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Cleaning Products Pilot Project
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The Cleaning Products Pilot Project (CPPP) was the first EPP pilot project established after Executive Order (E.O.) 12873 was issued (E.O. 12873 has since been superseded by E.O. 13101). It is a cooperative interagency effort between the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a framework for identifying and comparing environmentally preferable commercial cleaning products.
GSA and EPA began the project in February 1993, to identify cleaning products with reduced human health and safety impacts for use in Federal buildings. The project originally focused on identifying the relevant environmental attributes and comparative effectiveness of various cleaning products. This is the first EPP pilot project established after E.O. 12873 was issued.
As the first pilot project designed and conducted to identify and compare environmentally preferable products, the CPPP influenced the direction of similar pilot projects. Some of the lessons learned from this pilot may be specific to cleaning projects, while others may be relevant for other product categories. Each environmentally preferable pilot project is unique due to the differences among the product categories examined and the stakeholders involved in the procurement process.


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Science Friday® and SciFri® are registered service marks of Science Friday, Inc. Site design by Pentagram; engineering by Mediapolis.
Water bears, a.k.a. tardigrades, can withstand boiling, freezing, and the vacuum of space. Biologist Bob Goldstein, of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, studies these millimeter-long creatures to try to understand how organisms develop.


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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Tue, 08/12/08, 07:52am:
Barring any unforseen roster moves, the Clippers' depth chart for the 2008-09 season has settled into focus:
Baron Davis
Jason Williams
Jason Hart
Mike Taylor*
Cuttino Mobley
Eric Gordon
Al Thornton
Ricky Davis
Steve Novak
Marcus Camby
Tim Thomas
Chris Kaman
Brian Skinner
DeAndre Jordan
*Make-good deal.
**Steve Novak slotted as a 3/4 because, well...his skill set is essentially that of a small forward.
Imagine you asked an informed Clipper fan in June 2006 to tell you what kind of offensive scheme the Clips would be running in the fall of 2008. Following the playoff run that season, the thought was that, going forward, the Clips would be a post-oriented offense with two capable big men [Elton Brand, Chris Kaman] propelled by a dynamic point guard [Shaun Livingston]. They'd need to add a proficient shooter on the wing -- preferably one who could play some defense -- to replace the departing Corey Maggette. But the bulk of the offense would originate on the block, precipitated by Shaun Livingston's ability to penetrate.
Fast forward two years, and the landscape couldn't be less familiar. The Clippers are an entirely new collection of players. Of the anticipated offensive lynchpins, only Kaman remains. He's flanked by a power forward who couldn't be more different than Elton Brand. Marcus Camby's center of gravity on the floor is at the elbow, and he generates most of his points as an ancillary offensive option. He's a nice complementary player for Chris, but his presence leaves all the heavy lifting on the low block for Chris.
Baron Davis is undoubtedly the focal point of the Clips' new offense. Davis' usage rate last season with Golden State was good for 17th in the league, and we can expect that number to climb this season. With Davis, Mike Dunleavy gets something he loves -- a big, physical guard that can post and defend -- and something he's never had in Los Angeles: An expert passer.
There are a ton of reasons to be excited about Davis' arrival, but none more decisive than that one. The Clippers haven't had a starter who can pass the ball with ease since Lamar Odom signed with Miami. Brand, Cassell, Maggette, Mobley, Kaman, Ross, Thomas, Thornton, etc, etc...all below-average passers at their positions. Livingston has a preternatural ability to find teammates, but, alas, if we're fortunate enough to see him do it, it will be in another uniform.
Davis' ability to pass the ball will benefit Al Thornton most profoundly -- both in transition and in the halfcourt. The bulk of Thornton's offense last season came in isolation and on late-in-the-clock perimeter attempts. The Clips never learned how to run an effective set for him. Now, Thornton has a lot to learn about working off the ball in an NBA offense. But a good passing PG can do a lot for an athletic wing. Chances are in a given set, the window of separation between Thornton and a defender is a nanosecond. Unless there's someone on the court who can find him, Thornton will instead get the ball with :04 seconds on the shot clock and a weak-side rotator coming at him. And that's the difference between an inefficient scorer who averages 15 PPG shooting below 42% on stuff that's manufactured instead of created -- and a potent SF who is getting most of his shot attempts against mismatches or finishing on the break.
This isn't to bury the lede: Davis will help the Clippers because he's a strong, lethal scoring guard with limitless range, and is certain to be their top PPG man. But for this new offense to operate proficiently -- for Marcus Camby to get that open 15-footer off the S/R, for Al Thornton to be mature as a wing scorer who can torment opponents not only in isolation, but in the context of a unified offense, for Chris Kaman to get the ball precisely where he likes it -- Baron Davis will have to orchestrate it.


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Mike Scott admits to scuffing the ball in 1986
"They can believe whatever they want to believe. Every ball that hits the ground has something on it. … I've thrown balls that were scuffed, but I haven't scuffed every ball that I've thrown."
~ Mike Scott on accusations of
scuffing the ball during the 1986 NLCS
Vinny Cartiglia: And the truth shall set you free, Mr. Scott… I was only seven year old during this series — with my 8th birthday less than a month away — so I'd be lying if I told you I remembered the debates on whether or not Scott was actually scuffing the ball. However, I do remember my older brother saying the Mets will "never beat the cheat in game seven." Years later, I figured out what he meant by that statement. In the end, it didn't matter that Scott was scuffing the ball to make that split finger unhittable during the series, or most of the 1986 season for that matter, because the Mets got it done in six and the rest, as they say, is history.
MLB Network will be airing "1986:A Postseason to Remember" on Wednesday November 9th at 9 PM EST, hosted by one of my favorites, Bob Costas along with Tom Verducci.
The two-hour program will feature 15 revealing new interviews with key players, managers and coaches, which you can read more about here.


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Appalachian Trail Mountains > Springer Mountain > Climber's Log
Springer Mountain Climber's Log
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|Approch Trail
|Rained whole time
|Posted Nov 17, 2006 5:21 am
|Day 1
Date Climbed: Mar 11, 1998
|Froze my ass off.
|Posted Aug 29, 2006 6:07 am
Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2005
|Great time with my friend on the AT, met some neat Thru-hikers..one who did the whole AT in Keen sandals!! He was post holing in 3ft of snow in the smokies, he did have gore-tex socks...haha.
|Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:50 pm
|AT Approach Trail
Date Climbed: Mar 4, 2006
|Did the approach trail and about a mile down the AT and back out in a day! Long great hike and met some wonderful thru hikers at the start of their journey.
|Posted Jul 24, 2006 4:26 pm
|AT Approach Trail
Date Climbed: Mar 15, 1998
|A nice, easy trail to kick off my AT Odyssey. Cool weather and overcast skies made for ideal hiking conditions.
|Posted May 22, 2006 3:18 am
|Did the first 16 miles of the AT
Date Climbed: May 4, 2006
|Stayed at the Springer Mountain Shelter on the night of May 3rd and then hiked to the top of Springer Mountain on the morning of May 4th. This was the start of a BP trip I did with 8 other women hiking the first 16 miles of the Appalachian Trail. We met several people starting their thru-hike and I enjoyed the many wildflowers in route to the top :)
|Posted May 18, 2006 5:27 pm
|Joseph Claghorn
|More driving than hiking
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2005
|I decided one saturday morning to scout out the beginning of the Appalachian trail on a whim, thinking this mountain would be a little more accessible than it was. I drove around for hours and ended up putting my powerless Civic on a few dirt roads that it couldn't handle. I finally found an easy way up on Forest road 42, and hiked the one mile to the summit. I didn't realize that most people got up this mountain on the official AT approach trail from Amilcola falls State park until later.
|Posted May 12, 2006 12:36 am
|Night climb with an unhappy ending
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2005
|Started climbing from Amicalola Falls State Park at about 4:30-5:00 PM. I was out of shape, had eaten a Reuben for lunch and had a few too many beers. I Was hiking to decompress after a very rough few days at work. I ended up hiking the last few miles of the trail with my headlamp and flashlight. When I did summit, reaching the beginnign of the AT, I made a quick dinner, at it, and proceeded to vomit all over the top of Springer. I hiked back down to the Black Gap shelter to sleep, and walk out the next morning. The trail is easy enough to follow, although there there can be some overgrown sections.
|Posted Feb 16, 2006 10:34 pm
|Route Climbed: AT approach from Amicalola Falls Date Climbed: June 1999
|My wife and I made a few trial runs from the Amicalola Lodge in preperation to hike the AT through Georgia. We were shuttled to North Carolina Just above the Georgia state line in July 1999 and hiked South on the AT. It was a very dry year in1999 and many of the water sources were dry. I was glad to get to Springer because we were pretty beat up from our time on the AT and we were looking forward to the night at the Lodge.
|Posted Jan 20, 2006 10:57 am
|Mike N
|Route Climbed: AT approach from Amicalola Falls Date Climbed: April 2005
|Great day hike to the start of the AT
|Posted Nov 11, 2005 11:44 am
|Route Climbed: AT from USFS 42 Date Climbed: October 13, 2005
|Took the 0.9 mile section of the AT up. Start of a 30.5 mile section hike. No views due to thick fog.
|Posted Oct 16, 2005 11:29 pm
|Route Climbed: East Ridge trail Date Climbed: July 1975
|My first experience on the Appalachian Trail. Amazing I made it as far as I did. My brother and I hiked in old Army jungle boots and used cheap external packs we bought at a discount store. We ate canned food and carried jars of peanut butter that we slathered over melba toast (it not get stale). We were young and in great shape. An easy day was twenty miles and we had plenty of time to goof off. Great memories. I wish my brother was still around to reminisce.
|Posted Oct 7, 2005 10:53 pm
|Route Climbed: Appalachian Trail Date Climbed: 2000
|I've hiked this one a couple of times. Quite a butt buster from Amicolola Falls.
|Posted Jun 10, 2005 5:05 pm
|Route Climbed: AT approach trail Date Climbed: March 5, 2005
|Goodness gracious, it was COLD that night! (How cold was it?) So cold we were in the bunkie just after sunset. After listening to the wind imitating a runaway freight train all night, we woke up to a thick film of frost on the tent and icicles dripping from trailside seeps.
|Posted Mar 6, 2005 7:27 pm
|Route Climbed: Appalachian Trail, north to south Date Climbed: April, 1975
|I was just 17 when I reached the summit of Springer Mountain. Not the best summit of Georgia, but important because it's the southern terminus of the AT. I used what was then the new shelter and had a great hike that week, ending up descending the approach trail down to Amicalola State Park.
Some good memories.
|Posted Mar 21, 2004 11:34 am
|Route Climbed: AT approach trail / East Ridge Trail
Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2000
|Reached the summit on this cold morning and started an amazing journey.
Sorry I missed the New Year's celebrations. Just one other hiker on the summit this day.
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To make this new model work as they wanted, the racing-minded guys at Yamaha's watercraft division knew that a new hull design was necessary to deliver the kind of ride they had in mind. They put all their years of experience and know-how to work and it shows; from the keel to the rails. To start, there is an oversized intake duct to compliment the super high-output engine. It provides increased thrust, which improves acceleration and gives you much better hook-up through the turns. The nozzle has a trim adjustment on the left handgrip so you can trim-out the ride to suit the conditions. A full length dihedral keel offers directional stability and contributes to high-speed turning response. The full length lifting strakes appear to be slightly oversized in sectional dimensions. The lift means less total wetted hull surface which reduces drag. The angled outside chines are really effective. They give you a lean-in, edge-to-edge ride through the turns. This was the most noticeable difference in the ride; I was able to execute turns at a much higher speed on the FZs than I've been used to. And I'm sure that the hull material, Yamaha's proprietary NanoXcel, makes a contribution to the ride as well. This stuff's stronger and lighter than conventional fiberglass, and it looks great, too.
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The styling caters to my love of the classic muscle cars from the '60s and '70s. The instruments are set in rounded bezels in the curved forward console. On either side of the cowling is a chrome intake grill. It speaks to the builder's racing heritage. Although the seat has a shorter, trimmed look, to match the rest of the lines, it accommodates two, should you want to bring someone along for the ride. The color also says Yamaha - a metallic version of their classic Racing Blue. They didn't forget to give you some space to pack a lunch and refreshments either. There's storage up forward, under the seat, and at the handlebars. When you're standing or moving around the deck, Yamaha's Hydra-Mat deck surface is easy on the feet while offering an aggressive non-skid quality on the big aft deck and in the deep footwells.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Smacksy Sunday Links: Fall Back
Here's the thing. This whole Halloween week was nuts. It was fun but I am exhausted. We had zero trick or treaters this year so in the last three hours I've eaten a cord of peanut M&M's and I'm having difficulty focusing. God bless the time change, I really need the extra hour.
I can't make a decision so I'm giving you a choice for today's links and really, you can't go wrong with any of them.
This one is elegant in only the way a cat playing the piano with an orchestra could be and is giving my husband ideas about a new hobby for Pearl.
This one is an ad for your next favorite pair of jeans with an awesome smooth jazz soundtrack.
This one is the queen of Canada performing shocking new wave duets.
Enjoy. I'm "falling back" into bed. (See what I did there?) So sleepy.
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oh, winkers!!!! terry never calls me from work during a busy day, but he actually did a few weeks ago to say:ReplyDelete
"i sent you a video. watch now."
you all must have some secret thread of youtube videos and memes that you pass along to each other in the biz.
I sure agree with you that this was a hectic week. My daughter had a Halloween party yesterday and we spent a lot of time getting ready for it. But it was so much fun, it was definitely worth it! How appropriate that we get an extra hour today!ReplyDelete
I have serious concerns about the trick or treating activities this year. I bought as much candy as I have in the past and am left with much too much to keep my body looking hot.ReplyDelete
Yeah, that's it. It's the extra candy. Without it, I'd be hot.
Between the candy hangover and the weird duets, I am feeling like I might hurl. Now that's entertainment!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 1, 2009 at 4:57 PM
I am incredibly impressed with the Winkers. If Garth eats all of the Halloween candy leftover from last night (we only had three Trick or Treaters!) Perhaps I can consider a pair of these as a Christmas gift. What a great find!ReplyDelete
I have decided I need it to be a 30 hour day. That would enable me to get alot more done AND get more sleep which would mean that I would no longer walk into tables and chairs....bump into door jams......jam my fingers in things.....remember things.....seriously....my poor exhausted brain.....ReplyDelete
Health! Dieting! What a stress hey? We came to an agreement where we don't buy junk food; we just eat everyone else's.ReplyDelete


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15 U.S. Code § 636h - Disaster planning responsibilities
(a) Assignment of Small Business Administration disaster planning responsibilities
The disaster planning function of the Administration shall be assigned to an individual appointed by the Administrator who—
(b) Responsibilities
The individual assigned the disaster planning function of the Administration shall report directly and solely to the Administrator and shall be responsible for—
(1) creating, maintaining, and implementing the comprehensive disaster response plan of the Administration described in section 636g of this title;
(2) ensuring there are in-service and pre-service training procedures for the disaster response staff of the Administration;
(3) coordinating and directing the training exercises of the Administration relating to disasters, including disaster simulation exercises and disaster exercises coordinated with other government departments and agencies; and
(c) Coordination
In carrying out the responsibilities described in subsection (b), the individual assigned the disaster planning function of the Administration shall coordinate with—
(d) Resources
The Administrator shall ensure that the individual assigned the disaster planning function of the Administration has adequate resources to carry out the duties under this section.
(e) Report
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report containing—
(1) a description of the actions of the Administrator to assign an individual the disaster planning function of the Administration;
Source(Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12073,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1413; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12073,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2175.)
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The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–246, which was approved June 18, 2008.
Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234was repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246.
Section was enacted as part of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, and also as part of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.
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Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234by Pub. L. 110–246effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of Title 7, Agriculture.
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3.3 V, ±15 kV ESD-Protected, RS-485/RS-422 Transceiver (Full Duplex, 250kbps)
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- Data rates: ADM3483E/ADM3488E: 250 kbps
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- Receiver open-circuit, fail-safe design
- Outputs high-Z when disabled or powered off
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The devices have a 12 kΩ receiver input impedance, which allows up to 32 transceivers on a bus. Because only one driver should be enabled at any time, the output of a disabled or powered-down driver is tristated to avoid overloading the bus.
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The ezLINX™ iCoupler® Isolated Interface Development Environment provides developers with a cost-effective, plug and play method for evaluation eight physical layer, digitally-isolated communication standards (USB, RS-422, RS-485, RS-232, CAN, SPI, I2C, and LVDS). The Blackfin® ADSP-BF548 processor is used to run the uCLinux operating system and allows for easy customization through the open source hardware and software platform. Development time is significantly reduced for embedded designers and system architects who are designing and evaluating isolated communication standards. The interfaces on ezLINX use ADI's isolated transceivers with integrated iCoupler® and isoPower® digital isolator technology.
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The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration hereby
gives notice that the following property is being considered for
disposal through sale in Carbon County: Township 14 South, Range 14
East, SLB&M, Section 16: All, which contains 640.0 acres more or less.
Any party asserting a claim to a temporary easement or right of entry
in the subject property pursuant to 72-5-203, Utah Code Annotated who
wishes to make such easement or right of entry permanent may file an
appropriate application, as set forth in Utah Administrative Rule
R850-80-250(2). Applications will be accepted during the following
period of time: From 7:00 A.M. March 21 until 6:00 P.M. June 20, 2011
at TRUST LANDS ADMINISTRATION, 675 East 500 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, UT 84102, (801) 538-5100. Reference No.: PS 8484.
Applications will be evaluated pursuant to Sections 53C-1-302 and
72-5-203(1)(a)(i), Utah Code Annotated. If no application is
received, or if an application to make the temporary easement or right
of entry permanent is not approved, the temporary easement or right of
entry will be extinguished upon the execution of a certificate of
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After a season which saw the Carbon High Baseball team advance to the quarterfinals of the 3A State Tournament, one Dino will be donning the colors of Carbon High one more time.
Senior Jaren McCourt was named to the 3A Senior All-Star team and will be playing on the South team with other players from southern schools in class 3A against 3A North All-Stars in Ogden on Saturday at Noon.
McCourt starred as a second baseman for the Dinos this season.
He hit a team-high six home runs this season helping to solidify the heart of the Dinos batting order.
One of those six homers included a big home run against Spanish Fork helping give the Dinos a 4-3 lead after trailing 3-0 after the first inning.
Carbon High finished the 2012 season with an overall record of 15-10.


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With a full 33 shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, mutual fund executives have plenty of time to pull together a meaningful gift for shareholders: improved disclosures.
The changes mutual funds could make to help shareholders are endless, but I'd settle for just a few upgrades a year. In fact, fund companies should fulfill shareholder wishes not because 'tis the season for it, but because it's the right thing to do. Regulators know it, but they will only require the disclosures I'm hoping for if and when some sort of wrongdoing comes to light that forces them to give the fund world a slap on the wrist. Really, every round of mutual fund "reform" is just about injecting some common sense into the investment process.
With that in mind, here is my wish list for the 2012 holidays. Nothing too fancy. Just a few details I want fund companies to give shareholders. Fulfilling these requests should be easy to accomplish:
1. Stop selling mediocrity.
If a fund's biggest asset to the sponsor (or management company) is that marketers can sell it — rather than that it can deliver superior performance — it is not in investors' best interests for that fund to keep going.
Yet mediocre funds create something of an annuity for their sponsors, regularly delivering fees from investors who are inert or simply oblivious to the fact that they are settling for inferior, uninspired results.
Make the fund world a meritocracy; if a fund doesn't deserve to keep going — if performance is undistinguished and second-rate — kill it off. Merging it with something better or simply liquidating it and encouraging investors to find a more worthwhile alternative would be a blessing.
2. Tell investors how sister funds do — or don't — work together.
If investors buy funds with similar investment styles and significant overlap in holdings, they don't get the diversification they're seeking.
Fund honchos know which of their funds are substantially similar; investors should be told. A simple statement showing which members of the family have, say, 20% overlap would do; disclose — in the part about risks of ownership — that buying a fund if you already own certain sister funds creates the risk of concentrating a portfolio, rather than diversifying it.
3. Provide comparative fee information.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, but above-average costs are a sign that a fund is going to have a tough time in all market conditions. Yet when a fund discloses its expense ratio, it doesn't show how those costs shape up against the competition.
If funds can compare performance to an index or average — as they are required to in the prospectus — they can compare expenses with the average fund in the peer group.
They could simply add a column or two to the fee chart, showing the fund's costs and then the averages for actively and passively managed funds in the same category or peer group.
4. Show manager records, relative to the same benchmarks used for the fund.
Continuing the theme of better comparative data, funds should disclose each manager's career track records relative to the peer groups and benchmarks they have competed with.


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The Department of Veterans Affairs faces extraordinary challenges as the second decade of the 21st century unfolds. There's a new GI Bill to manage. Employment and business opportunities for veterans are hard to stimulate in a slowly recovering economy. Access to affordable health care, hope for the homeless and proper burial for those who honorably served our nation are costly and unwieldy to provide, even for the second-largest arm of the federal government.The fastest-swelling elephant in the kitchen, however, is the backlog of undecided VA benefits claims. The speed, efficiency and accuracy of VA's outdated, paper-based claims-adjudication process influences almost every other aspect of the system. A claims decision determines a veteran's access to VA health care. A claims decision can relieve a sufferer of post-traumatic stress disorder from the vicious cycle of substance abuse and family instability. A claims decision can help a veteran entrepreneur get a federal contract or leave a job that is slowly making a service-connected disability worse.That is why VA's current situation – somewhere between 500,000 and 1 million undecided claims – cannot be tolerated anymore. The White House has recommended hiring 4,000 new VA claims processors in fiscal year 2011, simply to prevent the problem from getting a lot worse. That is not good enough. We need to reverse the backlog.Politicians on both sides of the aisle have promised to make VA's antiquated claims-adjudication process a high priority, as they have since the Eisenhower administration. And yet here we are, slipping down the slope of VA's inability to keep up with a claims curve that grew by 75 percent between 2000 and 2009. VA officials themselves say the average veteran's wait for a benefits decision can be expected to increase to 190 days, up from 158, by early 2011. What a disgrace.The American Legion must continually remind federal officials that proper care for veterans is a delayed cost of war. The same U.S. government that prepares and sends Americans to battle, then passes and administers laws providing benefits after discharge, cannot simply drag its feet and try to outlast the obligation. Too many veterans believe the government they swore to protect now just wants them to die, along with their unresolved claims.VA's adjudication process is bogged down in part because work is graded not by satisfactory completion of a case but by the successful transfer of a file from one desk to another. This work-credit system needs to be overhauled. In an era when most Americans can file their income taxes or apply for college aid online within an hour, technological solutions that ease the process without compromising quality are quite possible. Social Security benefits are most often in the hands of those who need them within a month of filing. We know VA is working on this, but delivery of a new system cannot just be a high priority year after year. It needs to be a reality now. A new generation of service-disabled Americans is pouring into VA looking for help. And yes, veterans of past wars are still here, too, waiting and wondering about their claims. We have waited too long.
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I also hop my granddad gets his claims.
When I first started going to the VA, I was under the impression that the VA was an extension of the Military.
REVELATION: It Ain't !! More than half of the VA staff nationwide are Civilians. They've never had one moment in Uniform. And you wonder why there is a Backlog?
Doesn't matter what Service you are; what General worth his Stars is going to allow such a Backlog under His or Her Command.
That's Disgraceful!!! Make the VA a Military Command. Take it away from the Civilians. These Guys and Gals coming home would set the paperwork straight in short order. Remember your Motto: VETERANS HELPING VETERANS !
Here's where you should be starting.
For years, problems in the VA's benefits branch have been the subject of Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports and congressional hearings. During 2007, the VA received sizable increases in its budget and began hiring thousands of new employees; yet, the backlog is worsening.
The VA has an apparent leadership problem since their increased budget and workforce have yet to benefit the flawed claims process. VA requires that employees meet production quotas. It's a convoluted system of earning points for processing the paperwork in a claims file. The idea is to bring down the backlog, but it also leads employees to make haphazard mistakes just to obtain performance points.
The Department of Veterans Affairs should provide timely financial compensation for our veterans who were disabled by their military service; yet, they make it a bureaucratic circus of apathy and self greed at the expense of our deserving veterans.
During the month of March 2009, the VA's insp
Yes, they would like that. You can bet your case would get closed fast then!! But you know what? I am noit going anywhere..I will keep after the VA and everyone else, I can think of until they get sick of me.
We served our country, proudly, came home, woundede and never the same as we were.
Well, look out..I for one and not going anywhere! Let alone "go away and die". I would have died for my country but not for those pencil pushing lazy VA workers
Things need to change. I am here to stay so get used to me VA, do your Damm jobs and stop being so uselesss and lazy
I have been fighting their system since 1994. I have to go back it seems each year to get results and then wait on the "system" to increase my benefits. My PTSD is getting worse and effecting my job but the VA will not increase my benefits because I'm still working. It just doesn't make sense. One situation is making the other one worse and they don't want to help.
I know several Vets who have died before their claims for benefits were approved or denied, either way. Did them no good at all. This is a very serious problem and should not be taking place. M
My husband has been sick since 1968, has applied several times, missed an appointment in 1997 and was promply denied.
Theses people served for us, kept us all safe and now they have to beg for help and most or a lot die before they will ever recieve any help.
I researched it on internet. The cases are all being pushed from desk to desk...never really taken care of.
I have even offered to go work at VA and help. There is enough people out there who could do this and we could get something done.
Any ideas?? I have talked to everyone I can think of, to help my husband. His condition is only getting worse.
We neeed to organize and get all our vets together and family memebers and get something done. Senator Carl Levan offers to help but I have not seen much out of him yet
I feel the same way at times . I have been waiting to have my hip replaced since June 09, due to Avascular Necrosis, But all they do is keep me drugged up on pain killers but that band-aid is getting old wrong!Just replace the hip. I want my life back.
14 months and still waiting on a claim. Being 78 years old I probably will never see it completed. How much trouble would I have been in if it took me that long to answer to the "call of duty"?
Lost records, how convenient! How convenient when I die and they can just drop the claim....
Is this true? If so why does it not answer some of the questions we have about va service.Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:53:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: MOST OUTRAGES STSTEMENT EVER MADE BY A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
Welcome to IRAM. (formerly known as the United States of America.) You must now bow down to KING HUSSEIN!
This is not acceptable. What do you former servicemen think about this?
ToneyHERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES.WHAT AN EMPTY HEADED PERSON HE MUST BE. Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his p
I got my new legion magazine today, and was very glad to see some of the leaders of the legion standing up for changes. If here was seriuosnes about changing the system then this would have happend long ago. why did you wait till the back- log is so great. Are we hoping that many of them waiting on claims will die before thier day in court. I have seen many often go this way as they waited for some needed help. And silently there cases were closed, and I could hear in the halls of the V.A.a sigh of relief that one more was gone. The leaders on these commities should hang there head in shame, but that would take some integrity. which you aparently dont have. "shame on you all."
as a older vet also, I'm appaled at this "not suprized" . the whole system is full of corruption with alot of derelecition of duty. We own this sytem "vets" we have to take hold by the horns. I would encourage evey veteran, and active duty to write your senators and congress man. I myself have been waiting also for claims 9 months for the first go around. Have had to submit my information twice, due to the delays of incompentent employees in the system.I have ask the v.a. for an exam over 10 months ago no responce from them. we have set by and let ths system work against us, not for us. the american people would support us on our concerns. my sentor "george vonavich" other congressman I have written to. Have found it convenint to ignore us veterans and our needs. we won't forget you at election time. " we have to be pro-acvtive and not reactive in our work to change this broken system taking it back from the corruption. our list goes on to camp luejuine water. "the few the forgoten"
Claim process is snail slow and more often than not, totally off base with their rationale for a denial. I have spent over 15 years with a PTSD claim from Vietnam. Because of bad to no record keeping over their, I am screwed. I did get Diabetes due to agent orange, now getting peripheral neuropathy, and they tell me I had to file for that within 1 year of leaving country. Really????...............Needless to say I did appeal and it has now been three years waiting for a decision.
Last I heard, veterans who opt to have the American Legion assist them with their claim wind up waiting twice as long. While the help is nice, the wait is simply too long!
I'm curious - the VA is hiring so many more staff, and making attempts to eradicate the problem, but what is the Legion going to do to keep up with them? Are you also going to hire 4000 staff members to work claims?
So I got loud about it and started posted on the "OpenVA" web site. They actually called my post off topic and closed it. So I copied & pasted it and put it right back.
I figure since I'm related to a a Congressman (Obama friend) & in Chicago I'd cash in on my family. I'd advise keeping detailed records of whom you speak with to get through the system. I am and those who have helped will be praised & the others noted. If you'd like to laugh here's a snippet my exchange with the "OpenVA"
(I'll be faxing it to my congress woman, she is across the hall from my relative)
I don't see how this is off topic; Or be moved or "closed"
I think this is a real issue especially in term of access & cooperation between state/federal levels. Closing it and moving to off topic misses my point, sorry if I am saying "the emperor has no closes".
I think accountability is key.
Mr. Christopher C. Pieschala Veteran of Operation Desert Storm - USAF
I hear that, I been out almost two years now, and only filed my claim last month. Was told by three different offices (two of them V.A. (how come a V.A. office cant talk to the others since they are ALL THE V.A.?)) that my records where in FOUR different places. I have missing pages, WHOLE missing sections (mental health that is like 90% of my claim), OTHER peoples records in mine, mulitple copies of pages, pages were changed, pages copied on other machines(left marks on the edges that proves it was copied multiple times on different machines). Hosptial where I got out didnt send me all, V.A. gives me the run around (cant find) on my records, tell me they didnt get a signed dated copy of the form for my request but I get other files on the same request sent to me (with a signed dated copy of the request). ONLY THING WORSE THAT SEVERING IN THE B.S MILITARY IS THE CRAPPY SERVICE YOU GET AFTER YOU SERVE, THEN YOU GOT TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, AND THEN BLAIMS THE VET. THIS SYSTEM IS BULLSHIT!
I was exposed to Agent Orange in Viet Nam when I was 19 years old. I suffered a miocardial infarction (heart attack) due to a completely blocked coronary artery 11 years later at the age of 30! I had double by-pass surgery just 10 years later at 40. I Finally ended up on total disability with a diagnosis of Ischemic Heart Disease. I didn't file a claim with the VA until February 2006. My claim was denied in August 2008, I am appealing the decision(waiting for de novo review by DRO at the RO) What I would like to comment on is the process at the Regional Office taking so long to review these claims! When I made a choice to go with the DRO rather than the traditional appeal process. I thought it was designed to save time. I later learned that the DRO at the Albuquerque Office has 300 days! to review my claim file. With case management like that its easy to see why there's a backlog of over a million claims!
I'm sorry for you (my Uncle served two tours in Nam)but at least your alive to make claims (I'm sure that he got sprayed too but died a few years ago so it's F.U. from the Government and the V.A. to the family members, he had a MASSIVE heart attack and was dead before he hit the ground(from what my brother told me that the coroner told him)). All my claims are mental stuff that you cant run test on, and IF they can IT'S all based on opinion of people making the decision so there's no HARD proof to fight them against with and we all know how opionions and paperwork gets changed, lost, misplaced and all the other b.s stuff comes up if you disagree and try to fight stuff.
I would like 190 days, my claim was filed in Jan 2000. The whole system is being abused. I just had a laywer get a remand at The Court of Veteran Appeals to get missing records. I found the records on my own 8 months ago. None of the real issues were remanded. Just the missing records, so the lawer is claiming successful remand and now they get paid to help. But everyone takes the easy way out, just to get paid!


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Woman who saw Ben Ensign thrown out: 'It sounded like a cinder block hitting the concrete'
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- A slow-motion security camera details the turmoil outside a Kennewick nightclub last summer. It shows a drunken man tossed to the ground after he'd been kicked out of Jack Didley's once before.
The defense doesn't disagree Ben Ensign was tossed. In fact, it plans to use the same tape to prove self-defense by the man who tossed him.
That tape is at the center of the criminal case against the club's general manager. He's charged with assault for the harm done to Ben Ensign. Was it a crime?
Using video taken on that fateful night, prosecutors started laying out their assault case against Matthew Hibbard.
The nightclub manager is accused of roughing up a patron he was trying to remove from Jack Didley's bar.
The video itself may be the best spokesperson of what really happened that night. The camera captures the sidewalk outside the bar last 4th of July. There is no sound on the tape and it's taken at a slower speed so we sped it up just a bit.
You can see Matthew standing outside of the club here toward the street.
A few seconds later he rushes towards the door to help the other bouncers pull a drunken Ben Ensign out of the club. Ben had already been removed once and came back in.
Prosecutors pointed out how Matthew has Ben in a headlock while the other bouncer grabs his feet. At that point Ben is at least two feet off the ground.
Prosecutors believe this is where Ben throws his hands up in the air, like he's giving up. A few seconds later Ben's arms go limp as if he passed out from being choked.
It's then the state says you see him dropped to the ground, head first. Prosecutors believe Ben was purposely "thrust" to the ground.
Once on the ground, no one comes to help Ben. You don't see anyone calling 911.
Matthew Hibbard eventually makes his way towards the door. He's standing near the lower right corner of your screen.
Prior to this, friend Stephen Huang had gotten separated from Ben when they were all kicked out. In the video, Stephen shows back up and knows the situation is serious.
The woman kneeling at Ben's side is said to be a nurse. She's trying to help. After about ten minutes, the ambulance arrives.
You could hear a pin drop in the courtroom as the tape played. A few jurors glanced towards Matthew Hibbard, looking for his reaction. There was none.
Witness Joleigha Evans was at Jack Didley's on the 4th of July. She says she will never forget seeing Ben's head hit the sidewalk.
"Yeah, you could hear it. It sounded like a cinder block hitting the concrete. It was, words can't describe how bad it sounded," said witness Joleigha Evans.
The same video tape is expected to be played by the defense to show how Hibbard was simply trying to protect himself from a belligerent, violent patron. A jury will be the final judge of that.
Prosecutors no longer plan to call Ben Ensign as a witness.
The defense begins its case tomorrow.
By the afternoon the jury could begin deliberating on third degree assault with aggravating circumstances.


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SELECT * FROM pet;
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
| Fluffy | Harold | cat | f | 1993-02-04 | NULL |
| Claws | Gwen | cat | m | 1994-03-17 | NULL |
| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |
| Fang | Benny | dog | m | 1990-08-27 | NULL |
| Bowser | Diane | dog | m | 1979-08-31 | 1995-07-29 |
| Chirpy | Gwen | bird | f | 1998-09-11 | NULL |
| Whistler | Gwen | bird | NULL | 1997-12-09 | NULL |
| Slim | Benny | snake | m | 1996-04-29 | NULL |
| Puffball | Diane | hamster | f | 1999-03-30 | NULL |
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you find that the correct birth year should be 1989, not 1979.
There are at least two ways to fix this:
Edit the file
pet.txt to correct the
error, then empty the table and reload it using
DELETE and
DELETE FROM pet;mysql>
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'pet.txt' INTO TABLE pet;
However, if you do this, you must also re-enter the record for Puffball.
Fix only the erroneous record with an
UPDATE statement:
UPDATE pet SET birth = '1989-08-31' WHERE name = 'Bowser';
UPDATE changes only the
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|Posted by Vlad Dogaru on May 11 2006 4:33pm
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Or, if, for instance, you added an extra blank line in pet.txt and ended up with an extra empty row, you can use:
DELETE FROM pet WHERE name='';
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Warning about the UPDATE statement:
If you forget the WHERE clause, you'll end up changing ALL the rows of the table.
Example: UPDATE pet SET birth = '2002-08-30';
(above line changes all pets' birthdates in the table to 2002-08-30)
|Posted by Vasanth Rajendran on October 30 2007 2:38pm
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fyi: if there are two or more rows which match the query, all of them are affected. So if there are two entries for Bowser, then both of them get affected.
This may lead to errors where the user changes more than what he bargained for. However, we can figure out from the number of rows affected that the change has impacted many entries instead of just one.
|Posted by Clive Norman on January 10 2010 6:08pm
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It is a good idea to first run a select to see which data is going to be affected, and then "comment out"/replace the select statement with the update\delete statement.


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What Would Tolstoy Do?
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Sat, 09/30/06, 08:03am:
Konstantin Levin – Tolstoy's conscientious reserved farmer in Anna Karenina – is a hard-working dude, toiling on the steppe, sowing his seeds both figuratively and literally. Even though it's largely thankless, Levin's backbreaking work offers him profound satisfaction. And Levin, forever the existentialist, finds that labor is the buffer between him and death. It's the thing in life that really gives him meaning.
So far as the peasants whom he works with, Levin values their labor, but wants to see them get passionate about their work, to toil as a collective entity. In basketball terms, to work as a team and, in the language of Larry Brown, to play the right way. But most important, Levin saw himself as one of them. He was a players' coach.
So there's my wretched, reductive portrait of one of Russian literature's most complex characters. But with Mike Dunleavy on the verge of getting his long-sought extension as the Clippers depart for Russia…well…I couldn't resist.
The Los Angeles Times reports today that the Clippers and Dunleavy are close to getting the deal done:
Clipperblog likes Dunleavy and recognizes him to be a leader that inspires his squad. Most of the team seems to like him. Like a lot of successful coaches, Dunleavy was a productive grunt whose love for the game and work ethic far exceeded his talents.
Earlier in the off-season, Clipperblog insisted that it wasn't totally sold on Dunleavy as the guy who would lead the Clippers to the Promised Land. CB suggested that rather than throwing a wad of money at Dunleavy, the organization would be better served by letting him play out his contract year, then evaluating his work. If the Clips take a step forward – and the bar is high – then they should bring him back. But what if the Clips go 44-38, get the (7) seed, and get bounced by Phoenix in six games? And what if the front office finds it necessary to let Kaman walk and decides that, with the absence of a true shooter, they can't move forward despite the team's generally positive chemistry? More pointedly, what if Dunleavy lacks the creativity – something we saw at times last season – to really get the job done. Then what?
$4.5M/per isn't pocket change, but it isn't exorbitant either. With the deal imminent, the conversation is pretty much over.
But now, it's on. The guy in the periwinkle suit is on the spot. And like Tolstoy's practical materialist, Konstatin Levin, Dunleavy's schemes better work -- for his own salvation.


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Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Office and Professional Employees International Union have ratified new labor agreements with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth Texas.
The new agreements became effective May 21 and extend for four and five years, respectively.
The IBEW members approved their agreement in a vote May 18, and the OPEIU members approved their agreement May 19.
The IBEW represents about 70 employees at the company's Fort Worth site, while the OPEIU represents about 430. The unions and company have been negotiating for the past month.
"We're pleased the union members ratified these new agreements," said Bridget Lauderdale, vice president of Aeronautics Operations at Lockheed Martin. "Our employees perform a critical task for our customers and the nation through their work supporting the F-35, F-16 and other business programs, and these new agreements will allow us to sustain those activities while also positioning the company for efficiency and affordability."
The union members will each receive a $3,000 ratification bonus and general wage increases over the term of the agreements. The agreements also include Cost of Living Adjustment provisions and will increase future pension benefits by 14 percent, to $90 per month per year of credited service for eligible current employees. These new agreements offer a choice of two health insurance options: the LM HealthWorks plan which is standard throughout Lockheed Martin, or an Aetna HMO.
These ratified contracts also include a defined contribution pension plan for new hire employees in lieu of a defined benefit pension plan. These terms are similar to what Lockheed Martin offered to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Fort Worth, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., and Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., which the IAM rejected April 22, resulting in the ongoing strike.


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Situated in Hua Hin, this hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Hua Hin Shopping Mall and Hua Hin Railway Station. Hua Hin Night Market and Klai Kangwon Palace are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a coffee shop/café. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include dry cleaning, a 24-hour front desk, and tour/ticket assistance.
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All 40 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with conveniences such as sitting areas and refrigerators. Free WiFi and balconies are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with cable channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This Hua Hin hotel also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 40
- Number of floors - 7
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Separate sitting area
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine and serves breakfast only.
Tom n Tom Coffee Shop - Onsite coffee shop.
Nearby Things to Do
- Golfing nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
No pets or service animals allowed
- Fee for English breakfast: THB 300 for adults and THB 150 for children (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: THB 500 per night
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No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.


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15 U.S. Code § 1204 - Congressional veto of flammability regulations
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(a) Transmission to Congress
The Commission shall transmit to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a copy of any flammability regulation promulgated by the Commission under section 1193 of this title.
(b) Disapproval by concurrent resolution
Any regulation specified in subsection (a) of this section shall not take effect if—
(1) within the ninety calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, both Houses of the Congress adopt a concurrent resolution, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows (with the blank spaces appropriately filled): "That the Congress disapproves the flammability regulation which was promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics Act by the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to and which was transmitted to the Congress on and disapproves the regulation for the following reasons: ."; or
(2) within the sixty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of the promulgation of such regulation, one House of the Congress adopts such concurrent resolution and transmits such resolution to the other House and such resolution is not disapproved by such other House within the thirty calendar days of continuous session of the Congress which occur after the date of such transmittal.
(c) Presumptions from Congressional action or inaction
Congressional inaction on, or rejection of, a concurrent resolution of disapproval under this section shall not be construed as an expression of approval of the regulation involved, and shall not be construed to create any presumption of validity with respect to such regulation.
(d) Continuous session of Congress
For purposes of this section—
Source(June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 17, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, § 1207(d),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 719; amended Pub. L. 110–314, title II, § 204(c)(2)(C), (H),Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3042, 3043.)
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The Flammable Fabrics Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 30, 1953, ch. 164, 67 Stat. 111, as amended, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1191 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1204, act June 30, 1953, ch. 164, § 17, as added Dec. 14, 1967, Pub. L. 90–189, § 10, 81 Stat. 574; amended May 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94–284, § 19, 90 Stat. 514, related to the National Advisory Committee for Flammable Fabrics Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title XII, § 1205(b),Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 716, eff. Aug. 13, 1981.
2008—Pub. L. 110–314, § 204(c)(2)(H), which directed substitution of "Commission" for "Consumer Product Safety Commission" in this section, was executed by making the substitution in subsec. (a) before "shall transmit", but not in subsec. (b)(1), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–314, § 204(c)(2)(C), which directed substitution of "Commission" for "Secretary" wherever appearing in the Flammable Fabrics Act, classified to this chapter, was not executed in subsec. (a) of this section, where "Secretary" precedes "of the Senate", to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Amendment was part of a series of conforming amendments to change references to the "Secretary" of Commerce to "Commission".
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to consumer product safety rules under chapter 47 of this title and regulations under this chapter and chapter 30 of this title promulgated after Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1215 ofPub. L. 97–35, set out as an Effective Date of 1981 Amendment note under section 2052 of this title.
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Corning® Gorilla® Glass is known for better durability, which is preventing the scratches from further propagating in comparison to a normal glass.
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It is important that a keyboard is very responsive and it should not take a lot of fingertip pressure to use.
Mechanical keyboards are technically superior, both for typing and playing games especially where you are holding keys for a long time, or using rapid combinations for movement / selections.
Membrane (sometimes called 'mesh') keyboards have two insulator sheets that sit underneath all the keys, with contacts directly under each key. When the key is pressed it pushes that section of the sheets together to make the electrical connection.
The key is raised again either by a rubber dome that is pressed out of the top sheet, or by one that is part of the key stem.
With fewer parts and less metal they are cheap and easy to manufacture, but can wear out very quickly, and tend to have a very spongy and unreliable/inconsistent feel to them do to the rubber wearing out
Mechanical keyboards have a switch under each key, with a spring, some make a clicking noise as the spring pings out and the middle of it hits the sides of the switch housing.
Different switches give a different feel, and Cherry MX switches are rated >50 million key presses. They tend to be built like tanks and unless you regularly spill sticky/suggary based liquids into them they will easily last 15-20 years if not in fact your lifetime They are well worth the extra cost once you find the right one for you.
Key Roll OverThis is often refereed to as 'Anti Ghosting' which can refer to Key Roll Over, or membrane wiring/usb optimization. All are aimed at preventing the signal from keys being lost because you have pressed more than one key at the same time.
n Keys can be pressed at once, mathematical n, as in any number.
6 Key Roll Over
Any six keys can be pressed at once and still all register + modifiers (ctrl, shift, altl)
PS/2 vs USBI tried a Lycosa for a year for it's quietness and back-lighting. Finally I've decided it wasn't a matter of getting used to the pressure change and low profile keys, I just had to admit it was more effort and cause more cramping issues because of the positional and pressure strain. I had an old Cherry G80-3000 but wanted NKRO and a wrist wrest so bought a Steelseries 7G and I'm very happy with it so far. With a lot more money I would have bought a Deck Legend (amazing wear-free all plastic no paint keys) maybe even with cherry clear switches except sadly they are USB, and the 7G's wrist rest is still superior.
- USB uses CPU time to constantly poll the keyboard for information, so a 1000hz usb keyboard interface will respond technically faster than a standard usb keyboard, but high CPU load could interfere.
- PS/2 acts on interrupts, pressing a key fires an interrupt which calls the CPU to pay attention now and respond as and when it happens, there is no CPU load when keys are not being pressed.
- The USB keyboard spec/driver limits USB only keyboards to 6KRO, the one known exception currently is the Microsoft SideWinder X4 (mesh) which claims 26 keys at once via USB.
- NKRO keyoboards are all PS/2, and will be reduced to 6KRO at best if plugged in with a USB adapter.
Now I *highly* recommend mechanical and NOT low profile simply for the player health benefits.
The high profile keys are easier to distinguish/find, and press for your fingers.
With the higher keys your fingers can naturally gently rest on them without having to be in a claw like position to avoid hitting the surrounding keys, when applying pressure in a claw position you are more prone to cramping.
Less pressure + more choice on finger position = less camp / rsi / better finger / hand health.
The mechanical action, responsiveness and recoil of switches is considerably less strain on your fingers than you will find on mesh keyboards, most mechanical keyboard switches are manufactured by Cherry with their MX range :
- Cherry Blue
Loud! very clicky, but lovely for touch typing.
Tactile - slight upward pressure at actuation enhances feedback feel
- Razer black widow - 6KRO, usb only
- Cherry Black
Linear (equates to a softer feel than the 'tactile' switches)
- Steelseries 7G, PS2 (or usb adapter) NKRO, amazing wrist rest excellent for health.
- Optional on Deck Legend - 6KRO, USB only
- Cherry Brown
Slightly louder than black, much quieter than blue. probably better for a lot of typing than blacks but excellent for gaming too
- Filco Majestouch
- Cherry Red
Very similar to Blacks, a weaker spring gives needs even less exertion force to press
- Cherry Clear
different actuation point
- Optional on Deck Legend - 6KRO, USB only
For more information on the feel of switch types to aid your selection please see :
Cherry switches and boards- GeekHack
Mechanical Keyboard Guide - Manyak (no relation) - overclock.net
This all adds up to considerably less finger strain and cramps over long typing/gaming sessions.
These keyboards are more expensive than even a lot of souped up/light up/ reconfigurable mesh keyboards, but they truly really are worth it for your physical health alone, even above their gaming superiority and they can literally last a life time if cared for.
If you play for hours, or play regularly at all you must warm up your hands beforehand, many people completely overlook this as they never have to think about it generally in life, but before any repetitive finger/wrist action like martial arts, juggling, card tricks, pen spinning it's really important to get blood pumping through your cartilage to minimize build up of injury through repetitive action.
(thanks unicorn)
My other hobby is Goju Ryu Karate, and many of the exercises on this page are used during warm-ups:
Warmup exercises from handhealthresources
- At the very least shake your hands from the wrist a bit, circle your arms from the elbows a few times, pump your hands (fully open - fist, repeat) a few times, and finally place your fingers/palms together and push your fingers back and forth a few times.
Warming up is in part literally that, getting warmer from your actions rather than external sources, it pumps your blood round your system, through your cartilage protecting your joints and making your muscle more pliable.
- Don't avoid a few warmup exercises because 'I've been playing ages and feel fine', they're intended to make sure that you never suddenly find you really don't feel fine and have to go through months of work to MAYBE recover.
- If possible avoid 'claw grip' of your mouse / consider slightly larger mice.
- Consider even lower sensitivity thus you play by mostly arm instead of wrist, this is how by far the majority of pro duellers play, as it is more accurate. This also promotes the more relaxed 'palm grip' more.
- If you take up low sens/arm play, or already play that way - warm up your arms, especially when start you WILL get arm strains if playing for long periods, and they'll be worse if cold.
- Watch how long you play for, and play for less next time if any problems happen.
- If you don't do this you can end up with tennis elbow / carpal tunnel/ RSI etc. Such tiny movements even without pulling weight are still very risky over time
- Do read the KEYBOARDS section above to avoid RSI with your keyboard hand.
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Exelon today announced it has named Mary Streett vice president of federal government affairs and Jackie Carney director of federal government affairs.
CHICAGO – Exelon today announced it has named Mary Streett vice president of federal government affairs and Jackie Carney director of federal government affairs. Street joins from Mayer Brown LLP and Carney from Bill Carney & Company.
In her new role, Streett will oversee Exelon's management of federal legislative and public policy issues and strategies involving the United States Congress, the White House and the Executive Branch. She will be responsible for identifying and assessing key federal policy issues of interest to Exelon, crafting the company's position on such issues, and developing strategies for achieving Exelon's public policy objectives.
Previously, Streett, an attorney, practiced with the law firm Mayer Brown LLP, where she was a partner in the Government and Global Trade group. She advised U.S. and foreign companies on transactional, regulatory, legislative and policy matters related to energy and environmental policy, international trade and investment, telecommunications and technology. Before joining Mayer Brown in 2002, Streett served in the Clinton Administration on the White House staff and as deputy general counsel at the United States Department of Commerce.
As director of federal government affairs, Carney will develop and implement strategies to promote public policy positions of importance to Exelon within the federal legislative arena. In addition, she will foster dialogue with U.S. Congress members and staff, national trade associations and coalitions.
Prior to joining Exelon, Carney was president of Bill Carney & Company, a government affairs firm focused on energy-related legislative and policy initiatives. In her capacity, Carney represented various trade associations, coalitions and not-for profit organizations, including the Edison Electric Institute, Nuclear Energy Institute, Clean Energy Group and the Foundation for Nuclear Studies. She previously served as assistant district attorney for the Office of the District Attorney in Staten Island, N.Y.
"Mary and Jackie both bring deep experience in energy, environmental issues and public policy to Exelon's government affairs team," said David Brown, senior vice president of federal government affairs and public policy for Exelon. "Their respective expertise and relationships in Washington will be critical as Exelon continues to engage in discussions on the importance of strong national energy and environmental policies."
The appointments of Streett and Carney, who will both report to Brown, are effective immediately.
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with more than $17 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 486,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.
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-Robert M. PirsigThe only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
oh and just to let you knowBoblucci neglected to name a new word, I will have to provide one
Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.
- Lou Reed
-Robert M. PirsigThe only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Radar... how am I suppose to say anything WISE about pump ??
-Robert M. Pirsig
Might as well quote a journalist.
Challenge : CommunityThe best newspapermen I know are those most thrilled by the daily pump of city room excitements; they long fondly for a "good murder"; they pray that assassinations, wars, catastrophes break on their editions.
- Pete Hamill
Is this not a challenge?
Radar... how am I suppose to say anything WISE about pump ??
Challenge: Community
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
William James (1842 - 1910)
Which is why I resorted to quoting a journalist...
Is this not a challenge?
Challenge : InsanityMankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.
- Elie Wiesel
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Challenge: Light
SpamThe distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
-Bruce Feirstein
-- Vint Cerf"Spamming is the scourge of electronic-mail and newsgroups on the Internet. It can seriously interfere with the operation of public services, to say nothing of the effect it may have on any individual's e-mail mail system. ... Spammers are, in effect, taking resources away from users and service suppliers without compensation and without authorization."
The best I could come up with soo far. :-/
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10 U.S. Code § 2108 - Advanced standing; interruption of training; delay in starting obligated service; release from program
(a) The Secretary of the military department concerned may give to any enlisted member of an armed force under his jurisdiction, or any person who has served on active duty in any armed force, such advanced standing in the program as may be justified by his education and training.
(b) In determining a member's eligibility for advanced training, the Secretary of the military department concerned may credit him with any military training that is substantially equivalent in kind to that prescribed for admission to advanced training and was received while he was taking a course of instruction in a program under the jurisdiction of another armed force or while he was on active duty in the armed forces.
(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may excuse from a portion of the prescribed course of military instruction, including field training and practice cruises, any person found qualified on the basis of his previous education, military experience, or both.
(d) A person may become, remain, or be readmitted as, a member of the advanced training program after receiving a baccalaureate degree or completing pre-professional studies if he has not completed the course of military instruction or all field training or practice cruises prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. If a member of the program has been accepted for resident graduate or professional study, the Secretary of the military department concerned may delay the commencement of that member's obligated period of active duty, and any obligated period of active duty for training or other service in an active or inactive status in a reserve component, until the member has completed that study. If a cadet appointed under section 2107a of this title has been accepted for a course of study at an accredited civilian educational institution authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees, the Secretary of the Army may delay the beginning of that member's obligated period of service in a reserve component until the member has completed such course of study.
Source(Added Pub. L. 88–647, title II, § 201(1),Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1068; amended Pub. L. 96–357, § 1(d),Sept. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 1180.)
1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–357authorized delay in starting obligated period of active duty for training or other service in an active or inactive status in a reserved component until completion of resident graduate or professional study or military junior college studies.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–357effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 1(e) ofPub. L. 96–357, set out as a note under section 2107a of this title.
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- The Jets had tried to trade for Matt Schaub back in 2006. [PFT]
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You can taste it: Cheese-filled "Schlutzkrapfen", succulent farmhouse roasts – here you can pamper your palate with mouth-watering Tyrolean specialities as well as culinary delights from around the world. A place where traditional taverns and gourmet gastronomy come together.
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The Winnipeg Jets got their offense on track with a 4-2 win over the Capitals on Tuesday, keeping Washington winless to start the new NHL season.
The Jets (1-1-1), who had scored just twice in two opening defeats, fell behind 1-0 to Washington before Evander Kane and Andrew Ladd netted power-play goals to give the visitors a 2-1 lead in the first period.
Blake Wheeler and Jim Slater padded the Jets' lead to 4-1 in the second before Troy Brouwer scored a consolation goal late in the third. Ondrej Pavelec made 32 saves for the win.
"I thought it was a really solid effort from start to finish," Ladd told reporters. "We had four lines going and we were smart with the pucks. That's the way we want to play."
Alex Ovechkin assisted on a first-period goal to Matt Hendricks for Washington (0-2-0), who suffered a 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay in their season-opener on Saturday.
Ovechkin, a two-time Hart Trophy winner, has yet to score this season as the Capitals have been dominated in the early going - a tough start for Washington's new coach Adam Oates, a former Capitals player who has been given his first head coaching job.
Washington's loss was their first home opening defeat since 2000, a game against the Los Angeles Kings that featured an assist from Oates.
Braden Holtby stopped 35 Winnipeg shots but it was not enough to get the Capitals in the win column.
"It's two games out of 48," said Washington forward Joel Ward. "We are just focused on the next day and the next game."
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The Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Forest Service will sponsor a free fishing event for persons with disabilities At Gigliotti Pond in Helper Wednesday. Anyone in the Castle Country area with a disability is invited to particpate.
The disabilities event is not open to the public at large.
Special invitations have been extended to the students of Castle Valley Center and clients of Active Re-entry. Rods, reels, bait, supervision and lunch will be provided for all particpants.
The event will run from 9 a.m. until noon.
On Saturday, DWR will host a community fishing event for the general public. This event will run from 9 a.m. until noon. The division will provide rods, reels, bait and supervision.
Kids under 14 will receive a ticket for our noon raffle, when we will give away a variety of prizes, consisting of an assortment of fishing tackle up to and including a brand new rod and reel. This event is free of charge.


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