more than intern as part of…
Q: Can you – from your point of view, what's that going to mean in terms of how you assign people and…
GEN. METZ: Well, I think we'll have an exchange of liaison officers will be probably the first step to this effort. So General Sanchez's headquarters and General Casey's to be will have some liaison and [Inaudible] will have some liaison and we will exchange that. But we have already been doing some of that mentoring, especially with the ICDC and police at the lower levels.
The next stage will be those brigade division commanders and then the minister of defense and the joint service headquarters will also have mentors or will work counterparts. There'd be a counterpart relationship. But you see what's so different and it's one of the things I've learned over the almost five months I've been here, is I spent a whole career fighting coalition warfare. In other words, service in Germany or Korea, we were taught and we existed in a coalition environment. And so it's going to be hard. The Iraqis have never experienced that, so we need to mentor in a partnership because they don't under – it's a different paradigm for them. When we say we want them to be in our coalition, they look at – they don't really understand what that doctrinal term means. And so we will need to come up with partnership and ways that they'll understand the relationships.
[Inaudible] for a group that hasn't slept in awhile, you all are doing pretty good.
Q: The 1st Cav briefing, they mentioned some [Inaudible] network of the satellite, microwave cameras to look at [Inaudible]. Can you talk about what that is at all?
GEN. METZ: Well, there's – I don't know the acronym or the name, but I know that there's an example of --the Baltimore police put in a very robust camera system, from what I understand and really drove the crime rate down in the inner city of Baltimore. Those are the kind of technology tools that we can employ here. Just like this big balloon we got out here and aerostat (sp) with the J-lens camera on it, it's like having a UAV at 1,000 feet, 24 hours a day, the great camera system on it.
Q: What [Inaudible]?
GEN. METZ: Well, it can do a lot of things. It is looking for IEDs, but it can be an intelligence tool just like a UAV is. You can use it for force protection. They can look right down at the wall and make sure that the enemy isn't trying to come over the wall and it can be an operation tool. It can – instead of running a Humvee for reconnaissance, it's actually going down the street. Now it'll have some blind spots with trees or buildings, but you can take that camera and sweep a whole lot more road, a whole lot quicker than you an even drive it. And then what I've done is I've taken a [Inaudible] here, the degrader of victory camp and buyout and optimized where they would be and [Inaudible] their own towers of about 120 feet. And I got one real high, so I have got really good visibility over this area. And so it…
Q: But can they do some of those alerts robotically or you have to have somebody watching?
GEN. METZ: We have soldiers watching a screen that the camera is downloaded to, but it's a tremendous addition – a technology tool that's really helpful.
Q: Right.
GEN. METZ: What I'm working to do now is to take that digital information that's available because it's got a laser rangefinder and an [Inaudible] so it can get an exact location of what it's looking at and move that information into other systems like an artillery firing system so I can shoot even faster. But the cameras that you were talking about could be put on – again, we take our technology and we do analysis on where the enemy likes to put those rascals and then you just put a camera on it and watch it and take ha away from them.
Q: So there's any number of those kind of things?
GEN. METZ: Thank you very kindly.
Q: Thank you very kindly.
GEN. METZ: Well, I hope…
Q: Thank you.
GEN. METZ: …I hope I was helpful.
Q: You were.
Q: Thank you.
GEN. METZ: We thank you. Thank you for what you all do for the country.


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Mr McLeish said he did not believe the clubs' management teams have been outspoken enough after the angry scenes at Wednesday's game.
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His comments come as it emerged police are investigating a reported 200 complaints made to them by fans, including allegations that Celtic manager Neil Lennon racially abused Rangers player El Hadji Diouf on the touchline.
Lennon called the claims "malicious and despicable", with others claiming a whispering campaign among Rangers fans was responsible for the accusations. It is also alleged a Celtic fan taunted the Senegalese-born player with racial abuse, which is said to have been captured on broadcast footage of the game.
Strathclyde Police refused to comment on the nature of the allegations, including whether Lennon and Diouf are due to be interviewed by officers today.
Mr McLeish spoke out as Holyrood prepares to host its first Old Firm summit tomorrow. It was requested by Chief Constable Stephen House on Thursday when the impact of the game, won by Celtic 1-0, became clear.
Both clubs have said they will attend and are keen to contribute to the debate, but the former first minister, who last year led a comprehensive review of Scottish football, from grassroots to the organisation of the Scottish Football Association, said the two clubs had failed to act strongly enough in the aftermath of the game.
He said: "I think people viewed with disbelief the press releases that were issued from both Rangers and Celtic.
"They must be embarrassed, if they could only admit it, as to what went on … they're the cornerstone of Scottish football, so it really is not in the interests of Rangers and Celtic to be viewed like this.
"That's why what we need now is an acknowledgement by the clubs that they must put their own house in order."
He wants to see board members, managers, coaches and players involved in making changes.
"It's a collective effort and, at the end of the day, this is the best way to solve the problem because my fear is if they don't, then draconian measures are on the sidelines and they could be deployed quite soon," he said.
"Taxpayers are paying for policing. They're also paying to pick up the excesses of violence and of course, for young people, these players are role models.
"Scotland is basically saying enough is enough, but it's not good enough to just say that it's up to the Scottish Football Association or the Scottish Premier League, the Scottish Football League or the police or the Church or Alex Salmond -- it's up to the clubs themselves."
As well as 34 arrests at the recent game, 187 violent and anti-social crimes were reported, around double the number recorded the Wednesday before.
It has been reported Mr House will deliver a four-pronged plan of attack on the problem at Holyrood tomorrow, including a plan for players and match officials to be given police warnings on conduct before kick-off.
Holding games on Monday nights could also be suggested in a bid to cut down drunken behaviour. A wholesale strategy to eliminate sectarianism from Scotland may be proposed, along with cutting the frequency of Old Firm fixtures.
The Moderator of the Church of Scotland has contributed to the debate, accusing some players, coaching staff and fans at last week's ill-tempered match of besmirching the game and the name of Scotland.
The Right Reverend John Christie warned the behaviour at the game risks creating another generation for whom "anger and confrontation is the norm".
"Old Firm games have a long and sometimes tempestuous history, but that should not deter us from beginning to face up to the uncomfortable truth that what has happened in the past, in terms of sectarianism, alcohol abuse, violence -- including domestic violence -- makes what is happening now acceptable," he said.
Lennon was given 24-hour surveillance at his home and a security officer accompanied him to training on Friday after a hoax bomb addressed to him was found at a Royal Mail sorting office.


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Nicest Drag Rims? Where to go?
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 09:03 PM
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 09:36 PM
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 09:38 PM
If i'm not mistaken, there are wheels like that in the Monogram STP Firebird.
Posted 19 January 2013 - 05:32 AM
If i'm not mistaken, there are wheels like that in the Monogram STP Firebird.
Monogram STP Firebird has Weld Draglite Wheels. They are much different than those in the picture.
I don't know where those are from, but there are tons of Centerline-type wheels in many kits, wide and narrow and something from the between.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 07:32 PM
As far as the wheels in the pic on that Fairmont, the front are MPC and can be found in the Firefighter Mustang II prostock kit. The rears might be from that kit as well but they're too hard to see, I can't tell?


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Quick Review: Pogo Stylus
Our fearless leader/editor was able to meet some great vendors at Macworld 2009 this year and got a sampling of their products. I am rounding them up in a series of posts, so, let's take a look at what we have this time!
I love the "finger as a stylus" mantra of the iPhone, I really do. However, there are times when having a stylus would make life a lot easier. Fortunately, Ten One Design has come to the rescue with the Pogo Stylus for $14.95!
The stylus is made of lightweight metal and the tip, used to "touch" the screen is made of... some alien substance. The manufacture calls it a "trade secret". In any event, it works. So why would you want a stylus for your iPhone? Well, I can think of a couple reasons:
- First, it is really cold right now in the Midwest, like 7 degrees cold. I don't really want to take off my glove outside to check the weather. Now I don't have to!
- Second, I have a couple drawing apps that, as you may know, your finger gets in the way of. This stylus really makes drawing a LOT easier.
Their is not much more to say about the stylus. It works, has a handy clip if you are an iPhone 3G user and you have different color options. If this sounds like something that might be useful to you... it is!
Don't forget to checkout the photos and video below!
- Works with any iPhone or iPod Touch!
- Lightweight
- Works as advertised
- You can by stylus packs!
- Different colors
- Comes with a clip for iPhone 3G only. You have to buy the $4.95 add-on for the clip to fit all devices
- Over time I can envision the tip of the stylus breaking off, though this is just speculation
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Reader comments
Quick Review: Pogo Stylus
It doesn't look like a stylus at all...it looks like a paintbrush. I can't imagine that being an effective method of precise input. It's actually quite ugly and seems almost completely unnecessary. The iphone has capacitative touch response for a reason. I think if the point was able to maintain it's functionality but adopt the pencil point accuracy of a stylus, then I might soften my cold heart.
The PogoStylus is actually smaller then my finger, thus potentially more accurate.
I agree. I think this is very useful in certain situations. I really can't imagine using a stylus anymore after using my finger!
No. No. No. Never.
This is probably the only appropriate time to say this but this is "sooo last year" or for the stylus case so 4 yrs ago ^_^. Last time I think i saw someone use a stylus was when i was in high school...not even kidding.
Also the clip looks a little ugly and funny :/. I use both my thumbs to compose a text/note/email and can do it fairly quickly and from with the pogo stylus um well seems painfully slow..
I usually don't post responses, but I just had to in this case. This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. I agree with an earlier poster - if you have a finger, use it. Using a stylus on an iPhone is no different than using a fork to eat potato chips, or using a pencil to punch the buttons on your tv remote, or using a pair of pliers to open a drawer, and the list goes on. Why make things more complicated than they need be? Sure, there are maybe one or two times when a stylus might help a little, but carrying it around on the side of your iPhone, or even in your pocket is nothing but an inconvenience. Picking up a piece of trash that I might happen upon might be easier if I had one of those claw extension type things, but I'm not going to carry the thing around with me - I'll just bend over and pick it up. Pretty much the same applies to this thing. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for innovation, but it doesn't get any sillier than this.
Although I agree with a couple of the observations (strapping the thing to the side of the iPhone is kludgy, and the only reason to even have a stylus is if it offers more precise pointing than your finger), I can definitely see a use for a good stylus. My finger is a pretty blunt instrument (as evidenced by the vast numbers of corrections I've already had to make to this post) and a stylus would help both in selecting tiny menu buttons and in drawing apps. But this stylus also looks pretty blunt, and with no internal place to store the stylus, it's pretty much a lost cause.
Why???? I respect entrepreneurial creativity, i.e. Steve Jobs, i guess this makes you Anti-steve jobs, simply because he works towards simplifying, you work towards complicating, though still entrepreneurial. You created a new word ENTREPREURIAL-PERPLEX-COMPLEXITY. Simply because I'm amazingly perplexed by your entrepreneurial complexity!
It may not for apply for some of the previous posters, but a stylus is great for us gals with long fingernails. The side of my finger works fine for most stuff on the iPhone, but is not so great when trying to play fast-paced touch games.
If may seem like a dumb idea to some people, but obviously they saw a need and filled it. (No, mine is not attached to the side of my iPhone; I just pull it out of my purse when I want to play games or draw.)


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THE North Pole isn't melting after all, says a researcher in Sweden. Recent reports that ice in the Arctic is rapidly disappearing have been taken as graphic proof of global warming. But a more extensive study now shows the ice hasn't thinned at all since the late 1980s.
Peter Winsor from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden looked at data from 1986 to 1997 showing sea ice thickness throughout the Arctic. The data had been collected by submarines cruising under the ice and firing sonar pulses upwards to determine its thickness. After adjusting the data to account for seasonal differences, he found the volume of ice in the Arctic had stayed nearly constant.
This contradicts a major study in 1999, which found that the thickness of Arctic sea ice had decreased by a startling 1.3 metres since 1958more than a third of its current thicknessand continues to drop by 0.1 ...
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This isn't exactly about brick ovens, but it's a very funny view of life in
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Mac version Please.
We can hope! It looks very cool and is certainly a product I will support.
Swamp Living Never Felt So Good
Any new Pycloid animations out there?
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Good on you Frederic - thanks!
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a flame effect like this with Pycloid and Carrara?
This is amazing. I can hardly wait to test it out.
Would it be okay to offer freebie CAR scenes that require (but do not come with) PyCloid?
I'll read the license before doing anything like that anyways!
Thanks for this, will be donating soon.
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Yes, you can publish freebie scenes using PyCloid.
I will be very happy to see artistic works using it.
Some activities around this plugin should motivate me to continue the development !
f1oat - 19 August 2013 03:03 AMYes, you can publish freebie scenes using PyCloid.
I will be very happy to see artistic works using it.
Some activities around this plugin should motivate me to continue the development !
Does it work with Carrara on OS X yet?
I don't know why I haven't been playing with this yet. Totally swamp at the moment… but I think this even works in swamps! So I'll see if I can get testing by the end of the week. Looks really cool and I love McGuyver's work on it.
Everyone wants fluids in Carrara - this makes it (and much more) happen!
This is definitely worth playing around with. Thanks for your development Frederic. I need to check this out more for sure. It seems like it has many possibilties indeed.
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John James Audubon (1785-1851), famous American naturalist and artist, lived in this 2 1/2 story fieldstone farm house from 1804 to 1808. It was here Audubon made his earliest observations of the birds of America, conducted his experiments in bird-banding, and painted artistic renderings of his wildlife subjects.
One of the last intact farm fields from the Audubon ownership era, important in defining the historic nature of Mill Grove, is being used as a ball field. The recreation association has petitioned the town for lighting for night games and parking lots, but been turned down. Such incompatible enhancements would threaten the integrity of the Landmark.
The Manse is badly deteriorated but has been leased to the National Audubon Society for an Audubon Center and hopefully improvements will be made. Plumbing problems have posed a threat to valuable Audubon paintings some of which have been sent out for restoration. The only toilet facilities are portable toilets on the premises plus one very old and undependable toilet for women. Funding from the County is not enough to cover maintenance of the site.
Recommendation/Change since last report:
Constant monitoring on the part of the National Park Service, the State Historic Preservation Office, the Friends' group, and preservation-minded local officials is required. The establishment of a restrictive easement to halt further development should be pursued. The building needs a condition assessment report and funding for identified repair and restoration.
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Robert Graves often claimed that true artists had to have a mixture of blood types coursing through themselves to allow inner tension to manifest itself in their art, literature, or music. Of course, Graves was not speaking of clinical blood types, but rather imaginary nationalistic blood lines. He would claim that he was the product of two exceedingly distinct and conflicting bloodlines. His father, Alfred Perceval Graves, was an inspector of schools and a minor Irish poet and balladeer whereas his British born mother, Amalie Elizabeth Ranke, was a member of a distinguished German family. The continual internal conflict between his practical and pragmatic German side and the lyrical and whimsical Irish side would be Graves' explanation …
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Chris Johnson first wrote the names of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on his cleats. Now the Titans running back has sent gifts to the family of Grace McDonnell after speaking with them by telephone. He had the names on his cleats for Monday night's game against the New York Jets, and he scored on a franchise-record 94-yard touchdown run. The family reached out to Johnson through the Titans, and the running back spoke Tuesday with the McDonnells and Grace's older brother, Jack. ''You get a whole sense of it and just him and the kids ... that he was trying to be strong, but it's a situation I can tell how he feels,'' Johnson said Thursday after practice. ''I lost my grandmother earlier in this year and just knowing how that feels I just kind of wanted to do something to at least try to lift his spirits.'' Johnson also became a father earlier this year too with the birth of twin boys. He said that just made him appreciate his sons even more. He said he sent over ...
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The term "square", in referring to a person, originally meant someone who was honest, traditional, and loyal. An agreement that is equitable on all sides is a "square deal". The evolution of American culture transformed the term from a compliment to an insult to an obsolete term.
In the parlance of jazz, a square was a person who failed to appreciate the medium, hence (more broadly) someone who was out of date or out of touch. Such was the opprobrium attached to "squareness" among jazz lovers that musician Thelonious Monk adopted the middle name "Sphere". The term, with its broader meaning, has persisted and has permeated mainstream culture, as exemplified in Huey Lewis's 1986 hit Hip to be square. In ultimate self-reference, this song was later used by Sesame Street to illustrate the geometrical meaning of "square".
In the counterculture movements that started in the 1940s and took momentum in the 1960s a "square" referred to someone who clung to repressive, traditional, stereotypical, one-sided, or "in the box" ways of thinking. The term was used by hipsters in the 40s, beatniks in the 50s, hippies in the 60s, yippies in the 70s, and other individuals who took part in the movements which emerged to contest the more conservative national, political, religious, philosophical, musical and social trends. It was in this context that Sly and the Family Stone's trumpet player Cynthia Robinson yelled out in the hit "Dance to the Music": "All the squares go home!"
In modern usage it can be used to describe a person who leads a lawful existence, particularly in regard to employment.
The term found its way into various parts of popular culture. Perhaps the most obvious recurring reference today would be this line from "Jailhouse Rock", a song most famously sung by Elvis Presley:
One of the earliest records with the usage of the term can be found in the 1946 recording by Harry Gibson "What's his Story?," which includes the stanza:
Or an earlier song by the same artist, from 1944, called "Stop That Dancing Up There," which includes:
The term was used in the American Cub Scout Promise until 1971.
The chorus of the George M. Cohan song "Mary's a Grand Old Name" concludes with these lines:
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Here's our new intake coated and ready for installation. The new air filter is over 35-percent larger than the one that was on the car previously, which should equate to a bit more power.
Given all the test fitting that went on, it really wasn't a surprise that the new intake pretty much fell into place. K&N also decided to powdercoat the DSE radiator closeout panel in the same color to help tie everything together.
When doing an intake like this, it's important to have a way to support the weight of the tube. There are many ways to do this, but K&N decided to run a support bracket from the intake to an existing, unused, hole in the front of the cylinder head.
Here you can get a good idea of how the new intake tube snakes from the 90mm Turn Key Engine Supply throttle body to the void behind the driver's side headlight.
With the intake finished, the engine bay has a much cleaner look. From an appearance standpoint, it no longer looks like the intake was a last minute fix done by someone out of time.
Sure, it looks better, but would we get a performance gain? To find out we strapped the Camaro to K&N's Dynojet chassis dyno for some before and after testing. Bert explained, "The baseline numbers with the clamp-on filter were 384 hp and, after installing the new intake, that number rose to a far more impressive 409. A few things contributed to these gains, but the placement of the intake and the way it pulls in cool, non-turbulent, air is the main one. We were also able to richen up the tune to take advantage of the extra air." He also noted that the inlet air temp dropped over 50-degrees with the relocated filter. This should make an even larger difference in performance when the hood is closed and the Camaro is tearing up the highways.


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Out With The Storms, In With Wintry WeatherJanuary 31st, 2013 at 8:16 am by Jeremy Wheeler under Weather
A powerful line of storms moved through last night waking up many folks with the sound of gushing winds and heavy rain. The line of storms moved through between midnight and about 3am this morning.
Some of the wind gusts were very impressive. We had a gust to 75mph at Langley Air Force Base according to the National Weather Service's website. There was a gust to 66mph at NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach. Norfolk International Airport had a gust to 61mph. There were gusts to 49mph in Newport News and Elizabeth City. I've heard second-hand of trees and power lines down, but I haven't actually seen a lot of the reports. The quick moving line put down about a half inch of rain before it pushed out. That batch was along the first cold front, but a second cold front moved through in the mid morning hours and brought another weaker line of showers and gusty winds. Winds this morning were still gusting to near 40mph through the 8am hour.
Winds will steadily taper off this afternoon, but it will take a while. Temperatures are expected to drop a bit to the upper 40s, but it's possible that we pop back up to the low 50s for a bit with some sunshine along with the westerly winds. Tonight the winds will taper off even more. Skies will be clear for a while. So low temperatures will drop to the upper 20s to low 30s.
Tomorrow morning looks interesting. A sharp upper level trough is expected to move through with a little moisture. So we have a chance at some scattered flurries and/or light snow showers. Our model Future Trak is showing this between about 7 am and 10am.
No model is suggesting anything heavy. We could see a dusting in a few cities, but that would be about all. The worst case scenario is that the snow is just a little heavier and starts up during the busier part of the morning rush-hour. Then we could see some problems. I'm optimistic for now, but stay tuned. We'll be dry for Saturday and cool with highs in the 40s. On Sunday another system will try to affect our region. We could see a brief Wintry mix again depending on the timing of the precip. That one also doesn't look like much, but it will have to be monitored in future updates.
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YIELD: Makes 12 tacos
Cook the turkey:
Preheat the oven to 300°F. Melt the lard in a 5-quart pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the sugar and salt and stir until dissolved. Add the turkey and place in oven. Turn turkey pieces every 30 minutes and cook until turkey is tender and a paring knife can easily be inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature. Carefully remove the skin from turkey pieces and reserve. Shred the meat and reserve.
Make the salsa:
Bring the vinegar, sugar, salt, and 1 cup water to a boil and stir until dissolved. Place peaches, mustard seeds, and thyme in a heatproof glass container and pour vinegar mixture over. Let sit until mixture comes to room temperature, then refrigerate 1 hour.
Dice the chilled peaches and combine with the onion, cilantro, lemon, olive oil, and salt. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Make the pasilla purée:
Toast the chiles in a dry skillet over medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant. Let cool and remove stems and seeds. Bring 1 cup water to a boil and pour over chiles. Steep until tender, about 5 minutes. Purée the chiles, water, garlic, onion, sugar, and salt in a blender until smooth, adding more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, if necessary. Taste and adjust seasoning. Purée can be made 1 day in advance.
Assemble the tacos:
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, fry the reserved turkey skin in the oil until crisp and golden brown. Remove and chop. Warm the shredded meat and toss with the skin.
Warm the tortillas. Spread a spoonful of pasilla purée on each tortilla. Divide the turkey meat and skin between the tortillas and top with peach salsa and diced avocado.


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By Karl Grossman
I am writing this on a sunny, beautiful Friday, before Hurricane Irene hits, because my editors say they need it now — not knowing what will happen the day after tomorrow when this powerful storm is predicted to make landfall on Long Island.
Without electricity — and a head-on hit of a major hurricane here is expected to cause us to lose electricity — newspapers and virtually every institution in today's world, are in trouble.
People can think they have conquered nature, but that's an illusion. Nature bats last — and can do so with unimaginable power.
Some news reports are talking about how vulnerable Long Island is pointing to the development in coastal areas and a population that has boomed in recent times.
"America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities" is the title of a 2009 book by geologists Joseph T. Kelley, Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew Cooper. It speaks of how areas along the shore — and cited among the "vulnerable communities" is the Town of Southampton — have been developed with "little regard" to the realities of nature. Dr. Pilkey, also the co-author of an earlier, classic book, The Beaches Are Moving: The Drowning of America's Shoreline," has given presentations in Suffolk County on his research.
"Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels…Vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have you — all thrown up in a frantic defense against the natural system," a summary of his 1983 book states.
Will Hurricane Irene provide a tragic and expensive lesson regarding this shoreline folly?
What we face, moreover, involves every aspect of modern life.
As I cashed a check for some money for the days ahead — credit card use could become problematic without electricity — I asked the manager of my Suffolk County National Bank branch in Sag Harbor how it might operate Monday if there is no electricity. Sue Tooker said no one could be allowed into the bank because the alarm system wouldn't be operable. Electronics are vital these days in dealing with bank bandits. Only the drive-in window would be used.
There'll be back-up power of various sorts — including home generators. I waited on line and bought one in the midst of Hurricane Gloria in 1985. We haven't used it since and I've sometimes wondered about that $1,000 investment that's sat in a shed for lo these 26 years. Will it wake up now and run anew?
Another survival plan I devised was saving a test well dug when a new well was drilled for the house. I had the well-drillers put a pitcher pump on top of the pipe they rammed into the ground. Yesterday I primed it and began pumping. Nothing happened. At Nugent & Potter in Southampton — which sells well supplies and, indeed, a pitcher pump is its symbol — I was advised that "the leather has dried up." I got a new pump. Let's see if this works.
A new pitcher pump was available, but if one wanted D-batteries or flashlights in this build-up to whatever is to happen, several hardware stores I was in today and yesterday were out.
It's been quite a scene for all of us filling our cars with gas, stocking up on groceries, doing everything one can think of in line with the wise Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared."
But, in the end, nature will shape the outcome. That was so clear to me last week on a vacation trip to Alaska — seeing the Mendenhall and Sawyer glaciers, huge masses of ice bearing down and altering the landscape. And then, flying back, a reported worst-in-a-century earthquake struck the East Coast. While in Alaska, I negotiated via e-mail with a magazine editor who wanted me to write an article about the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex disaster. Upon landing, he told me on my cell phone that he wanted a sidebar on the impacts of this earthquake on East Coast nuclear plants.
The works of humans can be wonderful. Looking out the window of the jet, I thought of how in one day I'd be glimpsing both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. That was inconceivable a few generations ago. But we humans can be so presumptuous, so foolish as well, with our development patterns and some of the machines we build.
Hurricane and glaciers, earthquakes and tsunamis. They are inevitable. And, often painfully, they teach us where sits the true power in this world.


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Sarasota is an affluent resort community with an interesting history. In the late 1880's, golf was introduced to the area from Scotland, and today, there are more than 30 golf courses near downtown. Leftover Scottish influence defines the appearance of many buildings. Led in part by the Ringling family of circus fame, the area became a top resort and real estate investment attraction in the 1920's.
Today the area is booming once again as a pleasant residential area and retirement destination, and this has impacted housing and living costs. Bradenton is more residential and close enough to the Tampa area that some make the commute, while also being close enough to that area that many weekenders make the trip south to enjoy Bradenton's beaches. Venice is a small coastal city some 12 miles south of Sarasota.
The downtown areas of all three cities are pleasant and walkable, with plain, sprawling suburbs surrounding Bradenton and Sarasota towards the north-south I-75 corridor. Although the economy in general and future job growth projections are strong, this is not a great area for the career-minded to settle; much of the area's wealth and economic base are brought in from elsewhere, and employment is heavily centered on healthcare, government and retail. There is plenty to do, and the area is strategically to provide a smaller city lifestyle while taking advantage of the greater set of city services available in the Tampa-St Petersburg area.
Located on the shore of Sarasota Bay, Sarasota sits on level, sandy terrain across from a long, narrow barrier island. There are areas of banyan trees and other tropical plants. Inland sections contain agriculture and orchards. The climate is subtropical with a substantial Gulf influence. Summers are long, warm, and humid, with afternoon highs of 90 or more and warm evenings in the 70's. Afternoon sea breezes and frequent thunderstorms moderate temperatures. Winters are quite mild with temperatures in the 60's and 70's and lows rarely below 50. Invasions of cold northern air produce an occasional light frost and a cold winter morning or two.
As of 2014, Venice's population is 20,803 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 7.54 percent.
The median home cost in Venice is $170,700. Home appreciation the last year has been 13.90 percent.
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Venice public schools spend $13,014 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $12,435. There are about 17.3 students per teacher in Venice.
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