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We thought the Scandinavians were all about free love, and now it turns out what they're good at is killing each other. Since the megasuccess of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, American publishers have been hot to sign up the next cold thing: Swede Liza Marklund's series about crime reporter Annika Bengtzon; Icelander Arnaldur Indriðason's Detective Erlender books; Swede Camilla Läckberg's titles, including The Ice Princess; and Norwegian Jo Nesbø's The Snowman and other tales of investigator Harry Hole.
The craze hit England first, when the BBC cast Kenneth Branagh in 2008 as Henning Mankell's gloomy detective Harry Wallander. Three years later, U.S. cable channel AMC turned the Danish crime drama Forbrydelsen into The Killing. Now Hollywood is reportedly remaking Borgen, a hit Danish political series about a female prime minister. And among this summer's film diversions will be the Swedish thriller Easy Money, opening July 11.
That Scandinavian procedurals are twisty and character driven helps explain their U.S. appeal. "The stories are beautifully crafted," says Stephen Garrett, chairman of Kudos Film & TV, which snapped up rights to The Bridge, a Swedish series that pairs a Malmö-based female detective who has Asperger's with a lumbering, rule-breaking Danish policeman.
Of course, a case can be made that it's worth the cost of foreign DVDs and an all-region DVD player (see below) to watch these series in their original form. "The people feel real," says Garrett of the Swedish version of The Bridge. "They're not conventionally beautiful, and they dress in ordinary clothes. The story grips you because it feels true."
And if it's truth you're after—historical truth—gear up for the History Channel's 2013 series Vikings, which may bring us back to free love: It's being written by Michael Hirst, who penned Showtime's lusty The Tudors.
TIP: It's easy to buy imported DVDs (try Amazon's U.K. website for a start: amazon.co.uk). The tricky part is playing them. Your DVD hardware is compatible only with discs coded as Region 1. Discs from Europe are coded as Region 2. Some computers have a DVD drive that allows users to switch between regions for a limited time. But the easiest solution is to buy an inexpensive all-region DVD player (about $50, available online and at stores that sell movies from other countries). The initial setup requires a Google search like "How to work [brand name here] DVD player?" But the online instructions are usually straightforward.
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St. Lawrence Upends Men's Hockey, 7-1
Box Score
PRINCETON, N.J. (2/7/13) – Freshman Ryan Siiro scored his third goal of the year but it would be Princeton's only goal of the night as the Tigers dropped a 7-1 game to St. Lawrence on Friday, Feb. 7 at Hobey Baker Rink.
Freshman goaltender Colton Phinney made 43 saves as the Saints doubled up the Tigers in shots, 50-25.
Gavin Bayreuther had a four-assist game, while Patrick Doherty and Justin Baker had three points apiece. Princeton did hold leading scorers Greg Carey and Matt Carey to just one point.
Doherty scored his team's first two goals with a power-play goal as the lone goal of the first period before adding the eventual game winner at 8:55 of the second.
Princeton had a couple nice short-handed chances to start the first penalty kill of the game but St. Lawrence capitalized with 13 seconds remaining on the Eric Carlson tripping call. The Saints set up in power-play formation with Drew Smolcynski sending the puck across the blue line to Bayreuther who blasted a shot in from the point. Doherty tipped in the shot for the goal.
Doherty added his second goal when he was able to fight off his defender and circled in finding a room over the right shoulder of Phinney. Bayreuther and Gunnar Hughes cycled the puck for the assists.
Just 13 seconds into its first power-play opportunity, Princeton got on the board. It was perfectly set up as all five skaters played the puck, tic-tac-toe. Freshman Marlon Sabo and senior Alec Rush took the puck at the blue line, sending it to the left boards for senior Andrew Ammon. Ammon gave senior Andrew Calof the puck as he was open behind the goal. Calof started to skate behind the goal and as the Saints went with him, he sent the puck to Siiro at the right pipe and Siiro popped in the goal.
Baker expanded the lead to 3-1 at 11:00 of the second, when he one-timed a puck in the slot from Woody Hudson who got possession in front of his team bench.
A failed clear by Princeton's penalty-killing unit led to St. Lawrence's fourth goal as Bayreuther picked off the puck and sent it to Baker in the left circle. Baker sent a cross-ice pass to Matt Carey in the opposite circle and he one-timed it top shelf as the Saints grabbed a 4-1 lead at 15:35.
St. Lawrence added three more goals in the third period. Doherty set up Hughes in a give-and-go at 1:19 of the third and Hudson made it 6-1 at 6:31 redirecting a Bayreuther shot five hole. Ward added the seventh goal at 16:12 when he got a wraparound from Kyle Essery.
Matt Weninger made 24 saves in goal for St. Lawrence who improves to 10-14-3 on the season and 4-8-3 in league play.
Princeton now 4-18 overall and 3-12 in the ECAC faces No. 14 Clarkson tomorrow night at 7 p.m. The Golden Knights lost a 6-3 game at No. 3 Quinnipiac this eventng.

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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: WWF International
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Full Submissionsustaining human well-being and economic activity; actively invest in their conservation and enhancement to avoid a devastating and irreversible global crisis;
Go beyond GDP: Develop a new standard indicator to measure environmental performance alongside GDP and use it, along with human development indices, to provide a more accurate reading of the state of our economies and to incite preservation of the natural environment and more equitable development;
Full-cost accounting: Devise rules whereby the full environmental costs of production and consumption are internalised into accounting models in order to address the causes rather than simply the symptoms of environmental loss;
Transparent certification schemes: Expand, support and standardise certification schemes that are multi-stakeholder and science-based to move toward sustainable consumption and production;
Set up an investment vehicle to facilitate the transition to and implementation of green economies through upfront funding for leapfrogging technologies, technology cooperation, and retrofitting programmes, notably using innovative finance.
Institutional Frameworks for Sustainable Development
Integration of the three pillars of sustainable development: WWF supports the creation of a Sustainable Development Council to coordinate, consolidate, advance and ensure the crosssectoral integration of sustainable development at the highest level of decision-making;
Strengthen the environmental pillar by upgrading UNEP to a Specialised Agency with a mandate to support and ensure compliance of all MEAs;
Better embed sustainable development criteria in existing International Financial Institutions in order to promote genuinely sustainable investments.
WWF?s Living Planet Report shows that humanity is already using fifty percent more natural resources than the earth can regenerate in a year. Furthermore, high income regions use five times the amount of natural resources than those of the lowest income countries. We are living beyond the Earth?s means and are distributing these unsustainable proceeds inequitably: the poorest countries and communities bear a disproportionate share of the negative effects of the growing global demand for resources while industrialised nations enjoy most of the benefits. Future generations will face resource scarcities and environmental degradation not of their making that will increasingly lead to conflict and insecurity. The growing number of urban poor that will live in tomorrow?s cities adds additional urgency to finding sustainable and equitable development paths.
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) 2012 presents world leaders with a stark choice: they can tinker around the edges of global development as we know it today or they can lift our ambitions by delivering a new, internationally agreed vision for development that catalyses fundamental changes in our economies towards more social and economic equity and environmental sustainability where humans live in harmony with nature. This vision will require deliberate choices and targeted public and private investment not just to decouple development from increased natural resource use, but to actively preserve, enhance, and effectively manage the world?s natural resource base and the ecosystem services on which human wellbeing depends.
It will also require purposeful investment development that enhances the capacity of the poor to move out of poverty and fulfil their rights and needs for access to resources, financial assets, energy, water, food, housing, health, and education.
Solutions towards sustainable economies should be founded on a number of key principles:
Managing natural capital in equitable ways by rewarding those who provide ecosystem services and protect biodiversity;
Setting up appropriate frameworks to achieve food, water and energy security for a growing global population and ensure that consumption patterns and production systems are within planetary boundaries;
Providing economic incentives to foster environmentally and socially responsible development, notably through full cost accounting and an indicator that goes beyond GDP;
Fostering effective governance built on inclusive processes and broad participation and with international and regional cooperation among governments and between the public and private sectors and civil society;
Investing in human and natural capital, especially in developing countries and rural communities and promoting reform to secure equitable access to natural resources and sustainable use.
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I personally don't associate New Year's Eve with fireworks, but I know a lot of you have been writing me trying to find out where you can find them tonight. I looked around and didn't find a lot, but the ones I did find are below. The majority are in the theme parks with the exception of the Orange Drop on Church Street in downtown Orlando.
Church Street Entertainment:
Universal CityWalk:
As for Disney, and more details on the other theme park displays above, this comes from our Theme Park Ranger, Dewayne Bevil:
•Three Disney parks will be keeping late hours and featuring fireworks on New Year's Eve. Disney's Hollywood Studios will host "Lights, Camera, Happy New Year" fireworks at 11:55 p.m. (park closes at midnight). Epcot will have special versions of "IllumiNations" at 7:30 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. (park closes at 1 a.m.). Magic Kingdom will present "Holiday Wishes" fireworks at 8:30 p.m. and "Fantasy in the Sky" at 11:50 p.m. (park closes at 2 a.m.). More info: disneyworld.com


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In partnership with Giant Step, resident compilation master Maiya Norton today serves the world up with the long-awaited Sonic Boom Vol. 4!
Vol. 4 features lots of go-to indie faves, including Iman Omari, MoRuf, BOSCO, Muhsinah, THEESatisfaction, Def Sound, Nikko Gray, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and Coultrain.
We've also got up-and-comers like Mndsgn, Jessica Newry, Shi Wisdom, Kalani Trinidad, JusMoni, Joya Mooi, and Byron The Aquarius showing us what they're workin with.
Stand outs include spine-tingling opener "Prayed For" by Iman Omari, the breathy and sensual "Slippin" by BOSCO, the deliciously layered and melodic "Queen County" by THEESatisfaction, the soft and lulling "Beyond of You" by Joya Mooi, and the groovy "All In" by Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.
While much of the collection showcases dug up gems and lesser known tracks, we are also proud to have Sonic Boom Vol. 4 be the place Muhsinah premiered the spirited "L.M.O." (Giant Step Mix), a version of "Let Me Out" off her upcoming March album, Amazing.
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Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Yard & Garden Planning
Gardening in the South (page 3 of 3)
by Felder Rushing
Mississippi Mesclun
Ogden has also been trying to get us to experiment with mesclun, the mixed salad greens concept. But this idea we aren't completely sold on yet. We don't have the space or time to mess around with weird things we don't eat. In addition to unusual lettuces, Ogden recommends radicchio, dandelion and arugula (which some say tastes like Colt 45 malt liquor -- tangy and bitter. Who needs that in a salad?).
Still, we are in an experimental mode these days, so for every two or three little rows of our familiar, sweet lettuces (including the colorful kinds), we have planted a strip of mesclun. Slowly, our southern palates may adapt. We've already adjusted to eating fat buds of orange daylilies (better tasting and more nutritious than broccoli, and a heck of a lot easier to grow), Johnny-jump-up flowers, salad burnet and hot peppers.
Ed Nichols, a market farmer who grows salad greens, fresh herbs and edible flowers near Canton, Mississippi, came up with a simple twist on Ogden's method. Nichols sows tiny pinches of seeds of mixed greens in cell packs of potting soil, and when they come up, he plugs them directly into the garden on 8- or 10-inch centers. Each clump quickly becomes a little salad, "Mississippi mesclun," ready to be cut and served. We adopted this idea this year, too. So far it works well and looks good. And it's something even the children can do, start to finish.
We're learning to garden year-round down here. Conjuring up spare gardening energy in midsummer is a challenge. These little salad successions are one way to make it fun and improve our diet, a row or two at a time.
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Eleanora Fagan Gough, a.k.a. Billie Holiday, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Billie Holiday makes her first recordings.
Billie Holiday's first commercial recording session, with bandleader Benny Goodman, is organized by John Hammond, who has brought her to Columbia Records.
Billie Holiday records with jazz pianist Teddy Wilson and his orchestra, with whom she'll cut some of her most memorable sides.
Tenor sax player Lester "Prez" Young and trumpeter Buck Clayton play with Billie Holiday as part of Wilson's orchestra. It is Young who later bestows the nickname "Lady Day" upon Holiday.
Billie Holiday teams with the Count Basie Orchestra.
Billie Holiday is among the first artists to perform at Cafe Society, a new jazz club in Manhattan. Two classic songs introduced in this propitious year, "Strange Fruit" and "God Bless the Child," remain her masterworks.
Billie Holiday signs with Decca Records, for whom she records "Easy Living," "Crazy He Calls Me," "Them There Eyes," and others.
The only single of Billie Holiday's ever to chart, "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be), enters Billboard's R&B chart, rising to #5.
Joined by Lester "Prez" Young and other jazz legends, Billie Holiday sings "Fine and Mellow" on the historic The Sound of Jazz telecast.
Returning to Columbia, Billie Holiday records the memorable Lady in Satin album with the Ray Ellis Orchestra.
Billie Holiday gives her final performance in New York City.
Billie Holiday dies in New York City from complications brought on by alcoholism and heroin addiction.
The biographical film Lady Sings the Blues, based on Billie Holiday's autobiography, renews interest in her life and work. Diana Ross stars as Holiday.
Billie Holiday is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Diana Ross is her presenter.


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How many times a day do you think to yourself, I am so BUSY? How often do you find yourself talking to your friends about how you're not sure how you're going to get everything done? How often do you wonder, Where is the time going to come from?
The mood of the country sometimes seems to be verging on exhaustion. Do you agree? Do you feel the same way? What is causing your burnout—is it too many responsibilities? too much pressure? or too few resources with which to handle those responsibilities?
And when you feel burned out, what do you do to feel better? Have you come up with good strategies for coping with it?
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Whose skiing inspires you most? On the uptrack, Greg Hill. On the way down (in order) Seth Morrison, Candide Thovex, Eric Hjorleifson
What is your favorite thing(s) to do when not skiing? Eat
What would you be doing if you weren't a pro-skier? Wasting my time
When did you realize professional skiing was your calling? Age 3
Favorite comfort food: burger and fries
Favorite superhero: Wolverine
Best pickup line: nice skis!
What is your biggest "oh-sh*t" moment in skiing? Crashing into the B netting going 90kmph at a FIS Europa Cup Downhill race in St. Moritz 2002. It was a scary moment
If you were an animal, what kind would you be and why? Eagle. They fly
Favorite movie? Envy
What is your biggest pet peeve? When people say they are bored
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Kallari is a chocolate company that is a chocolate cooperative dedicated to providing organic, sustainable, fair trade chocolate that I discovered them back in June at the Bucks Country Chocolate Show. They strive to create great tasting chocolate while cutting out the "middle man" to provide the cocoa farmers with income and knowledge they need to continue their practices. The packaging in the photo above, while outdated, shows the faces of the children from the Kichiwa people directly benefiting from your purchase. Talk about putting a face to the cause.
I bought one of the different types of chocolate bars that Kallari sells. They do things simply, with a selection of rich dark chocolates ranging from 70%, 75% and 85% cocoa content.
70%: The smell is intense with accents of chocolate, vanilla, coffee, and cinnamon. The taste is very vanilla with accents that are light and damp, like a cool forest. The middle of the flavor has slight vegetable taste, but it's nice, not odd or out of place. The bar ends with strong notes of cocoa and coffee and a clean finish.
75% Roberto's Recipe "extra dark chocolate with vanilla": It has a nice color and subtle gloss. The snap is crisp, the beak is extremely clean and the sections are easy to break off evenly at the partitions. It smells very fruity with notes of red berries, raisins, raspberry, caramel and coffee.
The flavor is cool and a dry at first with light notes of vanilla. It then expands more allowing stronger notes of cocoa, caramel, vanilla and honey show through. The finish shows a peek of fruitiness. I get a little cherry/raspberry note as well as some moss in there. The aftertaste is extremely light and clean.
The texture is very smooth and not overly thick or slippery in the mouth. A beautiful 75% bar that's great for beginners as the flavors aren't acidic and it's wonderfully chocolatey.
85%: The aroma is surprisingly sweet. There's notes of cream, coffee, caramel and vanilla. The taste is first bland and dry but then notes of almonds and cream come forward and bloom on the tongue. The finish has light notes of cherries, raspberries, cream and vanilla. Really wonderful for such a high percentage bar.
With such a delicious range of chocolate and wonderful production practices, I can't do anything but highly recommend these. Your conscience or your taste buds won' be let down.
Rating: Will Buy Again
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- Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Member State
- Name: Armenia
- Submission Document: Download
Full SubmissionWhile supporting the major existing proposals over the policies toward the transfer to green economy and Poverty eradication, further action plans, sustainable development goals, renewal of the global partnership for sustainable development (particularly to overcome identified obstacles towards implementation of Agenda 21 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Council on Sustainable Development), strengthening of institutional basis for Sustainable Development on the global and national levels - the National Council on Sustainable Development of the Republic of Armenia considers as appropriate: To include in the Agenda of the Summit the discussion of the following issues, as questions to be reflected in the final outcome document: ? Establishment of integrated approach system, mechanisms and instruments on the transition from modern finance-economic system to ?green agreement?, in line with the principles of sustainable use, fair and just distribution of resources. Instrument of the adequate assessment of the green economy and reorientation towards sustainable development. ? Development and enhancement of the mechanisms and instruments for the promotion of transferring clean technologies; provision of information and financial assistance for introduction of new technologies for sustainable production. ? Necessity of extension of ?UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development? initiative , including basic principles of green economy and other relevant decisions of ?Rio+20? Summit. Special attention should be paid to the formulation of the mentality, corresponding to the principals of the sustainable use as well as moral fundamentals of the sustainable development which are reflected in the Earth Charter. ? The conclusions of the Summit should be elaborated based on the peculiarities and priorities of different regions and groups of countries (i.e. Countries with economies in transition), with the consideration of the local traditional knowledge and experience. To include in the agenda of the side events: ? Promotion of inter-religious dialogue for sustainable development ? Elaboration of indicators (more preferably - index) of the green economy ? Review of the existing options of sustainable development index for obtaining consensus/compromise over the most adequate version(s) ? Exchange of the good practices in the following spheres: - Local Agenda 21 implementation, activities on eco-cities; - Implementation of projects in the field of education for sustainable development; - Development of ?Industrial Ecosystems? by means of realization of ?industrial symbiosis?; - Payments for Ecosystem services; - Optimal coherence of green economy and green architecture for sustainable urban development along with principles of ?HABITAT?; - Development of renewable energy to ensure stability of ecosystems, particularly - water ecosystems.


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ZF-1898: Zend_Db_Table_Row_Abstract::toArray returns a reference to data instead of an array of data
Bill, I am noticing circular references when I try to return an array:
Ponder this:
$thing = new ArrayObject($row->toArray(), ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
$thing->foo= 'bar';
Also adds foo = bar into the _data of the $row.
Perhaps toArray() shoudl cast _data to (Array) before returning it?
Yes, ArrayObject's constructor make a reference on the variable passed to it. Casting to array before returning, explicitly tells PHP to make a real copy (not a COW) of the returned array.
See the first comment at http://php.net/manual/en/…
I don't know if this sould be considered as a ZF issue, or a PHP issue, it's actually confused, as you can read in that bug report : http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42065
I agree that {{toArray()}} should return a copy, rather than a reference to the object's properties. A change to a member of the returned value of {{toArray()}} that results in changes to the object data seems like unintended behavior.
Since this would be a slight BC break, however, and because I would like to hear Bill's comments on the issue, I remove 1.0.2 from fix version list.
Please categorize/fix as needed.
This doesn't appear to have been fixed in 1.5.0. Please update if this is not correct.
I cant reproduce on PHP5.2.5, seems to have been fixed in 5.2.4 but not tested :
$a = array('foo'=>'bar');
$arrayobject = new ArrayObject($a,ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
$arrayobject->foo = 'foobar';
assert($a['foo'] == 'foobar'); // fails on 5.2.5
if you pass a reference $arrayObject (&$a) , then assertion pass (and a logical call-time pass reference warning appears)
Please confirm, I have a patch for that issue (if necessary).
Actually, this behavior is not documented here:
I think now this should be fixed for the next mini-release.
I confirm that this is a PHP issue that comes out in PHP <= 5.2.3 (fixed in 5.2.4) please refer to http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42065 for more informations.
So it needs to be patched, and won't BC anything
I'm on it.
fixed at r9316
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I am new to the AK-47 world, so I have a few questions that others here may seem as pretty much common knowledge to most people. This question is about 'Front Trunnions'.
1. Is a 'Bulged' front trunnion something related to only Yugo AK's (Zastava), or are they used in many other AK's made in various other countries?
2. Why would a bulged front trunnion be better than a regular front trunnion?
3. Does a bulged front trunnion serve a special purpose that a regular trunnion cannot do?
Thanks for any of your knowledge about this.


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Transgender man sues fertility clinic for not helping him to get pregnant
January 13, 2014 - Andrea Johnson
Andy Inkster, a transgender man, is suing Baystate Reproductive Medicine in Springhurst, Mass., because it refused to help Inkster get pregnant using donor sperm and in vitro fertilization a few years back.
According to an op ed piece in The New York Times, which can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/opinion/the-next-frontier-in-fertility-treatment.html?—r=0, Inkster objected to being asked to provide a statement from a therapist that Inkster was psychologically stable and ready to become a parent. Baystate apparently did not require the same thing of other patients. The state's civil rights agency found probable cause that Baystate had discriminated against Inkster. Now the two sides are moving into a "conciliation conference.
Inkster, who began taking testosterone and had breast removal surgery done at age 18, had always wanted to be a parent and still has ovaries and a uterus. Eventually, Inkster found a clinic willing to do the treatment. Inkster conceived a daughter using anonymous donor sperm and gave birth. The Times suggested that it might be disconcerting for people to see a seemingly pregnant man, though Inkster, who just contacted me, said no one was ever disconcerted.
The Times reports that, under Obamacare, it will no longer be legal to discriminate against people who are transgender when it comes to medical care. But will that also include fertility treatments?
The Times piece quotes a study done last year in Belgium that said that a little more than half of transgender men in Belgium wanted to become parents and 38 percent of them would have frozen their eggs if the technology had been available to them. However, there have been many stories in recent years about transgender children, some as young as toddlers, whose parents have allowed them to live as the opposite sex and have arranged for them to receive hormone therapy at very young ages so they never go through puberty. The treatment is supposed to make it easier for them to pass physically as the gender they identify with and make a sex change operation less complicated when they reach 18. But the treatment also destroys their fertility and any chance they have of becoming biological parents.
Inkster is still a biological female and gave birth and is actually the girl's biological mother. Her biological father is a sperm donor. While I don't necessarily object to psychologically healthy trangender, gay or straight people becoming parents in unconventional ways, I also don't know that I want taxpayers to foot the bill. And, given the huge number of transgender people who want to become biological parents, I think that parents and doctors should rethink practices that expose pre-pubescent children to hormonal treatments that will sterilize them before they are mature enough to fully understand what has been done to their bodies. That sort of treatment comes dangerously close to medical child abuse.
What do you think of Inkster's lawsuit?
Inkster has emailed me with some concerns about this piece and I have made some corrections accordingly. Inkster points out that Baystate Reproductive Medicine is located in Springfield, Mass., not Amherst.
Inkster also says it is inappropriate to speculate on what the child calls him and, on second thought, I agree that this was an unfair comment. The Times opinion column did note in general that a male transgender who has a child and had breasts removed as Inkster did might be unable to nurse and that some people might find it disconcerting to see a seemingly pregnant male. There was nothing said about how people reacted during Inkster's particular pregnancy.
Inkster also said in his email to me that toddlers are never given hormone therapy. This is true and the original comment in the blog may have been misleading. I was referring to stories about toddlers who identify as transgender and whose parents are allowing them to live as the opposite gender. In such cases, hormonal therapy generally begins before puberty.
My general opinion on this situation remains the same.
Update Two
Inkster further states in an e-mail that he is not aware of any provision under Obamacare that would require that fertility treatment be covered. His particular case didn't have anything to do with requiring insurance companies to pay for such fertility treatment, nor did I say it did. The New York Times op-ed did mention the general difficulties that transgender men and women have had getting medical treatment because of their unique circumstances and the options they might have for becoming parents.
I think the main argument against requiring insurance to cover fertility treatment is that it will drive up health care costs and that it is an optional, rather than a necessary, medical procedure. But I do think there's a real possibility that at some point in the future the law might require that such treatments be covered.
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Jan-22-14 2:01 PM
If, as the description in the first sentence says, this person is a 'man', then just how would this 'man' in his right mind WANT to become pregnant?
I'm confused....
Jan-21-14 1:25 PM
I was just thinking that if the roles of gender were not so strictly defined by our society, there may not be a struggle of gender assignment in some cases. As far as a transgender person becoming pregnant, we have no right to judge their need to procreate. God gave them that ablility and they didn't remove it themselves so they are still following God's plan to procreate.
Jan-16-14 8:12 AM
bad is good, good is bad-sick is well, well is sick-legal is illegal, illegal is legal-right is wrong, wrong is right, male is...whatever, female is....whatever.
....quite the New Age we live in....
Jan-15-14 9:55 AM
Letting them decide is precisely what I would probably advocate doing in this situation, along with making sure they know that not all girls have to like pink or wear dresses or play with dolls or love babies, etc. for them to be girls and not all boys have to play sports or act tough in order to be a boy. There's too much pigeon holing of kids into stereotypical gender roles, beginning with the pink Disney princess clothes that most girls wear from infancy on.
There's a doctor in Toronto who treats kids with some of these issues who does use this approach. There was an article about him in a Canadian magazine last year. One mother had a girl who wanted to be a boy. The doctor advised the mom to find the girl friends she could relate to, so the mom signed her up for a hockey team and also encouraged her to think it's OK for women to be "tomboys." The girl no longer says she wants to be a boy. This doctor isn't particularly popular with the transgender movement.
Jan-15-14 9:07 AM
It is the New World, folks.....we must embrace the diversity regardless of how foul we think it is, even if it really is....
The New World...there will be others that will tell us if it acceptable in today's world.
Jan-15-14 2:10 AM
So,now we should brainwash kids into thinking they are gay? How about waiting until they are mature enough to decide
Jan-14-14 8:34 PM
The editor in charge determines whether a comment should be removed. I cannot physically remove comments. I have no problem with lively debate or people who disagree with me or others, but I do draw the line at attacks on other posters or foul language, among other things. Those are the comments that are most likely to make me hit the report abuse button.
Jan-14-14 6:56 PM
There is the occasional physical disability that makes it hard to determine whether a child is a girl or a boy and there are genuine hermaphrodites born with organs for both sexes. I think there is enough that we don't yet know about the brain that could explain transgender behavior. Some of these people may well have an unseen birth defect that gives a biological female a male brain and a biological male a female brain. But some of it is undoubtedly due to psychological problems. I would guess that some of these very little kids who are being raised as the opposite gender are actually gay and might be served better by encouraging them to be comfortable as the gender they were born.
Jan-14-14 5:31 PM
This is from the letter to the editor in the WILLISTON HERALD....NOT a comment. But from the letter about "Open Minded".
""Close-minded" to a liberal is anyone who believes God created the mouth for eating and the rectum for pooping. "
Today's society has a lot of close-minded where they will talk of all the virtues of alternate lifestyles, alteranate sexualities.... but will accuse you of close-minded if you are traditionalist as far as gender. Any, that is what I am told...
Jan-14-14 4:36 PM
No gender identity is simple: if you have a penis you are a male, if you have a vagina you are a female, there isn't that simple, except for the nuts who believe otherwise
Jan-14-14 12:06 PM
vulnerable or the victom card i say the victom card
Jan-14-14 10:58 AM
in my opinion about 95 % of behavior like this is just a cry for attention. and the best action for people like this is not to give it to them.
Jan-14-14 10:03 AM
Jack, you can also ask the editor directly if you questions about why he deleted a certain comment. I don't know why. When I do hit the report abuse button, it's usually only if someone is using foul language or has made a personal attack against another poster. But even then it's up to the editor whether he deletes the comment or not.
Jan-14-14 10:00 AM
Those are also among the reasons why I think there's a possibility that insurance companies might at some point be required to pay for fertility treatment for transgender people. If it is considered a medical disability -- i.e., a male brain in a body that is biologically female -- and insurance companies are ever required to pay for the unique treatments for transgenders such as sex change operations, then fertility treatment to help such a person become a biological parent might be a reasonable extension of that right. I would argue that those requirements would drive up costs. There also are ethical considerations, particularly when we're talking about minors. There seem to be cases where people have hormone treatments or a sex change operation and bitterly regret it, because of the loss of fertility or because they later realize they didn't want to do such a thing after all.
Jan-14-14 9:56 AM
I hate to go on about this....but it IS irritating....I'm 'offended'...if that's the term to use....
Jan-14-14 9:53 AM
it really would be nice to know who deletes things and specifics as to why....
as with any deleted comments....just because 'abuse' is hit, that someone is offended, that's a deletion?
There ought to be high thresholds before something is deleted...not just the 'offended' getting their way...
Jan-14-14 9:53 AM
Just in general, people who are different in any way are vulnerable to being harassed or abused. Gay and transgender teenagers also have higher suicide rates and are more apt to be bullied. I don't know if that's the case with Inkster. I don't imagine human nature has changed much in 400 or 500 years. Some of the victims of the Salem witch trials were people who were disliked in the community or had property that someone else wanted or were considered a little too odd.
Jan-14-14 9:50 AM
Jan-14-14 9:42 AM
So you are saying the human in the article is vulnerable? To what and whom?
Jan-14-14 9:31 AM
No, I did not ask him to remove the particular comment you're referring to. Anyone who reads the blog or news stories has the ability to click the "report abuse" button if they think a comment is offensive and that will lead the editors to look at the comment and decide if they think it should be removed. They also read the comments themselves. Editors make the decision to remove comments, not me.
Jan-14-14 9:31 AM
Insurance aside....doesn't anyone here see the dichotomy of a female that 'feels' she is a male.....yet this 'male' wants to become pregnant? The 'treatment' she/he needs may not be a physical treatment? The blogger may be looking at the little picture...not the big picture?
Jan-14-14 9:20 AM
Andrea, the editor doesn't delete unless prompted...honestly, you did nothing to cause the deletions? seems your blogs are the only ones getting deletions....I really would love to know exactly why the need to delete? I don't think it's a copyright issue as long as I give credit where it came from....I'm not a commercial interest trying to make a buck from other paper's articles....
Jan-14-14 8:56 AM
Yes, most of the victims in the Salem witch trials were women and children who were vulnerable in some way.
Jan-14-14 8:36 AM
As a matter of fact a couple hundred years ago he would have probably been burned on the stake for being a witch.
Jan-14-14 8:13 AM
I don't have the ability to delete comments. The editor makes those decisions.
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By Dana C. Markey, Child and Adolescent Action Center Program Manager
A recent article, "Mental health screening and follow-up care in public high schools," in the September 2011 issue of the Journal Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recognizes screening is as a practical strategy for schools to identify and connect youth to services and supports—when they otherwise may never receive help for mental health needs.
It summarizes a study that examined 2,500 students at six public high schools who participated in mental health screening between 2005 and 2009. Nearly 20 percent were identified at risk—with 73.6 percent of that group not receiving mental health services and supports at the time of the screening.
In other words, without screening, those students most likely would have continued to struggle in silence well into adulthood where fewer than half of adults with mental health needs get help.
As an advocate, and especially, as a young adult who struggled in high school, it comes to no surprise to me that such an alarming number of youth with mental health needs are not receiving treatment.
When I began my freshman year of high school, I was struggling to overcome a traumatic childhood. Often I was plagued with feelings of guilt, shame, self-hatred and sadness, which often triggered debilitating bouts of depression. In order to cope, I turned to self-injury as a way to handle the overwhelming emotions. Even so, I was extremely successful in school. My perfectionism super exceeded my desire to admit "failure" and get help. I didn't raise any red flags and thus, didn't get connected to any services or supports. I eventually found my own way out of my depression and self-injury. However, it came at a high cost—I lost critical developmental years of my life and had to deal with the aftermath of my destructive behaviors.
Looking back, I believe sheer luck and a fortunate amount of resiliency prevented me from becoming one of the more than 4,000 youth who die by suicide a year.
All it would have taken to help me was for one person to ask about my mental health. I would have opened up like a book. It never crossed my mind to proactively share this information, that it was okay to do so and that help was available.
Youth should not have to find their way through a difficult time alone.
As the article indicates, voluntary screening, along with a continuum of services and supports, offers schools and communities the valuable chance to catch youth who may otherwise fall through the cracks. It also provides youth with a safe zone to share concerns and the opportunity to get help if needed.
Routine, voluntary screening also sends the critical message that mental health and well-being is just as important as other major public health concerns and should be treated no differently.
If we can identify youth who need help early they can be connected to school- and community-based services and supports when they first need it—before they fail or drop out of school and before they develop more difficult-to-treat, chronic conditions and before they experience other tragic consequences of untreated mental health issues.
NAMI's Child and Adolescent Action Center has made the early identification and intervention of youth living with mental health needs a top priority. We stand ready to support schools and communities with this important and life-saving undertaking. Together we can ensure youth going through a difficult time can get the support they need when they need it.
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A Thomasville woman has been charged with assaulting her boyfriend with a knife over the weekend, according to the Thomasville Police Department.
Betty Lou Stone, 67, of 117-A Pine St., was placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under no bond after an incident Saturday. She has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
Stone was arrested by the TPD at 3:36 a.m. Saturday.
A TPD officer while on patrol was flagged down early Saturday morning near the intersection of Rodella and Pine streets, said TPD Det. Sgt. Brad Saintsing. The man told the officers his girlfriend had cut his arm with a knife at her apartment. Officers responded to the apartment and located Stone. The boyfriend was treated and released from Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.
"It appears from the investigation by officers that the escalation of the domestic dispute culminated in Stone cutting her boyfriend on the arm," Saintsing said.
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Snacking is the new American way of eating and that's not all bad.
As a child, I was taught–or, rather, my mother was taught to teach me–that snacking between meals was bad. Except for the classic after school cookies and milk, we were supposed to eat at mealtimes: a substantial, sit down breakfast, a brown bag lunch and a meat-and-three dinner seated at the table with the rest of the family, ideally leaving a clean plate each time.
However, most nutritionists agree that six small meals a day–snacks–are better for you than three big ones, especially when the largest one comes at the end of the day.
Our obesity epidemic seems to indicate that Americans have put both rules in practice–we snack all day AND eat three big meals. Not to mention cleaning all plates in sight.
At least, more restaurants are encouraging us to eat a little less at one meal by offering a tapas menu, a list of small but substantial dishes to be ordered as your appetite and common sense dictate. Start with a few, order a couple more and call it a meal or order a bunch to share with friends. In any case, the portions are small that plate-cleaning is seldom an issue.
Tapas were originally a Spanish idea, and local Iberian-inspired restaurants like Finca and Cafe Madrid serve traditional tapas, like the quiche-like tortilla espanola. But more restaurants are serving small plates that are just that. You can hardly call fried chicken and waffle Spanish,
but that's on the small plates list at the new Avenues Proper and Publick House, along with housemade fish sticks,
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The small plates are served in both the full restaurant and the bar, with a list of wines, cocktails and–as of last night–the Proper's own house-brewed beer.
An Avenues neighbor a few streets away, Cucina Deli also recently introduced a tapas menu, to complement the breakfast, sandwich, salad and dinner menus and to-go dishes. Sitting on Cucina's patio on a perfect early summer evening weather, sipping a beer or wine and noshing on small plates is a Salt Lake delight. The street is quiet and leafy, the atmosphere-indoors and out-is charming in a relaxed homey way and the tapas encourage lingering.
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ZF-5550: Zend_DB/Oracle fetchColumn errors on empty rowset
Zend/Db/Statement/Oracle function fetchColumn throws an exception when the result set contains no rows.
The base function Zend/DB/Statement checks that there is a result (and returns FALSE if not) before attempting to extract a column, I think the Oracle version should do the same.
--update on 2009/01/19 I initially found this issue by using the fetchOne() statement, so sample code (assume $db is a valid connection to an Oracle database) would be:
// assume $db is a valid connection to an Oracle database
$sql = ('select * from dual where 1=0');
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We sent photographer Francie Aufdemorte to cover the Forever Young Foundation's exclusive gala at O.C. Tanner on June 28, and she just turned in her stunning photos from the event, introducing the foundation's new trust and followed by comedian Brian Regan's sold-out benefit show at the Jeanne Wagner Theater. Read More


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PULLMAN, Wash. - After a week of Buffs bashing nationally, locally and, some suggested, even internally, the only real antidote was to answer on the field. Colorado football had become Bottom Ten fodder, a sad punchline after maybe as bad an oh-no-and-three start as the school has suffered through.
The suffering stopped Saturday afternoon. Down 17 points in the fourth quarter, CU stormed back with three touchdowns in the final 7:06, tied the score on quarterback Jordan Webb's 4-yard middle draw and won on Will Oliver's extra point with 9 seconds showing.
It was a savory afternoon for CU, with big-playmakers sprinkled throughout the 66 available players who traveled. Webb, the Kansas transfer, ran for a pair of scores and threw for another pair. Tailback Tony Jones had a career-best 84-yard TD run and tight end Nick Kasa a career-best 70-yard TD reception. Both were part of the near-miraculous fourth-quarter.
But when it came time to award game balls, a pair went to Jamie Guy and John Snelson. No, they're not on the roster, but you can find them on the CU staff directory.
Here's their back-story and why coach Jon Embree believed they were worthy:
Early last week, Guy, CU's director of sports video, woke up with the idea of using former players to tell a roster full of young players "what it means to be a Buff" and "what singing the fight song means to them." Guy approached Embree, who immediately got on board and told Guy and his guys to get to work.
With help from Snelson, his top assistant, and student assistant Connor Cassidy, Guy got in touch with about a dozen former players, explained the project and asked for their help. Needless to say, Guy only had to ask once.
It wasn't meant as an in-house answer to anyone on the outside, not an attempt to silence any critics. What it turned out to be was a meticulously edited, powerfully presented 15-minute video that Embree showed to his team on Friday night. (You'll be able to see it in its entirety at the Parade of Buffs rally on Thursday night at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield. Snippets will run on CUBuffs.com in the four-day run-up to the event.)
With such a young team and with a recent resume so short on success, Embree and his staff had believed the Buffs' past was being lost. One assistant coach told me early in the week of arriving in Boulder a couple of decades ago and having "the torch" passed on to him and his freshman class by former players such as Mickey Pruitt, David Tate and Eric McCarty.
When the current crop of freshmen arrived, not only was there no one to pass the torch, the flame had all but gone out. Guy sensed that, too. From about 9 a.m. Thursday to 6:30 a.m. Friday - in time for the team's early afternoon departure to Spokane - he had contacted and interviewed former CU players from the 1960s (Estes Banks), the '70s (Brian Cabral), the '80s (Mike Marquez, Embree) and the '90s (Eric Bieniemy, James Hill, Kanavis McGhee, Alfred Williams, Chad Brown, Charles Johnson, among others).
About three weeks of work was crammed into just over two days. And as Snelson applied the final editing touches early Friday morning after an all-nighter, it turned out that anymore time might have been unnecessary.
An emotional Brown spoke of what the Bill McCartney mantra - "The Pride And Tradition Of The Colorado Buffaloes Will Not Be Entrusted To The Timid Or The Weak" - means to him. Brown said he only needed to say, "The Pride . . ." to his 13-year-old son - and his boy would finish the sentence.
One of Brown's most regretful memories as a Buff was when McCartney covered up the sign in the team's auditorium because of a lackluster Saturday. "It hurt me to my core," he said.
Bieniemy spoke passionately and it turned out, prophetically, of what it means to be a Buff: "You're going to get knocked down. Are you willing to stand up and get knocked down again? It's not what you do in the first and second rounds, it's what happens in rounds 14 and 15."
This came from Marquez: "You'll have fans and family behind you, but nobody will be behind you like former players."
And this from Williams: "It's been three games . . . are you ready to have some fun, ready to get it done? We're with you."
The current Buffs watched the video and were moved. "It meant everything . . . I started tearing up," said junior defensive back Parker Orms. "This program means so much to so many people, me and my family. It always has. I'm just glad these guys got an opportunity to sing the fight song (Saturday) and know what that means, know what it feels like. The locker room was the greatest since I've been here."
"It gave me chills, honestly," Webb said of the video. "We don't take that legacy lightly. After seeing that, I think some of the freshmen really got a sense of what this place is about."
Count freshman tailback/fullback Christian Powell among them. He called the video "personal. Everybody who was interviewed, that came from the heart. It was very inspirational and I think it carried over to today."
Embree had no doubt that it did: "It was huge," he said.
In 10-minute individual meetings with his players on Monday and Tuesday, Embree talked to them about the 1986 CU team, its poor start (0-4) "and what we did as a team to fix it. That video tied in exactly with what we wanted to share with the players. It let them know that former players are behind them. There are a lot of guys who have called in, have heard about the video . . . they wanted to put their two cents in. It's something that's truly special."
That the Buffs' win unfolded as it did was even more special. Behind by 17 points in the fourth quarter, Embree said, "No one blinked," before adding with a chuckle: "And now we've got a two-game road winning streak in the Pac-12. Those are two very good things as we build this program; you've got to win on the road at some point to do the things we want to do as a program. I'm glad we didn't have to wait until the last game to do it this year."
I asked Embree if Saturday provided any vindication after the bashing he, his staff and his team took last week after the 69-14 beat-down at Fresno State sent the Buffs spiraling to 0-3.
"No," he answered, "and that's fine. It's not about vindication. It doesn't affect how I believe, how our team believes in each other. Some of that bashing came about because somebody wants to act like they're on the inside and state their opinion. When you see that video of the real Buffs talking to our team, talking about what it means to be a Buff - that's why it doesn't matter. This program is bigger than one guy."
Here's a hint: He wasn't talking about the Guy who got a game ball.
OK, so it's now one win in four games, with their second Pac-12 game (UCLA Saturday at Folsom Field) looming to close out the month. Are the Buffs finally free of all that ails them? You know the answer to that, as does Embree.
But he's been telling his players (and anyone else who still wanted to listen) that if they kept working, kept playing and kept the faith, something would break their way. It had to and it did Saturday. Whether it happens again soon . . . who knows?
Here's what we do know: When their chartered jet touched down late Saturday night at DIA, the Buffs were singing. Loudly, gloriously. And they knew this, too: Buffs from way, way back were singing with them.
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Hot-in-place asphalt recycling
Re-HEAT gives road crews a cost-efficient, environmentally responsible way to mill and overlay asphalt payment. It consists of a preheater, and a heater/recycler; together, the system measures just over 80 ft. long. The preheater gradually heats the existing 2 in. to 3 in. of pavement to 200° F. The heater/recycler then brings the temperature up to 350° F, paddles collect the softened material into an on-board asphalt drum mixer. Rejuvenating oil is introduced, and the recycled hot mix is applied.
Gallagher Asphalt Corp.www.gallagherasphalt.com
Booth 968
Sidewalk injury prevention
The company offers a range of solutions to help agencies prevent tripping and subsequent injury due to faulty sidewalks. Choose from sidewalk grinders, scarifiers, surface prep equipment, and stripe removers. The company is offering free trip-abatement clinics at its booth during APWA Congress; a summary of the clinic content will be available by request after the show.
Smith Manufacturingwww.smithmfg.com
Booth 1944
Infrastructure management software
The company offers infrastructure asset management software solutions and services for government agencies. These solutions are designed to enable public works pros to more effectively and efficiently invest in infrastructure assets while maximizing asset performance, maintenance budgets, and long-term lifecycles. The Web-based products can be scaled to meet the requirements and budgets of various agencies. Modules for specific asset types include bridges, pavement, fleets, telecom, signs and signals, and others.
AgileAssets Inc.www.agileassets.com
Booth 1665
Manhole liner
PermaCast MS-10,000 structural liner is an ultra-high-strength, corrosion-resistant mortar designed to reinforce, seal, and protect existing brick, block, or precast concrete manholes. The material is made of specially formulated fiber-reinforced portland cement engineered for underground sewer structures. It's installed by the company's trained and certified applicators, and allows for bi-directional centrifugal compaction applied uniformly from top to bottom for consistent thickness and easy inspector verification.
AP/M Permaformwww.permaform.net
Booth 1756
Construction guidebook
The 2012 edition of Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (popularly known as the "Greenbook") is designed to help establish and maintain uniformity of plans and specifications accepted and used by those involved in public works construction, and to take other steps designed to promote more competitive bidding by private contractors. It provides specifications with general applicability to public works projects, such as the thickness of asphalt and the type of glue used on road surface reflectors. The five parts include General Provisions, Construction Materials, Construction Methods, Rock Products, and Pipeline System Rehabilitation.
BNI Building Newswww.bnibooks.com
Booth 304
Security screw
Key-Rex helps public works departments save money and increase public safety by preventing vandalism, and theft of valuable assets. The product enables protection of a range of items with screws and bolts that have custom-shaped keyways, which can be fastened or unfastened only with the use of a custom-shaped bit.
Bryce Fastenerwww.brycefastener.com
Booth 1476
Asset management system
Camcode uses bar-code asset tags to help managers track traffic signs for retroreflectivity compliance. Users can catalog and identify traffic signs, maintain accurate maintenance records, and keep tabs on work-history reporting. The tags are durable, remaining readable and usable for approximately 30 years.
Booth 1548
Emergency response containers
ERB containers enable public works departments and other emergency responders quickly mobilize and deal with a range of crises. They help minimize environmental impact with less remediation afterwards, and they enable key onsite personnel effectively react to emergency situations. Three units are available: stationary, ready-to-go, and mobile. Customers also can customize the gear inside to meet their specific needs.
Consolidated Fabricators Corp.www.con-fab.com
Booth 677
Snow/ice control panel
The Freedom 2 control panel features touchscreen display, guided setup and calibration, and durable lightweight design. The panel can replace previous StormGuard models via drop-in replacement. Other features include 8 MB RAM, 4 MB flash memory, tactile switches and encoders, and day/night contrast modes for ease of visibility in various operating conditions. Three versions are available with a varying degree of advanced features.
Certified Power Inc.www.certifiedpower.com
Booth 534
Hydraulic cement
Rapid Set is a fast-setting hydraulic cement for use in concrete repair applications requiring high durability and fast strength gain, such as highway pavement, bridges, tunnels, sidewalks, precast structures, and other jobs. To use, mix the material with water and aggregates. The material offers extremely high strength, low shrinkage, and long-lasting repairs.
CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp.www.ctscement.com
Booth 1553
Driving safety solution
DriveCam helps increase worker and public safety by monitoring driver behavior and encouraging safe driving practices, preventing collisions before they happen. The Video Event Recorder monitors and captures driving behavior, providing real-time feedback. The system can analyze and score driver behavior, create coaching to improve safety, upload video and data for monitoring and further analysis, and provide online training. Fleet managers can use the system to compare data of different drivers and regions to identify and target problem areas.
DriveCam Inc.www.drivecam.com
Booth 491
Mechanical broom sweepers
The Broom Badger is a dual-engine mechanical broom sweeper mounted on an Isuzu NRR 19,500-lb., Class 5 cabover chassis. The machine is easy to operate and maintain and doesn't require a commercial driver's license to operate. The compact, low-profile design allows easy access to tree-lined streets. The short, 109-in. wheelbase and a tight turning radius is ideal for cul-de-sac curb lines and narrow, winding streets. Other features include a large-capacity side-dump hopper, and variable displacement, load sense piston pump-type hydraulics. An air-ride suspension is optional.
Elgin Sweeperwww.elginsweeper.com
Booth 701
Industrial coatings
The company offers a range of coatings and application systems to help managers protect street sweepers, manholes, pipes and culverts, tanks, plow blades, truck beds, and other assets — to save costs associated with maintenance and replacement. The line of coatings includes spray-foam insulation, waterproofing, corrosion and abrasion control, and others.
Custom Liningswww.customlinings.com
Booth 544
Dust control
Durablend is an enhanced chloride dust control and road stabilization product that provides an efficient, environmentally friendly alternative to typical chloride treatments with comparable performance. It blends an organic-based polymer with magnesium chloride or calcium chloride; the combination locks dust particles and aggregate together in the top 0.5 in. of the road, preventing them from migrating and maintaining the base, even after rainfalls.
Envirotech Services Inc.www.envirotechservices.com
Booth 1750
Project management
Project Coordination lets municipalities, utilities, and other government agencies share construction/maintenance projects and schedules via an online map. It automatically identifies conflicting construction and maintenance projects in the ROW and enables real-time communication between organizations to resolve conflicts. It maintains relevant contact information for projects, so users can email staff directly from the application. Users also can set alerts, view schedules, add projects and details, and share information about current and future projects with stakeholders.
Envista Corp.www.envista.com
Booth 733
Airport pavement striper
The Pro Series 1300 striper exceeds the new FAA advisory circular AC150/5340-1K, which mandates automatic glass bead dispensing. The pressurized bead drop system is designed specifically for airports, delivering 24-in.-wide single-pass paint and bead operation and regulated bead flow control. It also has an automated air dryer for clog-free bead dispensing, and a self-propelled speed-control system for accurate and consistent mil thickness and proper bead embedment for maximum nighttime retroreflectivity.
EZ-Liner Industrieswww.ezliner.com
Booth 1848
Manhole covers
PAMREX manhole covers bear loads to 120,000 lbs., can be maneuvered with a single operator, offer reduced infiltration, feature automatic surge release, and include odor control features. Anti-theft cover locks prevent vandals from making off with valuable assets and are easy to install and use. Gasket rings absorb traffic shock and help prevent breakdown of frame materials. The covers and frames are made of ductile iron. Covers from 24 in. to 32 in. are available.
Famcon Pipe and Supply Inc.www.famconpipe.com
Booth 945
Federal aid guide
Federal-Aid Essentials for Local Public Agencies is a Web-based library of informational videos and other resources designed to give agencies guidance on managing federally funded transportation projects. The site includes modules on different topics that provide clear, focused explanations in plain language, with illustrated examples. Information is organized into seven areas: Federal-aid Program Overview, Finance, Environment, Right-of-Way, Civil Rights, Project Development and Project Construction, and Contract Administration.
Federal Highway Administrationwww.dot.gov
Booth 1924
Concrete repair
Fusion-Crete is a cost-effective, easy-to-use, durable pavement repair material. To use, add the material to water, mix with portland cement and sand, and use the mortar to repair and resurface concrete. It can be mixed and applied in any consistency, from dry-pack mortar for formless repair to medium consistency for overlays. Other benefits include high flexural strength, abrasion and chemical resistance, and nonslip surfaces.
Fusion-Crete of U.S.www.fusion-crete.us
Booth 1849
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