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This is my favorite post of the month; the "how much money did I make" post. I never would have imagined I could make money off a personal blog about my life and my love of bacon. Now that I am truly making money online, I love to show it off. 😉
I think as I start making more money, I am going to invest it back into this blog. For example, I am going to hold a monthly contest where the winner will receive a package of bacon (I just need to think if a good contest). I may also buy a video camera and start making mini bacon movies, but that will have to wait tell I make 300 in one month. If you can think of any creative ways to use the money to improve this blog please share them.
I know you're all dieing to know how much money I made this month, so I will bore you no longer. Before I show you the numbers, I have to disclose something. I am not allowed to mention two networks that I generate money from, so I will list them as "Other Income". Please do not ask me what the networks are because I really can't tell you. If you are smart and are an avid read of this blog you may be able to figure out what one of the networks are.
Google AdSense – $14.53
TalkShoe.com – $21.87
Buy Me a Beer – $2.00 (Thank you Angela! – BostonBrat.net)
Other Income – $15.95
Total = 54.35
If you look at last months post, you will see that I made $15.29 more this month. If I keep this upward trend going maybe I can live the same dream the guy at OneMansGoal.com is trying to achieve.


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Running Between the Giants' Legs: Wixon Turns 100
Posted: March 20, 2007
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Gottsacker views Wixon's key strengths as its family atmosphere and investment in people. As a company located far from the industry's east coast center, Wixon has found that it pays to empower staff. "We understand as a company that people are the key ingredient for us," says Gottsacker. "And we continue to get them challenged. We've got two of our people going through MBA school; we're paying for it." The benefits, as Gottsacker sees them are twofold: first, the employees feel challenged and second, these people get more involved in the industry and are thus able to "remain on the cutting edge."
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Gottsacker says that Wixon's private status means that the company doesn't labor under a "mandate for growth."
"We can take a more pragmatic approach to growth and invest without having to worry about quarterly growth statements and analysts thinking twice about why we're putting resources into [certain] areas," he adds. Instead of trying to meet external expectations, Gottsacker says, "We're looking at things to grow within what we think we do pretty well." Wixon's growth strategy is focused on a natural process, one derived from its centralized layout. "We have a single campus here," says Gottsacker, "so communication [is direct]. The owners are in the lab right next to the chemists formulating." Growing too fast or spawning far-flung locations would erode this, he explains. "We'd rather grow organically on this campus: one location, one campus and one company." Any expansion, Gottsacker says, would have to fit Wixon culturally, and meet its strategy of developing new technologies and flavors. "

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Gallo is a manufacturer of socks in Italy and has come out with these colorful vending machines selling their striped socks. Open 24 hours and they give change!#5338
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PRC is housed within the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR) at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and offers computer programming, data management, and analytic support for health services researchers. The center has expertise working with large commercially and publicly funded administrative claims databases, registries, and electronic medical records.
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Olivia Kim—Nordstrom's Director of Creative Projects, Pop-In Shop curator and resident Teva enthusiast—was recently featured in Women's Wear Daily's source for all things shoes: Footwear News. Keep reading to see the full article, in which Olivia discusses marine biology, art, astronomy books—and the secret to making those Tevas look chic.
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MISS WU by Jason Wu: A Nordstrom Exclusiveon July 18, 2012
In case you haven't checked your Twitter today, let us be the first to tell you about our partnership with the talented fashion superstar Jason Wu. Arriving January 2013 only at Nordstrom, the Miss Wu collection will consist of 40 covetable pieces complete with Wu's signature elements: luxurious fabrics, original prints and intricate details—with the relaxed, downtown-cool attitude of the modern gamine.
That's Wu and team at the lookbook photo shoot—more on that coming soon! Until then, let us tell you just how excited we are about seeing the collection come to life. Inspired by European style icons of the '60s—think Jane Birkin, Marianne Faithfull, Françoise Hardy and Anna Karina—Wu tells WWD, "Those girls had that certain something-something that really felt right for the image of this girl."
Whatever that certain something-something is, you nailed it, Mr. Wu. You'll find Miss Wu in 49 of our stores—don't worry we'll spill on all the details (like which stores) in the coming months, but for now, we'll leave you with the words of Jeffrey Kalinsky, Nordstrom EVP of Designer Merchandise: "This collaboration has an appeal not just to a younger set of women, but to a broader set of women—at prices that are approachable. What's great about the collection is that while feeling different from the Jason Wu signature collection, it still clearly has Jason's design DNA."
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Perennial Section 3 girls basketball champion South Jefferson received a No. 1 seed in Class B, and Thousand Islands claimed the No. 2 seed in Class C-1 as the pairings and brackets for this years tournament were announced on Wednesday.
South Jefferson (17-0), which has won nine of the last 11 Class B titles, drew a first-round bye in Class B and will play host to the Marcellus/Skaneateles winner in a quarterfinal game at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Thousand Islands (15-2) will open sectional play against No. 7 Tully (8-10) in a home Class C-1 quarterfinal at 6 p.m. Friday.
Eight other Frontier League teams qualified for this years tournament.
In Class A, Carthage (12-6) is the No. 3 seed and will play host to No. 6 East Syracuse-Minoa (10-8) in a quarterfinal at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Indian River (12-6) is seeded fifth in Class A and will be on the road at No. 4 Oneida (12-6) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
General Brown (11-7) is the No. 11 seed in Class B and plays a first-round game at No. 6 Bishop Grimes (14-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.
South Lewis (9-9) is No. 6 in Class C-1 and plays a quarterfinal at No. 3 Little Falls (14-4) at 7 p.m. Friday.
Beaver River (6-12) is No. 8 in Class C-1 and travels to top-seeded Cooperstown (16-2) for a quarterfinal matchup at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Lake Region's Matt Morin was the top performer, shooting a tourney low 72 to Medal. Other LR scores were Devin Morley 113, Carl Oberg 111, and Derik Rodgers 120. For North Country Nick Kincaid shot a team low 80, good for fifth place overall, and Evan Clark came in at 113.
DERBY–Lake Region's tennis team picked up their first win of the season as they defeated Spaulding 6-1.
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Every singles player picked up a win on Wednesday despite the threat of rain under ever darkening skies.
Kelly Leblanc won 8-7, Desirae Colorado 8-2, Miranda Beaudry 8-3, Cassie Desmarais 8-0 and Brianna Fontaine 8-0.
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#10 – Memphis socialite Nina Tayloe, for groveling on her knees at the feet a Black guy, begging forgiveness for her and her family's behavior during the so-called "Civil Rights Era," saying, "Forgive me. Forgive me on behalf of my family for the ugliness of that time … but praise God, we have a beautiful Lord who brings about hope and restoration." Look up "self-hate" in the dictionary, and you'll see her picture. James Edwards said it best: "White-guilt on steroids." Her cockamamie theatrics, captured by a conveniently-present [Memphis] Commercial Appeal photog, only worsened the irredeemably wretched and grotesque state of White/Black relations in that sad city. Hey, Nina, they'll never forgive you, and they still hate you.
#9 – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student Quinn Matney, who said he had been attacked by a drunken college-age man who called him and anti-gay epithet and branded his left wrist. The UNC administration was giddy about the chance to display their political correctness credentials regarding their resident abominations. They were ready to call the Feds and tell them they had a sexual-orientation hate crime on their hands. University Chancellor Holden Thorp broke the sound barrier in getting the word out, declaring, "As a university community, we condemn this act of violence. Our Department of Public Safety will bring the strongest possible charges against the attacker." But the very next day, before he could call in the Obama/Holder "Justice" Department, Thorp had this to say: "The Department of Public Safety has determined that the alleged aggravated assault reported to campus last night did not occur. That report, filed with campus police on April 5, was false. The University will not report it as a hate crime." Yup – a false hate crime accusation, courtesy of gay Quinn Matney.
#8 – The Media, for (among MANY other things) what they didn't say, to wit, ignoring the story of Chrissy Lee Polis, a White girl who was beaten to a pulp by Black girls at a Rosedale, MD McDonalds. This just wasn't news worthy – until word got out that Chrissy's real name is Christopher, and her real sex is "dude."
#7 – CNN contributing columnist L.Z. Granderson, a White-hate-filled Black gay guy (a politically correct two-fer!). You can summarize most of Granderson's articles thusly: "I saw some White people. They were bad. Their racism made them bad." In one article he whined about being miffed that White people don't celebrate Thanksgiving like Black people do; in another article he said people in country music are afraid to deal with race and to confront racism. His "solution" for the "problem" is for country singers to sing about the incident in which some White kids in a pick-up truck ran over a Black man. At the article's end Granderson quotes some lines from a Kenny Chesney song that deals with alleged racism. But, wait a sec. . .didn't Granderson just say that country music is afraid to deal with racism? The problem isn't that country music doesn't deal with race; the problem is that it doesn't deal with race the way Granderson wants it to. Hey, LZ, everybody knows country music is a European-American art form. You're Black, and your anti-White hatred made you choose to critique country music. Since you're also gay, why don't you criticize Black hip-hop and R&B music for being "homophobic" and afraid to embrace gay issues? I'll bet you can count the number of those songs on one hand and have fingers left. So, stay out of our music – you have nothing to offer it. Am I a racist for wanting only White people to develop a White art form? Then I remind you that in 2010 a White sorority won a step-dance competition, and Black people screamed like squashed cats that (1) a White sorority should NOT have been allowed to compete (segregated out), (2) it was impossible that they won (White people can't dance), and (3) they hijacked a part of Black culture (they're thieves). Tell me, LZ, why are Black step-dancing people afraid to deal with other races? (By the way, White people can dance; it's just that they look stupid when they try do dance like Black people do. And yes, that goes for the girls who won that step-dance competition, God bless 'em.)
#6 – The $PLC, for bullying the State Department into depriving Jared Taylor of his right to support his family.
#5 – A triple play: First, University of Minnesota, Duluth student and Black Panther Party-boy Blair Jordon Moses; second, Susana Pelayo-Woodward (UMD's director of the Office of Cultural Diversity), and third, the Duluth News Tribune. As Youth for Western Civilization member Phil Cleary passed out copies of the U.S. Constitution, Moses threatened to shoot him. Pelayo-Woodward, instead of dealing with Moses' threat, said "Is this a White supremacist group? It looks like one." The Duluth Trib defended Moses, letting him justify his threat with 123 words (Cleary got 34), and working with the $PLC's Heidi Beirich to try to make Cleary and YWC into racists.
#4 – MSNBC's Ed Schultz, for comparing TEA Party members to sewer rats.
#3 – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the $PLC, the La Raza Cartel, The National Black Flash Mob for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Congressional Black Flash Mob Caucus, just because of what they are – the leading producers in this country's hate industry.
#2 – Attorney General Eric Holder, for his cumulative incompetence and demonstrable anti-White bigotry, especially when he said racists (meaning White people) are behind the criticism of his involvement in the hare-brained Fast and Furious debacle and his bungled cover-up in the aftermath: "This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him, both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we're both African-American." The accusation was so potentially explosive that not even Obama would touch it. Hey, Eric, you're not some big-mouth chip-on-the-shoulder Black "reverend" on a city council, making an ass of himself by claiming the phrase "financial black hole" is racist; you're the Attorney General of the United States of America, and that kind of toxic rhetoric can have serious consequences. That you would utter such vomitus further proves your ineptitude. When it comes to playing the race card, you're the dealer, and you've stacked the deck.
#1 – Jonathan Perkins, the University of Virginia law student who lied about being harassed by campus police. He even filed a false police report. While the police investigated the incident, the university was thrown into the predictable anti-racism (anti-White) witch hunt. When Perkins' lie was uncovered, his rickety justification was, "I wrote the article to bring attention to the topic of police misconduct," even though the "police misconduct" never occurred.
A few observations:
(1) Ed Shultz and the $PLC have adopted a couple of swell Nazi-era tactics. Shultz dehumanized TEA Party members by comparing them to sewer rats, which is the same comparison Nazis used against Jews. We're constantly told that such propaganda was bad, bad, very bad. But when a liberal Marxist shill like Shultz deploys it, all we hear is the chirping of crickets. Nazis also engaged in what is now called "economic anti-Semitism," in which they deprived Jews of the ability to earn a living. There's no difference between that and what the $PLC did to Jared Taylor. Such attacks have become standard operating procedure for anti-White bigots. They tell an employer that an employee is a racist, and if the employee isn't fired, then the bigots will spread the word that the company harbors racists. Sieg Heil, Herr Shultz, Herr Dees, Herr Potok, and Frau Beirich! Josef Goebbels would be proud of you all!
(2) Three slots in this year's list are filled by university students and faculty. Academia has become the premier Petri dish for culturing hatred and bigotry, and false hate crime accusations are becoming regular occurrences. There at least two especially despicable aspects of the three examples in this year's list. First, the perpetrators received no discipline, no punishment, no censure. Blair Jordon Moses is still strutting around the U of M Duluth (I know this because over the holidays I read an article about him participating in the university's silly Kwanzaa mob activities), even though he issued a death threat; Susan Pelayo-Woodward is still on staff at the U of M Duluth, even though she heinously slandered Phil Cleary and YWC; Jonathan Perkins graduated with a prestigious Law degree and Quinn Matney remains a student at UNC-CH, even though they outrageously violated Honor Codes, disrupted the lives of thousands of students, wasted tens of thousands of dollars, humiliated their respective universities, and were themselves perpetrators of hate crimes, for a false hate crime accusation IS a hate crime, and the victims of these crimes deserve redress. Furthermore, the perpetrators were actually protected by the universities, citing privacy concerns. But we all know that any time a straight White student fails to toe the political correctness line, then that student is expelled and his or her entire life is lead story and front page above-the-fold material. Second, the false hate crime accusations were deliberately and aggressively repackaged as REAL hate crimes. After Jonathan Perkins' lie was exposed, the UVa police chief declared that his officers are, in fact, dirty cops, and he encouraged everyone to help him prove it. Said the chief,
"I recognize that police misconduct does occur. Pressing charges [against Perkins] in this case might inhibit another individual who experiences real police misconduct from coming forward with a complaint. I want to send the message just how seriously we take such charges and that we will always investigate them with care and diligence."
In campus internet forums and publications commenters echoed the chief's sentiment that the real harm was done to future victims of racist White campus police. So, Perkins falsely accused White police officers of racism and misconduct; the police chief said the proved-false accusations wer actually true; and the UVa students and faculty are now on alert to give respectability to Perkins' lie. UNC responded similarly after Matney's lie fell apart. Chancellor Thorp, who was John Wayne on one day, and Pee Wee Herman the next day, said,
"It's important to remember that incidents of harassment do occur. When they do, we take them seriously."
And, as at UVa, the comments sections were filled with hand-wringing over what Matney's hoax will do to victims of "real homophobia." A leader of the campus gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender club said the incident should start a discussion of safety on and off campus – even though the incident never occurred.
Both of these false hate crime accusations ignore the real victims – White people and straight people. The exposed hoaxers became the heroes, and the falsely accused became the convicted. I remember in 1994 a young White mother named Susan Smith reported to the police an horrific story that Black man had carjacked her and made off with her two young sons. The car was found in a nearby pond, her dead sons still strapped in their car seats. Her story was found to be false, and she confessed to having sent the car into the water and murdering her sons. The sons were soon forgotten, and the country plunged into a collective and morbid soul-search and navel-gaze of the wide-spread institutional White racism exemplified by Smith's false accusation against a non-existent Black man. Victimhood was successfully transferred from Smith's sons to all Black people, and culpability was passed from Susan Smith to all White people.
We will never see false hate crime accusations against White people or straight people focus on the virulent hatred Blacks have for White people, or the Nazi-like heterohatred that consumes gay malcontents. For when hate crime accusations are made against us, we are presumed guilty until proven so – even when the accusation is proved to be a lie.


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I started playing the the cello when I was seven years old. Playing music defines my extra-curricular life, and if I don't get to touch my cello every day, I start to feel like something's missing. Unfortunately, that "missing" feeling is starting to become the norm as the events in my life become less and less stable (I'm trying very hard to figure out what I'm supposed to doing with my life).
I also played piano for 12 years. Even though my skills have atrophied so badly that I no longer consider myself a pianist, sometimes there's nothing better than sitting down at the piano with some music.
I am sometimes coached by members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet. They have become good friends, and continue to be one of my most inspirational influences -- both in musical and culinery adventures. :)
July, 2010 - Participated in the SLSQ Summer Chamber Music Seminar 2010 at Stanford University.
2009 - Recorded as cellist in Vienna Teng's 4th album, Inland Territory.
July, 2005 - Participated in the SLSQ Summer Chamber Music Seminar 2005 at Stanford University.
July, 2004 - Participated in the SLSQ Summer Chamber Music Institute 2004 at Stanford University.
November, 2003 - I went and hung out with Vienna Teng while she toured around the South. As usual, I took some pictures. Also, performed with her at Joe's Pub in NY, Cowell Theater in SF, and Montgomery Theater in San Jose.
July 27, 2003 - I've put up a recording of us performing the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 97 'Archduke' (Sabrina Lee, violin, Sheila Chan, piano, Eric Cheng, cello). Note that it was a live recording from a concert, and we played far from perfectly. But it's fun to share, anyway. :) [MP3 VBR, 7.64MB]
October, 2002 - web log of tour with Osvaldo Golijov's La Pasión Según San Marcos
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- Wedding services
- Free theme park shuttle
- Free WiFi
- Shopping on site
- Indoor pool
- Restaurant
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (feet) - 3,400
- Conference space size (meters) - 316
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Free reception
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Theme park shuttle (complimentary)
- Laundry facilities
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Free newspaper
- Separate sitting area
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Pay movies
- Sofa bed
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast. A complimentary manager's reception is offered each day.
Embassy Suites Orlando - International Drive/Jamaican Court has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, an outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
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Horrific Oklahoma Tornado Captured in Several Raw Videos
The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.
The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.
A massive tornado touched down just south of Oklahoma City on Monday, killing dozens.
At least seven of those killed were students at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore. The twister, which measured 2 miles at one point, has been given a preliminary classification of an EF-4 tornado (winds of 166 to 200 mph), according to weather officials.
An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the storm struck. Officials said Monday night that the search of the rubble remaining of the school had turned to a recovery mission.
Someone call Mulder and Scully. Officials in Muldrow, Oklahoma, face a conundrum: How did 65-year-old Danny Vanzandt, who was alone in his home, die? One possible explanation, according to Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart, is that he is a victim of spontaneous human combustion.


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Abilene man injured in shooting charged with kidnapping
An Abilene man hot during a domestic disturbance Tuesday has been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping, according to a statement Wednesday from the Abilene Police Department.
Joshua Dean Noah, 19, was hospitalized Tuesday night after receiving a single gunshot wound to the neck in a home in the 1300 block of Baylor Street. The injury was described in the statement as not life-threatening.
The shooting was the culmination of an altercation between Noah, another adult and a teenager, who are all related, police said. Police dispatchers received a call about the incident at 6:47 p.m.
"Noah was alleged to have threatened the other two family members with a firearm, in addition to restricting their movements and their ability to communicate with persons outside the residence," the statement said.
While Noah and the other adult fought, the teenager managed to get the firearm Noah allegedly had.
"Fearing for the safety of the victim family members, the juvenile shot Noah," the release said.
Because the case involves a juvenile, Child Protective Services has become involved with the investigation.
Noah is being held at Taylor County Jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond.
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Subject: Capital Treatment for FAS 166 and FAS 167
Date: February 4, 2010
To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties
Description: Final Rule
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision published in the Federal Register on January 28, 2010, a final rule amending risk-based capital requirements relating to the Financial Accounting Standard Board's (FASB) adoption of Statement No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets - an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 (FAS 166) and FASB Statement No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) (FAS 167). This bulletin transmits and summarizes the interagency final rule.
On June 12, 2009, the FASB issued FAS 166 and FAS 167, which becomes effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity's first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. FAS 166 and 167, which FASB has codified as Accounting Standard Codification Topics 860, Transfers and Servicing, and 810, Consolidation, respectively, modify the treatment under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of certain structured finance transactions involving a special purpose entity known as a variable interest entity (VIE). Under FAS 167, banks may be required to consolidate assets, liabilities, and equity in certain VIEs that were not consolidated under the standards that FAS 166 and 167 replaced.
The final rule retains GAAP as the foundation for calculating risk-based capital requirements for exposures in consolidated VIEs under the agencies' general and advanced approaches risk-based capital frameworks (collectively, risk-based capital frameworks) and the agencies' leverage capital rules. The final rule also eliminates provisions in the risk-based capital frameworks that permitted banks to exclude GAAP-consolidated asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) program assets from risk-weighted assets. Finally, the rule provides a reservation of authority that permits the agencies to require banks to treat VIEs that are not consolidated under GAAP as if they are consolidated under the agencies' risk-based capital frameworks.
In order to avoid abrupt adjustments that could undermine or complicate government actions to support the provision of credit to U.S. households and businesses in the current economic environment, the final rule provides an optional two-quarter implementation delay followed by an optional two-quarter phase-in of the effect of the accounting changes on risk-weighted assets and the amount of banks' allowance for loan and lease losses includable in Tier 2 capital. The final rule does not provide any transition relief for a bank's leverage ratio requirement.
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Is there a way to search member profiles? ie. I want to PM someone but can't find a post/thread with them to link from.A better way to put it is - how do I PM someone if I can't find a post/thread with them in it?
I've wondered this myself Steven. I usually have to type in words that I remember being in threads they posted in. Then I browse the results until I find the thread. If you don't even know a thread they've posted in then I guess it's more difficult...
iv also wonderd this! just thought i havnt found out how to yet!There has been time when i tryed to search just to read about there trips or profile etc!be good if you could!
1. Go to www.google.com2. Type in "member name site:backpackinglight.com"ex: steven evans site:backpackinglight.comleave off quotes and it will give many/most of their posts.
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Book your room at Wingate by Wyndham - Greenville
Standard Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Standard Room, 1 King Bed, AccessibleMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Double Room, 2 Double Beds, AccessibleMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
Double Room, 2 Double BedsMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children)
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SuiteMax Occupancy: 5 guests (up to 4 children)
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with free breakfast and free airport shuttle
Located in Greenville, this family-friendly hotel is 3.1 mi (5 km) from Vidant Medical Center, and within 6 mi (10 km) of East Carolina University and Greenville VA Medical Center. Washington Square Mall and Cypress Landing Golf Club are also within 25 mi (40 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Free continental breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Additionally, coffee/tea in the lobby, conference rooms, and meeting rooms are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 87 rooms provide conveniences like sitting areas and refrigerators, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Microwaves, coffee makers, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Wingate by Wyndham - Greenville features an indoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measuring 300 square feet (27 square meters) include conference space. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available 24 hours). This family-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in the lobby, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Total number of rooms - 87
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 300
- Conference space size (meters) - 27
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Free long-term parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free long-term parking, Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Refrigerator
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- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
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- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Shower/tub combination
- Flat-panel TV
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- Air conditioning
- Cable TV service
- Microwave
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
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Welcome to the South Carolina Good Sam Camping Organization Website. Here you will find information
about state Good Sam activities. There is a list of South Carolina Chapters. By joining a local chapter, Good
Sam members can get the most out of being a Good Sam member. Each chapter lists a contact person for
that chapter. Feel free to contact any chapter representative for more information about that chapter's
activities. If you cannot find a chapter you can form one by contacting the State Director. You will need to
select a chapter name and elect officers. A minimum of six members is required to form a chapter.
Chapter Camping Schedules
Read the newsletter from Good Sam by downloading Chapter Chat
South Carolina Caravan Patch
Caravan Patch- South Carolina now has a Caravan Patch. Simply caravan to a state Samboree or mini rally in a group of three or more, fill out the form which can be downloaded below, have it signed by your Chapter Wagonmaster, and bring it to the Good Sam Store during the rally to purchase the patch. Future caravans to South Carolina Samborees will allow you to qualify for a State Tree patch to go around the original patch.
Download SC Caravan Patch Certification form here.
2015 South Carolina 42nd Fall Samboree
The 2015 South Carolina Fall Samboree will be held at Ocean Lakes Family Campground October 1st to 4th. The theme is Octoberfest. The optional tour will be Wednesday September 30th and will be a dinner theater at Pirates Voyage. Bus transportation to the theater is included in the tour package. There will be a costume contest Saturday evening. Please note that two breakfasts and two evening dinners are included in your registration fee. There will be two nnights of entertainment. Come early and enjoy the beach area and good weather. Remember the campground offers pull through sites with full hookups including 70 channel cable and phone connections. WiFi is available free throughout the campground. There are two main swimming pools, one indoors, and several pools for children. Putt-putt golf is available. Of course there is the ocean. A link to Ocean Lakes Campground is listed below. The Myrtle Beach area has numerous restaurants and several theaters. For the golfers there are a number of courses. For more information on the Myrtle Beach area click here. Brookgreen Gardens is close by in Murrells Inlet. There is also the Marsh Walk with its view and restaurants. (Note: you do not have to be a member of a chapter or reside in South Carolina to attend the Samboree.) To download a Samboree registration form click here.
(Note: This is a form that can be filled in on line and is best viewed by Acrobat Reader 8.0 or higher.)
Vendors: Vendor registration forms can be downloaded by clicking here. Vendors must also download and submit a Samboree registration form. Effective in 2010 all vendors must obtain a permit from Ocean Lakes Campground at least 30 days in advance. The campground charges a $10.00 fee for this.
Mini Rallies
South Carolina has no Spring Samboree. In its place there are several mini rallies. See below.
2015 Upstate Mini Rally
The 2015 upstate mini rally will be held May 14 - 17 at Palmetto Cove RV Park. To download a registration form click here. Please bring items for door prizes, an ice cream churn, and a cake for the cake walk.
2015 Coastal Mini Rally
The Coastal region mini rally will be held November 5-7 at Oak Plantation in Charleston, SC. This will be hosted by the Low Country Sams and will include games and a pot luck dinner.
2015 Good Sam Rallies
There will be a Camping World/Good Sam Rally in Phoenix, AZ March 2015. Click on the link below for information on the rallies.
Please consider attending other Samborees in the Southeast Region
Georgia Spring Samboree March 19-22, 2015, Perry, GA
Florida Spring Samboree April 15-19, 2015, Okeechobee, FL
Alabama Samboree April 16-19, 2015, Dothan, AL
Mississippi Spring Samboree May 28-31, 2015, Verona, MS
Tennessee Spring Samboree June 5-7, 2015, Lebanon, TN
Georgia Fall Samboree September 10-13, 2015, Perry, GA
North Carolina Samboree September 25-27, Marion, NC
Florida Fall samboree November 18-22, 2015, Eustis, FL
You may download registration forms from their respective websites.
Check out the South Carolina Good Sam Camping Organization on Facebook
Information on Ocean Lakes Family Campground can be obtained by following the link below.
Note: Pulling a second trailer such as for a golf car behind a trailer or fifth wheel is not allowed in South Carolina and can result in a fine. Please see the Trailer Life Directory for a list of states that allow towing two trailers.
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CANTON A former Canton volunteer fire chief was chosen Monday to fill an open seat on the village Board of Trustees.
Michael E. Dalton, 37 Judson St., was appointed by Mayor David P. Curry, a fellow Republican, to fill the seat vacated this month by longtime trustee Sylvia M. Kingston, a Democrat.
Ms. Kingstons two-year term expires Dec. 2, so if Mr. Dalton wishes to remain a trustee, he will have to run in the November election. Trustees are paid $3,500 a year.
I anticipate Id run again, Mr. Dalton said after being sworn in by Village Clerk Sally A. Noble. Im disappointed Sylvia is leaving but, at the same time, Im willing to step up and serve out the rest of her time.
Mr. Dalton was among three candidates who ran for two open seats in last Novembers village trustee race.
With 770 votes, he fell short of winning a seat. The seats were won by Mary Ann Ashley, a Republican, with 830 votes, and political newcomer Daniel J. McDonnell, a Democrat, who garnered 805 votes.
Mr. Curry said he chose Mr. Dalton because he was interested at election time and remains interested in serving on the board. During Mondays special board meeting, Mr. Curry also appointed Trustee Joseph J. Frank to replace Ms. Kingston as deputy mayor.
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Melbourne Bike Cabs introduced
Green cabs have hit the streets of Melbourne's inner city suburbs this week. What do we mean by green cabs? We mean bike taxis, cycle cabs or rickshaws. Whatever term you prefer to use, Melbourne Bike Cabs are now pedalling around the city's inner velodrome.
The brains (or gears) behind Bike Cabs are Tim Collins and Stephen Mushin. Tim is a high profile industrial designer and Stephen is an eminent Melbourne artist, who explores ecologically sustainable options for a more viable future. These boys clearly have an understanding of all things design and environmental, so it makes sense that they tandem up for Melbourne Bike Cabs.
The premise behind Bike Cabs is to reduce CBD congestion and provide a fun, clean and green approach to inner city commuting. In addition, it has the potential to be a quicker alternative to catching a cab, tram or train. This start-up is in its infancy, but the boys hope to use crowd funding via Pozible to build the business up from two to four bike cabs.… Read more
Artists announced for 2014 Melbourne Art Tram series
Melbourne's streets are about to get a lot more colourful now that eight new Victorian artists have been chosen to have their work featured on trams all across the network.
It's basically a moving exhibition that you can admire on your way to work – or feel part of as you roll into the city on one of the one-of-a-kind wonders.
Melbourne Art Trams was initiated last year as part of Melbourne Festival, and takes inspiration from Transport Art – a project that ran from 1978-1993 that saw 36 trams revamped by renowned Australian artists.
The eight artworks (chosen from 150 proposals) showcase a diverse range of themes that creatively reflect our state's identity. James Cattell's Melbourne's Dreamscape captures the city's gothic architectural landscape with imagery from the Manchester Unity Building, the State Library and the Shrine of Remembrance, and landscape painter Jeff Makin's design takes commuters on routes 11 and 86 to the Victorian landscape with a rustic depiction of the Grampians region.… Read more
Melbourne has a Captain Kirk of trams, keeps log, is wonderful
Melbourne, as you're ramping up to Christmas and giving thanks to your colleagues, friends and total strangers in random acts of chardonnay-fueled goodwill, make sure you spare a thought for sand. It turns out we owe our grainy friend a lot. If you have ever voyaged on the good ship Public Transport in Melbourne, you may have at times noticed that sand fills sections of the walls of our trams. Being the edgy city this is, we've long thought those clear panels were some kind of art installation. But a quick Google reveals two things:
1) We are wrong
2) Melbourne has one of the most surprisingly joy-giving blogs dedicated to tramlife you've ever seen.
melbournetramdriver.blogspot.com.au enthusiastically explains all the things about trams (and douchebags with umbrellas and the horror of working on New Year's Eve) that you never knew you really want to know about.
It's mesmerising. That sand, for example, turns out to be a delightfully antiquated mechanism for helping trams not kill us all in wet weather.… Read more
Melbourne's most-loved mode of transport goes disco
Sunday November 24 will see three trams transform into afro-tropical musical havens for Melbourne Music Week. Three radio jockeys will be hosting the mini moving music festivals. Trams will depart simultaneously from the Espy, Howler and Corner Hotel for a one-hour moving party around the city, with their final stop at MMW's hub, the Residence.
Entry is free but registration is essential.
Red Bull Music Academy Tram Jam, Sunday November 24… Read more


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This mat is 72" long and 1/4" thick providing lots of cushion and length.
The yoga block is a 3" cork block. Cork offers a natural, environmentally friendly alternative to the chemically-made foam blocks. Cork is a sustainable and renewable resource. It is harvested from the bark of the Cork Oak and does not harm the tree, nor does it require any toxic chemicals during harvesting or manufacturing. Yoga blocks made from cork offer a natural, warm, and soft textured look and feel. The texture provides extra traction, and the fact that cork is a slightly porous material, it creates a non-slip surface.
Optional: Add another 3" Cork Yoga Block to this yoga kit at a discounted rate. Some poses require two yoga blocks. We'd recommend buying two of the same size and same material. Also provided in this basic yoga kit is an 8-foot hemp yoga strap. This yoga strap is woven of natural hemp and provides excellent durability and comfort in an environmentally friendly and biodegradable product.
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As most people said, this was delicious, but very hot. All four people served love spicy foods, and thought it could do with a little less heat. Will definitely make again with maybe only 3- 4 peppers.flag if inappropriate
The first time I made this I went over the 7 peppers called for because some of them were small, so I felt like I needed to make up for it, and I also figured other people just couldn't hang because I like things spicy. It was insanely hot! This time around I used 3 fairly large ones and 2 tablespoons of sauce. I'm still feeling the heat. I also used two beers and let it simmer longer until the meat just fell apart. It's great topped with cilantro, sour cream, and avocado. I had southern cornbread on the side too. Good stuff!flag if inappropriate
very very good and easy! used beef broth and a tablespoon of tomato paste in addition to the recipe. also have made this recipe with boneless pork loin and it is just incredible. perfect for a cold day, and also used as the meat for taquitos (along with some tortillas, cheese, guacamole, and beans).flag if inappropriate
very, very good. I, like other reviewers, only used 4 peppers w/o seeds. I used Sierra Nevada beer. Highly recommended.flag if inappropriate
From all other reviews I can tell not very many people do it the way the recipe calls for it... I follow the recipe and it came out very tasty and nice!... hot, but nice!... cut back on the Chipotle if you don't like it hot... I used Sam Adams Octoberfest... I'll try again with something sweeter like the Bock or Cream Stout... goes great with corn tortilla chips...flag if inappropriate
From all other reviews I can tell not very many people do it the way the recipe calls for it... I follow the recipe and it came out very tasty and nice!... hot, but nice!... cut back on the Chipotle if you don't like it hot... I used Sam Adams Octoberfest... I'll try again with something sweeter like the Bock or Cream Stout... goes great with corn tortilla chips...flag if inappropriate
Used boneless pork chops, added chopped garlic and green bell pepper when I sauteed the onions. Added tomato paste and 1cup beef broth for simmering. Also added chili powder and pinch of sugar, reduced cumin to 1 tsp (don't really like cumin and didn't want it to overpower the dish). Made cornbread to balance it out, cold beer to cool off your tongue!! Was a nice balance of hot (I also only used 4 chipotle peppers de-seeded). Would definitely make it again.flag if inappropriate
I made this for the Superbowl. Tasty! Following some fo the advice of other commenters, I cut back on the chipotles (used four of them, and scraped the seeds out of two. Probably would have scraped the seeds out of all except I forgot until I'd already chopped two up). I also added a small can of tomato paste and a splash of milk (didn't have half-and-half). I used Guinness for the beer and probably used about a can and a half because the liquid kept boiling off. And, I used pork tenderloin because it was what I had on hand. I ended up cooking most of the liquid off, then dumping the pork mixture onto a pile of chips (on a tin-foil-covered baking sheet). I piled shredded monterey jack cheese and salsa on top of that, popped it all under the broiler, and voila! Delicious, smoky chipotle pork nachos! MMMMM.flag if inappropriate
Loved the flavor of this dish! I made some modifications based on the reviews posted. I also used boneless beef short ribs. Here's what I did- After the onions (and garlic), were caramelized, I added 3 tablespoons of tomato paste then deglazed with Guinness beer. I added 1 cup of beef stock, a few sprigs of thyme, the browned meat, 2 chipolte peppers, adobo sauce, cumin, salt & pepper. I brought everything to a simmer, covered and then placed in a 300 degree oven for 2 hours. This dish had layers of flavor, and also had the perfect amount of heat. Serve with flour tortillas, guacamole, shredded cheddar cheese, red beans & rice. Pair it with your favorite margherita! This was a definite crowd pleaser for Superbowl Sunday!flag if inappropriate
Super-easy to make and very spicy - just the way I like it but I can see where it would be too much for some. Great the next day in tortillas with some cabbage, onion, cilantro and lime.flag if inappropriate


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This game's over. We'll win. 8 turnovers; shooting 33%; lose our best player and they can't pull away.
Oh no...
Minke Montgomery beside himself
Given how poorly the first 15 minutes of that half went, I'll take a 5 point deficit.
39-34 at the half. Not bad. Furds have 12 PF's Zimm has 3. Guti needs to step it up.
Absolutely! We shot 36%. They shot 46% and we are down by only 5.
Bears are absolutely the more agressive so lets hope the refs don't start trying to even up[ the fouls
WTF is Thurman doing. Go in and dunk the ball. 3 options
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Sustainable Sustainability
Focus on the year's undisputed overused buzzword: "Sustainable"
by Brian Dunning
Filed under Environment, Fads
|Skeptoid #05
November 1, 2006
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By Brian Dunning, Skeptoid Podcast
Episode 05, November 01, 2006
I bet you didn't know that Skeptoid is a sustainable podcast, delivered over a sustainable Internet, using sustainable networks, and received through your sustainable ears. Now you know. But really you should have known that already, because this year's winner of the meaningless, overused buzzword award has to be the word "sustainable".
To label your product as "sustainable" is to imply that competing products are not sustainable. What this is intended to mean is often pretty vague. Presumably it means that competing products are manufactured from materials that we'll run out of, should current methods and usage continue.
The environmentalists, usually portrayed in the media as the good guys, first coined the phrase to describe products or methods that are generally better for the environment than the competition. Soon the marketing gurus got ahold of the word, and now everything from toothpaste to music to real estate is being sold as "sustainable".
It's so effective, and thus popular, because it's an alarmist term. Calling your product sustainable is not really saying anything about your product; it's clanging the warning bell about the alternative being unsustainable: Can't be sustained! The world is ending! It's like calling your product "hate free" or "cruelty free". In no way is it descriptive of your product, it's simply an underhanded way to insult your competition. As any marketing expert will tell you, people respond much better to a negative than to a positive.
One gross overusage of the term is "sustainable agriculture", used almost exclusively by those selling organic crops. Organic agriculture is certainly sustainable, so long as a third of the world's population is willing to die off so the rest of us can eat. As with many people who use the word sustainable, proponents of organic foods aren't really saying anything particular about their product, they're trying to frighten you into thinking that modern advanced farming methods will somehow destroy or deplete the environment, and are thus "unsustainable". Ironically, the reverse is closer to the truth. Among other benefits, modern hybridized crops are designed for specific soil types, and to leave those soils less depleted so that they can be replanted for more seasons before being rotated. So-called sustainable agriculture is, in fact, far less sustainable than the planting of crops that have been optimized to thrive in the available conditions.
The word "organic" is itself the same kind of deceptive marketing: intended to trick you into thinking the alternative is somehow not organic. Strictly speaking, all plants and animals are organic, according to the word's true definition. When you hear any product defined only by a vague buzzword, be skeptical.
You also hear a lot about sustainable fuels for cars. This usually refers to biodiesel and ethanol, since they come from renewable resources instead of a limited resource, natural petroleum. In this sense, the production of biodiesel and ethanol is certainly more sustainable than gasoline, since we'll always be able to grow them. However, they have a show-stopping drawback. Burning biodiesel or ethanol in our cars exhausts the most significant greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the air — just like gasoline does. So even if we switched all of our cars over to biodiesel and ethanol tomorrow, down the road we'll be no better off. The production of biodiesel and ethanol might be sustainable, but their usage is absolutely not. This is a great example of why you need to bring a skeptical attitude when you hear the word "sustainable". Are the environmentalists promoting biodiesel really looking out for what's healthiest for the earth, or do they have some other motivation, possibly political, possibly economic, possibly philosophic?
The word sustainable has become so pervasive that its usage is often just plain silly. Colgate recently purchased a company that makes sustainable toothpaste. It contains bone powder. Does an intelligent person really think that it's unsustainable to make toothpaste any other way?
Sustainable tourism is being marketed everywhere. It usually describes destinations where the attractions are generally undeveloped, like the Amazon. It is really unsustainable to vacation in developed destinations like Paris or Tokyo?
Sustainable economics are particularly bizarre. Google the term, and you'll find that it's used largely to refer to wealth redistribution. Has communism really proven to be more sustainable than capitalism?
A prominent automotive magazine recently tested four "sustainable sport sedans". Are four cars that get marginally better gas mileage than other similar cars — none of which are particularly great — honestly the only type of vehicles whose production can be sustained?
Sustainable music is also all over the Internet. In one case, it means the guy makes his own instruments. Is "sustainable" really the word that best describes that? Playing an instrument someone else made is not sustainable? In other cases, it refers to songs about anticorporatism. Is it truly impossible to sustain the playing of music about other themes?
I found a web site offering sustainable real estate. Two of the houses were built of corn cobs and hay bales (I wish I was making this up). I'll ask the Big Bad Wolf how sustainable that type of engineering is.
There's no doubt that doing things in a truly sustainable way is good. Accomplishing a worthy goal in a way that's infinitely repeatable is best, and that's what sustainable really means. True sustainability might violate the laws of thermodynamics, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. It's still a good goal, and as such, sustainability deserves not to be diluted into a meaningless buzzword. Thus, true environmentalists should be the first ones to object to the misleading pop-culture usages of the word that we see every 2 minutes. When you hear it, be skeptical. Figure out what they're really trying to say, and what their motivation is. And for God's sake, don't buy any bone-powder toothpaste just because it says "sustainable" on the package.
© 2006 Skeptoid Media
References & Further Reading
Edwards, A., Orr, D. The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2005.
Gerard, Jasper. "Sustainable? Over-use of the word will run out." UK Telegraph. 2 May 2008, Editorial.
Hawken, Paul. The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
Lafleche, Daniel. "Sustainable Development - What Does it Mean and Who Wants To Tell You?" Ezine Articles. EzineArticles.com, 7 Feb. 2008. Web. 14 Jan. 2010. <http://ezinearticles.com/973172>
Morris, J. Sustainable development: Promoting progress or perpetuating poverty. Coventry: Profile, 2002.
Wilson, S. "Energy Guy: What is Sustainability?" Iowa Newspapers. 30 Oct. 2010, Volume 1.
Woodward, D., McClure, J. "The Sustainability Problem." Develop for the Long Term. McClure Consulting, LLC, 11 Aug. 2010. Web. 6 Nov. 2010. <http://www.developforthelongterm.com/the-sustainability-problem.html>
Reference this article:
Dunning, B. "Sustainable Sustainability." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 1 Nov 2006. Web. 9 Oct 2015. <http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4005>
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To hammer the "dangers" of coal home, we should note that there was the omminous "killer fog" of '52 in which the fog from battersea power station (beautiful building, you can still see it from trains heading from Victoria to dover or margate. Ask Tom, he can probably talk about for hours if you ask him nicely)killed 12,000 people in a few days.
12,000 people. Killed by smoke. The Cybermen didnt manage to kill that many people there in Doctor Who.
Sustainability is or is not a buzz word depending on usage. Sustainable energy? Correct usage. Sustainable webpages? Or advertising? Buzz words.
That was before carbon capture technology was produced, so we have to ask if the same dangers need result from the danger.
And if we are going down the dr who road, how about geothermal power? The experimental shaft in Manchester science Centre will, through heat pumps/exchange will produce a truly sustainable source of energy. Heat from the earths inner crusts.
If we produced the technology on a vast scale? Entire cities relying not on nuclear power, but a simple bore hole to produce super heated steam to turn turbines. That would last as long as the earth turns. That need only be capped in an emergency. Awsome.
The biggest overall problem is that we can't wait. We need vastly more power now. Worldwide energy production is lagging way behind need. Even advanced countries like Italy already have not enough and too expensive power.
When you come to third world countries the need is even more desperate. Only a state with abundant power can become a prosperous state. There is a desperate need for more advanced countries to assist backward and poorer ones get over the first step into becoming high tech societies. It will take far greater generosity than "loans"
To date we have nothing like developed technology that is generally acceptable to solve the problems. Nuclear power might, but only in a climate of present unpopularity - and techniques such as geothermal are simply too far into the future one fears
Perhaps it is time for a high powered international forum on energy production. Internationally we really need to know where we are going. Here in Australia many of us worry that in exporting energy producing materials to power the world - vast amounts of coal, gas, uranium - our Governments are allowing our children's heritage to be stolen. It is not for one nation to be another nations quarry - or coal mine
You made a reference to biodiesel and the carbon dioxide it generates, being just as bad as the carbon dioxide from petro diesel. That in itself is true, what makes biodiesel more sustainable (and I hate that word) is that we re-capture that carbon dioxide in the next growing season when we grow more soybeans to make more biodiesel. It's a much more closed loop.
(I'm a chemist at a biodiesel plant in Ontario)
David is essentially correct in that biofuels are recycled CO2.
I would encourage Phi to expand his nuclear fuels and their recycling in his argument.
I am sick of trying to explain it to the masses.
Suffice to say, if modular technology is going to race away (as the Russians would love), we are all going to start hearing about waste burning technologies soon enough.
As if I am the worst party pooper as it is, bringing up nuclear and having my background, makes me look as if I have salted icecreams at every faux green (read Australians trying to look green) gathering.
30 years of that makes me say quite happily; "Phi, lose the slight alternative views you express from time to time and run off with this nuclear bone".
I can supply organic salt for icecream parties.
Nature has all the capabilities and capacities to control but for man and this makes whole world really unsustainable.
Mohan Chnadra Pargaien, India, Hyderabad
February 20, 2012 7:46am
XKCD has a great comic about this issue:
Just thought I'd put that out there. There are other comics in that series that have to do with some of the subjects in the various podcasts.
The bio-fuels and CO2 argument seems to forget that we don't just throw plants into our engines, we need to reap, transport and process the material and each stage has energy and CO2 costs!!!
Plus you are using a crop for one purpose, whereas with fossil oil processing we get much more than just fuel for cars;, plastics and chemicals - like detergents - for example.
Until we have cars that we can just feed oats or beans to bio-fuels will still have a carbon price beyond that of just the crops. Even then the efficiencies of plants as fuel is not great, anyone realize how much fodder a horse needs for a long journey in lands where we can't just let it graze for hours on a friendly farmer's land? lol
Then of course we have a rapidly growing human population and limited land to grow crops on, who decides who doesn't get to eat in preference for rich countries energy needs?
Organic food still makes me laugh, you'd think all the growers were benevolent charitable types, spreading the good word and giving away their crops - instead of the big businessmen that many indeed are.
Add up all the current Kumbaya camp-fire-singing-feel-good idealism of the whole sustainable movement and it's goodbye to the modern technological world - and someone somewhere has to decide which people are not going to eat.
True, something needs to be done but, as big a polluter as the 'developed' world is, it is a global problem and many less developed countries are not interested.
David "sheeple" Healey, Maidenhead, UK
October 8, 2012 9:56am
re bio fuels, on site reclamation or sewage recycling..Sewage, produce methane conversion + lipids extraction with GM/E and plant nutrients to fertilizer solvrs plant (and an animal breeding/storing/ raising facility is a plant (sorry to the bleeding hearts there) and phosphate recycling to NPK.
Growing corn, beans or grass to make biofuels may work but its a hell of a lean conversion. Mind you, with corn/barley/wheat mashes being used as pollution, on sire or to sewer on conversion makes for increased efficiencies.
The nuclear waste recycling is even easier.
as to the rest David, you are about 40 years out of date. Then cornahol and sword grass conversion as a front line is a bit (or even a never) "eager"
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January 28, 2013 9:13pm
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Details of the plan were revealed when the college and the society shared a stand at the Back to Our Past show at the RDS in Dublin.
The goal of the research is to assemble a collection of DNA samples from people of Irish origin, which will be used to analyze a genetic variation in the overall Irish population.
The overall study is to glean what the genetic signature of being Irish is through a DNA atlas that will be constructed from a compilation of conventional genealogical details matched up with DNA samples from people who will take part in the project.
People selected to participate need to be able to trace their family tree to include all eight great-grandparents, as well as, to be able to link them to a tight geographical area of about 30km radius. If this can be done, they will also be asked to contribute a DNA sample taken as a simple mouth swab.
At the very least the study will show the diversity of the Irish genome and associate the information across geographical areas both North and South. Migration and settlement patterns will also be revealed.
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|Salam, I have a question regarding our prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the Bible. In the Song of Solomon, chapter 5 verse 16, we read in Hebrew: "Hikko Mamittakim we kullo Muhammadim Zehdoodeh wa Zehraee Bayna Jerusalem." It means "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem." Islamic scholars claim "Muhammadim" is one of the places where Prophet (PBUH) is mentioned in the Bible. However, Christians claim that it does not refer to Muhammad because the whole chapter is about man-woman love story. So, is it Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who is meant by "Muhammadim" in the Song of Solomon?
|Shahul Hameed
Thank you for your question.
Muslims believe that the Quran is the Last Testament of Allah and it is the confirmation and completion of the Guidance of Allah to humanity contained in the previous Books.
Muslim scholars have noted clear and undeniable prophecies found in the Bible (both Jewish and Christian) about the coming of the final prophet. When these verses are quoted, the usual response of many Jews and Christians is a staunch denial of any such possibility.
And among those who have cared to examine the Muslim evidences were unbiased persons who were eventually convinced of the truth of Islam and have subsequently become Muslims.
As you have said, one of these prophetic verses is from the Song of Solomon. Before we explain the context and meaning of the quoted verse, we need to understand the subject of the Song of Solomon, and why it is considered a holy book inspired by God Almighty.
Here, I quote the learned view of a Christian Bible scholar on the Song of Solomon:
"This book has received more varied interpretations than perhaps any other book in the Bible. Some writers believe it presents the reader with the "greatest hermeneutical challenge in the Old Testament. One excellent exegete called it "the most obscure book in the Old Testament" (Franz Delitzsch: Biblical Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes, quoted by Dr Thomas L. Constable in his Notes on Song of Solomon)
There is no doubt that the Song of Solomon has a unique place among the books of the Bible because it is a love poem. Naturally, no one expects a love poem to be part of the Book revealed by God Almighty. Let us consider this question from the Christian point of view:
The Christian scholars quote the following verse from Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy as giving clear criteria for judging inspired scripture:
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness." (2 Timothy 3:16, KJV)
The Song is apparently sung by Solomon in admiration of one woman, and it depicts faithful love to that woman; but Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3). This fact alone should be enough to cast doubts on the claim that Solomon wrote the Song in admiration of his sweetheart — i.e. a single person — glorifying fidelity and sincerity in love.
The only possible apology for the inclusion of the Song in the Bible can come from the view that it is an allegory. A majority of interpreters favor this view.
To them, what the writer said was only a symbolic husk for a deeper spiritual meaning that the reader must discover. (Greg W. Parsons: "Guidelines for Understanding and Utilizing the Song of Songs," Bibliotheca Sacra 156:624 (October-December 1999):399-422; quoted by Dr Thomas L. Constable in his Notes on Song of Solomon)
Viewed from this angle, it would be wrong to take the Song of Solomon literally. Chiefly, because a love story for the sake of a love story does not have any place in scripture.
This means that the Christians have to take one of the two reasonable positions: Either they should consider the Song of Songs as non-canonical and reject it as possessing any scriptural value, or they should be prepared to accept it as an allegory, where language is used symbolically. And then the love story suddenly takes on new meanings which it did not possess before.
And remember, a symbol is "something used for or regarded as representing something else" (Dictionary.com).
Now, let us take a closer look at the verse quoted:
"His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem." (Song of Solomon 5:16)
The original Hebrew Bible has "Muhammadim" in the place of "altogether lovely", but the translators rendered it "altogether lovely". It should have been "the Praised One" — that is the correct meaning of "Muhammadim". At the same time, "Muhammadim" happens to contain the name of the final prophet in Arabic too. This is what Muslims are quick to point out.
They (with very few exceptions) do not study the context of the expression as found in the present Bible. The Christian contention is that the context does not warrant any one to claim that there is a clear reference here to the final prophet.
Now, after considering the whole of the Song of Solomon and the context of the verse, we can say that if we take the Song as an allegory, and the epithet, "Muhammadim" as a description of "the beloved", it is possible that the beloved is someone for whom a nation — or the world — was waiting (for instance). And as has been argued above, there is a strong case for that.
I want to underscore this point again. The Christian claim about the Song of Solomon, that it just tells a good love story, seems to contradict their defense of the Song as divinely inspired as the rest of the Bible.
It follows logically that either the Song of Solomon is not divinely inspired, or there is a possibility of "Muhammadim" being a reference to the Last Prophet Muhammad.
I hope this answers your questions. Please keep in touch.
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