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Exit Games core product, Neutron, is a managed service for connected and multiplayer mobile games, based on the open OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) Games Services standard. Exit Games Neutron 3.0 is the leading multiplayer solution that connects mobile gamers across the world regardless of which handset or mobile network they are using. "The combination of UIEngine's functionality with the advanced gameplay and community features offered by Exit Games Neutron 3.0 leads to the creation of state-of-the-art and global availability of mobile games and connected applications that really demonstrate the fun of multiplayer gaming and social communities,"
"With the integration of Exit Games into the UIEngine, the UIEvolution application development team has even more flexibility to create world class content," said Travis Beaven, Director of Consumer Products. "Using the Neutron platform, we are going to see powerful, extensive games that would have never been possible before -- true, cross-platform multiplayer games that allow for interactive game play across any capable device and any wireless or wire line network.
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A free version of UIEvolution's latest software development kit UIE SDK Version 2.0 is now available featuring an integrated development environment (IDE) based on the Eclipse platform, full-featured debugging environment, emulation skins for the most popular devices, and support for components. In addition, UIE SDK provides open access to all UIEvolution tools and UIEngine players. UIEvolution also provides free test UIE Player software for instant testing of applications running on PC, Mac and Sprint mobile phone devices. The software can be downloaded from developer.uievolution.com.
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These strong bicycles are able to carry us to off-road destinations that were never dreamed of in a single days hike. The mountain bike provides us with a new mobility and greatly increases our range, such as getting back to that favorite lake for trout fishing. When ridden properly and responsibly, the all-terrain bicycle can be an excellent "LOW IMPACT" tool for the environmentally conscious person. By staying on designated mountain bike trails and obeying the basics of riding etiquette (yield to hikers and horseback riders, traveling at safe speeds, and being sensitive to soil erosion), the mountain bike rider can set totally new parameters in outdoor fun and enjoyment.
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strength. The best climbing strategy is to never spin the rear tire. This is
accomplished by keeping a constant, steady pressure on the pedals. Stay seated
as long as possible, with your upper body bent forward and your elbows in. Try
to keep both ends of the bike weighted equally. Bar ends help keep your arms in
a better position for climbing.
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tightly around the bike, and use upper-body shifts to control the front end.
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modulate your speed. Avoid locking up your brakes, but instead modulate (drag)
them lightly to control your speed. You may need to lower your saddle for
better clearance while standing on your pedals. Firmly grip the bars, but keep
your elbows, hips, and knees loose. Most of all, practice, practice,
practice... Remember, it is no disgrace to dismount and walk your bike, just
good sense. Walking is part of the sport.
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Johannesburg, July 23, 2013. Sonke Gender Justice and Just Detention International condemn Magistrate Herman Badenhorst's statement: "In prison, you can rape prisoners if you feel like it -- at least you won't be around little children." According to an IOL news report on Monday 15 July, the magistrate uttered these words while sentencing Neo Molaudzi for raping and robbing a 13 year old boy.
Badenhorst's words are deeply alarming: they amount not only to an acceptance of prisoner rape, but an endorsement of it. As a Magistrate, Badenhorst is tasked with upholding the Constitution and executing justice with fairness, objectivity and integrity. The fact that Badenhorst made this statement in his capacity as a judicial officer makes it particularly concerning.
Rape in prison is a serious violation of inmates' constitutional rights to dignity and to be free from violence. It has also been recognised as torture by the United Nations Committee Against Torture.
Although prisoner rape is a common occurrence, it is not inevitable. Political will, proactive policies, shifts in discriminatory attitudes, and strong and accountable leadership can prevent the majority of rapes in prison. Today it remains an abuse that tears apart the lives of many prisoners and perpetuates cycles of violence in communitites upon the release of inmates. Because of the toxic mix of violent threats, societal hostility, and a dire lack of support, prisoners subjected to rape mostly suffer in silence, some even choosing to end their lives.
Magistrate Badenhorst's statement is unfortunately part of a wider, systemic problem where many magistrates (and other officials) show scant regard for the fundamental right of prisoners not to be harmed while incarcerated. Survivors of prisoner rape have told us how, in their desperate attempts to get help, they were dismissed by a string of authority figures -- including magistrates -- with retorts like "that's just what happens in prison".


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TPJ: And while the number of people who blame Obama for the bad economy is increasing it is still blatantly evident who set off this time bomb in our economy--Bush. In my view, the major reason people are starting to blame Obama is that they don't realize the economy is like a giant ship, which once going in the wrong direction, (thanks Bush) takes some time to correct course. We Americans are impatient by nature but just because the lagging indicator of unemployment hasn't decreased much at least it isn't increasing.
I think by this time in 2012, we'll be doing much better economically. I have hope in that and know we can do it. Obama is pushing forward in a positive way where all the right seems to have to offer is criticism and half-baked ideas like abolishing the federal income tax and demanding to see Obama's birth certificate!!


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In computing, a compound document is a document type typically produced using word processing software, and is a regular text document intermingled with non-text elements such as spreadsheets, pictures, digital videos, digital audio, and other multimedia features. It can also be used to collect several documents into one.
Compound document technologies are commonly utilized on top of a software componentry framework, but the idea of software componentry includes several other concepts apart from compound documents, and software components alone do not enable compound documents. Well-known technologies for compound documents include:
- ActiveX Documents
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- OpenDoc by Apple Computer (now defunct)
- Verdantium
- XML and XSL are encapsulation formats used for compound documents of all kinds
Since many documents contain non-text elements such as spreadsheets, pictures, digital videos, digital audio, and other multimedia features is of critical importance to mitigate the risks of undetected and unapproved changes.
Software-based compound document comparison compares the entire document granularly, including the native format, in addition to embedded objects like spreadsheets and images, and creates a third document highlighting modifications through a coded system. Normally this coded system takes the form of color-coding or highlighting the changes granularly. Compound document comparison can be used on any document format including Word, WordPerfect, spreadsheets, PDFs, and PowerPoint.
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This document presents very brief summaries of promising and effective practices identified by NCWIT social scientists and will evolve as more practices are developed and recognized. The practices summarized here aim to 1) Increase the numbers of girls and women in computing. They have goals or benefits related to recruiting, retaining, or advancing the diverse range of females. 2) Make diversity in computing matter to individuals, organizations, and society. They have goals or benefits related to innovation, communication, and talent development. Each entry summarizes evidence related to research on a question about diversity goals or benefits and is followed by one or more case studies or a tool that presents a possible response or solution to the posed question.


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OGDENSBURG The City Council reduced a proposed 10.6 percent 2013 tax levy increase using some controversial methods.
By making a series of cuts and diverting money from other city funds, Ogdensburg will increase its tax levy next year to $4,604,457 from a 2012 level of $4,459,136, a $145,321 or 3.3 percent increase. The citys tax rate will increase by 53 cents, from $16.21 per $1,000 of assessed value to $16.74, a 3.3 percent increase.
Cuts in proposed spending made up $129,644 of the savings. General fund expenditures will increase from $19,040,650 this year to $19,554,113 in 2013. The city also raised its estimated sales tax receipts by $35,000, anticipating an increase in the flow of Canadian shoppers.
The rest of the reduction in the proposed tax levy hike came from taking $100,000 out of the water fund and $25,000 from the fund balance that totals $2.75 million, City Comptroller Philip A. Cosmo said.
However, Ogdensburgs proposed budget indicated 7.1 percent of the general fund expenditures would be paid for through the fund balance. That means $853,155.83 out of a $12,016,273 general fund budget would come from the fund balance. That is before the $25,000 was tacked on by the council to lower the tax rate.
Mr. Cosmo said the council was robbing Peter, the citys fund balance, to pay Paul and keep the tax rate low.
Youre going in the wrong direction. You either have to cut your services meaningfully or raise the tax levy to reflect the services youre providing, he said. What youre doing is unrealistic. I think youre shooting yourselves in the foot.
Mr. Cosmo said that eventually either services would have to be cut or taxes raised to reflect the spending.
Councilor William D. Hosmer agreed.
I dont think we should take out of our fund balance, he said. I think it is short-sighted. We shouldnt deplete it.
The fund balance is created when expenses are lower or revenues higher than was budgeted. The money enters into an account that is used for day-to-day cash flow throughout the year. Because Ogdensburg has used the fund balance in the past, Mr. Cosmo said, he has had to borrow money in recent years to maintain cash flow.
If you want to keep taxes any lower, you have to cut services, and no one on this council is willing to do that, he said. Youre talking about changing your programs; youre talking about people and cutting positions.
The police and fire departments had their budget increases cut, with the council opting to delay filling three openings on the police force through the beginning of May, creating a $45,000 saving. The council also considered leaving a firefighter position vacant in 2013, but Councilor R. Storm Cilley had reservations about the understaffing. I have some concerns with the police and fire departments not replacing people, he said. We may leave ourselves vulnerable.
In lieu of a position, the council cut $18,000 of the Fire Departments budget for equipment and training.
Expenditures for sidewalks, streetlights and other public safety elements were cut by $20,000.
Economic development and cultural activities were cut. The council cut funding for parades and celebrations from $10,000 to $9,000. The Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce, the Ogdensburg Garden Club, Forsyths Rifles and FISHCAP also saw their funding reduced.
The council cut $13,000 from the Ogdensburg Public Library and the Frederic Remington Art Museum.
We value everybody, Mayor William D. Nelson said. The difficult task is to balance what the community needs and what the taxpayers can afford.
Mr. Nelson said the citys expenditures on state-mandated retirement and health care costs could increase by an additional 12 to 13 percent next year, so if new revenue streams are not found, city staff and services would be cut.
By offsetting the tax rate with our fund balance, were just digging the hole deeper for next year, he said. Weve got fixed base expenses. You either have to cut your fixed expense or you have to find revenue.
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On view are 26 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper created by Chicago artists, including works by Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, Vera Klement, Ellen Lanyon, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barry Tinsley, and Ray Yoshida. Dating from 1960 to 1980, many of the pieces are typical of the well-known Chicago taste for figurative art. The artworks are from the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation collection, given to the museum in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Samuel and Blanche Koffler.


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9. Gloria Steinem Decides Pro-Life Women Don't Count and Can't Be Feminists
As if we'd want to be "feminists" anyway. Regardless, this shows the utter disregard for women that Steinem Stepford Feminists actually have. They don't actually care about women; they care only about their pro-abortion agenda. That has always been the case, but the emergence of conservative women to the forefront recently has made them particularly unbearable, as they strive to, in every repugnant way possible, diminish said women. This is just the latest from one of them, Miss Gloria Steinem, who unfortunately resurfaced from whatever Birkenstock-clad, soy latte drinking ivory tower she was hiding in to have an interview with the equally asinine Katie Couric:
You can't be a feminist if you oppose abortion. Can't be one. That's crimethink! Sorry, Steinem Stepford Feminists, but we don't care if you don't consider us a part of your cultish club. You see, we have minds of our own. And, unlike you, we respect women and don't think that they are too stupid to handle life on their own without Big Daddy Government hand holding. Nor do we think that women are perpetual victims who must be saved from things like "inconvenient" motherhood. That is what the entire modern day Faux Feminist 'movement' is about: those punishing babies.
Just ask Amanda Marcotte, who said:
If there's ever a conflict between the baby-making functions and a woman's hopes, dreams, responsibilities, or well-being, the former will always win with anti-choicers.
There's the difference right there. We believe there is no conflict. A baby does not crush a woman's hopes, dreams or well-being. Motherhood enhances your life in ways that can't even fully be described. A woman can have it all, and should. As women who respect and support other women, because Pro-Life is Pro-Woman, this is what we "can't be real feminists" women do. We unhinged nutty nuts help women, instead of urging them to abort. We help them truly have it all, education, career and motherhood via personal responsibility. We trust and have faith that they can do so, unlike Femisogynists who don't believe women can actually do much of anything at all without constant grievance mongering.
This is a blessing in disguise, however. Leftist feminists continue to walk in Stepford Feminist lock-step, constantly extolling their delusional wonders of abortion, while the rest of the population now looks on in horror. And not just due to their hairstyles and their creepily smug faces, although that is part of it. We see through the lies.
You are already irrelevant, Feminists. But do you know who will never be irrelevant?


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Service Data Object Overview
The Service Data Object specification (JSR 235) is designed to provide a uniform data access layer for heterogeneous data sources in a service-oriented architecture.
Java and J2EE already provides a very wide range of data programming models and APIs, which creates problems for Java developers:
- There are so many different options that it is difficult for Java developers to acquire expertise in more than a few of them
- The Java data APIs are difficult to use
- Many of the Java data APIs are not suited to service-oriented architectures
Service Data Object Technical Benefits
The technical benefits of the Service Data Object specification include:
- The Service Data Object specification is open (JSR 235) and implemented by multiple software product vendors
- Simplifies the J2EE data programming model by reducing the number of data APIs
- Provides a service-oriented architecture abstraction layer
- Service Data Object API available in both C++ and Java
- Supports a disconnected programming model
- Decouples application code from data access code
- Unifies support for both static and dynamic data APIs
- Reduces development, test, and maintenance costs by using less code
Open Industry Service Data Object Specification
The Service Data Object specification was originally submitted in 2003 to the Java Community Process . The specification was approved and later versions of the specification also gained support for other major technology companies. The strategic importance of the Service Data Object specification emerged when the Service Component Architect initiative was announced by several industry leaders.
Simplified Service Data Object Programming Model
Java has a very wide range of data APIs, making it difficult for Java developers to become experts in more than a few at any one time. However, enterprise applications often require data from heterogeneous sources. The Service Data Object specification provides a single API that can be used to access multiple types of data.
Multi-language Service Data Object API
The Service Data Object API is available in both Java and C++, which means it is available in what were successively the dominant programming languages for enterprise development over the past 20 years. The availability of a C++ API is particularly important for applications that need to share data between C++ and Java.
Disconnected Service Data Object
The Service Data Object specification goes beyond data abstraction and supports the concept of disconnected programming model, making it ideal for service-oriented architectures
Decoupled Application Code from Data Access Code
The core technical concept of the Service Data Object architecture is the disconnected data graph. A data graph is a collect of tree-structured or graph-structured data objects. The client retrieves a data graph from a data source, mutates the data graph, and applies any changes back to the original data source.
A Data Access Service (DAS) is used to connect applications to the data source via the data graph. The output of the DAS is a data graph. The data graph can be modified as required and updated when required (and is therefore disconnected).
The application architecture focuses on the data object and data graphs, not the DAS. This means that there is no need to understand the underlying technology used by the DAS (for example, JDBC for database access).
The Service Data Object architecture also means that a developer can use a single API to access multiple types of data via the DAS without any expertise in the back-end data access mechanism.
Static and Dynamic Service Data Object APIs
The Service Data Object specification enables both a static (or strongly typed) programming model and a dynamic (or loosely typed) programming model. This provides additional flexibility
Service Data Object Metadata API
The Service Data Object specification also provides a metadata API that enables applications and tools to introspect the data model for a data graph. The Service Data Object metadata API unifies data-source-specific metadata APIs to enable applications to uniformly handle data from multiple, different data sources.
Less Code Reduces Development, Test, and Maintenance Costs
By providing a single API to access multiple heterogeneous data sources, the Service Data Object specification can reduce the amount of code written.
Reduce the Amount of Code Maintained
Data Access Services (DAS) provide a standard way to persist information encapsulated in an SDO regardless of the backend system, whether it is a relational database accessed with JDBC, an LDAP server accessed by entity beans, or some other backend system that has a DAS implementation. In effect, custom code written to utilize heterogeneous backend systems is consolidated in a standard way with data access services. Less code to maintain often reduces time to market and risk by minimizing potential defects.


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HighPoint claims first 'Intelli-VRM' for Mac
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RocketRAID Intelli-VRM
RAID specialist HighPoint Technlogies says it has released the first virtualized RAID management option for the Mac, RocketRAID Intelli-VRMT. This provides an independent RAID module combined with an "Early Warning System," which tracks storage and generates warnings and information. Part of this includes event logging, out-of-range condition detection, and the ability to run automatic rebuilds. Warnings and other updates sent either through SMTP e-mail or SNMP traps.
Intelli-VRMT also comes with Virtual Onsite Rescue, allowing remote troubleshooting first by EWS notification and then through a remote connection, which gives system administrators the ability to diagnose problems. This should in theory eliminate some technical support costs, allowing businesses to handle issues themselves. Interested parties must contact HighPoint for more details.


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Boomerang: The only Gremlin exported to Australia returns to the United States
Brian Moyer was a little perturbed. For Saturday's car show at the AACA Eastern Regional Fall Meet, show officials had listed his 1971 Gremlin as an AMC even after he thought he had made it clear on his entry form that his car was actually a Rambler Gremlin.
Brian, however, is no mere neophyte to the world of American Motors. As the owner of a number of rare and unusual Gremlins, including the Gremlin Voyageur concept car, he should know his way around AMC's personality-filled subcompact. As the importer and restorer of his one-of-one right-hand-drive Rambler Gremlin, he should know that, technically, AMC didn't build this car. Rather, AMC exported it as a complete knock-down kit to its Australian partner, Australian Motor Industries, based in Port Melbourne, to evaluate whether AMI could sell it alongside the Hornet, Matador, AMX and Javelin in the country. Painted Big Bad Orange from the factory and supplied with a 232-cu.in. six-cylinder and three-speed manual transmission, AMI converted it to right-hand drive (using a hydraulically operated clutch) and assembled it using the Australia-mandated percentage of locally produced content. Because the American Motors name wasn't used by AMI, the company instead branded all of its AMC-sourced vehicles as Ramblers, even after AMC phased out the Rambler name at the end of the 1969 model year. Thus, the Rambler Gremlin.
Also, thus the world's only Rambler Gremlin. AMI decided not to produce the Gremlin for the Australian market, but the Gremlin hung around Oz for the next 30 or so years, eventually getting stuffed full of Chevrolet 327 small-block V-8. In the early 2000s, a couple of AMC/Rambler enthusiasts in Australia found the Gremlin and set out to restore it with Brian's help, but Brian convinced them that the Gremlin needed to come back to the States, so into a shipping container it went. He then spent the better part of a decade restoring the Gremlin before bringing it out to the AACA show.
AMI, by the way, continued to assemble Ramblers through 1978. In the 1980s, Toyota – another company that AMI sourced CKD kits from – bought AMI and absorbed it into its Australian operations.


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Laptops and tablets are all well and good, but they shouldn't cause the premature death of all other potential PC designs, or at least AMD thinks so.
This is something that most people may not have heard about. With all consumer attention being stolen by tablets, certain ideas were bound to go by unnoticed.
We have no qualms about rectifying this state of affairs this once. To get right to the point, AMD intends to see if it can establish a new niche market, that of power socket PCs.
That's just the name we gave those things. Featuring the shape of small boxes, smaller than even Intel's NUC, they have the outward appearance of power adapters, only without the cable sticking out of them.
They just go in a power socket and voila! A working PC with HDMI, USB, LAN and everything else of relevance that desktops should have.
Now we just have to wait until some sort of "motherboard" is made for the Z-60, or whatever other APU AMD decides to use in these things. We haven't seen any that are small enough for the mockup we were shown at IFA 2012 and, unfortunately, we have no clue on the ETA either (estimated time of arrival).


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Class Sarcopterygii
Fish Fossils
(from Greek meaning flesh fin) contains the so called lobe-finned
fishes, further divided into the coelacanths and lungfish. Importantly,
the limb like fins of sarcopterygiians are so similar to the expected
ancestral form of tetrapod limbs that the scientific consensus
has emerged they are the ancestors all tetrapods. Sarcopterygians
are placed in the Osteichthyes group (bony fishes), because their
skeleton is bone rather than cartilage, and are therefore most
closely related to the Actinopterygians.
The oldest which appear in the late Silurian closely resemble
the Acanthodians.
Class Sarcopterygii
Subclass Coelacanthimorpha
Order Coelacanthiformes
Family Latimeriidae
Rhipidistia (ancestors of the tetrapods)
Subclass Dipnoi
Order Ceratodontiformes
Order Lepidosireniformes
Subclass Tetrapodomorpha
Order Rhizodontida
Superorder Osteolepidida
Order Osteolepiformes
Family Osteolepidae
Family Tristichopteridae
Order Panderichthyida
Sarcopterygians lineage split in the lower Devonian into the Coelacanths
and the Rhipidistia. The fossil records suggests that the Coelacanths
peaked during the Carboniferous. They were believed to have gone
extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, until the genus Latimeria
was discovered off the east coast of South Africa in 1938; since
then, other Latimeria have been discovered in Kenya, Mozambique,
Tanzania, Madagascar, and South Africa. Coelacanths are often
considered to be living fossils.
appeared with the Coelacanths, but migrated from marine to freshwater
habitats, probably initially near the mouths of rivers. The Rhipidistia
lineage split into two major groups, lungfishes and tetrapodomorphs.
The lungfishes evolved the earliest primitive lungs and limbs,
peaked in the Triassic, and remain an extant though minor taxon.
Lungfishes used their stubby fins to walk on land and find new
water if their waterhole was depleted, with their lungs breathing
air, just like modern species do. Rhipidistia is now understood
to be an ancestor for the whole of Superclass Tetrapoda.
The tetrapodomorphs had essentially the same anatomy as lungfishes.
Tetrapods comprise amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and
mammals and even snakes by descent, the groups that would go on
to dominate the land, and result in the appearance humans very,
very recently.


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Romney can't ride to victory on high horse
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Clintonesque. That's what all the talking heads were saying about the president's State of the Union. And they didn't mean long.
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Gulnaz is an Afghan woman who was raped. For reporting it, she was sentenced to three years in prison. Her baby — a child of the rape — cries in the background.
Jobs' legacy: courage, determination, passion
Saturday, October 8th, 2011 12:00 a.m.
'Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
Do you really want to change things? Go local
Monday, October 3rd, 2011 12:00 a.m.
These days, when I go out to eat or shop at my local market, signs everywhere proclaim that the food I'm eating or buying is locally grown. This is, of course, easier in California and doesn't, obviously, apply to everything.
Finally, Obama has brought real change
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 12:00 a.m.
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I drank a fresh fruit shake for lunch and breakfast with added flaxseed and bran and it kept me full until dinner
To add fiber I add Fiber One cereal to my regular cereal or my yogurt
To boost fiber intake, try fiber gummies! They have 1g more fiber than powdered mixes, and are a treat-y way to take fiber. Stroehmann's also makes a double-fiber bread, which packs in 50% of your daily fiber in 2 slices!
According to the Mayo Clinic, an apple or pear with the skin contains high fiber. Other high fiber sources are raspberries, strawberries, bananas, artichokes, pistachios, pecan, sunflower seeds, and almonds, lima beans, black beans and kidney beans. Oatmeal & oat bran or an Oat Bran Muffin contain soluble fiber and has fiber that binds with fatty acids to make digestion last longer. Brown Rice and Barley are also high Fiber. If a person does not eat enough fiber you might get gassy!


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I have done some drafting and redrafting of my personal statement, and would appreciate anyone who is willing to take the time out to tear it apart. If you are willing, please let me know here or pm me. Again, thank you to all who are willing.
Studying for the LSAT / Re: does anyone average take the lsat or go to law school?« on: August 10, 2008, 08:47:29 PM »
Alienating yourself from a diverse group of indiviuals that could greatly assist you in improving on a test you obviously struggled with seems a bit unwise. Good luck on your retake, whether you choose to study hard or not.
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I'll be taking next September's LSAT as well. I've started sunfunliving's six month study plan, but have spread it out a little bit. Also, I'm saving the ten latest LSAT prep tests for the final weeks leading up to the actual exam. I figure that with enough prep I can get my 153 diagnostic up to the 170 range.Good luck on your prep.
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Gilvarry's debut book, "From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel," is set in the post-9/11 New York fashion world. MetroFocus spoke to the author about why he chose Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as a setting for his novel, and about his views on the intersection of fashion and politics.
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Read about Contact in Wikipedia.
Contact Conference
Contact 2014Here are my own photos from Contact 28.
2014 Conference
The 27th annual Contact conference began on March 30th, 2012, at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA. The remaining two days were held on April 1st - 2nd at the nearby Domain Hotel.
Here are my photos, plus web links.
2012 Conference
Here are my photos.
2010 Conference
Here are Gus Frederick and Don Scott's photos of the proceedings.
2009 Conference
Here are my photos of the 2008 conference.
2008 Conference
Here are my photos of the 2006 conference
2006 Conference
My links and photos from the 2005 conference.
2005 Conference
Also the 2004 conference.
2004 Conference
There was an official page for the 2003 conference, which unfortunately I missed.
My photos of Contact 2002, held mostly at the Santa Clara Marriott.
2002 Conference
With help from Bruce Damer, Jean Moss and others, I'm compiling a semiofficial Contact Archive. We hope to assemble photos and material from every one of the conferences. To avoid copyright issues I'm posting images and public documents (such as conference programs), and linking to individual papers and similar material where available. Photos and mementos are welcome!
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Olympus E-P3 Photos
Popular Cameras
We had the chance to shoot with the new Olympus E-P3 compact system camera on a recent press trip to Vienna, Austria.
There are 36 JPEGs, 36 RAW files and a full HD movie shot with the EP3.
Olympus E-P3 JPEG Images
Olympus E-P3 RAW Images
"The Olympus E-P3 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Olympus RAW (ORF) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative)."
Olympus E-P3 Movie
"This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 19 second movie is 48.1Mb in size."
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Pictures at ISO1600 and higher look unacceptably noisy. As we are in 2011 this is very strange.
I don't know what settings of NR were used and hope it can be improved somehow.
Love the work on the ISO and it brings the color in sharp and clear…
Noise filtering was turned off deliberately to see if there's any improvement over previous models that does not come from processing. However, we shot each photograph in "Large Super Fine JPEG + RAW" format and also made available the raw files for download, as you can see. So once you get access to a version of Olympus Viewer that supports E-P3 raw files, you will be able to play with the various Noise Filter settings and see if NF improves things.
Also of note - although completely unrelated to noise filtering :-) - is the fact that a number of these photos were shot with the new 12mm f/2 lens. Namely, pictures #08, #09, #11, #12, #14,#17, #19, #22,#25 and #27. All the others were taken with the 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R standard zoom.
Thank you for your detailed comment.
Frankly, after I posted mine I was hoping that's a reason.
@Vladimir… Thanks for getting the clarification for us, I was wondering why they didn't look right!
I attempted to open the Raw files in Olympus Mater 2, but it would not recognize or open them, even after checking for software updates within the software and on Olympus' software site. Any word on when we'll have software compatible with the E-P3?
Photographing in Die Spanische Hofreitschule is forbidden. It disturbs the horses and crew.
UFRAW works fine.
Noise is definitely MUCH more uniform and less blotchy than before.
My workflow really doesn't change - though the final ISO 3200 appears much more usable.
-Open RAW in UFRAW, tweak color and exposure, export jpeg.
-Open jpeg in noiseware and gimp.
-Use weak noise reduction in noiseware and copy resultant.
-paste resultant in gimp over original jpeg.
-add inverse grayscale layer mask on resultant layer.
-Merge down.
Result removes noise where it really affects quality - i.e. the darker areas.
While noise is not much less than the epl1 I own. There's no blotches or intermittent banding. This makes the regular image look far better, and noise handling using 3rd party tools is way WAY better.
There's no official information available on the release time of the Master/Studio/Viewer updates, but we'll post an alert here on PhotographyBLOG when they become available.
Normally that might well be the case but for us - i.e. journalists taking part in the Vienna press event - it was a stop on an organised photo tour, so we were actually supposed to take pictures there :) Of course we did not use flashguns.
@ beomagi:
I don't think I am ready to process each image the way you did.
It's too complicated for me and as a lot of people move to PENs from P&S cameras it will only fear them.
Thanks for the pictures!
Is it just me of do i see a more purple cast in the pictures in contrast to the previous models?
Olympus have the best quality images I've ever seen. I'm a huge fan. I got some snaps from one of my friends Olympus. These turned me out to be an Olympus fan.
I am an Oly fan from the 35mm days. When it all went digital I went the D460 zoom and then a C-3030 zoom (dinosaurs)- The reviews mention a plasticy card and battery cover on the EP3 (YIKES) - which is my one BIG complaint on the two I own, the battery covers on both broke, I had to drill and use a set screw to hold them closed to keep them working. The batteries never last as long as *I* think they should and now having to by the Lithium batteries from Oly really scares me. $50.? - I have been waiting for the EP3 to get the solid build of a Pen and 1080p movie - does anyone know if the Oly software will do movie editing ?
Maybe a Canon T3i instead - ?
Thinking of jumping ship -
Truly Appreciate any and all replies. -
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ENDANGERING THE WELFARE - LAWRENCEVILLE - Massena-based state police charged Mark J. Laraby, 28, and Cheryl M. Snyder, 24, both of North Lawrence, with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of unlawfully dealing with a child by providing alcohol to a minor Monday following an investigation into a complaint received Feb. 5 from the town of Lawrence. Troopers said the couple were charged with providing alcohol to two teenagers on New Years Eve and providing marijuana in late January or early February to another teenager. The teenagers were 17, 15 and 13, troopers said.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION MARIJUANA - MASSENA - Massena-based state police charged Dennis J. Stephenson, 18, of Potsdam and Cameron R. Anderson, 19, of Potsdam with unlawful possession of marijuana at 7 p.m. Monday following a traffic stop on Larue Road in the town of Massena. Stephenson was also ticketed for operation of a vehicle with an inadequate plate lamp.
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT - CANTON - Canton-based state police investigated a one-vehicle property damage accident at 8:27 p.m. Monday on Miner Street Road, near Taylor Park Road, in the town of Canton.
UNTAXED CIGARETTES - LOUISVILLE - Massena-based state police reported Tuesday they had charged Robert C. Murphy, 69, of Watertown on Dec. 26 with a misdemeanor count of possession of untaxed cigarettes following a traffic stop at 9:33 a.m. in the town of Louisville. He was also ticketed for having an equipment violation - safety glass. Troopers said Murphy was in possession of 90 cartons of cigarettes and 10 logs of chewing tobacco.
PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT - POTSDAM - A pedestrian was ticketed following an investigation into a property damage accident at 1:26 p.m. Monday at the intersection Maple, Market and Main streets. Following investigation on scene, pedestrian Joshua D. Marcolina, 19, of Middletown was cited for violating the pedestrian crossing signal, forcing vehicles to stop abruptly. Jason E. Turck, 30, of Carthage was ticketed for following too closely after he collided with another vehicle that had stopped for the pedestrian.
SPEEDING - POTSDAM - Village police ticketed Robert E. Shepherd, 19, of Endwell for speed in zone (52/30) at 9:47 a.m. Monday following a traffic stop on Maple Street.
ILLEGAL WINDOW TINT - POTSDAM - Village police ticketed Trista D. Ladue, 21, of Massena for operation of a vehicle with illegal window tint at 11:06 p.m. Monday following a traffic stop on Market Street.
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Day 1
Begin your day at the Colonial Williamsburg Regional Visitors Center. Stroll into the Historic Area and step back in time to a thriving 18th-century community. America's largest living history museum offers an unparalleled view of daily colonial life at a time when Williamsburg was a powerful center of politics, commerce and culture. With your Flex Pass, explore more than 500 original and carefully reconstructed public buildings, private homes, taverns and shops, as well as the Governor's Palace and the Capitol.Ninety acres of gardens and public greens add to the beauty of your surroundings. Stop and talk with costumed character interpreters and tradesmen demonstrating historic crafts.
For lunch, experience some of the sumptuous fares that are offered in authentic colonial taverns or wander around the Merchants Square area which offers gourmet dining as well as lighter fares in casual atmospheres and gourmet sandwiches in an outside setting. Continue your living history experience throughout the afternoon in the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg.
Day 2
Take a break from history and plan on enjoying the day at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. From castles to coasters, Busch Gardens Williamsburg takes the authenticity of Europe and turns it 180 degrees, upside down and right side up again. It's six countries filled with awesome thrill rides, incredible shows, mouth-watering foods and amazing shopping for an unexpected combination you never imagined.
New in 2007, is Griffon, the first and tallest floorless dive coaster. Soaring to a height of 205 feet and plunging straight down at a 90 degree angle, this will be the most exciting roller coaster ride you will ever take!
Don't forget to treat your tastes buds for lunch and dinner. Each of Busch Gardens Williamsburg's six countries — England, France, Germany, Scotland, Italy and Ireland — boasts its own unique cuisine. From authentic German fare to a tantalizing menu at Trappers Smokehouse, there is something to satisfy everyones' appetite.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is a European-themed park with 17th-century charm and 21st-century flair, bursting with adventure at every turn. It features thrilling rides and world-class roller coasters, spectacular shows, authentic cuisine, quaint shops and a magical children's adventure area.
Day 3
Slow down a little bit today, but discover that history is fun! Start the day at Jamestown Settlement where visitors are immersed in the world of America's first permanent English colonists and the Powhatan Indians they encountered. Board a replica of one of the three ships that sailed from England to Virginia in 1607. Try on armor or play a game of quoits in a palisaded colonial fort. In a re-created Powhatan Indian village, take part in activities Pocahontas would have helped with as a child, like grinding corn and making cordage.
Take a leisurely lunch. Visit the cafe at Jamestown Settlement where you can find a good selection of sandwiches, salads, pizzas and other luncheon favorites. Save a few minutes after lunch to browse through Jamestown Settlement's unique gift shop and find special gifts for the entire family.
For the afternoon, hop over to Historic Jamestowne. Start your experience at the Historic Jamestowne Visitor Information Station, where exhibits and walking tours with Park Rangers provide background on Jamestowne's beginnings. Walk through the townsite to see the original church tower dating to the 1640s and the reconstructed foundations of some of the earliest buildings. At the Glasshouse, costumed glassblowers demonstrate one of the first industries attempted in English-speaking America. Driving tours explore the lush natural settings, and exhibits explain how the settlers harnessed that wilderness for their needs.
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Get ready for a wave of adventure at Water Country USA. Splash back in time while experiencing the lates in super soakin' thrills. The mid-Atlantic's largest water play park features water rides, slides and entertainment — all set to a 1950s and '60s surf theme. When it's time to replinish the appetite, let one of the six tantalizing eateries with offerings that offer a variety of snacks sure to refresh hungry swimmers.
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The story of the American Revolution unfolds at Yorktown Victory Center and you will gain a new appreciation and understanding of the nation's beginnings. A stimulating "hands-on" history experience awaits youngsters in the Yorktown Victory Center's "A Children's Kaleidoscope" discovery room. In an adjacent resource room, adults can further explore topics and issues presented in the museum's exhibits. A re-created 1780s farm provides a look at how many Americans lived in the early years of the new nation. Try on 18th-century-style clothing, join a military drill, or help water a vegetable and herb garden.
Take a break for lunch at one of the various cafes throughout the Historic Yorktown area or the new Riverwalk Landing that opened in May 2005.
The afternoon includes visiting Yorktown Battlefield where the British surrendered and America's independence was won. Walking tours of the battlefield and the historic town are offered daily. A nine-mile self-guided driving tour winds through the cannons, fortifications and markers of the battlefield for a chronological tour of the siege. See original and reconstructed earthworks and siege lines built and defended by troops of both sides.
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The Flex Vacation Pass allows you to go to any of the above attractions (seasonal dates of operation for Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Water Country U.S.A.) when you want to go and where you want to go for as many times as you want during your stay. Your pass also gives you free parking at all of the attractions. Whether it's back to the 17th and 18th centuries, or forward to the 21st, the Williamsburg Flex package offers all the vacation your family can enjoy!


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|Monday, December 20, 2004, 1:46:25 PM- Merry Christmas!
Hi all, please hop on over to this page (/promo/xmas.asp to read all about our great Christmas 25% off deal.
Not only are we offering 25% off Life and 1 Year Premium Memberships, but ALL LIFE members at midnight on DEC 31 go into the draw for a great Canon Digital Camera!
Also - we are aware sometimes the site is running slower than we all would like. We have ordered some more servers and these should be in place very early in the new year.
Have a Merry Christmas and great new year - we look forward to a great 2005 here at NewbieNudes.com
|Monday, November 15, 2004, 12:33:14 PM- New voting system!
We have re-engineered the rating system. Votes are now out of 10 and the average vote (after 10 votes have been placed) is the rating. Much more simple to understand!
Enjoy - NN
|Friday, November 12, 2004, 1:06:54 PM- New Bigger Chat
Well we finally put up a bigger chat room tonight - so it's now much easier to keep up with the goings on when there are a lots of people in the room.
|Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 4:24:14 PM- Small Update From Me
Hi there!
We have made some pretty big improvements with the database speed so you will have (hopefully) noticed that the site is running much faster now. That coupled with the new servers has meant that we have some pretty major days!
For the geeks amongst us we are serving about 1.75 MILLION web pages per day!!!
That would mean probably 50 or so times that in images, so something like 50 Million images being pumped out of her each day!
Amazing stuff. Still we don't have enough premium members - so please try it. Those that are premium please send me a Testimonial so i can put it up here http://www.newbienudes.com/premium_sample.asp#testimonials
We are also about to implement a discount scheme for Premiums that renew, should be ready in a day or so, and we are keen to get you some more ways to spend your Nudles.
A lot happening here in NN HQ. Please help us out by earning Nudles - it is great fun and you can buy premium membership with them!
All the best - keep on posting and Nudling,
|Thursday, October 14, 2004, 3:24:43 PM- Nudles and a General Update
Hi Again...
I'd like to congratulate JG on her sterling ability to earn Nudles - check out her commanding lead here: http://www.newbienudes.com/stats/nudel_earners.asp
Well we have now had the new servers nearly two weeks and while there has been a big improvement, we have been let down by our new ISP who decided to upgrade their network at the same time! This has resulted in some instability in the chat room and general slowness at times.
The good news it that problem appears to be resolved, and the performance will really ramp up next week when we do some more optimisation of the Databases.
Apart from that - we are having a heat wave and I am loving every minute of it!!
Ok - that's all from me - Get out and go and earn some Nudles!!
|Monday, October 04, 2004, 8:00:37 AM- New Servers!!
Yay! Many thanks to NN-J he has gone all out and got the New servers up and running in record time. We should all see considerable improvement in the site's performance. Please provide me with feedback on the speed via PM.
We know it's not fully tweaked yet - tweakage will happen over the comming weeks. - ENJOY! and show your appreciation by Signing up to Premium!! ;)
|Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 10:16:22 AM- New Feature and New Servers!
Hi Guys,
Exciting news - we have launched a very signifigant new feature today NUDLES!!!
Read more about them here:
In a nutshell it is a loyalty program and it is gonna be soo much fun.
ALSO - we have the new servers - all seven of them, hopefully they'll be online within a week.
It's all good here at NN HQ!
|Saturday, September 18, 2004, 11:16:06 AM- Good News!
Well some of you guys might have noticed that the site has been, well how should we say, a little "flaky" lately. It's all for good reason, because we are having a huge amount of traffic to the site and the infrastructure at the moment is barely coping.
Interesting because it doesn't seem that long ago that I was writing about this very same problem. It is a good problem to have and we are not complaining, in fact quite the contrary it means that we can justify going out and doing a serious upgrade :)
So for the techies amongst us and anyone else interested, we have just yesterday ordered SEVEN new 3GHZ Dual XEON NN servers and are going to commission them on a new larger capacity bandwidth arrangement.
This will mean that we can improve the speed of the database which is often a limiting factor, and also cope with higher amounts of simultaneous visitors!
All good news for you guys - and within I'd hope a 2 week period you should see the performance of the site increase markedly.
I can't talk about this stuff without reminding you guys that running this site costs shit loads of $$$ so please sign up for premium here /members/premium_choices.asp for only $9.95 a month - non recurring so you can just pay once.
All this upgrade work and other commitments to my "day" job have meant that I haven't started rolling out the new mods yet - but I am aiming to have them out by the end of this w/e
Thanks all for your support - and remember sign up for premium - PLEASE!
|Tuesday, September 07, 2004, 6:31:50 AM- Chat Room Changes
There have been significant changes to the chat room today.
We have established a code of conduct and a process for people to apply to be moderators. To co-incide with these changes we have set the moderators all to normal status.
We hope that these changes will see a much more enjoyable chat room for all members.
|Sunday, August 29, 2004, 5:18:07 AM- Fun in the Sun!
Well I have just returned from a trip to Miami to survey the place and assess it's suitability for the NN member big bash get together.
While certainly a nice place, I must admit that I wasn't as impressed as I expected, mainly because of the de-centralised nature of the place. My thoughts now are that due to less than exciting level of enthusiasm for the gig – we might hold off for another year until our member base is double the size ;)
While I was there, I did have the opportunity to have an impromptu photo shoot with Penthouse Pet of the year, Sunny Leone.
In my profile you will see some of the pics from that shoot, and while I more than anyone know this site is for amateurs, I am posting the pics I took of Sunny out of thanks to her for letting me take them and use them for promotional purposes.
I'd also like to give her site a plug here http://www.sunnyleone.com check it out as she is a gorgeous woman – and a very fun personality too!
That's all for now – keep posting - NN
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On Summer Holiday weekends, a complimentary invitation to our campers for one SMOKIN' good BBQ Dinner @ our new Pavilion!
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On Hot Summer weekends, read our bulletin board while checking in or our facebook page for funfilled pool fun! One example is our annual "GREASED PIG"
Children's Art & Crafts
During the weekends, read our bulletin board outside the office for the scheduled action packed kid's activities for all ages!
Hay Rides
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Jerry Cooney has been on a campground for much of his life. He worked with his parents, who owned and operated a campground and marina for 17 years, so owning his own campground with his wife Kendra, is a natural career.
The Cooneys recently purchased the Corbin, KY award-winning campground. "We thought it would be a great way to bring up a family - having a family business," says Jerry. "We want to help create the best family vacation memories for our guests. Ask anyone and they remember their first camping adventures!"
Kendra is a registered nurse who specializes in labor and delivery and continues to work part-time in the OB department of a local hospital. "I have realized that I am involved in most families' two major events in their lives: the birth of a child, as an OB nurse; and when they create their first or best camping memories, as a campground owner - and that feels great! What two great careers I have!" says Kendra.
"Our goal is to have our kampers tell their family and friends to join them the next time they visit us, and feel like they can't wait to come back," says Kendra.
The Cooneys are excited about their plans for the future of the Corbin KOA, which include integrating canoe and paddleboat rentals on Laurel Lake into the camping experience and adding more campsites.
When they are not taking care of their kamping guests, their own children, or, in Kendra's case, her patients, they enjoy the outdoors. Jerry enjoys riding his motorcycle through the winding roads; Kendra loves boating and water sports on the lake or the beach.
"When our kamping guests - especially the kids - say that they've had the best time they've ever had and they can't wait to come back, it makes it all worthwhile!" says Kendra.


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By RICHARD SHAWStaff reporter
For proponents of a Carbon gun range as well as local officials dealing with the approval process, last Thursday was a long day.
The day began with a walk-through conference in the morning and a public scoping meeting that evening.
The initial meeting took place at the Carbon County Airport where gun range committee members, county officials, airport personnel, the contractor involved in the environmental assessment, a representative of a gas exploration and development company that has rights in the area and Bureau of Land Management officials met to discuss the process and to later look over the proposed range.
"There is a lot to turning over a piece of ground for such a project," said Mark Mackiewicz of the BLM. "Out agency must comply with the law on this including the National Environmental Protection Policy Act (NEPPA)."
Mackiewicz went over the process by which the land can be leased or conveyed to the county for the facility. The process is based on the Recreation Public Purpose Act of 1926 and it allows for the BLM to transfer lands to other government entities for useful purposes.
"The county must come up with a detailed plan of what they want to do with the property," he stated. "That includes the environmental assessment. We must look at this from the point of view as to what is best for the public."
An EA looks at a number of factors, including possible impacts on wildlife, fauna and any cultural resources that may be on the property.
Other factors that could impact the conveyance of the land include mineral rights and grazing rights.
"The mineral report must be detailed because certain kinds of conditions may prevent us from conveying surface rights," said Mackiewicz.
Mackiewicz explained that the BLM may want to lease the land to the county before they convey it. This brought up a point which could prove to be a hold up for the project.
"The problem with doing that is that the funding we have is grant money," said Dennis Dooley, representing the county at the meeting. "They won't let us use the money to build something on land that we don't own."
While that point was not totally resolved in the meeting, there was a general consensus that the problem could be worked out.
Concerns about the time it will take to put the deal together for the over 1,400 acres of land the county is requesting was one of the main topics of discussion at the meeting.
"I'd like to see a rough schedule mapped out of how long this will take," stated Dave Levanger, the county's building and zoning director.
The process of detailing everything began with Dave Steed, who is the project manager for Maxim, the firm that is doing the environmental assessment.
"There is a lot to do, but we will be able to get started next week," he stated. "I can have the cultural resource person on board right away and that will take five to 10 days. From my stand point I think we can be done in about 30 days."
Once the draft environmental assessment is finished it must then be presented to the BLM and they have to assess it, which takes three or four weeks.
The process will require constant communication between the contractor and the BLM for clarifications.
According to Mackiewicz once that is done the assessment will be sent out for public comment "probably about in mid-December." At that point the public has 45 days to comment on the document.
Based on the projections in the meeting it appeared things could be wrapped up by mid-February. But that largely depends on a number of factors.
Mackiewicz also pointed out some important issues about the situation. First, he told the group that if done, there will be a reversionary clause in the contract that allows for the federal government to take the land back if it is not used for the purposes that were agreed to.
Second, he said the amount of land the county is requesting is unusual and could hold up the process.
"I really would like to see this fine tuned as much as possible to get the acreage down to what you think you can absolutely use," he explained. "The 1,440 acres could very well get some protests and appeals. The people I have talked to don't recall anyone ever asking for this much land for a shooting range before."
There are a number of stakeholders in the land that is being requested already. Three of those include Westport Minerals, an oil and gas exploration and development company, the Carbon County Airport whose main runway's flight path goes directly over the proposed site and Nick Sampinos, who has the federal grazing rights on the property.
"What I am going to have to do is check with my company to see what plans they have for developing the fields in this area," said Bill McNab of Westport.
Angela Johannsen represented the airport and explained their position.
"Our highest traffic runway is 32 and over part of the range, aircraft will be as low as 200 feet in altitude," she told the group. "We just want to make sure everyone is protected against any possible problems."
The gun range committee had already agreed to change that part of the range from shotgun shooting to archery, and airport personnel have been happy with that move.
"I am sure it has been a long time since an airplane was shot down with a bow and arrow," quipped Don Burge, the executive director of the gun range committee. "I have talked with a lot of pilots and they don't seem to see a problem. The move from originally requesting 600 to the 1,440 acres we need now directly relates to this situation."
Burge expressed his concerns, however, about the gas-well development in the area saying that "well development has already put a lot of pressure on shooting sports in the area" because they have become so numerous that people can't shoot in many of their traditional spots in the county.
As far as the grazing rights are concerned, Sampinos could not attend the meeting, but had talked with Levanger about the situation.
"He has some concerns about a water pond in the area and what could be done in terms of fencing to keep cattle from wandering onto the range," stated the county official.
Mackiewicz pointed out that grazing was obviously incompatible with a gun range and that if the BLM decides to convey the land to the county, they have to give Sampinos a two year notice but did not have to compensate him for loss of grazing area. However they do compensate ranchers for any improvements that are lost because of the change.
He also pointed out some mitigation can be done in this area for wildlife habitat that could be lost as a result of the project.
Steed suggested that the county may be able to team up mitigation with some of the oil and gas operations in the area because they are already doing a lot of that for wildlife.
The meeting at the airport ended with Mackiewicz asking Levanger to find all property owners who may be affected by the range and to inform them of the possible development there.
The group then departed for the "walk through" of the property in question. The entourage started the trip through a gravel pit just south of the Desert Thunder Raceway and passed through all the projected venues on the range. They stopped at various spots along the way and Burge pointed out where the various sites would be.
On Thursday evening a public scoping meeting took place at the Southeastern Association of Governments Building in south Price.
Much of what was presented at the morning preparation meeting was also given to the crowd, which filled all the seats in the room.
At the end of the meeting the BLM had personnel available to answer questions and listen to comments from the group.
There was little opposition to the idea of the range. In fact, the audience was mostly filled with proponents of the project.


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