text: Inkleach's Wall User Forums User News Links Comments: 1 Total Stars: 0 Messages Please log in or become a member to add a post. Websites No websites added. Recent Public Comments Forum: Streetlights going off above me...Posted:12/18/2012 5:17:55 PMHey,been kicking about this site for a good while now but never had anything worthwhile to post about. But since I've moved house I've been experiencing something weird, so now I'm signed up an hope somebody has some info on this. Just outside my house is a long straight road, a good 10 min walk. Streetlights on both sides of the road which you can make out pretty much to the end of the road. Over the last 2 months, not every time, but 9 times out of 10 there is a certain lamppost that goes off whenever I'm directly underneath it. My partner thought it might just be something wrong with the light that happens at that certain time every night,as I walk past at roughly the same time every night. So I put that theory to the test and walked the dog along at several different times,and the light went off almost every time. Also,because I can see right along to the end of the road..I know it hasn't went off as I'm walking along.just as I'm passing under it. I shrugged it off after a while but the light closer to my house has started to do the same, only when I walk past it. Really can't think of an explanation for this...not sure if this can even be classed as paranormal. Hopefully someone can help with any experience of this. Thanks for reading this boring wall of text either way!


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SAAB 900 required for filming in Sussex 28th Apr to 2nd May
Hello everyone, The SOC been contacted by a gentleman through our SOC GB Driver magazine publishers who is desperate for your help.
John is looking for a characterful late 1980s to early 1990s SAAB 900 to star in a short film on location around Sussex between April the 28th and May 2nd. Anyone who owns such a car and can help John out, you can contact him directly on the email address left in his advert below.
John is prepared to pay expenses.
Kindest regards
Practical Classic Restoration and Classic Car Show
The Saab Owners Club GB would like to thank all those that came along and said hello to the team on the stand. We would especially like to welcome the many new members that signed up over the weekend.
The Saab Owners Club GB are proud to announce that the online booking for 'Saabs in Wales' is now officially open.
You can register online by filling in the online booking form HERE or alternatively you can download the booking form HERE
The 2016 Saab International will be held in Sweden at Lake Vättern in Vadstena, 12-14 August 2015.
For full details go to the Saab International 2016 Website,
For those looking even further ahead the 2017 International will be in Trier in Germany.
|Sun May 08
Ebor Saab Penshaw Monument Run
|Sun May 08 @19:00 - 10:30PM
Lancashire Saab August Monthly Meet
|Sun May 22 @08:15 - 05:00PM
Berks Hants & Oxon Convoy to Swedish Day
|Sun May 22 @10:00 - 05:00PM
Swedish Day 2016
|Sun May 29 @14:00 - 04:00PM
Essex Group Monthly Meet
As the final round, the Galloway Hills Rally was not a scoring round for us and my driver took the decision not to contest it, giving me a chance to dust off the 99 for another blast through the woods. Martin MacCabe, a Scottish Championship regular kindly agreed to read the notes. With a two car team bolstered by Grant Inglis in his lovely new MK2 Escort we made a good spectacle as the service barges towed us into the Rally HQ in the pretty town of Castle Douglas.
Saab 99 Group 1 Tuning Kit
Many new members to the Club ask the same question - "Who is Erik Carlsson?" I suppose a lot of people who were not around in the 60s have never heard of him even though this giant of a man is often referred to as "Mr SAAB".
Erik was born in 1929 in Trollhattan, Sweden, not far from the SAAB factory, but at that time the factory was only producing aircraft. Erik was 20 when production of the first SAAB cars started. His first passion was motorbikes, he bought a Norton 500 new when he was 18 from Nystrom's where he was working. Pelle Nystrom was the Norton importer for Sweden. At weekends he took part in hillclimbs, motorcross, road racing and, during the winter, ice track racing.
South Yorkshire Saab currently do not have regular meetings but please contact Keith Long for any information of any Saab related events.
Contact: Keith Long
Although there is no formal Branch currently in operation, Largly as a result of the sheer geographical spread of members across this area!
There are no regular meetings but there is usually an SOC 'presence' at gatherings organised by other clubs, motor museums or advertised on web forums (such as UKSaabs or Saab V4 Web).
The dates known so far for 2016 at which we will aim to be represented are:
Should anyone wish to hook up with other Saab enthusiasts in the North of Scotland please contact:
Derek Darnell
East Sussex Saab is run by its members, for its members.
Come and join us at our meet and chat with like minded individuals about all things Saab.
We meet every month at different location so please check the events calendar or our website.
Contact: Toby Field
Telephone: 01323 651032
Website: www.eastsussexsaab.co.uk
Please use the form for general enquires about the club. For specific Saab related enquiries it may be quicker to contact the appropriate Saab Registrar. For membership related issues please email firstname.lastname@example.com
If your question is not specifically related to the club itself please give your membership number. We are unable to respond to general questions from non-members.

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- "A fried egg sanger with mayonnaise will sort it."
- — Maccer.
Don Peyote is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It's given by The Truth to protagonist Carl Johnson from outside The Four Dragons Casino, a casino located along The Strip in Las Venturas, San Andreas.
Carl receives an unexpected phone call from The Truth. Apparently, he, a band and their manager went on a "peyote safari" in the desert last night. He tells Carl that he's in Los Santos, not knowing how he got there, and he doesn't know what happened to the other people. So, he instructs Carl to go to Arco del Oeste and pick them up, making sure they're safe.
Carl grabs a vehicle and heads out to Bone County. Once atop Arco del Oeste, he starts looking for the band's frontman and the manager by shouting. The band's frontman, Maccer, directs him to where he and his manager, Kent Paul, are. Apparently, they passed out from all the drugs, while Carl offers them a ride to town. Kent Paul tells Carl to take them to Caligula's Palace where his friend, Ken Rosenberg, is working.
Carl picks up a vehicle that can at least seat the two of them and fetches the two, since Maccer can't walk much. Carl and Kent Paul ask where are the other members of the band; Maccer narrates that he only remembers snakes, so Carl takes them to the Snake Farm west of Verdant Meadows. Once there, a few people notice Maccer and Kent Paul; they did some things to them last night, so they shoot at the three with guns. They escape to their vehicle, and Carl takes them to Rosenberg's place at The Strip.
Once there, they go inside and make their way to the office. They find Ken, who's apparently in a tough situation. Kent Paul introduces him to Maccer and Carl. Rosenberg then explains he's in a very depressing and tough situation right now. Every Mafia family is pressuring Rosenberg, and, to make things "worse", Kent Paul is here to witness it. Kent Paul decides to give Carl a call later, in case they need help.
As Carl goes outside the casino, he calls Wu Zi Mu. Carl has thought of a plan to explore Caligula's without being too suspicious for the planned heist. He'll meet him soon.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go find Paul and Maccer
- You need to find a vehicle with at least two passenger seats
- Go and pick up Paul and Maccer
- Take Paul and Maccer to the snake farm
- Get them back to Rosie's casino in Las Venturas
Post mission phone call
Carl Johnson: Halo.
Kent Paul: Awright, Carl - it's me, Paulo. Listen, Rosie's in a tangle, and I think you're the geezer to sort it out for us, OK, sunshine? Slip round the office and see me, double quick.
Carl Johnson: Yeah, thanks man, I appreciate the opportunity.
The reward for this mission is an increase in respect. The mission Intensive Care is unlocked and a new mission icon appears in Caligula's.
- If CJ fails the mission and tries it again, the player has the ability to skip to the scene where CJ finds Paul and Maccer.
- Although the player can optionally take any vehicle to the pick-up point, in order to complete the mission a four-door vehicle is needed so Paul and Maccer can both ride.
- The cowboys will chase CJ in their vehicles, and may even follow him overland.
- After the player has picked up Paul and Maccer, Paul will say that he's not feeling right, in response, Maccer will deliberately suggest that he should eat greasy food. As a result, Paul will demand that the player pull over and he will get out of the car and vomit. If the player does not pull over, Paul will vomit in the vehicle, triggering some interesting dialogue.
- If the player lets the cowboys chase them to the casino, a fistfight ensues between Paul, Maccer, CJ and the chasers.
- After Paul throws up, Maccer tells CJ to stop the car so he can urinate. If CJ doesn't stop the car, Paul will tell Maccer to "point it out the window". If the CJ does stop the car, Maccer will get out and urinate for a few seconds, before going back inside.
- Despite being a relatively major plot point, the player does not ever find out what had happened to the rest of the 'Gurning Chimps'. It is presumed that they are playing together again as in 1998, Head Radio DJ Michael Hunt comments about one of their recent concerts in Liberty City.
- When Maccer questions about finding the rest of the band, Kent replies saying to hope that they made it to civilization and keyboardists and drummers are a "ten-a-penny away". This is likely referring that Officer Tenpenny would be around in Las Venturas soon (which would turn out to be true in Misappropriation).
- The mission can easily be finished if a Maverick is used to pick up Maccer and Paul. Just be careful landing at the snake farm and upon arriving at Caligula's.
- The Peyote is now a car in GTA IV.
- The intro of going out into the desert with a band to do peyote and getting lost, and the man on the phones voice (being similar to Jim Morrison's) are obvious references to Oliver Stone's biopic about the band The Doors, released in 1991.


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Characteristic Cogengrass circular infestations are often targets of herbicides. Credit: Greg Leach
A herbicide is any of a number of chemical substances intended to kill vegetation. Since the vast majority of herbicides are non-selective in their lethal action, there may be widespread adverse ecological consequences from their use. These outcomes include not only organism death, but may involve mutagenic, developmental and carcinogenic effects to animals and plants.
Herbicides are in broad use for agriculture, golf courses, utility corridors, residential and other land uses. The earliest herbicides were inorganic chemical substances, although modern herbicides are dominated by organic compounds. Presently, there is massive application of chemical herbicides; in the USA alone 480 million kilograms are applied annually.
Widespread herbicide use beginning in the 1940s is responsible for numerous species extinctions, including birds, amphibians, fish and arthropods. In many cases, herbicide use is a contributory cause along with habitat destruction to species endangerment. Many herbicides have persistent effects in the environment, retaining their toxicity as they remain in soils for decades in some cases; furthermore, some herbicides are highly soluble, so that they may enter aquatic systems, where non-selective lethal effects can occur. Often the herbicides undergo chemical change after release into the environment; in some cases, the altered chemicals may have different toxicity effects upon plants and animals. Herbicide use has been linked to certain human diseases and mortality, as well as some types of reproductive and endocrine system impacts.
Environmental accumulation
Soil treated with salt herbicide may
may become sterile to all life. Even though herbicides are intended for certain plant organisms, the net result of their use is accumulation in large amounts in the environment (for example, the soil, aquatic, biotic and atmospheric systems). These effects are amplified by the following phenenoma: (a) high solubility of many classes of herbicides; (b) magnification of concentrations of herbicides upon entry into the food chain and successive concentriation in lipids for higher species in that chain; and (c) persistence of many herbicides and transformation to other harmful metabolites upon residence in soil, water and biota.
In surface waters of the world atrazine and 2,4 D are ubiquitous, even in western countries that have generally stringent water quality criteria. Atrazine is generally toxic to most fish species at concentrations on the order of one part per billion in water. To understand the magnitude of the ocean accumulation, note that in one month of peak discharge 650 metric tons of herbicide are discharged to the Gulf of Mexico.
A-D. Weed growth on agricultural field; E-F. Field application of herbicide Source: Saikat Basu, own work.
Herbicides are taken up by not only plant, but also animal and bacterial organisms. The process often results in toxicity to the uptake organism, and may engender a chemical transformation in the herbicide itself. These chemical changes are important not only to understand the toxicity within the affected organism, but also to analyze the persistence of each herbicide in the environment and the generation of metabolites that may have different ecological effects from the original herbicide.
Very few herbicides are stable within living organisms. Only the chlorinated aliphatic molecules and glyphosate evince strong stability. For the rest, linkages of alkyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, amido, nitrile, or halogenated groups are subject to enzymatic or chemical attack via hydrolysis or redox reactions; subsequently, these reactive sites may enable conjugation with sugars, amino acids and thiol-peptides. Generally plants cannot break down aromatic rings, although bacteria are often quite adept at such biotransformation.
Ecological effects
Bioaccumulative effects in plants and higher animals are well known, whereby plants can typically concentrate an herbicide or heavy metal by a factor of 1000 from its environmental concentration in soil or water; correspondingly, higher animals can concentrate a given herbicide by a factor of 2000. Many classes of herbicides act across a wide variety of species. Organo-chlorine compounds, for example, act broadly to inhibit cellular adenosine triphosphatase activity that broadly underlies animal metabolism, and these substances also interfere with fundamental renal and liver function.
Dicamba is toxic to mammals by ingestion or inhalation; it is also toxic to coldwater fishes when present in water bodies. Glyphosate was originally thought to have low ecological impacts, but is now known to have significant adverse impacts upon amphibians, fish, beneficial insects and nitrogen fixing bacteria. Many aliphatics such as acrolein are strongly toxic to fish and wildlife.
While the preponderance of ecological impacts are strictly deleterious, there are a number of lower organisms whose growth is actually stimulated by herbicide treatment. In particular some bacteria, fungi, mites, nematodes and springtails evince initial growth flourishes upon treatment by a minority of herbicides. It is unclear, however, whether longer term deleterious mutations and fitness reductions are masked by initial growth spurts that are in response to initial stimulation.
Malformations in amphibians are common
outcomes of herbicide exposure. Amphibians are sensitive to many herbicides and their populations have experienced significant decline, and are known to have occasioned mutagenic and reproductive effects from herbicide exposure. Habitat degradation and fragmentation are the greatest sources of amphibian population decline, but herbicides are important contributory factors to such habitat degradation. There are many mechanisms associated with herbicidal action upon amphibians including interference with enzyme activity and mutations, both of which reduce behavioral and reproductive fitness, and hence generally lead to amphibian population declines.
It should be noted that research illustrates herbicide action is likely to be synergistically negative upon amphibian populations with other stressors including parasites, nitrate fertilizer addition to aquatic habitats and climatic oscillations. Atrazine, a very common herbicide, is known to produce de-masculation, birth abnormalities and estrogen imbalance in certain frog species, including the Northern leopard frog.
American minnow is sensitive to low concentrations
of atrazine and toxophene. USGS Many herbicides are toxic to fish at very low concentrations; for example, toxaphene is lethal to the American minnow (Pimephales promelas) at concentrations on the order of 50 nanograms per liter in natural waters. A number of herbicides are known to induce hepatic and renal lesions in fish; detailed attribution to specific herbicides is often difficult, since it is common for several herbicides to be found in a given aquatic environment. In systematic analyses of mass fish kills, it is characteristic that herbicide and pesticide causes are responsible for the majority of such mass kill incidents. The common herbicide atrazine also induces abnormal tissue growth, reduction in egg production and hormonal change in P. promelas, for concentration levels substantially less than the U.S. EPA chronic exposure limits. Trifluralin is toxic to many fish species, having a 96 hour LC50 of 20 parts per billion for Rainbow trout.
The Peregrine Falcon became endangered due
to herbicide and pesticide use from 1950 to 1980
Source: Kevin Cole Numerous bird species whose populations are in serious decline have been studied intensively for causation; an extremely high fraction of these cases have demonstrated that herbicide use is implicated in the decline or entrance into an extinction vortex. Due to sucessive concentration of herbicides in the food chain, raptors are exceptionally vulnerable to its persistance in the environment; notable victims of herbicide use include the Peregrine Falcon, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Coopers Hawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Osprey, Bald Eagle, and White-tailed Eagle. Such other species as Brown Pelicans and several Heron species are subject to significant mortality from herbide use.
Some herbicides—for example organophosphates—are extremely toxic to avafauna. Diazinon, for example is one hundred times more toxic to birds than mammals on a dosage basis; as an example from one observation set, 900 Canada geese were killed from a flock of 2500 due to diazinon application in one localized wintering area. Diazinon's use has been banned in many locations where bird populations are already rare or endangered, or where notice has been taken of its lethality.
As early as 1966 the National Cancer Insitute conducted research indicating the herbicides 2,4 D and
2.4,5 T induce abnormal fetuses in mice and rats; these syndromes include increased fetus death, as well as eyeless fetuses, occurrences of cleft palates, systic kidneys and enlarged palates. Other studies with reindeer and golden hamsters have shown tetragenic and mutation effects of 2.4 D and 2,4,5 T. Furthermore, these same two herbicides cause eye lesions in most mammals.
Paraquat and diquat are two herbicides known to be toxic to mammals. Sethyoxydim in as low a dosage of 40 parts per million has been shown to decrease litter size, reduce fetal weights, cause severe maternal weight loss, increased fetal resorptions and spontaneous abortions in rabbits; this same herbicide causes liver and bone marrow toxicity in dogs.
A fundamental outcome of herbicide use is dramatic reduction of numbers of insects, in many cases due simply to large scale reduction in host plant organisms; a more basic truism is the reduction in biodiversity as a consequence of the success of vast expanses of "weed free" crops. It is precisely the presence of diverse flora in untreated areas that gives rise to the greatest diversity and abundance of insects. Pollinating insects, including bees, have shown particular vulnerability to herbicide applications. Colony collapse disorder, or the widespread reduction in honeybee populations, are suggested as linked to intensive herbicide use as a causative factor, likely due to the large reduction of forage habitat to honeybees; monocultures produced by effective herbicide use are not suitable for multi-season pollen forage required by honeybees. The LD50 dose of propanil for bee toxicity is 240 micrograms per bee. Even glyphosate is known to be toxic to bees at the level of 0.1 milligram per bee. 2,4-D is highly toxic to bees, with lethality occurring at a dose of eleven micrograms per bee.
Herbicides have toxic effects on aquatic arthropods; for example, trifluorin is toxic to daphnia, a group of small aquatic crustaceans at dosage of one half part per million for the 96 hour LC50. Paraquat has a similar level of toxicity to daphnia, evincing a 96 hour LC50 of 1.2 parts per million.
Endangered Pimelea spicata: extinction
threatened by glyphosate. Source: Peter Halasz Since most herbicides are notably non-selective, there are massive adverse impacts to native vegetation from the broad scale worldwide use of herbicides. Many plant communities are significantly damaged and fragmented, with particular impacts on rare and endangered flora, which have a limited range and limited number of metapopulations. Roadside spraying and aerial application of crop herbicides are particularly responsible for major losses of individual species, as well as habitat area.
Unintended consequences of herbicidal control of invasive plants can cause endangerment or extirpation of entire populations of endangered plants. For example, the endangered shrub, Pimelea spicata, has had entire metapopulations endangered by glyphosate applications intended to eradicate bitou bush.
Human health effects
One of the most widely used herbicides is 2,4-D, which has been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. One Southeast Asian study with over 3000 subjects showed the rated of birth defects quadrupled with exposure to one parent of the herbicide 2,4,5-T . Paraquat is a well established human toxin, whose lethal ingestion dose may be as low as 1.5 grams; death usually occurs from respiratory or renal failure.
Studies in 2008 found atrazine to increase gene activity linked to abnormal human birth weight when over-expressed in the placenta. Atrazine, the second most common herbicide applied in the USA, also targeted a gene that has been amplified in the uterus of women with unexplained infertility. 2,4-D a common herbicide and 2,4,5-T are implicated in human reproductive failure and miscarriage according to reports in the New York Times. In a Minnesota study of 1537 children, parental exposure to glyphosate was correlated with increased birth defects. Pre-natal exposure to the herbicide nitrofen has produced increased mortality of babies, with noted malformations of cardiac tissue.
A number of herbicides exhibit pronounced carcinogenic effects that pose risks for consumers and farmworkers. For example, epidemiological research shows increased risk of cancer, notably soft-tissue sarcomas and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, in people occupationally exposed to chlorophenoxy herbicides. Triazine herbicide exposure has evinced strong correlation with increases in breast cancer incidence.
The herbicide glyphosate is most often applied under the formulation and trade name of Roundup, a substance which produces symtoms of sore throat, abdominal pain and vomiting; however, it is thought that some of these effects are due to the presence of the surfactant polyoxyethyleneamine.
For the herbicide alachlor the EPA has recognized skin and eye irritation; renal, spleen and liver damage risk; and cancer of the lining of nasal cavity and eyelids. The use of alachlor as a herbicide has been banned by the European Union.
Worldwide view
Herbicides are widely used worldwide, with the earliest uses arising in developed countries; application methods typically involve aerial spraying or truck-borne spray rigs. The earliest uses involved many chemicals that are persistent in the environment. In western countries the use of many persistent herbicides toxic to animals have been banned, but many of these substances such as DDT remain in widespread use in China, Brazil, India and many underdeveloped countries.
Herbicides were a cornerstone feature of the so-called green revolution which promised the increase of crop production in the 1970s. Unfortunately the green revolution resulted in unintended consequences of massive ecological damage, extensive herbicide and pesticide soil residues and prdigious loss of topsoils concomitant with the tillage practices associated with these intensive chemical practices. In many world locations, such as the North China Plain, the green revolution actually produced unsustainable peaks in production, such that crop yields have been systematically declining for the last two decades.
In Europe, over 64,000 tonnes of herbicide per annum are applied to agricultural uses, with France and Germany the principal users of herbicides; however, on a land intensity basis, both Belgium and the Netherlands exceed the French and German per hectare application. Triazines are the most common type of herbicides used in Europe, although some european countries began a ban on certain triazines starting in the 1990s.
In North America, triazines are the most commonly used class of herbicide for the USA. However, glyphosate is extremely widely used in the USA as well, with an estimated application of over 100 million pounds per annum.
In Asia, triazines are highly widespread, being the most applied herbicide in China.
Classes of herbicides
There are a large number of chemical compounds in use as herbicides including organic and inorganic molecules.
Organic chemicals
Molecular structure of the herbicide 2,4-D Phenoxycarboxylic acids
This class includes phenoxyacetic acids as well as phenoxypropionic and phenoxybutyric acid herbicides. The most well known chemical of this group is 2,4 D, a rather water soluble phenoxyacetic acid. Also in this group is 2,4,5-T, the main ingredient in Agent Orange, a well known defoliant used in the Vietnam War.
Upon degradation, all phenoxycarboxylic acids undergo hydrolysis and the respective substituted phenols being the chief metabolites, which are deemed persistent in the environment because of the number of chlorine atoms. Phenoxyacetic acids are important plant growth regulators, which disrupt plant protein synthesis and hormone balance.
Salvia reflexa, a species targeted by benzoates.
Source: G.A.Cooper, USDA
This is a relatively recent class of herbicides, only becoming recognized in the 1990s. The most notable element of the class is pyrithiobac, which can control plant species within the genus Amaranthus and other broadleaf herbs such as Salvia reflexa, Senna occidentalis and Sida spinosa.
Dichlobenil and some of the hydroxybenzonnitriles are the most widely used benzonitriles. The killing effects of substituted iodine are especially pronounced. Benzonitriles act by photosynthetic inhibition and by interruption of oxidative phosphorylation. The benzonitriles are used chiefly as selective post-emergent chemicals, primarily in grain farming.
Bentazon, first introduced to commercial use in 1968, is the prime example of this herbicide class. This molecule was advanced for application for cereal crop purposes to combat weed species resistant to 2,4-D. It is specifically utilized for soybeans, maize, wheat, barley and rice farming. Bentazon is a particularly lethal molecule with respect to post-emergent application to compositae, Convolvulaceae, Brassicaceae, Cyperaceae, Amaranthaceae, Solanaceae, Polygonaceae and Ambrosiaceae families.
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is linked to triazine. The chief compounds within this class are chlortriazines and methylthiotriazines. The killing efficacy of triazines increase with the introduction of methoxy, chloro or alkylthiogroups into the molecule. As a class the triazines are diverse with respect to their persistence and selectivity. The chief mechanism of action is inhibition of photosynthesis. Major uses of triazines are in the tropics for corn cultivation. Even though triazines are subject to photodegradation, soil persistence is notable, since all residues do not remain on the surface. Metabolites of the triazines are frequently found in groundwater where the triazines have been applied.
Acetochlor is a prominent example of this herbicide class; it may be used in pre- or post-emergent treatments of most annual grasses and an assortment of broadleaf vegetation. The first chlorinated acetamide to be used was alachlor, which is employed in a range of agricultural applications including soybeans, groundnuts, sorghum, maize and cotton crops. Butachlor is invoked for growing rice as well as sorghum, groundnuts and potatoes.
Aliphatics such as acrolein have been used since the 1930s, but chiefly in control of aquatic vegetation. Dalapon was developed for use in control of certain perennial grasses, especially for agricultural applications such as sugarcane, coffee, tea and orchard crops.
Ureas and phenylureas
Molecular structure of the herbicide Diuron. Phenylureas such as diuron and monouron were the earliest widely used ureas. Subsequently thiadiazolylureas have been added to the arsenal of urea herbicides; the majority of these chemicals are phenyl substituted. Most of these molecules are absorbed via leaves and roots of the affected plants.
Sulphonylureas are a special class of phenylureas; these chemicals act by inhibition of acetolactate synthesis. This set of herbicides hydrolyzes most swiftly in a low pH environment. These molecules are also absorbed by roots or leaves and are transported via xylem and phloem. The first sulphonylurea introduced to the market wa sulphuron in the year 1981; its use rapidly penetrated into the cereal market.
Aromatic acids
The aromatic acids behave as growth regulators after they are taken up through roots or leaves. Benzoic acid derivatives, and particularly dicamba, are notable herbicides in widespread use. Dicamba is applied in forestry, viticulture and grassland settings. Dicamba is non-selective and kills most broadleaf plants and legumes. Picloram is another widely used aromatic acid, manifesting much higher persistence than dicamba. Some of the aromatic acids have been banned for use as early as 1979 due to acute toxicity.
Carbamates and thiocarbamates
Carbamates are esters of carbanilic acid and are represented by compunds such as asulam and desmedipham. Asulam, first studied in 1965, is applied in post emergent circumstances to sugarcane and orchard crops. It achieves growth stunting and necrosis in targeted plant species. Desmedipham is used in post-emergent applications for sugarbeet growing, and is targeted against annual broadleaf species such as Solanum nigrum. Sonchus arvensis and Ambrosia artemisiifolia. The thiocarbamates are extremely volatile and may evaporate to become air pollutants if not formulated to bond with soil. They are also highly toxic to a broad range of plants; for example, they may deform maize seedlings, unless there is a safener incorporated into the formulation. Furthermore carbamates are generally toxic to key animal species; for example, carbaryl is acutely toxic to earthworms and bees.
An example of this class is cinmethylin, whose efficacy appears to depend upon inhibition of mitosis in meristemic plant parts. This herbicide is targeted on certain annual grasses, broadleaf plants and sedges. Its degradation is inhibited in some rice crops where anaerobic conditions reduce microbial activity.
This class of herbicides is most effective in targeting annual and perennial grasses. Cycloxidim, an example of this group, kills annual and perennial grasses and does not act on broadleaf species. A surfactant or oil adjuvant is required in formulation for maximum efficacy. Sethoxydim is another member of the cyclohexanedione class, which chemical is used to control annual and perennial grasses for crops such as alfalfa, cotton and sunflowers.
This class of molecules has low water solubility and high volatility; moreover, these chemicals have strong adsorption characteristics to soil particles. Although seed germination is not inhibited, root growth impacts are the major route of action. Benefin is an example compound used in lettuce and tobacco crops to kill such plants as genera Setaria, Digitaria. Brachiaria and Cenchrus.
Diphenyl ethers
This class of herbicides is regarded as chiefly contact application, since they are not effectively translocated by plants. Acifluorfen, an example of this class, is used to kill Brassica kaber, Datura stramonium, Sesbania exaltata and Sorghum halepense. Bifenox is used to control certain broadleaf weeds such as Kochia scoparia and Datura carota.
Imidazolidinones and imidazolinones
The imidazolidinone buthidazole acts against a plethora of broadleaf and grass species including Elytrigia repens and Teraxacum offinale. Imazaquin is an example of the imidazolinone family, which acts on a wide range of broadleaf plants including member of the genera Ipomoea and Euphorbia.
A chief example of this class is CGA-248757, which is used at above ground control of certain broadleaf species; it has no effect in the root zone. Species killed by this herbicide include Arbutilon theophrasti, and the compound is sufficiently potent that three grams per hectare may be utilized for effective control.
Flumiclorac is a premier example of this herbicide class. Target plants evince severe damage symptoms within 24 hours of application in conditions of intense sunlight. Example weeds that are killed by this chemical are Amaranthus species and Euphorbia maculata.
Bromoxynil is a good example of a nitrile herbicide, with efficacy against a gamut of broad leaved species including Chorispora tenella, Chenopodium album, and Capsella bursa-pastoris. Besides use for rye, triticale, oats, sorghum, maize and wheat, this compound is also used in a wide variety of industrial, rail right-of-way and roadside applications. Dichlobenil is used against certain plants with rhizomal propagation such as Cyperus rotunda, but also for more conventionally rooted species such as Poa annua.
Organic arsenicals
These chemicals are applied in foliar exposures and are considered among the most persistent herbicides; furthermore, they are strongly adsorbed by soils and have a low mobility in all soils except very sandy varieties, where they may offer moderate mobility. Example compounds include cacodylic acid and monosodium methanearsonate.
There are a large variety of organo-chlorines such as DDT. These substances tend to be low in water solubility and accordingly high in biomagnification, making them toxic to many animal species. While these substances are banned for commercial use in the USA and some other western countries, they remain in widespread use in developing countries.
Oxadiazoles and oxydiazolidines
The oxadiazole class is typified by oxadiazon, a chemical used in agricultural applications for tea, banana, rubber, onion, garlic, potato and rice. This herbicide is most often used against bulb, rhizome and other deep rooted species, including Cynodon dactylon and Lollium perenne; it is also applied for killing of a variety of genus Urtica taxa. When used a post-emergent, oxadiazon is only effective in the very early growth stage of the target species. Methazole is a representative of the oxydiazolidines, and is used for a range of annual and perennial weeds for diverse crops such as grapes, oats, maize, wheat and soybeans.
The first organic herbicide used commercially was a phenolic molecule, introduced in 1932. While that particular cresol is no longer in broad usage, modern cousins are quite widely applied. For example, dinoseb, the most toxic of the substituted dintrophenols, is employed in bean, pea and potato crops.
Pyridate, an example of the phenylpyridazines, is used in agricultural settings which produce onions, rapeseed, alfalfa and grapes. Usage of this compound started in farms in the year 1974. Initial damage to plants is noted by withering at leaf edges within one day, and the death is complete after four to nine more days.
Phenyl Triazinones
Sulfentrazone is one of the newer herbicides, appearing only in the year 1991. Sida spinosa, Cucumis melo and Cassia occidentalis are target species for killing. By adding a surfactant to the formulation, sulfentrazone can also be applied for control of cyperus esculentus.
Naptalam can be applied either in pre- or post-emergent methods attacking broadleaf species such as Xanthium strumarium and certain annual grasses such as Setaria faberi. This herbicide is specifically used for cucumber, watermelon, and other melon crops. Targeted weeds experience a pronounced antigeotrophic syndrome, where roots fail to achieve the customary downward curvature.
Phosphonic acid derivatives
By far the most widely used chemical in this class is glyphosate, whose mode of killing is inhibition of an enzyme involved in the synthesis of the amino acids tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine. It is absorbed through leaves and transported to growing points. Because of this route of action, flyphosate is effective only on actively growing plants, and not useful as a preemergent. gluphosinate is widely lethal to a wide range of plants and is suitable only for use for certain crops which have been genetically engineered.
Difenzoquat can be viewed as an example of the pyrazollum class. This herbicide is employed in post-emergent applications to control wild oats; its efficacy is enhanced by formulation with a non-ionic surfactant. The pathology of treated plants follows a course of chlorotic symtoms to meristems, followed by necrosis.
Pyridazinones and pyridinones
The pyridazinones typically attack the photsynthetic function, with a noticable whitening of leaf vein tissue. Norflurizon is an example compound in this class of fluorinated organics. This pre-emergent chemical is used to kill a number of plant species including the grasses Eleusine indica and Panicum dichotomiflorum, as well as broadleaf taxa such as Cirsium arvense and species within the genus Portulaca. Fluridone was developed as an aquatic herbicide for application on the water surface or benthic environment; the kill is effective for members of the genera Najas, Elodea, Potamageton and Utricularia.
Pyridines and related nitrogenous compounds
Pyrichlor is a notable pyridine herbicide whose uses include roadside and industrial land uses. Thiazophyr is another widely used compound in this class, whose uses include a number of agricultural applications such as soybeans, cotton, vineyards, peanuts and certain fruit crops. Paraquat and diquat are other widely applied herbicides in this class; both are effective applied on above ground plant parts and are fast acting.
Quinollinecaroxylic acids
Quinclorac is an auxin type herbicide that is chiefly deployed in both transplanted rice seedlings and direct seeded rice farming. It is effective against species such as convolvulus arvensis and Echinocloa crus-galli. Quinclorac is a persistent chemical in the soil environment, containing potentially damaging levels of phytotoxins to any future crops rotated into the treated zone at least a year from application.
These compounds are expected to be most useful in controlling a broad range of monocots, dicots and sedges in protecting rice crops. Their bleaching action is similar to fluoride compounds in the pyridazinone class. Specific species killed by include Scirpus juncoides, Cyperus difformis, Monochoria vaginalis, Cyperus serotinus and Eleocharis acicularis.
Metribuzin, as an example of the triazinone class, is highly toxic to many broadleaf annuals including Datura stramonium and members of the genus Brassica.
The triazoles exert plant killing by bleaching action exerted on leaves and shoots. Amitrole is a prominent representative of this class, and causes particular damage to meristems.
Triazolopyrimidine sulfonanilides
Flumetsulam is a prime representative of this herbicide class, and it exhibits damage mechanisms of chlorosis similar to other fluorine bearing herbicides. Most of the weed species that are acted upon by flumetsam are broadleaved plants and not grasses.
Substituted uracils have been known to demonstrate herbicidal action for almost five decades. Prominent examples of this class are terbicil and bromacil. The lithium salts of bromacil are utilized in citrus and pineapple farming applications; this formulation is also used in brush control, and in control of individual broadleaf species such as Tribulus terrestris.
Inorganic chemicals
Sodium compounds
The earliest known use of herbicides was in 146 BC, when the Romans sterilized agricultural lands of Carthage using sodium chloride. Between 1896 and the 1930s a variety of sodium salts came into usage including sodium chlorate, sodium arsenite, sodium nitrite, sodium metaborate and sodium tetraborate; none of these remain in systematic use in modern times.
Heavy metal sulphates
Arriving in the marketplace at a similar timeframe of the early 1900s copper and ferrous sulfates were used until the dominance of organic compounds arose in the 1940s.
Low biological impact methods
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If I go back to Cleveland with nada
I'mma have one disappointed mama, no!
I'mma have one disappointed fam, I'mma feel bad
That I can't provide for my fam
I can't help how my mom process
Mr. Hutch told a nigga "young, learn to be the best"
And if I can't do that mayne, what the fuck I'm living for?
I got a pack of Newports and a super-bad whore
I step out and I drink a lot of Hennessey
Battle in my sleep with the demons tryna ruin me
A bunch of discouraging words, saying that fame wasn't meant for me
Take it back to Cleveland, you heard?
I can't stop them from speaking
Their visions are intense, got me laid out leaking
Y'all don't know the half, kid cudi got issues mentally
That I scribble down fast, like
I won't fold, I can't fold
I won't fold dogg, I can't fold
Is what I say to myself over and over
Cruising through the city in my black Range Rover
Heard em' whispering, I heard them talking now
Now that I'm bubblin'
Thought I forgot how you
Tryna take me off my grind
Yup, yup, they tryna take me off my grind
But it's my time, boy
We going straight to the top
Watch me live, my nigga
[Verse 2]
When you making moves, everybody pounding you
But when you down and out, niggas won't acknowledge you
Sick to the stomach when I think about losing, but
I like this music, so this the life that I'm choosing..
I had to find out who the real Scott was
Meditated with the wolves, all focused to get my hunger back
So alone, just me and an instrumental
They say my music ain't normal
Must be something up with my mental
I don't spit about guns and drugs
Well dumb fuck I don't know about guns and drugs
I spit what I know, and you should too!
But you won't, we all know, you wanna jock the next dude
And you follow the next man
Well I was born to be a leader so you know that I'mma follow my heart fam
And I'mma roll with what my nigga Manny said
"Keep your individuality because that's what's gonna get you bread"
[Verse 3]
I ain't tryna make hits for the club no more
I'm just tryna make hits for my niggas at war
Day to day in the White Man's World
Getting head from the white man's girl, that's me
When I'm stressed
Having dreams of a dark-skinned chick with big breasts
While I'm thinking of steps to be king, just like in chess
Kid Cudi won't rest, that's when I'm at my best
Flow's good ? I see the rest mayne
A lot of cats tryna make it happen through the music
Truest thing about it is not everyone can do this
Gotta spit it different from another nigga living
If I ain't, I'm slippin
And I'm never getting up
With that in your head, dogg, I'm never giving up
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - C.J. Aiken scored 19 points to lead the
Saint Joseph's Hawks to a 63-49 win over the Drexel Dragons in non-conference
action at the Daskalakis Center.
Aiken, who shot a perfect 6-of-6 from the floor, including 2-of-2 behind the
3-point line, and was 5-of-5 at the free-throw line, added eight rebounds and
six blocked shots for the Hawks (7-4) as they picked up their second win in as
many games. Langston Galloway accounted for 13 points and Carl Jones 11, while
Halil Kanacevic made his return to the lineup after sitting out two games due
to unsportsmanlike conduct versus Villanova and scored just two points on 1-
of-8 shooting from the floor off the bench.
The Dragons (4-8) were paced by Damion Lee who registered a game-high 21
points on 9-of-20 shooting, while Daryl McCoy posted seven points and a game-
high 12 rebounds before fouling out as the team bowed for the second time in
three games.
Drexel led by as many as eight points in the first half, but the team ended up
shooting only 30.8 percent from the floor in the period and failed to make a
single trip to the free-throw line, allowing the Hawks to battle back and take
a 23-18 advantage at the break.
In the second half Saint Joseph's, which made good on a mere 32.0 percent from
the field in the opening period, responded with 50 percent accuracy and also
connected on 10-of-12 at the charity stripe in order to secure the 14-point
road win.
The Hawks held the hosts to just 37.3 percent shooting from the floor and 3-
of-15 beyond the arc, all while outscoring Drexel at the free-throw line by a
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(a) General.— With the approval of the President, a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may obtain—
(1) insurance under this chapter, including insurance for risks from operating an aircraft in intrastate or interstate air commerce, but not including insurance on valuables subject to sections 17302 and 17303 of title 40; and
(2) insurance for risks arising from providing goods or services directly related to and necessary for operating an aircraft covered by insurance obtained under clause (1) of this subsection if the aircraft is operated—
(b) Premium Waivers and Indemnification.— With the approval required under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation may provide the insurance without premium at the request of the Secretary of Defense or the head of a department, agency, or instrumentality designated by the President when the Secretary of Defense or the designated head agrees to indemnify the Secretary of Transportation against all losses covered by the insurance. The Secretary of Defense and any designated head may make indemnity agreements with the Secretary of Transportation under this section. If such an agreement is countersigned by the President or the President's designee, the agreement shall constitute, for purposes of section 44302 (c), a determination that continuation of the aircraft operations to which the agreement applies is necessary to carry out the foreign policy of the United States.
Source(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1170; Pub. L. 105–137, § 3,Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2640; Pub. L. 107–42, title II, § 201(e),Sept. 22, 2001, 115 Stat. 236; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(n)(6),Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1303.)
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|Source (U.S. Code)
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|49 App.:1534.
|Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–726, § 1304, 72 Stat. 802; Oct. 31, 1992, Pub. L. 102–581, § 401(a), 106 Stat. 4897.
In this section, the words "a department, agency, or instrumentality" are substituted for "Any department or agency" for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In subsection (a)(1), the words "obtain insurance under this chapter" are substituted for "procure from the Secretary any of the insurance provided under this subchapter" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "overseas air commerce" are omitted for the reasons given in the revision note for section 40101.
In subsection (b), the words "or the head of a department, agency, or instrumentality designated by the President" are substituted for "and such other agencies as the President may prescribe" as being more precise and for consistency in the revised title. The words "when the Secretary of Defense or the designated head agrees" are substituted for "in consideration of" for clarity. The words "any designated head" are substituted for "the agreement of . . . such agency" and "such other agencies" for clarity and because of the restatement.
2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–217substituted "sections 17302 and 17303 of title 40" for "sections 1 and 2 of the Government Losses in Shipment Act (40 U.S.C. 721, 722)".
2001—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–42substituted "44302(c)" for "44302(b)".
1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–137inserted at end "If such an agreement is countersigned by the President or the President's designee, the agreement shall constitute, for purposes of section 44302 (b), a determination that continuation of the aircraft operations to which the agreement applies is necessary to carry out the foreign policy of the United States."
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Happy Halloween!
We are now only hours away from the celebrations the candy, Halloween costumes, haunted houses, trick-or-treating, parties, and so forth. I don't know about you, Reader, but I'm barely able to sit still. Watching the clock isn't helping, either. Time needs to hurry up!
In the meantime, though, lets take a minute to contemplate whether or not Halloween can actually be cancelled. Sound crazy? Not so.
After all, the White House announced at 1:54pm today that it cancelled its annual Halloween celebration due to hurricane damage to Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area And its not the only one.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie actually signed an executive order on Wednesday postponing Halloween celebrations across the state until Monday, writes CNN.
I've taken this action to minimize additional risks to lives and the public safety as we begin the process of rebuilding and recovering from Hurricane Sandy, Christ told CNN.
In addition, residents in New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have been asked to not celebrate Halloween on October 31, and many Halloween celebrations and parades have been cancelled or postponed.
However, while many on the East Coast have decided not to celebrate the holiday, some are using Halloween as a release from the recent devastation.
We were already planning on having a party, Brooklyn resident Adam Scher told CNN. But now that nobody can get into Manhattan we are really having a party.
Along with his business partner, Scher is holding a party within their public relations office in Clinton Hill.
People need something to do tonight. Everyone has been cooped up inside for the past four days, and nobody has anywhere to go or anything to do, so why not provide them with some fun celebratory festivities!
But Scher is not alone in this determination to celebrate Halloween:
A 13-floor, 70-unit apartment building in Hoboken, New Jersey, is out of power and surrounded by water. They've been using smartphones to communicate with the outside world, and have been trapped for days. To entertain the kids, the residents all gathered in the lobby, encouraged the kids to dress in costume, and went trick-or-treating throughout the building.
If anything, the recent disaster has caused neighbors and friends to band together, to create a unique Halloween experience unlike any other.
So what about you, Reader? Are your Halloween plans cancelled or continuing as usual?


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Allegheny Mountains > Seneca Rocks > Climber's Log
Seneca Rocks Climber's Log
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|Nice trail
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011
|Did my first ever trail run down the switchbacks of Seneca. I was inspired by an old woman doing the same on my previous trip- only she was running up!
|Posted Mar 7, 2015 12:03 am
|Old Ladies
Date Climbed: Oct 27, 2012
|First time rock climbing
|Posted Jan 31, 2014 5:07 pm
|Came back for No Dally Alley and the Gunsight
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2013
|Rope hung up in the No Dally Alley - east face climb.
|Posted Sep 23, 2013 12:59 am
|North and South Peaks
|Rock climbing with the boys. The summit is breezy. Someone left a cold six pack in the register box. That's a first for me
|Posted Aug 3, 2013 12:03 am
|Old Ladies' Route
|Super exposure and esay routes for a beginner. Got to the South Summit on a cold day using the Old Ladies' Route. First pitch of Skyine Traverse. Several routes to the Broadway Ledge on the east side of the fin. Do not rappel to the east unless you are ready for a battle with brush.
|Posted Jan 11, 2013 6:05 am
|Seneca Summits
|Climbed at Seneca for 14 years. Over 75 summits via 30 different routes. Love it! Old school trad still lives!
|Posted Dec 30, 2012 11:22 pm
|Seneca Rocks
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010
|I made the standard hike from the visitor center and scrambled all over the top. One of the neatest places in the eastern US.
|Posted May 27, 2012 8:25 am
|Seneca Rocks
|One of my favorite places to climb and explore in WV.
|Posted Apr 19, 2012 8:37 am
|Conn's West
Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2011
|Great day on Seneca.
|Posted Oct 10, 2011 10:44 am
|South Peak
|Several routes to summit and some not to summit. Old Ladie's in the rain was quite memorable.
|Posted Oct 7, 2011 2:43 am
|mid-atlantic's classic crag
|An amazing place with so much climbing history and ethics. sport climbing is neither. I recommend traffic jam to finish up to the summit. other recommendations lower on the peak are skyline (best 5.3 ever), ecstasy, triple s and pollux. wish I could get here more often...
|Posted Jul 16, 2011 6:22 pm
|Summit South Peak
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011
|Climbed south face in one pitch (70M half ropes), bad idea. Wound up fine, but a little off course. From there, three more pitches on West Face of the South Peak to the summit scramble. Best part of half ropes: it took one repel to get all the way back down.
|Posted Jul 14, 2011 6:16 pm
|RV trip
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011
|Done this during our 9 person RV trip. Awesome rock formations! Some of the kids did some rock climbing lessons, too. I did not. :) The campground we stayed at was very very pretty and well maintained. Glad we stopped here!
|Posted Jun 1, 2011 5:56 pm
|Easy Hike + Scrambling
Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2010
|Easy hike up made a little harder by a fast pace (to get in shape for Borah and King's later this month!). View from the ob deck stinks, but the scrambling on the knife edge made up for it. Would like to come back and try some 5th class stuff sometime.
|Posted Jun 8, 2010 5:07 pm
|fun time
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2009
|Randomly went down there with a friend. We took the east side trail up. cool steep hike. took the easy trail back down. hanging out on the summit was awesome. can't wait to go back and actually climb it
|Posted Dec 17, 2009 2:34 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 6, 2009
|Encountered gale force winds which continued unabated all day. Climbed Worrel's Thicket - 3 pitches, Up & Coming - 2 pitches, and 1st pitch of Prune. First time @ Seneca (and rock climbing) in over 14 years. Looking forward to returning here in the spring!
|Posted Oct 27, 2009 2:16 pm
|Peaceful climbing
|Climbed numerous routes and will climb many more. Always good to get away for a weekend at Seneca without modern technologies (no cell coverage!) and less people than the zoo at the Gunks.
|Posted Sep 30, 2009 5:57 pm
|The Summit
|Easy hike.
|Posted Sep 28, 2009 5:11 pm
|FUn Climbing!
|Guided here for several seasons. Favorite routes were: Ecstacy, Soler, Tomato, Frosted Flakes, Triple S, Westpole. Did many ascents of Old Man's and Old Ladies, including one trip where we got 27 Boy Scouts and their leaders to the top in one day!
|Posted Mar 3, 2009 11:55 am
|Ted Eliason
|Favorite Eastern Crag
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1998
|Only pinacles I can think of in the east
|Posted Jan 16, 2009 6:50 pm


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PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A neighborhood in southeast Pueblo that once drew Eastern European steelworkers is pursuing designation as a national historic district to avoid possible development there.
Old Bojon Town was started by Slovenian steelworkers who lived there while they worked in the nearby Colorado Fuel and Iron steel mill. The steel mill, now closed, was named a potential Superfund site earlier this year because of lead and arsenic left from the operation, Colorado Public Radio reported (http://bit.ly/1oZFgmz).
Also, Old Bojon Town residents worry that proposed construction on Interstate 25 could threaten homes on the edge of the neighborhood.
In response, residents have formed a neighborhood association and are pursuing designation as a historic district. They've hired a historic preservation consultant to assist in preparing their proposal.
Joe Kocman says not much has changed since he was a kid growing up in this neighborhood in the 1950s. Most of the one-story brick homes on his block, with their well-kept green lawns, still belong to the families who originally built them following World War II.
Around the corner from Kocman's block, behind the old St. Mary's School, is an area overgrown with trees and shrubs. It's the site of the former Colorado smelter that closed in 1908.
In 1923, the smelter's huge smokestack came down and the community got involved in moving the bricks.
"The church gave the kids and the families a penny a brick to clean the bricks that were used in the school building," Kocman says. The old parish school that Kocman attended was built from the bricks of the smelter.
Pueblo City Planner Wade Broadhead asked if the property owners in the area would be interested in becoming a historic district.
"I'd talked to people and met Pam and Joe Kocman and realized it was an incredible living historic neighborhood," Broadhead says.
Broadhead said he was surprised by the number of original owners that are still around.
The neighborhood association joined with the city and a local historic preservation group to hire a consultant to survey the neighborhood.
Lead researcher Mary Therese Anstey says this was a different kind of project than she's worked on in the past.
"We haven't had a lot of designations either here in Colorado or nationwide of what you would call working class post-World War II homes and this is definitely a working class area," Anstey says.
The potential national historic district includes the block of homes where the Kocmans live and the area around the school, church and a bar.
In 1933, Kocman's grandmother opened Eiler's Place, the neighborhood bar, which has stayed in the family for four generations.
The recent historic survey is a step toward getting the designation.
"It is really at the cornerstone of the revitalization of this neighborhood," Pam Kocman said.
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'Adventure Time: The Complete First Season' Now Available
HECK YEAH!!! At long last, the wait is over as Cartoon Network has announced the DVD release of the entire first season of its Emmy-nominated animated comedy series Adventure Time! Yep, that's all 26 episodes from the show's first season, plus heaps of bonus features created by Pendleton Ward and the show team, including featurettes, episode commentaries, animatics and more packed into a sweet DVD package. The Adventure Time: The Complete First Season two-disc set will be available on July 10, 2012 for the suggested retail price of $26.95, making it a must-have for the series' ravenous fans, who can relive all of the original adventures of best buddies Finn and Jake in the magical land of Ooo.
"Since our first DVD release last September, fans have been telling us nonstop that they want to own full season sets of Adventure Time on DVD. Because the show is for everyone, both kids and adults, we're really happy we can put this out," said Erik Resnick, vice president of Cartoon Network Enterprises, the home entertainment division of Cartoon Network. "In addition to the great episodes, Pendleton and the show team have created some great bonus features on this set that we're sure fans will love."
The highly-anticipated bonus materials in the Adventure Time: The Complete First Season DVD release include: behind the scene featurettes of the crew, the composers and more filmed by creator Pendleton Ward with his very own camera phone; animatics featuring commentary by Ward, Adam Muto, Pat McHale and Derek Drymon for the "Rainy Day Daydream," "Slumber Party Panic," "Dungeon" and "The Enchiridion!" episodes; and episode commentary from cast members and special guests including: "Prisoners of Love" with John DiMaggio, Jeremy Shada, Tom Kenny and Ward; "Ricardio the Heart Guy" with George Takei, Hynden Walch, Kenny, Shada and Ward; "Tree Trunks" with Bettie Ward and Polly Lou Livingston; and "Trouble in Lumpy Space" with DiMaggio, Shada, Kenny and Ward.
Joining the Adventure Time: The Complete First Season DVD release at retail are the compilation releases, Adventure Time My Two Favorite People and Adventure Time It Came from the Nightosphere, which are both currently available at retail and offer fans a lower-price point option to add to their DVD libraries.
The popularity of Adventure Time continues to surge as both the show's ratings and the brand's consumer products program continue to grow. Throughout its first three seasons, the Adventure Time series has garnered great ratings success with more than 44.3 million kids 6-11 and 35.8 million boys 6-14 tuning in to the series, and making it the #1 show in its timeslot for boys 6-14, according to Nielsen Media Research. In addition, Adventure Time's presence at top retailers across the country is continually expanding though the property's comprehensive line of hard and soft consumer products which includes toys, apparel, accessories, youth electronics, comic books, posters and much more.
Many of Adventure Time's fans are top tier entertainment and television critics who have bestowed high praise and accolades to the smash hit series. IGN.com hailed the show as "trippy and hilarious" and LA Weekly lauded it as "subversively funny and overwhelmingly cute." Meanwhile USA Today.com proclaimed "I will never forget the words Adventure Time" and Entertainment Weekly.com named Adventure Time to its list of The 25 Greatest Animated Series Ever. In doing so they raved, "Adventure Time makes me wish I were a kid again, just so I could grow up to be as awesome as the kids who are currently watching Adventure Time will be."
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I wasn't an athletic youth, but I always participated in sports related activities. As kids we didn't have video games, Facebook, computers or five hundred cable channels to occupy our time. We played outside; in the parks, in the streets or in vacant, or not so vacant, lots — anywhere we could find a spot, we played sports. Football, baseball and basketball where the big three. But we also made up games that involved physical activity, we even had our own neighborhood Olympic Games. Being overweight, I wasn't the best, I was often picked last, but still — I participated.
Over the summer between eighth and ninth grade I decided I was going to go out for football. No matter how ridiculous it sounds in retrospect, I was going to play for the Pittston Area Patriots, Penn State Nitnany Lions and finally I would play in the National Football League.
Summer program was the first step along my path. My mom dropped me off at the front entrance to the high school. Instead of turning right and going into the gym, I went straight. Beyond a second set of glass doors my gaze was fixed on the trophy case. Little statuettes of championship seasons stared back at me, but it was the center item that had my full attention — the number 44 jersey worn by Jimmy Cefalo.
I daydreamed about playing on the gridiron wearing the Pittston red, white a blue. I didn't see nor hear anything else. Suddenly my day slumber was broken by a large hand that had fallen over my shoulder, it was that of legendary head football coach Bob Barbieri. "You are going to be part of this son."
I just nodded my head. It was as if the hand of God himself had touched me. He continued, "Jimmy was the best, a natural talent, but do you know what made him great?"
I couldn't speak. I simply stared at the jersey and then the coach. "He worked and practiced harder than anyone else." He paused for a moment, "In his time here he set track records as well as football, but no matter what he did, he didn't rely solely on his natural abilities." Still awestruck I said nothing. Coach Barbieri led me down to the gym.
I only was on the team for two seasons. I never started, heck I barely played, but I worked hard and enjoyed the game. However, I took from those two years valuable lessons about hard work, maximizing potential and that winners were more than born — that even the best still had to practice.
If you live or lived in Northeast Pennsylvania and are around my age then you are acquainted with the names Jimmy Cefalo and Bob Barbieri. I never knew Jimmy Cefalo beyond a handful of meetings, but in addition to being Coach, Bob Barbieri was an teacher at the school. His lessons extended beyond the football field and beyond the classroom, they extended into life. They are lessons I used getting through boot camp, college, business and in overcoming obesity. His words about Jimmy Cefalo echoed in my head when I began my journey from Fat Then to Fit Now and I was determined to achieve my goals and work harder than anyone else.
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40 U.S. Code § 3306 - Accommodating federal agencies
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(a) Definitions.— In this section—
(1) Commercial activities.— The term "commercial activities" includes the operations of restaurants, food stores, craft stores, dry goods stores, financial institutions, and display facilities.
(2) Cultural activities.— The term "cultural activities" includes film, dramatic, dance, and musical presentations, and fine art exhibits, whether or not those activities are intended to make a profit.
(3) Educational activities.— The terms "educational activities" includes the operations of libraries, schools, day care centers, laboratories, and lecture and demonstration facilities.
(4) Historical, architectural, or cultural significance.— The term "historical, architectural, or cultural significance" includes buildings listed or eligible to be listed on the National Register established under section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470a).
(5) Recreational activities.— The term "recreational activities" includes the operations of gymnasiums and related facilities.
(b) Duties of Administrator.— To carry out the duties of the Administrator of General Services under sections 581(h), 584(b), 3303(c), and 3307(b)(3) and (5) of this title and under any other authority with respect to constructing, operating, maintaining, altering, and otherwise managing or acquiring space necessary to accommodate federal agencies and to accomplish the purposes of sections 581(h), 584(b), 3303(c), and 3307(b)(3) and (5), the Administrator shall—
(1)acquire and utilize space in suitable buildings of historical, architectural, or cultural significance, unless use of the space would not prove feasible and prudent compared with available alternatives;
(2)encourage the location of commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational facilities and activities in public buildings;
(3)provide and maintain space, facilities, and activities, to the extent practicable, that encourage public access to, and stimulate public pedestrian traffic around, into, and through, public buildings, permitting cooperative improvements to and uses of the area between the building and the street, so that the activities complement and supplement commercial, cultural, educational, and recreational resources in the neighborhood of public buildings; and
(c) Consultation and Solicitation of Comments.— In carrying out the duties under subsection (b), the Administrator shall—
(1)consult with chief executive officers of the States, areawide agencies established pursuant to title II of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) and section 6506 of title 31, and chief executive officers of those units of general local government in each area served by an existing or proposed public building; and
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|Pub. L. 94–541, title I, §§ 102, 105(3)–(8), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2505, 2507.
In subsection (b)(1), the word "historical" is substituted for "historic" to conform to the defined term.
In subsection (c)(1), the words "chief executive officers of the States" are substituted for "Governors" for clarity and for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words "section 6506 of title 31" are substituted for "title IV of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968" in section 102(b) of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–541, 90 Stat. 2505) because of section 4(b) of the Act of September 13, 1982 (Public Law 97–258, 96 Stat. 1067), the first section of which enacted Title 31, United States Code.
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The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 89–754, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1255, as amended. Title II of the Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 3331 et seq.) of chapter 41 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3331 of Title 42 and Tables.
Ex. Ord. No. 13006. Locating Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our Nation's Central Cities
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470et seq.) and the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2505) [title I of Pub. L. 94–541, see Tables for classification], and in furtherance of and consistent with Executive Order No. 12072 of August 16, 1978 [40 U.S.C. 121 note], and Executive Order No. 11593 of May 13, 1971 [16 U.S.C. 470 note], it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Statement of Policy. Through the Administration's community empowerment initiatives, the Federal Government has undertaken various efforts to revitalize our central cities, which have historically served as the centers for growth and commerce in our metropolitan areas. Accordingly, the Administration hereby reaffirms the commitment set forth in Executive Order No. 12072 to strengthen our Nation's cities by encouraging the location of Federal facilities in our central cities. The Administration also reaffirms the commitments set forth in the National Historic Preservation Act to provide leadership in the preservation of historic resources, and in the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 to acquire and utilize space in suitable buildings of historic, architectural, or cultural significance.
To this end, the Federal Government shall utilize and maintain, wherever operationally appropriate and economically prudent, historic properties and districts, especially those located in our central business areas. When implementing these policies, the Federal Government shall institute practices and procedures that are sensible, understandable, and compatible with current authority and that impose the least burden on, and provide the maximum benefit to, society.
Sec. 2. Encouraging the Location of Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our Central Cities. When operationally appropriate and economically prudent, and subject to the requirements of section 601 of title VI of the Rural Development Act of 1972, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3122) [now 7 U.S.C. 2204b–1], and Executive Order No. 12072, when locating Federal facilities, Federal agencies shall give first consideration to historic properties within historic districts. If no such property is suitable, then Federal agencies shall consider other developed or undeveloped sites within historic districts. Federal agencies shall then consider historic properties outside of historic districts, if no suitable site within a district exists. Any rehabilitation or construction that is undertaken pursuant to this order must be architecturally compatible with the character of the surrounding historic district or properties.
Sec. 3. Identifying and Removing Regulatory Barriers. Federal agencies with responsibilities for leasing, acquiring, locating, maintaining, or managing Federal facilities or with responsibilities for the planning for, or managing of, historic resources shall take steps to reform, streamline, and otherwise minimize regulations, policies, and procedures that impede the Federal Government's ability to establish or maintain a presence in historic districts or to acquire historic properties to satisfy Federal space needs, unless such regulations, policies, and procedures are designed to protect human health and safety or the environment. Federal agencies are encouraged to seek the assistance of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation when taking these steps.
Sec. 4. Improving Preservation Partnerships. In carrying out the authorities of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Secretary of the Interior, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and each Federal agency shall seek appropriate partnerships with States, local governments, Indian tribes, and appropriate private organizations with the goal of enhancing participation of these parties in the National Historic Preservation Program. Such partnerships should embody the principles of administrative flexibility, reduced paperwork, and increased service to the public.
Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to create, nor does it create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.William J. Clinton.
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Very sketchy style indeed... but I think it looks rather VERY pretty. How did you do it?
Gomilsk, built upon a forgotten giants' barrow, the largest town of the valley of Saint Nomme and home to the Baron Verdek, a church, a couple of towers and, of course, the requisite D&D municipal crematorium, to prevent zombies and skeletons being created from your loved ones ... this is just a sketch up sketch, though I'm not sure I'll do much more work on it.
Anyway - it does seem to be a plausible way to generate a town map. Plus I think it looks quite pretty.
Very sketchy style indeed... but I think it looks rather VERY pretty. How did you do it?
Well, I used Google SketchUp 8 for the 3d modelling. First I made the ground and river, then made a hemisphere for the barrow.
Then I started making individual buildings and saving them as components, before copying them and rotating them around. That took about 4 hours all together (but I was very rusty with SketchUp when I started!). The good thing with components is that you can edit their colour and shapes all at once, rather than one at a time. For the lighting, I set it to the 29th of december 2011 at abou 11:30 - unfortunately I got the orientation of the whole map wrong by 90 degrees (oops! but nobody seeing the sketch needs to know ... ).
Then I used photoshop to add a bit of texturing and texts to the whole thing ... probably two screen and one multiply layers.
Convert the surrounding area to swamps with the ramp going down to a boat dock and that fits my campaign adventures perfectly!
Another very well done map, this is the sort of thing I like to show my players, post on my site. Then to have the traditional top down map for my own purposes.
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We grow old because we stop playing.
Nice work!
Another way is to select everything and simply rotate it 90 degrees. Should be about 6 seconds work for someone as rusty as you
That's pretty nice, especially the last image you posted. Makes me want to play around with sketchup some more myself.
You should write a tutlet or something of how you do the aging!
I could, seeing as my flight was cancelled due to fog and my new year holidays flushed


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